GOLF

Shamim Khan shoots day’s better of 68, takes third spherical lead

The seasoned Shamim Khan introduced all his expertise to the fore as he weathered windy circumstances to shoot the day’s finest rating of four-under 68 and take the third-round lead on the Rs 1 crore Delhi-NCR Open right here on Thursday.

The Delhi-based Shamim (35-69-68), winner of 17 titles, gained 4 spots to take a one-shot lead at eight-under 172.

Noida’s Gaurav Pratap Singh (35-68-70), enjoying at his house course, struck a 70 that included one of many solely three eagles fired in spherical three to climb one spot to second place at seven-under 173.

Delhi golfers Sachin Baisoya (70) and Honey Baisoya (73) in addition to Greater Noida’s Sudhir Sharma (74) have been in tied third place with totals of six-under 174.

Shamim, in a single day tied fifth, positioned his nine-iron method pictures to perfection to earn birdies on the second and fourth holes. The 44-year-old, a two-time winner on the Noida Golf Course, made additional progress with birdies on the seventh and eighth, together with a 35-feet conversion on the previous.

As the wind wreaked havoc on his back-nine, Shamim, a two-time PGTI Order of Merit champion, dropped his first bogey of the day on the eleventh. He then tailored to the scenario to play share golf as he picked up only one birdie on the 14th and made pars on all different holes.

Gaurav combined an eagle, 4 birdies and 4 bogeys in spherical three to leap into competition at a venue the place he has received a title beforehand.

Patna’s Aman Raj aced the tenth throughout his spherical of 73 that positioned him tied thirteenth at two-under 178.

-PTI

TENNIS

Ramkumar into final eight of ITF Futures tourney

Second-seeded Ramanathan Ramkumar moved into the final eight of the singles part within the BR Adithyan Memorial ITF males’s Futures tennis match right here on Thursday together with 4 of his Indian compatriots.

Ramkumar cruised previous Kazakhstan’s Grigory Lomakin 6-0, 6-2 within the pre-quarterfinals to arrange a final eight conflict with fellow Indian participant Kaliyanda Poonacha (no.8 seed), a 6-3, 6-4 winner over Karan Singh.

The different Indians to advance to the quarterfinals have been Sidharth Rawat (no.4 seed), Manish Suresh Kumar (seventh seed) amd third-seeded Digvijay Singh.

The primary seed Vladyslav Orlov of Ukraine was compelled to battle again after dropping the opening set earlier than reserving a berth within the final eight. His opponent Boris Butulija (Serbia) retired whereas trailing 1-3 within the third set.

Indian Yash Chaurasia, who had taken out Vishnu Varadan within the final spherical, was no match for David Perez Sanz (no.6 seed) taking place 1-6, 4-6.

Sidharth Rawat prevailed over the skilled V M Ranjit 7-6, 6-3 to advance within the singles draw.

In the doubles occasion, the No.2 seeds Parikshit Somani and Manish Kumar have been crushed regardless of successful the primary set 6-0 by Vladyslav Orlov (Ukraine) and Patrick Toman (US), who received the following 6-4 earlier than clinching the match tie-break 10-8.

Two Indian teams- Nitin Kumar Sinha and Vishnu Vardhan (No.3 seed) and Sai Karteek Reddy and T Macheria secured a final 4 spot as their opponents Boris Butulija and Woo Bin Shin (Korea) gave a walkover.

PTI