Indian sports activities information wrap, August 25

The foremost developments from the world of sports activities on August 25 the place Indians took half are as follows:

GOLF

Beginner Avani in Prime-10 at professional occasion in Sweden

Asian Video games-bound Avani Prashanth, India’s high beginner, moved into the Prime-10 of the Ahlsell closing on the Women European Tour’s Entry Tour.

Avani, who shot 72, added 71 to get to 1-under after 36 holes and was tied ninth.

Asmitha Sathish (74-76) and Vidhatri Urs (80-74) missed the minimize, which fell at 5-over with the Prime-50 and ties making the minimize.

Avani, winner of the person honours at Queen Sirikit Cup, has Prime-10 finishes on the primary LET Tour additionally. She had three birdies and two bogeys within the second spherical.

Avani has certified to characterize India on the Asian Video games following a trial held by the Indian Golf Union. She will likely be becoming a member of professionals Aditi Ashok and Pranavi Urs within the workforce for the Video games to be held in Hangzhou, China in September-October.

– PTI

Gandas makes one other tremendous begin with 66 in Prague

India’s Manu Gandas loved a superb begin for the second week in a row as he shot 6-under 66 to be tied seventh after the primary spherical of the D+D REAL Czech Masters.

Gandas, a DLF Academy product, who got here into the DP World Tour after topping the Indian PGTI Tour in 2022, began the again 9 and had seven birdies towards only one bogey.

Gandas, who started final week’s ISPS Handa Invitational with an analogous 66, was T-20 then, however his recreation confirmed that he was lastly settling into the European circuit.

The Indian was three photographs behind the primary spherical chief, Sami Välimäki who carded his lowest spherical since January as he signed for a 9 below par 63 to take a two-stroke lead.

Gandas began from the tenth and was off in fashion with 4 birdies within the first six holes. He dropped his solely shot on the seventeenth. On his second 9 he completed with three birdies in his final 4 holes with beneficial properties on sixth, eighth and ninth.

With Shubhankar Sharma taking a while off, Gandas is the lone Indian within the subject.

– PTI

SHOOTING

World Taking pictures C’Ship: India ladies’s free pistol workforce clinches win

The ladies’s free pistol workforce helped India log off from the World capturing championship on a golden be aware in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Friday.

Regardless that the operating goal occasions would proceed for the subsequent few days, the common capturing was accomplished, as India wound up second on the medals desk with six gold and eight bronze medals.

Tiyana Phogat, Sakshi Suryavanshi, Kirandeep Kaur with the free pistol workforce gold within the World Championship in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Friday.
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China was on high with 15 gold, seven silver and 6 bronze. USA was third with 5 gold, two silver and a bronze.

Tiyana Phogat, Sakshi Suryavanshi and Kirandeep Kaur gained the 50-metre free pistol workforce gold with a complete of 1573, six factors forward of China. Tiyana additionally gained the person bronze with 533 as she missed silver by one level.

In males’s free pistol, the workforce gained the bronze, and Ravinder Singh additionally bagged the person bronze. Ravinder additionally fell one in need of the silver rating.

After the excessive of Rajeshwari Kumari’s Olympic quota in lure, the combined lure groups couldn’t step it up. The 2 Indian pairs shot 133 and positioned twenty second and twenty fourth respectively.

-Kamesh Srinivasan

TENNIS

AITA Championship sequence junior: Dev Patel, Avisha Rathod win double crown

Dev Patel and Avisha Rathod gained a double crown every within the AITA championship sequence under-14 tennis event on the Drona Sports activities Academy, Gandhinagar, on Friday.

Dev Patel beat Kabir Parmar for the lack of two video games within the singles closing, and gained the doubles title with Hetarth Sompura.

Avisha Rathod beat Mahi Raulji in straight units for the singles title, and gained the doubles crown with Twisha Nandankar.

-Kamesh Srinivasan

$25,000 ITF males’s tennis event: Rishab beats Digvijay in quarters

Rishab Agarwal beat compatriot and second seed Digvijay pratap Singh 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 within the quarterfinals of the $25,000 ITF males’s tennis event in Tainan, Chinese language Taipei, on Friday.

Within the semifinals, sixth seed Rishab will play Kazuki Nishiwaki of Japan.

-Kamesh Srinivasan