GOLF
Neha stretches result in two pictures in twelfth Leg of WPGT
Neha Tripathi performed fantastically on the again 9 for a 4-under 32 as she carded 5-under 67 and prolonged her one-shot in a single day result in two within the twelfth Leg of Hero Ladies’s Professional Golf Tour on the Golden Greens Golf & Resorts Ltd.
As Neha moved to nine-under 135 with rounds of 68 and 67, she was being chased by Riya Yadav, who after a very good first spherical added a good higher 5-under 67 for a complete of 7-under 137.
Asmitha Sathish (71-70) and Gaurika Bishnoi (69-72) had been tied third at 3-under 141, whereas Ridhima Dilawari had a late double bogey in her 70 and was sole fifth at 2-under 142.
Neha, whose low season work paid off within the earlier a part of the yr, has been working arduous once more throughout the latest break and her sport confirmed quite a lot of sharpness with all-around enchancment.
Riya had two birdies and a bogey on the entrance 9 and 4 birdies and no bogeys on the return journey. Riya, who had a hole-in-one on the eighth gap in her first spherical, had her solitary bogey of the day on the identical gap within the second spherical.
Asmitha had three birdies and a bogey in her second spherical, whereas Gaurika had three birdies in opposition to three bogeys and a double in her first 15 holes. She was 2-over for the day however then discovered birdies on the sixteenth and the 18th to salvage a par spherical.
Agrima Manral (74-69) made a five-shot enchancment from her first spherical and moved to tied sixth alongside Jasmine Shekar (72-71) at 1-under 143.
Tvesa Malik had a greater day with seven birdies but additionally gave away 5 bogeys in her spherical of 70 after a primary spherical 75, as she was Tied-eighth with Khushi Khanijau (74-71) and Durga Nittur (74-71).
Seher Atwal, who shot 79 on the primary day had a large eight shot enchancment with a 71 and he or she was T-18 at 6-over 150. The Hero Order of Benefit chief, Sneha Singh (78-75) was T-22.
Neha, who gained the tenth leg earlier than the break within the Tour schedule, birdied the second and fifth holes for a tidy begin earlier than struggling her lone bogey on the Par-3 eighth.
On the again 4 birdies on tenth, twelfth, fifteenth and sixteenth ensured a very good day’s work and a two-shot cushion.
– PTI
TENNIS
ITF Juniors tennis: Second seed Samarth beats Daksh
Second seed Samarth Sahita beat Daksh Kukreti 6-3, 2-6, 6-4 within the boys quarterfinals of the ITF juniors tennis match on the Ahmedabad Metropolis Basis courts on Thursday.
Within the semifinals, Samarth will play Vatsal Manikantan. The opposite semifinal might be between Aniketh Venkataraman and Tavish Pahwa.
Within the ladies part, Prisha Shinde, Priyanka Rana, Ruma Gaikaiwari and Mehak Kapoor made the semifinals.
The outcomes (quarterfinals)
Boys: Aniketh Venkataraman bt Tanishq Jadhav 7-5, 6-0; Tavish Pahwa bt Smit Patel 6-2 (retired); Vatsal Manikantan bt Mahit Mekala 6-2, 6-1; Samarth Sahita bt Daksh Kukreti 6-3, 2-6, 6-4.
Ladies:: Prisha Shinde bt Anushka Bhola 7-6(2), 6-3; Priyanka Rana (USA) bt Kashvi Sunil 6-0, 6-1; Ruma Gaikaiwari bt Yashika Shokeen 6-1, 7-6(1); Mehak Kapoor bt Harshini Nagaraj 6-1, 6-4.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
25,000 ITF males’s tennis: Prajwal beats qualifier Montsi in pre-quarters
SD Prajwal Dev beat qualifier Siphosothando Montsi of South Africa 6-0, 6-3 within the pre-quarterfinals of the $25,000 ITF males’s tennis match in Kigali, Rwanda, on Thursday.
Ishaque Eqbal additionally made the quarterfinals. Prajwal and Ishaque additionally made the doubles semifinals as a pair, following a walkover from Michael Sobhy and Rishi Reddy.
Within the $15,000 ITF girls’s occasion in Monastir,, Tunisia, Vaishnavi Adkar acquired previous the top-seed Elena Milovanovic of Serbia in a battle of wits that lasted practically three hours. Vaishnavi led 5-0 within the decider when the highest seed retired.
The outcomes
€118,000 Challenger, Rennes, France Doubles (quarterfinals): Antoine Escoffier (Fra) & Niki Poonacha w.o. Mattia Bellucci & Luca Nardi (Ita).
$80,000 Challenger, Guangzhou, China Doubles (quarterfinals): Ray Ho (Tpe) & Matthew Romios (Aus) bt Alafia Ayeni (USA) & Arjun Kadhe 6-1, 6-4.
$25,000 ITF males, Monastir, Tunisia Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Dev Javia & Cyril Vandermeersch (Fra) bt Tommaso Schold & Gabriele Volpi (Ita) 5-7, 6-4, [12-10].
$25,000 ITF males, Kigali, Rwanda Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Damien Wenger (Sui) bt Sai Karteek Reddy 6-1, 6-3; Eric Vanshelboim (Ukr) bt Siddhant Banthia 7-6(4), 7-5; SD Prajwal Dev bt Siphosothando Montsi (RSA) 6-0, 6-3; Vadym Ursu (Ukr) bt Kabir Hans 6-1, 7-6(5); Ishaque Eqbal bt Guelfo Balldovinetti (Ita) 6-1, 6-2.
Doubles (quarterfinals): Nicholas Bybel (USA) & Eric Vanshelboim (Ukr) bt Tushar Madan & Atharva Sharma 6-2, 6-3; Siddhant Banthia & Sai Karteek Reddy bt Abraham Asaba (Gha) & Man Orly Iradukunda (Bdi) 6-1, 6-1; Corentin Denolly (Fra) & Damien Wenger (Sui) bt Parth Aggarwal & Darrshan Suresh (Mas) 6-1, 6-1; SD Prajwal Dev & Isshaque Eqbal w.o. Michael Sobhy (Egy) & Rishi Reddy.
$15,000 ITF males, Monastir, Tunisia Doubles (quarterfinals): Cengiz Aksu (Tur) & Chirag Duhan bt Nicolas Teomahc (Fra) & Patrick Toman (USA) 6-3, 6-1.
$80,000 ITF girls, Le Neubourg, France Doubles (quarterfinals): Tiphanie Lemaitre (Fra) & Vasanti Shinde bt Lucia Llorca (Esp) & Sarah Gray (GBR) 4-6, 7-6(4), [10-7].
$25,000 ITF girls, Perth, Australia Singles (first spherical): Destanee Aiava (Aus) bt Shrivalli Bhamidipaty 6-3, 6-3.
$15,000 ITF girls, Monastir, Tunisia Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Vaishnavi Adkar bt Elena Milovanovic (Srb) 7-5, 5-7, 5-0 (retired).
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Patricia Grigoras (USA) & Hiba Heni (Tun) bt Shria Atturu (USA) & Teja Tirunelveli 6-4, 7-6(2).
-Kamesh Srinivasan
CHESS
Asian junior chess: Tejaswini takes one-point result in ultimate spherical; four-way tie in open part
She blundered from a successful place, however her opponent paid again the praise straightaway, lacking out on the possibility to attract. S. Tejaswini pounced on that fortunate break, went on to defeat Bristy Mukherjee and took a full one-point lead into the ultimate spherical of the Tata Metal Asian junior ladies’ chess championship.
The 16-year-old from Chennai is on seven factors after Thursday’s eighth spherical and wishes solely a draw within the final spherical to win the title. The sport lasted 95 strikes, and checkmate was only one when Bristy resigned. “I had the benefit lengthy earlier than and may have gained many strikes earlier,” Tejaswini, seeded eleventh, mentioned.
Three gamers – prime seed Nazerke Nurgali of Kazakhstan, third seed Bommini Mounika Akshaya and Bristy – are within the second place, with six factors apiece.
Within the open part, 4 gamers are within the lead, with six factors every – prime seed Aleksey Grebnev from Russia, S. Rohith Krishna, Ayush Sharma and S. Aswath.
Vital outcomes (eighth spherical, Indians except specified):
Open: S. Rohith Krishna 6 drew with Aleksey Grebnev (FIDE) 6; Manish Cristiano 5.5 drew with S. Aswath 6; Sambit Panda 5.5 drew with L. Srihari 5.5; Gilbert Tarigan 4.5 misplaced to Ayush Sharma 6; Zhangir Bizhigitov (Kaz) 5 drew with L.R. Srihari 5; Kushagra Mohan 4.5 misplaced to Ajay Parvathareddy 5.5; Mayank Chakraborty 5.5 bt Ritvik Krishnan 4.5; Alekhya Mukhopadhyay 5.5 bt Avinash Ramesh 4.5; M. Mohamed Anees 4 misplaced to Dilshan Liyanage (SL) 5; Arjun Adireddy 4 misplaced to Tahsin Zia (Ban) 5; Reja Neer Manon 4.5 drew with Abdilkhair Abilmansur (Kaz) 4.5; B. Vignesh 3.5 misplaced to Dhyey Agarwal 5.
Ladies: G. Tejaswini 7 bt Bristy Mukherjee 6; Nazerke Nurgali (Kaz) 6 drew with Bommini Mounika Akshaya 6; Mrittika Mallick 5.5 drew with Mrudul Dehankar 5.5; Saina Salonika 5.5 bt Sherali Pattnaik 4.5; Zeinep Sultanbek (Kaz) 4.5 misplaced to Ayaulym Kaldarova (Kaz) 5.5; Divya Patil 4.5 misplaced to Anastasia Ivanova (FIDE) 5.5; Shubhi Gupta 5 drew with Keerti Reddy 5; V. Rindhiya 5 bt Dhanashree Khairmode 4; Bhagyashree Patil 5 bt Dahamadi Sanudula (SL) 4; M.Ok. Poorna Sri 5 bt Kriti Patel 4.5.
-P.Ok.Ajith Kumar
BADMINTON
Simran-Ritika pair enters quarterfinals, solely survivors at Vietnam Open
FILE PHOTO: Indian shuttlers Simran Singhi (R) and Ritika Thaker at a world match in 2018.
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FILE PHOTO: Indian shuttlers Simran Singhi (R) and Ritika Thaker at a world match in 2018.
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Gifted girls’s doubles pair of Simran Singhi and Ritika Thaker stored India’s flag fluttering on the Vietnam Open Tremendous 100 badminton match by progressing to the quarterfinals on Thursday.
Simran and Ritika, seeded third, beat the Malaysian pair of Lee Zhi Qing and Desiree Hao Shan Siow 21-10, 21-18, within the second spherical to arrange a conflict with Chinese language Taipei’s Jiang Yi-Hua and Li Zi Qing.
It was in any other case a dismal day for India as all different gamers bowed out of the match.
In an in depth girls’s singles match, Aditi Bhatt misplaced to Burmese Thet Htar Thuzar 14-21, 21-23, whereas Tanya Hemanth suffered a 17-21, 12-21 loss to Japanese Manami Suizu.
In blended doubles, Japanese pair of Hiroki Nishi and Akari Sato vanquished India’s Bokka Navaneeth and Kukkapalli Maneesha 21-11, 21-6, whereas qualifying pair of Chanayat Joshi and Kavya Gupta misplaced 11-21, 17-21 in opposition to Taiwan’s Lin Bing Wei and Lin Chih Chun.
Satish Kumar Karunakara and Aadya Variyath additionally bowed out, dropping to Indonesia’s Morz Reza Pahlevi Isfah and Marsheilla Gischa Islami 16-21, 15-21 in one other match.
Ladies’s doubles pair of Kavya Gupta and Deepshikha Singh additionally misplaced 15-21, 13-21 to Chinese language Taipei’s Hung En-Tzu and Lin Yu-Pei.
-PTI