Listed below are all the main updates and outcomes from Indian sports activities on November 10.
CUE SPORT
Nationwide Billiards & Snooker Championships to start in Chennai on Nov 21
The upcoming Nationwide Billiards & Snooker Championships is ready to happen from November 21 on the Nehru Indoor Stadium in Chennai.
It is going to be the ninetieth version of the nationwide championship and the primary version to be held within the metropolis since 2011.
The occasion might be held for over 30 days and conclude on December 25, with round 1,500 cueists throughout codecs and age teams anticipated to take part.
It could additionally embrace the likes of Aditya Mehta, Rafath Habib, Vidya Pillai, Brijesh Damani, Shrikrishna Suryanarayan and Anupama Ramachandran.
The divisions anticipated on the occasion are Senior billiards & snooker for women and men, Masters snooker, 6 Reds Snooker for women and men and sub-junior and junior billiards & snooker for girls and boys.
“For those who think about snooker in Europe, it’s making extra money than cricket, whereas the prize cash too is sort of excessive, almost at par with Wimbledon tennis, which is GBP 2,50,000,” Tamil Nadu Billiards and Snooker Affiliation (TNBSA) vice-president Rajmohan instructed PTI.
“It’s all being doable due to the visible (tv) media. Regularly, with sufficient assist, I guarantee you 100 per cent that we are able to achieve immense recognition subsequent to cricket. It’s how the game has gained recognition in England.”
Echoing Rajmohan’s ideas, TNBSA president BG Muralidharan mentioned that the most important problem for Indian snooker is to achieve the plenty, particularly on the grassroots stage.
“We’ve to achieve out to extra faculties and universities; that’s how cricket has developed and gained recognition (within the nation).”
Billiards and snooker are a few of the indoor sports activities that are but to make it to the Olympics, and Rajmohan mentioned efforts are being made to make sure that it’s included within the editions past 2028 Los Angeles Video games.
“England and even China has come up very nicely (within the sport). They’re all sturdy international locations, alongside France and Germany. If these 4 nations push for it, it’ll actually be included within the Olympics,” he mentioned.
“After tv and social media started spreading the game, the viewership has peaked, and it’ll hold escalating within the coming years. So, if this pattern retains going upwards, we will definitely get there (within the Olympics),” he signed off.
– PTI
TENNIS
Sriram Balaji reaches doubles ultimate at Helsinki Challenger
Sriram Balaji in partnership with Andre Begemann beat Luke Johnson and Skander Mansouri 6-7(4), 6-4, [10-8] within the doubles semifinals of the €145,000 Challenger tennis event in Helsinki, Finland, on Friday.
The Indo-German pair had earlier crushed the highest seeds Andrea Pellegrino and Andrea Vavassori 11-9 within the tremendous tie-break of the quarterfinals.
RESULTS
€145,000 Challenger, Helsinki, Finland
Doubles (semifinals): Sriram Balaji & Andre Begemann (Ger) bt Luke Johnson (GBR) & Skander Mansouri (Tun) 6-7(4), 6-4, [10-8];
Quarterfinals: Balaji & Begemann bt Andrea Pellegrino & Andrea Vavassori (Ita) 6-7(3), 6-4, [11-9]; Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan & Vijay Sundar Prashanth bt Marco Bortolotti (Ita) & Sergio Gornes (Esp) 6-1, 6-0.
$15,000 ITF males, Hua Hin, Thailand
Doubles (semifinals): Blake Baydon & Kody Pearson (Aus) bt David Pichler (Aut) & Nitin Kumar Sinha 6-3, 6-4.
$15,000 ITF males, Monastir, Tunisia
Doubles (semifinals): Egor Agafonov & Bogdan Bobrov bt Alexandr Binda (Ita) & Chirag Duhan 6-2, 6-2.
$100,000 ITF ladies, Charleston, USA
Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Elizabeth Mandlik (USA) bt Sahaja Yamalapalli 6-3, 6-0.
– Workforce Sportstar
IC Rod Laver Junior Problem: India defeats Italy, stays unbeaten after three matches
Rushil Khosla and Sohini Mohanty received their singles and doubles matches to assist India to a 4-2 victory over Italy within the third league match of the IC Rod Laver Junior tennis Problem on the La Jolla Seashore and Tennis Membership in San Diego, California.
India was in a spot of hassle after Manas Dhamne and Asmi Adkar had misplaced their singles matches, however each of them rose to the event within the girls and boys doubles later.
It was the third successive victory for the Indian crew after those towards Britain and USA. It was the primary loss in three matches for Italy.
India will play Argentina and South Africa within the final two league matches. The topper of the league would be the champion.
Consequence (League stage)
India bt Italy 4-2 (Manas Dhamne misplaced to Lorenzo Angelini 5-7, 5-7; Rushil Khosla bt Michele Mecarelli 6-2, 6-1; Asmi Adkar misplaced to Ilary Pistola 2-6, 1-6; Sohini Mohanty bt Ylenia Zocco 6-2, 1-6, [10-4]; Rushil & Manas bt Michele & Lorenzo 6-4, 6-2; Asmi & Sohini bt Ilary & Ylenia 7-6(4), 6-1).
– Workforce Sportstar
ITF Masters: Janweaj beats prime seed Jindel in over-75 ultimate
Narender Janweja beat prime seed Ashok Jindel 6-0, 6-3 within the over-75 ultimate of the ITF Masters tennis event on the Indore Tennis Membership.
He dropped solely 5 video games in all in profitable his three matches for the title.
Narender received the doubles title in partnership with Ashok Jindel. The duo dropped solely two video games in all in two rounds after a bye within the first.
The outcomes (finals)
Over-60: Nagaraj Revanasiddaiah bt Nirmal Kumar Ranjan 4-0 (retired).
Doubles: Arun Aggarwal & Nagaraj Revanasiddaiah bt OP Dikshit & Pramod Dixit 7-6(1), 6-1.
Over-65: Ajeet Bhardwaj bt Eknath Kinikar 6-0, 6-3.
Doubles: Ajeet Bhardwaj & SJS Randhawa bt Rakesh Kohli & Yogesh Shah 5-7, 7-5, [10-7].
Over-70: AJS Chhatwal bt George Thomas 6-0, 6-3.
Doubles: AJS Chhatwal & Ramarao Dosa bt Surinder Mohan Sharma & VLSN
Raju 6-4, 5-7, [10-0].
Over-75: Narender Janweja bt Ashok Jindel 6-0, 6-3.
Doubles: Narender Janweja & Ashok Jindel bt Paras Chhajed & Francis Rodrigues 6-0, 6-1.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
Prime seed Neeraj wins AITA event in Chandigarh
Neeraj Yashpaul emerged champion within the AITA males’s tennis
event in Chandigarh on Friday.
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SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
Neeraj Yashpaul emerged champion within the AITA males’s tennis
event in Chandigarh on Friday.
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SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
Prime seed Neeraj Yashpaul overcame a sluggish begin to beat third seed Jagmeet Singh 4-6, 6-1, 6-4 within the ultimate of the Rs.2,50,000 AITA males’s tennis event, sponsored by HPCL and Mittal Power, on the CLTA Advanced in Chandigarh on Friday.
Neeraj performed stable by means of the event and didn’t drop a set earlier than the ultimate.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
BADMINTON
Greater than 1000 gamers to take part in Krishna Khaitan U-19 badminton event
Greater than 1000 gamers are scheduled to compete within the Yonex Dawn thirtieth Krishna Khaitan all-India under-19 badminton event to be held on the Tau Devi Lal Indoor Stadium, Sector-3, Panchkula, from November 14 to twenty.
The event, that includes singles, doubles and blended doubles occasions, will carry a complete money prize of Rs.4,00,000.
The primary draw matches might be performed from seventeenth, after the qualifying occasions over the primary three days.
– Kamesh Srinivasan
GOLF
Shubhankar opens strongly with 68 in South Africa
India’s Shubhankar Sharma opened with a robust 4-under 68 within the first spherical of the Nedbank Golf Problem to provide himself an opportunity to safe his place within the season-ending DP World Tour Championship.
With three birdies, an eagle and one bogey, he was tied eighth and two photographs behind the 4 co-leaders that included world No. 8 Max Homa in Solar Metropolis on Friday.
Homa overcame a scarcity of aggressive motion to take a share of a four-way tie for the lead on the Gary Participant Nation Membership.
The world No. 8, making his debut in Solar Metropolis, transformed a formidable closing birdie to hitch Englishman Dan Bradbury, Denmark’s Nicolai Højgaard and Sweden’s Vincent Norrman on six underneath par following rounds of 66.
Homa, who top-scored for the US Workforce on the Ryder Cup final month, posted a clear card in ‘Africa’s Main’ regardless of not teeing it up competitively for the reason that biennial contest at Marco Simone Golf and Nation Membership.
Fellow Ryder Cup star Højgaard wasted no time in setting the clubhouse goal as he recovered from a gap bogey within the first group of the day to earn a share of the primary spherical lead and be nicely positioned as he targets a late surge up the Race to Dubai Rankings.
Bradbury continued his love affair with South Africa together with his opening spherical of 66 which included a surprising 75-foot eagle putt on the par 5 ninth gap.
The 24-year-old began the yr with none enjoying privileges on the DP World Tour earlier than profitable the Joburg Open in November 2022 whereas enjoying on an invitation.
The main quartet is accomplished by Swede Norrman, who has confirmed himself as a person who is aware of easy methods to win in latest weeks.
The 25-year-old, who can also be making his event debut this week, went bogey free as he seems to be to make it three victories in his final 10 worldwide begins following his triumphs on the Barbasol Championship and Horizon Irish Open.
The leaders sit one shot away from three gamers in a share of fifth place, with Frenchman Julien Guerrier and Japan’s Ryo Hisatsune becoming a member of Poland’s Adrian Meronk on 5 underneath par.
Meronk, a four-time DP World Tour winner, is presently third on the Race to Dubai and a win in South Africa this week would hold his hopes of profitable the season-long Rankings alive.
-PTI
Bhullar, Kochhar Tied-Twelfth in Hong Kong
India’s Gaganjeet Bhullar and Karandeep Kochhar carded an identical rounds of 4-under 66 to be Tied-Twelfth on the USD 2 million Hong Kong Open on Friday.
Additionally they had related playing cards of 67 every within the first spherical.
Thailand’s Phachara Khongwatmai carded a superb 7-under-par 63 with 10 birdies and three bogeys to take the lead at 12-under. He shot 5-under 65 on the primary day.
He leads Australian Cameron Smith (66) and Sangmoon Bae (63) from Korea by one shot.
Ajeetesh Sandhu added 68 to his first spherical 66 and was 6-under for T-21 whereas Rashid Khan (69-67) was T-40. Veer Ahlawat (68-69) at 3-under was T-52 and the one different Indian to make the reduce.
S Chikkarangappa (70-69), SSP Chawrasia (74-65), Shiv Kapur (68-73) and Honey Baisoya (73-73) missed the reduce, which fell at 2-under.
Bhullar began on the eleventh, which is the opening gap on the again 9 on the Hong Kong Golf Membership, and had 5 birdies towards one bogey, the identical as Kochhar, who teed off from the primary and had birdies on his first three holes. Sandhu teeing off from the eleventh had three birdies towards one bogey.
American Micah Laurent Shin (63), Thailand’s Sadom Kaewkanjana (64), Kiwi Ben Campbell (64) and Harrison Crowe (65) from Australia are one shot additional again – within the penultimate leg of this yr’s Worldwide Collection.
-PTI
Tvesa, Avani and Pranavi lead six Indians into Remaining stage of LET Q-College
Tvesa Malik took step one in the direction of getting again her standing on the Girls European Tour, taking the highest honours within the Pre-Qualifier Asia with a ultimate spherical of 2-under 70 and a complete of 7-under 209 for 54 holes.
The previous few teams had been nonetheless on the entrance 9 on the Basic Golf and Nation Membership in Gurugram when the gamers needed to endure a 40-minute stoppage on account of thunder and rain.
Avani Prashanth, who will keep newbie until she performs the LET Q-College’s Remaining stage, shot 1-over 73 for a complete of 4-under 212 and completed second.
Fellow Bengalurean Pranavi Urs, who in 2023 divided her time enjoying on varied excursions globally, struck 4 birdies in a five-hole stretch between the 14th and the 18th to complete third with a event mixture of 3-under 213.
A complete of eight women are assured of a spot within the 90-hole five-round Q-College Remaining in Marrakech, with six of them being Indians.
Following the top-three Indians within the event was Singapore’s Sock Hwee Koh (70) in fourth place at 2-under 214.
Durga Nittur (70) and Ridhima Dilawari (73) had been tied for the fifth place at 1-under 215, whereas Thailand’s Saraporn Chamchoi (70) and India’s Jasmine Shekar (70) had been tied for seventh place.
Tvesa, after struggling together with her kind for a very good a part of the final two years, has begun to point out a welcome return to kind with two wins on the home Hero Girls’s Professional Golf Tour.
“I really feel I’ve begun enjoying nicely after placing in numerous arduous work over the previous few months,” mentioned Tvesa, who completed three photographs forward of newbie Avani, who at 17, is seeking to take her first steps into skilled golf.
Tvesa added, “I’m nonetheless engaged on my recreation, although the scoring is coming again. It is sort of a work in progress, however for now attending to the Remaining Stage was the rapid objective. To try this with out a lot fuss felt good.”
Avani was happy to maneuver ahead, however added, “The placing didn’t work this week, regardless of the 67 on the second day. The greens appeared fairly sluggish, and the rain didn’t assist. However I stayed centered on getting the job carried out.”
Pranavi was additionally completely satisfied to get to the Remaining Stage, extra so after flirting with hazard at one level within the ultimate spherical. “I’m simply wanting ahead to a few different occasions after which the Remaining stage,” she mentioned.
-PTI