GOLF
Avani opens Girls’s Asia Pacific with 4-under 68, on tied 4th
India’s Avani Prashanth made a sensible restoration from a bogey begin to end the opening day of the Girls’s Beginner Asia Pacific with a robust 4-under 68 card that positioned her on a creditable tied fourth in Pattaya on Thursday.
Avani, winner of the Queen Sirikit Cup people final yr, and fourth on the World Beginner Staff Championships in 2023, had six birdies in opposition to two bogeys on a satisfying day.
Three gamers together with Eila Galitsky, bidding to turn into the primary participant to win the WAAP twice, her Thai teammate Novaporn Soontreeyapas, who registered a hole-in-one and Chinese language Taipei’s Chen-Wei Wu had been in shared lead at 5-under 67.
One shot behind, Avani was tied with Thailand’s Pimpisa Rubrong, Amy Im of New Zealand and China’s Yahui Xhang, returning scores of 68 every.
Amongst different Indians, Vidhatri Urs (73) and debutant Saanvi Somu (73) had been tied thirty ninth, whereas issues didn’t go effectively for debutants Keerthana Rajeev Nair (81) and Heena Kang (81) at tied 84 and Mannat Brar (82) was 86th.
“I’m positively happy. The best way I began, I used to be fairly confused about how the day was going to go. However then, I took management of my full spherical by the point I used to be on the thirteenth, and that basically put issues in place,” stated Avani.
“I began on the tenth, which is a par-5. I used to be actually blissful final evening pondering I’m going to tee off on a par-5, you recognize, an enormous benefit. However then I proceeded to duck hook my drive after which didn’t get any contact on the ball as a result of I used to be down within the tough.
Then I duck-hooked my 3-wood into the left — the golf green bunker and I chunked that. Lastly, I made an up and down from like 35 yards for bogey. Not the way you need to begin,” she added.
Avani hoped for a fair higher second spherical.
“I put myself in good positions from there on and I set myself up for a birdie on almost each gap from there. Those that dropped, dropped, and those that didn’t, I’ll most likely get them tomorrow.” Avani had an excellent run from the thirteenth to the sixteenth as she birdied 3 times. She dropped a shot on Par-4 first however picked birdies on the second, fifth and ninth for an excellent day’s work.
On her mindset after the bogey begin, she stated, “The very first thing I instructed myself after hitting the primary three photographs was that the event isn’t gained on the primary gap. You’ve got 71 extra to go. In order that’s what I did, after which, fortunately, I began making some putts.” Avani performed with World No. 4 Minsol Kim and Mikhaela Rianne Malixi, who gained the Australian Masters of The Amateurs final month, edging the Indian into second place.
Rianne and Minsol carded 2-under 70 every.
Leaderboard: 67: Navaporn Soontreeyapas (Tha), Chun-Wei Wu (CTP), Elia Galitsky (Tha) 68: Avani Prashanth (Ind), Pimpisa Rubrong (Tha), Amy Im (NZL), Zhang Yahui (Chn).
Indian scores: Avani Prashanth (68, Tied 4th); Vidhatri Urs (73, Tied thirty ninth), Saanvi Somu (73, Tied thirty ninth), Keerthana Rajeev Nair (81, Tied 84th), Heena Kang (81st, Tied 84th), Mannat Brar (82, 86th).
-PTI
Hitaashee takes three shot lead over Ananya in third leg of Hero WPGT
Hitaashee Bakshi fired 4 birdies in a five-hole stretch in the course of the spherical to seize a useful three-shot lead over Ananya Garg after the second spherical of the third leg of the 2024 Hero Womens Professional Golf Tour in Kolkata on Thursday.
Hitaashee, beginning within the ultimate group, had a bogey-bogey begin however a sequence of birdies noticed her roar into competition on the Tollygunge Membership.
She dropped a shot on the Par-4 twelfth however received that again together with her fifth birdie of the day on the Par-4 fifteenth. Her spherical of 68 put her at 1-under 139 and three away from Ananya (68).
Ananya, searching for her maiden win on the Hero WPGT, made up for her opening spherical of 74 as she had 4 birdies in opposition to two bogeys.
Ananya is now 2-over for 36 holes at 142.
Seher Atwal (71-71), tied second, might have been higher however for a bogey end. She additionally had a double bogey on Par-4 twelfth. She had three birdies through the day.
Three gamers, Ridhima Dilawari (69), novice Anaahat Bindra (71) and Gauri Karhade (73) had been in tie for the fifth place at 4-over 144, whereas Amandeep Drall, who really went into the lead after a birdie on the second gap, slipped later.
Amandeep, enjoying within the lead group, birdied the second, whereas her enjoying companions, Hitaashee and Khushi began bogey-bogey.
Amandeep suffered three bogeys in a row from third to fifth after which had two extra bogeys and a double bogey in opposition to only one birdie for a spherical of 76 that noticed her drop all the way down to eighth.
Karishma Govind (75) and Khushi Khanijau (80) had been tied for ninth place, whereas Sneha Singh (72), winner of the final occasion, was tied-Eleventh with Kriti Chowhan (72).
In a single day chief Khushi had a tough day with a spherical of 80 that included a two double bogeys on the final two holes as she slipped to tied ninth at 149.
The reduce fell at 157 and 20 gamers made it to the ultimate spherical.
-PTI
BOXING
Indian boxers, making ready for Paris Olympics, take part in multi-nation camp in Patiala
The nation’s elite boxers, together with those that are making ready for the Olympic qualifying occasion and the Paris Olympics, are participating in an ongoing multi-nation camp at NIS Patiala.
The 13-day camp, which can go on until February 10, has been designed to offer much-needed worldwide publicity to the boxers forward of the essential Olympics qualifiers.
Asian Video games bronze medallist and Olympic quota place winner Parveen Hooda (57kg), Worlds bronze medallists Deepak Bhoria (51kg), Mohammad Hussamuddin (57kg) and Nishant Dev (71kg) are amongst 30 Indian boxers, together with 13 feminine, who’re a part of the camp.
Different outstanding boxers embody reigning Nationwide champions Anamika (50kg), former Worlds medallist Sonia Lather (57kg), Commonwealth Video games bronze medallist Jasmine Lamboria (60kg), Olympian Pooja Rani (75kg), Asian Video games bronze medallist Narender Berwal (+92kg), a number of Asian medallist Shiva Thapa (63.5kg) and Nationwide champions Lakshya Chahar (80kg) and Sanjeet (92kg).
The camp additionally options seven male and 5 feminine boxers from England. 4 male boxers from Russia will even be a part of the camp.
The following Olympic qualifying occasion will likely be held in Busto Arsizio, Italy, from February 29 to March 12.
– Staff Sportstar
TENNIS
ATP 250 Montpellier: Anirudh-Vijay pair loses in pre-quarterfinals
Anirudh Chandrasekar and Vijay Sundar Prashanth had been crushed 6-2, 3-6, [10-7] by the third seeds Lloyd Glasspool and Henry Patten within the doubles pre-quarterfinals of the €651,865 ATP tennis event in Montpellier, France.
RESULTS
€651,865 ATP, Montpellier, France
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Lloyd Glasspool & Henry Patten (GBR) bt Anirudh Chandraskear & Vijay Sundar Prashanth 6-2, 3-6, [10-7].
$40,000 ITF girls, Porto, Portugal
Doubles (quarterfinals): Veronika Erjavec (Slo) & Dominika Salkova (Cze) bt Yvonne Cavalle-Reimers (Esp) & Vasanti Shinde 6-4, 6-3.
– Staff Sportstar
ITF Indore: Imamura beats high seed Semenistaja to achieve quarterfinals
Saki Imamura of Japan knocked out the highest seed Darja Semenistaja of Latvia 6-3, 6-4 within the pre-quarterfinals of the $40,000 ITF girls’s tennis event on the Indore Tennis Membership on Thursday.
It has been a profitable season thus far for Darja, particularly in India. She gained the title in an identical event in Bengaluru earlier than the Australian Open. She returned to India from Melbourne the place she beat former world No.25 Timea Babos of Hungary within the first qualifying spherical to make the semifinals final week in Pune when she misplaced to the eventual champion Moyuka Uchijima in three units.
Within the quarterfinals, Saki will play fifth seed Dalila Jakupovic of Slovenia.
The Indian hopes had been sustained by Shrivalli Bhamidipaty and Vaidehi Chaudhari as they beat the third seeds Carole Monnet and Ekaterina Yashina 6-2, 6-1 within the doubles quarterfinals.
Within the semifinals, Shrivalli and Vaidehi will play the Japanese duo of Saki Imamura and Mana Kawamura who ousted the second seeds Darja Semenistaja and Fanni Stollar.
The outcomes:
Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Saki Imamura (Jpn) bt Darja Semenistaja (Lat) 6-3, 6-4; Dalila Jakupovic (Slo) bt Mei Yamaguchi (Jpn) 6-0, 6-3; Carole Monnet (Fra) bt Naiktha Bains (GBR) 6-1, 1-6, 7-5; Dejana Radanovic (Srb) bt Naho Sato (Jpn) 6-2, 6-1; Anca Alexia Tdoni (Rou) bt Rina Ssaigo (Jpn) 6-4, 6-2; Alexandra Eala (Phi) bt Ekaterina Yashina 7-6(1), 6-7(4), 6-0; Eri Shimizu (Jpn) bt Diana Marcinkevica (Lat) 7-6(5), 6-1; Polina Kudermetova bt Michika Ozeki (Jpn) 7-5, 6-2.
Doubles (quarterfinals): Zhibek Kulambayeva (Kaz) & Sapfo Sakellaridi (Gre) bt Sharmada Ballu & Diana Marcinkevica (Lat) 6-1, 7-5; Jessie Aney (USA) & Lena Papadakis (Ger) bt Yu-Yun Li (Tpe) & Eri Shimizu (Jpn) 6-2, 6-7(3), [10-5]; Shrivalli Bhamidipaty & Vaidehi Chaudhari bt Carole Monnet (Fra) & Ekaterina Yashina 6-2, 6-1; Saki Imamura & Mana Kawamura (Jpn) bt Darja Semenistaja (Lat) & Fanni Stollar (Hun) 1-6, 6-3, [10-5].
– Staff Sportstar
ROWING
Providers pips Military in rowing nationals
Rowers from the Providers Sports activities Management Board (SSCB) overcame stiff competitors from Military Sports activities Management Board (ASCB) to win high honours within the males’s part of the 41th Senior Nationwide Rowing Championship in Pune on Thursday.
Providers ended with 4 gold and three silver as in opposition to 3 gold and 4 silver by Military. Chandigarh claimed the lone title amongst state associations.
Within the girls’s part, Madhya Pradesh (4 gold, 1 silver) claimed the highest spot whereas Kerala (2 gold), Manipur (1 gold, 1 silver) completed behind within the seven-race schedule.
The boys’s part was thrilling, with the primary two finals going the Providers and Military’s method respectively.
Within the double sculls occasion Providers’ Kulwinder Singh and Karamjit Singh — 6 minutes 48.9 seconds — pushed apart the Military duo of Gurtap Singh and Ravi (6:55.2).
Military struck again, with Babulal Yadav and Lekh Ram edging out Providers’ Sanee Kumar and Iqbal Singh.
The following two races belonged to Providers. The coxless fours had Jaswinder Singh, Bheem Singh, Punit Kumar, Ashish (06:27.3) getting the higher of Military’s Lakhveer Singh Harinder Singh, Ghurde Patil, Jasmail Singh (06:29.5).
The following race additionally went the Providers method and took its tally to 3 as in opposition to one by Military. Providers claimed its third when the light-weight double sculls duo of Nitin Deol and Ujjwal Kumar Singh (06:48.7) completed forward of Military’s Arwinder Singh and Rohit (06:51.2).
Military claimed its second title of the day by bagging the quadruple sculls. Ravi, Jaspinder Singh, Gurpartap Singh, Manjeet Kumar mixed to clock 06:19.3, which was higher than the 06:21.2 clocked by the Providers quartet of Ashish Phugat, Jakar Khan, Karamjit Singh and Kulwinder Singh.
The ladies’s part noticed Madhya Pradesh dominating and Maharashtra failing to make an impression with single sculler Khushpreet Kaur of MP (08:42.4) rising stronger than Mrunmayee Salgaonkar (08:48.7).
Madhya Pradesh additionally claimed the quadruple sculls, coxless pairs, the double sculls aside from the one sculls.
– PTI