TENNIS
Chennai Open ATP Challenger: S D Prajwal Dev reaches ultimate qualifying spherical
S. D. Prajwal Dev was the one Indian to make it out of the primary spherical of qualifying on the Chennai Open ATP Challenger on Sunday after scoring a straight units win over countryman Abhinav Shanmugam.
Prajwal Dev, seeded tenth within the qualifying draw, received 6-3, 7-5 in a single hour and 39 minutes to arrange a second-round conflict in opposition to fourth seed Vadym Ursu, who defeated India’s Manish Sureshkumar 7-6(6), 6-3 in a single hour and 49 minutes.
Rethin Pranav, India’s No. 1 Junior and a promising participant, made his Challenger Tour debut, placing up a present of fluent stroke play earlier than taking place to Evgeny Karlovskiy of Russia 6-4, 7-6(4). Karlovskiy needed to save 4 set factors within the second set earlier than profitable the match 7-4 within the tie break.
Ursu was joined by the highest three seeds – No 1 seed Eric Vanshelboim, No 2 seed Bogdan Bobrov and No 3 seed Kris Van Wyk – within the second and ultimate spherical of qualifying. It was a very good day for the seeds, with 11 of the highest 12 seeds profitable their first-round matches.
The one exception was eighth seed Constantin Bittoun Kouzmine, of France, who was overwhelmed 6-0, 6-0 by Alexey Zakharov.
The ultimate spherical of the qualifying draw will happen on Monday together with the primary batch of essential draw matches.
The outcomes (First spherical of qualifying)
1) Eric Vanshelboim (UKR) def. Ray Ho (TPE) 6-3. 6-3
(2) Bogdan Bobrov def. Ishaque Eqbal (IND) 6-4, 6-4
(3) Kris Van Wyk (RSA) def. Adil Kalyanpur (IND) 6-1, 6-4
(4) Vadym Ursu (UKR) def. Manish Sureshkumar (IND) 7-6 (6), 6-3
(5) Jonas Forejtek (CZE) Vs Siddharth Vishwakarma (IND) 6-2, 6-2
(6) Yurii Dzhavakian (UKR) def. Bharath Nishok Kumaran (IND) 6-3, 6-1
(7) Olaf Pieczkowski (POL) def. Nitin Kumar Sinha (IND) 6-3, 6-1
Alexey Zakharov def. (8) Constantin Bittoun Kouzmine (FRA) 6-0, 6-0
(9) Evgeny Karlovskiy def. Rethin Pranav Senthil Kumar (IND) 6-4, 7-6 (4)
(10) S D Prajwal Dev (IND) def. Abhinav Sanjeev Shanmugam (IND) 6-3, 7-5
(11) Luca Castelnuovo (SUI) def. Karan Singh (IND) 6-4, 7-6 (4)
(12) Enzo Wallart (FRA) def, Lohithaksha Bathrinath (IND) 7-6 (2), 6-2
– Group Sportstar
Polina Kudermetova wins ITF title in Indore
Second seed Polina Kudermetova beat fifth seed Dalila Jakupovic 3-6, 6-2, 6-0 within the ultimate of the $40,000 ITF girls’s tennis event on the Indore Tennis Membership on Sunday.
It was the ninth singles title within the skilled circuit for the 20-year-old Kudermetova.
– Group Sportstar
Asian U-16 event: Double delight for Prachi Malik
Prachi Malik received a doubles crown within the Asian under-16 tennis event on the Tennis Mission in Baliawas on Sunday.
Prachi beat Anandita Upadhyay 6-4, 6-4 within the ultimate for the singles title. She partnered Akansha Ghosh to win the doubles title.
The boys singles title was received by Hruthik Katakam as he outplayed Om Patel for the lack of three video games within the ultimate.
Varad Santosh and Ayush Poojary beat the highest seeds Prateek Sheoran and Ranvir Singh 10-6 within the tremendous tie-break for the doubles title.
RESULTS (Finals)
Below-16 boys: Hruthik Katakam bt Om Patel 6-2, 6-1.
Doubles: Varad Santosh & Ayush Poojary bt Prateek Sheoran & Ranvir Singh 2-6, 6-4, [10-6].
Below-16 ladies: Prachi Malik bt Anandita Upadhyay 6-4, 6-4.
Doubles: Akansha Ghosh & Prachi Malik bt Asmi Raghuwanshi & Avisha Rathod 6-2, 6-4.
– Group Sportstar
GOLF
Avani Prashanth finishes tenth as Chinese language Taipei golfer is topped champion
India’s Avani Prashanth registered her fourth straight beneath par spherical with a one-under 71 to log off tied tenth, her finest end within the Girls’s Beginner Asia-Pacific Championships in Pattaya on Sunday.
She carded 68-69-71-71 for a complete of nine-under 279, however felt she might have completed significantly better.
“I missed plenty of possibilities, however the optimistic is that I might nonetheless get 9-under with out my ‘A’ recreation. The primary 36 holes (7-under) I performed nice however the final 36 (2-under) was disappointing,” mentioned Avani, who has a busy schedule forward of her.
Avani, who birdied just one par-5 in 4 days and missed quite a few small putts, was 9 pictures behind the winner.
Chun-Wei Wu of Chinese language Taipei, beginning the day 4 pictures away from the sphere, overcame a nervy begin with two bogeys within the first three holes.
She noticed her lead dwindle to as little as one, however birdied twice within the final 4 holes to hold on for a two-shot win. She carded 67-65-66-72 for 18-under 270 whole to grow to be the second participant from Chinese language Taipei to win the WAAP title, which opens a number of doorways for her over the remainder of the yr.
India’s 15-year-old Saanvi Somu, making her debut on the occasion, carded a ultimate 75 after dropping a double bogey on the ninth, her closing gap. She had playing cards of 73-72-75-73 for a creditable 5-over 293 and was tied forty eighth.
Avani began with a birdie however gave that shot again on the third. She adopted it with a string of 9 par earlier than choosing back-to-back birdies on thirteenth and the 14th.
Over the subsequent 4 holes, she missed at the least three makeable putts, two of them for birdies and bogeyed the final.
“I simply couldn’t make the putts, didn’t convert the probabilities I created,” mentioned Avani, who will now play in Kenya and two huge beginner occasions in Sage Valley and the Augusta Nationwide Girls’s Beginner within the US.
The winner Wu’s rewards embody berths into three Majors — the AIG Girls’s Open at St Andrews, the Amundi Evian Championship in France, and the Chevron Championship in the US of America.
Other than the Rae-Vadee T Suwan Champion’s Medal, she can even obtain invites to the Hana Monetary Group Championship, the ISPS HANDA Girls’s Australian Open, the 121st Girls’s Beginner Championship and the Augusta Nationwide Girls’s Beginner.
“Unbelievable! That is the primary time I’ve received a giant event,” mentioned Wu, whose 72-hole mixture of 18-under 270 was two strokes away from runner-up Lee Hyo-song, the 15-year-old Korean.
– PTI
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SFA Faculties championships
The SFA Faculties champion crew, Noida Academic Academy.
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The SFA Faculties champion crew, Noida Academic Academy.
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Anika Gupta of Springdales Faculty, Dhaula Kuan, and Harsh Kumar of Manava Bhawna Public Faculty, Nathupura, emerged the golden lady and golden boy within the Sports activities For All (SFA) colleges championship that concluded on Sunday.
Anika received two gold medals every in chess and carrom in profitable the award. Harsh received two gold medals every in athletics and kho kho.
Noida Academic Academy was declared the general crew champion with 119 factors. Pathways World Faculty, Gurugram, and Manava Bhawna Public Faculty, Nathupura, completed second and third respectively with 112 and 111 factors respectively.
The inaugural version of the SFA championships within the Nationwide Capital Area (NCR) featured about 6200 college students. They have been competing in athletics, badminton, basketball, carrom, chess, soccer, kabaddi, karate, kho kho, capturing, squash, skating, swimming, desk tennis, tennis, volleyball and yogasana.
– Group Sportstar
FOOTBALL
SAT shocks Kerala United, KSEB blanks Wayanad United
Former champion KSEB blanked Wayanad United FC 3-0 within the tremendous six stage of the Scoreline Kerala Premier League soccer on the Jawahar Municipal Stadium right here on Sunday.
It was KSEB’s first win within the tremendous six stage and with that, the crew opened its account within the factors desk. The large loss ought to be a setback for Wayanad United, which is at present fourth within the factors desk with 4 factors from 4 matches, whereas KSEB is within the subsequent rung with three factors.
In the meantime Tirur’s SAT, which was on the backside of the desk, additionally opened its account with a surprising 2-1 victory over defending champion Kerala United FC. Substitute Mohammed Yasin scored the match-winner within the third minute of damage time. He had are available 12 minutes earlier.
Regardless of the loss, Kerala United continues to remain within the third spot with six factors.
The highest 4 groups from the tremendous six enter the semifinals.
The consequence:
KSEB 3 (John Paul 75, Nijo Gilbert 78, J. Sreeraj 81) bt Wayanad United FC 0.
SAT, Tirur 2 (E.Ok. Muhammed Thasleem 68, V.N. Mohammed Yasin 90+3) bt Kerala United FC 1 (William Lalnunfela 78-p).
-Stan Rayan