TENNIS
Challenger tour: Doubles title for Arjun and Jeevan
Third seeds Arjun Kadhe and Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan beat second seeds Piotr Matuszewski and Matthew Romios 7-6(5), 6-4 within the doubles remaining of the $82,000 Challenger tennis event in Cuernavaca, Mexico.
The champion group collected $4665 and 75 ATP factors. The runners-up bought $2700 and 50 factors.
It was the thirty third doubles title for the 35-year-old Jeevan, and his twelfth Challenger doubles title. For the 30-year-old Arjun, it was his nineteenth doubles title, and sixth Challenger title.
The outcomes
$82,000 Challenger, Cuernavaca, Mexico
Doubles (remaining): Arjun Kadhe & Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan bt Piotr Matuszewski (Pol) & Matthew Romios (Aus) 7-6(5), 6-4.
– Staff Sportstar
GOLF
Akshay slips at finish of Spherical 3 however Scheffler strikes into sole lead
Indian American golfer Akshay Bhatia misplaced an opportunity to bid for a Prime-10 end after carding a two-over 74 on the third day on the 88th Augusta Masters in Augusta.
The 22-year-old, who gained the Valero Texas Open final week, suffered a three-shot loss in a matter of two holes on 16-17 when a under-par spherical appeared his for taking on the Augusta Nationwide.
Bhatia (72-75-74), already a twice winner on the PGA Tour, was 5-over and T-28, whereas one other Indian American Sahith Theegala shot a 3rd straight 74 to get to six-over and T-36.
“That is seven weeks in a row for me enjoying. It’s simply a variety of golf. Then once you come to a significant final minute, particularly with the highs of successful, it’s fairly difficult,” stated Bhatia when requested about psychological fatigue.
“So it’s one thing I haven’t realized to do but. After I gained, I had every week off. Coming to Augusta Nationwide is absolutely laborious, and attempting to arrange however not an excessive amount of, it’s only a tremendous steadiness.” World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler performed a roller-coaster of a again 9 with two every of birdies and bogeys, apart from an eagle and a double in his second 9. With 66-72-71, he’s now 7-under and in sole lead.
-PTI
SHOOTING
Fahd Sultan wins entice gold, Prabhat silver
New Delhi, Apr 14 (PTI) Indian marksman Fahd Sultan gained the gold medal on the All India Manav Rachna Open Shotgun competitors, pushing Prabhat Kumar and Aryavansh Tyagi to second and third spots respectively right here on Sunday.
Sultan, who just lately competed within the Asian Championships in Kuwait and is the son of Olympian entice marksman Anwar Sultan, shot 42 out of fifty within the remaining, whereas Prabhat scored 37 and Aryavansh 31.
The distinctive factor concerning the competitors was three high male and and an equal variety of ladies entice exponents made it to the six-shooter finals.
The three ladies shooters who made it to the ultimate had been Aadya Tripathi, Bhavna Chaudhdry and Katha Kapoor.
Aadya Tripathi, 22, who has competed in a number of World Junior Championships in 2021 and 2022, was unfortunate to get eradicated on fourth place with a rating of 25. She had shot an outstanding 44/50 in qualification.
“The truth that it was an Open competitors, there have been no separate classes for women and men, so we competed with the boys to enter the finals. The attention-grabbing half about immediately’s competitors was that 4 ladies may have made it to the finals primarily based on the qualification scores.
“However since an equal variety of female and male opponents had been allowed within the medal spherical, considered one of us missed out on a remaining berth,” stated Aadya.
Asian Championships gold-medallist shot-putter Om Prakash Karhana stated, “The aim of the competitors was to offer equal platform to each women and men shooters.”
-PTI
WRESTLING
Asian Wrestling championships: Indian ladies bag 4 medals
Indian ladies added 4 extra medals within the Asian wrestling championships at Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on Sunday.
Anju (53kg) and Harshita (72kg) bagged silver medals, whereas Manisha (62kg) and Antim Kundu (65kg) claimed bronze.
Anju was overwhelmed 10-0 by North Korea’s Ji Hyang Kim, whereas Harshita was defeated 5-2 by China’s Qian Jiang of their respective finals.
Manisha recorded a 5-0 win over Philippines’ Arina Carpio in her bronze medal match. Antim bought a walkover as her opponent, South Korea’s Soobin Kim, was injured.
Former World championships bronze medallist Sarita Mor crashed out of the medal race in 57kg after shedding to Mongolia’s Gantuya Enkhbat 8-4 within the quarterfinals.
-Staff Sportstar