TENNIS
Sumit Nagal beat Ivan Gaikhov 6-1, 7-6(4) within the quarterfinals of the €120,950 Challenger tennis event in Heilbronn, Germany, on Friday.
Within the $60,000 ITF girls’s occasion in Sumter, USA, Sahaja Yamlapalli reached the quarterfinals with a 6-4, 2-6, 6-1 victory over Katrina Scott.
The outcomes:
€120,950 Challenger, Heilbronn, Germany
Singles (quarterfinals): Sumit Nagal bt Ivan Gaikhov 6-1, 7-6(4); Pre-quarterfinals: Sumit bt Javier Cosano (Esp) 6-4, 6-1.
$25,000 ITF males, Cordoba, Spain
Doubles (semifinals): Siddhant Banthia & Tennyson Whiting (USA) bt Pedro Marcos & Benjamin Lopez (Esp) 6-3, 4-6, [10-6].
$15,000 ITF males, Monastir, Tunisia
Singles (quarterfinals): Manish Sureshkumar bt Nicolas Ifi (Bel) 6-2, 7-5.
$60,000 ITF girls, Sumter, USA
Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Sahaja Yamalapalli bt Katrina Scott (USA) 6-4, 2-6, 6-1.
$40,000 ITF girls, Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal
Singles (quarterfinals): Eudice Chong (Hkg) bt Ankita Rain 6-3, 6-3.
$15,000 ITF girls, Madrid, Spain
Doubles (quarterfinals): Ana Candiotto (Bra) & Anastasia Iamachkine (Per) bt Luiz Fullana (Bra) & Madhurima Sawant 3-6, 6-3, [10-5].
$15,000 ITF girls, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Singles (first spherical): Saumya Vig bt Amanda Elkin (Mex) 2-6, 6-2, [12-10]; Sharmada Balu bt Karolina Lincer (Pol) 2-6, 6-2, [10-6]; Riya Bhatia bt Maria Uribe (Col) 6-2, 7-5.
$15,000 ITF girls, Monastir, Tunisia
Singles (quarterfinals): Zeel Desai bt Salakthip Ounmuang (Tha) 6-1, 4-6, 6-3.
– Group Sportstar
Maan Kesharwani wins AITA event closing
Maan Kesharwani beat Oges Theyjo 6-1, 3-6, 6-1 within the closing of the Rs.250,000 AITA males’s tennis event on Friday.
The outcomes (finals):
Singles: Maan Kesharwani bt Oges Theyjo 6-1, 3-6, 6-1.
Doubles: Aditya Balsekar & Dharmil Shah bt Abhinansu Borthakur & Vilasier Khate 5-7, 6-1, [10-6].
– Group Sportstar
SHOOTING
Vibhuti Bhatia beats Naamya Kapoor
Vibhuti Bhatia beat Naamya Kapoor in each the ladies’s and junior finals to clinch the gold in sports activities pistol within the twenty second Kumar Surendra Singh capturing championship on the Madhya Pradesh Academy.
Vibhuti beat Naamy 31-29 for the ladies’s title, and he or she gained by one level within the extra energetic junior closing, 38-37.
The outcomes:
25m sports activities pistol: Girls: 1. Vibhuti Bhatia 31 (580); 2. Naamya Kapoor 29 (577); 3. Divanshi 23 (577).
Juniors: 1. Vibhuti Bhatia 38 (580); 2. Naamya Kapoor 37 (577); 3.
Divanshi 27 (577).
50m rifle 3-position: Girls: 1. Priya 461.4 (581); 2. Vidarsa Vinod 461.1 (581); 3. Manini Kaushik 448.6 (581).
Juniors: 1. Prachi Gaikwad 461.6 (581); 2. Sakshi Padekar 458.0 (579); 3. Nupur Kumrawat 443.6 (573).
-Kamesh Srinivasan
GOLF
Diksha hangs in by a slender thread, Sharma in Prime-15 in Sweden
Diksha Dagar was hanging in by a slender thread at the same time as Shubhankar Sharma discovered a clean passage into the weekend rounds on the Scandinavian Combined Open right here on Friday.
Sharma, who had an excellent begin within the first spherical with three birdies, shot 69 within the first spherical and repeated that within the second.
In each rounds, he had 5 birdies towards two bogeys to be 6-under and was Tied-Thirteenth after two rounds.
With the second spherical nonetheless in progress, Diksha, after a 75 within the first spherical, wanted a really low second spherical to remain on and finish her jinx of missed cuts in. the occasion.
She was 1-over for the second spherical via 9 holes, and the minimize regarded doubtless at 1-under or, at greatest, even par.
Diksha, who had a birdie towards 4 bogeys on the primary day, had a birdie towards two bogeys within the 10 holes she had performed. She had eight extra to go and wanted a bunch of birdies to make the minimize.
The 33-year-old Swede, Sebastian Söderberg, who has a World Tour title, began his residence event finely.
He carded a gap spherical 9 beneath par 63 added a 66 to get to a whopping 15-under, and held a six-shot lead over his closest rival, Spain’s Jorge Campillo (68-67), and one other Swede Alexander Bjork was mendacity third at 8-under with 69-67.
Soderberg, 33, had seven birdies and an eagle within the first spherical after which added 4 birdies and an eagle within the second. He was bogey free for 36 holes.
5 gamers — Bjork, Alex Fitzpatrick, Calum Hill, Dylan Fritelli and Scott Jamieson — had been tied at 8-under, whereas Fritelli and Jamieson are but to complete their second rounds.
Although they’re enjoying for a similar purse and trophy, three girls — Nicole Broch Estrup of Denmark, Johanna Gustavsson of Sweden and Alice Hewson of England — had been tied-eighth at 7-under.
Malaysia’s Gavin Inexperienced, who produced a primary spherical of 66 (-6), had simply begun his second spherical and had a birdie in his opening two holes.
The modern Scandinavian Combined is co-sanctioned by the World Tour and Women European Tour, with 78 males and 78 girls competing on the identical course for a prize fund and a trophy.
The 2022 champion, Linn Grant, who shot 67 within the first spherical, was 1-over via eight holes within the second spherical.
-PTI
Jeev lies tied Thirteenth, Randhawa is T-17 in Greece on Legends Tour
India’s Jeev Milkha Singh exploded within the final six holes with 5 birdies and completed with 4-under 68 to be positioned tied Thirteenth after the opening spherical of the Costa Navarino Legends Tour Trophy right here on Friday.
The Indian legend was 1-over after 12 holes and rallied brilliantly whereas enjoying within the firm of the first-round chief, Robert Coles, who shot a sensational 11-under 61. Sharing the lead on the high with Coles was Australia’s Scott Hend (60).
Coles had 9 birdies and an eagle, whereas Hend opened with an early bogey on the second gap however hit again rapidly with two eagles and eight birdies within the subsequent 16 holes for the second 60 of the day.
Jeev bogeyed the second and birdied the ninth however once more dropped a shot on the tenth at which level he was 1-over. He parred the subsequent two holes earlier than launching a birdie spree with birdies on the Thirteenth, 14th, fifteenth, seventeenth and 18th.
Jyoti Randhawa (69) was tied seventeenth, and his spherical included seven birdies, two bogeys and a double bogey on Par-5 fifteenth. He had gained the Legends Tour Qualifying College.
It’s the third occasion on the Legends Tour, a Tour for gamers over 50 years of age.
– PTI
CHESS
Divya defeats Ayan to maneuver into sole lead
Prime seed Divya Deshmukh defeated Ayan Allahverdiyeva to maneuver into the only real lead on the finish of the sixth spherical of the World junior ladies’ chess championship at Gandhinagar on Friday. She has 5.5 factors.
Within the boys’ occasion, Jose Gabriel Cardoso, Kazybek Nogerbek, Rudik Makarian and L.M.S.T. De Silva are within the joint lead with 5 factors every.
Vital outcomes (sixth spherical):
Open: Jose Gabriel Cardoso (Col) 5 drew with Kazybek Nogerbek (Kaz) 5; Aleksey Grebnev (FIDE) 4.5 drew with Daniel Quizon (Phi) 4.5; Vuppala Praneeth 4.5 drew with Pranav Anand 4.5; Mayank Chakraborty 4 misplaced to Rudik Makarian (FIDE) 5; Marius Fromm (Ger) 4.5 drew with Rudik Makarian (FIDE) 4.5; L.M.S.T. De Silva (SL) 5 bt Jan Sbuelj (Slo) 3.5; Gleb Dudin (Hun) 4.5 bt Simon Rybka (Slo) 3.5; Emin Ohanyan (Arm) 4.5 bt Aleksandr Domalchuk-Jonasson (Isl) 3.5; Artiom Stribuk (FIDE) 4.5 bt L.R. Srihari 3.5; Mamikon Gharibyan (Arm) 4.5 bt Tarun Kanyamarala (Irl) 3.5.
Women: Ayan Allahverdiyeva (Aze) 4.5 misplaced to Divya Deshmukh 5.5; Mrittika Mallick 4 misplaced to Mariam Mkrtchyan (Arm) 5; Beloslava Krasteva (Bul) 4 misplaced to Ksenia Norman (FIDE) 5; Martyna Wikar (Pol) 4.5 drew with Sachi Jain 4.5; Narmin Abdinova (Aze) 5 bt bt V. Rindhiya 4; Lucia Striskova (Svk) 4 misplaced to Rakshitta Ravi 4.5; Mrudul Dehankar 3.5 misplaced to Sofia Hryzlova (Sui) 4.5; Anna Zhurova (FIDE) 4.5 bt Oshini Gunawardhana 3.5; Lala Shohradova (Tkm) 4 drew with Anastasia Grozdanovic (Srb) 4.
-Group Sportstar
CRICKET
Sher-e-Punjab T20 Cup to be held from June 10-27
IPL star Abhishek Sharma might be among the many gamers to function within the upcoming Shere-e-Punjab T20 Cup, organised by the Punjab Cricket Affiliation from June 10-27 on the IS Bindra PCA Stadium.
The event might be held in a double round-robin league format with 4 groups on the high of the desk making the semifinals, a launch mentioned.
Sharma, one of many key performers for IPL runner-up Sunrisers Hyderabad, will flip up for Agri Knights Kings, whereas Mumbai Indians’ Nehal Wadhera will captain Trident Stallions.
Whereas Naman Dhir will lead BLV Blasters, Viswanath Singh, Anmolpreet Singh, and Sanvir Singh will lead Intersoft Titans, Royal Phantoms and JK Tremendous Strikers respectively.
”Gamers ought to do effectively in Sher-e-Punjab Cup and additional make their case robust for Punjab groups, IPL groups and in addition for India groups,” mentioned India bowler Siddharth Kaul, who will play for Titans.
-PTI