Indian Sports activities Wrap, June 15: Sumit Nagal reaches second straight Challenger remaining

TENNIS

ATP Perugia Challenger: Nagal reaches second straight remaining, Balaji-Begemann pair finishes runner-up

India’s top-ranked participant Sumit Nagal made it to his second remaining on the ATP Challenger Tour in as many weeks as he beat Spain’s Bernabe Zapata Miralles 7-6(2), 1-6, 6-2 in Perugia, Italy, on Saturday.

World No. 77 Nagal is coming off a title triumph through the Heilbronn Challenger final week, which occurs to be his second Challenger title this season after the Chennai Challenger in February. The title-winning run in Heilbronn has possible ensured Nagal a spot at Paris Olympics.

The sixth-seeded Indian faces both fourth-seeded German Daniel Altmaier or top-seeded Italian Luciano Darderi within the remaining on Sunday.

Sriram Balaji and Andre Begemann had been crushed 6-4, 7-5 by the highest seeds Guido Andreozzi and Miguel Reyes-Varela within the doubles remaining.

Within the €812,235 ATP occasion in Stuttgart, Germany, Yuki Bhambri in partnership with Albano Olivetti of was crushed 7-5, 6-4 within the doubles semifinals by Julian Money and Robert Galloway.

The Indo-French pair collected €12,180 and 90 ATP factors.

– Kamesh Srinivasan

Shanker Heisnam beats Aashravya Mehra in AITA Nationwide collection junior remaining

Shanker Heisnam needed to be at his aggressive greatest as he beat Aashravya Mehra 6-4, 5-7, 7-6(3) within the under-18 boys remaining of the AITA Nationwide collection junior tennis event on the CLTA Complicated on Saturday.

Within the women remaining, Mahika Khanna beat Ananya Jain 6-2, 6-4. It was a double crown for Mahika as she had gained the doubles title earlier with Sia Mahajan.

– Kamesh Srinivasan

GOLF

Diksha off to a powerful begin, lies fourth in Italian Open

Indian golfer Diksha Dagar made good use of a hat-trick of birdies at first of the again 9 to compile a strong 5-under 67 and be one shot behind the trio of leaders on the Girls Italian Open.

After the opening day, Diksha trailed Australian Kirsten Rudgeley, Spain’s Fatima Fernandez Cano, and Swiss Tiffany Arafi by one shot. The leaders shot 6-under 66 every on a sun-soaked Friday at Golf Nazionale.

Diksha at sole fourth was greatest among the many 5 Indians within the discipline, whereas Vani Kapoor (72) was T-30, Pranavi Urs and Tvesa Malik with 73 every had been T-41 and Ridhima Dilawari (75) was T-76.

-PTI

Aditi Ashok is T-16 on the LPGA at Meijer Basic

Indian golfer Aditi Ashok carded two underneath 70 to be positioned Tied-Sixteenth on the midway stage of the Meijer LPGA Basic.

The Bengaluru participant, who’s enduring a median season, is because of play her third Olympic Video games in August and a return to type can be a reduction.

Nonetheless and not using a top-10 end in 2024, Aditi had a bogey begin however made up with birdies on the sixth, eighth and the 18th for a 70 and a complete of 6-under 138.

She is 5 photographs behind three-time LPGA Tour winner Ally Ewing who shot the spherical of the week via 36 holes with a 9-under 63 second spherical.

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Randhawa strikes into Spherical of 16, Jeev exits

Jyoti Randhawa gained his second match play spherical to maneuver to the third spherical on the Legends Tour Europe.

Randhawa, enjoying his first full season on the Legends Tour for gamers over 50 years of age, outplayed Malcolm Mackenzie 5 and 4. He’ll now tackle Keith Horne, who beat Jeev Milkha Singh 4 and three within the second spherical.

Jyoti Randhawa of India in motion throughout day two of the Paul Lawrie Match Play.
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Randhawa and Mackenzie had been tied after six holes earlier than the Indian pulled away to win 5 holes between the eighth and the 14th and completed the match with 4 holes to go.

Jeev went 1-up on the third however then Horne, who has performed with Jeev in Asia and Europe through the years, gained 5 holes between the fifth and the 14th to shut the match.

-PTI

Gaurika Bishnoi wins seventh leg of Hero WPG Tour

Gaurika Bishnoi gained the seventh leg of the Hero Girls’s Professional Golf Tour, producing a surprising end with a hat-trick of birdies within the final three holes for the week’s greatest spherical of 4-under 66 on the Jayachamaraja Wadiyar Golf Membership, right here on Saturday.

Gaurika, who was tied third after the second spherical and two photographs behind the chief at first of the day, totalled 1-under 209 as in a single day chief Khushi Khanijau (71) cracked underneath strain on the finish.

Khushi gave away bogeys on the Sixteenth and the seventeenth and carded 2-over 212 to complete three photographs behind in runner-up place.

It was Gaurika’s first win of the 2024 season. She had two wins in 2023.

File Picture: Gaurika Bishnoi’s expertise proved essential as she birdied the Sixteenth and the seventeenth, whereas Khushi bogeyed the Sixteenth and the seventeenth. That four-shot swing in Gaurika’s favour in a matter of simply two holes modified the storyline.
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Newbie Mannat Brar had an outstanding remaining spherical of 3-under 67 that had six birdies together with 4 on the again 9 and three bogeys total. That took her to 4-over 214 and she or he was tied-third.

Vidhatri Urs, who took the lead on the primary day in her first-ever spherical as a professional, shot 71 on the third day and completed at 4-over 214 to be tied-third with Mannat.

Gaurika, who started the ultimate day two photographs behind Khushi, was nonetheless two behind with three holes left. On the finish of the entrance 9, Khushi appeared the possible winner as she stretched her in a single day lead from two to 4 photographs. Gaurika turned in even par, whereas Khushi with birdies on the seventh and ninth was 2-under.

Then issues started altering. A bogey by Khushi on the eleventh and a birdie by Gaurika on the fifteenth diminished the hole from 4 to 2.

Then got here the massive turnaround.

Gaurika’s expertise proved essential as she birdied the Sixteenth and the seventeenth, whereas Khushi bogeyed the Sixteenth and the seventeenth. That four-shot swing in Gaurika’s favour in a matter of simply two holes modified the storyline.

From two behind Gaurika was now two forward. She added one other birdie and Khushi nearly managed a par and settled for the runners-up place.

Jasmine Shekar, searching for her maiden win, began the day one behind the second-round chief Khushi.

Nonetheless, Jasmine, who has completed runner-up a number of occasions, confronted disappointment but once more. Jasmine was 1-under for the entrance 9 however a bogey on the Par-3 14th was adopted by a collection of three bogeys from the Sixteenth to the 18th. She carded 73 and ended fifth at 5-over 215.

Astha Madan (73) was sixth whereas beginner Saanvi Somu (70), with one of many solely three playing cards of par or higher for the ultimate day, was seventh.

Shweta Mansingh (72), Ananya Garg (73), Rhea Purvi Saravanan (74), Amandeep Drall (74) and new professional Anvitha Narender (75) had been in a giant bunch tied at eighth at 11-over 221.

Final yr’s Hero Order of Benefit winner Sneha Singh was thirteenth after a remaining spherical of 74.

On the Hero Order of Benefit, Hitaashee Bakshi stays on high regardless of not teeing up this week as she is enjoying in Singapore, whereas Amandeep Drall is now second with Khushi Khanijau third.

-PTI

CRICKET

Bengal Professional T20 League: Servotech Siliguri Strikers defeats Shrachi Rarh Tigers by eight wickets

Ankur Pal’s unbeaten 43-ball 62, together with seven fours and three sixes, helped Servotech Siliguri Strikers beat Shrachi Rarh Tigers by eight wickets within the Bengal Professional T20 League on the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Saturday.

– Y.B. Sarangi

SQUASH

Asian Workforce Championships: Indian males, girls to combat for fifth-place end

India girls will play Iran for fifth place within the Asian Workforce Squash Championships in Dalian, China, on Sunday whereas the lads will tackle South Korea to resolve the fifth and sixth positions.

On Saturday, the penultimate day of the competitors, India girls put it previous Singapore within the classification stage that noticed Sunita Patel and Rathika Suthanthira Seelan win in 5 video games every in dramatic style.

In the meantime, the lads beat Iran to advance of their classification spherical, with Om Semwal and Velavan Senthilkumar additionally profitable in 5 video games every.

– Workforce Sportstar