SQUASH
eightieth Nationwide squash championship scheduled to be held from August 4 to 10
The eightieth Nationwide squash championship sponsored by HCL shall be staged on the Bombay Gymkhana Membership in Mumbai from August 4 to 10.
About 670 gamers, a file quantity in comparison with the figures of 450 and 417 within the final two editions, shall be competing within the championship, which might additionally function the choice standards for the World Staff Championship in Hong Kong in December.
Anahat Singh and Velavan Senthilkumar, the champions of the final version, are anticipated to be seen in motion together with a number of different outstanding gamers.
“HCL goals to foster the expansion of squash by growing consciousness and participation whereas unlocking the total potential of athletes, coaches and referees by offering them with international alternatives,” mentioned Rajat Chandolia, the Model Head of HCL.
“The overwhelming response to this 12 months’s championship is a testomony to the rising reputation of squash in India. We anticipate fierce competitors and consider this occasion will encourage numerous people to take up the game,” mentioned the Secretary Basic of SRFI.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
ATHLETICS
Providers Championship: Kartik surprises Gulveer, takes 10,000m title
Kartik Kumar shocked nationwide record-holder Gulveer Singh and gained the boys’s 10,000m title within the 73rd Providers athletics championships which concluded on the SAI-LNCPE Stadium right here on Thursday.
In the meantime, former nationwide champion U. Karthik, who produced a 17.10m effort in 2022 which put him within the fifth spot in India’s all-time checklist, gained the triple leap gold with 15.89m.
Military Crimson gained the general championship with 83.5 factors whereas Navy (77) and Air Pressure (41) took the following two spots.
Commodore V.Z. Job, Station Commander-Kochi and Commanding Officer, INS Venduruthy, was the chief visitor on the closing perform and gave away the prizes.
Outcomes
200m: 1. Lovepreet Singh (IN) 21.12s, 2. Harjit Singh (AF) 21.27, 3. Sandeep Singh (AR) 21.37.
10,000m: 1. Kartik Kumar (AR) 29:48.85s, 2. Gulveer Singh (AR) 29:49.04, 3. Sunil Kumar (AG) 29:54.38.
3000m steeple chase: 1. Rohit Verma (IN) 8:44.35s, 2. Shankar Lal Swami (AR) 8:49.53, 3. Balkishan (AR) 8:52.76.
4x400m relay: 1. Military Crimson (Angrej Singh, Mohit Kumar, Nowajis Shaikh, Rince Joseph) 3:09.89s; 2. Military Inexperienced (3:10.26), 3. Navy (3:10.30).
Triple leap: 1. U. Karthik (AF) 15.89m, 2. Puneet Kumar (AR) 15.85, 3. T. Vimal Mugesh (IN) 15.84. Hammer throw: 1. Taranveer Singh (IN) 64.91m, 2. Niraj Kumar (IN) 64.15, 3. Ashish Jakhar (AR) 63.60.
-Stan Rayan
TENNIS
Mukund beats Australia’s Pham to achieve ITF tourney quarters in Taiwan
S Mukund sailed previous Derek Pham of Australia 6-4, 6-1 into the quarterfinals of the $25,000 ITF males’s tennis match in Taipei, Taiwan, on Thursday.
Within the $75,000 ITF ladies’s occasion in Lexington, USA, qualifier Shrivalli Bhamidipaty reached the pre-quarterfinals with a 6-4, 7-5 victory over Fiona Crawley.
The outcomes:
€148,625 Challenger, Porto, Portugal
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Joshua Paris (GBR) & Ramkumar Ramanathan bt Pedro Araujo & Joao Domingues (Por) 6-4, 6-4; Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan & Vijay Sundar Prashanth bt Hunter Reese (USA) & Divij Sharan 6-3, 6-7(7), [10-6]; Arjun Kadhe & Arthur Reymond (Fra) bt Jonathan Eysseric (Fra) & George Goldhoff (USA) 2-6, 6-4, [10-6].
€74,825 Challenger, Liberec, Czech Republic
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Nikolas Izquierdo & Carlos Taberner (Esp) bt Siddhant Banthia & Courtney Lock (Zim) 6-2, 6-7(5), [10-8].
$25,000 ITF males, Taipei, Taiwan
Singles (pre-quarterfinals): S Mukund bt Derek Pham (Aus) 6-4, 6-1; Tsung-Hao Huang (Tpe) bt Sidharth Rawat 3-6, 6-4, 6-2.
Doubles (quarterfinals): Makoto Ochi & Ryotaro Taguchi (Jpn) bt Sai Karteek Reddy & Wishaya Trongcharoenchaikul (Tha) 6-2, 6-4.
$25,000 ITF males, Brazzaville, Congo
Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Rishab Agarwal bt Etienne Teboh (Cmr) 6-3, 6-4; Eric Vanshelboim (Ukr) bt Parth Aggarwal 6-3, 6-1; Bor Artnak (Slo) bt Dev Javia 6-1, 6-0; Mathys Erhard (Fra) bt Muni Ananth Mani 6-0, 6-0; S.D. Prajwal Dev bt Hillel Rousseau (Hai) 6-1, 1-0 (retired); Karan Singh bt Yuvan Nandal 2-6, 6-3, 6-3.
Doubles (quarterfinals): S.D. Prajwal Dev & Adil Kalyanpur bt Maxime Gouge (Fra) & Eytan Miessen (Bel) 6-2, 6-0; Rishab Agarwal & Eric Vanshelboim (Ukr) bt Parth Aggarwal & Abraham Asaba (Gha) 6-3, 6-4; Isaac Nortey (Gha) & Karan Singh bt Ethan Sibanda & Mehluli Sibanda (Zim) 6-2, 6-4; Dev Javia & Rishi Reddy bt Aditya Balsekar & Yash Chaurasia 7-6(4), 6-3.
$75,000 ITF ladies, Lexington, USA
Singles (first spherical): Shrivalli Bhamidipaty bt Fiona Crawley (USA) 6-4, 7-5.
$25,000 ITF ladies, Roehampton, Britain
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Sarah Gray (GBR) & Ankita Raina bt Lauryn John-Baptiste (GBR) & Eri Shimizu (Jpn) 6-4, 6-2.
$25,000 ITF ladies, Mohammedia, Morocco
Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Ikumi Yamazaki (Jpn) bt Vaishnavi Adkar 4-6, 6-4, 6-2.
$15,000 ITF ladies, Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan
Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Vaidehi Chaudhari bt Aglaya Fedorova 6-1, 6-1.
Doubles (quarterfinals): Vaidehi Chaudhari & Elena Malygina (Est) bt Ekaterina Khayrutdinova & Tatyana Nikolenko (Kaz) 6-1, 6-7(2), [10-4].
$15,000 ITF ladies, Tbilisi, Georgia
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Daria Egorova & Rada Zolotareva bt Saumya Vig & Elina Zakharova 7-5, 6-3.
– Kamesh Srinivasan
SURFING
Nationwide Surf Collection: Kamali and Banarse to battle for high honours in ladies’s occasion
High ladies surfers- P Kamali of Tamil Nadu and Sugar Shanti Banarse of Goa shall be clashing for the title within the Open Girls’s class of the Mahabs Level Break Problem Nationwide Surf Collection right here.
Additionally, Shrishti Selvam and Sandhya Arun shall be among the many others competing. Kamali can even look to finish the double as she is the favorite within the Groms Underneath-16 Ladies class finals, slated for Friday.
On the competitors’s opening day, Kamali and Banarse certified for the finals, finely successful their respective semifinals, securing a rating of 13.17 and eight.16, respectively.
Shrishti and Sandhya certified for the finals, ending second within the first and second semifinals respectively.
In the meantime, Kamali will compete alongside Dhayanthi Sriram, Mahati Srinivasabharathi and Saanvi Hegde within the Groms U-16 Ladies class.
Up-and-coming surfers Tayin Arun and Kishore Kumar continued to impress with their performances on the nationwide stage, having certified for the following rounds of each the Males’s Open class and the Groms U-16 Boys class.
Kishore gained Warmth 4 of Spherical 2, thus coming into the quarterfinals. In the meantime, Arun got here second in Warmth 5, reaching the quarterfinals, and each surfers simply gained their quarterfinal heats to cement their place within the semi-finals of the Groms U-16 class.
Defending champion from the final two editions, Ramesh Budihal and the top-ranked surfers Ajeesh Ali, Srikanth D, Harish M, M. Manikandan, Surya P and Sivaraj Babu have additionally sealed their quarterfinal place with convincing wins of their respective Spherical 2 heats, scheduled for Friday.
Within the Groms U-16 Boys semi-finals, Arun shall be joined by Yogesh A, S Lokesh and Som Sethi, whereas within the second semi-finals, Kishore Kumar shall be up towards P Harish, Pradeep Pujar and Prahlad Sriram for a spot within the finals.
Head Decide Rory Symes from Australia praised the ladies surfers for his or her distinctive show of abilities and boldness all through the occasion.
-PTI