TENNIS
Challenger match: Ramkumar Ramanathan-Joshua Paris lose in doubles pre-quarters
Ramkumar Ramanathan, seeded second with Joshua Paris of Britain, was overwhelmed 6-4, 6-3 within the doubles pre-quarterfinals by Scott Duncan and Hunter Reese within the €74,825 Challenger tennis match in Grodzisk Mazowiecki, Poland.
The outcomes:
€74,825 Callenger, Grodzisk Mazowiecki, Poland
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Scott Duncan (GBR) & Hunter Reese (USA) bt Joshua Paris (GBR) & Ramkumar Ramanathan 6-4, 6-3.
$25,000 ITF males, Muttenz, Switzerland
Singles (first spherical): Mischa Lanz (Sui) bt Siddhant Banthia 6-3, 3-6, 7-5.
$15,000 ITF males, Bielsko Biala, Poland
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Aryan Lakshmanan & Przemyslaw Michocki (Pol) bt Filip Bojko & Jakub Hrynkiewicz (Pol) 6-7(5), 7-5, [10-8].
$15,000 ITF males, Monastir, Tunisia
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Raen Hermassi (Tun) & Yazid Lahjomri (Mar) bt Chirag Duhan & Aliaksandr Liaonenka 6-3, 2-6, [11-9].
$40,000 ITF girls, Ourense, Spain
Singles (first spherical): Haruka Kaji (Jpn) bt Madhurima Sawant 6-1, 6-0.
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Nahia Berecoechea (Fra) & Alina Charaeva bt Ankita Raina & Vasanti Shinde 6-1, 6-1.
$15,000 ITF girls, Xiamen, China
Singles (first spherical): Xun Fang Ying (Chn) bt Riya Bhatia 7-6(2), 6-3.
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Riya Bhatia & Michika Ozeki (Jpn) bt Wei Zhang-Qian & Zhang Zi Ye (Chn) 6-4, 6-1.
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CUE SPORTS
Pankaj Advani begins with large win in Western India Billiards and Snooker C’ship
India’s most completed billiards participant Pankaj Advani recorded an enormous win by setting up a double century break of 208 factors en route a 945-194 victory over Yogesh Rungta, in a third-round contest of the Western India Billiards and Snooker Championship in Mumbai on Wednesday.
The Bengaluru-based Advani, a 27-time Worldwide Billiards and Snooker Federation (IBSF) world champion, was in full stream and had two century efforts (133 & 122) and an 87.
In different third spherical match, Shahyan Razmi continued together with his spectacular run and defeated the skilled Loukic Pathare 666-360.
On his first go to, Shahyan rolled in a break of 84 and a few visits later stitched collectively a break of 83 whereas following it up with a composed 72 to construct a large lead over Pathare.
The seasoned cueist Ashok Shandilya obtained the higher of match hosts Khar Gymkhana’s Tathya Sachdev 566-378. Shandilya’s finest effort was a 146, apart from breaks of 73 and two efforts of 56 factors. Tathya tried his finest and managed a run of 90 and 57.
In snooker, nationwide champion Sourav Kothari and former champion Kamal Chawla eased into the pre-quarters.
Kothari obtained the higher of R. Girish 4-1 (77-21, 70-31, 46-62, 79-11 and 67-55), whereas Chawla, with breaks of 57 and 47 within the opening two frames, blanked J. Varun Kumar of Tamil Nadu 4-0 (108-11, 108-12, 61-58 and 64-1).
Saqlain Mushtaque prevailed over Shivam Arora 4-1 (24-58, 49-33, 76-9, 64-27 and 56-17) and Shashi Patel obtained the higher of Devendra Joshi 4-2 (72-29, 16-66, 72-61, 87-42, 38-46 and 68-25).
Outcomes:
Senior billiards – Spherical 3: Shahyan Razmi (MUM) bt Loukic Pathare (RLYWS) 666 (84, 83, 72) – 360; Ashok Shandilya (MUM) bt Tathya Sachdev (MP) 566 (146, 73, 56, 56) – 378(90, 57); Mehul Sutariya (MAH) bt Rovin D’Souza 334-286; S. Srikrishna (BPCL) bt Aryan Parulekar (MUM) 334(95, 85) – 283; Pankaj Advani (ONGC) bt Yogesh Rungta (MUM) 945(208, 133, 122, 87) – 194.
Spherical 2: Rishabh Thakkar (MUM) bt Rohan Pai (MUM) 494 (92, 59, 58, 52, 48) – 157).
Senior snooker – Spherical 3: Sourav Kothari (ONGC) bt R. Girish (RLWYS) 4-1 (77-21, 70-31, 46-62, 79-11, 67-55); Saqlain Mushtaque (WB) bt Shivam Arora (PUNE) 4-1 (24-58, 49-33, 76-9, 64-27, 56-17); Kamal Chawla (RLYWS) bt J. Varun Kumar (TN) 4-0 (108 (57)-11, 108 (47)-12, 61-58, 64-1); Shashi Patel (GUJ) bt Devendra Joshi (BPCL) 4-2 (72-29, 16-66, 72-61, 87-42, 38-46, 68-25); Laxman Rawat (IOCL) bt Hrithik Jain (MP) 4-2 (14-71, 83-60, 12-66, 71(56)-42, 71-10, 76-37).
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