GOLF
Aditi exits early, Lee, Khang share lead as Olympic champion Ko lies sixth
Indian golfer Aditi Ashok carded a 3-over 75 within the second spherical to make an early exit from the ISPS HANDA Ladies’s Scottish Open.
Aditi, a five-time winner on the Women European Tour, had a 81 within the first spherical.
Aditi had a bogey on the entrance 9 and a double on the again 9 and no birdies. It was a kind of uncommon weeks, when she had no birdies in both spherical.
The Scottish Open has by no means been form to Aditi, who has now missed the lower on the occasion six occasions in eight begins since 2017 with a better of T-55 in 2023.
She might be again in motion on the AIG Ladies’s Open subsequent week a St. Andrews.
On the high, Minjee Lee and Megan Khang share the lead on eight-under-par on the halfway mark of the occasion that precedes the AIG Ladies’s Open.
-PTI
Lahiri thirty eighth in Liv Golf Greenbrier
India’s Anirban Lahiri had one bogey and one birdie in his opening spherical of even par 70 at Liv Golf Greenbrier after the primary day of the 54-hole occasion right here.
Lahiri was tied thirty eighth in a area of 54.
Talor Gooch, the 2023 Particular person champion, grabbed a share of the first-round lead, taking pictures a bogey-free 7-under 63, which was matched by Jason Kokrak and Sebastián Muñoz.
Brooks Koepka is in a five-way tie for fourth, only one stroke again after his 64 on a day when play was suspended for 80 minutes on account of inclement climate.
With Gooch, Kokrak and Koepka offering the contributing scores, Smash opened up a four-shot benefit over Ripper GC and Legion XIII on the workforce chief board.
-PTI
Jeev on tied-Nineteenth at Zambia Golf Legends
India’s Jeev Milkha Singh opened the Zambia Golf Legends Championship with a spherical of even par 72 for a tied Nineteenth place.
Enjoying on a windy day on the Bonanza Golf Membership, simply exterior Lusaka, Jeev had one birdie and one bogey in his first six holes and parred the remainder.
Jeev, who’s internet hosting a Legend Tour occasion in India subsequent week, was Nineteenth on the finish of the primary day as 18 gamers went below par.
Simon Khan made a superb begin with a 6-under 66 as he regarded for his maiden Legends Tour win.
-PTI
Czech Masters: Chouhan misses lower, Ravetto takes lead in Prague
David Ravetto cruised into the lead with a scorching 9-under 63 on the Czech Masters golf event right here on Saturday as India’s Om Prakash Chouhan missed the lower.
The Frenchman signed off with a closing birdie on the par 5 ninth – his final gap – to succeed in 13 below par and tie the course document, which was set earlier within the day by England’s Andrew Johnston, who shared the second place with Scotland’s Richie Ramsay and Jesper Svensson of Sweden.
Johnston, Ramsay and Svensson are at 12-under.
India’s lone entry for the week, Chouhan, taking part in his first season on the DP World Tour, missed the lower with rounds of 74-72.
It has been a season of studying for Chouhan, who has missed 11 cuts in 13 begins on the primary Tour and made only a lower in Kenya.
-PTI
BADMINTON
India targets a number of medals on the BAC U-15/U-17 championships
Badminton Affiliation of India might be sending a squad of 39 gamers to the Badminton Asia (U-15/U-17) junior championships to be performed in Chengdu, China, from August 20-25, 2024 with an goal to win a number of medals and create a robust squad holding in thoughts that India will host the 2025 World Junior Championship.
Within the final version of the BAC championship, India had bagged one gold, one silver and one bronze with Bornil Changmai standing atop the u-15 boy’s singles podium.
The Indian contingent left for Chengdu on Saturday after an intensive preparatory camp on the Nationwide Centre of Excellence in Guwahati below the watchful eyes of the Indian and overseas coaches.
Talking in regards to the workforce’s possibilities, BAI secretary Sanjay Mishra mentioned, “India is fielding one of many largest squad for the Badminton Asia Championships and I’m assured that we are able to win sizable medals. The gamers and the coaches have put in lots of work within the camp and our gamers are actually able to make a mark within the competitors.”
The Indian contingent, which was picked after an intensive choice trials in Bengaluru, might be led by Gnana Dattu and Tanvi Reddy Andluri within the u-17 class, whereas Shyam Bindiganavile and Tanvi Patri would be the high singles gamers within the u-15 class.
Shaina Manimuthu would be the solely participant to be concerned in two occasions as she might be taking part in within the women u-17 singles and women doubles with Aikya Shetty.
India Squad:
U-15
Boys Singles: Shyam Bindiganavile, Shashank Vanamala, Prangan Choudhary, Pushkar Sai
Ladies Singles: Tanvi Patri, Shaina Manimuthu, Gatha Suryawanshi, Hithaishree L Rajaiah
Boys Doubles: Rahul Kadapakula/Vedant Pahwa, Shashwat Chaudhary/Shaurya Chaudhary
Ladies Doubles: Shaina Manimuthu/Aikya Shetty, Nidhi Atmaram/Selvasamruddhi Selvaprbhu
Combined Doubles: Sahid Ibrahim Peer/Dheeshitha Singha Gopinath Singh, Kaveyugan KA/Anushka Jennifer AS
U-17:
Boys Singles: Gnana Dattu TT, Prateek Koundilya, Dev Ruparelia, Abhinav Garg
Ladies Singles: Tanvi Reddy Andluri, Adarshini Shri NB, Parul Choudhary, Durga Isha Kandrapu
Boys Doubles: Bjron Jaison/Aathish Sreenivas PV, Abhinav Kandari/Yogansh Singh
Ladies Doubles: Annaya Bisht/Angel Punera, Diya Bheemaiah B/Baruni Parshwal
Combined Doubles: Showrya Kiran J/Keerthy Manchala, Manish Reddy/Deepak Raj Aditi
-Workforce Sportstar
CUE SPORTS
Kothari, Sitwala knocked out in quarterfinals of Western India Billiards and Snooker C’ship
Nationwide champions Sourav Kothari (snooker) and Dhruv Sitwala (billiards) crashed out within the quarterfinal whereas Pankaj Advani gained each his matches within the Western India Billiards and Snooker right here on Saturday.
Former nationwide champion Kamal Chawla from the Railways potted steadily and charged previous Kothari (ONGC) by a 5-3 (71-38, 53-65, 96-0, 70-9, 29-79, 55-17, 26-96, 96-40) margin within the senior snooker occasion.
Chawla, from Madhya Pradesh, constructed breaks of fifty, 84, and 54 within the second, third and fourth frames earlier than signing off with an effort of 77 to seal the win.
Later, S Srikrishna from Tamil Nadu rolled in a neatly constructed break of 248, which helped him beat Sitwala 694-610 within the contest lasting 150 minutes.
Srikrishna was main by 400 factors on the midway stage earlier than the three-time Asian billiards champion Sitwala fought again to shut the hole however his effort went in useless.
Srikrishna gained a tense deciding body to edge out Laxman Rawat 5-4 (15-65, 40-59, 64-62, 78-22, 87-29, 72-58, 19-68, 59-22, and 69-31) victory to enter within the snooker quarter-finals.
Nevertheless it was a memorable outing for Advani who gained each his snooker and billiards quarterfinal clashes.
In snooker, Advani blanked Anuj Uppal 5-0 (50-1, 78-18, 73-24, 109-5, and 91-15). The ace cueist Advani’s finest efforts had been 49, 49, and 90 within the final three frames.
Advani returned later to crush Rayaan Razmi of their billiards conflict whereas producing breaks of 290, 133 and 108.
Outcomes
Senior snooker quarterfinals: Kamal Chawla (RLWYS) bt Sourav Kothari (ONGC) 5-3 (71-38, 53(50)-65, 96(84)-0, 70(54)-9, 29-79, 55-17, 26-96, 96(77)-40); S. Srikrishna (BPCL) bt Laxman Rawat (IOCL) 5-4 ((15-65, 40-59, 64-62, 78-22, 87(71)-29, 72-58, 19-68, 59-22, 69-31); Faisal Khan (RSPB) bt Shoaib Khan (DEL) 5-3 (80-25, 60-6, 12-70, 37-81, 55-64, 67-27, 70(65)-9, 79-31); Pankaj Advani (ONGC) bt Anuj Uppal (DEL) (50-1, 78-18, 73(49)-24, 109(49)-5, 91(90)-15).
Senior billiards quarterfinals: S Srikrishna (BPCL) bt Dhruv Sitwala (ONGC) 694(248,96,92,89,78,74)-610(156,103,97,96,86); Dhvaj Haria (IOCL) bt Sumer Mago (MUM) 558(78,75)-357(92); Pankaj Advani (ONGC) bt Rayaan Razmi (MUM) 898(290, 133, 108)-449(198); Shahyan Razmi (Mum) bt Rishabh Thakkar (MUM) 435(75)-406(55,556,113).
-PTI
TENNIS
Ankita Raina loses semifinals
Alina Charaeva stopped the superb run of Ankita Raina with a 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 victory in three hours within the semifinals of the $40,000 ITF ladies’s tennis event in Ourense, Spain, on Saturday.
The outcomes:
$164,000 Challenger, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Doubles (semifinals): Sriram Balaji & Fernando Romboli (Bra) w.o.
Andres Andrade (European) & Liam Draxl (Can).
$40,000 ITF ladies, Ourense, Spain
Singles (semifinals): Alina Charaeva bt Ankita Raina 4-6, 6-4, 6-3.
-Kamesh Srinivasan