Indian sports activities wrap, September 21: Three Indians make reduce as Ridhima T-15 at La Sella Open

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Three Indians make reduce as Ridhima T-15 at La Sella Open

Three Indians — Ridhima Dilawari, Pranavi Urs and and Tvesa Malik — made the midway reduce, whereas Seher Atwal missed out by only one shot after Spherical 2 on the La Sella Open.

The reduce fell at degree par with 62 gamers making it via to the ultimate two days.

Ridhima (70-71) was tied-Fifteenth, whereas Pranavi (72-71) and Tvesa (70-74) had been T-Thirty fourth and T-52nd respectively. Seher missed out after rounds of 72 and 73.

Ridhima, who began from the tenth, dropped a shot on the thirteenth, however shortly made up with birdies on the 14th and the 18th to show in 1-under. A bogey on the primary pegged her again, however she birdied the fifth, dropped a shot on the seventh and closed with a birdie for a 1-under 71.

Pranavi had 4 birdies towards three bogeys in her 71 and ensured the weekend rounds.

Tvesa needed to combat exhausting as she had one eagle, one birdie and 5 bogeys in a spherical of 74 as she squeezed contained in the cut-line.

Kirsten Rudgeley, Sara Kouskova and Virginia Elena Carta are tied for the lead on the midway mark, with all three ending day 2 on seven-under par

-PTI

Shubhankar Sharma misses reduce at Wentworth

Indian golfer Shubhankar Sharma ended a disappointing week early, lacking the the reduce on the BMW PGA Championship.

Sharma had two birdies and three bogeys in a row in the midst of the spherical. He then birdied on the twelfth adopted by a bogey on the Fifteenth for a second spherical of 74.

He had shot 75 within the first spherical.

Matthew Baldwin consolidated his robust begin with an excellent 66 to sit down two pictures clear after day two of the championship.

The Englishman was certainly one of two gamers — the opposite being Frenchman Jeong weon Ko — to maintain a clear card throughout Thursday’s opening spherical of 65 on the third Rolex Collection match of the 12 months, and he continued his effective type on Friday.

-PTI

TENNIS

Prashanth-Nedunchezhiyan and Yuki transfer to semifinals in separate occasions in China

India’s Vijay Sundar Prashanth and Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan discovered a technique to prevail over second seeds Julian Money and Llyod Glasspool in a troublesome battle within the Hangzhou Open quarterfinals whereas Yuki Bhambri progressed to the Chengdu Open semifinals together with his accomplice on Saturday.

In Hangzhou, Prashanth and left-handed Nedunchezhiyan misplaced the opening set however got here again robust to emerge 6-7 (4), 7-6 (6), 10-8 winners in an energy-sapping contest that additionally examined their nerves. The match lasted two hours. They subsequent face third seeds Ariel Behar and Robert Galloway.

“We performed match. We knew we’re taking part in crew. I don’t suppose they’ve performed collectively earlier than. Each of them have huge serves. We knew if we stored holding our service video games, we may have probabilities within the tie break,” mentioned Prashanth.

“We took the mini probabilities within the tie break. We caught to our crew plan,” added Prashanth, who performed the primary half of the season with Anirudh Chandrasekar earlier than teaming up with Nedunchezhiyan.

In Chengdu, Bhambri and his third seeded French accomplice Albano Olivetti additionally got here again after shedding the primary set to win 5-7, 6-3, 12-10 towards Gonzalo Escobar and Diego Hidalgo.

They’re now up towards second seeds Ivand Dodig (Croatia) and Rafael Matos (Brazil).

-PTI

BRIDGE

HCL Worldwide Championship: Wham beats Shourie in closing of Group of 4 Gold occasion

Wham, comprising Sartaj Hans, Andy Hung, Michael Whibley and Matthew Brown beat Shourie 117-98 within the closing of the Group of 4 Gold occasion within the twenty first HCL Worldwide Bridge championship right here on Saturday.

It was Shourie, comprising, Rajath Shourie, Gavin Wolpert, John Kranyak, Vincent Demuy, Kevin Bathurst and John Hurd that led 71-63 on the midway stage, however Wham stepped it up dramatically within the third session and sustained the tempo within the fourth to emerge triumphant.

The champion crew collected Rs.44,00,000. The runner-up acquired Rs.24,00,000.

WBT Bridge App beat Vedic 116-58 for the third place and pocketed Rs.12,00,000. The fourth positioned crew gained Rs.9,00,000.

Within the Group of 4 Silver occasion, Rscs, comprising Ramopasad Das, Subrata Chakraborty, Sanjay Raha and Chandan Choudhury, beat Jackalls 119-84.6 within the closing.

The winner acquired Rs.16,00,000 and the runner-up, comprising D.P. Acharya, Shubham Acharya, Mridul Das, Mukesh Ghatia, Shubrajit Mukhopadhyay and Hemant Kumar Sarma, was offered Rs.9,20,000. Sahyadri beat Sabass 77-58 for the third place. The 2 groups shared Rs.9,40,000 between them.

– Kamesh Srinivasan

HOCKEY

MCC-Murugappa Gold Cup: Military attracts with defending champion Indian Railways; Tamil Nadu scripts its first win after beating Maharashtra

A final-gasp purpose by Jobanpreet Singh ensured Indian Military drew 2-2 with defending champion Indian Railways in a Pool-A contest of the ninety fifth MCC-Murugappa Gold Cup All-India hockey match held right here on Saturday.

Earlier, in one other Pool-A tie, host Tamil Nadu scripted a convincing 4-1 victory over Maharashtra for its first win whereas in a Pool-B match, former champion IOC eked out a 3-2 win over Karnataka.

Railways appeared aggressive within the first quarter with the crew wanting like a well-oiled unit. Military, too, was as much as the duty. Although not as flashy as its opponent, Military remained aggressive with its in-the-trenches method.

Trailing 1-2, Military equalised with a peach of a purpose by Jobanpreet, who made a brief and fast run from contained in the circle to flick it dwelling.

It was a morale-boosting victory for Tamil Nadu, and it got here towards a facet that simply the opposite day, upset former champion BPCL with a come-from-behind win.

– Group Sportstar