Indian sports activities wrap, September 24: Vishnu, Prajwal, Rashmikaa prime attracts in Nationwide tennis championship

TENNIS

Vishnu, Prajwal, Rashmikaa prime attracts in Nationwide Tennis Championship

A number of Asian Video games medallist Vishnu Vardhan, prime seed Prajwal Dev and defending champion Rashmikaa S Bhamidipaty will headline the twenty ninth Open Nationwide Tennis Championship on the DLTA Advanced in New Delhi from September 28-October 12.

The opposite prime names embody former India No. 2 Riya Bhatia. Aside from the senior class, the event can have age-group sections in U-18, U-16 and U-14 for girls and boys.

The event carries a complete prize purse of Rs 21.55 lakh and equipment allowance within the junior classes.

Chairman and senior managing director of DCM Shriram Ltd Ajay S Shriram introduced Rs 25,000 scholarships to the winners and runners-up of the U16 and U14 singles occasions to assist the rising younger abilities.

“Through the years, we’ve seen many gamers construct profitable careers in consequence, highlighting the event’s growing prominence,” stated Shriram.

“I want all of the gamers the most effective of luck and encourage them to completely seize this chance to showcase their abilities.”

-PTI

Fenesta Nationwide tennis championship: Particular prize to be awarded to U14, U16 champions

The DCM Shriram group that has been internet hosting the Fenesta Nationwide tennis championship, a fortnight lengthy tennis fiesta within the Capital, has prolonged its assist additional by asserting a particular prize of Rs.25,000 every to the champion girls and boys within the singles occasion of the under-14 and under-16 part.

The event gives greater than 21 lakh rupees in prize cash and scholarship, with the lads’s and ladies’s singles champions receiving an equal prize of Rs.3,00,000.

Former champions Vishnu Vardhan and Riya Bhatia, other than the present main gamers S.D. Prajwal Dev and Shrivalli Bhamidipaty are scheduled to compete within the event, to be performed on the DLTA Advanced from September 28.

“We’re devoted to fostering the expansion of Indian tennis and offering alternatives for the nation’s expertise by way of this event. Through the years, we’ve got seen many gamers construct profitable profession, highlighting the event’s growing prominence,” stated Ajay Shriram, the Chairman and Senior Managing Director of DCM Shriram Restricted.

-Kamesh Srinivasan

AITA rating event: Shubh Negi makes comeback to defeat Amrutjay Mohanty in pre-quarters

Shubh Negi overcame an detached begin to knock out Amrutjay Mohanty 0-6, 7-5, 6-4 within the males’s pre-quarterfinals of the Rs.2,00,000 AITA rating tennis event on the CLTA Advanced on Tuesday.

The outcomes (pre-quarterfinals):

Males: Debasish Sahoo bt Amtya Ohlyan 6-1, 6-0; Omar Sumer bt Nishith Naveen 7-5, 6-0; Prasad Ingale bt Yuvraj Soni 2-6, 7-6(5), 6-4; Atharva Sharma bt Rakshak Taur 7-5, 6-4; Shanker Heisnam bt Yash Chaurasia 6-4, 3-6, 6-2; Jagmeet Singh bt Upanishad Bhardwaj 6-3, 6-2; Sandesh Kurale bt Sarthak Gulati 6-2, 6-0; Shubh Negi bt Amrutjay Mohanty 0-6, 7-5, 6-4.

Ladies: Sara Yadav bt Mrinalini Sharma 6-0, 6-0; Mahika Khanna bt Himaanshika Singh 6-4, 5-7, -1; Sailly Thakkar bt Shagun Kumari 6-1, 4-6, 6-3; Samriti Punyani bt Rutuparna Choudhary 6-4, 3-6 (retired); Bhumika Dahiya bt Ananya Yadav 6-4, 7-6(4); Adithi Are bt Ok.A. Aadirai 6-4, 7-6(1); Snigdha Patibandla bt Anjali Dalal 6-2, 6-1; Pooja Ingale bt Jostna Madane 6-1, 6-3.

-Kamesh Srinivasan

GOLF

Veer Ahlawat, Manu Gandas to steer Indian problem at Telangana Golconda Masters 2024

PGTI Rating chief Veer Ahlawat (4th from left) {and professional} Stepan Danek (fifth from left) of Czech Republic pose with the Golconda Masters Trophy together with different officers in Hyderabad on Tuesday
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Telangana Golconda Masters 2024 golf championship shall be held on the Hyderabad Golf Membership (HGC) from September 26 to 29 with a prize cash of Rs one crore.

The Professional-Am occasion shall be held on September 25.

The event will see 126 golfers (123 professionals and three amateurs) in motion.

The highest Indian professionals within the fray embody TATA Metal PGTI Rating chief Veer Ahlawat, Manu Gandas, Udayan Mane, Shaurya Binu and Karan Pratap Singh, to call a couple of.

The overseas problem shall be led by Czech Republic’s Stepan Danek; Bangladeshis Jamal Hossain, Badal Hossain, Md Akbar Hossain; Sri Lankans N Thangaraja, Ok Prabagaran, Andorra’s Kevin Esteve Rigaill; Nepal’s Subash Tamang; Canada’s Sukhraj Singh Gill; South Korea’s Si In Kim; Japan’s Makoto Iwasaki and American Dominic Piccirillo.

The native problem shall be led by Hyderabad-based gamers together with professionals Mohd Azhar, Milind Soni and Hardik S Chawda in addition to amateurs Sankeerth Nidadavolu, Vilok Gadwal and Adit Ahluwalia.

Jupally Krishna Rao, Minister for Prohibition & Excise, Tourism & Tradition and Archaeology, Authorities of Telangana, stated they have been delighted to be related to the championship which supplied an important platform to advertise golf tourism within the State.

B.V.Ok. Raju, President, Hyderabad Golf Affiliation, stated, they have been completely happy to host the tenth version of the championship.

“With the historic setting and wonderful course circumstances, we’re positive to see a really thrilling competitors,” he stated.

-V.V. SUBRAHMANYAM

Hitaashee seems to make up for final leg setback, Vidhatri seeks 4th win

Hitaashee Bakshi, who misplaced in a play-off final week, will search to it make up within the thirteenth leg of Hero WPGT which begins on the Golden Greens Golf Membership on Wednesday.

A double winner this season, Hitaashee misplaced to Vani Kapoor on the DLF Golf and Nation Membership within the earlier week.

On the identical time, Vidhatri Urs, the three time winner this season, is searching for a fourth title after ending third final week.

Different prime contenders embody Gaurika Bishnoi, Ridhima Dilawari, Amandeep Drall, Neha Tripathi, Sneha Singh, Shweta Mansingh and Seher Atwal.

The Rs.14-lakh occasion will see 41 gamers, together with 5 amateurs, in motion.

The occasion assumes significance as that is the final one forward of the flagship occasion, the Hero Ladies’s Indian Open (HWIO) to be held subsequent month. The Hero Ladies’s Indian Open is the one Girls European Tour occasion within the area.

The occasion will see a battle for the Hero Order of Advantage honours between Hitaashee, the present chief, and Sneha Singh, the winner in 2023.

Shut behind them is Amandeep Drall, who seeks to re-discover her type that noticed her end runner-up on the HWIO in 2022.

Hitaashee and Sneha have received twice every this season, whereas Amandeep has received as soon as. Solely Vidhatri has three wins within the 12 legs held to date.

Gaurika Bishnoi and Anvitha Narender are among the many different winners from this season, who shall be seen in motion this week.

The opposite amateurs are Nandita Kumar, Janneya Dasanniee, Alysha Dutt and Prarthana Khanna.

-PTI

CHESS

Olympiad gold medallist Harika returns dwelling to heat reception

Harika’s coach N. V. S. Rama Raju, husband Karteek Chandra and TSCA president Ok.S. Prasad welcoming the Olympiad gold medallist in Hyderabad on Tuesday.
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Dronavalli Harika, member of the Indian ladies’s workforce which received a historic gold within the just-concluded Chess Olympiad in Hungary, returned dwelling to a heat reception from relations and Telangana State chess Affiliation officers on the Hyderabad Airport.

“It was an important feeling to win the Olympiad gold. It means a lot to all of us and naturally ought to solely encourage increasingly girls and boys to take up chess,” Harika stated.

Harika, who was the seniormost within the ladies’s squad, stated that her subsequent goal can be to do nicely in subsequent month’s International Chess League.

Harika’s husband Karteek Chandra and her coach-cum-mentor N.V.S. Rama Raju together with TSCA President Ok.S. Prasad have been amongst those that have been current.

-V.V. SUBRAHMANYAM

BRIDGE

Sunderram, Sridharan win Open Pairs Gold occasion at HCL Worldwide bridge championship

Crew Wham, the champions of Crew of 4 Gold occasion within the HCL Worldwide bridge championship in Delhi. Photograph
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The workforce of S Sunderram and P Sridharan received the Open Pairs Gold occasion and bagged Rs.12.8 lakh prize within the $325,000 HCL Worldwide bridge championship.

The Open pairs silver occasion was received by Vinod Kumar Sow and Sanjit Dey. The IMP pairs occasion was received by T.V. Ramani and Subhash Ramani.

Earlier, the most important purse of 44 lakh rupees was bagged by Crew Wham from Australia and New Zealand that received the Naresh Tandan Trophy within the Crew of 4 Gold occasion.

The Mohini Tandan trophy for the Crew of 4 Silver occasion was received by RSCS.

“I see that a number of younger gamers have joined the event this yr. The way forward for Bridge in India depends on nurturing expertise on the proper time, and worldwide championships like this present younger gamers with a useful alternative to check their ability in opposition to a number of the world’s finest,” stated Kiran Nadar, the Chairperson of the organising committee, who has hosted the occasion for 21 seasons to date.

-Kamesh Srinivasan