BRIDGE
World Bridge Video games: Indians off to good begin
The Indian groups have been off to a great begin on the sixteenth World Bridge Video games, often known as the Bridge Olympiad, which bought underway in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
On the finish of day one, the Indian group was positioned twelfth within the open class.
The Indian ladies have been positioned fifteenth out of 24 groups and the combined group was fifth out of 29 sides.
India seniors have been main the pack of 24 groups. It’s a all-play-all-round-robin format at this elimination stage.
Every member nation can ship one group in every of the 4 classes – open, ladies, combined and seniors.
Open part has 34 groups divided into two teams of 17 sides every.
– PTI
GOLF
J&Okay Open: Sachin Baisoya, Shaurya Bhattacharya share honours at Spherical 1
Delhi-based golfers Sachin Baisoya and Shaurya Bhattacharya carded five-under 67 to share the honours after the opening spherical of the J&Okay Open 2024 right here on Wednesday.
In the meantime, Udayan Mane, Akshay Sharma, Arjun Prasad and Kapil Kumar have been tied for third place with scores of 68 and four-under every.
Sachin, who secured a prime 10 in seven of the earlier eight PGTI tournaments, began the week with a birdie on the opening, adopted by a quiet spell until the eighth, the place he picked up a tap-in birdie.
His solely bogey on the ninth was adopted by a stable back-nine, selecting up 4 extra strokes.
On the again 9, Sachin made a few lengthy conversions, touchdown his tee shot inside inches of the flag for birdie on the seventeenth.
“My latest type has been good, in order that gave me lots of confidence coming into this week. My tee pictures have been wonderful right now barring simply two holes and that contributed to my good rating on this slim course,” he mentioned after the day’s play.
“Moreover the birdies, I additionally made two high quality up and downs for pars on the third and 18th. The important thing on this course can be to put the ball nicely off the tee.” Shaurya was off to a mediocre begin, bogeying his opening two holes, the tenth and eleventh, earlier than rallying with 4 birdies on the again 9 thereafter, which included three conversions from a spread of 10 to 18 toes.
He saved up with the commendable work on the entrance 9 as he scored three extra birdies, courtesy of his terrific hitting.
“The fairways are slim right here at JTGC, so holding the ball in play is essential. That’s what I did nicely right now. I gave myself many alternatives, and the putter was sizzling right now,” Shaurya said.
“I didn’t have the most effective of begins, however figuring out that scoring wouldn’t be straightforward right here, I advised myself to create possibilities and simply be able to grind it out and be affected person.”