FOOTBALL
Railways, Kerala comfortably win in Santosh Trophy qualifiers
On day two of the Santosh Trophy qualifying match in Group H matches on the Company Stadium on Friday, Railways steamed previous Pondicherry 10-1, whereas host Kerala crushed Lakshadweep 10-1.
Kerala opened the scoring within the sixth minute, off a deflection from the Lakshadweep goalkeeper, whose failure was made worse by the defenders. All that allowed S. Muhammed Ashiq to provide you with a spectacular volley from shut.
Three minutes later, Muhammad Ajsal broke into the field from the appropriate flank, beat the Pondicherry defenders and deftly gave the ball again to Naseeb Rahman, who offered the final touch. The host went 2-0 up and the floodgates had been open.
Ajsal scored once more within the twentieth minute. Then E. Sajeesh made it 4-0 within the thirty seventh minute and he would strike once more within the 78th and 89th minutes. Gani Nigam scored a brace and the opposite scorers had been Mohammed Rishad and Muhammed Musharaf.
The outcomes:
Group H:
Kerala 10 (Muhammad Ajsal 6 & 20, Naseeb Rahman 9, E. Sajeesh 37, 78 & 89, Mohammed Rishad 46, Gani Nigam 55 & 81, Muhammed Musharaf 56) bt Lakshadweep 0.
Railways 10 (S. Muhammed Ashiq 2, Mohammed Fardin Ali Molla 14 & 43, Sufiyan Shaikh 18, 34 & 90+1, John Paul Jose 90+6, C. Devendira 26-og, Subrata Murmu 54, Johnson Joseph Mathews 74) bt Pondicherry 1 (Beskin Golson 80).
– Staff Sportstar
TENNIS
High seed Sehaj out in semis
Izyan Ahmad of USA knocked out high seed Sehaj Singh Pawar 6-3, 7-5 within the boys semifinals of the ITF junior tennis match on the Assam Tennis Complicated on Friday.
Within the remaining, Izyan will play the champion of the final match, Arjun Rathi.
Sehaj gained the doubles title in partnership with Aaron Gabet of France.
The ladies doubles title was bagged by Aishwarya Jadhav and Sohini Mohanty.
The outcomes:
Underneath-18 boys (semifinals): Izyan Ahmad (USA) bt Sehaj Singh Pawar 6-3, 7-5; Arjun Rathi bt Praneel Sharma 6-1, 6-2.
Doubles (remaining): Aaron Gabet (Fra) & Sehaj Singh Pawar bt Aditya Mor & Arjun Rathi 6-2, 6-3.
Underneath-18 women (semifinals): Rishitha Basireddy bt Aishwarya Jadhav 6-1, 6-3; Priyanka Rana (USA) bt Shaivi Dalal 6-2, 6-4.
Doubles (remaining): Aishwarya Jadhav & Sohini Mohanty bt Mahika Khanna & Kashvi Sunil 6-1, 6-3.
– Kamesh Srinivasan
POLO
Dhruvpal shines in DGST Trophy
Dhruvpal Godara scored 4 targets to information Military Service Corps (ASC) to a 6-3 victory over Cavaliers within the remaining of the DGST Trophy polo match on the Jaipur polo floor on Friday.
Aryaman Singh was adjudged the ‘most dear participant’. Lt. Gen. Preet Mohindera Singh introduced the trophy.
The outcomes (remaining):
ASC 6 (Dhruvpal Godara 4, Daniel Otamendi 2) bt Cavaliers 3 (Abhimanyu Pathak 2, Bautista Alberdi).
– Kamesh Srinivasan
Chirag Duhan in semifinals
Chirag Duhan beat second seed Dominik Palan of the Czech Republic 6-3, 6-4 within the quarterfinals of the USD 15,000 ITF males’s tennis match in Luanda, Angola, on Friday.
Chirag additionally made the doubles semifinals in partnership with Lorenzo Lorusso of Italy.
The outcomes:
$115,000 WTA, Colina, Chile
Doubles (quarterfinals): Francisca Jorge (Por) & Laura Pigossi (Bra) bt Robin Anderson (USA) & Prarthana Thombare 7-6(2), 7-5.
€120,950 Challenger, Rovereto, Italy
Doubles (semifinals): Sriram Balaji & Rithvik Bollipalli w.o. Oleg Prihodko (Ukr) & Jelle Sels (Ned); Quarterfinals: Balaji & Rithvik bt Filippo Romano & Stefano Travaglia (Ita) 6-3, 6-2.
$82,000 Challenger, Yokohama, Japan
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Toshihide Matsui & Kaito Uesugi (Jpn) bt Anirudh Chandrasekar & Niki Poonacha 3-6, 7-6(5), [10-6].
$15,000 ITF males, Luanda, Angola
Singles (quarterfinals): Chirag Duhan bt Dominik Palan (Cze) 6-3, 6-4; Pre-quarterfinals: Chirag bt Lawrence Bataljin (Aus) 7-5, 6-2.
Doubles (quarterfinals): Chirag Duhan & Lorenzo Lorusso (Ita) bt Tarun Karra & Victor Pagotto (Bra) 7-5, 1-6, [10-3]; Parth Aggarwal & Matteo Covato (Ita) bt Jakub Hrynkewicz (Pol) & Arthur Laborde (Sui) 6-1, 6-3.
$40,000 ITF girls, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Doubles quarterfinals): Jasmijn Gimbere & Stephanie Visscher (Ned) bt Shria Atturu & Saumya Vig 6-3, 6-2.
– Kamesh Srinivasan