GOLF
Indian Golf Union prone to host Asia-Pacific occasions
The Indian Golf Union (IGU) is prone to host some Asia-Pacific Golf Confederation (APGC) tournaments in 2025 and 2026 respectively, the federation mentioned on Tuesday.
With glorious assist from world our bodies just like the Worldwide Golf Federation (IGF), the Royal & Historic Golf Membership of St Andrews (R&A) and the APGC, the IGU has additionally been working exhausting to get funding from Olympic Solidarity programme.
The IGU has already despatched shows and initiated essential paperwork on this regard. It has additionally obtained a lift by getting full voting membership within the Indian Olympic Affiliation (IOA), which suggests lots of authorities assist for golf.
“We’ve requested the APGC to present us occasions to host and can preserve urgent them,” mentioned Brijinder Singh, the IGU president.
“Our pitch at latest worldwide occasions just like the Asian Newbie Championship has obtained beneficial assist to host Asia-Pacific occasions within the subsequent 12 months or two. That will imply our golfers will be capable to play prime competitions at house and reap the advantages of house benefit.” The IGU can also be the custodian of the Indian Open, a USD 2 million occasion on the DP World Tour (European Tour).
“We’ve had very sturdy fields within the final couple of years, and we’ve got already begun making ready for them in early 2025 and have been in contact with many prime stars. The response from the sponsors like Hero can also be terrific,” mentioned the IGU official.
-PTI
TENNIS
ITF junior tennis: Samarth beats Nikita in boys first spherical
Samarth Sahita overcame a troublesome begin to get previous Nikita Nikolenko of Kazakhstan 6-7(6), 6-3, 6-4 within the boys first spherical of the ITF junior tennis match on the DLTA Complicated on Tuesday.
Samarth, with a classical single-handed backhand that he makes use of with appreciable craft, will problem the highest seed Arnav Paparkar, who wriggled out of the clutches of qualifier Tanussh Ghildyal in two hard-fought units.
Samarth Sahita within the first spherical of the ITF junior tennis match in Delhi on Tuesday.
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Kamesh Srinivasan
Samarth Sahita within the first spherical of the ITF junior tennis match in Delhi on Tuesday.
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Kamesh Srinivasan
Arjun Rathi performed sensible to beat the seventh seed, Aaron Gabet of France. He’ll problem Vihaan Reddy within the pre-quarterfinals.
Second seed Varun Verma was unwell and thus couldn’t proceed after reaching the tie-break within the first set in opposition to qualifier Aarav Samrat Hada of Nepal.
Within the ladies part, prime seed and champion of the final match, Rishitha Basireddy overcame a hiccup within the second set to beat qualifier Savitha Bhuvaneswaran in straight units. She’s going to meet Alexandra Bayuschenko within the pre-quarterfinals.
The outcomes (first spherical):
Beneath-18 boys: Arnav Paparkar bt Tanussh Ghildyal 6-4, 7-6(9); Samarth Sahita bt Nikita Nikolenko (Kaz) 6-7(6), 6-3, 6-4; Egor Shcherbakov bt Praneel Sharma 6-7(5), 6-4, 6-1; Izyan Ahmad bt Aashravya Mehra 7-6(3), 6-0 Arjun Rathi bt Aaron Gabet (Fra) 7-5, 6-3; Maximus Wong (Sgp) bt Shanker Heisnam 6-3, 6-4; Aarav Samrat Hada (Nep) bt Varun Verma 6-6 (retired).
Beneath-18 ladies: Rishitha Basireddy bt Savitha Bhuvaneswaran 6-0, 7-5; Alexandra Bayuschenko bt Ishi Maheshwari 6-0, 6-1; Priyanka Rana (USA) bt Jaya Kapoor 7-6(1), 7-5; Polina Sleptsova (Kaz) bt Vaishnavi Singh 6-0, 6-1; Nelli Ivanova bt Disha Behera 6-2, 6-2.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
AITA rating tennis: Gowda beats Sahayak in girls’s pre-quarters
Lakshmi Gowda fought her well beyond qualifier Shatakshika Sahayak 2-6, 6-2, 6-1 within the girls’s pre-quarterfinals of the HPCL-Mittal Rs.200,000 AITA rating tennis match on the CLTA Complicated on Tuesday.
The outcomes (pre-quarterfinals)
Males: Sarthak Suden bt Arjun Abhyankar 6-1, 6-1; Vansh Yadav bt Rakshit Dhankar 0-0 (retired); Omar Sumar bt Aryan Chauhan 7-6(5), 6-4; Mayank Yadav bt Rahul Singh 6-4, 6-4; Sourav Yadav bt Arnav Harsh 6-1, 6-1; Keshav Dangi bt Tushar Bali 6-3, 6-3; Anshumat Srivastava bt Pranav Saravanakumar 6-0, 6-2; Moksh Puri bt Arntya Ohlyan 6-1, 6-0.
Ladies: Vidula Amar bt Pragati Solankar 6-2, 7-6(3); Suhani Gaur bt Shagun Kumari 6-3, 6-3; Lakshmi Gowda bt Shatakshika Sahayak 2-6, 6-2, 6-1; Danica Fernando bt Mrinalini Sharma 6-1, 6-1; Sreenidhi Amireddy bt Shrawasti Kundliya 6-1, 6-3; Jeetesh Kumari bt Isha Budwal 6-3, 6-3; Samriti Punyani bt Aarushi Raval 6-4, 6-4; Saily Thakkar bt Alexa Jagdeep 6-2, 6-0.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
ITF girls’s match: Zeel Desai beats Eliska Tichackova to enter final 16
Fourth seed Zeel Desai beat Eliska Tichackova of the Czech Republic 6-2, 7-6(5) within the first spherical of the $15,000 ITF girls’s tennis match in Monastir, Tunisia, on Tuesday.
The outcomes:
$15,000 ITF males, Luanda, Angola Doubles (pre-quarterfinals):
Rishabdev Raman & Yash Yadav bt Fernando Andre & Emerson Pedro (Ang) 6-7(1), 6-4, [10-5]; Alan Bojarski (Pol) & Aryan Lakshmanan bt Matteo Covato (Ita) & Chirag Duhan 6-7(1), 6-4, [12-10]; Alexey Aleshchev & Leo Matthysen (RSA) bt Tarun Karra & Victor Pagotto (Bra) 6-7(0), 7-5, [10-2].
$15,000 ITF girls, Monastir, Tunisia Singles (first spherical):
Zeel Desai bt Eliska Tichackova (Cze) 6-2, 7-6(5).
-Kamesh Srinivasan
ROWING
Worldwide Friendship regatta underway in Kolkata
Tokyo Olympics silver medalist Jack Beaumont and Guangzhou Asian Video games gold medallist Bajrang Lal Takhar shall be amongst among the prime rowers to participate within the Worldwide Friendship Sculling Regatta to be held on the Rabindra Sarovar right here from Wednesday to Saturday.
The third version of the regatta, marking the 166-year-old Calcutta Rowing Membership’s relocation to the Rabindra Sarovar 100 years in the past, may have competitions in single scull, double sculls and quad sculls.
In response to the organisers, rowers from the UK, New Zealand, Australia, Thailand, the USA, South Africa and India are anticipated to compete within the occasion.
-Staff Sportstar
CHESS
Divith Reddy turns into world champion in U-8 Cadets Championship
Eight-year-old Divith Reddy of Hyderabad added to India’s rising fame on the earth of chess by turning into champion within the Beneath-8 World Cadets Chess Championship right here on Tuesday.
The Telangana boy secured a superb 9/11 factors, the identical as his compatriot Sattwik Swain, however the former clinched the gold primarily based on his tiebreak rating.
Divith, who has a FIDE score of 1784 factors, had a three-way tie with compatriot Sattwik and Ziming Guo of China, however the Telangana boy clinched the gold with a greater tie-break rating.
Sattwik bagged the silver whereas Guo settled for the bronze.
Divith’s journey to the highest was a rollercoaster journey, showcasing resilience and tactical brilliance.
Beginning the match on a excessive, Divith received his first 4 matches, however a short droop adopted with two consecutive losses.
Nonetheless, he bounced again in spectacular trend, profitable his last 5 rounds to safe the highest spot.
His opponents included sturdy contenders resembling Wiktor Stankowski of Poland, Nurali Nurshin of Kazakhstan, Zhihan Xu (Samuel) of Canada, Rizat Ulan of Kazakhstan, and Aiden Linyuan Li of the USA.
The final two rounds have been notably difficult, with Linyuan boasting a FIDE score of 1877 and Rizat holding a score of 1783.
Regardless of dealing with powerful positions, Divith demonstrated outstanding resilience and tactical acumen.
“Divith was in barely tough positions at instances, however he discovered some good tactical sources that helped him clinch the victories,” India coach Abhishek Kelkarn, who’s an Worldwide Grasp, instructed PTI.
Divith’s victory additional highlights India’s rising prominence on the earth of chess, particularly on the junior stage, which has been making waves globally lately.
From the success of Grandmaster Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa to D Gukesh’s participation within the World Chess Championship in opposition to Ding Liren, Indian chess is on a excessive.
-PTI