TENNIS
AITA rating tennis event: Samriti Punyani upsets second seed Saily Thakkar in quarters
Samriti Punyani knocked out the second seed Saily Thakkar 6-3, 6-4 within the ladies’s quarterfinals of the HPCL-Mittal Rs.200,000 AITA rating tennis event on the CLTA Complicated on Wednesday.
The outcomes (quarterfinals) :
Males: Sarthak Suden bt Vansh Yadav 6-1, 6-2; Omar Sumar bt Mayank Yadav 7-5, 7-5; Keshav Dangi bt Sourav Kumar Yadav 6-0, 6-2; Moksh Puri bt Anshumat Srivastava 6-2, 6-2.
Girls: Vidula Amar bt Suhani Gaur 6-1, 6-2; Danica Fernando bt Lakshmi Gowda 6-1, 6-1; Jeetesh Kumari bt Sreenidhi Amireddy 6-3, 6-3; Samriti Punyani bt Saily Thakkar 6-3, 6-4.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
ATHLETICS
AFI plans to organise workshops to strengthen teaching
The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) has deliberate to organise 10 workshops on varied subjects with the assistance of main specialists to strengthen the teaching system within the nation.
There will probably be two workshops on sprints and hurdles, with give attention to velocity coaching. Two extra on throws, with the give attention to biomechanics and technical mannequin of throws. Two different workshops will take care of center and lengthy distance working, with the give attention to newest methodology for endurance coaching for prime efficiency.
Two workshops will take care of jumps, with the emphasis on biomechanics and technical mannequin of jumps.
There may even be a workshop on energy and conditioning, other than one on normal coaching strategies.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
HOCKEY
Sub-Junior Girls Nationwide C’ship: Chhattisgarh, TN, UP, MP amongst winners on day 2
Chhattisgarh Hockey, Hockey Unit of Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh Hockey, Hockey Gujarat, Hockey Madhya Pradesh and Delhi Hockey registered essential wins on the second day of the 14th Hockey India Sub-Junior Girls Nationwide Championship on Wednesday.
Within the first fixture of the day, Chhattisgarh Hockey blanked Telangana Hockey 7-0 in a pool B match with Damini Khusro (31’, 48’), captain Sidar Madhu (36’, 38’) and Shyamlee Ray (44’, 45’) scoring braces and Anjli Ekka (54’) contributing with a solitary objective.
Uttar Pradesh Hockey prevailed 5-0 over Hockey Uttarakhand in a Pool D fixture with Chauhan Shraddha (13’, 60’), Mitra Akansha (28’), Sonkar Payl (29’) and Sanjana Raikwar (37’) rising because the goalscorers for the profitable facet.
In Pool G, Vala Khushaliben (18’) scored the one objective as Hockey Gujarat edged previous Hockey Assam 1-0 in an in depth match to win three factors.
Hockey Madhya Pradesh dominated its match in Pool H, beating Hockey Bengal 15-0.
Sujata Jayant (16’, 23’, 60’) and Bhabar Keshar (32’, 34’, 38’) bagged three objectives every, whereas Sallu Pukhrambam (7’, 26’), Parmar Ronak (40’, 42’), Rubi Rathore (49’, 50’), Tanvi (27’), Naz Nousheen (29’) and Sarathe Samiksha (53’) additionally featured on the scoresheet.
In Pool C, Hockey Unit of Tamil Nadu was handed a 5-0 victory after their opponent Hockey Himachal forfeited the match.
Equally, Delhi Hockey was awarded a 5-0 win after Hockey Jammu and Kashmir forfeited the match.
-PTI
SQUASH
Xtreme squash C’ships: Riya Maheshwari defeats Prisha Rana in U17 pre-quarters
Riya Maheshwari beat Prisha Rana 7-11, 11-8, 11-8, 7-11, 11-8 within the under-17 women pre-quarterfinals of the Xtreme squash championship on the Dhyan Chand Nationwide Stadium on Wednesday.
The outcomes (pre-quarterfinals):
Boys : Underneath-19: Udit Mishra bt Vedant Rungta 11-0, 11-1, 11-0 Shaurya Tripathi bt Kabir Sahni 4-11, 13-11, 11-6, 11-7; Haris Khan bt Arslan Sheikh 11-6, 12-10, 9/11, 11-7; Yusha Nafees bt Ashu 11-4, 11-2, 11-2; Aakash Pathak bt Aadi Singh 11-4, 11-2, 11-0; Aryaveer Dewan bt Raj Yaav 12-10, 11-6, 11-7; Priyanshu Kumar bt Shreshth Chauhan 8-11, 11-5, 11-5, 11-8; Abhiraj Singh bt Ahaan Bera 11-3, 11-6, 11-9.
Underneath-17: Parth Kumar Tiwari bt Anuvrat Bengani 11-0, 11-1, 11-2; Parthvir Singh bt Arnav Khandelwal 11-8, 11-4, 11-8; Yuvaditya Jain bt Anand Rao 11-5, 11-5, 11-4; Arjun Morey bt Gurkeerat Singh 11-7, 11-4, 11-4; Raghav Vashishtha bt Devyansh Bhansali 11-2, 11-3, 11-2; Abhinav Kumar bt Kavya Agarwal 11-1, 11-4, 11-2; Ijaz Mohammed bt Krishiv Dube 11-5, 11-5, 11-4; Shiv Dev Mittal bt Rajveer Grover 11-7, 11-8, 8-11, 11-9.
Women: Underneath-17: Garima Nagar bt Meher Gupta 11-5, 11-5, 11-6; Kavya Sood bt Naija Tripathi 11-0, 11-1, 11-3; Riya Maheshwari bt Prisha Rana 7-11, 11-8, 11-8, 7-11, 11-8.
Underneath-15: Niranjana Nair bt Avantika Sehgal 11-2, 11-7 11-1 Samaira Saroha bt Eshanya Nahar 11-7, 11-6, 11-2 Tanaya Kelkar bt Gargi Arya 11-4, 8-11, 11-7, 12-10.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
GOLF
Aditi, Diksha, Pranavi and Tvesa in season-ending occasion in Spain
Defending champion Aditi Ashok will lead a powerful Indian problem on the season-ending Andalucía Costa del Sol Open de España, beginning Thursday.
Becoming a member of Aditi will probably be Diksha Dagar, a two-time LET winner, Pranavi Urs and Tvesa Malik, a number of winners on their dwelling Tour, the Hero Girls’s Professional Golf Tour.
Aditi will get her title defence underway alongside Belgium’s Manon De Roey and England’s Bronte Regulation.
Pranavi will play with Annabel Dimmock of England and Ana Pelaez Trivino of Spain, whereas Diksha tees off with Nastasia Nadaud of France and Agatha Sauzon, additionally of France.
Tvesa is drawn with Ines Laklalech of Morocco and Chloe Williams of Wales.
Final yr, Aditi produced rounds of 69-68-68-66 at Actual Membership de Golf Las Brisas to win her fifth Women European Tour (LET) title by two strokes over Anne Van Dam.
Reflecting on her victory, the 26-year-old didn’t keep in mind quite a lot of the event however was reminded by a latest submit on the LET social media channels. Aditi recalled how she stayed affected person on the ultimate day in 2023.
“Truly, I forgot various what occurred final yr as a result of once I noticed the spotlight reel and I noticed my scorecard, I spotted, I made so many birdies coming in,” she stated.
“That remaining day was a little bit of a take a look at of persistence for me as a result of I felt like nothing was occurring all day after which I lastly dropped some putts and acquired the win.
“I at all times get pleasure from coming again to this event as a result of even earlier than I gained, I performed effectively right here, I completed second as soon as, I feel top-five and top-ten a pair instances. It was a very good week.”
This yr’s event is being performed at a unique venue with Actual Membership Guadalhorce Golf in Malaga internet hosting the occasion for the primary time.
Aditi splits her time all year long taking part in on the LET and the LPGA Tour, nonetheless within the latter a part of the yr she has taken trip and spent an extended interval at dwelling.
“I used to be a bit golfed out. I performed quite a lot of weeks in a row this yr and simply felt like I wanted a little bit of a break, so, I simply went dwelling for 5, six weeks and acquired sufficient follow in.
“I used to be excited for this week, however I simply wanted a couple of weeks off to simply go to the health club and follow as a result of I felt like I used to be taking part in and making an attempt to do stuff on the golf course, nevertheless it wasn’t occurring as a result of I hadn’t practiced sufficient.
– PTI