GOLF
Korn Ferry Tour: India’s Rayhan Thomas finishes T-27
India’s Rayhan Thomas put collectively 4 under-par rounds and completed T-27 in his first begin as a member of the Korn Ferry Tour in america.
The 25-year-old Dubai-born Indian, who turned professional final 12 months and registered a win on the Indian PGTI Tour, shot rounds of 68-68-66-69 to complete 9-under 271 at The Bahamas Golf Basic at Atlantis Paradise Island.
Thomas had three birdies towards two bogeys in his last spherical 69.
American Hank Lebioda earned his first Korn Ferry Tour title, beating S H Kim of South Korea with a birdie on the primary playoff gap at The Ocean Course within the 2025 Korn Ferry Tour season opener.
Lebioda, who was recognized with Crohn’s Illness as a school freshman in 2012, has all the time demonstrated a combating spirit in his skilled golf pursuits.
It was the 31-year-old Lebioda’s first Korn Ferry Tour title in his 62nd begin. Lebioda performed the PGA TOUR full-time from 2019 to 2023 earlier than shedding his card, and he’s returning to the Korn Ferry Tour, from which he first graduated in 2018.
Lebioda shot 66 within the last spherical for a four-round complete of 18-under 262 to beat a four-stroke deficit to 54-hole chief John VanDerLaan (76), who slipped to T-9.
Kim, who performed the final two seasons on the PGA TOUR, shot a final-round 63 to make up a seven-stroke deficit and earn his spot within the playoff.
The highest 20 on the Korn Ferry will earn a PGA Tour card for 2026. Until final 12 months, it was high 30 who earned the cardboard.
-PTI
TENNIS
ITF: Riya Bhatia lose to Miyazaki in pre-quarters
Riya Bhatia missed her possibilities to beat fourth seed Yuriko Lily Miyazaki of Japan within the pre-quarterfinals of the $40,000 ITF ladies’s tennis match on the DLTA Complicated on Thursday.
On a vivid afternoon, Riya gave herself plenty of possibilities however the combating Miyazaki stayed within the hunt to drag via the climax with ease.
It was commendable that Riya may pull off the second set with an ace, after having squandered a 4-1 lead. Later, she did effectively to march into the doubles semifinals in partnership with Vaidehi Chaudhari.
After having performed for 3 hours within the first spherical of singles, when she emerged the one Indian to enter the second spherical, it was praiseworthy of Riya that she was in a position to maintain the bodily and psychological power to battle arduous in singles and progress in doubles.
Ankita Raina additionally made the doubles semifinals in partnership with Naiktha Bains of Britain, because the pair beat the second seeds Dalila Jakupovic and Laura Pigossi 10-3 within the tremendous tie-break.
The outcomes:
Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Darja Semenistaja (Lat) bt Ekaterina Maklakova 6-2, 6-0; Anastasia Tikhonova bt Naho Sato (Jpn) 7-6(6), 3-6, 6-2; Maia Kozyreva bt Priska Nugroho (Ina) 6-2, 6-3; Dalila Jakupovic (Slo) bt Alevtina Ibragimova 6-1, 6-0; Yuriko Miyazaki (GBR) bt Riya Bhatia 6-4, 4-6, 6-1; Laura Samson (Cze) bt Tina Smith (Aus) 6-4, 7-5; Panna Udvardy (Hun) bt Mei Yamaguchi (Jpn) 2-6, 7-5, 6-3.
Doubles (quarterfinals): Maria Kozyreva & Anastasia Tikhonova bt Alicia Barnett (GBR) & Prarthana Thombare 7-5, 6-3; Jessie Aney & Jessica Failla (USA) bt Darja Semenistaja (Lat) & Panna Udvardy (Hun) 6-4, 6-4; Riya Bhatia & Vaidehi Chaudhari bt Maria Ramirez (Mex) & Ekaterina Yashina 4-6, 6-3, [10-5]; Naiktha Bains (GBR) & Ankita Raina bt Dalila Jakupovic (Slo) & Laura Pigossi (Bra) 6-2, 3-6, [10-3].
– Group Sportstar
BR Adtiyan memorial: Manish Suresh Kumar upsets Ramkumar
Manish Suresh Kumar, former Nationwide Champion, pulled off a surprising upset, defeating high seed Ramkumar within the BR Adityan memorial at SDAT Nungambakkam in Chennai.
Manish overcame a three-hour grueling contest to win 7-5 6-7(8) 6-4 and can now face Eric Vanshelboim within the quarterfinals.
Outcomes:
Major Draw Singles Pre-Quarterfinals: WC- Manish Suresh Kumar Bt S1- Ramkumar Ramanathan 7-5 6-7(8) 6-4, S8- Eric Vanshelboim(UKR) Bt Uisung Park (KOR) 6-2 6-3, Q- Grigoriy Lomakin Bt S3- Karan Singh 3-6 6-4 7-5 Egor Agafonov Bt S7-Takuya Kumasaka (JPN) 6-4 6-3, S5- Yusuke TAKAHASHI Bt Ryuki Matsuda 3-6 6-4 6-2, S4- Stefanos Sakellaridis (GRE) Bt Aryan Shah 6-3 7-6(5),S6-Yuril Dzhavakian (UKR) Bt WC Siddhant Banthia 6-4 6-3, S2- Oliver Crawford (GBR) Bt Q- Chirag Duhan 6-0 7-6(6).
Males’s Doubles Quarterfinals: Ishaque Eqbal / Aryan Shah Bt S1- Egor Agafonov / Grigoriy Lomakin 3-6 6-0 11-9, Yuta Kawahashi / Ryuki Matsuda Bt S4- Siddhant Banthia / Vishnu Vardhan 6-4 6-4, Stefanos Sakellaridis (GRE) / Nitin Kumar Sinha Bt S D Prajwal Dev / Adil Kalyanpur 6-3 7-5, Chirag Duhan / Dev Javia Bt Ayush Sharma / Karan Singh 7-6(2) 6-4
– Group Sportstar