Indian sports activities wrap, February 1: Kartik Singh makes historical past at Worldwide Collection India

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15-year-old Indian newbie Kartik Singh makes historical past at Worldwide Collection India

Indian newbie Kartik Singh made historical past, changing into the youngest participant from the subcontinent to make the minimize in an Asian Tour occasion on the Worldwide Collection India right here on Saturday.

The 15-year-old Singh carded a one-under-par 71, bringing his complete to four-over on the midway stage, comfortably contained in the minimize line, which fell at eight-over on the DLF Golf and Nation Membership.

This was Singh’s second look in knowledgeable event, having beforehand performed only one Asian Improvement Tour occasion.

The sphere, that includes stars like two-time Main winner Bryson DeChambeau, residence favorite Anirban Lahiri, and LIV Golf League’s Joaquin Niemann, was one he may have solely dreamed of.

-PTI

Worldwide Collection Championship: Kazuki Higa breathes down the neck of chief Joaquin Niemann 

Kazuki Higa of Japan, following the chief Joaquin Niemann, one stroke behind within the Worldwide Collection golf on the DLF in Gurugram on Saturday.
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Kazuki Higa of Japan was respiratory down the neck of chief Joaquin Niemann of Chile on the midway stage of the third spherical within the $2 million Worldwide Collection Golf Championship on the DLF Membership in Gurugram on Saturday.

The fog had performed havoc with the schedule to the extent that the third spherical may solely be began at 3.30 p.m., when the minimize may very well be utilized at 8-over after the completion of the second spherical.

Nothing perturbed the LIV star NIemann, as he stretched his good kind to the fading mild when play needed to be known as off when he was on the ninth, with an general 7-under, after he improved on his rating of 6-under 138 after two rounds.

Higa, enjoying in the identical group because the Chilean, was one shot away with a 6-under, having improved by 2-under for the day.

One other participant in the identical group of three, Ollie Schniederjans of USA was two photographs behind, having managed a par rating for the unfinished third spherical.

The chief of the opening spherical, Eugenio Charcarra of Spain, was joint fourth with Travis Smyth of Australia, with a 3-under rating, amongst 16 who may go below par up to now.

Anirban Lahiri slipped to 3-over, and so was the case with Gaganjeet Bhullar, among the many greatest Indians on view.

Karandeep Kochhar, Rahil Gangjee and Yuvraj Sandhu have been 7-over, whereas SSP Chawrasia was 8-over and Shubhankar Sharma 9-over. Ajeetesh Sandhu was 11-over and Shiv Kapur 12-over.

With a spherical and a half to go, there’s plenty of scope for the positions to vary in the remainder of the competitors, relying on how properly the gamers deal with the problem.

-Kamesh Srinivasan

Ahlawat makes minimize, lies Tied thirty ninth after three days in in DP World Tour in Bahrain

Indian golfer Veer Ahlawat posted a one-over 73, his first over par spherical of the week, to lie tied thirty ninth after the third day of the Bahrain Championship on the Royal Golf Membership right here on Saturday.

Alongside together with his earlier rounds of 70-70, Ahlawat was three-under for 54 holes on the DP World Tour occasion.

Ahlawat, who made his second straight minimize after ending T-27 in Ras Al Khaimah per week earlier, opened with a bogey on the primary however birdied the Par-4 fifth gap for the third straight day.

Nonetheless, the Indian dropped a bogey on the tenth, which was adopted by a birdie on thirteenth after which got here a dropped shot on the fifteenth.

Callum Taren (64-67-72), who was 13-under at first of Spherical three, raced to 16-under with three birdies in first seven holes. Then he dropped three photographs in subsequent 4 holes on the eighth, tenth and eleventh.

He managed to carry for pars over the past seven holes to steer by one and stayed at 13-under for the event.

4 gamers Pablo Larrazabal (66-68-70), Daniel Brown (68-65-71), Francesco Laporta (70-66-68) and Brandon Robinson-Thompson (61-75-68) have been tied for second at 12-under.

-PTI

TENNIS

Unseeded Tatiana Prozorova wins 75K ITF Girls’s Tennis Event

Unseeded Tatiana Prozorova of Russia upset the highest seed Leolia Jeanjean of France 4-6, 7-5, 6-4 to win the twenty fourth version of the 75K ITF Girls’s Tennis Event right here on Saturday.

The 21-year-old Prozorova, who’s presently ranked 222, got here again after shedding the primary set to get previous the 131st ranked and 29-year-old Jeanjean in a contest that lasted two hours and 38 minutes on the Deccan Gymkhana Tennis Courts.

The winner took away the trophy, 75 WTA factors and USD 9,142 because the prize cash whereas the runner-up Jeanjean acquired 49 WTA factors and USD 4,886.

The competitors was organised by Deccan Gymkhana and sponsored by Nationwide Egg Coordination Committee (NECC) below the auspices of All India Tennis Affiliation and its Maharashtra unit.

-PTI

Praneel Sharma triumphs in Indore

Praneel Sharma beat high seed Samarth Sahita 6-2, 7-6(5) to clinch the boys title within the ITF junior tennis event on the Indore Tennis Membership on Saturday.

Samarth did win the doubles title in partnership with Tanussh Ghildyal, beating Praneel and Aditya Mor for the lack of 4 video games within the last.

Within the women last, high seed Diya Ramesh eased previous her doubles associate Harshini Nagaraj for the lack of 4 video games. The duo gained the doubles title, beating Sejal Bhutada and Pehal Kharadkar in straight units.

-Crew Sportstar

Maaya beats Italy’s Nicole in Mumbai Open qualifiers

India’s 15-year-old Maaya Rajeshwaran upset Italy’s world No. 265 Nicole Fossa Huergo on the primary day of qualifying spherical of the Mumbai Open WTA 125 Collection on Saturday.

Maaya, who gained 6-3, 3-6, 6-0 to progress to the ultimate spherical of qualifying, is among the many few gamers who’ve been chosen from internationally to coach on the Rafael Nadal academy in Mallorca.

Tamil Nadu participant Maaya’s stint on the prestigious Rafael Nadal Academy started final month.

Maaya took management early in her contest and broke Huergo’s service twice to say the primary set 6-3. Her sturdy forehand returns and efficient service video games stored the third seed on the defensive.

Huergo confirmed resilience within the second set as she made changes to assault her Indian opponent’s backhand and declare the second set 6-3 to stage the tie.

Maaya, nonetheless, got here again to clinch the third set in addition to the sport with a 6-0 scoreline. She’s going to tackle Jessica Failla within the subsequent and last spherical of qualifying.

– PTI

KHO KHO

Maharashtra claims each males’s and ladies’s Kho-Kho gold medals on the Nationwide Video games

Maharashtra capped its dominating efficiency within the kho kho occasion on the thirty eighth Nationwide Video games by claiming each the boys’s and ladies’s gold medals in Haldwani on Saturday.

Odisha additionally secured the silver medal in each the boys’s and ladies’s tournaments.

Within the males’s last, Maharashtra defeated Odisha 32-26, whereas their ladies counterparts triumphed over Odisha 31-28.

The bronze medal match within the males’s class witnessed a fierce battle between West Bengal and Kerala. As each groups completed the sport concurrently, the match went into sudden dying, ensuing to each groups being collectively awarded the bronze medal.

The ladies’s third-place match between Delhi and Karnataka additionally prolonged to sudden dying, and finally, each groups have been collectively awarded the bronze medal.

-PTI

PICKLEBALL

Bengaluru Jawans Safe Spot in World Pickleball League Finals

Bengaluru Jawans booked its place within the World Pickleball League finals with a 3-2 victory over Hyderabad Superstars. The table-toppers Jawans delivered a composed efficiency to turn out to be the primary group to enter the finals, to be performed Sunday 2nd February at Mumbai’s Brabourne Stadium.

Within the males’s singles, Bengaluru’s Jack Foster delivered an explosive efficiency towards Hyderabad’s Ross Whittaker. Jack wasted no time, establishing a 10-0 lead throughout the first three minute, earlier than securing a snug 24-9 victory.

Hyderabad struck again within the ladies’s doubles, as Ava Cavataio and Madalina Grigoriu dominated the dinking rallies on the internet to say an 18-7 win towards Bengaluru’s Trang Hyunh-McClain and Alejandra Borobia.

In an entertaining males’s doubles encounter, Bengaluru’s Marcello Jardim and Mauro Garcia confronted off towards Hyderabad’s Ross Whittaker and Max Freeman with the previous pair clinching a 12-9 win.

With a spot within the finals at stake, Katerina Stewart stepped up as soon as once more for Bengaluru. After a good begin she broke away and dismantled Hyderabad’s Ludovica Sciaky 31-9, clinching the tie for Bengaluru.

-Crew Sportstar

SWIMMING

Swim sensation Desinghu continues her exploits along with her fifth gold in Nationwide Video games

Teenage sensation Dhinidhi Desinghu continued her exploits on the pool along with her fifth gold as Karnataka continued their domination in swimming with two extra high podium finishes on the thirty eighth Nationwide Video games right here on Saturday.

The 14-year-old Desinghu anchored Karnataka to gold within the ladies’s 4x200m freestyle relay, clocking 8 minute 54.87 seconds. The opposite three members of the Karnataka group are Shirin, Shalini R Dixit and Meenakshi Menon.

Gujarat (7:49.71) and Maharashtra (7:55.62) gained the silver and bronze respectively.

Earlier this week, Dhinidhi had gained gold within the ladies’s 200m freestyle, 100m butterfly, 4x100m freestyle relay and 50m freestyle occasions.

Paris Olympian Srihari Nataraj then anchored Karnataka to the boys’s 4x200m freestyle relay gold, with the group clocking 7:45.82. Dhakshan S, Shoan Ganguly and Aneesh S Gowda have been the opposite members of the quartet.

Karnataka’s different gold medal was gained by Vidith S Shankar in males’s 50m breaststroke with a time of 29.12 seconds. The ladies’s 50m breaststroke gold was gained by Harshitha Jayaram of Kerala who clocked 34.14 seconds.

Kerala’s Sajan Prakash clinched the boys’s 200m butterfly gold with a formidable time of two:01.40 whereas the ladies’s corresponding occasion was gained by Maharashtra’s Dhirti Ahirwal (2:23.80).

-PTI