TENNIS
Wildcards for Manas Dhamne, Aryan Shah, Karan Singh in ATP tennis meet
Upcoming gamers Manas Dhamne, Aryan Shah and Karan Singh have been on Thursday handed wildcard entries for the Pune Open ATP Challenger 100 males’s tennis championship during which prime gamers from 28 nations can be seen in motion right here from February 16-23.
The match, to be organised by Maharashtra State Garden tennis Affiliation (MSLTA) in affiliation with the division of sports activities and youth companies within the Maharashtra authorities, can be held on the Shiv Chhatrapati Sports activities Complicated at Mhalunge Balewadi.
The Pune occasion is the third of a sequence of 4 ATP Challenger occasions being held in India. The earlier tournaments have been held at Chennai and Delhi whereas the final occasion can be performed at Bengaluru.
So far as the wildcard entries are involved, 17-year-old Dhamne is coming off a USD 15000 ITF win at Monastir, Tunisia final week, 19-year-old Shah has been performing nicely within the final yr at ITF occasions, and Karan, 21, made his Davis Cup debut two weeks in the past.
The match carries a complete prize purse of Rs 1.12 crore. The winner will obtain 100 ATP rating factors and Rs.15.50 lakh and the runner-up will get 60 ATP factors and Rs 9 lakh.
The primary spherical loser will obtain Rs 1.10 lakh, and the the qualifier can even get an incentive of Rs 33,000.
The principle draw consists of 32 gamers – 23 direct acceptances, 3 wild playing cards, and 6 qualifiers. Qualifying will comprise 24 gamers with 4 wild playing cards.
Entry for spectators to witness the matches is free.
– PTI
Bhambri-Middelkoop pair loses in Marseille quarterfinals
Yuki Bhambri, in partnership with Matwe Middelkoop, was overwhelmed 6-3, 6-4 by second seeds Sander Gille and Jan Zielinski within the doubles quarterfinals of the ATP 250 match in Marseille, France.
RESULTS
ATP 250, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Singles (first spherical): Correntin Moutet (Fra) bt Sumit Nagal 7-5, 6-2.
ATP 250, Delray Seaside, USA
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Nicolas Barrientos (Col) & Rithvik Bollipalli bt Fernando Romboli & Marcelo Zormann (Bra) 7-6(4), 7-6(5).
ATP 250, Marseille, France
Doubles (quarterfinals): Sander Gille (Bel) & Jan Zielinski (Pol) bt Yuki Bhambri & Matwe Middelkoop (Ned) 6-3, 6-4;
Pre-quarterfinals: Yuki & Middelkoop bt David Pel (Ned) & Patrik Trhac (USA) 5-7, 6-2, [10-6].
– Workforce Sportstar
GOLF
TATA Metal PGTI Gamers Championship: Yuvraj Sandhu retains his sole lead after spherical three
Yuvraj Sandhu in motion in spherical three.
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Yuvraj Sandhu in motion in spherical three.
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Yuvraj Sandhu’s two-under 68 helped him retain his sole lead by one stroke after the third spherical of the season-opening TATA Metal PGTI Gamers Championship on the Tollygunge Membership course in Kolkata on Thursday.
Yuvraj recovered after dropping photographs on the primary two holes to gather 4 birdies and collect a three-day whole of 18-under 192.
Bangladesh’s Jamal Hossain (65-62-66) narrowed down the hole with the chief by aggregating 193.
Rahil Gangjee, taking part in on a course the place he spent most of his childhood, struck 66 to be third with 196.
S.S.P. Chawrasia (71) was the highest-placed among the many city-based professionals as he was tied for the 14 th place with 201.
Native newbie Anshul Mishra (69) was tied-20 th after totalling 203.
The scores (third spherical):
192-Yuvraj Sandhu (63, 61, 68); 193-Jamal Hossain (65, 62, 66); 196-Rahil Gangjee (63, 67, 66); 198-Shamim Khan (67, 64, 67); 199-Akshay Sharma (71, 62, 66), Arjun Sharma (63, 67, 69).
-Y.B. Sarangi
HOCKEY
Nationwide Video games: Hockey gold for Karnataka males and Haryana girls
Karnataka males and Haryana girls gained the Nationwide Video games hockey titles in Haridwar on Thursday.
Karnataka males defeated Uttar Pradesh 3-2 whereas Haryana, driving on Ishika’s two targets, girls crushed Madhya Pradesh 4-1 within the finals.
The outcomes:
Males’s ultimate:
Karnataka 3 (C. Shamnath 8, Bharath Mahalingappa Kurtakoti 18, Abharan Sudev 39) bt Uttar Pradesh 2 (Faraz Khan 1, Sharda Nand Tiwari 45). For third place: Maharashtra bt Punjab 1-0.
Ladies’s ultimate:
Haryana 4 (Mahima Choudhary 37, Ishika 45 & 50, Monika 55) bt Madhya Pradesh 1 (Aishwarya Chavan 5). For third place: Jharkhand bt Maharashtra 2-1.
-Stan Rayan
BASKETBALL
INBL Professional Basketball: Jack Stanwix begins in Chennai Warmth’s win in opposition to Hyderabad Falcons
Jack Stanwix prime scored with 20 factors as Chennai Warmth scored an exciting 85-82 victory over Hyderabad Falcons after a dominant 49-39 first half within the INBL Professional basketball league on the Thyagaraj Indoor Stadium on Thursday.
Each the Chennai and Hyderabad groups discovered themselves on the prime of the desk with three wins every from 5 matches.
In one other match, Punjab Warriors beat Delhi Dribblers 81-72 after main 51-40 at halftime. The 2 groups determine within the fifth and sixth spots within the six-team competitors.
The outcomes:
Chennai Warmth 85 (Jack Stanwix 20, Matt Grey 17, Tad Dufelmeier 15, Arvind Kumar 13) bt Hyderabad Falcons 82 (Jack Buy 21, Alex Robinson jr. 19, Harry Morris 12).
Punjab Warriors 81 (Uche Dibiamaka 20, Boston Mazlin 14, Stokley Chaffee 11, Lucas Barker 10, Vaisakh Manoj 10, bt Delhi Dribblers 72 (Lachlan Barker 23, James Montgomery 11, Daniel Poelsma 11).
-Kamesh Srinivasan