TENNIS
Maha Open 2025: Ramkumar Ramanathan loses to Kimmer Coppejans in ultimate qualifying spherical
Eighth seed Alexis Galarneau of Canada proved too robust for wildcard Karan Singh as he cruised to a 6-4, 6-1 victory within the first spherical of Pune Metropolitan $160,000 Maha Open Challenger tennis event on the Balewadi Stadium on Monday.
There was no additional good tiding for the host, as Ramkumar Ramanathan went down in three units to Kimmer Coppejans within the second and ultimate qualifying spherical.
Ramkumar, who had crushed the highest seed Elias Ymer of Sweden within the first spherical, did effectively to sq. the match by successful the tie-break within the second set. Nonetheless, the wiry Koppejans established his health and powerful recreation by blanking Ramkumar within the decider.
For making the second qualifying spherical, Ramkumar bought two ATP factors and $770. Karan didn’t win any ATP factors however collected $1,670 for the first-round exit.
Manas Dhamne and Aryan Shah will compete of their first spherical matches on Tuesday night.
Defending champion Valentin Vacherot of Monaco overcame a tough begin to beat fourth seed Elmer Moller of Denmark in three units.
The outcomes:
Singles (first spherical): Valentin Vacherot (Mon) bt Elmer Moller (Den) 5-7, 6-2, 6-4; Alexis Galarneau (Can) bt Karan Singh 6-4, 6-1; Dalibor Svrcina (Cze) bt August Holmgren (Den) 4-6, 6-3, 7-5.
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Jay Clarke (GBR) & Jurij Rodonov (Aut) bt Enzo Couacaud (Fra) & Rio Noguchi (Jpn) 6-3, 5-7, [12-10].
-Kamesh Srinivasan
Rutuparna beats Bhumika in AITA rating event
Second seed Rutuparna Choudhary overcame a gradual begin to beat Bhumika Dahiya 3-6, 6-2, 6-4 within the ladies’s first spherical of the HPCL-Mittal Rs. 200,000 AITA rating tennis event on the CLTA Complicated in Chandigarh on Monday.
The outcomes (first spherical):
Males:
Aditya Kothari bt Udiit Kamboj 0-6, 2-5 (retired); Priyanshu Choudhary bt Vatsal Manikantan 6-4, 6-3; Jatin Nain bt Tushar Balli 6-4, 6-2; Vansh Nandal bt Sourav Yadav 6-0, 6-4; Moksh Puri bt Krishan Hooda 6-1, 7-6(2); Svarmanyu Singh bt Lakshya Chugh 6-3, 3-1 (retired); Omar Sumar bt Shubh Negi 6-2, 6-2; Mayank Sharmma bt Naman Sharma 6-2, 6-1; Mukul Ramanan bt Nishith Naveen 6-3, 6-2; Arntya Ohlyan bt Tanik Gupta 6-2, 6-4; Lokesh Pun bt Tushar Mittal 3-6, 7-5, 7-5; Dalwainder Singh bt Parth Patil 6-1, 6-0; Yash Yadav bt Paramveer Singh Bajwa 4-6, 6-3, 3-1 (retired); Tirth Doshi bt Bikramjeet Chawla 7-5, 6-3; Deep Munim bt Mayank Yadav 6-4, 6-2; Sarthak Suden bt Piyush Priyadarshini 6-2, 6-1.
Ladies:
Jasmine Rawat bt Riya Sachdeva 3-4 (retired); Anjali Dalal bt Nikita Som 6-0, 6-0; Hanshika Singh bt Suhani Gaur 6-4, 6-1; Shagun Kumari bt Diya Desai 6-4, 6-2; Saily Thakkar bt Mahi Trivedi 6-3, 6-3; Reet Arora bt Shrawasti Kundilya 6-1, 6-4; Ayushi Tanwar bt Durganshi Kumar 7-6(2), 6-4; Jaya Kapoor bt Divya Sharma 6-1, 6-3; Divya Bhardwaj bt Khushali Modi 4-6, 7-6(3), 6-1; Jeetesh Kumari bt Snigdha Patibandla 6-2, 6-2; Himanshika Singh bt Mehul Malik 3-6, 6-0, 6-4; Vidula Amar bt Chhavi Seshadri 6-0, 6-1; Ruma Gaikaiwari bt Sidhak Kaur 7-5, 6-0; Rutuparna Choudhary bt Bhumika Dahiya 3-6, 6-2, 6-4.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
Vit Kopriva, Tristan Schoolkate to Lead powerful subject at Bengaluru Open 2025
The 2025 Bengaluru Open, celebrating 10 years since its inaugural version in 2015, stands as India’s largest worldwide tennis occasion.
The occasion can be headlined by World No. 128 Vit Kopriva from the Czech Republic. Returning with an upgraded ATP Challenger 125 standing, this occasion will characteristic 9 top-200 gamers competing for $200,000 in prize cash and 125 ATP rating factors for the singles champion.
Set to happen on the KSLTA Courts in Cubbon Park from February 24 to March 2, the event, now in its ninth version, will characteristic a 32-player singles draw, comprising 20 direct entries, six qualifiers, two particular exemptions, one Subsequent Gen Accelerator, and three wild playing cards. With a cutoff at World No. 237, the competitors guarantees high-quality tennis all through the week.
Italy’s Stefano Napolitano gained the title in 2024 after a hard-fought ultimate towards Sumit Nagal of India. The singles occasion has additionally produced two Indian winners up to now: Nagal (2017) and Prajnesh Gunneswaran (2018). The event was not held in 2016, 2019, and 2021.
-Workforce Sportstar
HOCKEY
Shyam Lal Match: IGIPESS makes ultimate in each males’s and ladies’s occasion
Indira Gandhi Institute of Bodily Training and Sports activities Sciences (IGIPESS) made the finals of each the lads’s and ladies’s occasions on the eleventh Shyam Lal hockey event in New Delhi on Monday.
The outcomes (semifinals):
Males:
Shyam Lal School 3 (Praveen, Lalit, Naveen) bt Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa School 1 (Tanuj).
IGIPESS 3 (Pulkit, Naveen Rathi, Gurmukh) bt Shri Ram School of Commerce 2 (Inderpal, Vibhanshu Tiwari).
Ladies:
Delhi College Alumna 4 (Sonika 2, Manita, Neelam) bt Shyama Prasad Mukherjee School 0.
IGIPESS 5 (Pinki 2, Kanchan 2, Hema) bt Vivekanand School 0.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
BASKETBALL
INBL Professional League: Gujarat Stallions beats Chennai Warmth
Gujarat Stallions scored an exciting 74-72 victory after main 41-29 at half-time towards Chennai Warmth within the INBL Professional Basketball League on the Thyagaraj Indoor Stadium in New Delhi on Monday.
It was a revenge victory for the Gujarat crew after its earlier loss to the Chennai crew, which performed higher within the second half however nearly missed bridging the hole.
Gujarat thus nosed forward on the league desk after all of the six groups had remained tied at six factors.
The outcomes:
Gujarat Stallions 74 (Jock Perry 16, Trendon Hankerson 15, Joshua Duach 15, Amarendra Nayak 11) bt Chennai Warmth 72 (Matt Grey 16, Tad Dufelmeier 15, Maolk Majak 11, Keith Kiner 10).
-Kamesh Srinivasan