TENNIS
Maha Open 2025: Wild card Manas Dhamne loses to Billy Harris in first spherical
Wild card Manas Dhamne went down preventing 4-6, 4-6 to prime seed Billy Harris of Britain within the first spherical of the Pune Metropolitan $160,000 Maha Open Challenger tennis match on the Balewadi Stadium in Pune on Tuesday.
Regardless of the massive distinction in rating, 793 to 110, and expertise on the skilled tour, the 17-year-old Manas engaged the 30-year-old Briton in a energetic contest.
Ultimately, it boiled all the way down to the massive serve of Billy, who had performed the ultimate on Sunday in Delhi, and his capability to transform the breakpoints. Billy had 9 aces to 1 by Manas, and capitalised on 5 of seven break factors, to 2 of seven break factors by the younger Indian.
Billy received 79 factors to 70 by Manas, and can get to play a qualifier within the second spherical.
The opposite Indian wild card in motion, Aryan Shah managed to win 4 video games towards sixth-seed Brandon Holt of USA. That was the tip of the Indian problem in singles within the extremely aggressive discipline.
Khumoyun Sultanov of Uzbekistan knocked out the third seed Tristan Schoolkate of Australia in three units, to arrange a pre-quarterfinal towards one other Aussie, Bernard Tomic.
The champion of the final two Challengers in Chennai and Delhi, Kyrian Jacquet of France eased into the second spherical by dropping 4 video games to Rio Noguchi of Japan. He’ll subsequent face fifth seed Ugo Blanchet of France.
The outcomes:
Singles (first spherical): Billy Harris (GBR) bt Manas Dhamne 6-4, 6-4; Sascha Wayenburg (Fra) bt Petr Biryukov 7-6(6), 5-7, 6-3; Brandon Holt (USA) bt Aryan Shah 6-2, 6-2; Masamichi Imamura (Jpn) bt Jay Clarke (GBR) 7-6(2), 6-2; Michael Geerts (Bel) bt Marek Gengel (Cze) 4-6, 6-1, 7-6(4); Ugo Blanchet (Fra) bt Enzo Couacaud (Fra) 3-6, 6-2, 6-3; Kyrian Jacquet (Fra) bt Rio Noguchi (Jpn) 6-1, 6-3; Bernard Tomic (Aus) bt Nicolas Mejia (Col) 6-2, 6-2; Khumoyun Sultanov (Uzb) bt Tristan Schoolkate (Aus) 6-3, 4-6, 6-3; Junj rodionov (Aut) bt Shintaro Mochizuki (Jpn) 6-7(), 6-1, 6-2; James McCabe (Aus) bt Enrico Dalla Valle (Ita) 6-0, 6-3; Ilia Simakin bt Blake Ellis (Aus) 6-4, 6-2.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
Jigyasa beats Soni in HPCL-Mittal AITA rating match
Jigyasa Narsinghani fought her well beyond Soni Prapti 4-6, 6-4, 7-5 within the girls’s pre-quarterfinals of the HPCL-Mittal AITA rating tennis match on the CLTA Complicated on Tuesday.
The outcomes (pre-quarterfinals):
Males:
Vatsal Manikantan bt Aditya Kothari 6-3, 6-0; Jatin Nain bt Vansh Nandal 6-3, 6-4; Moksh Puri bt Svarmanyu Singh 6-0, 7-5; Omar Sumar bt Mayank Sharma 6-3, 6-2; Mukul Ramanan bt Arntya Ohlyan 6-4, 6-4; Dalwinder Singh bt Lokesh Pun 6-2, 6-2; Yash Yadav bt Tirth Doshi 6-2, 4-6, 3-2 (retired); Sarthak Suden bt Deep Munim 6-1, 6-2.
Girls:
Jasmine Rawat bt Anjali Dalal 6-3, 6-1; Suhani Gaur bt Shagun Kumari 1-6, 6-4, 6-2; Saily Thakkar bt Reet Arora 6-7(2), 6-0, 6-4; Jaya Kapoor bt Ayush Tanwar 6-2, 4-6, 6-3; Divya Bhardwaj bt Jeetesh Kumari 6-2, 6-4; Vidula Amar bt Himanshika Singh 6-4, 6-2; Jigyasa Narsinghani bt Soni Prapti 4-6, 6-4, 7-5; Rutuparna Choudhary bt Ruma Gaikaiwari 7-6(6), 7-5.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
Qatar Open: Bhambri-Dodig pair beats Merida-Zayid in spherical of 16
Yuki Bhambri in partnership with Ivan Dodig of Croatia beat Daniel Merida of Spain and Mubarak Zayid of Qatar 6-3, 6-4 within the doubles pre-quarterfinals of the $3,035,960 ATP tennis match in Doha, Qatar.
The outcomes:
$3,035,960 ATP, Doha, Qatar
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Yuki Bhambri & Ivan Dodig (Cro) bt Daniel Merida (Esp) & Mubarak Zayid (Qat) 6-3, 6-4.
€91,250 Challenger, Glasgow, Britain
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Rudolf Molleker (Ger) & Denis Yevseyev (Kaz) bt Bogdan Pavel (Rou) & Divij Sharan 7-5, 6-2.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
GOLF
Manu Gandas playing cards five-under 31 on day one at Gujarat Open Golf Championship
Manu Gandas of Gurugram set the bar with an error-free five-under 31 to take the lead on day one of many Gujarat Open in Ahmedabad on Tuesday.
Yuvraj Sandhu of Chandigarh, the winner of the PGTI season-opener in Kolkata final week, in addition to Om Prakash Chouhan of Mhow have been tied for second place with scores of four-under 32.
Karnal’s Rohit Narwal and Hyderabad-based Mohd Azhar have been tied for fourth with scores of three underneath 33. Defending champion Abhinav Lohan returned a two-under 34 to be positioned tied sixth.
The primary two rounds of the occasion comprise 9 holes every. After 18 holes, the minimize might be utilized. The third and fourth rounds will then comprise 18 holes every.
The match might be performed over a complete of 54 holes. The par for the course within the first two rounds is 36.
-PTI
Hitaashee, Vani and Amandeep for Leg 3 of the Hero Girls’s Professional Golf Tour
Hitaashee Bakshi, winner of the Order of Advantage on the Hero Girls’s Professional Golf Tour final yr, will make her first look within the new season on the house circuit as she tees up within the third leg of the Tour on the Poona Membership Golf Course right here on Wednesday.
The winners of the primary two occasions of the Tour in 2025, Rhea Purvi Sarvanan and Sneha Singh, are additionally within the discipline, which has 38 gamers together with India’s star newbie, Mannat Brar.
Because the season will get into movement, a number of the established gamers like Hitaashee, Vani Kapoor and Amandeep Drall amongst others are teeing as much as check their type and prepare for worldwide occasions within the season.
Up to now few years, the schedule of the HPWGT has been drawn in a fashion that enables Indian gamers to play a couple of properties occasions after which get to internationals.
Vidhatri Urs, a number of winner on the HPWGT final yr and Ananya Garg, who plan to play some occasions on the Sunshine Women Tour in South Africa, are additionally within the discipline. The trio plans to play on the Jabra Women Traditional and SuperSport Women Problem, which was received by India’s Tvesa Malik final yr.
As well as, Rhea Purvi and Karishma Govind may even play a couple of occasions just like the Platinum Women and ABSA Women invitational in South Africa.
Previous winners like Jasmine Shekar, Seher Atwal and Neha Tripathi add to the power of the sphere.
Other than Mannat, the opposite amateurs are Saanvi Somu, who was the runner-up within the opening leg final month, Keerthana Rajiv, Ketaki Sood, and Mayara Sharma.
The present Hero Order of Advantage leaders are Sneha Singh and Rhea Purvi Saravanan.
-PTI
BASKETBALL
INBL: Mumbai Titans edges previous Hyderabad Falcons
Elijah Puna got here up with an all-round efficiency, scoring 22 factors and securing 18 rebounds, to style a 77-74 victory for Mumbai Titans over chief Hyderabad Falcons within the INBL Professional basketball league on the Thyagaraj Indoor Stadium on Tuesday.
After the excellent victory over Delhi Dribblers in a single day, it was a setback for the Hyderabad crew, however it ran right into a preventing Mumbai, which stepped it up after trailing by 5 factors on the finish of the primary quarter.
Mumbai led 39-35 at halftime and was forward by one level on the finish of the third quarter. Within the energetic fourth quarter, Mumbai scored 24 factors to 22 by Hyderabad to get its fourth win in seven matches and joined Hyderabad and Gujarat on prime of the desk with eight factors.
The outcomes:
Mumbai Titans 77 (Elijah Puna 22, Liam Judd 12, Dalph Panopio 12, Gurwinder Singh 10, bt Hyderabad Falcons 74 (Riyanshu Negi 17, Harry Morris 14, Callum Dalton 12, Alex Robinson Jr. 11).
Hyderabad Falcons 92 (Jack Buy 26, Alex Robinson Jr. 17, Harry Morris 14, Callum Dalton 11, Prashant Rawat 10) bt Delhi Dribblers 73 (Lachlan Barker 28, Daniel Poelsma 18).
-Kamesh Srinivasan
HOCKEY
Shyam Lal School beats IGIPESS in last of Shyam Lal hockey match
Host Shyam Lal School beat Indira Gandhi Institute of Bodily Schooling and Sports activities Sciences 7-2 within the last of the Shyam Lal hockey match on the school floor.
Praveen was declared the “participant of the match”.
The outcomes (last):
Shyam Lal School 7 (Ashish 2, Mohit 2, Praveen, Deepak, Pratyush Singh Jaggi) bt IGIPESS 2 (Naveen Rathi, Su