TENNIS
Wild playing cards for teenager Dhamne, Ramkumar, Prajwal Dev in Bengaluru Open
India’s 17-year-old prodigy Manas Dhamne and seasoned campaigners Ramkumar Ramanathan and SD Prajwal Dev have been handed wild card entries for the singles primary draw of the Bengaluru Open ATP Challenger 125 match, beginning on February 24.
Kriish Tyagi and Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha will compete within the qualifying rounds as wild playing cards, seeking to safe a spot in the primary draw.
Dhamne, certainly one of India’s most promising younger abilities, has been lively on the circuit for 2 years and lately captured his first vital title on the M15 Monastir in Tunisia.
{The teenager} has already etched his identify in historical past, changing into the youngest participant to win a first-round match on the junior Australian Open and the youngest to play a primary draw ATP Tour match in 2023.
Prajwal Dev and Ramanathan, in the meantime, carry a long time of expertise to the match.
“Manas Dhamne’s speedy progress is thrilling for Indian tennis, whereas Ramkumar and Prajwal Dev carry worthwhile expertise to the sphere. We sit up for seeing how all our wild card entrants carry out within the competitors,” match director Sunil Yajman stated.
In the meantime, the doubles occasion will characteristic 16 groups, cut up between 10 direct entries, 4 on-site acceptances, and two wild playing cards.
India’s Anirudh Chandrasekar and Chinese language Taipei’s Ray Ho enter because the highest-ranked duo in the primary draw, whereas Blake Bayldon and Matthew Christopher Romios type the second-highest-ranked crew.
Recent from their Delhi Open last look, Niki Poonacha and Courtney John Lock are additionally anticipated to contend strongly.
Amongst different notable doubles entries, prime singles seed Vit Kopriva will companion Marek Gengel in doubles, whereas former world No. 17 Bernard Tomic groups up with Colombia’s Nicolás Mejía.
India’s Siddhant Banthia and Parikshit Somani are additionally among the many direct entrants, strengthening house illustration.
-PTI
Jaya Kapoor beat Jasmine Rawat AITA rating tennis match
Qualifier Jaya Kapoor beat Jasmine Rawat in straight units to arrange the ladies’s title conflict towards fourth seed Vidula Amar within the HPCL-Mittal Rs.200,000 AITA rating tennis match on the CLTA Advanced on Thursday.
The boys’s last will likely be between Vatsal Mannikantan and former nationwide champion Dalwinder Singh.
– Kamesh Srinivasan
Pune Metropolitan Challenger: Ugo Blanchet defeats Kyrian Jacquet
Photograph of, Ugo Blanchet beat the champion of the final two tournaments Kyrian Jacquet within the pre-quarterfinals of the Challenger tennis match in Pune on Thursday.
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Photograph of, Ugo Blanchet beat the champion of the final two tournaments Kyrian Jacquet within the pre-quarterfinals of the Challenger tennis match in Pune on Thursday.
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Ugo Blanchet of France overcame a gradual begin to beat the champion of the final two tournaments, compatriot Kyrian Jacquet 2-6, 6-3, 6-1 within the pre-quarterfinals of the Pune Metropolitan $160,000 Maha Open Challenger tennis match on the Balewadi Stadium on Thursday.
It was the third victory in six conferences for Blanchet over Jaquet, who had received the final two Challengers in Chennai and Delhi, dropping one set in ten matches over a fortnight.
The 26-year-old Blanchet, who has additionally received a Challenger this season in Koblenz, Germany, will subsequent play Khumoyun Sultanov of Uzbekistan. The Uzbek knocked out third seed Tristan Schoolkate of Australia in three units. In doubles, prime seeds Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan and Vijay Sundar Prashanth eked out an exhilarating 12-10 victory within the tremendous tie-break towards Saketh Myneni and Ramkumar Ramanathan within the quarterfinals.
They are going to be challenged by Niki Poonacha and Courtney Lock within the semifinals.
Niki and his Zimbabwean companion had made the ultimate final week in Delhi, and needed to be fairly sharp in successful 10-8 within the tremendous tie-break towards fourth seeds Blake Ellis and Tristan Schoolkate.
The outcomes:
Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Billy Harris (GBR) bt Hiroki Moriya (Jpn) 7-5, 6-3; Brandon Holt (USA) bt Sascha Wayenburg (Fra) 6-4, 6-4; Ugo Blanchet (Fra) bt Kyrian Jacquet (Fra) 2-6, 6-3, 6-1; Khumoyun Sultanov (Uzb) bt Bernard Tomic (Aus) 4-6, 6-3, 6-3.
Doubles (quarterfinals): Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan & Vijay Sundar Prashanth bt Saketh Myneni & Ramkumar Ramanathan 6-3, 2-6, [12-10; Niki Poonacha & Courtney Lock (Zim) bt Blake Ellis & Tristan Schoolkate (Aus) 7-6(4), 6-7(4), [10-8]; Jay Clarke (GBR) & Jurij Rodionov (Aut) bt Petr Biryukov & Ilia Simakin 7-6(5), 6-3; Blake Bayldon & Matthew Romios (Aus) bt Enrico Dalla Valle (Ita) & Khumoyun Sultanov (Uzb) 6-3, 4-6, [12-10].
The outcomes:
Males (semifinals): Vatsal Manikantan bt Moksh Puri 6-4, 6-4; Dalwinder Singh bt Yash Yadav 6-1, 6-0.
Doubles (last): Jatin Nain & Mayank Sharma bt Vatsal Manikantan &Tanishq Jadhav 6-2, 6-1.
Girls (semifinals): Jaya Kapoor bt Jasmine Rawat 6-2, 5-3 (retired); Vidula Amar bt Rutuparna Choudhary 6-4, 6-0.
Doubles (last): Ruma Gaikaiwari & Saily Thakkar bt Bhumika Dahiya & Ayushi Tanwar 6-3, 7-5.
– Kamesh Srinivasan
Qatar Open 2025: Yuki and Dodig in semifinals
Yuki Bhambri in partnership with Ivan Dodig knocked out the highest seeds Marcelo Arevalo & Mate Pavic 2-6, 6-3, [10-8] within the doubles quarterfinals of the $3,035,960 ATP tennis match in Doha,, Qatar, on Thursday.
The Indo-Croatian pair will play Julian Money and Lloyd Glasspool within the semifinals. The British duo beat Rohan Bopanna and Nuno Borges 10-7 within the tremendous tie-break.
The End result:
Doubles (quarterfinals): Yuki Bhambri & Ivan Dodig (Cro) bt Marcelo Arevalo (Esa) & Mate Pavic (Cro) 2-6, 6-3, [10-8]; Julian Money & Lloyd Glasspoool (GBR) bt Rohan Bopanna & Nuno Borges (Por) 6-4, 6-7(5), [10-7].
– Workforce Sportstar
Asian under-14 championship: Naman Borah beat prime seed Smit Undre
Naman Borah beat prime seed Smit Undre 6-3, 6-2 to arrange a title conflict towards Heet Kandoriya within the Asian under-14 tennis match on the Gujarat College Tennis Centre on Thursday.
The ladies last will likely be between Khushi Kadian and Sarena Gahlot.
The outcomes (semifinals):
Beneath-14 boys: Naman Borah bt Smit Undre 6-3, 6-2; Heet Kandoriya bt Kabir Parmar 6-1, 7-5.
Beneath-14 women: Khushi Kadian bt Srushti Suryavanshi 6-1, 6-2; Sarena Gahlot bt Janaki Diya Ravikumar 6-4, 6-2.
– Workforce Sportstar
MORE SPORTS
49-member contingent to symbolize India at Particular Olympics World Winter Video games
India will likely be represented by a 49-member contingent on the Particular Olympics World Winter Video games 2025, to be held in Turin, Italy from March 8 to fifteen.
The contingent contains 30 athletes and 19 help workers, who will likely be collaborating throughout six disciplines — alpine snowboarding, cross nation snowboarding, floorball, short-track velocity skating, snowboarding and snowshoeing.
The twelfth version of the Particular Olympics World Winter Video games will characteristic eight disciplines and are anticipated to attract over 1,500 athletes, 621 coaches and 1,00,000 spectators from 102 international locations.
Extra particular packages, together with the Particular Olympics World Youth Management Summit, Wholesome Athletes Screenings, and the Motor Exercise Coaching Program may even be organised for athletes, households and spectators throughout the occasion.
India has bagged 167 medals through the years in these Video games, together with 73 gold, 49 silver and 45 bronze medals throughout varied disciplines.
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GOLF
Vani sizzles with 66 to take 5-shot lead within the third leg of Hero WPGT
Vani Kapoor performed certainly one of her greatest rounds whereas carding a bogey free 5-under 66 to open a five-shot lead within the third leg of the Hero Girls’s Professional Golf Tour in Pune on Thursday.
With three birdies on the entrance 9 and two extra on the again stretch, Vani added 66 to her first spherical 70 to get to six-under 136 for 36 holes on the Poona Membership Golf Course.
Vani, who has probably the most titles amongst all of the lively gamers on the Tour, is 5 forward of Sneha Singh, winner of the second leg.
Sneha, who opened bogey-bogey shot even par 71 and is 1-under 141.
Amandeep Drall (70) and Hitaashee Bakshi (71), enjoying her first Tour occasion of 2025, are tied third at even par 142.
Vani birdied the second, sixth and ninth to show in 3-under and added additional good points on the tenth and the 14th for an awesome card of 5-under 66.
Vani’s final win got here on the twelfth Leg at her house course, the DLF Golf & Nation Membership, Gurugram in September final 12 months.
Sneha opened bogey-bogey however picked birdies on the ninth and 14th to complete even par.
Amandeep had an action-packed day with 5 birdies towards 4 bogeys.
Hitaashee Bakshi had birdies on the second and the fifth and dropped bogeys on the sixth and the sixteenth for an excellent par 71.
Kriti Chowhan was 1-over 72 for the second day working and is sole fifth, whereas three gamers, Vidhatri Urs (73), Neha Tripathi (74) and the first-round chief Shweta Mansingh (76) are tied sixth.
Lavanya Jadon (71), winner of the opening leg Rhea Purvi Sarvanan (73) and Seher Atwal (74) are tied tenth.
The highest novice was Mannat Brar (76-74) at T-14, whereas Saanvi Somu (73-78) was sixteenth.
The lower fell at 13-over 155 and 24 gamers made the grade for the ultimate spherical.
-PTI
POLO
Gen. Sparrow Cup Polo Match
Venkatesh Jindal scored 5 targets to energy Jindal Polo Property to a 12-5 victory over Cavalry Black in a league match of the Gen. Sparrow Cup polo match on the Military Equestrian Centre, Delhi Cantonment, on Thursday.
The outcomes:
Jindal Panther 11 (Simran Shergill 3, Krishna Inkia 3, Akshai Malik 3, Mahesh Sharma 2) bt Cavalry Pink 4 (MS Chouhan 2, handicap 2).
Jindal Polo Property 12 (Venkatesh Jindal 5, Pranav Kapur 3, Salim Azmi 2, Siddhant Sharma 2) bt Cavalry Black 5 (Vijay Pratap Singh, handicap 4).
-Kamesh Srinivasan
ARCHERY
Indian males’s compound crew creates new U-21 World report
The Indian males’s compound crew, comprising Kushal Dalal, Manav Ganeshrao Jadhao and Ganesh Mani Ratnam Thirumuru, has set a brand new under-21 world report by aggregating 2129 factors within the qualification spherical of the Asia Cup World rating match, Stage-1, in Bangkok. The crew surpassed the earlier report of 2111 for 216 arrows over 50 meters.
– Workforce Sportstar
BASKETBALL
INBL Professional league: Gujarat Stallions pips Mumbai Titans
Jock Perry prime scored with 25 factors to energy Gujarat Stallions to a 83-72 victory over Mumbai Titans after the groups had been locked 41-41 at half time within the INBL Professional basketball league on the Thyagaraj Indoor Stadium on Thursday.
It was the fifth victory in 9 matches for the Gujarat crew, which pulled forward within the third quarter, to ultimately prevail strongly over the Mumbai crew. Thus, the crew shot to the highest of the desk within the six-team competitors from which 4 groups will make the semifinals.
The outcomes:
Gujarat Stallions 83 (Jock Perry 25, Joshua Duach 17, Tushal Singh 12, Nate Roberts 11, Amarendra Nayak 11) bt Mumbai Titans 72 (Dalph Panopio 14, Elijah Puna 13, Durrell McDonald 13).
-Kamesh Srinivasan