CHESS
GM Iniyan loses to French IM Mahel in tiebreak
Indian Grandmaster P. Iniyan completed runner-up within the forty first Cappelle La Grande Worldwide Open Event after dropping to IM Mahel of France within the tiebreaks in Dunkirk.
The fifth seed Indian scored 7.5 factors, with six wins and three attracts to be tied first alongside Mahel after 9 rounds.
Nevertheless, luck was towards Iniyan in tie-breaks because the French IM emerged victorious.
After beginning with 4 wins in a row, Iniyan drew the fifth sport with fellow Indian IM Muthaiah.
He then drew with the eventual third-place finisher GM Raja Rithvik of India. A win within the penultimate spherical left him main the occasion together with Mahel.
The outcome has helped Iniyan acquire 16 score factors and his stay score now could be 2566.
– PTI
TENNIS
Bengaluru Open ATP Challenger 2025: Davis Cuppers Karan, Mukund attain last spherical of qualifiers
S. Mukund celebrates after beating compatriot Rishi Reddy within the first spherical of qualifying at Bengaluru Open ATP Challenger on Sunday.
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SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
S. Mukund celebrates after beating compatriot Rishi Reddy within the first spherical of qualifying at Bengaluru Open ATP Challenger on Sunday.
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SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
India made a robust begin within the first spherical of Bengaluru Open 2025 qualifiers, with Davis Cup staff members Karan Singh and Mukund Sasikumar registering victories.
Singh, who was a part of India’s 4-0 conquer Togo within the Davis Cup World Group I Playoffs, registered a 7-5, 6-3 win over Ukraine’s Yurii Dzhavakian, the twelfth seed in qualifying. In the meantime, Mukund battled previous fellow Indian Rishi Reddy in an almost two-hour encounter, rising victorious 6-3, 4-6, 6-3.
Teen Aryan Shah pulled off a serious upset towards fifth seed Kris Van Wyk, securing a 6-4, 7-6(4) victory.
Nevertheless, Siddharth Rawat fell to Czech Republic’s Hynek Barton, who claimed a 6-4, 6-4 win. Delhi Open 2025 doubles finalist Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha additionally bowed out after a three-set loss to Petr Bar Biryukov.
Among the many top-seeded qualifiers, Billy Harris, recent off his runner-up end on the Delhi Open 2025, defeated India’s Siddharth Vishwakarma in straight units. Second seed Ilia Simakin additionally superior, beating Japan’s Ryuki Matsuda in a commanding show.
RESULTS (First spherical of qualifying)
(IND) Karan Singh bt (UKR) Yurii Dzhavakian 7-5, 6-3
(JPN) Kokoro Isomura bt (IND) Adil Kalyanpur 7-6 (7-2), 6-0
(IND) Aryan Shah bt (RSA) Karl Van Wyk 6-4, 7-6(8-6)
(RUS) Petr Bar Biryukov bt (IND) Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha 6-2, 3-6, 7-6(1)
(GBR) Billy Harris bt (IND) Siddhant Vishwakarma 6-2, 6-1
(CZE) Hynek Barton bt (IND) Sidharth Rawat 6-4, 6-4
(ESP) Nicolas Alvarez Varona bt (IND) Manish Sureshkumar 6-2, 6-2
(ITA) Jacopo Berrettini bt (IND) Karan Tyagi 6-3, 3-6, 6-2
(IND) Sasikumar Mukund bt (IND) Rishi Reddy 6-3, 4-6, 6-3
(JPN) Hiroki Moriya bt (UKR) Eric Vanshelboim 7-6(7-5), 6-4
(THA) Kasidit Samrej bt (MAS) Mitsuki Wei Kang Leong 6-4, 7-6(5)
(RUS) Ilia Simakin bt (JPN) Ryuki Matsuda 7-6(8), 6-4
– Workforce Sportstar
ITF Ahmedabad: Abhaya beats Saily in first qualifying spherical
Abhaya Vemuri overcame a tricky begin to beat Saily Thakkar 6-7(3), 6-3, 6-3 within the first qualifying spherical of the USD 40,000 ITF girls’s tennis match on the Ahmedabad Tennis Basis courts on Sunday.
Within the second and last qualifying spherical, Abhaya will play the highest seed Michika Ozeki of Japan.
Anjali Rathi additionally fought again to beat Divya Bhardwaj 3-6, 6-2, 6-2, to arrange a conflict towards second seed Maria Kalyakina.
Akanksha Nitture, Prathyusha Rachapudi, Humera Baharmus, Paavanii Paathak, Laalitya Kalluri, Sonal Patil, Smriti Bhasin and Aakruti Sonkusare had been the opposite Indians to make the second and last qualifying spherical.
– Workforce Sportstar
GOLF
Veer Ahlawat slips in third spherical in Kenya Open
Veer Ahlawat had a disastrous third spherical of 8-over 79 as he slipped to T-67 with one spherical to go within the Kenya Open.
The Indian rookie had a nightmarish 11 on the par-5 seventh in addition to 4 different bogeys towards simply two birdies for a 79.
His earlier rounds had been 70 and 72.
Shubhankar Sharma had earlier missed the lower.
South African Jacques Kruyswijk moved into pole place as he bids for his first DP World Tour title. He had a surprising seven-under-par spherical of 64 that gave him a one-stroke lead.
The South African got here residence in five-under par on the Muthaiga Golf Membership to steer England’s John Parry by one.
Parry added a one-over 72 to his opening two rounds of 63-65 as he goes seeking his second win of the 2025 Race to Dubai.
– PTI
POLO
Simran Shergill scored 5 targets to information Jindal Panther to a 7-4 victory over Jindal Polo Property within the last of the Gen. Sparrow Cup polo match on the Jaipur Polo floor on Sunday.
Simran was adjudged the “most precious participant”, and mare El Colica was declared the ‘finest polo pony’.
The outcomes (last):
Jindal Panther 7 (Simran Shergill 5, Mahesh Sharma, Krishna Inkiya) bt Jindal Polo Property 4 (Siddhant Sharma 3, Venkatesh Jindal).
-Kamesh Srinivasan