TENNIS
$40,000 ITF ladies’s event: Akanksha Nitture knocks out second seed Carlota Cirez
Qualifier Akanksha Nitture knocked out the second seed Carlota Cirez of Spain 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 within the second spherical of the $40,000 ITF ladies’s tennis event on the Ahmedabad Tennis Basis courts on Wednesday.
The 21-year-old Akanksha served effectively and transformed her third match level in a protracted drawn twelfth recreation of the decider on the Spaniard’s serve to clinch her place within the third spherical.
It was a welcome return to good kind for Akanksha who had didn’t win a match within the first three worldwide tournaments of the season thus far. Actually, she had managed to win ten video games in all.
Earlier than assembly the second seed, Akanksha had not dropped a set in three matches within the present event. She is going to play compatriot Vaidehi Chaudhari within the pre-quarterfinals.
Ankita Raina beat Funa Kozaki of Japan for the lack of seven video games to arrange a 3rd spherical in opposition to Sohyun Park of Korea.
Shrivalli Bhamidipaty needed to battle her well beyond Humera Baharmus in three units to arrange her third spherical match in opposition to fifth seed Haruka Kaji of Japan.
The nation’s greatest ranked participant, Sahaja Yamalapalli misplaced her manner after profitable the primary set in opposition to Francesca Tempo of Italy.
The outcomes:
Singles (second spherical):
Arino Rodionova (Aus) bt Akiko Omae (Jpn) 6-1, 2-6, 6-3; Polina Iatcenko bt Anjali Rathi 6-2, 6-3; Francesca Tempo (Ita) bt Sahaja Yamalapalli 4-6, 6-2, 6-4; Amandine Hesse (Fra) bt Smriti Bhasin 6-3, 6-3; Anastasia Gureva bt Mei Yamaguchi (Jpn) 6-4, 6-4; antonia Schmidt (Ger) bt Thasaporn Naklo (Tha) 7-6(11), 7-5; Daria Kudashova bt Zeel Desai 6-1, 6-1; Mariia Tkacheva bt Rinon Okuwaki (Jpn) 6-4, 6-4; Ankita Raina bt Funa Kozaki (Jpn) 6-3, 6-4; Sohyun Park (Kor) bt Kanako Morisaki (Jpn) 6-3, 6-1; Ekaterina Reyngold bt Clara Vlasselaer (Bel) 6-3 (retired); Maria Golovina bt Ekaterina Makarova 6-2, 6-4; Haruka Kaji (Jpn) bt Vaishnavi Adkar 6-0, 6-2; Shrivalli Bhamidipaty bt Humera Baharmus 3-6, 7-5, 6-3; Vaidehi Chaudhari bt Honoka Kobayashi (Jpn) 6-1, 6-3; Akanksha Nitture bt Carlota Cirez (Esp) 6-4, 3-6, 7-5.
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals):
Riya Bhatia & Ekaterina Yashina bt Diana Marcinkevica (Lat) & Francesca Tempo (Ita) 7-5, 2-6, [10-4]; Ankita Raina & Vaishnavi Adkar bt Priyanshi Bhandari & Anjali Rathi 6-3, 6-1; Michika Ozeki (Jpn) & Sohyun Park (Kor) bt Pranjala Yadlapalli & Sahaja Yamalapalli 5-7, 6-3, [10-6]; Zeel Desai & Rinon Okuwaki (Jpn) bt Daria Kudashova & Kira Pavlova 6-1, 6-3; Bunyawi Thamchaiwat & Thasaporn Naklo (Tha) bt Polina Iatcenko & Maria Tkacheva 6-2, 6-4; Shrivalli Bhamidipaty & Vaidehi Chaudhari bt Aarushi Raval & Saily Thakkar 6-1, 6-0; Akiko Omae & Ikumi Yamazaki (Jpn) bt Pooja Ingale & Soha Sadiq 6-0, 6-1; Ekaterina Makarova & Ekaterina Reyngold bt Funa Kozaki & Kanako Morisaki (Jpn) 1-6, 7-6(4), [11-9].
-Kamesh Srinivasan
GOLF
One other novice Saanvi takes lead in 4th leg of Hero WPGT
Vietnam-bound novice Saanvi Somu performed a bogey-free second spherical of two-under 68 to maneuver into the lead within the fourth leg of the Hero Ladies’s Professional Golf Tour on the Bombay Presidency Golf Membership in Mumbai on Wednesday.
The 16-year-old Saanvi has completed runner-up a number of occasions on the Hero WPGT, the most recent of which was the primary leg this season.
After Mannat Brar was on the prime a day earlier, Saanvi turned the second novice to take the highlight this week.
Saanvi, who will probably be within the Indian staff at subsequent week’s Ladies’s Beginner Asia-Pacific Championship, shot 73 within the first spherical.
Within the second spherical, she parred the primary 11 holes earlier than she discovered her first birdie on the Par-4 twelfth gap. That was adopted by 5 regular pars and a birdie on the Par-5 18th for a 68.
At one-over 141, Saanvi is one forward of the skilled Vani Kapoor who added an excellent par 70 to her first spherical of 72.
Vani, who will quickly be taking part in on the worldwide circuit, had three birdies and three bogeys in her first 11 holes, and parred the final seven.
One other novice Anuradha Chaudhuri shot even par 70 to get right into a three-way tie with Vani and Seher Atwal (72-70).
Lavanya Jadon, who started the day with a bogey, did effectively to select 4 birdies between the fifth and the 14th as she shot even par 70 and was positioned Tied-fifth alongside Jasmine Shekar, a two-time winner in 2024.
Jasmine had rounds of 72-71 to be 3-over 143.
On a decent leaderboard which has a dozen gamers inside 4 photographs of one another, Gaurika Bishnoi (75-69) was the only seventh.
Brar (68-77) was tied for eighth alongside Hitaashee Bakshi (72-73), winner of the 2024 Hero Order of Advantage, Shweta Mansingh (70-75), Disha Kavery (74-71) and Kriti Chowhan (70-75). They had been all 5-over 145 every.
Ridhima Dilawari (74-72) was T-13 with Ananya Datar and Durga Nittur.
Sneha Singh, winner of the final two occasions, had one other off-day as she adopted her first spherical 73 with a 74 and was T-16.
At seven-over 147, she is six behind however a low last spherical may give her an out of doors likelihood of a hat-trick of wins after having gained the final two legs.
-PTI
POLO
Sawai Man Singh Gold Vase Polo Event: Achievers Dynamix beat Jindal Panther
Shamsheer Ali scored 5 objectives to assist Achievers Dynamix beat Jindal Panther 7-6 in a league match of the Sawai Man Singh Gold Vase polo event on the Military Equestrian Centre, Delhi Cantonment, on Wednesday.
The outcomes:
Delta Mayfair 7 (Santiago Marambio 5, Dhruvpal Godara 2) bt Patron’s Polo Membership 6 (Vishwarupe Bajaj 3, Chris Mackenzie 3).
Achievers Dynamix 7 (Shamsheer Ali 5, Daniel Otamendi 2) bt Jindal Panther 6 (Siddhant Sharma 4, Simran Shergill, Naveen Jindal).
-Kamesh Srinivasan