GOLF
Shaurya Bhattacharya wins Chhattisgarh Open
Shaurya Bhattacharya capped his fabulous run with a six-under 63 within the fourth spherical and emerged the champion by a five-shot margin, with a 27-under 249 within the SECL Rs.1 crore Chhattisgarh Open golf championship on the Fairway Golf and Lake Resort on Friday.
The 22-year-old Chandigarh lad, Shaurya had a five-shot lead in a single day following scores of 64, 61 and 61, within the picturesque par-69 course.
It was the second title within the skilled circuit for Shaurya, who had received his maiden title in his rookie season final yr.
“It was a strong week for me with only one bogey by way of the 4 rounds. It was all about specializing in my respiration and staying within the current,” mentioned Shaurya, who obtained the winner’s purse of Rs.15,00,000 from PGTI president Kapil Dev and the Dy. Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh Arun Sao.
“I used to be placing it effectively by way of the week. It gave me loads of confidence at first at present. The plan was to assault the flags since it’s a scoring course. I gave myself a goal of three to 4 below for the day as I knew that might be ok to win. I’m glad that I managed to do even higher,” mentioned Shaurya.
Along with his champion’s purse, Shaurya shot up from 59th to No.2 within the PGTI Order of Benefit, with a complete purse of Rs.15,85,325, behind Yuvraj Sandhu (Rs.30 lakh).
Sachin Baisoya had one of the best card for the day with an eight-under 61 and pocketed the second prize of Rs.10 lakh, for his 22-under 254.
Sri Lankan Thangaraja was one shot adrift in third place and bought Rs.4,99,,800. Chief after two rounds Khalin Joshi was joint fifth with two others, and received Rs.3,49,967. The primary spherical chief Shaurya Binu completed tied eighth with Udayan Mane and received Rs.2,36,250.
The outcomes: 1. Shaurya Bhattacharya (64, 61, 61, 63) 249; 2. Sachin Baisoya (67, 62, 64, 61) 254; 3. N Thangaraja (66, 63, 62, 64) 255; 4.
Shammim Khan (69, 63,, 61, 63) 256; 5T. Pranav Mardikar (67, 62, 65, 63), Abhinav Lohan (64, 64, 64, 65), Khalin Joshi (64, 60, 67, 66) 257; 8T. Shaurya Binu (660, 67, 68, 63), Udayan Mane (63, 666, 64, 65) 258; 10T. Akshay Sharma (63, 63, 67, 66), Samarth Dwivedi (68, 64, 61, 66), S Manoj (66, 61, 65, 67) 259.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
TENNIS
Vaidehi Chaudhari defeats fifth seed Haruka Kaji in ITF girls’s tennis event quarters
Vaidehi Chaudhari sustained her high-quality run and beat fifth seed Haruka Kaji of Japan 6-1, 7-6(5) within the quarterfinals of the $40,000 ITF girls’s tennis event on the Ahmedabad Tennis Basis courts on Friday.
The 25-year-old Vaidehi, who has had a fluent run, not dropping a set in three matches to date, will play Sohyun Park of Korea within the semifinals.
Having run into formidable opponents Vaidehi does have a exceptional victory over the Korean of their solely earlier assembly final yr within the skilled circuit.
Having run into Tatiana Prozorova twice aside from Darja Semenistaja within the final three tournaments in Delhi, Bengaluru and Pune, profitable a mere 18 video games in all, Vaidehi can be eager to capitalise on the beneficial circulate.
The opposite semifinal might be between high seed Arina Rodionova who needed to combat her well past Amandine Hesse 7-5 within the third set, and eighth seed Mariia Tkacheva.
Within the doubles semifinals, Vaishnavi Adkar and Ankita Raina beat Zeel Desai and Rinon Okuwaki of Japan 10-8 within the tremendous tie-break. The Indian pair will play the Japanese duo of Akiko Omae and Ikumi Yamazaki within the closing.
The outcomes:
Singles (quarterfinals): Arina Rodionova (Aus) bt Amandine Hesse (Fra) 6-4, 3-6, 7-5; Mariia Tkacheva bt Anastasia Gureva 6-4, 6-4; Sohyun Park (Kor) bt Ekaterina Reyngold 6-4, 6-2; Vaidehi Chaudhari bt Haruka Kaji (Jpn) 6-1, 7-6(5).
Doubles (semifinals): Vaishnavi Adkar & Ankita Raina bt Zeel Desai & Rinon Okuwaki (Jpn) 5-7, 6-3, [10-8]; Akiko Omae & Ikumi Yamazaki (Jpn) bt Thasaporn Naklo & Bunyawi Thamchaiwat (Tha) 7-6(3), 6-0.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
ATP tennis event: Bhambri-Popyrin beat Grand Slam champions Murray-Friends in semis
Yuki Bhambri in partnership with Alexei Popyrin of Australia beat Grand Slam champions Jamie Murray and John Friends 6-2, 4-6, [10-7] within the doubles semifinals of the $3,415,700 ATP tennis event in Dubai on Friday.
The unseeded Indo-Aussie pair, which had crushed the highest seeds within the first spherical, will play second seeds Harri Heliovaara and Henry Patten within the closing.
Sriram Balaji progressed to the doubles semifinals with Miguel-Reyes Varela of Mexico within the ATP occasion in Mexico. Rithvik Bollipalli additionally made the doubles semifinals with Nicolas Barrientos within the ATP occasion in Santiago, Chile.
The outcomes:
$3,415,700 ATP, Dubai, UAE Doubles (semifinals): Yuki Bhambri & Alexei Popyrin (Aus) bt Jamie Murray (GBR) & John Friends (Aus) 6-2,, 4-6, [10-7].
$2,763,440 ATP, Acapulco, Mexico Doubles (quarterfinals): Sriram Balaji & Miguel Reyes-Varela (Mex) bt Hans Verdugoo (Mex) & JJ Tracy (USA) 6-7(5), 6-2, [10-8].
$710,735 ATP, Santiago, Chile Doubles (quarterfinals): Nicolas Barrientos (Col) & Rithvik Bollipalli bt Marcelo Demoliner & Marcelo Zormann (Bra) 3-6, 7-6(2), [10-8].
$15,000 ITF males, Pretoria, South Africa Singles (quarterfinals): Pepijn Bastiaansen (Ned) bt Ishaque Eqbal 6-3, 6-2; Pre-quarterfinals: Isshaque bt Noah Thurner (Ger) 7-6(5), 6-4; First spherical: Ishaque bt Alexey Aleshchev 6-7(4), 6-4, 6-1.
$15,000 ITF girls, Pretoria, South Africa Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Marelie Raath (GBR) bt Ashmitha Easwaramurthi 6-3, 6-3.
Doubles (quarterfinals): Abhilasha Bista (Nep) & Sapir Cohen (Isr) bt Shria Atturu (USA) & Ashmitha Easwaramurthi 6-7(2), 6-4, [10-7].
-Kamesh Srinivasan