TENNIS
India out of Asia-Oceania World Junior event
Fifth seed Japan cruised to a 3-0 victory over India in a group-B league match of the Asia-Oceania World Junior Tennis under-14 women tennis championship in Kuching, Malaysia, on Thursday.
It was the second defeat in as many matches for India following the one towards fourth seed Korea. With two groups qualifying for the knock out stage from every of the 4 teams, India will play for delight within the final league match towards host Malaysia.
The outcomes (league):
Japan bt India 3-0 (Rei Haraguchi bt Srishti Kiran 6-2, 6-4; Shina Okuyama bt Jensi Kanabar 6-1, 6-0; Rei & Shina bt Srishti & Aaradhya Meena 6-1, 6-2).
– Kamesh Srinivasan
Om, Ribhava set to fulfill in Asian U-16 last
Om Patel beat second seed Yashwin Dahiya 7-6(6), 4-6, 6-4 to arrange a title conflict towards Ribhava Saroha within the Asian under-16 tennis event on the Joygaon Academy on Thursday.
Ribhav put himself in line for a double as he gained the doubles title with Lakshya.
The women last will likely be between Akshita Antil and Deepthi Venkatesan.
The outcomes:
Below-16 boys (semifinals): Ribhav Saroha bt Lakshya Chukka 6-4, 6-1; Om Patel bt Yashwin Dahiya 7 6(6), 4-6, 6-4.
Doubles (last): Ribhav Saroha & Lakshya Chukka bt Krishank Joshi & Amogh Damle 6-1, 6-3.
Below-16 women (semifinals): Akshita Antil bt Aashi Kashyap 6-4, 6-3; Deepthi Venkatesan bt Rabiah Dullett 6-1, 6-1.
Doubles (last): Rabiah Dullett & Aashi Kashyap bt Akshita Antil & Mireya Agrawal 6-2, 6-2.
– Kamesh Srinivasan
GOLF
Yuvraj, Arjun lead Adani Invitational
Yuvraj Sandhu and Arjun Prasad continued to remain within the lead as they stretched their rating to 10-under-206 after three rounds within the Rs. 1.5crore Adani invitational golf championship on the Jay Greens Golf and Spa Resort on Thursday.
Saptak Talwar, the chief within the opening spherical, was respiratory down the neck of the duo, two pictures away, as he additionally returned a card of three-under 69 for the day.
Aryaman Mohan and Pranav Mardikar had been one of the best performers of the day as they scored five-under 67 to search out themselves tied eleventh and tied sixteenth respectively.
“With the wind switching path right now, one needed to make the modifications within the tee pictures and the traces. I managed to do this properly,” mentioned Arjun.
The 28-year-old Yuvraj, who has 11 titles together with two this season, recovered after a sluggish begin with three birdies within the first 5 holes, after a bogey within the first. He had three birdies and two bogeys on the again 9.
“It was an up and down day for me, because the putter went chilly, particularly on the again 9. I count on to play a significantly better last spherical,” mentioned Yuvraj.
The joint chief within the first spherical, N Thangaraja of Sri Lanka, who has gained a title this season, endured one other powerful day, with a two-over 74, a repeat of his second spherical, and positioned tied 18th at one-under 215.
The main scores:
1T. Yuvraj Sandhu (70, 67, 69), Arjun Prasad (68, 69, 69) 206; 3. Saptak Talwar (67, 72, 69) 208; 4T. Honey Baisoya (70, 68, 72), Harendra Gupta (72, 66, 72) 210; 6T. Arjun Sharma (70, 73, 68), Dhruv Sheoran (71, 71, 69), Ajeetesh Sandhu (71, 71, 69), Aman Raj (72, 70, 69), Shaurya Bhattacharya (70, 71, 70) 211.
– Kamesh Srinivasan