TENNIS
Bopanna-Shelton pair in quarterfinals of Bavarian Worldwide
Rohan Bopanna in partnership with Ben Shelton beat the fourth seeds Jamie Murray and Rajeev Ram 6-4, 6-3 within the doubles pre-quarterfinals of the €2,500,000 ATP tennis event in Munich, Germany.
The Indo-American pair will play Sander Gille and Jan Zielinski within the quarterfinals.
The outcomes:
€2,500,000 ATP, Munich, Germany – Doubles (pre-quarterfinals):Kevin Krawietz & Tim Puetz (Ger) bt Yuki Bhambri & Robert Galloway (USA) 6-4, 7-6(5); Rohan Bopanna & Ben Shelton (USA) bt Jamie Murray (GBR) & Rajeev Ram (USA) 6-4, 6-3.
$200,000 Challenger, Busan, Korea – Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Ramkumar Ramanathan & Aoran Wang (Chn) bt Solar Fajing (Chn) & Kaichi Uchida (Jpn) 6-1, 2-6, [10-7].
€181,250 Challenger, Oeiras, Portugal – Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): NIki Poonacha & Sergio Gornes (Esp) w.o. Thiago Monteiro & Thiago Wild (Bra).
$15,000 ITF ladies, Antalya, Turkey –
Singles (first spherical): Vaishnavi Adkar bt Gaia Maduzzi (Ita) 7-6(5), 4-6, 6-0.
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Vaishnavi Adkar & Ilay Yoruk (Tur) bt Karolina Valentova & Viktorie Zidelova (Cze) 6-1, 6-2; Alena Kovackova & Jana Kovackova (Cze) bt Madhurima Sawant & Isabella Serban (Ita) 6-2, 7-5.
$15,000 ITF ladies, Monastir, Tunisia –
Singles (first spherical): Aleksandra Mateva (Bul) bt Saumya Vig 4-6, 6-3, 6-3; Tanisha Kashyap bt Adaugo Ukaegbu (USA) 6-0, 6-1.
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Zeel Desai & Anastasiia Gureva bt Giulia Monteleone (Ita) & Sarah Nita (Cuw) 6-2, 6-1; Zi Ying Ruan (Chn) & Ximena Senties (Mex) bt Lidia Encheva (Bul) & Tanisha Kashyap 6-4, 1-6, [11-9]; Valentina Losciale (Ita) & Saumya Vig bt Helena Stevic & Louna Zoppas (Fra) 6-3, 4-6, [10-7].
GOLF
Kshitij Naveed Kaul takes sole second-round lead at Calance Open
Kshitij Naveed Kaul shot a course document 10-under 60 to take the lead after two rounds within the Calance Open gold on the Qutab Golf Membership on Wednesday.
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Kshitij Naveed Kaul shot a course document 10-under 60 to take the lead after two rounds within the Calance Open gold on the Qutab Golf Membership on Wednesday.
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Kshitij Naveed Kaul shot a 10-under 60, a course document, within the second spherical to take a one-shot lead with a complete of 12-under 128, within the Rs.1 crore Calance Open on the Qutab Golf Course on Wednesday.
The 24-year-old Kshitij, a winner of 4 titles, jumped 22 locations to be within the lead, as he performed a flawless spherical, glowing with an eagle and eight birdies.
“I used to be feeling good about my recreation, and hit the spots that I wished to,” stated Kshitij, as he admitted that the enormity of his effort was perceived by him solely on the final gap, as he was completely centered.
“The truth that I had performed only one apply spherical at this course after it was relaid, makes my spherical stand out,” stated Kshitij.
The sooner course document of 11-under 59 was set by Mukesh Kumar on the DDA Open in 2005. Nevertheless, the course was releid and underwent adjustments in 2018, resulting in a recent document. Karandeep Kochhar shot 64, after his 65 within the first spherical, to be within the second place, one shot forward of Yuvraj Sandhu.
The in a single day leaders Tapendra Ghai and Pukhraj Gill shot equivalent 67 to be joint fourth, whereas the opposite chief, Honey Baisoya shot 68, to be joint sixth.
The main scores:
1. Kshitij Naveed Kaul (68, 60) 128; 2. Karandeep Kochhar (65, 64) 129; 3. Yuvraj Sandhu (65, 65) 130; 4T. Tapendra Ghai (64, 67), Pukhraj Singh Gill (64, 67) 131; 6T. Honey Baisoya (64, 68), Okay Prabagaran (66, 66), Varun Parikh (67, 65) 132; 9T. Angad Cheema (68, 65), Ravi Kumar (66, 67), Abhinav Lohan (67, 66) 133; 12T. Gaurav Pratap Singh (67, 67), Badal Hossain (65, 69), Mohd. Azhar (71, 63), Dhruv Sheoran (67, 67) 134.
-Kamesh Srinivasan