GOLF
Zara finishes creditable seventh at Queen Sirikit Cup
Younger golfer Zara Anand put up a strong and constant present by way of the week to complete sole seventh, serving to India seal a fifth-place end on the Queen Sirikit Cup in Miyazaki, Japan.
The younger star, who shot 73-71-72 on the primary three days, carded her greatest spherical of the week, a 2-under 70 within the ultimate spherical on the acclaimed Tom Watson Golf Course on the Phoenix Seagaia Resort.
It helped her end at 2-under 286 in sole seventh place.
Zara was one of many solely eight gamers who had an beneath par whole over days.
Zara’s efforts helped India end within the top-5 of the occasion as Mannat Brar (77-70-78-72) at 9-over 297 was T-19 and Heena Kang (76-78-70-74) at 10-over was T-Twenty first.
-PTI
Respectable begin for Jeev Milkha in Eire
Veteran Indian golfer Jeev Milkha Singh acquired off to a modest begin with 2-under 70 within the opening spherical of the OFX Irish Legends occasion on the Legends Tour in Europe.
Jeev, a four-time winner on the principle Tour, had 4 birdies towards two bogeys in his spherical and had one birdie towards one bogey on the entrance 9 of the Mount Juliet Property.
On the again 9, the Indian ace had three birdies towards one bogey in his spherical of 70 in unusually heat climate.
-PTI
TENNIS
ITF junior: Tanussh Ghildyal beats Veer Madam in semifinals
High seed Tanussh Ghildyal overcame stiff resistance from Veer Madam to win 0-6, 7-6(0), 6-4 within the semifinals of the ITF junior tennis event on the Vijayant Khand Stadium courts in Lucknow on Friday.
Within the ultimate, Tanussh will play second seed Om Patel who scored a 3 set victory in much less dramatic style.
The women ultimate might be between Deepshika Vinayagamurthy and Aaradhya Meena.
The outcomes:
Below-18 boys (semifinals):Tanussh Ghildyal bt Veer Madam 0-6, 7-6(0), 6-4; Om Patel bt Praneeth Doragari 4-6, 6-0, 6-1.
Doubles (ultimate): Ahan Shetty & Ayan Shetty bt Vivaan Bidasaria & Yashwin Dahiya 6-1, 6-2.
Below-18 ladies (semifinals): Deepshika Vinayagamurthy bt Karthika Padmakumar 7-5, 4-0 (retired); Aaradhya Meena bt Aahida Singh 6-1, 6-0.
Doubles (ultimate): Sanmitha Lokesh & Deepshika Vinayagamurthy bt Devanshee Prabhudesai & Saiyette Varadkar 6-7(4), 6-2, [10-7].
– Kamesh Srinivasan
Balaji and Reyes-Varela bow out of Bordeaux Challenger
India’s N. Sriram Balaji and his Mexican accomplice Miguel Reyes-Varela crashed out of the Challenger occasion in Bordeaux on Friday following a straight units defeat towards third seeds Rafael Matos and Marcelo Melo.
The unseeded Indo-Mexican mix misplaced the quarterfinal 2-6, 4-6 to the Brazilians in beneath a hour to bow out from the event.
Within the singles draw, Sumit Nagal had already exited from the occasion following a 3-6, 4-6 defeat towards seventh seed native favorite Hugo Gaston.
India’s problem remains to be alive within the clay court docket event, with second seed Yuki Bhambri and his American accomplice Robert Galloway shifting to the quarterfinals with a 6-0, 7-6(1) win over Jakub Paul and David Pel from Switzerland and the Netherlands, respectively.
-PTI
CRICKET
Noor Ahmad, Vijay Shankar go to Tremendous Kings Academy in Chennai
Chennai Tremendous Kings cricketers Noor Ahmad and Vijay Shankar visited the Tremendous Kings Academy centre at SV Excessive Faculty in Vanagaram.
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SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
Chennai Tremendous Kings cricketers Noor Ahmad and Vijay Shankar visited the Tremendous Kings Academy centre at SV Excessive Faculty in Vanagaram.
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Chennai Tremendous Kings cricketers Noor Ahmad and Vijay Shankar visited the Tremendous Kings Academy centre at SV Excessive Faculty in Vanagaram, Chennai for a particular session on Might 16 (Friday).
Lakshmi Narayanan (Chennai Tremendous Kings Excessive Efficiency Analyst), Louis Mariano (Director of Cricket, Tremendous Kings Academy), Rajiv Krishna (Managing Director, SV Excessive Faculty), Moushmi Rajiv (Director, SV Excessive Faculty) and Dhivakar (MI Sports activities) have been the opposite visitors of honour.
“It’s at all times a particular feeling to come back to any academy. Beginning your journey from academy cricket to state-level cricket after which going step-by-step, it’s a endless factor. Even Sachin Tendulkar…in the direction of the tip of his profession, mentioned that studying is one factor that by no means stops. Additionally, don’t waste time fascinated about others, make investments that point in your enchancment,” mentioned Vijay Shankar.
– Staff Sportstar