Indian sports activities wrap, June 9: Narayanan, Deepan, Petrosyan proceed profitable streaks on Delhi GM Open Day 3

CHESS

Narayanan, Deepan, Petrosyan proceed profitable streaks on Delhi GM Open Day 3

The third day of the twenty first Delhi Worldwide Open Grandmasters Chess Event 2025 delivered one other thrilling chapter at Tivoli Gardens, Chattarpur, as spherical 4 featured a number of high-stakes matchups and standout performances from each Indian and worldwide contenders.

India’s prime seed GM Narayanan S L led the cost with a strong win over Vietnam’s GM Nguyen Duc Hoa, whereas GM Diptayan Ghosh, GM Deepan Chakkravarthy, and GM Abhijeet Gupta every registered medical victories to take care of their momentum.

Amongst worldwide gamers, GM Manuel Petrosyan, GM Mihail Nikitenko, GM Mamikon Gharibyan, GM Boris Savchenko, and GM Luka Paichadze additionally continued their profitable runs with assured performances.

The day additionally noticed key attracts in carefully contested video games, together with GM Aleksej Aleksandrov vs GM Karthik Venkataraman, and IM Aronyak Ghosh vs GM Mikulas Manik, as prime boards fought to carry floor in an more and more tight subject.

Including to India’s sturdy exhibiting on the prime, IM Dinesh Sharma and IM Harsh Suresh notched up necessary wins to remain within the lead group, whereas GM Aditya S Samant continued his constant run with one other strong victory, preserving himself in rivalry because the event progresses.

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GOLF

Diksha shoots over par, out of prime 10; Kouskova secures Tenerife Ladies’s Open title

Diksha Dagar carded a dismal 1-over par 73 within the closing spherical to complete tied 14th on the Tenerife Ladies’s Open.

The Indian had been nicely positioned to safe a prime 10 end after the third day, however a troublesome closing spherical noticed her slip 5 locations with a cumulative rating of 4-under 284.

The opposite Indian participant to make the reduce was Avani Prashanth, who, after a tough third spherical, performed a high quality closing spherical of 4-under 68 and rose 23 spots to complete tied twentieth.

Sara Kouskova, who moved into the lead on the finish of the third day, transformed that into her second consecutive LET title. Kouskova shot 1-under 71 with 5 birdies, two bogeys and one double bogey. She completed at 9-under and one shot away from second-placed German Helen Briem (70).

She has now turn out to be the third Czech participant to win two LET titles alongside Klara Davidson Spilkova and Jana Melichova. Kouskova is now positioned second within the order of advantage.

– PTI

Saptak Talwar struggles in closing spherical, finishes forty fourth

India’s Saptak Talwar struggled in windy situations to card a 7-over 78 within the closing spherical, ending tied forty fourth on the Swiss Problem in Lucerne.

After three regular under-par rounds had positioned him for a robust end, the Indian golfer struggled on the ultimate day and slipped out of rivalry. Talwar, who was inside the highest 20 heading into the final spherical, tumbled down the chief board to finish the event tied for forty fourth.

– PTI

MOTORSPORT

Racing prodigy Atiqa Mir first Indian to safe top-10 end at Rotax Euro Trophy

Ten-year-old Indian racing sensation Atiqa Mir added one other first to her identify by securing a creditable top-10 end within the Rotax Euro Trophy, a serious worldwide karting sequence.

The Akcel GP-backed driver completed ninth within the Rotax Euro Trophy Spherical 2 staged at Metal Ring Circuit over the weekend.

Atiqa, the primary Indian to get monetary and technical help from Formulation 1, had a robust qualifying, ending seventh in her group. She had the misfortune of getting two bumper penalties however regardless of that, she completed in tenth place after the heats.

The Akcel GP-backed driver completed ninth within the Rotax Euro Trophy Spherical 2 staged at Metal Ring Circuit over the weekend.
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Atiqa, who’s mentored by India’s first Formulation 1 driver Narain Karthikeyan, certified for the finals and was tenth on the grid. Atiqa ended as the very best positioned Indian and Asian within the extremely aggressive subject.

The Rotax Euro Trophy (RMCET) is a serious worldwide karting championship for drivers who race utilizing Rotax MAX engines, that are among the hottest kart engines globally.

Amongst Formulation 1 drivers who’ve raced on this sequence of their adolescence are reigning world champion Max Verstappen, George Russell, Lando Norris and present championship chief Oscar Piastri.

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TENNIS

Sahaja-Hiroko pair wins doubles title at Santo Domingo ITF girls’s tennis event

Sahaja Yamalapalli and Hiroko Kuwata after profitable the ITF girls’s tennis event in Santo Domingo.
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Sahaja Yamalapalli, in partnership with Hiroko Kuwata of Japan, beat Esther Adeshina and Sofia Dominguez within the doubles closing of the $30,000 ITF girls’s tennis event in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

It was a maiden doubles title within the skilled circuit for the 24-year-old Sahaja, who has 4 singles titles to her credit score.

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Nagal loses in first spherical once more

There was no finish to the struggles of India’s singles participant Sumit Nagal, who but once more suffered a first-round exit from the ATP Challenger circuit right here on Monday.

Sixth seed Nagal misplaced 4-6, 6-7 (4) to French unseeded participant Geoffrey Blancaneaux within the opening spherical of the Euro 145,250 clay courtroom occasion.

Nagal was down by a set and a break when he broke again within the eighth recreation of the second set to attract parity, elevating hopes to stretch the competition to a decider.

Blancaneaux and Nagal struggled to carry their serves, and the second set needed to be determined by way of a tie-breaker, through which the native favorite prevailed.

It was Nagal’s sixth first-round defeat on the Challenger circuit within the 2025 season. He had began the season inside the highest 100, however his rating has now plummeted to 170.

-PTI