TENNIS
Ladies’s ITF Bengaluru Open: Vaishnavi stuns Preston to achieve semifinals
Vaishnavi Adkar continued her dream run on the ladies’s ITF Bengaluru Open, a USD 100,000 occasion, as she upset fourth seed Taylah Preston to achieve the semifinals on Friday.
Vaishnavi, the 21-year-old wildcard presently ranked 690 on the earth, took down Australian World No. 148 Preston 6-3, 1-6, 6-4 in an hour and 33 minutes on the S.M. Krishna Stadium. The Indian had earlier shocked eighth-seeded Japanese Mai Hontama within the second spherical.
World College Video games bronze medallist Vaishnavi will face second-seeded Thai Lanlana Tararudee, World No. 126, for a spot within the summit conflict.
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ITF W15 Tennis Event, performed by HCL, to happen in Gurugram
Following its profitable initiatives in biking, squash, and bridge, HCL Group on Friday introduced the graduation of the HCL ITF W15 tennis match, scheduled from February 23 to March 1 at The Tennis Mission, Gurugram.
The match will carry collectively 60 world-class gamers competing for essential WTA (Ladies’s Tennis Affiliation) world-ranking factors and a complete prize purse of USD 15,000.
The match gives an necessary platform for rising Indian and worldwide expertise and contains a extremely aggressive area. Thailand’s Anchisa Chanta (WTA Rating 440) enters as the highest seed, whereas India’s problem is led by Zeel Desai (WTA Rating 639), who’s seeded fifth.
5 Indian gamers will safe direct entry into the primary draw, 4 will obtain wild playing cards in singles, and three pairs will function in doubles for the primary draw.
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Sakamoto, Crawford attain Delhi Open semis
Second seed Rei Sakamoto on Friday arrange a date with fifth seed Oliver Crawford on the Delhi Open singles semifinal, whereas two unseeded gamers will contest the opposite last-four match.
The second singles semifinal will see Greece’s Stefanos Sakellaridis tackle Nice Britain’s Felix Gill. Sakellaridis registered a commanding 6-0, 6-3 victory over the eighth seed, Rio Noguchi of Japan, whereas Gill wanted three units to beat Belgium’s Michael Geerts, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4.
Japan’s Sakamoto, a former junior World No. 1 and the 2024 Australian Open boys’ singles champion, got here from a set all the way down to defeat sixth seed Federico Cina of Italy 6-7(7), 6-3, 6-2.
Crawford gained the all-British contest in opposition to Jay Clarke 3-6, 7-5, 6-3 after saving a match level late within the second set.
Within the doubles draw, Siddhanth Banthia/Alexander Donski beat Divij Sharan/Karan Singh, whereas Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha/Pruchya Isaro overcame Luca Castelnuovo/Noguchi to advance to the semifinals.
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ATHLETICS
Olympic medallist Vijender, tennis ace Bopanna to flag off New Delhi Marathon
Olympic medallist boxer Vijender Singh and the nation’s ace tennis participant Rohan Bopanna will flag off the eleventh version of the Cognizant New Delhi Marathon from the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium right here on Sunday.
With over 30,000 members anticipated to participate, the marathon is ready to be one of many largest sporting occasions within the nation.
Licensed as a Nationwide Marathon by the Athletics Federation of India (AFI), recognised by the Affiliation of Worldwide Marathons and Distance Races (AIMS), and acknowledged by World Athletics, the occasion continues to strengthen its place on the worldwide athletic calendar.
This version of the occasion has attracted members from 31 nations, 490 cities, and 32 states and Union Territories of India.
The occasion can be held in 4 classes—full marathon, half marathon, 10K and 5K.
India can be represented by an elite contingent, which incorporates Anish Thapa, A.B. Belliappa, Man Singh, Akshay Saini, T. Gopi, Bhagirathi Bisht, Nirmaben Thakor Bharatjee, Ashwini Madan Jadhav, Disket Dolma, and Stanzin Dolkar.
The marathon additionally serves as a qualifying race for the upcoming Asian Video games.
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GOLF
DP World Gamers Championship: Chouhan outclasses rivals for first title in two years
The seasoned Om Prakash Chouhan produced a late flourish to outclass his rivals and seize his twelfth skilled win on the ultimate day of the DP World Gamers Championship right here.
Chouhan (69-67-64-64), who was in a single day tied third and one shot off the lead, delivered a six-under 64 in spherical 4 to take his match whole to 16-under 264 and safe his first victory in over two years.
The 39-year-old Chouhan’s final day efficiency, that includes eight birdies and two bogeys, noticed him stroll away with the successful cheque of Rs 22,50,000.
Chouhan climbed from sixteenth to fourth place within the DP World PGTI Order of Benefit on account of his victory.
Shaurya Bhattacharya (64-62-73-66), the chief for the primary three days and Manu Gandas (66-69-64-66), the joint chief after spherical three, completed tied second with matching totals of 15-under 265.
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Printed on Feb 20, 2026