Indian sports activities wrap, February 25: Manas Dhamne reaches Maha Open quarterfinals

TENNIS

Dhamne storms into Maha Open quarterfinals

Native Boy and wildcard Manas Dhamne stormed into the lads’s singles quarterfinals on the Maha Open ATP Challenger 75 tennis event, being held on the Balewadi Stadium in Pune.

Unseeded gamers, Duje Ajdukovic of Croatia, Alastair Grey of Nice Britain, and sixth-seeded Italian Federico Cina had been the opposite gamers from the highest half to succeed in the last-eight stage.

Dhamne superior after former top-50 participant Ilya Ivashka retired whereas trailing 3-6. Dhamne appeared assured and composed, hanging cleanly from the backcourt earlier than the Belarusian was compelled to tug out attributable to damage. Manas will now tackle Ajdukovic within the quarterfinals on Friday.

The unseeded Ajdukovic delivered a dominant all-round show to upset fifth seed Frederico Ferreira Silva of Portugal 6-2, 6-2.

Grey scripted one of the vital thrilling wins of the event, combating again from a set right down to upset third seed Ilia Simakin 4-6, 7-6(7), 7-5 in a 2-hour 50-minute thriller.

In the meantime, Cina continued his spectacular run with a 6-1, 6-4 win over Japan’s Yuta Shimizu. Cina was sharp on serve and aggressive on return, dictating rallies and shutting out the match in straight units in simply over an hour.

Within the doubles first spherical, high seeds Siddhant Banthia (India) and Alexander Donski (Bulgaria) overcame a stiff first-set problem to beat Luca Castelnuovo (Switzerland) and Uisung Park (Korea) 7-6(5), 6-2. After clinching a good tie-break, the highest pair ran away with the second set.

Indian wildcards Saketh Myneni and Digvijaypratap Singh impressed with a stable 6-3, 6-3 victory over Japan’s Masamichi Imamura and Kokoro Isomura, displaying sharp web play and efficient teamwork.

Jay Clarke (Nice Britain) and Michael Geerts (Belgium) registered a scientific 6-3, 6-4 win over the Japanese duo of Takuya Kumasaka and Rio Noguchi.

Ryuki Matsuda (Japan) and Simakin battled previous Aryan Lakshmanan (India) and Mitsuki Wei Kang Leong (Malaysia) 7-6(3), 7-5 in a carefully contested encounter.

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Rising star Vaishnavi Adkar amongst Indians to characteristic in ITF W35 Kalaburagi subsequent week

Rising star Vaishnavi Adkar will probably be amongst a bunch of Indian gamers to characteristic within the ITF W35 Kalaburagi, the most important worldwide ladies’s tennis event to be held in Kalaburagi, from March 1 to eight.

The USD 30,000 event, a part of the ITF Ladies’s World Tennis Tour, marks the town’s first-ever ITF W35-level ladies’s skilled occasion.

India’s rising star Vaishnavi Adkar in motion.
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The event, to be performed on the Chandrashekar Patil Stadium, will characteristic a 32-player singles foremost draw, preceded by a 32-player qualifying occasion, starting on March 1, together with a 16-team doubles draw. Important draw matches will begin on March 3.

As an ITF W35-category occasion, it gives invaluable rating factors and an vital alternative for gamers aspiring to progress to higher-tier competitions, together with the WTA Tour.

The occasion has attracted a aggressive worldwide subject from 11 nations, together with Thailand’s Achisa Chanta (WR 443) and the Netherlands’ Jasmijn Gimbrere (WR 431).

There’s additionally a powerful Indian presence within the singles foremost draw, led by Vaishnavi, who lately climbed to India’s No. 2 and made historical past finally week’s ITF Ladies’s Open W100 in Bengaluru. She grew to become the primary Indian girl since Sania Mirza in 2009 to succeed in an ITF W100 stage or larger singles closing.

She is joined by Shrivalli Rashmikaa Bhamidipaty and Ankita Raina, each of whom additionally delivered spectacular performances final week in Bengaluru. Additionally that includes in the primary draw are Zeel Desai, Akanksha Dileep Nitture, Shruti Ahlawat and Sonal Patil.

The town has beforehand staged ITF Ladies’s USD 10,000 occasions in 2012 and two successive editions in 2015.

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Ramkumar-Jeevan lose in first spherical in Dubai

Indian qualifiers Ramkumar Ramanathan and Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan had been eradicated within the opening spherical of males’s doubles on the Dubai Tennis Championships, an ATP 500 occasion, on Wednesday.

Ramkumar and Jeevan went down 4-6, 7-5, [10-3] to the French duo of Theo Arribage and Albano Olivetti in an hour and 26 minutes.

On the WTA 500 occasion in Merida, India’s Rutuja Bhosale and her Japanese companion Makoto Ninomiya acquired a walkover within the first spherical. The duo will probably be up towards the second-seeded Spanish-Chinese language pair of Cristina Bucsa and Xinyu Jiang within the quarterfinals.

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KABADDI

Haryana, Delhi, UP and TN proceed sturdy run in Nationwide Males’s Kabaddi Championship

Haryana, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu recorded huge wins on the second day of the Senior Nationwide Males’s Kabaddi Championship in Vadodara on Wednesday.

In Pool A, Haryana hammered Telangana 49-18 with Neeraj Narwal main the group with 11 factors. He was assisted by Nitin Kumar, who amassed 9 factors, together with Surjeet Singh and Nitesh Kumar, who scored 4 deal with factors every.

In an earlier Pool A match, Andhra Pradesh pipped Telangana 47-45.

In Pool B, Madhya Pradesh scored a slim 35–34 win over Goa. Bhavani Rajput led with 14 factors, and Uday Parte contributed 9 as MP held its nerve within the closing moments.

In Pool C, Tamil Nadu recorded a 40–21 win towards Vidarbha. Sathish Kannan scored eight factors, whereas Deepak S anchored the defence with eight deal with factors.

In one other Pool C recreation, Himachal Pradesh defeated Gujarat 51–34. Anil led the cost with 14 factors, supported by Pappu Kamal Kumar and Mayank Saini.

Gujarat’s Mitesh Prajapati scored 13, however Himachal’s superior deal with rely and 4 all-outs made the distinction.

In Pool D, Uttar Pradesh crushed Manipur by a margin of 37 factors because it gained 70-33. Uday Dabas starred with a large 25-point efficiency, whereas Sourabh added 12.

UP piled up 53 raid factors and inflicted eight all-outs to fully overpower its opponent. Manipur’s Mayengbam Menson impressed with 18 factors.

In Pool F, Kerala secured a forty five–30 victory over Chhattisgarh. Nandhu T contributed 11 factors, and Adithyan added 10 whereas Kerala’s defence ensured management all through. Sankar Mishra was the standout for Chhattisgarh with 10 factors.

Delhi, positioned in Pool H, recorded a commanding 64-42 victory over Tripura. Ashish led from the entrance with 18 factors, whereas Himanshu Singh chipped in with 14, together with six all-outs. Tripura’s A Das produced a valiant 25-point effort.

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GOLF

Constructive opening day for India at Dutch Junior Worldwide

Indians made a optimistic begin as a number of males’s singles gamers progressed to the subsequent spherical on the Dutch Junior Worldwide in Haarlem on Wednesday.

Dev Ruparelia registered a straight-game victory over Rokas Lesinskas of Lithuania, successful 21-15, 21-18 in a 29-minute contest.

He’ll subsequent face fellow Indian Pranit Somani, who secured a hard-fought 21-13, 21-23, 21-11 win over Christopher Kunckel of Denmark in 49 minutes.

Akhil Reddy Bobba additionally superior comfortably, defeating Jarno Deters of Germany 21-11, 21-9.

In different outcomes, Samuel Tamang beat Nils Barion of Germany 21-9, 21-9 whereas Aanayan Borah defeated Milan Zeisig, additionally of Germany, 22-20, 21-19.

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PGTI’s 72 The League: Talwar beats Rashid

Saptak Talwar produced clutch golf down the closing stretch to slay Rashid Khan in a second-round singles match of PGTI’s 72 The League in Higher Noida on Wednesday.

Talwar’s Mumbai Aces recovered from a poor opening day and tallied 9 factors towards Kolkata Classics to succeed in 11 factors.

The in a single day chief, Rajasthan Regals, didn’t have the perfect day, successful only one match and halving one other towards Charminar Champions, however remained on the high of the standings (17 factors), the place it was joined by UP Prometheans.

The Prometheans had been denied a solo lead by a magic second shot from contained in the timber by American Jhared Hack on the final gap. A hooked 8-iron second shot from 180 yards went straight in for an eagle, for a win that appeared inconceivable at one stage within the four-balls.

The 27-year-old Talwar will get a heat and fuzzy feeling on this golf course, the place he gained his first title as an expert golfer final yr on the Adani Invitational Golf Championship.

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Aditya Raj Singh Chahal builds five-shot lead in spherical two

Aditya Raj Singh Chahal shot a four-under 68 in spherical two to construct a five-shot lead with a complete of seven-under 137 on the DP World PGTI NexGen on the Aravalli Golf Membership in Faridabad on Wenesday.

Jaipur-based Aditya (69-68), the in a single day joint chief, got here up with an eagle, 5 birdies and three bogeys on day two to emerge as sole chief on the Rs. 25 lakh occasion.

Jujhar Singh (69) and Santosh Kumar (73) had been tied second at totals of two-under 142. Sunny Singh (72) and Arjun Bhati (72) had been tied fourth at one-under 143.

The highest 43 gamers made the minimize, which was declared at six-over 150.

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KHELO INDIA WINTER GAMES

Military defends Group Championship

Military gained an general 9 objective medals, together with eight within the Gulmarg leg, to defend its group championship title within the Khelo India Winter Video games in Gulmarg on Wednesday.

Himachal Pradesh completed because the runner-up, with 4 objective medals, on the ultimate day of the competitors.

The closing ceremony of the KIWG will probably be held on the Golf Course in Gulmarg on Thursday, hosted by the Jammu and Kashmir Sports activities Council and managed by the Sports activities Authority of India.

The primary leg of KIWG was held in Ladakh from January 20-26.

On the third day of the competitors, Military and Himachal Pradesh gained an equal variety of 4 gold medals apiece, whereas host J&Okay gained its first gold.

Karnataka’s veteran skier Bhavani Thekkada Nanjunda, who had clinched a hat-trick of gold medals finally yr’s KIWG, completed on the high of the rostrum in Nordic ladies’s dash throughout 1.5 kilometres.

Bhavani has participated in every of the six editions of the KIWG.

Zubaid Ahmad Lone introduced cheer to Jammu and Kashmir by successful the lads’s large slalom race within the snowboarding competitors. He warded off a stiff problem from Military’s Vivek Rana.

J&Okay completed with a gold and a silver and took the tenth spot within the medal standings.

Whereas Armyman Mayank Panwar was the slalom man of the Video games with a pair of gold medals, Military confirmed full domination within the Nordic (cross-country) occasions.

Within the 15 kilometres Nordic snowboarding race, Mohammad Ali (34:21.49 secs) led an Military 1-2-3, with Padma Namgail (34:36.74 secs) successful the silver medal and Sunny Singh (35:16.83 secs) claiming the bronze.

Three skiers completed with double gold medals on this yr’s KIWG, as CRPF’s Kajal Kumari Rai was joined by Panwar and Himachal Pradesh’s Preeti Thakur, who topped in each the slalom and large slalom races in snowboarding.

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CRICKET

Indian deaf group wins inaugural ADCA T20I Asia Cup

The Indian deaf cricket group beat Sri Lanka by six wickets to win the inaugural Asia Cup T20 event in Cuttack on Wednesday.

The Indian aspect had earlier overwhelmed Sri Lanka by 4 wickets within the first match of the competitors earlier than recording a commanding 10-wicket victory over Nepal.

Sri Lanka gained the third match of the competitors by six wickets towards Nepal.

In a reverse fixture, Sri Lanka crushed Nepal by 157 runs, whereas the group from the island nation made India work laborious for a slim one-run win.

India, nonetheless, crushed Nepal of their subsequent match by 9 wickets to make its place within the closing.

Sai Akash was adjudged Participant-of-the-Match within the closing for his 14-ball 27 and two wickets.

Sri Lanka’s Gimadu L Malkam was declared the perfect batter, in addition to Participant-of-the-series for scoring 196 runs. His compatriot Gihan Lasidu D’ Silva was named the perfect bowler for his 10 wickets within the competitors.

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Printed on Feb 25, 2026