TENNIS
ITF W35 Kalaburagi: Vaishnavi Adkar reaches second spherical
Vaishnavi Adkar superior to the second spherical of the ITF W35 occasion in Kalaburagi, Karnataka, on Tuesday with a straight-sets win.
India No. 2 Vaishnavi took down wildcard Chevika Reddy Sama 6-0, 6-3 in 63 minutes to e book her spot within the spherical of 16.
Nevertheless, qualifiers Lakshmi Prabha Arunkumar and Laxmisiri Dandu, and wildcard Amodini Naik had been knocked out.
Outcomes
ITF W35 Kalaburagi
Singles, R32: [3] Vaishnavi Adkar bt [WC] Chevika Reddy Sama 6-0, 6-3; [7] Michika Ozeki (JPN) bt [Q] Laxmisiri Dandu 4-6, 6-1, 6-2; Maayan Laron (ISR) bt [WC] Amodini Naik 6-0, 6-1; Sofia Martianova (RUS) bt [Q] Lakshmi Prabha Arunkumar 6-4, 6-2
Doubles, R16: [1] Shrivalli Bhamidipaty/JasmijnGimbrere (NED) bt Anchisa Chanta (THA)/Thasaporn Naklo (THA) 6-4, 6-4; [2] Vaishnavi Adkar/Ankita Raina bt Sreemanya Reddy Anugonda/Sai Samhitha Chamarthi 6-4, 6-2; Akanksha Dileep Nitture/Soha Sadiq bt Eva Marie Desvignes (SGP)/Allegra Korpanec Davies (GBR) 6-2, 5-7, [11-9]; Sonal Patil/Bela Tamhankar bt Anastasiya Kuparev (GER)/Milana Maslenkova (UZB) 6-3, 5-7, [10-8]; Evgeniya Burdina (RUS)/Sofia Martianova (RUS) bt Kashish Bhatia/Vanshita Pathania 6-3, 6-4
ITF W35 Launceston, Australia
Doubles, R16: Reina Goto (JPN)/Yuhan Wang (CHN) bt [3] Vaidehee Chaudhari/Demi Tran (NED) 6-1, 6-3
ITF W15 Sharm ElSheikh, Egypt
Doubles, R16: Kateryna Lazarenko (UKR)/Andre Lukosiute (LTU) bt [3] Madhurima Sawant/Nicole Gadient (SUI) 6-2, 6-3
– Group Sportstar
SNOOKER
Pankaj Advani to return for CCI Snooker Traditional
Pankaj Advani, who has gained the CCI Snooker Traditional event for every of the final three editions, will return to the event beginning right here on March 6.
The event will begin with qualifying spherical to be performed over three phases. Sixteen winners from the third stage will get the possibility to problem 16 different seeded gamers from the fourth spherical in the primary knockout draw.
The prize pool of the competitors is Rs 13.5 lakh, with the winner taking Rs 3.5 lakh and the runner-up receiving Rs 1.75 lakh.
The ultimate of the event, who be organised on the Wilson Jones Billiards Corridor, will likely be on March 22.
– PTI
GOLF
UP, Rajasthan e book spot in finals of PGTI’s 72 The League
UP Prometheans and Rajasthan Regals booked their spots within the remaining of the DP World PGTI 72 The League to be performed on Friday on the Qutab Golf Course.
Each groups had been prime two on the finish of the fifth spherical and had been additionally drawn to satisfy one another within the remaining spherical of the league.
Rajasthan regarded like cruising to the finals when their remaining fourball match reached dormie after 15 holes, which meant Dhruv Sheoran and Yuvraj Singh wanted to simply halve one of many remaining three holes in opposition to Abhinav Lohan and Manoj S.
That may have moved them forward of the Charminar Champions, who defeated Mumbai Aces 12-3 to set the clubhouse lead with 43 factors.
Nevertheless, Manoj turned the sport on its head as on the sixteenth gap, the 17-year-old from Bengaluru chipped-in for a birdie to maintain the match alive, after which hit a peach of a second shot to a few toes from 157 yards for an additional birdie and win on the seventeenth.
On the 18th gap, Manoj made a birdie from the bunker to steal an inconceivable half.
The outcome was thus set to be resolved on count-back. The primary was on the variety of matches gained, which was tied once more as each groups had gained 13 matches of their 5 rounds.
It was then damaged on the idea of variety of holes by which they had been up, which tilted the end in Rajasthan’s favour, who had been 42-up mixed, whereas Charminar had been 35-up.
– PTI
Revealed on Mar 03, 2026