TENNIS
Prime-seeded Bax saves 4 match factors to scrape previous Mukund on the MSLTA $25K ITF Males’s Event
Prime seeded Florent Bax of France saved 4 match factors to beat seventh seed Sasikumar Mukund 6-2, 4-6, 7-6(3) in a marathon contest lasting over three hours to enter the mens singles semifinals on the MSLTA $25,000 ITF Males’s Tennis Event, organized by the Maharashtra State Garden Tennis Affiliation on the Dr. G.A. Ranade Tennis Centre.
Within the semifinals, he took on India’s Sidharth Rawat, who made a robust assertion, and ousted fourth seed Italian Alexandr Binda 6-4, 4-0 earlier than the latter was compelled to retire.
Fifth seed Philip Sekulic registered a stable 7-5, 6-3 win over Timofei Derepasko of Russia. Sekulic will tackle Sweden’s Leo Borg, who delivered a dominant efficiency, toppling second seed Luca Castelnuovo 6-0, 6-2 in underneath an hour.
Within the doubles semifinals, the top-seeded Indian pair of Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan and Ramkumar Ramanathan cruised previous Alexandr Binda and Timofei Derepasko 6-3, 6-4 to enter the ultimate. The Indian high seeds will tackle the duo of Leo Borg and Yurii Dzhavakian, who additionally progressed to the ultimate with a 6-3, 6-2 win, stopping the nice run of native wildcards India’s Anup Bangargi and Nirav Shetty.
Outcomes: Singles: Quarterfinal Spherical:
Florent Bax(1)(Fra) bt Sasikumar Mukund(7)(Ind) 6-2, 4-6, 7-6(3); Sidharth Rawat(Ind) bt Alexandr Binda(4)(Ita) 6-4, 4-0; Philip Sekulic(5)(Aus) bt Timofei Derepasko 7-5, 6-3; Leo Borg(Swe) bt Luca Castelnuovo(2)(Sui) 6-0, 6-2;
Doubles: Semifinal Spherical:
Jeevan Neduncehzhiyan/Ramkumar Ramnathan(Ind)(1) bt Alexandr Binda(Ita)/Timofei Derepasko 6-3, 6-4; Leo Borg(Swe)/Yurii Dzhavakian(Ukr) bt Anup Bangargi/Nirav Shetty(Ind) 6-3, 6-2;
BADMINTON
Tanvi beats Nidaira to storm into semis at Orleans Masters
India’s Tanvi Sharma surprised Japan’s sixth seed Natsuki Nidaira in straight video games to storm into the semifinals of Orleans Masters Tremendous 300 badminton event on Friday.
The 17-year-old, who’s a silver medallist on the BWF World Junior Championships, registered a 21-14, 21-14 in 43 minutes within the ladies’s singles quarterfinals.
Tanvi, who’s the youngest Indian to succeed in a BWF World Tour ultimate on the 2025 US Open Tremendous 300, will tackle both former World champion Nozomi Okuhara of Japan or Vietnam’s Nguyen Thuy Linh subsequent.
Isharani Baruah emerged the winner in one other quarterfinal after Malvika Bansod retired whereas lagging 9-21, 7-15 in an all Indian conflict .Isharani, who reached the finals of Odisha Masters Tremendous 100, will face Thailand’s Pitchamon Opatniputh.
Within the males’s doubles quarterfinals, Leo Carnando and Bagas Maulana of Indonesia ended the marketing campaign of Hariharan Amsakarunan and MR Arjun with a 21-12, 22-20 win.
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GOLF
Aditi has gradual begin in California
India’s Aditi Ashok opened her marketing campaign on the Fortinet Founders Cup with an even-par 72 to be positioned tied sixtieth, 9 photographs behind chief Hyo Joo Kim right here.
Ashok started her spherical within the again 9 and made one birdie and one bogey earlier than the flip and one other birdie and a bogey on the entrance 9.
The birdies had been made on the seventeenth and third holes, whereas the bogeys got here on the eleventh and sixth holes.
The 27-year-old is taking part in her second occasion of the yr and could be trying to proceed her fantastic kind from China, the place she completed within the high 5.
Hyo Joo Kim leads the sector by two strokes after carding 9-under 63 on the primary day.
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CRICKET
Prime stars to end up for Dr. Vece Paes Cup
Cricketers Kapil Dev, Karsan Ghavri, Yusuf Pathan and Kirti Azad together with tennis legend Leander Paes might be a part of the Dr. Vece Paes Cricket Cup, that includes a match between CCFC and Dr. Vece Paes XI, to be held right here on Sunday. Different well-known cricketers corresponding to Arun Lal, Ashok Malhotra and Manoj Tiwary can even be seen in motion.
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ATHLETICS
seventh Indian Open 400m to function competitve males’s area with Asian Video games in sight
The 400 metres is one in all India’s strongest occasions on the continental stage. In an Asian Video games yr, the seventh Indian Open 400m meet, which might be held on the LNCPE Athletics Stadium, will get particular consideration and would be the testing floor for the nation’s main quarter-milers.
The season opener has evoked sturdy curiosity within the males’s class with 67 entries. V. Mohammed Ajmal, Mohamed Anas, T.S. Manu Amoj Jacob are some skilled runners who might be collaborating within the males’s occasion, whereas just a few kids like T. Shar who graduated from the Beneath-20 class might be competing within the males’s occasion for the primary time.
The main focus can even be on the nationwide campers connected to NCOE in Thiruvananthapuram and the occasion might be a possibility for the coaches to assess their health and progress.
The ladies’s occasion has attracted a considerably lesser variety of entries with solely 27 runners in fray.
Hima Das, R. Vithya Ramraj, Dandhi Jyothika Sri, Prachi, Gowrinandan, Anu Raghavan and Poovama Raju are a few of the distinguished runners participating within the occasion. Competitors can even be held in Beneath-20 and Beneath-18 classes for girls and boys respectively.
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TABLE TENNIS
Nationwide TT wrap: Defending champion Chitale strikes to semifinals
The race for a spot in India’s squad for the World Championship in Might intensified on Friday, the penultimate day of the 87th Nationwide Desk Tennis Championship, as seeds tumbled on the Abhay Prashal Indoor Stadium.
Defending champion Diya Chitale, who survived a significant scare in opposition to fellow Mumbai teenager Divyanshi Bhowmick within the quarterfinals, was the one top-four seed to progress to the semifinals within the ladies’s draw.
Within the males’s singles, with a number of favourites exiting within the spherical of 32 and pre-quarterfinals earlier within the day, Manav Thakkar saved his hopes of a maiden nationwide title alive. The bespectacled paddler halted the spectacular run of giant-killer Kushal Chopda, who had earlier defeated eighth seed S.F.R. Snehit.
Second seed and defending champion Manush Shah, who can be battling to safe a spot within the World Championship squad, suffered a shock loss to fifteenth seed Jeet Chandra within the pre-quarterfinals. Jeet then endured a marathon quarterfinal in opposition to H. Jeho, the one defensive participant within the draw. In a 65-minute battle, Jeet edged previous Jeho, capitalising on two errors from his opponent within the closing phases.
Third seed Payas Jain was one other massive casualty, taking place to left-hander Neil Mulye within the spherical of 32. Mulye, nevertheless, couldn’t construct on the upset and was eradicated by Albuquerque within the spherical of 16.
Outcomes
Ladies’s
Singles: Quarterfinals: Yashaswini Ghorpade (PSPB) bt Sreeja Akula (RBI) 11-7, 11-2, 8-11, 6-11, 11-7, 7-11, 13-11; Suhana Saini (Har) bt Sutirtha Mukherjee (RSPB) 8-11, September 11, 11-9, 13-11, 11-9, 16-14; Syndrela Das bt (PSPB) bhht Yashini Sivashankar (TN) 11-6, 11-8, 11-9, 11-9; Diya Chitale (RBI) bt Divyansi Bhowmick (Mah) 11-7, 11-9, 11-2, 7-11, 8-11, 6-11, 11-4.
Doubles: Last: Sutirtha Mukherjee & Kaushani Nath (RSPB) bt Avisha Karmakar & Nandini Saha (AAI) 11-9, 7-11, 11-8, 11-5; Semifinals: Avisha & Nandini bt Aarti Chaudhury & Avani Tripathi (UP) 11-9, 11-8, 11-4; Sutirtha & Kaushani bt Frenaz Chipia & Fatema Kadri (Guj) 11-7, 11-5, 11-7.
Males’s
Singles: Quarterfinals: Manav Thakkar (PSPB) bt Kushal Chopda (Mah) 11-7, September 11, 11-3, 11-6, 11-7; Harmeet Desai (PSPB) bt Ankur Bhattacharjee (PSPB) 11-5, 6-11, 11-6, 11-8, 14-12; Ronit Bhanja (RSPB) bt Raegan Albuquerque (Mah) 7-11, 11-8, 11-7, 11-5, 11-8; Jeet Chandra (RSPB) bt H. Jeho (Miz) 11-7, 6-11, September 11, 15-13, 11-7, 12-14, 11-9.
Doubles: Last: Jeet Chandra & Anirban Ghosh (RSPB) bt Ronit Bhanja & S. Preyesh Raj (RSPB) 11-8, 11-6, 10-12, 1-11, 11-8; Semifinals: Jeet & Anirban bt M.R. Balamurugan & Siddhesh Pande (TN) 11-13, 11-4, 14-12, 11-7; Ronit & Preyesh bt Sanil Shetty & Divyansh Srivastava (PSPB) 7-11, 11-6, 13-11, 11-8.
SQUASH
Anahat meets Tanvi; Abhay, Veer in semifinal of Indian Open
Prime seed Anahat Singh and unseeded Tanvi Khanna will meet within the ladies’s singles semifinals of the JSW Indian Open squash event after registering facile wins within the last-eight part on Friday. Nevertheless, Joshna Chinappa misplaced 11-8, 8-11, 11-6, 11-1 to Egypt’s Nadien El Hammamy.
Within the males’s part, second seed Abhay Singh and fourth-seeded Veer Chotrani entered the semifinals. Whereas the previous obtained previous Egypt’s Yassin Shohdy 11-8, 7-11, 11-5, 11-7, the latter defeated one other Egyptian Mohamed Sharaf in straight video games.
Anahat underlined her standing as one of many high contenders for the title with an 11-2, 11-6, 11-4 victory over Malaysia’s Sehveetrraa Kumar.
Anahat Singh defeated Malaysia’s Sehveetrraa Kumar 3-0.
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Anahat Singh defeated Malaysia’s Sehveetrraa Kumar 3-0.
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The No. 1 seed raced by the opening sport 11-2 however confronted some resistance from the Malaysian within the second earlier than successful 11-6. Within the third, Anahat dictated the tempo and cruised residence.
Tanvi surprised fourth seed Ainaa Amani 11-6, 7-11, 11-5, 11-8. She received the opening sport with ease earlier than the latter levelled it with an 11-7 win. Tanvi, nevertheless, held her nerve within the remaining video games.
The outcomes (quarterfinals):
Ladies: Anahat Singh bt Sehveetrraa Kumar (Mas) 11-2, 11-6, 11-4; Tanvi Khanna bt Ainaa Amani (Mas) 11-6, 7-11, 11-5, 11-8; Nadien Elhammamy (Egy) bt Joshna Chinappa 11-8, 8-11, 11-6, 11-1; Hana Moataz (Egy) bt Yasshmita Jadishkumar (Mas) 11-8, 8-11, 7-11, 11-7, 11-8.
Males: Abhay Singh bt Yassin Shohdy (Egy) 11-8, 7-11, 11-5, 11-7; Sanjay Jeeva (Mas) bt Ibrahim Elkabbani (Egy) 11-8, 11-7, 11-8; Ameeshenraj Chandaran (Mas) bt Duncan Lee (Mas) 8-3, retd.; Veer Chotrani bt Mohamed Sharaf (Egy) 11-9, 11-8, 11-2.
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SNOOKER
Younger Shahyan stuns Nayyar to make semis of the CCI Snooker Basic
Mumbai’s Shahyan Razmi confirmed super character and composure to edge previous his senior opponent Sahil Nayyar 5-4 within the quarter-final of CCI Snooker Basic right here on Friday.
The 20-year-old left-handed Shahyan exhibited stable preventing qualities. After trailing 3-4 within the best-of-11-frame contest, he constructed two match-winning breaks of 52 and 48 to pocket the final two frames and clinch a well-deserved 57-54, 7-56, 70-33, 51-16, 65-1, 25-71, 31-75, 73-35, 64-32) victory to seal his place within the semifinals.
Nayyar, who competes on the World Snooker Tour, made one of the best efforts of 65 and 48 within the sixth and seventh frames.
In the meantime, in a quarter-final battle between two former champions, Brijesh Damani (PSBP) blanked Aditya Mehta (PSPB) 5-0 (77(69)-21, 74-34, 58-13, 108(80)-0, 76-26).
The Kolkata-based Damani produced two notable breaks of 69 within the first body and 80 within the fourth body.
Punjab’s Digvijay Kadian defeated Mumbai challenger Kreishh Gurbaxani 5-1 (83-23, 62-30, 72-32, 75-15, 67-4, 84-37) to advance to the semi-finals.
Earlier, one other heavyweight Sourav Kothari (PSPB) crashed out dropping quite tamely to Shahyan in 4 straight frames.
The promising Shahyan potted steadily and grabbed his probabilities to build up the factors to register a 60-30, 61-34, 59-52 and 72-43 win to cruise into the quarter-finals.
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Revealed on Mar 20, 2026