SQUASH
Abhay Singh loses to former world No 1 Gawad in Zurich thriller
India’s Abhay Singh misplaced to Egyptian former World No. 1 and world champion Karim Gawad in a thriller within the males’s quarterfinals of the Grasshopper Cup, a PSA Gold-level occasion, in Zurich.
World No 24 Singh recovered from 6-0 right down to pressure the opening sport into tie-break, and went toe-to-toe with world No 4 Gawad within the second, earlier than the Egyptian second seed clinched the competition 12-10, 11-9.
“The tempo was actually quick, we’ve solely performed twice however I really feel like we’ve performed greater than that. In Qatar (2025) he (Singh) beat me in 4 and immediately I bought on court docket and thought I don’t need to lose once more,” Gawad stated.
“In better of three with one of many smartest and gifted gamers on Tour, you possibly can by no means see what he’s pondering with the subsequent shot or the subsequent rally. He can come again with loopy factors as you noticed within the first sport once I was 7-0 up and he got here again out of nowhere (and) in lower than three minutes we have been tied,” the Egyptian added.
– Crew Sportstar
GOLF
Singapore Open: Bhullar stays in High 5 regardless of robust third spherical
Battling robust situations, India’s Gaganjeet Bhullar shot one-over 72 within the third spherical however remained contained in the High 5 on the Singapore Open on Saturday.
Sitting on the prime of the leaderboard on the USD 2 million Worldwide Collection occasion is Korea’s Jeongwoo Ham, who, after capturing a 68, has been within the lead throughout all three days.
In vitality sapping situations with the formidable Serapong course on the Sentosa Golf Membership as well, Bhullar held on gamely to shoot 1-over 72 on a transferring day in a spherical that was all about minimising the damages and staying within the combine.
Bhullar at present lies at tied fifth place at 6-under 207, a place he shared with Thai Jazz Janewattananond (68-66-73) and Pakistan’s Ahmad Baig (69-71-67), who with an eagle and two birdies, was one of many standout performers of the day.
Bhullar encountered a nasty double bogey early on the third gap which threatened to derail his progress.
“That was unlucky. I hit a very good drive, it was within the first reduce and the lie was wonderful. I had about 210 yards with a five-iron however made a poor swing and pulled it left.
“From there, I ended up in a tough spot close to the bunker with no correct stance for my fourth shot. I managed to get it to about 10 ft however missed the putt,” Bhullar stated.
He bought again a stroke instantly on the fourth after which went on to birdie the ninth as effectively. He would have hoped to go low within the again 9 to make a cost up the leaderboard, however ended up making 8 pars and a bogey after the flip.
Bhullar at present lies seven photographs off the tempo from chief Ham, but stays hopeful.
“Total, with 18 holes to go, I’ll maintain my head down, get some lunch, and spend a while engaged on my placing.”
Younger Pukhraj Singh Gill (71-70-72), taking part in on an Worldwide Collection invite, performed regular as soon as once more.
The Ludhiana participant is at level-par and on the Tied-45 place.
The opposite Indian to make the reduce, Karandeep Kochhar had a moderately forgettable outing immediately, carding a 6-over 77 to lie at T-67.
Ham has a four-shot lead over Australia’s Cameron John, who returned a 67, the joint-lowest spherical of the day together with Baig and Thailand’s Itthipat Buranatanyarat, whereas Japan’s Tomohiro Ishizaka is in third, one other stroke again, following a 70.
Ham was unflappable once more on Saturday, conducting a placing exhibition.
– PTI
Diksha slips to tied-Sixteenth in Cape City, three Indians make reduce
Indian golfer Diksha Dagar gave away two very important photographs in the direction of the tip and dropped to tied-Sixteenth on the finish of the second spherical on the Investec SA Girls’s Open in Cape City. She shot 1-under 72 and was now 6-under for 36 holes.
Diksha dropped 5 locations after being T-11 on the primary day when she shot 68.
Diksha opened with a bogey on the tenth, however birdies on eleventh, Sixteenth and the 18th supplied good restoration. Nevertheless, on her second 9, she bogeyed the third, however not earlier than getting again the shot on the fifth.
Again-to-back bogeys on the eighth and the ninth meant she dropped from top-10 to exterior that to tied-Sixteenth.
Pranavi Urs (73) was positioned T-Forty third whereas Avani Prashanth (71) simply made the weekend with a late birdie on the seventh, her Sixteenth gap to squeeze contained in the cutline.
Avani birdied the eleventh and the 14th and bogeyed the 18th, however on her second 9, she parred all aside from a birdie on the seventh which noticed her survive the reduce.
The three different Indians within the fray, Vani Kapoor, Tvesa Malik and Hitaashee Bakshi missed the reduce.
– PTI
CUE SPORT
Kothari survives Chulho scare; Advani begins in model
Reigning champion Sourav Kothari survived a scare earlier than beating Hwang Chulho in his opening match of the IBSF World Billiards Championship that bought underway in Carlow, Eire.
The Indian ace overcame South Korea’s Chulho 305-238 after being down by over 120-odd factors with about half-hour to go.
Former champion Pankaj Advani’s runaway 1003-54 win over Michael Criminal of Isle of Man was the spotlight of the day.
Dhruv Sitwala, on the lookout for his maiden world title, started his marketing campaign with a workmanlike 645-115 win over Carl-Walter Steiner of Austria in a Group ‘C’ match.
Seasoned Alok Kumar scored a lopsided 502-202 win over Aonghus McAnally of Eire in one other Group ‘C’ match.
– PTI
INDIAN FOOTBALL
India U-17 males held by Qatar
The Indian Underneath-17 males’s group drew 1-1 with Qatar within the first of two closed-door friendlies on the Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium in Doha, Qatar.
Denny Singh Wangkhem opened the scoring for the Blue Colts within the 67th minute earlier than the host equalised within the 82nd.
– Crew Sportstar
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