GOLF
Rahil Gangjee takes two-shot lead in spherical three of PGTI Gamers C’ship
Bengaluru-based Rahil Gangjee struck the day’s joint-lowest rating of six-under 64 within the third spherical to storm right into a two-shot lead on the Rs 1 crore TATA Metal PGTI Gamers Championship right here on Thursday.
Gangjee (65-65-64) produced a second straight bogey-free spherical to maneuver up one spot from his in a single day tied second spot with a complete of 16-under 194.
Manu Gandas (65-67-64), the 2022 PGTI Rating champion, in a single day chief Arjun Prasad (62-65-69) and Saptak Talwar (66-65-65) had been tied for second place at 14-under 196.
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Diksha and Aditi in peril of lacking reduce in Saudi
Riyadh, Feb 15 (PTI) Indian golfers Diksha Dagar and Aditi Ashok struggled on the Aramco Group Collection Saudi as they shot 4-over 76 and 6-over 78 respectively within the opening spherical right here on Thursday.
Diksha and Aditi had been in peril of lacking the reduce on the occasion, as they had been T-72 and T-99 respectively.
Diksha had only one birdie towards three bogeys and a double bogey, whereas Aditi had no birdies towards 4 bogeys and a double bogey.
Thailand’s Patty Tavatanakit (66) led the sphere with South African Paula Reto (67) one shot behind.
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Ahlawat enjoys share lead, Bhullar in peril of lacking reduce in Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur, Feb 15 (PTI) Indian golfer Veer Ahlawat, searching for his maiden win, shot 9-under 62 and shared the lead with Thailand’s Jazz Janewattananond after the first-round of the USD 1 million IRS Prima Malaysian Open right here on Thursday.
Canadian Richard T Lee fired 63, whereas Malaysians Gavin Inexperienced and Khavish Varadan shot 64 every at The Mines Resort and Golf Membership within the Asian Tour’s first occasion of the yr.
Different Indian gamers had combined luck.
Karandeep Kochhar and Ajeetesh Sandhu shot 3-under 68 every and had been T-37, whereas SSP Chawrasia and S Chikkarangappa carded 2-under 69 to be T-58 and Yuvraj Sandhu and Honey Baisoya, with 1-under 70 every, had been T-80.
Rashid Khan (71) was T-99 and Jeev Milkha Singh (72) was T-112.
India’s main title winner on Asia Tour, Gaganjeet Bhullar (74) confronted the hazard of lacking the reduce at T-134.
Ahlawat had 10 birdies and dropped his solely shot of the day on 18.
“Actually stable spherical, I drove the ball effectively and hit some actually good second pictures. Hitting them to seven, eight ft and holing them. Simply dropped that shot on 18, the place I bought the wind route unsuitable,” Ahlawat mentioned.
He performed his first full season on the Asian Tour in 2022, when he completed equal fifth within the Singapore Open, which stays his finest end result until date.
“My recreation has been feeling superb, similar to my placing has been superb,” he mentioned.
“I actually labored on my physique throughout the break. I attempted to realize some yardage and I believe I did achieve somewhat bit however not a lot to be trustworthy. My objective is to lastly get a win this yr after which have lots of high 10s.”
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TENNIS
Ramkumar, Mukund given the wild playing cards for the Maharashtra Open Challenger
Ramkumar Ramanathan and S Mukund have been given the wild playing cards for the Maharashtra Open Challenger tennis event to be performed on the Balewadi Stadium from Monday.
“We on the Division of Sports activities are thrilled to help such an enormous worldwide occasion which fits a great distance in selling the picture of the Pune Metropolis universally”, mentioned the Commissioner of Sports activities and Youth Providers of Maharashtra Authorities, Rajesh Deshmukh.
“Organising the Challenger is a continuation of a grand imaginative and prescient of MSLTA for tennis growth in Maharashtra”, mentioned the Chairman of MSLTA, Prashant Sutar.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
Ramesh Desai U-12 tennis c’ships: Nanda bears second seed Ronnie in boys quaters
Taanissh Nanda outplayed second seed Ronnie Vijaykumar 6-1, 6-0 within the boys quarterfinals of the Ramesh Desai memorial Nationwide under-12 tennis championship on the GA Ranade Centre on Thursday.
Prime seed Yuvaan Garg overcame a stiff problem from Nibras Hussain 5-7, 6-2, 6-0.
Within the woman’s part, the highest 4 seeds Srishti Kiran, Khushi Kadian, Sarena Gehlot and Padma Rameshkumar made the semifinals.
The outcomes (quarterfinals)
Beneath-12 boys: Yuvaan Garg bt Nibras Hussain 5-7, 6-2, 6-0; Aarav Chhallani bt Vir Chattur 6-1, 6-0; M Puneet bt Yashvardhan Singh 6-2, 6-4; Taanish Nanda bt Ronnie Vijaykumar 6-1, 6-0.
Beneath-12 women: Srishti Kiran bt Parinitha Vattaprambil 6-3, 6-0; Padma Rameshkumar bt Tamanna Nair 6-2, 6-3; Sarena Gehlot bt Eshitha Sriyala 6-2, 6-3; Khushi Kadian bt Srushti Suryavanshi 6-3, 6-4.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
$164,000 Challenger tennis event: Reddy-Fognini duo crushed in doubles pre-quarters
Sathi Reddy Chirala in partnership with Fabio Fognini was crushed 6-1, 6-3 within the doubles pre-quarterfinals of the $164,000 Challenger tennis event in Manama, Bahrain.
The outcomes
$164,000 Challenger, Manama,, Bahrain Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Marco Bortolotti & Alessandro Giannessi (Ita) bt Sathi Reddy Chirala & Fabio Fognini (Ita) 6-1, 6-3.
$25,000 ITF males, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Tsung-Hao Huang (Tpe) bt Nitin Kumar Sinha 3-6, 6-3, 6-1.
Doubles (quarterfinals): Mitsuki Leong (Mas) & Niitn Kumar Sinha bt Nikita Ianin & Boris Pokotilov 6-3, 6-2.
$15,000 ITF males, Monastir, Tunisia Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Fausto Tabacco (Ita) bt Chirag Duhan 6-4, 6-2.
$15,000 ITF ladies, Monastir, Tunisia Singles (first spherical): Beatrice Ricci (Ita) bt Sandeepti Singh Rao 6-2, 6-2.