TENNIS
Karan wins Mumbai’s ITF quarters
Karan Singh beat Olympian Vishnu Vardhan 7-6(6), 6-2 in the quarterfinals of the $25,000 ITF men’s tennis tournament at the GA Ranade Complex on Friday.
In the semifinals, Karan will challenge the second seed and the champion of the last tournament, Dalibor Svrcina of the Czech
Republic.
The other semifinal will be between top seed Khumoyun Sultanov and Bogdan Bobrov.
In the doubles semifinals, Aryan Shah in partnership with Adhithya Ganesan of USA, knocked out the top seeds Egor Agafonov and Bogdan Bobrov 7-6(0), 6-1. The duo will play second seeds S.D. Prajwal Dev and Adil Kalyanpur in the final.
RESULTS
Singles (quarterfinals): Khumoyun Sultanov (Uzb) bt Adhithya Ganesan (USA) 3-6, 6-3, 6-4; Bogdan Bobrov bt Nitin Kumar Sinha 6-3, 6-1; Karan Singh bt Vishnu Vardhan 7-6(6), 6-2; Dalibor Svrcina (Cze) bt Egor Agafonov 6-4, 6-0.
Doubles (semifinals): Adhithya Ganesan (USA) & Aryan Shah bt Egor Agafonov & Bogdan Bobrov 7-6(0), 6-1; S.D. Prajwal Dev & Adil Kalyanpur bt M Rifqi Fitriadi (Ina) & Yunseok Jang (Kor) 7-5, 6-3.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
Nazneen Rahman wins three titles at ITF Masters tennis tournament
Nazneen Rahman with her triple crown in the ITF Masters tennis tournament in Guwahati.
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SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
Nazneen Rahman with her triple crown in the ITF Masters tennis tournament in Guwahati.
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SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
Nazneen Rahman won a triple crown in the over-45 section of the ITF Masters tennis tournament at the Assam Tennis Complex.
Nazneen beat Sanchita Sarma 6-1, 6-1 in the singles final. She won the women’s doubles with Bhagya Ayyavoo and the mixed doubles title with Dilip Mohanty.
Dilip also won the men’s over-45 singles title, and the doubles title with Shahnawaz Zaffar.
The results (finals):
Men:
Over-35: Ribhaskar Thoudam bt Prasurjya Borah 6-0, 6-2.
Doubles: Prasurjya Borah & Samrat Mahanta bt Amlandeep Das & Anshuman Dutta 6-3, 6-3.
Over-45: Dilip Mohanty bt Rohit Lala 6-0, 6-1.
Doubles: Dilip Mohanty & Shahnawaz Zaffar bt Rajeeb Bora & Rajiv Dutta 6-1, 6-3.
Over-55: Hekim Ali bt Amlandeep Das 6-0, 6-1.
Doubles: Randeep Barua & Hekim Ali bt Tiken Chandra & Shibu Mathew 6-1, 6-3.
Women:
Over-35: Rani Kaur Marwa bt Sujata Sarma 6-1, 6-1.
Over-45: Nazneen Rahman bt Sanchita Sarma 6-1, 6-1.
Doubles: Bhagya Ayyavoo & Nazneen Rahman bt Babita Mohan & Sanchita Sarma 6-3, 6-4.
Mixed doubles:
Over-35: Rani Kaur Marwa & Prasurjya Borah bt Sujata Sarma & Anshuman Dutta 7-6(4), 7-5.
Over-45: Nazneen Rahman & Dilip Mohanty bt Sanchita Sarma & Subhash Kalita 6-1, 6-1.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
POLO
Vimal Arion Achievers win last league match ofSir Pratap Singh Cup
Chris Mackenzie scored four goals to guide Vimal Arion Achievers to a 6-4 victory over Jindal Panther in the last league match of the Umaid Bhawan Palace Sir Pratap Singh Cup polo tournament at the Jaipur Polo ground on Friday.
In the final, to be played at the same venue at 3pm on Sunday, the Arion Achievers will face Jaipur Delta.
RESULTS (LEAGUE)
Vimal Arion Achievers 6 (Chris Mackenzie 4, Abhimanyu Pathak, Kuldeep Singh Rathore) bt Jindal Panther 4 (Siddhant Sharma 3, JP Clarkin)
-Kamesh Srinivasan
MISCELLANEOUS
JSW Sports felicitates Paris Games medallists
The Olympic medallists of the Paris Games were felicitated by JSW Sports and presented a MG Windsor electric car each on Friday.
The Founder of JSW Sports, Parth Jindal made the presentation to the members of the Indian hockey team and rifle shooter Swapnil Kusale.
Double Olympic medallist Manu Bhaker, shooter Sarabjot Singh and wrestler Aman Sehrawat were unable to make it to the function owing to various reasons.
The Chairman of JSW Group Sajjan Jindal had committed earlier to reward the Indian Olympic medallists in Paris.
GOLF
Hitaashee opens three-shot lead in 14th Leg of Hero WPGT
In-form golfer Hitaashee Bakshi was off to a flying start with a solid five-under 67 in the 14th Leg of the Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour at the Vooty Golf County here on Friday.
The 19-year-old Hitaashee, who has won twice this season, had six birdies against one bogey and opened a three-shot lead over Vidhatri Urs and Sneha Singh, who shot 2-under 70 each.
Three players, Khushi Khanijau, Nayanika Sanga and amateur Srihita Mandava, carded 1-under 71 each to be tied fourth. Amateur Srihita also delivered a hole-in-one on the Par-3 eighth hole.
Hitaashee, the current leader on the Hero Order of Merit, opened the week with two birdies and added two more on the seventh and the ninth to turn in 4-under. On the back, she dropped her only shot of the day on the tenth but made up with birdies on the 12th and the 18th for a card of 67.
Vidhatri birdied four times on the first, fifth, 11th and 12th and had bogeys on the fourth and the sixth. Sneha also had four birdies against two bogeys.
There were a lot of birdies as Khushi Khanijau had five birdies, but she also gave away four bogeys, while Nayanika Sanga also had five birdies2, but she also dropped two bogeys and a double bogey.
Amateur Srihita had an action-packed round with a hole-in-one, three birdies, two bogeys and a double bogey.
Shweta Mansingh (72) was the sole seventh, while the experienced Amandeep Drall finished with 2-over 74 despite a double bogey on the Par-4 18th hole.
Ananya Garg, Agrima Manral and Rhea Purvi Saravanan rounded off the Top-10 with rounds of 76 each.
-PTI
Rashid Khan jumps to second spot in Jaipur Open
Two-time international champion, Rashid Khan shot a 9-under 61 in the third round to jump to the second spot with an overall 17-under 193, in the Rs. 1 crore Jaipur Open golf tournament at the Rambagh Golf Club on Friday.
Rashid set the greens on fire with five birdies on the first five holes, that eventually saw him jump 10 places from the tied 12th spot.
“Had it not been for some really close birdie misses, I could have gone even lower,” said Rashid.
Arjun Prasad sustained his lead for the third day, with a 4-under 66, after having led by three shots overnight.
After two missed putts from short range that led to bogeys on the ninth and 13th, Arjun got a birdie on the 17th to retain the sole lead.
“After a superb front-nine, I am glad that I could keep the momentum going on the back-nine where I was quite steady despite the birdies drying up,” said Arjun.
Sachin Baisoya (64) and Kshitij Naveed Kaul (65) were tied for third place at 16-under- 207, ahead of Milind Soni (195) and Pranav Mardikar (196).
-Kamesh Srinivasan
BRIDGE
Sarla Fibres to meet Harmony in final of National Ranking Bridge Championship
Sarla Fibres will meet Harmony in the mixed team summit clash at the National Ranking Bridge Championship after they beat their respective opponents in the semifinals here on Friday.
Sarla Fibres and Hexa Squad were engaged in a keen tussle in the semifinals. Sarla Fibres combined perfectly in the third and final session, clinching 17 imps in the decider to finish with 19.5 imps and a place in the summit round.
In contrast, Harmony were in complete control and defeated Jesal by 20 imps. Harmony dominated the second session, winning it with 28 imps, and it helped the pair to secure the win and a berth in the final.
Meanwhile, the mixed pairs elimination rounds, which saw 59 pairs competing for top honours, were dominated by Maneesh Bahuguna and Meenal Thakur, who are in the lead.
The tournament is being organised under the auspices of the Bridge Federation of India (BFI) and hosted by the Bombay Gymkhana.
-PTI
