Indian sports activities wrap, November 5: Manika-Sathiyan pair reaches combined doubles ultimate at WTT Contender in Slovenia

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WTT Contender Nova Gorica: Sathiyan-Manika pair reaches combined doubles ultimate

Indian combined doubles pair of Gnanasekaran Sathiyan and Manika Batra reached the ultimate of the WTT Contender occasion in Nova Gorica, Slovenia on Friday.

Sathiyan and Manika received 3-2 (11-6, 8-11, 11-6, 9/11, 12-10) towards the Hungarian pair of Dora Madarasz and Nandor Ecseki within the semifinal.

Within the summit conflict, the Indians will face Lim Jonghoon and Shin Yubin of Korea on Saturday.

Earlier than her combined doubles ultimate, Manika will companion Archana Kamath within the girls’s doubles semifinal towards Doo Hoi Kem and Zhu Chengzhu of Hong Kong, China.

- Workforce Sportstar

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Bhullar greatest Indian at twenty seventh, 7 Indians make reduce in Morocco

Rabat: Gaganjeet Bhullar carded one-under 72 to emerge because the best-placed Indian at tied twenty seventh after the second spherical of the Worldwide Series Morocco right here.

Bhullar, a nine-time winner on the Asian Tour, and a one-time winner on the European Tour, was even par for 36 holes as he led a bunch of seven Indians into the weekend rounds.

SSP Chawrasia (73-74) and Aman Raj (74-73) had been tied thirty second, Jyoti Randhawa (73-75) was tied thirty ninth, Viraj Madappa (75-74) and Karandeep Kochhar (75-74) had been tied fiftieth and Ajeetesh Sandhu (74-76) was tied 62nd.

The Indians lacking the reduce had been Veer Ahlawat (76-79), S Chikkarangappa (79-77) and Honey Baisoya (76-81).

Canadian Richard T. Lee fired an aesthetic eight-under-par 65 to take the midway lead on the USD 1.5 million occasion. Thailand’s Nitithorn Thippong returned a 72 and is in second place, whereas Australian Scott Hend and Spaniard David Puig are a stroke additional behind after carding 69 and 70 respectively.

Bhullar, who discovered plenty of fairways, however missed plenty of putts – needing 34 within the first spherical – was much less correct off the tee on the second day. However he went by way of his spherical in 27 putts.

Thailand’s Jazz Janewattananond (70) and Rattanon Wannasrichan (71), Zimbabwe’s Scott Vincent (71) and Englishman Steve Lewton (73) are one other stroke adrift.

Lee, the 32-year-old two-time winner on the Asian Tour, who spent 4 days in Dubai to acclimatise himself, eagled the par-five fifth, made three birdies in a row from the tenth, birdied 18 however missed quite a few probabilities, together with almost holing out for an eagle on the sixth, to go even decrease.

Nitithorn, who received The DGC Open in March for his maiden success on the Asian Tour and in August triumphed within the Worldwide Series Singapore, now sits in third place on the Tour’s Order of Advantage. 

-PTI