TABLE TENNIS
Younger TT participant Hansini Rajan wins fourth WTT Contender title
Younger Indian desk tennis participant Hansini Mathan Rajan gained her fourth WTT Contender title within the underneath 13 class by beating Colombia’s Mariana Roudriguez in Ecuador.
The Indian paddler gained 11-7 11-8 11-7 on the World Desk Tennis Youth Contender held in Cuenca, Ecuador from Aug 19-21. Hansini additionally was the bronze medalist within the under-15 Class.
India’s Yashaswini Ghorpade beat Sally Moyland 10-12, 11-5, 11-6, 11-7 to win the title within the under-19 class.
Suhana Saini claimed the under-17 title beating G Takashui of Brazil 11-6, 11-8, 11-7.
All of the three women had attended Worldwide Desk Tennis Federation high-performance coaching camp performed by former India coach Massimo Constanti from August 13-17.
- PTI
GOLF
Manu Gandas, N Thangaraja seize joint lead on day two of Chennai golf
Sri Lanka’s N. Thangaraja is right here on the Chennai Open golf match with a neighborhood caddie looking for the correct strains to get his putts proper on a inexperienced that's turning out to be a tad tough for fairly a couple of gamers.
The 41-year-old from Colombo, it appears, has discovered the strains as a rule as he shot a powerful 5-under 67 to take his two-day tally to 11-under 133 to tie the scores with Manu Gandas, who fired a flawless 7-under 65 on the Cosmo-TNGF course on Wednesday.
Bengaluru’s Khalin Joshi (68) was third at nine-under 135. Abhijit Singh Chadha (65), the opposite joint lowest scorer of the day, was in tied fourth spot at eight-under 136 together with Karandeep Kochhar, the primary spherical chief, who shot a 71 to slide three spots. Defending champion Mithun Perera of Sri Lanka was tied twentieth at two-under 142.
The reduce was declared at two-over 146 which noticed 57 professionals make the reduce for the money-rounds. S. Prasanth and Sandeep Syal had been the one two Chennai-based gamers who made the reduce. Manu stated, “I’m feeling good about my recreation proper now as I've labored on a couple of technical issues linked with my swing. The circumstances had been just a little totally different as we speak because of the in a single day rain however I tailored nicely.”
Thangaraja stated he's slowly discovering his groove. “The second gap was robust for me however I did nicely to provide a birdie (he had a complete of 6 birdies-three in every 9). I'm pleased with my tee-shots.”
The scores: 1. N. Thangaraja (Sri Lanka) 133 (66, 67); Manu Gandas 133 (68, 65); 3. Khalin Joshi 135 (67, 68); 4. Abhijit Singh Chadha 136 (71, 65); Karandeep Kochhar 136 (65, 71).
- Ok. Keerthivasan
SHOOTING
Nationwide choice trials
Rhythm Sangwan was a reduce above the remaining as she cruised to the highest spot in girls’s 25-metre sports activities pistol within the fifth Nationwide taking pictures choice trials on the Dr. Karni Singh Vary, Tughlakabad, on Wednesday.
The 18-year-old Rhythm, who had gained the junior World Cup gold within the occasion, trailed Abhidnya Patil by one level earlier than the final collection. Whereas Rhythm shot an ideal 5, Abhidnya couldn't get a single hit proper.
Rhythm and Abhidnya had certified from the primary semifinal pipping Pushpanjali Rana and Neha by one level. World junior champion, 15-year-old Naamya Kapoor positioned third forward of Esha Singh.
Rhythm had certified on prime with 585, six factors higher than Anisa Sayyed who misplaced within the second semifinals together with Simranpreet Kaur Brar.
Abhidnya Patil, Rhythm Sangwan and Naamya Kapoor, one of the best in sports activities pistol within the Nationwide taking pictures trials in Delhi on Wednesday. | Photograph Credit score: KAMESH SRINIVASAN
Whereas each Rhythm and Esha skipped the junior semifinals, Simranpreet went on to complete second within the junior occasion behind Divanshi. Khushi Kapoor positioned third forward of Naamya Kapoor.
Within the 50-metre rifle 3-position occasion on the Madhya Pradesh Academy in Bhopa, Bandhvi Singh topped by beating Ashi Chouksey 17-7. Each had certified with 583, the identical rating because the third positioned Mansi Kathait. Lajja Gauswami, Ayushi Podder, Meghna Thakor and Swapna Bera positioned fifth to eighth.
Shreya Saksena (578), Gaayathri Nithyanandam, Manini Kaushik, Mehuli Ghosh (577), Apurvi Chandela (573), Sunidhi Chauhan (572) didn't make the second stage.
Ashi went on to prime the junior occasion with a 16-8 victory over Ramita Jindal, whereas Nischal secured the third spot.
The outcomes:
25m sports activities pistol: Girls: 1. Rhythm Sangwan 31 (11) 585; 2. Abhidnya Patil 27 (11) 577; 3. Naamya Kapoor 22 (12) 575; 4. Esha Singh 14 (11) 578. Juniors: 1. Divanshi 24 (11) 573; 2. Simranpreet Kaur Brar 23 (13) 574; 3. Khushi Kapoor 16 (8) 570; 4. Naamya Kapoor 7 (12) 575. 50m rifle 3-position: Girls: 1. Bandhvi Singh 17 (402.5) 583; 2. Ashi Chouksey 7 (400.3) 583; 3. Mansi Kathait 398.2 (583) 4. Priya 396.8 (581). Juniors: 1. Ashi Chouksey 16 (403.6) 583; 2. Ramita Jindal 8 (402.2) 572; 3. Nischal 400.0 (577); 4. Nikita Kundu 394.5 (577).
- Kamesh Srinivasan
CHESS
Abu Dhabi Masters: Draw retains Arjun in joint lead
Fourth seed Arjun Erigaisi stayed within the joint lead following a 37-move draw with Ray Robson (USA) within the seventh spherical of the Abu Dhabi Masters chess match in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday.
This top-board draw enabled three winners of the day to hitch the duo within the lead at 5.5 factors. Two rounds stay.
Uzbekistan’s Nodirbek Yakubboev, seeded 20, shocked second seeded Russian Evgeny Tomashevsky, seventh seeded Dutchman Jorden van Foreest overpowered Indonesia’s Irine Kharisma Sukandar and tenth seeded Iranian Amin Tabatabaei stopped Serbia’s Aleksandar Indjic to be amongst the leaders.
Nihal Sarin and S. P. Sethuraman (5 every) drew their encounter to stay within the second score-group. They had been joined by the victorious bunch together with Aryan Chopra, Arjun Kalyan - the conqueror of Raunak Sadhwani - Aditya Samant, Soham Kamotra and Harsha Bharathakoti.
The outcomes (Indians until said): Seventh spherical: Arjun Erigaisi (5.5) drew with Ray Robson (USA, 5.5); Samvel Ter-Sahakyan (Arm, 5) drew with Wang Hao (Chn, 5); Nodirbek Yakubboev (Uzb, 5.5) bt Evegeny Tomashevsky (CFR, 4.5); Irine Kharishma Sukandar (Ina, 4.5) misplaced to Jorden van Foreest (Ned, 5.5); Amin Tabatabaei (Iri, 5.5) bt Aleksandar Indjic (Srb, 4.5); Nihal Sarin (5) drew with S. P. Sethuraman (5); M. Karthikeyan (4.5) misplaced to Alexandr Predke (FIDE, 5); Aditya Mittal (4) misplaced to Sandro Mareco (Arg, 5); Aryan Chopra (5) bt Ziaur Rahman (Ban, 4); Arjun Kalyan (5) bt Raunak Sadhwani (4); P. Shyaamnikhil (4) misplaced to Aram Hakobyan (Arm, 5); Aditya Samant (5) bt Temur Kuybokarov (Aus, 4); Soham Kamotra (5) bt Luke Mendonca (4); Harsha Bharathakoti (5) bt Mukhiddin Madaminov (Uzb, 4); B. Adhiban (4.5) bt Kushagra Mohan (4).
- Rakesh Rao
TENNIS
Sowjanya in second spherical
Sowjanya Bavisetti beat Ashley Lahey of the US 6-3, 2-6, 6-4 within the first spherical of the $25,000 ITF girls’s tennis match in Spain.
Sriram Balaji and Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan fought their well past Fernando Romboli and Arjun Kadhe 3-6, 7-6(7), [10-5] within the doubles pre-quarterfinals of the €45,730 Challenger in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The outcomes:
€45,730 Challenger, Banja Luka, Bosnia & Herzegovina Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Sriram Balaji & Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan bt Fernando Romboli (Bra) & Arjun Kadhe 3-6, 7-6(7), [10-5]. $37,520 Challenger, Nonthaburi, Thailand Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Toshihide Matsui & Kaito Uesugi (Jpn) bt Anirudh Chandrasekar & Vishnu Vardhan 6-7(8), 7-6(2), [10-4]. $15,000 ITF males, Monastir, Tunisia Singles (first spherical): Xiao Linang (Chn) bt Rishabdev Raman 6-0, 6-1; Niki Poonacha bt Mikalai Haliak 6-1, 6-2. Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Luc Koenig (GBR) & Karunuday Singh bt Daniel Blazka (Cze) & Yash Chaurasia 6-4, 5-7, [10-6]. $15,000 ITF males, Changwon, Korea Singles (first spherical): Adil Kalyanpur bt Ren Nakamura (Jpn) 6-4, 2-6, 6-3. $25,000 ITF girls, Vigo, Spain Singles (first spherical): Sowjanya Bavisetti bt Ashley Lahey (US) 6-3, 2-6, 6-4. $25,000 ITF girls, Roehampton, Britain Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Erika Sema (Jpn) & Rutuja Bhosale bt Freya Christie & Ali Collins (GBR) 3-6, 7-6(10), [10-5]; Mana Ayukawa (Jpn) & Ankita Raina bt En Shuo Liang (Tpe) & Fang Ying Xun (Chn) 6-2, 4-6, [10-4]. $15,000 ITF girls, Monastir, Tunisia Singles (first spherical): Anastasia Kovaleva bt Smriti Bhasin 6-4, 6-1. Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Jiang Zijun (Chn) & Tanisha Kashyap bt Nour Gueblaoui (Tun) & Emma Pedretti (Ita) 6-3, 6-3.
- Kamesh Srinivasan
ITF J4: Fourth seed Daksh Prasad loses in second spherical
Debasis Sahoo beat fourth seed Daksh Prasad 6-4, 6-0 within the second spherical of the ITF J4 occasion in Chennai on Wednesday.
Resulting from in a single day rain, the matches had been shifted from the clay courts on the SDAT Stadium in Egmore and the Madras Gymkhana Membership to the exhausting courts on the Gandhi Nagar Membership and the Powerpak Tennis Academy.
Outcomes
Boys’ Singles 2nd Spherical
[1] Aman Dahiya Bt Skandha Prasanna Rao 6-4, 6-3; [5] Kriish Tyagi Bt Arjun Premkumar 6-2, 2-6, 6-2; Debasis Sahoo Bt [4] Daksh Prasad 6-4, 6-0; [2] Denim Yadhav Bt Kandhavel Mahalingam 6-1, 7-6(6); [7] Pranav Karthik Bt Aryan Arora 6-1, 6-3; [6] Rethin Pranav Bt Vansh Nandal 6-0, 3-0 (retd); Pavan Uppu (USA) Bt Adhirit Awal 6-3, 7-6(1); Venkat Rishi Batlanki (USA) Bt Tejas Ahuja 6-3, 6-4.
Ladies’ Singles 2nd Spherical
[1] Suhitha Maruri Bt Laxmisiri Dandu 6-2, 6-3; [2] Madhurima Sawant Bt Sohini Mohanty 4-6, 6-1, 6-3; Maaya Rajeshwaran Bt Hannah Nagpal 6-3, 5-7, 4-0 (retd); Harshini Nagaraj Bt Sreenidhi Amireddy 6-2, 6-4; [4] Sonal Patil Bt Rishitha Basireddy 6-4, 6-0; Riya Sachdeva Bt [8] Saumrita Verma 6-4, 6-3; [5] Ruma Gaikaiwari Bt Chahana Budhbhatti 6-4, 3-6, 6-4; [7] Saina Deshpande (USA) Bt Asmi Adkar 6-3, 6-3
- Nihit Sachdeva
ULTIMATE KHO KHO
Odisha Juggernauts halt Chennai Fast Weapons’ successful run
Odisha juggernauts ended Chennai Fast Weapons’ successful run with a 51-41 victory within the Final Kho Kho on the Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports activities Complicated right here on Wednesday. It was a 3rd successive win for Odisha Juggernauts.
With this win, Odisha Juggernauts not solely entered the top-2 on the factors desk with 12 factors but additionally accomplished a league double over Chennai Fast Weapons. Earlier, that they had gained by eight factors.
Nilesh Jadhav scored 15 factors for Odisha Juggernauts, which included 5 sensible dives. Skipper Milind Chavarekar and Suraj Lande supported him nicely with 9 and eight factors respectively.
For Chennai Fast Weapons, P Narasayya and Manoj Patil struck eight factors every.
With Gowtham MK and Jagannatha Murmu securing dream runs by defending for two.33 minutes and a pair of.59 minutes respectively, Odisha Juggernauts didn’t permit Chennai Fast Weapons to attain simple factors and restricted them to 19-4 within the first seven minutes.
Chennai Fast Weapons got here into the match after three back-to-back wins.
Regardless of in-form Ramji Kashyap presenting some problem within the defence along with his keep of two.23 minutes, Odisha Juggernauts responded nicely to stage the scores inside the first 5 minutes of second flip earlier than they ended the primary innings with a 28-19 lead.
All-rounder Subhasis Santra claimed 4 bonus factors for Odisha Juggernauts throughout his keep of three.04 minutes as Chennai Fast Weapons might handle to get solely a slim five-point lead of 37-32 on the finish of third flip.
Odisha Juggernauts added 19 extra factors to their tally within the closing flip to finish the sport comfortably with 51-41 rating.
- PTI
