Indian Sports activities Wrap, November 18: Ramkumar exits Challenger occasion in Japan in quarterfinals

TENNIS

Ramkumar knocked out of Challenger occasion in Japan

India’s Ramkumar Ramanathan went down in straight units towards native participant Yosuke Watanuki within the quarterfinals of the ATP Challenger occasion in Kobe, Japan.

World No. 289 Ramkumar misplaced 5-7, 1-6 to seventh-seeded and World No. 196 Watanuki in an hour and 9 minutes.

Within the Challenger occasion in Champaign, USA, the third-seeded Indian duo of N. Sriram Balaji and Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan defeated compatriot Anirudh Chandrasekar and his Australian associate Adam Walton 7-6 (8), 2-6, [10-4] to succeed in the semifinals.

Balaji and Nedunchezhiyan will subsequent face prime seeds Hans Hach Verdugo of Mexico and Robert Galloway of the US within the final-four conflict.

- Workforce Sportstar

ITF males’s event: Digvijay overcomes sluggish begin to defeat Sidharth Rawat

Digvijay Pratap Singh overcame a sluggish begin to beat sixth seed Sidharth Rawat 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 within the quarterfinals of the $25,000 ITF males’s tennis event on the MSLTA Complicated on Friday.

Within the semifinals, Digvijay will play Ryuki Matsuda of Japan who beat Siddharth Vishwakarma in straight units.

High seed Oliver Crawford was ruthless as he dismissed Niki Poonacha for the lack of two video games to arrange his semifinal towards fourth seed Dominik Palan of the Czech Republic.

In doubles, Rithvik Bollipalli and NIki Poonacha will search for their fourth successive title once they meet the highest seeds Vladyslav Orlov and Vishnu Vardhan within the remaining.

The outcomes:

Singles (quarterfinals): Oliver Crawford (USA) bt Niki Poonacha 6-2, 6-0; Dominik Palan (Cze) bt Kazuki Nishiwaki (Jpn) 6-1, 6-2; Ryuki Matsuda (Jpn) bt Siddharth Vishwakarma 7-6(6), 6-1; Digvijay Pratap Singh bt Sidharth Rawat 2-6, 6-4, 6-4.

Doubles (semifinals): Vladyslav Orlov (Ukr) & Vishnu Vardhan bt Faisal Qamar & Nitin Kumar Sinha 6-7(4), 6-1, [10-8]; Rithvik Bollipalli & Niki Poonacha bt Tushar Madan & Jagmeet Singh 6-3, 6-2.

-Kamesh Srinivasan

AITA Tremendous series juniors: Adhiraj Thakur beats prime seed Mohammad Asim

Second seed Adhiraj Thakur beat prime seed Mohammad Asim 6-2, 6-1 within the boys remaining of the AITA Tremendous series under-16 tennis event on the Singha Sports activities Academy on Friday.

Adhiraj had earlier received the doubles title with Jasraj Singh Jagdev.

The outcomes (remaining):

Boys: Adhiraj Thakur bt Mohammad Asim 6-2, 6-1.

-Kamesh Srinivasan

ATHLETICS

Mary Pierce named TSK 25K model ambassador

Two-time Grand Slam winner Mary Pierce would be the model ambassador of the 2022 Tata Metal Kolkata 25K, a World Athletics Elite Label street race, to be held on December 18.

“The pandemic has highlighted the significance of excellent well being and social life. Operating has this transformational expertise on people and in addition teaches one to be affected person and persevere,” stated Mary, who stays the final French participant to win the French Open singles (2000).

Registrations for all classes of the seventh version of the occasion will stay open till 11.59 p.m. of November 30 or until working locations are crammed, whichever is earlier. 

-Y. B. Sarangi

GOLF

Arjun Sharma takes third spherical lead at Digboi

Larger Noida’s Arjun Sharma shot a gradual two-under 70 to maneuver up one spot and take the third spherical lead on the IndianOil SERVO Masters 2022 golf event on the Digboi Golf Links on Friday.

Pune-based Udayan Mane carded the day’s finest rating of 66 to climb 9 locations to second place at 11-under 205 on the Rs 75 lakh occasion.

Delhi’s Kshitij Naveed Kaul posted a 69 to realize two spots and finish day three in third place at 10-under 206.

Apart from Udayan and Kshitij, there are a number of different contenders giving chase to the chief on a packed leaderboard.

5 gamers, together with midway chief Yuvraj Singh Sandhu (74), Pawan Kumar (67), Mithun Perera (68), M Dharma (68) and Sunhit Bishnoi (69) have been bunched in tied fourth, simply three photographs behind the chief at nine-under 207.

Arjun (66-68-70), who registered a career-best runner-up end on the PGTI in Coimbatore in August, has made a gradual development in the course of the week, rising from fourth place in spherical one to second place in spherical two after which into the lead in spherical three, due to his constant show.

The 29-year-old Arjun, at present ranked twenty eighth on the PGTI Order of Advantage, had a quiet begin as he made pars on the primary six holes the place he didn’t hit it near the flag. Arjun picked up his first birdie on the seventh however quickly misplaced floor with bogeys on the eighth and ninth the place he missed a fairway and a chip-putt respectively.

Arjun regained management on the back-nine after placing collectively consecutive birdies on the 14th, fifteenth and sixteenth, the place he hit it inside three ft on two events. He adopted that up with good par saves from powerful spots on the seventeenth and 18th. “The front-nine troubled me for the third day in succession. I’m one-over for the front-nine to date this week and 13-under for the back-nine. I believe the back-nine is definitely the more durable half of the course. So I really feel that I must play the front-nine higher in spherical 4, particularly the seventh, eighth and ninth holes,” Arjun stated.

“I’ve been enjoying effectively within the second half of the season ranging from Coimbatore, nevertheless I simply haven’t been constant sufficient. However I do know the sport is there and I simply must hold at it and hold it going.” Udayan (70-69-66) started the day with a bogey on the primary however got here up with six birdies thereafter until the 14th, together with three 20 to 25 ft conversions to roar into competition. The Olympian’s second bogey of the day on the fifteenth was as soon as once more negated by birdies on the sixteenth and seventeenth.

Kshitij (65-72-69) blended an eagle and 4 birdies with three bogeys throughout his third spherical that featured some high quality chip-putts. His eagle on the par-5 seventh got here after his method shot from 200 yards landed only one foot from the flag.

Among the many outstanding names, Khalin Joshi was tied twelfth at seven-under 209 whereas Manu Gandas was positioned tied twenty seventh at four-under 212.

Dulal Kalowar, the one native skilled to make the reduce, was positioned 57th at three-over 219.

-PTI

Beginner Avani wins fifteenth leg of Hero WPG Tour by large 13-shot margin

Beginner Avani Prashanth shot a 3rd straight underneath par rating to finish an enormous 13-shot win within the fifteenth and remaining leg of the Hero Ladies’s Professional Golf Tour on the Chandigarh Golf Membership right here on Friday.

Avani, who has not performed very a lot on the Hero WPG Tour this season as she was busy enjoying all over the world, shot 68-66-70 for a complete of 12-under 204.

So dominant was Avani that she had three of the 5 underneath par scores registered this week -- the others got here from the second positioned Gaurika Bishnoi, who shot 70 on the second day and Seher Atwal who shot finest spherical of the ultimate day with a 69, whereas ending in a tie for fifth.

Avani had a sedate entrance 9 after opening with a bogey. She then had 9 pars in a row with lots of the putts not dropping in. She lastly discovered the birdies with back-to-back efforts on Par-3 eleventh and Par-4 twelfth.

A bogey on Par-5 thirteenth was a disappointment, however she rapidly made up with birdies on the fifteenth and the seventeenth for 70.

India’s highest ranked beginner, Avani’s win at Chandigarh follows her twin success on the Hero WPG Tour in 2021 when she received the third and eleventh legs of the Hero WPGT.

Whereas the week’s highlight was Avani, she was adopted by Gaurika, the highest skilled with a remaining spherical of 73.

Gaurika had 4 birdies towards three bogeys and a double bogey. She completed with a complete of one-over 217.

Sneha Singh (77-72-75) totalled 224, which was 20 photographs behind the winner. Sneha was tied with Lakhmehar Pardesi (73-75-76).

Khushi Khanijau, who had a hole-in-one on the Par-3 eighth, carded one-over 73 and was tied fifth with Seher Atwal (69) at 225, whereas Hitaashee Bakshi (74-76-77) was seventh at 227.

4 gamers, Saaniya Sharma (77-78-74), Rhea Jha (77-78-74), Afshan Fatima (79-75-75) and beginner Jia Kataria (73-79-77) have been tied for the tenth place.

In the meantime, Pranavi Urs, who's enjoying on the LPGA Qualifying Faculty this week in america, topped the Hero Order of Advantage.

Seher Atwal, who was third firstly of the week, completed in a tie for fifth this week and overtook Hitaashee Bakshi to complete second.

Hitaashee was pushed to 3rd on the Hero Order of Advantage. Gaurika Bishnoi and Ridhima Dilawari have been fourth and fifth respectively.

-PTI