From Sakshi Malik successful a bronze in Tunisia to an excellent efficiency of Indians on the Large Inexperienced Egg Open golf, right here is all that has occurred in Indian sports activities on July 15 up to now.
GOLF
Pranavi retains Seher at bay to win season’s 4th Hero WPGT title
Pranavi Urs struck type simply when it was most wanted as she fired 4 birdies in a span of 5 holes on the again 9 within the last spherical to win the ninth leg of the Hero Ladies's Professional Golf Tour on the Bangalore Golf Membership right here on Friday.
Her fourth win of the season prolonged her lead on the prime of the Hero Order of Benefit.
Pranavi shot two-over 71 with 4 birdies towards six bogeys and totalled two-over 209, whereas Seher Atwal (71) with one birdie towards two bogeys, aggregated five-over 212.
The scoring and circumstances have been more durable this week as not one of the gamers completed with an under-par complete and there have been solely two underneath par rounds, one every by Pranavi and Seher within the match.
Beginning the ultimate spherical with a three-shot lead on the Par-69 Bangalore Golf Membership course, Pranavi overcame an early cost from Seher over the primary 10 holes.
As Seher misplaced momentum, Pranavi got here into her personal and raced to victory by three pictures regardless of a bogey-bogey end.
Seher was two-over for the entrance 9, whereas Pranavi was three-over. That lower the lead by one. On the tenth, Pranavi bogeyed once more, whereas Seher birdied the opening for a two-shot swing which noticed the 2 stage with eight holes to go.
Then between the twelfth and sixteenth Pranavi birdied 4 occasions and Seher managed solely pars.
As Pranavi bogeyed the final two holes, Seher dropped a shot on the 18th and Pranavi was three forward, as she was in the beginning of the day, however by now the trophy and the winner's cheque was additionally hers.
Pranavi, who feels she is totally match and able to go full throttle, received the primary, fourth and seventh legs earlier than this week. She was additionally second within the fifth and eighth legs. Briefly, she has completed first or second in six of the 9 legs held up to now.
As Seher completed second for the second time in succession, Hitaashee Bakshi, winner of third and sixth legs, was third. Hitaashee carded 72 for a complete of 215.
Sneha Singh, winner of fourth Hero WPGT title as an novice, completed fourth in her skilled debut. She carded the ultimate spherical's greatest rating of even par 69 and completed with a complete of 216.
Oviya Reddi (70) and Gaurika Bishnoi (71) have been tied for fifth and Afshan Fatima (73) and Nayanika Sanga (76) have been tied seventh. Newbie Jasmine Shekar (72) was ninth whereas Gauri Karhade (74) and Ananya Datar (76) have been tied tenth.
The tenth leg of the Hero WPG Tour will even be held in Bangalore, however on the Status Golfshire from July 20-22.
WRESTLING
Sakshi Malik wins a bronze Zouhaier Sghaier Rating Sequence
Olympics bronze medallist Sakshi Malik managed a bronze medal within the girls’s 62kg class on the Zouhaier Sghaier Rating Sequence wrestling match in Tunis, Tunisia, on Friday.
After being pinned by Brazilian Lais de Oliveira, Sakshi benefited as native wrestler Marwa Amri forfeited her match. Then Sakshi, the one Commonwealth Video games-bound Indian lady wrestler competing within the occasion, misplaced to Germany’s Luisa Niemesch 5-2. She nonetheless managed a bronze in a discipline comprising just about three wrestlers.
Sachin Sehrawat (67kg), Gyandender Dahiya (63kg), Sunil Kumar (87kg) bagged Greco Roman gold medals in severely depleted fields on the opening day.
Arjun Halakurki (60kg) and Deepanshu (97kg) obtained a silver apiece, whereas Naveen (130kg) bagged a bronze.
GOLF
Aditi-Pajaree duo lie T-Twenty second at Nice Lakes Bay Invitational golf
Indian golfer Aditi Ashok, taking part in with Thai Pajaree Anannarukarn, moved to tied-Twenty second after the second spherical of the Dow Nice Lakes Bay Invitational match, a group occasion on the LPGA Tour.
Aditi and Pajaree, who completed tied-third a 12 months in the past at this occasion, put up a vastly improved efficiency within the second spherical as they tallied eight-under in better-ball after a two-over displaying in alternate-shot play on the primary day.
Aditi Ashok in motion on the Dow Nice Lakes Bay Invitational at Midland Nation Membership on July 14, 2022 in Midland, Michigan.
On three of the holes, each gamers birdied, whereas Aditi’s birdies on fourth, fifth and eleventh added to the positive factors.
Pajaree added to the kitty together with her personal birdies on ninth and 14th, which the Indian parred. There have been eight holes the place each parred and as soon as when Aditi bogeyed sixteenth, Pajaree saved the scenario with a par.
In the meantime, Pauline Roussin made a hole-in-one and teamed up with fellow rookie Dewi Weber to take a three-stroke after the second spherical.
The primary spherical chief, the legendary Annika Sorenstam and Madelene Sagstrom, fell 5 pictures behind the leaders.
The 51-year-old Sorenstam and Sagstrom shot a gap five-under 65 in alternate-shot play on Wednesday.
That they had 65 on first day and 66 on second. Roussin and Weber had a 61 at Midland Nation Membership within the better-ball spherical to achieve 14-under 126. The pair had 65 on the primary day and at the moment are 14-under as towards 11-under complete for Jennifer Kupcho and Lizette Salas, who shot 68-61.
The groups will play alternate pictures within the third spherical and end on Saturday with higher ball.
Sorenstam is making her second LPGA Tour begin of the 12 months and solely her third since retiring after the 2008 season.
The Corridor of Famer missed the lower within the US Ladies’s Open final month after which tied for fourth final week in Nevada within the principally male American Century Championship.
Roussin, the Frenchwoman taking part in on Bastille Day and her mom’s birthday, aced the par-3 seventh with a 46-degree wedge.
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India’s Diksha lies T-3, Vani T-5 in Large Inexperienced Open golf in Netherlands
Diksha, the 2019 Investec Ladies’s South Africa Open winner, was only one shot adrift of co-leaders Sarah Schober and Liz Younger. (File Picture)
India’s Diksha Dagar obtained off to a flying begin within the opening spherical with an excellent card of four-under 68 that positioned her tied-third on the Large Inexperienced Egg Open golf match.
Diksha, the 2019 Investec Ladies’s South Africa Open winner, was only one shot adrift of co-leaders Sarah Schober and Liz Younger, who had opening spherical scores of 67 (-5) on the Rosendaelsche Golf Membership within the Netherlands.
One other Indian in fray Vani Kapoor (69) was tied-fifth, whereas Ridhima Dilawari (72) was T-28, Amandeep Drall (73) was T-41 and Neha Tripathi (79) was T-111.
Diksha opened with a par however then birdied the subsequent three to get to three-under in 4. One other birdie on ninth noticed her flip in four-under 32.
On the again 9, she birdied twelfth and seventeenth however dropped pictures on tenth and thirteenth.
Diksha was delighted together with her efficiency on the greens.
“It was a extremely good day. I’ve been engaged on my placing and I used to be feeling assured about my putts so I used to be making extra of them, and that was serving to my hitting too,” she stated.
“As a result of I’ve been practising I discovered it simpler to learn the greens and discover the strains. My hitting was additionally superb, I used to be capable of assault the flag and make the putts. I used to be solely within the tough as soon as however I used to be fortunate that I had an excellent lie so I used to be capable of make par from there, in any other case I used to be hitting all of the fairways.” Vani had a sluggish begin with one bogey on the entrance 9, however then had 5 birdies towards only one extra bogey for a high-quality spherical of three-under 69 that put her inside High-5.
Ridhima began from the tenth had three birdies towards one double bogey and one bogey.
Sitting one shot behind co-leaders Schober and Younger are Dagar and Whitney Hillier, with the duo each taking pictures 68 (-4) as they made the a lot of the high-quality climate.
Native hopes lie with Pasqualle Coffa after the opening spherical with the Dutch star taking pictures 69 (-3) to sit down three pictures off the lead.
4 others together with Vani shot 69.
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Suchitra Ramesh lies T-40 at Belief Golf Hyperlink Sequence
Indian golfer Suchitra Ramesh shot a 6-over 78 within the opening spherical of the Belief Golf Hyperlink Sequence to complete at T-40 right here on the finish of the primary day.
Germany’s Patricia Isabel Schmidt and Chiara Noja have shared the lead after firing rounds of four-under 68 every.
Each Schmidt and Noja are one shot away from the chasing pack heading into spherical of the competitors.
The English duo of Gemma Clews and Amy Taylor are tied in third place at three-under 69 whereas Czech Republic’s Sara Kouskova is one other shot again after the opening spherical.
At one-under-par 71 are Thailand’s Arpichaya Yubol, Scotland’s Kirsty Mitchell, and Italy’s Clara Manzalini because the three share the sixth spot. Wales’ Lea Anne Bramwell and Dutch Lizzy Peeters spherical out the highest 10 at level-par.
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FOOTBALL
KSFL to assist establish abilities from grassroot stage
A complete of 32 colleges from in and across the metropolis will take part within the third version of Kolkata College Soccer League (KSFL), which is an effort to faucet abilities on the grassroots stage. Meant for the under-18 age group class, the match will probably be performed at NKDA Stadium, New City from July 22.
The match, organised by Sports activities Join underneath the aegis of the state physique Indian Soccer Affiliation, has give you an modern format the place former worldwide footballers like Krishnendu Roy, Amit Bhadra, Tarun Dey, Alok Mukherjee, Mihir Bose, Bikash Panji, Achintya Belel and Syed Rahim Nabi will probably be working as mentors. Every mentor may have 4 colleges underneath his cost and will probably be working with the groups to enhance their efficiency.
There are host of former gamers within the match advisory board compromising of former India captains like Bhaskar Ganguly, Monoranjan Bhattacharya, Prasanta Banerjee and Debasis Mukherjee. After producing plenty of curiosity within the first two editions in 2018 and 2019, the match couldn't be held in subsequent two seasons due to the pandemic.
TENNIS
Adith Amarnath beat third seed Vansh Nandal 9-6 within the boys quarterfinals of the AITA Nationwide sequence under-18 tennis match on the Joygaon Academy on Friday.
Within the women part, Laxmi Sri Dandu beat the second seed Suryanshi Tanwar 9-4 within the quarterfinals.
With rain having upset the schedule, the organisers had better of 17 video games format within the quarterfinals, after having performed better of three units within the pre-quarterfinals.
The outcomes:
Boys (quarterfinal): Om Yadav bt Deepam Malik 9-7; Adith Amarnath bt Vansh Nandal 9-6; Keshav Goel bt Dhruv Kumar 9-8(2); Jason David bt Rakshak Tarun 9-5. Pre-quarterfinals: Deepam Malik bt Kavin Karthik 6-4, 6-2; Om Yadav bt Nishant Kumar 6-4, 6-1; Vansh Nandal bt Sagar Kumar 1-6, 6-3, 6-2; Adith Amarnath bt Ritvik Nadikude 6-3, 4-6, 6-2; Keshav Goel bt Pratyushraj Goel 6-2, 3-6, 3-0 (retired); Dhruv Kumar bt Gauransh Sood 6-2, 6-3; Rakshak Tarun bt A Mukherjee 6-2, 6-0; Jason David bt Arjun Rathi 3-6, 6-3, 6-3.
Ladies (quarterfinals): Hannah Nagpal bt Harleen Kaur Dhanda 9-7; Sreenidhi Balaji bt Jennika Jaison 9-2; Asmi Adkar bt Riya Sachdeva 9-5; Laxmi Sri Dandu bt Suryanshi Tanwar 9-4.
Pre-quarterfinals: Hannah Nagpal bt Gia Alana Pereira 9-4; Harleen Kaur Dhanda bt Samya Sikand 6-2, 6-2; Sreenidhi Balaji bt Bhumika Dahiya 6-2, 6-0; Jennika Jaisson bt Prashansa Shrivastava 9-7; Asmi Adkar bt Suhani Gaur 9-5; Riya Sachdeva bt Harnoor Kaur Sidhu 6-7(4), 6-3, 6-3; Laxmi Sri Dandu bt Neha Reddy Dandu 6-0, 6-0; Suryanshi Tanwar bt Samaira Malik 9-4
Prajnesh reaches semis in $25K ITF occasion in Kazakhstan
Within the $25,000 ITF males’s occasion in Kazakhstan, second seed Prajnesh Gunneswaran reached the semifinals with a 7-6(3), 6-2 victory over qualifier Zura Tkemaladze of Georgia.
In an identical girls’s occasion in Kazakhstan, Ankita Raina made the doubles last with Momoko Kobori of Japan. The pair will face the highest seeded Koreans, Choi Je Hee and Ha Na-Lae within the last.
The outcomes:
€ 90,280 Challenger, Iasi, Romania: Doubles (quarterfinals): Diego Hidalgo (European) & Cristian Rodriguez (Col) bt Petros Tsitsipas (Gre) & Arjun Kadhe 7-5, 6-1.
$53,120 Challenger, Rome, US: Doubles (quarterfinals): Yosshihito Nishioka & Sho Shimabukkuro (Jpn) bt Sriram Balaji & Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan 6-4, 6-2.
$25,000 ITF males, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan: Singles (quarterfinals): Prajnesh Gunneswaran bt Zura Tkemaladze (Geo) 7-6(3), 6-2.
$25,000 ITF males, Idanha-a-Nova, Portugal: Doubles (quarterfinals): Valentin De Carvalho & Goncalo Oliveira (Por) bt Rishab Agarwal & Adil Kalyanpur 6-3, 2-6, [10-7].
$15,000 ITF males, Monastir, Tunisia: Singles (quarterfinals): Mu Tao (Chn) bt Manish Sureshkumar 6-2, 4-0 (retired). Doubles (quarterfinals): Rithvik Choudary Bollipalli & Niki Poonacha bt Maximus Jones (Tha) & Zheng Baoluo (Chn) 6-3, 6-7(5),, [10-6]; Omar Brigida & Gabriele Maria Noce (Ita) bt Man Orly Iradukunda (Bdi) & Tushar Sharma 6-2, 5-7, [10-6]; Sai Karteek Reddy Ganta & Manish Sureshkumar w.o. Dong Bohua & Solar Qian (Chn).
$15,000 ITF males, Lakewood, US: Doubles (quarterfinals): Jaimee Floyd Angele & Ronan Joncour (Fra) bt Elijah Strode (US) & Sathi Reddy Chirala 6-3, 6-3.
$25,000 ITF girls, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan: Doubles (semifinals): Momoko Kobori (Jpn) & Ankita Raina bt Mariia Tkacheva & Anastasia Zolotareva 6-4, 6-3.
$25,000 ITF girls, Guimaraes, Portugal: Doubles (quarterfinals): Francisca Jorge & Matilde Jorge (Por) bt Ines Murta (Por) & Vasanti Shinde 6-4, 6-4.
$15,000 ITF girls, Monastir, Tunisia: Doubles (quarterfinals): Valentina Ivanov (Nzl) & Lisa Mays (Aus) bt Priska Madelyn Nugroho (Ina) & Vaidehi Chaudhari 6-3, 5-7, [10-4].
- Kamesh Srinivasan
BASKETBALL
India suffers second defeat in FIBA Asia Cup
The Indian males's basketball group misplaced 59-101 to Philippines for its second consecutive defeat within the FIBA Asia Cup in Jakarta on Friday.
For India, Muin Bek Hafeez shone vibrant with 14 factors adopted by Pranav Prince with 11.
William Navarro (18 factors) and Thirdy Ravena (17) starred for Indonesia.
India had earlier misplaced 47-100 to New Zealand within the opener.
India is presently positioned third in Group D with two factors, simply above Lebanon which has the identical tally however has performed a sport much less.
India on Friday missed its captain Vishesh Bhriguvanshi resulting from an harm.
India will face world no. 54 Lebanon in its last Group D match on Sunday.
The highest group from the 4 teams will advance on to the quarterfinals whereas the second and third-placed sides will face one another within the play-offs for the remaining 4 last-eight berths.
India's greatest displaying on the FIBA Asia Cup was a fourth place end within the 1975 version.
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