Indian sports wrap, August 2: Ramesh Budihal, Kamali P defend titles in Mahabs Point Break Challenge

Here are all the major updates, scores, and results of Indians in the world of sports on August 2.

Ramesh Budihal and Kamali P in action. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT

SURFING

National Surf Series 2024: Ramesh Budihal, Kamali P defend titles in Mahabs Point Break Challenge

Ramesh Budihal of Karnataka and Kamali P of Tamil Nadu defended their crown by winning the Open Men’s and Women’s categories in contrasting fashion as the 3 ^rd Mahabs Point Break Challenge National Surf Series concluded here at the pristine shores of the Bay of Bengal.

Kamali also completed her double by winning the Groms 16 and Under Women’s category with ease while Ramesh who had won both the previous editions, completed his hat-trick of titles at the Mahabs Point Break Challenge. A young prodigy, Kishore Kumar won the Groms 16 and Under Boys category rounding of two days of exciting surfing action. 

In the Men’s Open final Ramesh Budihal was stretched, as he withstood a strong fight from Ajeesh Ali and Kishore Kumar both of Tamil Nadu but the experienced surfer eventually came out as the winner scoring 12.83 points to Ajeesh’s 10.30. 

In the Women’s Open final Kamali P had an easy outing scoring a high score of 14.33 and she had a margin of 10.16 Shrishti Selvam of Tamil Nadu finished with a score of 4.17 while Sandhya Arun also of Tamil Nadu finished third with a score of 3.10.

Kamali completed an impressive double, winning the Groms 16 and Under Girls title with ease with a score of 15.57, higher than her score in the Women’s Open final.

-Team Sportstar

TENNIS

ITF Taipei: Mukund beats Weber to reach semis

S Mukund beat Arthur Weber of France 6-1, 6-1 in the quarterfinals of the $25,000 ITF men’s tennis tournament in Taipei, Taiwan, on Friday.

Results

€148,625 Challenger, Porto, Portugal Doubles (quarterfinals): Joshua Pariss (GBR) & Ramkumar Ramanathan bt Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan & Vijay Sundar Prashanth 6-7(3), 6-4, [10-7]; Arjun Kadhe & Arthur Reymond (Fra) bt Toshihide Matsui & Kaito Uesugi (Jpn) 7-6(4), 6-3.

$25,000 ITF men, Taipei, Taiwan Singles (quarterfinals): S Mukund bt Arthur Weber (Fra) 6-1, 6-1.

$25,000 ITF men, Brazzaville, Congo Singles (quarterfinals): Mathys Erhard (Fra) bt S.D. Prajwal Dev 6-3, 7-6(5); Bor Artnak (Slo) bt Rishab Agarwal 7-6(40, 3-6, 6-2; Goncalo Oliveira (Por) bt Karan Singh 6-2, 6-2.

$75,000 ITF women, Lexington, USA Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Mananchaya Sawangkaew (Tha) bt Shrivalli Bhamidipaty 3-6, 6-3, 6-2.

Doubles (quarterfinals): Shrivalli Bhamidipaty & Mananchaya Sawangkaew (Tha) bt Eryn Cayetano & Fiona Crawley (USA) 6-2, 7-6(5).

$25,000 ITF women, Roehampton, Britain Doubles (quarterfinals): Sarah Grey (GBR) & Ankita Raina bt Anna Campana & Carolyn Campana (USA) 6-2, 2-6, [10-8].

$25,000 ITF women, Mohammedia, Morocco Doubles (quarterfinals): Eleni Christofi (Gre) & Zeel Desai bt Malak El Aliami & Aya El Aouni (Mar) 7-6(8), 7-5; Funa Kozaki & Ikumi Yamazaki (Jpn) bt Vaishnavi Adkar & Rinko Matsuda (Jpn) 6-1, 2-6, [10-5].

$15,000 ITF women, Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan Singles (quarterfinals): Ekaternina Ovcharenko w.o. Vaidehi Chaudhari.

Doubles (semifinals): Dayeon Back (Kor) & Ayumi Koshiishi (Jpn) w.o. Vaidehi Chaudhari & Elena Malygina (Est).

-Kamesh Srinivasan