Indian Sports Wrap, June 12: India men and women make winning start at Asian Team Squash Championships

Here are all the major updates, scores, and results of Indians in the world of sports on June 12.

FILE PHOTO: The men’s team, headed by Velavan Senthikumar, began with a convincing win over Kuwait, before falling short against Japan | Photo Credit: VEDHAN M/The Hindu

SQUASH

India men and women make winning start at Asian Team Squash Championships

The Indian men’s and women’s teams made a winning start at the Asian Team Squash Championships 2024 in Dalian, China on Tuesday.

The teams began positively in the group stages. The men were without the promising Abhay Singh, who pulled out due to injury.

The women, spearheaded by Rathika Suthanthira Seelan, beat Macau and Mongolia, while the men, headed by Velavan Senthikumar, began with a convincing win over Kuwait, before falling short against Japan.

India’s results (scores received so far):

Men: India bt Kuwait 2-1 (Velavan Senthilkumar bt Athbi Hamad 11-4, 11-5, 11-4; Rahul Baitha lost to Md Alkhanfar 8-11, 12-10, 8-11, 11-9, 2-11; Suraj Kumar Chand bt Bader Almoghrebi 11-6, 11-7, 11-6).

Women: India bt Macau 2-1 (Rathika Suthanthira Seelan bt Liu Kwai Chi 11-4, 11-4, 11-5; Pooja Arthi Raghu lost to Yeung Weng Chi 6-11, 5-11, 2-11; Janet Vidhi bt Yeung Wai Leng 11-9, 6-11, 14-12, 11-9).

India bt Mongolia 3-0 (Rathika bt Ariunbileg Altankhuyag 11-2, 11-3, 11-4; Pooja bt Myadagaa Dogsom 11-1, 11-1, 11-1; Sunita Patel bt Saran Khishigbaatar 11-1, 11-1, 11-1).

-Team Sportstar

TENNIS

Mahika knocked out third seed Sejal in AITA national series juniors

Qualifier Mahika Khanna knocked out third seed Sejal Bhutada 7-6(8), 7-5 in the under-18 girls pre-quarterfinals of the AITA National series junior tennis tournament at the CLTA Complex on Wednesday.

The results (pre-quarterfinals):

Under-18 boys: Shanker Heisnam bt Amtya Ohlyan 6-2, 6-0; Dhruv Ghanghas bt Kunsh Kakkar 6-3, 1-6, 6-2; Akshat Dhull bt Akshit Kaushik 6-1, 6-0; Aditya Mor bt Rishi Yadav 6-4, 6-1; Ojas Mehlawat bt Gurbaaz Narang 6-4, 6-2; Aryan Chauhan bt Shubham Sehrawat 6-2, 6-2; Aashravya Mehra bt Harsh Malik 6-2, 6-4; Aarav Chawla bt Aksh Sood 6-3, 6-1.

Under-18 girls: Shagun Kumari bt Suhani Gaur 6-4, 3-6, 6-2; Devanshi Gohil bt Dhatri Dave 3-6, 6-2, 6-1; Ananya Jain bt Nandini Kansal 6-3, 6-4; Snigdha Pattbandia bt Jasmine Kaur 6-4, 6-0; Anandita Upadhyay bt Rubani Kaur Sidhu 6-2, 6-3; Mahika Khanna bt Sejal Bhutada 7-6(8), 7-5; Divya Ungrish bt Vaishnavi Singh 7-5, 4-6, 6-1; Nainika Reddy bt KA Aadirai 4-6, 6-3, 6-3.

- Kamesh Srinivasan

Nagal wins thriller against Giannessi to enter Perugia Challenger quarterfinal

Sumit Nagal in action. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement

Sixth seed Sumit Nagal recovered from an indifferent start to beat Alessandro Giannessi of Italy 0-6, 7-5, 7-6(5) in the pre-quarterfinals of the €148,625 Challenger tennis tournament in Perugia, Italy, on Wednesday.

The results:

€812,235 ATP, Stuttgart, Germany Doubles (quarterfinals): Yuki Bhambri & Albano Olivetti (Fra) bt Theo Arribage & Sadio Doumbia (Fra) 6-3, 6-2.

€148,625 Challenger, Nottingham, Britain Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Gabriel Diallo (Can) & Emilio Nava (USA) bt Anirudh Chandrasekar & Arjun Kadhe 7-5, 7-6(5).

€148,625 Challenger, Perugia, Italy Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Sumit Nagal bt Alessandro Giannessi (Ita) 0-6, 7-5, 7-6(5).

$15,000 ITF men, Martos, Spain Singles (first round): Siddhant Banthia bt Marcos Fabra (Esp) 6-1, 6-1.

Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Patricio Alvarado (Ecu) & Ivan Curbelo (Esp) bt Siddhant Banthia & Tennyson Whiting (USA) 5-7, 6-4, [11-9].

$15,000 ITF men, Koszalin, Poland Singles (first round): Powel Juszczak (Pol) bt Yuvan Nandal 6-1, 7-5; Manas Dhamne bt Szymon Kielan (Pol) 6-2, 6-3.

$15,000 ITF men, Hong Kong Singles (first round): Jake Delaney (Aus) bt Dev Javia 6-2, 7-6(4); SD Prajwal Dev bt Credit Chaiyarin (Tha) 6-7(5), 6-4, 3-1 (retired); Tomohiro Masabayashi (Jpn) bt Adil Kalyanpur 6-4, 6-3.

$60,000 ITF women, Guimaraes, Portugal Singles (first round): Ankita Raina bt Angelina Voloshchuk (Por) 6-1, 6-3; Gabriela Knutson (Cze) bt Rutuja Bhosale 6-2, 7-6(5).

Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Ankita Raina & Prarthana Thombare bt Gabriela Knutson (Cze) & Alana Prnaby (Aus) 1-6, 6-1, [10-8]; Leonie Kung (Sui) & Vasanti Shinde bt Elena Milovanovic (Srb) & Tamira Paszek (Aut) 7-5, 6-4.

$15,000 ITF women, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Singles (first round): Riya Bhatia bt Jamilah Snells (USA) 6-2, 6-4.

Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Jordan Feinton (USA) & Saumya Vig bt Mariana Ibarraza & Maria Uribe (Col) 7-6(3), 7-5; Sharmada Balu & Riya Bhatia bt Julia Garcia & Marian Cano (Mex) 6-3, 6-3.

$15,000 ITF women, San Diego,USA Singles (first round): Hong Wong (Hkg) bt Teja Tirunelveli 6-3, 7-6(7). $15,000 ITF women, Monastir, Tunisia

Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Britney Chiu (USA) & Meshkatolzahra Safi (Iri) bt Aaddi Gupta & Dilana Rsovac (Aus) 6-0, 6-4.

- Kamesh Srinivasan

CRICKET

Bengal Pro T20 League: Sobisco Smashers Malda beats Rashmi Medinipur Wizards

Writtick Chatterjee’s fine all-round performance (50 not out, two for nine) helped Sobisco Smashers Malda outplay Rashmi Medinipur Wizards by six wickets in a Bengal Pro T20 League match at the Eden Gardens here on Wednesday.

Writtick removed the Wizards’ openers before slamming a 38-ball unbeaten 50, containing four fours and two sixes, in the one-sided match.

The scores:

At Eden Gardens: Men: Rashmi Medinipur Wizards 97 in 19 overs (Geet Puri 3/15) lost to Sobisco Smashers Malda 101/4 in 16.1 overs (Writtick Chatterjee 50 n.o., Vaibhav Yadav 3/23); Servotech Siliguri Strikers 141 in 19.3 overs (Shantanu 44, Ankur Pal 31, Prayas Ray Barman 3/28) bt Harbour Diamonds 133 in 19.5 overs (Badal Singh Balyan 37, Prayas Ray barman 32, Suraj Jaiswal 4/29, Raj Kumar Pal 3/31).

At Jadavpur University ground: Women: Servotech Siliguri Strikers 95/5 in 20 overs (Chandrima Ghosal 24, Payel Vakharia 3/12) lost to Harbour Diamonds 98/2 in 16.5 overs (Jhumia Khatun 33 n.o., Sanshita Bishwas 31 retd. hurt).

- Team Sportstar

SHOOTING

Bhowneesh scores second best in men’s trap in the shotgun World Cup

Olympic quota winner Bhowneesh Mendiratta was in bright form as he shot the second best score of 74, following a series of 25, 24, 25 in men’s trap in the shotgun World Cup in Lonato, Italy, on Wednesday.

Prithviraj Tondaiman (71) and Vivaan Kapoor (70) followed at a distance, in a strong field of 143 shooters.

In women’s trap, Shreyasi Singh and Rajeshwari Kumari shot 67 each while Manisha Keer had 64.

Two more rounds on Thursday will be followed by the finals for the top six.

- Kamesh Srinivasan