Indian sports wrap, May 11: Ramit Tandon makes winning start at squash Worlds

Here are all the major updates, scores, and results of Indians in the world of sports on Saturday, May 11.

Ramit Tandon in action. (File photo) | Photo Credit: V. Ganesan

SQUASH

Ramit Tandon makes winning start at squash World Championships

India’s Ramit Tandon made a winning start at the World Squash Championships in Cairo on Friday with a 11-1, 11-3, 11-3 victory over Faraz Khan of the US in just 13 minutes.

World No 36 Tandon, the lone Indian in the fray, will face seventh seed Mohamed Elshorbagy (England) in the second round on Sunday.

-Team Sportstar

CRICKET

49th Goswami Ganesh Dutt cricket tournament: Delhi Challengers beats SRK Technologies XI by 13 runs in quarterfinal

Fine bowling by Bhagendra, Agnivesh Aayachi and Tejas Baroka who took eight wickets between them helped Delhi Challengers to a 13-run victory over SRK Technologies XI in the quarterfinals of the 49th Goswami Ganesh Dutt cricket tournament at the Khalsa College ground on Saturday.

Delhi Challengers made 287 thanks to a brilliant 90 off 40 balls with 11 sixes and four 4s by Tejas Baroka, and half centuries from Akshdeep Nath and Qamran Iqbal.

Tejas was the Kimati man-of-the-match for his batting blitzkrieg and two wickets. Vaibhav Khandpal was presented the “outstanding player” award.

Ravi Brothers will play Sehgal CC in the quarterfinals on Sunday.

The scores:

Dellhi Challengers 287 in 39.1 overs (Tejas Baroka 90, Aksshdeep Nath 57, Qamran Iqbal 52, Anmol Shah 3/56) bt SRK Technologies XI 274 in 39.3 overs (Kaushal Suman 63, Vaibhav Khandpal 54, Arvind Verma 40, Bhagendra 4/41).

TENNIS

Rutuja Bhosale wins doubles title

Rutuja Bhosale in partnership with Paige Hourigan beat Haruna Arakawa and Aoi Ito 3-6, 6-3, [10-6] in the doubles final off the $60,000 ITF women’s tennis tournament in Fukuoka, Japan, on Saturday.

Rutuja Bhosale and Paige Hourigan, the doubles champions in the ITF women’s tennis event in Japan. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement

It was the second successive doubles title for Rutuja and Paige who had won in China last month. It was the 24th doubles title in the professional circuit for the 28-year-old Rutuja.

The results:

$60,000 ITF women, Fukuoka, Japan: Doubles (final): Rutua Bhossale & Paige Hourigan (Nzl) bt Haruna Arakawa & Aoi Ito (Jpn) 3-6, 6-3, [10-6].

$15,000 ITF men, Monastir, Tunisia: Singles (quarterfinals): Kris Van Wyk (RSA) bt Karan Singh 5-7, 7-5 (retired). Doubles (semifinals): Aleksandr Lobanov & Alexey Nesterov bt Niklas Schell (Ger) & Karan Singh 4-1 (retired).

-Kamesh Srinivasan

Priyanka Rana wins at the ITF junior tournament

Priyanka Rana beat Prisha Shinde 6-3, 6-0 in the girls final of the ITF junior tennis tournament at the Kalinga Stadium.

It was a double crown for Priyanka as she won the doubles title in partnership with Laxmisiri Dandu.

Praneel Sharma won the boys title, as he bounced back from a slow start to beat Shanker Heisnam 3-6, 6-2, 7-5.

Laxmisiri Dandu and Priyanka Rana, the doubles champions in the ITF junior tennis tournament. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement

Results:

Under-18 boys (final): Praneel Sharma bt Shanker Heisnam 3-6, 6-2, 7-5;

Semifinals: Praneel bt Aditya Mor 7-6(3), 6-1; Shanker bt Fateh Singh 6-1, 6-2.

Doubles (final): Ojas Mehlawat & Adhiraj Thakur bt Rohith Hari Balaji & V Thirumurugan 6-3, 6-2.

Under-18 girls (final): Priyanka Rana (USA) bt Prisha Shinde 6-3, 6-0;

Semifinals: Prisha bt Laxmisiri Dandu 7-5, 6-3; Priyanka bt Saumya Ronde 3-6, 6-0, 6-1;

Doubles (final): Laxmisiri Dandu & Priyanka Rana (USA) bt Aakruti Sonkusare & Sohini Mohanty 6-7(4), 6-4, [10-3].

-Kamesh Srinivasan

Uttar Karthik and Anandita Upadhyay wins AITA National series juniors

Uttar Karthik and Anandita Upadhyay won the boys and girls titles respectively in the AITA National series junior tennis tournament at the Joygaon Academy on Saturday.

Results (finals):

Under-16 boys: Uttam Karthik bt Kushagra Arora 6-2, 6-4.

Under-16 girls: Anandita Upadhyay bt Swasti Singh 6-0, 6-3.

-Kamesh Srinivasan

Rethin Pranav and Kriish Tyagi win doubles title

Rethin Pranav and Kriish Tyagi won the doubles title in the J300 ITF junior tennis tournament in Nonthaburi, Thailand. The Indian pair beat Kuan-Shou Chen and Ke Hau Hung of Taiwan 7-6(4), 6-1 in the doubles final.

Both Rethin and Kriish had lost in the third round of singles, in the competitive field.

-Kamesh Srinivasan

AITA ranking tournament: Vidhi Jani beat top seed Sejal Bhutada

Unseeded Vidhi Jani beat top seed Sejal Bhutada 6-2, 7-5 for the women’s title in the Rs.200,000 AITA ranking tennis tournament at the Ace Academy on Saturday.

It was an impressive run by Vidhi who had won three of her matches in three sets, including the one against second seed Sahira Singh in the quarterfinals.

In was anti climax in the men’s final, as Adil Kalyanpur gave a walkover to Dmitrii Baskov.

The results (finals):

Men: Dmitrii Baskov w.o. Adil Kalyanpur.

Women: Vidhi Jani bt Sejal Bhutada 6-2, 7-5.

-Kamesh Srinivasan

11th AITA National coaches workshop to be held in Pune

The 11th AITA National coaches workshop will be held at the PYC Hindu Gymkhana in Pune on June 7 and 8.

Tennis coaches, coaches from other sports, tennis facility managers, tennis enthusiasts and parents of players can attend the workshop.

The theme of the workshop this time would be, technology and allied services in tennis.

Miguel Crespo, Head of participation and education of the International Tennis Federation (ITF) will deliver the keynote address.

Dr. Ales Filipcic, the Davis Cup captain of Slovenia, and professor at the University of Ljubljana will also address the coaches in the conference.

The course fee will be Rs.9,000.

-Kamesh Srinivasan

BASKETBALL

Karnataka women beats Kerala National Junior Championship

Karnataka beat Kerala 65-63 to deny a knock-out berth in the women’s section in the 74th National Junior Basketball Championship at the Emerald Heights International school courts.

The defeat not only denied a pre-quarterfinal spot for Kerala but also got it relegated to level-2 for the next season.

Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Punjab, Maharashtra also made the quarterfinals of the women’s section, along with Karnataka. In the men’s section, defending champion Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Punjab, Chandigarh confirmed their spot in the quarterfinals.

The results (league):

Men:

Group-A: Uttar Pradesh 94 (Jatin 25, Vedansh Ranot 21, Harshit Tomar 21, Kunal Kumar Singh 18) bt Delhi 79 (Harsh 26, Sahil Dhaka 24, Anshuman Singh 18). Punjab 72 (Sahibjit Singh 25, Jaddu Man 14, Amandeep Singh 13, Ujwal 12) bt Kerala 65 (Niyukth Salil 18, Vinay Sankar 14, Jins Joby 12). Chandigarh 98 (Gaurav Kumar 32, Ravinder Kaushik 23) bt Delhi 73 (Anshuman Singh 17, Kismat 16, Sahil Dhaka 12, Kunal Kumar 10).

Group-B: Tamil Nadu 100 (Harish Aravind 18, Abhimanyu 16, Mithunvel 15) bt Andhra Pradesh 42 (Muhammed Shakeel 12). Rajasthan 68 (Ajay Kumar 15, Nitesh Kumar 13, Mayank Jawa 11, Pradhyumn Shekhawat 10) bt Odisha 26.

Women

Group-A: Karnataka 65 (Aadhya Gowda 15, Tanusree Tarun 14, Aditi Subramaniam 14) bt Kerala 63 (Amanda Rocha 20, Feba Fatima 10). Madhya Pradesh 83 (Gunvi Agarwal 30, Kushpal Singh 23) bt Tamil Nadu 71 (Theja Sri 22, Juana Chrisolin 16, Antheya Daisy16).

Group-B: Gujarat 92 (Aahana George 29, Niyathiba Gohel 24, Archi Patel 22) bt Punjab 79 (Komalpreet Kaur 26,, Nadar Dhillon 16, Gagandeep Kaur 12, Krishanpreet Kaur Mangat 10). Uttar Pradesh 66 (Sakshi Saini 20, Anushka Chouhan 16, Harsshita Goutham 12, Ruby Rajput 10) bt Chhattisgarh 43 (Ishika Ssingh 14, Komaldeep Kaur 11). Maharashtra 84 (Aananya Bhavsar 38 Trisha Ssharma 18) bt Uttar Pradesh 71 (Ruby Rajput 16).

-Kamesh Srinivasan

GOLF

Aditi makes cut in Founders Cup

India’s Aditi Ashok shot a bogey-free round to make the cut comfortably after a tough first round at the Founders Cup.

Aditi, who had a superb 2023, is still searching for her first LPGA win after seven years on the world’s biggest pro golf tour for women.

Aditi shot 3-over 75 on the opening day with two birdies, three bogeys and a double bogey.

Aditi Ashok of India plays her shot from the eighth tee during the first round of the Cognizant Founders Cup at Upper Montclair Country Club | Photo Credit: AFP

However, she recovered superbly on the second with three birdies and no bogeys for a 69, and at even par for two rounds, she was tied 48th and well inside the cut line. The cut fell at 1-over.

The 2023 LPGA Tour rookie Rose Zhang was atop the leaderboard after a second-round 68, putting her at 13-under over 36 holes of play. She shot 63 on the opening day.

Zhang was joined by Sweden’s Madelene Sagstrom, who fired off a 66 to follow up her opening round 65.

Zhang, with nine birdies and no bogeys on the opening day, had five birdies and a bogey on the second.

-PTI

Diksha hangs on, Pranavi at T-14 after wet second day in Korea

Indian golfer Diksha Dagar recovered from a rough first day while compatriots Pranavi Urs and Vani Kapoor managed to finish their second rounds at the Aramco Team Series Korea here on Saturday.

Pranavi (69-77) shot 5-over 77 but was sure to make the cut as she was 2-over for 36 holes. She was Tied-14th, down from overnight Tied-second.

Vani (77-74) was seven-over and Tied-55th and on the cut line. Diksha, playing her 100th LET event, recovered from her first round 79 and was 1-under through 10 holes and provisionally placed at T-50.

Pranavi had a choppy round with two birdies, five bogeys and a double bogey in her 77. Vani had three birdies, two bogeys and a double bogey in her 74.

As the rain poured down during round two at New Korea Country Club, the horn sounded at 4:15pm on Saturday, calling the players in. Later, a decision was made to suspend the action for the remainder of the day

-PTI