Indian sports wrap, May 16: Mahika Khanna sets up ITF Juniors semifinal clash against top seed Laxmisiri
Here are all the major updates, scores, and results of Indians in the world of sports on Thursday, May 16.
Published : May 16, 2024 17:49 IST , CHENNAI - 3 MINS READ
FILE PHOTO: Mahika Khanna (left). | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
TENNIS
ITF Juniots Tennis Tournament: Mahika Khanna sets up semifinal clash against top seed Laxmisiri Dandu
Mahika Khanna eased past fourth seed Prisha Shinde 6-3, 6-3 to set up a semifinal against top seed Laxmisiri Dandu in the girls section of the ITF Junior tennis tournament at the Vijay Khand tennis arena on Thursday.
The other semifinal will be between Aishwarya Jadhav and Jaya Kapoor.
In the boys section, top seed Kandhavel Mahalingam outplayed Tavish Pahwa for the loss of two games to set up a semifinal against third seed and champion of the last tournament, Praneel Sharma.
The other semifinal will be between Pradyumna Tomar and second seed Shanker Heisnam.
The results (quarterfinals):
-Kamesh Srinivasan
National Series Juniors: Sara Hooda reaches semis
Sara Hooda beat fourth seed Disha Kumar 6-4, 3-6, 6-0 in the girls’ quarterfinals of the AITA National Series under-16 tennis tournament at the Joygaon Academy on Thursday.
Sara will play Simar Gill in the semifinals. The other semifinal will be between top seed Swasti Singh and third seed Aaradhya Meena.
The results (quarterfinals):
-Kamesh Srinivasan
Rutuja Bhosale reaches quarterfinals after beating Aoi Ito
Rutuja Bhosale outplayed Aoi Ito of Japan 6-2, 6-0 in the pre-quarterfinals of the $60,000 ITF women’s tennis tournament in Kurume, Japan, on Thursday.
In the €205,000 Challenger in Bordeaux, France, alternate entrant Harold Mayot beat Sumit Nagal 6-2, 6-2 in the first round.
The results:
-Kamesh Srinivasan
CRICKET
Goswami Ganesh Dutt tournament
Vision Panchal took three wickets and scored an unbeaten 19 to help Sporting Club to a four-wicket victory over Delhi Challengers in the semifinals of the 49th all-India Goswami Ganesh Dutt cricket tournament at the Khalsa College ground on Thursday.
Delhi Challengers scored 263, thanks to fluent knocks by Dheeru Singh (84) and Bhagmender Lather (72). Sporting CC reached the target with three overs to spare thanks to fine batting by Himanshu Rana, Hardik Sharma and Rishabh Drall.
Vision Panchal was declared the Kimati man-of-the-match.
In the second semifinal, Sehgal CC will play Rajnigandha Achiever on Friday.
The scores:
-Kamesh Srinivasan
GOLF
Amundi German Masters, Ladies European Tour: Amateur Avani, Tvesa best Indians at tied 17th
Pranavi Urs landed two eagles in a space of four holes but finished with a triple bogey for a round of 74 on the opening day of the Amundi German Masters on the Ladies European Tour.
Indian golfers had mixed luck in the opening round as the 21-year-old Mysuru golfer, Pranavi, playing her first year on the LET, was tied-third at one stage at 2-under but finally finished 2-over 74 and was tied-42nd.
Amateur Avani Prashanth and seasoned Tvesa Malik, trying to get back to the LET, shot even par 72 each to be tied 17th and the best Indians on a difficult first day.
The leader was local Patricia Isabel Schmidt, who carded 4-under with six birdies and a double bogey in her 68. Also, at 4-under was Swedish amateur Meja Ortengren, who still had four holes to play.
They were followed by Austrian Emma Spitz (69), who had seven birdies and four bogeys.
Among the other Indians, Diksha Dagar (74) was also T-42 and tied with Pranavi.
Amandeep Drall, making her first start on LET this season, and Vani Kapoor, were also 2-over but were yet to finish their first round.
Vani had three more holes to play, and Amandeep had four to go.
Sneha Singh was 3-over with three more holes to play.
-PTI