Indian sports wrap, May 17: Unseeded Viraj to face top seed Uttam for title in AITA National series

Here are all the major updates, scores, and results of Indians in the world of sports on Friday, May 17.

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TENNIS

AITA National series: Viraj to meet top seed Uttam in title clash

Unseeded Viraj Chhoudhary beat Abhiudai Singh 6-3, 6-3 to set up a title clash against top seed Uttam Karthik in the under-16 boys section of the AITA National series junior tennis tournament at the Joygaon Academy on Friday.

The result

Under-16 boys (semifinals): Uttam Karthik bt Advit Tiwari 6-4, 6-2; Viraj Choudhary bt Abhiudai Singh 6-3, 6-3.

Doubles (final): Paranjay Siwach & Viraj Choudhary bt Avi Agarwal & Abhiudai Singh 6-1, 5–7, [10-8].

Under-16 girls (semifinals): Swasti Singh bt Aaradhya Meena 5-1 (conceded); Sara Hooda bt Simar Gill 6-2, 2-0 (conceded).

Doubles (final): Disha Kumar & Sara Hooda bt Aavika Sheoran & Pragya Sharma 6-1, 6-1.

-Team Sportstar

Junior Billie Jean King Cup U-16: Maaya beats Hikari but Japan snatches thrilling 2-1 win over India

Maaya Rajeshwaran won her singles 6-2, 7-6(0) against Hikari Yamamoto, but Japan snatched a thrilling 2-1 victory over India in the quarterfinals of the Asia-Oceania Junior Billie Jean King Cup under-16 girls tennis tournament in Shymkent, Kazakhstan.

Maaya and Diya Ramesh were up a set in the decisive doubles, but Kurea Hayasaka and Kanon Sawashiro pulled through to a 3-6, 7-5, [10-2] victory.

The results (quarterfinals)

Japan bt India 2-1 (Kanon Sawashiro bt Diya Ramesh 6-2, 6-1; Hikari Yamamoto lost to Maaya Rajeshwaran 2-6, 6-7(0); Kurea Hayasaka & Kanon Sawashiro bt Maaya & Diya 3-6, 7-5, [10-2].

-Team Sportstar

ITF junior: Laxmisiri beats double partner Mahika in girls semifinal

Laxmisiri Dandu beat her doubles partner Mahika Khanna 6-3, 6-4 in the girls semifinals of the ITF junior tennis tournament at the Vijay Khand tennis arena on Friday.

In the final, Laxmisiri will play fifth seed Aishwarya Jadhav. Laxmisiri and Mahika won the doubles title, beating Aishwarya and Aakruti Sonkusare 6-2, 7-5.

The results

Boys (semifinals): Kandhavel Mahalingam bt Praneel Sharma 6-1, 6-2; Shanker Heisnam bt Pradyumna Tomar 6-1, 6-0.

Doubles (final): Ojas Mehlawat & Adhiraj Thakur bt Aditya Mor & Praneel Sharma 7-5, 6-2.

Girls (semifinals): Laxmisiri Dandu bt Mahika Khanna 6-3, 6-4; Aishwarya Jadhav bt Jaya Kapoor 7-6(3), 6-3.

Doubles (final): Laxmisiri Dandu & Mahika Khanna bt Aishwarya Jadhav & Aakruti Sonkusare 6-2, 7-5.

-Team Sportstar

Bordeaux Challenger Tennis: Yuki-Albano duo win doubles pre-quarterfinals

Yuki Bhambri in partnership with Albano Olivetti beat Robin Haase and Philipp Oswald 5-7, 6-3, [10-5] in the doubles pre-quarterfinals of the €205,000 Challenger tennis tournament in Bordeaux, France.

The results

€205,000 Challenger, Bordeaux, France Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Yuki Bhambri & Albano Olivetti (Fra) bt Robin Haase (Ned) & Philipp Oswald (Aut) 5-7, 6-3, [10-5].

€74,825 Challenger, Oeiras, Portugal Doubles (quarterfinals): Anirudh Chandrasekar & Arjun Kadhe bt Dmitry Popko & Beibit Zhukayev (Kaz) 6-3, 6-3.

$15,000 ITF men, Kalmar, Sweden Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Nicolas Parizzia (Sui) bt Yuvan Nandal 4-6, 6-3, 6-1.

$15,000 ITF men, Kingston, Jamaica Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Aryan Shah bt Andrew Fenty (USA) 6-2, 6-2.

Doubles (quarterfinals): Leo Borg (Swe) & Aryan Shah bt Kosuke Ogura & Leon Vithoontien (Jpn) 6-4, 6-4.

$15,000 ITF men, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Singles (quarterfinals): Phillip Henning (RSA) bt Ishaque Eqbal 7-6(2), 6-2; Luca Fantini (Ita) bt SD Prajwal Dev 6-7(4), 6-1, 7-6(3).

Doubles (semifinals): Chirag Duhan & Maik Steiner (Ger) bt Siddhant Banthia & Nitin Kumar Sinha 7-6(3), 6-3.

$60,000 ITF women, Kurume, Japan Singles (quarterfinals): Arina Rodionova bt Rutuja Bhosale 6-1, 6-7(5), 4-1 (retired).

$60,000 ITF women, Zagreb, Croatia Doubles (final): Celine Naef (Sui) & Laura Pigossi (Bra) bt Emily Appleton (GBR) & Prarthana Thombare 4-6, 6-1, [10-8].

$15,000 ITF women, Kursumlijska, Serbia Doubles (quarterfinals): Virginia Ferrara (Ita) & Michaela Laki (Gre) bt Samantha Nloga (USA) & Prathyusha Rachapudi 6-1, 6-1.

-Team Sportstar

CRICKET

Goswami Ganesh Dutt tournament: Sehgal Cricket Club beats Rajnigandha Achievers in semifibals

A fluent 129 off 91 balls with 20 fours and a six by wicket-keeper opener Chetan Bisht powered Sehgal Cricket Club to a six-wicket victory over Rajnigandha Achievers in the semifinals of the 49th all-India Goswami Ganesh Dutt cricket tournament at the Khalsa College ground on Friday.

Captain Prince Yadav (50) and the other opener Mohd. Arslan Khan (46) also played their part well in helping Sehgal CC chase the target of 283 set by Rajnigandha Achievers, with 5.3 overs to spare.

Earlier, Anmol Sharma’s 77-ball 97 with eight 4s and four sixes helped Rajnigandha Achievers pose a good total.

Chetan Bisht, who also executed three dismissals as the wicket-keeper, was declared the Kimati man-of-the-match.

In the final, to be played on Sunday, Sehgal CC will play Sporting CC.

The scores:

Rajnigandha Achievers 282/9 in 40 overs (Anmol Sharma 97, Deepanshu Phore 50, Vishal Choudhary 3/31; Faizan Alam 3/59) lost to Sehgal CC 283/4 in 34.3 overs (Chetan Bisht 129, Prince Yadav 50, Mohd. Arslan Khan 46).

-Team Sportstar

GOLF

Disappointing start for Aditi Ashok at Mizuho Americas Open

Aditi Ashok had a disappointing start at the Mizuho Americas Open, carding 4-over 76, which placed her Tied-99th and in danger of missing the cut.

Aditi, who is still looking for her first top-10 finish of 2024 on the LPGA, had two birdies against six bogeys.

LPGA Tour rookie, Korea’s So Mi Lee shot 6-under 66 to take the lead, while Japan’s Mao Saigo shot a 4-under 68 in the first round to sit at tied second.

Four players sit in a tie for second, including Saigo, Bianca Pagdanganan of the Philippines, Australia’s Gabriela Ruffels and America’s Andrea Lee.

Ruffels was one of four players to go bogey-free on Thursday at Liberty National Golf Club.

Defending LPGA Tour champion Rose Zhang, who became a Rolex First-Time Winner and an official Tour member with her win at last year’s Mizuho Americas Open, withdrew from the field after playing her first three holes.

-PTI

CARROM

Carrom Association of Telangana to conduct All India Inter-Institutions carrom championship

Carrom Association of Telangana president K. Santhosh Kumar (left) with the general secretary S. Madanraj at the formal announcement of the All India Inter-Institutions carrom championship in Nizamabad later this month. | Photo Credit: V V Subrahmanyam/The Hindu

The Carrom Association of Telangana (CAT) will organise the Union Bank of India-All India Inter-Institutions carrom championship for men and women for the first time at Navya Bharathi Global School in Nizamabad (Telangana) from May 23 to 26.

According to the President of CAT K Santosh Kumar, some of the big names of Indian carrom including reigning world champion Sandeep Dive of Jain Irrigation, reigning national champion K. Srinivas (IOC), former national champion Yogesh Pardesi, Prashant More in the men’s section.

Reigning world and national champion Rashmi Kumari, former national champions S. Appoorwa and P. Nirmala, both from LIC will be in action in the women’s category.

There will be about 20 Institution teams which will vie for top honours in the championship which features team events for men and women separately and also men’s and women’s singles. The venue will also host Veterans Nationals for men and women on May 25 and 26.

The Comptroller & Auditor General men’s team comprises V. Anil Kumar, R.D. Dinesh Babu and D. Ravinder Goud.

“As part of the golden jubilee celebrations of the CAT, we will be honouring all those who have put up 50 years of service in carrom and a special event is being organised to felicitate B.K. Haranath, founder-president, for his outstanding contribution to the sport over the years,” Santhosh said.

“We all know the contribution of Mr. Haranath who promoted the sport over the years from the days when the sport had no patronage. His efforts to scout and groom young talent which saw the State produce so many national and international champions have helped about 40 players get jobs in the Public Sector Undertakings and Institutions like the Reserve Bank of India, LIC, AG’s Office, IOC,” the CAT chief explained.

International Carrom Federation Secretary General V.D. Narayan, and Dr. Neeraj Kumar Sampathy, senior vice-president of All India Carrom Federation, will be present at the event.

- V V Subrahmanyam