Indian sports wrap, May 26: Srihari wins silver in Mare Nostrum swimming

Here are all the major updates, scores, and results of Indians in the world of sports on Sunday, May 26.

FILE PHOTO: Srihari Nataraj clinched a silver medal in 50m backstroke event. | Photo Credit: AP

SWIMMING

Srihari wins silver in Mare Nostrum swimming

Ace India swimmer Srihari Nataraj clinched a silver medal in the 50m backstroke event at the 30th Mare Nostrum swimming tour at the Canet-en-Roussillon, France.

Nataraj, who competed a the Tokyo Olympics, clocked 25.50s to claim the second spot on the podium behind Hungary’s Adam Jaszo, who touched the pad at 25.46s while Scott Gibson of Great Britain finished third with a timing of 25.64s on Saturday.

Nataraj’s personal best in the event is 25.11s.

The 50m backstroke is a non-Olympic event. No Indian swimmer has made the cut for the Paris Games till now.

Sajan Prakash and Nataraj had made history in 2021 when they became the first two Indian swimmers to achieve the ‘A’ qualification mark for the Tokyo Olympics.

The Mare Nostrum Tour, which began on Saturday, is a nine-day competition conducted across three cities – Monaco, Barcelona and Canet.

- PTI

TENNIS

Tavish Pahwa, Parthasarathi Mundhe wins National sub-junior tennis championship title

Tavish Pahwa outplayed top seed Prateek Sheoran 6-4, 6-0 in the final of the Ramesh Desai memorial National sub-junior tennis championship at the KDLTA Complex on Sunday.

Coached by Todd Clark, it was a commendable effort by Tavish to win a double crown in the under-16 event, as he had earlier won the doubles title with Hruthik Katakam. Quite remarkably, Tavish had won a double crown in the National under-12 and under-14 championships over the last two years.

Tavish Pahwa and Parthsarthi Mundhe, who won a double crown each in the National sub-junior tennis championship in Kolhapur | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT

The girls title was bagged by Parthsarthi Mundhe as she raced past Ranjhana Sangram for the loss of four games. It was a double crown for her also, as she had won the doubles title with Akansha Ghosh.

The results (final):

Under-16 boys:

Tavish Pahwa bt Prateek Sheoran 6-4, 6-0

Under-16 girls:

Parthsarthi Mundhe bt Ranjhana Sangram 6-1, 6-3

-Kamesh Srinivasan

Aryan Shah and Adhithya Ganesanv doubles pair win $15,000 ITF men’s tennis tournament

Aryan Shah in partnership with Adhithya Ganesan of USA beat Max Benaim and Daniel Vishnick of Britain 6-1, 6-4 in the doubles final of the $15,000 ITF men’s tennis tournament in Kingston, Jamaica, on Saturday.

It was a maiden title in the professional circuit for the 18-year-old Aryan who had made the singles and doubles final last week in the same place.

Meanwhile, the commendable run of National champion Siddharth Vishwakarma was stopped in the final of the $25,000 event in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, as he was beaten 6-2, 6-2 by Philip Henning of South Africa.

The results:

$25,000 ITF men, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Singles (final): Philip Henning (RSA) bt Siddharth Vishwakarma 6-2, 6-2.

$15,000 ITF men, Kingston, Jamaica Doubles (final): Adhithya Ganesan (USA) & Aryan Shah bt Max Benaim & Daniel Vishnick (GBR) 6-1, 6-4.

-Kamesh Srinivasan

SQUASH

Ravindu Laksiri, Rathika Suthanthira Seelan win PSA Challenger title

Top seeds Ravindu Laksiri of Srilanka and Rathika Suthanthira Seelan won the men’s and women’s titles in the HCL $6,000 PSA Challenger squash tournament at the Daly College on Sunday.

Both won their matches in straight games against Om Semwal and Pooja Arthi respectively.

The results (final):

Men:

Ravindu Laksiri (Sri) bt Om Semwal 11-6, 11-6, 11-4.

Women:

Rathika Suthanthira Seelan bt Pooja Arthi 11-4, 11-6, 11-3.

-Kamesh Srinivasan

Aryaveer Dewan pipped Shiven Agarwal in the Indian Open junior squash tournament

Aryaveer Dewan pipped Shiven Agarwal 11-6, 6-11, 11-9, 10-12, 15-13 in the under-16 boys semifinals of the HCL Indian Open junior squash tournament at the Daly College on Sunday.

In the final, Aryaveer will play Subhash Choudhary.

In an equally engrossing match, Anika Dubey fought her way past Kaashvi Mangal 11-4, 11-5, 9-11, 9-11, 15-13 to set up the under-15 girls final against Riyansika Verma.

The results (semifinals):

Boys: Under-19:Yuvraj Wadhwani bt KS Arihant 9-11, 11-6, 6-11, 11-1, 11-2; Tavneet Singh bt Ansh Tripathi 11-7, 11-6, 11-3.

Under-17: Aryaveer Dewan bt Shiven Agarwal 11-6, 6-11, 11-9, 10-12, 15-13; Subhash Choudhary bt Erwin Kros 8-11, 8-11, 11-2, 11-5, 11-6.

Under-15: Savir Sood bt Lokesh Subramani 8-11, 11-13, 11-3, 11-6, 13-11; Hridhaan Shah bt Saharsh Shahra 11-6, 8-11, 11-4, 7-11, 11-1.

Under-13: Shresht Iyer bt Jackrish Kumar 11-6, 11-5, 9-11, 11-7; Dhruv Bopana bt Fareed Andrabi 13-11, 11-5, 14-12.

Under-11: Amarya Bajaj bt Vihaan Chandhok 11-6, 11-9, 11-8; Dhairya Gogia bt Mohammed Toheedtanveer 12-10, 11-7, 11-6.

Girls: Under-19: Anahat Singh bt Yashi Jain 11-1, 11-2, 11-3; Reiva Nimbalkar bt Aryaa Dwivedi 6-11, 11-7, 12-10, 11-7.

Under-17: Navya Sundararajan bt Rudra Singh 11-9, 8-11, 11-6, 11-13, 11-4; Unnati Tripathi bt Akanksha Gupta 11-9, 11-8, 14-12.

Under-15: Anika Dubey bt Kaashvi Mangal 11-4, 11-5, 9-11, 9-11, 15-13;Riyansika Verma bt Devashree Arora 8-11, 11-9, 11-9, 4-11, 11-5.

Under-13: M Goushika bt Anika Kalanki 11-9, 11-9, 11-9; Diva Parasrampuria bt Gauri Jaiswal 11-8, -11, 11-7, 12-10.

Under-11:Kareena Sashikumar bt Shanaya Parasrampuria 11-9, 11-3, 11-4; Divyansh Jain bt Isha Shelke 11-8, 11-0, 11-0

-Kamesh Srinivasan