Indian sports wrap, September 16: Lahiri finishes sixth in LIV Chicago, wins team title

Here are all the major updates, scores, and results of Indians in the world of sports on September 15.

From left to right, Team Champions Anirban Lahiri, Charles Howell III, captain Bryson DeChambeau and Paul Casey, all of Crushers GC, pose with the trophy. | Photo Credit: AP

GOLF

Lahiri finishes sixth in LIV Chicago, wins team title

Anirban Lahiri carded a final round 3-under 67 to secure a tied-sixth finish, while Jon Rahm won his second tournament in three starts to claim the season-long individual championship at the LIV Golf Chicago.

Lahiri had four birdies and a single bogey, giving him rounds of 67-71-67 for a 5-under total.

His team, Crushers, grabbed the team title with other members being Bryson DeChambeau, Paul Casey and David Howell III.

The 29-year-old Spanish star Rahm shot a bogey-free 4-under 66 at Bolingbrook Golf Club to hold off Torque GC Captain Joaquin Niemann to win both LIV Golf Chicago and the individual title here on Sunday.

-PTI

TENNIS

Top seed Ajay Malik wins AITA men’s tennis tournament

Top seed Ajay Malik beat eighth seed Vansh Nandal 6-4, 6-4 in the final of the Rs.100,000 AITA men’s tennis tournament at the Ace Academy.

Ajay did not drop a set in the whole tournament, and Vansh was equally authoritative till he reached the final.

The results (final):

Final: Ajay Malik bt Vansh Nandal 6-4, 6-4;

Semifinals: Vansh bt Aryan Chauhan 6-1, 6-1; Ajay bt Yuvraj Soni 6-2, 6-2.

-Kamesh Srinivasan

SHOOTING

Anmol Jain shoots gold at Topgun Cup

In a stellar display of skill and precision, India shooter Anmol Jain clinched gold in the men’s 10m air pistol event, while American marksman Jeff Browning took the top prize in the men’s 10m air rifle at Topgun Cup here.

Held at the newly inaugurated Topgun Shooting Academy, the two-day competition brought together some of the top shooting talent.

-PTI

BRIDGE

Gopika Tandan and Arun Jain win Mixed IMP Pairs event at 21st International bridge championship

Gopika Tandan and Arun Jain won the Mixed IMP Pairs event with 69 points in the 21st International bridge championship.

The pair of Alka Kshirsagar and Joyrup Mullick finished runner-up, as they missed the top spot by one point. The champion team collected Rs.2,50,000 and the runner-up Rs.1,80,000.

With a total of 102 pairs competing in the event, the top 26 qualified for the finals. The next set of 24 teams competed in the silver category. TV Ramani and Bindiya Kohli won the silver event with 72.2 points, and pocketed Rs.60,000. The event carried a total prize purse of Rs.1,50,000 for the top three teams.

In the Strata-II pairs event, which featured 43 teams, Aditi Sahastrabuddhe and Hemant Purkar won with 91.8 points, and won a prize of Rs.16,000.

The championship continues with the main event of Team of Four gold and silver.

The results:

Mixed IMP Pairs: 1. Arun Jain & Gopika Tandon 69 (Rs.2,50,000); 2. Alka Kshirsagar & Joyrup Mullick 68 (Rs.1,80,000); 3. Marianne Karmarkar & Sandeep Karmarkar 54.3 (Rs.1,20,000).

Mixed IMP Pairs Silver: 1. TV Ramani & Bindiya Kohli 72.2; 2. Dagmar Neumann & Maurits van der Vlugt 60; 3. Timur Edis & Elvan Edis 48.

Mixed IMP Pairs Strata-II: 1. Aditi Sahastrabuddhe & Hemant Purkar 91.8; 2. Amarjit Wadhawan & Nikita Kamal 90.7; 3. Kamna Sharma & Ajus Kantii Baroi 78.4.

-Kamesh Srinivasan

HOCKEY

Semifinal line-up set for National Junior Men’s Hockey

Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Punjab advanced to the semifinals of the 14th Hockey India Junior Men National Championship here on Monday.

In the first quarterfinal, Karnataka defeated Madhya Pradesh 2-2 (5-4 via shoot-out) in a closely contested game whereas Uttar Pradesh beat Manipur 3-2 in another hard-fought contest.

In other quarterfinals, Haryana defeated Jharkhand 2-2 (3-1 via shoot-out), while Punjab also eked out a narrow 3-3 (4-3 shoot-out) win over Odisha.

In the semifinals to be played on Wednesday, Karnataka will take on Uttar Pradesh while Haryana will be up against Punjab.

-PTI