Indian sports wrap, September 21: Three Indians make cut as Ridhima T-15 at La Sella Open
Here are all the major updates, scores, and results of Indians in the world of sports on September 21.
Published : Sep 21, 2024 16:26 IST , Chennai - 5 MINS READ
Pranavi Urs in action. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
GOLF
Three Indians make cut as Ridhima T-15 at La Sella Open
Three Indians -- Ridhima Dilawari, Pranavi Urs and and Tvesa Malik -- made the halfway cut, while Seher Atwal missed out by just one shot after Round 2 at the La Sella Open.
The cut fell at level par with 62 players making it through to the final two days.
Ridhima (70-71) was tied-15th, while Pranavi (72-71) and Tvesa (70-74) were T-34th and T-52nd respectively. Seher missed out after rounds of 72 and 73.
Ridhima, who started from the 10th, dropped a shot on the 13th, but quickly made up with birdies on the 14th and the 18th to turn in 1-under. A bogey on the first pegged her back, but she birdied the fifth, dropped a shot on the seventh and closed with a birdie for a 1-under 71.
Pranavi had four birdies against three bogeys in her 71 and ensured the weekend rounds.
Tvesa had to fight hard as she had one eagle, one birdie and five bogeys in a round of 74 as she squeezed inside the cut-line.
Kirsten Rudgeley, Sara Kouskova and Virginia Elena Carta are tied for the lead at the halfway mark, with all three ending day 2 on seven-under par
-PTI
Shubhankar Sharma misses cut at Wentworth
Indian golfer Shubhankar Sharma ended a disappointing week early, missing the the cut at the BMW PGA Championship.
Sharma had two birdies and three bogeys in a row in the middle of the round. He then birdied on the 12th followed by a bogey on the 15th for a second round of 74.
He had shot 75 in the first round.
Matthew Baldwin consolidated his strong start with a brilliant 66 to sit two shots clear after day two of the championship.
The Englishman was one of two players -- the other being Frenchman Jeong weon Ko -- to keep a clean card during Thursday’s opening round of 65 at the third Rolex Series tournament of the year, and he continued his fine form on Friday.
-PTI
TENNIS
Prashanth-Nedunchezhiyan and Yuki move to semifinals in separate events in China
India’s Vijay Sundar Prashanth and Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan found a way to prevail over second seeds Julian Cash and Llyod Glasspool in a tough battle in the Hangzhou Open quarterfinals while Yuki Bhambri progressed to the Chengdu Open semifinals with his partner on Saturday.
In Hangzhou, Prashanth and left-handed Nedunchezhiyan lost the opening set but came back strong to emerge 6-7 (4), 7-6 (6), 10-8 winners in an energy-sapping contest that also tested their nerves. The match lasted two hours. They next face third seeds Ariel Behar and Robert Galloway.
“We played a good match. We knew we are playing a good team. I don’t think they have played together before. Both of them have big serves. We knew if we kept holding our service games, we will have chances in the tie break,” said Prashanth.
“We took the mini chances in the tie break. We stuck to our team plan,” added Prashanth, who played the first half of the season with Anirudh Chandrasekar before teaming up with Nedunchezhiyan.
In Chengdu, Bhambri and his third seeded French partner Albano Olivetti also came back after losing the first set to win 5-7, 6-3, 12-10 against Gonzalo Escobar and Diego Hidalgo.
They are now up against second seeds Ivand Dodig (Croatia) and Rafael Matos (Brazil).
-PTI
BRIDGE
HCL International Championship: Wham beats Shourie in final of Team of Four Gold event
Wham, comprising Sartaj Hans, Andy Hung, Michael Whibley and Matthew Brown beat Shourie 117-98 in the final of the Team of Four Gold event in the 21st HCL International Bridge championship here on Saturday.
It was Shourie, comprising, Rajath Shourie, Gavin Wolpert, John Kranyak, Vincent Demuy, Kevin Bathurst and John Hurd that led 71-63 at the halfway stage, but Wham stepped it up dramatically in the third session and sustained the tempo in the fourth to emerge triumphant.
The champion team collected Rs.44,00,000. The runner-up got Rs.24,00,000.
WBT Bridge App beat Vedic 116-58 for the third place and pocketed Rs.12,00,000. The fourth placed team won Rs.9,00,000.
In the Team of Four Silver event, Rscs, comprising Ramopasad Das, Subrata Chakraborty, Sanjay Raha and Chandan Choudhury, beat Jackalls 119-84.6 in the final.
The winner got Rs.16,00,000 and the runner-up, comprising D.P. Acharya, Shubham Acharya, Mridul Das, Mukesh Ghatia, Shubrajit Mukhopadhyay and Hemant Kumar Sarma, was presented Rs.9,20,000. Sahyadri beat Sabass 77-58 for the third place. The two teams shared Rs.9,40,000 between them.
- Kamesh Srinivasan
HOCKEY
MCC-Murugappa Gold Cup: Army draws with defending champion Indian Railways; Tamil Nadu scripts its first win after beating Maharashtra
A last-gasp goal by Jobanpreet Singh ensured Indian Army drew 2-2 with defending champion Indian Railways in a Pool-A contest of the 95th MCC-Murugappa Gold Cup All-India hockey tournament held here on Saturday.
Earlier, in another Pool-A tie, host Tamil Nadu scripted a convincing 4-1 victory over Maharashtra for its first win while in a Pool-B match, former champion IOC eked out a 3-2 win over Karnataka.
Railways looked aggressive in the first quarter with the team looking like a well-oiled unit. Army, too, was up to the task. Though not as flashy as its opponent, Army remained competitive with its in-the-trenches approach.
Trailing 1-2, Army equalised with a peach of a goal by Jobanpreet, who made a short and quick run from inside the circle to flick it home.
It was a morale-boosting victory for Tamil Nadu, and it came against a side that just the other day, upset former champion BPCL with a come-from-behind win.
The results:
- Team Sportstar