Indian sports news wrap, March 16: Bopanna/Ebden reach Indian Wells semifinals

Here are all the major updates in Indian sports on March 16.

Published : Mar 16, 2023 19:31 IST - 1 MIN READ

Representative image: The other semifinal in the ITF junior tennis tournament will be between Fateh Singh and Samarth Sahita.
Representative image: The other semifinal in the ITF junior tennis tournament will be between Fateh Singh and Samarth Sahita. | Photo Credit: Getty Images
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Representative image: The other semifinal in the ITF junior tennis tournament will be between Fateh Singh and Samarth Sahita. | Photo Credit: Getty Images

TENNIS

Vihaan advances to ITF juniors semifinals

Vihaan Reddy blanked Keshav Goel to set up a semifinal against Kashit Nagrale in the ITF junior tennis tournament at the Shanti Academy on Thursday.

The other semifinal will be between Fateh Singh and Samarth Sahita.

In the girls section, the four semifinal spots were swept by the Kazakhs, Aruzhan Nuranbay, Albina Kakenova, Anastasiya Krymkova and the champion of the last tournament Ariana Gogulina.

The results (quarterfinals):
Boys: Fateh Singh bt Parv Patel 6-3, 7-5; Samarth Sahita bt Mayank Sharma 6-2, 6-1; Vihaan Reddy bt Keshav Goel 6-0, 6-0; Kashit Nagrale bt Rishivandhan Sadeeshkumar 6-3, 6-4.
Girls: Aruzhan Nuranbay (Kaz) bt Angel Patel 6-0, 6-0; Albina Kakenova (Kaz) bt Satima Toregen (Kaz) 7-5, 7-5; Ariana Gogulina (Kaz) bt Aanya Choubey (USA) 6-1, 6-4; Anastasiya Krymkova (Kaz) bt NainikaReddy 6-3,7-5.

-Kamesh Srinivasan

Bopanna/Ebden reach semifinals at Indian Wells

Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden beat the Canadian stars Felix Auger-Aliassime and Denis Shapovalov 6-4, 7-5 in the doubles quarterfinals of the $10,143,750 ATP tennis tournament in Indian Wells, USA.

In the semifinals, the Indo-Aussie duo will play the Americans, John Isner and Jack Sock.

Results
$10,143,750 ATP, Indian Wells, USA
Doubles (quarterfinals): Rohan Bopanna & Matthew Ebden (Aus) bt Felix Auger-Aliassime & Denis Shapovalov (Can) 6-4, 7-5.
€36,000 Challenger, Szekesfehervar, Hungary
Doubles (quarterfinals): Sarp Agabigun & Ergi Kirkin (Tur) bt Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (Pak) & Ramkumar Ramanathan 7-6(4), 6-3; Purav Raja & Divij Sharan bt Rimpei Kawakami 9Jpn) & Aldin Setkic (BIH) 3-6, 6-3, [10-8].
$15,000 ITF men, Kish Island, Iran
Singles (pre-quarterfinals): SD Prajwal Dev bt Alexander Chepik 6-1, 6-2.
Doubles (quarterfinals): Leonardo Catani & Marco Miceli (Ita) bt SD Prajwal Dev & Sai Karteek REddy 4-6, 7-6(3), [10-8]; Alexandru Dumitru & Dan Tomescu (Rou) bt Ishaque Eqbal & Darrshan Suresh (Mas) 6-4, 6-4; Maxence Broville & Lilian Marmousez (Fra) bt Parth Aggarwal & Shahbaaz Khan 6-4, 7-6(4).

-Kamesh Srinivasan

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