Indian sports news wrap, November 22

Here are all the major developments from Indian sports on November 22, 2022.

Published : Nov 22, 2022 19:18 IST

REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE: Siddharth Vishwakar lost to Vladyslav Orlov  6-3, 4-6, 7-5.
REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE: Siddharth Vishwakar lost to Vladyslav Orlov  6-3, 4-6, 7-5. | Photo Credit: Getty Images
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REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE: Siddharth Vishwakar lost to Vladyslav Orlov  6-3, 4-6, 7-5. | Photo Credit: Getty Images

TENNIS

ITF men’s tournament

Former national champion Siddharth Vishwakar let the top seed Vladyslav Orlov off the hook in the first round of the USD 15,000 ITF men’s tennis tournament at the BSP Tennis Complex in Bhilai on Tuesday.

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Vishwakarma led 3-0 and 4-2 in the decider, before being beaten 6-3, 4-6, 7-5 by Orlov. He missed three game points to force the tie-break in the decider.

The results
Singles (first round): Vladyslav Orlov (Ukr) bt Siddharth Vishwakarma 6-3, 4-6, 7-5; Ryotaro Matsumura (Jpn) bt Shourya Manik 6-2, 6-1.
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Rithvik Bollipalli & NIki Poonacha bt Caleb Strother (USA) & Atharvarai Balani 6-0, 6-0; Faisal Qamar & Parikshit Somani bt Shahbaaz Khan & Siddharth Vishwakarma 6-2, 6-2; Bekhan Atlangeriev & Ivan Denisov (Rus) bt Parth Aggarwal & Sidharth Rawat 6-4, 4-6, [10-4]; Ryuki Matsuda & Ryotaro Matsumura (Jpn) bt Bharath Kumaran & Shashank Theertha 6-2, 6-7(8), [10-5]; Madhwin Kamath & Guhan Rajan bt Dhruv Hirpara & Shourya Manik 3-6, 6-3, [14-12]; Chandril Sood & Lakshit Sood bt Rishi Reddy & Abhinav Sanjeev Shanmugam 6-1, 6-4; Rishab Agarwal & Sai Karteek Reddy Ganta bt Ishaque Eqbal & Nitin Kumar Sinha 6-3, 6-3; Dalwinder Singh & Karan Singh bt Boris Butulija (Srb) & Vladyslav Orlov (Ukr) 7-6(5), 6-4.
Qualifying singles (third and final round): Suraj Prabodh bt Ivan Denisov (Rus) 7-6(8), 6-3; VM Ranjeet bt Dheeraj Srinivasan 6-1, 6-2; Shivank Bhatnagar bt Maanav Jain 7-5, 6-2; Ajay Malik bt Suhith Reddy Lanka 6-1, 2-6, [10-7]; Raghav Jaisinghani bt Sushant Dabas 6-4, 7-5; Manish Ganesh bt Yash Chaurasia 6-3, 6-2.

Kamesh Srinivasan

ITF juniors

Qualifier Aanya Choubey of the USA beat sixth seed Nandini Dixit 6-4, 7-5 in the girls first round of the ITF grade-4 junior tennis tournament at the DLTA Complex in New Delhi on Tuesday.

The results (first round)
Boys: Kriish Tyagi bt Pratyaksh 6-2, 6-4; Kandhavel Mahalingam bt Shanker Heisnam 7-6 (4), 6-4; Aleksandar Daskalovic (Srb) bt Shivam Kadam 7-5, 6-3; Varun Verma bt Luc Wieland (Sui) 6-4, 6-4.
Girls: Angeles Rodriguez-Rizo (Mex) bt Aarushi Raval 6-3, 6-2; Nemha Kispotta bt Chahana Budhbhatti 6-4, 6-3; Aanya Choubey bt Nandini Dixit 6-4, 7-5; Margot Phanthala (Fra) bt Riya Sachdeva 6-1, 6-2.

Kamesh Srinivasan

ATP Challenger

Top seed Kaichi Uchida of Japan beat Prajnesh Gunneswaran 6-3, 1-6, 6-3 in the first round of the USD 53,120 Challenger tennis tournament in Yokkaichi, Japan, on Tuesday. In another first-round match, qualifier Colin Sinclair of Northern Mariana Islands outplayed Ramkumar Ramanathan 6-2, 6-2.

The results ($53,120 Challenger, Yokkaichi, Japan)
Singles (first round): Kaichi Uchida (Jpn) bt Prajnesh Gunneswaran 6-3, 1-6, 6-3; Colin Sinclair (NMI) bt Ramkumar Ramanathan 6-2, 6-2.
The results ($15,000 ITF women, Nairobi, Kenya)
Singles (first round): Laalitya Kalluri bt Divine Dasan Nweke (Ngr) 6-3, 0-6, 7-5; Emma Tothova (Svk) bt Lakshmi Gowda 6-1, 6-0; Smriti Bhasin bt Komal Nagare 6-1, 6-2.
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Angella Okutoyi (Ken) & Smriti Bhasin bt Reha Kipsang (Ken) & Sonia Tuyishime (Rwa) 6-0, 6-0; Sabastiani Leon (USA) & Sharmada Balu bt Shana Mao Mao (Tan) & Julie Tungamirai 6-1, 6-0; Celine Simunyu (Irl) & Sravya Shivani bt Sarah Adegoke (Ngr) & Laalitya Kalluri 6-1, 6-2.

Kamesh Srinivasan

Equestrian

Samanna Everaa achieved the highest score in India at the World Dressage Challenge in the youth category

Chennai girl Samanna Everaa placed first with a record score of 73.225 in the World dressage challenge help at Bangalore Embassy school.

This score is the highest in India making her the Gold winner of the World dressage challenge in the youth category (14y to 16y).

15-year-old, Samanna, is trained by Isabelle Hassleder from Austria at The Chennai Equitation centre.

The equestrian premier league happens for six months from June every month and the overall table points decide the Grand Championship for the year in November.

This year, Samanna has been placed first, from June to November. According to the overall tally, Samanna was adjudged the winner of the Grand Championship.

-Team Sportstar

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