TENNIS
ITF women’s tournament: Makarova Bartone duo wins doubles title
Ekaterina Makarova got past Diana Marcinkevica 6-3, 3-6, 6–2 to set up a title clash against Moyuka Uhijima of Japan in the $40,000 ITF women’s tennis tournament at the Ganesh Naik Sports Complex on Saturday.
Makarova won the doubles title in partnership with Kamilla Bartone, beating the Japanese pair of Funa Kozaki and Misaki Matsuda 10-7 in the super tie-break.
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The results:
-Kamesh Srinivasan
WEIGHTLIFTING
National weightlifting championships: Raja scripts new National mark to win men’s 61kg crown
M. Raja rode on his better clean and jerk showing to win the men’s 61kg crown in the National weightlifting championships at Itanagar on Saturday.
Railways’ Raja recorded 158kg in clean and jerk to script a new National mark with a total of 279kg and beat his closest competitor Guru Raja of Services by six kg. All three podium finishers, including third-placed Shankar Lapung, lifted an identical 121kg in snatch.
Dipali Gursale’s snatch effort helped her secure the women’s 45kg title.
The results (Elite only):
Men: 61kg: 1. M. Raja (RSPB) snatch 121kg, clean and jerk 158kg, total 279kg; 2. Guru Raja (SSCB) 121kg, 152kg, 273kg; 3. Shankar Lapung (Aru) 121kg, 150kg, 271kg.
Women: 45kg: 1. Dipali Gursale (RSPB) 71kg, 89kg, 160kg; 2. Chandrika Tarafdar (WB) 68kg, 90kg, 158kg; 3. Veena (Cht) 63kg, 85kg, 148kg.
-Y.B.Sarangi
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