Indian sports news wrap, January 4
Here are all the updates, results and developments from the world of Indian sports on January 4, 2024.
Published : Jan 04, 2024 18:09 IST , CHENNAI - 2 MINS READ
TENNIS
ITF Juniors: Rethin advances to semifinals
Second-seeded Rethin Pranav fought his way past Lovro Maricic of Croatia 2-6, 6-4, 6-2 in the boys quarterfinals of the ITF junior tennis tournament at the CLTA Complex on Thursday.
In the semifinals, Rethin will play his doubles partner Moise Kouame of France. The other semifinal will be between Shanker Heisnam and Seo Hyeon Seok of Korea.
In the girls section, Maaya Rajeshwaran was beaten 5-7, 6-3, 6-3 by Maria Golovina. The other Indian in the fray, Samaira Phawa was beaten 6-3, 6-4 by Rioko Umekui of Japan.
Maaya also got beaten 12-10 in the super tie-break of the doubles semifinals in partnership with Rishitha Basireddy by Aishi Bisht and Laxmisiri Dandu.
RESULTS
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ATP Challenger, Thailand: Bollipalli/Poonacha go down in quarterfinals
Rithvik Bollipalli and Niki Poonacha were beaten 7-6(4), 6-1 in the doubles quarterfinals by Arthur Fery and Joshua Paris of Britain in the $82,000 Challenger tennis tournament in Nonthaburi, Thailand, on Thursday.
RESULTS
-Team Sportstar
WEIGHTLIFTING
Pooja, Jagdish clinch titles in National Championships
Pooja Yadav secured a narrow victory to emerge as the women’s 76kg champion in the National weightlifting championships at Itanagar on Thursday.
Pooja, who was second in both snatch and clean and jerk rankings, eventually won the title by totalling 204kg and beating Harmanpreet Kaur by one kg.
Jagdish Vishwakarma claimed the men’s 96kg gold medal convincingly.
The results:
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TABLE TENNIS
Kerela State table tennis championships: Jayanth returns from injury, lifts State under-15 title
Four months ago, R.S. Jayanth suffered a hairline fracture in a bike accident. That forced the 13-year-old to take a three-month break from table tennis. He is now back and troubling boys much senior to him.
Kozhikode’s Jayanth, a stylish left-hander and one of Kerala’s most promising players, staved off a strong challenge from under-13 State champion Devaprayag Sarika Sreejith, his doubles partner, at 3-2 and retained his under-15 boys singles title in the Canara Bank Kerala State table tennis championships at the V.K. Krishna Menon indoor stadium in Kochi on Thursday.
“I had won six times in the eight matches I had played against Devaprayag but this time it was a bit difficult because I was coming back after the injury,” said Jayanth who also won the under-15 doubles title.
Meanwhile, Palakkad won the under-19 boys team title with a 3-0 verdict against host Kozhikode.
RESULTS
Alappuzha retains men’s team title
Meanwhile Alappuzha suffered some mid-series doubts and worries before defeating Thiruvananthapuram 3-2 to retain the men’s team title.
Team championship Result:
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