TENNIS
Samaira beats Bhumika to qualify for semifinal
Second seed Samaira Malik beat Bhumika Dahiya 6-3, 6-4 in the pre-quarterfinals of the Rs.100,000 AITA women’s tennis tournament at the Joygaon Academy on Tuesday.
In the quarterfinals, Samaira will play sixth seed Snigdha Patibandla.
The results:
Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Tanushri Pandey bt Sanika Kambli 6-2, 6-2; Ananya Dhankhar bt Anjali Dalal 6-2, 6-1; Chandana Potugari bt Aditi Singh 6-0, 6-0; Durganshi Kumar bt Diya Tyagi 6-1, 6-1; Pavithra Reddy bt Prarthana Mondal 6-3, 6-3; Ritu Rai bt Hansika Singh 6-0, 6-0; Snigdha Patibandla bt Ayesha Sayed 6-1, 6-1; Samaira Malik bt Bhumika Dahiya 6-3, 6-4.
First round: Sanika Kambli bt Kanika Rapria 6-1, 6-2; Anjali Dala bt Rhea Arora 6-3, 6-3; Ananya Dhankhar bt Muskan Prajapat 7-5
(conceded); Aditi Singh bt Sylvie Pal 6-3, 6-4; Durganshi Kumar bt Aditi Rawat 1-0 (conceded); Diya Tyagi bt Chhavi Seshadri 3-6, 6-3, 6-3; Prarthana Mondal bt Gamya Gupta 6-0, 6-3 Hansika Singh bt Suhani Agarwal 6-1, 6-0; Ayesha Sayed bt Aditi Tyagi 0-1 (conceded); Bhumika Dahiya bt Likhitha Landa 6-1, 3-6, 7-6(1).
-Kamesh Srinivasan
ITF women’s tournament: Vaidehi Chaudhari outplays Zeel Desa
Vaidehi Chaudhari outplayed Zeel Desai 6-1, 6-2 in the first round of the $25,000 ITF women’s tennis tournament at the MSLTA Centre on Tuesday.
In the pre-quarterfinals, eighth seed Vaidehi will play Weronika Baszak of Poland.
Vaishnavi Adkar beat qualifier Olivia Bergler of Poland 7-5, 6-0 to set up a second round against third seed Sapfo Sakellaridi.
The results:
Singles (first round): Hiromi Abe (Jpn) bt Soha Sadiq 3-6, 6-4, 6-1; Saki Imamura (Jpn) bt Akanksha Nitture 7-5, 6-1; Vaishnavi Adkar bt Olivia Bergler (Pol) 7-5, 6-0; Sapfo Sakellaridi (Gre) bt Ekaterina Yashina 6-4, 7-6(6); Vaidehi Chaudhari bt Zeel Desai 6-1, 6-2; Weronika Baszak (Pol) bt Chelsea Fontenel (Sui) 6-3, 1-0 (retired).
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Diana Marcinkevica (Lat) & Sapfo Sakellaridi (Gre) bt Sravya Shivani & Jennifer Luikham 7-6(5), 6-0; Ekaterina Kazionova & Ekaterina Yashina bt Nainika Reddy & Aakruti Sonkusare 6-0, 6-3; Zeel Desai & Pranjala Yadlapalli bt Smriti Bhasin & Pooja Ingale 7-5, 4-6, [10-5]; Humera Baharmus & Olivia Bergler (Pol) bt Alexandra Azarko (Blr) & Saumya Vig 6-2, 6-4; Vaishnavi Adkar & Sahaja Yamalapalli bt Madhurima Sawant & Bela Tamhankar 6-2, 6-2; Shrivalli Bhamidipaty & Vaidehi Chaudhari bt Snehal Mane & Akanksha Nitture 6-0, 6-1.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
Adil Kalyanpur loses to second seed
Second seed Keegan Smith of USA beat Adil Kalyanpur 6-4, 6-3 in the first round of the $15,000 ITF men’s tennis tournament in Papamoa, New Zealand, on Tuesday.
The results:
$25,000 ITF women, Nairobi, Kenya
Singles (first round): Angella Okutoyi (Ken) bt Teja Tirunelveli 6-2, 6-4.
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Shana Mao (Tan) & Cynthia Wanjala (Ken) bt Samantha Nloga (USA) & Priyanka Rodricks 6-4, 7-5; Jessi Aney (USA) & Lena Papadakis (Ger) bt Yvonne Cavalle-Reimers (Esp) & Teja Tirunelveli 6-4, 6-3.
$15,000 ITF men, Papamoa, New Zealand Singles (first round): Keegan Smith (USA) bt Adil Kalyanpur 6-4, 6-3.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
SHOOTING
National shooting selection trials: Anish Bhanwala defeats Gurmeet Singh
Anish Bhanwala was in fine form as he beat Gurmeet Singh 31-25 to top the 25-metre rapid fire pistol event in the National shooting selection trials at the Dr. Karni Singh Range, Tughlakabad, on Tuesday.
Gurmeet Singh, topper Anish Bhanwala, Ankur Goel in rapid fire pistol in the National shooting selection trials in Delhi on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
Olympic quota winner Anish had earlier topped qualification with 588, three points better than Ankur Goel who eventually placed third.
Udhayveer Sidhu, Abhinav Chaoudhary and Olympian Gurpreet Singh were the others to make the final.
In women’s air rifle, Ramita Jindal topped the final with 252.5 and beat qualification topper Nancy (634.9) by a half point. Swarnali Roy placed third ahead of Shruti, Sonam Maskar, Nisha Kanwar, Shivangi Dogra and Rajshree Sancheti.
In men’s 50-metre rifle 3-position event, Olympic quota winner Swapnil Kusale was in irresistible form as he first topped qualification with 593, and then outclassed the field in the final with 463.0, topping with a 3.5 point margin over Nikhil Tanwar.
Niraj Kumar was third, while Adriyan Karmakar, Deepak Kumar, Zahid Parray, Nishan Budha and Babu Singh Panwar placed fourth to eighth in that order.
The results:
10m air rifle: Women: 1. Ramita Jindal 252.5 (630.4); 2. Nancy 252.0 (634.9); 3. Swarnali Roy 229.6 (630.7).
25m rapid fire pistol: Men: 1. Anish Bhanwala 31 (588); 2. gurmeet singh 25 (579); 3. Ankur Goel 21 (585).
50m rifle 3-position: Men: 1. Swapnil Kusale 463.0 (593); 2. Nikhil Tanwar 459.5 (585); 3. Niraj Kumar 450.5 (588).
-Kamesh Srinivasan
GOLF
Pranavi lies 6th as Vani, Amandeep improve positions in Final Stage of LET
India’s Pranavi Urs finished strongly to stay in contention for one of the coveted berths on the Ladies European Tour as she was tied-sixth after three rounds of the five-day Final Stage of the Qualifying School golf tournament.
Pranavi, who was nine-under for two rounds, added a two-under 71 on the Par-73 Al Maaden Golf Course. She has now moved to 11-under for three days.
Nataliya Guseva, who recently earned her LPGA berth, fired a round of 67 (-5) at Par-72 Royal Golf De Marrakech on day three to lead the Final Qualifier by two shots. The 20-year-old produced rounds of 67 on the first two days of the tournament and continued her excellent form.
Vani Kapoor (73-70-70) improved from T-37 to Tied-27th, while Neha Tripathi (75-67-72), who was T-25 dropped to T-34th and Amandeep Drall (75-70-70) improved from T-63 to T-39. All three played at the Par-72 Royal Golf De Marrakech.
Ridhima Dilawari (74-72-72) improved from T-77 to T-56, Avani Prashanth (76-71-72) also jumped from T-85 to T-65.
Tvesa Malik (74-70) slipped from T-51 to T-96, Jasmine Shekar (75-74-75) is T-107, Seher Atwal (77-73-78) is T-138, Sneha Singh (83-72-76) is T-142, Ananya Datar (80-79-76) is T-150 and Durga Nittur (80-81-76) is T-151.
Pranavi bogeyed second and the ninth and had a birdie in between on seventh as he turned in one-over. On the back nine, she birdied the 13th and finished birdie-birdie for a 71.
Vani birdied twice in the first three holes and then closed birdie-birdie for a round of 70 while Neha, who seemed to be going great, dropped an unfortunate double bogey on the 18th and from being inside Top-20 she dropped to T-34.
The Top-65 and ties will play the fifth and final round with Top-20 and ties getting a full card for 2024. The next 21-to 50 and ties get a lower status but enough starts in 2024.
Pranavi and Spain’s Luna Sobron Galmes sit in a tie for the sixth place on 11-under-par with South Africa’s Cara Gorlei in outright eighth place on nine-under-par.
-PTI
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