Indian sports news wrap, December 6

Here are all the major updates, results and developments from the world of Indian sports on Wednesday, December 6.

FILE- Pankaj Advani in action during Asian Snooker Tour at KSBA in Bengaluru on April 24, 2019. | Photo Credit: The Hindu/SUDHAKARA JAIN

BILLIARDS

Advani, Chawla, Mehta off to winning starts

Multiple world champion Pankaj Advani, along with Aditya Mehta, and Kamal Chawla, made winning starts in the 6-Red snooker event of the National Billiards & Snooker Championships here on Wednesday.

The event resumed on Wednesday following a two-day interruption due to Cyclone Michaung.

Representing PSPB, Advani, who won a record 26th ISBF world title in Doha last month, had breaks of 41, 44 and 34 to brush aside Karnataka’s Sufyan Ahmed 4-0 in a group A clash.

A former champion, Advani had ended up as the runner-up to Ishpreet Singh Chadha of Maharashtra in the previous edition.

Last year’s semi-finalist Kamal Chawla (RSPB) sailed past Hassan Badami (Maharashtra) 4-0 in group B, whereas Aditya Mehta (PSPB) beat Vijay Nichani (Tamil Nadu) 4-1 in group G.

Sixty-four players are divided into 16 groups for the main draw round-robin league, with the top two from each qualifying for the knock-outs.

-PTI

TENNIS

Gadre Marine ITF junior tennis: Pranav beaten by doubles partner Kouame, Maaya beats Aishi

Hiromasa Koyama of Japan knocked out the top seed Ivan Iutkin 6-4, 1-6, 6-1 in the boys pre-quarterfinals of the Gadre Marine ITF junior tennis tournament at the Deccan Gymkhana courts on Wednesday.

Rethin Pranav, who had beaten Koyama in the final last week in Delhi, was beaten by his doubles partner Moise Kouame of France 6-3, 4-6, 6-4.

In the girls section, Maaya Rajeshwaran continued with her fine run and beat the champion of the Delhi event, Aishi Bisht, 7-5, 6-4.

The results (pre-quarterfinals)

Boys: Hiromasa Koyama (Jpn) bt Ivan Iutkin 6-4, 1-6, 6-1; Kandhavel Mahalingam bt Hitesh Chauhan 6-3, 2-6, 6-2; Moise Kouame (Fra) bt Rethin Pranav 6-3, 4-6, 6-4; Aarjun Pandit bt Juan Kim (Kor) 7-5, 6-3; Arnav Paparkar bt Dhiraj Reddy 6-3, 6-0; Kazuma Kimura (Jpn) bt Venkat Rishi Batlanki 7-5, 2-6, 6-4; Bushan Haobam bt Jaden Tan (Ina) 6-4, 5-7, 6-4; Kriish Tyagi bt Daniil Stepanov 6-3, 6-4.

Girls: Maaya Rajeshwaran bt Aishi Bisht 7-5, 6-4; Yasmin Vavrova bt Snigdha Kanta 6-1, 6-3; Harshini Nagaraj bt Aakruti Sonkusare 6-2, 6-1; Ariana Gogulina bt Rishitha Basireddy 7-5, 2-6, 7-6(2); Laxmisiri Dandu bt Sreenidhi Balaji 6-7(4), 3-6, 6-4; Diya Ramesh bt Tejasvi Dabas 6-3, 7-6(3); Amodini Naik bt Sohini Mohanty 6-1, 6-4; Mandegar Farzami (Iri) bt Jannat Chiripal 6-3, 6-0.

-Kamesh Srinivasan

Priyanshi stus top seed in AITA Women’s Tournament

Priyanshi Bhandari knocked out top seed Sonal Patil 6-0, 0-6, 6-4 in the quarterfinals of the Rs.2,50,000 AITA women’s tennis tournament at the Ace Academy, Padolia, on Wednesday.

In the semifinals, Priyanshi will play third seed Yubrani Banerjee.

Vidula Amar beat the second seed Nemha Sarah Kispotta 7-6(3), 7-5 to set up the other semifinal against Pooja Ingale.

The results (quarterfinals):

Priyanshi Bhandari bt Sonal Patil 6-0, 0-6, 6-4; Yubrani Banerjee bt Khushalli Modi 2-6, 6-3, 6-3; Pooja Ingale bt Sanjana Sirimalla 6-3, 6-3; Vidula Amar bt Nemha Sarah Kispotta 7-6(3), 7-5.

-Kamesh Srinivasan

Prarthana and Anastasia sail into semifinals of $100,000 ITF women

Prarthana Thombare in partnership with Anastasia Tikhonova beat Emily Appleton and Alicia Barnett of Britain 6-4, 6-3 in the doubles quarterfinals of the $100,000 ITF women’s tennis tournament in Dubai, UAE, on Wednesday.

The results:

$100,000 ITF women, Dubai, UAE: Doubles (quarterfinals): Prarthana Thombare & Anastasia Tikhonova bt Emily Appleton & Alicia Barnett (GBR) 6-4, 6-3.

-Kamesh Srinivasan

WEIGHTLIFTING

Sapana wins Khelo India women’s weightlifting title

Sapana Devi convincingly won the 81kg title at the Asmita Khelo India women’s weightlifting championships here on Wednesday. Sapana totalled 195kg to beat her nearest rival by 32kg.

The results:

81kg: 1. Sapana Devi (Man) snatch 83kg, clean and jerk 112kg, total 195kg; 2. Swetalina Nayak (Odi) 74kg, 89kg, 163kg; 3. Palki Kashyap (Asm) 61kg, 76kg, 137kg; 87kg (only two participants): 1. Shivani Yadav (Odi) 84kg, 110kg, 194kg; 2. Subhasmita Mohanty (Odi) 76kg, 89kg, 165kg; +87kg: Sneha Halder (WB) 62kg, 77kg, 139kg; 2. Rimjhim Mengi (Cht) 57kg, 74kg, 131kg; 3. Aditi Kumari (Bih) 40kg, 45kg, 85kg.

-Y. B. Sarangi

SHOOTING

Vijayveer strikes gold at the National Championship

Vijayveer Sidhu won the men’s and junior gold medals in 25-metre standard pistol in the 66th National shooting championship at the Madhya Pradesh Academy on Wednesday.

Ankur Goel and Vijayveer Sidhu had tied at 575, but the latter got the gold on the basis of his better score of inner-10s, 15-13. Vijayveer was joined on the podium by his twin brother Udhayveer Sidhu with the bronze medal in the junior section.

The results:

25m standard pistol: Men: 1. Vijayveer Sidhu 575 (15x); 2. Ankur Goel 575 (13x), 3. Mukesh Nelavalli 573. Junior men: 1. Vijayveer Sidhu 575; 2. Mukesh Nelavalli 573 (17x); 3. Udhayveer Sidhu 573 (10x).

-Kamesh Srinivasan

BADMINTON

Bhavya-Namita of Delhi Audit sails into Inter-Ministry badminton final

Bhavya Rishi and Namita Pathania of Delhi Audit set up a title clash against Lalita Dahiya of Finance and Megha Bora of Communication in women’s doubles in the Inter-Ministry badminton tournament at the AIIMS Gymkhana courts on Wednesday.

The final will be played later along with the singles finals on the last day of competition.

The results:

Women’s doubles (semifinals): Bhavya Rishi & Namita Pathania bt Nisha Punia & Apinderpreet Kaur 21-8, 21-11; Lalita Dahiya & Megha Bora bt Swati Sharma & Ruchika Patwal 21-15, 22-20.

-Kamesh Srinivasan

BASKETBALL

Punjab keeps its dominance intact in the National Basketball Championship

Punjab continued to assert its strength as it beat Rajasthan 77-59 in the men’s group-A league match of the 73rd National Basketball Championship at the Guru Nanak Dev Indoor Stadium on Wednesday.

Punjab and Tamil Nadu were joined by Services and Railways in confirming their quarterfinal spots in the men’s section. Kerala women topped group-B after outplaying Punjab 75-33.

The results (league):

Men:

Group-A: Punjab 77 (Kanwar Gurbaj Singh 28, Gurwinder Singh 21, Amritpal Singh 18) bt Rajasthan 59 (Lokendra Singh 18, Devendra Chowdary 14). Services 85 (Rishab Mathur 17, Sahil 16, Nikhil Kumar 16) bt Madhya Pradesh 76 (Surya Pratap Singh 24, Shreyansh Raj Singh 17).

Group-B: Kerala 97 (Shanazil Muhammed 32, Joshua Oommen 13, Grigo Mathew 12, Vaisak Manoj 12) bt Gujarat 71 (Kuldeep Tamaliya 15, Sagar Moni 12, Kasi Raja 11, Vinay Kaushik 10).

Women:

Group-A: Tamil Nadu 82 (Krithika 16 Sathya 12, Ashmitha 10) bt West Bengal 38 (Megha Singh 18, Jyoti 13). Railways 124 (Poonam Chaturvedi 24, Madhu Kumari 22, Harshita 14, Priyanka 14, Bhandavya 14, Nisha Sharma 11, Ssruthi Aravind 10) bt Chhattisgarh 61 (Nisha Kashyap 16, Divyani Ganwal 13, Moni Adla 11)

Group-B: Uttar Pradesh 78 (Shruti Yadav 37, Megha Singh 14, Nancy Gupta 10, Lipramayee Satapathy 10) bt Maharashtra 66 (Samira Bidaye 16, Siya Deodhar 14, Suzanne Pinto 10). Kerala 75 (Jayalakshmi VJ 15, Aneesha Cleetus 13, Kaviha Jose 12) bt Punjab 33 (Kavya Singla 10)

-Kamesh Srinivasan