Indian sports news wrap, November 2

Here are all the major updates and results from Indian sports on November 2.

In the women’s section, Meenu Pandey beat Monica Menon in the over-30 category in the ITF Masters tennis tournament. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement

TENNIS

Qamaruddin beats Dilip to clinch Over-45 title

Seventh seed Qamaruddin Khan beat third seed Dilip Mohanty 6-0, 6-4 to clinch the over-45 title in the ITF Masters tennis tournament at the Joygaon Academy.

Qamaruddin, father of international players Faisal, Fardeen and Farhat Aleen, had earlier beaten other better ranked players including the top seed Avinash Kunwar, without dropping a set.

In the women’s over-40 event, Mansi Majeji proved strong, winning the title for the loss of two games in all.

The results (finals):

Men: Over-30: Arun Bhosale bt Partha Chivate 6-2, 6-2. Over-35: Ketan Dhumal bt Ronak Mehta 6-1, 6-1. Over-40: Aditya Khanna w.o. Kamlesh Shukla. Over-45: Qamaruddin Khan bt Dilip Mohanty 6-0, 6-4.

Women: Over-30: Meenu Pandey bt Monica Menon 7-6(7), 6-3. Over-40: Mansi Majeji bt Sonal Vohra 6-1, 6-0.

-Kamesh Srinivasan

Asian under-16 tennis tournament results

Vrandika Rajput fought her way past Riddhi Shinde 4-6, 6-2, 6-1 in the girls semifinals of the Asian under-16 tennis tournament on Thursday.

In the final, Vrandika will play top seed Parthsarthi Mundhe.

The boys final will be between the top two seeds, Hruthik Katakam and Ayush Poojary.

The results (semifinals):

Under-16 boys: Hruthik Katakam bt Fazal Ali Meer 6-3, 6-3; Ayush Poojary bt Nived Konerira 6-3, 6-3.

Under-16 girls: Parthsarthi Mundhe bt Dia Agarwal 6-2, 6-1; Vrandika Rajput bt Riddhi Shinde 4-6, 6-2, 6-1.

-Kamesh Srinivasan

ATP Paris Masters tennis tournament - Bopanna and Ebden get Djokovic walkover

Third seeds Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden sailed into the doubles quarterfinals unchallenged, as they got a walkover from Novak Djokovic and Miomir Kecmanovic in the €6,748,815 ATP Masters tennis tournament in Paris, France.

In the quarterfinals, Bopanna and Ebden will play fifth seeds Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos.

The results:

€6,748,815 ATP Masters, Paris, France Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Rohan Bopanna & Matthew Ebden (Aus) w.o. Novak Djokovic & Miomir Kecmanovic (Srb).

€73,000 Challenger, Ismaning, Germany Doubles (quarterfinals): Sriram Balaji & Andre Begemann (Ger) bt Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (Pak) & Petros Tsitsipas (Gre) 6-1, 6-4; Pre-quarterfinals: Anirudh Chandrasekar & Vijay Sundar Prashanth bt Scott Duncan (GBR) & Kelsey Stevenson (Can) 6-7(5), 7-6(1), [10-4].

-Kamesh Srinivasan

HOCKEY

Nehru junior tournament: Odisha Naval Tata Academy beats Madhya Pradesh Hockey Academy in final

A goal each from Ningombam Amarjit Singh and Irengbam Rohit Singh helped Odisha Naval Tata Academy, Bhubaneswar, to a 2-0 victory over Madhya Pradesh Hockey Academy, Bhopal, in the final of the 51st Nehru junior hockey tournament at the Shivaji Stadium in New Delhi on Thursday.

After a goalless first half, the Odisha team was able to strike once each in the third and fourth quarters to seal the trophy.

The champion team was presented with Rs.1,60,000. Its coach Lakshmi Narayana was awarded Rs.15,000.

The runner-up team was given Rs.96,000. Its coach Habeen Hasan was presented with Rs.10,000.

Naval Tata Academy, Jamshedpur, was awarded the Shiv Kumar Varma fairplay trophy.

The best player of the match was Prasant Barla of the Odisha team.

The result (final)

Odisha Naval Tata Academy, Bhubaneswar, 2 (Ningombam Amarjit Singh, Irengbam Rohit Singh) bt MPHA, Bhopal, 0.

-Kamesh Srinivasan

Nehru junior tournament - Odisha Naval Tata Academy beats Madhya Pradesh Hockey Academy

Photo of, Champion Odisha Naval Tata Academy team, Bhubaneswar, in the Nehru junior hockey tournament in Delhi on Thursday | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement

A goal each from Ningombam Amarjit Singh and Irengbam Rohit Singh helped Odisha Naval Tata Academy, Bhubaneswar, to a 2-0 victory over Madhya Pradesh Hockey Academy, Bhopal, in the final of the Kanwarji 51st Nehru junior hockey tournament at the Shivaji Stadium here on Thursday.

After a goalless first half, the Odisha team was able to strike once each in the third and fourth quarters to seal the trophy.

The champion team was presented Rs.1,60,000. Its coach Lakshmi Narayana was awarded Rs.15,000.

The runner-up team was given Rs.96,000. Its coach Habeen Hasan was presented Rs.10,000.

Naval Tata Academy, Jamshedpur, was awarded the Shiv Kumar Varma fairplay trophy.

The best player of the match was Prasant Barla of the Odisha team.

The result (final): Odisha Naval Tata Academy, Bhubaneswar, 2 (Ningombam Amarjit Singh, Irengbam Rohit Singh) bt MPHA, Bhopal, 0.

-Kamesh Srinivasan

POLO

Indian Masters: Perry’s six goals goes in vain as Achievers draws with Panther

Matthew Perry scored six goals for Achievers but the match was drawn 10-10 against Jindal Panther in the league phase of the Indian Masters 14-goal polo tournament at the Jaipur polo ground here on Thursday.

Santiago Marambio top scored for Jindal Panther with five goals.

The results (league):

Achievers 10 (Matthew Perry 6, Abhimanyu Pathak 3, Daniel Otamendi) drew with Jindal Panther 10 (Santiago Marambio 5, Simran Shergill 3, Siddhant Sharma, Naveen Jindal).

-Kamesh Srinivasan

CARRROM

Delhi State carrom championship results

Mohd. Shadab of Peace Club blanked Naeem Ahmad of Manzar Club 25-0, 25-0 in the men’s pre-quarterfinals of the Delhi State carrom championship at the Thyagarj Stadium.

The results (pre-quarterfinals):

Mohd. Sayeed bt Tahir Ibrahim 25-11, 19-1; Irfan bt Taimoor 19-18, 7-22, 25-0; Mohd. Nazim bt Mohd. Anis 25-21, 17-1; Tajuddin bt Mohd. Naseem 22-21, 17-12; Anas bt Shakir 14-13, 25-19; Mohd. Shadab bt Naeem Ahmed 25-0, 25-0; Rahees Abbas bt Mohd. Asim 25-13, 25-11; Faiz bt Osama 25-19, 21-13.