Indian sports news wrap, November 3

Here are all the major updates and results from Indian sports on November 3.

Photo of, Champions Rashmi Kumari and Mohd. Sayeed, flank the AICF secretary general, Bharti Narayan, in the Delhi carrom championship | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement

CARROM

Delhi State carrom championship results

Multiple world champion Rashmi Kumari beat Debajani Tamuly 25-12, 25-6 to clinch the women’s title in the Delhi State carrom championship at the Thyagaraj Sports Complex on Thursday.

Mohd. Sayeed won the men’s title, beating Mohd. Shadab 25-14, 25-18 in the final.

The secretary of the All India Carrom Federation (AICF), Bharti Narayan, presented the trophies.

The results:

Men (final): Mohd. Sayeed bt Mohd. Shadab 25-14, 25-18; Semifinals: Mohd. Sayeed bt Mohd. Nazim 20-16, 22-11; Mohd. Shadab bt Rahees Abbas 25-18, 16-7.

Women (final): Rashmi Kumari bt Debajani Tamuly 25-12, 25-6; Semifinals: Debajani bt Jyoti 25-0, 25-8; Rashmi bt Pratibha Shukla 25-0, 25-0.

Under-21 boys (final): Mohd. Kaif bt Rohan Chawariya 25-0, 17-12.

Under-18 girls (final): Vidhi Dhama bt Sakshi Gahlot 22-6, 18-4.

Under-18 boys (final): Faaiz bt Arbaz Ali 25-6, 12-9.

Veterans (final): Abdul Muqeem bt Zahid Husssain 25-14, 25-7.

- Kamesh Srinivasan

TENNIS

Asian U-16: Hruthik, Parthsarthi wins boys and girls titles

Hruthik Katakam and Parthsarthi Mundhe won the boy’s and girls’ titles in the Asian under-16 tennis tournament at the MSLTA Marathwada Centre on Friday.

In the finals, Hruthik beat Ayush Poojary, while Parthsarthi beat Vrandika Rajput.

Vrandika won the doubles title in partnership with Dia Agarwal. The boy’s doubles title was bagged by Fazal Ali Meer and Prakaash Sarran.

The results (finals):

Under-16 boys: Hruthik Katakam bt Ayush Poojary 6-4, 6-2.

Doubles: Faza Ali Meer & Prakaash Sarran bt Varad Pol & Ayush Poojary 6-1, 6-4.

Under-16 girls: Parthsarthi Mundhe bt Vrandika Rajput 6-2, 6-1.

Doubles: Dia Agarwal & Vrandika Rajput bt Parthsarthi Mundhe & Avyaktha Rayavarapu 4-6, 6-2, [10-4].

- Kamesh Srinivasan

Bopanna and Ebden storm into Paris Masters doubles semifinals

Third seeds Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden stormed into the doubles semifinals, with a 6-3, 6-2 victory over fifth seeds Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos in the $6,748,815 ATP Masters tennis tournament in Paris, France, on Friday.

In the Challenger in Ismaning, Germany, Sriram Balaji made the doubles final with Andre Begemann, beating the top seeds Robert Galloway and Albano Olivetti 11-9 in the super tie-break.

The results:

€6,748,815 ATP Masters, Paris, France Doubles (quarterfinals): Rohan Bopanna & Matthew Ebden (Aus) bt Marcel Granollers (Esp) & Horacio Zeballos (Arg) 6-3, 6-2.

€73,000 Challenger, Ismaning, Germany Doubles (semifinals): Sriram Balajii & Andre Begemann (Ger) bt Robert Galloway (USA) & Albano Olivetti (Fra) 5-7, 6-1, [11-9]

- Kamesh Srinivasan

GOLF

Christie’s Golf to face The Pioneers in summit clash

Christie’s Golf will take on The Pioneers in the final of the Delhi Golf Club League at the DGC course here on Saturday. For the third place, Sterling Swingers will play Deutsche Motoren.

The results (semifinals): Christie’s Golf bt Sterling Swingers 11-5.5; The Pioneers bt Deutsche Motoren 9.5-6.5.