Indian sports news wrap, October 11

Here are all the major updates and results from Indian sports on October 11.

Digvijay Pratap Singh on his way to the quarterfinals of the ITF men’s tennis tournament in Ahmedabad on Wednesday | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement

TENNIS

ITF men’s tournament results

Davis Cupper and top seed Digvijay Pratap Singh had to fight his way past qualifier Shivank Bhatnagar 6-7(5), 6-2, 6-3 in the pre-quarterfinals of the $15,000 ITF men’s tennis tournament at the Ahmedabad City Tennis Foundation courts on Wednesday.

In the quarterfinals, Digvijay will be up against the national championship finalist Karan Singh.

Qualifier Raghav Jaisinghani beat fifth seed Rishab Agarwal 5-7, 6-2, 7-6(2). He will challenge Sidharth Rawat in the quarterfinals.

The results:

Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Digvijay Pratap Singh bt Shivank Bhatnagar 6-7(5), 6-2, 6-3; Karan Singh bt Luke Sorensen (Aus) 6-0, 6-1; SD Prajwal Dev bt Siddhant Banthia 6-3, 6-1; Ishaque Eqbal bt Mattias Southcombe (GBR) 6-0, 6-2; Raghav Jaisinghani bt Rishab Agarwal 5-7, 6-2, 7-6(2); Sidharth Rawat bt Manish Sureshkumar 6-2, 6-4; Stijn Pel (Ned) bt Siddharth Vishwakarma 6-3, 3-1 (retired); Florent Bax (Fra) bt Rohan Mehra 6-3, 7-5.

Doubles (quarterfinals): SD Prajwal Dev & Nitin Kumar Sinha bt Adil Kalyanpur & Wooobin Shin (Kor) 6-4, 6-4; Sai Karteek Reddy & Manish Sureshkumar bt Ishaque Eqbal & Faisal Qamar 7-6(6), 6-4; Thijmen Loof & Stijn Pel (Ned) bt Oges Theyjo & Suraj Prabodh 6-2, 7-6(5); Siddhant Banthia & Vishnu Vardhan bt Digvijay Pratap Singh & Karan Singh 6-3, 1-0 (retired).

- Kamesh Srinivasan

 Sahaja Yamalapalli in doubles quarterfinals of the ITF women’s tennis tournament

Sahaja Yamalapalli in partnership with Maria kononova beat Megan McCray and Brandy Walker 6-4, 6-6-3 in the doubles pre-quarterfinals of the $60,000 ITF women’s tennis tournament in Rancho Santa Fe, USA.

The results:

€145,000 Challenger, Malaga, Spain

Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Francisco Cabral (Por) & Henry Patten (GBR) bt Rithvik Bollipalli & Arjun Kadhe 7-6(5), 3-6, [10-8]; Michael Geerts (Bel) & Maximillian Neuchrist (Aut) bt Aissam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (Pak) & Divij Sharan 6-4, 6-4; Miguel Reyes-Varela (Mex) & David Hernandez (Esp) bt Anirudh Chandrasekar & Vijay Sundar Prashanth 6-7(2), 6-4, [10-6].

$15,000 ITF men, Doha, Qatar

Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Dean Thurner & Noah Thurner (Ger) bt Anup Bangargi & Siddarth Madhavan 5-2 (retired); Rashed Nawaf & Mousa Zayed (Qat) bt Andrei Cuceu (Rou) & Tushar Sharma 3-6, 6-2, [10-6].

$60,000 ITF women, Rancho Santa Fe, USA

Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Maria Kononova & Sahaja Yamalapalli bt Megan McCray & Brandy Walker (USA) 6-4, 6-3.

$25,000 ITF women, Cairns, Australia

Singles (first round): Alicia Smith (Aus) bt Sowjanya Bavisetti 6-1, 3-6, 6-2.

Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Sravya Shivani & Erika Sema (Jpn) bt Natsuho Arakawa & Yui Chikaraisshi (Jpn) 6-2, 3-6, [11-9]; Michaela Bayerlova (Cze) & Alana Parnaby (Aus) bt Shria Atturu (USA) & Smriti Bhasin 6-3, 6-4.

$25,000 ITF women, Seville, Spain

Doubles (quarterfinals): Issabella Shinikova & Ani Vangelova (Bull) bt Samantha Sharan (GBR) & Vasanti Shinde 6-4, 6-3; Pre-quarterfinals: Samantha & Vasanti bt Riya Bhatia & Olga Azcoitia (Esp) 6-4, 4-6, [10-8].

$15,000 ITF women, Monastir, Tunisia

Singles (first round): Oana Gavrila (Rou) bt Tanisha Kashyap 6-2, 6-4; Elena Jamshidi (Den) bt Jennifer Luikham 6-0, 4-6, 6-4.

Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Luana Araujo (Bra) & Teja Tirunelveli bt Gala Arangio (Ita) & Diana Mihail (Rou) 7-5, 6-4; Jennifer Luikham & Hanna Vinahradava bt Liz Badde (Lux) & Flavie Brugnone (Fra) 6-4, 6-3.

$15,000 ITF women, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt

Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Yasmin Ezzat (Egy) & Arlinda Rushiti (Ssui) bt Prathyusha Rachapudi & Lorena Schaedel (Ger) 7-5, 7-6(2); Defne Cirpanli (Tur) & Salma Drugdova (Ssvk) bt Snehal Mane & Carlotta Moccia (Ita) 6-4, 7-6(5).

$15,000 ITF women, Hua Hin, Thailand

Singles (first round): Priyansshi Bhandari bt Qu Shutong (Chn) 7-6(3), 6-3; Abhaya Vemuri bt Tanuchaporn Yongmod (Tha) 7-6(5), 6-4; Shrivalli Bhamidipaty bt Saumya Vig 6-3, 6-0; Hou Yanan (Chn) bt Nidhitra Rajmohan 6-3, 6-0; Demi Tran (Ned) bt Ashmitha Easwaramurthi 6-1, 6-2.

- Kamesh Srinivasan

Shanker through to quarters at National sub-junior championship

Shanker Heisnam beat top seed Dhiraj Reddy 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 in the pre-quarterfinals of under-16 boys in the Fenesta National sub-junior tennis championship at the DLTA Complex on Wednesday.

The results (pre-quarterfinals):

Under-16 boys: Shanker Heisnam bt Dhiraj Reddy 6-4, 3-6, 6-4; Arnav Yadav bt Tejas Ahuja 6-3, 7-5; Pratyush. Loganathan bt Pawan Koli 5-7, 6-3, 6-0; L Safoor Mydeen bt Khushwin Jeffrey 6-1, 6-0; V Thirumurugan bt Nishit Arimilli 6-3, 6-3; Kabir Chothani bt Aahil Ayaz 6-7(8), 6-2, 6-0; Prabir Chavda bt Samarth Sahita 7-6(6), 6-3.

Under-16 girls: Sanjana Sangram bt Parthsarthi Mundhe 6-3, 6-1; Laxmi Siri Dandu bt Shaivi Dalal 6-4, 6-3; Prisha Shinde bt Arzan Khorakiwala 6-3, 6-3; Aishi Bisht bt Anandita Upadhyay 6-2, 6-1; Rishitha Basireddy bt Sohini Mohanty 2-6, 6-0, 6-3; Harithashree Venkatesh bt Yahsika Shokeen 6-2, 7-5; N Harshini bt Diya Ramesh 6-4, 7-5; Aakruti Sonkusare bt Princy Mandagalla 6-4, 6-3.

Under-14 boys: Hruthik Katakam bt Krishank Joshi 6-2, 6-0; M Diganth bt Ahan Shetty 7-5, 6-4; Saksham Bhansali bt Rudra Batham 6-1, 6-0; Anurag Kallambella bt M Shreyanth 6-1, 6-2; Ranvir Singh bt Prateek Sheoran 6-1, 1-6, 7-5; Shivtej Shirfule bt Shardul Khawale 3-6, 6-4, 6-3; Prakaash Sarran bt Neel Kelkar 6-0, 6-0; Tavish Pahwa bt Kushagra Arora 6-1, 6-1.

Under-14 girls: Diya Ramesh bt Avipsha Dehury 6-2, 6-1; Prisha Sshinde bt G Meghana 7-6(1), 6-1; Prachi Malik bt Srishti Kiran 6-0, 6-3; Shaivi Dalal bt Parthsarthi Mundhe 6-3, 6-3; Anandita Upadhyay bt Manvi Gupta 6-1, 7-5; Aahan bt Akansha Ghosh 6-2, 6-4; Havisha Choudhary bt Shreya Pathare 5-7, 7-5, 7-6(2); Aleena Farid bt Swasti Singh 6-2, 6-0.

- Kamesh Srinivasan

FOOTBALL

N.P. Akbar Sidhique, who is making his Santosh Trophy debut, scored two goals as former seven-time champion Kerala opened its campaign in the 77th National football championship with a 3-0 drubbing of Gujarat at the SAG Benaulim Ground, Benaulim in Goa, on Wednesday.

Players of Gujarat and Kerala in action in the Santosh Trophy at the SAG Benaulim Ground, Benaulim in Goa. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement

The 23-year-old midfielder Akbar, a Wayanad United FC player and a former Calicut University star, scored in the 12th and 33rd minutes in the Group ‘A’ match.

The results (league): Kerala 3 (Akbar Sidhique 12 & 33, Nijo Gilbert 35) bt Gujarat 0.

-Stan Rayan

HOCKEY

Mizoram’s Lallengvunga High School crowned Nehru under-17 girls hockey champion

Two goals each from Malsawmkimi Pachuau and Laltlanchhungi, including one each in the last quarter, helped Lallengvunga High School, Thenzawl, Mizoram, to a 4-3 victory over CM Excellent High School, Bariatu, Ranchi, in the final of the Charanjit Rai 29th Nehru under-17 girls hockey tournament at the Shivaji Stadium on Wednesday.

Lallengvunga High School, Thenzawl, Mizoram celebrate winning the trophy in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement

Sugan Sanga, Salomi Nag and Roshni Aind scored the goals for the Ranchi team that led 3-2 at the end of the third quarter.

The champion team was presented a cash prize of Rs.160,000 and the runner-up Rs.96,000. The fairplay trophy and Rs.20,000 was presented to Kiddy’s Corner School, Gwalior.

The coach of the Mizoram team, Lalrothuami was awarded Rs.15,000 and the coach of runner-up, Karuna Purty was presented Rs.10,000.

The results (final):

Lallengvunga HS, Thenzawl, Mizoram, 4 Malsawmkimi Pachuau 2, Laltlanchhungi 2) bt CM Excellent HS, Bariatu, Ranchi, 3 (Sugan Sanga, Salomi Nag, Roshni Aind).

- Kamesh Srinivasan