TENNIS
Russia proves strong for India in BRICS Games
Russia proved strong for India in both the men’s and women’s tennis in the BRICS Games in Durban, South Africa.
The Indian women’s team was beaten 3-0, while the men managed to get the doubles point following a walkover owing to injury of Russian player Egor Agafonov.
The teams play on a league basis. It became a four-team competition as Brazil failed to make it.
The results (league):
Men: Russia bt India 2-1 (Igor Kudriashov bt Dhruv Hirpara 6-1, 6-1; Egor Agafonov bt Ajay Malik 6-2, 6-2; Egor & Igor lost to Ajay Kundu & Ritabrata Sarkar w.o.).
Women: Russia bt India 3-0 (Ksenia Zaitseva bt Vaishnavi Adkar 6-4, 6-4; Polina Latcenko bt Sandeepti Singh Rao 6-0, 6-3; Polina & Ksenia bt Vaishnavi & Kashish Bhatia 6-2, 6-2).
- Kamesh Srinivasan
POLO
Quarter Master General polo championship results
Seven goals by Vijay Singh proved inadequate for Remount and Veterinary Corps (RVC) as it was beaten 8 goals to 7 ½ by Artillery in a league match of the Quarter Master General (QMG) polo championship at the Army Equestrian Centre, Delhi Cantonment, on Thursday. RVC had started with a half-goal handicap advantage.
The results (league):
Artillery 8 (Asish Samantaray 3, Irfan Khan 3, Narender Kumar, Prince Pal Singh) bt RVC 7 ½ (Vijay Singh 7, handicap ½).
61st Cavalry Armed Corps 5 (Vishal Chauhan 2, ARS Warraich 2, VS Kahlon) bt PBG Armed Corps 3 (Anant Rajpurohit, handicap 2).
- Kamesh Srinivasan
Rithvik and Arjun in Challenger semifinals
Rithvik Bolliipalli and Arjun Kadhe beat Andrew Harris and John-Patrick Smith of Australia 6-3, 6-4 in the doubles quarterfinals of the €145,000 Challenger tennis tournament in Olbia, Italy, on Thursday.
In the $15,000 ITF women’s event in Tunisia, Zeel Desai made the singles quarterfinals and doubles semifinals.:
Result
€145,000 Challenger, Olbia, Italy
Doubles (quarterfinals): Marco Bortolotti (Ita) & Sergio Gornes (Esp) bt Anirudh Chandrasekar & Vijay Sundar Prashanth 6-4, 6-4; Rithvik Bollipallli & Arjun Kadhe bt Andrew Harris & John-Patrick Smith (Aus) 6-3, 6-4; Pre-quarterfinals: Jonathan Eyssseric & Harold Mayot (Fra) bt Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (Pak) & Divij Sharan 4-6, 6-2, [10-6].
€36,000 Challenger, Hamburg, Germany
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Hady Habib (Lib) & Parikshit Somani bt Sarp Agabigun & Altug Celikbilek (Tur) 6-4, 6-3.
$15,000 ITF women, Monastir, Tunisia
Singles (pre-quarterfinal): Zeel Desai bt Luisa Hrda (Ger) 7-5, 6-1.
Doubles (quarterfinals): Zeel Desai & Anastassia Sukhotina bt Sofia Avataneo & Diana de Simone (Ita) 6-1, 6-1.
$15,000 ITF women, Hua Hin, Thailand
Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Shrivalli Bhamidipaty bt Laura Cilekova (Svk) 6-2, 7-6(3).
Doubles (quarterfinals): Patcharin Cheapchandej & Pimmada Thongkum (Tha) bt Shrivalli Bhamidipaty & Salakthip Ounmuang (Tha) 6-3, 6-3.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
HOCKEY
Karan Gautam converted a penalty corner and that proved the match-winner in Madhya Pradesh Academy, Bhopal’s 1-0 victory over Vikas Inter College, Varanasi, in a league match of the Steelbird 40th Nehru sub-junior hockey tournament at the Shivaji Stadium on Thursday.
The results (league):
Pritam Siwach Academy, Sonipat, 6 (Yashmit Deswal 3, Ritesh Malik, nIkhil, Kunal) bt Rengarih HSS, Simdega, Jharkhand, 1 (Kaleshwar Manjhi).
Royall International SSS, Charkhi Dadri, 8 (Soun 3, Nikhil 2, Karan 2, Khushhal) bt Youg Pioneer English School, Imphal, 2 (Kh. Nirmal Singh, Vishall Waribam).
Madhya Pradesh Academy, Bhopal, 1 (Karan Gautam) bt Vikas Inter College, Varanasi.
- Kamesh Srinivasan
CRICKET
Syed Mustaq Ali Tournament Roundup
Harvik Desai’s unbeaten 104 (55b, 10x4, 6x6) helped Saurashtra beat Manipur by 85 runs in the Group-C match of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20 cricket tournament at Ranchi on Thursday.
Shai Rasheed hit an unbeaten 100 (54b, 10x4, 6x6) as Andhra posted a 145-run win over Arunachal Pradesh.
In the Group-D match at Mohali, Jharkhand and Uttarakhand played out a tie for Jharkhand to win the super over.
Scores
Group-A (At Jaipur): Mizoram 163/6 in 20 overs (Agni Chopra 94) bt Meghalaya 143/7 in 20 overs (Larry Sangma 36, Anish Charak 36 n.o., T.C. Vanlalremruata 3/21); Points: Mizoram 4 (4), Meghalaya 0 (0).
Chhattisgarh 97 in 19.1 overs (Shashank Singh 51, Ravi Teja 6/13) lost to Hyderabad 98/4 in 16 overs; Hyderabad 4 (12), Chhattisgarh 0 (8).
Haryana 178/3 in 20 overs (Ankit Kumar 89 n.o., Rohit Sharma 47 n.o.) bt Jammu & Kashmir 105 in 17.3 overs (Fazil Rashid 61, Anshul Kamboj 3/12, Harshal Patel 3/16); Haryana 4 (4), J&K 0 (0).
Mumbai 142/8 in 20 overs (Yashasvi Jaiswal 38, Shivam Dube 35, Atit Sheth 3/31) bt Baroda 139/8 in 20 overs (Krunal Pandya 62, Shivalik Sharma 30, Tushar Deshpande 3/20); Mumbai 4 (12), Baroda 0 (8).
Group-B (At Mumbai): Odisha 210/5 in 20 overs (Sandeep Pattnaik 71 n.o., Prayash Singh 75) bt Sikkim 106 in 17.2 overs (Sunil Roul 4/24, Debabrata Pradhan 3/14); Odisha 4 (8), Sikkim 0 (0).
Services 124 in 19.4 overs (Rajat Paliwal 39, Riyan Parag 3/9, Sourav Dey 4/20) lost to Assam 128/2 in 12.4 overs (Rishav Das 41 n.o., Riyan Parag 76 n.o.); Assam 4 (8), Services 0 (4).
Bihar 111 in 20 overs (Gaurav Joshi 37) lost to Kerala 117/4 in 13 overs (Rohan Kunnummal 36, Vishnu Vinod 32, Abdul Basith 39 n.o.); Kerala 4 (12), Bihar 0 (0).
Chandigarh 138/9 in 20 overs (Gaurav Puri 38 n.o.) lost to Himachal Pradesh 139/4 in 17.2 overs (Ekant Sen 70 n.o., Bhagmender Lather 3/33); HP 4 (8), Chandigarh 0 (8).
Group-C (At Ranchi): Gujarat 216/7 in 20 overs (Urvil Patel 46, Saurav Chauhan 36) bt Goa 201/6 in 20 overs (Ishaan Gadekar 32, K.V. Siddhanth 53, Deepraj Gaonkar 30, Darshan Misal 50 n.o., Shen Patel 4/36); Gujarat 4 (12), Goa 0 (8).
Saurashtra 240/4 in 20 overs (Harvik Desai 104 n.o., Vishvaraj Jadeja 69) bt Manipur 155/5 in 20 overs (Kangabam Priyojit 75, Bikash Singh 35); Saurashtra 4 (8), Manipur 0 (0).
Andhra 228/4 in 20 overs (Hanuma Vihari 49, Shaik Rasheed 100 n.o.) bt Arunachal Pradesh 83/8 in 20 overs (Cheepurapalli Stephen 3/10); Andhra 4 (4), Arunachal 0 (0).
Punjab 218/5 in 20 overs (Prabhsimran Singh 34, Abhishek Sharma 82) bt Railways 98 in 16 overs (Harpreet Brar 3/15, Mayank Markande 3/18); Punjab 4 (8), Railways 0 (8).
Group-D (At Mohali): Jharkhand 178/7 in 20 overs (Saurabh Tiwary 31, Virat Singh 71, Agrim Tiwari 4/33) tied with Uttarakhand 178/3 in 20 overs (Yuvraj Chaudhary 54, Kunal Chandela 83); Super over: Uttarakhand 13/0, Jharkhand 14/0; Jharkhand won the super over; Jharkhand 4 (8), Uttarakhand 0 (4).
Bengal 225/3 in 20 overs (Abishek Porel 73 n.o., Sudip Kumar Gharami 68, Shahbaz Ahmed 38 n.o.) bt Puducherry 163 in 19.5 overs (Arun Karthik 41, Akash Deep 3/20, Ishan Porel 3/25); Bengal 4 (8), Puducherry 0 (2).
Rajasthan 200/6 in 20 overs (Deepak Hooda 60, Kunal Singh Rathore 61 n.o.) lost to Vidarbha 205/4 in 19.5 overs (Atharva Taide 54, Dhruv Shorey 74); Vidarbha 4 (8), Rajasthan 0 (2).
Group-E (At Dehradun): Madhya Pradesh 76 in 17.4 overs (Vijaykumar Vyshak 3/16, Krishnappa Gowtham 3/17) lost to Karnataka 77/3 in 16 overs; Karnataka 4 (6), MP 0 (2).
Tripura 129/5 in 20 overs (Ganesh Satish 52 n.o.) lost to Tamil Nadu 133/2 in 16.5 overs (Hari Nishaanth 59, Sai Sudharsan 54 n.o.); Tamil Nadu 4 (10), Tripura 0 (4).
Nagaland 105/9 in 20 overs lost to Delhi 107/2 in 13.5 overs (Anuj Rawat 37, Yash Dhull 41 n.o.); Delhi 4 (10), Nagaland 0 (2).
-Prasanna Venkatesan
ARCHERY
Tarundeep Rai returns to Indian squad
Seasoned archer Tarundeep Rai made a comeback to the Indian recurve men’s squad for the Asian archery championships, a continental Olympic qualifying event, to be held in Bangkok from November 3 to 10.
At the end of the six-day selection trials held at Sonepat on Thursday, Rai replaced another experienced archer Atanu Das, who was part of the men’s team that won a bronze medal in the recently concluded Asian Games. Das finished outside the top eight.
Tisha Punia was the lone induction in the recurve women’s squad.
Decorated archer Deepika Kumari, who was sixth, could not make it the team.
In compound, Asian Games individual gold winners Ojas Deotale and V.Jyothi Surekha got exemption from the trials.
Silver medallist Abhishek Verma, whose father passed away mid-way through the trials forcing him to leave the trials, was selected considering his extraordinary past and present performances, said an Archery Association of India (AAI) official.
Prathamesh Fuge and Priyansh booked their places in the men’s squad, while Muskan Kirar made a return to the women’s squad.
Squad
Recurve: Men: Tarundeep Rai, Tushar Shelke, B. Dhiraj and Pravin Jadhav; Women: Tisha Punia, Ankita Bhakat, Bhajan Kaur and Simranjeet Kaur.
Compound: Men: Ojas Deotale, Abhishek Verma, Prathamesh Fuge and Priyansh; Women: V.Jyothi Surekha, Muskan Kirar, Parneet Kaur and Aditi Swami.
-Y.B. Sarangi
ATHLETICS
Buzz around Kiran’s sparkling performance
“He has broken the national record,” exclaimed an excited Haridas repeatedly on Thursday evening as soon as Palakkad’s K. Kiran finished the junior boys 110m hurdles in an impressive 13.84s at the 65th Kerala State schools athletics championships at the Government VHSS ground here.
Former international Haridas and his son Arjun coach the promising sprint hurdler at Palakkad’s Olympic Athletic Club and the senior revealed that the old record of 14.02s was in the name of Mohit and was set in 2019.
Unfortunately, the State meet’s organisers do not maintain a list of national schools records so one is not sure whether Kiran had indeed achieved the feat.
“We don’t have them so we can’t say for sure whether it is better than the national schools record,” said Jimmy Joseph, a senior technical official at the meet. But he pointed out that Kiran’s time would rank 40th in the under-18 world list this year.
NOT NEW TO NATIONAL RECORDS
However, Kiran is not new to national records. At the Guwahati Junior Nationals in November 2022, the youngster had broken the under-16 boys 80m hurdles national record clocking 10.61s (old 10.81) and if he continues his impressive run the 16-year-old could better international Maymon Paulose’s under-18 national record of 13.57s in a year or so.
Kiran’s performance today broke the five-year-old junior meet record here by a huge margin (old 14.74s) and was better than the senior (14.08s, under-19) meet record too.
“I thought I’d do sub-14s but I didn’t expect this sort of time,” said Kiran, a student of Vadavannur VMHS school, whose performance was the day’s lone record too.
Results (gold medallists only):
Boys: Seniors (under-19): 1500m: J. Bejoy (Pkd) 4:01.91s. 110m hurdles: Milan Thomas (Koz) 14.59s. 4X100m relay: Malappuram (44.12s). Hammer throw: Adwaith Santhosh (Wyd) 55.27m.
Juniors (under-17): 1500m: M. Amruth (Pkd) 4:08.80s. 110m hurdles: K. Kiran (Pkd) 13.84s MR, OR 14.74s, R.K. Suryajith, 2018. 4x100m relay: Thiruvananthapuram (44.09s). Long jump: Femix Rijesh (Tvm) 6.63m. High jump: Juwel Thomas (Ktm) 1.96m. 5km walk: Adhith Anil (Koz) 24:16.52s. Discus throw: Jefrin Manoj Anthraper (Ekm) 39.93m.
Sub-juniors (under-14): 600m: Arshad Ali (Pkd) 1:28.32s. 80m hurdles: Adhikrishna Dineesh (Tsr) 12.26s. 4X100m relay: Alappuzha (48.46s).
Girls: Seniors (under-19): 1500m: C.R. Nithya (Ekm) 4:50.44s. 100m hurdles: D. Sheeba (Tvm) 14.40s. 4X100m relay: Palakkad (51.14s). Triple jump: Janice Treesa Regi (Ekm) 12.09m. Javelin throw: Emlin Anna Paul (Ekm) 31.61m.
Juniors (under-17): 1500m: Nivedhya Kaladhar (Pkd) 4:57.85s. 100m hurdles: Adithya Aji (Mlp) 15.16s. 4X100m relay: Kollam (50.90s). 3Km walk: K.P. Geethu (Mlp) 16:44.87s. Triple jump: Ganga Surendran (Koz) 11.20m. Javelin throw: P. Varsha (Mlp) 33.98m.
Sub-juniors (under-14): 600m: Ansil Biju (Idk) 1:45.82. 80m hurdles: T.V. Devasree (Knr) 13.09s. 4X100m relay: Kannur (52.69s). Shot put: N. Abhinaya (Koz) 9.52m.
-Stan Rayan
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