Indian sports wrap, November 14: Arjun Prasad builds lead in Jaipur Open

Here are all the major updates, scores and results of Indians in the world of sports on November 14.

Representative Image: Arjun Prasad builds on lead with second round 64 in Jaipur Open.

GOLF

Jaipur Open: Arjun Prasad builds on lead in second round

Arjun Prasad shot a six-under 64 in the second round to stretch his lead to three strokes in the Rs.1 crore Jaipur Open golf tournament at the Rambagh Golf Club on Thursday.

Arjun had an eagle, five birdies, and a bogey, as he took his score to an overall 14-under 126.

Kshitij Naveed Kaul shot 65, for a 11-under 129. Six players Milind Soni, Sachin Baisoya, Ravi Kumar, Mari Muthu, M Dharma and Harendra Gupta were joint third with 10-under 130.

Prakhar Asawa was the only local golfer to make the cut, as he placed 35th with a three-under 137. The cut was applied on that score.

Sukhraj Singh Gill fired a hole-in-one on the 11th to win a Nissan Magnite car. His five-iron tee shot found the hole. He, however, missed the cut with a two-under 138.

Aadil Bedi was the other player to hit a hole-in-one, and accomplished the task on the second hole. He too missed the cut by one-under 139.

- Team Sportstar

TENNIS

ITF: Nitin Sinha beats Sureshkumar in pre-quarters

Nitin Kumar Sinha beat former national champion Manish Sureshkumar 6-4, 6-3 in the pre-quarterfinals of the $25,000 ITF men’s tennis tournament at the GA Ranade Complex on Thursday.

Nitin will challenge fifth seed Bogdan Bobrov in the quarterfinals.

Karan Singh and Vishnu Vardhan were the two other Indian players to make the quarterfinals, and will face each other.

The results:

Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Khumoyun Sultanov (Uzb) bt Dev Javia 7-5, 6-3; Adhithya Ganesan (USA) bt Siddhant Banthia 6-3, 6-3; Nitin Kumar Sinha bt Manish Sureshkumar 6-4, 6-3; Bogdan Bobrov bt Yuvan Nandal 6-2, 6-4; Karan Singh bt Rishab Agarwal 6-2, 6-0; Vishnu Vardhan bt S Mukund 4-3 (retired); Egor Agafonov bt Aryan Shah 6-1, 6-3; Dalibor Svrcina (Cze) bt Maxim Zhukov 6-3, 6-3.

Doubles (quarterfinals): Egor Agafonov & Bogdan Bobrov bt Ishaque Eqbal & Faisal Qamar 7-5, 6-4; Adhithya Ganesan (USA) & Aryan Shah bt Yuta Kawahashi & Kazuki Nishiwaki (Jpn) 3-6, 6-3, [10-7]; M Rifqi Fitriadi (Ina) & Yunseok Jang (Kor) bt Siddhant Banthia & Vishnu Vardhan 6-4, 7-6(4); S.D. Prajwal Dev & Adil Kalyanpur bt Dev Javia & Karan Singh 7-6(3), 6-4.

- Team Sportstar

ITF: Vaidehi knocks out top seed, world no. 125 Gibson in pre-quarters

Vaidehi Chaudhari knocked out top seed and world No.125 Talia Gibson 6-3, 6-4 in the pre-quarterfinals of the $40,000 ITF women’s tennis tournament in Brisbane, Australia, on Thursday.

Two-time national champion, Vaidehi converted five of six break points she forced, and saved eight breakpoints to sail through against the 20-year-old Aussie.

However, two other Indian players, Ankita Raina and Shrivalli Bhamidipaty were beaten in the second round by their seeded opponents.

The results:

$133,250 Challenger, Kobe, Japan

Doubles (quarterfinals): Shinji Hazawa & Masamichi Imamura (Jpn) bt Anirudh Chandrasekar & Niki Poonacha 6-1, 3-6, [10-5].

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

Singles (first round): Kristjan Tamm (Est) bt Aryan Lakshmanan 7-5, 6-2.

$40,000 ITF women, Brisbane, Australia

Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Vaidehi Chaudhari bt Talia Gibson (Aus) 6-3, 6-4; Petra Hule (Aus) bt Shrivalli Bhamidipaty 7-6(5), 6-4; Destanee Aiava (Aus) bt Ankita Raina 6-1, 6-4.

$40,000 ITF women, Funchal, Portugal

Doubles (quarterfinals): Riya Bhatia & Polina Iatcenko bt Francesca Curmi (Mlt) & Yasmin Mansouri (Fra) 6-7(4), 6-1, [10-8].

$40,000 ITF women, Chihuahua, Mexico

Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Michaela Bayerlova (Cze) & Martina Okalova (Svk) bt Zoe Hitt (USA) & Saumya Vig 6-4, 6-4.

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

Singles (first round): Maya Drozd (Ger) bt Ashmitha Easwaramurthi 6-1, 4-0 (retired); Lee Eunhye (Kor) bt Prathyusha Rachapudi 6-2, 6-0.

- Team Sportstar

AQUATICS

DU inter-college championship: SRCC, LSR emerge team champions

Shri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC) and Lady Shri Ram College emerged the team champions in the men’s and women’s sections respectively in the Delhi University inter-college aquatic championship.

SRCC accumulated 56 points to be ahead of St.Stephen’s College (44) and Hansraj College (35) in the men’s section.

LSR topped with 37 points, ahead of SRCC (26) and Jesus and Mary College (21) in the women’s section.

- Team Sportstar

ARCHERY

Vedanta Aluminium’s Sports Initiative Sends Odisha’s Young Archers to National Stage

Seven young archers, five of whom are girls, qualified for the renowned 68th national-level School Games Federation of India (SGFI) Championship, to be hosted by the Sports Authority of Gujarat.

The archers are part of Vedanta’s grassroots sports initiative, which, since its inception in 2018, has offered comprehensive training in archery and other sports to young athletes from underserved communities in the Kalahandi district of Odisha.  Through this initiative, more than 100 archers have been trained, with many excelling in state and national competitions, winning a total of 40 medals last year alone.

Reaffirming the company’s dedication to supporting young talent, Mr. Sunil Gupta, COO – Vedanta Aluminium said, “Our commitment to grassroots sports goes beyond developing athletic skills; it’s about shaping well-rounded individuals equipped with essential life skills. By investing in grassroots programs, Vedanta Aluminium not only strengthens the foundation of sports within communities but also fosters a culture of inclusivity and opportunity, opening doors for local youth to realize their potential.”

The archers are part of Vedanta’s grassroots sports initiative. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement

Simanchal Majhi, archery coach, congratulated them, “I’m happy to witness our students perform so well. The students exhibit earnest sincerity towards their practice session because of the robust sports ecosystem that supports students with equipment, advanced coaching along with participation in various championships. This has helped these students, who belong to underserved areas, build their confidence, hence resulting in such extraordinary performance.”

-Team Sportstar

BRIDGE

Sarla Fibres team occupies top position in National Ranking Bridge C’ship

Sarla Fibres demonstrated excellent teamwork to seize the advantage, comfortably finishing at the top of the standings in the qualifying Swiss League of the Mixed Teams competition at the National Ranking Bridge Championship here on Thursday.

The event, organised by the Bridge Federation of India (BFI), was hosted by the Bombay Gymkhana.

The Sarla Fibres team, comprising Vrinda Jhunjhunwala, Rajeev Khandelwal, Himani Khandelwal, Sandeep Karmarkar and Marianne Karmarkar, dominated the proceedings and lost just one match and finished with a tally of 108 VPs.

Team Jesal, with 90.38 VPs, followed in second position, while Team Slammers were in third position with 89.80 VPs.

The top-eight teams have qualified for Friday’s quarterfinals knockouts.

Top-8 qualifiers: Team Sarla Fibres, Team Jesal, Team Slammers, Team Acing It, Hexa Squad, Team Snapdragon, Team Harmony, Warriors.

-PTI