GOLF
Hitaashee doubles lead to six shots in Hero WPGT
Hitaashee Bakshi added a 2-under 70 to her first-round card of 67 to double her three-shot lead to six with one more round to go in the 14th Leg of the Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour in Vikarabad on Saturday.
Winner of two titles this season, Hitaashee is six shots clear of Nayanika Sanga (71-72) and Vidhatri Urs (70-73), the only player to have won three times this year. Nayanika and Vidhatri are at one-under 143 each.
Hitaashee, leader on the Hero WPGT Order of Merit, will become the second three-time winner in 2024, if she holds on for a win.
Three players, Ananya Garg (76-71), Shweta Mansingh (72-75) and Sneha Singh (70-77), are tied for fourth place at 3-over 147.
Hitaashee, who is due to play in the Ladies European Tour Qualifying School Final Stage next month, opened with five pars and then landed back-to-back birdies on the sixth and the seventh.
She birdied 12th but dropped a shot on the 13th and then against dropped a shot on the Par-5 16th before picking a birdie on the closing 18th for a day’s card of 70, which equalled the best score of the day alongside Yaalisai Verma.
Nayanika had an incredible six birdies, six bogeys and six pars.
She did not have a single par in her first seven holes, which included four birdies and two bogeys.
She seemed to be making good progress at 3-under through 12 holes, but then dropped three bogeys in the last six holes, including two in the last two holes.
Vidhatri had three birdies, one bogey and a triple bogey on Par-4 11th, which ruined her card.
Shweta Mansingh had four birdies, three bogeys and two doubles in her 75.
Amandeep Drall (74-74) is sole seventh at 4-over 148, while Yaalisai Verma (79-70) and Khushi Khanijau (71-78) are tied eighth at 5-over 149.
Rhea Purvi Saravanan (76-75) rounded off the top ten.
- PTI
Sachin Baisoya beats Rashid Khan to win Jaipur Open
Sachin Baisoya beat Rashid Khan on the fifth play-off hole after being tied on 22-under 258 in the Rs.1 crore Jaipur Open golf championship at the par-70 Rambagh Golf Club on Saturday.
After four play-off holes on the par-5, 18th had failed to find the champion, Sachin came up with a sterling tee-shot that landed three feet from the pin on the par-3 second hole. Rashid found the bunker, and his par round failed to beat Sachin when he sank the birdie putt from three feet.
The champion collected 15 lakh rupees and the runner-up 10 lakh rupees. Sachin was able to lift himself for the play-off with a 35-feet birdie putt on the 18th hole, as he recorded the day’s second best card of 6-under 64.
Likewise, Rashid who was second overnight, one shot away, recovered to score a birdie after finding the water hazard on the 18th, to get into the play-off.
The leader on the first three days, Arjun Prasad shot 6-over 76, and finished joint 14th with 12-under 268. He had to be content with a purse of Rs.1,45,700.
Kshitij Naveed Kaul, Akshay Sharma and Milind Soni were joint third with 16-under 264 and collected Rs.4,99,833 each.
The top scores:
- Team Sportstar
OTHER SPORTS
Indian squad announced for Special Olympics Asia Pacific Bocce and Bowling Competition
Special Olympics Bharat (SOB) has announced a 16-member squad for the Special Olympics Asia Pacific Bocce and Bowling Competition, scheduled to be held at the Thyagaraj Sports Complex in Delhi from November 18 to 22.
The team includes eight athletes each for Bocce and Bowling, supported by eight coaches.
The Men’s Bocce squad comprises Kabir Pritam Baruah, Ebenezer David, Wilfred Dsouza, and Devansh Agarwal, coached by P. Arun and S. Anandan. The Women’s Bocce team includes Priyanka, Manjula, Purnima Madan, and G. Subhashini, guided by Mamta and Pushpa Tripathi.
The Women’s Bowling team features Neha Singh, Simran Pujara, Shraddha Patel, and Susri Sangeeta Nayak, with coaches Shafali Gupta and Anupama Singh. Representing the Men’s Bowling team are: Ibhanan Sahu, Ankit, Prakash Veghela, and Nirupam Dey, coached by Akshat Sharma and Ileshbhai Raval.
The competition, a first of its kind in India, will focus on athletes aged 22 and above with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD). Over 100 athletes from 12 countries across East Asia, Europe Eurasia, and Asia Pacific will participate.
- PTI
TENNIS
ITF: Svrcina too good for Karan Singh in semifinals
Second seed and champion of the last tournament Dalibor Svrcina proved too strong for Karan Singh as he cruised to a 6-4, 6-0 victory in the semifinals of the $25,000 ITF men’s tennis tournament at the GA Ranade Complex on Saturday.
In the final, the Czech will play top seed Khumoyun Sultanov of Uzbekistan.
In the doubles final, second seeds S.D. Prajwal Dev and Adil Kalyanpur beat Adhithya Ganesan and Aryan Shah 6-4, 4-6, [10-7].
The champion team won 25 ATP points and $1395, while the runners-up collected 16 points and $810.
It was the 13th career doubles title for Prajwal. It was the fourth doubles title for Adil, and the third with Prajwal.
The results:
- Team Sportstar
TPL Masters: Suhana Ohlan beats Sayna to win U14 title
Suhana Ohlan beat Sayna Hooda 13-12 in the under-14 girls final to clinch the title in the TPL Masters tennis championship at the DLTA Complex on Saturday.
Labelled as the Race to Gold by the Tennis Premier League, the talent hunt in the different age groups of under-14, 12 and 10 for boys and girls apart from men and women, would fetch a scholarship worth Rs. 75,000 each for the eight winners.
That apart, the eight champions would be felicitated during the TPL in Mumbai live on Jio Cinema.
“We are trying our best to encourage the young talent by giving them an inspiring experience,” said the co-founder of TPL, Kunal Thakkur.
The under-10 boys and girls, apart from men and women, will play on Sunday. The players compete on a league cum knock-out basis on the 25-point match format.
The results:
- Team Sportstar
ITF: Riya Bhatia-Polina pair beats Aneta-Martha duo in women’s doubles semifinals
Riya Bhatia in partnership with Polina Iatcenko beat Aneta Laboutkova and Martha Matoula 6-4, 6-3 in the doubles semifinals of the $40,000 ITF women’s tennis tournament in Funchal, Portugal.
In the final, Riya and Polina will play Holly Hutchinson and Ella McDonald of Britain.
The results:
- Team Sportstar
POLO
Field Marshal Cariappa Cup: Ultimate Risala beats Stallions 4-3 in final
Raghav Raj Singh scored three goals in guiding Ultimate Risala to a 4-3 victory over Stallions in the final of the Field Marshal Cariappa Cup polo tournament at the Army Equestrian Centre, Delhi Cantonment, on Saturday.
Nine teams competed in the tournament.
The final of the Umaid Bhawan Palace Sir Pratap Singh Cup will be played on Sunday at the Jaipur Polo ground here from 3.30 p.m.
The results (final):
- Team Sportstar
HANDBALL
SAI to conduct selection trials for Asian women’s handball championship
The Sports Authority of India (SAI) will conduct the selection trials to choose the national team for the 20th Asian women’s handball championship at the SAI Centre in Gandhinagar on November 21 and 22.
Players who have competed in the national championships, even at the junior level, and international events, would be eligible.
The Asian championship is scheduled to be held in Delhi from December 3 to 10. The top four teams from the championship will qualify for the 27th World handball championship to be staged in Germany and the Netherlands next year.
The interested players would have to make their own arrangements for travel and stay and are expected to report at 8 a.m. in their sports kit. The trials would be recorded on video, but the decision of the selection committee would be final.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
BADMINTON
Maharashtra state open: Top seed Tanay in semis; upsets galore in women’s category
Top seed Tanay Mehendale fought back gallantly to beat Mishil Shah to enter the men’s semifinals of the Maharashtra State Open badminton tournament 2024 in Mumbai on Saturday.
Mehendale won 17-15, 15-11. The second seed Shvetank Karnik prevailed over Piyush Kamble 15-11, 15-10 to enter the last eight.
But in the women’s section, the top four seeds failed to advance to the next round.
The number one seed Shivani Herlekar went down fighting to unseeded Anushka Bhise 29-30 in 17 minutes in the pre-quarterfinals.
Later, in the quarterfinals, Shravni Patil defeated second seed Shraddha Hakke 15-9, 15-8, while third seed Manasvi Vaidya suffered a 13-15, 2-15 defeat at the hands of unseeded Devanshi Shinde.
Prisha Shah produced a strong performance as she rallied from losing the first game against fourth seed Netra Jhalani to win 8-15, 15-7, 15-2 and seal a semifinal spot.
Results:
- PTI
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