Indian sports wrap, November 28: Sumit Nagal enters final in PSPB inter-unit tournament

Here are all the major updates, scores and results of Indians in the world of sports on November 28.

Sumit Nagal put Indian Oil in the team final and made the individual singles final as well in the PSPB inter-unit tennis tournament in Pune on Thursday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT

TENNIS

Nagal sets up title clash with Vardhan at PSPB inter-unit tournament

Sumit Nagal and Divij Sharan did not drop a game as Indian Oil outplayed Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL) 2 0 in the semifinals of the 43rd PSPB inter-unit tennis tournament at the Deccan Gymkhana on Thursday.

In the final, Indian Oil will play Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC). Vishnu Vardhan and Yuki Bhambri dropped four games between them in helping ONGC past Oil India Limited.

In the individual singles, Sumit Nagal set up a title clash against Vishnu Vardhan, while it will be Vaishnavi Adkar challenging Riya Bhatia in the women’s section.

The results:

Men (semifinals): Indian Oil bt GAIL 2-0 (Sumit Nagal bt Sanchit Varshney 6-0, 6-0; Divij Sharan bt Apoorv Jaiswal 6-0, 6-0).

ONGC bt Oil India Limited 2-0 (Vishnu Vardhan bt Udit Gogoi 6-2, 6-1; Yuki Bhambri bt Iftikhar Shaikh 6 1, 6-0).

Singles (semifinals): Sumit Nagal bt VM Ranjeet 8-6; Vishnu Vardhan bt Yuki Bhambri 8-6; Quarterfinals: Sumit bt Parthiv Kalita 6-1; Ranjeet bt Rohan Bopanna 6-4; Yuki bt Divij Sharan 6-4; Vishnu bt Iftikhar Shaikh 6-2.

Women’s singles (semifinals): Vaishnavi Adkar bt Sohini Mohanty 6-4; Riya Bhatia bt Laxmisiri Dandu 6-2.

- Kamesh Srinivasan

Arjun enters semis in ITF juniors

Arjun Rathi sustained a strong game in the climax to outwit Maximus Zavier Wong of Singapore 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 in the quarterfinals of the ITF junior tennis tournament at the DLTA Complex on Thursday.

Asserting his athletic ability, the 17-year-old Arjun played a crafty game, stepping up the pace whenever required to win the intense rallies. For a wiry lad, Arjun, playing his second successive three-setter after having negotiated Vihaan Reddy, showed considerable reserves of energy to break the resistance of his opponent.

Arjun Rathi on his way to the semifinals of the ITF junior tennis tournament in Delhi on Thursday. | Photo Credit: KAMESH SRINIVASAN

In the semifinals, Arjun will play Kanata Ozaki of Japan who beat the champion of the last tournament Izyan Ahmad of USA, with considerable ease.

The other semifinal will be between top seed Arnav Paparkar and fourth seed Roshan Santhosh of USA. Arnav handled the tenacious Egor Shcherbakov with a touch of assurance to pull through for the loss of six games.

In the girls section, qualifier Harshini Nagaraj continued to play with a calm demeanour, plotting her way to a 3-6, 6-3, 6-1 victory over Aishwarya Jadhav. In the semifinals, Harshini will play Nelli Ivanova.

Top seed Rishitha Basireddy who had won the last tournament in Guwahati, raced past Priyanka Rana. She will play third seed Polina Sleptsova of Kazakhstan in the semifinals.

The results (semifinals)

Under-18 boys: Arnav Paparkar bt Egor Shcherbakov 6-2, 6-4; Roshan Santhosh (USA) bt Kandhavel Mahalingam 6-4, 2-6, 6-4; Kanata Ozaki (Jpn) bt Izyan Ahmad (USA) 6-4, 6-2; Arjun Rathi bt Maximus Zavier Wong (Sgp) 3-6, 6-3, 6-3.

Under-18 girls: Rishitha Basireddy bt Priyanka Rana (USA) 6-2, 6-4; Polina Sleptsova (Kaz) bt Eva Kaliadina 3-6, 6-4, 6-1; Nelli Ivanova bt Yuzuha Negishi (Jpn) 6-4, 6-1; Harshini Nagaraj bt Aishwarya Jadhav 3-6, 6-3, 6-1.

- Kamesh Srinivasan

AITA Ranking Tournament: Danica, Samriti reach final

Danica Fernando beat top seed Vidula Amar 6-3, 6-2 to set up at a title clash against Samriti Punyani in the women’s section of the HPCL-Mittal Rs. 200,000 AITA ranking tennis tournament at the CLTA Complex in Chandigarh on Thursday.

The men’s final will be between the top two seeds - Sarthak Suden and Moksh Puri.

RESULTS

Men (semifinals): Sarthak Suden bt Omar Sumar 6-2, 6-2; Moksh Puri bt Keshav Dangi 6-0, 6-0.

Doubles (final): Karan Singh & Aryan Chauhan bt Sarthak Suden & Shreyas Dogial 6-2, 6-3.

Women (semifinals): Danica Fernando bt Vidula Amar 6-3, 6-2; Samriti Punyani bt Jeetesh Kumari 6-1, 6-4.

Doubles (final): Saily Thakkar & Ruma Gaikaiwari bt Aarushi Raval & Durganshi Kumar 6-0, 6-2.

- Team Sportstar

Balaji and Bollipalli lose Challenger quarterfinals in Portugal

Top seeds Sriram Balaji and Rithvik Bollipalli were beaten 3-6, 6-3, [10-6] by the Sabanov brothers, Ivan and Matej of Serbia, in the doubles quarterfinals of the €120,950 Challenger tennis tournament in Maia, Portugal, on Thursday.

The Indian pair collected 20 ATP points and €1,420.

RESULTS

€120,950 Challenger, Maia, Portugal

Doubles (quarterfinals): Ivan Sabanov & Matej Sabanov (Srb) bt Sriram Balaji & Rithvik Bollipalli 3-6, 6-3, [10-6]

Pre-quarterfinals: Balaji & Bollipalli bt Inigo Cervantes (Esp) & David Pichler (Aut) 6-7(6), 7-6(6), [11-9].

$15,000 ITF men, Luanda, Angola

Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Chirag Duhan bt Alexey Aleshchev 6-4, 6-4.

$60,000 ITF women, Carrara, Australia

Doubles (quarterfinals): Hikaru Sato & Eri Shimizu (Jpn) bt Naiktha Bains (GBR) & Ankita Raina 7-5, 6-7 (5), [10-8].

$25,000 ITF women, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Singles (first round): Saumya Vig bt Ana Torres (Dom) 6-3, 6-2.

$15,000 ITF women, Monastir, Tunisia

Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Zeel Desai bt Julia Adams (USA) 6-2, 7-5.

$15,000 ITF women, Ribeirao Preto, Brazil

Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Luciana Moyano (Arg) & Camila Romero (Ecu) bt Heydi Doldan (Par) & Priyanka Rodricks 6-2, 6-0.

- Team Sportstar

MORE SPORTS

A 68-member Indian team to participate in Asia-Pacific Deaf Games

A 68-member Indian team will take part in the Asia-Pacific Deaf Games to be held in Kuala Lumpur from December 1 to 8.

The tournament is at par with the Asian Games for individuals with speech and hearing impairment and also serves as a precursor to the Deaflympics, which will be held in Japan next year.

The India will have representation in seven disciplines including athletics, badminton, chess, judo, table tennis, taekwondo and wrestling.

A send-off ceremony was organised for the touring party by the Sports Authority of India in New Delhi at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium ahead of their departure on Friday.

National camps were organised by SAI in Sonepat for wrestling and in the national capital for badminton and judo from November 15 to 30.

Among those who are expected to clinch medals include double Deaflympics gold medallist Abhinav Sharma, 2022 Deaflympics champion shuttler Jerlin Anika and Amit, who won the bronze in 86kg category wrestling.

Chess has been included in the program for the first time. Mallika Handa will lead the seven-member Indian team.

- PTI

Indian Racketlon Open to be held in Mumbai

The inaugural edition of the Super World Tour event titled the Willingdon Indian Racketlon Open will be held in New Delhi from Friday.

Racketlon is a combination sport involving one game played to 21 points in each sport of table tennis, badminton, squash and tennis (in that order). The player accumulating most points is adjudged the winner.

The tournament will feature current men’s and women’s world champions including Luke Griffith (UK) and Stine Jacobsen (Denmark).

India’s Adarsh Narayanswamy and Siddharth Nandal will also be among participants from among 180 entries from 10 countries.

“Bringing our world tour is a special moment for our sport alongside the amazing generosity and warmth of the Indian hospitality (which was) felt by all the players who came to the Indian Open last year,” said FIR president Duncan Stahl.

The Super World Tour event is racketlon equivalent of a tennis grand slam.

- PTI

HOCKEY

Jharkhand, Odisha, Uttarakhand, Karnataka win in Hockey India Sub-Junior Nationals

Jharkhand, Odisha, Uttarakhand and Karnataka emerged winners in their respective matches on the third day of the 14th Hockey India Sub-Junior Women National Championship here on Thursday.

In pool B, Jharkhand hit all the right notes and prevailed 5-0 over Chhattisgarh while Uttarakhand beat Rajasthan 3-1 in Pool D.

The pool C match between Himachal and Odisha was forfeited by Himachal and hence a 5-0 victory was given to the latter. In pool F, Jammu and Kashmir was to play Karnataka but the former forfeited and the latter was awarded a 5-0 win.

In pool H, Andhra Pradesh cruised past Bengal 6-1, while in pool G, Punjab and Gujarat shared the spoils after drawing 2-2.

- PTI

Nehru tournament: CRPF defeats Namdhari XI courtesy Samsher’s brace

Samsher converted two penalty strokes to help Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) to a 2-0 victory over Namdhari XI in a league match of the SNBP 60th Nehru hockey tournament at the Shivaji Stadium in New Delhi on Thursday.

A minute’s silence was observed as a mark of respect for the CRPF coach Umesh Dhull who died on the way to Delhi from Jalandhar on Wednesday.

In another match, Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) recovered from being down 1-3 by smacking four goals in the second half against Food Corporation of India (FCI).

RESULTS (League Stage)

CRPF 2 (Samsher 2) bt Namdhari XI 0. ITBP 5 (Rohit 2, Shubham, Rahul Yadav, Anil) bt FCI 3 (Nitin 2, Prajwal Bijawad).

- Team Sportstar

POLO

Col. Girdhari Singh Cup: Siddhant Sharma powers Jindal Panther to win over Army Red

Siddhant Sharma smashed eight goals to power Jindal Panther to 14-3.5 victory over Army Red in a league match of the Col. Girdhari Singh Cup polo tournament in New Delhi on Thursday.

In the semifinals to be played at the Jaipur Polo ground on Saturday, Jindal Panther will meet Delta Polo. The other semifinal will be between Mayfair Polo and Vimal Arion Achievers.

RESULTS (League stage)

Jindal Panther 14 (Siddhant Sharma 8, Simran Shergill 3, Mahesh Sharma 3) bt Army Red 3 1/2 (Vishal Chauhan, handicap 2 1/2).

Mayfair Polo 8 (Shamsheer Ali 5, Dhruvpal Godara 3) bt Army Green 4 1/2 (Shukhjeet Singh, MS Chouhan, handicap 2 1/2).

Delta Polo 6 (Santiago Marambio 3, Naveen Singh 3) bt Achievers 5 (Daniel Otamendi 2, Vishwarupe Bajaj 2, Samir Suhag).

- Team Sportstar

SQUASH

Xtreme Open: Niranjana beats Vanya in a thriller

Niranjana Nair bounced back from the brink of defeat to beat Vanya Gupta 3-11, 7-11, 11-9, 11-8, 11-8 in the under-15 girls quarterfinals of the Xtreme Open squash tournament at the Dhyan Chand National Stadium in New Delhi on Thursday.

RESULTS (Quarterfinals)

Boys: Under-19: Udit Mishra bt Shaurya Tripathi 11-8, 11-3, 11-0; Yusha Nafees bt Haris Khan 11-3, 11-1, 11-1; Aryaveer Dewan bt Aakash Pathak 11-3, 11-5, 11-5; Abhiraj Singh bt Priyanshu Kumar 11-3, 11-6, 11-3.

Under-17: Parthvir Singh bt Parth Kumar Tiwari 11-2, 11-7, 11-1; Arjun Morey bt Yuvaditya Jain 11-6, 11-2, 11-7; Raghav Vashishtha bt Abhinav Kumar 11-4, 11-9, 11-2; Ijaz Mohammed bt Shiv Dev Mittal 11-5, 11-4, 11-4.

Girls: Under-17: Sanvi Batar bt Garima Nagar 11-5, 11-2, 11-3; Ishika Anand bt Kavya Sood 11-6, 11-7, 11-4; Riya Maheshwari bt Devashree Arora 0-11, 3-11, 4-10 (retired); Kaashvi Mangal bt Lakshi Sharma 11-2, 11-0, 11-2.

Under-15: Anya Sood bt Jasnoor Kaur 11-1, 11-4, 11-3; Niranjana Nair bt Vanya Gupta 3-11, 7-11, 11-9, 11-8, 11-8; Maira Ghosh bt Samairra Saroha 11-3, 11-3, 11-3; Saanvi Bakshi bt Tanaya Kelkar 11-5, 11-3, 11-6.

- Team Sportstar