July 24, Indian sports news wrap: Daruvala finishes seventh in F2 French Grand Prix; Bopanna loses Hamburg Open final

July 24, sports wrap: Here are all the major developments in Indian sports today.

Jehan Daruvala of India and Prema Racing drives on track during the Round 9:Le Castellet Feature race of the Formula 2 Championship at Circuit Paul Ricard on July 24, 2022 in Le Castellet, France. | Photo Credit: Getty Images

MOTORSPORT

Daruvala seventh in F2 French GP Feature Race

Indian driver Jehan Daruvala finished seventh in the Formula 2 French Grand Prix Feature Race on Sunday.

He started the race from 10th place on the grid.

Earlier, the 23-year-old Daruvala, who is backed by Red Bull and drives for Prema Racing, had finished second in Saturday's sprint race, claiming his sixth podium finish of the season.

- Team Sportstar

TENNIS

Bopanna-Middelkoop pair loses Hamburg Open final

Rohan Bopanna and his Dutch partner Matwe Middelkoop lost to the British-Finnish pair of Lloyd Glasspool and Harri Heliovaara in the Hamburg Open final on Sunday.

The fourth-seeded Indo-Dutch duo, who reached the French Open semifinal this year, could not break the unseeded pair of Glasspool and Heliovaara even once and suffered a 2-6, 4-6 defeat in one hour 3 minutes.

This was Bopanna’s fourth tour-level final this year. While the 42-year-old Indian, world number 21 in doubles, won the ATP250 titles in Adelaide and Pune with compatriot Ramkumar Ramanathan, he and Canada’s Denis Shapovalov lost the summit clash in Doha.

The all-Indian pair of Divij Sharan and Purav Raja lost 6-7 (3), 6-3, [7-10] to the top-seeded Mexican-American duo of Hans Hach Verdugo and Hunter Reese in the Indianapolis Challenger Final.

Manish Sureshkumar won the ITF $15k title in Colombo with a fabulous 6-4, 6-0 victory over top-seeded Frenchman Quentin Folliot in the final.

However, in the $15k ITF event in Monastir, second-seeded Vaidehi Chaudhari lost to 3-6, 6-1, 4-6 to the unseeded Indonesian Priska Madelyn Nugroho in the summit clash.

- Team Sportstar

The results

ATP500 Hamburg, Germany, Doubles (Final): Rohan Bopanna/Matwe Middelkoop (NED) lost 2-6, 4-6 to Lloyd Glasspool (GBR)/Harri Heliovaara (FIN)

$53,120 ATP Challenger, Indianapolis, Doubles (Semifinal): Divij Sharan/Purav Raja lost 6-7 (3), 6-3, [7-10] to Hans Hach Verdugo (MEX)/Hunter Reese(USA)

$69,407 ATP Challenger, Segovia, Spain, Singles (First round qualifying): Kenny De Schepper (FRA) bt Arjun Kadhe 6-3, 6-7(5), 6-3

$15,000 ITF women, Monastir, Tunisia, Singles (Final): Vaidehi Chaudhari lost 3-6, 6-1, 4-6 to Priska Madelyn Nugroho (INA)

$15,000 ITF men, Colombia, Sri Lanka, Singles (Final): Manish Sureshkumar bt Quentin Folliot (FRA) 6-4, 6-0

$25,000 ITF women, Nottingham, Great Britain, Singles (First round qualifying): Katy Dunne (GBR) bt Humera Baharmus 6-1, 6-2

$25,000 ITF men, Denia, Spain, Singles (First round qualifying): Amaan Siddiqui bt Ivan Kazakov (RUS) 6-2, 6-1

$15,000 ITF men, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysian, Singles (First round qualifying): Liu Hui Retallick (GBR) bt Nikshep Ballekere Ravikumar 6-1, 6-2; Kenny Bun (CAM) bt Theertha Shashank Macherla 6-3, 7-6(5); Rishiraj Shekhawat bt Ji Hoon Son (KOR) walkover; Madhwin Kamath bt Rishikrishna Ayyappan 6-2, 6-1; Alexander Kotzen (USA) bt Tathagat Charantimath 6-3, 6-0; Aditya Govila bt Sam Baldwin (AUS) 3-6, 6-4, [10-1]; Dheeraj Kodancha Srinivasan bt Shourya Manik 6-4, 6-1; Yuichiro Inui (JPN) bt Anurag Agarwal 6-3, 6-4; Ha Minh Duc Vu (VIE) bt Muthu Aadhitiya Senthilkumar 6-4, 6-2; Bharath Nishok Kumaran bt Parth Aggarwal 4-6, 7-6(6), [10-6]

Singles (Second round qualifying): Kenny Bun (CAM) bt Aditya Govila 6-2, 7-5; Madhwin Kamath bt Rishiraj Shekhawat 6-1, 6-1

$15,000 ITF men, Colombia, Sri Lanka, Singles (First round qualifying): Kiran Vairavanathan (SRI) bt Gagan Rakesh Vimal 6-4, 6-3; Gulbir Singh Tomar bt Levin Ratnasingham (SRI) 6-3, 1-6, [10-5], Guhan Rajan bt Alexander Nekhoroshev (RUS) 6-0, 6-1

Singles (Second round qualifying): Chandril Sood bt Abhiveer Singh Shekhawat 6-4, 6-1; Thehan Sanjaya Wijemanne (SRI) bt. Jagpal Singh 6-0, 6-1; Ashen Silva (SRI) bt Mohit Bhardwaj 7-5, 6-3; Aaron Raj bt Talal Sabry (SRI) 6-1, 6-0; Gourav Gulia bt Luca Emanuel Knese (GER) 6-1, 6-2; Chathurya Nilaweera (SRI) bt Babji Siva Atturu 6-4, 6-2; Patrik Oplustil (CZE) bt Shahbaaz Khan 6-4, 6-1; Yash Chaurasia bt Guhan Rajan 6-3, 6-4; Ayush Sharma bt Gulbir Singh Tomar 4-6, 6-1, [10-0]

$15,000 ITF men, Caloundra, Australia, Doubles (quarterfinals): Dayne Kelly & Calum Puttergill (Aus) bt Ryotaro Matsumura (Jpn) & Nishant Dabas 7-6(3), 7-6(5)

$15,000 ITF men, Tbilisi, Georgia, Singles (First round qualifying): Manas Sinha bt Semen Voronin (RUS) 7-6(6), 6-1

Singles (Second round qualifying): Nikolay Vylegzhanin (RUS) bt Manas Sinha 6-0, 6-0

$15,000 ITF men, Monastir, Tunisia, Singles (First round qualifying): Chirag Duhan bt Liova Ajavon (TOG) 4-6, 7-6 (2), [10-2]

$15,000 ITF women, Monastir, Tunisia, Singles (First round qualifying): Estelle Najean (AUS) bt Mohini Ghule 6-0, 6-2; Cleanne Pickel (SUI) bt Veda Varshita Ranabothu 6-4, 7-6(6); Lisa Mays (AUS) bt Bala Gayathri Snigdha Angam 6-0, 6-1

AITA Ranking tournament

VM Ranjeet and Yubarani Banerjee have been seeded No.1 in the men’s and women’s sections of the Rs.5,00,000 AITA ranking tennis tournament to be played at the Singha Academy in Jalandhar from Monday.

Dhruv Hirpara, Oges Theijo, Neeraj Yashpaul, Yugal Bansal, Udit Kamboj, Sarthak Suden and Ankit Rao will be the other leading players in the men’s seciton. Ranjeet will open against qualifier Himanshu Mor.

Anjali Rathi, Jagmeet Kaur, Kashish Bhatia, Himaanshika Singh, Ishwari Matere, Sahira Singh and Sachi Sharma will be the other leading players in the women’s event. Yubarani will start against Chandana Potugari while Anjali will be up against Ritu Ohlyan.

Vaishnavi Adkar came through the qualifying event and will play Rachita Talwar in the first round of the main draw.

- Kamesh Srinivasan

The results

Qualifying singles (second and final round):

Men: Sunil Malik bt Akash Katewa 6-1, 6-2; Aok Hajare bt Chahalpreet Singh 6-3, 6-2; Paranjay Kukreti bt Akshat Sharma 7-6(6), 6-2; Agrim Sharma bt Raghav Singh 6-4, 6-3; Agnivesh Bhardwaj bt Upnishad Bhardwaj 6-1, 6-1; Eklavya Singh bt Shantanu Nagrath 6-1, 6-0; Sarthak Gulati bt Karthick Sakthivel 6-0, 6-3; Himanshu Mor bt Rakshit Dhankhar 3-6, 6-2, 6-3.

Women: Kashish Bhatia bt Ashmita Mitra 6-0, 6-1; Harleen Kaur Dhanda bt Anahat Pannu 6-2, 6-4; Shimreen Ahamed bt Shilpi Swarupa Das 6-2, 6-1; Gurleen Singh bt Tanushri Pandey 6-3, 5-7, 6-2; Anjani M bt M Harivarshine 6-2, 4-6, 6-1; Vaishnavi Adkar bt Sri Sanchana Sampath 6-1, 6-0; Radhika Yadav bt Shireen Ahamed 6-2, 2-6, 6-2; Vidhi Nimesh Jani bt Shreya Kumar 6-1, 6-0.

GOLF

3M Open: Theegala, Atwal and Chopra miss cut

India golfer Arjun Atwal crashed out of the 3M Open, while Indo-Swede Daniel Chopra and Indian-American Sahith Theegala also missed the cut here.

Theegala shot 73-73, while Atwal carded 73-78 and Chopra was 78-73.

-PTI

Jeev Milkha Singh makes early exit on Senior Open debut in Scotland

Indian golfing legend Jeev Milkha Singh carded a second successive 75 to bow out early on his Senior Open debut here on Sunday.

Coming into the tournament after securing a third-place finish at the Winstongolft Open in Germany, Jeev was unable to get his game together and missed a series of putts.

"It just did not happen this week and I was quite disappointed considering it was a Major and my first Senior Open and the golf course is a great one," Jeev said.

"I have never played the Kings Course, but it was a great one and a fine challenge for golf. Hopefully, I will be able to make some other time here," he added.

-PTI

Aditi Ashok misses cut at Evian Championship in France

Indian golfer Aditi Ashok missed the cut at the Evian Championship after carding a one-over 72 in the second round here.

Aditi, who made a record 22nd Major appearance, needed a birdie on the final hole to stay on in the event but failed to do so as the cut fell at even-par.

-PTI