July 6, Indian sports news wrap
July 6 sports wrap: Here are all the major developments in Indian sports today.
Published : Jul 06, 2022 18:12 IST
TENNIS
AITA women’s tournament: Shefali beats JoelJhajjar: Second seed Shefali Arora fought her way past lucky loser Joell Nichole 7-5, 6-4 in the quarterfinals of the Rs.100,000 AITA women’s tennis tournament at the Joygaon Academy on Wednesday. In the semifinals, Shefali will play fourth seed Hitakamya Singh Narwal. The other semifinal will be between the champion of the last tournament at the same venue Sonal Patil and her doubles partner third seed Kavya Khirwar. In the doubles final, Sonal and Kavya will play top seeds Medhavi Singh and Ayushi Singh.
| The results: Singles (quarterfinals): Sonal Patil bt Hannah Nagpal 6-1, 6-3; Kavya Khirwar bt Shruti Gupta 6-3, 6-4; Hitakamya Singh Narwal bt Riya Uboveja 6-3, 6-4; Shefali Arora bt Joell Nichole 7-5, 6-4. Doubles (semifinals): Medhavi Singh & Ayushi Singh bt Gurleen Singh & Harnoor Kaur Sidhu 6-1, 6-4; Kavya Khirwar & Sonal Patil bt Ritu Ohllyan & Abhilasha Bista 6-2, 6-2. |
AITA Championship series juniors: Ananya beats top seed Ekkam
Chandigarh: Ananya Sharma beat top seed Ekkam Kaur Shergill 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 to set up a title clash with Rabiah Dullet in the girls under-12 section of the AITA Championship series junior tennis tournament at the CLTA Complex on Wednesday.
| The results: Boys: Under-18 (quarterfinals): Svarmanyu Singh bt Arnav Bishnoi 3-6, 6-4, 6-4; Bhicky Sagolshem bt Daksh Gupta 6-0, 6-0; Anirudh Sangra bt Aaradhaya Dwivedi 6-2, 6-2; Yagna Patel bt Keshav Dangi 6-2, 7-5. Under-12 (quarterfinals): Heet Kandoriya bt Mohit Singh 6-0, 6-1; Ranbir Singh bt Manav Shatrunga 6-2, 6-1; Aarussh Jain bt Taksheel Naagar 6-2, 6-1; Asshwin Chauhan bt Ashish Kumar 6-3, 6-0. Girls: Under-18 (quarterfinals): Riya Kaushik bt Rubani Kaur Sidhu 6-3, 6-1; Bhumi Kakkar bt Rhosyn William 6-1, 6-0; Vanya Arora bt Ananya Chaudhary 6-4, 6-2; Radha Sadhra bt Saanvi Garg 2-6, 6-2, 6-4. Under-12 (semifinals): Ananya Sharma bt Ekam Kaur Shergill 6-3, 3-6, 7-5; Rabiah Dulllet bt Maahira Bhatia 7-6(4), 6-2. |
- Kamesh Srinivasan
Asian U-14 tournament: Second seed Aleena knocks out Snigdha in quarters
Second seed Aleena Farid beat Snigdha Ruhil 6-3, 7-6(6) to set up a semifinal against Saanvi Reddy in the girls section of the Asian under-14 tennis tournament at the Tennis Project, Baliawas, on Wednesday.
In the other semifinal, Vennela Gaarugupati will play sixth seed Sri Lakshmi Purmani.
In the boys section, unseeded Prakaash Sarran continued with his fine run and beat the fifth seed Praneeth Reddy. Prakaash who had earlier knocked out the second seed, will play third seed Rudra Batham in the semifinals.
The other semifinal will feature top seed Om Verma against fourth seed Tavish Pahwa.
The results (quarterfinals): Boys: Om Verma bt Shashank Sai Prasad Karnati 6-4, 7-5; Tavish Pahwa bt Mohd. Shees 6-2, 6-2; Rudra Batham bt Kushagra Arora 7-5, 6-4; Prakaash Sarran bt Praneeth Reddy 6-1, 6-3. Girls: Vennela Gaarugupati bt Neelakshi Lather 6-1, 6-0; Sri Lakshmi Purmani bt Miraya Agrawal 6-4, 6-3; Saanvi Reddy bt Diya Chaudhary 6-3, 6-4; Aleena Farid bt Snigdha Ruhil 6-3, 7-6(6). |
- Kamesh Srinivasan
Prarthana Thombare reaches doubles quarterfinals in Versmold
Prarthana Thombare in partnership with Emily Appleton of Britain beat Vivien Sandberg & Annickk Verhaar 6-1, 6-3 in the doubles pre-quarterfinals of the $100,000 ITF women’s tennis tournament in Germany on Wednesday.
In the Challenger in Portugal, Purav Raja and Divij Sharan made the doubles quarterfinals with a 6-2, 7-6((7) winn over Fabio Coelho and Goncalo Falcao.
The results:€ 134,920 Challenger, Braunschweig, Germany Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Philip Florig & Liam Gavrielides (Ger) bt Artem Sitak (Nzl) & Sumit Nagal 5-7, 7-5, [10-6]. € 45,730 Challenger, Porto, Portugal Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Purav Raja & Divij Sharan bt Fabio Coelho & Goncalo Falcao (Por) 6-2, 7-6(7); Marek Gengel (Cze) & Patrik Niklas-Salminen (Fin) bt Anirudh Chandrasekar & Vijay Sundar Prashanth 7-6(3), 5-7, [10-8]. $25,000 ITF men, Marburg, Germany Singles (first round): Sidane Pontjodikromo (Ned) bt Rishab Agrawal 6-2, 3-6, 7-6(3). Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Constantin Frantzen & Tim Sandkaulen (Ger) bt Vasilios Caripi (RSA) & Rishab Agarwal 6-1, 6-2. $15,000 ITF men, Monastir, Tunisia Singles (first round): Niccolo Catini (Ita) bt Karan Singh 6-2, 6-4. Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Anis Ghorbel & Aziz Ouakaa (Tun) bt Aron Paul Samson & Amaan Siddiqui 6-0, 6-2; Sai Karteek Reddy Ganta & Manish Sureshkumar bt Chukang Wang & Ze Zhang (Chn) 7-6(3), 4-6, [10-8]; Guy Orly Iradikunda (Bdi) & Karan Ssingh bt Niccolo Catini & Matteo Meneghetti (Ita) 6-3, 6-2; Keisuke Saitoh & Daiki Yoshimura (Jpn) bt Boriss Butulija (Srb) & Niki Poonacha 7-6(4), 6-3. $15,000 ITF men, Waco, US Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Cleeve Harper (Can) & Johannus Monday (GBR) bt Tom Dynka (Can) & Babji Siva Atturu 6-1, 6-1. $100,000 ITF women, Versmold, Germany Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Emily Appleton (GBR) & Prarthana Thombare bt Vivien Sandberg (Ger) & Annick Verhaar (Ned) 6-1, 6-3. $15,000 ITF women, Fountain Valley, US Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Kellly Keller & Anne Obregon (US) bt Anne-Sophie Morandais (Glp) & Prathyusha Rachapudi 6-2, 6-2. $15,000 ITF women, Monastir, Tunisia Singles (first round): Bhuvana Kalva bt Emma Tothova (Svk) 6-4, 6-3; Miriana Tona (Ita) bt Jennifer Luikham 4-6, 6-4, 6-4. |
- Kamesh Srinivasan
GOLF
Eyeing The Open, Lahiri returns to Links after three years
India's Anirban Lahiri returns to Scotland after a gap of three years as he tees up at the Genesis Scottish Open, which is co-sanctioned with the PGA Tour for the first time.
The event features 14 of the world's top 15 players, including world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, the 2022 Masters champion, and the other three defending Major champions Collin Morikawa (2021 Open), Justin Thomas (2022 PGA Championship) and Matthew Fitzpatrick (2022 US Open).
The field also includes Shubhankar Sharma, who will be hoping to end a run of missed cuts -- he has missed the last three in a row and six in the last seven starts.
Lahiri played a practice round on Tuesday with Sharma and said, "It is good to be back at the Links golf. I am here after a full three years. So, in a manner of speaking things are fleetingly similar.
"The big difference between here and the US, where also we play in the cold sometimes, is mainly in and around the greens."
"That is the big adjustment. From pure greens and speeds of 13 and 14 (on stimpmeter) in the US, it is Links golf.
"The wind, the direction of the wind and so on. Yet I think the most important part for Links golf is knowing what to avoid and having played here before I think I know it."
Lahiri wants to do well at the Scottish, not just because it is an event with a great legacy, but also because it is his last chance to get into the 150th Open.
"I would love to be in The Open at St. Andrews. Last time when I was here, I loved it. Except for the last few holes, I played well, and I have great memories from the past Open starts, including a hole-in-one on my debut."
Lahiri made his debut at the 2012 Open, that was 10 years ago, and had a hole-in-one on the ninth at the Royal Lytham. His Dad, Tushar, still has "that" ball as a keepsake.
On having played little and getting less than satisfactory results, Lahiri added, "I am resetting the system in a way. The birth of my son made me want to spend more time with the family and that came after a series of good results (including second at PLAYERS).
"But I know in the second half I have a long season and many events, so I need a balance between work and family. I have not played badly as the results might suggest but it is just that I have played on and off and I like to have a series of 4-5 weeks at a stretch.
"It is just the quantity of competitive golf that has been less. One week on, one week off and so on."
Lahiri goes out in the first round with Brandon Stone and Connor Syme, while Sharma plays with Cameron Tringale and Guillermo Pereira.
The two Indian players are in different halves of the draw, with Sharma playing in the morning on Thursday and Lahiri turning out in the afternoon, and it will be the other way around on the second day.
- PTI
Diksha Dagar to lead Indian contingent in Estrella Damm Ladies Open
Deaflympics gold medallist golfer Diksha Dagar will be leading a six-member Indian contingent in the Estrella Damm Ladies Open, to be held in Sitges, Spain, from this week.
Diksha, who has been performing consistently for over a month, including in the Amundi German Masters, will set her sights at a top-10 finish while also hoping to win the Ladies European Tour for the second time in her career.
In 2019, Diksha became only the second Indian female golfer after Aditi Ashok to win the Ladies European Tour. The 21-year-old golfer won the gold at the Deaflympics in Brazil this year.
Joining her in the contingent will be Tvesa Malik, India's best golfer on the LET Order of Merit last year. The 26-year-old is currently struggling to find the kind of form that earned her a bunch of top-10s, including a runner-up finish last year. The other Indians who are part of the six-woman contingent are Amandeep Drall, Vani Kapoor, Ridhima Dilawari and Neha Tripathi.
While Diksha has had only moderate success this season with five cuts in nine starts and a best of tied 16th finish, Tvesa, on the other hand, has made six cuts in 12 events, while Drall has made five cuts in 11 starts.
The Indians will be facing a strong home challenge with Carlota Ciganda leading it.
Ciganda won the tournament in 2019 and was also part of the playoff for the title two years earlier in 2017. Ciganda is also the reigning Ladies European Tour winner. Besides Ciganda, the tournament will feature some of the best names, including the likes of Ana Peláez, Nuria Iturrioz, María Hernández, and Carmen Alonso.
The 26-year-old Iturrioz will arrive in Sitges after achieving her career-best seventh position this year at the Ladies Italian Open.
- PTI