May 16 sports wrap: Sift Kaur Samra clinches gold in Junior World Cup shooting
May 16 Daily Sports Wrap: Here are all the major developments from Indian sports today.
Published : May 16, 2022 20:16 IST
SHOOTING
Indians continue fine run at Suhl Junior World Cup
Sift Kaur Samra came up with a strong performance to beat Julie Johannessen of Norway 17-9 in the 50-metre rifle 3-position event in the Junior World Cup shooting in Suhl, Germany, on Monday.
The results: 50m rifle 3-position: Junior men team: 1. Italy (Michele Bernardi, Edoardo Bonazzi, Danilo Dennis Sollazzo) 16 (861) 1299; 2. India (Pankaj Mukheja, Shivam Dabas, Avinash Yadav) 12 (859) 1315; 3. Germany17 (853) 1307; 4. Poland 13 (854) 1292. Junior women: 1. Sift Kaur Samra 17 (405.4) 588; 2. Julie Johannessen (Nor) 9 (409.7) 583; 3. Ashi Chouksey 405.2 (588); 21. Mansi Kathait 580. 25m rapid fire pistol: Junior men: 1. Yan Chesnel (Fra) 32 (15) 571; 2. Anish Bhanwala 28 (18) 584; 3. Vijayveer Sidhu 18 (13) 579; 4. Markus Lehner (Ger) 10 (12) 561; Adarsh Singh 11 (574); Sameer 562. |
-Kamesh Srinivasan
SQUASH
Saurav Ghosal advances in PSA World championships
Saurav Ghosal defeated Todd Harrity of USA 11-8, 11-8, 11-7 in a men's second round match of the PSA World squash championships here on Monday.
Earlier, on Sunday night, Mahesh Mangaonkar lost to the top seeded Paul Coll of New Zealand 5-11, 3-11, 9-11 in another second round tie. Joshna Chinappa will take on Rowan Elarby of Egypt in the women's third round on Tuesday.
- K. Keerthivasan
TENNIS
French Open Qualifiers: Yuki loses, Ramkumar through to second round
Ramkumar Ramanathan cruised to the second round of the French Open qualifiers with a 6-3, 6-2 win over ninth-seeded German Yannick Hanfmann on Monday.
However, Yuki Bhambri crashed out after a 3-6, 5-7 loss to Turkey's Altug Celikbilek.
Sumit Nagal will play his first-round qualifier against Argentina's Pedro Cachin on Tuesday.
- Nihit Sachdeva