TENNIS
AITA women’s tennis: Janani beats top seed Ramesh
Janani Ramesh beat top seed Sahira Singh 6-2, 7-5 in the quarterfinals of the Rs.100,000 AITA women’s tennis tournament at the Joygaon Academy on Wednesday.
In the semifinals, Janani will face RAcita Talwar who got past Kavya Khirwar in three sets.
The other semifinal will be between Riya Uboveja and Samriti Punyani.
The results (quarterfinals): Janani Ramesh bt Sahira Singh 6-2, 7-5; Rachita Talwar bt Kavya Khirwar 6-2, 3-6, 6-4; Samriti Punyani bt Rutuparna Choudhary 6-2, 6-1; Riya Uboveja bt Vidhi Jani 6-4, 7-5.
-Kamesh Srimivasan
Challenger Tennis Tournament: Anirudh and Vijay in quarterfinals
Anirudh Chandrasekar and Vijay Sundar Prashanth beat Roman Jebavy and Petr Nouza 2-6, 6-3, [10-7] in the doubles pre-quarterfinals of the €118,000 Challenger tennis tournament in Koblenz, Germany.
The results:
CRICKET
CAB to reward Titas, Richa, Hrishita with Rs 10 Lakh each
The victorious women’s Under-19 T20 World Cup trio of Titas Sadhu, Richa Ghosh and Hrishita Basu will be rewarded with prize money of Rs 10 Lakh each by the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB), president Snehashish Ganguly announced on Wednesday.
“The girls have made us proud. We are happy to announce prize money of Rs 10 Lakh each for the three girls from Bengal. Titas was impressive with the ball in the final. I congratulate and wish them the best for the future,” the CAB president added during a press meeting.
The girls from Bengal, who played a vital role in the team that beat England in the final recently, will arrive in the city on Thursday morning, except Richa Ghosh, who joins the senior team in South Africa.
The CAB top brass led by President Snehasish Ganguly will be present at the Kolkata airport to ensure a warm welcome for the World Cup-winning girls.
CAB president also said that Titas, Richa and Hrishita will be felicitated by the association at the Eden Gardens at a date, which will soon be announced as per the availability of all three players.
-Team Sportstar
BEACH FOOTBALL
Kerala triumphs in the first National beach soccer championship.
Defender K.V. Jikson scored three goals as Kerala thrashed Punjab 13-4 and won the first National beach soccer championship in Surat on Wednesday.
U. Suhail, J. Stephin, T.K.B. Musheer and R. Roy also scored two goals each in Kerala’s impressive victory.
“Our players are mainly from the coastal areas of Thiruvananthapuram and Kasargod. And since we did not have enough time to conduct a State championship, we had a trial to select the State team,” said P. Anilkumar, the secretary of the Kerala Football Association.
The Kerala team won the first National Beach Soccer Championship. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
The result (final):
-Stan Ryan
Golf
Aryan Roopa Anand leads by six in Indian golf Tour’s Final Qualifying Stage
Bengaluru-based amateur Aryan Roopa Anand took a six-shot lead at 13-under 127 following his brilliant second round of seven-under 63 at the Final Qualifying Stage of the TATA Steel PGTI Qualifying School 2023 here on Wednesday.
The quartet comprising Bengaluru’s C Muniyappa, Faridabad’s Karan Pratap Singh, Pune’s Pranav Mardikar and Nepal’s Sukra Bahadur Rai were tied second at a total of seven-under 133 at the Tollygunge Club here.
The cut was applied at five-over 145. The top 81 players, including 13 amateurs, made the cut in a field of 126.
Aryan Roopa Anand (64-63), the overnight leader by one shot, extended his lead as he went one better than his first-round score of 64. The 21-year-old dominated the proceedings for the second day in succession with nine birdies at the cost of two bogeys.
Among the four players placed tied second, Pranav Mardikar had the best score of 64. He made two eagles during his round.
At the end of round four, the top 34 players will earn their full cards for the 2023 PGTI season.
-PTI
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