TENNIS
U-14 World Junior Tennis (WJT) Asia-Oceania: Indian beats Korea in semis
Indian boys beat Korea 2-0 within the semifinals to arrange a title conflict in opposition to Japan within the World Junior Tennis (WJT) Asia-Oceania under-14 match in Kuching, Malaysia, on Friday.
Tavish Pahwa beat Jang Junseo 6-4, 6-3 to provide a powerful begin for India. Hruthik Katakam was 6-7(4), 5-3 in opposition to Kim Dongjae within the second singles, when the Korean retired.
India had earlier overwhelmed Australia 2-0 within the quarterfinals, to make sure its berth within the World Group stage to be performed later in Europe.
The crew had positioned second within the group throughout the league section, because it misplaced to Japan 0-2, after beating China and Singapore.
The Results:
Semifinals: India bt Korea 2-0 (Tavish Pahwa bt Jang Junseo 6-4, 6-3; Hruthik Katakam bt Kim Dongjae 6-7(4), 5-3 (retired)).
Quarterfinals: India bt Australia 2-0 (Tavish bt Lucas Han 6-4, 6-4; Hruthik bt Taiki Taikizawa 6-4, 6-0).
League: Japan bt India 2-0 (Shintaro Ogaki bt Tavish 6-0, 6-7(5), 6-0; Takahiro Kawaguchi bt Hruthik 6-3, 6-3).
India bt China 3-0 (Tavish bt Jiang Xiaohan 6-0, 6-3; Hruthik bt Ding Chuan 3-6, 6-3, 6-1; Fazal Ali Meer & Tavish bt Yuan Shundu & Jiang Xiaohan 6-4, 6-4).
India bt Singapore 3-0 (Tavish bt Justin Kai Yi Lie 6-2, 6-2; Hruthik bt Andre Lee Harnadi 6-1, 6-1; Fazali Ali & Tavish bt Justin & Brennon Ng 6-2, 6-2).
-Kamesh Srinivasan
U-18 AITA Championship sequence: Lakshay Dahiya wins huge
Lakshay Dahiya gained the boys singles and doubles titles within the AITA Championship sequence under-18 tennis match organised by the Tarush Academy in Sonipat.
The outcomes (finals):
Under-18 boys: Lakshay Dahiya bt Anuj Tashildar 6-3, 6-4.
Doubles: Lakshay & Aryan Phogat bt Rudr Gutgutia & Ryan Mehta 6-2, 6-4.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
CUE SPORTS
Advani, Causier storm into final 16
World champion Pankaj Advani of India and David Causier of England recorded their third successive wins and stormed into the pre-quarterfinals of the All India CCI Billiards Classic 2024 on Friday.
The Bengaluru-based Advani staved off a spirited problem from Mumbai’s gifted cueist Raayan Razmi to tug off a 603-418 victory in a Group A match on the CCI’s Wilson Jones billiards corridor.
Advani began with a run of 235 and later compiled a break of 90 to safe the win, whereas Raayan made a 93 and adopted it with a neat 124 to remain within the combat. Raayan with two wins additionally superior to the pre-quarters.
The Englishman Causier, winner of a number of world titles, was on a roll and constructed substantial breaks of 203, 124, 160, 152, 162, 93 and 70 to tame Maharashtra primary Mahesh Jagdale by a large 1168-418 margin in a Group C match.
Causier joined Advani and Raayan within the knockouts.
Earlier, world championship runner-up Sourav Kothari regained his profitable contact as he outshone seasoned professional Alok Kumar by scripting a convincing 889-200 level victory in a Group F match.
The Kolkata-based Kothari and Mumbai cueist Rohan Jambusaria certified for the pre-quarterfinals from this group.
Meanwhile, former CCI billiards champion Siddharth Parikh and seasoned Arun Agrawal gained their respective final-round matches in Group H and likewise progressed to the knockout spherical. Siddharth with three successive wins topped the group.
Parikh with regular breaks of 183, 71, 96 and 72 outplayed England’s Chris Taylor by posting a fluent 671-254 win.
On an adjoining desk, Mumbai’s veteran participant Agrawal performed fluently to tame CCI cueist Kanishk Jhanjharia 702-280. Agrawal produced breaks of 157, 61, 95 and 79.
Results:
Group A: Pankaj Advani beat Raayan Razmi 603-418.
Group C: David Causier beat Mahesh Jagdale 1168-335.
Group E: Kamal Chawla beat Rishabh Thakkar 503-267; Dhruv Sitwala beat Shahyan Razmi 817-196.
Group F: Sourav Kothari beat Alok Kumar 889-200.
Group H: Siddharth Parikh beat Chris Taylor 671-254; Arun Agrawal beat Kanishk Jhanjharia 702-280.
-PTI
KHO KHO
Nasreen and Shivani performed properly to assist Delhi to an innings and 22-point victory over Jharkhand in a girls’s league match of the 56th National Kho Kho Championship on Friday.
RESULTS
Men: Maharashtra Police bt Uttarakhand 30-26; Sashastra Seema Bal bt ITBP 22-20.
Women: ITBP bt Assam 32-30; Delhi bt Jharkhand 38-16.
-Team Sportstar
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com