TENNIS
ITF $25k ladies’s tennis match: Ankita Raine reaches semifinals in Solapur
Top seed Ankita Raina beat sixth seed Ekaterina Yashina of Russia 7-6(0), 6-3 to succeed in the semifinals of the Balaji Amines $25,000 ITF ladies’s tennis match on the District Sports Complex in Solapur on Friday.
In the semifinals, Ankita will play third seed Anastasia Kulikova of Finland, who beat qualifier Mananchaya Sawangkaew of Thailand in three units.
Qualifier Shrivalli Bhamidipaty’s superb run was stopped by eighth seed Priska Nugroho, because the Indonesian received 6-2, 6-2.
In doubles, Ankita and Prarthana Thombare arrange a title conflict towards second seeds Nugroho and Yashina.
RESULTS
Singles (Quarterfinals)
Ankita Raina bt Ekaterina Yashina (Rus) 7-6(0), 6-3; Anastasia Kulikova (Fin) bt Mananchaya Sawangkaew (Tha) 5-7, 6-3, 6-4; Daira Kudasova (Rus) bt Katarina Kozarov (Srb) 6-2, 6-3; Priska Nugroho (Ina) bt Shrivalli Bhamidipaty 6-2, 6-2.
Doubles (Semifinals)
Ankita Raina & Prarthana Thombare bt Shrivalli Bhamidipaty & Vaidehi Chaudhari 6-3, 6-2; Priska Nugroho (Ina) & Ekaterina Yashina (Rus) bt Mananchaya Sawangkaew & Lanlana Tararudee (Tha) 6-2, 3-6, [10-5].
– Kamesh Srinivasan
GOLF
SSP Chawrasia Invitational: Lahiri, Manu share lead after third spherical
Anirban Lahiri in motion throughout third spherical of the SSP Chawrasia Invitational.
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The man with seven worldwide titles to his identify and one of many pre-tournament favourites, Anirban Lahiri joined in-form Manu Gandas within the lead at nine-under 207 within the inaugural S.S.P. Chawrasia Invitational, on the Royal Calcutta Golf Club on Friday.
With gusty winds difficult the gamers’ potential, Anirban and Manu managed sedate rounds of one-under 71 and even-par 72 respectively and saved themselves within the joint lead. Gaganjeet Bhullar, one other Indian star with 11 worldwide wins, struck the day’s joint greatest rating of 67, which featured birdies on the final 4 holes, and closed the penultimate spherical in tied-third place together with Veer Ahlawat (70), at eight-under 208.
Another superb efficiency got here from Delhi’s Kapil Kumar, who additionally fired a 67 to finish the day in fifth place at seven-under 209.
Tournament host S.S.P. Chawrasia didn’t discover his type and shot a 73 whereas Shankar Das matched the day’s greatest 67 because the duo ended the day at thirteenth at two-under 214 to be the highest-placed among the many Kolkata-based professionals. The PGTI Rankings chief Yuvraj Singh Sandhu (75) of Chandigarh continued to wrestle together with his type and was positioned tied 18th at one-under 215.
– Amitabha Das Sharma
TENNIS
$15k ITF males’s tennis match: Sasikumar Mukund reaches semis in Egypt
Top seed Sasikumar Mukund beat Grigoriy Lomakin of Kazakhstan 6-2, 7-6 (2) within the quarterfinals of the $15,000 ITF males’s tennis match in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, on Friday.
In the semifinals, Mukund will play qualifier Seydina Andre of Senegal.
RESULTS
$15,000 ITF males, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt
Singles (quarterfinals): Sasikumar Mukund bt Grigoriy Lomakin (Kaz) 6-2, 7-6 (2).
$15,000 ITF ladies, Wellington, New Zealand
Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Mia Repac (Aus) bt Ashmitha Easwaramurthi 6-1, 6-4.
– Kamesh Srinivasan
SQUASH
Northern India squash championship: Tanvi Khanna, Prithviraj Singh win titles
Winners of the Northern India squash championship on the Delhi Gymkhana Club on Friday
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Tanvi Khanna and Prithviraj Singh received the ladies’s and males’s titles within the IndusInd Bank Northern India squash championship on the Delhi Gymkhana Club courts in New Delhi on Friday.
Tanvi beat the highest seed Sanika Choudhari 11-5, 11-3, 11-3. Prithviraj recovered after a sluggish begin to beat Ranjit Singh 5-11, 11-5, 11-4, 11-2.
In the one last that went the complete distance, Aryan Pratap Singh beat the highest seed Aarav Gill 11-6, 11-9, 8-11, 6-11, 11-9.
RESULTS (FINALS)
Men: Prithviraj Singh bt Ranjit Singh 5-11, 11-5, 11-4, 11-2
Women: Tanvi Khanna bt Sanika Choudhari 11-5, 11-3, 11-3
Boys: Under-19: Aryan Pratap Singh bt Aarav Gill 11-6, 11-9, 8-11, 6-11, 11-9.
Under-17: Arihant KS bt Karan Yadav 11-9,11-7, 11-7.
Under-15: Yusha Nafees bt Subhash Choudhary 11-9, 11-7, 11-7.
Under-13: Abhinav Tomer bt Rudra Pathania 3-11, 11-8, 11-9, 11-4.
Under-11: Dhruv Johri bt Amarya Bajaj 11-6, 11-8, 11-5.
Girls: Under-17: Anahat Singh bt Unnati Tripathi 11-3, 11-3, 11-3.
Under-15: Sanvi Batar bt Aradhya Porwal 11-6, 11-7, 11-8.
Under-13: Aroma bt Bria Sharma 11-9, 3-11, 11-9, 11-9.
Under-11: Chhavi Panchal bt Divyanshi Jain 11-5, 11-8, 11-9.
Over-45 males: Vikas Nayar bt Satyajit Sahay 11-5, 13-11, 13-15, 11-4.
– Kamesh Srinivasan
FOOTBALL
Santosh Trophy’s Group 2 matches in Kozhikode from Dec. 26
The Santosh Trophy National soccer championship’s Group 2 league matches shall be held in Kozhikode from December 26 to January 8.
The host Kerala, Mizoram, Rajasthan, Bihar, Andhra Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir are the groups within the group.
The Kerala group for the Santosh Trophy shall be introduced on December 22.
Fixtures
Dec. 26: Bihar v J&Ok; Rajasthan v Kerala.
Dec. 27: AP v Mizoram.
Dec. 29: Bihar v Kerala; J&Ok v Mizoram.
Dec. 30: Rajasthan v AP.
Jan. 1: Bihar v Mizoram; Kerala v AP.
Jan. 2: J&Ok v Rajasthan.
Jan. 4: Bihar v AP; Mizoram v Rajasthan.
Jan. 5: Kerala v J&Ok.
Jan. 7: Bihar v Rajasthan; AP v J&Ok.
Jan. 8: Mizoram v Kerala.
– Stan Rayan