TENNIS
ITF $25k Navi Mumbai: Savinykh lifts singles title
Valeria Savinykh defeated Priska Nugroho 6-2, 7-6(4) within the last of the $25,000 ITF girls’s tennis event on the Ganesh Naik Sports Complex in Navi Mumbai on Sunday.
The 31-year-old Valeria, a former top-100 participant, transformed two of three break factors within the match to clinch her ninth singles title of her profession. Priska who had received the doubles title earlier, and the singles title final week, didn’t convert any of the 9 break factors that she pressured within the match.
The outcomes:
Final: Valeria Savinykh bt Priska Nugroho (Ina) 6-2, 7-6(4).
– Kamesh Srinivasan
ITF $15k Gwalior qualifying spherical
Arthi Muniyan beat Anusha Kondaveeti 2-6, 6-3, [10-7] within the first qualifying spherical of the $15,000 ITF girls’s tennis event on the Gwalior Chambal Association Complex on Sunday.
RESULTS
Qualifying singles (first spherical): Nidhitra Rajmohan bt Yashika Venu 4-6, 6-4, [10-6]; Yashaswini Panwar bt Divya Bhardwaj 7-5, 6-2; Mihika Yadav bt Prathiba Narayan 6-2, 6-2; Sachi Sharma bt Ayushi Singh 6-4, 6-3; Priyanshi Bhandari bt Radhika Yadav 6-3, 6-2; Sonal Patil bt Kavya Khirwar 6-0, 6-2; Vanshika Choudhary bt Hitakamya Singh Narwal 6-1, 6-7(5), [10-7]; Paavani Paathak bt Anjani Maheshkumar 6-0, 6-4; Arthi Muniyan bt Anusha Kondaveeti 2-6, 6-3, [10-7]; Apurva Vemuri bt Snehal Mane 5-2 (retired); Kundali Majgaine bt Shefali Arora 6-1, 6-2; Abhaya Vemuri bt Himaanshika Singh 6-1, 4-6, [10-5]; Laalitya Kalluri bt Chandana Potugari 6-2, 5-7, [10-4]; Riya Uboveja bt Srinidhi Sridhar 6-4, 6-1; Vaishnavi Adkar bt Eesha Koranne 6-0, 6-0; Pooja Ingale bt Adithi Are 6-3, 6-2.
– Kamesh Srinivasan
BOXING
National Junior Boxing Championship: Services tops medals tally
Services claimed most prime honours, altogether six, within the National junior boys boxing championships in Patna. Haryana boxers claimed 5 gold medals.
Gold Medallists
46kg: Brijesh Tamta (Utk), 48kg: Athrva Bidkar (Mah), 50kg: Aryan (SSCB), 52kg: Abdul Qadir (Har), 54kg: Nikhil (Har), 57kg: Jatin (SSCB), 60kg: Rupesh (Har), 63kg: Yashwardhan Singh (Har), 66kg: Karan Bisht (SSCB), 70kg: Prince (SSCB), 75kg: Sahil (SSCB), 80kg: Aryan (SSCB), +80kg: Lakshay Rathi (Har).
– Y. B. Sarangi