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Here are all the foremost updates and developments in Indian sport on Thursday, March 9.
GOLF
Pranavi Urs Tied-Twenty third after first spherical at South Africa Women’s Open
Indian golfer Pranavi Urs carded a creditable 2-under 70 to lie Tied-Twenty third after the primary spherical of Investec South African Women’s Open.
Pranavi, who was dominant on the Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour final yr, has opened her season in South Africa.
Ridhima Dilawari, who had additionally been enjoying in South Africa the previous couple of weeks, shot 1-under 71 to be Tied-Fortieth. Vani Kapoor and Amandeep Drall had been Tied-54th with rounds of even par 72 and Diksha Dagar was method down in Tied-109 with a 75.
Pranavi, who can also be going to play the Epson Tour within the US, was three-under by 14 holes with birdies on seventh, eleventh and twelfth holes. A dropped shot on fifteenth pulled her again however she closed with three pars.
Ridhima had three birdies in opposition to two bogeys.
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Sneha shoots 68 to open 2-shot lead in fifth leg of Women’s Pro Golf Tour
Sneha Singh fired a strong four-under 68 to seize a two-shot lead after the primary day of the fifth leg of the Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour on the Golden Greens Golf Club on Thursday.
The Hyderabad golfer, who has gained extra instances on the Tour as an beginner than as a professional, had 5 birdies and an eagle in opposition to three bogeys.
Rhea Jha and Gaurika Bishnoi, each of whom eagled the Par-5 eleventh gap, had been tied in second place with playing cards of two-under 70 every.
Jasmine Shekar, who has repeatedly proven her expertise, had two bogeys and two birdies for a good par 72 and was in fourth place, whereas Agrima Manral and Khushi Khanijau had been tied for fifth place with rounds of 73.
Tvesa Malik, enjoying her first aggressive spherical in a very long time, shot 74 that included a double bogey and 4 straight bogeys in an area of six holes. She additionally had 5 birdies. Tvesa was mendacity seventh.
Sneha had her first birdie on the second and added an eagle on the Par-5 fifth however dropped back-to-back bogeys on sixth and seventh.
Birdies on eighth and ninth meant she was nonetheless 3-under for the entrance 9. On the again 9, she birdied the twelfth and the 14th however dropped a shot on the Par-5 18th, a gap that was birdied by a lot of the main gamers.
Rhea was 3-over for the entrance 9, however her again 9 was beautiful with 4 birdies, an eagle and one bogey. Gaurika had 5 birdies and an eagle in opposition to three bogeys and a double bogey.
Oviya Reddi (75) was eighth, whereas six gamers, Shagun Narain, Riya Yadav, Neha Tripathi and Saaniya Sharma alongside two amateurs, Anvvi Dahhiya and Keerthana Rajeev, had been tied at ninth place with 76 every.
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Nisha greatest Indian at eleventh, Avani twenty first in Women’s Amateur Asia Pacific
Nishna Patel carded a one-under 71 to emerge because the best-placed Indian at tied eleventh place however Avani Prashanth walked off with a one-over 73 to lie tied twenty first after the opening day of the fifth Women’s Amateur Asia-Pacific (WAAP) Championship on Thursday.
Nishna, enjoying her third WAAP Championship, confirmed that she is steadily studying as she managed herself regardless of a bunch of lip-outs. She was 4 photographs behind the chief Korean Kim Minsol, whose 67 included an eagle and a double bogey apart from 5 birdies.
Avani, the lanky 16-year-old, who needed to go straight into a faculty examination after returning victorious from the Queen Sirikit Cup in Manila, had barely touched a membership in additional than every week.
Though she did practise just a little, the rust confirmed as her traditional contact on the placing inexperienced was lacking on the Singapore Island Country Club course.
Avani’s enjoying associate Kim, the World No. 14, took the primary spherical lead, whereas the third participant within the group, Japan’s Rin Yoshida, the highest-ranked participant at No. 4, struggled to 3-over-par 75.
Three gamers, Ni Zixin of China, Thailand’s little-known Navaporn Soontreeyapas and Hong Kong’s Sophie Han had been tied second with playing cards of 4-under 68 every.
Among the Indians, behind the eleventh positioned Nishna and twenty first positioned Avani, was the US-based Anika Varma (74), who after being one-under by 12 holes, dropped three photographs in final six holes. Anika was tied twenty eighth.
The different three Indians had been Mannat Brar (76) at T-53rd, Vidhatri Urs (77) at T-60 and Lavanya Jadon (78) at T-64.
Chinese Taipei’s Ting-Hsuan Huang, the defending champion, additionally shot a two-under-par 70.
China’s Yujie Liu, the youngest participant within the championship at 12-years previous, was the one participant to play a bogey free 70 to be tied eighth.
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TENNIS
ITF Juniors
Vihaan Reddy fought his well beyond fifth seed Samarth Sahita 4-6, 7-6(5), 6-1 to arrange a semifinal in opposition to prime seed Tejas Ahuja within the ITF junior tennis event on the Tennis Project, Baliawas, on Thursday.
In the opposite semifinal, Aarjun Pandit will play Smit Patel.
In the women’ part, Maaya Rajeshwaran beat third seed Anastasiya Krymkova of Kazakhstan 4-6, 6-3, 6-4. She will play one other Kazakh, Ariana Gogulina within the semifinal. The different semifinal shall be between Nainika Reddy and Snigdha Kanta.
The outcomes (quarterfinals):
Boys: Tejas Ahuja bt Sacha Lefebure (Fra) 6-2, 6-3; Vihaan Reddy bt Samarth Sahita 4-6, 7-6(5), 6-1; Smit Patel bt Deepam Malik 4-6, 7-5, 6-2; Aarjun Pandit bt Fateh Singh 6-4, 7-6(4).
Girls: Ariana Gogulina (Kaz) bt Amodini Naik 6-3, 7-5; Maaya Rajeshwaran bt Anastasiya Krymkova (Kaz) 4-6, 6-3, 6-4; Nainika Reddy bt Samaira Pahwa 6-2, 6-2; Snigdha Kanta bt Jaya Kapoor 6-2, 6-2.
– Kamesh Srinivasan
MSLTA rewards gamers, coaches and officers
The Maharashtra State Lawn Tennis Association (MSLTA) rewarded its gamers, coaches and officers, with a complete purse of Rs.17.5 lakh at its annual day.
Arjun Kadhe, Rutuja Bhosale, Vaishnavi Adkar, Manas Dhamne, Asmi Adkar, Arnav Paparkar and Aishwarya Jadhav had been a few of the main gamers from the State to win the awards. Players who gained the nationwide championships or completed runner-up within the yr 2022, like Madhurima Sawant, Samarth Sahita, Vaishnavi Adkar, Asmi Adkar, Aishwarya Jadhav, Arnav Paparkar, Ruma Gaikaiwari, Aakruti Sonkusare, Vedant Bhasin, Akanksha NItture aside from top-5 nationwide ranked gamers got scholarships price over Rs.7,00,000.
Coaches Nandan Bal, Hemant Bendrey, Kedar Shah, Prosonjit Paul, Arshad Desai, Mahesh Shinde got particular awards for his or her wards rising nationwide champions. Gold badge referee Sheetal Iyer and different officers Riya Chaphekar, Sejal Kenia, Tejal Kulkarni had been additionally awarded.
The groups that did nicely within the Khelo India Youth Games in Haryana and the National Games in Gujarat, together with the coaches, had been felicitated and rewarded.
Arnav Paparkar was offered with the Madhav Annigeri memorial scholarship for being probably the most excellent junior participant from the State. In phrases of the organisation of nationwide and worldwide occasions, MSLTA performed 65 tournaments within the yr, together with 12 worldwide tournaments. Of this, Pune area hosted 30 occasions together with seven worldwide tournaments.
The awards had been offered by the MSLTA president Bharat Oza, and different officers, Rajeev Deshpande, Sunder Iyer, Sudhir Bhawapurkar, Rajiv Desai and Sheetal Bhosale.
– Kamesh Srinivasan
Ishaque Eqbal in quarterfinals
Ishaque Eqbal beat fifth seed Marco Miceli of Italy 6-3, 6-4 within the pre-quarterfinals of the $15,000 ITF males’s tennis event in Kish Island, Iran, on Thursday.
In the quarterfinals, Eqbal will play Maxence Broville of France.
The outcomes: $15,000 ITF males, Kish Island, Iran Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Ishaque Eqbal bt Marco Miceli (Ita) 6-3,
6-4; Leonardo Catani (Ita) bt Kabir Hans 6-3, 6-2.
Doubles (quarterfinals): SD Prajwal Dev & Sai Karteek Reddy bt Samyar Elyasi & Hamid Reza Nadaf (Iri) 6-3, 6-1; Egor Agafonov & Vladislav Ivanov bt Dominik Kellovsky (Cze) & Jagmeet Singh 6-2, 6-1.
$25,000 ITF girls, Pretoria, South Africa Doubles (quarterfianls): Berfu Cengiz & Ipek Oz (Tur) bt Ashmitha
Easwaramurthi & Kira Pavlova 6-2, 6-1.
$15,000 ITF girls, Monastir, Tunisia Doubles (quarterfinals): Anouk Koevermans & Marente Sijibesma (Ned) bt
Jennifer Luikham & Wang Jiaqi (Chn) 6-2, 6-3.
– Kamesh Srinivasan
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com