Here are the highest developments in Indian sport on Friday, December 2.
GOLF
Lahiri, Ahlawat three pictures behind leaders in Indonesia Masters golf
India’s Anirban Lahiri endured a blended bag outing within the second spherical, carding 2-under 70 on the weather-hit Friday to be positioned tied third on the USD 1.5 million BNI Indonesian Masters golf event.
Lahiri is three pictures adrift of the clubhouse leaders, Thailand’s Sarit Suwannarut (66-67) and South African Mathiam Keyser, who’re at 11-under at Royale Jakarta Golf Club within the Asian Tour season-finale, which can be a part of the International Series.
Continuing his positive kind, Veer Ahlawat was 3-under by way of 13 within the second spherical. He was tied third at 8-under with Lahiri (66-70), Thailand’s Jazz Janewattananond (71-65), Kasuke Hamamota (66 and 2-under by way of 16) and Chan Shi-chang (69 and 5-under by way of 15) within the second spherical.
Indian golfers had a fruitful day as Gaganjeet Bhullar (69 and 3-under by way of 13) was mendacity T-12 whereas Ajeetesh Sandhu (7k1-68) and Karandeep Kochhar (69-70) have been T-17 at 5-under.
Lahiri, disenchanted along with his second spherical, stated, “I am quite happy with the way I’ve played so far, but a little disappointed with my scoring in the second round. I feel like I played much better, especially playing with Lee and Jazz today who both shot six and seven under. Seeing them I felt like I shot two three over.
“It’s nice to be back in Indonesia, and the course is playing nice. Obviously 26-27 holes today, so it was a long day. I am looking forward to enjoying myself and finding some rhythm, which is unexpected because I haven’t played much. But I have some good memories, good energy. I kind of know how to manage this golf course.”
Other Indians have been Honey Baisoya (70-70) in T-23 at 4-under complete, S Chikkarangappa (72-70) was T-34 at 2-under complete, Udayan Mane (72-71) and Rashid Khan (72-71) at T-Fiftieth. SSP Chawrasia (71 and 1-over by way of 14) wanted a robust end in his final 4 holes to make the minimize.
M Dharma (73-73) and Viraj Madappa (78-72), Aman Raj (73-78), appeared sure to overlook the minimize, whereas Khalin Joshi (75 and 2-over by way of 12) had six holes to get contained in the minimize line, which appeared more likely to fall at one-under or par.
Lahiri, the 2014 winner right here and making a return to Asian Tour after a protracted hole, performed 10 holes from his first spherical on Friday and completed at 6-under for the spherical. He added a second spherical of 70 which he began from the tenth and had 5 birdies in opposition to three bogeys.
Ahlawat, whose solely blemish within the first spherical was a double bogey in opposition to seven birdies, was bogey free with birdies in 13 holes to date. He was three pictures behind the leaders.
– PTI
SHOOTING
Haryana’s Sarabjot Singh gained a double gold on the sixty fifth National Shooting Championships, bagging particular person 10m air pistol even together with enjoying his half within the staff occasion on the MP Shooting Academy vary in Bhopal on Friday.
Sarabjot defeated Gaurav Rana of the Air Force 16-4 within the gold medal match for the person crown and likewise partnered with Sumit Raman and Anmol Jain to select up the staff gold within the occasion with a mixed effort of 1736.
Sarabjot got here fifth within the huge 1100 plus qualification spherical with a 60-shot rating of 582, earlier than topping the semifinal with an effort of 252.7, to make the title spherical. Gaurav got here second in qualification with 583 after which certified for the ultimate with a semifinal rating of 250.6, which positioned him second behind Sarabjot.
The junior and youth males 10m air pistol occasion was a straight combat between Haryana’s Shiva Narwal and Army’s Pradhyumn Singh.
While Shiva took the youth title with a 16-8 win over Pradhyumn, the latter gained the junior crown with a good 17-13 win.
– PTI
Rudrankksh Patil wins President’s Cup gold
Reigning World Champion Rudrankksh Patil gained the air rifle gold within the President’s Cup capturing in Cairo, Egypt, on Friday.
The 18-year-old Rudrankksh beat Danilo Dennis Sollazzo of Italy 16-8 for the gold. He had earlier overwhelmed Jany Patrik of Slovakia 16-10 within the semifinals, in a tweaked format. Danilo had overwhelmed Istvan Peni of Hungary 16-14 within the different semifinal.
In the competitors meant for the season’s finest shooters, Rudrankksh was third within the qualification with 632.1, the second finest rating behind Martin Strempl (632.3) of Austria .
In the second stage, Rudrankksh certified on prime amongst 4, together with Istvan Peni, for the semifinals.
THE RESULTS
10m air rifle: Men: 1. Rudrankksh Patil 16 (16) 211.7 (632.1); 2. Danilo Dennis Sollazzo (Ita) 8 (16) 210.0 (630.5).
– Kamesh Srinivasan
TENNIS
Hitesh reaches Gadre Marine ITF juniors ultimate
Hitesh Chauhan battled his well past Adhirit Awal 5-7, 7-6(4), 7-6(9) within the semifinals off the Gadre Marine ITF grade-3 junior tennis event organised by the MSLTA on the Deccan Gymkhana Club on Friday.
In the ultimate, Hitesh will play Aleksandar Daskalovic of Serbia.
In the ladies part, Madhurima Sawant arrange a title conflict in opposition to Margot Phanthala of France.
The boys doubles title was bagged by Aman Dahiya and Kriish Tyagi. The ladies doubles title was gained by Lidia Podgorichani and Kamonwan Yodpetch of Thailand.
THE RESULTS
Boys (semifinals): Hitesh Chauhan bt Adhirit Awal 5-7, 7-6(4), 7-6(9); Aleksandar Daskalovic (Srb) bt Chieh En Hou (Tpe) 0-0 (retired).
Doubles (ultimate): Aman Dahiya & Kriish Tyagi bt Bushan Haobam & Daksh Prasad 6-2, 7-6(3).
Girls (semifinals): Margot Phanthala )Fra) bt Tejasvi Dabas 6-3, 6-1; Madhurima Sawant bt Aishwarya Jadhav 6-2, 6-1.
Doubles (ultimate): Lidia Podgorichani & Kamonwan Yodpetch (Tha) bt Ruma Gaikaiwari & Madhurima Sawant 6-4, 6-3.
– Kamesh Srinivasan
Sandeepti wins AITA girls’s event
Top seed Sandeepti Singh Rao outplayed second seed Riya Uboveja 6-0, 6-2 within the ultimate of the Rs.100,000 AITA girls’s tennis event on the Joygaon Academy on Friday.
Sandeepti, who trains with coach Ankit Patel, has been in irrepressible kind, profitable tournaments often.
THE RESULTS
Final: Sandeepti Singh Rao bt Riya Uboveja 6-0, 6-2.
– Kamesh Srinivasan
BASKETBALL
Tamil Nadu beats Telangana, to face Railways in semis at National Championship
Tamil Nadu beat Telangana 73-52 after main 44-29 at half-time within the quarterfinals of the 72nd National basketball championship on the Atal Bihari Vajpayee indoor corridor on Friday.
In the semifinals, Tamil Nadu will play Railways, which cruised previous Services 98-84.
The different semifinal might be between Punjab and the winner of the match between Rajasthan and Kerala.
In the ladies’s part, Raspreet Sidhu continued to be in glowing kind as she scored 43 factors in Delhi’s 60-49 victory over Tamil Nadu.
In the semifinals, Delhi will problem Railways, and the opposite semifinal might be between Kerala and Karnataka.
THE RESULTS (QUARTERFINALS)
Men: Punjab 107 (Gurbaz Singh 25, Amritpal Singh 19, Amjot Singh 17, Tejinder Singh 16) bt Delhi 71 (Manik Ohlyan 22, Prince Tyagi 12, Jai Prakash 10, Amit 10). Tamil Nadu 73 (B Soorya 18, Lokeshwaran 16, Jeevanathan 12) bt
Telangana 52 (Vinay Kothari 15, Gowtham 13, Prathik 12, Nathan Abraham 11). Railways 98 (Sahil 32, Thushal Singh 27) bt Services 84 (Mandeep Singh 21, Gaurav Chandel 17, Ajai Singh 16, Nikhil Kumar 11).
Women: Railways 85 (Dharshini 16, Sruthi Aravind 12, Madhu Kumari 12, Poonam Chaturvedi 100) bt Uttar Pradesh 29. Kerala 81 (PS Jeena 20, V Jayalakshmi 11, Susan Florantina 10) bt West Bengal 57 (Kiran Yadav 13, Anjana Ekka 11). Delhi 60 (Raspreet Sidhu 43, Kritika Dinkar 11) bt Tamil Nadu 49 (Rajeshwari 15, Shobhana 15). Karnataka 74 (Roshni John 23, Lopamudra 13) bt Maharashtra 62 (Suzanne Pinto 19, Durga Dharmadhikari 14, Siya Deodhar 12).
– Kamesh Srinivasan