BOXING
Youth Women’s Nationals: Asian Junior Champions Nikita, Kirti advance to last with dominating wins
The Asian Junior Champions Nikita Chand and Kirti continued their spectacular run on the ongoing sixth youth ladies’s nationwide boxing championship by registering complete victories to enter the finals on the fifth day.
Going up towards Khushi Singh of Madhya Pradesh in her semi-final bout, Nikita (60kg) of Uttarakhand was on the high of her recreation and secured a 5-0 win by unanimous determination. Utilizing her agility and precision, she hardly gave her opponent any possibilities of making a comeback within the bout.
Kirti (81+) alternatively, needed to hardly break a sweat in her bout as she acquired the higher of Jagruti Both from Maharashtra along with her attacking strategy after the referee stopped contest (RSC) within the first spherical.
Nikita will now face Siya of Delhi within the finals whils Kirti will go up towards Nirjhra Baba of Rajasthan of their quest of securing a gold medal.
Continuing her momentum, Asian Junior Championship silver medallist Supriya Devi (54kg) of Manipur earned a tough fought 4-1 win towards Babita Singh of Uttar Pradesh. She will now sq. off towards Tanu of Haryana within the finals.
In the 50kg class, Anshu of Haryana proved to be too sturdy for Khushi Jadhav of Maharashtra as she recorded a stellar victory after the referee stopped contest (RSC) within the third spherical. She will take the ring towards Chanchal Choudhary of Uttar Pradesh within the finals.
Haryana has the very best illustration of pugilists within the finals with a complete of eight pugilists, adopted by Uttarakhand with 4 pugilists.
-Team Sportstar
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TENNIS
AITA males’s tennis event: Jagmeet Singh beat Eklavya Singh
Jagmeet Singh beat Eklavya Singh 6-4, 6-4 within the last of the Janmejaya Dash memorial Rs.100,000 AITA males’s tennis event on the Neelachal Academy on Saturday.
The doubles title was bagged by Udit Kamboj and Denim Yadav.
The outcomes:
Singles (last): Jagmeet Singh bt Eklavya Singh 6-4, 6-4; Semiifnals: Jagmeet bt Ajay Malik 7-6(3), 6-2; Eklavya bt Denim Yadav 6-7(3), 6-3, 6-3.
Doubles (last): Udit Kamboj & Denim Yadav bt Tushar Mittal & Deep Munim 6-1, 6-2.
-Team Sportstar
FOOTBALL
Manoj, Reshma win KFA’s participant of the yr awards
Thiruvananthapuram’s M. Manoj has been named as Kerala Football Association’s Player of the Year 2022-2023 within the males’s part. Kannur’s C. Reshma is the Player of the Year within the ladies’s part.
The gold medals for the State’s finest gamers have been offered throughout the KFA’s particular basic physique assembly held on the Nehru Stadium right here on Saturday.
Kozhikode’s Melbin Thomas was named as the perfect referee whereas ThrissurA.A. Abu Thahir was adjudged as the perfect assistant referee.
-Stan Rayan
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com