Indian sports news wrap, August 19

GOLF

Lahiri, Bhullar amongst 4 Indians making the minimize in Newcastle

Anirban Lahiri added a 2-under 69 to his first spherical of 70 as he remained tied-Eighth after the primary two rounds on the International Series England Golf Championship.

Lahiri was three photographs behind the leaders, Jason Kokrak (67-69) and David Puig (70-65) on one other gray day with gentle showers.

Gaganjeet Bhullar compiled an excellent second spherical of 4-under 67 to make the minimize comfortably in tied thirty ninth place after a disappointing 76 within the first spherical.

Also making the minimize had been Ajeetesh Sandhu (71-72) additionally tied for thirty ninth place and veteran Jyoti Randhawa, who shot 74-71 to make sure weekend motion in Tied-62nd place.

Lahiri, whose final victory on the Asian Tour got here in 2015, had 4 birdies in opposition to two bogeys in his 2-under 69. Bhullar had seven birdies, one bogey and one double bogey in his 67.

A dozen Indians missed the minimize and so they included SSP Chawrasia (75-71), Karandeep Kochhar (77-70), S Chikkarangappa (76-71), Rashid Khan (73-75), Jeev Milkha Singh (74-75), Shiv Kapur (75-74), Viraj Madappa (79-71), Khalin Joshi (74-76), Honey Baisoya (78-72), Veer Ahlawat (78-76), Rahil Gangjee (77-77) and Kartik Sharma, who retired within the second spherical, missed the minimize.

Young Spanish golfer David Puig shot a bogey-free five-under-par 66 to take a share of the midway lead. Playing solely in his second 12 months as an expert he fired 5 birdies in his first eight holes after which parred his approach dwelling to high the leaderboard on six-under.

– PTI

Diksha moved as much as seventh amongst girls, Gandas stays in Top-10 in Northern Ireland

India’s Diksha Dagar produced one other gritty spherical of golf in robust circumstances, taking pictures one-over 74 to maneuver up from in a single day Tied-Thirteenth to Tied-seventh on the ISPS HANDA World Invitational.

Diksha is searching for one other good consequence after an excellent career-best T-21 end in a Major on the AIG Women’s Open at Walton Heath final week.

The chief is Marissa Steen who produced a spherical of one-under 72 on the Par-73 Castlerock after a two-under 70 on the Par-72 Galgorm course.

The minimize fell at five-over with 63 gamers making it by means of to the third spherical, which shall be performed at Galgorm after which there shall be an extra minimize to the highest 35 gamers and ties on the 54-hole mark.

In the lads’s competitors that’s being performed on the similar time, Manu Gandas (66-73), regardless of a bogey-bogey end on Eighth and ninth, stayed in Top-10 at Tied-ninth.

He was tied-third after the primary spherical however dropped thereafter. England’s Dan Brown continues to be out in entrance with a complete of 11-under-par and holds a six-shot lead on the 36-hole mark.

Diksha, ranging from the tenth, dropped a bogey on her first gap and had one other bogey on the Thirteenth however birdied the Par-5s at fifteenth and seventeenth. She turned in even par however dropped a shot on the primary and registered 1-over 74.

With her father, Col Naren Dagar, as her caddie, Diksha armed with some new golf equipment, has been displaying a definite change in her recreation.

After a brilliant five-under 66 on the primary day at Castlerock, Gandas began his second spherical on the tenth and bogeyed the eleventh, Thirteenth and fifteenth to go 3-over.

A birdie on 18th was negated by a bogey on the primary. He appeared to have repaired the harm with birdies on the third and seventh, however bogeys on the closing holes gave him a card of 3-over 73 at Galgorm.

– PTI

Sunhit Bishnoi lands maiden title at inaugural India Cements Pro C’ship

Gurugram’s Sunhit Bishnoi was a minimize above the remaining as he produced a scorching eight-under 64 on the ultimate day to clinch his maiden title on the inaugural India Cements Pro Championship on Saturday.

The 22-year-old Sunhit (66-68-70-64), enjoying solely his second season as an expert, totalled 20-under 268 on the Rs. 50 lakh occasion to emerge wire-to-wire winner with an imposing nine-stroke margin.

His final spherical of 64 matched the match’s lowest rating shot by Divyanshu Bajaj on day three on the TNGF Cosmo Golf Course.

“It feels really good to win in just my second season as a professional. When you know that your hard work is paying off, it boosts your confidence,” stated Sunhit.

“I dedicate this win to my parents and my sister Gaurika who is also a professional golfer. I keep talking to her after my rounds and often take her advice as she has more years of experience as a professional golfer than I do.” Bangladesh’s Jamal Hossain (67-69-71-70) completed second at a distant 11-under 277.

Bengaluru golfer Trishul Chinnappa posted an impressive 65 to climb 23 spots and finish the week in tied third place at 10-under 278 together with Chandigarh’s Abhijit Singh Chadha (70) and Kolkata’s Divyanshu Bajaj (72).

Sunhit dominated the match by main within the first three rounds after which sustaining his stranglehold on the leaderboard from begin to end in spherical 4 too.

Sunhit, the joint chief together with Akshay Sharma going into the final spherical, was fast off the blocks with an eagle on the par-5 second gap the place he landed his second shot 10 ft from the pin.

This was adopted by birdies on the subsequent three holes that gave him a commanding seven-shot lead. He left himself tap-ins on the third and fourth, discovering the flag stick together with his tee shot on the latter earlier than chipping-in on the fifth.

The bogey on the eighth got here in opposition to the run of play earlier than Sunhit was again to firing on all cylinders with birdies on the tenth, twelfth and Thirteenth, driving the par-4 tenth inexperienced and chipping-in as soon as once more on the twelfth.

He signed off with one other birdie on the 18th.

Sunhit, the ninth winner from as many occasions on the PGTI this 12 months, collected the successful cheque value Rs. 7,50,000 to maneuver up 16 spots from twenty fifth to ninth place on the TATA Steel PGTI Rankings.

Om Prakash Chouhan of Mhow, who completed tied eleventh at seven-under 281, continues to steer the TATA Steel PGTI Rankings.

– PTI

SURFING

Japanese surfers dominate Tamil Nadu Surf Open

Japan’s Tenshi Iwami and Sara Wakita bagged the lads’s and girls’s titles within the International Surf Open Tamil Nadu-World Surf League QS 3000 on the Mahabalipuram seashore on Saturday.

Sweden’s Kian Martin and Japan’s Shino Matsuda completed second within the males’s and girls’s classes. 

Arun Vasu, president of Surfing Federation of India (SFI), introduced that SFI and World Surf League have come to an understanding whereby six males and one girl nationwide surfers can be allowed to take part within the Asian WSL QS occasions for gratis to the athlete. 

Atulya Misra, Additional Chief Secretary, J. Meganatha Reddy, Member secretary, SDAT, Rahul Nadh, Collector of Chengalpattu, had been current on the event.

– TEAM SPORTSTAR

TENNIS

Jagmeet Singh, Maan Kesharwani share AITA title

Jagmeet Singh and Maan Kesharwani had been declared joint winners as rain washed away the ultimate of the Rs.100,000 AITA males’s tennis match on the Tennis Gurukul, Khera Khurd, on Saturday.

The two gamers will get factors and prize cash for the finalists.

– TEAM SPORTSTAR

Rain washes out AITA National collection junior finals

Rain washed out play within the finals of the AITA National collection junior tennis match on the Joygaon Academy on Saturday.

Havisha Chaudhary and Manshi Singh had been declared joint champions within the under-16 ladies occasion. Vishvajeet Sanas and Aaditya Sansanval had been the joint winners within the under-16 boys part.

The gamers, after all, will get the factors for the finalists.

– TEAM SPORTSTAR

Anirudh, Vijay Sundar lose doubles remaining

Anirudh Chandrasekar and Vijay Sundar Prashanth had been overwhelmed 6-4, 6-4 within the doubles remaining by Theo Arribage and Luca Sanchez within the €118,000 Challenger tennis match in Poland on Saturday.

The champion crew bought 100 ATP factors and €6,845. The Indian pair bagged 60 factors and €4,050.

In the $25,000 ITF occasion in Chinese Taipei, Sai Karteek Reddy gained the doubles title with Tsung-Hao Huang of Chinese Taipei. It was the sixth doubles title within the skilled circuit for Sai Karteek and the fourth of the season.

-Kamesh Srinivasan

SQUASH

Ishika enters Delhi squash championship remaining

Ishika Anand battled previous Garima Nagar 11th of September, 11-3, 12-10, 10-12, 11-8 within the under-15 ladies semifinals of the Delhi State squash championship on the Delhi Gymkhana Club courts on Saturday.

In the ultimate, Ishika will face Kaashvi Mangal.

– Kamesh Srinivasan