GOLF
Lahiri to guide robust subject at SSP Chawrasia Invitational
The penultimate PGTI Tour occasion will now be generally known as SSP Chawrasia Invitational and can characteristic top-ranked Indian Anirban Lahiri, the organisers introduced on Tuesday.
Bangalore-based Lahiri shall be again to play in Kolkata for the primary time since 2013 when he had received PGTI’s Year Ender Championship on the Royal Calcutta Golf Club (RCGC).
Beside Lahiri and event host Chawrasia, the Rs 1-crore prize cash occasion starting on Wednesday may have a stellar subject together with Gaganjeet Bhullar, Rashid Khan, Ajeetesh Sandhu, Viraj Madappa, Veer Ahlawat, Karandeep Kochhar, Chikkarangappa, Udayan Mane, Yuvraj Singh Sandhu (PGTI Ranking Leader) and Manu Gandas (2nd on PGTI Ranking), amongst others.
The main overseas names within the subject are these of Sri Lankans Mithun Perera, N Thangaraja, Anura Rohana, in addition to Bangladeshis Jamal Hossain, Badal Hossain, Md Akbar Hossain and Nepal’s Sukra Bahadur Rai.
The event was collectively launched by TAKE Sports and PGTI as a gesture to honour Chawrasia, who amongst two Indians to have received 4 DP World Tour titles.
After the overwhelming success of Jeev Milkha Invitational, it was a “no-brainer” to christen the event within the title of Kolkata’s star golfer Chawrasia, CEO of PGTI Uttam Singh Mundy stated.
“I never dreamt of hosting a PGTI tournament, very few people get this opportunity,” the six-time Asian Tour winner stated.
A two-time Indian Open champion, Chawrasia has the excellence of getting represented India on the Rio Olympics 2016 and the World Cup of Golf 2016.
He additionally represented Team Asia on the EurAsia Cup in 2016 and 2018.
Chawrasia, a winner of 17 skilled titles, was honoured with the Arjuna Award in 2017.
“I belong to the RCGC, grew up playing golf here. It’s because of everyone’s contribution here that I’m sitting here representing PGTI. It’s a very strong field looking forward to it,” he added.
-PTI
TENNIS
$25,000 ITF girls’s event
Wild card Ishwari Matere performed a gutsy recreation, saved eight match factors to beat one of many main gamers within the nation, Riya Bhatia 7-6(5), 2-6, 7-6(12) within the first spherical of the Balaji Amines $25,000 ITF girls’s tennis event on the District Sports Complex on Tuesday.
Riya missed her possibilities, as she first led 3-1 within the decider, after which 5-0 within the tie-break. At 6-2 she had 4 match factors and 4 extra slipped her grasp. Ishwari transformed her third match level for a memorable victory in three hours and 17 minutes.
Another wild card, Sanjana Sirimalla beat qualifier Jennifer Luikham 6-4, 7-6(5). Sahaja Yamalapalli battled previous third wild card Vaishnavi Adkar 6-1, 4-6, 6-4.
The outcomes:
Singles (first spherical): Zeel Desai bt Sharmada Balu 6-4, 6-1; Sahaja Yamalapalli bt Vaishnavi Adkar 6-1, 4-6, 6-4; Ekaterina yashina bt Anastasia Kovaleva 6-3, 2-6, 6-1; Ishwari Matere bt Riya Bhatia 7-6(5), 2-6, 7-6(12); Daria Kudashova bt Diana Marcinkevica (Lat) 6-2, 7-5; Sanjana Sirimalla bt Jennifer Luikham 6-4, 7-6(5).
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Ankita Riana & Prarthana Thombare bt Anastasia Kovaleva & Daria Kudashova 6-1, 6-4; Ines Murta (Por) & Vasanti Shinde bt Sharmada Balu & Riya Bhatia 6-3, 6-2; Lexie Stevens (Ned) & Valeriya Strakhova (Ukr) bt Yvonne Cavalle-Reimers (Esp) & Teja Tirunelveli 6-4, 6-4; Shrivalli Bhamidipaty & Vaidehi chaudhari bt Vaishnavi Adkar & Rutuja Bhosale 6-3, 2-6, [10-6]; Pooja Ingale & Ishwari Matere bt Jostana Madane & Pragati Solankar 6-1, 6-1; Mananchaya Sawangkaew & Lanlana Tararudee (Tha) bt Diana Marcinkevica (Lat) & Conny Perrin (Sui) 6-4, 4-6, [11-9]; Sravya Shivani & Jennifer Luikham bt Soha Sadiq & Sahaja Yamalapalli 7-5, 6-4; Pristine Nugroho (Ina) & Ekaterina Yashina bt Smriti Bhasin & Sai Samhitha 6-2, 6-3.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
SQUASH
Amarya Bajaj knocked out high seed Ruan Tadanki 11-8, 11-9, 7-11, 8-11, 11-9 within the under-11 boys pre-quarterfinals of the IndusInd Bank Northern India squash championship on the Delhi Gymkhana Club on Tuesday.
The outcomes (pre-quarterfinals):
Under-19 boys: Aarav Gill bt Abhyuday Singh 11-6, 11-5, 11-5; Rajasmin Sharma bt Rachit Shaliya 8-11, 6-11, 11-8, 11-7, 11-8; Ajay Rathee bt Sunil Kumar 6-11, 7-11, 12-10, 11-9, 11-7; Lakshya Gwala bt Dharmendra Singh 11-6, 16-14, 11-5; Aditya Bhandari bt Prithvi Yadav 11-7, 11-8, 7-11, 8-11, 11-7.
Under-15 boys: Yusha Nafees bt Dhruv Kesar 11-4, 11-3, 11-2; Arjun Morey bt Yuvaditya Jain 11-3, 11-3, 4-11, 11-2; Ahaan Bera bt Kavanpal Kohli 11-8, 11-8, 8-11, 11-6; Subhash Choudhary bt Rayansh Gupta 11-8, 11-3, 11-8.
Under-13 boys: Rohan Kejriwal bt Neil Gupta 11-7, 11-9, 11-9; Aryan Kapoor bt Agam Singh 8-11, 11-4, 8-11, 11-5, 11-7; Anamay Rungta bt Amar Talwar 11-8, 8-11, 11-6, 6-11, 11-5.
Under-11 boys: Amarya Bajaj bt Ruan Tadanki 11-8, 11-9, 7-11, 8-11, 11-9; Dhairya Gogia bt Kayann Bansal 11-1, 11-2, 11-3; Vihaan Chandhok bt Arnav Jain 11-13, 11-6, 11-9, 10-12, 11-5; Viaan Khemani bt Ikbir Sidhu 11-2, 11-3, 11-4; Aadi Ponwal bt Neil Aggarwal 10-12, 11-4, 11-7, 11-7; Abhyuday Arora bt Rishaan Jhanji 11-1, 11-4, 11-3; Aaditya Shah bt Prabhav Bajoria 11-2, 12-10, 11-6; Dhruv Johri bt Dhruv Rajkannu 11-0, 11-1, 11-0.