TENNIS
Yuki-Saketh pair reaches semis in Thailand Challenger
Top seeds Yuki Bhambri and Saketh Myneni beat Dan Added and Michael Geerts 4-6, 7-5, [10-5] within the doubles quarterfinals of the $80,000 Challenger tennis match in Nonthaburi, Thailand, on Thursday.
In the semifinals, the Indian pair will meet fourth seeds Marek Gengel and Adam Pavlasek who pipped Anirudh Chandrasekar and Vijay Sundar Prashanth 10-8 within the tremendous tie-break of their quarterfinals.
In the $40,000 ITF girls’s occasion in Nonthaburi, third seed Ankita Raina was overwhelmed within the singles pre-quarterfinals by Haruka Kaji, however Rutuja Bhosale made the doubles semifinals in partnership with Erika Sema of Japan.
RESULTS
$80,000 Challenger, Nonthaburi, Thailand
Doubles (quarterfinals): Yuki Bhambri & Saketh Myneni bt Dan Added (Fra) & Michael Geerts (Bel) 4-6, 7-5, [10-5]; Marek Gengel & Adam Pavlasek (Cze) bt Anirudh Chandrasekar & Vijay Sundar Prashanth 6-4, 6-7(5), [10-8].
$40,000 ITF girls, Nonthaburi, Thailand
Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Haruka Kaji (Jpn) bt Ankita Raina 7-5, 6-3.
Doubles (quarterfinals): Erika Sema (Jpn) & Rutuja Bhosale bt Yu Chieh Hsieh (Tpe) & Hong Yi Cody Wong (Hkg) 6-1, 6-4.
– Team Sportstar
ITF junior tennis
Timofei Derepasko of Russia performed an athletic all-round recreation to tame the second seed Amir Milushev of Uzbekistan 6-2, 5-7, 7-5 within the quarterfinals of the ITF junior tennis match on the DLTA Complex on Thursday.
After pulling by way of powerful matches within the earlier two rounds, Milushev discovered his match within the tenacious Derepasko.
In the semifinals, the Russian will play compatriot Ivan Iutkin who overcame the champion of the final match Donghyun Hwang of Korea in three units.
The different semifinal shall be between prime seed Adhithya Ganesan of the USA and Kim Jangjun of Korea. Both got here by way of in straight units, with out breaking right into a sweat on a shiny morning.
In the ladies part, left-hander Vlada Mincheva was fairly resourceful as she performed a fluent recreation in beating the second seed Zuzanna Pawlikowska of Poland. She will meet Alexia Harmon of the USA who stopped the high quality run of qualifier Allegra Davies of Britain for the lack of 5 video games.
Top seed Ashton Bowers of the USA needed to dig deep to convey out her greatest recreation to beat Margot Phanthala of France who had gained a match on the similar venue a number of months again. Ashton will problem Inidra Lepage of Belgium who knocked out third seed Anna Sedysheva with a artful recreation.
THE RESULTS (QUARTERFINALS)
Boys: Adhithya Ganesan (USA) bt Manvydas Balciunas (Ned) 6-3, 6-1; Jangjun Kim (Kor) bt Rohan Belday 6-3, 6-4; Ivan Iutkin (Rus) bt Donghyun Hwang (Kor) 6-7(6), 6-0, 6-4; Timofei Derepasko (Rus) bt Amir Milushev (Uzb) 6-2, 5-7, 7-5.
Girls: Ashton Bowers (USA) bt Margot Phanthala (Fra) 6-2, 4-6, 6-0; Inidra Lepage (Bel) bt Anna Sedysheva (Rus) 6-0, 2-6, 6-0; Alexia Harmon (USA) bt Allegra Davies (GBR) 7-5, 6-0; Vlada Mincheva (Rus) bt Zuzanna Pawlikowska (Pol) 6-3, 6-2.
– Kamesh Srinivasan
SHOOTING
National choice trials
From left to proper: Pankaj Mukheja, champion Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar and Akhil Sheoran in rifle 3-position occasion of the National capturing choice trials in Delhi on Thursday.
| Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
Olympian Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar beat Pankaj Mukheja 17-7 to emerge on prime in 50-metre rifle 3-position occasion within the National capturing choice trials on the Dr. Karni Singh Range, Tughlakabad, on Thursday.
It was a commendable fare by Aishwary who had earlier topped qualification with 590, and emerged on prime within the semifinal stage in a very robust area.
Akhil Sheoran positioned third forward of Niraj Kumar, whereas Olympic quota place winner Swapnil Kusale was fifth, forward of Olympians Deepak Kumar and Sanjeev Rajput.
In the second trials of ladies’s air rifle, Ramita Jindal beat qualification topper Tilottama Sen (633.5) in an exhilarating trend 16-12. Elavenil Valarivan was third but once more, whereas the winner of the primary occasion, Narmada Nithin positioned fifth after scoring 630.5 in qualification.
Manini Kaushik, Meghana Sajjanar and Yukthi Rajendra had been the others to make the semifinal stage.
In girls’s sports activities pistol, Manu Bhaker emerged on prime but once more as she pipped Abhidnya Patil 27-26, after having topped qualification with an imposing 590.
Rhythm Sangwan, Shri Nivetha, Aakanksha Bansal and Surabhi Pathak had been eradicated within the semifinals.
RESULTS
10m air rifle:
Women: 1. Ramita Jindal 16 (262.0) 631.0; 2. Tilottama Sen 12 (262.2) 633.5; 3. Elavenil Valarivan 261.9 (629.0); 4. Nancy 260.6 (631.9).
Junior girls: 1. Swati Chowdhury 16 (262.3) 630.4; 2. Devanshi Katara 10 (260.8) 630.1; 3. Sonam Maskar 260.4 (629.5); 4. Shikha Nanda 259.8 (627.4).
25m sports activities pistol:
Women: 1. Manu Bhaker 27 (11) 590; 2. Abhidnya Patil 26 (15) 578; 3. Niveditha Nair 18 (11) 578; 4. Divya TS 13 (9) 582.
Junior girls: 1. Divanshi 25 (13) 579; 2. Tejaswani 22 (13) 577; 3. Megana Sadula 16 (10) 573; 4. Payal 12 (10) 576.
50m rifle 3-position:
Men: 1. Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar 17 (409.0) 590; 2. Pankaj Mukheja 7 (407.3) 585; 3. Akhil Sheoran 406.0 (588); 4. Niraj Kumar 403.1 (588).
Junior males: 1. Ramanya Tomer 16 (402.4) 572; 2. Shivam Dabas 14 (404.7) 574; 3. Sartaj Singh Tiwana 400.6 (570); 4. Parikshit Singh Brar 394.7 (578).
– Team Sportstar
FENCING
National Sub-Junior Championships: Haryana takes boys sabre and foil golds
Haryana bagged the boys sabre and foil group golds within the 24 th National sub-junior fencing championship on the Rajiv Gandhi indoor stadium in Kochi on Thursday.
Karnataka took the ladies epee group title.
Meanwhile Maharashtra’s Saiprasad Jangwad and Karnataka’s P. Pavani gained the gold within the girls and boys particular person epee occasion.
Final placings (group occasions):
Boys: Sabre: 1. Haryana, 2. Tamil Nadu, 3. J&Okay & Manipur.
Foil: 1. Haryana, 2. Manipur, 3. TN & Maharashtra.
Girls: Epee: 1. Karnataka, 2. Maharashtra, 3, Manipur & Chandigarh.
Individual occasions:
Boys: Epee: 1. Saiprasad Jangwad (Mah), 2. Gaurav Chaudhary (Del), 3. Aditya Singh (Del) & B. Bejino Steffin (TN).
Foil: 1. Sachin (Har), 2. Karan Chaudhary (MP), 3. Okay. Prithibaj Singh (Man) & M. Nifin Raj (TN).
Girls: Epee: 1. P. Pavani (Kar), 2. Janvi Jadav (Mah), 3. L. Yuktha Siri (Ker) & Nibber Agamjot Kaur (Man).
Foil: 1. Prachi (Har), 2. T. Melemnganbi (Man), 3. Hirlal Verma (Har) & Navisha Bhardwaj (Har).
Sabre: 1. Srishti Singh (Har), 2. Sakshi Kapoor (Har), 3. Priya Ningomnbam (Man) & Pebam Babydina (Man).
– Stan Rayan