TENNIS
Six Indians qualify for important draw of ITF Mysuru Open 2023
Six Indian gamers certified for the principle draw of the ITF Mysuru Open 2023 after producing power-packed performances within the qualifying rounds on the Mysuru Tennis Club right here on Monday.
The high seed of the qualifiers Siddharth Vishwakarma put up a dominating show to safe a 6-1, 6-2 victory in opposition to Deepak Anantharamu. Similar to Vishwakarma, Vishnu Vardhan additionally had a straightforward day on the workplace as he prevailed in two units in opposition to Yash Chaurasia by a 6-1, 6-1 scoreline.
On the opposite hand, Faisal Qamar and Fardeen Quamar needed to grind laborious to safe their berths in the principle draw. While Faisal beat Lakshit Sood by 7-6 (3), 7-6 (1), Fardeen ousted Pruchya Isaro of Thailand with a 3-6, 7-6 (3) [10-5] tie-breaker win.
Ishaque Eqbal and Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan have been the opposite two Indians that superior to the principle draw after their respective opponents retired from the match because of accidents.
The USD 25,000 occasion is being hosted by the Karnataka Lawn Tennis Association (KSLTA).
On Tuesday, eight Indians together with Suraj Prabodh, Rishi Reddy, Madhwin Kamath, Sidharth Rawat, Karan Singh and Sandesh Kurale together with the qualifying winners Eqbal and Faisal will kick off the nation’s marketing campaign within the singles important draw of the match.
Alongside Indians, Dali Blanch of the USA and Grigoriy Lomakin of Kazakhstan can even be in motion. Meanwhile, Evgeny Donskoy withdrew from the match because of an harm.
Earlier within the day, Woobin Shin of South Korea and Mitsuki Wei Kang Leong of Malaysia additionally secured their locations in the principle draw after defeating Bharat Nishok Kumaran (6-2, 6-3) and Abhinav Sanjeev Shanmugam (6-4, 4-6 [10-7]) respectively.
The ongoing match marks the return of ITF tennis to Mysuru after 8 years and can happen on the Mysuru Tennis Club until April 2.
-Team Sportstar
FENCING
Services bag gold in males’s foil crew; Bhupen emerges epee champion
The Services crew emerged winners within the males’s foil crew class defeating Manipur within the last of the thirty third Senior National Fencing Championship on the Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex right here on Monday.
Services additionally dominated the boys’s particular person epee class as two of their gamers, Bhupen Singh Lisham and Sunil Kumar, clinched gold and silver respectively.
In a one-sided affair, the Services foil crew, comprising Arjun, Bibish Kathiresan, Ismile Mohammed Khan and Bicky Thokchom, defeated Manipur 45-32.
The Manipur crew had Abhinash Kangabam, Rajiv Khoisanam, Tuphan Nandeibam and Hemansh Sanasam of their ranks.
Services had defeated Maharashtra 45-29 within the semi-final, whereas Manipur prevailed over Chhattisgarh 45-39 within the different last-four conflict.
Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh have been each awarded bronze medals.
In the senior males’s epee class, 22-year-old Bhupen bagged gold defeating Sunil Kumar 15-11.
Bhupen had stormed into the ultimate after outplaying RS Sherjin of Chhattisgarh within the first semi-final 15-10, whereas Sunil acquired the higher of Madhya Pradesh’s Shakar Pandey 15-10.
-PTI
CHESS
Bibisara leads after beating Vaishali
R. Vaishali suffered a 44-move loss to Kazakhstan’s Bibisara Assaubayeva in the one decisive contest of the second spherical of the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix chess on Monday.
The three different boards ending the honours even and two gamers getting byes, Bibisara (1.5 factors) loved a half-point lead.
The outcomes (Indians except said)
Second spherical: Polina Shuvalova (1) drew with Okay. Humpy (1); D. Harika (1) drew with Zhu Jiner (Chn, 1); R. Vaishali (0) misplaced to Bibisara Assaubayeva (Kaz, 1.5); Aleksandra Goryachkina (FIDE, 1) drew with Nana Dzagnidze (Geo, 1); Nino Batsiashvili (Kaz, 0.5) and Kateryna Lagno (FIDE, 0.5), bye.
RAKESH RAO
FOOTBALL
Second Div. I-League: Golden Threads holds Bengaluru United
Substitute E.S. Sajeesh’s 83rd-minute purpose helped Golden Threads drive Bengaluru United to a 1-1 attract a Group ‘C’ match of the Second Division I-League soccer on the Panampilly Nagar floor on Monday.
Striker Irfan Yadwad had given Bengaluru United the lead late within the first half.
Golden Threads’ defender P.Okay. Faseen (proper, No. 6) makes an attempt to cease FC Bengaluru United’s ahead Vinil Poojary (No. 9) within the Second Division I-League match in Kochi on Monday.
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The draw at dwelling helped the Kochi-based Golden Threads retain its high spot within the group with eight factors from two wins and two attracts, whereas Bengaluru United is within the third rung with three factors.
The consequence: Golden Threads 1 (E.S. Sajeesh 83) drew with FC Bengaluru United 1 (Irfan Yadwad 45+1).
-Stan Rayan
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com