Manu Gandas regains lead with third spherical of 67
Manu Gandas of Gurugram shot a resolute five-under 67 within the penultimate spherical to regain the benefit on the inaugural Dream Valley Group-Vooty Masters golf championship on the Vooty Golf County at Vikarabad on Saturday.
Manu (63-68-67) now enjoys a slender one-shot lead at a complete of 18-under 198 to lift hopes of successful fifth title of the season, on par with Yuvraj Singh Sandhu and likewise of clinching the Order of Merit lead from the latter.
Chandigarh’s Angad Cheema (65-67-67), who was in a single day third, moved into second place at 17-under 199 after he too shot an equally spectacular 67 on day three.
Mhow-based Om Prakash Chouhan (66-63-73), the second spherical chief, carded a sedate 73 on Saturday to drop down to 3rd place at 14-under 202.
The 26-year-old Manu had a gradual front-nine in spherical three making three birdies and a bogey. Manu’s birdies on the front-nine included a very good up and down from the bunker on the fifth and a drive that discovered the par-4 seventh inexperienced. He drove the seventh inexperienced for the second day working.
Manu then collected 4 birdies and a bogey on the back-nine to maneuver to the highest. Manu picked up strokes on the twelfth and sixteenth to attain birdies on all of the 4 par-5s. He left himself a four-footer on the thirteenth and drove previous the inexperienced on the par-4 fifteenth to say his different two birdies on the back-nine. He closed the spherical with an 18-feet conversion for an amazing par save on the 18th.
Manu, the highest contender going into spherical 4, stated, “My driving and tee shots were the best part of my game today. I drove two par-4 greens today and took advantage of all the par-5s. I would say my iron-play was not up to the mark and I made some errors that could’ve been easily avoided.
“After an ordinary front-nine I had a far more encouraging back-nine today. It’s now about taking it one shot at a time and not looking too far ahead on the final day.”
Delhi’s Harshjeet Singh Sethie (68) and Noida’s Gaurav Pratap Singh (69) had been positioned tied fourth at 13-under 203.
Ajeetesh Sandhu (70), one of many high names within the area, was tied 18th at seven-under 209.
PGTI Order of Merit chief and five-time winner this season Yuvraj Singh Sandhu (73), was tied twenty ninth at five-under 211.
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TENNIS
ITF Juniors
Top seed Kriish Tyagi recovered from the brink of defeat to beat second seed Hanu Patel 3-6, 7-6(4), 6-4 within the closing of the ITF grade-4 junior tennis event on the DLTA Complex on Saturday.
It was the second victory in as many finals over a fortnight for Kriish over Hanu, following the title triumph in Guwahati final week. Kriish had turned the match after dropping the primary set then additionally.
However, this was extra dramatic, as Hanu was serving for the match at 5-3 within the second set. Even as Kriish confirmed large combating spirit, Hanu appeared to have been unnerved by the sight of victory.
Hanu’s nervous plight was very a lot evident, when he dropped the second set following two double faults on the final two factors. Hanu did battle to be forward 4-3 within the decider, however Kriish performed fearless and stroked fluently to win the subsequent three video games and the match.
In the women closing, Margot Phanthala of France beat high seed Sonali Patil 7-5, 6-3.
The coach of the Indian Davis Cup staff Zeeshan Ali offered the trophies. Addressing the children, Zeeshan a world No.2 junior in his time who was ranked a career-high 126 within the ATP circuit goaded them to care for their health by consuming proper and doing their finest to capitalise on the probabilities.
The outcomes (finals):
Boys: Kriish Tyagi bt Hanu Patel (USA) 3-6, 7-6(4), 6-4.
Girls: Margot Phanthala (Fra) bt Sonal Patil 7-5, 6-3.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
ITF males’s tennis event: Niki Poonacha in fantastic kind
Doubles champions Rithvik Bollipalli and Niki Poonacha in
Bhilai on Saturday.
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Niki Poonacha beat Karan Singh 7-5, 7-6(0) within the semifinals of the $15,000 ITF males’s tennis event on the BSP Tennis Complex on Saturday.
In the ultimate, Niki will play the highest seed Vladyslav Orlov of Ukraine.
Niki partnered Rithvik Bollipalli to beat Rishabh Agarwal and Sai Karteek Reddy Ganta 7-6(7), 6-1 within the doubles closing. It was the fifth doubles title within the final 5 weeks for Niki and Rithvik, who had received their earlier titles in Monastir, Tunisia, aside from Delhi, Indore, and Mumbai. In reality, it was the sixth doubles title within the final seven weeks for the Indian pair.
The outcomes:
Singles (semifinals): Vladyslav Orlov (Ukr) bt Ryotaro Matsumura (Jpn) 6-1, 6-2; Niki Poonacha bt Karan Singh 7-5, 7-6(0).
Doubles (closing): Rithvik Bollipalli & Niki Poonacha bt Rishab Agarwal & Sai Karteek Reddy Ganta 7-6(7), 6-1.
-Kamesh Srinivasan