TENNIS
Asian Games silver medallist Ramkumar Ramanathan warded off a troublesome problem from third seed Digvijay Pratap Singh in an all-Indian ultimate to emerge champion within the ITF Dharwad Men’s World Tennis Tour right here on Sunday.
The fourth seed Ramanathan beat Digvijay 7-6 (5), 7-6 (6) to pocket the winner’s cheque of USD 3600 and 20 ATP factors.
Digvijay returned with USD 2120 and 12 ATP factors from the Dharwad District Lawn Tennis Association courts.
This was the primary time these two gamers have been assembly one another, and the competition remained intense as there was no service break throughout your complete period of the match.
“I had been struggling with my game since the last few weeks. Capping off with a win gives me the much-needed confidence heading into my future tournaments,” mentioned Ramanathan after the ultimate.
– PTI
BRICS Games 2023: India tennis crew baggage silver
Dhruv Hirpara and Ajay Malik gained their respective singles matches to assist India beat host South Africa 2-1 within the final league match of males’s tennis within the BRICS Games in Durban.
Having gained its matches in opposition to China earlier after dropping to Russia, the Indian males’s crew clinched the silver medal. The Indian ladies had earlier gained the bronze.
League outcomes (Men):
India bt South Africa 2-1 (Dhruv Hirpara bt Daniel Johannes Van Wyk 6-3, 6-2
Ajay Malik bt Guy Vorwerk 7-5, 6-2
Ajay Kundu & Ritabrata Sarkat misplaced to Guy Vorwerk & Simphiwe Nagwenya 2-6, 3-6)
– Kamesh Srinivasan
Yuki Bhambri loses €750,950 ATP doubles ultimate in Stockholm
Yuki Bhambri in partnership with Julian Cash of Britain was crushed 7-6(8), 6-2 by Andrey Golubev and Denys Molchanov within the doubles ultimate of the €750,950 ATP tennis event in Stockholm, Sweden, on Sunday.
The champion crew gained 250 ATP factors and €35,600. The runner-up crew collected 150 factors and €19,040.
In the ITF ladies’s occasion in Hua Hin, Thailand, nationwide champion Shrivalli Bhamidipaty was crushed 6-2, 6-1 by Ayumi Koshiishi of Japan within the ultimate.
In the ladies’s occasion in Monastir, Tunisia, Zeel Desai in partnership with Anastasia Sukhotina gained the doubles title.
The outcomes:
€750,950 ATP, Stockholm, Sweden – Doubles ultimate: Andrey Golubev (Kaz) & Denys Molchanov (Ukr) bt Yuki Bhambri & Julian Cash (GBR) 7-6(8), 6-2
$15,000 ITF ladies, Hua Hin, Thailand – Singles ultimate: Ayumi Koshiishi (Jpn) bt Shrivalli Bhamidipaty 6-2, 6-1
$15,000 ITF ladies, Monastir, Tunisia – Doubles ultimate: Zeel Desai & Anastasia Sukhotina bt Arabella Koller (Aut) & Camilla Zanolini (Ita) 6-4, 6-7(11), [10-7]
– Kamesh Srinivasan
BADMINTON
Bornil Aakash Changmai prolonged his outstanding kind to win the second-ever gold medal for India within the U15 boys’ singles division on Sunday on the Badminton Asia U17 and U15 Junior Championships in Chengdu, China.
Bornil gained the ultimate 2-19, 21-13 in opposition to the 14-year-old Chinese Fan Hong Xuan in 34 minutes within the boys’ singles ultimate.
The 13-year-old turned the second junior badminton participant after Siril Verma in 2013 to bag the highest podium end within the prestigious event.
The shuttler maintained a constant efficiency all by way of the event and defeated compatriot Jagsher Singh Khangurra within the semifinal on Saturday.
– Team Sportstar
HOCKEY
Madhya Pradesh Academy wins fortieth Nehru sub-junior hockey event
Madhya Pradesh Academy, Bhopal, champion of the fortieth Nehru sub-junior hockey event.
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Madhya Pradesh Academy, Bhopal, champion of the fortieth Nehru sub-junior hockey event.
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Madhya Pradesh Academy, Bhopal, had a powerful begin and a sound end to beat Round Glass Academy, Punjab, 5-2 within the ultimate of the Steelbird fortieth Nehru sub-junior hockey event on the Shivaji Stadium in New Delhi on Sunday.
A purpose every by Ram Babu Yadav and Karan Gautam within the first 10 minutes, gave a rousing begin for the Madhya Pradesh crew. Amandeep Singh scored one within the first quarter to maintain Round Glass in competition.
However, within the second half, the Bhopal crew scored three extra targets to achieve a stranglehold over the proceedings. Amandeep scored yet one more to bridge the hole for Round Glass.
The champion crew was introduced Rs.1,60,000, and its coach, Lokendra Sharma was awarded Rs.15,000. The runner-up crew was introduced Rs.96,000 and the coach Bittu Shigroha was given Rs.10,000.
Aashiraadil Khan was adjudged the ‘best player’ of the ultimate, and introduced Rs.21,000 and a Flash hockey stick.
The KG Kakar fairplay trophy was introduced to Young Pioneer English School, Manipur.
The Chairman of Steelbird, Subhash Kapur, was the chief visitor.
RESULT (Final)
MPHA, Bhopal, 5 (Aashiraadil Khan 2, Ram Babu Yadav, Tauheed Ahmed, Karan Gautam) bt Round Glass Academy, Punjab, 2 (Amandeep Singh 2).
– Team Sportstar
MOTORSPORT
Rajiv Sethu topped champion in Pro-Stock 301-400cc Open class on the MRF MMSC fmsci Indian National Motorcycle Racing Championship 2023
Rajiv Sethu, the 25-year-old from Chennai, was topped champion of the premier Pro-Stock 301-400cc Open class.
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Rajiv Sethu, the 25-year-old from Chennai, was topped champion of the premier Pro-Stock 301-400cc Open class.
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Rajiv Sethu, the 25-year-old from Chennai, was topped champion of the premier Pro-Stock 301-400cc Open class on debut because the fifth and ultimate spherical of the MRF MMSC fmsci Indian National Motorcycle Racing Championship 2023 concluded on the Madras International Circuit right here on Sunday.
Sethu was nursing an injured left shoulder, and delivered a third-straight rider championship to his crew, RACR Castrol Power1 Ultimate, within the Pro-Stock 301-400cc Open class.
However, it was younger Sarthak Chavan, the 16-year-old from Pune from the Petronas TVS Racing steady who denied Sethu a ninth-straight win by scripting a stirring win after ranging from P17. He handed a flagging Sethu on the final lap for the largest victory of his blossoming National championship profession.
Finishing second was his team-mate, the 16-year-old Bengalurean Chiranth Vishwanath, after an excellent transfer on Sethu who settled for third place. The P3 didn’t matter for Sethu as he had already taken an unbeatable lead within the factors desk going into the race.
Later, Sethu completed the season by profitable the Pro-Stock 165cc Open race in model regardless of ranging from P10, with Sarthak and Chiranth coming in second and third, respectively. The race was diminished to 5 laps following a crash (rider okay) resulting in a purple flag and re-start.
Also clinching the National titles have been Hyderabad’s Vignesh Goud of Race’ists Motorcycle Club (Novice – Stock 165cc) and Puducherry’s Lani Zena Fernandez of RACR Castrol Power1 Ultimate (Girls – Stock 165cc). The championship standings within the Pro-Stock 165cc Open class weren’t declared pending the settlement of a disputed lead to Round 4.
Lani Zena Fernandez additionally completed the season on a victorious word, profitable the Girls (Stock 165cc) race with ease. The race was diminished to a few laps from the scheduled 5 following a stoppage as a consequence of pile-up (riders okay) within the very first lap and was re-started. It was her fourth win in 9 begins.
Meanwhile, Bengaluru’s Savion Sabu gave a rousing end to his season by reaching a double within the Novice (Stock 165cc) race, however his profitable burst didn’t cease Vignesh Goud from clinching the championship on this class.
Idemitsu Honda India Talent Cup: Kavin Quintal, the Chennai teenager, stamped his authority within the NSF 250R Open class together with his seventh win in 9 begins to verify his championship title on this class.
Petronas TVS One-Make Championship: Bengaluru’s Chiranth Vishwanath notched up his sixth win at present in 9 begins at present to bag the championship within the Open (RR 310) class, holding off Romario John and G Balaji.
TVS E Motorcycle Time Attack: Sarthak Chavan (Pune) clocked the quickest lap within the Time Attack, posting a time of 01min, 47.304secs with a prime velocity of 186 kmph. Chiranth Vishwanath (Bengaluru) was second quickest in 01:48.066 (179.8 Kmph) whereas former Moto3 rider from Japan, Hiroki Ono was third finest in 01:49.116 (196.8 Kmph).
National Championship Provisional outcomes (all 8 laps except talked about):
Pro-Stock 301-400cc Open (Race-2): 1. Sarthak Chavan (Pune, Petronas TVS Racing) (14mins, 59.041sec); 2. Rahil PIllarisetty (Hyderabad, KTM Gusto Racing) (14:59.566); 3. Rajiv Sethu (Chennai, RACR Castrol Power1 Ultimate) (14:59.656).
Pro-Stock 165cc Open (Race-2, 5 laps): 1. Rajiv Sethu (Chennai, RACR Castrol Power 1 Ultimate) (09:55.075); 2. Sarthak Chavan (Pune, Petronas TVS Racing) (09:56.286); 3. Chiranth Vishwanath (Bengaluru, Petronas TVS Racing) (09:57.533). Rider champion: Not declared pending enquiry. Team champions: Not declared pending enquiry.
Novice (Stock 165cc, Race-2, 6 laps): 1. Savion Sabu (Bengaluru, Axor Sparks Racing) (12:56.237); 2. Kaushik Subbiah Ganesan (Chennai, AS Motorsports) (12:56.400); 3. Aadit Shah (Vadodara, Axor Sparks Racing) (12:56.667).
Girls (Stock 165cc) 3 laps: 1. Lani Zena Fernandez (Pucucherry, RACR Castrol Power1 Ultimate) (06:40.083); 2. Nadine Faith Balaji (Chennai, Alpha Racing) (06:54.558); 3. Adlin Seles (Chennai, Alpha Racing) (07:00.642).
Idemitsu Honda India Talent Cup – NSF 250R Open (Race-2): 1. Kavin Quintal (Chennai)(15:09.312); 2. Johann Reeves Emmanuel (Chennai) (15:14.912); 3. Mohsin P (Mallapuram) (15:14.974).
Petronas TVS One-Make Championship: Open (301-400cc, RR 310) Race-2 (6 laps): 1. Chiranth Vishwanath (Bengaluru) (11:39.641); 2. Romario John (Chennai) (11:40.117); 3. G Balaji (Chennai) (11:40.157).
Media (Apache RTR) Race-1 (5 laps): 1. Joel Kolathoor Raju (Thane) (11:19.208); 2. Alshin Okay Thomas (Pune) (11:19.312); 3. Ananya Awasthi (Pune) (11:19.646). Race-2 (5 laps): 1. Alshin Okay Thomas (Pune) (11:15.520); 2. Joel Kolathoor Raju (Thane) (11:15.642); 3. Punya Prasun Sharma (11:21.399).
– Team Sportstar
POLO
Army Service Corps wins Quarter Master General Polo championship2023
Army Service Corps (ASC) outplayed Artillery 10-1 within the ultimate of the Quarter Master General (QMG) polo championship on the Jaipur Polo floor right here on Sunday.
Mukesh Gujjar prime scored with 4 targets for ASC, whereas Yatinder Kumar, Ravinder Mang and Prithvi Singh Rathore, scored two targets every. Aish Samantaray scored the one purpose for Artillery.
Lt. Gen. Rajinder Dewan and Lt. Gen. Arun Kumar Sahni introduced the trophies.
– Kamesh Srinivasan
ATHLETICS
Animesh betters personal 200m report
Odisha’s Animesh Kujur, who clocked a private finest 20.74s on the latest National Open in Bengaluru which was the sixth-best time within the Indian all-time checklist maintained by World Athletics, broke his personal 200m meet report on the third National Open under-23 athletics championships right here on Sunday. The 20-year-old clocked 20.87s.
Tamil Nadu’s Tamil Arasu and Mariya Nivetha emerged because the quickest man and lady respectively by profitable the 100m on Saturday. And Gujarat’s 20-year-old Sunil Joliya Jinabhai bettered his private finest by greater than 10s whereas profitable the lads’s 3000m steeple chase in 8:39.98s.
The outcomes (winners solely):
Men: 200m: Animesh Kujur (Odi) 20.87s MR, OR personal 21.12. 1500m: Shivam Sharma (HP) 3:43.85s. 5000m: Shadab Pathan (Mah) 14:06.10s MR, OR 14:13.92. 400m hurdles: Keshav Tanwar (Del) 51.79s. Long leap: Asadullah Mujahith (TN) 7.67m. High leap: Md Ashraf Ali (WB) 2.15m MR, OR 2.13. Javelin throw: Yashvir Singh (Raj) 78.12m MR, OR 76.79. Hammer throw: Nitesh Poonia (Raj) 64.38m.
Women: 200m: Chelimi (A)) 24.15s. 1500M: Nikita Sharma (HP) 4:27.50s. 5000m: Neha Panwar (UP) 16:50.03s. 400M hurdles: Ramandeep Kaur (Pun) 1:00.90s. Long leap: Kusuma Ravada (AP) 6.09m. Javelin throw: Jyoti (Har) 52.77m MR, OR 51.07. Heptathlon: Sonu Kumari (Har) 5008 pts MR, OR 4910.
Saturday’s occasions:
Men: 100m: S. Tamil Arasu ((TN) 10.54s. 400M: Rince Joseph (Ker) 46.91s. 800m: Satyajeet Suresh Pujari (Mah) 1:51.94s. 110m hurdles: Tejas Shirse (Mah) 13.71s MR, OR personal 14.12. 3000M steeple chase: Sunil Joliya Jinabhai (Guj) 8:39.98s MR, 8:49.13. OR 20,000m race stroll: Sanjay Kumar (Raj) 1:28:53.92s. Discus throw: Dinesh Kumar 53.66m MR, OR 53.27. Shot put: Dhanvir Singh (Pun) 19.56m MR, OR 17.79. Decathlon: Kushal Kumar (Mah) 6809 pts.
Women: 100m: Mariya Nivetha (TN) 11.79s. 400M: Simarjeet Kaur (Pun) 54.41s. 800m: Urvashi (Har) 2:08.80s. 100m hurdles: Moumita Mondal (WB) 13.65s MR, OR 13.72. 3000m steeple chase: Bhagwati Deora (Raj) 10:48.40s. 20,000m race stroll: Sejal Anil Singh (Mah) 1:37:53.71s. High leap: Payal Jamod (Guj) 1,72m. Pole vault: G. Sindhushree (Kar) 3.75m. Discus throw: Anisha (Del) 47.60m.
-Stan Ryan
KABADDI
Rohit Yadav helps Aravalli Arrows to Yuva Kabaddi Series Monsoon Edition 2023 crown
An excellent efficiency by Rohit Yadav ensured Aravalli Arrows defeat Murthal Magnets from Haryana 48-30 to emerge champion within the Yuva Kabaddi Series Monsoon Edition 2023 performed on the Fatima College Indoor Stadium in Madurai on Sunday.
The younger left raider from the Aravalli outfit, who was lately snapped up on the Pro Kabaddi public sale too, scored 11 raid factors from 17 raids tried within the opposition’s court docket at a powerful strike fee of 64%. Raider Sahil Sharma, additionally chipped in with 8 raid factors, claiming 4 factors in a single single raid when Murthal Magnets had acquired your complete Aravalli facet virtually worn out with solely Sahil because the final man standing on the mat.
Sonu Rathee, the Murthal Magnets’ defender from Haryana who was additionally adjudged because the event’s Best Defender, missed out on 100 deal with factors ending with 97 at a powerful 60% success fee.
Meanwhile, Arjun Rathee of Chola Veerans walked away with ₹50,000 after being named the Best Raider of the event.
Aravalli Arrows not solely upgraded its runner-up trophy it had gained within the 2022 Monsoon Edition but in addition bagged the winner’s purse of ₹20 lakhs.
The occasion commenced on September 24 with 16 groups collaborating from throughout the nation competing for the coveted trophy and a complete prize cash purse of ₹58.5 lakhs.
-Team Sportstar
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com