BADMINTON
India’s marketing campaign involves an finish on the Badminton Asia Junior Championships
India’s marketing campaign on the ongoing Badminton Asia Junior Championships got here to an finish on the third day as two ladies’ singles gamers and one ladies’ doubles pair misplaced within the spherical of 16 in Yogyakarta, Indonesia on Friday.
In the women’ doubles pre-quarterfinal match, Taneesha and Karnika displayed a troublesome struggle towards the duo of Chen Fan Shu Tian and Jiang Pei Xi from China. The Indian pair began brilliantly within the first sport and confirmed nice coordination en route their 21-17 victory, however their opponents mounted a comeback within the final two video games to win the tie with a scoreline of 21-17, 13-21, 13-21 in a match that lasted 50 minutes.
In the women’ singles spherical of 16 matches, Rakshitha Sree S was up towards China’s Huang Lin Ran. The Indian shuttler began effectively however couldn’t discover a sustained rhythm all through the match earlier than ultimately dropping with a rating of 15-21, 13-21.
In the opposite ladies’ singles pre-quarterfinal match, Tara Shah failed to search out any momentum and went down 13-21, 8-21 towards China’s XU Wen Jing in a one-sided affair.
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BOXING
Junior Boys National Boxing Championships: Devang and Hemant shine as 9 SSCB Boxers make their approach into the finals on the
The providers sports activities management board (SSCB) continued its domination as 9 of its pugilists progressed into the finals on day 5 on the fifth Junior Boys National Boxing Championships in Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh.
Devang (54kg) gave the right begin to staff SSCB with a sensational 5-0 win over Uttar Pradesh’s Sundram Yadav. Devang checked out his best possible within the bout and managed the sport all through to seize the win. This is Devang’s third consecutive unanimous win within the competitors. He will probably be up towards Nenthok Hodong of Arunachal Pradesh within the summit conflict.
Hemant Sangwan (80+kg), however, acquired the higher of Maharashtra’s Saifali Zari in a unanimous determination win. He will face Vedant Dhauta of Himachal Pradesh within the finals.
Other SSCB boxers who sealed their spot in finals are Mahesh (48kg), Divash Katare (50kg), Sahil Baord (52kg), M Kabiraj Singh (63kg), Rahul Kundu (70kg), Sahil (75kg), Hardik Panwar (80kg).
In the 48kg class, Haryana’s Sikander put ahead a stellar efficiency to seize the unanimous determination win towards Maharashtra’s Ravindra Padvi within the semifinals. He will go face to face towards Mahesh of SSCB within the quest to safe a gold medal.
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Punjab’s Shriyansh (80kg) secured a spot within the finals with a convincing win over Hamza Mohd Ahmed of Telangana. He will tackle Hardik Panwar of SSCB within the finals.
Four younger pugilists from the host Arunachal Pradesh Techi Jacky (46kg), Gayki Rie (52kg), Nenthok Hodong (54kg), Tagio Liyak (57kg) may even struggle to win the yellow metallic within the finals.
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TENNIS
Manishi units up remaining towards Yashika
Manishi Singh beat second seed Shagun Kumari 6-1, 6-4 to arrange a title conflict with Yashika Shokeen within the AITA National sequence junior tennis match on the Joygaon Academy on Friday.
The boys remaining will probably be between Swastik Sharma and Arjun Rathi.
The outcomes:
Under-18 boys (semifinals): Swastik Sharma bt Jason David 7-6(4), 3-0 (retired); Arjun Rathi bt Deepam Malik 6-2, 6-1. Doubles (remaining): Kanishk Jetley & Kabir Chothani bt Arun Rathi & Sachin Rana 6-0, 6-3.
Under-18 ladies (semifinals): Yashika Shokeen bt Aditi Rawat 6-2, 7-5; Manshi Singh bt Shagun Kumari 6-1, 6-4. Doubles (remaining): Sohini Mohanty & Saily Thakkar bt Presha Shanthamoorthy & Gia Pereira 2-6, 6-0, [10-1].
-Kamesh Srinivasan
GOLF
Atwal shoots 72 to be Twenty ninth in Senior PGA Tour
India’s Arjun Atwal overcame an early double bogey to handle a card of two-over 72 within the first spherical of the USD 3.5 million Kaulig Companies Championship in Ohio.
The Indian, taking part in his maiden season on the Seniors Tour for over 50s, was mendacity Tied-Twenty ninth as the sphere was led by Steve Stricker and Harrison Frazar, who carded five-under 65 every.
Atwal, who completed T-11 in his first Senior begin at Invited Celebrity Classic and was then T-49 in his first Senior Major, the Senior PGA, began with a double bogey on Par-4 first.
He then had three pairs of a birdie and a bogey on successive holes as he completed at 2-over 72 at Senior Tour’s fourth Major of the yr.
Atwal grew to become the one Indian to win on the PGA TOUR when he claimed the 2010 Wyndham Championship title.
Rookie Stewart Cink, making his second begin on PGA TOUR Champions, sits in third after taking pictures four-under 66.
The 46-time PGA TOUR Champions winner Bernhard Langer, a three-time winner of the Kaulig Companies Championship (2014, 2015, 2016), opened with one-over 71 and sits at T20.
The World Golf Hall of Fame member performed his first 5 holes three-under earlier than carding 4 bogeys over his remaining 13 holes.
Two-time Kaulig Companies Championship winner (2020, 2022) Jerry Kelly additionally sits at T20 after opening with one-over 71.
The Kaulig Companies Championship is among the PGA Tour Champions’ main occasions.
-PTI
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com