SHOOTING
Kiran Jadhav takes men’s air rifle gold in KSSM Shooting Championship
Kiran Jadhav beat Vivek Sharma by 1.4 point for the men’s air rifle gold in the 23rd Kumar Surendra Singh shooting championship at the Dr. Karni Singh Range, Tughlakabad, on Saturday.
Vishal Singh won the bronze, while qualification topper Sri Karthik Sabari Raj (634.6) finished sixth.
Parth Mane and Abhinav Shaw won the junior and youth gold medals respectively.
The air pistol medallists Ajay Ambawat, champion Kedarling
Uhaganve, Ujjawal Malik in the Kumar Surendra Singh championship in
Bhopal on Saturday.
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The air pistol medallists Ajay Ambawat, champion Kedarling
Uhaganve, Ujjawal Malik in the Kumar Surendra Singh championship in
Bhopal on Saturday.
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In men’s air pistol at the Madhya Pradesh Academy in Bhopal, Kedarling Uchaganve won the gold 0.3 points ahead of Ajay Ambawat. Ujjawal Malik climbed to the third place while qualification topper Sharvan Kumar (586) placed fifth.
Dhairya Prashar and Yugpratap Rathore won the junior and youth gold medals respectively.
The results:
10m air rifle:
Men: 1. Kiran Jadhav 251.5 (633.7); 2. Vivek Sharma 250.1 (632.1); 3. Vishal Singh 230.1 (632.0).
Juniors: 1. Parth Mane 251.1 (629.8); 2. Umamahesh Maddineni 251.0 (630.6); 3. Naraen Suresh 229.5 (630.9).
Youth: 1. Abhinav Shaw 252.2 (629.5); 2. Parth Mane 251.7 (629.8); 3. Guruu Sabari 230.3 (630.7).
Sub-youth: 1. Guruu Sabari 630.7; 2. Shishir Mahesh 626.0; 3. Dishant Dey 625.4.
10m air pistol:
Men: 1. Kedarling Uchaganve 244.4 (582); 2. Ajay Ambawat 244.1 (582); 3. Ujjawal Malik 222.2 (585).
Juniors: 1. Dhairya Prashar 241.6 (579); 2. Sandeep Bishnoi 239.6 (578); 3. Kapil 218.8 (580).
Youth: 1. Yugpratap Rathore 241.4 (577); 2. Dhairya Prashar 240.1 (579); 3. Chirag Sharma 218.0 (578).
Sub-youth: 1. Yashdev Tanwar 579; 2. Chirag Sharma 578; 3. Shubham Chauhan 575.
– Kamesh Srinivasan
GOLF
Lahiri’s bad luck at South Korean LIV tournament leads to 7-over 79
Anirban Lahiri of Crusher GC putts on the 9th green on day two of LIV Golf Korea at Jack Nicklaus GC Korea on Saturday in Incheon, South Korea.
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Anirban Lahiri of Crusher GC putts on the 9th green on day two of LIV Golf Korea at Jack Nicklaus GC Korea on Saturday in Incheon, South Korea.
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Anirban Lahiri had the worst kind of luck Saturday during the second round of an LIV tournament at the Jack Nicklaus Golf Club in Incheon, South Korea.
The Indian golfer’s approach to the ninth hole hit the flag and rebounded straight across the green and into the water. He took a double-bogey six.
That stroke of misfortune appeared to affect him on the ensuing holes, where he had a triple-bogey seven on the 10th hole and another double-bogey six on the 12th en route to a 7-over 79.
He had birdied three straight holes ahead of the calamity on the ninth.
Bryson DeChambeau shot 66 Saturday and had a four-stroke lead over Richard Bland (69) heading into Sunday’s final round.
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Disappointing third round for Bhullar at Maekyung Open
Indian golfer Gaganjeet Bhullar was unable to recover from a disappointing start on Day 3, slipping to tied-27th at the end of the third round of the GS Caltex Maekyung Open in Incheon on Saturday.
Bhullar, who led briefly on Friday and had ended the second round in tied-sixth position, had three bogeys in the first five holes on Saturday as he finished the penultimate round at 3-over 74.
With rounds of 70-68-74, he is 1-over for 54 holes and seven shots behind the co-leaders, Thailand’s Jazz Janewattananond and local golfer Baekjun Kim, who are tied at 8-under.
Bhullar’s woes began with a bogey on the first. He had two more on the fourth and the fifth holes. A birdie on the ninth was small consolation but two bogeys against one birdie on the back nine meant a round of 74.
-PTI
TENNIS
Asian U-14 Development C’ship: Jensi Kanabar beat Tsai-Jung Chiang
Jensi Kanabar, champion for the second time in the Asian under-14 tennis.
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Jensi Kanabar, champion for the second time in the Asian under-14 tennis.
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Jensi Kanabar beat Tsai-Jung Chiang of Chinese Taipei 1-6, 6-4, 6-3 in the girls final of the Asian under-14 Development tennis championship at the DLTA Complex in New Delhi on Saturday.
It was a memorable climax for Jensi, on a day of high humidity following rains, as she fought her way to her second successive singles title in the fortnight long event.
The overwhelming success should fetch a place for Jensi in the Asian team when it travels to Europe for further exposure and development.
The boys singles title, the doubles title and the girls doubles title were all swept by the Koreans.
The results (finals):
Under-14 boys: Junseo Jang (Kor) bt Kim Siyun (Kor) 6-2, 7-5.
Doubles: Junseo Jang & Kim Siyun (Kor) bt Komang Purustama & Ethan Frans (Ina) 6-2, 4-6, [10-3].
Under-14 girls: Jensi Kanabar bt Tsai-Jung Chiang (Tpe) 1-6, 6-4, 6-3.
Doubles: Seohyeon Kim & Yerin Lim (Kor) bt Tsai-Jung Chiang & Ka-Chieh Hsu (Tpe) 6-2, 6-0.
– Kamesh Srinivasan
Rutuja and Shrivalli meet in doubles final
Shrivalli Bhamidipaty in partnership with Alexandra Shubladze beat Paris Corley and Tiphanie Lemaitre 6-2, 6-4 to set up the doubles title clash against Rutuja Bhosale and Paige Hourigan in the $40,000 ITF women’s tennis tournament in Lopota, Georgia, on Saturday.
The results:
$30,000 ITF men, Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy
Doubles (final): Oleksandr Ovcharenko (Ukr) & Carlos Jover (Esp) bt Chirag Duhan & Lautaro Falabella (Arg) 6-4, 3-6, [10-3].
$40,000 ITF women, Lopota, Georgia
Doubles (semifinals): Rutuja Bhosale & Paige Hourigan (Nzl) bt Lina Gjorcheska (Mkd) & Ekaterine Gorgodze (Geo) 7-6(6), 6-3; Shrivalli Bhamidipaty & Alexandra Shubladze bt Paris Corley (USA) & Tiphanie Lemaitre (Fra) 6-2, 6-4.
$30,000 ITF women, Boca Raton, USA
Doubles (semifinals): Despina Papamichail (Gre) & Gergana Topalova (Bul) bt Riya Bhatia & Jessica Gomez (Mex) 7-6(5), 6-0.
$15,000 ITF women, Monastir, Tunisia
Doubles (semifinals): Rebecca Mortensen (Den) & Ines Murta (Por) bt Tanisha Kashyap & Arabella Koller (Autt) 6-3, 6-3.
– Kamesh Srinivasan
CHESS
Akash jolts GM Karthikeyan in KCA’s first international open GM tournament
Tamil Nadu’s FIDE Master G. Akash, the 30th seed, surprised Grandmaster P. Karthikeyan in the fifth round of the KCA’s first international open GM chess tournament at the Courtyard Banquet Hall, Kanjikuzhi, on Saturday.
Meanwhile, Kerala’s 82nd seed Savanth Krishnan forced Slovakian GM Mikulas Manik to a draw.
Two Grandmasters, Armenia’s Karen Grigoryan and Georgia’s Levan Pantsulaia, shared the lead after the fifth round with five points.
Select results (fifth round):
V.A.V. Rajesh (Ind) 4 lost to Karen Grigoryan (Arm) 5; Thresa Daijeng Singgih (Ina) lost to Levan Patsulaia (Geo) 5; Boris Savchenko (Rus) 4.5 bt Tom Joseph (Ind) 3.5; David Gochelashvili (Rus) 4 drew with Tornike Sanikidze (Geo) 4; E.U. Ahaz (Ind) 4 drew with Karen Movszizvian (Arm) 4; G. Akash 4.5 (Ind) bt P. Karthikeyan (Ind) 3.5; Manik Mikulas (Svk) 3.5 drew with R. Savanth Krishnan (Ind) 3.5; R.R. Laxman (Ind) 3.5 bt Samarth Rajesh Ragavan (USA) 3.
– Stan Rayan
BRIDGE
Mavericks, Formidables, Rampage and Team Monica Jajoo enter semis in All India bridge
Mavericks, defending champion Formidables, Rampage, and Team Monica Jajoo advanced to the semifinals of the team event at the 8th All India Shree Cement Bridge Championship, in Kolkata on Saturday.
Mavericks, featuring foreign players Herald Eide (Norway), Oren Toledano and Amir Zamir (Israel), along with Subodh Maskara, Aniruddha Bhattacharjee, and India international Kezad Anklesaria, delivered a dominant performance in the quarterfinal, beating Team Arun Jain 104-43 International Match Points (49-27, 30-12, 25-4).
Formidables got past Dhampur Sugar Mills, led by former India captain Ashok Kumar Goel.
They took a strong lead in the first two rounds (26-5, 33-20) before Dhampur fought back in the final round (20-3).
However, Formidables held on to win 68-45 IMPs.
Rampage also started strong, beating Chef’s Table 41-4 and 20-15 in the first two rounds.
Despite losing the final round 17-39, they secured a 78-58 IMPs win.
Team Monica Jajoo edged past E A Bridge in a close quarterfinal (54-47 IMPs), with scores of 18-33, 29-8, and 7-6.
In the semifinals, Mavericks will take on Rampage, while Formidables will be up against Team Monica Jajoo.
Meanwhile, the Match Point Pairs event began on Saturday and the top pair after the first session were Pinaki Prasad & Satyabrata Mukherjee (793.27 pts), followed by Subhajit Chowdhury and Souvik Kar (782.77).
Abhijit Pal and Kamna Sharma (751.23), Partha Sarathi and Subir Majumdar (737.23), A.K. Guha and Biplab Dawn (727.23), Bhola Nath Ghosh and Dipak Kumar Paul (722.77) were next in the leaderboard.
– PTI
CUE SPORT
Sitwala makes CCI Billiards Classic final; Advani in semis
Asian champion Dhruv Sitwala made his way into the summit clash of the CCI Billiards Classic tournament, while Pankaj Advani crushed Siddharth Parikh 4-1 to reach the semifinals in Mumbai on Saturday.
Sitwala constructed breaks of 63, 127, 119, 59 and an unfinished 78 in the fourth to register an easy 4-0 win over Dhwaj Haria in the semifinals.
In a quarterfinal clash, Rayan Razmi defeated Rishabh Thakkar 4-0.
Results:
(Semifinal): Dhruv Sitwala beat Dhwaj Haria 4-0 (150(63)-48, 152 (127)-53, 150(119)-43, 150 (59,78*)-128 (81).
Quarterfinals: Pankaj Advani beat Siddharth Parikh 4-1 (151-130(65),48-152 (130), 150 (69)-60, 152 (98,50)-6, 150(150)-2; Rayan Razmi beat Rishabh Thakkar 4-0 (153-32, 150 (85,68)-6, 151 (99)-25, 150 (94)-29.
– PTI
Arbaz pips Mane 4-2 in NSCI Baulkline Snooker clash
Mohammed Arbaz held his nerves to get the better of Praveen Mane 4-2 in a group match of the NSCI Baulkline Snooker competition in Mumbai on Saturday.
In another group match, Mahesh Jagdale went down in the opening frame before managing four straight-frame wins against Parth Shah.
Faisal Khan, meanwhile, continued his good run as he beat Sagar Jain 4-0.
Results:
Faisal Khan beat Sagar Jain 4-0 (73-2, 74-46, 88 (69)-0, 74-20; Mohd.Arbaz beat Praveen Mane 4-2 (63-29, 69-37, 59-49, 28-67, 45-53, 75-39); Sparsh Pherwani beat Devendra Patel 4-0 (66-52, 53-12, 76(62)-13, 55-52); Mahesh Jagdale beat Parth Shah 4-1 (25-65, 60-16, 61-28, 66-28, 79-45).
– PTI
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