TENNIS
ITF $25k girls’s tennis event: Ankita Raine reaches semifinals in Solapur
Top seed Ankita Raina beat sixth seed Ekaterina Yashina of Russia 7-6(0), 6-3 to succeed in the semifinals of the Balaji Amines $25,000 ITF girls’s tennis event on the District Sports Complex in Solapur on Friday.
In the semifinals, Ankita will play third seed Anastasia Kulikova of Finland, who beat qualifier Mananchaya Sawangkaew of Thailand in three units.
Qualifier Shrivalli Bhamidipaty’s high quality run was stopped by eighth seed Priska Nugroho, because the Indonesian gained 6-2, 6-2.
In doubles, Ankita and Prarthana Thombare arrange a title conflict in opposition to second seeds Nugroho and Yashina.
RESULTS
Singles (Quarterfinals)
Ankita Raina bt Ekaterina Yashina (Rus) 7-6(0), 6-3; Anastasia Kulikova (Fin) bt Mananchaya Sawangkaew (Tha) 5-7, 6-3, 6-4; Daira Kudasova (Rus) bt Katarina Kozarov (Srb) 6-2, 6-3; Priska Nugroho (Ina) bt Shrivalli Bhamidipaty 6-2, 6-2.
Doubles (Semifinals)
Ankita Raina & Prarthana Thombare bt Shrivalli Bhamidipaty & Vaidehi Chaudhari 6-3, 6-2; Priska Nugroho (Ina) & Ekaterina Yashina (Rus) bt Mananchaya Sawangkaew & Lanlana Tararudee (Tha) 6-2, 3-6, [10-5].
– Kamesh Srinivasan
TENNIS
$15k ITF males’s tennis event: Sasikumar Mukund reaches semis in Egypt
Top seed Sasikumar Mukund beat Grigoriy Lomakin of Kazakhstan 6-2, 7-6 (2) within the quarterfinals of the $15,000 ITF males’s tennis event in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, on Friday.
In the semifinals, Mukund will play qualifier Seydina Andre of Senegal.
RESULTS
$15,000 ITF males, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt
Singles (quarterfinals): Sasikumar Mukund bt Grigoriy Lomakin (Kaz) 6-2, 7-6 (2).
$15,000 ITF girls, Wellington, New Zealand
Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Mia Repac (Aus) bt Ashmitha Easwaramurthi 6-1, 6-4.
– Kamesh Srinivasan
SQUASH
Northern India squash championship: Tanvi Khanna, Prithviraj Singh win titles
Winners of the Northern India squash championship on the Delhi Gymkhana Club on Friday
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Tanvi Khanna and Prithviraj Singh gained the ladies’s and males’s titles within the IndusInd Bank Northern India squash championship on the Delhi Gymkhana Club courts in New Delhi on Friday.
Tanvi beat the highest seed Sanika Choudhari 11-5, 11-3, 11-3. Prithviraj recovered after a sluggish begin to beat Ranjit Singh 5-11, 11-5, 11-4, 11-2.
In the one ultimate that went the total distance, Aryan Pratap Singh beat the highest seed Aarav Gill 11-6, 11-9, 8-11, 6-11, 11-9.
RESULTS (FINALS)
Men: Prithviraj Singh bt Ranjit Singh 5-11, 11-5, 11-4, 11-2
Women: Tanvi Khanna bt Sanika Choudhari 11-5, 11-3, 11-3
Boys: Under-19: Aryan Pratap Singh bt Aarav Gill 11-6, 11-9, 8-11, 6-11, 11-9.
Under-17: Arihant KS bt Karan Yadav 11-9,11-7, 11-7.
Under-15: Yusha Nafees bt Subhash Choudhary 11-9, 11-7, 11-7.
Under-13: Abhinav Tomer bt Rudra Pathania 3-11, 11-8, 11-9, 11-4.
Under-11: Dhruv Johri bt Amarya Bajaj 11-6, 11-8, 11-5.
Girls: Under-17: Anahat Singh bt Unnati Tripathi 11-3, 11-3, 11-3.
Under-15: Sanvi Batar bt Aradhya Porwal 11-6, 11-7, 11-8.
Under-13: Aroma bt Bria Sharma 11-9, 3-11, 11-9, 11-9.
Under-11: Chhavi Panchal bt Divyanshi Jain 11-5, 11-8, 11-9.
Over-45 males: Vikas Nayar bt Satyajit Sahay 11-5, 13-11, 13-15, 11-4.
– Kamesh Srinivasan
FOOTBALL
Santosh Trophy’s Group 2 matches in Kozhikode from Dec. 26
The Santosh Trophy National soccer championship’s Group 2 league matches will likely be held in Kozhikode from December 26 to January 8.
The host Kerala, Mizoram, Rajasthan, Bihar, Andhra Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir are the groups within the group.
The Kerala crew for the Santosh Trophy will likely be introduced on December 22.
Fixtures
Dec. 26: Bihar v J&Okay; Rajasthan v Kerala.
Dec. 27: AP v Mizoram.
Dec. 29: Bihar v Kerala; J&Okay v Mizoram.
Dec. 30: Rajasthan v AP.
Jan. 1: Bihar v Mizoram; Kerala v AP.
Jan. 2: J&Okay v Rajasthan.
Jan. 4: Bihar v AP; Mizoram v Rajasthan.
Jan. 5: Kerala v J&Okay.
Jan. 7: Bihar v Rajasthan; AP v J&Okay.
Jan. 8: Mizoram v Kerala.
– Stan Rayan
