BASKETBALL
National Junior Championship: Tamil Nadu makes profitable begin in each classes
Defending champion Tamil Nadu ladies warmed up with a 92-58 victory over Karnataka in a group-A league match of the 74th National junior basketball championship on the Emerald Heights International School in Indore on Wednesday.
The Tamil Nadu boys additionally had an excellent begin, beating Odisha 104-48 in a group-B league match.
RESULTS (League stage)
Men
Group-A: Chandigarh 81 (Himanshu Hooda 28, Gaurav Kumar Singh 14, Prashanth 11, Ravinder Kaushik 11) bt Kerala 66 (Vinay Sankar 18, Jeevan Joby 14, Jins Joby 11).
Punjab 87 (Sahibjith Singh 26, Jaddu Maan 13, Amandeep Singh 13) bt Delhi 53 (Harsh 23).
Group-B: Tamil Nadu 104 (Harish Vasanthan 20, S Pradeep 18 Harish Aravind 16) bt Odisha 48 (Shaik Saifuddin 25, Gourav Kumar 12).
Women
Group-A: Tamil Nadu 92 (M Theja Sri 13, Juana Chrisolin 11, R Deshna 11, Daisy Antheya 11) bt Karnataka 58 (MK Yashaswini 14, Adhya Nagalinga 10).
Madhya Pradesh 86 (Khushi Pal Singh 22, Gunvi Agarwal 15, Mansi Viswakarma 11) bt Rajasthan 61 (Bhumika Verma 12, Priyanshi Joshi 12, Twinkle 11).
Group-B: Maharashtra 84 (Samiksha Patil 22, Aanaya Bhavasar 20, Mushkan Singh 10) bt Gujarat 71 (I Aradhana Patel 21, Aahana George 17, Archi Patel 13).
Punjab 79 (Komal Preet 25, Anchal 12, Chanda Ghoutham 11, Gagandeep Singh 11) bt Uttar Pradesh 31.
– Team Sportstar
TENNIS
Sriram Balaji-Andre Begemann pair reaches Challenger quarterfinals
Sriram Balaji in partnership with Andre Begemann beat Dan Added and Luca Sanchez 7-6(6), 6-3 within the doubles pre-quarterfinals of €74,825 Challenger tennis match in Francavilla al Mare, Italy.
RESULTS
€74,825 Challenger, Francavilla al Mare, Italy
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Sriram Balaji & Andre Begemann (Ger) bt Dan Added & Luca Sanchez 7-6(6), 6-3.
$82,000 Challenger, Wuxi, China
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Ramkumar Ramanathan & Ray Ho (Tpe) bt Blake Bayldon & Blake Ellis (Aus) 6-2, 6-2.
$25,000 ITF males, Kursumlijska Banja, Serbia
Singles (first spherical): Nikola Milojevic (Srb) bt Cahir Warik 6-1, 6-0.
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Sergis Kyratzis & Eleftherios Neos (Cyp) bt Samyar Elyasi (Iri) & Cahir Warik 4-6, 6-4, [10-6].
$15,000 ITF males, Monastir, Tunisia
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Niklas Schell (Ger) & Karan Singh bt Valentin De Carvalho (Por) & Samir Reguig (Alg) 7-6(2), 4-6, [10-7].
$60,000 ITF ladies, Fukuoka, Japan
Singles (first spherical): Zarina Diyas (Kaz) bt Rutuja Bhosale 7-5, 6-3.
$15,000 ITF ladies, Monastir, Tunisia
Singles (first spherical): Lamis Aziz (Egy) bt Aaddi Gupta 6-2, 6-3; Vaishnavi Adkar bt Elena Jamshidi (Den) 6-3, 6-4.
– Team Sportstar
AITA Tournament: Qualifier Divya reaches quarterfinals
Qualifier Divya Sharma beat fourth seed Divya Bhardwaj 6-3, 6-2 within the ladies’s pre-quarterfinals of the Rs 200,000 AITA rating tennis match on the Ace Academy in Ahmedabad on Wednesday.
In one other second spherical match, Vidhi Jani fought her well past sixth seed Samaira Malik 6-7(4), 6-3, 6-1.
The outcomes (pre-quarterfinals)
Men: Yash Yadav bt Sandesh Kurale 3-6, 6-1, 6-1; Adil Kalyanpur bt Utkarsh Tiwari 6-2, 6-3; Moksh Puri bt Kanishk Jetley 6-1, 6-0; Nihit Nilesh Rahane bt Nishith Naveen 7-6(1), 6-3; Nirav Shetty bt Maanav Jain 6-7(4), 6-2, 6-3; Ricky Chaudhary bt Chandan Shivaraj 6-4, 6-1; Deep Munim w.o. Varun Dhandhukia; Dmitrii Baskov bt Alok Hajare 6-3, 6-2.
Women: Sejal Bhutada bt Aarushi Raval 6-2, 6-3; Khushali Modi bt Ananya Yadav 6-7(9), 7-6(7), 6-4; Saumrita Verma bt Aditi Singh 6-3, 6-3; Mirdhula Palanivel bt Bharatiyana Reddy 6-0, 6-0; Ira Shah bt Hridayeshi Pai 4-6, 6-3, 7-5; Divya Sharma bt Divya Bhardwaj 6-3, 6-2; Vidhi Jani bt Samaira Malik 6-7(4), 6-3, 6-1; Sahira Singh bt Prachi Rana 6-1, 6-2.
– Team Sportstar
SHOOTING
Baku World Cup: Indians have a dismal day in skeet
Asian Games silver medallist and Olympic quota winner Anantjeet Singh Naruka shot 72 following rounds of twenty-two, 25, 25 in skeet within the capturing World Cup in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Wednesday.
The different Indian shooters weren’t in greatest kind, with Sheeraz Sheikh (67) and Mairaj Ahmad Khan (63) discovering themselves within the 67th and 76th spots amongst 80 shooters.
In ladies’s skeet, Olympic quota winners Raiza Dhillon and Maheshwari Chauhan other than World Cup medallist Ganemat Sekhon shot similar rating of 69. Two extra rounds on Thursday, will result in the highest six competing within the finals.
– Team Sportstar
KARTING
Aarav tops Round 2 with maiden win in Meritus Cup karting
Gurugram’s Aarav Dewan of Leapfrog Racing received Round 2 of the junior class whereas Bengaluru’s Ishaan Madesh of Peregrine Racing took the honours within the senior class in Round 2 of the FMSCI Meco Meritus Cup in Bengaluru on Wednesday.
Chennai’s Rivaan Dev Preetham, the reigning Rotax champion, received each the races within the Micro class.
For the 14-year Aarav, a Class 8 scholar of Heritage Experiential School, that is his first profession win on the nationwide stage. He received the ultimate race and got here third within the tremendous warmth.
He emerged because the championship chief with a complete of 61 factors. Arafath, who led the desk with 32 factors after spherical 1, was second with 58 factors.
In the Micro class, 11-year Preetham of MSport topped the desk after two rounds with 67 factors. The Class 5 college students of Alphabet International School received each the rounds.
Rehan Khan, who bagged 29 factors in every of the 2 rounds was in second place. Yug Jain of Peregrine Racing is third within the standings after two rounds.
Multiple National champion Ishaan received spherical 2 in senior class with a 3rd within the dash and a victory within the function race.
But it’s Siddharth Rooso of Kartkrew Motorsports, who’s main the senior desk with 64 factors and his teammate Ethan Joy on 51 in third. Ishaan didn’t participate in spherical 1.
– PTI
