Here are the highest developments in Indian sport on Saturday, December 3.
BADMINTON
Rising shuttler Unnati Hooda on Saturday grew to become the primary Indian to enter the U-17 ladies’s singles closing of the Badminton Asia Junior Championships in Nothaburi, Thailand after beating Japan’s Mion Yokouchi in straight video games.
Unnati gained 21-8, 21-17 over her Japanese rival within the ladies’s U-17 singles semifinals. She faces Sarunrak Vitidsarn of Thailand within the gold medal match on Sunday.
Under-15 singles participant Anish Thoppani and U-17 males’s doubles pair of Arsh Mohammad and Sanskar Saraswat additionally posted good victories to maneuver into the finals.
Top-seed Unnati as soon as once more lived as much as the expectations and stamped her authority as she wrapped up the match in straight units. The Odisha Open champion has not but dropped a set in her marketing campaign on the prestigious occasion.
The males’s doubles pairs of Arjun MR-Chirag Shetty (2013) and Krishna Prasad Garaga-Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (2015) have gained gold medals for India within the U-17 class on the match.
The in-form duo of Arsh and Sanskar additionally showcased the same dominating show in opposition to Chinese Taipei’s Chi-Ruei Chiu and Shao Hua Chiu to ease into the U-17 males’s doubles closing with a commanding 21-15, 21-19 win in a lopsided last-four contest.
They will face one other Chinese Taipei pair of Lai Po Yu and Yi-Hao Lin within the closing.
In the lads’s U-15 semifinal, Anish made a sensational comeback after being one sport right down to stun the second seed Lee Yu-Jui of Chinese Taipei 18-21, 21-12, 21-12.
In the ultimate, Anish can be up in opposition to Chung-Hsiang Yih of Chinese Taipei, who beat India’s Gnana Dattu 21-16, 19-21, 21-13 in one other semifinal. Dattu signed off with a bronze.
In 2013, Siril Verma had gained gold medal within the males’s U-15 singles whereas Samiya Farooqui and Tasnim Mir clinched the U-15 ladies’s singles titles in 2017 and 2019, respectively.
The U-15 males’s doubles pair of Bjorn Jaison and Aathish Sreenivas PV additionally gained a bonze after dropping to top-seeded Indonesian duo of Muhammad Mubarrok and Raihan Pramono 18-21, 14-21 within the semifinals.
– PTI
HOCKEY
Nehru ladies’s match
Ritika and Manisha scored a purpose every to assist Pritam Siwach Academy, Sonipat, to a 2-1 victory over Madhya Pradesh Hockey Academy in a league match of the Nehru ladies’s hockey match on the Shivaji Stadium on Saturday.
Soniya Kumre scored the purpose for the Gwalior group.
In one other match, Sashastra Seema Bal cruised to a 5-0 victory over Steel Plants Sports Board.
THE RESULTS
Pritam Siwach Academy, Sonipat, (Ritika, Manisha) bt Madhya Pradesh Hockey Academy, Gwalior (Soniya Kumre) 2-1.
Sashastra Seema Bal (Kumudini Kullu 2, Ranjita Minj, Rajni Bala, Manisha) bt Steel Plants Sports Board 5-0.
– Kamesh Srinivasan
TENNIS
Dhruv, Divya win AITA Championship collection junior match
Dhruv Kumar and Divya Ungrish gained the girls and boys titles within the AITA Championship collection junior tennis match on the Tennis Gurukul, Khera Khurd.
Dhruv beat Kanishk Yadav 6-3, 7-5 within the closing whereas Divya outplayed Neelakshi Lather 6-0, 6-2 for the ladies title.
– Kamesh Srinivasan
Madhurima loses women closing at Gadre Marine ITF juniors
Margot Phanthala of France overcame stiff resistance from Madhurima Sawant for a 5-7, 6-1, 6-2 victory within the women closing of the Gadre Marine ITF grade-3 junior tennis match organised by the MSLTA on the Deccan Gymkhana Club on Saturday.
In the boys closing, Aleksandar Daskalovic of Serbia beat Hitesh Chauhan 7-5, 6-2 within the closing.
THE RESULTS (FINALS)
Boys: Aleksandar Daskalovic (Srb) bt Hitesh Chauhan 7-5, 6-2.
Girls: Margot Phanthala (Fra) bt Madhurima Sawant 5-7, 6-1, 6-2.
– Kamesh Srinivasan
SHOOTING
Anjum wins silver in President’s Cup
Anjum Moudgil capped a nice season by successful the silver within the ladies’s rifle 3-position occasion within the President’s Cup in Cairo, Egypt, on Saturday.
The 28-year-old Anjum was overwhelmed to the gold 16-14 by Anna Janssen of Germany. With the scores tied at 14-14, Anna shot 9.9. Anjum shot 8.8 and missed the gold.
It has been a brilliant season for Anjum, who had gained the World Cup silver in Baku and the bronze within the Changwon World Cups. She had additionally made the ultimate of the World Championship.
Interestingly, Anjum had shot a file 591 in qualification, a outstanding enchancment from scores of 586 and 587 earlier within the season.
In the President’s Cup, which is the season ending competitors for one of the best shooters of the yr, World Champion Rudrankksh Balasaheb Patil had earlier gained the air rifle gold.
THE RESULTS
50m rifle 3-position: Women: 1. Anna Janssen (Ger) 16 (411.1) 592; 2. Anjum Moudgil 14 (412.9) 591; 3. Rikke Maeng Ibsen (Den) 406.3 (590).
– Kamesh Srinivasan
BASKETBALL
Defending champion Tamil Nadu marched into the ultimate with a 123-75 victory over Railways within the semifinals of the 72nd nationwide basketball championship on the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Indoor Hall on Saturday.
A. Aravind high scored for Tamil Nadu with 30 factors because the group took a 57-40 lead at half-time, and stepped up its assault for a 66-35 rating within the second half.
Tamil Nadu will meet the winner of the opposite semifinal between Punjab and Rajasthan.
In the ladies’s part, Railways and Kerala made the finals, beating Delhi and Karnataka respectively.
THE RESULTS (SEMIFINALS)
Men: Tamil nadu 123 (A Aravind 30, P Jeevanathan 19, Muin Bek 16, Aravind Kumar 15) bt Railways 75 (Sahil 15, Rajan Sharma 14, Palpreet Singh 12, Amarendra Naik 10).
Women: Railways 85 (M Pushpa 12, Sruti Aravind 11, Nima Dongra 10) bt Delhi 44 (Kritika Dhingra 10). Kerala 70 (Minnu Mariam Joy 15, Stephy Nixon 14, PS Jeena 12) bt Karnataka 44.
– Kamesh Srinivasan
ATHLETICS
Tendulkar to flag off Kochi Spice Coast Marathon
Cricket nice Sachin Tendulkar will flag off the Ageas Federal Life Insurance Kochi Spice Coast Marathon on the Marine Drive’s helipad right here on Sunday.
Competition can be held within the marathon (42.2km, 3.30 AM begin), half marathon (21.1km, 4.30 AM begin) and 5km enjoyable run (7 AM begin) and over 4,500 runners are anticipated, together with round 2000 within the enjoyable run.
Tendulkar will flag off all of the three occasions.
– Stan Rayan
