Indian sports wrap, January 9: Odisha girl bags gold in Khelo India zonal weightlifting league
WEIGHLIFTING
Jyoshna wins gold in 40kg youth girls
Odisha’s Jyoshna Sabab bagged gold medal in the 40kg youth girls category in the Khelo India Asmita women national zonal league in Brahmapur, Odisha on Thursday.
The top four athletes of Zone-A, B and C are competing for the final places in the Inter-Zonal Ranking Tournament.
The results of 40 kg Youth Girls section:-
– Jyoshna Sabar of Odisha, gold, total 118 kg.
– K. Ishwariya of Tamil Nadu, silver, total 112 kg.
– Himanshi of Haryana, bronze, total 103 kg.
-Team Sportstar
CYCLING
Minati Mohapatra Cycling Velodrome inaugurated at KIIT-KISS Campus
The Minati Mohapatra Cycling Velodrome was inaugurated today at the KIIT-KISS campus in Bhuvneshwar on Thursday. The velodrome is named in honour of Minati Mohapatra – Odisha’s first Arjuna Awardee in cycling.
The event was attended by Union Minister Mansukh Mandaviya and Maninder Pal Singh, Secretary General of the Cycling Federation of India among other officials from the institute.
– Team Sportstar
TENNIS
Bhambri-Olivetti pair progresses to semifinals of ASB Classic
India’s Yuki Bhambri and his French partner Albano Olivetti made a strong comeback after losing the first set to stun third seeds Julian Cash and Llyod Glaspool, and advance to the semifinals of the ASB Classic, an ATP250 event, in Auckland on Thursday.
The unseeded pair of Bhambri and Olivetti edged past the third-seed British pair 3-6 6-4 12-10 in one hour and 21 minutes as they held their nerves in a close Super Tie Break.
They will next take on the unseeded American duo of Christian Harrison and Rajeev Ram, who knocked out the fourth-seeded French combo of Sadio Doumbia and Fabien Reboul 7-5 6-7(4) 10-5 in the other quarterfinal.
-PTI
Senthil, Maaya keep Indian flag flying at ITF J300 event
The reigning National men’s champion Rethin Pranav relied on his big game and a high degree of confidence to shut out the sharp challenge from Samarth Sahita 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 in the quarterfinals of the ITF junior tennis tournament at the DLTA Complex on Thursday.
Even though he was unable to play at his best, and allowed a 3-0 lead in the second set slip, top-seeded Rethin had enough resources at his disposal to quell the spirited approach of the talented Samarth with a classic single-handed backhand.
In the semifinals, Rethin will be challenged by fourth seed Donghyun Hwang of Korea who wriggled past the clutches of Arnav Paparkar 7-5 in the third set.
In the girls section, Maaya Rajeshwaran continued with her fine performance, improving with every match, as she got past seventh seed Rada Zolotareva who had beaten Sahaja Yamalapalli in the $100,000 women’s event last month in Dubai. Maaya led 6-3, 1-0 when Rada retired.
In the semifinals, Maaya will be up against the second seed Eleejah Inisan of France, who beat fifth-seeded Serb, Petra Konjikusic, with ease in the second set after a tussle in the first.
The results (quarterfinals):
Under-18 boys: Rethin Pranav bt Samarth Sahita 6-3, 3-6, 6-4; Donghyun Hwang (Kor) bt Arnav Paparkar 4-6, 6-4, 7-5; Hyeon Seok Seo (Kor) bt Arturs Zagars (Lat) 7-5, 6-4; Roshan Santhosh (USA) bt Damir Zhalgasbay (Kaz) 6-1, 2-6, 7-6(4).
Under-18 girls: Polina Berezina bt Polina Kuharenko 7-5, 2-6, 6-2; Ekaterina Tupitsyna bt Allegra Davies (GBR) 7-6(9), 7-5; Maaya Rajeshwaran bt Rada Zolotareva 6-3, 1-0 (retired); Eleejah Inisan (Fra) bt Petra Konjikusic (Srb) 7-5, 6-0.
– Kamesh Srinivasan
Prajwal seals quarterfinal berth in Bhopal ITF event
S.D. Prajwal Dev beat fifth seed Yurii Dzhavakian of Ukraine 6-4, 7-5 in the pre-quarterfinals of the $30,000 ITF men’s tennis tournament at the Arera Club on Thursday.
In the quarterfinals, Prajwal will play qualifier Sidharth Rawat who beat fellow qualifier Rohan Mehra for the loss of six games.
Sidharth Vishwakarma bowed out to the champion of the last tournament in Indore, Alastair Gray of Britain, in straight sets, while sixth seed Eric Vanshelboim of Ukraine prevailed over Dev Javia 6-3, 7-6(7).
The results:
Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Luca Caselnuovo (Sui) bt Mathys Erhard (Fra) 3-6, 7-6(0), 7-5; Eric Vanshelboim (Ukr) bt Dev Javia 6-3, 7-6(7); Alastair Gray (GBR) bt Siddharth Vishwakarma 6-3, 6-4; Egor Agafonov bt Kosuke Ogura (Jpn) 3-6, 6-2, 6-2; Maxim Zhukov bt Yuta Kawahashi (Jpn) 4-6, 7-5, 6-1; Sergey Fomin (Uzb) bt Vladyslav Orlov
(Ukr) 6-4, 6-2; S.D. Prajwal Dev bt Yurii Dzhavakian (Ukr) 6-4, 7-5; Sidharth Rawat bt Rohan Mehra 6-4, 6-2.
Doubles (quarterfinals): Yeongseok Jeong & Uisung Park (Kor) bt Constantin Kouzmine (Fra) & Vladyslav Orlov (Ukr) 6-4, 6-3; Sai Karteek Reddy & Vishnu Vardhan bt Luca Castelnuovo (Sui) & Eric Vanshelboim (Ukr) 6-4, 6-4; Maan Kesharwani & Rohan Mehra bt Nitin Kumar Sinha & Manish Sureshkumar 7-6(5), 2-6, [12-10]; Chirag Duhan & Dev Javia w.o. Parikshit Somani & Dhakshineswar Suresh.
– Kamesh Srinivasan
GOLF
Amateur Saanvi, Rhea and Durga in joint lead of Leg 1 of Hero WPGT 2025
Amateur Saanvi Somu birdied the final two holes for the second day in a row to claim a share of the lead in the first Leg of the Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour 2025 here on Thursday.
Saanvi, who birdied the 17th and 18th holes on the opening day to finish with a face-saving 75, did the same again on day two for a card of 3-under 69.
The amateur star birdied the fourth and then added gains on the 17th and the 18th to shoot the day’s only bogey-free round and also the tournament’s only sub-par so far.
She shares the lead with two of the first day’s co-leaders Rhea Purvi Saravanan (72-72) and Durga Nittur (72-72), as both carded their second straight even-par rounds at the Golmuri Golf Course which is hosting a WPGT event for the first time.
– PTI