Indian sports wrap, January 30: Lakshay Sheoran wins men’s trap gold at Digvijay Singh shotgun championship
SHOOTING
Fourth in qualification, gold in final: Lakshay wins men’s trap at Digvijay Singh Championship
Asian Games silver medallist Lakshay Sheoran beat Fahd Sultan 47-45 for the gold in men’s trap in the third Digvijay Singh shotgun championship at the Madhya Pradesh Academy on Thursday.
It was a commendable fare from Lakshay after he came fourth in qualification. Suleman Elahi won the bronze ahead of Arjun, Olympian Prithviraj Tondaiman and Arshad Khan.
In women’s trap, Neeru pipped Kirti Gupta 45-44 for the gold. Olympian Rajeshwari Kumari won the bronze ahead of qualification topper Preeti Rajak (119). National championship silver medallist Sabeera Haris beat Pragati Dubey to the fifth spot.
Sabeera won the junior silver after being beaten in the shoot-off 2-1 by Shreshtha Sisodiya.
The results
Trap: Men: 1. Lakshay Sheoran 47 (120); 2. Fahd Sultan 45 (121); 3. Suleman Elahi 34 (121).
Juniors: 1. Vinay Pratap Singh 43 (119); 2. Yugan 42 (114); 3. Udhav Singh Rathore 33 (119).
Women: 1. Neeru (45), 2. Kirti Gupta 44 (115); 3. Rajeshwari Kumari 34 (114).
Junior women: 1. Shreshtha Sisodiya 41(2) 108; 2. Sabeera Haris 41(1) 114; 3. Addya Katyal 29 (110)
-Kamesh Srinivasan
TENNIS
Prozorova best Von Deichmann in ITF quarters
Tatiana Prozorova beat fourth seed Kathinka Von Deichmann 6-4, 7-5 in the quarterfinals of the $60,000 ITF women’s tennis tournament at the Deccan Gymkhana on Thursday.
Prozorova will play seventh seed Elena Pridankina in the semifinals. The other semifinal will be between top seed Leolia Jeanjean and Panna Udvardy.
The Indian challenge ended in doubles, as Rutuja Bhosale in partnership with Alicia Barnett of Britain was beaten 6-3, 6-1 by Maria KozyreFahva and Iryna Shymanovich.
The results
Singles (quarterfinals): Leolia Jeanjean (Fra) bt Laura Pigossi (Bra) 6-3, 6-2; Panna Udvardy (Hun) bt Yuriko Miyazaki (GBR) 7-6(8), 6-2; Tatiana Prozorova bt Kathinka von Deichmann 9Lie) 6-4, 7-5; Elena Pridankina bt Iryna Shymanovich 6-7(4), 6-4, 6-4.
Doubles (semifinals): Maria Kozyreva & Iryna Shymanovich bt Alicia Barnett (GBR) & Rutuja Bhosale 6-3, 6-1; Alevtina Ibragimova & Elena Pridankina bt Eden Silva & Anastasia Tikhonova 2-6, 6-3, [10-8].
-Kamesh Srinivasan
Mundhe wins Indore ITF quarterfinals
Parthsarthi Mundhe battled past third seed Saina Vaidya 7-5, 5-7, 6-2 in the quarterfinals of the ITF junior tennis tournament at the Indore Tennis Club on Thursday.
In the semifinals, Parthsarthi will play top seed Diya Ramesh. Second seed Harshini Nagaraj will play Prachi Malik in the other semifinal.
In the boys section, four of the top five seeds, Smaarth Sahita, Praneel Sharma, Aashravya Mehra and Aditya Mor reached the semifinals.
The results (quarterfinals):
Under-18 boys: Samarth Sahita bt Vishal Vasudev 6-4, 6-3; Aditya Mor bt Shivtej Shirfule 7-6(5), 6-4; Aashtravya Mehra bt Dev Patel 6-3, 6-1; Praneel Sharma bt Daksh Kukreti 6-2, 6-4.
Under-18 girls: Diya Ramesh bt Pehal Kharadkar 7-5, 6-3; Parthsarthi Mundhe bt Saina Vaidya 7-5, 5-7, 6-2; Prachi Malik bt Jaya Kapoor 6-4, 7-6(7);
-Kamesh Srinivasan