Indian sports wrap, May 10: Anahat, Veer, Abhay advance to the second round of Squash World Championships
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Squash World Championships: Anahat, Veer, Abhay advance to the second round
Anahat Singh, Veer Chotrani, Abhay Singh and Ramit Tandon made it to the second round of Squash World Championships while Velavan Senthilkumar was knocked out in Chicago on Friday.
Results –
Anahat Singh (IND) bt. [32] Marina Stefanoni (USA)3-2: 10-12, 11-9, 6-11, 11-6, 11-6 (51m)
Veer Chotrani (IND) bt. [23] Declan James (ENG)3-1: 11-9, 9-11, 12-10, 16-14 (62m)
[3] Diego Elias (PER) bt. Velavan Senthilkumar (IND)3-1: 7-11, 11-7, 11-5, 11-3 (40m)
[30] Ramit Tandon (IND) bt. Ryunosuke Tsukue (JPN)3-1: 10-12, 11-7, 13-11, 11-7 (53m)
Abhay Singh (IND) bt. [22] Nicolas Mueller (SUI)3-1: 11-7, 2-11, 11-7, 11-6 (41m)
– Team Sportstar
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Veer Ahlawat misses cut in Turkey
Veer Ahlawat followed up his first round 75 with a 73 and missed the cut at the Turkish Airlines Open here.
The only Indian in the field this week, Ahlawat was coming back after a gap of almost six weeks.
He had two birdies, two bogeys and a double bogey in his two-over 73 and was six-over as the cut fell at one-under.
Ahlawat’s next event is likely to be the Soudal Open, where he is on the waiting list.
Shubhankar Sharma will return to action at the Belgium event.
Frenchman Martin Couvra will take a two-shot lead into the weekend as he looks to win his first DP World Tour title.
The 22-year-old started the day in a three-way tie at the top of the leaderboard.
But pulled clear of the chasing pack, reaching 11 under par courtesy of a five-under 66 at Regnum Carya.
South African Wilco Nienaber was at nine under and China’s Li Haotong a shot further back.
– PTI
India’s Saptak Talwar on tied 11th in Spain
India’s Saptak Talwar produced a bogey-free second round of five-under 66 to knock on the doors of top 10 at the Challenge de Espana at Fontanals Golf Club on the Hotel Planner Tour here.
Talwar, whose first round was two-under 69, is now seven-under 135 and tied-11th. He is four shots behind the leaders Oliver Gillberg (65-66) and Luis Masaveu (64-67) at 11-under.
The 26-year-old Talwar, who had his breakthrough win on the Indian Tour last month, was also the runner-up in another event on his home Tour. On the Hotel Planner, the second level Tour to DP World Tour, Talwar has four cuts in five starts and he had also made the cut in the Hero Indian Open.
Talwar had two sets of back-to-back birdies on the third and the fourth and again on the eighth and the ninth. A fifth birdie on the tenth brought him to five-under but he then ran out of birdies but did not drop any shots either.
Gillberg and Masaveu share a one-stroke lead heading into the weekend. Gillberg carded a five-under par round of 66 on day two.
Masaveu’s four-under 67 saw the duo both move to 11 under par for the week, one stroke clear of overnight leader Victor Sidal Svendsen from Denmark, Frenchman Clement Charmasson and Scotsman Euan Walker, who share third.
Masaveu secured playing privileges on the Hotel Planner Tour through the Global Amateur Pathway Rankings in 2024.
Joshua Berry occupies the sixth place on nine-under par.
– PTI