Indian sports wrap, January 21: Bhambri-Goransson pair reaches second round at Australian Open
TENNIS
Bhambri-Goransson pair reaches second round at Australian Open
India’s Yuki Bhambri and his Swedish partner Andre Goransson progressed to the second round of the men’s doubles event at the Australian Open in Melbourne on Wednesday.
The 10th-seeded pair of Bhambri and Goransson took down local wild card entrants James Duckworth and Cruz Hewitt, son of former world number one Lleyton Hewitt, with a 6-3, 6-4 scoreline.
In the second round, the Indo-Swedish duo will face either the Mexican-Dutch pair of Santiago Gonzalez and David Pel or the all-Brazilian team of Marcelo Melo and Fernando Romboli.
-Team Sportstar
Junior Australian Open: Diya Ramesh, Samarth Sahita reach second round in singles qualifiers
Diya Ramesh and Samarth Sahita reached the second round of singles qualifiers at the Junior Australian Open in Melbourne on Wednesday.
Diya stunned fourth-seeded American and World No. 86 Anita Tu 7-5, 6-2 set up a second-round clash with Japan’s Azuna Ichioka in the girls’ event.
In boys’ singles, 14th seed Samarth beat local wild card Kynan Enwright 6-4, 7-6(3). The Indian will next face third-seeded German Oliver Majdandzic.
-Team Sportstar
SHOOTING
National Selection Trials: Tilottama sweeps women’s 3P trials; Manu, Aishwary also post wins
Tilottama Sen continued her excellent form, winning back-to-back 50m Rifle 3-Positions top spots while double Olympic medallist Manu Bhaker notched a commanding victory in T1 finals of the 25m Pistol event in the National Selection Trials in New Delhi on Wednesday.
Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, who finished third in T1 on Tuesday, secured top spot in T2 of the men’s 50m Rifle 3P at the Karni Singh Shooting Range.
Tilottama made it two in a row in 50m Rifle 3P event with another composed performance in the finals on Wednesday. She shot 361.5 after 35 shots, 3.1 points more than Ayushi Podder of Railways, who finished second with a final score of 358.4.
Surabhi Bharadwaj Rapole was third with a score of 348.3. Manini Kaushik, who finished third in T1, took the fourth spot with a score of 336.3, while Ashi Chouksey (326.4), Nupur Kumrawat (315.6), Anjum Moudgil (305.0) and Vidarsa K. Vinod (302.8) completed the final lineup.
Manu produced a consistent performance in the T1 finals for Group A shooters to secure the top spot with a score of 37, six more than Vibhuti Bhatia of Haryana, who finished second with a score of 31. Divya T.S of Karnataka was third with a score of 28.
Tejaswani Singh finished fourth place with a score of 26, after being eliminated in the shootout with Vibhuti. Rahi Sarnobat (22), Chinki Yadav (17), Rhythm Sangwan (12) were the other finalists. Esha Singh did not start the final after qualifying in the top eight.
In the men’s T2, Aishwary posted a comfortable win, shooting 359.7 in the finals. Paris Olympics bronze medallist Swapnil Kusale finished in second place with a final score of 357.7 while former 10m world champion Rudraankksh Patil took the third place with a final score of 347.5.
T1 winner Niraj Kumar finished in fourth place with a score of 336.3. Akshil Sheoran (326.5), Adriyan Karmakar (314.6), Nishan Budha (303.2) and Chain Singh (302.0) were the other finalists.
The 10m Air Rifle T1 finals for both men and women will be held tomorrow along with the T2 finals of 25m Rapid Fire Pistol men.
-PTI
Published on Jan 21, 2026