Indian Sports News Wrap: March 5
SHOOTING
National shotgun trials: Angad tops men’s skeet
Olympian Angad Vir Singh Bajwa topped men’s skeet with 59 out of 60, after shooting 121 in qualification, in the third National shotgun selection trials at the New Moti Bagh Gun Club.
With the trials doubling up as the Olympic trials for Paris, Angad, who has the world record 60 out of 60 in the finals, enhanced his chances with a fine performance.
Olympic quota winner and Asian Games silver medallist Anantjeet Singh Naruka placed fourth behind Bhavtegh Singh Gill and Arjun Thakur.
Gurnihal Singh Garcha, who had pipped World Cup gold medallist Mairaj Ahmad Khan 4-3 in the shoot-off after being tied on 117, finished fifth ahead of the other qualification topper Kuldeep Sanyashi (121).
In women’s skeet, Darshna Rathore shot an impressive 123 out of 125 in qualification but placed sixth in the final. Maheshwari Chauhan topped the final, beating Areeba Khan 55-52, Sanjana Sood was third ahead of Parinaaz Dhaliwal and Raiza Dhillon.
The results
Trap: Men: 1. Aryavansh Tyagi 46 (117); 2. Prithviraj Tondaiman 44 (119); 3. Udaivir Singh Jaijee 36 (117).
Women: 1. Neeru 39(1) (107); 2. Rajeshwari Kumari 39(0) (112); 3. Shreyasi Singh 28 (114).
Skeet: Men: 1. Angad Vir Singh Bajwa 59 (121); 2. Bhavtegh Singh Gill 52 (119); 3. Arjun Thakur 45 (120)
Women: 1. Maheshwari Chauhan 55 (119); 2. Areeba Khan 52 (118); 3. Sanjana Sood 43 (109).
-Kamesh Srinivasan
TENNIS
Maha Urja $25,00 women’s ITF: Soha beats wild card entrant Sowjanya to set up pre-quarters
Daria Kudashova beat sixth seed Fanny Ostlund 7-5, 7-6(6) in the first round of the Maha Urja $25,000 ITF women’s tennis tournament on the clay courts of the MSLTA Academy on Tuesday.
In another match, Zeel Desai managed to eke out only five games against Akiko Omae of Japan.
Qualifier Soha Sadiq beat wild card entrant Sowjanya Bavisetti 6-2, 2-6, 6-2 to set up the pre-quarterfinals against Ekaterina Yashina who knocked out eighth seed Thasaporn Naklo of Thailand in straight sets.
The results
Singles (first round): Soha Sadiq bt Sowjanya Bavisetti 6-2, 2-6, 6-2; Ekaterina Yashina bt Thasaporn Naklo (Tha) 7-5, 6-4; Rinon Okuwaki (Jpn) bt Humera Baharmus 6-2, 6-3; Daria Kudashova bt Fanny Ostlund (Swe) 7-5, 7-6(6); Sonal Patil bt Maithili Mothe 6-0, 6-1; Miriana Tona (Ita) bt Jacqueline Cabaj Awad (Swe) 6-2, 2-6, 6-3; Akiko Omae (Jpn) bt Zeel Desai 6-3, 6-2; Dalila Jakupovic (Slo) bt Sejal Bhutada 6-0, 6-0.
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Yasmine Mansouri (Fra) & Diana Marcinkevica (Lat) bt Sonal Patil & Bela Tamhankar 6-2, 6-1; Daria Kudashova & Anastasia Zolotareva bt Akanksha Nitture & Soha Sadiq 6-4, 6-2; Yeonwoo Ku (Kor) & Justina Mikulskyte (Ltu) bt Vaishnavi Adkar & Ishwari Matere 6-2, 7-5; Shrivalli Bhamidipaty & Vaidehi Chaudhari bt Sowjanya Bavisetti & Mei Hasegawa (Jpn) 6-2, 6-1.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
PSPB inter-unit tennis tournament: Raina, Sachdeva shine in ONGC win against HPCL
Ankita Raina and Riya Sachdeva helped Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) to a 2-0 victory over Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) in the women’s semifinals of the 42nd PSPB inter-unit tennis tournament organised by the Engineers India Limited (EIL) at the DLTA Complex on Tuesday.
Ankita and Riya won their singles matches without dropping a game against Darshna Hage and Sanya Khullar, respectively.
Riya Sachdeva and Ankita Raina in ONGC colours in the PSPB tennis tournament in Delhi on Tuesday.
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Kamesh Srinivasan
Riya Sachdeva and Ankita Raina in ONGC colours in the PSPB tennis tournament in Delhi on Tuesday.
| Photo Credit:
Kamesh Srinivasan
In the final, ONGC will play Indian Oil, which eased past EIL 2-0, with Riya Bhatia and Prarthana Thombare winning their matches, dropping two games in all, against Neha Agarwal and Geethanjali Koppulu, respectively.
In the men’s section, Indian Oil had a bye. ONGC, Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL) and Oil India Limited (OIL) won their quarterfinals against EIL, HPCL and Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL), respectively.
Saketh Myneni had to win his singles and doubles matches to help GAIL beat HPCL 2-1, with Jitender Sharma supporting him in the doubles.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
POLO
Sawan Man Singh Gold Vase tournament: Rajnigandha Achievers beats Rajasthan Polo
Chris Mackenzie scored four goals to help Rajnigandha Achievers to a 5-4 victory over Rajasthan Polo in the opening league match of the Sawan Man Singh Gold Vase polo tournament on Tuesday.
The results (league):
Rajnigandha Achievers 5 (Chris Mackenzie 4, Hurr Ali) bt Rajasthan Polo 4 (Salvadore Jauretche 3, Jaisal Singh).
Delta Polo 7 (Santiago Marambio 5, Shamsheer Ali 2) bt Jindal Panther 5 (Siddhant Sharma 3, Simran Shergill 2).
-Kamesh Srinivasan