Indian sports wrap, April 15: Gill, Ghai, Baisoya share first-round lead at Calance Open
GOLF
Gill, Ghai, Baisoya share first-round lead at Calance Open
Pukhraj Singh Gill of Ludhiana was in joint lead with Tapendra Ghai and Honey Baisoya with a six-under 64 on the opening day of the Rs.1 crore Calance Open at the Qutab Golf Course on Tuesday.
After an early bogey, Pukhraj had seven birdies to go six-under on the par-70 course, which is hosting a PGTI event after 15 years.
“I had played on this course as a junior. It has changed a lot and poses more challenges now. The fairways are narrow and it is a risk-reward course,” said Pukhraj.
Honey had a bogey-free round while Tapendra had eight birdies and two bogeys.
While Chandigarh-based 15-year-old Neil Jolly shot 68 to be the highest-placed amateur at tied 23rd, the champion of the last tournament Sachin Baisoya shot three-over 73 and was tied 95th.
The leading scores:
1 T. Pukhraj Singh Gill, Tapendra Ghai, Honey Baisoya (64); 4 T. Kapil Kumar, Shankar Das, Karandeep Kocchhar, Yuvraj Sandhu, Badal Hossain (65); 9 T. Ravi Kumar, K Prabagaran (66); 11 T. Shivendra Sisodia, Kartik Sharma, Varun Parikh, Dhruv Sheoran, Aniket Sawant, Abhinav Lohan, Akshay Neranjen, Arjun Prasad, Md. Solayeman, Gaurav Pratap Singh, Bikramjit Singh Sandhu, R Mari Muthu (67).
-Kamesh Srinivasan
TENNIS
Aryan loses in first round of Ivory Coast $60,000 challenger
Fifth seed Ricardas Berankis of Lithuania beat Aryan Shah 3-6, 6-2, 6-4 in the first round of the $60,000 Challenger tennis tournament in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, on Tuesday.
The results:
$60,000 Challenger, Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Singles (first round): Ricardas Berankis (Ltu) bt Aryan Shah 3-6, 6-2,
6-4; Michael Geerts (Bel) bt Adil Kalyanpur 6-1, 6-3.
-Kamesh Srinivasan