Indian sports wrap, July 13: Anahat, Tiana in third round of World Junior squash
TENNIS
Aditya Mor wins National series junior title
Aditya Mor eased past Gurbaaz Narang 6-2, 6-3 in the boys final of the HPCL Mittal AITA National series junior tennis tournament at the CLTA Complex on Saturday.
It was a double crown for the trainee of Roundglass Academy as he had won the doubles title earlier with Aarav Chawla.
The girls title was bagged by Mahika Khanna as she beat Sherry Sharma 6-4, 6-4 in the final.
THE RESULTS (FINALS)
Under-18 boys: Aditya Mor bt Gurbaaz Narang 6-2, 6-3.
Under-18 girls: Mahika Khanna bt Sherry Sharma 6-4, 6-4.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
Balaji loses doubles final
Sriram Balaji, seeded No.1 in partnership with Gonzalo Escobar, was beaten 4-6, 6-4, [10-8] in the doubles final by Sander Arends and Robin Haase in the €148,625 Challenger tennis tournament in Braunschweig, Germany.
The champion team collected €8,450 and 125 ATP points. Balaji and partner got 75 points and €4,870.
In the $15,000 ITF men’s event in Nakhon Si Thammarat, Rishi Reddy and Dhakshineswar Suresh played three doubles matches the same day, ending up with the final loss against Francis Alcantara and Maximus Jones.
The Indian pair had survived four match points in the second set tie-break against Ron Ellouck and Ofek Shimanov of Israel for a 3-6, 7-6(12), [10-7] win in the quarterfinals.
THE RESULTS
€148,625 Challenger, Braunschweig, Germany
Doubles (final): Sander Arends & Robin Haase (Ned) bt Sriram Balaji & Gonzalo Escobar (Ecu) 4-6, 6-4, [10-8]; Semifinals: Balaji & Escobar bt Matwe Middelkoop (Ned) & Denys Molchanov (Ukr) 6-3, 7-6(3).
$15,000 ITF men, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand
Doubles (final): Francis Alcantara (Phi) & Maximus Jones (Tha) bt Rishi Reddy & Dhakshineswar Suresh 7-6(7), 6-4; Semifinals: Rishi & Dhakshineswar bt Adil Kalyanpur & Vishnu Vardhan 6-4, 7-6(8); Quarterfinals: Rishi & Dhakshineswar bt Ron Ellouck & Ofek Shimanov (Isr) 3-6, 7-6(12), [10-7].
$15,000 ITF women, Lakewood, USA
Doubles (semifinals): Amelia Honer (USA) & Teja Tirunelveli bt Malaika Rapolu (USA) & Anita Sahdieva (Ukr) 4-6,6-2, [10-5].
-Kamesh Srinivasan
SQUASH
Anahat, Tiana in 3rd round of World Junior squash
Anahat Singh moved into the girls’ third round of the World Junior Squash Championships in Houston on Friday.
The 16-year-old women’s National champion, seeded 5/8, eased past South African Dene Van Zyl 11-3, 11-2, 11-6 in the second round following a first-round bye, and will next meet Samantha Jaffe (17/32) of the US.
Compatriot Tiana Parasrampuria (17/32) also advanced to the third round with a 14-12, 11-5, 11-5 win over Emma Merson (NZ), while five Indian boys recorded first-round victories.
Other Indian results
Boys
1st round: Ayaan Vaziralli bt Md Alnasfan (Saudi Arabia) 12-10, 11-6, 11-5; Shaurya Bawa (17/32) bt Md Ammad (Pak) 12-10, 11-3, 11-9; Arihant KS bt Jonathan Reyes (Philippines) 11-5, 11-3, 11-6; Harith Danial Jefri (9/16) (Malaysia) bt Tanveet Singh Mundra 11-4, 11-7, 11-7; Yuvraj Wadhwani (17/32) bt Shu Takahashi (Japan) 11-3, 11-3, 11-9; Avlokit Singh bt Kasper Cheung (Australia) 11-9, 11-9, 11-2.
Girls
2nd round: Malika Elkaraksy (17/32) (Egypt) bt Shameena Riaz 11-3, 11-6, 11-2; Dixon Hill (17/32) (USA) bt Nirupama Dubey 11-4, 11-4, 11-5; Helen Tang (17/32) (Hong Kong) bt Unnati Tripathi 11-4, 11-5, 11-8.
1st round: Shameena bt Maiden-Lee Coe (NZ) 11-4, 13-11, 11-1; Nirupama bt Maria Gomez (Colombia) 11-4, 11-6, 7-11, 11-4; Savannah Moxham (Belgium) bt Sehar Nayar 11-8, 11-7, 11-5; Unnati bt Mariam Ayad (Germany) 12-10, 11-2, 11-2; Tiana bye.
-Team Sportstar
GOLF
Aditi makes cut, Diksha exits at Evian
Aditi Ashok assured herself of the cut but fellow Indian Diksha Dagar withdrew before the truncated second round on medical grounds at the Amundi Evian Championship.
Play was suspended on the day due to lightning in the area. The officials met twice to see if resumption was possible but the storm continued to intensify with heavy rain, thunder and lightning.
Aditi Ashok of India tees off on the 10th hole during the second round of the Amundi Evian Championship at Evian Resort Golf Club.
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Aditi Ashok of India tees off on the 10th hole during the second round of the Amundi Evian Championship at Evian Resort Golf Club.
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Aditi added 1-under 70 to her first round 71 and was 1-under for 36 holes and T-44th up from overnight T-52. The second round is yet to finish.
Diksha, who had a rough 76 on the first day, however, withdrew on medical grounds.
Aditi, who won a LET event at Hero Women’s Indian Open in her first year, has since won four more. The last win came in Spain in November 2023 and she has been on the LPGA since 2017.
– PTI
Shubhankar makes cut; Theegala lies fifth at Scottish Open
India’s Shubhankar Sharma squeezed inside the cut line at the Scottish Open, landing an eagle in his second round for a 2-under 68.
Shubhankar is currently tied 63rd with a total of 3-under, where the cut fell. He had carded a 1-under 69 in the first round.
Indian-American Sahith Theegala, who is also getting ready for next week’s Open, shot 66 despite a double bogey on Par-4 18th on his card.
This is the first cut Shubhankar has made here since 2020, when he finished tied 26th, his best at the event.
Shubhankar Sharma of India lines up putt on the third green during day one of the Genesis Scottish Open.
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Shubhankar Sharma of India lines up putt on the third green during day one of the Genesis Scottish Open.
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Shubhankar, who was tied 8th at the Open last year at Royal Liverpool, and is scheduled to tee up at Royal Troon next week, had four birdies, four bogeys and an eagle on Par-5 16th.
Shubhankar turned in 1-under after a birdie start on the 10th and then had two bogeys and an eagle on 16th.
On his second nine, he bogeyed the second, birdied third and dropped a shot on the fourth, at which stage he was off the cut line.
His back-to-back birdie efforts on fifth and the sixth hauled him back inside the cut line for the weekend.
– PTI
Randhawa lying tied fifth in Swiss Seniors golf, Jeev is T-19
India’s Jyoti Randhawa was tied fifth with 4-under 66, while Jeev Milkha Singh (68) was T-19th at Swiss Seniors Open on the Legends Tour in Europe for over 50-year-old golfers.
The Indian duo has been playing well this season with Randhawa in his rookie season after winning Q-School for seniors.
Randhawa had five birdies and one bogey, while Jeev had four birdies and two bogeys.
– PTI
Arjun Atwal makes cut on Kaulig Championship
Indian golfer Arjun Atwal (74-71) has made the cut in the Kaulig Companies Championship golf being played at the Firestone Country Clubin Akron, Ohio.
Atwal’s 1-over 71 in the second round, which included two birdies and three bogeys. He shot 4-over 74 in the first and at 5-over 145 to be tied-49th.
The Kaulig Championships is one of the majors on the Champions Tour for seniors above 50 years.
– PTI