Indian sports wrap, May 8: Tamil Nadu girls, boys win group-stage openers at National Junior Basketball Championship
BASKETBALL
National Junior Championship: Tamil Nadu makes winning start in both categories
Defending champion Tamil Nadu girls warmed up with a 92-58 victory over Karnataka in a group-A league match of the 74th National junior basketball championship at the Emerald Heights International School in Indore on Wednesday.
The Tamil Nadu boys also had a good start, beating Odisha 104-48 in a group-B league match.
RESULTS (League stage)
Men
Group-A: Chandigarh 81 (Himanshu Hooda 28, Gaurav Kumar Singh 14, Prashanth 11, Ravinder Kaushik 11) bt Kerala 66 (Vinay Sankar 18, Jeevan Joby 14, Jins Joby 11).
Punjab 87 (Sahibjith Singh 26, Jaddu Maan 13, Amandeep Singh 13) bt Delhi 53 (Harsh 23).
Group-B: Tamil Nadu 104 (Harish Vasanthan 20, S Pradeep 18 Harish Aravind 16) bt Odisha 48 (Shaik Saifuddin 25, Gourav Kumar 12).
Women
Group-A: Tamil Nadu 92 (M Theja Sri 13, Juana Chrisolin 11, R Deshna 11, Daisy Antheya 11) bt Karnataka 58 (MK Yashaswini 14, Adhya Nagalinga 10).
Madhya Pradesh 86 (Khushi Pal Singh 22, Gunvi Agarwal 15, Mansi Viswakarma 11) bt Rajasthan 61 (Bhumika Verma 12, Priyanshi Joshi 12, Twinkle 11).
Group-B: Maharashtra 84 (Samiksha Patil 22, Aanaya Bhavasar 20, Mushkan Singh 10) bt Gujarat 71 (I Aradhana Patel 21, Aahana George 17, Archi Patel 13).
Punjab 79 (Komal Preet 25, Anchal 12, Chanda Ghoutham 11, Gagandeep Singh 11) bt Uttar Pradesh 31.
– Team Sportstar
TENNIS
AITA Tournament: Qualifier Divya reaches quarterfinals
Qualifier Divya Sharma beat fourth seed Divya Bhardwaj 6-3, 6-2 in the women’s pre-quarterfinals of the Rs 200,000 AITA ranking tennis tournament at the Ace Academy in Ahmedabad on Wednesday.
In another second round match, Vidhi Jani fought her way past sixth seed Samaira Malik 6-7(4), 6-3, 6-1.
The results (pre-quarterfinals)
Men: Yash Yadav bt Sandesh Kurale 3-6, 6-1, 6-1; Adil Kalyanpur bt Utkarsh Tiwari 6-2, 6-3; Moksh Puri bt Kanishk Jetley 6-1, 6-0; Nihit Nilesh Rahane bt Nishith Naveen 7-6(1), 6-3; Nirav Shetty bt Maanav Jain 6-7(4), 6-2, 6-3; Ricky Chaudhary bt Chandan Shivaraj 6-4, 6-1; Deep Munim w.o. Varun Dhandhukia; Dmitrii Baskov bt Alok Hajare 6-3, 6-2.
Women: Sejal Bhutada bt Aarushi Raval 6-2, 6-3; Khushali Modi bt Ananya Yadav 6-7(9), 7-6(7), 6-4; Saumrita Verma bt Aditi Singh 6-3, 6-3; Mirdhula Palanivel bt Bharatiyana Reddy 6-0, 6-0; Ira Shah bt Hridayeshi Pai 4-6, 6-3, 7-5; Divya Sharma bt Divya Bhardwaj 6-3, 6-2; Vidhi Jani bt Samaira Malik 6-7(4), 6-3, 6-1; Sahira Singh bt Prachi Rana 6-1, 6-2.
– Team Sportstar