GOLF
Swiss Girls Open 2024: Tvesa Malik makes stable begin
India’s Tvesa Malik acquired off to a stable begin on the VP Financial institution Swiss Girls Open as she carded 3-under 68 within the opening spherical of the Girls European Tour occasion right here.
Although the primary spherical was removed from full, Tvesa, who’s making a comeback from detached type, had 4 birdies and one bogey at Golfpark Holzhausern.
Amongst Indians in fray, solely Seher Atwal had completed at 6-over 77 whereas Vani Kapoor, Ridhima Dilawari and Amandeep Drall had nearly began their rounds.
This week India’s main stars, Diksha Dagar and Pranavi Urs are taking a break.
Australia’s Kirsten Rudgeley and Sweden’s Caroline Hedwall shared the early lead with 5-under 66 every. Ten gamers, together with Tvesa had been 3-under with among the gamers but to finish their first spherical.
Tvesa was an early starter from the tenth and birdied the eleventh and the fifteenth, each Par-3s with glorious tee photographs.
She added a 3rd birdie on the third earlier than dropping her first bogey on the seventh, however acquired that shot again on the ninth, her closing gap.
Among the many gamers who completed their first spherical with 68s had been former Hero Ladies’s Indian Open winner Christine Wolf, Switzerland’s Kim Metraux, Lisa Pettersson of Sweden and England’s Alice Hewson.
-PTI
SQUASH
Asian Junior squash: It’s Aadya v Goushika in ladies’ U-13 closing; Agarwal advances to boys’ U-15 title spherical
Indian second seed Aadya Budhia will tackle compatriot Goushika M within the ladies’ under-13 closing of the thirty first Asian Junior Particular person Squash Championships in Islamabad on Saturday.
Shiven Agarwal additionally progressed to the title spherical within the boys’ U-15 class after the second seeded Indian put it previous fourth-seeded native challenger Nouman Khan 5-11, 11-6, 11-9, 11-0 within the semifinals on Friday.
Aadya defeated sixth seed Chiu Hau Ching of Hong Kong 11-4, 11-7, 4-11, 12-10 within the last-four stage, whereas fourth seed Goushika beat Malaysian ninth seed Maisarah Binti Mohd Khairul Nizam 11-6, 6-11, 5-11, 11-7, 11-6.
-Staff Sportstar
FOOTBALL
Prithviraj and spouse purchase main stake in SLK crew Kochi FC
Actor Prithviraj and Supriya Menon, who’ve acquired a significant stake in Tremendous League Kerala crew Kochi FC.
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Actor Prithviraj and Supriya Menon, who’ve acquired a significant stake in Tremendous League Kerala crew Kochi FC.
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Actor Prithviraj Sukumaran and his spouse Supriya Menon have acquired a significant stake in Kochi FC which will probably be in motion within the new six-team Tremendous League Kerala.
The Tremendous League is about to start out in direction of the tip of August and the Kochi crew, which was earlier generally known as Kochi Pipers FC, has been renamed as Kochi FC.
Prithviraj hoped that the inaugural season of the league would considerably increase soccer actions at each the skilled and grassroot-level and would create alternatives for deserving and upcoming gamers.
Mathew Joseph, the Tremendous League’s CEO, mentioned Prithviraj’s involvement will carry a novel fusion of leisure and sports activities in Kerala throughout the 60-day soccer extravaganza.
There are different adjustments within the Kochi crew. Praveesh Kuzhipally and Shameem Backer, who had been earlier co-owners of the Kannur crew, have now are available as Kochi FC’s co-owners together with Nasly Mohammed and Mohammed Shyjal.
BADMINTON
Badminton Asia Junior Championships: India thrashes Vietnam 5-0 to start out marketing campaign in fashion
India started their Badminton Asia Junior Blended Staff Championships with a thumping 5-0 win over Vietnam of their Group C opener at Yogyakarta, Indonesia, on Friday.
The combined doubles mixture of Bhargav Ram Arigela and Vennala Okay got here again from a recreation all the way down to beat Pham Van Truong and Bui Bich Phuong 17-21, 21-19, 21-17 to place India forward.
Pranay Shettigar then defeated Tran Quoc Khanh 10-21, 21-18, 21-17 to double India’s lead and senior nationals finalist Tanvi Sharma then wrapped up the match with a 21-13, 21-18 win over Tran Thi Anh.
India will subsequent tackle Philippines within the second spherical robin tie on Saturday.
Consequence:
India bt Vietnam 5-0 (Bhargav Ram Arigela/Vennala Okay bt Pham Van Truong/Bui Bich Phuong 17-21, 21-19, 21-17; Pranay Shettigar bt Tran Quoc Khanh 10-21, 21-18, 21-17; Tanvi Sharma bt Tran Thi Anh 21-13, 21-18; Arsh Mohammad/Sanskar Saraswat bt Nguyen Van Mai/Pham Van Truong 20-22, 21-16, 21-13; Navya Kanderi/Shravani Walekar bt Bui Bich Phuong/Tran Thi Anh 21-6, 19-21, 21-14).
-Staff Sportstar
TENNIS
Avani Chitale wins AITA girls’s tennis match
Champion Avani Chitale (left) and Kashish Bhatia within the AITA
girls’s tennis match in Jaipur on Friday.
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Champion Avani Chitale (left) and Kashish Bhatia within the AITA
girls’s tennis match in Jaipur on Friday.
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Qualifier Avani Chitale gave herself a fairytale end as she beat Kashish Bhatia 7-6(8), 6-0 within the closing of the Rs.100,000 AITA girls’s tennis match on the SKIT Campus on Friday.
It was a dominant fare from the 16-year-old Avani as she didn’t drop a set in the principle draw, and didn’t drop a recreation in two matches of the qualifying occasion earlier.
The outcomes (closing):
Avani Chitale bt Kashish Bhatia 7-6(8), 6-0.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
Aryan Shah outplayed Luca Fantini of Italy 6-0, 6-1 within the quarterfinals of the $25,000 ITF males’s tennis match in Hillcrest, South Africa, on Friday.
Within the semifinals, Aryan will play Devin Badenhorst of South Africa.
Within the $25,000 girls’s occasion in Taiwan, Vaidehi Chaudhari sailed into the semifinals.
The outcomes:
$25,000 ITF males, Hillcrest, South Africa
Singles (quarterfinals): Jesse Flores (CRC) bt Ishaque Eqbal 6-2, 6-1; Aryan Shah bt Luca Fantini (Ita) 6-0, 6-1.
Doubles (semifinals): Vasilios Caripi (RSA) & Jesse Flores (CRC) bt Aditya Balsekar & Thando Longwe-Smit (RSA) 7-6(5), 3-6, [10-8].
$15,000 ITF males Tianjin, China
Singles (quarterfinals): S Mukund bt Tsung-Hao Huang (Tpe) 6-1, 4-6, 7-6(5).
$15,000 ITF males, Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan
Doubles (semifinals): Daniel Kkhazime & Maxim Zhukov bt S.D. Prajwal Dev & Nitin Kumar Sinha 6-3, 6-4.
$15,000 ITF males, Monastir, Tunisia
Doubles (semifinals): Will Mayew (USA) & Fabien Salle (Fra) bt Sai Karteek Reddy & Dev Javia 6-1, 1-0 (default).
$40,000 ITF girls, Palma del Rio, Spain
Doubles (semifinals): Rutuja Bhoale & Sophie Chang (USA) bt Ekaterina Maklakova & Ekaterina Yashina 6-2, 7-5.
$25,000 ITF girls, Taipei, Taiwan
Singles (quarterfinals): Vaidehi Chaudhari bt Himeno Sakatsume (Jpn) 6-4, 3-2 (retired).
$15,000 ITF girls, Los Angeles, USA
Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Sahaja Yamalapalli bt Klara Kosan (USA) 6-2, 6-4.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
CRICKET
Bengal Professional T20: Lux Shyam Kolkata Tigers beats Murshidabad Kueens
Ipsita Mondal’s unbeaten 37 and Mita Paul’s all-around exhibiting (24, 2/17) enabled Lux Shyam Kolkata Tigers to publish a five-run victory over Murshidabad Kueens within the girls’s closing and win the title within the Bengal Professional T20 League on the Eden Gardens right here on Friday.
The scores:
Ladies: Ultimate: Lux Shyam Kolkata Tigers 110/5 in 20 overs (Ipsita Mondal 37 n.o.) bt Murshidabad Kueens 105/8 in 20 overs (Sandipta Patra 45).
-Y.B. Sarangi
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