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Boxing
Uttarakhand, Delhi storm into quarterfinals
Aditya Mehra, along with four other boxers from Uttarakhand and Arti Kumar, among six Delhi pugilists, stormed into the quarterfinals on day four of the third Sub Junior National Championship at the Shaheed Vijay Singh Pathik Sports Complex in Greater Noida.
Uttarakhand was a dominant force in the boy’s section, with four out of five boxers winning their respective bouts with the RSC decision.
Aditya Mehra (35kg) notched up a comfortable win against Ansh of Haryana with the referee stopping the contest in round one to give Uttarakhand a perfect head start. Pratham Chand (40kg) followed next, outclassing Madhya Pradesh’s Khusdeep to grab a 5-0 win.
The trio of Prajwal Singh Bhandari (49kg), Natiak Prasad (58kg) and Yash Kapri (70+kg) continued the momentum for Uttarakhand, winning their bouts convincingly in the first round itself with a RSC decision.
Four boxers each from Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, and Manipur also moved to the boys’s quarterfinals with their wins.
Arti Kumar (33kg) led the way for Delhi in the girls section with her thumping RSC win over Gujarat’s Lisa in round one. Priyanjali (46kg) and Kaynat (64kg) clinched victories with the referee stopping the contest against Suvidnya Dodake of Maharashtra and Sneha Bobus of Kerala respectively in round three.
Siya (37kg), Ahaana Sharma (49kg) and Sarika Yadav (52kg) were the other Delhi boxers to progress into the last-8 stage.
Five boxers from Rajasthan and Haryana also entered the quarterfinals. The semifinals and final will be played on Sunday and Monday respectively.
Team Sportstar
TENNIS
ITF men’s tournament: Ramkumar Ramanathan outplays Nam Hoang Ly
Ramkumar Ramanathan fired 12 aces and outplayed fourth seed Nam Hoang Ly of Vietnam 6-3, 6-2 in the semifinals of the HPCL-Mittal $15,000 ITF men’s tennis tournament at the CLTA Complex on Saturday.
The champion of the $25,000 event in Delhi last week, Ramkumar converted three of 12 break points and saved the only break point he faced, in sailing past Ly.
In the final, Ramkumar will play top seed Khumoyun Sultanov of Uzbekistan, who beat S Mukund 6-2, 6-1 in an hour, hitting 11 aces and converting four of nine break points.
The doubles final was won by the fourth seeded Koreans, Yunseok Jang and Woobin Shin who beat thrid seeds Siddhant Banthia and Karan Singh 6-4, 7-6(11).
The Indian pair was unable to convert five set points, including two in the tenth game of the second set, and thus could not stretch the fight into the super tie-break.
The results:
Singles (semifinals): Khumoyun Sultanov (Uzb) bt S Mukund 6-2, 6-1; Ramkumar Ramanathan bt Nam Haong Ly (Vie) 6-3, 6-2.
Doubles (final): Yunseok Jang & Woobin Shin (Kor) bt Siddhant Banthia & Karan Singh 6-4, 7-6(11).
-Kamesh Srinivasan
ITF juniors: Rioko Umekuni beats Polina Nikitina
Top seed Rioko Umekuni of Japan overcame an indifferent start to beat Polina Nikitina 1-6, 6-3, 6-3 in the girls final of the Indian Tree ITF junior tennis tournament at the Shanti Academy.
In the boys final, third seed Oswaldo Tiraldo of Mexico proved too strong for the second seed Hyu Kawanishi of Japan, in cruising to a 6-3, 6-3 victory.
The results (finals):
Boys: Oswaldo Tirado (Mex) bt Hyu Kawanishi (Jpn) 6-3, 6-3.
Girls: Rioko Umekuni (Jpn) bt Polina Nikitina 1-6, 6-3, 6-3.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
Arjun and Jeevan in Challenger final
Arjun Kadhe and Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan beat Francisco Cabral and Henrique Rocha of Portugal 6-4, 7-6(4) in the doubles semifinals of the €74,825 Challenger tennis tournament in Murcia, Spain.
The Indian pair was scheduled to play the top seeds Theo Arribage of France and Victor Cornea of Romania in the final.
The results:
€74,825 Challenger, Murcia, Spain
Doubles (semifinals): Arjun Kadhe & Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan bt Francisco Cabral & Henrique Rocha (Por) 6-4, 7-6(4).
-Kamesh Srinivasan
ATHLETICS
1 st National Open Relay Carnival in Chandigarh today
Some of the country’s top sprinters will be in action in the first National Open Relay Carnival which will be held at the Sports Complex, Sector 7, on Sunday.
Competitions for men and women and for under-20 athletes in the 4x100m, 4x400m and in the 4x400m mixed relays will be held in the one-day meet organised by the Chandigarh Athletics Association under the aegis of the Athletics Federation of India.
-Stan Rayan
GOLF
Neergaard-Petersen extends lead
Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen carded a four-under 68 for an aggregate of 201 and continued to enjoy his lead after the third round of the Kolkata Challenge at the Royal Calcutta Golf Club course here on Saturday.
Four strokes away, joint-second Rahil Gangjee was the best placed Indian after the penultimate round.
The scores (third round; Indians unless specified): 201-Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen (Den) (68, 65, 68); 205-Mikael Lindberg (Swe) (70, 69, 66), Rahil Gangjee (70, 68, 67); 206-Tapio Pulkkanen (Fin) (70, 70, 66); 207-David Horsey (Eng) (69, 71, 67), Angad Cheema (70, 70, 67), Alexander Levy (Fra) (70, 69, 68), Jamal Hossain (Ban) (70, 68, 69), Veer Ahlawat (67, 70, 70), Daniel Young (Ssc) (69, 66, 72).
-Team Sportstar
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