Indian sports news wrap, November 27

BOXING

Sachin & Sagar shine on day two of the 7th Elite Men’s National Boxing Championships

Commonwealth Games 2022 silver medalist Sagar (92+kg) and 2021 World Youth gold medalist Sachin (57kg) earned dominating wins on day two of the 7th Elite Men’s National Boxing Championships in Shillong on Sunday.

Playing for SSCB, Sachin was on a roll from the first round itself against Punjab’s Vishal Kumar who was struggling. Sachin finished the bout with a unanimous 5-0 win. He will now face Rajasthan’s Roshan Saini in round of 16 clash on Tuesday.

Sagar on the hand who is representing RSPB (Railway Sports Promotion Board) defeated Shubham Singh of Uttarakhand by referee stopping the contest verdict in round one. Sagar will take on SSCB’s Satish Kumar on Tuesday in a round of 16 clash.

Reigning World Youth champion Vanshaj (63.5kg) of SSCB also started off in a dominating fashion against Ashish of All India Police (AIP). He showcased his technical ability as the highly rated youngster gave his opponent no chance of comeback to seal the match with a 5-0 win. Vanshaj will be up against Uttar Pradesh’s Ratandeep Sharma in a round of 16 clash on Tuesday.

3 time national champion Varinder Singh (60kg) who is representing RSPB (Railway Sports Promotion Board) also moved to the round of 16 with a 5-0 unanimous decision win over Maharashtra’s Vishal Nupe. Varinder will take on Lokesh Khichi of Rajasthan on Tuesday in a round of 16 clash.

A total of over 350 boxers across 13 weight categories are participating in the championships.

HOCKEY

Nehru women’s hockey tournament: RSPB defeats KICSE

Railway Sports Promotion Board (RSPB) beat Khelo India Sports Centre of Excellence (KICSE), Bilaspur, in a league match of the SNBP 2nd Nehru women’s hockey tournament at the Shivaji Stadium here on Monday.

Devika Ssen and Bharti Saroha scored two goals each for the winner. Geeta Yadav scored both the goals for the Chhatera team.

The results (league):

Hockey Odisha 1 (Rojita Kujur) bt HFB Academy, Chhatera, 1 (Hritika Singh).

RSPB 9 (Devika Sen 2, Bharti Saroha 2, Lalrindiki, Shilpi Dabas, Chetna, Preeti Dubey, Manisha Chauhan) bt Khelo India Centre, Bilaspur, 2 (Geeta Yadav 2).

-Kamesh Srinivasan

SQUASH

Northern India squash c’ship: Kushall Vir Singh beats Kushagra Kanoi

Kushall Vir Singh beat Kushagra Kanoi 11-8, 11-8, 9-11, 12-10 in the under-19 boys pre-quarterfinals of the Northern India squash championship at the Delhi Gymkhana Club courts on Monday.

The results (pre-quarterfinals):

Under-19 boys: Meyyappan L bt Sujai Pathak 11-5, 11-2, 11-5; Arush Chatterjee w.o. Piyush; Ansh Tripathi bt Rajj Yadav 11-5, 11-4, 11-3; Avalokit Singh bt Ashu 11-3, 11-5, 11-3; Siddhant Rewari bt Aditya Prakash 11-1, 11-3, 11-6; Kushal Vir Singh bt Kushagra Kanoi 11-8, 11-8, 9-11, 12-10; Abhay Vasudev bt Ashray Yadav 11-1, 11-4, 11-2; Karan Yadav bt Robin Saxena 11-4, 11-4, 11-4.

Under-15 girls: Kaashvi Marigal bt Palak Kumar 11-3, 11-0, 11-0; Saanvi Kalanki bt Anoushka Johri 11-0, 11-2, 11-1; Garima Nagar w.o. Adya Nayak; Devashree Arora bt Gurleen Kaur 11-2, 11-3, 11-1; Zeenat Sultana w.o. Aishni Pathak; Anya Sood bt Maira Ghosh 11-8,, 11-4, 11-9; Aahana Singh bt Gaurisha Jain 11-2, 11-2, 11-1; Fabiha Nafees bt Gargi Arya 11-2, 11-3, 11-3.

-Kamesh Srinivasan

TENNIS

ITF junior tennis tournament: Samarth Sahita battled past Moise Kouame

Samarth Sahita battled past Moise Kouame of France 2-6, 6-4, 7-6(3) in the boys first round of the ITF junior tennis tournament at the DLTA Complex here on Monday.

In the girls section, qualifier Aakruti Sonkusare beat Julia Szczerek of Poland 6-2, 2-6, 6-3 in the first round.

The results (first round):

Boys: Kriish Tyagi bt Vraj Gohil 6-2, 7-6(3); Maximus Wong (Sgp) bt Samprit Sharma 6-3, 6-4; Vishal Prakash bt Kartick Gusain (Can) 6-2, 6-4; Aarjun Pandit bt Smit Patel 6-3, 6-4; Egor Shcherbakov bt Debasis Sahoo 6-3, 6-7(5), 6-3; Hiromasa Koyama (Jpn) bt Tejas Ahuja 6-0, 6-2; Bushan Haobam bt Rian Sharma 6-4, 6-4; Aleksandar Daskalovic (Srb) bt Shanker Heisnam 7-5, 6-3; Juan Kim (Kor) bt Mayank Sharma 6-3, 6-4; Dhiraj Reddy bt Gandharv Kothapalli 7-5, 6-2; Nikita Nikolenko (Kaz) bt Parth Deorukhakar 6-3, 7-6(4); Cahir Warik bt Yash Bahalkar (GBR) 6-0, 6-1; Rethin Pranav bt Chandan Shivaraj 6-3, 6-1; Pavel Skvortcov bt Rushikesh Sonawane 6-2, 6-4; Samarth Sahita bt Moise Kouame (Fra) 2-6, 6-4, 7-6(3).

Girls: Malika Amirgalieva (Kaz) bt Riya Sachdeva 6-0, 6-2; Laxmisiri Dandu bt Durganshi Kumar 6-2, 4-6, 6-1; Aakruti Sonkusare bt Julia Szczerek (Pol) 6-2, 2-6, 6-3; Aishwarya Jadhav bt Harshini Nagaraj 7-6(2), 6-3; Leila Akhmetova bt Harithashree Venkatesh 6-1, 6-2; Aanya Choubey (USA) bt Suhani Gaur 6-2, 6-3; Rishitha Basireddy bt Sia Mahajan 6-1, 6-2; Jannat Chiripal bt Ananya Dhankhar 6-2, 7-5; Mahi Khore (Aus) bt Manshi Singh 6-2, 6-3; Sohini Mohanty bt Amodini Naik 6-1, 6-4; Ariana Gogulina (Kaz) bt Aditi Gulati 6-3, 6-2; Diya Ramesh bt Diva Bhatia 6-3, 6-3.

-Kamesh Srinivasan

ITF women’s tennis tournament: Gurmanat Kaur Sandhu beat Snehal Mane

Gurmanat Kaur Sandhu of Australia beat the second seed Snehal Mane 5-7, 7-6(2), [10-8] in the second qualifying round of the $15,000 ITF women’s tennis tournament at the Ahmedabad City Foundation courts on Monday.

In the third and final qualifying round: Gurmanat will play Priyanka Rodricks who came through a thriller 10-8 in the super tie-break against Chandana Potugari.

The seedings: 1. Vaidehi Chaudhari, 2. Diletta Cherubini (Ita), 3. Ekaterina Yashina, 4. Shrivalli Bhamidipaty, 5. Antonia Schmidt (Ger), 6. Anastasia Sukhotina, 7. Humera Baharmus, 8. Smriti Bhasin.

The results:

Qualifying singles (second round): Abhilasha Bista (Nep) bt Khushali Modi 7-6(4), 2-6, [10-5]; Gurmanat Kaur Sandhu (Aus) bt Snehal Mane 5-7, 7-6(2), [10-8]; Priyanka Rodricks bt Chandana Potugari 6-1, 6-7(1), [10-8]; Yashaswini Panwar bt Sanjana Sirimalla 4-6, 6-4, [10-8]; Ishwari Matere bt Nidhitra Rajmohan 6-3, 6-3; Yubrani Banerjee bt Arthi Muniyan 7-6(2), 6-3; Kundali Majgaine bt Himaanshika Singh 6-1, 6-3; Prisha Vyas (USA) bt Mirudhula Palanivel 6-4, 4-6, [10-5]; Anjali Rathi bt Jigyasa Narsinghani 6-0, 6-3; Abhaya Vemuri bt Apurva Vemuri 5-7, 6-3, [10-7]; Sonal Patil bt Nithesa Selvaraj (Aus) 6-2, 6-3; Pooja Ingale bt Vanshita Pathania 2-6, 6-4, [10-6]; Lakshmi Gowda bt Vanshika Choudhary 6-4, 6-3; Madhurima Sawant bt Kashish Bhatia 4-6, 6-2, [10-4].

-Kamesh Srinivasan

SHOOTING

Sift dominates 50m rifle prone; Narwal creates new national record in pistol

Asian Games gold medallist Sift Kaur Samra extended her good year with a top-place finish in the women’s 50m rifle prone discipline at the 66th Shooting Nationals on Monday.

India’s number one women’s 3P shooter recorded 627.3 to finish ahead of Odisha’s Shriyanka Sadangi, who managed 624.7. Rajasthan’s Manini Kaushik was third while Samra also won the team gold in the event for Punjab, along with Anjum Moudgil and Vanshika Shahi.

In September, Samra had won gold in the individual 50m rifle 3-position event at the Asian Games with a world and Games record score of 469.6.

Bandhvi Singh of Madhya Pradesh and Nishchal of Haryana claimed the civilian and junior titles respectively in the discipline.

In the Para Nationals happening concurrently, Haryana’s Deepak Saini won the 50m rifle prone mixed (SH1) seniors title with a score of 602.7. Naresh Kumar Sharma of Delhi was second with 598.2 while Maharashtra’s Swaroop Unhalkar was third with 592.3.

Meanwhile in Bhopal, where the pistol competitions are taking place, Shiva Narwal created a new national record with a score of 590 in the junior men’s 25m competition.

Simranpreet Kaur Brar won the women’s 50m pistol for Punjab.

-PTI

ARCHERY

Archery Nationals: Tushar Shelke toppled top-ranked Tarundeep Rai in pre-quarterfinals

Tushar Shelke, who toppled top-ranked Tarundeep Rai 6-4 in the pre-quarterfinals, set-up a recurve men’s individual title clash with Mrinal Chauhan, who upset Olympic quota place winner B. Dhiraj, in the National archery championships at Ayodhya on Monday.

Seasoned Rajat Chauhan got past World champion Ojas Deotale on his way to reach the compound men’s final. He will take on Prathamesh Jawkar, who pipped the experienced Abhishek Verma.

The results:

Recurve: Men: Quarterfinals: Tushar Shelke (AIP) bt Sunny Kumar (Miz) 6-0, Atul Verma (Goa) bt Sukhchain Singh (SSCB) 6-4, Mrinal Chauhan (Jha) bt Indrachand Swami (SSCB) 6-0, B. Dhiraj (SSCB) bt Neeraj Chauhan (AIP) 6-4; Semifinals: Shelke bt Verma 6-4, Mrinal bt Dhiraj 6-5 (shoot-off 10-9).

Women: Quarterfinals: Sangeeta (Har) bt Kratika Bichupriya (MP) 6-2, Nikki Sharma (Raj) bt Gurmehar Kaur Grewal (Chd) 7-3, Ridhi Phor (Har) bt Varsha Sona (Raj) 7-3, Amisha Chaurasiya (UP) bt Thohrii Sanai (Man) 6-0; Semifinals: Sangeeta bt Nikki 7-1, Ridhi bt Amisha 6-0.

Compound: Men: Quarterfinals: Abhishek Verma (Del) bt Prathamesh Fuge (Mah) 148-146, Prathamesh Jawkar (Mah) bt Ritik Chahal (Del) 148-145, Priyansh (Del) bt Ankit Yadav (Raj) 146-145, Rajat Chauhan (AIP) bt Ojas Deotale (Mah) 149-145; Semifinals: Jawkar bt Verma 149-148, Rajat bt Priyansh 149-147.

Women: Quarterfinals: Aditi Swami (Mah) bt Priya Gurjar (Raj) 145-144, Avneet Kaur (Pun) bt Parneet Kaur (Pun) 146-144, Sakshi Chaudhary (UP) bt Pragati (Del) 146-139, Muskan Kirar (MP) bt Anita Kumari (Jha) 147-140; Semifinals: Aditi bt Avneet 148-146, Sakshi bt Muskan 146-146 (shoot-off 10-9).

-Y.B. Sarangi