FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, 2017 (PAGE 12) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU 15th State Open Fencing C’ship concludes Teenager Prithvi takes Mumbai Yuki exits from Chennai Open, Tangible measures initiated to raise to 46th Ranji Trophy final RAJKOT, Jan 5: matches and I tried doing that," Indian challenge ends in singles said the baby-faced Prithvi, who Seventeen-year-old Prithvi CHENNAI, Jan 5: gles with Ramkumar began in the fifth game as he put sports standards in J&K: Ansari once held the world record in There were no dearth of Ramanathan and Saketh Myneni his rival under relentless pres- Shaw showed maturity beyond school cricket, scoring 546. Excelsior Sports Correspondent years, anchoring a fabulous chances to stage a comeback but exiting in the first round. sure. He created two break In fact, Prithvi's seniors like Yuki Bhambri struggled to con- In other matches, second chances but Paire managed to JAMMU, Jan 5: Minister for fourth innings chase with a Praful Waghela (36), Shreyas tain his unforced errors and was seed and world number 14 wriggle out and served out the Youth Services & Sports and debut hundred, as Mumbai beat Iyer (40) and Suryakumar Yadav knocked out of the Chennai Roberto Bautista Agut had no game with an ace for a com- Technical Education, Molvi Tamil Nadu by six wickets to (34) all rallied around him, as Open with a straight set defeat problem in dispatching Brazil's manding 4-1 lead. Imran Raza Ansari today said enter the Ranji Trophy final for the title favourites reached the against world number 47 Benoit Rogerio Dutra Silva 6-3 6-2 to The Delhi lad was fighting the State Government is com- the 46th time. target with minimum fuss. mitted to raise the standards of Mumbai will meet Gujarat in Paire, here today. move to the quarterfinals. hard but struggled to contain He added 90 runs for the Yuki, who entered the main Agut saved both the break- unforced errors and had to save the sports in Jammu and the final scheduled to be played opening stand with Waghela fol- Kashmir by creating adequate at Indore from January 10-14. draw via qualifying, squandered points he faced in the match and breakpoints in the sixth game for lowed by 91 with Iyer and 57 all seven breakpoints he got in broke his rival thrice. his second hold. state-of-the-art infrastructure. Straightaway drafted from with Suryakumar. Ansari was speaking at a the India U-19 team, young the match to end with a 3-6 4–6 Also sailing into the last- While Yuki was fighting it Strong on the off-side, defeat in his second round eight round was Mihail off to keep the Indian challenge * Watch video on Shaw scored 120 as Mumbai Prithvi started with a backfoot chased down 251 in only 62.1 match. Youzhny, who defeated Renzo alive in the tournament, a few www.excelsiornews.com cover drive off Aswin Crist. Yuki played well in patches Olivo 6-1 7-5. fans rooted for Paire with the overs. At 17 years and 57 days, After being cautious for 35 function held in connection with and had Paire, who was ranked Yuki could have put Paire shouts of 'Lets go Paire, Let's go Prithvi is the second youngest balls, Prithvi opened up in the the 15th State Open Fencing from Mumbai, after Sachin as high as 18 last year, under the under pressure when the Paire'. Perhaps since Yuki had Championship event at Indoor 11th over with a couple of cover water but could not finish the Frenchman was 15-30 down in beaten local hero Ramkumar on Tendulkar, to hit a Ranji century driven boundaries off Crist. Complex of M A M Stadium Ace fencers posing alongwith Minister for Sports, Molvi Imran on debut. points. It allowed Paire breath- the opening game but was hesi- Tuesday, they decided to support Jammu. Raza Ansari and other dignitaries at MA Stadium in Jammu. When left-arm spinner ing space and opportunity to re- tant to finish the point early. Paire. His temperament was top Aushik Srinivas came into the While congratulating the world. the Minister that over 2000 par- strategies. The Indian lacked controlled Yuki had a chance to make a notch as he faced 175 balls, hit- attack, he was swept from out- finalists, the Minister said the The Championship with the ticipants from across the State A penetrating serve proved over his strokes as a number of comeback as he had a break- ting 13 boundaries, and a six off side the off-stump for two sport is the field in which any participation of sportspersons took part in the Championship. to be the saving weapon for unforced errors had him down point when Paire served for the Baba Aparajith over long-on. boundaries. individual can get an opportuni- from ten districts of the State On the occasion, Chota Lal Paire as the Frenchman used it by two breaking points. A wide set but the Indian hit his fore- When he was finally out, the When Mukund brought on ty to shine at the global level. saw Veer Sangram Singh from Sharma, the head coach of the effectively whenever he faced backhand on first by Yuki gave hand wide. The plan was right 41-time champions needed only Aparajith, the schoolboy jumped "At the moment when our Jammu and Ravi Sharma from tournament, spoke about the breakpoints. the Frenchman early break. but execution was not proper. 10 runs to win the semi-final out to hit him for a six over long- sportspersons are doing wonders Kathua emerging as finalists in performances of his players. against Abhinav Mukund's team. With Yuki's defeat, India's Paire served the next at love Some unusual unforced for the state, it becomes impera- on. (PTI) the Boys category, while, "They have already played Fittingly, Prithvi was challenge has ended in the sin- to race to a 3-0 lead. Yuki got on errors from Paire meant that he tive to take the level of our Akanksha Sabarwal and Arushi Fencing at National as well as adjudged 'Man of the Match'. board in the fourth and did not squandered three set points, sports to the newer heights and Sharma emerged finalists in International levels," Sharma Drug Free Youth Winter Cup lose a single point in that game. serving double faults in two of our government is committed to "I am thankful to my coach Girls category. said and informed that this year (Chandrakant Pandit) and senior Yuki started to get into them, but Paire finally took the do that," Mr Ansari said, while rhythm and an interesting duel set with an ace. (PTI) referring to the recent gold win- Mukerjeet Sharma, founder- girl sportspersons of the state players for guiding me. Coach president of J&K Amateur defeated famous team of said that I should watch how Open Cricket Tourney commences ning performances by the State Excelsior Sports Correspondent ets, while Vikram, Kuldeep and players in different parts of the Fencing Association, informed Manipur in National Fencing seniors like Aditya Tare, Championship. Abhishek Nayar prepare for Hardeep Singh bagged 2 wickets JAMMU, Jan 5: Drug Free each. Vivek claimed one victim. Sabhi Cricket Club Hoshiarpur Youth Winter Cup 50-Over In reply, Simula rode on a Open Cricket Tournament was brilliant innings of 66 runs by inaugurated at Country Cricket Satish Kumar after a disastrous enters Police Martyrs T20 finals Academy ground by the eminent start and chased the target easily Excelsior Sports Correspondent Hoshiapur took 2 wickets each. educationist and writer, Maansi to register first win of the tour- In reply, Sabhi Cricket Club Sharma, near here today. nament. Mohit also contributed JAMMU, Jan 5: Scripting Hoshiapur easily chased the tar- The opening match was valuable 44 runs, while Hardeep magnificent victory by 5 wickets get by losing 5 wickets in 18.5 played between Katra Cricket over formidable Vicky XI Singh and Shashi chipped in overs. Akhil and Amit scored 83 Club (KCC) Katra and Simula with 20 and 15 runs respectively. Pathankot, strong Sabhi Cricket and 54 runs respectively. Cricket Club, Jammu. Club Hoshiarpur sailed into the Darshan took 4 important Kishani and Baltej of Vicky XI After winning the toss, Katra wickets for KCC, while Sahil, finals of the ongoing 7th Police Pathankot took 2 wickets each. Cricket Club elected to bat and Martyrs Memorial North Zone Prince, Raju and Andrew took State Jump Rope team posing for a group photograph before Akhil was declared as the man of scored a total of 179 runs in 43 one wicket each. Satish Kumar Inter Club T-20 Cricket the match with cash prize of Rs. overs. Shiva top scored with leaving for Karnataka. Championship at Sports of Simula Club was declared as 5,000 and a trophy sponsored by brilliant 78 runs, while Darshan the man of the match. Stadium, here. Gopal Gupta, BJP State Jubilant FCC team players posing for a group photograph and Sahil contributed 29 and 27 State Junior Jump Rope alongwith chief guest and other dignitaries at Gundoh in Doda. The tournament is being runs respectively. For Simula organized by Vivek Sharma, for- FCC Abli wins Club, Raman Dutta took 3 wick- mer Ranji Trophy player. team leaves for Karnataka Excelsior Sports Correspondent ground, Gandhi Nagar, here. South Africa’s Rabada The team was flagged off T20 Cricket Tourney JAMMU, Jan 5: Jump Rope today by Vikram Singh, Chief team of J&K left for Karnataka Patron of Jump Rope J&K along- Excelsior Sports Correspondent Zaffarullah Butt contributed 19 sends Sri Lanka crashing today after its screening to par- with Dr.