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DELHI THE HINDU 18 SPORT SUNDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2019 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE TV PICKS ‘Looking forward India vs South Africa : 1st Poonacha and Sowjanya triumph Test, fifth day, Star Sports 1 (SD & HD), 9.30 a.m. Rugby World Cup: Sony Six Madhwin and Rashmikaa win junior boys’ and girls’ titles to launch Sania 2.0’ (SD & HD), 10 a.m. Hero Women’s Indian not let the fi ght linger for Open golf: DSport, Noon NATL. TENNIS Aiming for comeback at Australian Open long. The key to the contest Serie A : Sony Ten 2 (SD & Kamesh Srinivasan HD), 4 p.m., 6.30 p.m. & 9.30 was winning the fi rst set, and Kamesh Srinivasan NEW DELHI p.m. Sowjanya did that at 64, Premier League: Star Sports NEW DELHI scotching the revival, after Sania Mirza is an inspiration Select 1 & Select 2 (SD & HD), Niki Poonacha and Sowjanya having led 51. for Indian sports, tennis in 6.20 p.m. & 8.40 p.m. Bavisetti asserted them Both champions made it a particular. “I have been PKL: Star Sports 1 & 2 (SD & selves as the No.1 seeds in point to thank physio Anand coming to this tournament HD), 7.30 p.m. winning the men’s and wo for nearly 20 years. It is nos IAAF World Champion Dubey for making it possible ships: Star Sports 3 & Star men’s titles in the Fenesta for them to play and win. talgic for me,” said Sania as Sports Select 2 (SD & HD), National tennis champion Poonacha was being treated she addressed the gathering 9.30 p.m. ship here on Saturday. for a lower back strain at the presentation function The 24yearold Poona through the week, while of the Fenesta National ten cha, tall and wiry, rode on Sowjanya had to address a nis championship, where a NE members his better athleticism and sprained neck every day. special book, commemorat Sania. * KAMESH SRINIVASAN to meet after forceful game to beat second The champions collected ing the 25 editions hosted by seed Aryan Goveas 62, 76 ₹ 3,00,000 each and the run DCM Shriram Group, was she was training four to fi ve Dasara (4), while Sowjanya beat nersup were presented launched. hours every day to regain fourtime champion Prerna ₹ 2,00,000 each. Sania had herself compet her fi tness. Bhambri 64, 62. ed in the event and had won Sania also expressed her The Chairman and Manag G. Viswanath It was high quality enter the women’s doubles title as pleasure with Sumit Nagal’s ing Director of DCM Shriram Mumbai tainment for tennis enthu a 14yearold with Ankita progress — he has reached a group, Ajay Shriram, con Representatives of the six siasts assembled in strength. Bhambri and had also won careerbest rank of 135 — and gratulated the champions northeast States — Aruna the mixed doubles with Ro complimented Mahesh Bhu “It is a dream for me to and thanked the All India chal Pradesh, Sikkim, han Bopanna. pathi for backing the young win the National champion Tennis Association (AITA) Meghalaya, Manipur, Naga ster. Even as she praised An ship,” said Poonacha. and its life president Anil “The national champion land and Mizoram — will kita Raina and Karman Kaur “Niki has a big game. The Khanna, for the bond span ship is very special to win. meet after Dasara to dis Thandi, she hoped that they national title should give him ning more than 25 years. We used to prepare through cuss matters related to the the confi dence to [believe] the year for this. People would make it to the next le Madhwin Kamath and BCCI Annual General Meet what I have been constantly need to understand its im vel soon, as they were not Rashmikaa Shrivalli Bhami ing and election to be held telling him... that he has the portance. Sunil Kumar won getting younger. dipaty won the junior boys’ here on October 23. game to win big,” said Rohan it as a 16yearold, and it was About her advice for and girls’ titles. For the fi rst time these Bopanna, who watched the a great stepping stone for his those aspiring to follow her States will attend the BCCI fi nal through live streaming. The results (fi nals): career,” recalled Sania. footsteps on the Grand Slam AGM as full members. For Sowjanya, it was con Men: Niki Poonacha bt Aryan Sania — attempting to re stage, Sania said, “ They Goveas 62, 76(4). Women: “That’s the reason we fi rmation of her ability to launch her career after child need to have a good team. I Sowjanya Bavisetti bt Prerna have approached the Su stroke with intelligence and Bhambri 64, 62. Under18: birth, with the Australian know that Karman has a preme Court asking the punch. Boys: Madhwin Kamath bt Udit Open — said, “I started my good team. She has been in cooling off period to be ap Prerna made a fi ght of it, Gogoi 62, 76(1). Girls: Rash career here, and I am look jured for about fi ve months. plied prospectively, not re Champions: Top seeds Niki Poonacha and Sowjanya Bavisetti won the men’s and women’s titles twice breaking back in the mikaa Shrivalli Bhamidipaty bt ing forward to launch Sania I really feel that she has it in trospectively. We were at the Fenesta National tennis championship. * KAMESH SRINIVASAN fi rst set, but Sowjanya did Sandeepti Singh Rao 60, 64. 2.0 now.” She also said that her.” either associate or affi liate members. We will pursue the case,” said NorthEast Cricket Development Com Nagal moves mittee convenor Naba Christine Wolf takes a onestroke lead Bhattacharjee. into semis The six States became Tvesa Malik and Anika Varma at tied ninth full members on the basis INDIANS ABROAD of the Justice Lodha Re INDIAN OPEN shot 71 and 67 respectively to forms rule ‘one State, one be tied ninth at 215. Sports Bureau member, one vote’. Campinas (Brazil) “We will meet after Das Anant Kaur Impressive start Sumit Nagal beat Francisco ara. We are all together. GURUGRAM Tvesa started impressively Cerundolo of Argentina 76 About the election, we A fi nalhole birdie for a bo but doublebogeyed the 13th (2), 75 in the quarterfi nals have not heard from geyfree fi veunder 67 gave hole. She immediately reco of the $54,160 Challenger anyone, we have not re Austria’s Christine Wolf a vered with a birdie on the tennis tournament here. ceived any feelers,” said onestroke lead at 208 after next one. In the ITF women’s event Bhattacharjee. three rounds of the Hero Wo Fifteenyearold Anika in South Africa, Zeel Desai men’s Indian Open at the built on a good start for six retired midway through the DLF Golf Course and Coun birdies. second set against doubles Indians in try Club here on Saturday. Wolf, notably nervous at partner Merel Hoedt of the Tied third on Friday, En the start, stuck to her game Netherlands, as she pulled ASBC gland’s Meghan MacLaren plan. She putted well and Doing it right: Christine Wolf putted well, made several pars a hip muscle during a run moved to second following a made more pars. After the ning shot. Thus, Zeel and and after the turn, birdied four times. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT commissions 69. Overnight leader Austra turn, she birdied four times partner gave a walkover in lia’s Whitney Hillier (72) and to take the lead. vi Bakshi were looking for an Skarpnord (Nor) (68, 71, 71) and their doubles fi nal. Special Correspondent secondplaced Norway’s Among the Indians, Vani Whitney Hillier (Aus) (67, 71, The results: $54,160 Challen BADDI (HIMACHAL PRADESH) improved fi nish. Marianne Skarpnord (71) Kapoor, Amandeep Drall, Third round scores: 208 Chris 72); 211 Tonje Daffi nrud (Nor) ger, Campinas, Brazil: Quar Altogether seven boxing af were tied third at 210. Astha Madan, Gaurika Bish tine Wolf (Aut) (73, 68, 67); (73, 70, 68); 215 Tvesa Malik terfi nals: Sumit Nagal bt Fran icionados from the country Home talents Tvesa Malik noi, Diksha Dagar, Pranavi 209 Meghan MacLaren (Eng) (Ind) (72, 72, 71), and Anika Var cisco Cerundolo (Arg) 76(2), 75. Doubles (quarterfi nals): have made it to various and amateur Anika Varma Urs, Seher Atwal, and Jahan (67, 73, 69); 210 Mariaane ma (Ind) (76, 72, 67). Orlando Luz & Rafael Matos commissions of the Asian (Bra) w/o Federico Coria (Arg) & Boxing Confederation Sumit Nagal. CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC (ASBC). CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCREGIONAL ROUND-UP $25,000 ITF men, Tay Ninh, As per the new list of \ \ David Hussey is KKR’s chief mentor Vietnam: Doubles (fi nal): Gri commissions released by goriy Lomakin (Kaz) & Jumpei the continental body, Kish Gaur wins title former Asian junior event. They were joined by Yamasaki (Jpn) bt Sidharth Ra en Narsi is heading ASBC’s GURUGRAM: Abhishek Gaur champion Nitin Kumar Dhananjay Singh, Neeraj Kyle Mills roped in as the bowling coach wat & Manish Sureshkumar 60, 13member competitions beat Yugal Bansal in the Sinha and former National Yashpaul and Shashikant 61. Semifi nals: Sidharth Ra commission while Heman fi nal of the ₹ 100,000 AITA champion Mohit Mayur will Rajput. IPL Hussey and McCullum wat & Manish Sureshkumar bt ta Kumar Kalita is a mem men’s ranking tennis be some of the leading played for KKR from the in Renta Tokuda (Jpn) & Arjun Kadhe 26, 76(2), [104]. ber of the youth organised by Pradhan players competing in the Mohak, Gulshan augural season in 2008 till $15,000 ITF men, Nanchang: ₹ 2.5 lakh Tribune AITA Special Correspondent 2010. Hussey, who played commission. Tennis Academy. star for RRG Doubles (fi nal): Anirudh Chan Kolkata over 300 T20s in interna High performance direc The fi nal was postponed ranking tennis tournament NEW DELHI: Mohak Datta (fi ve drasekar & Vijay Sundar Prash tional and franchise tourna tor Santiago Nieva is part of and held the following here from Monday. for 17) and Gulshan Singh Kolkata Knight Riders on Sa anth bt Ray Ho (Tpe) & Pak ments combined, will be as the coaches commission. week, as the players were Fourtime National (75 not out) enabled Rohtak turday announced the ap Long Yeung (Hkg) 76(5), 64. sisting his former KKR Narendra Kumar Nirwan busy with the qualifying champion Prerna Bhambri Road Gymkhana (RRG) pointment of former Austra $15,000 ITF men, Antalya: teammate in forming the is a member of the referee event of the Fenesta will be the top seed in the defeated Friends CC by 10 lia allrounder David Hussey Semifi nals: Peter Heller (Ger) new think tank following the bt Adil Kalyanpur 61, 60. ing and judging commis National championship. women’s section, which will wickets to enter the as the team’s chief mentor departure of South African $15,000 ITF women, Preto sion, while Dr. Karanjeet The results (fi nal): Abhishek off er a total prize purse of ahead of the next edition of David Hussey. * GETTY IMAGES semifi nals of the 12th ria: Semifi nals: Merel Hoedt Singh has been named in Gaur bt Yugal Bansal 75, 21 ₹ 100,000. Kashish Bhatia the IPL. great Jacques Kallis, who Pelicans (under16) cricket (Ned) bt Zeel Desai 62, 14 the fi vemember medical (conceded); Semifi nals: Yugal and Arthi Muniyan will be Former New Zealand pac was the head coach till the Heath Streak. tournament. (retd.). Doubles (fi nal): Caro commission. Bansal bt Pradeep Deswal 60, some of the other top er Kyle Mills was named last season. “It is great to welcome Da line Romeo (Fra) & Chanel Sim 61; Abhishek Gaur bt Kavish The scores: Priti Bariya (women’s players taking part. bowling coach. The two will Mills, who retired in 2015 vid Hussey and Kyle Mills to monds (RSA) w/o Merel Hoedt Kathuria 75, 64. commission) and Digvijay In the qualifi cation matches Friends CC 114 in 31.1 overs work with former wicket as New Zealand’s second the Kolkata Knight Riders fa (Ned) & Zeel; Semifi nals: Singh (marketing commis Ishaque, Nitin and on Saturday, Krishan Hooda (Mohak Datta fi ve for 17) lost keeperbatsman Brendon highest ODI wickettaker mily,” KKR CEO and MD Ven Hoedt & Zeel bt Tamara Barad sion) are the others to re Mohit in the fray and Uddayvir Singh reached to RRG 115 for no loss in 10.2 McCullum, who will be head with 240 wickets, replaces ky Mysore said in a state Itzhaki (Isr) & Adesuwa Osabuo present India. CHANDIGARH: Ishaque Eqbal, the third round of the men’s overs (Gulshan Singh 75 n.o.). coach. former Zimbabwe pacer ment. hen (US) 61, 62. Winning start for Ajay Pendor Rakshitta, Praggnanandhaa, Ghosh stay ahead Master Rudik Makarian. tian Poltorak (Pol, 3.5); Manish WORLD YOUTH CHESS Krushanvir beats Arun Verma via disqualifi cation Kushgra Mohan (3.5) held se Kumar (3.5) lost to Aditya Sa NATL. BOXING times including thrice in the cond seeded Georgian Niko mant (4.5); R. Abhinandhan (4) second round. The referee RAKESH RAO lozi Kacharava. drew with Alex Kolay (USA, 4); penalised Verma after he MUMBAI Overnight Under14 leader M. Sreeshwan (4) bt Khoi Pham Y.B. Sarangi (Ned, 3). dropped the teeth guard in Second seeds Rakshitta Ravi L.R. Srihari suff ered his fi rst BADDI (HIMACHAL PRADESH) the third round and awarded and R. Praggnanandhaa loss after running into third Girls’ Under18: Honorata Ajay Pendor made a bright the bout to Krushanvir. stayed in the lead in their seeded Azerbaijani Aydin Kusharska (Pol, 4) drew with start on his debut in the Na sections as Indians conti Viktoria Radeva (Bul, 4); A. Other important results (preli Suleymanli. Harshini (3.5) drew with Tar nued to be among the front Important fi fthround results tional boxing champion minary rounds): 49kg: Vinod munkh Munkhzul (Mgl, 3.5); (Indians unless stated): Un ships by upsetting the expe Tanwar (SSCB) bt Heli Tana Tara runners in most categories Zala Urh (Slo, 3.5) drew with der18: R. Praggnanandhaa rienced Govind Kumar (Aru) 50; Sonu Dhull (RSPB) bt after fi ve rounds of World Vantika Agarwal (3); Assel Se (4.5) bt Arjun Kalyan (3.5); Sahani in a 49kg bout at the Kakarla Govind (AP) 50; Vipin Youth chess championship rikbay (Kaz, 3.5) drew with Tari Aryan Gholami (Iri, 4.5) bt Via Baddi University of Emerg Kumar (Chd) bt Shiv Kant (Pun) here on Saturday. Rakshitta Ravi. ni Goyal (2.5); Srishti Pandey chaslau Zarubitski (Blr, 3.5); ing Sciences and Technology 32; Amrit Lal Satnami (MP) bt Rakshitta, playing black, (2.5) lost to Aashna Makhikha Aditya Mittal (4) drew with P. here on Saturday. Rishi Kumar (Raj) 30; Suraj Soy nailed seventh seed Varvara nian claimed a threefold re (3.5). (Jha) bt Mohd. Zaheed (Tel) Iniyan (3.5); Shant Sargsyan Poliakova of Belarus to take petition of moves leading to Under16: Mrudul Dehankar (3) Pendor, a threetime gold Aggressive: Krushanvir Singh’s, left, attacking ploy unnerved 41. (Arm, 3.5) drew with R.K. Sriha medal winner in School Na Arun Verma. * AKHILESH KUMAR her tally to 4.5 points in the a draw against a better ri (3); Mitrabha Guha (3.5) drew lost to B. Mounika Akshaya (4); 52kg: Parshotam (Har) bt Amal tional Games and a silver girls’ under14 section. Dhya placed R.K. Srihari. with Viktor Gazik (Svk, 3.5). AlessiaMihaela Ciolacu (Rou, Uday (Ker) 50; Rahul Niltu He boxed from a distance In another interesting na Patel did well to hold Under16: Aronyak Ghosh (4.5) 4) bt C. Lakshmi (3); Saina Salo medallist in Khelo India (HP) bt G. Vamsi (AP) 50; P.L. Among the girls in un drew with Rudik Makarian (Rus, nika (4) bt Anjum Noshin (Ban, Games, showed his tenacity and scored through a combi 49kg bout, Krushanvir Prasad (SSCB) bt Shanborlang fourth seeded Russian Ekate der18, A. Harshini blew 4.5); Hans Moke Niemann 3). in winning a 30 verdict. nation of three punches. Singh, a Haryana origin box Marbaniang (Meg) 50; Manish rina Nasyrova. Top seed Di away a winning position and (USA, 4) drew with Stefan Po Under14: Varvara Poliakova While Sahani, represent “I had doubts before the er from Daman and Diu, Sahu (Cht) bt Ravi Yadav (Raj) vya Deshmukh made short settled for a draw against se gosyan (Rus, 4); Arash Daghli (Blr, 3.5) lost to Rakshitta Ravi ing Nagaland, boxed aggres start of the bout, but my fear showcased his superb attack 32. work of Aanya Agarwal to cond seeded Mongolian Tur (Iri, 4.5) bt Moksh Doshi (3.5); (4.5); Ekaterina Nasyrova (Rus, sively, 18yearold Pendor went away once I entered ing game to beat Arun Verma reach 3.5 points. munkh Munkhzul. 91kg: Naman Tanwar (RSPB) bt Kushagra Mohan (3.5) drew 4) drew with Dhyana Patel (4); of Haryana through ‘disqual showed his steely resolve. the ring. I had to adapt as per Ashish Bhandor (HP) 50; Sumit In under18 section, a tri In the under16 section, with Nikolozi Kacharava (Geo, Bhagyashree Patil (3.5) drew The tribal boy from Akola, the requirement. I am happy ifi cation.’ Sangwan (Har) bt Rizwan umph over Arjun Kalyan put Aronyak Ghosh stayed the 3.5). with Ema Obada (Rou, 3.5); Par Maharashtra, changed his to have overcome a big hur Krushanvir’s fl urry of Ahmed (Guj) RSCR1. Praggnanandhaa (4.5 points) lead at 4.5 points after hold Under14: Aydin Suleymanli nian Ghomi (Iri, 3) lost to V. Sa game plan after receiving dle in the fi rst round,” said punches baffl ed Verma, who +91kg: Naveen (Har) bt Rey a point ahead of favourite ing fellowovernight leader (Aze, 4.5) bt L. R. Srihari (4); rayu (4); Divya Deshmukh (3.5) deep cuts on both eyebrows. Pendor. dropped his teeth guard fi ve nold Joseph (Mah) 50. Shant Sargsyan. The Arme and Russian International Pranav Anand (4.5) bt Sebas bt Aanya Agrawal (2.5).
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