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TV PICKS Jordan to host Goud back to where it began NBA: Sony Ten 1 (SD & HD), 9 East Bengal stumps boxing a.m. Former Railways stalwart is now with Karnataka New Zealand vs India : 1st T20I, Star Sports 1 & SS Se­ qualifier lect 1 (SD & HD), 12.20 p.m. RANJI TROPHY U­19 World Cup : India vs Chennai City Agence France-Presse UTHRA GANESAN New Zealand, Star Sports 3, Lausanne NEW DELHI 1.15 p.m. South Africa vs England : An Olympic boxing quali­ For 15 years, Yere Goud 4th Test, Sony ESPN (SD & Goals from Espada and Santos do the trick for the Kolkata side fier, which was cancelled in made the Karnail Singh Sta­ HD), 1.30 p.m. China following the out­ dium here his home. On Sa­ BBL: Sony Ten 3 (SD & HD), I-LEAGUE break of a deadly virus, will turday he was back, this time 1.30 p.m. be held instead in Jordan, leading Karnataka and trying PBL: Star Sports 1 (SD & HD), Rayan Rozario officials said Friday. The to plot Railways’ — the host 7 p.m. Coimbatore Sportstar Aces Awards 2 : IOC Boxing Task Force and his erstwhile employer First repeat: Jan. 27 Spaniards Marcos Jimenez (BTF) announced that the — defeat. (Monday), 6 p.m.; Second re­ Espada scored in the 68th Asian/Oceania qualifying Karnataka had a good be­ peat: Jan. 28 (Tuesday), 7 minute and Jaime Santos event for will be held in ginning to the season, win­ p.m. converted a penalty nine mi­ Amman from March 3­11. ning the Syed Mushtaq Ali nutes later to seal a 2­0 win Trophy (T20), and Vijay Ha­ for East Bengal over defend­ zare (one­dayers) and the ing champion Chennai City Saif bests opening Ranji Trophy fixture Brainstrust: Karnataka coach Yere Goud, right, feels that S. Anand adds to FC in their I­League clash at before drawing the next two Arvind joining as a bowling coach is a big asset for the team. the Nehru Stadium here on Ahvar at home. A win and then * FILE PHOTO: G.P. SAMPATH KUMAR Firouzja’s Saturday. Special Correspondent another draw highlight the It was the red and gold ar­ NEW DELHI team’s struggles in finding field. How much have things rience that someone like woes my that took early control of Mohd. Saif Sheikh was at consistency. Goud, who took changed? “Well, the pitch Sreenath Aravind brings to the game. It marched for­ his fluent best in the final charge last season, is hoping has been relaid and so is ex­ the side. The medium­pacer Sports Bureau ward and threatened to bull­ as he beat Ahvar Rizvi 48­ to hit the right notes as the pected to be different. But called it a day two years ago WIJK AAN ZEE doze the otherwise strong 43 for the top position in competition enters the busi­ other than that, nothing has and immediately joined the Chennai City backline, men’s trap in the third Nai­ Viswanathan Anand pun­ ness end. changed here since then. It’s side as bowling coach. Goud manned by its ever­reliable tonal shotgun selection ished a passive streak from “It feels good. Sort of a ho­ more or less just the same as admitted that the immediacy captain Roberto Eslava. trials at the Dr. Karni Singh Alireza Firouzja in 47 mecoming for me. More I left it,” he smiled. helps players. The Chennai men looked Range on Saturday. Saif moves to complete a hat­ than 100 games for Railways, And that, for him, would “The nature of the game a bit confused with those shot the second best score trick of defeats for the Ira­ 15 years on this ground, it is be an advantage in terms of has changed and so, when speedy runs by the Kolkata of 118 in qualification, like nian youngster in the Tata special. Harvinder Singh on passing insider information you have that recent expe­ side. In the 15th minute, one Ahvar and Namanveer Steel Masters chess tourna­ the opposite bench makes it to the youngsters in his side. rience, it helps the players such fast­paced move Singh Brar who placed ment here on Saturday. Fighting it out: Jaime Santos, who scored East Bengal’s more special. We were to­ “Some of the senior players understand better and get 11th round results: Alireza Fi­ earned the visiting side a second goal, tussles for possession with a Chennai City third. In the final, however, gether when Railways won have already faced Railways immediate results. Aravind rouzja (FIDE, 5.5) lost to Vis­ penalty. defender. * M. PERIASAMY he finished fifth. those two titles and are still here. For youngsters like has played with Abhimanyu wanathan Anand (5.5); Vla­ The host tried hard to The results: Trap: Men: 1. part of the Railways veterans Devdutt (Padikkal) or Sha­ Mithun and Ronit More and save. And the crowd roared Adolfo Miranda, better dislav Kovalev (Blr, 3) lost to stop an East Bengal move Mohd. Saif Sheikh 48 (118); 2. group. So it is good to match rath Srinivas, I can give some so can explain things better. Fabiano Caruana (USA, 8); only to find the ball strike in delight and the Chennai known as Fito, but failed to Ahvar Rizvi 43 (118); 3. Naman­ up on­field,” Goud said while inputs on what can be the I am glad that, as a medium­ Jan­Krzysztof Duda (Pol, 6) the hand of its defender and City men heaved a huge sigh create telling contributions. veer Singh Brar 35 (118). overseeing Karnataka’s first scoring areas and the kind of pace unit, we are showing drew with Magnus Carlsen the referee was quick to of relief. Jan Muzangu, the In the end, it was East Junior: 1. Jungsher Virk 44(1) practice session here. ground and pitch that can be the progress we wanted at (Nor, 7); Wesley So (USA, 6.5) show to the spot. 19­year­old loanee from FC Bengal which went home 119; 2. Shardul Vihan 44(0) expected at Karnail Singh,” start of the season,” he said. 116; 3. Vishavdeep Singh 29 drew with Jeffery Xiong It broke the hearts of the Basel, made his debut for happy with a well­deserved Just the same he added. Railways was bolstered by (USA, 5); Vladislav Artemiev (112). Chennai fans but not Nauzet the home side in a bid to win after having suffered Of the 105 Ranji matches the return of Mahesh Rawat. (Rus, 5.5) bt Jorden van Fo­ Women: 1. Rajeshwari Kumari Santana, the Chennai City boost the front­line but he three defeats in a row. Goud played for Railways, 49 Helping hand The experienced batsman­ reest (Ned, 6); Anish Giri could not do much. 44 (117); 2. Sabeera Haris 43 (Ned, 5.5) drew with Yu Yangi custodian. Santos, who took The result: Chennai City FC 0 (111); 3. Seema Tomar 35 (111). were at this ground, with Goud, though, understands wicketkeeper, who joined (Chn, 4); Nikita Vitiugov (Rus, the shot, hammered it hard Japanese forward Katsumi lost to East Bengal 2 (Marcos Junior: 1. Neeru 45 (115); 2. 2654 runs at an average of that things have changed the team for Saturday’s prac­ 4) drew with Daniil Dubov but Santana dived full length Yusa did pull out a few tricks Eusebio 68, Jamie Santos 77­ Preeti Rajak 41 (108); 3. Sovai­ 42.12. No wonder, he knows since he last played and so is tice for the first time this sea­ (Rus, 5.5). to his right to effect a smart from his bag and, so did pen). ba Bukhari 30 (103). every nook and corner of the thankful for the added expe­ son. Robin confident of Indian football’s growth Apurvi wins another gold PCB refutes boycott reports Shayan Acharya time,” Khan said, making it Vijay Lokapally Dynamos or (any city fran­ SHOOTING Mumbai clear that there’s no ques­ NEW DELHI chise). So the people of Del­ Wasim Khan, the Pakistan tion of pulling out from the Hyderabad FC striker Robin hi associate with something Sports Bureau Cricket Board (PCB) chief T20 World Cup, which is an Singh is optimistic of Indian that says Delhi. Likewise in Munich executive officer, has rub­ ICC event. football growing in stature Bengaluru or Mumbai. It was another golden perfor­ bished reports claiming that with the help of better in­ When you say club culture is mance by Apurvi Chandela Pakistan won’t send its team Neutral venue frastructure. “It is someth­ dying, it’s a transition phase. as she beat Xu Hong of China to India for the 2021 T20 India had hosted the Asia ing that will always improve, ISL has helped Indian foot­ by 1.8 point in the women’s World Cup if the BCCI Cup at a neutral venue — in just like electronics will al­ ball grow. It’s helped young­ air rifle final of the H&N Cup doesn’t allow its team to the UAE — in 2018, and this ways improve. I think the sters come up. Every young here on Friday. tour Pakistan in the Asia time too, there is uncertain­ growth and the up­gradation boy and young girl now talks Qualifying in fourth place Cup later this year. ty on whether India would of infrastructure is very im­ Robin Singh * about ISL. People feel proud with a high score of 631.2, “This has been complete­ get clearance from the go­ portant. It’s a matter of time to be a part of that growth.” Apurvi shot 252.5 in the final. ly taken out of context. Even vernment to travel to Pakis­ when we will see a lot more teresting and unique plat­ Robin pleaded with the though we would still want tan owing to security issues. infrastructure coming up. form to play with different fans to patient. “Couple of Further proof to host the Asia Cup in Pa­ That’s where there is a pos­ There’s a lot of room for im­ rules. I am extremely happy years back we were 167 in After two golden efforts in kistan, the Asian Cricket sibility of the matches being provement but you can’t to be a part of this transfor­ the world. We have im­ the last competition in Aus­ Council needs to decide on held at neutral venues. take away anything from mational culture that chal­ proved. You can’t have tria, this was further proof of what it will do about the “These are the issues, which where it’s has come to,” he lenges mindsets.” growth without failure. It’s Apurvi sound preparation matches involving India,” the ACC will have to look in­ said. as simple as that. So if you for the Olympics. Bull’s eye: Apurvi Chandela pipped Xu Hong of China by 1.8 Khan told The Hindu from to and decide accordingly,” Robin was speaking after On the rise are growing, you will fail as Apurvi was scheduled to point in the women’s air rifle final of the H&N Cup. Lahore on Saturday. Khan added. conducting a master class to Reflecting on Indian football well. But you learn from that shoot one more competition * FILE PHOTO: KAMESH SRINIVASAN Earlier, reports claimed India has not toured Pa­ highlight the nuances of the in general, Robin noted, “It’s experience and you make in Munich, but Rakesh Man­ that PCB would skip the kistan since 2008, while it boot and its relevance at an growing. The team is playing sure you don’t do that mis­ pat, Apurvi’s mentor for shot better than Apurvi in pectively, which provided a World Cup T20 — to be held has also not played a full event held by adidas. a brand of football that the take again. I believe in taking some years, has suggested qualification for a score of hint about the high quality in India next year — if Indian Test bilateral series with the Speaking to the young spectators are liking, wheth­ a step at a time. that she rest and recover for 631.8, finished fourth behind competition. team didn’t travel to Pakis­ neighbouring country since Romane Matte of France. footballers, he wanted them er we’re winning or not. In­ “If you want to be best in the selection trials to be held Divyansh had won two tan for the Asia Cup. 2007 due to strained politi­ to be prepared for any unfair dian football is growing as the world, you got to be best in Thiruvananthapuram. Qualification topper Maria competitions like Apurvi in “It’s absolutely incorrect. cal and diplomatic relations. circumstances in their sport­ you can see youngsters step­ in Asia first. To be best in Rakesh felt that the pur­ Martynova (632.1) of Belarus, Austria. What I would like to say is Pakistan did visit India in ing careers. He said “There ping up to learn from the fo­ Asia first you got to be the pose of the European trip finished eighth. that, we are concerned 2012 to play a short limited­ The results: Women’s air rifle: will be times when the sport reigners who come to play. ” best in sub­continent first. had been well served and In men’s air rifle, Divyansh 1. Apurvi Chandela 252.5 about security issues and al­ overs series. will prove ‘unfair’ and yet He lamented the slow of You grow through the tacti­ Apuriv needed the rest and Singh Pawar (628.4) and Dee­ (631.2); 2. Xu Hong (Chn) 250.7 so there could be issues in However, the two sides we must overcome these death of clubs but welcomes cal and technical abilities of recovery to improve on her pak Kumar (628.1) were un­ (631.0); 3. Romane Matte (Fra) attaining visas. But we are have met in Asia Cup and challenges. adidas’ ‘Unfair the ISL. “The club culture is players. You grow through high scores. able to make the final, and 227.8 (630.7); 4. Shriyanka Sa­ confident that things will ICC events over the last few Tournament’ provides an in­ dying but there is, say, Delhi infrastructure.” Shriyanka Sadangi, who finished 24th and 28th res­ dangi 207.2 (631.8). ease out over the period of years. War Hammer may score an encore Watchmyscript wins feature event BENGALURU: War Hammer, who 13. Livisilla (4) T.S. Jodha 53.5 and SHREE MEENAKSHI SUN- is in rousing form, may score an 14. Ultimate Choice (8) Kiran Rai 7 DERESHEWARA BANGALORE BENGALURU: Irfan Ghatala trained Trainer: K.P.G. Appu. SOHNA STUD TROPHY Commodus. Owners: M/s. Blazing 3/4. 4­1/4 and 1­1/4. 1m 12.10s. ₹26 encore in the Shree Meenakshi 53.5. DERBY (2,400m), 4­y­o, (Terms), Watchmyscript (Irvan up) won (1,400m), rated 30 to 50, 6­y­o Saddles (PF) rep by. Mr. Niraj (w), 15 and 20 (p), SHP: 42, THP: RAICHUR TROPHY 4 Sundereshwara Bangalore Derby 1. SPORTING MEMORIES, 2. GEN- 4­30: 1. Alexander Burnes (4) Tre­ the Bangalore Race Course 157th (Div. I), & over: OPTIMISTICAPPROACH (A. Tyagi & Mr. Vikas Sachdeva. 31, FP: 172, Q: 99, Trinella: 302 (2,400m), the stellar attraction of ERAL PATTON, 3. LONGSTRIDE. vor 57, 2. Here And Now (6) A. Im­ Year Commemoration Trophy, 2 (1,400m), rated 15 to 35, 5­y­o Imran) 1, Princeazeem (Akshay Trainer: S. Attaollahi. and 103, Exacta: 689 and 568. Fa­ AMAZING ANGEL (Arshad) the races to be held here on ran 57, 3. Mighty Red (8) the chief event of the races held & over: Kumar) 2, Morrane Gabriella vourite: Anne Boleyn. Owner: Mr. TOTALIZATOR CUP (Div. I), 1, Dreams United (Sai Kumar) 2, BANGALORE RACE COURSE Sunday ( Jan 26). Donoghue 57, 4. Roman Senator here on Saturday ( Jan 25). The (Khurshad Alam) 3 and Reczai (S. Vishal Kamal Doctor. Trainer: 4 (1,400m), rated 15 to 35, 2­45: Brown Bess (P. Surya) 3 and Agnar 157TH YEAR COMMEMORATION There will be no false rails. (5) David Allan 57, 5. Square The winner is owned by Mr. Marthand John) 4. 1, 1­1/2 and 2­1/2. 1m 6 Prasanna Kumar. 1. Cosmic Feeling (10) A. Imran (S. John) 4. 1/2, 5­1/2 and 3/4. 1m TROPHY (1,600m), 4­y­o & over, SADDLE UP CUP Circle (7) Srinath 57, 6. Streaming Singh Mahindra, Mr. Nitin Kumar 25.53s. ₹17 (w), 12, 28 and 150 (p), (Div. I), 60, 2. Legendary Princess (4) 26.26s. ₹41 (w), 17, 16 and 42 (p), (Terms): WATCHMYSCRIPT (Irvan) (1,200m), rated 00 to 20, 1­15 David Allan 60, 3. Polar Express Gold (­) (­) 57, 7. War Hammer (2) Adiga, Mr. Irfan Ghatala and Mr. SHP: 83, THP: 322, FP: 150, Q: 114, 1 Suraj 57, 8. Anjeze (3) David Egan G. Surendranath. Jockey Akshay SHP: 49, THP: 84, FP: 246, Q: 146, Trinella: 3,329 and 2,695, Exacta: 1, Big Sur (David Allan) 2, Sakura RAICHUR TROPHY (Div. II), pm: 1. Air Force One (7) Darshan (2) I. Chisty 59.5, 4. Custom Cut Trinella: 2,157 and 970, Exacta: (Akshay Kumar) 3 and Shesmy­ 60, 2. Altair (2) Irvan 60, 3. Sun (7) David Egan 58.5, 5. Red Indian 55.5 and 9. Speedster (1) Akshay Kumar made it treble in today’s 41,496 and 5,081. Favourite: Op­ 8 (1,400m), rated 15 to 35, 5­y­o 5,153 and 2,209. Favourite: Amaz­ script (C. Umesh) 4. 3, 2­1/2 and WINNING FORCE (Arshad) Splash (6) C. Umesh 60, 4. Lovely (3) Kiran Rai 58.5, 6. Happy Dan­ Kumar 55.5. races. timisticapproach. Owners: Mr. & over: ing Angel. Owner: Mr. B.E. Vas­ Lnk. 1m 34.97s. ₹97 (w), 38 and 11 1, King Creole (David Allan) 2, Sierra (4) Selvaraj 59.5, 5. Sri Lak­ cing (­) (­) 57.5, 7. Bahurupah (1) 1. WAR HAMMER, 2. ANJEZE, Nitin Himmatmal Jain & Mr. Jatin THE RESULTS anth Kumar. Trainer: Azhar Ali. (p), SHP: 38, THP: 38, FP: 228, Q: Proudwish (Sai Vamshi) 3 and Ad­ shmi (3) Md. Asif Khan 59.5, 6. Le S.K. Paswan 57.5, 8. Definitive (8) 3. HERE AND NOW. Laxmikant Trivedi. Trainer: B. 56, Trinella: 629 and 607, Exacta: miral One (Jagadeesh) 4. 2­1/2, 2­ Marc (10) Nazerul 59, 7. Brightside S. Shareef 57, 9. Country’s Jewel PARFAIT AMOUR TROPHY (Div. PARFAIT AMOUR TROPHY (Div. Prithviraj. T.B. HANUMANTHARAJ ME- 2,083 and 609. Favourite: Big Sur. 1/2 and 1/2. 1m 27.06s. ₹42 (w), 17, Of Life (1) Arvind Kumar 58.5, 8. (9) T.S. Jodha 56 and 10. Goodwill 1 II), (1,200m), rated 15 to 35: 3 I), (1,200m), rated 15 to 35: Owners: Mr. Marthand Singh 8 MORIAL TROPHY (2,000m), KING OF THE SAND (C. Umesh) 1, SKYFIRE (Akshay Kumar) 1, De­ SRIKANTADATTA NARASIMHA- 15 and 26 (p), SHP: 48, THP: 68, Apollo Bay (9) Kiran Rai 58, 9. Warrior (5) Vinod Shinde 56. Mahindra, Mr. Nitin Kumar Adiga, rated 30 to 50, 5­y­o & over, 5­10: Desert Combat (S. John) 2, Super bonair (A. Imran) 2, Genuine Star RAJA WADIYAR MEMORIAL FP: 123, Q: 53, Trinella: 805 and Bazinga (11) K. Raghu 58, 10. Ruler 1. COSMIC FEELING, 5 Mr. Irfan Ghatala and Mr. G. 1. Grey Channel (4) Trevor 60, 2. Gladiator (A. Imran) 3 and Up (Mark) 3 and Estella (I. Chisty) 4. TROPHY 458, Exacta: 5,929 and 3,388. Fa­ Of Nation (5) Trevor 58 and 11. 2. LEGENDARY PRINCESS, (1,200m), rated 60 & Surendranath. Trainer: Irfan Spirit Bruce (5) A. Imran 56.5, 3. Front (S. Shareef ) 4. Not run: Not run: Queen Of Sands. 4­1/2, 3­ CERISE NOIR (Akshay Ku­ vourite: King Creole. Owners: Mr. Kanthaka (8) R. Anand 57. 3. COUNTRY'S JEWEL. above: Ghatala. Astral Force (6) Antony 56, 4. Queen Isabella. 2­1/2, Hd and 1­ 3/4 and 1­1/2. 1m 12.33s. ₹13 (w), 11, mar) 1, Kvasir (C. Umesh) 2, Air Rienzie M.K. Edwards & Mrs. 1. RULER OF NATION, 2. AIR FORCE R.W.I.T.C CUP (1,400m), rated Marco Polo (8) Srinath 55.5, 5. Fo­ 3/4. 1m 13.15s. ₹103 (w), 25, 14 and 15 and 22 (p), SHP: 26, THP: 40, Command (S. John) 3 and Set To B.N. GUDIYAPPA BANGALORE P.P.M. Edwards. Trainer: Rajesh ONE, 3. SUN SPLASH. 30 to 50, 3­20: 1. Daring Prince 5 togenic (10) T.S. Jodha 54.5, 6. 13 (p), SHP: 39, THP: 37, FP: 310, FP: 25, Q: 26, Trinella: 77 and 55, Win (Sai Kumar) 4. 1, 1/2 and 3/4. WINTER MILLION Narredu. TOTALIZATOR CUP (Div. II), (10) Trevor 60, 2. Knotty Oak (12) 7 (1,200m), 3­ Show Girl (2) Vaibhav 54.5, 7. Fic­ Q: 77, Trinella: 768 and 371, Ex­ Exacta: 226 and 71. Favourite: 1m 11.91s. ₹33 (w), 14, 19 and 25 NISUS (Akshay (1,400m), rated 15 to 35, 1­45: Antony 60, 3. Darahasini (9) P. y­o only, (Terms): 2 tioneer (3) Akshay Kumar 53, 8. acta: 2,802 and 1,514. Favourite: Skyfire. Owners: Mr. Harakchand (p), SHP: 53, THP: 57, FP: 181, Q: Kumar) 1, Cavallini (C. Umesh) 2, Jackpot: ₹19,913 (29 tkts); Runner­ 1. Sea Of Cortez (5) Nazerul 60, 2. Surya 59.5, 4. Schafenberg (1) R. Mariachi (9) I. Chisty 52.5, 9. Flirt­ Desert Combat. Owners: Mr. C. Gandhi & Mr. B. Prithviraj. 124, Trinella: 1,552 and 562, Ex­ Anne Boleyn (A. Imran) 3 and up: 1,431 (173 tkts); Treble (i): 65 Augustina (9) C. Umesh 58.5, 3. Marshall 59.5, 5. Indian Democrat ing Eyes (1) Darshan 52 and 10. In­ K.P.G. Appu & Mr. Dilip R Ranka. Trainer: B. Prithviraj. acta: 9,223 and 10,870. Favourite: Rule Of Engagement (Trevor) 4. 3­ (343 tkts); (ii): 3,169 (nine tkts). Chantelle (8) Akshay Kumar 58.5, (4) David Allan 58.5, 6. On The citatus (7) R. Manish 51.5. 4. Star Sapphire (7) Suraj 58, 5. Trot (11) S. John 58.5, 7. Karadeniz 1. GREY CHANNEL, Awesome Girl (6) Antony 57.5, 6. (2) A. Imran 58, 8. Musterion (8) 2. SPIRIT BRUCE, Green Channel (2) T.S. Jodha 57.5, Donoghue 58, 9. Lagopus (3) 7. Nostradamus (­) (­) 57.5, 8. Sen­ Tauseef 57.5, 10. Memoriter (14) 3. MARCO POLO. sational Grey (4) Darshan 57.5, 9. Selvaraj 57, 11. Donna Bella (5) C. SADDLE UP CUP (Div. II), Indian women fail to book berth Prarthana loses Eco Friendly (1) Shreyas Singh Umesh 56.5, 12. Armin (6) M. 9 (1,200m), rated 00 to 20, 5­ 56.5 and 10. Commandpost (3) Sai Naveen 56, 13. Aferpi (7) Srinath 50: 1. Bravado (­) (­) 60, 2. Black­ Kiran 55. 55.5 and 14. Another Rainbow (13) hawk (4) S. John 59.5, 3. Song And 1. STAR SAPPHIRE, for the Tokyo Olympic games T.S. Jodha 54.5. Dance (10) A. Imran 59.5, 4. Ran­ in doubles 2. SEA OF CORTEZ, 1. INDIAN DEMOCRAT, cho (3) T.S. Jodha 58.5, 5. Shivalik 3. AUGUSTINA. 2. ON THE TROT, Show (9) Arshad 58.5, 6. Silent nis here on Saturday. France bt India 3­2 (Stephanie 3. DONNA BELLA. TABLE TENNIS na In­Albon in the MYSORE RACE CLUB TROPHY Ruler (5) R. Anand 57, 7. El Mata­ India, ranked 23rd, was Loeuillette and Yuan Jian Nan (1,200m), maiden 3­y­o only, INDIAN REPUBLIC TROPHY dor (6) A. Vishwanath 56.5, 8. INDIANS ABROAD $25,000 ITF women’s ten­ 3 Sports Bureau humbled mainly due to two lost to Ayhika Mukherjee and (Terms), 2­15: 1. General Patton 6 (1,200m), rated 75 & above, 3­ Princess Amu (8) Vinod Shinde Sutirtha Mukherjee 7­11, 11­6, nis tournament here. (6) Suraj 55, 2. Golden Memory 55: 1. Courage (6) S. John 60.5, 2. 56.5, 9. Phoenix Reached (1) GONDOMAR (Portugal) stellar performances from Sports Bureau (13) Darshan 55, 3. Handsome Diamond Rays (5) Srinath 59, 3. Jagadeesh 56 and 10. Apthamitra 12­10, 4­11, 8­11. Vero Beach (USA) India’s chances of securing a 195th­ranked Marie Migot. The results: Rocky (2) Sai Kiran 55, 4. Little Joe Silver Ikon (3) A. Imran 58, 4. (7) Irvan 55.5. Marie Migot bt Manika Batra (9) Rayan 55, 5. Longstride (5) Ak­ Saint Petersburg (1) Trevor 57, 5. 1. SHIVALIK SHOW, women’s team slot in this In her first singles, she Prarthana Thombare, in 11­7, 3­11, 11­9, 3­11, 11­7; Yuan $25,000 ITF women, Vero shay Kumar 55, 6. Smithsonian (3) Kerazano (­) (­) 56, 6. Star Carna­ 2. PHOENIX REACHED, year’s Olympic Games in To­ brought down 61st­ranked partnership with Paula Chetan G 55, 7. Sporting Memor­ tion (4) Ashok Kumar 55, 7. Gran Jia Nan bt Sutirtha 11­7, 11­8, Beach, USA: Doubles (pre­ 3. BLACKHAWK. ies (1) David Allan 55, 8. Stormy Paradiso (7) Darshan 54.5 and 8. kyo ended after 24th­ranked Manika Batra and then re­ 11­6. Ormaechea of Argentina, quarterfinals): Carolina Meli­ Day’s best: SPORTING MEMORIES Knight (14) Jagadeesh 55, 9. Cara­ Attorney General (2) Akshay Ku­ France handed out a 3­2 de­ turned in the tie­decider to Stephanie Loeuillette lost to was beaten 6­4, 7­6(4) in geni Rodrigues Alves (Bra) & cas (10) Arshad 53.5, 10. Drusilla mar 51.5. Double: COSMIC FEELING — DIA- feat in the first playoff match beat 121st­ranked Ayhika the doubles pre­quarterfi­ (7) I. Chisty 53.5, 11. Hitomi Sak­ 1. DIAMOND RAYS, MOND RAYS Manika 7­11, 10­12, 4­11; Marie Ylena In­Albon (Sui) bt Paula uma (12) R. Anand 53.5, 12. Lim­ 2. COURAGE, Jkt: 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9; Tr (i): 1, 2 and in the World Team Qualifica­ Mukherjee. bt Ayhika 6­11, 11­8, 5­11, 11­9, nals by Carolina Meligeni Ormaechea (Arg) & Prartha­ ited Source (11) R. Marshall 53.5, 3. SILVER IKON. 3; (ii): 4, 5 and 6; (iii): 7, 8 and 9. tion Tournament table ten­ The results: Women Playoffs: 11­9). Rodrigues Alves and Yle­ na Thombare 6­4, 7­6(4). CM A ND-NDE YK