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THE HINDU DELHI SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 2019 SPORT 15 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE IN BRIEF Chen Long subdues Srikanth Colts embark for junior Davis Cup Kamesh Srinivasan NEW DELHI The Indian lets go of initial advantage to lose in straight games The Indian under­16 boys’ team looked strong, at least MALAYSIA OPEN on paper, as the players went through the final prep­ Press Trust of India arations, including dope Bancroft good choice for KUALA LUMPUR test, at the R.K. Khanna Sta­ Durham captain: Smith A fighting Kidambi Srikanth dium here on Friday. LONDON suffered a straight­game loss Australian cricketer Steve “We have a good team to Olympic champion Chen Smith on Thursday hailed and should be able to quali­ Long of China to bow out of Cameron Bancroft’s fy. It will be a difficult choice appointment as Durham’s the men’s singles quarterfi­ for me to select the players captain. “Cam is a good nals at the Malaysia Open for the matches, as all are choice for captain, he has got here on Friday. equally good. Initially, I will a good head on his shoulders The eighth­seeded Indian go by the ranking,” said the On a mission: The members of the junior Davis Cup team — and has shown great blew a 16­11 advantage in the captain and coach of the ju­ Sushant Dabas, captain Sajid Lodi, Ajay Malik and character in the way he has opening game to lose the nior Davis Cup team, Sajid Divesh Gahlot. * KAMESH SRINIVASAN come back after his time match 21­18, 21­19. Lodi. out,” ESPN Cricinfo quoted The 26­year­old had a 1­5 Chakravarthi as the captain, lowing week after the boys’ “Once they play, we will will be competing in the event next week. “We are Smith as saying. ANI head­to­head record against go by their fitness level, Chen Long, whom he had Asia­Oceania World Junior reaching tomorrow and will quality of performance and defeated in their last meet­ tennis tournament to be have enough time to prepare their willingness to perform, ing at the 2017 Australian played in Kuala Lumpur. and get acclimatised to the to make the team for subse­ Open. “The girls have been play­ conditions,” said Sajid Lodi. quent matches,” said the The Chinese showed great ing tournaments regularly There was concern about coach. and performing well. I ex­ the teams not getting the defence, playing some ex­ Pulling through: Chen Long ended K. Srikanth’s campaign in the quarterfinals. * AFP ceptional shots like a bet­ Divesh Gahlot, Sushant pect them to fight well,” said playing kit as specified and ween­the­legs return. turn that left the Indian long and also mistiming thanks to the Chinese falling Dabas and Ajay Malik make Rushmi. Veda Raju Prapurna the authorities were trying De Bruyne tips England In the first game, the In­ stranded. shots as Chen led 16­8. in a heap of errors. The In­ the team, and they are all had, in fact, qualified for the to find a solution. for Euro 2020 glory dian opened up a 11­7 lead at In the second game, Sri­ The Indian won a long ral­ dian levelled the scores at 18­ capable of beating any UK under­14 championship The teams: Under­16 boys: Di­ LONDON the first break. kanth kept himself close to ly when Chen went wide and all and was 19­19 when Chen player, on their day. to be played in Wimbledon vesh Gahlot, Sushant Dabas, Ajay Malik. Captain: Sajid Lodi. Manchester City midfielder He stayed ahead till 16­11 the Chinese before Chen un­ then the Chinese lost a cou­ hit another long shot. The boys’ team will com­ in August, with a good per­ Kevin De Bruyne believes Under­16 girls: Bhakti Shah, when Chen started slowly leashed a down­the­line ple of more points near the But the Chinese sent one pete in Thailand at Nontha­ formance in the Road to England’s crop of promising buri, in the event which was Wimbledon event on the Sudipta Senthilkumar, Sanjana clawing back into the con­ smash to grab a 11­7 lead at net before attacking the In­ at the backline to move to Sirimalla. Captain: Namita Bal. teenage stars makes it originally scheduled to be grass courts of the Gymkha­ test. the breather. dian’s backhand to reach 17­ match point and sealed it Under­14 girls: Pari Singh, Ve­ favourite to win Euro 2020, played in Delhi. na Club here. alongside World champion The Chinese drew parity Srikanth made some sim­ 11. Srikanth kept breathing when a fighting Srikanth da Raju Prapurna,, Shruti Ahla­ France. De Bruyne believes at 17­17 before sealing the ple errors like misjudging down Chen’s neck and re­ dived full stretch but The under­14 girls’ team, The junior Fed Cup will wat. Captain: Rushmi the emergence of Jadon game with a cross­court re­ line calls, hitting wide and duced the margin to 17­18 couldn’t keep the shuttle in. with Olympian Rushmi be held in Thailand the fol­ Chakravarthi. Sancho, Callum Hudson­Odoi and clubmate Phil Foden makes Gareth Southgate’s Delhi meets side strong contender. AFP Jeevan­Purav duo Pandit to assess future as Vidarbha coach Meghalaya Press Trust of India Pandit said. darbha won both the Ranji New Delhi enters semifinals SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT “It is true that I want to and Irani trophies in 2017­18 NEW DELHI Two­time Ranji Trophy­win­ spend some more time with and 2018­19 seasons. ning Chandrakant Pandit’s my family but I have not ta­ He was involved in his 11th SPORTS BUREAU The results: Delhi will take on Megha­ hugely successful tenure at ken any decision yet. VILLENA (SPAIN) laya in the first round of the Ranji final — sixth as coach — €46,600 Challenger, Villena, Vidarbha has attracted inter­ Santosh Trophy to be held when Vidarbha took on Sau­ UK's richest man wants Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan Spain: Doubles (quarterfi­ est from other State associa­ Feelers rashtra in the final earlier nals): Jeevan Nedunchezhi­ at Ludhiana from April 8. to buy French club Nice and Purav Raja reached the tions and the sought­after “I have received feelers this year. doubles semifinals of the yan & Purav Raja bt Enrique coach on Friday said he will NICE Delhi, which qualified through indirect sources. After featuring in five Ran­ €46,600 Challenger tennis Lopez Perez & David Marrero “assess” his future. Britain's richest man, Jim after beating Chandigarh, J Therefore I don’t know if ji finals — four for his home tournament with a 4­6, 6­3, (Esp) 4­6, 6­3, [10­8]. Ratcliffe, wants to further & K and Uttarakhand in the these are offers unless I am team Mumbai and one for [10­8] victory over Enrique $15,000 ITF tournament, More time with family expand his sport network by prelims at Katra recently, officially contacted by State Madhya Pradesh — during buying French Ligue 1 club Lopez Perez and David Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt: Dou­ has been placed in The former India wicket­ associations. But yes, there bles (semifinals): Men: Marek his 21 seasons in First Class Nice after snapping up Marrero. Group­A with Odisha, Goa, keeper, who also guided Vi­ has been some interest Jaloviec (Cze) & Lukas Klein cricket, Pandit has done one cycling’s Team Sky last Services and Meghalaya. darbha to back­to­back Irani In the ITF men’s and wo­ (Svk) bt S.D. Prajwal Dev & Chandrakant Pandit. shown to avail my services,” better in his second avatar as month, his brother revealed Group­B comprises Assam, Trophy triumphs, added he added. * coach. to French media on Friday. men’s events in Sharm El Adil Kalyanpur 6­4, 6­4. FILE PHOTO Maharashtra, Karnataka, that he wanted to spend Robert Ratcliffe confirmed to Sheikh, Adil Kalyanpur and Pandit has played five In the past, he has been Women: Zhibek Kulamm­ Punjab and Sikkim. more time with his family. take a call about my future in newspaper Nice-Matin that S.D. Prajwal Dev bowed out bayeva (Kaz) & Katarina Kuz­ Tests and 36 ODIs for India the India Under­19 coach for the boss of petrochemical in the semifinals; so did Sai The semifinals are sche­ “I have come to Nagpur to a day or two. I am having from 1986 to 1992. a World Cup, and also served mova (Svk) bt Ange Oby Ka­ #70929 some discussions with them. giant Ineos wants to purchase Samhitha and Ange Oby Ka­ juru (Jpn) & Sai Samhitha duled for April 19. The final speak to the Vidarbha Crick­ Under the guidance of the as the Under­19 chief the club. AFP juru of Japan. 6­1, 6­2. will be held on April 21. et Association officials. I will Let’s see how it turns out,” 57­year­old taskmaster, Vi­ selector. Weightlifting Indian women face tricky Nepal teams for Press Trust of India Rocky said her side will look With only one team quali­ Asians Mandalay (Myanmar) to score first and put the op­ fying, and both India and The Indian women’s football position under pressure. Myanmar level on points, a Special Correspondent team faces a stern test “We need to take our win for the Maymol­coached KOLKATA against a tricky Nepal in its chances. Nepal possess the side will further boost its The Indian Weightlifting Olympic Qualifiers round­ ability to hurt us. That was chances for a qualification Federation has picked lif­ two match here on Saturday. on display in Bhubaneswar. from the Olympic Qualifiers ters with proven track re­ The two teams will be up We will try to score first,” Round 2. cord for the Asian cham­ against each other for the Maymol said. “Sabitra Bhan­ Dalima Chhibber, who pionships to be held in third time since February. In dari is one of their (Nepal’s) scored off a majestic free­ Ningbo City, China, from the Hero Gold Cup, Nepal key players in attack, and we kick in the SAFF final against April 18 to 28. had triumphed 2­1 in Bhuba­ will try to neutralise her.” Nepal, said the two teams Former World cham­ neswar, while the Indians Maymol spoke about her are “aware of the strengths pion S. Mirabai Chanu, had a revenge of sorts in players having a good rela­ of each other.” Youth Olympics gold me­ their 3­1 win in the SAFF tionship with the Nepalese, “It will be a battle of who dallist Jeremy Lalrinnunga Championship final. but said on the field there can convert in front of the and two­time Common­ India head coach Maymol will be no concessions. goal.” wealth Games gold medal­ list Sathish Sivalingam fea­ ture among the selected lifters. Zidane praises ‘fantastic’ Hazard Another well known lif­ ter, R.V. Rahul (89kg), who is nursing a back injury, The Belgian’s Chelsea contract expires in June 2020 has been named as a re­ serve. Agence France-Presse Madrid The squad: Men: M. Raja (61kg), Jeremy Lalrinnunga Zinedine Zidane expressed (67kg), Achinta Sheuli (73kg), his admiration for Eden Ha­ Sathish Sivalingam and Ajay zard on Friday ahead of an Singh (81kg), Vikas Thakur expected move for the Chel­ (96kg), Pardeep Singh (102 kg) and Gurdeep Singh (+109 sea forward from Real Ma­ kg). Reserve: RV Rahul. drid this summer. Women: Jhili Dalabehera Hazard’s contract expires (45kg), S. Mirabai Chanu in June 2020 and he is yet to (49kg), Swati (59kg), Rakhi sign a new deal, leaving Halder (64kg). Chelsea in a difficult position if it wants to avoid losing the Sahil, Murad & Belgian for free. Compliment: Eden Hazard is a player he has always rated Satish qualify ‘Madrid the best’ high, said Zinedine Zidane. * AFP After last year’s World Cup, Press Trust of India he admitted “it might be and rarely threatened Valen­ been difficult and I cannot Pune time for something diffe­ cia on Tuesday, when it was say in two minutes what has rent” while in October, he beaten 2­1 at Mestalla. happened but there are Indian golfers Sahil Jain, said it would be a “dream” to things that you have to ac­ Murad Talib and Satish play for Real Madrid, “the Scoring problem cept. Cheeti booked their spots best club in the world”. “I know the numbers and it “We know what all these in the World Finals of the Asked about Hazard at a has cost us,” Zidane said. players have won, not just in MercedesTrophy, sche­ press conference before Ma­ “This year we have had diffi­ my time, but in the last five, duled to be held in Stutt­ drid’s La Liga game against culty scoring. Will we six, seven years. We are go­ gart, Germany, in October Eibar on Saturday, Zidane change things? Yes.” ing to try to turn it around, this year. said: “He is a player I have al­ Barcelona plays at home the club needs change, to Playing at the National fi­ ways rated [high], as eve­ to second­placed Atletico win again, to do great things nals at Pune’s Oxford Golf ryone knows. Madrid on Saturday, mean­ and that’s what I’m here for. Resort, Sahil in handicap “He is a player that has ing Real can close the gap on “Our problems on the CAT A (3­10) won with a played in France, that I have the top two if it overcomes pitch? We accept them. Few­ score of 39 points in his watched a lot and that I Eibar at the Santiago Berna­ er people in the stadium? We category. know personally. There's beu. accept it. But we must not Murad carded a score of nothing new about what I But it is five points behind forget what these players 37 points in CAT B (11­17) to think of him as a player. He’s Atleti and 13 adrift of Barca have done either. I’m not book the second Stuttgart a fantastic player.” while the loss to Valencia in worried at all.” spot while Satish playing in Real Madrid has certainly midweek exposed its weak­ Dani Carvajal returned to CAT C (18­24) scored 36 struggled for goals this sea­ nesses both in attack and de­ training on Friday but Thi­ points to complete the troi­ son. It has scored 26 fewer fence. “I’m not worried,” Zi­ baut Courtois is unlikely to ka of India qualifiers. than Barcelona in the league dane said. “This season has be available. CM https://t.me/SSC4ExamYK https://t.me/Banking4Exam https://t.me/UPSC4Exam