MONDAY, JULY 3, 2017 (PAGE 10) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU India close in on series-win, Federer poised for record Ekta does a ‘High Five’ as restrict Windies to 189/9 Wimbledon triumph India rout by 95 runs LONDON, July 2: It's that simple. It's the same for NORTH SOUND Once the openers departed it Pandya returned and dismissed DERBY (ENGLAND), Novak and the same for Rafa," July 2: (ANTIGUA), July 2: got worse for the West Indies, -keeper (25) by Twelve months after shutting said Federer who will start his which needed a good partnership having him caught behind and soon down his season in the wake of a All-rounder Hardik Pandya and Wimbledon campaign against Left-arm spinner and a batsman, who could stay on Umesh Yadav had his first victim in devastating semi-final defeat, chinaman bowler Kuldeep Yadav Alexander Dolgopolov of came to the fore with a stellar the crease for a longer period. rival (11). Roger Federer returns to yet again proved very effective in Ukraine. show as India crushed arch- The chinaman bowler struck Half the team was back in Wimbledon as favourite to capture the middle overs as India restricted "I think it's very even when we rivals Pakistan by 95 runs in a for the second time when he pavilion. The responsibility to get a record-breaking eighth title and West Indies to a modest 189 for put it all out on the line. low-scoring encounter to record deceived Roston Chase (25) in the the side a fighting total was on become the tournament's oldest nine in the fourth One-day Everybody has their own little their third successive victory in air and the ball clipped the bails, and Rovman champion. International, here today. story right now." the ICC Women's World Cup leaving the team at 121 for there in Powell. The evergreen Swiss, who Coming into the must-win For tennis storylines of 2017, here today. 31.2 overs. However both of them departed turns 36 in August, has stunned the match, West Indies elected to bat Federer shares top billing with After a couple of impressive The hosts maintained a decent soon. Powell, attempting to hit one critics who wrote him off as yes- and were off to a steady start but Nadal after the Spaniard defied the outings by the batswomen, it run-rate but now they needed to hard from Umesh, miscued one to terday's man when he went down lacked character for a flourishing doubters to win a 10th French was the turn of Bisht (10-2-18- accelerate to present some chal- Ravindra Jadeja while Mohammed to Milos Raonic in five gruelling finish against the visitors, who now Open. 5) and Co. to defend a meagre lenge before the formidable hit straight to Jadeja while slashing sets on Centre Court in 2016. look set to clinch the series. That took him to 15 Grand total of 169, skittling the opposi- line-up. one from Pandya.(PTI) The loss forced him off tour Openers (35) and Slam titles, one ahead of Sampras tion out for a lowly 74 in 38.1 for the remainder of the year to rest Indian eves celebrating victory against arch rivals Pakistan in (35) put on 57 runs in a and just three behind Federer. overs. a knee injury, leaving his Grand Womens World Cup at Derby in England on Sunday. steady start for the hosts before Indian boxers continue to But for Nadal, Wimbledon has India now have six points Slam title count on 17 where it had young Pandya (3/40) broke the always been bittersweet. from three games and are at the ple of more. only manage a paltry 169 for 9 been since 2012. partnership by getting rid of the lat- He was champion in 2008 -- top of the table. Pakistan never recovered after electing to bat. shine in Asian Youth C’ships Fast forward a year and ter. where he beat Federer in a final It was a sweet revenge for from that setback. Seamers The Indian innings never Federer is poised to break the tie Kuldeep, who has looked BANGKOK, July 2: Next up for him is Japan's widely regarded as the greatest the Indian eves, who were beat- (1/12 in 5 gained momentum in their for seven Wimbledon titles he impressive from the beginning of Nakagaki Ryutaro, who got the ever played -- and 2010 as well as en at home when the two teams overs) and young innings once in-form Smriti Indian boxers continued to shares with Pete Sampras and take his debut, made life tough for the better of Sri Lankan finishing runner-up in 2006, 2007 met in the ICC World T20 in (2/9 in 6.1 overs) were also on Mandhana (2) was dismissed produce commanding perform- his career tally at the majors to 19. West Indies batsmen with his stock Kudavithanage Lasindu in his and 2011. Delhi, last year. target. (1/21) and cheaply. Worse, skipper Raj (8) ances and four of them advanced With eternal rivals Andy ball and googlies. first-round clash. Injury forced him to skip What looked like a sub-par (1/6) were and her deputy Harmanpreet to the quarterfinals on the second Murray and Novak Djokovic in Lewis tried to open his arms, Ankit registered a similarly Wimbledon in 2009 and 2016 score turned out to be a chal- economical as all the Kaur (10) could not also score day of the Asian Youth slumps of varying degrees, and going for a drive off Kuldeep, but comfortable win over Indonesia's while the years 2012-2015 saw lenging one for Pakistani bat- batswomen struggled to get too many runs, making it diffi- Championships here. Rafael Nadal fretting over whether the ball turned a bit and went Midhun Reza to enter the quar- him lose to Lukas Rosol (world ters, who have never successful- going. cult for the other players to Sudeep Kumar (52kg), Ankit or not his knees will bear the stress straight to captain Virat Kohli at terfinal. Awaiting him tomorrow ranked 100), Steve Darcis (135), ly chased more than 134 in a 50- Opener (23 off accelerate. Kumar (60kg), Naveen Boora of grass courts, it is Federer once mid-wicket. is Kyrgyzstan's Egenberdi Uulu Nick Kyrgios (144) and Dustin over World Cup game. 62 balls) and skipper Opener Poonam Raut (48) (69kg) and Mohammed Etash again in the box seat. With Pandya and Kuldeep Adilet, who got a first round bye. Brown (102). They were all at sea against (29) were the only ones to reach consumed 72 balls while Deepti Khan (56kg) won their respective Federer, who captured a fifth (2/31) bowling in tandem accurate Naveen defeated A fourth round run in 2014 Ekta's arm balls. She removed double figures for Pakistan. Sharma fared no better playing opening bouts to enter the last- Australian Open in January, will lines, the hosts found the going Kyrgyzstan's Yryskulov Erzhan represents his best recent effort. (1), Indian skipper 63 balls for a sedate 28. eight stage. go into Wimbledon buoyed by a tough. Lack of application from the to set up a clash with Huang Rui Nadal admits that if he suffers (0) and Iram Javed (0) in her praised Ekta for her perform- It was keeper Sudeep was the first to take ninth title on the grass of Halle and home batsmen made the job easier of China. Rui also got an open- a new problem with his knees on first four overs to wreak havoc. ance. (33 off 35 balls), who used the the ring and he was up against refreshed by skipping the clay- for India. ing-round bye. the Wimbledon grass, where the All three deliveries were "I am proud of Ekta's per- long handle to get the team near Iraq's Eskander Yahya Husham. court season. Paceman Umesh Yadav (3/36) The experienced Etash, who lower bounce of the ball piles almost identical where the bat- formance. Whenever she has 170-run mark. The Indian was expected to win However, he will not write off also contributed in cleaning up the has competed in the World Youth more pressure on the legs and ters played for the turn but it been handed the new ball, she One of the main reasons for and he did so without any trou- his three major rivals with whom middle over by scalping three bats- Championships as well, sailed joints, then his visit to London didn't turn much after pitching. has performed. There were some India not being able to get past ble, fetching a unanimous verdict he has shared all the Wimbledon men. past Mongolia's Tsagaanbaatar may again be short-lived.(PTI) She later came back to get a cou- anxious moments when we lost 200-run mark was because of a in his favour. Munkhbaatar in his first round titles since his maiden triumph in the top-order (while batting). very slow fifth wicket partner- contest. 2003. The partnership between ship between (6, The continental showpiece "If Andy is anything close to 13th Gufran Memorial T20 Cricket Sushma Verma and Jhulan 35 balls) and Harmanpreet (10, features 120 boxers from 23 100% physically, I consider him Goswami towards the end was 23 balls). They were together for countries of the region.(PTI) one of the big favourites to win. Championship 2017 begins also important. When we got to a 8 overs (between 26.3 and 34.3) total of 169, I knew that if we which yielded only 13 runs. KC Sports Club Cup 2017 *ACC Kishtwar registers win in opening tie could bowl well, it could be any- While Harmanpreet was body's game," said Mithali. finding it difficult to hit big as Excelsior Sports Correspondent also present in the inaugural cer- Woman-of-the-Match Ekta she is playing with a finger Krishna CC Akhnoor, emony. DODA, July 2: All India said: "The plan was to pile on dot injury, Meshram just could not Speaking on the occasion, balls, because we were confident pick the singles. 13th Gufran Memorial T20 CO 10 RR called upon the youth Cricket Championship 2017, of the target we set." This was the time when YWCCC script easy victories of J&K particularly Chenab She said that she never had Pakistan's spinners were in oper- being organized by Young Star region to participate in sports Excelsior Sports Correspondent match by 8 wickets. any problems bowling with the ation. Cricket Club Doda and spon- activities wholeheartedly and Dignitaries interacting with players during inaugural cere- In another match, YWCCC sored by Rashtriya Rifles new ball. Left-arm spin duo of Nashra JAMMU, July 2: Krishna said that there is no dearth of tal- mony of Under-19 T20 Cricket Tournament in Akhnoor on defeated Whites Cricket Club Battalion Doda commenced at "I don't face much of a prob- Sandhu (4/26 in 10 overs) and Cricket Club Akhnoor and ent among the youth of this Sunday. by a big margin of 78 runs. Sports Stadium, here today. lem bowling with the new ball. (2/30 in 10 overs) YWCCC registered easy wins region and the need is to chan- YWC CC won the toss and The tournament was inaugu- The track spun more than it had inflicted the maximum damage, over their rivals in the ongoing decided to bat first. YWCCC nelize talent in right direction. during our game against England. taking 6 wickets for 56 runs in Summer Cup T20 U-19 Cricket KC Sports Club T20 Cricket rated by chief guest He also appreciated the scored 148 runs in 20 overs. Commanding Officer 10RR Col Irrespective of how the pitch is, the 20 overs that they bowled. Cup, being played on newly laid efforts of Young Star Cricket Robin and Rahul made 40 and Mirtunge Upadhya (Sena my job is to bowl and take wick- The final six overs of the turf at KC Public School Club Doda for organizing such Tournament gets underway 31 runs respectively. From Madal) along with Assistant ets and I hope I can continue innings turned out to be produc- ground, here. WCC, Rahul and Mohit took 4 mega events. doing that for my team." tive for India as Sushma's attack- Excelsior Sports Correspondent was the pick of the bowlers who In the first match played Commissioner Development wickets each. Qazi Akhtar Hussain, while The inaugural match was Earlier, Indian batters had a ing display fetched 41 runs dur- took 4 important wickets, while today, Krishna Cricket Club While chasing the played between Rising Star disappointing day as they could ing that phase. (PTI) AKHNOOR, July 2: Little Manik bagged 3 wickets. Rohit ACR Doda Tariq Hussain Naik, Flower High School Akhnoor Akhnoor thrashed Friends target,WCC bundled out at mea- Udhampur and Asraria Cricket and Aryan shared 1 wicket each. Cricket Club by 8 Wickets. 2IC 76 Bn CRPF, Principal defeated Roman Rangers gre 70 runs. Zahid and Mohit Club Kishtwar. In reply, Little Flower High FCC won the toss and decid- GMHSS Doda Om Parkash Akhnoor by 7 wickets in the were the only batsmen to cross Earlier, after winning the School Akhnoor made 75/3 in ed to bat first. Chandail, DySP DAR Nazir Summer Cup T20 U-19 Cricket double figure mark, making 26 toss, Rising Star Udhampur 11.1 overs, thus won the match Batting first, FCC collapsed Ahmed Ganai, DySP Traffic Tournament, which got under- and 11 runs respectively. From opted to bat first and scored a by 7 wickets. Sugam Verma and at 98 runs in 17.4 overs. Anshul Zohaib Patigaroo whereas way at Govt Higher Secondary YWCCC, Sahil and Vishal took Raman Sharma contributed 21 and Aryan made 21 and 20 runs Chairman Gufran Zaheer Abass total of 136 runs for the loss of 9 School, here today. 3and 2 wickets respectively. runs each, while Rohit con- respectively. From Krishna Hashmi, Advisor Dr Tariq wickets in the allotted 20 overs. The Tournament is being The matches were officiated tributed 14 runs to the total. Cricket Club, Sumit took 4 Masood, Asif Jahan Gattu, Saksham Sharma scored 32 organized by Singh Cricket Club by Sadiq Hussain Malik, From Roman Rangers Akhnoor, important wickets, while Deep Mohd Hanief Shah, Zaffarullah runs, while Reshav Sharma con- Akhnoor, under the overall Madan Lal and Sandeep Parveen, Sagar and Yuvraj and Rahul claimed 2 wickets Manchanda. and Shahdab Suharwardy were tributed 26 runs. From ACC supervision of its president, shared 1 wicket each. Amit each. Krishna Cricket Club Kishtwar, Haroon and Jahangir Sham Singh Langeh. Magotra was declared as the man chased the target in 9 overs by 5th Maharaja Hari Singh Memorial Cricket Tourney shared 2 wickets each. Earlier, winning the toss and of the match. losing 2 wickets, thus won the In reply, ACC Kishtwar Wrestlers being felicitated at Didwara Village, Billawar in batting first, Roman Rangers Arun Kumar and Deepak match by 8 wickets. Deepak and chased the target in 18.4 overs Kathua on Sunday. Akhnoor bundled out for a paltry Mangotra were the umpires, Chandan scored 36 and 25 runs Domana CC, Super Star by losing 8 wickets. Hanan total of 72 runs in 18 overs. while Vaasu was the scorer. respectively. Malik was the top scorer with 54 Parveen top scored with 35 runs Historical Dangal organized Earlier, Sham Singh Langeh From F CC, Aman and runs, while Suhail contributed off 36 balls, while Surya chipped inaugurated the tournament in an Aryan took 1 wicket each. Club log wins in with 11 runs. From Little 17 runs to the total. From RS impressive and well attended Krishna Cricket Club won the Excelsior Sports Correspondent former for Hardik Cricket Club. Udhampur, Vinod, Saksham and at Village Didwara Flower School, Amit Mangotra function. In another match, Super Star JAMMU, July 2: Domana Himanshu shared 2 wickets Cricket Club defeated Floura each. Hanan Malik of ACC Excelsior Sports Correspondent Committee of Village Dadwara Cricket Club and Super Star Cricket Club by a narrow mar- Cricket Club registered wins Kishtwar was declared as man (Bhadu), Billawar, Kathua organ- gin of 4 runs. BILLAWAR, July 2: To pro- ized the wrestling competitions, over their rivals in the ongoing of the match for his brilliant bat- mote rich Dogra culture, rural Batting first, Super Star ting performance. here today. 5th Maharaja Hari Singh Cricket Club scored a paltry games and to provide platform to The match was officiated by Dr. Manohar Lal Sharma, Memorial Cricket Tournament, total of 84 runs. However, with the young wrestlers to show their Munish Zutshi and Ifroz Rather Senior Congress Leader/General being played at MHAC School disciplined bowling, they plot- specific talent and spread a mes- ground, Nagbani here. as umpires, while Waseem Raja Secretary PCC and Former ted collapse of the rival team for sage of unity and sportsmanship, Minister was the Chief Gues on In the first match, Domana a meagre total of 80 runs, thus Butt acted as the scorer. the Dadwara Youth Dangal Cricket Club defeated Hardik the occasiont. A number of won the match by 4 runs. From Dangal's ware organized by the Cricket Club by 6 wickets. Super Star, Rohan and Lokesh Honey who was adjudged as the different village committees with took 3 wickets each. Rohan was the active support and contribu- man of the match was the star adjudged as the man of the performer for Domana, who tion of local villagers/young match for his all-round show. youths in their respective villages scored brilliant 55 runs, while The match was officiated by Lallu Sharma and Lovely took 3 which started from the onset of Sunny, Golu Jamwal and Dharmi month (dharmthada) and 2 wickets from the same Karamveer Singh, under the team. Raghav was the star per- from Ramkote and concluded at supervision of Lucky Sharma. Didwara, Bhadu, Billawar. About 40-50 dangal competitions were Army organizes Inter Village held in the Competition.. Dr. Sharma presented a prize of Rs.51, 000 to the winner Kabaddi Tournament Members of Rotary Club of Jammu city serving food to namely Sukh of Amritsar Punjab Excelsior Sports Correspondent In the boys' category, Begana inmates of Balgran in Jammu. and runners-up wrestler Pama of Club defeated Banderna Team in a Punjab and 2nd Malli/prize of KISHTWAR, July 2: An Inter close contest, while in the girls cat- Rs.31,000 to winner wrestler, Village Kabaddi Tournament was egory, Matta Team defeated Karan Rotary Club of Jammu City observes Samsher of Delhi & runners-up organized by the Army at Sports Club to lift the title trophy wrestler Sukh of Rajasthan and Kishtwar under Sadhbhavana ini- of the Championship. Annapurna Day with destitute children Rs.21,000 to Fiza of J&K who tiative. The teams showed over- stood at 3rd place.. Excelsior Sports Correspondent they have a shared responsibility A total of six boys and girls whelming response with great Dr. Sharma appreciated the to take action on our world's teams participated in the vigour and spirit. organizers for holding this mega JAMMU, July 2: Rotary most persistent issues. Tournament. The tournament was witnessed event. Club of Jammu City observed It was said that 35,000+ The matches were conducted by a large gathering of locals. Speaking on the occasion, he Annapurna Day at Balgran, Rotary Clubs worldwide work on a league-cum-knockout basis The winners and runners-up appealed the youth to desist from Chhanni Rama, a charitable together to promote peace, fight for two days and the final match teams were awarded with a trophy the use of drugs to not to derail home for destitute children, here disease, provide clean water, was played, today. each and individual prizes. from the mainstream. today. sanitation, and hygiene, save Food and snacks were served mothers and children, support Indian shuttlers win to all the inmates of Balgran by education and grow local District Football Association the office bearers and the mem- economies. singles, doubles titles bers of the Club. The Rotarians present on the in Ivory Coast Speaking on the occasion, occasion expressed great satis- Samba holds election Rtn. Anil Swaraj, the President faction over the functioning of NEW DELHI, July 2: of the Club for the year 2017-18 Balgran and expressed their Excelsior Sports Correspondent were held under the supervision said that the Club wanted to Ritika Thaker beat Simran resolve to support the institution Singhi in an all-Indian women's of Vice President JKFA, Surinder begin the new Rotary year (July JAMMU, July 2: District in future also. singles final before the duo com- Singh Bunty and other observers 1, 2017 to June 30, 2018) by Football Association Samba con- Prominent among those who bined together to win the doubles including S. Kuldip Singh, Direct serving the most deserving sec- ducted its election meeting, participated in the programme title in the Ivory Coast member JKFA and Ramesh tion of the society for which the wherein Raghubir Singh Samyal included Rtn. Adeep Mehta, International badminton tourna- Chander, Direct member and Rotary Club of Jammu City has was elected as the President, Rtn. Sanjeev Vaid, Rtn. Robin ment at Abidjan today. International footballer. dedicated itself. Sandeep Singh as District Mehta, Rtn. Sandeep Beri, Rtn. Ritika defeated Simran by 21- On the occasion, Mr Bunty The gathering was informed Secretary and Ashwini Samyal Sanjay Bansal, Rtn. Sanjay 13 21-19 in a 31-minute women's expressed hope that the newly that for more than 110 years, as Treasurer of the Association Ahuja, Rtn. Arun Ninawat, Rtn. singles final to win the title. elected body will work for the guiding principles of Rotary Later, Ritika and Simran unanimously. Harvinder Singh, Rtn. Ravinder upliftment of the game of foot- have been service, fellowship, paired together beat the Nigerian Almost all the representatives Kaul, Rtn. Gurmeet Kour, Ritu ball in the district. He assured diversity, integrity, and leader- duo of Zainab Momoh and Peace of the football clubs associated Beri, Rtn. Maneesha Gupta, full support to the newly elected ship. Orji by 21-11 21-14 in the with DFA Samba were present on Rtn. Deepali Sharma, Rtn. body on behalf of the It was further informed that women's doubles final that lasted the occasion and the elections Sandhya Ahuja and Rotract Association. Rotary members believe that Anniet Kour. 20 minutes. (PTI)