THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 2019 (PAGE 12) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Federer, Nadal stay on track as India’s Satyarup becomes world's youngest Haryana boys beat mountaineer to climb 7 Peaks Jharkhand to lift Vijay KOLKATA, Jan 16: Antarctica. Fluttered the India Merchant Trophy Sharapova sets up Wozniacki showdown flag at Sidley, what a proud MULAPADU (ANDHRA PRADESH), Jan 16: MELBOURNE, Jan 16: already won eight Wimbledons. year-old's power and finesse. Mountaineer Satyarup moment," Satyarup tweeted. Nadal had an easier route to round Sixth seed Marin Cilic, who Siddhanta today became the Last year, the 35-year-old Haryana lifted the Vijay Roger Federer ground out a three, outclassing local hope lost in the final to Federer last youngest man to climb the seven had scaled the highest volcanic Merchant Trophy after beating tough three-set win to make the Matthew Ebden 6-3, 6-2, 6-2. year, had no such dramas, grind- highest peaks and volcanic sum- peak in North America, Pico de Jharkhand in the final on the basis Australian Open third round for an The Spaniard is bidding for his ing past American Mackenzie Shuttlers in action during a match. mits across all continents after Orizaba. of first innings lead, riding on incredible 20th straight year own slice of history by becoming McDonald in four sets and next conquering lion-hearted effort from new ball Wednesday, with long-time rival the first man in the Open era, and plays Spanish 26th seed Fernando Antartica's highest Rafael Nadal also safely through only the third in history along with Verdasco. Saina, Kashyap, Srikanth enter point Mount Sidley. bowlers Vivek Kumar and Anuj Dane Wozniacki, who is bat- Satyarup sum- Thakral. tling rheumatoid arthritis, steam- second round of Malaysia Masters mited Mt. Sidley at In the final of the National U- rolled Sweden's Johanna Larsson 6:28 IST, at a tem- 16 Cricket tournament at the 6-1, 6-3 as she bids to become the KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 16: men's singles shuttler Kidambi perature of minus 40 Devineni Venkata Ramana first woman to defend the title Srikanth, seeded seventh, as he degree celsius Praneetha Ground, Haryana scored 247 in their first innings since Victoria Azarenka in 2013. Olympic medallist Saina took just 30 minutes to beat according to the with Ahan Poddar top-scoring It set up a tough clash with Nehwal, Parupalli Kashyap Angus Ka Long NG of Hong inReach Satellite with 57 off 177 balls, hitting 10 five-time Grand Slam champion and Kidambi Srikanth entered Kong 21-17 21-11 in the first Communicator he boundaries. Sharapova, who blitzed past the second round to mark a round. was carrying. Satyarup hails from Jharkhand's Abhishek took six Sweden's Rebecca Peterson 6-2, fine day for Indian shuttlers at While Kashyap has a tough Satyarup achieved the feat at Haridevpur in South Kolkata wickets for 48 runs but Haryana 6-1. The Russian is in scintillating the Malaysia Masters here second round encounter the age of 35 years 262 days and is a software engineer by seamers Vivek (5/59) and Anuj form and has dropped just three today. against sixth seed Anthony while Australia's Daniel Bull did profession. He is presently games in her opening two match- (5/53) bowled the opposition out Seeded seventh, Saina had Sinisuka Ginting of Indonesia, it aged 36 years 157 days. based out of Bangalore. for 186 in 66.1 overs. es. to toil hard and came back Srikanth will be up against With this feat Satyarup also He holds the record of con- "I'm really happy with the way The 61-run first innings lead Roger Federer celebrating win in Australian Open from a game down to quell the Hong Kong's Vincent Wing Ki became the first Indian to con- quering several summits such as I performed," said Sharapova, proved to be decisive in the end Championship at Melbourne. challenge of Hong Kong's Joy Wong. quer the seven mountain peaks the Mt Elbrus in Europe, Mt as Haryana batted Jharkhand out adding that she was looking for- Xuan Deng 14-21 21-18 21-18 Women's doubles pair of and seven volcanic summits. Denali in Alaska and Mt Monc ward to the Wozniacki show- of the contest, scoring a mam- in a women's singles first Ashwini Ponnappa and N Sikki "6:28 AM (IST) AT 10.10 Blanc in France, Kilimanjaro in in his drive towards an 18th Grand Emerson and Rod Laver, to win down. moth 502 for 9 in 163.1 overs round encounter that lasted one Reddy to overcame their first successfully sumitted Mt Sidley Africa. (PTI) Slam title. each Grand Slam on two or more "It's a tough third round but I before declaring. highest volcanic peak of Women's defending champion occasions. have set up the challenge and I'm hour and five minutes. hurdle with a hard-fought 21- There were five half-centuries Caroline Wozniacki also pro- "I played a solid match, I was ready to go out there and take it." Saina, the only Indian in 16 22-20 win over Hong in the second innings from num- gressed to set up a mouth-watering happy with the way I served. I did Meanwhile, three-time Grand women's singles event, will Kong's Tsz Yau NG and Sin Carrom Asso holds selection trials ber 4, 5,6, 7 and 8 batsmen. They clash next with in-form former a few things very well," said Slam champion Kerber dominat- next play another unseeded Ying Yuen. were Piyush Dahiya (64), Nishant world number one Maria Nadal, who next plays Australian ed Brazilian qualifier Beatriz shuttler from Hong Kong, Pui The Indian duo will next Excelsior Sports Correspondent were held at Sher-e-Kashmir Sindhu (53), Parth Vats (70), Sharapova. Alex de Minaur. "It is an honour Haddad Maia 6-2, 6-3 to stay on a Yin Yip in the second round. play Indonesian combine of Ni Indoor Stadium, here. Yuvraj Singh (93) and Sarvesh But it was curtains for South to play here. Was a great atmos- collision course with Stephens in Like Saina, Kashyap too Ketut Mahadewi Istarani and JAMMU, Jan 16: To pick the The Selection Committee Rohilla (60). African Kevin Anderson, who phere." Anderson, beaten by the quarter-finals. had a tough outing, against Rizki Amelia Pradipta. State team for the upcoming comprised of Mushtaq Ahmad Before the umpires called slumped out to young American Novak Djokovic in the Stephens, who endured a hor- Denmark's Rasmus Gemke. He But it was curtains for 46th Junior National & Inter- Zargar (Manager Indoor time, Jharkhand scored 93 for 3 in Frances Tiafoe and became the Wimbledon final last year, was ror run at Melbourne Park since had to dig deep to get the bet- Indian mixed doubles pair of State Carrom Championship for Stadium Srinagar) as observer their second innings. highest seed, at five, to be sent sent home by Tiafoe 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, reaching the semi-final in 2013, ter of his opponent 19-21 21- Pranaav Jerry Chopra and boys and Girls 2019 to be played for the selection trials, Mohd The victory could be attrib- packing so far. 7-5. exiting in the first round in 2015, 19 21-10 in his men's singles Sikki Reddy as they lost 19-21 at Nagpur in Maharashtra from Shafi (Ground In-charge Indoor uted to a robust junior develop- On an overcast day at The fifth seed struggled with 2016 and 2018, swatted aside for- first round match. 17-21 against Netherlands' January 28 to January 31, 2019, Stadium Srinagar), Arsheena ment programme undertaken by Melbourne Park, second seed an elbow injury early in the clash mer doubles partner Timea Babos But it was a relatively walk Robin Tabeling and Selena J&K Carrom Association con- Malik (Physical Teacher, GD Haryana Cricket Association. Angelique Kerber, the 2016 win- and couldn't cope with the 20- 6-3, 6-1. (Agencies) in the park for another Indian Piek. (PTI) ducted selection trials which Goenka Public School), Arif Recently, HCA roped in ner, and former US Open champi- Ahmad Khan (General Secretary Glenn McGrath, who held a on Sloane Stephens joined the big J&K Cycling Association) and workshop for the talented age- guns in round three, but the Gurpreet of Chandigarh lifts Basit Ahmad Khan (Former Jt group pacers from the state and women's side also saw a top 10 Secretary AICF). was all praise for the talent com- player crash. ing out of the state. (PTI) Ninth seed Kiki Bertens, who 9th Sool-Pamote Dangal title raced through the rankings last Excelsior Sports Correspondent cash prizes among the winners Retrieved from encroachers, year after winning three titles, was and runners-up Wrestlers. whipped in three sets by Russia's KATRA, Jan 16: Wrestler President Senior Citizens Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. Gurpreet of Zirakpur Welfare Forum Katra, Shiv Federer might be 37 but he's Sat starts work on playground (Chandigarh) lifted 9th Annual Kumar Sharma presided over not showing his age, with British Excelsior Sports Correspondent on playground has been started qualifier Dan Evans the latest to Sool-Pamote Dangal title by the function and Naresh Kumar defeating Wrestler Babba of Kot (Pappu Lakri) was the guest of which was encroached by ‘land fall under his spell as he works JAMMU, Jan 16: With a mafia’ sometimes back and after towards a third successive Bhawal (Jammu), Akhara honour. Domana in the first malli main Prominent persons present view to promote potential inhabitants of the area Australian crown and 21st major amongst budding players and approached him when he was victory.