EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE 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 fight 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 first 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 five 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 fitness. 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 confidence 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 first time these Bopanna, who watched the a great stepping stone for his those aspiring to follow her States will attend the BCCI final through live streaming. The results (finals): 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 firmation 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 fight of it, Gogoi 6­2, 7­6(1). Girls: Rash­ career here, and I am look­ jured for about five 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 first set, but Sowjanya did Sandeepti Singh Rao 6­0, 6­4. 2.0 now.” She also said that her.” either associate or affiliate 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 final­hole birdie for a bo­ but double­bogeyed the 13th (2), 7­5 in the quarterfinals have not heard from gey­free five­under 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 final. Special Correspondent second­placed Norway’s Among the Indians, Vani Whitney Hillier (Aus) (67, 71, The results: $54,160 Challen­ BADDI (HIMACHAL PRADESH) improved finish. Marianne Skarpnord (71) Kapoor, Amandeep Drall, Third round scores: 208 Chris­ 72); 211 Tonje Daffinrud (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 terfinals: 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 (quarterfinals): 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 (final): 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. Semifinals: Sidharth Ra­ commission while Heman­ final 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.