EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE THE HINDU DELHI TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2019 SPORT 19 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE TV PICKS Indian juniors India (W) v South Africa Sumit Nagal has the last laugh (W): Fourth T20I, Star Sports 1 (HD) & Star Sports 3, 6.30 p.m. A commendable effort by the 22­year­old on clay in a strong field ease past USA IAAF World Champion­ ships: SS Select 2 (SD & HD), 7 p.m. & Star Sports 3, 10 INDIANS ABROAD Crasto was the star performer p.m. ranked Alexander Zheng UEFA Champions League: Sports Bureau BADMINTON Sony Ten 2 & ESPN (SD & HD), with a comfortable 21­9, 21­ Buenos Aires 10.30 p.m.; Sony Ten 1, 2, 3, 11 win in a match that last­ Six & ESPN (SD & HD), 12.30 India’s Sumit Nagal defeat­ PRESS TRUST OF INDIA ed 26 minutes. a.m. (Tuesday) ed eighth seed Facundo KAZAN Tasnim Mir then regis­ Bagnis of Argentina 6­4, 6­2 Shuttlers Meiraba Luwang tered a 21­19, 25­23 victory IN BRIEF in the final of the $546,160 and Tanisha Crasto guided over Natalie Chi to give In­ Challenger tennis tourna­ India to a comfortable 4­1 dia a 3­0 lead. ment here. win over USA in their India, however, lost the It was a commendable ef­ opening Group E encoun­ fourth rubber when the fort by the 22­year­old India ter at the BWF World ju­ boys’ doubles combina­ on clay in a strong field for nior mixed team cham­ tion of Manjit Singh Khwai­ his second career Challen­ pionships here on rakpam and Iman Sonowal ger title. Monday. went down 23­25, 19­21 to The title fetched him 80 Crasto was the star per­ William Yu and Joshua ATP points and $7,200. The former for India, winning Yuan. Alyssa Healy enters runner­up won 48 points her girls’ doubles as well as The in­form pair of Aditi T20I ‘Club 100’ and $4,240. mixed doubles matches. Bhatt and Crasto pulled off SYDNEY Playing alongside Chhat­ a 21­16, 15­21, 21­7 win over One of Australian team’s key Memorable season tisgarh’s Ishaan Bhatnagar, Katelin Ngo and Esther Shi players in recent years, Nagal has been having a wicketkeeper Alyssa Healy on the two delivered the first in the final contest. Monday became the ninth memorable season as he point to India by beating Besides India and USA, woman to appear in 100 made the final of a Challen­ Profitable outing: Sumit Nagal claimed his second career Challenger title with a straight-set win over local star Facundo Bagnis Jacob Zhang and Jessica the other teams in Group E Twenty20 Internationals. The ger recently after having in Buenos Aires on Sunday. * COURTESY: CHALLANGERBA.COM Wang of the USA 22­20, are Australia, Armenia and 29-year-old is only the reached five semifinals 21­9. Japan. second Australian to achieve earlier. 135. champion Roger Federer at Aires: Final: Sumit Nagal bt Fa- round: Artem Sitak (Nzl) & Divij India had lost to South the feat after Ellyse Perry. The title helped him Of course, Nagal is re­ the US Open. cundo Bagnis (Arg) 6-4, 6-2. Sharan bt Santiago Gonzalez & Stamping authority Korea in the quarterfinals Healy got there during the jump 26 places on the latest membered for taking a set The results: $1,895,290 ATP 500, Tokyo: Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (Pak) 7- Meiraba stamped his auth­ in the previous edition in second T20I against Sri Lanka ranking list to a career­best off 20­time Grand Slam $54,160 Challenger, Buenos Doubles: Qualifying final 6(4), 7-6(5). ority over the 520th­ 2018. at the North Sydney Oval. Healy was named ICC T20I Player-of-the-Year last December. She made her RFYC lifts T20I debut as a 19-year-old Porel proves too hot for J&K Shaw to train in February 2010. PTI trophy Joshna falls to El Welily His six for 34 helps Bengal register an eight­wicket win in semifinals with Sindhu VEDANTA YOUTH CUP SAN FRANCISCO CRICKET Press Trust of India Joshna Chinappa, seeded Aimed at helping the batsman to Sirsaim (Goa) eighth, lost to top seed and S. Dipak Ragav World No. 1 Raneem El Welily improve his footwork and work ethic Reliance Foundation Jaipur of Egypt 11-5, 11-7 on Sunday Young Champs (RFYC) de­ in the semifinals of the Oracle Ishan Porel on a helpful Vijay Lokapally Sindhu was initiated by feated JSW Bengaluru FC NEW DELHI Netsuite San Francisco Open, wicket with the new ball was Shaw’s team. “The idea is to 2­1 in the final to win the in­ a PSA Major event. Only once too hot for Jammu and Kash­ Prithvi Shaw will soon be improve his overall fitness augural Vedanta Youth Cup in their 10 meetings has mir as the pacer set up an ea­ training with badminton ace and agility as a fielder,” said here on Monday. Zidan and Joshna tasted success against sy eight­wicket win for Ben­ P.V. Sindhu in Hyderabad to a source close to Shaw. The Nemil scored for the Young Raneem but that was four gal with his spell of six for 34 improve his footwork and Mumbai cricketer is not Champs while the Bengalu­ years ago in the Qatar Classic. in the Elite Group­C Vijay Ha­ work ethic. among the best of fielders ru side reduced the margin zare Trophy match here on It is learnt that Shaw’s and his sideways movement through captain Bekey Monday. team is working on a sche­ on the field have often Oram. Electing to bat, J&K was dule to enable the 19­year­ caused embarrassment to Tata Football Academy bowled out for a paltry 169 old Mumbai cricketer regain Shaw. finished third by defeating and in reply, Bengal chased his confidence and physical hosts Sesa Football Acade­ down the target with ease in fitness for the current Popular my 2­0. 28 overs thanks to half­cen­ season. Sindhu’s workouts, some of Muhammed Valiyattil of turies from openers Abhima­ Shaw was handed an which can be seen on social the Young Champs was nyu Easwaran (51, 55b, 8x4) eight­month ban for having media, have become popu­ chosen the best player of and Shreevats Goswami (86 “inadvertently ingested a lar with young sportsmen. the tournament while Jagoi Aditi eighth in Spain; n.o., 80b, 10x4, 1x6). prohibited substance, “We expect Shaw to im­ Wungshungam of Tata FA Ciganda takes title Porel struck in his first ov­ which can be commonly prove his flexibility as a fiel­ got the highest scorer’s BARCELONA er of the day when he had found in cough syrups.” The der and also enhance his en­ award. Aditi Ashok finished in the Qamran Iqbal playing on be­ ban, ending on November durance power to play long A brainchild of Sesa top 10 for the second straight fore accounting for Shub­ 15, keeps him out of the se­ innings,” said the source. Football Academy, Vedanta year at the Estrella Damm Mediterranean Open golf ham Khajuria, caught at slips ries against South Africa and Shaw is expected to start Youth Cup is a tournament tournament here on Sunday. in his next over. Ashoke Din­ Deadly spell: Ishan Porel, second from right, skittled out J&K for 169. * PTI Bangladesh. training with Sindhu this which brought together The 21-year-old from da then had Shubham Singh Presently recuperating in week. the best corporate football Bengaluru shot a final round Pundir caught behind. Dayal played some big England, Shaw, who hit a Sunil Gavaskar was academies of India. of 72 and totalled even par Porel was impeccable shots, hitting a couple of six­ century on his Test debut known to play badminton Sesa Football Academy 284 to finish tied eighth. with his line just outside the es in his unbeaten knock, be­ against the West Indies last regularly to improve his president Annanya Agar­ Tvesa Malik ended T-35, off­stump and with bounce fore Porel and Dinda pol­ year, played one more Test, footwork, while Kapil Dev wal said, “Vedanta Youth while Diksha Dagar was T-49. in the wicket, the tall pacer ished off the tail in their aggregating 237 runs in and Sachin Tendulkar Cup Goa 2019 has set a Carlota Ciganda of Spain was was tough to handle. second spells. three innings, before suffer­ would indulge in table ten­ benchmark in terms of champion. PTI The J&K batsmen did not In reply, skipper Abhima­ ing an injury. His comeback nis to improve their ability competition and youth de­ help their cause by hanging nyu began with some beauti­ was hurt by the doping ban to spot the ball early. velopment in the country. their bats out without con­ ful shots through the off­side even though he had re­ For Shaw, a stint with All the teams have deli­ viction and edging it. before Goswami took charge ceived support from the Sindhu is being considered vered a stellar perfor­ The 21­year­old Porel, with a four and six off Dayal. Board. as an ideal preparation for mance on the pitch.” who was part of the under­19 From there on Goswami The move to train with the season World Cup­winning squad was the aggressor as he tar­ last year, then struck twice getted Umar Nazir, hitting in his fifth over when he sent him for three consecutive ‘Mercedes back Parvez Rasool and Ab­ boundaries in the 10th over.