India’s Rohan Bopanna and Sania Mirza on Friday advanced to the second round of the mixed doubles competition SATURDAY, SILCHAR at Wimbledon here after beating compatriots Ramkumar 10 JULY 3, 2021 SportChronicle Ramanathan and Ankita Raina in an all-Indian match. Ranatunga’s ‘2nd-string team’ barb Wimbledon: Federer, Zverev on Dravid’s Day 1 with seniors advance; Nishikori, Dimitrov ousted AGENCIES COLOMBO: The first practice AGENCIES mitted only two double faults. session of the Indian limited Tennys Sandgren hit eight aces overs team here on Friday LONDON: Eight-time champion and committed as many as six started on a jarring note after Roger Federer advanced to double faults. former Sri Lankan captain Ar- the third round at Wimbledon The 24-year-old German, who juna Ranatunga termed them with ease, getting the better of is yet to win a Grand Slam title, second string and lashed out Richard Gasquet of France in converted five of the 10 break at Sri Lanka Cricket for stag- straight sets on Thursday. points. ing such a side. Sixth seed Federer, who along The seventh seed Matteo The Shikhar Dhawan-led with Rafael Nadal has won 20 Berrettini scored a hard-fought team, which comprises some Grand Slam singles titles, the 6-3, 6-4, 7-6(4) victory over Botic of India’s white-ball format reg- most in Open Era, was in great Van de Zandschulp to advance ulars, ended room quarantine too much into it (the Sri Lanka Only Shikhar Dhawan, form as he defeated his French to third round. on Thursday night and took the series). There might be the odd Krunal and Hardik Pandya, opponent, 7-6, 6-1, 6-4, spending The Italian fired 20 aces field on Friday morning to pre- spots and people might raise Yuzvendra Chahal and nine minutes less than two against de Zandschulp’s seven. pare for the ODI series beginning their hands up and knock on Bhuvneshwar Kumar are hours at the Centre Court. He also won 83 per cent points on July 13. the doors,” Dravid had said established members of the The Swiss maestro sent down on first service. The Indian team is allowed to prior to departure. Ranatunga Indian limited-overs side and 10 aces, had no double fault, Although he could convert practice within quarantine from hit out at his country’s board can automatically walk into and won 84% points on his- only two of the seven break July 2 to 4 after which they will for lacking pride and accepting the playing XI of either the first serve. He also slammed 50 points, he was still better than be fully out of quarantine but a second-string Indian side. ODI or the T20I sides or both. winners as compared to 20 by the Dutch player who failed to remain in bio-bubble. He asked his country’s board Chinaman Kuldeep Yadav too Gasquet. Earlier on Thursday, the points on his first serve as com- He advanced after winning a convert even one of his nine Though the team coach to play second-string players. was a regular member of the Though the 39-year-old world Wimbledon campaign of unseed- pared to 81% by Thompson. nerve-jingling five-setter against break points. Rahul Dravid, who is on his first The top Indian Test players are side until recently but he is out No.8 Swiss had 26 unforced ed Japanese Kei Nishikori came Earlier in first round, he Miomir Kecmanovic of Serbia The 17th seed Cristian Garin assignment with a senior Indian in England for the Test series of favour. Suryakumar Yadav errors, Gasquet could not capi- to an end with his defeat to had defeated Alexei Popyrin of -- coming through the bruising of Chile reached the third round national team, had said before against the host. (3 T20Is) and Ishan Kishan (2 talise on that as he himself com- Jordan Thompson of Australia. Australia 6-4, 6-4, 6-4. contest 6-3, 6-3, 6-7, 3-6, 6-3. at Wimbledon for the first time departure that they want to win “The Indian squad that came T20Is) made their T20I debut mitted 23 errors. Overall, it was Nishikori, a two-time quar- No.18 seed Grigor Dimitrov Earlier, World No. 6 in his career after he overcame the series, he had also added that to Sri Lanka is not their best; it is only recently. a clinical display by Federer, ter-finalist here in 2018 and 2019, of Bulgaria too was dumped the Alexander Zverev defeated Australian Marc Polmans 7-6(3), the series would have very little a second-level team. Didn’t our Devdutt Padikkal, Ruturaj who had finished runner-up lost to Thompson in four sets, wayside on Thursday. He was American Tennys Sandgren 6-2, 2-6, 7-6(5) in four sets. bearing on the selection of T20 sports minister or cricket admin- Gaikwad, Nitish Rana, here in 2019 and is hoping to 5-6, 4-6, 7-5, 3-6. shown the door by Alexander 7-5, 6-2, 6-3 in one hour and 45 Martinez surprised 13th World Cup squad. Dravid hinted istrators know this?” Ranatunga Krishnappa Gowtham, Varun claim his ninth title here. The seasoned Japanese Bublik of Kazakhstan, who won minutes to advance to the third seed Frenchman Monfils 6-3, that this tour was meant only to told Sri Lankan media. Chakravarthy, and Chetan Federer, who had undergone served five double faults and 6-4, 7-6, 7-6. The Kazakh slammed round. However, 13th seed Gael 6-4, 4-6, 7-6(5) to advance to the give experience to Indian young- “Sri Lanka [cricket] may have Sakariya have not played any surgery twice on his trouble- made 49 unforced errors as 34 aces to four by Dimitrov. Monfils fell to Spanish Pedro third round. Though Monfils’s sters. “I am sure the selectors gone down, but as a cricketing international yet. some right knee in 2020, gave compared to 22 by his oppo- Spanish eighth seed Roberto Martinez in four sets. game was power-packed as he and management would have nation we have an identity, we Others like Prithvi Shaw, the Australian Open a miss nent. Though he put in a better Bautista Agut lost some steam Zverev, who lost in the fired 21 aces as against six from a fair idea by now as to what have dignity, we should not Deepak Chahar, Rahul Chahar, and lost in the fourth round at first serve than his opponent, after winning the first two sets second round of Halle Open, Martinez and also won more on kind of squad they are looking be sending our best to play an Navdeep Saini have played only Roland Garros. Nishikori could win only 64% in his second round match. hammered 13 aces and com- first serve, he still failed. for T20 World Cup…Can’t read Indian B team.” a few games and aren’t regulars. SPORT NUGGETS CWG archery, shooting championships Warholm breaks 3rd Women’s ODI: India to cancelled due to Covid-19 29-year old 400m hurdles fight for pride against England AGENCIES BIRMINGHAM: The 2022 Com- world record SQUADS monwealth archery and shoot- PREVIEW ing championships, which OSLO: Norwegian star England: Lauren Winfield were scheduled to take place Karsten Warholm clocked WORCESTER: The Indian wom- Hill, Tammy Beaumont, in Chandigarh in January 46.70 seconds in men’s 400 en’s team will look to fight Heather Knight (captain), next year, have been cancelled metres hurdles to smash for pride on Saturday in the Natalie Sciver, Amy Ellen due to the problems posed by Kevin Young’s long stand- third and final ODI against Jones (wicketkeeper), Covid-19 pandemic. ing world record of 46.78 secs England, who have already Sophia Dunkley, Katherine The decision, taken by the at the Bislett Games, which taken an unassailable 2-0 Brunt, Sarah Glenn, Sophie Commonwealth Games India and shooting championships November. is also the fourth Diamond lead in the series. India lost Ecclestone, Anya Shrubsole, (CGI) Executive Board “with the would have been held as sepa- The cost of the shooting League, here on late Thurs- by eight wickets in the first Kate Cross, Fran Wilson, support” of the Commonwealth rate events from the ones at the event was to be borne by the day night. Young’s world game, which turned out to be a Natasha Farrant, Freya Games Federation (CGF), was main games in Birmingham. National Rifle Association of record was set at the 1992 one-sided affair. Mithali Raj’s Davies, Mady Villiers, Emily made “after careful considera- The medals from the events were India (NRAI). The expenses of Olympics in Barcelona. team though put up a fight Arlott. tion of several factors, includ- not to be added to the final CWG the archery event were to be “Your competitors are what while defending 221 in the sec- ing the continued uncertainty tally. The championships were taken care of by the Indian gov- really push you towards bigger ond match but the total proved India: Smriti Mandhana, created by the ongoing global part of an agreement reached ernment. things. If it was only me run- too little. other opener Smriti Mandhana too have struggled to make reg- Shafali Verma, Jemimah pandemic”. between the Indian Olympic Shooting has traditionally ning quick times, I wouldn’t India have struggled with the failed to click in both matches. ular breakthroughs. While they Rodrigues, Mithali Raj (cap- CGF president Dame Association (IOA) and the CGF.