ARCHITECTURE-
Seasoned archer Jayanta Talukdar caused two back-to-back bouts before being knocked out of the men’s periodic individual competition in Round 4 of the Archery World Cup in Medellin, Colombia, on Friday.
Talukdar, who finished 25th in the standings, saw off Mexico’s Olympic bronze medalist Luis Alvarez 6-0 (28-27, 30-28, 29-28) in the first round. American superstar and World and Olympic medalist Brady Ellison 6-4 (29-27, 28-28, 30-29, 28-29, 29-29) in the second round.
However, Talukdar lost to another American, Matthew Requesta, 6-4 (26-29, 26-25, 29-28, 28-30, 30-26) in the third round. The ‘7’ in the second set ruined Talukdar’s campaign.
Kapil and Aditya Choudhary started the match in the first half.
Dipti Kumari, who beat compatriot Aditi Jaiswal 6-0 in the opening round, was defeated by Italian Tatiana Andreoli 6-5 (10-8) in the second round of the women’s individual event. period. Ishita made it to the second round, while Komalika Bari’s campaign ended in the first round.
India’s 12th-placed medley team, consisting of Talukdar and Dipti, beat Argentina 6-0 before losing to fifth-placed Mexico 6-0.
The mixed team, placed fifth, beat Brazil 155-139. It was surpassed by USA 153-153 (20-19) in the following round.
India finished in the fourth leg without a medal.
– YB Sarangi
TENNIS
Sharan-Raja pair into Indianapolis Challenger . final
Divij Sharan and Purav Raja won 3-6, 6-3, [10-8] against third-seeded Robert Galloway and Alex Lawson to reach the finals of the $53,120 Challenger event in Indianapolis on Friday.
PHOTO FILE: Purav Raja (right) and Divij Sharan (left) | Image source: CHEAP RAGU
Vaidehi Chaudhari reached the third singles final of her career on the ITF circuit with a 6-3, 7-6 (11) win over Dayeon Korea back in the $15k event in Monastir, Tunisia.
The 22-year-old Indian had previously lost to compatriots Rutuja Bhosale and Punnin Kovapitukted of Thailand in the finals of the $15k events at Solapur and Gurugram.
Second seed Vaidehi will face the underrated Indonesian Prisca Madelyn Nugroho in Sunday’s summit clash.
On the men’s side, Manish Sureshkumar reached the $15k final in Colombo after beating Ukrainian second seed Eric Vanshelboim 4-6, 6-0, 6-3. The Indian tennis player will meet top seed Quentin Folliot of France in the final.
However, Manish and Parikshit Somani lost the all-India doubles final with a score of 5-7, 3-6 to SD Prajwal Dev and Rishi Reddy.
Result
ATP250, Atlanta, Singles (First Qualifier): Ramkumar Ramanathan bt Stefan Kozlov (USA) 6-0, 6-1
$53,120 ATP Challenger, Indianapolis, Doubles (semifinals): Divij Sharan / Purav Raja bt Robert Galloway (USA) / Alex Lawson (USA) 3-6, 6-3, [10-8]
$46,704 ATP Challenger, Pozoblanco, Spain, Doubles (semifinals): Albano Olivetti (FRA) / Dan added (FRA) bt Arjun Kadhe / Piotr Matuszewski (POL) 6-2, 6-4
15,000 USD ITF Women, Monastir, Tunisia, Singles (semifinals): Vaidehi Chaudhari bt Dayeon Back (KOR) 6-3, 7-6 (11)
$15,000 Men’s ITF, Colombo, Sri Lanka, Singles (semi-final): Manish Sureshkumar bt Eric Vanshelboim (UKR) 4-6, 6-0, 6-3; Digvijay Pratap Singh lost to Quentin Folliot (FRA) 3-6, 6-1, 2-6
Doubles (final): SD Prajwal Dev / Rishi Reddy bt Manish Sureshkumar / Parikshit Somani 7-5, 6-3
$46,704 ATP Challenger, Tampere, Finland, Doubles (semifinals): Karol Drzewiecki (POL) & Patrik Niklas-Salminen (FIN) bt Sriram Balaji & Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan 4-6, 6-4, [11-9].
$15,000 Men’s ITF, Caloundra, Australia, Singles (before quarterfinals): Dane Sweeny (AUS) vs Nishant Dabas 6-0, 6-3; Round 1: Nishant bt Alex Bulte (AUS) 7-6 (5), 6-3.
$15,000 Men ITF, Monastir, Tunisia, Doubles (semifinals): Mohamed Ali Abibsi (ALG) & Filip Altauer (CZE) bt Rithvik Choudary Bollipalli & Niki Poonacha 6-7 (2), 6-1, [10-7].
– Team Sportsstar
Birbal Wadhera rates the best Indian juniors in Europe
It was an eye-opener for two of India’s best under-14 tennis players, Aishwarya Jadhav and Arnav Paparkar, in Europe, to be part of the Asian team.
In 3 weeks of playing in France, the Indian players had to work very hard to win the main draws. With the two players set to compete in the World Junior Tennis final in Prostejov, Czech Repulic, after a week of competition in Germany, coach Birbal Wadhera feels that the players are making progress in finding ways to fit in with the competition. European players.
Aishwarya Jadhav (left), coaches Birbal Wadhera (centre) and Arnav Paparkar (right) in Blois, France, as part of the Asian tennis team.
”I’m glad that the Grand Slam Development Fund is being used to put Europeans in contact with the best Asian players. Arnav and Aishwarya are quite active in the face of challenges and try to adapt to the conditions. They are training with different players and going through fitness sessions, because they want to take advantage of the opportunity.
Thinking is changing. Tactically, no problem. But handling the pace of Europeans who are hitting very hard at 14 and with consistency, that’s what our players are trying to deal with,” said Birbal Wadhera, who is on the Asia team with two other coaches from Thailand, commented. Kazakhstan.
The coach felt that both Arnav and Aishwarya needed to work on their speed, agility and other physical aspects. ” It would be beneficial if our players were exposed regularly to such high-quality competitions. As a coach, I was able to learn a lot by working with our Asian players and observing the Europeans. I can tell them the importance of yoga and meditation,'” Birbal said.
With most Indian players already learning their basics on hard courts, Birbal feels that having more clay court tournaments up to the age of 16 can help solidify the basics. for Indian players and help them grow stronger. ‘
– Kamesh Srinivasan
AITA National series juniors
Aryan Arora and Asmi Adkar won the men’s and women’s titles respectively in the AITA National junior tennis tournament at Joygaon Academy on Saturday.
Aryan beat Jason David 9-4, while Asmi beat Laxmi Sri Dandu 9-5 in the final. Referee Himanshu Malik happily finished the tournament despite the intervention of heavy rain, even though it meant reducing the format of the match from best of three innings to a best of 17.
Result:
Men’s under-18 team (finalist): Aryan Arora bt Jason David 9-4; Semifinals: Aryan bt Skandha Prasanna Rao 9-8 (7); Jason bt Kavin Karthik 9-3.
Under-18 women’s team (finalist): Asmi Adkar bt Laxmi Sri Dandu 9-5; Semifinals: Laxmi bt Samaira Malik 9-5; Asmi bt Riya Sachdeva 9-2; Quarterfinals: Laxmi bt Aakruti Sonkusare 9-7.
– Kamesh Srinivasan
