Tata Open Maharashtra: Ramkumar, Arjun ousted in opening round
February 01, 2022 23:32 ISTWhile Ramkumar suffered a 6-7 (7-9), 6-4, 3-6 defeat against eight seed Stefano Travaglia, local boy Kadhe lost 6-7 (5-7), 7-6 (6-4), 6-2 to Joao Sousa.
While Ramkumar suffered a 6-7 (7-9), 6-4, 3-6 defeat against eight seed Stefano Travaglia, local boy Kadhe lost 6-7 (5-7), 7-6 (6-4), 6-2 to Joao Sousa.
For Bengal, captain Maninder Singh scored nine points but had a difficult time on the mat against a well-drilled Gujarat unit marshalled by Parvesh Bhainswal and Sunil Kumar.
In the last financial year, the government had allocated Rs 2596.14 crore for sports, which was later revised to Rs 2757.02 crore.
The scores were level with five minutes remaining, but substitute Neeraj Narwal's raids helped the Delhi team clinch an ALL OUT in the final minute and eventually win the encounter.
Batra has reached a career high 50th in the latest ITTF rankings.
Gujarat dominated right from the first whistle and gave Haryana's defence no chance to stamp their authority.
The Warriors are the in-form side with three wins in their last four matches and will be expected to give an out-of-form Gujarat team a difficult time on the mat.
Panthers' star raider Arjun Deshwal scored 17 points and was ably backed up by Deepak Hooda with eight points. Defenders Sandeep Dhull and Vishal also picked up High 5s in a bullish win that exposed the chinks in Patna’s armour.
The skier, who was included in the Target Olympics Podium Scheme (TOPS) recently, also said that his performances have improved and his training in Santa Catarina “was helpful”.
The 21-year-old George prevailed over Priyanshu Rajawat 21-15 14-21 21-18 to clinch the men's singles title after battling hard for 58 minutes.
Defenders Manjeet Chhillar and Krishan scored high 5s for the Delhi side who moved to the top of the points table with the result.
The men's team had won the bronze medal in the last edition of the tournament in Manila, Philippines while the women's team was withdrawn due to the pandemic as most players were not willing to travel then.
The All India Chess Federation (AICF) is eyeing a rich medal haul from its players at the Games, which are scheduled to be held from September 10 to 25.
It was a complete team performance from the Pirates with all three raiders contributing in the match.
This victory will help Pune's chances of making it to the playoffs after a jittery start to their campaign.
The team will be accompanied by six coaches -- Deepali Deshpande, Samaresh Jung, Manoj Kumar, DS Chandel, Ronak Pandit and Ved Prakash -- and two physios.
Bansod took just over half an hour to dispatch 16-year-old Tasnim 21-13, 21-15 in the women's singles pre-quarterfinals.
The multi-sporting event will feature 40 sports with a total of 61 disciplines, including Olympic sports like swimming, archery, athletics, badminton, equestrian, fencing, football, hockey, judo and kabaddi.
Tokyo Olympics gold medallist Neeraj Chopra has been conferred with the Padma Shri, the fourth-highest civilian award of India.
Siddharth took just 27 minutes to shock Sheng 21-17 21-4 in a lop-sided second-round match, while Subhankar defeated Kalaga 21-18 21-10.
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