Emanuel Ivanisevic, Masa Jankovic in quarters

  Emanuel Ivanisevic, Masa Jankovic in Quarters

 CHANDIGARH, JAN 15        

Emanuel Ivanisevic (CRO) and top seed Donghyun Hwang (KOR) entered quarterfinals in the boys singles in the Chandigarh ITF World Tennis Tour Juniors Tournament for Boys and Girls under-18 at Sector 10 Tennis Stadium here today.

. Emanuel Ivanisevic (CRO) upset sixth seed Damir Zhalgasbay (KAZ) 6-4, 6-4 in straight sets. Ivanisevic played solid match and maintained his consistency throughout the match.

 In the another match top seed Donghyun Hwang (KOR) outplayed Arjun Rathi (IND) 6-4, 7-5 in straight sets. Donghyun played high level tennis and dominant with his aggressive baseline game

. Second seed Kerem Yilmaz (TUR), fiftg seed Roman Kharlamov and Alexey Shibaev also advanced into quarterfinals.   

 

Fifth seed Maaya Rajeshwaran Revathi (IND) and Masa Jankovic (SRB) advanced into Quarterfinals in Girls singles. Maaya Rajeshwaran Revathi (IND) played high energetic game with her attacking game style against Eva Marie Desvignes (FRA), Maaya won the match in straight sets 6-3, 6-2. 

In the another match Masa Jankovic (SRB) upset 3^rd seed Ekaterina Tupitsyna 6-3, 6-3 in straight sets. Another upset from Daria Koreshkova against 6^th seed Anna Perelman in a 3 setter marathon match 6-3, 4-6, 6-4. Other players who moved into Quarterfinals are Miku Kitaoka (JPN), Albina Kakenova (KAZ) and Qualifier Sushkova Antonina etc.

Results 

Boys singles (prequarters):     Donghyun Hwang (KOR) [1] bt. Arjun Rathi (IND) 6-4, 7-5,    Emanuel Ivanisevic (CRO) bt. Damir Zhalgasbay (KAZ) [6] 6-4, 6-4,   Erasyl Bakhtiyar (KAZ) bt. Liya Maltsev [4] 6-4, 6-4,  Alexey Shibaev bt. Aaron Gabet (FRA) 6-3, 6-4,   Artem Bogomolov bt. Kandhavel Mahalingam Akilandeshwari (IND) 6-4, 6-3,     Ruslan Kastsiukevich bt. Hitesh Chauhan (IND) [3] 4-6, 6-2, 6-2,  Roman Kharlamov [5] bt. Kuan-Huai Mao (TPE) (Q) 6-1, 6-0,    Kerem Yilmaz (TUR) [2] bt. Hyeon Seok Seo (KOR) 6-2, 6-1.

Girls singles (prequarters):   Miku Kitaoka (JPN) bt. Yoana Konstantinova (BUL) [1] 6-0, 1-0 Retd.,     Daria Koreshkova bt. Anna Perelman [6] 6-3, 4-6, 6-4,  Masa Jankovic (SRB) bt. Ekaterina Tupitsyna [3] 6-3, 6-3,  Albina Kakenova (KAZ) bt. Manon Favier (FRA) 6-3, 7-5,  Maaya Rajeshwaran Revathi (IND) [5] bt. Eva Marie Desvignes (FRA) 6-3, 6-2, Sushkova Antonina (Q) bt. Polina Berezina [4] 4-6, 6-2, 2-0 Retd., Yuka Naito (JPN) bt. Yu-Chen Lin (TPE) [7] 7-5, 6-3, Polina Kuharenko bt. Eva Korysheva (KAZ) 0-0 Retd..

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Donghyun Hwang, Maaya Rajeshwaran in pre-quarters

  Donghyun Hwang, Maaya Rajeshwaran in pre-quarters

 CHANDIGARH, JAN 15 

Top seed Donghyun Hwang (KOR) and Kandhavel Mahalingam Akilandeshwari (IND) moved into Pre-Quarterfinals in the Boys singles in the Chandigarh ITF World Tennis Tour Juniors Tournament for Boys and Girls under-18 at Sector 10 Tennis Stadium here today.

. Donghyun Hwang outplayed Jay Lin Gibson (CAN) 6-1, 6-3 in straight sets. Donghyun played high level tennis and dominant throughout the match. 

In the another match Kandhavel Mahalingam Akilandeshwari (IND) played in a top form against Qualifier Dongmin Kim (KOR). Kandhavel  Mahalingam won the first set 7-5, Kandhavel  Mahalingam maintained his rhythm and played high energetic game in the second set, finally Kandhavel  Mahalingam closed the set and match 6-0 without conceding a single game. 

Roman Kharlamov and Ruslan Kastsiukevich also advanced into Pre-Quarterfinals. 5^th seed Roman Kharlamov defeated Qualifier Daniel Tazabekov (KAZ) (Q) 7-6(8), 6-2. Other players who moved into next round are Kuan-Huai Mao (TPE), Liya Maltsev, Hyeon Seok Seo (KOR)  etc.     

In the girls singles fifth seed Maaya Rajeshwaran Revathi (IND) entered Pre-Quarterfinals. Maaya Rajeshwaran Revathi played in a top form and closed the 1^st set 6-2, in the second set Maaya was down 1-4, after 1-4 down Maaya came back strongly and took the set and match 7-5.  Third seed Ekaterina Tupitsyna defeated Mahika Khanna (IND) 6-0, 7-6(8). Eva Marie Desvignes (FRA) and Yuka Naito (JPN) also advanced into Pre-Quarterfinals.

Results:  

Boys singles (Ist round): Donghyun Hwang (KOR) [1] bt. Jay Lin Gibson (CAN) 6-1, 6-3,   Liya Maltsev [4] bt. Roshan Santosh (USA) 6-2, 6-3,   Kandhavel Mahalingam Akilandeshwari (IND) bt. Dongmin Kim (KOR) (Q) 7-5, 6-0,   Ruslan Kastsiukevich bt. Nikita Nikolenko (KAZ) (Q) 7-5, 6-4,  Roman Kharlamov [5] bt. Daniel Tazabekov (KAZ) (Q) 7-6(8), 6-2,   Kuan-Huai Mao (TPE) (Q) bt. Aarjun Pandit (IND) 7-5, 7-5,  Hyeon Seok Seo (KOR) bt. Varun Verma (IND) 6-4, 6-3, 

Girls singles (Ist round):  Ekaterina Tupitsyna [3] bt. Mahika Khanna (IND) 6-0, 7-6(8),    Maaya Rajeshwaran Revathi (IND) [5] bt. Yeseo Park (KOR) (Q) 6-2, 7-5, Eva Marie Desvignes (FRA) bt. Priyanka Rana (USA) 6-2, 3-6, 6-1,  Sushkova Antonina (Q) bt. Misaki Yamagishi (JPN) (Q) 7-5, 7-6(2),  Yuka Naito (JPN) bt. Harshini N Nagaraj (IND) (Q) 6-1, 6-4.

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Haryana's Komal and Vaishnavi lift gold medals

Haryana's Komal and  Vaishnavi lift gold medals

BRAHMAPUR (ODIAHA), JAN 13

Komal Bhati (71    kg Youth Girls) of Haryana bagged the gold medal with a total of 150 kg in the Khelo India Asmita Women National Zonal League-2024-25 at Mahatma Gandhi Indoor Sports Stadium  here today.

Another Haryana weightlifter Vaishnavi captured gold medal with a total of 148 kg in the 76 kg youth girls category.

Sahasra V. of Telangana bagged the gold medal with a total of 150 kg in the senior women 81 kg class. Sahasra  also claimed silver  medal with a total lift of 150 kg in the 81 kg youth girls category.

 Brahmapur (Odisha) started with 81 kg weight category and will also feature C and B groups of +81 kg, 87 kg and +87 kg weight categories and concluded weight category results are as under:-

81 kg Youth Girls: 1 Anandi Vinod Sangle (Maharashtra), total lift 172 kg, 2      Sahasra V. (Telangana)  total lift 150 kg, 3 Violina Bhagawati (Assam) total lift 130 kg.

81 kg Junior Women: 1  Rashmitha (Karnataka) total lift 144 kg, 2 Bhumi Singh ( Chhattisgarh)  total lift 103 kg.

81 kg Senior Women :  1 Sahasra V. (Telangana) total lift 150 kg, 2 Kareena (Delhi) total lift 124 kg, 3 Manvi Mishra (Himachal Pradesh) total lift 93 kg. 

64 kg Youth Girls: 1 Ratika Chinchwaaday (Maharashtra)  total lift 158 kg, 2   Tikimohini Mallik (Odisha)  total lift 156 kg,  3   Romali Pradhan (Odisha) total lift 145 kg. 

64 kg Junior Women: 1 Maahi Mahendra Babhulkar (Maharashtra) total lift 161 kg, 2      Tikimohini Mallik (Odisha)  total lift 156 kg, 3  S. Bharanipriya (Tamil Nadu) total lift 147 kg. 

64 kg Senior Women:  1  Sonali Yadu (Chhattisgarh)  total lift 183 kg, 2  Himali Kamble (Goa) total lift 180 kg, 3 Aparajita Bhuyan (Odisha)  total lift 172 kg. 

71    kg Youth Girls:  1 Komal Bhati (Haryana) total lift 150 kg, 2. Aruhi Kumari ( Jharkhand) total lift 135 kg, 3 E. Priyadharshini (Tamil Nadu) total lift 134 kg. 

71    kg Junior Women: 1  Khushboo Kumari (Bihar) total lift 169 kg,  2 Dunkhamseng Turung (Assam)  total lift 158 kg. 3  Aruhi Kumari (Jharkhand) total lift 135 kg. 

71    kg Senior Women: 1 Khushboo Kumari (Bihar) bagged total lift 169 kg, 2 Aruhi Kumari (Jharkhand)  total lift 135 kg. 

76 kg Youth Girls: 1  Vaishnavi (Haryana) total lift 148 kg, 2 Prativa Rani Patra ( Odisha)  total lift 142 kg, 3 Cindy Lalparmawii (Mizoram)  total lift 114 kg.

76 kg Junior Women:  1 Subiksha K. (Tamil Nadu)  total lift 184 kg, 2 Shalini Kumari (Bihar) total of 173 kg, 3 Manju (Haryana) total lift 166 kg. 

76 kg Senior Women :  1 Subiksha K. (Tamil Nadu)  total lift 184 kg, 2  Maganti Keerthi (Odisha)  total lift 179 kg, 3 Shalini Kumari (Bihar) total lift 173 kg.

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Narayanan, Gayathri and Shivani match officials for U19 Women’s T20 World Cup

 Narayanan, Gayathri and Shivani match officials for U19 Women’s T20 World Cup 

MALAYSIA, JAN 13

Trailblazing Bangladeshi umpire Shathira Jakir Jessy is among 20 match officials appointed to stand in the ICC U19 Women’s T20 World Cup in Malaysia.

Shathira was the first female umpire appointed by the Bangladesh Cricket Board and most recently stood at the 2024 Women’s T20 Asia Cup, having previously represented her country as a bowler.

She is joined by Candace La Borde and Dedunu De Silva, who were both part of the match officials team for the inaugural tournament final that saw India clinch the trophy.

South Africa’s Kerrin Klaaste, 26, has also been selected to umpire at the tournament for a second time.

India’s pioneering officials, Narayanan Janani and Gayathri Venugopalan are among those appointed to the tournament for the first time. They became the first women to stand as on-field umpires in a men’s domestic fixture in India, along with Vrinda Rathi.

Shivani Mishra, also part of the line-up, became the first female on-field umpire to officiate in a men’s T20I in January 2019.

ICC Senior Manager – Umpires and Referees, Sean Easey highlighted the diversity of the officials appointed as he looked ahead to the tournament that gets underway on January 18, with 14 nations represented including Qatar, Ireland, USA and Oman.

“Congratulations to the umpires and match referees who have been selected to this event,” he said. “These individuals have earned selection by performing well in bilateral cricket. It is a wonderfully diverse group, just like the game that they represent.

“Similar to the players at this event, these officials have been identified as having high potential. We are confident that they will perform well and that some will progress to officiate at the higher levels of the game.”

David Gilbert, Dean Cosker, Reon King, and Trudy Anderson have been appointed as match referees.

Match Officials for ICC U19 Women’s T20 World Cup 2025:

Umpires: Ashlee Gibbons (Australia), Shathira Jakir Jessy (Bangladesh), Gayathri Venugopalan (India), Narayanan Janani (India), Aidan Seaver (Ireland), Nitin Bathi (Netherlands), Rizwan Akram (Netherlands), Rahul Asher (Oman), Saleema Imtiaz (Pakistan), Shivani Mishra (Qatar), Kerrin Klaaste (South Africa), Dedunu De Silva (Sri Lanka), Vijaya Prakash Mallela (USA), Candace La Borde (West Indies), Maria Abbott (West Indies), Forster Mutizwa (Zimbabwe)

Match referees: David Gilbert (Australia), Dean Cosker (England), Trudy Anderson (New Zealand), Reon King (West Indies).

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Emanuel, Hitesh, and Yoana advance to pre-quarters

 Emanuel, Hitesh,  and Yoana advance to pre-quarters   

CHANDIGARH, JAN 13

 

Emanuel Ivanisevic (CRO) and Hitesh Chauhan (IND) moved into pre-quarterfinals in the boys singles in the Chandigarh ITF World Tennis Tour Juniors Tournament for Boys and Girls under-18 at Sector 10 Tennis Stadium here today.

. Emanuel Ivanisevic  defeated Sehaj Singh Pawar (IND) 7-5. 6-3 in straight sets. In the another match third seed Hitesh Chauhan (IND) outplayed Rihards Neimanis (LAT) in three- setter marathon match 6-1, 6-7(6), 6-3. Second seed Kerem Yilmaz (TUR) and Aaron Gabet (FRA) also moved into pre-quarterfinals.  

 

In the girls singles top seed Yoana Konstantinova (BUL) and Polina Kuharenko advanced into pre-quarterfinals. Yoana Konstantinova (BUL) played a solid match and dominant throughout the match with her aggressive ground stroke to beat Satima Toregen (KAZ) in straight sets 6-2, 6-3.

 In the another match Polina Kuharenko upset second seed Victoria Milovanova 6-2, 6-2 in straight sets. Masa Jankovic (SRB) defeated Yeri Hong (KOR) in straight sets 7-6(4), 6-2. Jankovic took some resistance and won the first set in tie break, in the second set Jankovic played high energetic game and maintained her rhythm to closed the set and match 6-2 easily. Other players who moved into pre-quarters are Manon Favier (FRA), fourth seed Polina Berezina, seventh seed Yu-Chen Lin (TPE) and Eva Korysheva (KAZ) ..        

Results (main draw)

Boys singles (Ist round):   Arjun Rathi (IND) bt. Alan Aiukhanov  6-2, 6-3,  Emanuel Ivanisevic (CRO) bt. Sehaj Singh Pawar (IND) 7-5. 6-3,  Damir Zhalgasbay (KAZ) [6] bt. Arnav Paparkar (IND) 6-1, 6-2,   Erasyl Bakhtiyar (KAZ) bt. Tanussh Ghildyal (IND) 6-2, 6-3, Alexey Shibaev bt. Sumukh Marya (IND) 6-4, 6-2,  Aaron Gabet (FRA) bt. Artem Sidorov (KAZ) 3-6, 6-2, 6-1,   Aretm Bogomolov bt. Akshat Dhull (IND) 6-1, 6-1,  Hitesh Chauhan (IND) [3] bt. Rihards Neimanis (LAT) 6-1, 6-7(6), 6-3,  Kerem Yilmaz (TUR) [2] bt. Eito Konada (JPN) 6-4, 6-0.

 Girls singles (Ist round):  Yoana Konstantinova (BUL) [1] bt. Satima Toregen (KAZ) 6-2, 6-3,  Miku Kitaoka (JPN) bt. Diya Chaudhary (IND) 6-3, 4-6. 6-4,  Daria Koreshkova bt. Reet Arora (IND) 6-2, 6-3, Anna Perelman [6] bt. Yu-Ning Tsai (TPE) 6-0, 6-0,   Masa Jankovic (SRB) bt. Yeri Hong (KOR) 7-6(4), 6-2,   Manon Favier (FRA) bt. Rita Kosaka (JPN) 6-2, 6-3, Albina Kakenova (KAZ) bt  Rishitha Reddy Basireddy (IND) 6-4, 7-5,      Polina Berezina [4] bt. Nainika Narender Reddy Bendram (IND) 6-4, 6-0,  Yu-Chen Lin (TPE) [7] bt. Yesung Choo (KOR) 6-2, 7-6(4),  Eva Korysheva (KAZ) bt. Aishwarya Jadhav (IND) 1-6, 7-5, 6-4,  Polina Kuharenko bt. Victoria Milovanova [2] 6-2, 6-2.

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USA upset New Zealand; India record facile win over Scotland

 

USA upset New Zealand;  India record facile win over Scotland

MALAYSIA, JAN 13

USA claimed a 13-run upset victory over New Zealand on the opening day of warm-up matches ahead of the ICC Under-19 Women’s T20 World Cup.

Fifteen of the 16 nations who will compete in Malaysia got invaluable exposure to local conditions ahead of the tournament proper getting underway on Saturday.

USA upstaged 2023 semi-finalists New Zealand in a landmark result at Kolej Tuanku Ja'afar School.

A quickfire 36 from Ritu Singh helped lift the Americans to a competitive total of 120 for eight from their 20 overs.

The Kiwis lost wickets steadily during the run chase, with Isani Vaghela taking three of them, as they were stranded on 107 for nine.

Meanwhile, a blistering opening partnership from Gongadi Trisha and G Kamalini powered India to a thumping win over Scotland.

The pair put on 55 runs in the powerplay before 16-year-old Kamalini retired on an impressive 32, which included four fours.

India closed on 164 for seven with Scotland bowled out for 45 in reply.

Nigeria came close to beating Pakistan, falling just 11 runs short of their target at UKM Cricket Oval.

Victory Igbinedion’s excellent 46 from 57 balls came in vain as they finished on 94 for six in pursuit of 105.

Nepal also impressed against West Indies, losing by nine runs, after Windies finished on 109 for four.

Elsewhere, Olivia Brinsden and Charlotte Stubbs took two wickets apiece as England restricted Samoa to 80 for eight from their 20 overs.

Stubbs then finished with an unbeaten 21 to guide her side to the target with nearly ten overs to spare.

Australia’s batters got useful time in the middle against Malaysia, with Lucy Hamilton making 52 and Hasrat Gill 41 not out in double quick time, with the hosts subsequently dismissed for 21.

In the other games of the day, an unbeaten 55 from Juairiya Ferdous helped Bangladesh to a four-wicket win over Sri Lanka while Ireland quickly chased down the 31-run target they had been set by the MCA Invitation XI without losing a wicket.

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Jaya Kapoor, Samarth Sahita in 2nd Qualifying round

  Jaya Kapoor, Samarth Sahita in 2nd Qualifying round

 CHANDIGARH, JAN 11     

Indians Samarth Sahita and Shanker Heisnam advanced into second round qualifying for boys singles in the  J200 Chandigarh ITF World Tennis Tour Juniors Tournament for Boys and Girls under-18 at the Sector 10 Tennis Stadium here today.

 Second seed Samarth Sahita outplayed Aarya Vaibhav Nigam (IND) 6-1, 6-1 in a one sided match. Samarth played solid match and dominant throughout the match. 

In the another match Shanker Heisnam (IND) defeated Shourya Bhattacharya (USA) 6-2, 6-1 in straight sets. Adhiraj Thakur (IND), Nikita Nikolenko (KAZ), Dongmin Kim (KOR), Daniel Tazabekov (KAZ) and Kuan-Huai Mao (TPE)  also advanced into second round in boys singles.    

 In the girls singles Jaya Kapoor (IND) and Sunira Thapa (NEP) entered into second round. Jaya Kapoor played in a top form and conceded only one game against Aadirai K A (IND) 6-0, 6-1. 

In the another match Sunira Thapa (NEP) defeated Parthsarthi Arun Mundhe (IND) in a 3 setter super tie break match 3-6, 6-3, [10-8]. Those players who moved into next round are Yerkezhan Zhanatayeva (KAZ), Gurmanat Kaur Sandhu (AUS)  and Prachi Malik (IND) etc. in girls singles.   

Results Singles Qualifying (1st round ):   

Boys singles:  Aashravya Mehra (IND) bt. Shubham Kaushik (IND) 6-0, 6-0,   Nikita Nikolenko (KAZ) [6] bt. Divvansh Dhupar (IND) 6-0, 6-0, Samarth Sahita (IND) [2] bt. Aarya Vaibhav Nigam (IND) 6-1, 6-1,  Praneel Sharma(IND) bt. Shorya Jishtu (IND) 6-0, 6-0, Sharan Somasi (IND) bt. Anuj Pal (IND) 6-3, 6-4,   Dongmin Kim (KOR) [5] bt. Dev Vipul Patel (IND) 5-7, 6-2 [10-8],  Tanussh Ghildyal (IND) bt. Vincent Dullinger (GER) [3] 5-4 Retd, Shanker Heisnam (IND) bt. Shourya Bhattacharya (USA) 6-2, 6-1,  Uttam Karthik (IND) bt. Ayaan Choudhary (IND) 6-2, 2-6, [10-8],  Daniel Tazabekov (KAZ) [8] bt. Ribhav Saroha (IND) 6-0, 6-0,   Kunanan Pantaratorn (THA) [4] bt. Abhinav Bisht (IND) 6-0, 6-0,  Adhiraj Thakur (IND) bt. Abhinav Sangra (ND) 6-3, 6-2,   Aditya Mor (IND) bt. Vraj Gohil (IDN) 7-6(3), 6-3,  Kuan-Huai Mao (TPE) [7] bt. Swatanter Veer Singh Kajal (IND) 6-0, 6-1. 

Girls singkes;  Jaya Kapoor (IND) bt. Aadirai K A (IND) 6-0, 6-1,   Riya Sachdeva (IND) bt. Snigdha Ruhil (IND) 6-4, 6-3,   Anushka Bhola (IND) bt. Ajenika Puri (IND) 6-0, 6-1,  Prachi Malik (IND) bt. Rubani Kaur Sidhu (IND) 6-3, 6-1,   Yerkezhan Zhanatayeva (KAZ) [8] bt. Saanvi Misra (IND) 7-5, 6-0,  Swasti Singh (IND) bt. Mansi Singh (IND) 6-2, 6-2,  Gurmanat Kaur Sandhu (AUS) bt. Aahida Singh (IND) 6-2, 6-3, Harshini N Nagaraj (IND) [7] bt. Nancy Singh (IND) 6-4, 6-0,  Sunira Thapa (NEP) bt. Parthsarthi Arun Mundhe (IND) 3-6, 6-3, [10-8],  Divya Ungrish (IND) bt. Shrawasti Kundilya (IND) 6-1, 7-6(2),

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