Indian sports activities wrap, February 25: Manas Dhamne reaches Maha Open quarterfinals

TENNIS

Dhamne storms into Maha Open quarterfinals

Local Boy and wildcard Manas Dhamne stormed into the boys’s singles quarterfinals on the Maha Open ATP Challenger 75 tennis match, being held on the Balewadi Stadium in Pune.

Unseeded gamers, Duje Ajdukovic of Croatia, Alastair Gray of Great Britain, and sixth-seeded Italian Federico Cina have been the opposite gamers from the highest half to achieve the last-eight stage.

Dhamne superior after former top-50 participant Ilya Ivashka retired whereas trailing 3-6. Dhamne appeared assured and composed, putting cleanly from the backcourt earlier than the Belarusian was pressured to tug out on account of harm. Manas will now tackle Ajdukovic within the quarterfinals on Friday.

The unseeded Ajdukovic delivered a dominant all-round show to upset fifth seed Frederico Ferreira Silva of Portugal 6-2, 6-2.

Gray scripted one of the vital thrilling wins of the match, combating again from a set all the way down to upset third seed Ilia Simakin 4-6, 7-6(7), 7-5 in a 2-hour 50-minute thriller.

Meanwhile, Cina continued his spectacular run with a 6-1, 6-4 win over Japan’s Yuta Shimizu. Cina was sharp on serve and aggressive on return, dictating rallies and shutting out the match in straight units in simply over an hour.

In the doubles first spherical, high seeds Siddhant Banthia (India) and Alexander Donski (Bulgaria) overcame a stiff first-set problem to beat Luca Castelnuovo (Switzerland) and Uisung Park (Korea) 7-6(5), 6-2. After clinching a decent tie-break, the highest pair ran away with the second set.

Indian wildcards Saketh Myneni and Digvijaypratap Singh impressed with a stable 6-3, 6-3 victory over Japan’s Masamichi Imamura and Kokoro Isomura, displaying sharp web play and efficient teamwork.

Jay Clarke (Great Britain) and Michael Geerts (Belgium) registered a medical 6-3, 6-4 win over the Japanese duo of Takuya Kumasaka and Rio Noguchi.

Ryuki Matsuda (Japan) and Simakin battled previous Aryan Lakshmanan (India) and Mitsuki Wei Kang Leong (Malaysia) 7-6(3), 7-5 in a intently contested encounter.

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Rising star Vaishnavi Adkar amongst Indians to characteristic in ITF W35 Kalaburagi subsequent week

Rising star Vaishnavi Adkar might be amongst a number of Indian gamers to characteristic within the ITF W35 Kalaburagi, the largest worldwide ladies’s tennis match to be held in Kalaburagi, from March 1 to eight.

The USD 30,000 match, a part of the ITF Women’s World Tennis Tour, marks the town’s first-ever ITF W35-level ladies’s skilled occasion.

India’s rising star Vaishnavi Adkar in motion.
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The match, to be performed on the Chandrashekar Patil Stadium, will characteristic a 32-player singles most important draw, preceded by a 32-player qualifying occasion, starting on March 1, together with a 16-team doubles draw. Main draw matches will begin on March 3.

As an ITF W35-category occasion, it provides worthwhile rating factors and an essential alternative for gamers aspiring to progress to higher-tier competitions, together with the WTA Tour.

The occasion has attracted a aggressive worldwide subject from 11 nations, together with Thailand’s Achisa Chanta (WR 443) and the Netherlands’ Jasmijn Gimbrere (WR 431).

There can also be a robust Indian presence within the singles most important draw, led by Vaishnavi, who not too long ago climbed to India’s No. 2 and made historical past finally week’s ITF Women’s Open W100 in Bengaluru. She turned the primary Indian lady since Sania Mirza in 2009 to achieve an ITF W100 stage or greater singles remaining.

She is joined by Shrivalli Rashmikaa Bhamidipaty and Ankita Raina, each of whom additionally delivered spectacular performances final week in Bengaluru. Also that includes in the primary draw are Zeel Desai, Akanksha Dileep Nitture, Shruti Ahlawat and Sonal Patil.

The metropolis has beforehand staged ITF Women’s USD 10,000 occasions in 2012 and two successive editions in 2015.

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Ramkumar-Jeevan lose in first spherical in Dubai

Indian qualifiers Ramkumar Ramanathan and Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan have been eradicated within the opening spherical of males’s doubles on the Dubai Tennis Championships, an ATP 500 occasion, on Wednesday.

Ramkumar and Jeevan went down 4-6, 7-5, [10-3] to the French duo of Theo Arribage and Albano Olivetti in an hour and 26 minutes.

At the WTA 500 occasion in Merida, India’s Rutuja Bhosale and her Japanese accomplice Makoto Ninomiya obtained a walkover within the first spherical. The duo might be up towards the second-seeded Spanish-Chinese pair of Cristina Bucsa and Xinyu Jiang within the quarterfinals.

-Team Sportstar

KABADDI

Haryana, Delhi, UP and TN proceed robust run in National Men’s Kabaddi Championship

Haryana, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu recorded large wins on the second day of the Senior National Men’s Kabaddi Championship in Vadodara on Wednesday.

In Pool A, Haryana hammered Telangana 49-18 with Neeraj Narwal main the staff with 11 factors. He was assisted by Nitin Kumar, who amassed 9 factors, together with Surjeet Singh and Nitesh Kumar, who scored 4 sort out factors every.

In an earlier Pool A match, Andhra Pradesh pipped Telangana 47-45.

In Pool B, Madhya Pradesh scored a slim 35–34 win over Goa. Bhavani Rajput led with 14 factors, and Uday Parte contributed 9 as MP held its nerve within the closing moments.

In Pool C, Tamil Nadu recorded a 40–21 win towards Vidarbha. Sathish Kannan scored eight factors, whereas Deepak S anchored the defence with eight sort out factors.

In one other Pool C recreation, Himachal Pradesh defeated Gujarat 51–34. Anil led the cost with 14 factors, supported by Pappu Kamal Kumar and Mayank Saini.

Gujarat’s Mitesh Prajapati scored 13, however Himachal’s superior sort out rely and 4 all-outs made the distinction.

In Pool D, Uttar Pradesh crushed Manipur by a margin of 37 factors because it received 70-33. Uday Dabas starred with an enormous 25-point efficiency, whereas Sourabh added 12.

UP piled up 53 raid factors and inflicted eight all-outs to fully overpower its opponent. Manipur’s Mayengbam Menson impressed with 18 factors.

In Pool F, Kerala secured a forty five–30 victory over Chhattisgarh. Nandhu T contributed 11 factors, and Adithyan added 10 whereas Kerala’s defence ensured management all through. Sankar Mishra was the standout for Chhattisgarh with 10 factors.

Delhi, positioned in Pool H, recorded a commanding 64-42 victory over Tripura. Ashish led from the entrance with 18 factors, whereas Himanshu Singh chipped in with 14, together with six all-outs. Tripura’s A Das produced a valiant 25-point effort.

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GOLF

Positive opening day for India at Dutch Junior International

Indians made a optimistic begin as a number of males’s singles gamers progressed to the subsequent spherical on the Dutch Junior International in Haarlem on Wednesday.

Dev Ruparelia registered a straight-game victory over Rokas Lesinskas of Lithuania, successful 21-15, 21-18 in a 29-minute contest.

He will subsequent face fellow Indian Pranit Somani, who secured a hard-fought 21-13, 21-23, 21-11 win over Christopher Kunckel of Denmark in 49 minutes.

Akhil Reddy Bobba additionally superior comfortably, defeating Jarno Deters of Germany 21-11, 21-9.

In different outcomes, Samuel Tamang beat Nils Barion of Germany 21-9, 21-9 whereas Aanayan Borah defeated Milan Zeisig, additionally of Germany, 22-20, 21-19.

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PGTI’s 72 The League: Talwar beats Rashid

Saptak Talwar produced clutch golf down the closing stretch to slay Rashid Khan in a second-round singles match of PGTI’s 72 The League in Greater Noida on Wednesday.

Talwar’s Mumbai Aces recovered from a poor opening day and tallied 9 factors towards Kolkata Classics to achieve 11 factors.

The in a single day chief, Rajasthan Regals, didn’t have the most effective day, successful only one match and halving one other towards Charminar Champions, however remained on the high of the standings (17 factors), the place it was joined by UP Prometheans.

The Prometheans have been denied a solo lead by a magic second shot from contained in the bushes by American Jhared Hack on the final gap. A hooked 8-iron second shot from 180 yards went straight in for an eagle, for a win that appeared unattainable at one stage within the four-balls.

The 27-year-old Talwar will get a heat and fuzzy feeling on this golf course, the place he received his first title as knowledgeable golfer final 12 months on the Adani Invitational Golf Championship.

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Aditya Raj Singh Chahal builds five-shot lead in spherical two

Aditya Raj Singh Chahal shot a four-under 68 in spherical two to construct a five-shot lead with a complete of seven-under 137 on the DP World PGTI NexGen on the Aravalli Golf Club in Faridabad on Wenesday.

Jaipur-based Aditya (69-68), the in a single day joint chief, got here up with an eagle, 5 birdies and three bogeys on day two to emerge as sole chief on the Rs. 25 lakh occasion.

Jujhar Singh (69) and Santosh Kumar (73) have been tied second at totals of two-under 142. Sunny Singh (72) and Arjun Bhati (72) have been tied fourth at one-under 143.

The high 43 gamers made the minimize, which was declared at six-over 150.

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KHELO INDIA WINTER GAMES

Army defends Team Championship

Army received an general 9 aim medals, together with eight within the Gulmarg leg, to defend its staff championship title within the Khelo India Winter Games in Gulmarg on Wednesday.

Himachal Pradesh completed because the runner-up, with 4 aim medals, on the ultimate day of the competitors.

The closing ceremony of the KIWG might be held on the Golf Course in Gulmarg on Thursday, hosted by the Jammu and Kashmir Sports Council and managed by the Sports Authority of India.

The first leg of KIWG was held in Ladakh from January 20-26.

On the third day of the competitors, Army and Himachal Pradesh received an equal variety of 4 gold medals apiece, whereas host J&Okay received its first gold.

Karnataka’s veteran skier Bhavani Thekkada Nanjunda, who had clinched a hat-trick of gold medals finally 12 months’s KIWG, completed on the high of the rostrum in Nordic ladies’s dash throughout 1.5 kilometres.

Bhavani has participated in every of the six editions of the KIWG.

Zubaid Ahmad Lone introduced cheer to Jammu and Kashmir by successful the boys’s large slalom race within the snowboarding competitors. He warded off a stiff problem from Army’s Vivek Rana.

J&Okay completed with a gold and a silver and took the tenth spot within the medal standings.

While Armyman Mayank Panwar was the slalom man of the Games with a pair of gold medals, Army confirmed full domination within the Nordic (cross-country) occasions.

In the 15 kilometres Nordic snowboarding race, Mohammad Ali (34:21.49 secs) led an Army 1-2-3, with Padma Namgail (34:36.74 secs) successful the silver medal and Sunny Singh (35:16.83 secs) claiming the bronze.

Three skiers completed with double gold medals on this 12 months’s KIWG, as CRPF’s Kajal Kumari Rai was joined by Panwar and Himachal Pradesh’s Preeti Thakur, who topped in each the slalom and large slalom races in snowboarding.

-PTI

CRICKET

Indian deaf staff wins inaugural ADCA T20I Asia Cup

The Indian deaf cricket staff beat Sri Lanka by six wickets to win the inaugural Asia Cup T20 match in Cuttack on Wednesday.

The Indian aspect had earlier crushed Sri Lanka by 4 wickets within the first match of the competitors earlier than recording a commanding 10-wicket victory over Nepal.

Sri Lanka received the third match of the competitors by six wickets towards Nepal.

In a reverse fixture, Sri Lanka crushed Nepal by 157 runs, whereas the staff from the island nation made India work onerous for a slim one-run win.

India, nonetheless, crushed Nepal of their subsequent match by 9 wickets to make its place within the remaining.

Sai Akash was adjudged Player-of-the-Match within the remaining for his 14-ball 27 and two wickets.

Sri Lanka’s Gimadu L Malkam was declared the most effective batter, in addition to Player-of-the-series for scoring 196 runs. His compatriot Gihan Lasidu D’ Silva was named the most effective bowler for his 10 wickets within the competitors.

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Published on Feb 25, 2026