Get all the major updates, scores and results from Indian sports on July 27.
TENNIS
Ankita reaches doubles quarterfinals in Warsaw
Ankita Raina in partnership with Yue Yuan of China beat Maja Chwalinska and Jessika Ponchet 7-6(3), 7-5 in the doubles
pre-quarterfinals of the $259,303 WTA tennis tournament in Warsaw, Poland, on Thursday.
In the $60,000 ITF women’s event in Dallas, USA, Karman Kaur Thandi cruised past Chloe Henderson 6-1, 6-1 in the first round.
RESULTS
ATP 250, Umag, Croatia
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Sadio Doumbia & Fabien Reboul (Fra) bt Sriram Balaji & Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan 6-0, 6-3.
€118,000 Challenger, Segovia, Spain
Doubles (quarterfinals): Francis Casey Alcantara (Phi) & Sun Fajing (Chn) bt Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (Pak) & Divij Sharan 6-4, 6-3.
$40,000 Challenger, Astana, Kazakhstan
Doubles (quarterfinals): SD Prajwal Dev & Niki Poonacha bt Grigoriy Lomakin (Kaz) & Ajeet Rai (Nzl) 4-6, 6-4, [10-6]; Benjamin Lock (Zim) & Rubin Statham (Nzl) bt Parikshhit Somani & Khumoyun Sultanov (Uzb) 6-1, 3-6, [10-7].
$25,000 ITF men, Brazzaville, Congo
Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Rishab Agarwal bt Daniil Savelev 6-2, 6-3.
Doubles (quarterfinals): Atharva Sharma & Tushar Sharma bt Michael Sobhy & Amr Elsayed (Egy) 3-6, 6-2, [10-7].
WTA 250, Warsaw, Poland
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Ankita Raina & Yue Yuan (Chn) bt Maja Chwalinska (Pol) & Jessika Ponchet (Fra) 7-6(3), 7-5.
$100,000 ITF women, Figueira Da Foz, Portugal
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Rutuja Bhosale & Emily Webley-Smith (GBR) bt Sana Garakani & Milla Sequeira (Por) 6-1, 6-0; Estelle Cascino (Fra) & Ylena In-Albon (Sui) bt Vasanti Shinde & Issabella Shinikova (Bul) 6-4, 6-3.
$60,000 ITF women, Dallas, USA
Singles (first round): Karman Kaur Thandi bt Chloe Henderson (USA) 6-1, 6-1.
$15,000 ITF women, Monastir, Tunisia
Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Zeel Desai bt Sara Milanese (Ita) 6-2, 6-2.
– Kamesh Srinivasan
Isheeta, Sherry set up final at AITA Super Series event
Isheeta Midha beat top seed Divya Sharma 7-6(5), 6-4 in the under-18 girls semifinals of the AITA Super series junior tennis tournament at the CLTA Complex in Chandigarh on Thursday.
In the final, Isheeta will play Sherry Sharma who overcame an indifferent start to beat second seed Rubani Kaur Sidhu 0-6, 6-2, 6-2.
The boys final will be between Shanker Heisnam and Arjun Rathi.
The results
Under-18 boys (Semifinals): Shanker Heisnam bt Aditya Chauhan 6-2, 6-3; Arjun Rathi bt Akshat Dhull 7-5, 6-3.
Doubles (Final): Bhicky Sagolshem & Anirudh Sangra bt Aarav Chawla & Ojas Mehlawat 4-6, 6-1, [10-2].
Under-18 girls (Semifinals): Isheeta Midha bt Divya Sharma 7-6(5), 6-4; Sherry Sharma bt Rubani Kaur Sidhu 0-6, 6-2, 6-2.
Doubles (Final): Sherry Sharma & Tamanna Walia bt Isheeta Mdha & Rubani Kaur Sidhu 6-3, 6-1.
– Kamesh Srinivasan
Top seed Karthik beats Basavaraj in AITA wheelchair tournament
Top seed Karthik Karunakaran sailed past Basavaraj Kundaragi 9-2 in the men’s pre-quarterfinals of the Rs.200,000 AITA wheelchair tennis tournament at the DLTA Complex on Thursday.
In the quarterfinals, Karunakaran will face S Sureshkumar.
In the women’s section, A Ruthrajeswari beat Divya Jyoti 9-1 to reach the semifinals. She will challenge top seed KP Shilpa. The other semifinal will be between Naina Kumari and second seed Prathima Rao.
RESULTS
Men (pre-quarterfinals): K Karunakaran bt Basavara Kundaragi 9-2; S Sureshkumar bt Tepal Yadav 9-0; B Subramanian bt Dr. Kedar Mandal 9-2; M Gabriel bt Anil Almeida 7-3 (retired); Indra Pandey bt M Malayadri
9-2; M Durai bt R Pandurangaswamy 9-2; S Kannupayan bt M Selva Sungasadu 9-0; S Veeraswamy bt M Arul 9-1.
Women (quarterfinals): A Ruthrajeswari bt Divya Jyoti 9-1.
– Kamesh Srinivasan
