Indian sports news wrap, March 7
TENNIS
ATP Challenger, Lugano: Ramkumar loses in doubles opening round
Ramkumar Ramanathan in partnership with Jonathan Eysseric of France was beaten 6-2, 7-6(1) by Neil Oberleitner and Philipp Oswald in the doubles pre-quarterfinals of the 73,000 Challenger tennis tournament in Lugano, Switzerland, on Tuesday.
RESULTS
73,000 Challenger, Lugano, Switzerland
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Neil Oberleitner & Philipp Oswald (Aut) bt Jonathan Eysseric (Fra) & Ramkumar Ramanathan 6-2, 7-6(1).
$15,000 ITF women, Monastir, Tunisia
Singles (first round): Lian Tran (Ned) bt Jennifer Luikham 6-4, 3-6, 6-3.
- Team Sportstar
ATHLETICS
India bags rich haul of medals at Asian Cross Country Cships
India won three team gold and one bronze medal in an impressive show at the 16th Asian Cross Country Championships in Kathmandu on Tuesday.
India clinched gold in Under-20 boys 8km, Under-18 girls 6km and senior womens 10 km team events while the mens 10k team won a bronze medal.
Srushti Shridhar Redekar shone bright in the Under 18 girls 6km event, clinching the gold medal with a timing of 24:15. Beby also performed well and won the bronze medal with a timing of 24:42.
In the Under 20 boys 8km event, Shivaji Parashuram Madappagoudra clocked 27:39 to secure silver medal.
In the womens 10km, Sonika gave a tough fight to silver medallist Rajpura pacha of Nepal to settle for a bronze with a timing of 41:32. She lost out on silver by just one second.
The Under 18 girls 6km team comprising Srushti Shridhar Redekar, Beby, Priyanka C, and Bhumeshwory Devi Huidrom secured the gold medal.
The Under 20 boys 8km team of Shivaji Parashuram Madappagoudra, Subhasis Ghosh, Vijay Sanjay Savaratkar and Divbyanshu Kumar also won a yellow metal.
The womens 10km team comprising Sonika, Chhavi Yadav, Munni Devi and Sanjivani Baburao Jadhav secured the third gold of the championships for India.
The bronze medallist mens 10km team had Hemraj Gurjar, Anand Singh, Nitesh Kumar Rathva and Balram.
- PTI
Tuesday, March 7, 2023 at 1:47 pm