Delhi defeat Goa in U-18 women's C’ship
Margao: Delhi scored an impressive 2-0 victory over hosts Goa in the quarter final league in the National U-18 Women's Football Championship, here on Tuesday. Goa were unlucky two times with the ball hitting the crossbar. Meghna Arora scored the first goal for Delhi in the 43rd minute as the visitors took 1-0 lead while going to half time. Goa kept trying for the equaliser but their key players Velanie Fernandes, Cianna lobo and Anline Fernandes were marked brilliantly by the Delhi defence on a one-on-one strategic gameplay. The Delhi team did not give much room for Goa midfielders to create plays and minimised the goal scoring opportunities for Goan forwards. As Goa went ahead in trying to find an equaliser, it started creating big gapes in their defence line. Delhi made a nice counter attack move and scored a second goal in 78th minutes with Anushka Samuel striking.
Sharan-Shamasdin bow out
Tashkent: Divij Sharan along with his Canadian partner Adil Shamasdin were handed an upset defeat by unseeded duo of Radu Albot of Moldavia and lithuania's Ricardas Berankis in straight sets in the men's doubles first round of the $125000 Tashkent ATP Challenger here on Tuesday. Fourth seeded Indo-Canadian pair went down 2-6, 4-6 against its unseeded rivals to bow out of the tournament. With this defeat, India's campaign in the men's doubles ended as Yuki Bhambri and his New Zealand partner Michael Venus had lost on Monday in their doubles first round game.
Saketh only Indian to win in Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam): Saketh Myneni was the only Indian to progress to the second round of the Vietnam Open even as Sumit Nagal put up a valiant fight before losing his first round, here on Tuesday. Fourth seed Myneni, who has become the second-highest ranked Indian in singles at 168, pipped Spain's unseeded Gerard Granollers 6-4 7-6(3) in the first round of the $50,000 ATP Hard Court Challenger event. Nagal and Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan however bowed out after suffering first round defeats while Sanam Singh's match suspended due to rain. Myneni had raced to a 4-1 lead in the second set but the Spaniard won four of the next five games to make it 5-5. Myneni, though, ensured his passage to the next round by playing solid in the tie-breaker.