Bhavani wins Gold in senior cW fencing C’ship
Chennai: India's C A Bhavani Devi won the Gold medal on Saturday in the Sabre event in the Senior Commonwealth Fencing championship 2018 held in Canberra, Australia. Bhavani Devi is the first Indian to win a Gold medal in the Commonwealth Championship. She defeated England's Emily Ruaux 15-12 in the final, according to information received here. Earlier, the Chennai-born Bhavani Devi had put it across Catriona Thomson (Scotland) in the semi-final. Bhavani Devi earlier this year won a Silver medal in the Tournoi Satellite Fencing Championship in Iceland. Last year, she becamethe first Indian fencer to win Gold at the World Cup satellite tournament at Reykjavik.
Prajnesh ends runner-up in Pune
Pune: India's Prajnesh Gunneswaran gave his all but was outgunned by Elias Ymer in an energy-sapping baseline slugfest to end as runner-up at the KPIT-MSLTA Challenger, here on Saturday. Playing his second final after winning the Bengaluru open last week, Prajnesh lost 2-6, 5-7 to the third seeded Swede, who added craft to power to deny the Indian his third title of the season. The 29-year-old Indian yet again ended as a finalist at this Challenger, having lost the final of the 2016 edition. Ymer, who had a 5-0 record coming into this final, maintained the clean state with a commanding win. With 48 points in his tally, Prajnesh, who is in the form of his life, will now move to his career-best singles rank of 104.
Ramkumar-Vijay pair clinches Pune trophy
Pune: India's Ramkumar Ramanathan stood out with individual brilliance to capture his maiden doubles title on the ATP Challenger circuit, clinching the KPIT-MSLTA doubles trophy with compatriot Vijay Sundar Prashanth, here on Saturday. A fired-up Ramkumar played solid from the baseline and brought in a lot of energy as the unseeded Indian pair edged past the third seeded Taipei pair of Tsung-Hua Yang and Cheng-Peng Hsieh 7-6(3), 6-7(5), 10-7 in a pulsating final. Ramkumar literally carried the match on his shoulders with his partner slightly off colour on Saturday. Ramkumar had three runner-up finishes before on the Challenger circuit with different partners. For Vijay, it is his second title, having won his first trophy with compatriot Saketh Myneni last year in October at Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Mumbai, ATK settle for goalless draw
Mumbai: Mumbai City FC's winning streak came to a halt after they were held to a goalless draw by former champions ATK in an Indian Super League fixture here on Saturday. Mumbai came into the match on the back of three consecutive wins, one at home and two away, but Jorge Costa's men put a sub-par show in front of the home crowd at the Mumbai Football Arena in suburban Andheri. After the game, Mumbai are on the fourth spot in the points table with 4 wins, 2 draws and as many losses. ATK are on the sixth spot, with three wins, as many losses and two draws.
U Mumba beat Dabang Delhi 39-23
Pune: Siddharth Desai proved his worth yet again as U Mumba hammered Dabang Delhi 39-23 in a Pro Kabaddi Season 6 match here on Saturday. Siddharth and Rohit Baliyan combined to score 17 raid points whereas Fazel Atrachali and Surender chipped in with 8 tackle points to lead U Mumba to a win. Chandran Ranjit was the lone performer for Dabang Delhi as he ended up with seven raid points while Naveen Kumar scored four points.