lahiri in touch with leaders
Hong Kong: Indian golfer Anirban lahiri continued to give himself chances as he added a second successive 67 to move to six-under and Tied-5th at the halfway stage of the UBS Hong Kong Open here on Friday.
The 28-year-old, already winner of two joint-sanctioned event at Malaysian Open and Hero Indian Open, drove the ball and hit his Irons well, but once again his putting was the concern. After bogeying his last hole on the first day, lahiri was bogey free on the second with three birdies and moved to six-under 134 to be three shots behind former US Open winner, Justin Rose (65-66). Among other Indians, Jeev Milkha, needing a Top-3 finish to make his card for 2016, was hit by a double bogey and shot even par 70 after 65 on first day to move to five-under 135 and give himself a chance over the weekend. Tied with Jeev was Gaganjeet Bhullar, who continued his comeback with a fine 66 to go with his 69 on first day and at five-under 135. Jeev and Bhullar were both tied 10th, while Rahil Gangjee starting the day with bogeys on first and third salvaged the round with 70 at four-under 136 to be tied 17th.
Hockey Championship starts Oct.24
New Delhi: Delhi sr. men and women hockey championship 2015 (Olympic Week) starts from October 24th. The tournament takes place at Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium from 24th October to 28th October 2015. Around twenty teams have confirmed their participation for this event. The rounds in the championship will be played on knock out basis.
Saketh enters semifinals
Bengaluru: Saketh Myneni was the last Indian standing in the Air Asia Open by sealing a semifinal berth as Sanam Singh lost his singles quarterfinal, here on Friday. Third seed Myeni got the better of fifth seed Belgian Yannick Mertens 6-3, 7-6 (6) to move into the last-four $50,000 Challenger event at the KSlTA Courts on Friday. Sanam though exited with a 3-6, 2-6 defeat against second seed Briton James Ward. Myneni’s semifinal opponent will be top seed Adrian Menendez-Maceiras, who had little problem in ousting Arthyr De Greef of Belgium 6-3, 6-4.
Sharapova, Halep drawn together
Singapore: Maria Sharapova of Russia was drawn with top-seeded Simona Halep on Friday in the tougher group for the season-ending WTA finals. With top-ranked Serena Williams skipping the event, the red group features the two highest-ranked women in Singapore in Halep and Sharapova. US Open champion Flavia Pennetta and and Angieszka Radwanska of Poland are also in that group. The white group features Garbine Muguruza, Petra Kvitova, Angelique Kerber and lucie Safarova. The tournament features a round-robin stage, with the top two players in each group advancing to the semifinals. Safarova, Pennetta and Kerber only qualified for the event this week. Play starts on 25th october.