Marshalls win CTl opener
Mumbai: Punjab Marshalls defeated hosts Mumbai Tennis Masters by a 21-19 margin in the opening match of the Champions Tennis league 2015 at the MSlTA Ground here. The contest started with the legends singles where Mumbai captain Richard Krajicek beat his Punjab counterpart Greg Rusedski 5-4 on Monday night. In the women’s singles, Flavia Pennetta got the better of Elina Svitolina 5-2 to enhance Mumbai’s lead. Punjab’s turnaround started with the mixed doubles event where the pair of Marcos Baghdatis and Elina Svitolina defeated Santiago Giraldo and Flavia Pennetta 5-2. Then Baghdatis combined with Saketh Myneni to beat Santiago Giraldo and Sriram Balaji 5-3 before Baghdatis eked out a close 5-4 win over Giraldo.
SAI, Gopichand Foundation sign MOU
New Delhi: Sports Authority of India and Pullela Gopichand Badminton Foundation (PGBF) on Tuesday joined hands to establish a SAI Gopichand National Badminton Academy at Gachibowli, Hyderabad. A Memorandum of Understanding for this purpose was signed in the presence of SAI Director General Injeti Srinivas. SAI will also utilise the facilities at the Academy for national training camps and competitions. The Academy will select 50 players in a nation-wide talent search scheme for induction in the age group of 11 to 14 years.
Srikanth loses, Jayaram wins
Macau: Top seed K Srikanth bowed out with a straight-game defeat but three other Indians, including Ajay Jayaram and H S Prannoy, advanced to the second round of the $120,000 Macau Open Grand Prix Gold here on Tuesday. World number seven Srikanth’s rough patch continued as he made yet another early exit with a 16-21, 21-23 loss to Christie Jonatan, in the opening round here. However, ninth seed Jayaram produced a gallant effort to see off Hong Kong’s Tam Chun Hei 21-6, 25-23 in another men’s singles event. Seventh seed Prannoy also played out of his skin to notch up a 21-15, 16-21, 21-18 win over Indonesia’s Sukamta Evert.
Pro-Wrestling Talent Prog launched
new delhi: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat on Tuesday launched ‘The Great Khali’s’ special India focused Pro-Wrestling talent programme titled ‘Continental Wrestling Entertainment’(CWE). Further, it was announced that the programme, promoted by Khali’s CWE Academy, would be kick-started, in February 2016, with a two-day spectacle of International standard fights to be held in Uttarakhand.