Here are all the major developments in Indian sport on Sunday, March 5.
TENNIS
ITF Msters Tournament - Jhajjar
Second seed Paul Varghese beat top seed Chandra Bhushan 6-1, 6-4 in the over-55 final of the ITF Masters tennis tournament at the Joygaon Academy.
In the women’s over-45 event, Manju Khare beat No.1 seed Sonal Vohra 7-5, 6-1 for the title. Mayuka Sakai of Japan won the women’s over-40 title, beating Prerana Apte and Rashmi Yadav for the loss of five games in all, in the round robin league.
RESULTS
Men:
Over-30: Pulkit Mishra bt Reagan Rathor 6-1, 6-1.
Over-35: Indra Kumar Mahajan bt Rahul Belwal 6-2, 6-1.
Over-40: Aditya Khanna bt Narendra Singh Choudhary 7-6(5), 6-3.
Over-45: Avinash Kunwar bt Quamaruddin Khan 6-2, 3-6, [10-2].
Over-50: Ajit Maruti Sail bt Sunil Lulla 6-1, 6-0.
Over-55: Paul Varghese bt Chandra Bhushan 6-1, 6-4.
Over-60: Pawan Jain bt Dipankar Chakravarti 6-1, 6-4.
Women:
Over-35: Pinky Sharma bt Pranita Pednekar 6-2, 6-1.
Over-45: Manju Khare bt Sonal Vohra 7-5, 6-1.
-Kamesh Srinivasan