HOCKEY
Hina, Kanika strike as India juniors beat Dutch hockey club 2-0
Hina Bano and Kanika Siwach scored a goal each as the Indian junior women’s hockey team began its tour of Europe with a 2-0 win against Netherlands club Bredase Hockey Vereniging Push here.
After a goalless first half on Tuesday, which saw both sides testing each others’ strengths, India broke the deadlock with Hina scoring off a penalty corner after three failed attempts with the set-pieces in the second quarter.
Bredase Hockey Vereniging pushed aggressively for the equaliser but success eluded them despite the hosts earning three PCs in the third quarter.
Kanika Siwach found the back of the net to double India’s lead in the fourth quarter following which the defenders did well to ward off several spirited attacks from the opponents in the last few minutes.
The Indian junior team will play its next match against Belgium in Breda, Netherlands later on Wednesday.
- PTI
VOLLEYBALL
AVC Women’s Challenge Cup 2024: India beats Iran 3-0
India defeated Iran 3-0 in the opening match of Pool A of the 2024 AVC Challenge Cup for Women. | Photo Credit: X | AVC
India defeated Iran 3-0 (25-17, 25-23, 25-21) in the opening match of Pool A of the 2024 AVC Challenge Cup for Women on Wednesday afternoon in Manila.
India was placed fourth in the 2023 edition and will look to focus on a podium finish.
India and Iran will next play against Chinese Taipei.
-Team Sportstar
TENNIS
Junior Davis Cup: India loses to Hong Kong 2-1
Samarth Sahita won his match but India was beaten 2-1 by Hong Kong in the third league match of the Asia-Oceania Junior Davis Cup under-16 boys tennis tournament in Shymkent, Kazakhstan, on Wednesday.
India did qualify for the quarterfinals as it finished second in the group, having beaten Jordan and Indonesia. In the quarterfinal, India will face group-C topper Taiwan, which beat Australia 2-1 in the last league match.
Cruz Hewitt, son of former World No.1 and Wimbledon champion Lleyton Hewitt, won his singles match for Australia, but the team lost 1-2 to Taiwan, and qualified as the second team from the group.
Host Kazakhstan, China, Japan and Korea were the other teams to make the knock-out phase.
The top four teams from the zone will qualify for the World Group competition to be staged later.
The results (league): Hong Kong bt India 2-1 (Siu Cheng lost to Samarth Sahita 3-6, 7-6(1), 3-6; Jack Cheng bt Aradhya Kshitij 7-5, 6-1; Jack & Siu bt Aradhya & Samarth 6-4, 6-1).
-Kamesh Srinivasan
AITA men’s ranking tournament: Top seed Neeraj beats qualifier Vatsal in quarterfinals
Top seed Neeraj Yashpaul beat qualifier Vatsal Manikantan 6-7(10), 6-1, 6-1 in the quarterfinals of the HPCL Mittal Rs.100,000 AITA men’s ranking tennis tournament at the CLTA Complex on Wednesday.
The results:
-Kamesh Srinivasan
SQUASH
PSA Challenger: Adarsh Banodha recovers to beat Rounak Yadav
Adarsh Banodha recovered midway to beat Rounak Yadav 9-11, 9-11, 11-2, 11-5, 11-9 in the men’s first round of the $6000 PSA Challenger squash tournament at the Daly College on Wednesday.
In the women’s section, Shameena Riaz beat Unnati Tripathi 11-8, 11-8, 8-11, 13-11.
The results (first round):
Men: Vaibhav Chauhan bt Naresh Shingva 11-7, 11-1, 11-5; Diwakar Singh bt Kunal Singh 3-11, 11-5, 11-6, 11-8; Ansh Tripathi bt Ranvijay Sidhu 11-9, 12-10, 11-8; KS Arihant bt Pardeep Malik 11-4, 11-4, 11-6; Adarsh Banodha bt Rounak Yadav 9-11, 9-11, 11-2, 11-5, 11-9; Tavneet Singh Mundra bt Kanhav Nanavati 6-11, 11-6, 11-8, 11-3; Ravi Dixit bt Jamal Sakib 11-9, 11-5, 11-2.
Women: Shameena Riaz bt Unnati Tripathi 11-8, 11-8, 8-11, 13-11; Navya Sundararajan bt Chhavi Saran 12-10, 11-9, 11-4; Eesha Srivastava bt Durga Pardhi 11-3, 11-1, 11-7; Akanksha Gupta bt Khushi Puranik 11-4, 11-1, 11-4; Ananya Narayanan bt Yashi Jain 11-7, 11-7, 11-5; Aradhya Porwal bt Vyomika Khandelwal 11-9, 11-3, 11-7.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
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