ARCHERY

Archery World Cup Stage 2: Indian women’s team win recurve bronze

India’s recurve women’s team clinched a bronze medal and Mohan Bhardwaj reached the semifinals to stay in contention for a compound men’s individual medal at the Archery World Cup Stage 2 arc in Gwangju, Korea on Thursday.

India’s fifth-ranked women’s team – consisting of Ridhi Phor, Komalika Bari and Ankita Bhakat – beat Brazil 5-4 and Mexico 6-2 but lost to Korea 6-2 in the semi-finals.

The trio beat second-ranked Chinese Taipei – including World Cup bronze medalist Kuo Tzu Ying, Olympic medalist Lei Chien-Ying and World medalist Chiu Yi-Ching – 6-2 (56-52 , 54-51, 54-55, 55-54) to win the bronze medal.

India – consisting of Tarundeep Rai, Neeraj Chauhan and Jayanta Talukdar – earned a first-round bye and beat Turkey 5-4 (shot on goal 28-27) before suffering a 6-2 loss to Turkey. France in the classic men’s team quarter-final.

In the compound men’s individual category, Mohan, ranked 42nd, beat Australians Patrick Coghlan 146-144 and Scott Brice 146-143, Slovakian Jozef Bosansky 149-145 and Korean Yang Jaewon 147-140 to reach the last four. . The Indian will next face Austrian Nico Wiener.

Aman Saini lost to Dane Mathias Fullerton 149-147 in the pre-quarterfinals. Third-placed Abhishek Verma was stunned on lap two, while Rajat Chauhan fell on lap one.

In the compound women’s individual competitions, Muskan Kirar went out in the pre-quarterfinals, losing to Korea’s Yunhee Kim 143-142. Priya Gurjar and Avneet Kaur couldn’t make it past the second round. Raginee Marko lost in the first round.

-Sportstar Team

TENNIS

Strasbourg 2022: Sani Mirza reaches the semi-finals with Hradecka

Top seeds Sania Mirza and Lucie Hradecka defeated Nadiia Kichenok and Raluca Olaru 6-3, 7-6(4) in the doubles quarterfinals of the €203,024 WTA tennis tournament in Strasbourg, France.

In the semi-finals, Sania and Lucie will face Kaitlyn Christian and Lidziya Marozava.

Asian U-16 Tournament

Top seed Dhruv Sachdeva cut short Levin Safoor Mydeen’s fine run with a 6-2, 6-4 win in the semi-finals of the Asian Under-16 tennis tournament at the Modern School courts, Barakhamba Road, Thursday.

Akshat Dhull (pictured) defeated second seed Jason David in the semi-finals of the Asian Under-16 tennis tournament in Delhi on Thursday. -KAMESH SRINIVASAN

Last week’s Under-14 champion, Levin had commendably maintained his strong run in the semi-finals before meeting his match.

In the final, Dhruv will meet Akshat Dhull who beat second seed Jason David for the loss of four games.

On the girls side, top two seeds Riya Sachdeva and Nainika Bendram battled it out for the title.

Riya defeated Aakruti Sonkusare while Nainika defeated Saumrita Verma. Saumrita won the doubles title partnered with Aditi Rawat, beating Nainika and Ishi Maheshwari 6-2, 6-3 in the final.

– Kamesh Srinivasan

SHOOTING

India end Junior World Cup campaign with silver and bronze on final day

After the gold rush that saw the team win 13 of the 31 medals at stake, India wrapped up the show with a silver and a bronze at the World Junior Shooting Cup in Suhl , in Germany.

Sift Kaur Samra and Surya Pratap Singh won the mixed team silver medal in the 50 meters prone, after being beaten by the Polish team of Maja Magdalena Gawenda and Wiktor Sajdak 17-15.

Areeba Khan, Parinaaz Dhaliwal, Darshna Rathore who won the skeet team bronze medal at the Junior World Cup in Germany. – SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT

The Indian pair had dominated the first qualifying stage but lost the advantage in the next two matches, including the narrow loss in the gold chase.

In the women’s skeet team, Parinaaz Dhaliwal, Darshna Rathore and Areeba Khan won the bronze medal, beating hosts Germany 6-0. The Indian team had shot 194 in the qualifying round and missed out on the chance to challenge for gold by one point against eventual champions Britain.

Overall, it was a strong performance from India as they won 13 gold, 15 silver and five bronze medals for a total of 33.

Italy finished second with four gold, two silver and five bronze medals. Poland (4), United States (3), Germany (2), France (2), Australia, Great Britain and Bulgaria are the other teams that have managed to win medals. gold among the 21 countries that appeared in the medal table.

–Kamesh Srinivasan