BHAMBRI IN QUARTERS OF CITI OPEN

WASHINGTON D.C: A day after stunning defending champion Gael Monfils of France, Indian qualifier Yuki Bhambri swept aside Guido Pella of Argentina to enter quarter-finals of the ongoing Citi Open here on Friday. Bhambri, ranked 200th in world rankings, recovered from a set down to register an emphatic 6-7, 6-3, 6-1 win over Pella. This will be only the second appearance for Bhambri in the quarterfinals of an ATP World Tour event

PRANNOY, SOURABH OUT

AUCKLAND: Indian shuttler HS Prannoy bowed out of the New Zealand Grand Prix Gold tournament after 11th seed Lin Yu Hsien of Chinese Taipei beat him 10-21, 22-20, 23-21 in the quarter-finals here on Friday. Seventh-seeded Sourabh Verma also lost 16-21, 19-21 to Hong Kong’s Lee Cheuk Yiu in his last-eight clash .

BRONZE FOR MANJU

NEWDELHI: India’s Manju Kumari has won the bronze medal with a 2-0 victory over Ukraine’s Ilona Prokopevniuk in the Junior World Wrestling Championship in Tampere, Finland. Manju started off with a 5-1 win over Bulgaria’s Aleksandrina Nikolaeva Kashinova. In her repechage bout, Manju beat Canada’s Tianna Grace Kennett 4-0 to reach the bronze-medal play-offs. CLOSE WIN FOR BULLS

NAGPUR: Bengaluru Bulls eked out a close 32-31 win over Tamil Thalaivas in a pulsating encounter of the Pro Kabaddi League, here on Friday.

Ajay Kumar and Ajay Thakur starred for the winners as they stamped their authority with superb raids on their rivals from the onset.