Arjun-Jeevan pair makes the semi nals
Olympian Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar asserted his prowess as he rocketed to the top in both quali cation and nal in 50-metre ri£e 3-position event in the second Olympic shooting trials at the Dr. Karni Singh Range on Friday.
After trailing by 0.3 point before the last shot of the 45-shot nal, Aishwary delivered 10.6 to beat Olympic quota winner Akhil Sheoran by 0.4 point. More importantly, the 23year-old Aishwary shot 595 in quali cation, much in contrast to his 576 in the
rst trial, to rmly get into the reckoning for a ticket to Paris.
Olympic quota winner
Swapnil Kusale continued to stay at the top in the overall averages. Akhil and Olympian Chain Singh also had better averages than Aishwary, but the latter can shoot better scores over the next two trials in Bhopal and get rid of his lowest score.
Only three best scores of the shooters will be considered for selection, and Aishwary with his deemed quota bonus of two points is on par in status with Akhil and Swapnil.
In women’s ri£e 3-position, Asian Games gold medallist Sift Kaur Samra continued to assert her dominance in the nal, but Ashi Chouksey was on top of the race with her quali cation scores of 590 and 585. Olympian Anjum Moudgil was on par with Sift in terms of the quali cation scores.
The results:
10m air rifle (qualification stage): Men: 1. Sandeep Singh 632.6; 2. Arjun Babuta 632.3; 3. Divyansh Singh Panwar 629.2; 4. Rudrankksh Patil 628.7; 5. Sri Kartik Sabari Raj 625.6. Women: 1. Nancy Mandhotra 633.1; 2. Tilottama Sen 631.2; 3. Elavenil Valarivan 630.0; 4. Ramita Jindal 628.3; 5. Mehuli Ghosh 626.8.
1. Sarabjot Singh 581; 2. Naveen 581; 3. Varun Tomar 580; 4. Ravinder Singh 578;
5. Arjun Singh Cheema 575. Women: 1. Rhythm Sangwan 584; 2. Manu Bhaker 580; 3. Surbhi Rao 579; 4. Palak Gulia 576; 5. Esha Singh 575.
1. Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar 463.6 (595); 2. Akhil Sheoran 463.2 (584); 3. Swapnil Kusale 450.8 (587); 4. Chain Singh 440.2 (585); 5. Niraj Kumar 429.2 (587). Women: 1. Sift Kaur Samra 465.1 (587); 2. Ashi Chouksey 462.7 (585); 3. Anjum Moudgil 451.9 (589); 4. Shriyanka Sadangi 440.0 (587); 5. Nischal 424.0 (587).
Top seeds Arjun Kadhe and Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan beat Thai-Son Kwiatkowski and Alex Lawson 6-3, 7-5 in the quarter nals of the $82,000 Challenger tennis tournament in Savannah, USA. In the $40,000 ITF women’s event in Wuning, China, Rutuja Bhosale and Paige Hourigan beat Ekaterina Shaliova and Wang Jiaqi 0-6, 6-2, [10-3] in the semi nals.
The results: $82,000 Challenger, Savannah, USA: Doubles (quarterfinals): Arjun Kadhe & Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan bt Thai-Son Kwiatkowski & Alex
Lawson (USA) 6-3, 7-5.
$15,000 ITF men, Shymkent, Kazakhstan: Singles (quarterfinals): Vladyslav Orlov (Ukr) bt Dev Javia 6-4, 1-6, 7-6(4).
Doubles (semifinals): S.D. Prajwal Dev & Sai Karteek Reddy bt Chirag Duhan & Karan Singh 7-5, 6-3.
$40,000 ITF women, Wuning, China: Doubles (semifinals): Rutuja Bhosale & Paige Hourigan (NZ) bt Ekaterina Shalimova & Wang Jiaqi (Chn) 0-6, 6-2, [10-3].
$15,000 ITF women, Kursumlijska Banja, Serbia: Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Karola Bejenaru (Rou) & Tea Nikcevic (Mne) bt Kiara Cvetkovic (Sui) & Annika Kannan 7-6(5), 6-2.
$15,000 ITF women, Monastir, Tunisia: Doubles (quarterfinals): Paris Corley & Dasha Ivanova (USA) bt Diva Bhatia & Zeel Desai 6-3, 6-2.