Monfils hands Tsitsipas lesson in Sofia, enters semi-finals
SOFIA: Gael Monfils doled out another lesson in outstanding tennis, winning 93 percent of points on his first serve, as he reached the semi-finals of the Sofia Open on Friday with a 6-3 7-6(5) win over Greece’s emerging talent Stefanos Tsitsipas.
MICKELSON LEADS PACK
SAN FRANCISCO: Phil Mickelson grabbed a share of the lead on Friday in the rain-hit second round of the PGA Tour Pebble Beach Pro-Am. Mickelson added a fourunder par 68 and was on 10-under alongside Lucas Glover (66), Scott Langley (69) and England’s Paul Casey (64).
JUNIORS SHINE IN TT
MANAMA: Indian girls bagged four medals – one gold, two silver and one bronze – at the Bahrain Junior and Cadet Open table tennis . Three teams entered the semi-finals of the cadet girls’, with the duo Suhana Saini and Anargya Manjunath winning gold, beating Yashaswini Ghorpade and Kavya Sree Baskar in the final.
SANSKRITI SCHOOL WIN
NEWDELHI: Hosts Sanskriti School, Chanakyapuri, won the U-13 Delhi Girls’ Football School League, beating Shiv Nadar School 3-2 in the final.
PUNJAB , RSPB IN FINAL
GWALIOR: Defending champions Punjab Saturday defeated Punjaband S ind Bank 2-0 to setup a clash against Railway Sports Promotion Board (RSPB) in the final of the ninth Senior Men’s National Hockey Championship (Division A) here.
While Punjab beat Punjab and Sind Bank in the first semifinal, RSPB got the better of Petroleum Sports Promotion Board (PSPB) 5-4 in shoot-out in the other last four game to enter the summitclash.
In the first semi-final, India international Akashdeep Singh (8th minute) and Dharamvir Singh (39th) scored for the winners.