Newly-crowned Indonesia Open champion K. Srikanth and title-holder Saina Nehwal progressed to the second round with contrasting wins at the Australian Super Series on Wednesday. Olympic silver-medallist P.V. Sindhu and Singapore Open Champion B. Sai Praneeth also entered the second round but it was curtains for four other singles player, including giant-slayer H. S. Prannoy….
Sri Lanka ITF 15,000$ Men’s Tennis: City’s Prajwal Dev enters quarter-finals
June 22, 2017Mysuru lad S. D. Prajwal Dev, representing India and taking part in 15,000$ ITF men’s tennis tournament in Colombo, Sri Lanka, entered the quarter-finals in the men’s singles event on Wednesday. Prajwal Dev, playing some consistent tennis, came back from behind to beat seventh seed Peter Goldsteiner 3-6, 7-5, 6-3 and entered the quarter-finals.
ITF 25,000$ Women’s Tennis: Dhruthi, Karman duo enter quarter-finals
June 22, 2017Mysuru based Dhruthi T. Venugopal and Karman Kaur Thandi combined well and beat Polina Mevenkova & Ekaterina Yashina 6-3, 6-1 and entered the quarter-finals in the women’s doubles event in 25,000$ ITF women’s tennis in Uzbekistan on Wednesday. In the women’s singles first round, Dhruthi got the better of Valeriya Zeleva 6-4, 5-7, 6-2.
Open Tennis Tournament in city on June 24
June 22, 2017Mysore Tennis Wing, Tennis Academy and Onkarmal Somani College will be conducting open tennis tournament singles and doubles for boys and girls U-12 and U-14 on June 24 at its premises on Sahukar Chennaiah Road, Kuvempunagar, here. For more details contact Tournament Organiser M.R. Nithyanand on Mob: 90356-78000, according to a press release from the…
Tenvic’s Junior Tennis League
June 22, 2017TENVIC Sports will conduct Junior Tennis League (Edition 5.0) on June 25 at PES Tennis Stadium in Mandya. Interested players may register online at www.tenvicsports.com. For more details, contact Mob: 99809-79478 or 98458-69035.
Anil Kumble steps down as Team India Head Coach
June 21, 2017All seems to be not well in the Indian men’s cricket team with Anil Kumble stepping down as the Head Coach of the team. The BCCI’S Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) comprising of Saurav Ganguly, VVS Laxman and Sachin Tendulkar had chosen their former teammate as head coach in June 2016. When the Indian team flew…
Robin Uthappa quits Karnataka
June 21, 2017Robin Uthappa has ended his 15-year association with KSCA after the state body granted him a NOC to play elsewhere. Sources said that NOC was given to Uthappa last week. The 31-year-old who has played 130 First Class matches could not be reached as he was travelling abroad. Uthappa has also played 46 ODIs for…
Sri Lanka ITF Men’s Tennis Prajwal Dev advances
June 21, 2017Mysuru lad S.D. Prajwal Dev taking part in the ITF Men’s Sri Lanka Futures $15,000 Tennis Tournament 2017 at Colombo on Tuesday won his first round tie in the men’s singles event. Prajwal Dev playing some consistent tennis beat Nishangan Nadaraja (Sri Lanka) 6-2, 6-2 to enter the pre-quarterfinals in the men’s singles event. Prajwal…
KSCA Mysore Zonal League 2017 Karthik Kumar shines for The Mysore Gymkhana
June 20, 2017A five-wicket haul by medium-pacer Karthik Kumar (five for 24), enabled The Mysore Gymkhana to register a facile ten-wicket win over Jaihind CC ‘A’ in the KSCA Mysore Zone II Division League 2017, played at the PET grounds, Mandya recently. The scores II Division At Mandya: Jaihind CC ‘A’ 51 in 19.2 overs (Karthik Kumar…
Shah Rukh Khan, GMR buy franchises in South African League
June 20, 2017Indian Premiere League franchies Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) co-owner Shah Rukh Khan and Delhi Daredevils (DD) owners GMR have bought franchises in the Cricket South Africa’s T20 Global League. GMR’s team will be based in Johannesburg while South African pacer Kagiso Rabada will be its marquee player. Shah Rukh’s franchise will be based in Cape…















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