Fourth seed Rafael Nadal responded to his billing by French Open tournament director Guy Forget as the greatest clay courter in history by brushing aside Benoit Paire 6-1 6-4 6-1 yesterday, launching his bid for a 10th title at the Roland Garros. Relegated to Court Suzanne Lenglen while defending champion Novak Djokovic was swatting aside…
The winners of Nalawadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar Inter-District Open Rapid Chess Tournament held at Manasagangothri here recently are seen with the guests.
Mysuru lad Suraj R. Prabodh taking part in the Singapore F2 Futures $15,000 ITF Tennis Tournament from May 29 to June 4 went down in the second and final qualifying round in the men’s singles event to Marc-Andrea Huesler (SUI) yesterday. In the final qualifying round in the men’s singles. Marc-Andrea Huesler beat Suraj 6-7…
Mysuru’s IM M.S. Thejkumar (ELO 2482), taking part in the 1st International Chess Open of the Basque Coast, Bayonne, France, May 25-28 finished runner-up with 6 points from 7 rounds yesterday. GM Nikolai Ninov of Bulgaria won the tournament with 6.5 points from 7 rounds. Thejkumar had wins over Max Neol (France), Romain Lahaderne (France),…
Sagar G. Kashyap of Mysuru along with two other officials from India, Abhishek Mukharjee and Saibal Banerjee have been selected to officiate in the upcoming US Open 2017 Grand Slam Tennis championships. Incidentally, Sagar Kashyap had officiated during last year’s Wimbledon championships and Australian Open tennis championships.
Madikeri’s A. Augustin with 8.5 points from nine rounds clinched the title in the Nalawadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar Inter-District Open Rapid Chess Tournament conducted by Samyuktha Kreeda Sangha at Manasagangothri here yesterday. Rakesh of Mandya with 8 points finished second while K. Ravikumar of Hassan with 7.5 points secured the third place. A total of 253…
Germany’s Angelique Kerber became the first women’s top seed to lose in the opening round of the French Open. Kerber went down to Ekaterina Makarova (Russia) 6-2, 6-2 in one hour and 22 minutes. Both Simona Halep and Karolina Pliskova have the chance to take top spot for the first time with good runs in…
Defending champions India had a good start for their Champions Trophy campaign with a 45-run victory against New Zealand via Duckworth-Lewis method in a rain- curtailed warm-up game here yesterday. Mohammed Shami (3 for 47 in 8 overs), who is making a comeback, along with Bhuvneshwar Kumar (3 for 28 in 6.4 overs) shared bulk…
Sebastian Vettel secured a memorable one-two for Ferrari in yesterday’s Monaco Grand Prix to extend his world championship lead to a luxurious 25 points over Lewis Hamilton. Taking full advantage of generous support from his team-mate Kimi Raikkonen, who led from pole position to the start of the pit-stops, the four-time champion came home 3.1…
Abhimanyu Vannemreddy earned a wildcard entry into Junior French Open with a fighting win over Hikaru Shiraishi in the final of the Rendez-Vous event. The 17-year-old Abhimanyu tamed the fighting Japanese 6-1 4-6 6-1 in two hours and 15 minutes at court number six of Roland Garros. But to the Shiraiashi’s credit, he showed exemplary…
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