The dream run of 15-year-old Maaya Rajeshwaran came to an end in the semifinals of the Mumbai Open WTA 125 Series event here, when she lost in straight sets against Jil Teichmann 3-6,1-6 at the Cricket Club of India on Saturday.
Defending champions Kang Sings advanced to the semifinals of Season 2 of the Ice Hockey League with a stunning 9-0 victory over United Nubra at the Nawang Dorjay Stobdan (NDS) Stadium, here on Thursday.
Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen lost to the reigning Olympic champion Victor Axelsen in the semifinals of the men's singles competition at the ongoing Paris Olympics on Sunday.
Amit (51kg) continued his fine form to claim 5-0 unanimous decision win over Aldarkhishig Battulga of Mongolia.
Nepal's chase of the target was derailed by Saumy Pandey's four-for and they were restricted to 165/9 in 50 overs as India U19 won the match by 132 runs.
Besides Manju and Sonia, Anamika (50kg), Jyoti (52kg), Shiksha (54kg), Anupama (70kg), Nandini (75kg), Nupur (81+kg) have guaranteed medals for the RSPB.
India exhibited immense resilience to qualify for the Semi-Finals where they will take on Germany on the 14th of December.
Since the losing semi-finalists in squash were awarded bronze medals at the Asian Games, both teams have now confirmed a podium finish.
Two-time Olympic medalist Sindhu defeated China’s world No. 45 Gao Fang Jie in straight games 21-13, 21-7 in the quarter-finals and entered her third semi-final of the year.
Two-time Asian junior champion Nikita Chand (60kg) secured a hard fought 5:2 win on points against Sakshi of Haryana and made her way to the semi-finals.
