Indian sports wrap, April 30: India tops Asian U-15 Boxing Championships medal tally, Krishnav Chopraa wins Big West amateur title

Indian sports wrap, April 30: India tops Asian U-15 Boxing Championships medal tally, Krishnav Chopraa wins Big West amateur title

Putting up a dominant show, India topped the U-15 category by claiming a rich haul of 25 medals, including 10 gold, by women pugilists at the U-15 and U-17 Asian Boxing Championships in Amman, Jordan.

The women boxers secured 10 golds and four bronze medals across the 15 weight appearances, winning every title bout they contested in the finals on Tuesday.

The U-15 bouts started with Komal (30–33 kg) narrowly edging Kazakhstan’s Aiaru Onggarbek with a 3:2 split decision.

Khushi Ahlawat (35 kg) then beat her opponent 4:1, while Tamanna (37 kg) sealed her gold with a second-round RSC.

Svi (40 kg), Milky Meinam (43 kg), Princi (52 kg), Navya (58 kg), Sunaina (61 kg), Trushana Mohite (67 kg), and Vanshika (70+ kg) all won their respective bouts unanimously, capping a clean sweep in the finals for the girls’ U-15 squad.

Four Indian boys contested the finals. Apart from one gold for Sanskar Vinod (35 kg), three finished with silver medals, adding to the seven bronzes.

“What an incredible evening for Indian boxing. Hearing the national anthem play 11 times and seeing India topping the charts filled us all with pride. I heartily congratulate our 25 Under-15 medallists on this outstanding achievement. These are our future Olympic champions, and they’ve made the nation proud,” Indian Boxing’s Interim Committee Chairman Ajay Singh said.

India was already assured of 43 medals ahead of the finals, including 25 in the U-15 category and 18 in the U-17 category – the finals of which will be contested on Wednesday.

Rudraksh Singh Khaidem (46 kg), Abhijeet (61 kg), and Lakshay Phogat (64 kg) settled for silver against Ukraine, Uzbekistan, and Iraq, respectively.

The focus now shifts to the U-17 finals on day 11, where seven Indian boxers will fight for gold and look to close the tournament on a high.

-PTI

Pankaj Advani and Shayan Razmi continued their winning run with victories over Ashok Shandilya and Martin Goodwill respectively in their group stage matches of CCI Billiards Classic in Mumbai on Wednesday.

Advani constructed breaks of 189 and 109 to record a big 777-387 win over Shandilya, while Razmi pipped Great Britain’s Goodwill 409-403.

Goodwill is a former champion in several three-ball cue sports events in Britain and has also been a former pilot in the Royal Air Force.

Razmi also went on to defeat Rafath Habib 516-380 and maintained a clean slate.

The other winners in the first set of matches on the third day were Nalin Patel, who beat Akshay Gogri 750-278 for his second win. Gogri also lost to Siddharth Parikh 799-230.

Later, Dhvaj Haria piled up a massive win of 1222-100 against Amit Sapru, constructing breaks of 260, 253, 190 and 102 in the process.

– PTI

Rohan Pai crushed Shubham Randhe 4-0 while Tathya S recorded a win over Mohasin by a similar margin in the NSCI Baulkline Open Snooker tournament here on Wednesday.

Rohan had a break of 55 in the third frame to win 54-20, 66-15, 78-30, 54-41, while Tathya recorded his victory with the scoreline of 57-49, 50-41,62-45, 82-19.

In other matches, Sai S got the better of Ketan C 4-1 (69-49, 67-29, 53-61, 72-33, 52-23) and Taaha K scored an identical 4-1 verdict over Alam S with a score of 52-42, 47-14, 55-57, 57-15, 66-38.

Devendra Joshi defeated Hitesh M 4-2 (15-66, 64-38, 61-32, 12-56, 74-28, 81-6).

-PTI

Indian amateur Krishnav Chopraa produced two bogey free rounds of 63-66 followed by a 71 to emerge winner at the Big West Championship at La Quinta Country Club in California.

He totalled 16-under 200 for three days. Chopraa’s total tied with the lowest ever in the championship since 2006.

Chopraa, son of former India cricketer, Nikhil Chopra, has been a member of the Indian amateur team, played for Long Beach State and helped them win the team title for the third time.

Chopraa finished ahead of defending individual medallist Tegan Andrews of Cal State Fullerton.

– PTI

Rohan Bopanna in partnership with Ben Shelton beat sixth seeds Nathaniel Lammons and Jackson Withrow 6-7(5), 7-5, [10-7] in the doubles first round of the €8,055,385 ATP tennis tournament in Madrid, Spain.

Bopanna and Shelton will play Maximo Gonzalez and Andres Molteni of Argentina in the pre-quarterfinals.

– Kamesh Srinivasan

Vivaan Mirdha fought his way past Phee Sei of Myanmar 7-6(2), 2-6, 7-5 in the pre-quarterfinals of the Asian under-14 Development tennis championship at the DLTA Complex on Wednesday.

Viraj Choudhary in the boys section, apart from Jensi Kanabar and Srishti Kiran in the girls event also made the quarterfinals.

– Kamesh Srinivasan

Armenian Grandmaster Karen Grigoryan, the top seed, defeated Kerala’s A. Giridhar in the opening round of the KCA’s first international open GM chess tournament at the Courtyard Banquet Hall, Kanjikuzhi, on Wednesday.

– Stan Rayan