Indian sports news wrap, July 3
The HinduSHOOTING NRAI approves participation of Indian shooters for non-Olympic events The National Rifle Association of India has approved the following shooters for participation in non-Olympic events in the World Championship in Baku, Azerbaijan, at their own cost. 25m standard pistol: Harsh Gupta, Amanpreet Singh, Akshay Jain; Tiyana Phogat, Yashita Shokeen, Kritika Sharma. -Kamesh Srinivasan TEENIS AITA women’s tournament: Mrinalini Sharma through to second round Qualifier Mrinalini Sharma overcame a tough start to edge out Tamanna Panwar 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 in the first round of the Rs.100,000 AITA women’s tennis tournament at the Joygaon Academy on Monday. The results : Sahira Singh bt Tanushri Pandey 6-4, 6-0; Ananya Dhankhar bt Anjali Dalal 7-6, 6-2; Jasmine Rawat bt Medhavi Singh 7-6, 7-5; Riya Ubovejja bt Ritu Rai 6-2, 6-1; Samaira Malik bt Saily Thakkar 6-2, 6-4; Ayushi Singh bt Muskan Prajapat 6-0, 6-0; Himaanshika Singh bt Sameeksha Shroff 4-6, 6-1, 6-2; Shefali Arora bt Aareyalee Chavan 6-4, 6-0; Anahat Pannu bt Kanupriya Rajawat 7-6, 6-1; Gauri Mangaonkar bt Gurleen Singh 6-0, 6-0; Divya Bhardwaj bt Kanika Rapria 6-1, 6-0; Vanshika Choudhary bt Rithika Rajasekar 6-1, 6-2; Vidhi Jani bt Dhanashree Patil 6-3, 6-1; Mrinalini Sharma bt Tamanna Panwar 2-6, 6-3, 7-6; Kashish Bhatia bt Shambhavi Rawat 6-1, 6-0.