Indian sports news wrap, January 6
The HinduCHESS Srihari LR upsets GM Savchenko to maintain lead at top Talented Indian junior Srihari LR, who is also a Grandmaster norm holder, continued his fine run as he upset Russian GM Boris Savchenko in the ninth round of the Chennai Open International Grandmaster Chess tournament in Chennai on Saturday. Other Indian results in Round 9 Laxman RR drew Fedorov Alexei, Buscara Sean drew Pawar Harshit, Abhishek Kelkar drew Aronyak Ghosh, Glek Igor drew Sangma Rahul, Viani Antonio D’cunha drew Murali Krishnan BT, Nithin Babu defeat Nitin S, Tologon Tegin Semetei defeat Kartik Kumar Singh, Podolchenko Evgeniy defeat Jyotshnav Talukdar. - PTI TENNIS Bhambri-Haase pair loses in Brisbane semifinals Eighth seeds Yuki Bhambri and Robin Haase missed a match point at 9-8 in the super tie-break and were beaten 6-3, 6-7, by second seeds Lloyd Glasspool and Jean-Julien Rojer in the doubles semifinals of the $739,945 ATP tennis tournament in Brisbane, Australia, on Saturday. - Team Sportstar FOOTBALL IWL: Gokulam Kerala crushes Sports Odisha Anu Tamang, Fazila Ikwaptu and Soumya Guguloth scored two goals each as defending champion Gokulam Kerala FC blanked Sports Odisha 8-0 in the Indian Women’s League football at the EMS Corporation Stadium in Kozhikode on Saturday. - Team Sportstar CUE SPORT Shubhojit Roy in second round of NSCI snooker Shubhojit Roy cruised to an easy 4-0 win against Paresh Ghatad in the best-of-seven-frame qualifying draw first-round match of the NSCI Baulkline 3.0 All India Snooker Open in Mumbai on Saturday.