Indian Sports News Wrap, December 15
The HinduGOLF S.S.P Chawrasia Invitational: Manu Gandas emerges sole leader after second round Manu Gandas of Gurugram assumed the lead with a fine six-under 66 in the second round to tally a creditable nine-under 135 in the inaugural S.S.P. RESULTS Singles Ankita Raina bt Zeel Desai 6-2, 4-6, 6-4; Ekaterina Yashina bt Sahaja Yamalapalli 6-3, 6-7, 6-4; Anastasia Kulikova bt Ksenia Laskutova 6-2, 6-1; Mananchaya Sawangkaew bt Ishwari Matere 6-1, 6-0; Katarina Kozarov bt Rutuja Bhosale 6-1, 6-3; Daria Kudahsova bt Elena Jamshidi 6-1, 6-2; Priska Nugroho bt Sanjana Sirimalla 6-2, 6-0; Shrivalli Bhamidipaty bt Sowjanya Bavisetti 6-3, 3-0. Doubles Ankita Raina & Prarthana Thombare bt Ines Murta & Vasanti Shinde 6-4, 4-6, ; Shrivalli Bhamidipaty & Vaidehi Chaudhari bt Lexie Stevens & Valeriya Strakhova 6-1, 4-6, ; Mananchaya Sawangkaew & Lanlana Tararudee bt Pooja Ingale & Ishwari Matere 6-0, 6-3; Priska Nugroho & Ekaterina Yashina bt Sravya Shivani & Jennifer Luikham 6-2, 6-3. Praveen Chandran TENNIS $15k ITF men’s tennis tournament: Sasikumar Mukund reaches quarters in Sharm El Sheikh Top seed Sasikumar Mukund sailed past Marat Sharipov 6-1, 6-2 in the pre-quarterfinals of the $15,000 ITF men’s tennis tournament in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, on Thursday. - Kamesh Srinivasan SQUASH Northern India squash championship Second seed Aryan Pratap Singh battled past Lakshya Gwala 3-11, 13-11, 11-9, 12-10 to set up a title clash against top seed Aarav Gill in the under-19 boys section of the IndusInd Bank Northern India squash championship at the Delhi Gymkhana Club courts on Thursday.