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Sedate start by Avani and Sneha, tied 19th; Team India 9th at Queen Sirikit Cup golf
Avani, the highest ranked amateur woman in India, at 116th in the world, and Sneha Singh, ranked 140th, shot 3-over 75 each while the third player, Jaaniya Dassani carded 8-over 80 at the Laguna National Resort, Masters Course, Singapore. They were both T-19th and nine shots behind the leader, Lee Jihyun, who carded 6-under 66.
French Open: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga bids tearful farewell to tennis after first round defeat
With a vocal Court Philippe Chatrier crowd cheering him on that included close friend Gael Monfils, Tsonga fought valiantly against eighth seed Casper Ruud before the Norwegian prevailed 6-7(6), 7-6(4), 6-2, 7-6(0). The 37-year-old Tsonga soaked in a standing ovation for his storied career that includes 18 ATP Tour titles, a runner-up showing at the 2008 Australian Open and a career-high Pepperstone ATP Ranking of No. 5.
IPL 2022,Qualifier 1: Miller, Hardik power Gujarat to final with 7-wicket win over Rajasthan
Miller and skipper Hardik batted sensibly and stitched an unbeaten partnership of 106 runs for the fourth wicket. Gujarat will now play the final at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad in front of a large crowd. A fighting fifty by Jos Buttler (89 off 56) and Sanju Samson's attacking knock (47 off 26) powered Rajasthan Royals to 188/6 in 20 overs. Apart from Buttler and Samson, Devdutt Padikkal (28 off 20) also made a valuable contribution with the bat for Rajasthan, after being invited to bat first.
Women's T20: Shafali, Wolvaardt lead Velocity to 7-wicket win over Supernovas
Chasing a target of 151 runs, Shafali played a solid start at the top while Wolvaardt finished off the chase with ease. Put into bat first, Supernovas were off to a horrible start as they slipped to 18 for 3 in the opening four overs. Priya Punia fell to Kate Cross, who also accounted for Harleen Deol while Deandra Dottin too failed to get going and was the third to fall on the bowling off Deepti Sharma as Supernovas were left on shaky ground.
French Open: Pliskova survives Andrianjafitrimo scare; Ostapenko, Collins advance
No.8 seed Czech Pliskova had to come from a set down to beat surging wildcard French player Andrianjafitrimo 2-6, 6-3, 6-1 in 2 hours and 3 minutes to reach the second round of Roland Garros.
Advancing more straightforwardly were former champion Latvia's Jelena Ostapenko, who defeated Lucia Bronzetti 6-1, 6-4 in 67 minutes while Australian Open finalist Danielle Collins of America, who stormed past Viktoriya Tomova 6-0, 6-4 in 71 minutes.
IPL 2022, Qualifier 1: Buttler's fifty, Samson's blitz power Rajasthan to 188/6 against Gujarat
Apart from Buttler and Samson, Devdutt Padikkal (28 off 20) also made a valuable contribution with the bat for Rajasthan, after being invited to bat first. Put into bat first, Rajasthan lost the wicket of Yashasvi Jaiswal in the last ball of the 2nd over of the innings. Jaiswal, after a painful 8-ball 3, nicked a wide Yash Dayal delivery through to the keeper and then walked despite the umpire not hearing anything.
IPL 2022, Qualifier 1: Gujarat Titans win toss, opt to bowl against Rajasthan Royals
Table-toppers Gujarat made just one change in their team as Alzarri Joseph came in place of Lockie Ferguson for this important clash. "We're gonna bowl first. Looks a decent track to bat on, but no matches in the last couple of months and just want to know what we are chasing," said Hardik at the toss.
Asia Cup hockey: Japan beat India 5-2 in pool game
With Japan trouncing India 5-2 in their pool A clash, India will now need to beat hosts Indonesia by a big margin and expect a favourable result in the Pakistan-Japan game on Thursday to stay in contention for a place in the Super 4s.
Hertha beat Hamburg in playoffs to retain Bundesliga status
The visitors from Germany's capital needed to overturn a 1-0 deficit from the first leg, and they made a fairy-tale start to the second leg as Plattenhardt's corner found Boyata, who restored parity in both games from the central position. HSV were shocked and couldn't respond while Hertha continued strongly, as Lucas Tousart unleashed a dangerous effort to test Hamburg goalkeeper Daniel Heuer Fernandes at the half-hour mark. Hertha remained the more active team, but Tousart couldn't control Ishak Belfodil's good build-up work five minutes before the break.
India to play U17 Asian Cup qualifiers in Saudi Arabia
In all 44 participating nations were divided into 10 centralised qualifying groups, six of which will feature four teams, while four groups will include five sides. India, who hosted the U17 FIFA World Cup in 2017 and will host the women's event in October this year, are in the group with five members, as per the draw conducted in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday.
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