Caroline Wozniacki overcame a mid-match wobble to get her WTA Finals title defence back on track with a 7-5 3-6 6-2 victory over Petra Kvitova in Singapore on Tuesday. AFP
SINGAPORE: Caroline Wozniacki overcame a mid-match wobble to get her WTA Finals title defence back on track with a 7-5 3-6 6-2 victory over Petra Kvitova in Singapore on Tuesday. The Danish world No. 3 ended a run of four straight defeats to the Czech to stay alive in the tournament. Elina Svitolina beat Karolina Pliskova 6-3 2-6 6-3. AFP
Isle of Man (UK)
Praggnanandhaa beats Eljanov, Anand held
World’s third youngest Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa upset Pavel Eljanov of Ukraine but five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand was held by Rasmus Svane in the third round of the Isle of Man International chess tournament here today. Praggnanandhaa, who is just 13 years old, registered his second win against a 2700 Grandmaster. He had beaten England’s David Howell in the same tournament last year. Former world junior champion Abhijeet Gupta played out a draw with former World Championship contender Boris Gelfand of Israel.
Budapest
Ritu, Navjot make it to repechage round at Worlds
Ritu Phogat and Navjot Kaur’s hopes of making the medal round at wrestling's World Championships are still alive as both of them progressed to the repechage round here on Tuesday. Ritu lost the quarterfinal 2-6 to Finland’s Petra Maarit Olli. With Petra making the gold medal match, Ritu progressed to the repechage round. It was, though, curtains for Rajni (72kg) and Kiran (76kg) in the championship.
New Delhi
Dorronsoro helps Delhi earn a point against Chennaiyin
Goalkeeper Francisco Dorronsoro produced a stellar performance under the bar as Delhi Dynamos held defending champions Chennaiyin FC to an engaging goalless draw in a Hero Indian Super League match here on Tuesday.
Pune
PKL: Tamil Thalaivas beat Puneri Paltans 36-31
Tamil Thalaivas’ losing run finally came to an end as the Ajay Thakur-led side defeated hosts Puneri Paltan 36-31 their Pro Kabaddi League match. Ajay Thakur bagged 12 points and Jasvir Singh picked up eight points in the win. For Pune, GB More scored 10 points. In another match, U Mumba rode on raider Siddhart Desai’s fantastic show to brush aside Telugu Titans 41-20. — Agencies
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