Bengaluru take on NE Warriors in PBL final

Hyderabad

Bengaluru Raptors will take on the North Eastern Warriors in the Premier Badminton League final. Bengaluru beat Pune 4-3 in the second semifinal.

Men’s Singles: Brice Leverdez bt Mithun Manjunath 15-14 9-15 15-6; Kazumasa Sakai bt Sai Praneeth 15-11 15-13

Women’s Singles: Tai Tzu-ying bt Rituparna Das 15-12 15-12

Mixed doubles: Chan Peng Soon/Eom Hye Won bt Chris/Gabrielle Adcock 15-13 15-10

Pune

Vesely beats Berankis to enter Tata Open final

Jiri Vesely saved four match points before prevailing over Ricardas Berankis to storm into the singles final of the Tata Open Maharashtra. Vesely eked out a sensational come-from-behind 6-7 (8) 7-6 (3) 7-6 (7) win against the Lithuanian in a match that lasted three hours and two minutes.

Pebble Beach

Lahiri tied-89th, Atwal tied-75th after Round 2

Anirban Lahiri shot a 1-under 71 in the second round of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am at Spyglass Hill. It took him to even par for 36 holes and tied-89th place with the third round at Monterrey Peninsula which has yielded low scores. Arjun Atwal shot a 67 on par-71 Monterey Peninsula following up on his 75 to get to 142, which is now 1-under total and he is tied-75th. The cut will be applied after 54 holes at which point all players would have played once on each of the three courses being used this week. Nick Taylor birdied four times in last five holes for a 66 to take the lead.

Rawalpindi

Babar, Shan hit tons, Pak 342/3 on Day 2

Pakistan opener Shan Masood and batting mainstay Babar Azam smashed individual hundreds to put the hosts in charge of the first Test against Bangladesh after dominating Day 2.

Brief Scores: Bangladesh: 233 (Mithun 63; Afridi 4/53); Pakistan: 342/3 (Babar 143*, Shafiq 60*; Jayed 2/66)

Paris

Fed Cup: Tears for Osaka as Spain enjoy lead, USA 2-0 up

A tearful Naomi Osaka followed up her Australian Open disappointment with another surprise defeat when she was beaten 6-0 6-3 by world No. 78 Sara Sorribes Tormo in the Fed Cup. Carla Suarez Navarro then made it 2-0 for the hosts after she eased past Misaki Doi 6-3 6-4. USA were well on their way to an appearance in the finals after victories for Serena Williams and Sofia Kenin. Kenin won 6-2 6-2 over Anastasija Sevastova and Williams followed suit with a 7-6(7) 7-6(7) win over Jelena Ostapenko.

Kolkata

ISL: Roy Krishna’s hat-trick seals ATK playoff berth

Captain Roy Krishna’s second-half hat-trick helped ATK beat Odisha FC 3-1 to seal their playoff spot in the Indian Super League.

Imphal

I-League: Neroca beat TRAU FC 5-0

Pritam Singh struck a hat-trick to help Neroca FC outplay city rivals TRAU FC 5-0 in the their I-League match. — Agencies