Manika-Archana win women’s doubles title

Lasko (Slovenia): India’s Manika Batra and Archana Kamath tasted their first major success as a pair by winning the women’s doubles title at the WTT Contender Lasko here on Sunday. The world No. 36 pairing beat the 23rd-ranked combine of Melanie Diaz and Adriana Diaz from Puerto Rico 11-3, 11-8, 12-10. The India duo saved four game points in third set to seal the match. Both had to dig deep to beat China’s Liu Weishan and Wang Yidi in the semifinals on SaturdayIn the women’s singles, Manika did well to reach the semifinals.

Mexico City

Bottas takes pole as Mercedes does 1-2

Mercedes got the front-row lockout for the start of the Mexico City Grand Prix. The challenge will be holding off the hard-charging Red Bulls and Max Verstappen over 71 laps on Sunday. Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton seized on what Verstappen called a “terrible” qualifying for Red Bull on Saturday to earn Mercedes its first 1-2 start of the season. agencies