SYDNEY: Spain and Argentina both won their ATP Cup ties with some ease as men’s professional tennis returned for the 2022 season in the lucrative team tournament today. Spain, who are without Rafa Nadal, beat Chile 3-0. Argentina also completed a 3-0 win against Georgia. In the evening session, Greece fell to a 2-1 loss to Poland as world No. 4 Stefanos Tsitsipas pulled out of his singles match due to a niggling right elbow issue. Serbia, who are without world No. 1 Novak Djokovic, earned a 2-1 victory over Norway.
Bengaluru
A day of draws in Pro Kabaddi League
With their defenders putting up a strong show, U Mumba and UP Yoddha played out an intensely-fought 28-28 tie in a Pro Kabaddi League match here today. In another match, a last-second tackle by Pawan Sehrawat helped Bengaluru Bulls pull off an unlikely 34-34 tie against Telugu Titans.
New Delhi
U-23 sprinter Taranjeet Kaur fails dope test
India’s fastest Under-23 sprinter Taranjeet Kaur of Delhi has failed an in-competition dope test conducted by the National Anti-Doping Agency, a source said today. The 20-year-old Delhi sprinter was one of the country’s best performing youngsters in 2021. She won gold in 100m and 200m in the National U-23 Championships in September. Just a week before that, she won 100m gold and 200m silver in the National Open Championships though many top athletes skipped the meet.
Wellington
Conway hits century on return to put NZ ahead
Devon Conway celebrated his return from injury with a sparkling 122 today to propel New Zealand to 258/5 against Bangladesh on the opening day of the first Test in Mount Maunganui. Bangladesh claimed three wickets in the final session but world Test champions New Zealand will be confident of a 300-plus score when Henry Nicholls resumes on 32 with Rachin Ravindra joining him tomorrow. Tom Latham is leading New Zealand in the absence of injured regular skipper Kane Williamson.
Melbourne
Raducanu out of Australian Open warm-up event
US Open champion Emma Raducanu has withdrawn from this week’s Australian Open warm-up tournament here having just come out of isolation after testing positive for Covid-19, she said today. Raducanu had become the first qualifier to win a Grand Slam when she triumphed at Flushing Meadows in September. Agencies
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