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US Open: Swiatek overcomes Kontaveit; Sakkari, Pliskova advance
The 2020 French Open champion Swiatek, who came back from 3-6, 6-6 down to scrape past Fiona Ferro of France in the previous round, needed two hours and 17 minutes to overcome a surging Kontaveit. Kontaveit had won their first two meetings, including a tough fourth round of the Australian Open last year. But Swiatek beat Kontaveit during her attempted title defence at the French Open earlier this season, and she made it two in a row in New York, levelling their head-to-head.
Rohit's intentions were clear, adapted his game according to India's need: Zaheer
A dominant India took control of the fourth Test on Saturday, extending their lead to 171 at stumps on day three, as Rohit struck his first Test hundred away from home and eighth overall. The visitors were on 270/3 when bad light brought a premature end to proceedings. The 34-year-old Rohit made batting look extremely easy in overcast conditions during his stay at the crease and also completed 3000 Test runs in the process.
Paralympics: Krishna Nagar wins India's fifth gold in Tokyo
After Suhas Yathiraj claimed silver in SL 4 in the morning, India's hopes for another gold medal from the badminton courts at the Yoyogi National Stadium depended on Nagar, the world No. 2 in his class, and the 22-year-old from Jaipur did not disappoint as he played a superb aggressive game to prevail over Chu 2-1 in 43 minutes.
Paralympic shooting: Babu misses spot in final by 0.2 points
Babu finished ninth in the qualifying stage with a score of 617.2 while China's Dong Chao took the eighth and last qualifying spot with a score of 617.4 points. Babu, a kickboxing instructor and a black belt in the sport who suffers from paraplegia as the result of a motorcycle accident in 2002, had scores of 103.3, 101.3, 102.8, 103.5, and 103.3 in the six series as he finished ninth.
How Odisha is emerging as sports hub of India
A decade ago, people outside Odisha only knew about athletes only when it came to sports, and, at maximum, people know about the Barabati Stadium, where few international cricket matches were hosted. Though the Kalinga Stadium was there in Bhubaneswar, people were not aware of that because the platform was confined to the training of local athletes. But, now, this stadium has become a centre of excellence for the country's sports personalities.
Spending time at crease, facing balls biggest takeaway: Rohit Sharma
"The most pleasing thing was that I was able to play 250 balls (256 balls). If you look at all the matches, [I have played] nearly 100 balls in every innings. That for me was the goal. Play balls. Try and see how I can stay on the pitch for as long as possible," said Sharma to the media in a virtual interaction on Saturday after the third day's play.
Paralympics: China takes medal haul to 200, leads table
On the penultimate day of the track and field event, the Chinese set a number of records. Deng Peicheng, making his Paralympic debut, won the men's 100m of T36 class in 11.85 seconds, setting a Paralympic record. "I just gave all of my power," he was quoted as saying by Xinhua. "Without this kind of power, I couldn't even get into the top three. I concentrated on every step in order to win."
Paralympics: Yathiraj loses final, wins silver in SL4 badminton
Yathiraj stunned the Frenchman, the three-time World Champion, in the first game and had handy leads in the second and third games but Mazur is too experienced and too skilled and fought back from a game down to win 15-21, 21-17, 21-15 in just over an hour to win the gold medal.
IND vs ENG Fourth Test: Rohit Sharma's ton puts India in control
Sharma, who had scored seven Test centuries before and all of which came in India, added 83 for the first wicket with Rahul (46) and 153 with Pujara (61) to take India into a position from where they can hope to take 2-1 lead in the series which is level at 1-1. When bad light stopped play, India skipper Virat Kohli was unbeaten on 22 and Ravindra Jadeja was not out on nine.
Top class, series defining knock: Ex-cricketers laud Rohit's ton
Sharma scored 127 off 256 deliveries as he batted patiently contrary to his natural instincts on the third day of the fourth Test between India and England. In fact, he managed to reach his half century only in 145 deliveries before he raced to his century in 204 balls as he switched gears once England were ahead of India. "A top class innings from a high class player. Take a bow #RohitSharma. Could well be a series defining innings. "
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