Vaishnavi Adkar went down combating 6-2, 4-6, 4-6 in a three-hour duel within the girls’s tennis semifinals to Eszter Meri of Slovakia within the World College Video games in Rhine-Ruhr, Germany.
It was a tremendous run by the 20-year-old Vaishnavi who had dropped solely 19 video games in all in successful the sooner 4 rounds in a draw of 64. The trouble fetched her a uncommon tennis medal within the Video games.
In actual fact, it was the one particular person medal up to now for the Indian contingent.
Vaishnavi was near successful one other medal within the combined doubles with Atharva Sharma however the duo acquired crushed within the quarterfinals by the Japanese pair of Natsuki Yoshimoto and Jay Good friend. Vaishnavi and Atharva had gained two rounds earlier with out dropping a set towards groups from Colombia and USA.
India has gained 5 medals up to now together with one gold and one silver, however all the opposite 4 medals, other than Vaishnavi’s tennis effort, have been staff medals in archery and badminton.
The outcomes: Ladies: Singles (semifinals): Eszter Meri (Svk) bt Vaishnavi Adkar 2-6, 6-4, 6-4; Quarterfinals: Vaishnavi bt Sina Herrmann (Ger) 6-1, 6-4; Pre-quarterfinals: Vaishnavi bt Angella Okutoyi (Ken) 6-3, 6-4; Second spherical: Vaishnavi bt Venla Elisa Ahti 6-2, 6-4; Li Zongyu (Chn) bt Anjali Rathi 6-1, 6-4; First spherical: Vaishnavi bt Jollen Geels (Ned) 6-1, 6-0; Anjali bt christina Owomuhangi (Uga) 6-0, 6-0.
Combined doubles (quarterfinals): Natsuki Yoshimoto & Jay Good friend (Jpn) bt Vaishnavi Adkar & Atharva Sharma 6-0, 7-5; Pre-quarterfinals: Vaishnavi & Atharva bt Olivia Middle & Jerry Barton (USA) 6-2, 7-5; First spherical: Vaishnavi & Atharva bt Angie Castillo & Camilo Torres (Col) 6-1, 6-4.
Printed – July 25, 2025 07:19 pm IST
