The Davis Cup 2022 World Cup is taking place on the grass at the Gymkhana Club in the capital Delhi. In the first day’s singles match, Ramkumar Ramanathan (170th) and Denmark’s Christian Sixcard (824th) played at the top of the Indian men’s singles rankings. In this match, he won the set 6-3, 6-2. In another match that followed, Yuki Bambri of India defeated Mikhail Thorpeigard of Denmark 6-4, 6-4.
Thus, India took a 2-0 lead over Denmark in the Davis Cup tennis tournament. In yesterday’s doubles match, India’s Rohan Bopanna and Divij Saran defeated Denmark’s Frederick Neilshanmikel Dorbagard 6-7, 6-4, 7-6. With this, India won the play-off match of the World Group-1 series against Denmark 3-0. Also, the Indian tennis team has qualified for the World Group-1 tournament to be held in September.
Tamil Nadu bowled out Jharkhand for 226 in the first innings
The 3rd round matches of the Ranji Trophy cricket tournament are underway. Tamil Nadu clashed with Jharkhand in the ‘F’ Division match in Guwahati. Tamil Nadu won the toss and elected to bat. Accordingly, the Tamil Nadu team was all out for 285 in the first innings. Baba Indrajith stood up and played and scored a hundred. Saikishore was dismissed for 81.
For Jharkhand, Rahul Shukla and Sushant Mishra took 3 wickets each and Ankul Roy took 2 wickets. Following this, the Jharkhand team started the first innings. The Tamil Nadu team threw the ball brilliantly. Thus the wicket fell at regular intervals. The team’s opening batsman Udkarsh Singh scored 52 and captain Saurabh Tiwary 58. The other players were soon out. In the end, Jharkhand were all out for 226 in the first innings. For Tamil Nadu, Siddharth took 4 wickets, Shahrukh Khan 3 wickets and Sandeep Warrior 2 wickets.
Russian car driver fired from Formula One team
Russia’s war on Ukraine lasted for 10 days yesterday. Of these, many have lost their lives on both sides. Millions of people are fleeing Ukraine ahead of the war. The respective countries are operating and rescuing special aircraft for them. The Washington Post reports that 752 civilians have been killed in the war.
In this case, the anti-war Formula One organization that runs car racing recently removed Russia from hosting the Grand Prix. The contract with the organizers of the Russian Grand Prix is also canceled. Russia has announced that it will not be holding any F1 car races in the future.
Beijing Winter Paralympics: An enthusiastic welcome for Ukrainian athletes
The 2022 Winter Olympics will be held in Beijing, the capital of China, from February 4 to 20. It will be followed by the 2022 Winter Paralympics, which begin on March 4 (the day before yesterday) and run until the 13th. The International Paralympic Committee has announced that athletes from Russia and Belarus will be barred from participating in the Paralympic Games in the wake of the ongoing Ukraine-Russia war.
The decision was reportedly made following an international embargo on Russia following the invasion of Ukraine by Russian and Belarusian forces. The opening ceremony of the 2022 Winter Paralympics was held at the Bird’s Nest Stadium in Beijing, China. Russia and Belarus did not attend the opening ceremony. At the same time the Ukrainian Paralympians were given an enthusiastic welcome on behalf of China. There were also spectacular fireworks and art shows.