HOCKEY
The Indian junior women’s hockey team recorded a 1-0 victory over the Australia U-21 side in the third match of the ongoing Australia Tour at the National Hockey Centre, Canberra, on Monday.
After a tough contest between the two sides in the first half, India finally broke the deadlock courtesy of a crucial field goal by Kanika in the opening minutes of the third quarter to claim the win for her side.
India had lost two games on the trot against the Australia U-21 side earlier, but with this win, the visitor will be hoping to ride on the newfound momentum and bounce back in the remaining matches of this tour.
India will next play two matches against Canberra Chill, a club playing in Australia’s premier Hockey One League, on 30th September and 2nd October to conclude its Australia Tour.
-Team Sportstar
TENNIS
Bopanna-Yuzuki pair enters Japan Open final
The Indo-Japanese pair of Rohan Bopanna and Takeru Yuzuki beat the top-seeded American pair of Christian Harrison and Evan King 4-6, 6-3, [18-16] to reach the Japan Open final in Tokyo on Monday.
Wildcards Bopanna and Yuzuki saved three match points in the match tiebreak.
They will face the second-seeded Monegasque-French duo of Hugo Nys and Édouard Roger-Vasselin in the final of the ATP 500 event on Tuesday.
This will be the first final of the 2025 season for the 45-year-old Bopanna.
Published on Sep 29, 2025