Sports News | Indian Open Surfing: Kishore, Selvamani Impress on Rainy, Windy Day
Get latest articles and stories on Sports at LatestLY. Teenage surfer Kishore Kumar made waves under testing conditions to advance into the semifinals of the Male Groms (under-16) category in the Indian Open here on Thursday.
Mangalore, Jun 1 (PTI) Teenage surfer Kishore Kumar made waves under testing conditions to advance into the semifinals of the Male Groms (under-16) category in the Indian Open here on Thursday.
The 15-year-old Kishore secured the highest score of 12.67 on a rainy and windy opening day here at the Sasihthlu beach.
"This wasn't my best performance as the waves were different than what I am used to back home in Chennai," Kishore said.
"The conditions were also very challenging today but I am satisfied that I made the semis. I hope the conditions will be favorable tomorrow to seal a final berth."
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Dinesh Selvamani registered the highest score of 09.53 in the men's open category as he remained in the hunt for a quarterfinal berth.
Winds and rain played spoilsport at the end as the judges had to call it a day before the proceedings of the Women's Open semi-finals could begin.
The opening day saw Karnataka and Tamil Nadu surfers dominate the proceedings in both the Men's open and Groms (U16) categories.
Twelve surfers from Round 1 in men's open category advanced to round two where they will meet another 16 surfers who already have qualified on the basis of their last year's rankings.
Twenty-eight surfers from the men's open category will battle it out on Friday for a place in the quarterfinals.
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