<p>After beating three opponents without conceding a point, Pooja lost 1-3 to Baatarzorig Battsetseg of Mongolia in the final to settle for silver medal in the 60kg freestyle category <br />The Indian beat American Burkert Jenna Rose (3-0), local player Puteri Erna Natasha (4-0) and Ahmed Dzhanan of Bulgaria (3-0) in Group A en route to the final.<br />In badminton, Sai Praneeth beat Asher Richarson of New Zealand 21-12 21-12 before notching up identical win over Cuba Mario of Persia in the boys singles event to stand second in Pool H.<br /><br />After a resounding first day, HS Prannoy continued his rampaging form and thrashed Phetphanom Keophiachan of Laos 21-11 21-12 to top Pool C.In tennis, junior Australian Open champion and sixth seed Yuki Bhambri made a wining start by beating German Kevin Krawietz 6-3, 6-0 to set up a second round clash with Huang Llang-Chi.<br />However, he and his Filipino partner Patrombon Jeson were shown the door in the boys doubles event as they lost the first round 7-6 (3), 5-7 4-10 to Dzumhur Damir and Pavic Mate at the Kallang Tennis Center here.<br /><br />In basketball, India went down to Serbia 19-33 in the preliminary Group A match of the boys event. <br /><br />Aaron shines<br />Swimmer Aaron D’Souza qualified for the Commonwealth Games in the 200M freestyle on Monday with a battling performance at the Singapore Games.<br /><br />Aaron clocked 1:53.35 to finish third in heat number six at the Singapore Sports School swimming pool. The Karnataka swimmer in the process attained the minimum CWG mark of 1:56.25 (6th to 8th place finish in the previous edition of Asian Games or CWG). <br />Aaron is the fourth Indian swimmer and the third from Karnataka to make the Delhi Games grade. Rohit R Havaldar and Gagan A P (both Karnataka) and Sandeep Sejwal have already qualified for CWG.<br /><br />However, Aaron, who qualified for the Singapore Games by winning the 200 freestyle in a time of 1:52.22 at the Asian Youth Games, couldn’t qualify for the finals. Aaron will compete in the 100M freestyle next.<br /><br />Arhatha Magavi also failed to qualify for the finals. Arhatha timed 1:05.18 in the 100 freestyle to end up fifth in heats. In the 200M butterfly, Arhatha finished seventh, clocking 2:32.91 to complete her campaign. The 16-year-old won the silver medal in the Asian Youth Games clocking 2:18.86.</p>
<p>After beating three opponents without conceding a point, Pooja lost 1-3 to Baatarzorig Battsetseg of Mongolia in the final to settle for silver medal in the 60kg freestyle category <br />The Indian beat American Burkert Jenna Rose (3-0), local player Puteri Erna Natasha (4-0) and Ahmed Dzhanan of Bulgaria (3-0) in Group A en route to the final.<br />In badminton, Sai Praneeth beat Asher Richarson of New Zealand 21-12 21-12 before notching up identical win over Cuba Mario of Persia in the boys singles event to stand second in Pool H.<br /><br />After a resounding first day, HS Prannoy continued his rampaging form and thrashed Phetphanom Keophiachan of Laos 21-11 21-12 to top Pool C.In tennis, junior Australian Open champion and sixth seed Yuki Bhambri made a wining start by beating German Kevin Krawietz 6-3, 6-0 to set up a second round clash with Huang Llang-Chi.<br />However, he and his Filipino partner Patrombon Jeson were shown the door in the boys doubles event as they lost the first round 7-6 (3), 5-7 4-10 to Dzumhur Damir and Pavic Mate at the Kallang Tennis Center here.<br /><br />In basketball, India went down to Serbia 19-33 in the preliminary Group A match of the boys event. <br /><br />Aaron shines<br />Swimmer Aaron D’Souza qualified for the Commonwealth Games in the 200M freestyle on Monday with a battling performance at the Singapore Games.<br /><br />Aaron clocked 1:53.35 to finish third in heat number six at the Singapore Sports School swimming pool. The Karnataka swimmer in the process attained the minimum CWG mark of 1:56.25 (6th to 8th place finish in the previous edition of Asian Games or CWG). <br />Aaron is the fourth Indian swimmer and the third from Karnataka to make the Delhi Games grade. Rohit R Havaldar and Gagan A P (both Karnataka) and Sandeep Sejwal have already qualified for CWG.<br /><br />However, Aaron, who qualified for the Singapore Games by winning the 200 freestyle in a time of 1:52.22 at the Asian Youth Games, couldn’t qualify for the finals. Aaron will compete in the 100M freestyle next.<br /><br />Arhatha Magavi also failed to qualify for the finals. Arhatha timed 1:05.18 in the 100 freestyle to end up fifth in heats. In the 200M butterfly, Arhatha finished seventh, clocking 2:32.91 to complete her campaign. The 16-year-old won the silver medal in the Asian Youth Games clocking 2:18.86.</p>
