Second seed Aditya Jagtap of Maharashtra, however, had things well in his control as he took his appointed place in the semi-finals. But the burly Mane went on a birdie spree on the back-nine, making five consecutive birdies from the 12th to the 16th thanks to a hot putter. Indeed, it was her second-lowest single round score of the year. Nandrajog, after encounter initial resistance from Telengana’s Ashray Ohri, found his form and raced to a 12-10, 11-1, 11-6 success. Kumar scored 14 points as Steelers came back strongly in the second half to record an impressive win. However, a bogey on the 15th and a missed birdie opportunity on the 18th meant he had to be content with second place behind the rampaging Mane. Syria face a formidable task in Tehran against an Iranian side that has yet to concede a goal in this qualifying phase. At least two of India’s Women and Junior Women Trap shooters came close to making it to one of the two finals lined-up for the day, but eventually bowed out. For Sri Lanka, Angelo Mathews might play a crucial role for them in Colombo. Barcelona’s claim was false and that no value was put on Coutinho because he was never for sale.