Putul Sonowal stuns 2023 world champion Ryan Bester

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Putul Sonowal stunned 2023 world champion Ryan Bester of Canada in a tie-break in lawn bowls men's singles as India began their Glasgow Commonwealth Games campaign on a confident note here on Thursday.

Rupa Rani Tirkey and Pinki Singh also won their Women's Pairs opening match against Malta in a tie-break as the Lawn Bowls competition kicked off the Games.

Sonowal, who was making his Commonwealth Games debut, clinched the first set 5-4 before Bester, also a multiple Commonwealth Games medallist, came back with a dominati 7-3 win to take the contest to a tie-break.

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