Indian sports activities news wrap, July 21

Get all the key updates, scores and outcomes from the world of Indian sports activities on Friday, July 21.

GOLF

Aditi, Pajaree make reduce in Great Lakes Invitational

Aditi Ashok and her taking part in associate Pajaree Anannarukarn, who got here near profitable the Great Lakes Bay Invitational a few seasons again, hung in and made the reduce this week at LPGA’s solely group occasion.

Aditi and Pajaree, who collectively carded 70-66, at the moment are in tied-Twenty ninth place as the highest 34 groups and ties made the reduce.

Aditi has been having a effective season on the LPGA, the place she was a runner-up as soon as, and likewise on the LET, the place she received as soon as. After the Great Lakes Invitational, Aditi will journey throughout the Atlantic and play within the Majors at Evian Championship and the Women’s Open.

The groups will play alternate shot on Friday and better-ball Saturday, with lots of the gamers then travelling to France for the Evian Championship subsequent week.

– PTI

Diksha lies tenth as Wolf leads in Spain

Diksha Dagar continued her effective run this season with a shocking birdie-birdie end that noticed her card 2-under 70 on the La Sella Open in Spain. The Indian golfer was tied tenth.

Though many gamers have been but to complete, Diksha, winner of the Czech girls Open this season, did properly to remain in reckoning.

Diksha was three photographs behind the only real chief, Christine Wolf of Austria, and two others, together with Nuria Iturrioz, have been at 4-under 68.

Five gamers had completed at 3-under 69, as storms and inclement climate meant a whole lot of gamers might want to come the following day to complete the spherical.

Among different Indians, Amandeep Drall (73) was T-64, Vani Kapoor and Ridhima Dilawari with 74 every have been T-83.

Diksha, who’s having an important season with one win and three different Top-10 finishes, is at present fifth on the Race to Costa Del Sol and as a result of play two Majors within the subsequent few weeks.

Diksha had an early bogey on third, however made amends with a birdie on Par-4 eighth and added a birdie on twelfth, solely to offer that away on the following gap. She made some regular pars and closed with birdies on seventeenth and 18th.

Wolf, whose sole win on the Ladies European Tour got here in Diksha’s dwelling nation on the 2019 Women’s Indian Open, shot a bogey free spherical with birdies on second, fourth and three extra within the final 4 holes for an excellent 67.

Wolf birdied second, fourth, 14th, seventeenth and 18th.

With play twice coming to a halt throughout her spherical, the Austrian stored her composure to roll in 5 birdies both facet of the stoppages and submit the quantity which gave her the lead.

-PTI