GOLF
Chouhan begins with spherical of 71 in Bahrain
Indian golfer Om Prakash Chouhan, enjoying his maiden season on the DP World Tour, dropped a late double bogey for a gap spherical card of 1-under 71 on the Bahrain Championship right here.
He was positioned T-69 and can want a pointy second spherical to make his first DP World Tour lower exterior India.
Chouhan, who gained the PGTI’s Order of Merit to seize a full card to the DP World Tour, missed the lower final week in Ras Al Khaimah.
In Bahrain, the place he’s the lone Indian as Shubhankar Sharma has taken the week off, Chouhan did a superb job by choosing three of his birdies on the Par-5s and putted nicely.
He bogeyed the second and the fourth, however birdies on the par-5 third and Par-3 seventh from 16 toes meant he turned in even par. A birdie on the par-5 eleventh from 9 toes and a gap out from 27 yards on the Par-5 14th noticed him get to 2-under however a double bogey on Par-3 sixteenth ruined his card. He did handle a 13-foot birdie on the 18th for a 71.
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Avani on fifth, stays in hunt; debutant Saanvi makes lower
India’s Avani Prashanth stayed within the high 5 with one other stable card of 3-under 69 within the second spherical of the Women’s Amateur Asia-Pacific Championships right here on Friday.
The 17-year-old Avani started with a flourish with three birdies within the first six holes, however thereafter the putter went dry, and he or she had only one extra birdie and one bogey.
At 7-under for 36 holes, Avani is tied fifth with China’s Yahui Zhang (69), however the chief, Chun-Wei Wu of Taiwan, enjoying within the second final group after a tenth tee begin, was on hearth in her second 9.
Wu carded 7-under 65 to get to 12-under and 5 forward of the Indian.
Apart from Avani, the one different Indian to make the lower was debutant Saanvi Somu (72) who performed beautifully to hold on for the weekend.
The different Indians missed the lower. Vidhatri Urs, who was 1-over after the primary added a 77 and at six-over as she missed the lower by 4 photographs.
She had a tough 7-over entrance 9. Mannat Brar (82-75) confirmed loads of enchancment, and Heena Kang (81-79) and Keerthana Rajeev Nair (81-79) additionally missed the lower.
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Hitaashee ends 22-month title drought with win in third leg of Hero WPGT
In-form Hitaashee Bakshi ended a 22-month title drought as she triumphed on the third leg of the Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour with an outstanding efficiency on the Tollygunge Club in Kolkata on Friday.
Hitaashee gained 3 times in 2022, however then had a winless 2023 throughout which she was additionally injured. After two successive runner-up finishes on the 2024 Hero WPG Tour, she completed on high by a convincing margin of 4 photographs.
Playing regular golf with two birdies in opposition to one bogey, she carded 1-under 69 and was 2-under 208 for the week.
Hitaashee’s final win on the Tour got here 22 months in the past in September 2022 within the eleventh Leg of the 2022 season in Hyderabad.
Jasmine Shekar shrugged off an early double bogey to usher in 69, the one different below par card of the day to be second at 2-over 212.
Ananya Garg, who was tied for second in a single day, dropped bogeys on the sixteenth and seventeenth and completed third, whereas Ridhima Dilawari, who was additionally tied second after two rounds, ended fourth.
Hitaashee, who lately gained the Qualifying School and full enjoying rights to the All-Thailand Pro Golf Tour, began the day with a three-shot margin over Ananya and Ridhima, each of whom dropped additional again with a bogey begin.
Hitaashee parred the primary two holes and a birdie on the third put her additional forward.
Neither Ananya nor Ridhima may come near Hitaashee, who performed stable with only one bogey on the sixth, which she made up for with a birdie on the seventh. She parred the final 11 holes.
Jasmine did make a bid with three birdies, however the double bogey dented her hopes, and he or she additionally missed just a few birdie putts.
Amateur Anaahat Bindra (72) was tied fifth with Seher Atwal (74), whereas Khushi Khanijau (70), the primary spherical chief, was seventh.
Sneha Singh (71), winner of the second leg, led to a tie for eighth place with Amandeep Drall (75) and Gauri Karhade (77).
Hitaashee additionally moved to the highest of the Hero Order of Merit with the win, that adopted second place finishes within the first two legs.
Hitaashee has now gained Rs 3,69,000 whereas Sneha has taken house Rs 3,29,500 and Jasmine Rs 2,16,900. Khushi Khanijau and Amandeep Drall are fourth and fifth on the Hero Order of Merit.
The fourth leg of the Hero WPGT shall be held on the Vizag, East Point Golf Club from February 6 to 9.
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TENNIS
ITF Indore: Jakupovic reaches semifinals
Dalila Jakupovic beat Saki Imamura 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 within the quarterfinals of the $40,000 ITF ladies’s tennis event on the Indore Tennis Club on Friday.
In the semifinals, fifth seed Dalila will play fourth seed Carole Monnet of France. The different semifinal shall be between second seed Polina Kudermetova and the third seed Alexandra Eala.
The Indian problem ended as Shrivalli Bhamidipaty and Vaidehi Chaudhari had been crushed by the Japanese staff of Saki Imamura and Mana Kawamura in straight units within the doubles semifinals. Saki and Mana will play fourth seeds Jessie Aney and Lena Papadakis within the closing.
RESULTS
Singles (quarterfinals): Dalila Jakupovic (Slo) bt Saki Imamura 6-4, 3-6, 6-4; Carole Monnet (Fra) bt Dejana Radanovic (Srb) 6-4 (retired); Alexandra Eala (Phi) bt Anca Alexia Todoni (Rou) 7-5, 6-2; Polina Kudermetova bt Eri Shimizu (Jpn) 7-6(2), 5-7, 6-2.
Doubles (semifinals): Jessie Aney (USA) & Lena Papadakis (Ger) bt Zhibek Kulambayeva (Kaz) & Sapfo Sakellaridi (Gre) 7-5, 6-1; Saki Imamura & Mana Kawamura (Jpn) bt Shrivalli Bhamidipaty & Vaidehi Chaudhari 6-1, 6-4.
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BOXING
Boxing: Amit, Ishneet, Sachin transfer to semifinals of Boxam International
Indian boxers Amit Kumar (63.5kg) and Ishmeet Singh (75kg) entered the semifinals of the Boxam International Tournament in La Nucia, Spain with contrasting victories.
Sachin Kumar (80kg) too moved to the final 4 levels after receiving a walkover from Spain’s Pablo Coy Bernal on Thursday.
Amit put up an excellent efficiency as he eked out a surprising 3-2 break up choice win to defeat Mexico’s Miguel Angel Martinez, who has already certified for the Paris Olympics within the mild welterweight class.
He will face Uzbekistan’s Ruslan Abdullaev of Uzbekistan within the semifinal.
Ishmeet too registered a break up choice win within the quarterfinal. He knocked out native pugilist Didac Lopez Gomez 4-1 to arrange a last-four conflict with Poland’s Michal Jarlinski.
However, it was the top of the street for Bilal Mohammed (54kg), Dikshyant Dahiya (60kg) and Rubal Sindh Dhanda (67kg) after disappointing quarterfinal losses.
While Bilal suffered a third-round RSC defeat to Portugal’s Marcio Cardodo, Dikshyant misplaced by a 5-0 unanimous choice to Munarbek Seiitbek Uulu of Kyrgyzstan and Dhanda suffered a 1-4 defeat to Mateusz Grejber of Poland.
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