Diksha lies third, in rivalry for title win at German Masters

Jun 17, 2023 at 4:59 PM
Diksha lies third, in rivalry for title win at German Masters
Diksha Dagar in action. (File Photo)

Diksha Dagar in motion. (File Photo)
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Diksha Dagar in motion. (File Photo)
| Photo Credit: GETTY IMAGES

Diksha Dagar performed a stable again 9 to card 5-under 67 and moved into tied third place on the German Masters right here on Saturday.

Diksha is simply the second Indian to win on the Ladies European Tour, having clinched the title in 2019 in South Africa. She has inched nearer to title wins this season on two separate events and logged two top-10 finishes in final three begins.

Diksha was two pictures off the lead collectively held by England’s Cara Gainer (68) and Czech Republic’s Kristyna Napoleaova (69).

Gainer and Napoleaova had been each 13-under and two away from Diksha (67), who was at 11-under.

The different Indians in Avani Prashanth (75) slipped farther from T-32 to T-51, whereas Vani Kapoor (75) and Ridhima Dilawari (75) slipped to T-65.

Diksha, who performed within the lead group on the ultimate day final month in Belgium, would as soon as once more look to exit within the ultimate spherical. In Belgium, Diksha slipped and ended T-8 after being second, following two rounds within the three-round Belgian Ladies.

This week, Diksha shot 69-69 on the primary two days and began the ultimate day in model with a birdie on first and two extra on eighth and ninth to show in 3-under.

On the again 9 of the Seddiner See Country Club, she bogeyed the eleventh after which ran up three birdies in 4 holes between thirteenth and sixteenth and completed bogey-birdie on 17-18.

Interestingly, Diksha birdied the thirteenth, 14th and sixteenth on all three days. A win on Sunday will imply a second LET title and an enormous enhance to her rankings.

Meanwhile, Johanna Gustavsson (74) slipped to fourth place whereas Italian Virginia Elena Carta (69), England’s Meghan MacLaren (71) and Olivia Mehaffey (73) had been all at 8-under.