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Gaurika returns to battle Neha, Tvesa and Sneha in eleventh Leg of Hero WPGT
After a long-awaited win final week, Neha Tripathi will hope to proceed her successful momentum when she leads the 39-players discipline on the eleventh Leg of the Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour beginning right here on Wednesday.
The 31-year-old seasoned professional, who turned professional again in 2010, went by means of greater than 4 and a half years and not using a win earlier than beating again a powerful problem from a bunch of youthful gamers, a few of whom are nonetheless amateurs.
“I knew I was on the right track and I was playing well, but last week all pieces fell in place,” stated Neha. “It is always nice to get the win and it brings a lot of satisfaction with it.’ Tvesa Malik is another one looking for that satisfaction after a couple of tough seasons on the Ladies European Tour, where she only has a limited status this season. Tvesa, who has been playing mostly on the European Tour for the past few seasons, last won on the Hero WPGT in 2021. And now, she is trying to play herself back into form through the Tour, where the 27-year-old started back in 2017.
Gaurika Bishnoi, who missed the last two events due to personal commitments, won her last start, which was the eighth leg and is back for the 11th Leg.
Gaurika, who has been working on some aspects of her game, is hoping to get into the right frame by the time before the LET’s Qualifying School comes around.
She has won twice this season at the sixth Leg at the Classic Golf and Country Club and the eighth Leg at Clover Greens. She was also runner-up at the fifth leg in Golden Greens and the seventh Leg at the DLF Golf and Country Club.
Sneha Singh is the only player besides Gaurika to have won more than once this season. She is leading the Order of Merit and her success this season includes wins in the third leg at the Royal Calcutta Golf Club and the fifth leg at the Golden Greens in Gurugram.
-PTI
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Pro Panja League: Kiraak Hyderabad announces full squad
Hyderabad-based franchise Kiraak Hyderabad of the Pro Panja League announced the full squad for the inaugural season which will be held at Indira Gandhi International Stadium in Delhi from July 28.
“We are really excited to take this forward. I would like to thank Ms. Preeti Jhangiani and Mr. Parvin Dabas (co-founder of the League) for this opportunity. I would like to wish the other teams best of luck ahead of the tournament. Let’s have a good season and enjoy all the exciting matches,” Gautam Reddy, proprietor of the Kiraak Hyderabad, stated.
“We have a well-balanced squad and I am sure that our players will give their everything when they are competing,” he stated.
The squad:
90kg: Siddharth Malakar, Ajay Anjana, Rahul Mahar.
70kg: Stewe Thomas, Satnam Singh, Shahil Hussain.
100kg: Jagadish Baruah, Amit Singh, Banbatjuban Khongwir.
80kg: Asker Ali, Kazi Abdul Majeed, Dheeraj Singh.
60 kg: Yazar Arafat, M.V. Naveen, Shoaib Akhtar.
100kg & above: Ahmed Faizan Ali, Vinayak Vats, Ujjwal Agrawal.
Women: 55 kg: Savita Kumari, Rachna Jatav, Purnima Borah.
65kg: Ok.N. Madhura, P.Ok. Reejamol, Roshni.
65 kg & above: Jincy Rose, Hemlata.
SPA-CAT: Buta Singh, Devender Yadav, Deepak Sharma.
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