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Diksha, Aditi start with modest even par rounds

India’s Diksha Dagar and Aditi Ashok opened with a modest spherical of even par 71 every on the primary day of The Amundi Evian Championship right here.

The Indian duo, who're as a consequence of play 4 straight massive occasions over the subsequent 4 weeks, had been tied for the fiftieth place, however nicely in line to make the reduce put up which the highest 65 and ties will play the ultimate two rounds.

South African Paula Reto fired a gap spherical of 64 (-7) to carry a two-shot benefit over 4 gamers Kiwi Lydia Ko, Thai Wichanee Meechai, Frenchwoman Celine Boutier and American Alison Lee, who all shot 5-under 66 every on the Evian Resort Golf Club on the occasion, which is a Major for girls.

Of the 2 Indians, each of whom are within the top-5 of the Race to Costa Del Sol, the Order of Merit for the Ladies European Tour, Diksha was the primary to start out from the tenth tee together with Lauren Hartlage and Sweden’s Pernilla Lindberg.

Diksha, winner of two LET occasions in South Africa and Czech Ladies in 2019 and 2023, alternated between bogey and birdies as she bogeyed eleventh, birdied twelfth after which bogeyed sixteenth solely to get again the shot on 18th.

She once more dropped a shot on first however birdied second and third and for the primary time moved to below par. But on the fifth she once more gave again the features and ended even par.

Aditi, who has 4 wins on the LET since her opening one at house within the Women’s Indian Open in 2016, birdied third, 14th and fifteenth and dropped pictures on second, sixth and seventeenth for the same 71.

Reto, 33, started her day from the tenth tee and made a bogey on gap 11 however instantly bounced again with a birdie on 12. She rolled in a birdie on 15 earlier than she actually obtained right into a rhythm with birdies on 18 and the primary earlier than three on the trot on holes 5 via seven.

The LPGA Tour winner completed with a flourish rolling in a birdie on her final gap for a again 9 of 30 (-5) and to steer with a complete of seven-under-par.

Nine gamers are one additional shot again in a tie for sixth place on four-under-par, together with Germany’s Esther Henseleit and Norway’s Celine Borge.

-PTI