GOLF

Aditi Ashok off to a superb begin in Founders Cup on LPGA

Aditi Ashok bought to a nice begin on the Cognizant Founders Cup with a spherical of 3-under 69 that put her in Tied-Twelfth place and was three pictures behind Korea’s Sei Young Kim (66), who's main the pack.

Aditi, who has been on the LPGA Tour since 2017, however remains to be looking for her first win on the Tour, nevertheless, has 4 wins on the Ladies European Tour, together with one this yr.

Aditi began on the again 9 of the Upper Montclair Country Club and opened with a birdie on the tenth, to which she added one other one on the thirteenth.

A dropped shot on sixteenth noticed her flip in one-under. She fell to even par with a second bogey on the primary. Then she roared again with three birdies on the second, third and seventh and didn't drop any extra pictures for a spherical of 69 on a course that has slim fairways and calls for a whole lot of accuracy off the tees.

Aditi discovered the fairways solely 50 per cent, however performed properly with the irons, discovering 14 of the 18 greens and needing 29 putts.

This season in 4 begins, Aditi missed the reduce within the first three however completed second in her final tourney. On the LET she has received as soon as, completed second as soon as and as soon as she was third and leads the LET rankings.

Sei Young Kim shot a bogey-free 6-under 66 to take the first-round lead. She had 4 straight birdies — on the par-5 Twelfth, par-4 thirteenth, par-5 14th and par-3 fifteenth — and parred the ultimate three holes.

The 30-year-old South Korean participant, the 2016 event winner in Phoenix, has 12 LPGA Tour titles — the final two in 2020.

South Korean rookie Hae Ran Ryu was a stroke again. She had eight birdies and three bogeys in a 67.

A bunch of 9 gamers carded 4-under 68 to be tied third whereas Aditi with 69 was T-12 together with 12 others in what was a really tight leaderboard. Ryu made eight birdies and three bogeys.

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Shubhankar Sharma off to strong begin in Belgium

Indian golfer Shubhankar Sharma carded a 3-under 68 to be positioned Tied-18 after the primary spherical on the Soudal Open right here.

Sharma, who has been touchdown a whole lot of birdies, did so once more with 5 birdies, but additionally ensured he didn't drop too many pictures as he bogeyed twice on day one of many DP World Tour occasion.

Sharma’s compatriot, Manu Gandas (71), shot even par and was T-75 and can want a superb begin to make a run and make the weekend rounds.

Sharma, who's at the moment in Top-60 of the Race to Dubai rankings, wants to remain there to qualify for the season-ending occasions.

Sweden’s Simon Forsström carded his lowest spherical of the 2023 season as he took a one-stroke lead after the primary day. The Swede made the flip in 32 strokes, 4 beneath par, after which carded three successive birdies from the Eleventh gap to signal for a bogey-free seven beneath par 64 at Rinkven International Golf Club.

Sharma began with a birdie on the primary however gave away that shot on the second. Then he went to gather three birdies from fourth to sixth and added yet another on Eleventh. He dropped a shot on the eighth. He discovered a whole lot of fairways, nearly 80 per cent, and hit the greens on greater than 77 per cent and wanted 29 putts.

Forssttrom is one stroke forward of his compatriots Jens Dantorp, James Morrison and Andrew Wilson of England.

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Diksha begins with strong even par spherical, lies Eleventh in France

Diksha Dagar gave herself a good begin with a fair par 71 on a day when simply 10 gamers went beneath par within the first spherical of Jabra Ladies Open.

Diksha had two birdies and two bogeys on the Evian Resort Golf Club, the place gamers began from the sixth and fifteenth tees. Diksha, ranging from the sixth, bogeyed the eighth however bought the shot again on the Par-4 tenth.

She gave away her second bogey on the Par-3 sixteenth earlier than getting again to par with a birdie on Par-3 second. Her spherical of 71 gave her Tied-Eleventh place for the day.

Also getting off to a good begin was Amandeep Drall, who shot 1-over 72 with two birdies and three bogeys to be positioned T-Twentieth.

Among the opposite three Indians within the area, Seher Atwal, niece of the Indian golf legend, Arjun Atwal, shot 4-over 75 and was T-67.

Tvesa Malik, who bought into the draw barely 48 hours earlier than the beginning, had a tough begin, as did Vani Kapoor. Both carded 5-over 76 and had been T-83rd, needing strong second rounds to make the reduce, which can fall after two rounds with Top-60 and ties taking part in the ultimate spherical.

Dutch star Anne van Dam fired a bogey free six-under 65 to steer by two pictures after spherical one. Starting her spherical on the fifteenth tee, the five-time Ladies European Tour (LET) winner bought off to a strong begin when she birdied the par-4 seventeenth earlier than making the flip.

Herbin sits in solo second after carding a 67 (-4) on house soil. Hot on Herbin’s heels is Sweden’s Linn Grant who sits in third after firing a 68

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HANDBALL

Jaipur to host the inaugural season of the Premier Handball League

The first version of the Premier Handball League is ready to be performed from June 8 to 25 on the Sawai Mansingh Indoor Stadium in Jaipur.

The league will see six groups -Rajasthan Patriots, Garvit Gujarat, Maharashtra Ironmen, Golden Eagles Uttar Pradesh, Telugu Talons and Delhi Panzers will compete on a Teraflex handball floor manufactured by Gerflor. The stadium has additionally hosted a number of Pro Kabaddi League matches since 2014 as it's the house of Jaipur Pink Panthers. The venue is owned and managed by the Rajasthan State Sports Council.

The inaugural season of the Premier Handball League shall be broadcast on Viacom18 which can present multi-platform protection on JioCinema, Sports 18-1 (HD & SD) and Sports 18 Khel.

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TENNIS

ATP Busan Challenger: Kadhe exits in doubles semifinals

Arjun Kadhe in partnership with Nam Ji Sung of Korea was crushed 6-4, 4-6, [10-8] within the doubles semifinals by Max Purcell and Rubin Statham within the $160,000 Challenger tennis event in Busan, Korea, on Friday.

RESULTS

$160,000 Challenger, Busan, Korea

Doubles (semifinals): Max Purcell & Rubin Statham (Aus) bt Arjun Kadhe & Nam Ji Sung (Kor) 6-4, 4-6, [10-8].

$15,000 ITF ladies, Monastir, Tunisia

Doubles (quarterfinals): Sharmada Balu & Lucie Wargnier (Fra) bt Kristina Milenkovic (Sui) & Nina Rudiukova 6-3, 6-4; Louise Kwong (Can) & Anna Ulyashchenko (USA) bt Aaddi Gupta & Ranim Rassil (Tun) 6-2, 6-0.

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Lakshit wins AITA males’s tennis

Lakshit Sood beat Parth Aggarwal 6-4, 6-1 within the remaining of the Rs.100,000 AITA males’s tennis event on the Little Angel’s School on Friday.

The outcomes (remaining):

Lakshit Sood bt Parth Aggarwal 6-4, 6-1; Semifinals: Lakshit bt Udit Kamboj 6-2, 6-1; Parth bt Gaender Singh 6-1, 6-1.

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Tavish and Prachi win AITA National collection juniors

Tavish Pahwa and Prachi Malik received a double crown every within the AITA National collection junior tennis event on the Singha Sports Academy on Friday.

Tavish beat Raghav Sarode 6-3, 6-1 within the boys remaining. He received the doubles title in partnership with Kushagra Arora. Prachi Malik beat Havisha Choudhary 7-6(4), 6-3 for the women title. Prachi partnered Hiya Kugasia for the doubles title.

The outcomes (finals):

Under-14 boys: Tavish Pahwa bt Raghav Sarode 6-3, 6-1. Doubles: Tavish Pahwa & Kushagra Arora bt Ronil Agarwal & Atharva Shukla 6-0, 6-2.

Under-14 women: Prachi Malik bt Havisha Choudhary 7-6(4), 6-3. Doubles: Prachi Malik & Hiya Kugasia bt Havisha Choudhary & Anandita Upadhyay 6-0, 6-2.

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India into junior Davis Cup playoffs

India received each the singles matches via Aarjun Pandit and Kriish Tyagi to beat Australia 2-1 within the positional play-off for the 5-Eighth locations within the Asia-Oceania Junior Davis Cup under-16 tennis event in Shymkent, Kazakhstan, on Friday.

In the match for the fifth place, India will play Hong Kong on Saturday. In the semifinals, Korea beat host Kazakhstan 2-1 and Japan beat Thailand by the identical margin. All the 4 groups had ensured their berth within the World Group competitors to be performed later in Europe.

The outcomes:

Play-off (5-Eighth place): India bt Australia 2-1 (Aarjun Pandit bt Lachlan McFadzean 3-6, 6-1, [10-5]; Kriish Tyagi bt Demmbo Jake 6-2 (retired); Rethin Pranav & Kriish Tyagi misplaced to Jonas Hahn & Lachlan McFadzean w.o.).

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