GOLF

Diksha lone Indian to make the minimize in Jabra Ladies in France

Diksha Dagar was the lone Indian to outlive the 36-hole minimize on the Jabra Ladies Open as the opposite 4 crashed out after the primary two days.

Diksha, solely the second Indian to have tasted victory on the Ladies European Tour after Aditi Ashok, carded 3-over 74 and was T-30 at 3-over 145 with another spherical to go. She shot even par 71 on the primary day.

Seher Atwal (75-74) missed the minimize by one shot, whereas Tvesa Malik (76-75) and Amandeep Drall (72-79) have been additional down and Vani Kapoor (76-76) additionally had a tough week.

The first two rounds had begins from the sixth and fifteenth, however the ultimate spherical will see all gamers tee off from the primary as 67 gamers made the minimize.

Anne van Dam (70) and Linn Grant (67) shared the lead heading into the ultimate day with the pair locked on seven-under-par after two rounds of motion.

Chasing a maiden LET victory, England’s Hayley Davis sits in third on five-under-par after posting a 67 (-4) in France.

-PTI

Lying third and one off the lead, Aditi eyes historic win on LPGA

Aditi Ashok, making the most of the hotter climate, moved as much as tied third and inside one shot of the lead on the 2023 Cognizant Founders Cup as she bids to turn into the primary Indian to win on the LPGA Tour.

Following up on her first spherical 3-under 68, Aditi, enjoying her seventh 12 months on the Tour, added 4-under 67 to get to 7-under 137 and one shot behind co-leaders, Australian Sara Kemp (65) and Korea’s Jin Young Ko (68).

Aditi is the winner of 1 Ladies European Tour occasion this season and runner-up on the JM Eagle LA Championship, the place she misplaced in a play-off.

-PTI

Chipped-in eagle helps Manu Gandas make the minimize in Belgium

Manu Gandas, enjoying in his rookie season on the DP World Tour, ended a streak of missed cuts with a strong 3-under 68 that included 4 birdies and an eagle as he ensured motion over the weekend on the Soudal Open in Belgium.

He chipped in from off the inexperienced and virtually 45 ft away for an eagle on Par-5 seventeenth.

Gandas, who after three straight cuts has missed the final 4, is now 3-under for 2 rounds and mendacity T-40.

His compatriot, Shubhankar Sharma, a two-time winner on the Tour, opened with a triple bogey on the tenth and had just one birdie to indicate for the remaining 17 holes. He missed the minimize by one shot.

First-round chief Simon Forsström from Sweden continues to be the person to catch as he carded 5 birdies in a four-under-par spherical of 67. The Swede is 11-under par after two rounds and one stroke forward of French rookie Jeong Weon Ko (66-66) at 10-under.

Local hero Thomas Detry goes into the weekend simply two strokes again as he bids to turn into the primary Belgian winner of the Soudal Open in almost 70 years. Detry (67-66) is third at 9-under.

Gandas, who earned a DPWT (DP World Tour) card by topping the PGTI Order of Merit, below the brand new strategic alliance between the Indian and European Tours, began with 5 pars earlier than he picked three birdies in 4 holes on the sixth, eighth and ninth holes.

Making the flip in three-under, he gave away two photographs on the tenth and twelfth however birdied the 14th. A chip-in for an eagle on the Par-5 seventeenth boosted his possibilities and, regardless of a closing bogey, he made the minimize.

Sharma, after a horrible begin, simply couldn't get his putts to fall and made an early departure.

Detry, 30, looking for a maiden DP World Tour victory on residence soil, carded seven birdies as he adopted his first-round effort of 67 with a 5 below par 66 to signal for a 9 below par complete at Rinkven International Golf Club. The final Belgian participant to assert their nationwide open was Flory van Donck in 1956, when he received the title for a match document fifth time.

Ko is enjoying in his first season on the DP World Tour after ending contained in the top-20 on the European Challenge Tour’s Road to Mallorca final 12 months.

In a share of fourth place on eight below par are Frenchman Julien Brun, Jens Dantorp of Sweden and England’s James Morrison.

-PTI

TENNIS

India finishes fifth in Junior Davis Cup

Rethin Pranav and Kriish Tyagi received their singles matches to assist India beat Hong Kong 2-0 within the match for the fifth place within the Asia-Oceania Junior Davis Cup under-16 tennis match in Shymkent, Kazakhstan, on Saturday.

Japan beat Korea 2-0 within the ultimate to emerge the champion. The second seeded India had misplaced to Japan within the league stage and to Korea within the quarterfinals.

Host Kazakhstan, Thailand aside from Japan and Korea certified for the World Group competitors to be staged later in Europe.

The outcomes (ultimate)

Japan bt Korea 2-0 (Hyu Kawanishi bt Moobeeb Kim 6-0, 6-0; Hiromasa Koyama bt Yeonsu Jeong 3-6, 6-3, 6-4).

Fifth place: India bt Hong Kong 2-0 (Rethin Pranav bt Ngai Hoi Cheung 6-2, 6-0; Kriish Tyagi bt Jacob Shen 7-5, 6-3).

-Kamesh Srinivasan

Bopanna and Ebden in second spherical of Rome

Rohan Bopanna, seeded seventh with Matthew Ebden, reached the doubles pre-quarterfinals with a 6-3, 7-6(6) victory over Federico Arnaboldi and Gianmarco Ferrari within the €8,637, 966 ATP tennis match in Rome, Italy, on Saturday.

The Indo-Aussie pair will play Alex De Minaur and Jason Kubler of Australia within the pre-quarterfinals.

The outcomes:

€8,637,966 ATP Rome, Italy

Doubles (first spherical): Rohan Bopanna & Matthew Ebden (Aus) bt Federico Arnaboldi & Gianmarco Ferrari (Ita) 6-3, 7-6(6).

€73,000 Challenger, Francavilla al Mare, Italy

Doubles (semifinals): Nicolas Barrientos (Col) & Ariel Behar (Uru) bt Luca Margaroli (Sui) & Purav Raja 6-3, 6-4.$15,000 ITF girls, Monastir, Tunisia

Doubles (semifinals): Salma Drugdova & Katarina Kuzmova (Svk) bt Sharmada Balu & Lucie Wargnier (Fra) 7-6(4), 6-4.

-Kamesh Srinivasan