GOLF

Modest begin for Diksha Dagar in Hong Kong

Indian golfer Diksha Dagar had a modest begin with a spherical of two-over 75 to lie Tied forty third on the Aramco Series Hong Kong right here on Friday.

Diksha, at the moment fourth on the Ladies European Tour Order of Merit, had two birdies in opposition to two bogeys and a double bogey within the spherical on the Par-73 Hong Kong Golf Club course.

Diksha teamed with professionals Meghan MacLaren (71) and Rosie Davies (78) with novice Melloy Tony. They totalled 11-under and have been Tied-eighth because the staff with Anne Van Dam (67), Sophie Witt (71), Lydia Hall (77) and novice Andrew Herbert have been the leaders at 16-under with Team Carmen Alonso second.

Diksha, beginning on the tenth, had an early birdie on eleventh, however gave away a double bogey on sixteenth and a bogey on 18th.

- PTI

Karandeep emerge as prime Indian after first spherical in Singapore

India’s Karandeep Kochhar opened his marketing campaign with a stable four-under 68 on the USD 2 million International Series Singapore to lie contained in the Top-10 at tied eighth place right here on Friday.

It put him 4 pictures behind David Puig, who has six top-15 finishes in simply 9 begins since he joined the Tour. He carded a bogey-free eight-under-par 64 on the Tampines Course on a scorching and humid day.

Chinese-Taipei’s Chang Wei-lun and Thais Rattanon Wannasrichan and Itthipat Buranatanyarat returned 67s at Tanah Merah Country Club.

Among different Indians, Viraj Madappa and Veer Ahlawat shot 2-under 70 every to be Tied-Twenty sixth, whereas S Chikkarangappa and Rashid Khan have been T-64 after par rounds.

Late entrant Kartik Sharma (73) at T-83, Gaganjeet Bhullar and Honey Baisoya with 74 every at T-99, SSP Chawrasia (75) at T-115, Ajeetesh Sandhu (76) at T-122, Shiv Kapur (77) at T-134 have been manner behind.

- PTI

HOCKEY

Nehru under-17 women hockey event: Huge win for Naharkatia Higher Secondary School

Maxima Xalxo (13) and Sunita Rajput (9) powered Naharkatia Higher Secondary School, Assam, to a 28-0 victory over Jawahar Navodaya Vidhyalaya, Ayodhya, in a super-league match of the Charanjit Rai twenty ninth Nehru under-17 women hockey event on the Shivaji Stadium on Friday.

RESULTS (SUPER LEAGUE)

Punjab Institute of Sports, Bathinda, (Harman Rekhi 2, Mandeep Kaur) bt Shri Guru Nanak SSS, Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh, (Aradhana Rajbhar 2) 3-2.

UNACCO School, Meitram, Imphal, (Elena Devi, Ritu Devi 2, Henthoi Chanu, Sonika Devi, Diana) bt New English School & Junior College, Nool, Kolhapur, (Sanika Mane, Bhakti Gaddi) 7-2.

Naharkatia HSS, Assam, (Maxima Xalxo 13, Sunita Rajput 9, Ashmita Tigga 3, Reshma Jagat 2, Milka Surin) bt Jawahar Navodaya Vidhyalaya, Ayodhya, 28-0.

Round Glass Academy, Punjab, (Navjot Kaur 2, Khushboo, Navdeep Kaur, Mehakdeep Kaur, Sukhpreet Kaur) bt One Thousand Hockey Legs (Deeksha) 6-1.

- Team Sportstar

TENNIS

Niki-Divij pair reaches Challenger ultimate in Spain

Niki Poonacha and Divij Sharan beat Mattia Bellucci and Moez Echargui 6-1, 5-7, [10-8] to achieve the doubles ultimate of the €118,000 Challenger tennis event in Alicante, Spain, on Friday.

RESULTS

€118,000 Challenger, Alicante, Spain

Doubles (semifinals): Niki Poonacha & Divij Sharan bt Mattia Bellucci (Ita) & Moez Echargui (Tun) 6-1, 5-7, [10-8]; Quarterfinals: Niki & Divij bt Daniel Cukierman (Isr) & Joshua Paris (GBR) 6-1, 6-3; Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan & John-Patrick Smith (Aus) bt Billy Harris (GBR) & Akira Santillan (Aus) 6-2, 6-2.

$60,000 ITF ladies, Rome, USA

Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Mccartney Kessler (USA) bt Sahaja Yamalapalli 6-4, 6-2.

$25,000 ITF ladies, Baza, Spain

Doubles (quarterfinals): Riya Bhatia & Olga Azcoitia (Esp) bt Francesca Curmi & Elaine Genovese (Mlt) 6-7(6), 7-6(6), [10-8].

$15,000 ITF ladies, Monastir, Tunisia

Singles (quarterfinals): Marente Sijbesma (Ned) bt Tanisha Kashyap 2-6, 6-1, 6-3.

Doubles (semifinals): Abigail Amos (GBR) & Marente Sijbesma (Ned) bt Astrid Cirotte (Fra) & Jennifer Luikham 4-6, 7-6(3), [10-6].

- Team Sportstar