GOLF
Diksha adds another solid round in Spain to move into tied third place
India’s Diksha Dagar followed up her opening round with another strong effort, carding a three-under 69 on the second day to lie tied third at the Tenerife Women’s Open on the Ladies European Tour.
The 24-year-old has carded rounds of 70 and 69 to sit at five-under after two rounds. She is four shots behind sole leader Lauren Walsh (67-68), who is nine-under at Abama Golf.
Avani Prashanth played three-over par 75 on the second day to fall down the standings to tied 43. Tvesa Malik (73-75), Hitaashee Bakshi (72-76) and Sneha Singh (77-79) failed to make the cut, which was set at three-over par.
– PTI
Sharma misses cut, Ahlawat retires in KLM Open
Indian golfer Shubhankar Sharma failed to make the cut after carding a one-over 72 on the second day of the KLM Open. Sharma shot 78 in the first round.
Play was suspended for the day due to darkness at The International.
Though the projected cut is set at four-over, Sharma at eight-over is certain to miss the cut. He had two birdies and one bogey in his second round.
Meanwhile, Veer Ahlawat retired after a difficult first day of 78.
– PTI
Talwar continues to play well, lies T-25 at the Swiss Challenge
India’s Saptak Talwar turned in a second successive round of two-under 69 on the second day to lie tied 25th at the Swiss Challenge at Golf Sempach.
Starting his round on the front nine, Talwar played a bogey-free round with both his birdies coming in the back nine. He picked up the shots on the 14th and 17th holes. His combined score for both rounds stands at four-under par.
– PTI
Rayhan eagles last hole to end streak of missed cuts on Korn Ferry
India’s Rayhan Thomas landed an eagle on his final hole of the second round to produce a solid four-under 68 and end a run of missed cuts on the Korn Ferry Tour.
The 25-year-old, who shot two-under 69 at Par-71 Thornblade Club on the first day and added a 68 at par-72 Carolina Country Club on the second day, lied at Tied-51st in the BMW Charity Pro-Am. He was T-70 at the end of the first round.
– PTI
ARCHERY
Indians fail to open account
The Indian campaign at the Archery World Cup Stage-3 in Antalya ended without a medal with the exit of the country’s recurve individual archers on Saturday.
Simranjeet Kaur, who was beaten 6-5 (shoot-off 11-8) by former World and Olympic champion An San of Korea in the quarterfinals, was the best Indian performer of the day.
THE RESULTS
RECURVE (INDIVIDUAL)
Men: Tarundeep Rai lost to Mathias Kramer (Ger) 6-2 (first round); B. Dhiraj bt Jack Williams (USA) 6-5 (shoot-off: 9-8) (first round), lost to Tang Chih-Chun (Tpe) 6-4 (second round); Parth Salunkhe lost to Lu Shuai (Chn) 6-2 (first round); Atanu Das bt Tomatsu Daisuke (Jpn) 6-0 (first round), lost to Brady Ellison (USA) 6-4 (second round).
Women: Ankita Bhakat lost to Dunya Yenhihayat (Tur) 6-2 (first round); Deepika Kumari bt Anatoli Martha Gkorila (Gre) 6-2 (first round), lost to An San (Kor) 6-0 (second round); Simranjeet Kaur bt Elia Canales (Spn) 6-4 (first round), bt Ziyodakhon Abdusattorova (Uzb) 6-0 (second round), bt Anastasiya Nikifarenka (AIN) 7-3 (third round), lost to An San (Kor) 6-5 (shoot-off: 11-8) (quarterfinal).
-Team Sportstar