Listed here are the main developments from the world of sports activities on August 26 –
GOLF
Sensational Avani wins LET Entry Tour occasion in Sweden
Novice golfer Avani Prashanth turned the third Indian girl to triumph in Europe this yr as she produced a surprising back-nine to win the Ashsell Remaining.
Avani got here up with 4 birdies and an eagle within the final seven holes to win on the Women European Tour’s Entry Collection (LETAS) on Friday.
It’s the first by an Indian girl, although Aditi Ashok and Diksha Dagar have gained the primary Women European Tour earlier this season.
The 16-year-old Avani, who shot 72-71 within the first two rounds, was tied-ninth after 36 holes.
Within the last spherical, she had a tough begin with bogeys on the primary and fourth holes. She repaired that injury with birdies on the fifth and eighth. She was even for the spherical after 11 holes and a top-10 end was on very a lot on the playing cards.
She then exploded with a bunch of birdies and an eagle on the again 9.
Avani gained momentum to get two consecutive birdies on holes 12 and 13 adopted by an eagle on the 14th to place herself within the lead. Yet one more birdie on the seventeenth was the place the highest Indian novice clinched the title.
“It’s surreal profitable this week, after my rocky begin to end five-under-par is nice, and that is my first skilled win on worldwide soil,” Avani stated.
“The wind utterly switched on us, which actually made the primary 4 holes tremendous lengthy and difficult to play. While the primary 4 performed lengthy, a superb quantity performed shorter.” “So, after 9, I got here again to par after which noticed the wind was down within the again 9, after which I actually took benefit from there on.” Avani gained the Queen Sirikit Cup in Manila earlier this yr and now has her eyes set on being the youngest golfer ever to symbolize India on the Asian Video games in Hangzhou subsequent month.
“When it comes to European competitors, the Massive Inexperienced Egg Open in Amsterdam on the Women European Tour is the following one. I’m planning on enjoying at Q college in December,” she stated.
India’s Asmitha Sathish (74-76) and Vidhatri Urs (80-74) had earlier missed the reduce.
Two Swedish amateurs, Matilda Bjorkman and Isabell Elkstrom completed tied for second on five-under-par.
Switzerland’s Elena Moosmann and one other novice Hanna Nilsson of Sweden have been tied for fourth on four-under-par.
Swiss novice Caroline Sturdza got here in solo sixth on three-under-par after a wonderful spherical of 68, while one other Swiss novice Natalie Armbruester completed tied seventh alongside Germany’s Sarina Schmidt and England’s Emily Worth.
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Bhullar rises to T-11, Lahiri, Ahlawat drop to T-15
Gaganjeet Bhullar, India’s most profitable participant on the Asian Tour, turned in a brilliant spherical of 5-under 67 which took him to T-11 on the second day of the St Andrews Bay Championship.
With rounds of of 69-67, Bhullar is 8-under on the midway stage of the sixth Worldwide Collection occasion of the season on the Asian Tour.
Anirban Lahiri (66-71) suffered an early double bogey however made amends after which completed birdie-birdie on his closing two holes for a spherical of 1-under 71.
At 7-under, he has dropped to T-15 from tied first.
One other first spherical chief, Veer Ahlawat (66-71) additionally dropped to T-15 alongside Lahiri.
Spaniard David Puig, 21, who turned professional final September, put himself within the good place to attempt to win his first title as knowledgeable when he opened up a three-shot lead on the midway level.
Puig shot a spectacular eight-under-par 64, the bottom spherical of the week up to now, to achieve 14-under, with South African Jaco Ahlers (66-67) in second place, following a 67.
Of the 14 Indians taking part, eight made the reduce.
Ajeetesh Sandhu (70-68) performed a bogey-free 68 and moved to T-21, whereas SSP Chawrasia (69-71) and Rahil Gangjee (70-70) have been T-39 with Viraj Madappa (67-73), who had two bogeys and one double in his final 5 holes between the 14th and the 18th.
The one different Indian to make the reduce was Rashid Khan (70-71) at T-57.
The six Indians lacking the reduce have been S Chikkarangappa (71-71), Honey Baisoya (73-69), Karandeep Kochhar (77-70), Jyoti Randhawa (75-73), Khalin Joshi (74-74) and Kartik Sharma (76-75).
Australians Matt Jones (65) and Andrew Dodt (68), Eugenio Chacarra (66) from Spain, England’s James Wilson (66), American Micah Lauren Shin (67), Korean Seungtaek Lee (67) and Chile’s Mito Pereira (68) are in a tie for third, 4 behind Puig.
Gamers took benefit of the intense and calm circumstances at Fairmont St Andrews, the place the Torrance Course is getting used, to shoot low scores.
Puig as soon as once more excelled, making 9 birdies, to go along with the ten he made on day. Six of these birdies got here on the again 9, together with the final 4.
– PTI