GOLF
Shubhankar Sharma finishes seventh at Irish Open golf
India’s Shubhankar Sharma, who shared the lead on the midway stage of the Irish Open golf to make a bid for his first DP World Tour title since 2018, ended tied seventh with a remaining spherical of 1-under 71 right here.
Sharma, who opened the season with a tied seventh-place end in Abu Dhabi, ended tied eighth on the Open in July, and that is his third Prime-10 end of the season.
Sharma, who was 13-under after 36 holes, couldn’t produce the magic he confirmed within the first 36 holes as he carded 75-71 within the remaining two and completed the week at 11-under.
But, the Indian ace, who has been picked by the Indian Golf Union for the Asian Video games later this month, has moved to 168th on the planet. Sharma’s career-best rating is sixty fourth.
Sweden’s Vincent Norrman secured his second DP World Tour title within the house of simply 56 days as he carded a remaining spherical seven beneath par 65 to triumph on the Irish Open.
Sharma, mendacity T-4 after the third spherical, began the ultimate spherical with a double bogey, his second of the week after the double on the sixth within the third spherical.
The Indian recovered with birdies on second and fourth and added two extra on the tenth and 14th, however did not get birdies on the Par-5s on sixteenth and 18th. He additionally dropped a shot on seventeenth. There have been fairly just a few missed putts on a day when the climate interrupted the play.
Norrman, who gained the Barbasol Championship in the USA in July, began the day six strokes behind the in a single day leaders and was effectively off the tempo after pars on his opening six holes.
The 25-year-old made his first birdies of the day on the seventh and ninth holes earlier than play was suspended at The Ok Membership for an hour and a half because of the risk of lightning.
Norrman confirmed no indicators of slowing down after the restart as he birdied 4 of his subsequent 5 holes from the tenth. His birdie on the thirteenth noticed him transfer right into a share of the lead for the primary time and he then made his seventh achieve of the day on the 18th to set the clubhouse goal of 14 beneath par.
Germany’s Hurley Lengthy was additionally on 14 beneath par after 12 holes, however consecutive bogeys noticed him slip again to 12 beneath. The 28-year-old gave himself an eagle take a look at the final, however he left his putt brief, handing Norrman his second DP World Tour title.
His win sealed a fortnight of success for Sweden on the DP World Tour as he backed up compatriot Ludvig Åberg’s victory final week on the Omega European Masters.
In a share of third was dwelling favorite Shane Lowry, who was bidding for a second Irish Open crown, New Zealand’s Ryan Fox, who was runner-up at this occasion final 12 months, Scotsman Grant Forrest and Thriston Lawrence of South Africa.
– PTI
File – Diksha Dagar of India performs her shot out of the bunker on the first gap on Day Two of the ISPS HANDA World Invitational.
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File – Diksha Dagar of India performs her shot out of the bunker on the first gap on Day Two of the ISPS HANDA World Invitational.
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Diksha finishes Twenty first, stays third on Order of Advantage in Europe
Diksha Dagar carded an honest 2-under 70 on the ultimate day to complete a modest tied-Twenty first on the Girls European Tour’s Huge Inexperienced Egg Open right here.
The 22-year-old left-hander had rounds of 71-70-70 for an combination of 5-under 211, which was not sufficient to take care of her run of top-10 finishes.
Diksha had two birdies and one bogey on both aspect of the Hilversumsche Golf Membership within the remaining spherical.
Regardless of the modest end, Diksha stayed in third place within the Race to Costa Del Sol — the LET’s Order of Advantage.
It has been an amazing season for Diksha up to now with the Indian profitable a event and having six top-10 finishes. She additionally notched up a career-best end in a Main — a T-21 within the AIG Girls’s Open.
India’s Vani Kapoor (70) completed tied-Thirty ninth at 1-under 215, whereas Amandeep Drall, Tvesa Malik, Ridhima Dilawari and newbie Avani Prashanth had missed the reduce.
An exciting remaining day noticed Thai rookie Trichat Cheenglab land her maiden LET title as she fired a 67 (-5) to win by one shot. With seven gamers tied on the prime previous to the ultimate spherical, it was a detailed affair.
Cheenglab posted six birdies, together with a beautiful 4 on the par-5 18th to pip Lydia Corridor and Nicole Broch Estrup to glory on 12-under par.
Taking part in within the remaining group alongside Welsh duo Chloe Williams and Lydia Corridor, Cheenglab birdied her opening gap on the par-5 because the latter eagled to interrupt from the pack and take the only real lead.
Within the remaining levels after Broch Estrup set the clubhouse goal at 11-under par with a sensational 65, Cheenglab and Corridor each required two birdies of their remaining 5 holes to topple the rating.
The rookie struck first with a birdie on the par-3 14th just for Corridor to reply with one in all her personal on the par-4 fifteenth. Corridor gave pictures again on the sixteenth and seventeenth after discovering bother off the tee, that means the one-time LET winner required an eagle on the final gap with Cheenglab needing a birdie.
Corridor noticed her eagle try shave the outlet leaving Cheenglab with a four-footer for the win after a clutch chip.
The 28-year-old turned the seventh Thai participant to win on the LET.
Corridor and Estrup recorded their finest outcomes of the 2023 season with the T2 finishes on the Huge Inexperienced Egg Open.
Sara Kjellker and Chloe Williams shared a tie for the fourth place on 10-under par, whereas Italy’s Alessandra Fanali completed sole sixth on nine-under par following a incredible remaining spherical 66 (-6).
Within the 2023 Race to Costa del Sol, the top-three gamers remained the identical with Celine Boutier main adopted by Ana Peláez Trivino in second place and Diksha in third. Cheenglab moved into fourth place on 1,317.72 factors and prolonged her lead on the prime of the ‘Rookie of the Yr’ standings.
– PTI
TENNIS
ITF juniors: Wins for Dreek, Sameeksha
Dreek Saha beat Yash Patel of New Zealand 6-7(4), 7-5, 6-3 within the boys first spherical of the ITF junior tennis event on the Ahmedabad Metropolis Basis on Monday.
Within the second spherical, Dreek will problem the highest seed Vraj Gohil. Within the women part, Sameeksha Annem of the USA battled previous Pushti Laddha 6-7(0), 7-5, 7-6(4) within the first spherical.
The outcomes (first spherical):
Boys: Dreek Saha bt Yash Patel (Nzl) 6-7(4), 7-5, 6-3; Tanishq Jadhav bt Veer Madam 3-6, 6-0, 6-1; Aniketh Venkataraman bt Nikil Dosuza 6-3, 6-0; Tanay Sharma bt Arjun Abhyankar 6-1, 6-4; Parth Deorukhakar bt Mika Sheth 6-3, 6-4; Pranav Korade bt Aman Kothari 6-3, 6-2; M Diganth bt Megh Patel Maulik 4-6, 6-2, 6-3; Tavish Pahwa bt Anmol Nagpure 6-2, 6-3; Dhruv Sachdeva bt Sarth Bansode 6-1, 6-2; Mahit Mekala bt Sarthak Sharma 1-6, 6-3, 6-2; Aahil Ayaz bt Praneel Sharma 7-5, 7-6(3), Ayan Shetty bt Aaryavir Kothari 6-2, 6-3; Aditya Mor bt Rahul Lokesh 1-6, 6-1, 6-1; Anurag Kallambella bt Dhakshish Basavaraju 7-5, 7-5; Thirumurugan Viswanathan bt Sandilya Pullela 6-3, 6-2; Kanishk Jetley bt Rohith Gobinath 6-4, 6-1
Ladies: Devashree Mahadeshwar bt Trusha Jani (Aus) 6-3, 6-2; Pehal Kharadkar bt Anisha Sivakumar 6-1, 6-1; Siya Prasade bt Presha Shanthamoorthi 7-6(5), 6-4; Pal Upadhyay bt Shakh Mishra 6-4, 6-3; Devanshi Gohil bt Serena Rodricks 6-1, 6-0; Divya Sharma bt Tamanna Walia 6-1, 6-2; Angel Patel bt Padma Manikonda 6-4, 6-3; Danica Fernando bt Shatakshi Chaudhary 6-4, 6-1; Mandagalla Princy bt Pia Mistri 6-0, 6-1; Devanshee Prabhudesai bt Aarushi Raval 6-3, 6-2; Yashika Shokeen bt Diya Desai 6-1, 6-0; Siya Patel bt Tanishca Bhatnagar 6-3, 1-6, 7-6(2); Sameeksha Annem (USA) bt Pushti Laddha 6-7(0), 7-5, 7-6(4); Saanvi Misra bt Rubani Kaur Sidhu 6-3, 6-4; Amishi Shukla bt Aleena Farid 6-3, 7-6(2); Nirali Padaniya bt Prisha Prasad 6-0, 7-5.
– Kamesh Srinivasan
Ankita Raina to play wild card in Japan
Qualifier Ankita Raina will play wild card entrant Moyuka Uchijima within the first spherical of the $259,303 WTA tennis event in Osaka, Japan, on Tuesday.
Within the $80,000 Challenger in Guangzhou, China, Arjun Kadhe certified into the principle draw and can play Filip Peliwo of Poland within the first spherical.
Within the $25,000 ITF males’s event in Kigali, Rwanda, Atharva Sharma, Sai Karteek Reddy, Tushar Madan and Dharmil Shah certified into the principle draw.
– Kamesh Srinivasan
CHESS
Asian junior chess: Panda holds prime seed Grebnev
Sambit Panda held the highest seed Aleksey Grebnev to a draw, however he wasn’t happy with the consequence, although. The second board conflict between Manish Cristiano and Rohith S. Krishna was additionally drawn, and that left Dilshan Liyanage of Sri Lanka and Gilbert Tarigan of Indonesia within the lead place after the fourth spherical of the Tata Metal Asian junior chess championship right here on Monday.
Sambit Panda (left) and Aleksey Grebnev throughout their fourth spherical conflict within the Asian junior chess championship at Jamshedpur.
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Sambit Panda (left) and Aleksey Grebnev throughout their fourth spherical conflict within the Asian junior chess championship at Jamshedpur.
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They’ve 3.5 factors apiece and are adopted half-a-point by 12 gamers, together with Panda, who had seemed higher positioned after enjoying from the white aspect of a Vienna Recreation in opposition to his Russian rival. “I used to be a pawn up, and will have been in a position to construct on the benefit,” he mentioned.
Within the women’ part, second seed Saina Salonika, third seed Bommini Mounika Akshaya, G. Tejaswini and V. Rindhiya are main the desk with 3.5 factors. 5 rounds stay.
Necessary outcomes (Indians until specified):
Open: Sambit Panda 3 drew with Aleksey Grebnev (FIDE) 3; Manish Cristiano 3 drew with Rohith S. Krishna 3; Gilbert Tarigan (Idn) 3.5 bt N.B. Harimadhavan 2.5; Kushagra Mohan 3 drew with Ayush Sharma 3; Abilmansur Abdilkhair (Kaz) 2.5 misplaced to Dilshan Liyanage (SL) 3.5; G.B. Harshavardhan 3 drew with M. Mohamed Anees 3; L.R. Srihari 3 bt Dhyey Agarwal 2; Alekhya Mukhopadhyay 3 bt Daakshin Arun 2; Ritvik Krishnan 3 bt Zia Tajwar (Ban) 2; Reja Neer Manon (Ban) 2.5 drew with Yash Bharadia 2.5; Siddhant Jha 2 misplaced to L. Srihari 3.
Ladies: V. Rindhiya 3.5 drew with Bommini Mounika Akshaya 3.5; Shubhi Gupta 3 drew with Nazerke Nurgali (Kaz) 3; Saina Salonika 3.5 bt Keerti Reddy 2.5; Bhagyashree Patil 3 drew with Mrittika Mallick 3; Zeinep Sultanbek 2 misplaced to G. Tejaswini 3.5; Marium Fatima 2.5 drew with L. Jyothsna 2.5; Saparya Ghosh 2 misplaced to Ayaulym Kaldarova (Kaz) 3; Mohitha Vakcheri 2 misplaced to Bristy Mukherjee 3; Wadifa Ahmed (Ban) 3 bt Swara Lakshmi S. Nair 2; Divya Patil 3 bt Sachi Jain 2; Dahamdi Sanudula (SL) 3 bt A. Charvi 8; Anastasia Ivanova (FIDE) 1.5 misplaced to Kriti Patil 3.
– P. Ok. Ajith Kumar
ATHLETICS
Prachi, Priti in AFI’s staff for Asian Video games
Quartermiler Prachi and 3000m steeplechase athlete Priti Lamba have gotten the Athletics Federation of India’s inexperienced sign for the Asian Video games which start in Hangzhou, China, later this month.
Prachi was third within the ladies’s 400m on Sunday within the two-day Indian Grand Prix in Chandigarh and has been included within the 4x400m relay staff.
It’s not clear whether or not any relay staff member has been dropped from the squad cleared by the Sports activities Ministry just a few days in the past. The ultimate staff quantity can also be not clear.
“We’re ready for the ultimate checklist from the Authorities,” mentioned Adille Sumariwalla, the AFI president.
In the meantime, the AFI’s choice panel has dropped the injured 20km race walker Akshdeep Singh and has introduced in Vikash Singh.
-Stan Rayan