GOLF
Sneha and Hitaashee put together for one more battle in third leg of WPGT
Sneha Singh and Hitaashee Bakshi, who had completed within the high two in each the 2 earlier legs within the ongoing Girls’s Professional Golf Tour season, will likely be again for one more shot on the third occasion which begins at Tollygunge Membership right here Wednesday.
Sneha and Hitaashee had been tied for second when novice Nishna Patel received the opening leg. Within the second leg, Sneha edged out Hitaashee, who completed runner-up.
Sneha, winner of the 2023 Hero Order of Advantage, has taken the early lead as soon as once more, with Hitaashee chasing her.
It has been an excellent begin for Hitaashee, who was injured final yr. In addition to ending second within the opening two legs, she received the Thailand Tour’s LPGA Qualifying Tour, granting her entry to professional tournaments in Thailand.
Amandeep Drall, Ridhima Dilawari and Seher Atwal will likely be among the many different main contenders within the third leg.
Among the different main stars of Hero WPGT are going to South Africa for the Sunshine Girls Tour beginning subsequent month, together with Vani Kapoor, Tvesa Malik and Neha Tripathi. In addition to, just a few others like Amandeep and Seher may also be becoming a member of them for some occasions.
An fascinating characteristic of each the occasions held thus far this season has been that no less than the highest three finishers have totalled under-par scores, underlining the large enchancment within the high quality of ladies’s golf in India.
A complete of 29 ladies will tee off within the third leg, and the sector consists of two amateurs — Anaahat Bindra and Sinjini Mukherjee.
– PTI
TENNIS
Jakupovic beats Morvayova in first spherical; Shrivalli-Vaidehi into quarters of USD 40,000 ITF girls’s tennis
Fifth seed Dalila Jakupovic of Slovenia fought her well beyond qualifier Viktoria Morvayova of Slovakia 7-5, 3-6, 6-2 within the first spherical of the USD 40,000 ITF girls’s tennis event on the Indore Tennis Membership on Tuesday.
Within the pre-quarterfinals, Dalila will play one other qualifier Mei Yamaguchi of Japan. Within the doubles pre-quarterfinals, Shrivalli Bhamidipaty and Vaidehi Chaudhari beat compatriots Vaishnavi Adkar and Sahaja Yamalapalli 6-3, 6-3.
Sharmada Balu was the one different Indian participant to make the doubles quarterfinals, and she or he did so in partnership with Diana Marcinkevica of Latvia.
The outcomes:
Singles (first spherical): Mei Yamaguchi (Jpn) bt Anouk Koevermans (Ned) 6-3, 5-7, 6-4; Dalila Jakupovic (Slo) bt Viktoria Morvayova (Svk) 7-5, 3-6, 6-2; Ekaterina Yashina bt Diva Bhatia 6-1, 6-2; Michika Ozeki (Jpn) bt Pehal Kharadkar 6-1, 6-1.
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Zhibek Kulambayeva (Kaz) & Sapfo Sakellaridi (Gre) bt Humera Baharmus & Smriti Bhasin 6-0, 6-3; Sharmada Balu & Diana Marcinkevica (Lat) bt Pooja Ingale & Saumya Vig 6-4, 6-4; Jessie Aney (USA) & Lena Papadakis (Ger) bt Rina Saigo & Yukina Saigo (Jpn) 7-5, 6-2; Yu-Yun Li (Tpe) & Eri Shimizu (Jpn) bt Kashish Bhatia & Sahira Singh 6-1, 7-6(2); Shrivalli Bhamidipaty & Vaidehi Chaudhari bt Vaishnavi Adkar & Sahaja Yamalapalli 6-3, 6-3; Carole Monnet (Fra) & Ekaterina Yashina bt Diva Bhatia & Jennifer Luikham 6-3, 6-2; Saki Imamura & Mana Kawamura (Jpn) bt Akanksha Nitture & Soha Sadiq 6-2, 6-0; Darja Semenistaja (Lat) & Fanni Stollar (Hun) bt Aanya Choubey (USA) & Pehal Kharadkar 6-0, 6-0.
-Group Sportstar