GOLF
Kapur, Sandhu prime Indians after first spherical in Oman
Indian golfers Shiv Kapur and Yuvraj Sandhu shot similar scores of 2-under 70 to be positioned Tied-Twenty sixth on the primary day of the USD 2 million Worldwide Sequence Oman at Al Mouj Golf Membership right here.
Spaniard David Puig, who received the IRS Prima Malaysian Open, enjoys the lead within the first Worldwide Sequence occasion of 2024 after taking pictures a seven-under-par 65, which matched the course report.
Different Indians in fray, S Chikkarangappa (71) was T-37, whereas Karandeep Kochhar, SSP Chawrasia and Rashid Khan carded 72 every to be T-59. Anirban Lahiri, Gaganjeet Bhullar and Ajeetesh Sandhu had been all 1-over and occupy T-71st spot.
Honey Baisoya (74) at T-91 and Jeev Milkha Singh (75) at T-108 had been in peril of lacking the minimize.
Kapur, enjoying his first occasion of 2024, was going nice weapons at 4-under with 4 birdies in first 16 holes earlier than a double bogey on the seventeenth meant a two-shot drop to 70. Sandhu, who was in High-20 in Malaysia, had 5 birdies towards three bogeys.
Puig’s enjoying accomplice Joaquin Niemann of Chile carded a 66 to take a seat in solo second place, whereas compatriot Mito Pereira is subsequent greatest with a 67, together with Mexico’s Carlos Ortiz, Australian Kevin Yuan and Manav Shah from the US.
The 22-year-old Puig fired back-to-back 62s to win in Malaysia for his second Tour title. Niemann began the spherical quickly after getting the information of an invitation from The Masters in April.
SQUASH
Abhay Singh in Goodfellow Basic squash semis
Abhay Singh is in line for a second PSA Challenger Tour title in as many months because the 25-year-old superior to the semifinals of the Goodfellow Basic squash in Toronto on Thursday.
High-seeded Abhay beat Frenchman Maceo Levy 13-11, 11-7, 11-3 in 33 minutes within the quarterfinals, and can tackle Abdelrahman Abdelkhalek of Egypt within the last-four stage.
World No 66 Abhay received the JSW Willingdon PSA occasion in Mumbai final month, following a memorable 2023 that noticed him play the decider within the remaining towards Pakistan and save two match factors for India to clinch the boys’s workforce gold on the Hangzhou Asian Video games.
In the meantime, in Chicago, Ramit Tandon went all the way down to Egyptian eighth seed Tarek Momen 5-11, 11-4, 11-4, 11-8 in 34 minutes within the second spherical of the Windy Metropolis Open, a PSA World Tour Platinum occasion.
Golf
Sei Younger Kim is amongst three tied for the lead after two rounds of the LPGA Thailand match
Former Girls’s PGA Championship winner Sei Younger Kim moved from second place right into a three-way tie for the lead after two rounds of the LPGA Thailand match on Friday.
Kim, who received the 2020 Girls’s PGA title by 5 strokes at Aronimink Golf Membership in Pennsylvania, had a two-round complete of 10-under 134 on the Siam Nation Membership Previous Course at Chonburi southeast of Bangkok.
She was tied with Madelene Sagstrom and Patty Tavatanakit, who every shot 67 on Friday. They’d a one-stroke lead over three gamers.
First-round chief Peiyun Chien, who led Kim by two strokes after the primary spherical, shot 72 Friday and was in a gaggle two strokes behind the leaders. Defending champion Lilia Vu had a 67 Friday and was 4-under and 6 strokes behind the leaders.
LPGA tournaments are additionally scheduled over the subsequent two weeks in Singapore and China. (AP)