Indian sports activities wrap, Could 9: Aditi Ashok struggles in first spherical at Mizuho Americas Open

GOLF

Aditi Ashok struggles within the first spherical at Mizuho

Indian golfer Aditi Ashok endured a tough begin on the Mizuho Americas Open, capturing a five-over 77 to complete T-113 after the opening spherical at Liberty Nationwide Golf Membership in Jersey Metropolis, USA.

Her spherical included two birdies, 5 bogeys, and a pricey double bogey, leaving her in want of a powerful second spherical to make the reduce.

Beginning on the entrance 9, Aditi made three bogeys, on the primary, second and eighth holes respectively.

On the again 9, she dropped one other shot on eleventh gap earlier than making a birdie on the twelfth gap. The thirteenth gap was a double bogey, the fifteenth a birdie and the sixteenth one other bogey.

In 2025, Aditi has made reduce at 4 of the 5 occasions she has performed. She missed the reduce on the Ford Championship. At first of the week Aditi was ranked ninety fifth within the CME rankings.

World quantity two Jeeno Thitikul of Thailand leads after the primary day as she fired a spherical of 64. Jeeno had a bogey free spherical with eight birdies.

Celine Boutier of France and Hye-Jin Choi are tied second with 6-under 66 every. The gamers share the Tied-fourth spot at 5-under 67.

– PTI

Tough begin for Veer Ahlawat on DP World Tour

Enjoying in his first occasion in virtually six weeks, India’s Veer Ahlawat endured a tough begin with a 4-over 75 for a tied 133rd place on the Turkish Airways Open, which has made a return to the DP World Tour.

Ahlawat had simply two birdies in opposition to six bogeys within the opening spherical and is the one Indian enjoying this week as Shubhankar Sharma skipped the occasion.

In eight begins this season, Ahlawat has made 5 cuts with a better of T-17 in his house occasion, the Hero Indian Open in March.

Robin Williams shot an excellent bogey-free spherical of 65 to take a share of the lead after spherical one. The 23-year-old South African teed off within the final group at Regnum Carya, and with Germany’s Tiger Christensen and Martin Couvra of France, he set the goal at six underneath par 65.

Dutchman Joost Luiten and England’s Brandon Robinson Thompson sit fourth on 5 underneath.

– PTI

Diksha, Pranavi make an honest begin on wet day, on Tied-Nineteenth in Korea

Diksha Dagar and Pranavi Urs made an inexpensive begin with playing cards of 1-over 73 every on the primary day of the rain-hit Aramco Korea Championship right here.

Diksha was within the top-10 until she got here to the ninth gap, her closing gap of the day.

She bogeyed the outlet and dropped to 1-over to go tied-19.

Pranavi had only one birdie in opposition to two bogeys in her 73, and he or she was additionally tied-19.

Regardless of an exquisite week in Seoul, the rain proved a troublesome check for the celebrities of the Women European Tour (LET).

India’s different two stars, Tvesa Malik (79) and Avani Prashanth (79) had been each T-86 and wanted good second rounds to make the reduce.

Solely six gamers had been under-par, with France’s Perrine Delacour and Germany’s Patricia Schmidt tied on the high on three-under.

The previous, a current winner on the Investec SA Girls’s Open, additionally tops the Staff occasion along with her facet on 13-under par.

Diksha began from the tenth and had two birdies and bogeys every to show in even par.

On the second 9, she bogeyed the primary however obtained the shot again with a birdie on the fifth. A dropped shot on the final gap noticed her go over par.

Pranavi opened with a birdie on the tenth after which had bogeys on the fifteenth and the sixth.

Out within the first group of the day, Delacour, alongside her squad of Maha Haddioui, Eleanor Givens and Polly Mack, set the benchmark by teaming up for 14 birdies to publish a mixed rating of 13-under par.

They lead Staff Kouskova by one shot.

The captain, Olympian Delacour, led from the entrance, carding 5 birdies and dropping simply two photographs at New Korea Nation Membership for a spherical of 69 (-3).

Becoming a member of her on the high of the Particular person chief board is fellow LET winner Schmidt.

The German, winner of the 2023 Belgian Women Open, additionally made 5 birdies, dropping her solely photographs of the day on the par-4 1st and par- 3 eleventh.

Within the workforce competitors, Staff Dagar was T-6, whereas Staff Urs was T-12, and he or she additionally had Avani within the workforce. Tvesa Malik, who was on Staff Babnik, was T-24.

Three gamers share the third spot on two-under par, a trio which incorporates South Africa’s Lee-Anne Tempo, Ecuador’s Daniela Darquea and defending champion Hyo Joo Kim from South Korea.

-PTI

Bhullar, Chawrasia make reduce in Japan, 5 different Indians miss

Gaganjeet Bhullar and SSP Chawrasia had been the one Indians out of seven within the fray to make the reduce on the Worldwide Collection Japan, right here Friday.

Bhullar, an 11-time winner on the Asian Tour, had 4 birdies in opposition to two bogeys in his 2-under 69 on the Par-71 course. He had 71 within the first spherical and is now 2-under for 36 holes and Tied-Thirty sixth.

Chawrasia (71) with three birdies and three bogeys was even par and T-52nd with rounds of 71-71 and a good par whole.

In the meantime, Jeev Milkha Singh (73-70) missed the reduce by one shot.

Different lacking out on weekend motion had been Yuvraj Sandhu (71-74), Rahil Gangjee (75-70), Ajeetesh Sandhu (73-72) and Shiv Kapur (73-74) because the reduce fell at even par.

Lucas Herbert protected his in a single day lead regardless of a wobble in the course of his second spherical, carding a two-under-par 69 to achieve 11-under on the midway stage.

The 29-year-old Australian dashed off the blocks on Friday morning, making two birdies in his first two holes. He then added one other on the 14th, his fifth gap of the day, to achieve 12-under.

Nonetheless, a sprayed drive on the fifteenth led to a double bogey, adopted by a brace of bogeys on the following two. He responded with 5 birdies over the following 10 holes for a spherical of 69.

At 11-under, Herbert was one forward of the chasing pack led by Japan’s Shunya Takeyasu (68) and Korea’s Younghan Tune (67).

One other participant who took benefit of the calmer morning situations on the par-71 Caledonian Golf Membership was Japan’s Yuta Sugiura (67).

A second consecutive four-under spherical moved him to eight-under par whole, and three behind the chief, the place he was joined by South Africa’s Ian Snyman (66).

-PTI

TENNIS

AITA males’s event: Suraj wins doubles crown

Suraj Prabodh gained a doubles crown within the Rs.100.000 AITA males’s tennis event on the Harvest Academy, Jassowal, on Friday.

Suraj Prabodh gained a double crown within the AITA males’s tennis event in Ludhiana on Friday.
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The second seeded Suraj beat Bikramjeet Chawla 6-7(4), 6-4, 6-3 within the singles ultimate. He partnered Ayush Sharma for the doubles title.

-Kamesh Srinivasan