SQUASH
Anahat, Akanksha attain semifinals at Begu Open
India’s Anahat Singh and Akanksha Salunkhe sailed into the semifinals of the NSW Squash Bega Open, a PSA Challenger Tour occasion, in Australia on Friday.
The 17-year-old Anahat, the highest seed, defeated seventh-seeded South African Hayley Ward 3-0 (11-4, 11-9, 14-12) in 27 minutes.
Fifth seed Akanksha Salunkhe beat fourth seed Alexandra Haydon of Australia 3-0 (11-4, 11-7, 11-3) in 24 minutes.
Within the semifinals, Anahat will face Egypt’s Nour Khafagy whereas Akanksha might be up in opposition to Habiba Hani, one other Egyptian..
– Workforce Sportstar
GOLF
Portland Basic: Aditi lies Thirty second, Indian-American Gurleen tied second
Indian golfer Aditi Ashok produced 4 birdies in a row in direction of the tip of her first spherical to make a strong begin at The Commonplace Portland Basic. She shot 3-under 69 and was Tied-Thirty second.
4 pars firstly from the tenth had been adopted by a birdie on the 14th after which bogeys on the 18th and the third at which level she was 1-over. Then got here a birdie run with 4 in a row from fifth to the eighth for a 3-under 69.
Two-time champion Brooke Henderson birdied all 4 par-5 holes for a 7-under 65 and was a stroke behind first-round chief Adela Cernousek.
Henderson is tied second with 4 others together with Gurleen Kaur, a primary technology Indian-American. The others are China’s Miranda Wang, Koreans Jeongeun Lee5 and Sung Hyun Park, all of whom shot 65 like Henderson.
The 25-year-old Gurleen performed the 2021 US Girls’s Open and made the lower. She turned professional in 2022 and performed Epson Tour and got here to LPGA in 2024. Beginning on the tenth, Gurleen had eight birdies together with 5 in a seven-hole stretch between the second and he eighth.
Canadian Savannah Grewal, who has roots in India, was T-32.
Chief Cernousek shot a 65 within the remaining group of the break day the tenth tee. The 22-year-old Frenchwoman performed her remaining 9 holes in 7-under 29 — highlighted by an eagle on No. 7.
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Danish Golf Championship: Shubhankar tied-Seventieth after first spherical
India’s Shubhankar Sharma performed a spherical of even par 71 on the opening day of the Danish Golf Championship and was positioned tied Seventieth on the Par-71 Furesø Golf Klub in Copenhagen.
Having didn’t make the lower because the Hero Indian Open held earlier this yr in March, Shubhankar can be eager to keep away from an early finish to his week.
Veer Ahlawat shot 2-over 73 and was in peril of lacking the lower as he was struggling at tied 113th.
Englishman Marco Penge performed a bogey free spherical of 7-under 64 to set a brand new course document and place himself as the only real chief by two strokes on the finish of the primary day.
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Gradual begin for Saptak in Finland
Saptak Talwar began his marketing campaign on the Vierumäki Finnish Problem with a rating of 1-over 73 to be positioned Tied 104th in Vierumäki, Finland.
Contemporary off his greatest end within the Resort Planner Tour simply final week on the Irish Problem Saptak has a good bit of floor to cowl to make the lower.
The chief after the primary spherical was Alvaro Hernandez Cabezuela with a rating of 9-under 63.
– PTI
Rayhan Thomas off to a robust begin in Boise, lies Tied-Eighth
Indian golfer Rayhan Thomas received off to a very good begin within the Albertsons Boise Open, firing a spherical of 6-under 65 to complete the day at tied-eighth on the Hillcrest Nation Membership in Boise, USA.
Rayhan shot 4 birdies and one eagle.
Indo-Canadian Sudarshan Yellamaraju additionally had a very good first day as he shot a bogey-free spherical of 4-under 67 to be positioned tied thirty third. Yellamaraju began his spherical on the again 9 and shot birdies on the second, third, fourth and fifteenth holes.
The chief after the primary spherical was Ward Dalton, who began his day with a bogey and closed with one other bogey however nonetheless shot a spherical of 9-under 62. He made 5 birdies and three eagles for his first-round rating and leads the sphere by one stroke.
– PTI