GOLF
Pranavi, Tvesa lead bunch of seven Indians in Sweden
The trio of Pranavi Urs, Tvesa Malik and Vani Kapoor headline a big contingent of Indians on the Euro 300,000 Hills Open golf match in Gothenburg, Sweden.
Seven Indians will tee up this week on the occasion, with the others being rookie Avani Prashanth, Amandeep Drall, Sneha Singh and Hitaashee Bakshi.
India’s prime star, Diksha Dagar, has determined to skip the week and relaxation forward of the busy second half, which incorporates the Hero Ladies’s Indian Open.
Whereas Diksha was racking up a lot of top-10 finishes, the opposite Indian gamers have been looking for the momentum within the center a part of this season.
As Pranavi makes a comeback from a wrist harm, Avani is consolidating her place within the first season, and Vani Kapoor and Amandeep are looking for an everyday place on the LET (Women European Tour).
Sneha and Hitaashee have been massive forces on their house tour, the Ladies’s Professional Golf Tour, however have but to search out their toes on the LET.
England’s Mimi Rhodes continues to impress in her rookie season as she nonetheless leads the Order of Advantage (OOM) standings on 1,821.74 factors, having performed 14 tournaments within the 2025 season schedule.
The 23-year-old will likely be in motion once more this week on the Hills Open, with Czechia’s Sara Kouskova additionally within the area.
The three-time LET winner has loved a powerful month, making her debut on the AIG Ladies’s Open with a T19 end, whereas additionally securing T4 within the particular person occasion and T23 within the staff competitors on the PIF London Championship.
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TENNIS
Former nationwide champion Sai Jayalakshmi evokes juniors at Unifi ITF Cup
The Tamil Nadu Tennis Affiliation (TNTA), on Wednesday, launched an off-court motivational and mind-training session for all individuals on the ongoing ITF Junior Tennis Cup right here in Chennai.
The session was headlined by former nationwide champion Sai Jayalakshmi Jayaram, who spoke about her journey and the mindset wanted to thrive in fashionable tennis.
“After I was enjoying at this degree, issues weren’t very skilled,” she recalled. “We didn’t actually know the place we have been going. We have been the primary batch of ladies travelling overseas and competing. We simply took it step-by-step, play the state, win, then the nationals, then overseas.
“Nothing was deliberate, however due to that, we didn’t really feel overwhelmed by the outcomes. Right this moment, issues are much more skilled. Gamers begin out aiming to be No.1, however in that course of, they generally lose out on having fun with the journey.”
Sai Jayalakshmi spoke about her journey and in addition touched upon the challenges younger athletes face right this moment.
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Sai Jayalakshmi spoke about her journey and in addition touched upon the challenges younger athletes face right this moment.
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Drawing parallels with world No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz, she added, “If you see Alcaraz play, he appears like he’s having one of the best time on court docket. He hits an important drop shot and enjoys it much more than we do watching him.
“He works laborious, sure, however he by no means loses sight of enjoyable. That’s the form of steadiness each participant ought to aspire to.”
Jayalakshmi additionally touched upon the challenges younger athletes face right this moment.
“Again then, we didn’t have devices or screens. We needed to make associates, discover roommates once we travelled, and talk. Now there’s a lot distraction, telephones, iPads, countless content material. It’s more durable to focus. That’s why psychological coaching is so essential,” she added.
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ARCHERY
Kushal, Parneet clinch prime spots in qualifying rounds in World Youth Archery Championships
Compound archers Kushal Dalal and Parneet Kaur took prime spots in under-21 males’s and ladies’s qualification rounds, respectively, on the opening day of the World Youth Archery Championships in Winnipeg, Canada.
The outcomes (Qualification rounds):
Underneath-21: Recurve: Males: Mahesh Kumawat (eleventh, 651), Juyel Sarkar (thirteenth, 645), Paras Hooda (thirty first, 630); Ladies: Bhajan Kaur (seventeenth, 612), Vaishnavi Pawar (twenty third, 601), Basanti Mahato (thirty fifth, 583); Compound: Males: Kushal Dalal (1st, 700), Mihir Apar (4th, 697), Ganesh Mani Ratnam Thirumuru (sixth, 697); Ladies: Parneet Kaur (1st, 699), Tejal Salve (sixth, 689), Chikitha Taniparthi (eighth, 687).
Underneath-18: Recurve: Males: Agastay Singh (eleventh, 659), Aditya Pawar (thirteenth, 659), Soham Kanase (forty second, 639); Ladies: Gatha Khadake (eighth, 652), Jiana Kumar (ninth, 650), Sharvari Shende (twentieth, 637); Compound: Males: Mohit Dagar (2nd, 694), Devansh Singh (fifth, 687), Yogesh Joshi (twelfth, 677); Ladies: Prithika Pradeep (third, 681), Surya Hamsini Madala (tenth, 663), Varenya (fifteenth, 654).
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Printed on Aug 21, 2025