GOLF
Diksha leads 5 Indians at Australian WPGA Championship
Diksha Dagar will lead a robust five-member Indian contingent at this week’s Australian WPGA Championship beginning right here on Thursday.
Diksha, who’s at the moment ninth on the LET Order of Benefit, can have for firm Pranavi Urs, Avani Prashanth, Hitaashee Bakshi and Vani Kapoor.
Each Diksha and Pranavi have High-10 finishes of their Australian swing. Avani’s present has been modest, however Hitaashee is struggling whereas Vani missed the minimize final week.
Hannah Inexperienced leads a stacked subject within the championship because the Main winner goes in pursuit of a 3rd victory in three begins.
The sphere contains Shannon Tan of Singapore, who gained the LET Order of Benefit in 2025 and her successes included the Hero Girls’s Indian Open.
-PTI
Khushi Khanijau takes one-shot lead in sixth leg of Hero WPG Tour
Khushi Khanijau obtained off to an ideal begin with three birdies within the first 4 holes and ensured the primary day’s finest card within the sixth leg of the Hero Girls’s Professional Golf Tour on the Jaypee Wishtown Golf Course right here on Wednesday.
Khushi shot 3-under 68 and led the sector by one shot.
On a day when there have been solely three underneath par playing cards, Khushi was one shot forward of Shweta Mansingh and promising beginner Guntas Okay Sandhu, who carded 2-under 69 every.
4 others, together with this 12 months’s solely a number of winner, Ridhima Dilawari had been even par 71 for the spherical. The opposite three had been Smriti Bhargav, Jasmine Shekar and one other beginner Alysha Dutt.
-PTI
CUE SPORTS
Advani, Sourav Kothari make successful begin in Snooker Basic
Defending champion Pankaj Advani and India No. 6 Sourav Kothari gained their respective spherical of 32 matches within the CCI Snooker Basic event in Mumbai on Wednesday.
Advani overcame Robin D’Souza 4-0 (58-55, 73-7, 92-33, 64-52) whereas producing one notable break of 65 within the third body.
Kothari, however, rolled in successive breaks of 59 (second body) and 57 (third) to beat Pune’s Suraj Rathi 4-0 (93-28, 70-0, 123-7, 72-37) and make it to the spherical of 16.
Former nationwide champion and India No.2 Aditya Mehta dropped a body in opposition to Mumbai’s Manav Panchal earlier than successful 4-1 ((94-6, 79-37, 37-69, 72-7, 119-20) which included a century effort of 113. He had different breaks of 58 within the first body and 71 within the fourth.
-Staff Sportstar
TENNIS
Borg knocks out seed at MSLTA 25K ITF Males’s Match
Sweden’s Leo Borg produced a composed show to oust eighth seed Digvijay Pratap Singh 6-4, 6-3 and ebook his place within the final sixteen of the MSLTA $25,000 ITF Males’s Tennis Match on the Dr G.A. Ranade Tennis Centre.
Leo, the 22-year-old son of the legendary Bjorn, performed flawless tennis within the 1 hour 20 minutes match to account for eighth-seeded Digvijay, who’s making a comeback again after a severe sickness final 12 months.
High seed Florent Bax seemed in ominous contact, brushing apart Venkataraman A 6-0, 6-3, whereas Manish Sureshkumar matched that depth with an similar 6-0, 6-3 win over Chirag Duhan in an all Indian conflict .
In one of many extra intently contested matches of the day, Stijin Pel rallied previous Kabir Hans 6-4, 6-7(3), 6-1. Fourth seed Alexandr Binda was stretched however held agency to get previous Abhinav Shanmugam 6-2, 6-7(1), 6-2.
India’s Dev Javia continued his superb run with a straight-sets 7-5, 6-4 victory over Hitesh Chauhan. Fifth seed Philip Sekulic overcame a mid-match dip to defeat Arjun Rathi 6-0, 3-6, 6-2.
Timofei Derepasko staged a spirited comeback after dropping the opening set 0-6 to beat Tarun Karra 6-4, 6-2. Third seed Karan Singh superior comfortably with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Aditya Balsekar.
In one other encounter, Bekhan Atlangeriev registered a strong 6-4, 6-4 victory in opposition to Udit Kamboj.
The second spherical will see 9 foreigners and 7 Indians in motion.
Outcomes: Singles: First Spherical
Florent Bax(1)(Fra) bt Venkataraman A(Ind)6-0, 6-3;
Manish Sureshkumar(Ind) bt Chirag Duhan(Ind) 6-0, 6-3;
Stijin Pel(Ned) bt Kabir Hans(Ind) 6-4, 6-7(3), 6-1;
Alexandr Binda(4)(Ita) bt A Shanmugam(Ind) 6-2, 6-7(1), 6-2;
Dev Javia(Ind) bt Hitesh Chauhan(Ind) 7-5, 6-4;
Philip Sekulic(5)(Aus) bt Arjun Rathi(Ind)6-0, 3-6, 6-2;
Timofei Derepasko bt Tarun Karra(Ind) 0-6, 6-4, 6-2;
Karan Singh(3)(Ind) bt Aditya Balsekar(Ind) 6-4, 6-2;
Leo Borg(Swe) bt Digvijay Pratap Singh(8)(Ind) 6-4, 6-3;
Bekhan Atlangeriev(Rus) bt Udit Kamboj(Ind) 6-4, 6-4.
-Staff Sportstar
Printed on Mar 18, 2026