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El Gouna: Abhay advances to spherical of 16, Anahat bows out
Abhay Singh rallied to beat Egyptian world No 13 Aly Abou Eleinen Sep 11, 11-8, 3-11, 11-4, 11-8 within the males’s opening spherical of the El Gouna Open, a PSA Platinum occasion, in El Gouna, Egypt on Saturday.
World No 25 Abhay will subsequent meet Egyptian sixth seed and world No 7 Youssef Ibrahim.
In the meantime, world No 20 Anahat Singh misplaced to world No 1 Hania El Hammamy, the Egyptian advancing with a 11-8, 11-5, Sep 11, 11-8 first-round win within the girls’s part.
– Crew Sportstar
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Kochhar finishes fifth at Worldwide Collection Japan
India’s Karandeep Kochhar hit a late hat-trick of birdies within the thrilling fourth spherical to complete fifth on the Worldwide Collection Japan in Chiba on Sunday.
Australia’s Travis Smyth clinched the title with an eagle on the final gap on the Caledonian Golf Membership.
Kochhar remained bogey-free on the ultimate day after a tumultuous third spherical and hit birdies on the 4th, sixteenth, seventeenth and 18th holes to complete the match with 12-under 272, three photographs behind winner Smyth.
In the meantime, Smyth’s dream run continued when he made an eagle putt on the par-five 18th to sensationally win the match by one.
In a riveting end, he drained a 20-footer to narrowly keep away from a play-off with Thailand’s Pavit Tangkamolprasert and Ryosuke Kinoshita from Japan.
The Australian’s good closing putt noticed him shoot a seven-under-par 64 to maneuver to 15-under, with Pavit and Kinoshita each within the clubhouse on 14-under.
It’s additionally his second victory on the Asian Tour.
The Asian Tour now heads to the Singapore Open.
– PTI
Aramco Championship: Aditi in high 20 as Pranavi, Avani battle
India’s Aditi Ashok endured a disappointing four-over 76 within the third spherical to slide to T-20 with one spherical left to play on the Aramco Championship right here.
Aditi (74-71-76) now has a complete rating of five-over par for the week.
The opposite Indians within the discipline, Pranavi Urs (78) and Avani Prashanth (81), had been struggling. Pranavi is now 13-over par, whereas Avani is 16-over par.
With in the future left within the week, the 2 are positioned T-69 and 73rd respectively.
– PTI
Revealed on Apr 05, 2026