GOLF
Aditi, Diksha disappoint on opening day of Amundi Championships
India’s Olympic-bound golfers Aditi Ashok and Diksha Dagar made underwhelming starts at the Amundi Evian Championships, one of the Majors on the women’s circuit.
Aditi shot even par 71 to be T-52, while Diksha carded 5-over 76 to be T-120.
Aditi, who has played over 30 Majors, a record for any Indian, had two birdies and was 2-under through 12 holes, but back-to-back bogeys on 13th and the 14th pulled her back to par and T-52nd place.
Diksha, starting from the tenth, had a birdie, two bogeys and a double in her first nine holes, which played in 2-over after a birdie on the 18th.
On her second nine, she had just one birdie against two birdies and a double bogey. Overall, she had had two birdies, four bogeys and two double bogeys, leaving her dangerously placed.
– PTI
SQUASH
Anahat carries India’s medal hopes in World Junior squash
Talented Anahat Singh will carry India’s medal hopes at the World Junior Squash Championships which begin in Houston (US) later today.
The 16-year-old women’s National champion roared into four finals in as many tournaments in her debut PSA Tour season this year, winning three titles while an injury forced her to miss a final in Japan last month.
Asian Games medallist Anahat spearheads a 12-member strong Indian squad which is divided equally in the boys’ and girls’ categories, while the Delhi girl (5/8) is also the top Indian seed in the 128-player individual girls’ draw.
The other Indians in the fray are:
Boys: Shaurya Bawa (17/32), Yuvraj Wadhwani (17/32), Ayaan Vaziralli, Arihant KS, Avlokit Singh & Tavneet Singh.
Girls: Unnati Tripathi, Nirupama Dubey, Shameena Riaz, Tiana Parasrampuria (17/32) & Sehar Nayar.
The competition begins with the individual events (12-17 July) and concludes with the team events (18-23 July).
– Team Sportstar
