GOLF
Aditi’s makes solid start with 68 at LPGA Classic
Aditi Ashok opened her challenge at the Meijer LPGA Classic with one of her best rounds of the season, carding a 4-under 68 for a tied 11th place here.
Aditi’s round started on the tenth with birdies on the 11th and the 12th holes. A bogey on 17th followed by a birdie on the 18th saw her turn in 2-under.
On the second nine, the front side of the Par-72 Blythefield Country Club, she parred all the way till she picked birdies on the eighth and the ninth, her final two holes.
Aditi’s best round this season before this was also 68 at the Honda LPGA in Thailand in February and she finished tied 31 in the event.
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Pukhraj leads after second round in Vietnam Masters
Indian golfer Pukhraj Singh Gill held the lead after carding a three-under 69 in the second round of the Asian Development Tour’s Nam A Bank Vietnam Masters here.
The long-hitting Indian had carded a 64 in the first round and his two-day total stands at 11-under in the USD 85,000 event, which is being held at Royal Long An Golf and Villas near Ho Chi Minh city.
The cut fell at one-under and 52 players made the grade for the final round.
Three other Indians made it to weekend rounds and they included Sunhit Bishnoi (70-69), who is Tied-11th, Aman Raj, who recovered from his first round 72 with a 68 and is Tied-24th and Khalin Joshi (72-70) in Tied-33rd place.
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Jeev, Randhawa in second round of Lawrie Matchplay
Jeev Milkha Singh and Jyoti Randhawa won their first-round clashes to move into the next round of the Paul Lawrie Matchplay event on the Legends Tour for Seniors in Europe here.
Jeev Milkha Singh of India in action during day one of the Paul Lawrie Match Play. | Photo Credit: Getty Images
Both the Indians won 1-up as they maintained their lead after going one ahead of the 16th.
Jeev beat Paul Streeter, while Randhawa got the better of Thomas Gogele.
Jeev will take on Keith Horne in the second round, while Randhawa will play Malcolm Mackenzie, who beat 2006 Ryder Cup captain Ian Woosnam in the first round.
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TENNIS
Mahika Khanna enters AITA National series junior tennis tournament final
Mahika Khanna outplayed second seed Nainika Reddy 6-3, 6-1 in the under-18 girls semifinals of the AITA National series junior tennis tournament at the CLTA Complex on Friday.
In the final, Mahika will play Annya Jain who eased past Shagun Kumari.
Mahika won the doubles title in partnership with Sia Mahajan, scoring a thrilling 12-10 win in the super tie-break of the final against Nainika Reddy and Divya Ungrish.
The boys final will be between Shanker Heisnam and Aashravya Mehra.
The results:
-Kamesh Srinivasan
Faisal Qamar wins AITA men’s ranking tennis tournament
Faisal Qamar, the champion of the AITA men’s tennis tournament in Faridabad. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
Faisal Qamar beat third seed Jagmeet Singh 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 in the final of the Rs.100,000 AITA men’s ranking tennis tournament on Friday.
Faisal had fought past Suraj Prabodh 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 in the semifinals.
The results (final):
SQUASH
India loses to Pakistan in Asian Team squash quarters
India men lost to Pakistan 1-2 in the quarterfinals of the Asian Team Squash Championships in Dalian, China on Friday, while the women went down to South Korea 3-0 in their must-win final group A match to also go out of medal contention.
Velavan Senthilkumar recorded the day’s lone Indian victory, beating Nasir Iqbal after Rahul Baitha lost to Md Asim Khan, but Noor Zaman clinched it for multiple-time champions Pakistan with a straight-games win over Suraj Kumar Chand.
The Indian teams will vie for classification spots.
India results:
CRICKET
Bengal Pro T20 League: Priyanka Prasad’s six wicket haul helps Murshidabad Kueens overcome Servotech Siliguri Strikers
Priyanka Prasad claimed six wickets, including three in the 19th over, to guide Murshidabad Kueens to a thrilling four-run victory over Servotech Siliguri Strikers in the women’s competition of the Bengal Pro T20 League at the Jadavpur University ground here on Friday.
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