GOLF
Sneha Singh best among eight Indians at LET Qualifying School final stage
Sneha Singh emerged as the top Indian at tied-14th after the first round of the Final Qualifier at LET Q-School.
Of the eight Indians in the field of 146, Sneha, playing at the Par-73 South Course, shot 2-under 71.
Sneha is five shots behind the leader, 18-year-old Danish amateur, Amalie Leth-Nissen, who fired a bogey-free opening round of 64 (-7).
Of the other Indians, Seher Atwal 70 was tied 30th, , while Sharmila Nicollet (73 (Even) and Neha Tripathi 71 (Even) were tied 42nd as players aspire to earn a full card into the Ladies European Tour.
Hitaashee Bakshi 72 (+1) and Ridhima Dilawari 74 (+1) were tied 65th and Tvesa Malik 78 (+5) and Asmitha Sathish 76 (+5) were tied 126th.
Sneha had four birdies against two bogeys, while Seher had four birdies against three bogeys.
Tvesa, who had a rough 2022, once again had a disappointing start with five bogeys and a double against two birdies for 5-over 78 on the Par-73 South Course.
The qualifier is a 90-hole stroke-play competition with a cut after 72 holes for top 60 and ties. For the first four rounds, competitors will alternate between the North (Par 71) and South (Par 73) courses. The fifth round will be played on the South Course.
The top 20 and tied will get a Category 12 card and players between 21-50 and ties will get a Category 16 status. Rest will be eligible for Category 19 status.
Leth-Nissen was exempt to the final stage as she was in the top 25 on the World Amateur Golf Rankings. She got off to a good start on the North Course rolling in a birdie on 11 before making three consecutively on holes 14 through 16.
The teenager rolled in three further birdies on her back nine, which was the front nine, to put herself at the top of the leaderboard on seven-under-par at La Manga Club.
Two players sit in second place two shots behind the leader with Norway’s Dorthea Forbrigd 68 (-5) at South Course and Germany’s Sophie Hausmann 66 (-5) at the North Course.
One shot further back are Australia’s Gabriela Ruffels and England’s Lauren Horsford as they sit in a tie for fourth place on four-under-par.
-PTI
HOCKEY
Indian Navy pipped Punjab National Bank (PNB) via penalty shootout in the final to emerge as the champion in the 124th Beighton Cup hockey tournament at the SAI astro-turf ground here on Sunday.
The result (final): Indian Navy 2 (Aaqib Rahim 25, Ajinkya Jadav 36) vs PNB 2 (Gursimran Singh 12, Gurjinder Singh 24), penalty shootout: Indian Navy 3 (Kuldeep, Nitesh, Sunny Malik) bt PNB 2 (Gurjinder Singh, Vishal Antil).
-Y. B Sarangi
TENNIS
$25,000 ITF women’s tennis tournament
Eighth seed Priska Nugroho of Indonesia beat third seed Anastasia Kulikova of Finland 6-4, 6-2 in the final of the Balaji Amines $25,000 ITF women’s tennis tournament at the District Sports Complex on Sunday.
It was the fifth singles title of the season for the 19-year-old Priska who has also won ten doubles titles in the professional circuit.
The results(final): Priska Nugroho (Ina) bt Anastasia Kulikova (Fin) 6-4, 6-2.\
-Kamesh Srinivasan
$15,000 ITF men’s tennis tournament: Sasikumar Mukund loses in final
Martyn Pawelski of Poland beat top seed Sasikumar Mukund 6-2, 6-4 in the final of the $15,000 ITF men’s tennis tournament in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, on Sunday.
The unseeded Martyn served better and converted four of six breakpoints that he forced. He dropped serve only once in the match that lasted an hour and 18 minutes.
It was the maiden professional title for the 18-year-old Martyn, ranked 1139 in the world.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
Tavish Pahwa makes semifinals of Orange Bowl
Tavish Pahwa who reached the under-12 semifinals of the Orange Bowl tennis tournament in Florida, USA. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
Third seed Tavish Pahwa beat Advay Singh 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 to reach the semifinals of the under-12 event of the Orange Bowl tennis tournament in Florida.
Tavish had won his first four rounds in straight sets against Patrick Breen, Geoff Kosseifi, Leonardo Cicchinelli and Rafa Cordisa.
In the semifinals, Tavish was scheduled to meet second seed Tabb Tuck.
Tavish had done well earlier in the Eddie Herr tournament when he reached the quarterfinals and lost to the eventual champion Michael Antonius.
The results:
Under-12 (quarterfinals): Tavish Pahwa bt Advay Singh 2-6, 6-3, 6-2;
Pre-quarterfinals: bt Patrick Breen 6-0, 6-2; Third round: bt Geoff Kosseifi 6-3, 6-3; Second round: bt Leonardo Cicchinelli 6-1, 6-4;
First round: bt Rafa Cordisa 6-1, 6-0.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
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