GOLF
Indian golfer Anirban Lahiri missed the cut at the PGA Championships at Oak Hill, as he shot 3-over 73 in the second round. Corey Conners, Viktor Hovland, and Scottie Scheffler shared the lead, all finishing at 5-under 135.
American-Indian Sahith Theegala was tied for 30th position, while Australian Min Woo Lee rediscovered his fighting spirit to play his way back on day two.
The top Asian in the competition was KH Lee with 73-68 and was tied for 19th at 1-over. Among other Koreans, Tom Kim and Si Woo Kim missed the cut.
Slow start for Pranavi on Epson Tour debut
India’s Pranavi Urs got off to a slow start on her Epson Tour debut as she shot two-over 73 to be placed tied for 78th after the opening round. Nishtha Madan had two birdies, a bogey, and a double bogey in her one-over 72 and was T-59.
Dagar lone Indian to complete Round 1 on weather-hit day in USA
Diksha Dagar was the lone Indian to complete her first round on a weather-hit first day at the Aramco Team Series – Florida on Saturday.
TENNIS
Sharmada Balu in partnership with Elaine Genovese of Malta won the doubles title in the $15,000 ITF women’s tennis tournament in Monastir, Tunisia, beating Louise Kwong and Anna Ulyashchenko 0-6, 6-4, [11-9] in the final.
Jaskaran Singh, a bronze medalist at the elite National championship in Visakhapatnam, won the men’s freestyle 65kg under-23 trials for the Asian under-17 and under-23 wrestling championships on Saturday.
Ashwajit Senjam beat Ajun Rathi to win National series juniors
Ashwajit Senjam won the under-18 boys title in the AITA National series junior tennis tournament at the Singha Sports Academy on Saturday. Earlier, the girls title was won by Divya Ungrish.