Indian sports wrap, May 10: Anahat, Veer, Abhay advance to the second round of Squash World Championships

The Hindu

10-05-2025

SQUASH
Squash World Championships: Anahat, Veer, Abhay advance to the second round
Anahat Singh, Veer Chotrani, Abhay Singh and Ramit Tandon made it to the second round of Squash World Championships while Velavan Senthilkumar was knocked out in Chicago on Friday.
Results -
Anahat Singh (IND) bt. [32] Marina Stefanoni (USA)3-2: 10-12, 11-9, 6-11, 11-6, 11-6 (51m)
Veer Chotrani (IND) bt. [23] Declan James (ENG)3-1: 11-9, 9-11, 12-10, 16-14 (62m)
[3] Diego Elias (PER) bt. Velavan Senthilkumar (IND)3-1: 7-11, 11-7, 11-5, 11-3 (40m)
[30] Ramit Tandon (IND) bt. Ryunosuke Tsukue (JPN)3-1: 10-12, 11-7, 13-11, 11-7 (53m)
Abhay Singh (IND) bt. [22] Nicolas Mueller (SUI)3-1: 11-7, 2-11, 11-7, 11-6 (41m)
- Team Sportstar
GOLF
Veer Ahlawat misses cut in Turkey
Veer Ahlawat followed up his first round 75 with a 73 and missed the cut at the Turkish Airlines Open here.
The only Indian in the field this week, Ahlawat was coming back after a gap of almost six weeks.
He had two birdies, two bogeys and a double bogey in his two-over 73 and was six-over as the cut fell at one-under.
Ahlawat's next event is likely to be the Soudal Open, where he is on the waiting list.
Shubhankar Sharma will return to action at the Belgium event.
- PTI
India's Saptak Talwar on tied 11th in Spain
India's Saptak Talwar produced a bogey-free second round of five-under 66 to knock on the doors of top 10 at the Challenge de Espana at Fontanals Golf Club on the Hotel Planner Tour here.
Talwar, whose first round was two-under 69, is now seven-under 135 and tied-11th. He is four shots behind the leaders Oliver Gillberg (65-66) and Luis Masaveu (64-67) at 11-under.
The 26-year-old Talwar, who had his breakthrough win on the Indian Tour last month, was also the runner-up in another event on his home Tour. On the Hotel Planner, the second level Tour to DP World Tour, Talwar has four cuts in five starts and he had also made the cut in the Hero Indian Open.
Talwar had two sets of back-to-back birdies on the third and the fourth and again on the eighth and the ninth. A fifth birdie on the tenth brought him to five-under but he then ran out of birdies but did not drop any shots either.
- PTI
Diksha, Pranavi Tied-32nd in Aramco Korea Championship
Indian golfers Diksha Dagar and Pranavi Urs faced contrasting fortunes, but both ended at Tied-32nd after two rounds at the Aramco Korea Championship in Seoul on Saturday.
While Diksha rallied from a disappointing front nine of three-over, Pranavi dropped three shots on her second nine, which was the front side of the course.
Diksha carded two-over 74 and Pranavi was three-over 75 and both are now three-over 147 for two rounds at the New Korea Country Club.
Meanwhile, Avani Prashanth (79-73) despite a good second round failed to make the cut and also missing out was Tvesa Malik (79-76).
In the team event, Team Diksha was seventh and Team Pranavi, which included Avani, was T-11. Tvesa Malik, part of Team Pia Babnik, was T-24.
Diksha had three bogeys on the front nine, but she recovered well on the back nine with one eight pars and one birdie for a two-over card.
Pranavi was even par for the back nine after starting from the 10th, but she gave away three bogeys on her second nine, which was the front side of the course.
- PTI