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News18
7 days ago
- Sport
- News18
Pranavi back from injury, Diksha seeks to maintain form in Scottish Open
Agency: PTI Last Updated: Ayrshire (Scotland), Jul 23 (PTI) After recovering from an injury sustained in May, Indian golfer Pranavi Urs returns to action at the USD 2 million ISPS Handa Women's Scottish Open beginning at the Dundonald Links here on Thursday. Other Indians in the field are the in-form Diksha Dagar and Tvesa Malik. Rookie Avani Prashanth and Hitaashee Bakshi failed to make the field. Pranavi, who won the Hero Women's Order of Merit in India in 2022 with five victories in a single season, has been a regular on the Ladies European Tour, where she was the top Indian in 2024. This season, after some good finishes in Top-15 at the Ford NSW Open in Australia and Investec SA Women's Open, she played and made the cut a Aramco Korea, but hurt her wrist. It got so bad that she withdrew after the first round in the following week at the Dutch Ladies Open. That was in mid-May and she has not played since then. She is now 81st on the Order of Merit. Diksha has been having a good season that began with a runner-up finish at the Lalla Meryem Cup. She had four other Top-10 finishes and two more in Top-15. She is lying 13th on the Money List. Pranavi plays with Kim Metraux of Switzerland and Spain's Fatima Fernandez Cano in the morning, while Diksha tees off with Miranda Wang of China and Korea's Sei Young Kim in the afternoon. Tvesa will play alongside China's Weiwei Zhang and Norwegian Dorthea Forbrigd. The 2025 ISPS HANDA Women's Scottish Open at Dundonald Links is the ninth edition of the tournament since it became co-sanctioned with the LPGA Tour and the fourth consecutive year that Dundonald has hosted. A field of 144 players representing 32 nationalities will compete in a 72-hole stroke play competition with a cut to the top 65 players and ties after 36 holes. The field is split between the LET and LPGA with players from both Tours competing for a slice of the USD 2 million prize fund. Four past champions will be teeing it up with Lauren Coughlin (2024), Ayaka Furue (2022), Ariya Jutanugarn (2018) and Mi Hyang Lee (2017) all in the field. Three of the major champions from 2025 are also in Scotland with Sweden's Maja Stark, who won the U.S. Women's Open presented by Ally, playing as well as Australian duo of Minjee Lee and Grace Kim. There are 11 LET winners from the 2025 season here. PTI Corr PDS PDS PDS view comments First Published: July 23, 2025, 16:00 IST Disclaimer: Comments reflect users' views, not News18's. Please keep discussions respectful and constructive. Abusive, defamatory, or illegal comments will be removed. News18 may disable any comment at its discretion. By posting, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
The Hindu
11-05-2025
- Sport
- The Hindu
Asian Weightlifting Championships: India's Nirupama Devi finishes fourth
Two failed clean and jerk attempts cost Indian weightlifter Nirupama Devi a bronze medal as she finished fourth in the women's 64kg category at the Asian Championships on Sunday. The 24-year-old, an Asian Youth Weightlifting Championships medallist, managed 115kg in clean and jerk as she faltered in her attempts to heave 120kg and 125kg, adding to her 91kg snatch for a total of 206kg in the non-Olympic category. READ: Indian sports wrap, May 11: Pranavi finishes tied 40th, Diksha tied 52nd in Korea A successful 125kg lift would have taken the Manipur lifter past South Korea's Mun Min-hee, the 2018 Asian Games medallist, who claimed bronze with a total of 214kg (94kg +120kg). China's Li Shuang won the gold with an effort of 239kg (105kg+134kg) while Filipina lifter Elreen Ann Ando clinched the silver for her 232kg (102kg+130kg) effort. India has sent a two-member team to the Asian Championships, which most of the elite weightlifters are giving a miss Dilbag Singh will be competing in the men's 96kg event on Tuesday.
Mint
08-05-2025
- Sport
- Mint
Diksha looks to maintain momentum on LET; Pranavi, Avani and Tvesa join Korean challenge
Seoul, Korea, May 8 (PTI) The Indian quartet, led by Diksha Dagar and Pranavi Urs, will look to produce a strong performance when it returns to action on the Ladies European Tour (LET) after a three-week break at the Aramco Korea Championship, beginning on Friday. Diksha and Pranavi will be joined by Tvesa Malik and rookie Avani Prashanth in the USD 2 million event at the New Korea Country Club, which is hosting the tournament for the second consecutive year. Diksha has been enjoying a fine run this season and will aim to continue her momentum after back-to-back Top-10 finishes – T-9 at the SA Women's Open and T-8 at the Joburg Open. Earlier, she finished T-11 at the NSW Open in Australia and was runner-up at the Lalla Meryem Cup in Morocco to begin her season. Currently fifth on the LET Order of Merit, Diksha in six starts has had three Top-10 finishes and missed just one cut. Karnataka girls, Pranavi and Avani, also multiple winners on their home Tour, the Hero Women's Pro Tour, have had decent outings so far. Pranavi in five starts has made four cuts and was in Top-15 twice – T-14 at NSW Open and T-11 SA Women's Open and she is 37th on the Order of Merit. Rookie Avani has also made four cuts in five starts with two Top-20 results – T-16 at Lalla Meryem Cup and T-13 at Australian Women' Classic and she is 38th on the Merit list. Tvesa Malik will be hoping for a reversal in fortunes as she has made just one cut in four starts and will need some strong results to rise from her current 134th place. All four want to get into a strong position to challenge for their home event, the Hero Women's Indian Open, later in the year. This is the seventh event of the 2025 global schedule and will feature 104 players from 33 nations in the Team and Individual competitions with a prize fund of USD 2,000,000 on offer. The individual competition has on offer USD 1.5m and another USD 500,000 is for the team event. In the Team competition, the best two gross scores from the four players on each hole will count towards their side's overall score. World No 8 Hyo Joo Kim leads the field on home soil and will be defending her crown after her three-shot shot victory in 2024. Kim is joined by compatriot and fellow Major winner Sung Hyun Park as well as USA's Danielle Kang, the winning captain in last year's Team event. There are a lot of LET winners with no fewer than 34 champions teeing up in Seoul. The field of 104 players will be split into 26 teams. One of those teams will have four South Korean amateurs, with the other 25 teams split into teams of four professionals. Following 36 holes, the field will be cut to the top 60 players, with the final day dedicated solely to the Individual competition.
