GOLF
Sachin Baisoya wins Indorama Open golf championship
Sachin Baisoya overcame a seven-shot deficit to clinch the title in the play-off against overnight leader Udayan Mane after a four-under 68 in the final round of the Rs.2 crore Indorama Open golf championship at the Kalhaan Blues and Greens Golf Club on Saturday.
The 29-year-old Sachin had missed the cut in the last four tournaments and was quite reluctant to play this week, but was persuaded to compete by his father.
In the play-off, after the two had tied on 11-under 277, Sachin negotiated the tricky pin on 18th with a par, while Udayan conceded a bogey.
The champion received Rs.30 lakh, which catapulted him to the second spot in the PGTI’s Order of Merit.
Udayan, a winner of 12 titles, was on course till he made two double-bogeys and a bogey in the last six holes, in slipping to a three-over 75 for the day. He pocketed Rs.20 lakh as the runner-up.
“I was playing well from the start today. I was quite confident going into the play-off,” said Sachin.
The leading scores:
1. Sachin Baisoya (68, 71, 70, 68), 2. Udayan Mane (69, 65, 68, 75) 277; 3. Khalin Joshi (70, 65, 69, 74) 278; 4. Abhinav Lohan (66, 73, 68, 72) 279; 5T. Ajeetesh Sandhu (70, 67, 72, 71), Varun Parikh (74, 68, 69, 69) 280; 7T. Arjun Prasad (69, 75, 69, 69), Angad Cheema (72, 66, 70, 74) 282; 9T. Yashas Chandra (68, 73, 72, 72), Anshul Kabthiyal (68, 72, 71, 74) 285.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
Diksha Dagar registers another Top-10 finish in South Africa
India’s Diksha Dagar shot her best round of the week with a 4-under 68 and grabbed a Top-10 finish in windy conditions at the Investec SA Women’s Open here on Sunday.
Diksha finished with rounds of 72-71-69-68 for a total of 8-under 280 for the week. This was Diksha’s second straight Top-10 in South Africa after ending tied 9th in Johannesbur, and the third of the season, as she was runners-up in Morocco.
She was tied 11th in New South Wales and the season promises to be a good one.
Another fine performer was Pranavi Urs, who shot 69 in the final round to be tied 11th and her rounds were 72-67-73-69 and a total of 7-under for four rounds.
Rookie Avani Prashanth (68-73-73-73) was tied for 50th with an even-par total while Tvesa Malik (70-71-76-73) totalled 2-over 290 and was tied 58th.
India’s Dagar and Wales’ Chloe Williams rounded out the top 10, with eight-under par on their scorecards.
This tournament marks the last Sunshine Ladies Tour event of the season and so Alexander claimed the Investec Order of Merit, finishing on 3,149 points.
-PTI
TENNIS
India loses to Indonesia in WJT, to play Iran for 11th place
India lost to Indonesia 1-2 in the play-off match for the 9th to 12th place in the Asia-Oceania WJT under-14 boys tennis championship in Kuching, Malaysia, on Sunday.
In the match for the 11th place, India will play Iran.
Japan beat Korea and, Kazakhstan beat Hong Kong to set up a title clash.
The results:
Play-off (9th to 12 places): Indonesia bt India 2-1 (Rafael Pribadi lost to Kaustubh Singh 0-6, 1-6; Ethan Frans bt Viraj Choudhary 6-1, 6-1; Ethan & Komang Purustama bt Viraj & Paranjay Siwach 6-4, 6-1).
-Kamesh Srinivasan
Sriram Balaji loses in semifinal of $200,000 Challenger tennis tournament
Sriram Balaji in partnership with Miguel Reyes-Varela was beaten 6-4, 7-5 by Santiago Gonzalez and Austin Krajicek in the doubles semifinals of the $200,000 Challenger tennis tournament in Mexico.
The semifinalists won 45 ATP points and $3,470.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
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