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FILE PHOTO: World Junior Golf Champion Shubham Jaglan. | Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR/The Hindu
Jaglan and 13-year-old Kartik among seven Indians at Asia-Pacific Golf
Shubham Jaglan, who came close to logging a top-10 on his debut in 2021, returns to the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship (AAC) for another shot at what he calls the ‘finest’ amateur opportunity available to the players of the region.
The AAC, now celebrating its 14th edition, gives the winner one of the best prizes in the sport for the amateurs with a place in both the Masters at the Augusta National and the Open for the following year.
For the third time in as many years, India has seven players of whom three are making their second start at the tournament from Thursday.
The closest any Indian has come to winning the prestigious event is Rayhan Thomas, who was runner-up in 2018 in Sentosa Golf Club in Singapore. Thomas, originally slated to play here, pulled out due to an injury.
The Indian squad, sent by the Indian Golf Union, includes Kartik Singh, a 13-year-old, who becomes the youngest player in the event, as he makes his debut at the AAC.
Interestingly Kartik at 203rd in the world is now the highest-ranked Indian in Melbourne following the withdrawal of Thomas.
The other six players are Jaglan, T-11 in his previous AAC start in 2021, Krishnav Nikhil Chopra (T-44 in 2022) and Shaurya Bhattacharya (T-47 in 2022). Kartik Singh, Yuvraj Singh, Raghav Chugh and Vedant Sirohi are making their debut at the AAC.
-PTI-
Nehru junior hockey latest scores and results
Three goals each by Kamal Barla and Lokesh Sidar helped Raj Kumar College, Raipur, beat Government Senior Secondary School, Kalpi, Mandla, 10-1 in a league match of the Kanwarji 51st Nehru junior hockey tournament at the Shivaji Stadium here on Tuesday.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
Rawat moves into pre-quaterfinals; Ramanathan-Raja pair in quarterfinals in ITF men’s World Tennis Tour
Fifth seed Indian Sidharth Rawat brushed aside compatriot Suraj Prabodh to march into the singles pre-quarterfinals of the ITF Davangere men’s World Tennis Tour here on Tuesday.
Rawat was in his confident self while notching up a 6-1 6-4 victory over Prabodh.
Karan Singh joined him in the round of 16 of the USD 15000 event with a 6-1 6-4 win over local boy Rishi Reddy.
In the doubles, top seeds Ramkumar Ramanathan and Purav Raja entered the quarterfinals after warding off Indo-Malaysian pair of Dev Javia and Mitsuki Wei Kang Leong 6-3 7-6 (4).
However, the Indian duo of Rishab Agarwal and Nitin Kumar Sinha went down 7-6 (4), 1-6, 9-11 against second seeds Nick Chappell and Bogdan Bobrov.
-PTI
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