BADMINTON
Panda sisters bow out
India’s women’s doubles pair of Rutaparna Panda and Swetaparna Panda exited Japan Open after a first-round exit on Tuesday.
The Panda sisters lost in straight games to local duo of Kokona Ishikawa and Maiko Kawazoe in a 32-minute match which ended 21-13, 21-7 in favour of the Japanese.
On Wednesday, Indian shuttlers like Lakshya Sen, PV Sindhu, and men’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty will be in action.
– Team Sportstar
GOLF
Vani, Amandeep and Sneha in fray in ninth Leg of WPGT
Vani Kapoor, who has been dominant this season with four title wins in eight events on the Women’s Pro Golf Tour, will aim for more success when she tees up at the ninth leg of the Tour this week.
One of the most prolific winners in the history of the Tour, Vani is making a steady comeback to the Ladies European Tour as she showed with a Top-10 finish recently.
Like Vani, her friend Amandeep Drall is also taking advantage of the spells in between events on the LET, where she has played a few events this year. She is paired with Jahaanvie Walia in the opening two-ball in the ninth leg.
Sneha Singh, who has also had a taste of the LET this year, is back on the local Tour and will play alongside amateur Keya K Badugu and Khushi Khanijau.
Other names to look out for are Ridhima Dilawari, Rhea Purvi Saravanan, Jasmine Shekar, Vidhatri Urs and Lavanya Jadon. One of India’s top amateurs, Saanvi Somu is among the eight amateurs in the field.
– PTI
