Indian sports wrap, November 7: Rathika Seelan in NSW Open squash semifinals

SQUASH

Rathika advances

Rathika Suthanthira Seelan advanced to the semifinals of the NSW Open squash with a straight-games win over local challenger Karen Bloom in Sydney.

Second seed Rathika beat Karen 11-8, 11-7, 11-4 in 22 minutes in the quarterfinals of the PSA Challenger event.

Meanwhile, fifth seed Veer Chotrani beat Egypt’s Mohamed Sharaf 11-7, 10-12, 11-5, 11-8 in the round-of-16 at the St James Expression Open, a USD 32,000 PSA Copper event, in Springfield (US).

– Team Sportstar

GOLF

Diksha and Pranavi Urs make the cut at Aramco China

Indian golfers Diksha Dagar and Pranavi Urs made the at the Aramco China Championship and gave themselves a chance to improve their standing in the final round.

Diksha, who took a break after the Indian Open, shot 3-under 70 with four birdies against one bogey, and Pranavi also carded 3-under 70 with five birdies against two bogeys.

Diksha was Tied-35th and Pranavi Urs was Tied-49th.

Avani Prashanth (74) and Tvesa Malik (75), though, missed the cut which fell at -2 with a total of 63 players making it through to the final day.

– PTI

Published on Nov 07, 2025