Indian sports wrap, November 12: Anahat Singh knocked out of China Open
SQUASH
Anahat Singh loses in China; Rathika Seelan in Bondi Open semifinals
Rising teenaged talent Anahat Singh went down to Egyptian eighth seed and world No 15 Sana Ibrahim 11-5, 6-11, 4-11, 7-11 in the round-of-16 at the China Open squash, a PSA Gold event, in Shanghai on Wednesday.
Meanwhile at the Bondi Open PSA Challenger event in Sydney, top seed Rathika Suthanthira Seelan progressed to the semifinals after beating compatriot Aaradhana Kasturiraj 11-8, 11-3, 11-5 in the first round and Anantana Prasertratanakul (Thailand) 11-7, 11-3, 11-3 in the quarterfinals.
-Team Sportstar
GOLF
DP World India Championship to return next season
The DP World India Golf Championships will be back next year with plans to become a regular fixture on the Tour calendar.
Rory McIlroy and Tommy Fleetwood, the eventual winner, hogged the limelight during the event in Delhi last month.
McIlroy, in whose name the Tour has instituted a new award called the ‘Rory McIlroy Award’, to be given to the best-performing DP World Tour member across the four Major Championships – gushed about the event.
“I enjoyed it, I had a great time in India. I don’t know if I have one lasting memory. I guess I’ll remember not hitting the driver for four days. But the hospitality, the welcome, the generosity of the people there, it was absolutely amazing,” he said.
“New events such as the recent DP World India Championship show how we are supporting the game’s growth and accessibility for the long term,” he said.
The DP World Tour had 42 tournaments in 26 different countries this season.
-PTI
Lavanya makes late surge to take sole lead in Women’s Pro Golf Tour
Young Lavanya Jadon, who claimed her first professional title about six weeks ago, grabbed the pole position with three birdies in the last five holes of the first round at the 15th Leg of Women’s Pro Golf Tour here Wednesday.
The 18-year-old golfer from Gurugram, who is playing her first season as a pro, fired a solid 4-under 67 to take sole lead at the Jaypee Wishtown par 71 layout.
She is now one shot ahead of amateur Mahreen Bhatia and Sneha Singh, a former winner of the Order of Merit, who pulled in back-to-back birdies on the back nine to card 68.
Four players, including the Order of Merit leader Vani Kapoor, Heena Kang, Ridhima Dilawari and Anvitha Narender were tied for fourth with rounds of 2-under 69 each.
Three other players, Jahaanvie Walia, Amandeep Drall and Ananya Garg carded 1-under 70 each to be Tied-eighth, as ten players carded under par rounds on a good scoring day.
Lavanya, playing in the last group of the day, birdied the first and sixth against one bogey on the fourth for a 1-under front nine.
On the back nine, she picked up the pace and birdied the 14th, 16th and the 18th for a good round of 67 to give herself a chance of a second win in her first season.
– PTI
TENNIS
Sony Sports Network to Broadcast Tennis Premier League, 2025 Season 7 Live on TV Across India
The Tennis Premier League (TPL) will be broadcast on Sony Sports Network, the official television broadcast partner for Season 7. The league will be telecast live on Sony Sports Ten 5 and Sony Sports Ten 5 HD channels from December 9 to 14, from the Gujarat University Tennis Stadium, Ahmedabad.
Among the global stars joining this year’s edition are Luciano Darderi (World No. 26), Arthur Rinderknech (World No. 28), Corentin Moutet (World No. 31), Alexandre Muller (World No. 43), and Damir Džumhur (World No. 58) along with the former doubles World No.1 and 2-time Grand Slam champion, Rohan Bopanna, and India’s No. 1 ranked female tennis player Sahaja Yamalapalli.
-Team Sportstar
Published on Nov 12, 2025