Indian sports wrap, July 22: Anahat Singh enters Round of 16 at World Squash Junior Championships

SQUASH

Anahat enters pre-quarters

India’s teen prodigy Anahat Singh entered the pre-quarterfinals at the World Junior Championships on Tuesday in Cairo after beating France’s Ines Guyot 3-0.

She will meet Brazil’s Laura Souza Bezerra Da Silva on Wednesday for a place in the quarterfinals.

In the boys’ category, Arihant K S, Yusha Nafees, and Aryaveer Dewan entered the Round of 32, which will be played later today.

– Team Sportstar

GOLF

Vani seeks more success in 10th leg as Jasmine eyes another win in Hero WPGT

Vani Kapoor, a four-time champion on the Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour this season, and last week’s winner Jasmine Shekar have been drawn together for the first round of the 10th leg at the Zion Hills Golf County.

They will have the talented Vidhatri Urs as the third player in the group.

Thirty seven players, including seven amateurs, will tee off in the event that carries a prize purse of Rs 16 lakh.

Other leading professional players in the field are Ridhima Dilawari, Seher Atwal, Sneha Singh, Amandeep Drall and Neha Tripathi, who was runner-up to Jasmine in the last leg.

Vani leads the Order of Merit with Amandeep Drall, Sneha Singh and Jasmine Shekar trailing behind her in that order.

– PTI