Aditi gives away early gains
Kapolei (USA): Despite a good start, Aditi Ashok dropped a double bogey and two bogeys in her last five holes to finish one-under 71 and in tied 47th place at the lOTTE Championship, presented by Hershey. At one stage, Aditi was five-under through 13 holes, before she suffered in the closing stages of a water-logged opening day here. Aditi, who played her first Major of the season, ANA Inspiration, birdied first, third, fifth, ninth and 13th to get to five-under. That included birdies on each of the first three Par-5s, but in conditions that were increasingly becoming difficult, she double bogeyed the Par-5 14th, bogeyed 16th and 18th for a disappointing finish.
Sindhu loses three places
New Delhi: Just a week after achieving her career-best rank of world number two, Rio Olympics silver medallist PV Sindhu on Thursday lost three spots to be placed fifth in the latest Badminton World Federation (BWF) list. The 21-year-old shuttler from Hyderabad suffered a shock first-round exit from the Malaysia Open Super Series in Kuching last week to go down the ladder. Sindhu is competing at Singapore Open this week. Saina, who also lost in the first round of the Malaysia Open, however, remained unchanged at the ninth position. The women's singles ranking table is headed by Tai Tzu Ying of Taiwan. In the men's singles, Ajay Jayaram is the highest-ranked Indian at the 14th position. None of the other Indian male shuttlers figure in the top-20.
indians advance in Super Series
Singapore: Top Indian shuttlers P V Sindhu and B Sai Praneeth on Thursday advanced to the quarterfinals of the $350,000 Singapore Super Series after posting hard-fought victories in the women's and men's singles respectively here. Sindhu had to toil hard before prevailing 19-21, 21-17, 21-8 over Indonesian Fitriani Fitriani. Praneeth produced a gritty performance to see off China's Qiao Bin 21-15, 21-23, 21-16 in an hour and 12 minutes. Agencies