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Ladies European Tour: Diksha Dagar, who last week missed her first cut in more than five months, is eager to make up for that as she tees up at the Ladies Open de France. The two-time winner on the Ladies European Tour is one of the four Indian women in the fray this week in France.

The other three are Pranavi Urs, Tvesa Malik, and rookie Avani Prashanth. All four Indians were in the afternoon wave and were to start late.

Diksha in 20th place is the highest-ranked Indian on the Order of Merit, while Avani Prashanth at 47th is also expected to retain her card. Pranavi Urs, who had a break due to injury, is 83rd, and Tvesa Malik, who had a modest season, is way down, as are Hitashee Bakshi, Vani Kapoor, and Sneha Singh, who have not played all events.