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Ladies European Tour: Diksha Dagar, one of the seven Indians on show this week at the Hulencourt Women’s Open, began with a modest even par 72 in the first round of the event being played in Belgium. Diksha, who has been in fine form this season and has been in the Top 10 of the Ladies European Tour’s Order of Merit, had three birdies and three bogeys in her round.

She started on the back nine and bogeyed the 14th, but turned in one-under with birdies on the 16th and the 18th. A bogey on the second followed by a birdie on the third meant she was still under par. A bogey on the seventh, which was her 16th hole, saw her finish at even par.

Rookie Avani Prashanth was 1-under through seven holes, while Amandeep Drall, playing her first LET event this season, and Sneha Singh, playing her second event, shot 2-over 74 each and were T-67th, though the position will change as the round is still in progress.