All set: From left Gustavsson, house favourites Diksha and Tvesa, together with Cheenglab with the Hero Women’s Indian Open Trophy in Gurugram on Wednesday.
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With the Asian Games silver medallist Aditi Ashok busy enjoying in Korea, in-form Diksha Dagar spearheads the house problem when the $400,000 Hero Women’s Indian Open tees off on the DLF Golf and Country Club right here on Thursday.
Winner of the Czech Open and 6 top-10 finishes this season, the left-handed Diksha will probably be up in opposition to some severe contenders just like the Ladies European Tour (LET) Order of Merit chief Celine Bouter (France), Johannna Gustavsson (Sweden) and Ana Pelaez Trivino (Spain) within the 120-player discipline.
“This season has been a good one for me, the best in my five years on the LET even though I started a bit slowly. Equipment changes were a factor but I have now settled on one supplier and that has been a big help. Also, I have worked hard on my short game which has been a big boost,” stated Diksha on Wednesday.
Diksha’s compatriots Tvesa Malik, final 12 months’s joint runner-up Amandeep Drall, Gaurika Bishnoi and Vani Kapoor is also within the title-run.
Though the defending champion Olivia Cowan (Germany) is absent, two earlier winners Becky Morgan (2018) and Christine Wolf (2019) are round.
