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Saudi Ladies International: Three of the five Indians in the fray at the USD 5 million Saudi Ladies International golf survived the cut at the halfway stage at the Riyadh Golf Club on Thursday. The best of the lot was the youngest star, Avani Prashanth, who added a fighting 1-under 71 to her first round 3-under 69 to get to 4-under total. She was 35th.

Aditi Ashok, a five-time winner on LET, shot a solid 33-under 69 to get to 3-under total and was Tied-43rd, while Pranavi Urs (69) played a bogey-free round. After paring the entire back nine, which was her first nine, Pranavi had three birdies, which helped her make up for her first round 73. At 2-under total, she was T-51 and ensured herself the weekend action.

Diksha Dagar was unlucky to miss out by one shot as she carded 2-over 74, and her total of 1-under for two rounds saw her make an early exit. Hitaashee Bakshi (74-72) also missed the cut. Diksha had two bogeys and just could not get her putts to fall, and was left without a single birdie.