Indian Sports Highlights, November 26: Aditi Ashok wins Spanish Women's Open
Catch all the highlights of Indian athletes' performances in events that took place across the world on November 26.
Aditi Ashok wins the Spanish Women's Open. (Source: Ladies European Tour)
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Aditi Ashok wins Spanish Women's Open 2023 with a score of 17-under par, the season ending tournament of Ladies European Tour for the year. Aditi Ashok had also won season opener Kenya Ladies Open.
Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Thakur launched the mascot, Ujjwala, for the first-ever Khelo India Para Games 2023, in New Delhi on Sunday. ‘Ujjwala’ is a sparrow. The little sparrow is a symbol of the pride of Delhi, and its uniqueness portrays determination and empathy. Report
Indian Foil fencer Maria Akshita win the Fairplay Award during the FIE Awards 2023 in Egypt.
Shrivalli Rashmikaa Bhamidipaty win her maiden ITF title with the Bowring Institute ITF Women’s World Tennis Tour honours defeating Zeel Desai. In a pulsating final, Rashmikaa dropped a set before emerging a 6-0, 4-6, 6-3 winner. Report
Satwik-Chirag saved seven match points. They made an incredible comeback in an intense men's doubles final.
But in the end, Liang Wei Keng and Wang Chang prevailed 21-19 in an absolute thriller.
Final result: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty lost 19-21, 21-18, 19-21.
Satwik-Chirag reduce the gap to 19-20 as Wei Keng goes wide.
Wei Keng wants a medical time-out, but the umpire rejects his plea.
Satwik-Chirag saves six match points to trail 18-20.
Two match points are saved as Satwik-Chirag wins two points in a row to make it 16-20.
Chang's backhand goes into the Satwik's body. And Wei Keng and Chang are on match point at 20-13.
They have seven match point opportunities.
Chang hits the net. Satwik-Chirag wins three points in a row to trail 13-19.
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