La Sella Open: Tvesa Malik, battling to secure full playing rights on the Ladies European Tour, opened her campaign at the 2025 La Sella Open with a solid 1-under 71. The effort placed her in tied-17th position, making her the best performer among the seven Indians in the 1 million euros event.Among the others, Hitaashee Bakshi carded a 72 to be tied-28th, while India’s leading LET stars, Diksha Dagar and Pranavi Urs, each returned scores of 73 and sit in tied-44th place. Ridhima Dilawari posted 75 to be T-77, while both Avani Prashanth and Vani Kapoor struggled to 78 and are placed T-113, leaving them in danger of an early exit.
At the top of the leaderboard, Canadian rookie Anna Huang lit up the course with a flawless bogey-free 64 (-8) to take a two-shot lead. The 16-year-old, who earned her LET card through Q-School last December, strung together a run of birdies—back-to-back on holes 2 and 3, three in a row from 6 to 8, and more on 10, 12, and 13—to set the early pace in Spain.
For Tvesa, the round was a mix of resilience and recovery. Starting on the first, she dropped an early shot on the second but regained it at the fifth. Her round featured two sets of bogey-birdie exchanges, on holes 8–9 and 12–13, before finishing strong with a birdie on the 18th for her under-par card.
Behind Huang, France’s Nastasia Nadaud and Germany’s Leonie Harm share second on six-under 66. Slovenia’s Pia Babnik (67) sits in fourth, while Spain’s Luna Sobron Galmes is fifth at four-under 68.
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