Aditi Ashok opened the New Year with a fine tied-eighth place at the Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies Open, the opening event of the 2019 Ladies European Tour, here Saturday.

It was a particularly satisfying finish after a start that saw her card 76 on the first day. She made the cut safely with a 72 on second day and zoomed up the leaderboard with a 66 on the final day.

Charlie Hull (69) held her nerve and kept Marianne Skarpnord (68) and won by a shot to take the first title of the season. Hull finished the week at eight-under, while Skarpnord was seven-under.

Aditi birdied third, fifth, sixth and ninth on the front nine and 10th, 11th, 16th and 17th. She, however, dropped a shot on 18th, but for which she would have been tied-third.

Five players including Caroline Hedwall (67), Anne Van Damm (68), Nicole Broch-Larsen (71), Luna Sobron (72) and Jodi Ewart Shadoff (73), who had two bogeys in last three holes, were all tied at 3-under and in tied fourth place.

Aditi at two-under was Tied-eighth alongside Jenny Haglun and Nanna Koertsz and Madsen.

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