Gurugram, Oct. 9 -- The last time an Indian won the Hero Women's Indian Open (HWIO) was in 2016 when Aditi Ashok won by one stroke. The result, secured in Aditi's rookie season, sent her fledgling career into overdrive. Among the crowd that cheered Aditi to her title at DLF Golf and Country Club was Diksha Dagar, then a teenaged amateur. Almost a decade on, while Aditi has added more achievements to her glowing CV, Diksha has established herself as a Ladies European Tour (LET) regular and with two wins. Diksha, 24, enters this edition of HWIO on the back of a solid season that has seen her collect seven top-10 finishes on the LET, including a solo second at Lalla Meryem Cup in Morocco. The in-form player will hope to contend on a course that is playing much better than last year. While the course staff has done a fine job in keeping it in pristine condition despite an unusually long monsoon, the greens are slower and truer. Diksha agreed. "We have better control on the ball this time and rains have helped. Last year, the greens were too firm and the ball wouldn't stop. I think there will be good scoring opportunities this time," she said. It is her home course and Diksha finished third just two years ago. "It's a course I know pretty well even though it presents a new challenge each time. Even when you are doing well, on a course like this, it is important to play the right shots," she added. The other key Indian challengers are Avani Prashanth, Tvesa Malik, Hitaashee Bakshi, Pranavi Urs, Sneha Singh, Amandeep Drall and Vani Kapoor....