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At $53K Women & $25K Men Chennai Open, India

[Q2] Dipika Pallikal (IND,49) bt (2) Aisling Blake (IRL,25) 11-8 11-6 11-5 (31m)
[Q2] Anaka Alankamony (IND,77) l (1) Donna Urquhart (AUS,21) 3-11 10-12 10-12 (26m)

[Q2] Siddharth Suchde (IND,102) bt Vikas Jangra (IND,UNR) 11-7 11-1 11-5 (30m)
[Q2] Ritwik Bhattacharya (IND,115) bt Stuart Crawford (SCO,129) 11-8 8-11 11-2 13-11 (35m)
[Q2] Harinder Pal Sandhu (IND,107) bt Elvinn Keo (MAS,119) 11-7 11-6 13-11 (38m)
[Q2] Gaurav Nandrajog (IND,177) l Kristian Frost Olesen (DEN,100) 11-9 9-11 6-11 8-11 (73m)

[R1] (WC) Joshna Chinappa (IND,34) vs (7) Kasey Brown (AUS,10)
[R1[ (Q) Dipika Pallikal (IND,49) vs (1) Nicol David (MAS,1)

[R1] (5) Saurav Ghosal (IND,29) vs (Q) Harinder Pal Sandhu (IND,107)
[R1] (WC) Ramit Tandon (IND,347) vs (4) Mohamed Ali Anwar Reda (EGY,27)
[R1] (Q) Ritwik Bhattacharya (IND,115) vs Alan Clyne (SCO,69)
[R1] (Q) Siddharth Suchde (IND,102) vs (7) Chris Simpson (ENG,48)

Dipika Pallikal scored her first top-25 win to qualify for main draw of Chennai Open ... She is showing improvement in her game with clinical straight games win ... But having toughest draw in first round as she is facing WR #1 Nicol David ... In other match Anaka Alankamony produced good fighting performance against her top-20 opponent.

In men section our 3 players r qualified for main draw ... But Gaurav Nandrajog also gave creditable performance against Danish player ... Saurav facing Harinder Pal Sandhu in first round.