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At $10K India F16 Futures, Dharwad

[R1] (1) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND,347) bt Ajai SELVARAJ (IND,1118) 60 64
[R1] Sidharth RAWAT (IND,955) bt (Q) Kunal ANAND (IND,1386) 62 75
[R1] Jeroen BENARD (NED,926) bt (Q) Neeraj ELANGOVAN (IND,1923) 62 63
[R1] (Q) Torsten WIETOSKA (GER,1508) bt (8) Ashwin VIJAYRAGAVAN (IND,820) 64 64
[R1] (4) Vijayant MALIK (IND,539) bt (LL) Fariz MOHAMMED (IND,1844) 62 61
[R1] Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND,1083) bt (Q) William KENDALL (USA,UNR) 62 63
[R1] Luca MARGAROLI (SUI,1025) bt (WC) Vikram Naidu SRINIVAS (IND,UNR) 67(5) 61 75
[R1] Arjun KADHE (IND,1224) bt (7) Michael SHABAZ (USA,717) 46 76(7) 61
[R1] (5) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,573) bt Vivek SHOKEEN (IND,1119) 57 64 61
[R1] Vignesh PERANAMALLUR (IND,1270) bt (WC) Shahbaaz KHAN (IND,UNR) 76(5) 62
[R1] (Q) Lakshit SOOD (IND,1923) bt (Q) Jatin DAHIYA (IND,1784) 76(3) 64
[R1] (3) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,534) bt Mohit Mayur JAYAPRAKASH (IND,1073) 75 64
[R1] (6) Sergei KROTIOUK (RUS,671) bt (Q) Lorenz ILG (GER,UNR) 64 62
[R1] Colin VAN BEEM (NED,1076) bt (WC) Rohan GIDE (IND,UNR) 63 61
[R1] Kaza Vinayak SHARMA (IND,904) bt (WC) Suraj R PRABODH (IND,UNR) 62 62
[R1] (2) Sanam SINGH (IND,360) bt (Q) Rajat MAHESHWARI (IND,1676) 62 61

Doubles
[R1] (1) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND)/ Arun-Prakash RAJAGOPALAN (IND) bt Mohit Mayur JAYAPRAKASH (IND)/ Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND) 64 67(10) 10-7
[R1] Amrit NARASIMHAN (USA)/ Michael SHABAZ (USA) bt Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND)/ Torsten WIETOSKA (GER) 63 63
[R1] Arjun KADHE (IND)/ Kaza Vinayak SHARMA (IND) bt (4) Vijayant MALIK (IND)/ Vivek SHOKEEN (IND) 76(4) 46 10-5
[R1] Fariz MOHAMMED (IND)/ Vignesh PERANAMALLUR (IND) bt Sidharth RAWAT (IND)/ Rakshay THAKKAR (IND) 63 46 11-9
[R1] Kunal ANAND (IND)/ Ronak MANUJA (IND) bt (WC) Rohan GIDE (IND)/ Shahbaaz KHAN (IND) 63 36 10-8
[R1] Ajai SELVARAJ (IND)/ Ashwin VIJAYRAGAVAN (IND) bt (3) Jeroen BENARD (NED)/ Colin VAN BEEM (NED) 36 63 10-5
[R1] William KENDALL (USA)/ Sagar MANJANNA (IND) bt Andre GASPAR MURTA (POR)/ Rajat MAHESHWARI (IND) 76(2) 64
[R1] (2) Sergei KROTIOUK (RUS)/ Luca MARGAROLI (SUI) bt Neeraj ELANGOVAN (IND)/ Lakshit SOOD (IND) 75 76(1)

Terrific comeback upset win by Arjun over experienced UVa top-700 type Michael Shabaz but Ashwin lost against in-form German player Wietoska ... Arjun and Kaza started with upset win in doubles over 4th seed Vijayant and Vivek.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Bangkok, Thailand

[R1] Ankita RAINA (IND,574) bt (7) Yuka HIGUCHI (JPN,515) 62 26 62

[R2] Ankita RAINA (IND,574) vs Ho Ching WU (HKG,743)

Doubles
[R1] Ankita RAINA (IND)/ Prarthana G. THOMBARE (IND) l (2) Oleksandra KORASHVILI (UKR)/ Tereza MALIKOVA (CZE) 36 67(1)

Good upset win by Ankita over higher ranked and seeded Japanese girl Higuchi ... Next she is facing Hong Kong player Ho Ching Wu.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Djibouti

[R1] (8) Shweta RANA (IND,835) bye
[R1] Manya NAGPAL (IND,UNR) bt Fiona CODINO (FRA,UNR) 63 67(1) 61
[R1] Anushka BHARGAVA (IND,1042) bt Nikita DESHMUKH (IND,UNR) 61 62
[R1] Arantxa ANDRADY (IND,UNR) bt Mariana DRAZIC (CRO,UNR) 63 64

[R2] (8) Shweta RANA (IND,835) vs Brenda NJUKI (SWE,UNR)
[R2] Manya NAGPAL (IND,UNR) vs (4) Melanie KLAFFNER (AUT,434)
[R2] Anushka BHARGAVA (IND,1042) vs (5) Yana SIZIKOVA (RUS,579)
[R1] Arantxa ANDRADY (IND,UNR) vs (2) Margarita LAZAREVA (RUS,352)

Doubles
[R1] Arantxa ANDRADY (IND)/ Shweta RANA (IND) bt Anushka BHARGAVA (IND)/ Mariana DRAZIC (CRO) 60 62
[R1] Manya NAGPAL (IND)/ Rika YAMAMOTO (JPN) bt Sofia ARAUJO (POR)/ Anita HUSARIC (BIH) W/O
[R1] Nikita DESHMUKH (IND)/ Chinenye Ndidi IZUOGU (NGR) bye

[QF] Arantxa ANDRADY (IND)/ Shweta RANA (IND) vs (1) Melanie KLAFFNER (AUT)/ Margarita LAZAREVA (RUS)
[QF] Manya NAGPAL (IND)/ Rika YAMAMOTO (JPN) vs (3) Alessia CAMPLONE (ITA)/ Anna FLORIS (ITA)
[QF] Nikita DESHMUKH (IND)/ Chinenye Ndidi IZUOGU (NGR) vs (2) Diana BOGOLIY (UKR)/ Yana SIZIKOVA (RUS)

Good to see our so many girls r taking advantage of this weak tournament to gain ranking point.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Potchefstroom, South Africa

[Q1] Sharon Sanchana PAUL (IND,1066) bye
[Q2] Sharon Sanchana PAUL (IND,1066) bt Bianca BIRKENSTOCK (RSA) 63 62

[R1] (Q) Sharon Sanchana PAUL (IND,1066) bt (WC) Nadine DE VILLIERS (RSA,UNR) 63 61

[R2] Sharon Sanchana PAUL (IND,1066) vs Ilze HATTINGH (RSA,UNR)

Doubles
[R1] (3) Laura DEIGMAN (GBR)/ Sharon Sanchana PAUL (IND) l Madrie LE ROUX (RSA)/ Chanel SIMMONDS (RSA) 26 46

Sharon utilized weak draw and move into the second round as an qualifier.