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At €2.9M BNP Paribas Masters, Paris, France

[QF] (7) Daniel Nestor (CAN)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) l (PR) Marcin Matkowski (POL)/ Jurgen Melzer (AUT) 46 67(3)
[QF] Leander Paes (IND)/ Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) l (1) Bob Bryan (USA)/ Mike Bryan (USA) 36 36

Our both pair fail to rise for their challenge and lose their matches in straight games.
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At $50K+H Reunion Island Challenger, Reunion Island

[QF] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND)/ Frederico Gil (POR) l (1) Robin Haase (NED)/ Mate Pavic (CRO) 36 26
[QF] (4) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Enrique Lopez-Perez (ESP) l Jonathan Eysseric (FRA)/ Fabrice Martin (FRA) 64 46 5-10

RamK-Gil lose easily against top-seed pair ... Other hand French pair score upset win over Jeevan and his partner in comeback win.

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At $120K Bitburger Badminton Open 2014 (GP Gold), Saarlandhalle, Germany

[QF] (7) H. S. Prannoy (IND,32) bt Emil Holst (DEN,57) 21-14 19-21 30-28

[QF] Pranaav Jerry Chopra (IND)/ Akshay Dewalkar (IND) l (6) Yilv Wang (CHN)/ Wen Zhang (CHN) 11-21 11-21

[QF] Vladimir Ivanov (RUS)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) l (1) Chris Adcock (ENG)/ Gabrielle Adcock (ENG) 19-21 9-21

[SF] (7) H. S. Prannoy (IND,32) vs (11) Scott Evans (IRL,35)

Prannoy face tough challenge from Swiss player Emil Holst ... After winning the first game easily Prannoy lost the focus ... Emil won the second game and in the third also he was neck to neck with Prannoy ... Prannoy saved three match points before converting 7th match point for a win ... In the semis he is facing Irishman Scott Evans.

In the doubles Chinese pair prove too strong for Pranaav-Akshay ... In mixed doubles top-seed British pair score straight games win over Ashwini-Vladimir.

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At $120K Bitburger Badminton Open 2014 (GP Gold), Saarlandhalle, Germany

[R3] (15) Sai Praneeth B. (IND,48) l Indra Bagus Ade Chandra (ITA,124) 21-15 14-21 18-21
[R3] (7) H. S. Prannoy (IND,32) bt (9) Wing Ki Vincent Wong (HKG,37) 21-19 21-18
[R2] Tanvi Lad (IND,56) l (4) Sun Yu (CHN,31) 17-21 12-21

[R2] Pranaav Jerry Chopra (IND)/ Akshay Dewalkar (IND) bt Frederik Colberg (DEN)/ Niclas Nohr (DEN) 15-21 22-20 21-12

[R1] Manu Attri (IND)/ Siki Reddy N. (IND) l Longfei Shi (CHN)/ Qianxin Zhong (CHN) 15-21 7-21
[R1] Akshay Dewalkar (IND)/ Pradnya Gadre (IND) bt (7) Jacco Arends (NED)/ Selena Piek (NED) 13-21 21-19 21-17
[R1] Vladimir Ivanov (RUS)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) bt Jelle Maas (NED)/ Iris Tabeling (NED) 23-21 21-12

[R2] Vladimir Ivanov (RUS)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) bt Akshay Dewalkar (IND)/ Pradnya Gadre (IND) 21-13 15-21 21-14

[QF] (7) H. S. Prannoy (IND,32) vs Emil Holst (DEN,57)

[QF] Pranaav Jerry Chopra (IND)/ Akshay Dewalkar (IND) vs (6) Yilv Wang (CHN)/ Wen Zhang (CHN)

[QF] Vladimir Ivanov (RUS)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) vs (1) Chris Adcock (ENG)/ Gabrielle Adcock (ENG)

Akshay-Pradnya score impressive comeback upset win over 7th seed Dutch pair ... Next they faced Ashwini-Vladimir, who beat another Dutch pair in straight games ... Experienced Ashwini-Vladimir prove strong for Akshay-Pradnya, but Akshay-Pradnya managed to stretch them to three games ... Ashwini-Vladimir r facing top-seed British pair in the quarters.

Tanvi fails to create challenge against her Chinese opponent ... In the doubles Manu-Siki also fail to challenge Chinese pair in one-sided loss.

Pranaav-Akshay score excellent comeback win over Danish player after losing first game ... In the second game our pair needed to dig deep but they fought back and after winning the second game they dominated the final game .. Next they r facing seeded Chinese pair in the quarters.

Prannoy score tight two games win over similar ranked Hong Kong player Wong ... Both games were fought till end but Prannoy kept his nerve on important points ... Next he is facing Danish opponent Holst for place in the semis.

Surprising loss of Sai Praneeth against 125+ ranked Indonesian Italian player Chandra in three games ... After winning the first game Sai failed to keep pressure on Chandra, who take advantage of it winning next two games.

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At €2.9M BNP Paribas Masters, Paris, France

[R2] (7) Daniel Nestor (CAN)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) bt David Marrero (ESP)/ Fernando Verdasco (ESP) 64 60
[R2] Leander Paes (IND)/ Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) bt (6) Vasek Pospisil (CAN)/ Jack Sock (USA) 61 64

Lee-Stan score solid win over current Wimbledon champions Pospisil-Sock in straight sets ... Nestor-Bops join them in the quarters with solid win over Spanish pair.
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At $50K+H Reunion Island Challenger, Reunion Island

[R2] (7) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,226) l (WC) Gregoire Barrere (FRA,536) 46 76(4) 67(1)

Disappointing loss of RamK against Frenchman Barrere ... In the first set RamK take two time lead with a break but both time he failed to build on and then Barrere broke him 10th game for winning it ... In the second set also RamK broke Barrere and serving for the set at 5-4 but again Barrere broke back ... Still RamK managed to win it in tie-break ... In the final set RamK broke Barrere to lead 4-1 but this time also Barrere broke back ... RamK had two match points at 6-5 but he failed to convert it ... And then Barrere proved too strong for RamK in tie-break.

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At $120K Bitburger Badminton Open 2014 (GP Gold), Saarlandhalle, Germany

[R1] Sai Praneeth B. (IND,43) bt Matthias Almer (AUT,129) 21-15 21-14
[R1] (10) Sourabh Varma (IND,36) l Junwei Liao (CHN,214) 12-21 18-21
[R1] (7) H. S. Prannoy (IND,32) bt Nick Fransman (NED,105) 21-11 21-19
[R1] Anand Pawar (IND,46) l Petr Koukal (CZE,74) 23-25 21-13 18-21
[R1] Ajay Jayaram (IND,55) bt Patrick Kaemnitz (GER,367) 21-10 22-20

[R2] (15) Sai Praneeth B. (IND,43) bt Arnaud Genin (FRA,135) w/o
[R2] (7) H. S. Prannoy (IND,32) bt Ajay Jayaram (IND,55) 21-18 21-17
[R1] P. C. Thulasi (IND,41) l (2) Michelle Li (CAN,15) 21-14 10-21 15-21
[R1] Tanvi Lad (IND,59) bt Sannatasah Saniru (MAS,65) 21-13 19-21 23-21

[R1] Manu Attri (IND)/ Sumeeth Reddy B. (IND) l Andrei Adistia (INA)/ Hendra Aprida Gunawan (INA) 21-8 18-21 22-24
[R1] Pranaav Jerry Chopra (IND)/ Akshay Dewalkar (IND) bt Raphael Beck (GER)/ Andreas Heinz (GER) 21-12 21-18
[R1] Pradnya Gadre (IND)/ Siki Reddy N. (IND) l Yuanting Tang (CHN)/ Huang Yaqiong (CHN) 13-21 11-21

[R1] Manu Attri (IND)/ Siki Reddy N. (IND) vs Longfei Shi (CHN)/ Qianxin Zhong (CHN)
[R1] Akshay Dewalkar (IND)/ Pradnya Gadre (IND) vs (7) Jacco Arends (NED)/ Selena Piek (NED)
[R1] Vladimir Ivanov (RUS)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) vs Jelle Maas (NED)/ Iris Tabeling (NED)

[R3] (15) Sai Praneeth B. (IND,43) vs Indra Bagus Ade Chandra (ITA,122)
[R3] (7) H. S. Prannoy (IND,32) vs (9) Wing Ki Vincent Wong (HKG,34)
[R2] Tanvi Lad (IND,59) vs (4) Sun Yu (CHN,25)

[R2] Pranaav Jerry Chopra (IND)/ Akshay Dewalkar (IND) vs Frederik Colberg (DEN)/ Niclas Nohr (DEN)

Sai in third round without losing much sweat as he receive walkover in the second round ... I was hoping close match between Prannoy and Ajay but Prannoy win his match in straight games ... Before that in the first round disappointing losses of Sourabh and Anand against lower ranked opponents.

Thulasi and Tanvi had tricky matches though they defeated their opponents in previous meeting ... Thulasi win the first game but fail to keep momentum and lose next two games against Michelle Li ... Tanvi score tight win over her Malaysian opponent ... In the third game she save one match point before winning it ... Next Tanvi having tough match against top-25 Chinese opponent.

Manu-Sumeeth fail to win against their Indonesian pair after missing the chances ... In the third game Manu-Sumeeth were leading 19-16 and then had two match points which they failed to convert ... Pranaav-Akshay score straight games win over local pair.

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At $50K+H Reunion Island Challenger, Reunion Island

[R1] (7) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,226) bt (Q) Luca Margaroli (SUI,944) 75 63

[R2] (7) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,226) vs Gregoire Barrere (FRA,536)

Doubles
[R1] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND)/ Frederico Gil (POR) bt (WC) Filip Horansky (SVK)/ Stefan Merunka (CRO) 62 75
[R1] (4) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Enrique Lopez-Perez (ESP) bt (WC) Frantz Jessin (FRA)/ Valentin Poterlot (FRA) 61 61

RamK start with straight sets win over Swiss qualifier ... Next he is facing 530-odd ranked Frenchman.

In the doubles RamK and Jeevan with their respective partners score comfortable win against wild-card pairs.
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At $15K ITF Women's Tournament, Phuket, Thailand

[R1] (Q) Nidhi CHILUMULA (IND,593) l Katie BOULTER (GBR,427) 63 36 46
[R2] Natasha PALHA (IND,504) l (7) Alyona SOTNIKOVA (UKR,355) 26 16

Nidhi win the first set but lose next two sets ... Natasha fail to challenge her seeded Ukrainian opponent.

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At €2.9M BNP Paribas Masters, Paris, France

[R1] Leander Paes (IND)/ Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) bt Feliciano Lopez (ESP)/ Max Mirnyi (BLR) 61 26 10-7
[R1] (7) Daniel Nestor (CAN)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) bye

[R2] Leander Paes (IND)/ Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) vs (6) Vasek Pospisil (CAN)/ Jack Sock (USA)

Lee and Stan win their match so winning start for Lee with his 99th partner ... Next they r having tough match against in-form Pospisil-Sock.
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At $50K+H Reunion Island Challenger, Reunion Island

[R1] (7) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,226) vs (Q) Luca Margaroli (SUI,944)
[R1] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,318) l Karen Khachanov (RUS,351) 36 36

Jeevan face 18 yrs talented 6'6" Russian giant Khachanov ... Khachanov score comfortable win over Jeevan.

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At $6.5M BNP Paribas WTA FINALS 2014, Singapore

Doubles Final
(2) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) bt (2) Shuai Peng (CHN)/ Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE) 61 60

Cara Black and Sania Mirza needed just 59 minutes to defeat defending champions Hsieh Su-Wei and Peng Shuai, 6-1, 6-0, in the doubles final at the BNP Paribas WTA Finals Singapore ... This was the last tournament for Sania and Cara as partner, Cara is already declared she will sit out in 2015 season for giving more time to her family ... So this was fairytale ending for Sania-Cara partnership to lift year-end tournament title ... With this Sania become first Indian player to lift year-end title.

In their previous two matches Sania-Cara needed to save match points before winning these matches ... In the final they had different plan ... Peng-Hsieh won first game but afterwards it was one-way traffic ... Sania-Cara won next twelve games in a row for this dominating win breaking their opponents six times in the match.

Sania Mirza - "That's tennis, it gives you another chance. You've got to fight and this just proves it, and today we won the tournament. It's been an amazing ride, an amazing journey."

Cara Black - "We started off with a bang and now we're ending with a bang. We've had such an amazing year and had so much fun and built a great friendship, which is so special too. It's sad that this is our last tournament, but it's great to have these moments to share."
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At $50K+H Reunion Island Challenger, Reunion Island

[R1] (7) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,226) vs Qualifier
[R1] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,318) vs Karen Khachanov (RUS,351)

Doubles
[R1] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND)/ Frederico Gil (POR) vs (WC) Filip Horansky (SVK)/ Stefan Merunka (CRO)
[R1] (4) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Enrique Lopez-Perez (ESP) vs (WC) Frantz Jessin (FRA)/ Valentin Poterlot (FRA)

Only RamK and Jeevan r playing in this challenger and both having winnable first round matches.
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At $15K ITF Women's Tournament, Phuket, Thailand

[R1] (Q) Nidhi CHILUMULA (IND,593) vs Katie BOULTER (GBR,427)
[R2] (Q) Natasha PALHA (IND,504) vs (7) Alyona SOTNIKOVA (UKR,355)

Both having tough matches this week.

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At $900K Venetian Macau Open, Macau (Asian Tour)

1 Anirban Lahiri (IND) 61 73 67 66 -17
8 Shiv Kapur (IND) 73 67 67 67 -10
T15 Jyoti Randhawa (IND) 66 74 68 70 -6
T26 Jeev Milkha Singh (IND) 71 69 73 68 -3
T32 SSP Chowrasia (IND) 66 73 73 70 -2

Anirban Lahiri complete sensational win by a stroke when leader Australia's Scott Hend bogeyed the last hole ... This is his second title of the year ... Lahiri started this tournament with record breaking 10 under round but after 2 over round in the second round he was chasing leader ... On last day he scored 5 under and then Hend mistake gives him deserving title.

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At $6.5M BNP Paribas WTA FINALS 2014, Singapore

[SF] (3) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) bt Kveta Peschke (CZE)/ Katarina Srebotnik (SLO) 46 75 11-9

[F] (3) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) vs (2) Shuai Peng (CHN)/ Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE)

Sania-Cara save 3 match points From 6-9 in super tie-break, they won next five points for entering into the final ... Excellent comeback win by Sania-cara after losing the first set and now they will face 2nd seed Peng-Hsieh for the title.

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At $50K Men's Macau Open 2014 (International 50), Taipa, Macau

[QF] (3) Saurav Ghosal (IND,17) l (6) Mazen Hesham (EGY,39) 2-3 (11-5, 7-11, 11-7, 7-11, 11-13)

Disappointing loss for Saurav against Mazen Hesham ... This was winnable match but Saurav made mess of it ... He was leading 2-1 sets but then he lost focus ... He lost 4th set and then in 5th set Hesham won it in extra points.

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At $600K Yonex French Open 2014 (Superseries Premier), Paris, France

[QF] Kashyap Parupalli (IND,21) l (5) Zhengming Wang (CHN,7) 15-21 21-13 13-21
[QF] (5) Saina Nehwal (IND,7) l (2) Shixian Wang (CHN,2) 19-21 21-19 15-21

Our both players stretch their higher ranked Chinese opponent to three games but fail tp put more pressure in third game ... After losing the first game Kashyap fought back to win the second game convincingly but failed to keep that standard in the third ... Saina missed opportunity against Shixian ... In the first game Saina was leading 17-13 but she lost next 6 points in a row to give advantage to Shixian ... In the second game Shixian was leading 18-15 when Saina won next 5 points and take control of the game ... In the final game also Saina had healthy lead ... Shw was leading 15-10 but after that Saina lose 11 points in a row for losing this match.

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At $6.5M BNP Paribas WTA FINALS 2014, Singapore

[R1] (2) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) bt Abigail Sears (USA)/ Raquel Kops-Jones (USA) 63 26 12-10

[SF] (2) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) vs Květa Peschke (CZE)/ Katarina Srebotnik (SLO)

Winning start for Sania-Cara in their debut match in year-end WTA Finals ... After winning the first set Sania-Cara kost their focus and lost the second set cheaply ... In match tie-break also they had lead at one time they had 4 match points at 9-5 ... But somehow Sania-Cara failed to win a single point in next five points ... In that Sania served twice ... Sania-Cara saved a natch point at 9-10 before converting fifth match point ... In the semis they r facing Květa Peschke-Katarina Srebotnik as their WR #1 Italian opponents conceded match due to abdominal infection to Errani.
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At $50K+H Pune Challenger, India

Doubles Final
Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND) bt (1) Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA)/ Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA) 63 62

[SF] (SE) Saketh Myneni (IND,283) l (4) Yuichi Sugita (JPN,144) 67(6) 46

Saki's terrific run ended in the singles semis ... He must be feeling mental and physical fatigue after these 10 days and that reflected in his performance ... Saki take 3-0 lead and had 3 break points in 4th game but he missed all ... Yuichi caught with him at 3-all breaking Saki in 5th game ... Saki again broke Yuichi in 8th game to lead 5-3 but Saki failed to hold while serving for the set ... In tie-break Saki had set point at 6-5 but again he failed to convert it ... In the second set Saki broke Yuichi in 5th game to lead 3-2 but this time also failed to hold in next game, 3-all ... Yuichi again broke Saki in 10th game for completing victory.

Saki-Sanam lift doubles title with convincing win over Thai twins ... Saki-Sanam broke Ratiwatanas once in the first set and twice in the second set for winning match inside an hour.

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At $50K Women's Macau Open 2014 (Gold 50), Taipa, Macau

[R1] (14) Joshana Chinappa (IND,21) l (1) Nicol David (MAS,1) 0-3 (8-11, 10-12, 10-12)

Joshana shows fighting performance against WR #1 Nicol in her straight games loss ... The first game was close but in next two Joshana take Nicol to extra points but failed to win.
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At $50K Men's Macau Open 2014 (International 50), Taipa, Macau

[R1] (3) Saurav Ghosal (IND,17) bt (WC) Steven Liu (MAC,163) 3-0 (11-2, 11-3, 14-12)

[QF] (3) Saurav Ghosal (IND,17) vs (6) Mazen Hesham (EGY,39)

Saurav start with straight games win over local wild-card though in the third he was stretched to extra points ... Next he is facing 6th seed Egyptian Mazen Hesham.

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At $600K Yonex French Open 2014 (Superseries Premier), Paris, France

[R2] Srikanth K. (IND,16) l (6) Hans-Kristian Vittinghus (DEN,10) 20-22 14-21
[R2] Kashyap Parupalli (IND,21) bt Houwei Tian (CHN,9) 21-19 21-18
[R2] (5) Saina Nehwal (IND,6) bt Kirsty Gilmour (SCO,21) 21-19 21-16

[R2] Pranaav Jerry Chopra (IND)/ Akshay Dewalkar (IND) l (3) Andrei Adistia (INA)/ Hendra Aprida Gunawan (INA) 15-21 21-19 15-21
[R2] Ashwini Ponnappa (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) l (7) Xiaoli Wang (CHN)/ Yang (F) Yu (CHN) 6-21 8-21
[R2] (Q) Vladimir Ivanov (RUS)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) l (7) Lu Kai (CHN)/ Huang Yaqiong (CHN) 8-21 21-18 9-21

[QF] Kashyap Parupalli (IND,21) vs (5) Zhengming Wang (CHN,7)
[QF] (5) Saina Nehwal (IND,7) vs (2) Shixian Wang (CHN,2)

Saina score straight games victory over Scottish girl Kirsty Gilmour ... Next mostly she is again facing Shixian Wang.

Kashyap score another impressive win over top-10 Chinese player Houwei Tian in straight games ... In both games Kashyap didn't lose lead a single time and kept control through out the match ... Next he is facing another top-10 Chinese player Zhengming Wang ... Other hand Srikanth fail to challenge Vittinghus and lose in straight games after taking first game in extra points.

Vladimir-Ashwini loses in three games against Chinese pair ... Though they lose two games easily still they show spark in their performance with winning the second game ... In women's doubles Ashwini-Jwala blown away by Chinese pair.

Pranaav-Akshay give fighting performance against 3rd seed Indonesian pair ... After losing the first game they fought back to win the second but failed to keep momentum in the third game.

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At $50K+H Pune Challenger, India

[QF] (SE) Saketh Myneni (IND,283) bt (1) Alexander Nedovyesov (KAZ,113) 63 64
[QF] (7) Yuki Bhambri (IND,179) l (4) Yuichi Sugita (JPN,144) 36 46

[SF] (SE) Saketh Myneni (IND,283) vs (4) Yuichi Sugita (JPN,144)

Doubles
[SF] Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND) bt Toshihide Matsui (JPN)/ Yasutaka Uchiyama (JPN) 62 57 10-7

[F] Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND) vs (1) Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA)/ Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA)

Saki score dominating win over top-seed Alexander Nedovyesov in straight sets and with this win he also guaranteed his place in 2015 Australian open qualifying ... What more creditable is, this was Saki's second win over Alexander Nedovyesov in five days ... Saki is playing like top-100 and that is show in his performance ... Saki started confidently and take 4-1 lead with a break and then kept that advantage for winning first set ... In the second set Saki broke Nedo in 3rd game to lead 2-1 but Nedo imediately broke back for 2-all ... Saki take crucial break in 9th game to lead 5-4 and then hold for completing excellent win over Alexander Nedovyesov ... Next he is facing Yuichi Sugita, who beats Yuki convincingly.

Other hand Yuki is performing with lack of confidence and that reflected in today;s match against Yuichi ... In the first set Yuki struggled with his service game and Yuichi take full advantage with winning it ... In the second set Yuki started positively and was double break up at 4-1 but from here suddenly dip in Yuki's performance ... He lost next 5 games in a row and in that Yuichi broke him in 6th, 8th and 10th games for straights sets win.

Saki-Sanam enter the final in doubles beating Japanese pair in match tie-break ... After winning the first set convincingly they lost focus in the second ... But regained their composure in match tie-break for another final as pair ... In the final they r facing top-seed Thai Ratiwatana twins.

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At $50K Women's Macau Open 2014 (Gold 50), Taipa, Macau

[R1] Joshana Chinappa (IND,21) vs (1) Nicol David (MAS,1)

Tough match for Joshana against WR #1 Nicol.
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At $50K Men's Macau Open 2014 (International 50), Taipa, Macau

[R1] (3) Saurav Ghosal (IND,17) vs (WC) Steven Liu (MAC,163)

Saurav is facing local wild-card player ... Good chance to go deep in the draw.

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At $600K Yonex French Open 2014 (Superseries Premier), Paris, France

[R1] Sourabh Varma (IND,37) l Rajiv Ouseph (ENG,25) 10-21 11-21
[R1] H. S. Prannoy (IND,31) l Kento Momota (JPN,16) 11-21 21-15 20-22
[R1] Srikanth K. (IND,23) bt (Q) Dmytro Zavadsky (UKR,66) 21-10 21-14
[R1] Kashyap Parupalli (IND,28) bt (3) Kenichi Tago (JPN,4) 21-11 21-18
[R1] (8) P V Sindhu (IND,10) l Porntip Buranaprasertsuk (THA,13) 21-12 18-21 16-21
[R1] (5) Saina Nehwal (IND,7) bt Sashina Vignes Waran (FRA,36) 21-16 21-9

[R1] Manu Attri (IND)/ Sumeeth Reddy B. (IND) l (5) Xiaolong Liu (CHN)/ Zihan Qiu (CHN) 17-21 14-21
[R1] Pranaav Jerry Chopra (IND)/ Akshay Dewalkar (IND) bt Li Junhui (CHN)/ Liu Yuchen (CHN) 23-21 17-21 21-16
[R1] Ashwini Ponnappa (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) bt Eefje Muskens (NED)/ Selena Piek (NED) 18-21 21-16 21-14
[R1] (Q) Vladimir Ivanov (RUS)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) bt (Q) Keigo Sonoda (JPN)/ Shizuka Matsuo (JPN) 21-16 21-19

[R2] Srikanth K. (IND,23) vs (6) Hans-Kristian Vittinghus(DEN,10)
[R2] Kashyap Parupalli (IND,28) vs Houwei Tian (CHN,14)
[R2] (5) Saina Nehwal (IND,7) vs Kirsty Gilmour (SCO,19)

[R2] Pranaav Jerry Chopra (IND)/ Akshay Dewalkar (IND) vs (3) Andrei Adistia (INA)/ Hendra Aprida Gunawan (INA)
[R2] Ashwini Ponnappa (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) vs Eefje (7) Xiaoli Wang (CHN)/ Yang (F) Yu (CHN)
[R2] (Q) Vladimir Ivanov (RUS)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) vs (7) Lu Kai (CHN)/ Huang Yaqiong (CHN)

Kashyap score 2second win over top-5 player in a week time ... In French SuperSeries he beat Japanese WR #4 Kenichi Tago convincingly inside 34 minutes ... But next he is facing higher ranked Chinese opponent Houwei Tian .. Other hand easy expected win for Srikanth against qualifier ... Next he is facing top-10 Danish player.

Saina start with comfortable win over French girl in straight games .. Next she is facing Scottish girl Kirsty Gilmour ... But other hand Sindhu lose her match against similar ranked Thai Buranaprasertsuk ... After winning the first game Sindhu failed to keep momentum and Buranaprasertsuk take full advantage with winning next two.

Prannoy lose in three games against higher ranked Momota ... After losing the first game Prannoy fought back to win the second ... In the decider he saved 3 match points but Momota converted 4th one ... Sourabh fail to create much opposition against Rajiv.

Ashwini-Vladimir took advantage of weak draw for entering into the second round ... In the second round they r facing 7th ranked Chinese pair ... In women's doubles also Ashwini start with win partnering Jwala ... They scored comeback win over Dutch pair after losing first game ... They will also face 7th seed Chinese pair.

Pranaav-Akshay score impressive win over top-25 Chinese pair ... Pranaav-Akshay won the first game in extra points but Chinese pair fought back to win next game ... Pranaav-Akshay kept their nerve to win the final game ... Next they r facing 3rd seed Indonesian pair.

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At €1.46M Swiss Indoor, Basel, Switzerland

[R1] (3) Daniel Nestor (CAN)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) l Marin Draganja (RO)/ Henri Kontinen (FIN) 36 67(4)

[QF] Leander Paes (IND)/ Marcin Matkowski (POL) l (2) Vasek Pospisil (CAN)/ Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) 76(8) 57 4-10

Lee-Marcin loses in match tie-break against Zimo-Pospisil ... Lee-Marcin won the first set in tight tie-break but Zimo-Pospisil fought back to win the second set and then dominated match tie-break.

Rohan-Daniel get upset by Draganja-Kontinen in straight sets.
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At $50K+H Pune Challenger, India

[R2] (SE) Saketh Myneni (IND,283) bt (5) Hiroki Moriya (JPN,154) 61 62
[R2] (7) Yuki Bhambri (IND,179) bt Germain Gigounon (BEL,284) 75 64
[R2] (WC) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,619) l (8) Kimmer Coppejans (BEL,199) 26 63 36
[R2] (3) Somdev Devvarman (IND,139) l Adam Pavlasek (CZE,258) 36 67(3)
[R1] Sanam Singh (IND,365) l (6) Adrian Menendez-Maceiras (ESP,155) 16 26
[R1] (Q) N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,674) l (2) Alexander Kudryavtsev (RUS,125) 06 67(5)

[QF] (SE) Saketh Myneni (IND,283) vs (1) Alexander Nedovyesov (KAZ,113)
[QF] (7) Yuki Bhambri (IND,179) vs (4) Yuichi Sugita (JPN,144)

Doubles
[QF] (WC) Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) l (1) Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA)/ Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA) 67(4) 36
[QF] Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND) bt (2) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) 76(2) 62

[SF] Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND) vs Toshihide Matsui (JPN)/ Yasutaka Uchiyama (JPN)

Yuki need to dig deep against Germain Gigounon for his tight win in two sets ... In this match Yuki struggled with his first serve but still he battled out ... Next he is facing another Japanese #144 ranked Yuichi Sugita.

Saki continue with his terrific form and he beats 150+ ranked Japanese Moriya comfortably ... Saki lose only three games into the match before disposing Moriya ... Next he is facing top-seed Alexander Nedovyesov, their repeat match of last week's final.

Buji's bad form continues and he again lose against lower ranked opponent in the second round ... Buji failed to put pressure on Pavlasek's serve in this match ... After losing first set 0-6 Vijay Sundar recovered but lose the second set in tie-break.

In the doubles Buji-Vijay Sundar lose against Ratiwatanas in straights sets ... Sanam-Saki score upset win over 2nd seed Divij-Yuki ... After winning first set in tie-break Sanam-Saki dominated the second set ... In the semis they r facing Japanese pair.
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At $15K ITF Women's Tournament, Phuket, Thailand

[R2] (Q) Natasha PALHA (IND,492) l Yuuki TANAKA (JPN,450) 36 64 26

Natasha fail to keep momentum and lose Tanaka in three sets.

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At €1.46M Swiss Indoor, Basel, Switzerland

[R1] Leander Paes (IND)/ Marcin Matkowski (POL) bt Jamie Murray (GBR)/ John Peers (AUS) 57 75 10-5

[QF] Leander Paes (IND)/ Marcin Matkowski (POL) vs (2) Vasek Pospisil (CAN)/ Nenad Zimonjic (SRB)

Lee-Marcin score impressive comeback win over young talented pair Murray-Peers in match tie-break ... Next they r facing 2nd seed Zimo-Pospisil.
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At $6.5M BNP Paribas WTA FINALS 2014, Singapore

[R1] (2) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) vs Abigail Sears (USA)/ Raquel Kops-Jones (USA)

Sania-Cara facing American pair in this knock-out year-end tournament which having top 8 pairs of 2014 season.
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At $50K+H Pune Challenger, India

[R1] (SE) Saketh Myneni (IND,283) bt Fabrice Martin (FRA,299) 62 62
[R1] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,226) l (4) Yuichi Sugita (JPN,146) 57 67(4)
[R1] (7) Yuki Bhambri (IND,179) bt Liang-Chi Huang (TPE,300) 63 60
[R1] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,318) l Adam Pavlasek (CZE,242) 46 16
[R1] (3) Somdev Devvarman (IND,139) bt (WC) Arjun Kadhe (IND,1418) 61 63
[R1] N.Sriram Balaji (IND,338) l (6) Adrian Menendez-Maceiras (ESP,162) 46 46
[R1] Sanam Singh (IND,365) bt Stefano Travaglia (ITA,215) 5-2 retd.
[R1] (Q) N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,674) bt (WC) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,904) 76(6) 36 61
[R1] (WC) Sidharth Rawat (IND,1189) l (2) Alexander Kudryavtsev (RUS,129) 64 36 26
[R1] (Q) Purav Raja (IND,1386) l (8) Kimmar Coppejans (BEL,199) 46 57

[R2] (SE) Saketh Myneni (IND,283) vs (5) Hiroki Moriya (JPN,154)
[R2] (7) Yuki Bhambri (IND,179) vs Germain Gigounon (BEL,284)
[R2] (WC) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,619) vs (8) Kimmer Coppejans (BEL,199)
[R2] (3) Somdev Devvarman (IND,139) vs Adam Pavlasek (CZE, 258)
[R1] Sanam Singh (IND,365) vs (6) Adrian Menendez-Maceiras (ESP,155)
[R1] (Q) N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,674) vs (2) Alexander Kudryavtsev (RUS,125)

Doubles
[R1] (WC) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND)/ Arjun Kadhe (IND) l Germain Gigounon (BEL)/ Fabrice Martin (FRA) 76(4) 57 7-10
[R1] (3) Purav Raja (IND)/ Ruben Gonzales (PHI) l Toshihide Matsui (JPN)/ Yasutaka Uchiyama (JPN) 64 67 9-11
[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND) bt Riccardo Ghedin (ITA)/ Yannik Reuter (BEL) 61 60
[R1] (2) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) bt Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) 67(6) 76(4) 10-7

[QF] (2) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND)

Saki continues with his terrific form and score convincing win over Fabrice Martin ... Yuki and Buji also score comfortable wins ... Sanam was leading 5-2 when his top-220 Italian opponent retired from the match ... Vishnu Sundar need to fight hard against young Sasi for scripting win ... RamK lose close match against top-150 Sugita .. Sidharth also started well winning first set against 2nd seed Kudryavtsev before losing next two sets ... Purav gave fighting performance against top-200 Coppejans,

In the doubles Vishu-Jeevan stretch Yuki-Divij to fullest ... Yuki-Divij r facing Sanam-Saki in the quarters.

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At $600K Yonex French Open 2014 (Superseries Premier), Paris, France

[Q1] (4) Vladimir Ivanov (RUS)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) bt Vincent Espen (FRA)/ Manon Krieger (FRA) 21-9 21-7
[Q2] (4) Vladimir Ivanov (RUS)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) bt Robin Tabeling (NED)/ Iris Tabeling (NED) w/o

[R1] Sourabh Varma (IND,37) vs Rajiv Ouseph (ENG,25)
[R1] H. S. Prannoy (IND,31) vs Kento Momota (JPN,16)
[R1] Srikanth K. (IND,23) vs (Q) Dmytro Zavadsky (UKR,66)
[R1] Kashyap Parupalli (IND,28) vs (3) Kenichi Tago (JPN,4)
[R1] (8) P V Sindhu (IND,10) vs Porntip Buranaprasertsuk (THA,13)
[R1] (5) Saina Nehwal (IND,7) vs Sashina Vignes Waran (FRA,36)

[R1] Manu Attri (IND)/ Sumeeth Reddy B. (IND) vs (5) Xiaolong Liu (CHN)/ Zihan Qiu (CHN)
[R1] Pranaav Jerry Chopra (IND)/ Akshay Dewalkar (IND) vs Li Junhui (CHN)/ Liu Yuchen (CHN)
[R1] Ashwini Ponnappa (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) vs Eefje Muskens (NED)/ Selena Piek (NED)
[R1] (Q) Vladimir Ivanov (RUS)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) vs (Q) Keigo Sonoda (JPN)/ Shizuka Matsuo (JPN)

Kashyap and Prannoy having tough matches against Japanese opponents ... Ashwini again qualify for MXD main-draw with Vladimir Ivanov.

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At $50K+H Pune Challenger, India

[R1] (WC) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,619) bt Yannik Reuter (BEL,292) 76(5) 67(7) 63
[R1] (Q) N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,674) vs (WC) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,904)
[R1] (Q) Purav Raja (IND,1386) vs (8) Kimmar Coppejans (BEL,199)

Doubles
[R1] (WC) Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) bt N.Sriram BALAJI (IND)/ Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND) 62 63

[QF] (WC) Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) vs (1) Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA)/ Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA)

Vishnu score hard fought win over Yannik Reuter in three sets ... After winning the first set in tie-break Vishnu missed couple of match points in the second set but he recovered to win the third set ... In this match we experienced old Vishnu's game who hit 25 aces ... Vijay Sundar and Purav qualify for main-draw with convincing win ... Vijay Sundar is facing Sasi and Purav is facing 8th seed Coppejans.

In the doubles Buji is partnering Vijay Sundar and they started with win over Bala and Ranjeet in straight sets
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At $15K ITF Women's Tournament, Phuket, Thailand

[R1] (Q) Natasha PALHA (IND,492) bt (7) Jia-Jing LU (CHN,318) 61 67(1) 61
[R1] (Q) Nidhi CHILUMULA (IND,596) l Petra UBERALOVA (SVK,367) 16 62 46

[R2] (Q) Natasha PALHA (IND,492) vs Yuuki TANAKA (JPN,450)

Natasha score huge upset win over top-325 Chinese opponent in three sets ... After winning the first set comfortably Natasha lose the second set in tie-break but she immediately responded with winning the final set losing only a game ... Next she is facing almost similar ranked Japanese opponent ... Other hand Nidhi miss opportunity of upsetting Petra ... In the final set Nidhi was 4-2 up before losing four games in a row.

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At €1.46M Swiss Indoor, Basel, Switzerland

[R1] Leander Paes (IND)/ Marcin Matkowski (POL) vs Jamie Murray (GBR)/ John Peers (AUS)
[R1] (3) Daniel Nestor (CAN)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) vs Marin Draganja (RO)/ Henri Kontinen (FIN)

Lee is playing with Marcin and Rohan is partnering his next season's partner Daniel Nestor.
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At $50K Indore Challenger, India

Singles Final
Saketh Myneni (IND,453) bt (1) Alexander Nedovyesov (KAZ,118) 63 67(4) 63

On his birthday Saketh lifts his first challenger title beating top-seed and WR #118 Alexander Nedovyesov ... In the first set Saki broke Nedovyesov in 6th game to lead 4-2 ... He kept that lead for winning the first set ... In the second set both players failed to break each other's service games and Nedovyesov won tie-break due to two double faults from Saki for taking match into the decider ... In the third set Saki broke Nedovyesov in fourth game and kept that advantage till end ... While serving for match 5-3 Saki was nervous as he missed four match points before converting fifth one ... This title will push his ranking back inside top-300.
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At $50K+H Pune Challenger, India

[R1] (SE) Saketh Myneni (IND,451) vs Fabrice Martin (FRA,299)
[R1] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,260) vs (4) Yuichi Sugita (JPN,146)
[R1] (7) Yuki Bhambri (IND,183) vs Liang-Chi Huang (TPE,300)
[R1] (WC) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,624) vs Yannik Reuter (BEL,292)
[R1] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,328) vs Adam Pavlasek (CZE,242)
[R1] (3) Somdev Devvarman (IND,143) vs (WC) Arjun Kadhe (IND,1418)
[R1] N.Sriram Balaji (IND,327) vs (6) Adrian Menendez-Maceiras (ESP,162)
[R1] Sanam Singh (IND,392) vs Stefano Travaglia (ITA,215)
[R1] (WC) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,907) vs Qualifier
[R1] (WC) Sidharth Rawat (IND,1190) vs (2) Alexander Kudryavtsev (RUS,129)

Doubles
[R1] N.Sriram BALAJI (IND)/ Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND) vs (WC) Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND)
[R1] (WC) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND)/ Arjun Kadhe (IND) vs Germain Gigounon (BEL)/ Fabrice Martin (FRA)
[R1] (3) Purav Raja (IND)/ Ruben Gonzales (PHI) vs Toshihide Matsui (JPN)/ Yasutaka Uchiyama (JPN)
[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND) vs Riccardo Ghedin (ITA)/ Yannik Reuter (BEL)
[R1] (2) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND)

This week our players having little tough matches ... Interesting to see Saki and RamK's performance this week after their excellent performance at Indore .. Alos hoping improvement from Somi and Yuki in their this week's performance.

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At $600K Yonex Denmark Open 2014 (Superseries Premier), Odense

[SF] Kashyap Parupalli (IND,28) l (2) Long Chen (CHN,2) 16-21 15-21

Kashyap fail to raise his game against Chen and lose in straight games ... In the first game he was neck to neck till 16-17and Iin the second game Chen take control from 9-all ... Still encouraging performance by Kashyap.

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At $50K Indore Challenger, India

[SF] Saketh Myneni (IND,453) bt Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,262) 62 62

[F] Saketh Myneni (IND,453) vs (1) Alexander Nedovyesov (KAZ,118)

Doubles Final
(2) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) l Adrian Menendez-Maceiras (ESP)/ Aleksandr Nedovyesov (KAZ) 62 46 3-10

Saki and RamK turn into anticlimax as Saki score very dominating win over RamK for his first challenger final ... RamK must be tired after playing marathon match yesterday against Ti Chen and Saki take full advantage of it for beating him convincingly in 57 minutes ... In the final he is facing top-seed Alexander Nedovyesov.

Divij-Yuki fail to keep momentum after winning the first set easily ... They lost next two sets cheaply ... So Nedovyesov having chance of winning double crown.

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At $600K Yonex Denmark Open 2014 (Superseries Premier), Odense

[QF] Srikanth K. (IND,23) l (7) Wan Ho Son (KOR,7) 21-23 17-21
[QF] Kashyap Parupalli (IND,28) bt (3) Jan O Jorgensen (DEN,4) 21-19 21-15
[QF] P V Sindhu (IND,10) l (4) Ji Hyun Sung (KOR,4) 23-25 20-22
[QF] (7) Saina Nehwal (IND,7) l (2) Shixian Wang (CHN,2) 20-22, 15-21

[SF] Kashyap Parupalli (IND,87) vs (2) Long Chen (CHN,2)

Srikanth failed to convert 5 game points from 15-20 in the first game and after losing the first game he struggled adjusting Son's game ... Saina also loose her match against Shixian after losing first game in extra points ... Sindhu loses her both games in extra points ... In both games she had lead which she failed to hold ... And then chances also fail to convert at end of each game.

But in the night matches Kashyap score impressive upset win over local favorite and top-5 player Jan O Jorgensen in straight games ... After winning close first game Kashyap dominated the second for comfortable win over Jan ... In the semi-final he is facing WR #2 Chinese Long Chen.

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At $50K Indore Challenger, India

[QF] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,262) bt Ti Chen (TPE,236) 67(6) 76(2) 75
[QF] Saketh Myneni (IND,453) bt Sanam Singh (IND,393) 76(5) 63

Doubles
[QF] Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) bt Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND) 63 76(4)

[SF] Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) l Adrian Menendez-Maceiras (ESP)/ Aleksandr Nedovyesov (KAZ) 16 36

RamK score huge win of his career upsetting experienced Ti Chen in 3 hours and 16 minutes match ... This is his first challenger level semi-final and he is facing Saketh, who is also playing his first challenger level semi-final, for place in the final ... In this match also RamK's bigger serve helped him as he served 15 aces ... In the first set both players exchanged early breaks (total 4) but after that both players hold their respective service games to take this set into tie-break ... Ti Chen won this close tie-break ... in the second set also both players hold their respective service games with ease ... This time in tie-break RamK won 6 points in a row to take 6-0 lead and then converted 3rd set point ... In decider Ti Chen broke RamK in 6th game to lead 4-2 but in next game RamK broke back to brought this set on the serve, 3-4 ... RamK take crucial break in 11th game to lead 6-5 and then hold for fighting win.

Before that Saketh score straight sets win over Sanam ... In this match also Saketh's big serve proved crucial as he hit 12 aces ... First set went to tie-break which Saketh won it ... In the second set match's only break went in favor of Saketh for straight sets win.

In the doubles Buji-Jeevan complete straight sets win after winning the second set in tie-break against Saketh-Sanam .. But they fail to continue same form in the semis and lose easily against Nedovyesov and Menendez-Maceiras.

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At $600K Yonex Denmark Open 2014 (Superseries Premier), Odense

[R1] Srikanth K. (IND,23) bt Jen Hao Hsu (TPE,30) 21-15 21-12
[R1] Kashyap Parupalli (IND,27) bt Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka (INA,26) 21-17 17-21 22-20
[R1] P V Sindhu (IND,10) bt Ksenia Polikarpova (RUS,60) 21-17 21-19
[R1] (7) Saina Nehwal (IND,7) bt Minatsu Mitani (JPN,11) 21-12 21-10

[QF] Srikanth K. (IND,23) vs (7) Wan Ho Son (KOR,7)
[QF] Kashyap Parupalli (IND,87) vs (3) Jan O Jorgensen (DEN,4)
[QF] P V Sindhu (IND,10) vs (4) Ji Hyun Sung (KOR,4)
[QF] (7) Saina Nehwal (IND,7) vs (2) Shixian Wang (CHN,2)

Our all four players score impressive wins for entering into this big SuperSeries tournament ... Most impressive win was from Saina, who defeated WR #11 Mitani losing only 22 points in this match ... Srikanth and Sindhu also scored dominating win over their lower ranked opponents ... Kashyap had tough match against Indonesian Rumbaka ... After winning the first game he lost the second ... In the decider whenever Kashyap take lead Rumbaka managed to catch him ... Rumbaka had match point at 20-19 but Kashyap won 3 points in a row for impressive win ... Next our all players having expected tough matches.

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At $50K Indore Challenger, India

[R2] (3) Somdev Devvarman (IND,142) l Liang-Chi Huang (TPE,300) 76(4) 46 46
[R2] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,262) bt (6) Yuki Bhambri (IND,184) 76(4) 63

[QF] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,262) vs Ti Chen (TPE,236)

Doubles
[QF] Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) vs Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND) 63 postponed
[QF] (2) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) bt Hiroki Moriya (JPN)/ Yasutaka Uchiyama (JPN) 76(4) 62

[SF] (2) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) bt (WC) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) w/o

RamK score upset win over Yuki showing he is improving to challenge Yuki and Buji for India's #1 singles player ... In the first set both players hold respective service games till tie-break but in tie-break Ramk played aggressively for winning it ... In the second set Yuki broke RamK in 3rd game to lead 3-1 but after that RamK won next five games ... In that he broke Yuki in 6th and 8th games, while serving for the match Ramk saved break point before completing straight sets victory ... With this win RamK enter into his first challenger level quarter-final ... Next he is facing experienced Ti Chen.

Buji struggled to break Liang-Chi's serve in first 2 sets ... Buji managed to win first set in tie-break but lost the second when Liang-Chi broke him in this set ... Buji failed to raise his game into decider and lose this set on similar score ... This is really poor loss for Buji against 300 ranked Taipei player.

Yuki-Divij beat Japanese pair in straight set for entering into the semis ... In the semi-final they receive walkover as Vishnu's right knee injury.

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At $600K Yonex Denmark Open 2014 (Superseries Premier), Odense

[R1] Srikanth K. (IND,23) bt Xue Song (CHN,59) 21-15 17-21 21-18
[R1] Kashyap Parupalli (IND,27) bt Rajiv Ouseph (ENG,29) 21-15 21-18
[R1] P V Sindhu (IND,10) bt Pui Yin Yip (HKG,22) 21-13 22-20
[R1] (7) Saina Nehwal (IND,7) bt Karin Schnaase (GER,31) 12-21 21-10 21-12

[R1] Ashwini Ponnappa (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) l Eefje Muskens (NED)/ Selena Piek (NED) 17-21 15-21
[R1] (Q) Vladimir Ivanov (RUS)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) l Yun Lung Chan (HKG)/ Ying Suet Tse (HKG) 18-21 18-21

[R2] Kashyap Parupalli (IND,27) vs Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka (INA,26)

Kashyap and Sindhu score comfortable wins in the first round ... Saina surprisingly stretch to three games by German Karin .. Saina started slowly against Karin, she take full advantage of Saina's error-prone game for winning first game ... But Saina recovered and won next two games comfortably for moving in next round ... Srikanth score fighting win against Chinese Xue Song ... This was tricky match as in their last meeting Srikanth lost against him ... Srikanth won the first game but Xue ofught back to win the second ... In the final game Srikanth and Xue were neck to neck till 8-all ... Xue won next 3 point for taking 11-8 lead but again Srikanth caught with him at 11-all ... Xue again take 15-12 lead but Srikanth won next 4 points for taking 16-15 lead ... Again Xue take 18-16 lead but Srikanth kept his cool and won next 5 points for fighting win in 71 minutes.

Ashwini-Ivanov fail to continue with their good run and lose their match against Hong Kong pair in close two games ... Ashwini losses her women's doubles match with Jwala against Dutch pair.

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At $50K Indore Challenger, India

[R2] Saketh Myneni (IND,453) bt (7) Kimmar Coppejans (BEL,193) 16 63 76(4)
[R2] Sanam Singh (IND,393) bt (Q) N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,760) 46 76(5) 63

[QF] Sanam Singh (IND,393) vs Saketh Myneni (IND,453)

Doubles
[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) bt (1) Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA)/ Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA) 46 64 10-7
[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND) bt (WC) Bhavesh Gaur (IND)/ Aaditya Tewari (IND) 63 63

[QF] (WC) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt (3) Purav Raja (IND)/ Ruben Gonzales (PHI) 64 36 10-8
[QF] Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) vs Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND)

Saki score huge comeback win over talented top-200 Coppejans ... In the first set Coppejans outperformed Saki for winning it comfortably ... Saki recovered and raised his game for winning the second set ... In the final set Saki broke in 1st game but Coppejans immediately broke for 1-all ... Then Coppejans take another break and was leading 5-2 ... From here Saki made amazing comeback ... He broke Coppejans when he was serving for the match at 3-5 and then saved couple of match points on his own service game in 10th game for 5-all ... In tie-break Coppejans take early mini-break but Saki responded immediately to take mini-break back ... After that Saki take mini-break and kept that lead for winning this match ... Next he is facing his friend and doubles partner Sanam ... Sanam surprisingly struggled against VSP ... Vijay Sundar won the first set but after that Sanam dig deep for winning the second set in tie-break and kept that momentum for winning the final set.

Buji-Jeevan score huge upset comeback win over top-seed and veteran Ratiwatana brothers ... After losing the first aset Buj0-Jeevan made strong comeback to won the second and kept that momentum for winning match tie-break ... Next they r facing Sanam-Saketh, who score comfortable win ... In quarter-final RamK and Vishnu score upset win over 3rd seed Purav-Ruben in match tie-break.
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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament, Bangkok, Thailand

[R1] Ankita RAINA (IND,309) l (1) Misa EGUCHI (JPN,127) 36 36

Ankita fail to create much challenge to Eguchi but decent performance in the loss.

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At $600K Yonex Denmark Open 2014 (Superseries Premier), Odense

[Q1] Vladimir Ivanov (RUS)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) bt Jeppe Ludvigsen (DEN)/ Mai Surrow (DEN) 21-18 retd.
[Q2] Vladimir Ivanov (RUS)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) bt Mathias Christiansen (DEN)/ Lena Grebak (DEN) 21-13 21-17

[R1] Srikanth K. (IND,23) vs Xue Song (CHN,59)
[R1] Kashyap Parupalli (IND,27) vs Rajiv Ouseph (ENG,29)
[R1] P V Sindhu (IND,10) vs Pui Yin Yip (HKG,22)
[R1] (7) Saina Nehwal (IND,7) vs Karin Schnaase (GER,31)

[R1] Ashwini Ponnappa (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) vs Eefje Muskens (NED)/ Selena Piek (NED)
[R1] (Q) Vladimir Ivanov (RUS)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) vs Yun Lung Chan (HKG)/ Ying Suet Tse (HKG)

Ashwini playing with her Russian partner Ivanov qualify for main-draw beating two Danish pairs ... In main-draw they r facing Hong Kong pair ... In the singles Srikanth having tough match against lower ranked Chinese Xue Song, against whom Srikanth lost in their last meeting at Indian open ... Other three having winnable matches.

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At $50K Indore Challenger, India

[R1] (WC) Sidharth Rawat (IND,1201) l (Q) Riccardo Ghedin (ITA,699) 36 46
[R1] (3) Somdev Devvarman (IND,142) bt (WC) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,630) 61 63
[R1] (WC) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,915) l Adam Pavlasek (CZE,242) 46 16
[R1] N.Sriram BALAJI (IND,326) l (8) Stefano Travaglia (ITA,215) 46 64 67(7)
[R1] (6) Yuki Bhambri (IND,184) bt (WC) Ronit Singh Bisht (IND,1108) 64 60
[R1] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,262) bt Gianluigi Quinzi (ITA,360) 61 64
[R1] (Q) Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND,945) l Ti Chen (TPE,236) 26 16
[R1] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,325) l (7) Kimmar Coppejans (BEL,193) 57 26
[R1] (Q) N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,760) bt Karunuday Singh (IND,525) 64 62

[R2] (3) Somdev Devvarman (IND,142) vs Liang-Chi Huang (TPE,)
[R2] (6) Yuki Bhambri (IND,184) vs Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,262)
[R2] Saketh Myneni (IND,453) vs (7) Kimmar Coppejans (BEL,193)
[R2] Sanam Singh (IND,393) vs (Q) N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,760)

Doubles
[R1] (3) Purav Raja (IND)/ Ruben Gonzales (PHI) bt Alexander Kudryavtsev (RUS)/ Gianluigi Quinzi (ITA) 1-1 retd.

[QF] (3) Purav Raja (IND)/ Ruben Gonzales (PHI) vs (WC) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND)

Expected comfortable wins for Yuki and Buji against Ronit and Vishnu respectively ... Vijay Sundar beat rusty Karunuday in straight sets ... RamK score his first win of challenger beating Italian Quinzi comfortably ... Other hand Bala miss opportunity of scoring upset against 8th seed Italian ... Next Yuki is facing RamK, Sanam is facing Vijay Sundar, Saki is facing 7th seed talented Coppejans and Buji is facing Taipei player Liang-Chi Huang.
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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament, Bangkok, Thailand

[R1] Ankita RAINA (IND,309) vs (1) Misa EGUCHI (JPN,127)

Doubles
[R1] Ankita RAINA (IND)/ Irina RAMIALISON (FRA) l Varatchaya WONGTEANCHAI (THA)/ Varunya WONGTEANCHAI (THA) 67(10) 63 5-10

Ankita is facing top-130 Japanese Misa Eguchi in the second round ... In the doubles Ankita and her French partner Irina lose against Wongteanchai sisters in close match.

Tennis News

At $50K Indore Challenger, India

[R1] (Q) Lakshit Sood (IND,2046) l (1) Aleksandr Nedovyesov (KAZ,121) 36 26
[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND,453) bt Danai Udomchoke (THA,290) 60 62
[R1] Sanam Singh (IND,393) bt (2) Alexander Kudryavtsev (RUS,129) 75 63

Doubles
[R1] (WC) Vinayak Sharma Kaza (IND)/ Vignesh Peranamallur (IND) l Hsin-Han Lee (TPE)/ Danai Udomchoke (THA) 63 16 6-10
[R1] (WC) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt N.Sriram BALAJI (IND)/ Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND) 63 61
[R1] (2) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) bt Riccardo Ghedin (ITA)/ Stefano Travaglia (ITA) 64 64

[QF] (2) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs Hiroki Moriya (JPN)/ Yasutaka Uchiyama (JPN)

What a dominating win by Saketh over top-300 Udomchoke ... He won the first set inside 20 minutes and kep that form to win the second set comfortably ... Lakshit play decent match against top-seed Nedovyesov in his loss ... Sanam score huge upset win over 2nd seed and top-130 Russian Alexander Kudryavtsev in straight sets ... Surprisingly in this match Sanam didn't face a single break point in his serve and after winning the first set he kept upper-hand with early break in second set to lead 4-1 and in end that was enough for winning the match.

Yuki-Divij start with straight sets win over Italian pair in the doubles ... Vishu and Ramk score dominating upset win over Ranjeet and Bala.
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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament, Bangkok, Thailand

[R1] Ankita RAINA (IND,309) bt Viktoriya TOMOVA (BUL,306) 36 64 63

Impressive comeback win by Ankita over similar ranked Bulgarian opponent Tomova in the first round.

Squash News

At $115K Men's US Open 2014 (World Series Gold), Philadelphia

[R1] (8) Saurav Ghosal (IND,17) l Fares Dessouki (EGY,30) 2-3 (8-11, 11-4, 11-5, 10-12, 7-11)

Egyptian Dessouki score upset win over Saurav in this Gold tournament ... Dessouki won the first set but after that Saurav made a comeback and won next two sets ... But again from fourth Saurav struggled with his game and Dessouki won that in extra points ... Dessouki kept momentum for wining the fifth for upset win.

Badminton News

At $50K Yonex Dutch Open 2014 (GP Tournament), Almere, The Netherlands

[R1] (13) Ajay Jayaram (IND,66) bt Erik Meijs (NED,91) 3-1 (11-10 11-7 9-11 11-1)
[R1] (15) Arvind Bhat (IND,76) bt Kieran Merrilees (SCO,97) 3-0 (11-7 11-9 11-8)

[R2] (13) Ajay Jayaram (IND,66) bt Eetu Heino (FIN,86) 3-0 (11-4 11-9 11-6)
[R2] (15) Arvind Bhat (IND,) l Yan Kit Chan (HKG,89) 1-3 (6-11, 6-11, 11-5, 3-11)

[R3] (13) Ajay Jayaram (IND,66) bt Chun Hei Tam (HKG,78) 3-0 (11-5 11-6 11-4)

[QF] (13) Ajay Jayaram (IND,66) bt (3) Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka (INA,26) 3-2 (9-11 9-11 11-6 11-7 11-5)

[SF] (13) Ajay Jayaram (IND,66) bt (1) Rajiv Ouseph (ENG,29) 3-0 (11-8 11-7 11-5)

Final
(13) Ajay Jayaram (IND,66) bt Ihsan Maulana Mustofa (INA,290) 3-2 (10-11 11-6 11-7 1-11 11-9)

Ajay Jayaram lifts Dutch GP title beating talented Indonesian Ihsan Maulana Mustofa in closely fought match ... This was firs tournament which played under new 11 points rule with best of 5 games ... In the quarter-final Ajay defeated top-25 Indonesian player Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka in comeback win ... After losing first 2 games Ajay fought back to win last three games ... In the final also after losing first game Ajay won next two games ... Ihsan take advantage of Ajay'e error-prone game to won the fourth but Ajay recovered in the decider to win this title.

Tennis News

At $50K Indore Challenger, India

[Q2] Jatin Dahiya (IND,1510) l (1) Riccardo Ghedin (ITA,699) 06 26
[Q2] (2) N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,760) bt (5) Vinayak Sharma Kaza (IND,992) 64 63
[Q2] Lakshit Sood (IND,2046) bt (6) Akash Wagh (IND,1083) 62 63
[Q2] (4) Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND,945) bt (7) Chandril Sood (IND,1350) 75 63

[R1] (Q) Lakshit Sood (IND,2046) vs (1) Aleksandr Nedovyesov (KAZ,121)
[R1] (WC) Sidharth Rawat (IND,1201) vs (Q) Riccardo Ghedin (ITA,699)
[R1] (3) Somdev Devvarman (IND,142) vs (WC) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,630)
[R1] (WC) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,915) vs Adam Pavlasek (CZE,242)
[R1] N.Sriram BALAJI (IND,326) vs (8) Stefano Travaglia (ITA,215)
[R1] (6) Yuki Bhambri (IND,184) vs (WC) Ronit Singh Bisht (IND,1108)
[R1] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,262) vs Gianluigi Quinzi (ITA,360)
[R1] (Q) Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND,945) vs Ti Chen (TPE,236)
[R1] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,325) vs (7) Kimmar Coppejans (BEL,193)
[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND,453) vs Danai Udomchoke (THA,290)
[R1] Karunuday Singh (IND,525) vs (Q) N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,760)
[R1] Sanam Singh (IND,393) vs (2) Alexander Kudryavtsev (RUS,129)

Doubles
[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) vs (1) Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA)/ Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA)
[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND) vs Bhavesh Gaur (IND)/ Aaditya Tewari (IND)
[R1] (WC) Vinayak Sharma Kaza (IND)/ Vignesh Peranamallur (IND) vs Hsin-Han Lee (TPE)/ Danai Udomchoke (THA)
[R1] N.Sriram BALAJI (IND)/ Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND) vs (WC) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND)
[R1] (3) Purav Raja (IND)/ Ruben Gonzales (PHI) vs Alexander Kudryavtsev (RUS)/ Gianluigi Quinzi (ITA)
[R1] (2) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs Riccardo Ghedin (ITA)/ Stefano Travaglia (ITA)

Lakshit Sood shows his win against Ikramov wasn't fluke and he beat Akash comfortably to qualify for main-draw ... But he is having toughest draw as he faces top-seed Aleksandr Nedovyesov ... Buji in top draw and facing Vishnu in the first round ... Yuki in bottom draw and facing Ronit ... Interesting to see how our players perform in the first round.
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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament, Bangkok, Thailand

[R1] Ankita RAINA (IND,309) vs Viktoriya TOMOVA (BUL,306)

Doubles
[R1] Ankita RAINA (IND)/ Irina RAMIALISON (FRA) vs Varatchaya WONGTEANCHAI (THA)/ Varunya WONGTEANCHAI (THA)

Hoping for better week for Ankita.

Tennis News

At $4.2M Shanghai Rolex Masters, China

[SF] Florin Mergea (ROU)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) l (1) Mike Bryan (USA)/ Bob Bryan (USA) 67(5) 46

Rohan-Florin give fighting performance in their loss against WR #1 Bryans ... It will be great if Rohan and Florin play few more tournaments together to improve their performance.
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At $50K Indore Challenger, India

[Q1] (WC) Tejas Chaukulkar (IND,UNR) l (1) Riccardo Ghedin (ITA,699) 26 06
[Q1] Jatin Dahiya (IND,1510) bt (8) Chaleechan Tanasugarn (THA,1401) 63 62
[Q1] (2) N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,760) bt Kunal Anand (IND,1654) 61 62
[Q1] (5) Vinayak Sharma Kaza (IND,992) bt Suraj R. Prabodh (IND,1672) 62 63
[Q1] Lakshit Sood (IND,2046) bt (3) Sarvar Ikramov (UZB,893) 63 64
[Q1] (6) Akash Wagh (IND,1083) bt (WC) Jan Perutka (CZE,UNR) 63 62
[Q1] (4) Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND,945) bt Sai Saran Reddy (IND,1849) 63 75
[Q1] (7) Chandril Sood (IND,1350) bt (WC) Jaluporn Na Lamphun (THA,UNR) 4-1 retd.

Good to see our lower ranked players taking advantage of weaker qualifying draw of Indore challenger ... In that most impressive win was from Lakshit against top-900 Uzbek Sarvar Ikramov.

Tennis News

At $4.2M Shanghai Rolex Masters, China

[QF] Florin Mergea (ROU)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) bt (4) Ivan Dodig(CRO)/ Marcelo Melo (BRA) 64 36 10-7

[SF] Florin Mergea (ROU)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) vs (1) Mike Bryan (USA)/ Bob Bryan (USA)

Rohan-Florin continue with their excellent run with another win in super tie-break against Dodig-Melo ... In the semis they r facing truly WR #1 pair Bryans.

Tennis News

At $4.2M Shanghai Rolex Masters, China

[R2] Leander Paes (IND)/ Marcin Matkowski (POL) l (5) Julien Benneteau (FRA)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) 26 46
[R2] Florin Mergea (ROU)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) bt (7) Vasek Pospisil (CAN)/ Jack Sock (USA) 26 63 11-9

Rohan scores huge win with his new partner Florin against Pospisil-Sock ... Pospisil-Sock is vry powerful pair in super tie-break ... This was only her 3rd super tie-break loss against 16 STB wins in this season ... Other hand Lee-Marcin fail to raise their game against French pair.
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At $125K+H Tashkent Challenger, Uzbekistan

[QF] Purav Raja (IND)/ Fabrice Martin (FRA) l Adrian Menendez-Maceiras (ESP)/ Alexander Nedvoyesov (KAZ) 75 67(4) 7-10

Purav-Fabrice lose close match against Spanish-Kazakh pair ... After winning the first set they lose next two tie-breaks.

Tennis News

At $4.2M Shanghai Rolex Masters, China

[R1] Florin Mergea (ROU)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) bt Fabio Fognini (ITA)/ Rajeev Ram (USA) 62 retd.

[R2] Florin Mergea (ROU)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) vs (7) Vasek Pospisil (CAN)/ Jack Sock (USA)

Rohan-Florin start their partnership with win ... Their opponents retired after losing the first set ... In the second round Rohan-Florin r facing 7th seed Pospisil-Sock.
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At $125K+H Tashkent Challenger, Uzbekistan

[R1] Purav Raja (IND)/ Fabrice Martin (FRA) bt (WC) Shonigmatjon Shofayziyev (UZB)/ Vaja Uzakov (UZB) 60 64

[QF] Purav Raja (IND)/ Fabrice Martin (FRA) vs Adrian Menendez-Maceiras (ESP)/ Alexander Nedvoyesov (KAZ)

Purav and Fabrice start with win against local wild-card pair ... Next they r facing Spanish-Kazakh pair, who score upset win over 4th seed Taipei pair.
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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament, Bangkok, Thailand

[R1] Ankita RAINA (IND,296) l Ipek SOYLU (TUR,307) 62 26 36
[R1] (Q) Natasha PALHA (IND,501) l (WC) Olga FRIDMAN (UKR,750) 46 57

Doubles
[R1] Ankita Raina (IND)/ Prarthana G. Thombare (IND) l (1) Nicha Lertpitaksinchai (THA)/ Peangtarn Plipuech (THA) 26 06

Early end for Ankita and company as they all their respective matches ... Disappointing losses for Ankita and Natasha against top-20 junior players.

Tennis News

At $4.2M Shanghai Rolex Masters, China

[R1] Leander Paes (IND)/ Marcin Matkowski (POL) bt (WC) Mao-Xin Gong (CHN)/ Li Zhe (CHN) 63 75

[R2] Leander Paes (IND)/ Marcin Matkowski (POL) vs (5) Julien Benneteau (FRA)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA)

Lee-Marcin start with straight sets win over Chinese wild-card pair .. In next round they r facing 5th seed French pair of Julien Benneteau and Edouard Roger-Vasselin.

Football News

At FIFA International Friendly 2014, Siliguri, India

India l Palestine 2-3 (2-1)
Goals Scored - Sunil Chhetri (IND) 31', Francis Fernandes (IND) 45' and Ashraf N.O Alfawaghra (PAL) 9', Hatham S.M Theeb (PAL) 52' Khader Youssef (PAL) 72'

India lost a 2-3 to Palestine in closely fought an international friendly after going into the break 2-1 up ... Overall fighting performance by our players but they again failed to convert in a win..

Tennis News

At $4.2M Shanghai Rolex Masters, China

[R1] Leander Paes (IND)/ Marcin Matkowski (POL) vs (WC) Mao-Xin Gong (CHN)/ Li Zhe (CHN)
[R1] Florin Mergea (ROU)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) vs Fabio Fognini (ITA)/ Rajeev Ram (USA)

This week Rohan is playing with new Romanian partner Florin Mergea and they r facing Fognini-Ram ... Lee is again partnering Polish Marcin Matkowski and they r facing local wild-card pair.
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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament, Bangkok, Thailand

[Q1] Nidhi CHILUMULA (IND) l (6) Pei-Chi LEE (TPE) 36 61 46
[Q1] (10) Natasha PALHA (IND) bt Yulia BRYZGALOVA (RUS) 64 67(2) 63

[Q2] (10) Natasha PALHA (IND,501) bt (6) Pei-Chi LEE (TPE,439) 64 76(4)

[R1] Ankita RAINA (IND,296) vs Ipek SOYLU (TUR,307)
[R1] (Q) Natasha PALHA (IND,501) vs (WC) Olga FRIDMAN (UKR,750)

Natasha score couple of fighting win for qualifying for main-draw ... But Natasha and Ankita having tough matches against talented junior players ... Natasha is playing against current top-20 Ukrainian junior player and Ankita is playing against talented Turkish 18 year player who was former top-15 in juniors.

Tennis News

At $6.5M Shanghai Rolex Masters, China

[Q1] Somdev Devvarman (IND,137) l (1) Teymuraz Gabashvili (RUS,55) 26 16

Instead of playing here Somi should try challenger for getting more match practice ... Here he failed to do anything against Teymuraz Gabashvili.
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At $5.4M China Open, Beijing (WTA Premier)

Doubles Final
(2) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) l (5) Andrea Hlavackova (CZE)/ Shuai Peng (CHN) 46 46

Sania-Cara fail to raise their game in the final and lose in straight sets against Peng-Hlavackova ... Big missed opportunity for Sania-Cara.

Asian Games News

At 17th Incheon Asian Games 2014, South Korea

Men's Kabaddi Gold Medal Match
India bt Iran 27-25 (13-21)

Gold - India
Silver - Iran
Bronze -

Women's Kabaddi Gold Medal Match
India bt Iran 31-21 (15-11)

Gold - India
Silver - Iran
Bronze -

Men's Volleyball - for 5th position
India bt Qatar 3-2 (25-21, 20-25, 25-22, 20-25, 15-10)

After Day 14 India has eleven Gold, nine Silver and thirty seven Bronze medals.

The Indian men's kabaddi team win their seventh successive gold medal at the Asian Games after coming from behind to beat a spirited Iran 27-25 ... Indians managed to take a lead only in the 37th minute of the match, that's tell us story of how much this match was tough ... From beginning Iranians played very discipline game ... They were defending and attacking precisely other hand Indians made some silly mistakes to gave points to opponents ... At one time Iranians were leading by 10 points in the first half, 7-17, at half-time Indians were behind by 8 points, 13-21 ... At that time Iranians cruising towards their historical first Gold ... But everything changed in the second half ... Indians raised their game and played perfectly without taking any risk ... They won 8 points in a row to make it 21-all ... Iranian again take 21-24 lead but again Indian won 5 points in a row to first time taking led in this match 26-24 ... This time Indians hold their lead for historic win ... In the second half Indians managed to score 14 points and Iranian only managed 4 points.

In another well fought match Indian women's team beat Iran 31-21 for its second successive kabaddi gold medal at the Asian Games ... A neck-and-neck start saw both teams defend extremely well ... At one time Iranians were only 2 points behind 10-12 but the Indian defence came out on top to give them a 15-11 lead after the first half ... In the second half our women showed supremacy and didn't gave much chance to Iranians ... In end they won by 10 points margin.

Indian Volleyball men's team finishes on 5th position beating Qatar 3-2 ... Though match stretched to five sets still Indians were looking in a control ... Good performance by our team to finish in 5th position.

Tennis News

At $5.4M China Open, Beijing (WTA Premier)

[SF] (2) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) bt Kristina Mladenovic (FRA)/ Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) 57 61 10-6

[F] (2) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) vs (5) Andrea Hlavackova (CZE)/ Shuai Peng (CHN)

Sania-Cara need comeback for beating French-Russian pair in the semis ... After losing the first set they made strong comeback and won the second set comfortably ... In match tie-break they kept that momentum to win it comfortably ... In the final they r facing 5th seed Hlavackova-Peng, who defeated WR #1 Italian pair in the semis.
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At $10K Turkey F33 Futures , Antalya

[QF] (1) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,311) l Takashi Saito (JPN,683) 62 06 46

So at last tiredness catch with RamK ... After winning the first set RamK failed to keep momentum and Saito take advantage to win next two sets.

Asian Games News

At 17th Incheon Asian Games 2014, South Korea

Men's Hockey

Gold Medal Match
India bt Pakistan 1-1 (4-2)
Goal Scored - Kothajit Singh (IND) 28' and Mohammad Rizwan Sr (PAK) 4'

Gold - India
Silver - Pakistan
Bronze - Korea

Athletics - Women's 4x400m Relay
Gold - India (Priyanka Pawar, Tintu Lukka, Mandeep Kaur and Raju Machettira Poovamma) 3:28.68s (GR)
Silver - Japan 3:30.80s
Bronze - China 3:32.02s

Men's Shot Put
Gold - Sultan Abdulmajeed Alhebshi (KSA) 19.99m
Silver - Chang Ming Huang (TPE) 19.97m
Bronze - Inderjeet Singh (IND) 19.63m

Men's Kabaddi
[SF] India bt Korea 36-25

Women's Kabaddi
[SF] India bt Thailand 41-28

After Day 13 India has nine Gold, nine Silver and thirty seven Bronze medals.

In closely contested match India beat Pakistan 4-2 in penalty-shootout to win the hockey gold at the Asian Games in Incheon after 16 years ... This win also ensures the Indian hockey team a berth at the 2016 Rio Olympics.

Indian team started slowly and Pakistan take advantage scoring early lead ... In the first period Indians failed to enter in Pakistan D till end of the period ... At that time SV Sunil missed sitter in front of goal ... In the second period Indians were increasing pressure on Pakistan goal and equalized through Kothajit Singh ... In next two periods both teams played keenly contested match but failed to score despite creating numerous chances ... In the one-on-one shoot-off, our goal-keeper P R Sreejesh produced breathtaking saves to deny Pakistan's Abdul Haseem Khan and Muhammad Umar Butta ... Muhammad Waqas and Shafqat Rasool scored the goals for Pakistan ... For India Akashdeep Singh, Rupinder Pal Singh, Birendra Lakra and Dhramvir Singh scored and Manpreet Singh failed to convert.

In Women's 4x400m Relay, Indian girls comfortably win the Gold bettering game record ... This is our 4th Asian Gold in a row in Women's 4x400m Relay ... In Men's shot-put Inderjeet Singh wins Bronze medal with throw of 19.63m

Indian boxers ended their campaign with five medals as Vikas Krishan and Satish Kumar settled for bronze medals after losing their semi-final bouts against respective opponents ... In the Superheavyweight (+91 kg) category, Satish was no match for 6ft 9 inch Kazakh giant Ivan Dychko, who won with a clear 3-0 verdict in all the rounds ... In the middleweight (75 kg) category Vikas lost against current World Champion Zhanibek Alimkhanuly of Kazakhstan by split verdict of 2-1 ... Putting an end to the status of the bronze medal won by Indian boxer Sarita Devi, the Olympic Council of Asia on Thursday reinstated her medal in the 60kg category after a hearing with India's Asian Games contingent officials in Incheon.

Indian Kabaddi teams are on course of defending their Gold medals ... Both teams r facing Iranian team for Gold medal.

Tennis News

At $5.4M China Open, Beijing (WTA Premier)

[QF] (2) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) bt Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP)/ Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) 63 61

[SF] (2) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) vs Kristina Mladenovic (FRA)/ Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS)

Sania-Cara score very comfortable win over 7th seed Spanish pair losing only 4 games ... In the semis they r facing unseeded French-Russian pair of Mladenovic-Pavlyuchenkova, who scored upset win over 4th seed pair.
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At $1.22M Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships, Tokyo

[QF] Leander Paes (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) l (2) Ivan Dodig (CRO)/ Marcelo Melo (BRA) 36 26

2nd seed Dodig-Melo prove too strong for Lee-Rohan in their one sided loss.
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At $10K Kazakhstan F12 Futures, Shymkent

[QF] (2) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,318) l Ivan Gakhov (RUS,911) 46 64 67(4)

Shocking loss of Jeevan against 900+ ranked Russian in three sets.
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At $10K Turkey F33 Futures , Antalya

[R2] (1) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,311) bt Nicolas Rosenzweig (FRA,1096) 16 63 62

[QF] (1) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,311) vs Takashi Saito (JPN,683)

Looks like tiredness is catching up with RamK ... He wins two singles titles in two weeks so this week he is playing without much rest ... In the second round he was slow starter against 1100 ranked Frenchman ... But after losing the first set RamK fought back with vengence and won next two sets comfortably ... In the quarter final he is facing Japanese Saito.

Asian Games News

At 17th Incheon Asian Games 2014, South Korea

Boxing - 51kg Flyweight

51kg Flyweight Gold Medal match
M C Mary Kom (IND) bt Zhaina Shekerbekova (KAZ) 2-0

Gold - M C Mary Kom (IND)
Silver - Zhaina Shekerbekova (KAZ)

Athletics - Women's 800m
Gold - Margarita Mukasheva (KAZ) 1:59.02s
Silver - Tintu Lukka (IND) 1:59:19s
Bronze - Zhao Jing (CHN) 1:59.48s

Women's Javelin Throw
Gold - Li Zhang (CHN) 65.47m (GR)
Silver - Lingwei Li (CHN) 61.43m
Bronze - Annu Rani (IND) 59.53m (PB)

Hockey - Women's
Gold -
Silver -
Bronze - India

Bronze Medal match
India bt Japan 2-1
Goal Scored - Jaspreet Kaur (IND) 23' PC, Vandana Kataria (IND) 42' and Akane Shibata (JPN) 41'

Men's Volleyball Quarter Final
India l Japan 2-3 (25-20, 19-25, 25-23, 20-25, 13-15)

After twelfth day India has seven Gold, nine Silver and thirty four Bronze medals.

MC Mary Kom became the first Indian woman boxer to clinch a gold medal at the Asian Games, staging a strong fightback to beat Kazakhstan's Zhaina Shekerbekova in the flyweight (51kg) final ... Amaze by mother of three children ... Hats off Mary ... Distraught after losing a controversial semi-final bout at the Incheon Asian Games, L Sarita Devi stunned officials and spectators on Wednesday by refusing to accept the bronze medal, which is now in the custody of organisers.

Tintu clocked her best time of year to win Silver, which was better that previous record ... In Javelin throw Annu Rani gives us surprising Bronze with her personal best throw behind Chinese girls.

India score big upset win over higher ranked Japan for winning Bronze ... Terrific win by our Women team with goals from Jaspreet Kaur and Vandana Kataria.

Indian volleyball team was very near to upset defending champion Japan in quarter final ... This will really boost confidence of our players to perform better against these top teams.

Tennis News

At $5.4M China Open, Beijing (WTA Premier)

[R1] (2) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) bye
[R2] (2) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) bt Casey Dellacqua (AUS)/ Lisa Raymond (USA) w/o

Without hitting ball Sania-Cara r in quarter final of this Premier event.
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At $1.22M Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships, Tokyo

[R1] Leander Paes (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) bt (WC) Tatsuma Ito (JPN)/ Go Soeda (JPN) 61 76(6)

[QF] Leander Paes (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) vs (2) Ivan Dodig (CRO)/ Marcelo Melo (BRA)

Lee-Rohan start with straight sets win over Japanese pair though they were stretched in the second set ... Next they r facing 2nd seed Melo-Dodig.
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At $125K+H Mons Challenger, Belgium

[R1] Purav Raja (IND)/ Rameez Junaid (AUS) l Marc Gicquel (FRA)/ Nicolas Mahut (FRA) 16 46

Purav-Rameez fail to challenge French experienced pair.
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At $10K Kazakhstan F12 Futures, Shymkent

[R1] (2) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,318) bt (LL) Anton Djamalov (UZB,1858) 61 64
[R2] (2) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,318) bt Sagadat Ayap (KAZ,1733)

[QF] (2) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,318) vs Ivan Gakhov (RUS,911)

Jeevan is playing Kazakh futures ... He start with comfortable wins against lowly ranked local players in first 2 rounds.
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At $10K Turkey F33 Futures , Antalya

[R1] (1) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,311) bt Young Seok Kim (KOR,943) 76(4) 64

[R2] (1) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,311) vs Nicolas Rosenzweig (FRA,1096)

RamK wins tight match in two sets against Korean opponent ... Next he is facing French journeyman.

Asian Games News

At 17th Incheon Asian Games 2014, South Korea

Athletics - Men's Discus Throw

Gold - Ehsan Hadadi (IRN) 65.11m
Silver - Vikas Gowda (IND) 62.58m

Sailing - 29er Women's Two Person Dinghy

Gold - N Poonpat (THA) and N Waiwai (THA)
Silver - Rui Xi Priscilla Low (SIN) and Rui Qi Cecilia Low (SIN)
Bronze - Varsha Gautam (IND) and Aishwarya Nedunchezhiyan (IND)

After eleventh day India has six gold, eight Silvers and thirty one Bronze medals.

Vikas Gowda lost out to his old nemesis, defending champion Ehsan Hadadi of Iran, again as he settled for a silver in the men's discus throw

In boxing, M C Mary Kom scored a convincing 3-0 victory over her taller Vietnamese opponent Ler Thi Bang ... She will now fight against Zhaina Shekerbekova of Kazakhstan for Gold medal ... But controversy hit our boxers as our two besr boxers need to settle for Bronze after bias judging in favor of Korean boxers ... L Sarita Devi (60kg) had to settle for a bronze medal despite dominating her semifinal bout against home favourite Jina Park ... And in men's L Devendro Singh (49kg) was better boxer in the ring than South Korean ... In other bout Pooja Rani (75kg), also had to settle for a bronze after losing a closely-contested semifinal bout to China's Li Qian.

In hockey, Akashdeep Singh scored a fabulous field goal in the third quarter to guide Indian men's team into the finals after a gap of 12 years ... In this match our defending was very good but other hand our forwards missed many chances ... For Gold medal match we r facing Pakistan, who defeated us in Group 1-2.

India bagged their first-ever medal in the Asian Games women's sailing competition as 16 yrs old Varsha Gautam and crew 18 yrs old Aishwarya Nedunchezhiyan won a bronze in the 29er Women's Two Person Dinghy event.