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At $10K Women's Victorian Open 2016, Melbourne, Australia

[R1] (1) Dipika Pallikal Karthik (IND,19) bt (Q) Teh Min Jie (MAS,65) 11-6, 11-6, 11-2 (24m)

[QF] (1) Dipika Pallikal Karthik (IND,19) bt (8) Megan Craig (NZL,53) 11-6, 11-6, 11-2 (24m)

[SF] (1) Dipika Pallikal Karthik (IND,19) bt Nouran El Torky (EGY,54) 11-4, 11-4, 11-2 (24m)

[F] (1) Dipika Pallikal Karthik (IND,19) l (2) Millie Tomlinson (ENG,44) 11-6, 4-11, 11-3, 7-11, 9-11 (80m)

Disappointing loss for Dipika in the final after leading 2-1 games  ... More importantly Dipika was only player in the tournament who was top-40 ranked player.

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At $10K Men's Victorian Open 2016, Melbourne, Australia

[R1] Ravi Dixit (IND,188) l (Q) Vincent Droesbeke (FRA,162) 10-12, 10-12, 8-11 (33m)
[R1] (3) Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND,84) bt (Q) Connor Sheen (ENG,283) 11-4, 11-7, 11-7 (26m)
[R1] (Q) Sandeep Ramachandran (IND,197) bt Rohan Toole (AUS,248) 8-11, 11-5, 11-6, 11-7 (36m)
[R1] (8) Kush Kumar (IND,102) bt Ko Youngjo (KOR,141) 11-4, 11-2, 7-11, 11-7 (42m)

[R2] (3) Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND,84) bt Lance Beddoes (NZL,110) 11-7, 11-8, 5-11, 11-6 (47m)
[R2] (8) Kush Kumar (IND,102) bt (Q) Sandeep Ramachandran (IND,197) 11-5, 11-8, 11-8 (18m)

[QF] (3) Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND,84) bt (7) Evan Williams (NZL,87) 9-11, 11-2, 11-2, 11-7 (51m)
[QF] (8) Kush Kumar (IND,102) bt (4) Reiko Peter (SUI,80) 10-12, 5-11, 11-3, 11-4, 11-6 (60m)

[SF] (3) Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND,84) l (1) Joe Lee (ENG,52) 8-11, 4-11, 10-12 (59m)
[SF] (8) Kush Kumar (IND,102) l (2) Rex Hedrick (AUS,57) 5-11, 7-11, 5-11 (45m)

Kush Kumar scored nice upset win over top-80 Swiss player in the quarters before losing to top-60 Aussie player in the final ... Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu also performed as per his seeding as he lost in the semis against top-50 type British player Joe Lee.