Squash News

At 19th Women's Asian Championship 2017, Chennai, India

Courtesy of squashinthemall.com

Women's Singles Championship match
(2) Joshna Chinappa (IND,14) bt (4) Dipika Pallikal Karthik (IND,22) 13-15, 12-10, 11-13, 11-4, 11-4 (78m)

Joshna Chinappa became India’s first Asian Squash Champion when she beat compatriot Dipika Pallikal in a tense and tough five game battle ... In the first 3 games both players gave more than 100% which were lasted for almost an hour ... All three games went to extra points and both players having game balls in each ... Dipika took the first and third, Joshna the second ... After that Dipika was looking tired and Joshna took full advantage of it, winning last two games easily.

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At 19th Men's Asian Championship 2017, Chennai, India

Men's Singles Championship match
(2) Saurav Ghosal (IND,30) l (1) Max Lee (HKG,16) 11-5, 4-11, 8-11, 7-11 (61m)

Saurav started in commanding position and won the first game comfortably ... Lee seemed to get stronger and played better as the match progressed ... He stormed back in the match after winning a quick second game, pulled clear at the end of a long but close third, and then eased ahead in the fourth, reaching 10-5 before taking the title on his third championship ball.

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At $300K Yeangder Heritage 2017, Ko Olina, Oahu, Hawaii, USA (Asian Tour)

Courtesy of Asian tour

1 Shiv Kapur (IND) 71 70 67 64 -16 $54,000.00
T22 Sujjan Singh (IND) 79 68 69 67 -5 $3,000.00
T22 Himmat Rai (IND) 76 67 69 71 -5 $3,000.00
T27 Chikkarangappa S. (IND) 69 72 75 68 -4 $2,423.33
T39 Khalin Joshi (IND) 72 74 70 70 -2 $1,780.00
T52 Rahil Gangjee (IND) 75 71 74 70 +2 $1,180.00
T60 Chirag Kumar (IND) 73 68 75 77 +5 $945.00

Shiv Kapur ended an 11-year and four months wait for a second Asian Tour title when he claimed a convincing victory at the inaugural Yeangder Heritage on Sunday ... Shiv Kapur fired eight-under-par 64 highlighted by eight birdies – five of which came in his closing seven holes – to emerge victorious at the US$300,000 Asian Tour event ... Shiv started the final round on 44th position, with a winning total of 16-under, Kapur defeated Malaysian rising star Gavin Green (67) and overnight leader Yikeun Chang of Korea (68) by two shots.

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At RMB20M Volvo China Open 2017, Beijing (European Tour)

T36 SSP Chawrasia (IND) 71 72 68 71 -6 € 18,286

SSP's 3rd 4 under round helped him to finish inside top-40 at China open.

Hockey News

At 26th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup 2017, Ipoh, Malaysia

India bt New Zealand 3-0 (2-0)
Goal Scorers - Mandeep Singh (IND) 23', Harmanpreet Singh (IND) 27' PC and 47' PC

Indians gave authorative performance against New Zealand for comfortable win ... Our players kept possession and kept attacking as in this match, we had 7 penlty corners and New Zealand 2 ... Mandeep opened the scoring in the 24th minute and within 4 minutes Harmanpreet converted penalty corner ... After the half-time in fourth quarter, Harmanpreet converted another penalty corner for solid win.

Tennis News

At $75K Tallahassee Challenger 2017, Florida, USA (green clay)

Courtesy Leander's FB page

Singles Final
Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,264) l (Q) Blaz Rola (SLO,271) 26 76(8) 57

Doubles Final
(1) Scott Lipsky (USA)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt (3) Maximo Gonzalez (ARG)/ Leonardo Mayer (ARG) 46 76(5) 10-7

RamK failed to win th title but this was excellent week for him ... In the final, he fought till end but Rola proved better player ... After losing the first set cheaply RamK fought back ... He saved match points before winning it on the tie-break ... In the final set also he kept fighting but failed to cross final hurdle.

Lee-Scott lifted the title with superb comeback win over 3rd seed Argentine pair ... After losing the first set they dig deep to win the second set in tie-break ... They kept momentum in the match tie-break for winning this match.

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At $50K+H Gimcheon Challenger 2017, Korea

[R1] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,276) vs (1) Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE,55)
[R1] (PR) Yuki Bhambri (IND,285) vs (WC) Seong-chan Hong (KOR,518)

Yuki is coming back on the tour and facing local wild-card player ... Prajnesh having a tough match against top-seed Yen-Hsun Lu.

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At $75K+H Ostrava Challenger, Czech Republic (Clay)

[Q1] Sumit Nagal (IND,380) bt (WC) PatriK Rikl (CZE,UNR) 64 75

[Q2] Sumit Nagal (IND,380) l (8) Dragos Dima (ROU,320) 36 61 36

Sumit was on the court after 6 months due to career threatening shoulder injury ... He won the first match but lost in the second qualifying showing rustiness in his game.

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At $75K Savannah Challenger 2017, Georgia, USA (green clay)

[R1] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,264) vs (WC) Ryan Shane (USA,506)

RamK is facing local wild-card player Ryan Shane.

Squash News

At Women's Asian Championship 2017, Chennai, India

[SF] (4) Dipika Pallikal Karthik (IND,22) bt (1) Annie Au (HKG,11) 11-9, 7-11, 11-7, 11-9 (50m)
[SF] (2) Joshna Chinappa (IND,14) bt (6) Tong Tsz-Wing (HKG,44) 11-6, 11-4, 11-8 (29m)

Joshan Chinappa guaranteed a first ever Indian women’s champion beating Tong Tsz-Wing in straight games ... Before that, Dipika produced a commanding performance to take out top seeded Annie Au ... Annie started confidently but Dipika fought back for winning the first game ... Annie won the second game but Dipika dominated the third game ... In the fourth, Dipika was leading 6-1 and 7-2 but Annie made it 7-all ... Dipika won next 4 points for completing the win ... This is Dipika's first final in Asian Championship.

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At Men's Asian Championship 2017, Chennai, India

[SF] (2) Saurav Ghosal (IND,30) bt (5) Leo Au (HKG,33) 11-6, 11-7, 11-3 (37m)

[F] (2) Saurav Ghosal (IND,30) vs (1) Max Lee (HKG,16)

Saurav scored comfortable win over Leo Au for entering into the final ... He is facing top-seed Max Lee for the title.

Hockey News

At 26th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup 2017, Ipoh, Malaysia

India dw Great Britain 2-2 (1-1)
Goal Scorers - Akashdeep Singh (IND) 19', Mandeep Singh (IND) 48' and Tom Carson (GBR) 25', Alan Forsyth (GBR) 52'

India squandered the lead twice as Great Britain rallied to earn a 2-2 draw in the opening match ... Today our defenders failed to clear ball and Britishers took advantage with scoring ... Need to tighten our defense and create more penalty corner chances in the match.

Squash News

At Women's Asian Championship 2017, Chennai, India

[R1] Urwashi Joshi (IND,UNR) l (16) Satomi Watanabe (JPN,136) 5-11, 10-12, 3-11 (26m)
[R1] (4) Dipika Pallikal Karthik (IND,22) bye
[R1] Sunayna Kuruvilla (IND,194) bt (12) Yura Choi (KOR,100) 11-4, 11-8, 11-8 (27m)
[R1] (9) Sachika Ingale (IND,82) l Aifa Azman (MAS,202) 7-11, 6-11, 11-7, 13-11, 11-13 (52m)
[R1] (2) Joshna Chinappa (IND,14) bye

[R2] (4) Dipika Pallikal Karthik (IND,22) bt (10) Andrea Lee (MAS,77) 14-12, 11-5, 11-5 (32m)
[R2] Sunayna Kuruvilla (IND,194) l (6) Tong Tsz-Wing (HKG,44) 6-11, 4-11, 6-11 (32m)
[R2] (2) Joshna Chinappa (IND,14) bt (13) Jemyca Aribado (PHI,103) 11-7, 11-9, 11-7 (31m)

[QF] (4) Dipika Pallikal Karthik (IND,22) bt (5) Liu Tsz-Ling (HKG,33) 11-3, 11-6, 11-6 (27m)
[QF] (2) Joshna Chinappa (IND,14) bt (7) Misaki Kobayashi (JPN,42) 11-7, 11-3, 9-11, 12-10 (35m)

[SF] (4) Dipika Pallikal Karthik (IND,22) vs (1) Annie Au (HKG)
[SF] (2) Joshna Chinappa (IND,14) vs (6) Tong Tsz-Wing (HKG,44)

Joshna and Dipika r in the semis with contrasing win in the quarters ... Dipika scored dominating win over WR #33 Liu Tsz-Ling and Joshan stretched to 4 games by WR #42 Misaki Kobayashi ... In the semis, Dipika is facing WR #11 Annie Au and Joshna is facing WR #44 Tong Tsz-Wing.

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At Men's Asian Championship 2017, Chennai, India

[R1] (15) Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND,95) bye
[R1] Velavan Senthilkumar (IND,428) bt Soheil Shameli (IRI,365) 11-1, 11-5, 11-5 (26m)
[R1] Aditya Jagtap (IND,UNR) bt Ryunosuke Tsukue (JPN,475) 9-11, 7-11, 11-6, 11-6, 11-4 (55m)
[R1] (11) Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,78) bye
[R1] (10) Vikram Malhotra (IND,70) bye
[R1] (2) Saurav Ghosal (IND,30) bye

[R2] (15) Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND,95) bt Reymark Begornia (PHI,475) 11-1, 11-5, 11-4
[R2] Velavan Senthilkumar (IND,428) bt (9) Farhan Zaman (PAK,54) w/o
[R2] Aditya Jagtap (IND,UNR) l (3) Nafiizwan Adnan (MAS,28) 5-11, 6-11, 8-11
[R2] (11) Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,78) bt Vivian Rhamanan (SIN,195) 11-4, 11-7, 11-6
[R2] (10) Vikram Malhotra (IND,70) bt Alireza Shameli (IRI,335) 11-7, 11-8, 15-13
[R2] (2) Saurav Ghosal (IND,30) bt Benedict Chan (SIN,UNR) 11-2, 11-3, 11-5

[R3] (15) Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND,95) bt (6) Abdulla Mohd Al Tamimi (QAT,40) 4-11, 11-6, 8-11, 11-6, 11-6 (59m)
[R3] Velavan Senthilkumar (IND,428) l (7) Ivan Yuen (MAS,37) 1-11, 1-11, 8-11 (22m)
[R3] (11) Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,78) l (4) Yip Tsz Fung (HKG,32) 10-12, 11-8, 8-11, 3-11
[R3] (10) Vikram Malhotra (IND,70) bt Addeen Idrakie (MAS,121) 11-1, 11-4, 11-9 (27m)
[R3] (2) Saurav Ghosal (IND,30) bt Mohammad Al Sarraj (JOR,120) 11-8, 11-5, 11-2 (36m)

[QF] (15) Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND,95) l (1) Max Lee (HKG,16) 8-11, 9-11, 8-11 (42m)
[QF] (2) Saurav Ghosal (IND,30) bt (10) Vikram Malhotra (IND,70) 11-7, 11-7, 11-7 (35m)

[SF] (2) Saurav Ghosal (IND,30) vs (5) Leo Au (HKG,33)

As expected Saurav is in the semis ... In the quarters, he defeated his counterpart Vikram in straight games ... Harinder lost in the quarters but in the third round, he scored upset win over top-40 Qatar player Abdulla Mohd Al Tamimi ... In the semis, Saurav is facing similar ranked Leo Au.

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At $75K Tallahassee Challenger 2017, Florida, USA (green clay)

[SF] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,264) bt (Q) Andrea Arnaboldi (ITA,267) 62 57 64

[F] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,264) vs (Q) Blaz Rola (SLO,271)

Doubles
[SF] (1) Scott Lipsky (USA)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt (LL) Gonzalo Escobar (ECU)/ Roberto Quiroz (ECU) 61 67(4) 10-3

[F] (1) Scott Lipsky (USA)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs (3) Maximo Gonzalez (ARG)/ Leonardo Mayer (ARG)

RamK scored three sets win over Italian Andrea Arnaboldi for entering his first singles final on challenger level ... After winning the first set RamK was in the control of the match ... In the second set, he took a break in the 9th game and was serving for the match at 5-4 ... He had 3 match points at 40-0 but he lost concentration and lose next 5 points to get broken ... Arnaboldi again broke RamK in the 12th game for taking a match in the third ... In the third set, RamK took a break but missed another match point on Arnaboldi's serve at 5-3 ... But this time he holds his serve comfortably for completing win ... Good to see he didn't meltdown after messing up 3 match points on his own serve in the second set ... Next, he is facing similar ranked Blaz Rola, who is former top-100 players and his ranking was in the 60s ... He is on comeback trail after his injuries so not an easy match.

Lee-Scott needed the match tie-break for entering the final after beating Ecuadorian pair ... After losing the second set tie-break Lee-Scott recovered for dominating the match tie-break ... In the final, they r facing experienced 3rd seed Argentine pair.

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At $100K+H ITF Women Tournament 2017, Anning, China

Doubles Final
Prarthana G. Thombare (IND)/ Fang Ying Xun (CHN) l Xinyun Han (CHN)/ Qiu Yu Ye (CHN) 26 57

Prarthana and her partner Fang Ying Xun fairytale ended in the final as they lost in straight sets against Chinese pairing of Xinyun Han and Qiu Yu Ye.

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At $75K Tallahassee Challenger 2017, Florida, USA (green clay)

[QF] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,264) bt (4) Guido Andreozzi (ARG,125) 46 75 1-1 retd.

[SF] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,264) vs (Q) Andrea Arnaboldi (ITA,267)

Doubles
[QF] (1) Scott Lipsky (USA)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt Guido Andreozzi (ARG)/ Jose Hernandez-Fernandez (DOM) w/o

[SF] (1) Scott Lipsky (USA)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs (LL) Gonzalo Escobar (ECU)/ Roberto Quiroz (ECU)

RamK scored huge win over Andreozzi for entering into the semis ... This win also sealed his place in French open qualifying, very important win for RamK ... In the first set, RamK got broken in 2nd game to down 0-3 ... He broke Andreozzi in 7th game ot make in 4-all but Andreozzi broke him in 10th game for winning the set ... In the second set, Andreozzi broke him in 4th game to lead 1-3 but from 1-4 down RamK made superb comeback in the match ... He broke Andreozzi in 7th game for bringing it on the serve ... In between 7th and 9th games both players took medical break ... RamK broke Andreozzi in 11th game and then comfortably hold his serve for winning this set ... In the third set, Andreozzi retired after 2nd game and good to see RamK didn't fold up after 1-4 down in the second set ... In the semis, he is facing similar ranked Italian qualifier, Andrea Arnaboldi.

Lee- Scott has entered into the semis without hitting the ball as they received walkover from Andreozzi and Hernandez-Fernandez due to Andreozzi's injury ... Next, they r facing Ecuadorian pair.

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At $100K+H ITF Women Tournament 2017, Anning, China

[SF] Prarthana G. Thombare (IND)/ Fang Ying Xun (CHN) bt Xu Liu Sun (CHN)/ Yan Wang (CHN0 64 63

[F] Prarthana G. Thombare (IND)/ Fang Ying Xun (CHN) vs Xinyun Han (CHN)/ Qiu Yu Ye (CHN)

Prarthana is in the final of this big Chinese tournament with her partner Fang Ying Xun ... They scored a comfortable win over their Chinese opponents and in the final, they r facing another Chinese pairing of Xinyun Han and Qiu Yu Ye.

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At $25K ITF Women Tournament 2017, Karshi, Uzbekistan

[QF] (3) Ankita Raina (IND,295) l (5) Olga Doroshina (RUS,317) 26 26

Ankita lost against Doroshina without giving much fight.

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At $15K ITF Women Tournament 2017, Hua Hin, Thailand

[QF] (5) Karman Kaur THANDI (IND,539) l (Q) Patcharin CHEAPCHANDEJ (THA,982) 16 46
[QF] Prerna BHAMBRI (IND,799) l Nudnida LUANGNAM (THA,674) 67(3) 62 46

Disappointing one-sided loss of Karman, but Prerna missed huge opportunity ... After losing the first set she made excellent fightback ... In the final set, she was double break up before losing her concentration to lose this match.

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At $75K Tallahassee Challenger 2017, Florida, USA (green clay)

[R2] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,264) bt James McGee (IRL,200) 36 63 62

[QF] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,264) vs (4) Guido Andreozzi (ARG,125)

Doubles
[R1] (1) Scott Lipsky (USA)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt (WC) Ryan Shane (USA)/ Wil Spencer (USA) 64 64

[QF] (1) Scott Lipsky (USA)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs Guido Andreozzi (ARG)/ Jose Hernandez-Fernandez (DOM)

RamK entered into the quarters after winning topsy-turvy match ... In this match RamK made load of unforced errors, he lost the first set losing 3 times his service game ... In the second set he took lead early 4-1 but lost his serve in 7th game for 4-3 ... Again broke NcGee in 8th and thenhold his serve for winning this set ... In the final set, RamK took early double break lead, 3-0, and kept that lead for winning the match ... Next, he is facing top-125 Argentine opponent Guido Andreozzi.

Lee-Scott started with straight sets win ... Next, they r facing Guido Andreozzi and Jose Hernandez-Fernandez.

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At $100K+H ITF Women Tournament 2017, Anning, China

[QF] Prarthana G. Thombare (IND)/ Fang Ying Xun (CHN) bt Xinyu Gao (CHN)/ Yihong Li (CHN) 67(5) 62 10-7

[SF] Prarthana G. Thombare (IND)/ Fang Ying Xun (CHN) vs Xu Liu Sun (CHN)/ Yan Wang (CHN)

Prarthana is in the semis with her Chinese partner Fang Ying Xun after beating their Chinese opponents in the match tie-break ... Some weird total time for this match; 3 hours 21 minutes and in that the first set was 2 hours 26 minutes long ... In the semis, they r facing another Chinese pairing of Xu Liu Sun and Yan Wang.

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At $25K ITF Women Tournament 2017, Karshi, Uzbekistan

[R2] (3) Ankita Raina (IND,295) bt Valeria Savinykh (RUS,358) 75 64

[QF] (3) Ankita Raina (IND,295) vs (5) Olga Doroshina (RUS,317)

Another good straight sets win for Ankita against Russian girl Savinykh ... In the quarters, she is facing another Russian girl Olga Doroshina.

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At $15K ITF Women Tournament 2017, Hua Hin, Thailand

[R2] (5) Karman Kaur THANDI (IND,539) bt (Q) Tamachan MOMKOONTHOD (THA,1122) 62 61
[R2] Prerna BHAMBRI (IND,799) bt (7) Michika OZEKI (JPN,599) 60 62

[QF] (5) Karman Kaur THANDI (IND,539) vs (Q) Patcharin CHEAPCHANDEJ (THA,982)
[QF] Prerna BHAMBRI (IND,799) vs Nudnida LUANGNAM (THA,674)

Prerna scored impressive win over 7th seed losing only 2 games ... Next she is having Thai challenge ... Karman also joined her in the quarters with comfortable win and next, she is facing Thai qualifier.

Athletics News

At the Asian Grand Prix Athletics 2017, Jinhua, China

The shot putter Manpreet Kaur came up with the best throw of 18.86m, which was nearly one meter more than her earlier national record of 17.96m that she had set in 2015 ... She clinched a gold in the first leg of the Asian Grand Prix Athletics at Jinhua, China ... With this performance, Manpreet also qualified for the IAAF World Championships to be held in August in London ... The entry standard for women's shot put in the World Championships stands at 17.75m ... This was huge efforts and which was almost a meter long from a previous national record which created by Manpreet only.

We won 1 Gold, 4 Silver and 2 Bronze medals ... Neeraj Chopra (men's javelin), Tintu Luka (women's 800m), Neena Varakil (women's long jump) and Jinson Johnson (men's 800m) won a silver each while Dutee Chand (women's 100m) and Om Prakash Karhana (men's shot put) bagged a bronze each ... Neeraj had to settle for a silver with a decent effort of 82.11m in men's javelin

Tennis News

At €2.3M Barcelona Open 2017, Spain

[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Pablo Cuevas (URU) l (1) Henry Kontinen (FIN)/ John Peers (AUS) 67(3) 67(2)

This week Rohan-Pablo failed to repeat last week's result against WR #1 Kontinen-Peers and lost in two tie-breaks.

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At $150K+H Anning Challenger 2017, China

[R1] (Q) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,288) l (SE) Oscar Otte (GER,263) 64 36 46

Prajnesh failed to overcome challenge of in form Otto after winning the first set ... All sets won by a single break advantage, so Prajnesh lost momentum after the first set.

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At $75K Tallahassee Challenger 2017, Florida, USA (green clay)

[R1] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,264) bt (5) Peter Polansky (CAN,127) 61 75

[R2] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,264) vs James McGee (IRL,200)

RamK started with impressive straight sets win over top-130 Peter Polansky ... After winning the first set easily RamK stopped fightback of Polansky to complete win in two sets ... Next, he is facing top-200 Irishman James McGee.

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At $100K+H ITF Women Tournament 2017, Anning, China

[R1] Prarthana G. Thombare (IND)/ Fang Ying Xun (CHN) bt Eri Hozumi (JPN)/ Miyu Kato (JPN) 26 63 14-12

This is a huge win for Prarthana with her Chinese partner, Fang Ying Xun ... They defeated this year's Australian open finalist Japnaese pair in the match tie-break after saving match points.

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At $25K ITF Women Tournament 2017, Karshi, Uzbekistan

[R1] (3) Ankita Raina (IND,295) bt Vlada Ekshibarova (ISR,439) 60 62

[R2] (3) Ankita Raina (IND,295) vs Valeria Savinykh (RUS,358)

Dominating winning start for Ankita in this Uzbek tournament.

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At $15K ITF Women Tournament 2017, Hua Hin, Thailand

[R1] Natasha PALHA (IND,707) l Sung-Hee HAN (KOR,638) 63 67(4) 67(4)
[R1] Prerna BHAMBRI (IND,799) bt (WC) Julaluck SAE-EUNG (THA,UNR) 60 60
[R1] (5) Karman Kaur THANDI (IND,539) bt Sarah Beth GREY (GBR,727) 60 46 63
[R1] Kyra SHROFF (IND,708) l (Q) Tamachan MOMKOONTHOD (THA,1122) 46 26

[R2] (5) Karman Kaur THANDI (IND,539) vs (Q) Tamachan MOMKOONTHOD (THA,1122)
[R2] Prerna BHAMBRI (IND,799) vs (7) Michika OZEKI (JPN,599)

Prerna and Karman r in the second round with contrasting wins ... Natasha missed 5 match points on Han's serve at 63 and 5-4 ... In the third also she fought back from 2-5 down but failed to score a win.

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At $150K+H Anning Challenger 2017, China (Red clay)

[Q3] (5) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,276) bt (3) Karim-Mohamed Maamoun (EGY,275)

[R1] (Q) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,276) vs (SE) Oscar Otte (GER,263)

Prajnesh scored comfortable straight sets win over little higher-ranked Egyptian opponent in the final qualifying ... In main-draw, he is facing last week's Quigdao challenger finalist Oscar Otte, who is looking in good form as per his last week's results on the red clay.

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At $75K Tallahassee Challenger 2017, Florida, USA (Green clay)

[R1] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,264) vs (5) Peter Polansky (CAN,127)

Doubles
[R1] (1) Scott Lipsky (USA)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs (WC) Ryan Shane (USA)/ Wil Spencer (USA)

RamK having tough first round match against Polansky.

This week, Lee is playing with Scott Lipsky and they r facing local wild-card pair in the first round.

Golf News

At ¥‎150M Panasonic Open 2017, Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan (Asian and JPGA Tour)

T15 Arjun Atwal (IND) 69 69 69 72 -5 ￥2,030,000
T58 S.S.P Chawrasia (IND) 71 71 73 75 +6 ￥346,500
T58 Gaganjeet Bhullar (IND) 72 69 77 72 +6 ￥346,500

Poor final round had cost Arjun top-10 finish in this big co-sanctioned Panasonic tournament.

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At €4.3M Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters 2017, Monaco

Doubles Final
Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Pablo Cuevas (URU) bt (7) Feliciano Lopez (ESP)/ Marc Lopez (ESP) 63 36 10-4

Rohan and Pablo Cuevas lifted Monte-Carlo Masters title defeating 7th seed Lopez in the final ... After winning the first set Rohan and Pablo lost the second set but they recovered well and dominated the match tie-break for this huge win ... This is Rohan's 4th Masters title and overall 16th ATP World tour title.

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At €2.3M Barcelona Open 2017, Spain

[Q1] (2) Purav Raja (IND)/ Divij Purav (IND) l Kevin Anderson (RSA)/ Andre Sa (BRA) 46 46

[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Pablo Cuevas (URU) vs (1) Henry Kontinen (FIN)/ John Peers (AUS)

Purav-Divij lost in their first match on the European red clay in straight sets against Sa-Anderson.

Rohan-Pablo having tough opener against WR #1 Henry Kontinen and John Peers, whom they defeated in the Monte-Carlo Masters.

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At $150K+H Anning Challenger 2017, China

[Q1] (5) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,288) bye
[Q2] (5) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,288) bt Denys Molchanov (UKR,767) 64 64

[Q3] (5) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,288) vs (3) Karim-Mohamed Maamoun (EGY,273)

Prajnesh started with straight sets win over Ukrainian ... Next, he is facing similar ranked Egyptian opponent.

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At €4.3M Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters 2017, Monaco

[SF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Pablo Cuevas (URU) bt (WC) Romain Arneodi (MON)/ Hugo Nys (FRA) 64 63

[F] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Pablo Cuevas (URU) vs (7) Feliciano Lopez (ESP)/ Marc Lopez (ESP)

Rohan-Pablo r in the final with comfortable straight sets win over wild-card pair ... In the final, they r facing Spanish pair 7th seed Lopezs, who defeated second seed French pair.

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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament 2017, Santa Margherita Di Pula, Italy

[R1] (1) Ankita RAINA (IND)/ Eva WACANNO (NED) bye
[QF] (1) Ankita RAINA (IND)/ Eva WACANNO (NED) bt Claudia GIOVINE (ITA)/ Mariya KORYTTSEVA (UKR) 64 76(3)
[SF] (1) Ankita RAINA (IND)/ Eva WACANNO (NED) bt Tereza MRDEZA (CRO)/ Caitlyn WILLIAMS (USA) 61 63

Doubles Final
(1) Ankita RAINA (IND)/ Eva WACANNO (NED) bt Irene BURILLO ESCORIHUELA (ESP)/ Yvonne CAVALLE-REIMERS (ESP) 64 64

Ankita lifted the doubles title with her Dutch partner Eva Wacanno ... They defeated Spanish pair in the straight sets ... Hopefully, this title win give Ankita confidence for performing better in the singles also.

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At €4.3M Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters 2017, Monaco

[R2] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Pablo Cuevas (URU) bt (1) Henry Kontinen (FIN)/ John Peers (AUS) 36 63 13-11

[QF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Pablo Cuevas (URU) vs (WC) Romain Arneodi (MON)/ Hugo Nys (FRA)

Another excellent comeback win by Rohan-Pablo over WR #1 Kontinen-Peers ... After losing the first set they dug deep for comeback win ... They won the match tie-break on extra points ... In the semis they r facing wild-card pair, Romain Arneodi and Hugo Nys.

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At $25K Uzbekistan F1 Futures 2017, Bukhara

Courtesy to Kamesh Srinivasan FB page

[R1] (2) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND)/ Vishnu VARDHAN (IND) bt Alexander LOBKOV (RUS)/ Sardor PULATOV (UZB) 61 16 11-9
[QF] (2) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND)/ Vishnu VARDHAN (IND) bt Temur ISMAILOV (UZB)/ Markos KALOVELONIS (RUS) 61 76(2)
[SF] (2) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND)/ Vishnu VARDHAN (IND) bt (3) Denis MATSUKEVITCH (RUS)/ Dmitry POPKO (KAZ) 64 63

Doubles Final
(2) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND)/ Vishnu VARDHAN (IND) bt (1) Sergey BETOV (BLR)/ Vladyslav MANAFOV (UKR) 64 75

Bala-Vishnu lifted another futures title beating top-seed Betov-Manafov ... It was the 5th title for the Indian pair in 2017 ... In the professional circuit, it was the 42nd doubles title for Balaji, and 33rd for Vishnu, who have won 12 titles as a pair.

Badminton News

At $150K China Masters 2017, Changzhou, Jiangsu, China (Grand Prix Gold)

[R3] Harsheel Dani (IND,102) l Feixiang Sun (CHN,180) 17-21 18-21
[R3] Parupalli Kashyap (IND,104) l (3) Bin Qiao (CHN,23) 10-21 22-20 13-21

Kashyap managed to win a game against top-25 Chinese Bin Qiao but lost other two games easily ... Harsheel failed to stretch his lower ranked Chinese opponent in the match.

Tennis News

At €4.3M Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters 2017, Monaco

[R2] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Pablo Cuevas (URU) bt (5) Raven Klaasen (RSA)/ Rajeev Ram (USA) 67(6) 64 10-6

[QF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Pablo Cuevas (URU) vs (1) Henry Kontinen (FIN)/ John Peers (AUS)

Excellent comeback win by Rohan-Pablo against the in-form pairing of Raven-Rajeev after losing the first set ... In the quarters they r facing top-seed Kontinen-Peers.

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At $125K+H Santaizi Challenger 2017, Taipei, Taiwan

[R2] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,286) l (6) Vasek Posipisil (CAN,118) 67(4) 26

Prajnesh lost to in-form Posipisil in the straight sets after stretching him to a tie-break in the first set.

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At $25K Uzbekistan F1 Futures 2017, Bukhara

[QF] (7) Vishnu VARDHAN (IND,395) l Markos KALOVELONIS (RUS,572) Vishnu failed to keep momentum after winning the first set and lost the match.

Vishnu failed to keep momentum after winning the first set and lost the match.

Badminton News

At $150K China Masters 2017, Changzhou, Jiangsu, China (Grand Prix Gold)

[R1] Parupalli Kashyap (IND,104) bye
[R1] Harsheel Dani (IND,102) bt Chun-Wei Chen (TPE,113) 21-17 21-18

[R2] Parupalli Kashyap (IND,104) bt Suppanyu Avihingsanon (THA,59) 21-16 21-17
[R2] Harsheel Dani (IND,102) bt Yan Runze (CHN,556) 21-16 22-20
[R1] Sai Uttejitha Rao Chukka (IND,149) l Li Wenmei (CHN,191) 4-21 32-13 12-21
[R1] Sri Krishna Priya Kudaravalli (IND,85) l Li Yun (CHN,283) 18-21 11-21

[R3] Harsheel Dani (IND,102) vs Feixiang Sun (CHN,180)
[R3] Parupalli Kashyap (IND,104) vs (3) Bin Qiao (CHN,23)

Our few players r playing in China Masters ... Only Harsheel Dani and Kashyap has reached the third round after straight games victory over their respective opponents ... Next, Harsheel is facing another Chinese challenge for place in the quarters and Kashyap is facing top-25 Chinese Bin Qiao.

Tennis News

At At €4.3M Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters 2017, Monaco

[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Pablo Cuevas (URU) bt Marcin Matkowski (POL)/ Alexander Peya (AUT) 63 67(7) 10-2

[R2] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Pablo Cuevas (URU) vs (5) Raven Klaasen (RSA)/ Rajeev Ram (USA)

Rohan and Pablo started with a good tight win against experienced players, Matkowski and Peya, in the match tie-break ... Next, they r facing in-form pairing of Ram and Klaasen.

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At $125K+H Santaizi Challenger 2017, Taipei, Taiwan

[R1] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,286) bt (Q) Ruan Roelofse (RSA,1657) 76(5) 64

[R2] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,275) l Akira Santilan (JPN,191) 46 63 67(4)
[R2] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,286) vs (6) Vasek Posipisil (CAN,118)

Doubles
[R1] (2) Christopher Rungkat (INA)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) l Steven De Waard (AUS)/ Ben McLachlan (NZL) 64 46 8-10

Prajnesh scored tight straight sets win over South African Ruan Roelofse ... Prajnesh had multiple break points but failed to take advantage for easy win ... Tough second round against in-form Canadian Vasek Posipisil.

RamK lost against talented Santilan in three sets ... After losing the first set RamK played better but in the third Santilan was little better than RamK for winning the tie-break.

Jeevan-Chris lost their match in the match tie-break after winning the first set.

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At $100K Sarasota Challenger 2017, Bradenton, Florida, USA

[QF] (2) Leander Paes (IND)/ Andre Sa (BRA) l Peter Polansky (CAN)/ Stefan Kozlov (USA) 36 63 7-10

Lee and Sa lost in the quarters against Kozlov and Polansky in the match tie-break.

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At $25K Uzbekistan F1 Futures 2017, Bukhara

[R2] (3) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND,316) l Vadym URSU (UKR,730) 67(3) 26
[R2] (7) Vishnu VARDHAN (IND,395) bt Nikola CACIC (SRB,517) 75 62

[QF] (7) Vishnu VARDHAN (IND,395) vs Markos KALOVELONIS (RUS,572)

The straight sets win for Vishnu but disappointed loss for Bala.

Tennis News

At $125K+H Santaizi Challenger 2017, Taipei, Taiwan

[R1] (Q) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,435) l (6) Vasek Pospisil (CAN,118) 57 26

Sasi gave decent performance against top-100 caliber Vasek Pospisil in his loss ... Sasi is having game but need to bring consistency for moving to challenger level.

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At $100K Sarasota Challenger 2017, Bradenton, Florida, USA

[R1] (2) Leander Paes (IND)/ Andre Sa (BRA) bt Sergio Galdos (PER)/ Dennis Novikov (USA) 61 63

[QF] (2) Leander Paes (IND)/ Andre Sa (BRA) vs Peter Polansky (CAN)/ Stefan Kozlov (USA)

Comfortable winning start for Lee-Sa at Sarasota challenger .. Next they r facing American-Canadian pair for place in the semis.

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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament 2017, Santa Margherita Di Pula, Italy (clay)

[R1] (8) Ankita RAINA (IND,285) l Kimberley ZIMMERMANN (BEL,399) 46 16

Ankita started with a one-sided loss against lower ranked Belgian player on the clay.

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At $25K Uzbekistan F1 Futures 2017, Bukhara

[R1] (7) Vishnu VARDHAN (IND,395) bt Sergey BETOV (BLR,783) 63 46 64
[R1] (Q) Shahbaaz KHAN (IND,1188) l (Q) Roman BLOKHIN (RUS,UNR) 67(4) 36

[R2] (3) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND,316) vs Vadym URSU (UKR,730)
[R2] (7) Vishnu VARDHAN (IND,395) vs Nikola CACIC (SRB,517)

Vishnu needed three sets for his first round win but Shahbaaz failed to overcome challenge of his fellow qualifier.

Tennis News

At $125K+H Santaizi Challenger 2017, Taipei, Taiwan

[Q3] Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,435) bt Tatshuhide Matsui (JPN,1944) 63 64

[R1] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,275) bt (7) Duckhee Lee (KOR,139) 26 62 64
[R1] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,286) vs (Q) Ruan Roelofse (RSA,1657)
[R1] (Q) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,435) vs (6) Vasek Pospisil (CAN,118)

RamK produced a superb upset win over top-150 Korean Duckhee Lee ... After losing the first set easily RamK made a strong comeback in the match for winning next two.

Sasi scored comfortable straight sets win over experienced Matsui ... In main-draw, he is having a tough match against top-120 Canadian Vasek Pospisil ... Prajnesh is facing South African Ruan Roelofse in the first round.

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At $100K Sarasota Challenger 2017, Bradenton, Florida, USA

[R1] (2) Leander Paes (IND)/ Andre Sa (BRA) vs Sergio Galdos (PER)/ Dennis Novikov (USA)

Lee is 2nd seed with Andre and they r facing little unknown pair in the first round.

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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament 2017, Santa Margherita Di Pula, Italy

[R1] (8) Ankita RAINA (IND,285) vs Kimberley ZIMMERMANN (BEL,399)

Ankita is playing in Europe for next few weeks.

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At $25K Uzbekistan F1 Futures 2017, Bukhara

[Q1] (1) Shahbaaz KHAN (IND,1188) bye
[Q2] (1) Shahbaaz KHAN (IND,1188) bt Anton DJAMALOV (UZB,UNR) 61 62

[R1] (3) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND,316) bt Miki JANKOVIC (SRB,488) 64 63
[R1] (7) Vishnu VARDHAN (IND,395) vs Sergey BETOV (BLR,783)
[R1] (Q) Shahbaaz KHAN (IND,1188) vs (Q) Roman BLOKHIN (RUS,UNR)

Bala started with straight sets win over top-500 Serbian in the first round.

Shahbaaz qualified for the main draw comfortably and facing a fellow qualifier in the first round ... Vishnu is also having winnable match.

Badminton News

At $350K OUE Singapore Open 2017, Singapore City (SuperSeries)

Men's Singles Final
Sai Praneeth B. (IND,30) bt Kidambi Srikanth (IND,29) 17-21 21-17 21-12

Sai lifted his first SuperSeries title after comeback win over compatriot Srikanth in 54 mins ... In this match, Srikanth started confidently after winning the first game easily ... In the second game also Srikanth started confidently and took a 7-1 lead ... After 1-7 down Sai started fightback, he won next 6 points for 7-all ... From 13-14 he opened 2 points lead, 16-14, and kept that advantage for winning this game ... In the third, Sai opened 5-2 and then 10-3 lead, after that he kept the pressure on Srikanth for making mistakes ... Sai won this game comfortably for his title win.

Tennis News

At €4.3M Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters 2017, Monaco

[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Pablo Cuevas (URU)vs Marcin Matkowski (POL)/ Alexander Peya (AUT)

This week in Monte-Carlo Masters only Rohan is playing with Pablo ... They r having a tough match against experienced players.

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At $125K+H Santaizi Challenger 2017, Taipei, Taiwan

[Q1] Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,434) bye
[Q2] Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,434) bt (WC) Chien-Hsun Lo (TPE,1388) 64 75

[Q3] Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,434) vs (WC) Tatshuhide Matsui (JPN,UNR)

[R1] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,267) vs (7) Duckhee Lee (KOR,130)
[R1] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,287) vs Qualifier

Doubles
[R1] (2) Christopher Rungkat (INA)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) vs Steven De Waard (AUS)/ Ben McLachlan (NZL)

In big Taipei challenger, RamK having tough first round match against Duckhee Lee ... Prajnesh is facing a qualifier ... Sasi is trying his luck in the qualifying.

In the doubles, Jeevan is playing Rungkat and they r facing De Waard and McLachlan.

In the qualifying Sasi is in the final qualifying round after tight straight sets win over local talented teenager Lo ... He is facing experienced Japanese challenge of Tatshuhide Matsui.

Golf News

At $2M Lotte Championship 2017, Ko Olina, Oahu, Hawaii, USA (LPGA Tour)

T47 Aditi Ashok (IND) 71 71 73 68 -5 $7,781.00

In the final round, Aditi scored blemish free 4 under round to finish inside top-50 on LPGA tour.

Badminton News

At $350K OUE Singapore Open 2017, Singapore City (SuperSeries)

[R1] Sai Praneeth B. (IND,30) bt Emil Holst (DEN,43) 17-21 21-7 21-19
[R1] Kidambi Srikanth (IND,29) bt Kenta Nishimoto (JPN,74) 21-12 21-11
[R1] (3) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,5) bt Nozomi Okuhara (JPN,10) 10-21 21-15 22-20

[R1] B. Sumeeth Reddy (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) bt Venkat Gaurav Prasad (IND)/ Juhi Dewangan (IND) 21-13 21-14

[R2] Sai Praneeth B. (IND,30) bt Bin Qiao (CHN,23) 21-15 21-23 21-16
[R2] Kidambi Srikanth (IND,29) bt Ihsan Maulana Mustofa (INA,39) 18-21 21-19 22-20
[R2] (3) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,5) bt Fitriani Fitriani (INA,27) 19-21 21-17 21-8

[R2] B. Sumeeth Reddy (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) bt Jae Hwan Kim (KOR)/ So Hee Lee (KOR) 17-21 21-17 21-16

[QF] Sai Praneeth B. (IND,30) bt (8) Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk (THA,11) 15-21 21-14 21-19
[QF] Kidambi Srikanth (IND,29) bt (5) Yuqi Shi (CHN,8) 21-14 21-16
[QF] (3) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,5) l (4) Carolina Marin (ESP,2) 11-21 15-21

[QF] B. Sumeeth Reddy (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) l (3) Kai Lu (CHN)/ Yaqiong Huang (CHN) 11-21 8-21

[SF] Sai Praneeth B. (IND,30) bt Dong Keun Lee (KOR,35) 21-6 21-8
[SF] Kidambi Srikanth (IND,29) bt Anthony Sinisuka Ginting (INA,26) 21-13 21-14

After poor Malaysian SuperSeries our players improved their performance in Singapore SuperSeries ... I think the first time we are seeing all Indian SuperSeries final.

Sai has reached in his first SuperSeries final with very dominating win over his Korean opponent Dong Keun Lee losing only 14 points ... Srikanth also joined him in the final with straight games win over Ginting ... Srikanth was 4-9 down in the first game before taking the control of the match.

Before that Sai and Srikanth reached in the semis with impressive wins over higher ranked opponents ... Srikanth defeated top-10 young Chinese Yuqi Shi convincingly in the quarters ... Sai also defeated top Thai player Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk in comeback win and before that he defeated top-25 Chinese opponent Bin Qiao.

Sindhu struggles in her first 2 matches before losing a one-sided match against Marin.

Sumeeth and Ashwini took the opportunity of a weak draw for reaching the quarter and lost easily against WR #2 Chinese pair ... Ashwini with Sikki reached in the second round of the doubles and took one game against current WR #1 Japanese pair.

Tennis News

At $600K Fayez Sarofim & Co. US Men's Clay Court Championship 2017, Texas, Usa

[QF] Purav Raja (IND)/ Divij Purav (IND) l (1) Bob Bryan (USA)/ Mike Bryan (USA) 36 46

Purav-Divij lost in straight sets against Bryans in the quarters.

Tennis News

At €540K Grand Prix Hassan II 2017, Marrakech, Morocco

[QF] (3) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Marcin Matkowski (POL) l Dominic Inglot (ENG)/ Mate Pavic (CRO) 26 46

Disappointing straight sets loss for Rohan-Marcin against Inglot-Pavic.

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At $15K Indonesia F6 Futures 2017, Jakarta

[R2] Karunuday SINGH (IND,859) l (2) Ti CHEN (TPE,255) 63 67(5) 26
[R2] Haadin BAVA (IND,860) l Jonathan GRAY (GBR,1160) 36 36

Both lost in the second round but fighting performance by KU against Chen.

Squash News

At $165K Women's World Championship 2017, El Gouna, Egypt

[QF] (12) Joshna Chinappa (IND,14) l (2) Camille Serme (FRA,3) 6-11, 12-10, 7-11, 11-8, 3-11 (70m)

Joshna gave a fighting performance against Serme in her close loss in five-game.

Tennis News

At €540K Grand Prix Hassan II 2017, Marrakech, Morocco

[R1] (3) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Marcin Matkowski (POL) bt Marcus Daniell (NZL)/ Marcelo Demoliner (BRA) 64 63

[QF] (3) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Marcin Matkowski (POL) vs Dominic Inglot (ENG)/ Mate Pavic (CRO)

Rohan-Marcin started with a confident win against good pair ... Next, they r facing Inglot-Pavic.

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At $600K Fayez Sarofim & Co. US Men's Clay Court Championship 2017, Texas, Usa

[R1] Leander Paes (IND)/ Andre Sa (BRA) l (1) Bob Bryan (USA)/ Mike Bryan (USA) 06 46
[R1] Purav Raja (IND)/ Divij Purav (IND) bt Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Donald Young (USA) 67(6) 75 10-6

[QF] Purav Raja (IND)/ Divij Purav (IND) vs (1) Bob Bryan (USA)/ Mike Bryan (USA)

Purav-Divij scored hard fought comeback win over Jeevan-Donald after losing the first set ... Next they r facing top-seed Bryans, who convincingly defeated Lee and Sa in the first round.

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At $15K Indonesia F6 Futures 2017, Jakarta

[R1] Karunuday SINGH (IND,1039) bt (Q) Dong-Kyu LEE (KOR,1303) 36 64 63
[R1] Haadin BAVA (IND,859) bt (Q) Sam MATHESON(NZL,1499) 36 61 61

KU and Haadin needed three sets for a win over qualifiers.

Tennis News

At Davis Cup 2017 - World Group Play-off,

India is facing Canada in the play-off and this will be away tie for us in September ... If Raonic decide to skip then this can be even match.

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At €540K Grand Prix Hassan II 2017, Marrakech, Morocco

[R1] (3) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Marcin Matkowski (POL) vs Marcus Daniell (NZL)/ Marcelo Demoliner (BRA)

This week, Rohan is playing with Marcin and they r facing tricky in-form pair of Daniell and Demoliner.

Squash News

At $165K Women's World Championship 2017, El Gouna, Egypt

[R2] (12) Joshna Chinappa (IND,14) bt (8) Alison Waters (ENG,9) 11-5 7-11 9-11 11-8 11-9 (66m)

[QF] (12) Joshna Chinappa (IND,14) vs (2) Camille Serme (FRA,3)

Joshna reached the quarter-finals for the first time in seven attempts of the Women’s Worlds with a battling five-game win over England’s 8th seed Alison Waters ... Joshna started well after winning the first game but made unforced errors in next games ... Alison took advantage of that for winning next two ... Joshna controlled her game and won next two games for wining this match ... In the quarters, she is facing WR #3 Frenchgirl Camille Serme.

Hockey News

At Women's Hockey World League - Round 2, West Vancouver, Canada

Championship Match
India bt Chile 1-1 (3-1 PSO)
Goal Scorers - and Maria Maldonado (CHI) 5' and Anupa Barla (IND) 41' PC

[SF] India bt Belarus 4-0

Pool A
India bt Uruguay 2-2 (4-2 PSO)
India bt Belarus 1-0

India were crowned HWL Round Two champions in West Vancouver at the final Round after a thrilling match against Chile, which was decided on shoot-out ... Indian keeper Savita, confirmed her position as Goalkeeper of the Tournament, with two tremendous saves in the shoot-out ... The result means both India (WR #11) and Chile (WR #19) qualify for the HWL Semi-Finals in either South Africa or Belgium and have a chance to qualify for the 2018 World Cup in London.

Tennis News

At Davis Cup 2017 - Asia/ Oceania Group I - 2nd Round, Bengaluru, India

India bt Uzbekistan 4-1
Day One
[R1] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,267) bt Temur Ismailov (UZB,406) 62 57 62 75.
[R2] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,287) bt Sanjar Fayziev (UZB,376) 75 36 63 64

Day Two
[R3] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Sriram Balaji (IND) bt Farrukh Dustov (UZB)/ Sanjar Fayziev (UZB) 62 64 61

Day Three
[R4] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,267) bt Sanjar Fayziev (UZB,376) 63 62
[R5] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,287) l Temur Ismailov (UZB,406) 57 36

In reverse singles, Ramk scored comfortable win but Prajnesh lost hsi match in dead rubber ... So India completed win 4-1 and now waiting for update new rankings ... We will be unseeded so tougher World group play-off match awaits.

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At $600K Fayez Sarofim & Co. US Men's Clay Court Championship 2017, Texas, Usa

[R1] Leander Paes (IND)/ Andre Sa (BRA) vs (1) Bob Bryan (USA)/ Mike Bryan (USA)
[R1] Purav Raja (IND)/ Divij Purav (IND) vs Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Donald Young (USA)

Tough draw for Indian players as Lee-Sa r facing Bryans ... Purav-Divij r facing Jeevan and Young.

Tennis News

At Davis Cup 2017 - Asia/ Oceania Group I - 2nd Round, Bengaluru, India

India bt Uzbekistan 3-0
Day One
[R1] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,267) bt Temur Ismailov (UZB,406) 62 57 62 75.
[R2] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,287) bt Sanjar Fayziev (UZB,376) 75 36 63 64

Day Two
[R3] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Sriram Balaji (IND) bt Farrukh Dustov (UZB)/ Sanjar Fayziev (UZB) 62 64 61

India romped to the victory with dominating win over Uzbek pair in the doubles ... With this win we r again qualify for World Group play-off.

Our new pairing of Rohan and Bala performed superbly to beat Dustov and Fayziev in straight sets ... Our pair controlled the match from the start with huge services and solid ground-strokes ... Bala held his nerve on his debute and gave mesmerizing performance ... Uzbek pair failed to challenge them.

Squash News

At $165K Women's World Championship 2017, El Gouna, Egypt

[R1] (12) Joshna Chinappa (IND,14) bt (Q) Misaki Kobayashi (JPN,42) 13-11 11-8 12-10 (33m)

[R2] (12) Joshna Chinappa (IND,14) vs (8) Alison Waters (ENG,9)

Joshna scored tight straight games win over Japanese qualifier Misaki in World championship opener ... In the second round, She is facing top-10 Britisher Alison Waters.

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At $150K Men's El Gouna International Open 2017, Egypt

[R1] Saurav Ghosal (IND,30) l (Q) Karim Ali Fathi (EGY,43) 11-5 10-12 7-11 9-11 (71m)

Saurav failed to cross the first hurdle in El Gouna International as he lost against the local qualifier in four games after winning the first game.

Tennis News

At Davis Cup 2017 - Asia/ Oceania Group I - 2nd Round, Bengaluru, India

India vs Uzbekistan 2-0
Day One
[R1] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,267) bt Temur Ismailov (UZB,406) 62 57 62 75.
[R2] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,287) bt Sanjar Fayziev (UZB,376) 75 36 63 64

India take 2-0 over Uzbekistan after end of the first day ... On the paper, we were having higher ranked players but young Uzbeks fought hard in both matches ... In both matches, after losing the first set Uzbeks won the second set but they struggled in humid condition ... Both Uzbek players took medical break in these matches ... Other hand our players showed better fitness and kept hanging in this match ... So good start for our young players and our new non-playing captain Mahesh Bhupathi.

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At $15K ITF Women Tournament 2017, Heraklion, Greece (clay)

[QF] (3) Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,551) l (6) Nastya Kolar (SLO,638) 26 36

Disappointing loss for Karman against her Slovian opponent.

Squash News

At $165K Women's World Championship 2017, El Gouna, Egypt

[R1] Dipika Pallikal Karthik (IND,22) l (6) Nicol David (MAS,6) 9-11 10-12 6-11 (34m)

Dipika stretched former WR #1 Nicol in the first 2 games but failed to win a game.

Tennis News

At Davis Cup 2017 - Asia/ Oceania Group I - 2nd Round, Bengaluru, India

Day One
[R1] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,267) vs Temur Ismailov (UZB,406)
[R2] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,287) vs Sanjar Fayziev (UZB,376)

Day Two
[R3] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Sriram Balaji (IND) vs Farrukh Dustov (UZB)/ Sanjar Fayziev (UZB)

Day Three
[R4] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,267) vs Sanjar Fayziev (UZB,376)
[R5] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,287) vs Temur Ismailov (UZB,406)

Top players from both teams are out due to injury; Yuki Bhambri and Denis Istomin ... RamK will play the first rubber against Uzbek's Ismailov and Prajnesh will play in the second rubber against Fayziev.

Mahesh has left Leander out of the team so Rohan will partner Bala for the doubles tie.

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At $776K Volvo Car Open 2017, Charleston, USA

[QF] (2) Andrea Hlavackova (CZE)/ Sania Mirza (IND) l Raquel Atawo (USA)/ Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) 26 46

Sania and Andrea lost comfortably against Raquel Atawo and Jelena Ostapenko in the quarters.

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At $15K ITF Women Tournament 2017, Heraklion, Greece (clay)

[R2] (3) Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,551) bt Mia Nicole Eklund (FIN,954) 62 36 63

[QF] (3) Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,551) vs (6) Nastya Kolar (SLO,638)

Finnish girl stretched Karman to three sets ... Next she is facing Slovanian Kolar.

Tennis News

At $776K Volvo Car Open 2017, Charleston, USA

[R1] (2) Andrea Hlavackova (CZE)/ Sania Mirza (IND) bt Daria Gavrilova (AUS)/ Daria Kasatkina (RUS) 16 63 10-3

[QF] (2) Andrea Hlavackova (CZE)/ Sania Mirza (IND) vs Raquel Atawo (USA)/ Jelena Ostapenko (LAT)

Sania and Andrea recovered well for beating Darias after losing the first set ... Next they r facing Raquel Atawo and Jelena Ostapenko pairing.

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At $15K ITF Women Tournament 2017, Heraklion, Greece (clay)

[R1] (3) Karman Kaur THANDI (IND,551) bt (Q) Ella TAYLOR (GBR,1237) 60 62

[R2] (3) Karman Kaur THANDI (IND,551) vs Mia Nicole EKLUND (FIN,954)

omfortbale winning start for Karman against British qualifier ... Next she is facing Finnish girl.

Squash News

At $165K Women's World Championship 2017, El Gouna, Egypt

[R1] Dipika Pallikal Karthik (IND,22) vs (6) Nicol David (MAS,6)
[R1] (12) Joshna Chinappa (IND,14) vs Qualifier

In women's World championship, Joshna is facing an qualifier but Dipika having tough match against former WR #1 Nicol David.

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At $150K Men's El Gouna International Open 2017, Egypt

[R1] Saurav Ghosal (IND,30) vs Qualifier

Saurav sliding in his ranking but here he is facing an qualifier.

Hockey News

At The Men's Hockey World League Semi-Finals 2017,

Between June 15 and 25 in London, these teams will participate -
Olympic gold medallists Argentina, reigning European champions Netherlands, Asian champions India, Pakistan, Korea, England, Canada, Malaysia, China and Scotland

And in Johannesburg, South Africa between July 8 and 23 -
Reigning Hockey World Cup, World League and Champions Trophy winners Australia, Olympic silver medallists Belgium, Olympic bronze medallists Germany, New Zealand, Spain, South Africa, Ireland, Japan, France and Egypt

Tennis News

At Davis Cup 2017 - Asia/ Oceania Group I - 2nd Round, Bengaluru, India

Yuki has pulled out of Davis cup tie due to knee trouble.

Uzbeks are also having their set of problems ... As per the report, Denis Istomin remained in his country to undergo a few precautionary tests on his foot and he will be in the city on Wednesday only ... There are doubts over Farrukh Dustov's match fitness as he hasn’t played competitive tennis in last six months.

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At $776K Volvo Car Open 2017, Charleston, USA

[R1] (2) Andrea Hlavackova (CZE)/ Sania Mirza (IND) vs Daria Gavrilova (AUS)/ Daria Kasatkina (RUS)

This week Sania is playing with Andrea Hlavackova in Charleston.

Tennis News

At $7.9M Miami Open 2017, Florida, USA

Doubles Final
(3) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Barbora Strycova (CZE) l Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN)/ Yifan Xu (CHN) 46 36

Missed opportunity of lifting Miami title for Sania-Barbora ... They lost in straight sets against unseeded pairing of Dabrowski and Xu.

Golf News

At $2.7M Ana Inspiration 2017, Rancho Mirage, California, USA

T42 Aditi Ashok (IND) 72 69 72 75 PAR $12,156

Till the third round, Aditi was destined for the top-25 finish in the LPGA's first Major, but poor final round brought her down to below top-40 finish.

Squash News

At $10K Men's North of Scotland Open 2017, Aberdeen, Scotland

Singles Final
(2) Vikram Malhotra (IND,69) bt (3) Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,70) 3-11 11-8 6-11 13-11 11-4 (66m)

Vikram became a winner in all Indian final at North of Scotland Open tournament ... Vikram scored an impressive comeback win over Mahesh, he was 1-2 games down and also saved match ball before making comeback for winning in the fifth game.

Badminton News

At $325K YONEX SUNRISE India Open 2017, New Delhi (SuperSeries)

Women's Singles Final
(3) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,5) bt (1) Carolina Marin (ESP,3) 21-19 21-16

Sindhu lifted Indian open SuperSeries title beating Marin in straight games ... This was repeat of Rio final but this time Sindhu turned table on Marin for lifiting the title ... In the first game, Sindhu opened 6-1 lead and she kept couple of points advantage till late in the game ... Marin caught her at 17-all and she had 19-18 lead but Sindhu won next 3 points for winning this game ... In the second game, Sindhu opened 4-0 lead but Marin managed to reduce 7-8 ... But after that Sindhu again took control and regained 5 points lead ... This time she kept her composure for completing win in 47 mins.

Tennis News

At $75K+H Leon Challenger, Mexico

Doubles Final
(3) Leander Paes (IND)/ Adil Shamasdin (CAN) bt Luca Margaroli (SUI)/ Caio Zampieri (BRA) 61 64

Leander and Adil lifted the doubles title in the Lean challenger with a comfortable win over Swiss-Brazilian pair ... After longtime Lee is winning the title at any level, must be a very emotional win for him.

Squash News

At $10K Men's North of Scotland Open 2017, Aberdeen, Scotland

[SF] (3) Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,70) bt (1) Richie Fallows (ENG,62) 10-12, 11-8, 13-11, 11-3 (70m)
[SF] (2) Vikram Malhotra (IND,69) bt (7) Eain Yow Ng (MAS,97) 11-4, 11-7, 6-11, 11-2 (58m)

All Indian final in North of Scotland Open ... Mahesh scored impressive upset win over upcoming young Britisher Richie Fallows in four games ... After losing the first game Mahesh fought back for winning next three ... After closely fought first 3 games, Richie was tired in the fourth.

Vikram also entered into the final beating Malaysian Eain Yow Ng in four games.

Badminton News

At $325K YONEX SUNRISE India Open 2017, New Delhi (SuperSeries)

[R1] (3) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,5) bt Arundhati Pantawane (IND,157) 21-17 21-6
[R1] (5) Saina Nehwal (IND,8) bt Chia Hsin Lee (TPE,38) 21-10 21-17
[R1] Sameer Verma (IND,38) bt (4) Son Wan Ho (KOR,5) 21-17 21-10

[R2] (3) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,5) bt Saena Kawakami (JPN,87) 21-16 23-21
[R2] (5) Saina Nehwal (IND,8) bt Pornpawee Chochuwong (THA,34) 21-10 21-17
[R2] Sameer Verma (IND,38) bt Hu Yun (HKG,15) 21-17 21-15

[QF] (3) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,5) bt (5) Saina Nehwal (IND,8) 21-16 22-20
[QF] Sameer Verma (IND,38) l Anders Antonsen (DEN,26) 22-24 19-21

[SF] (3) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,5) bt (2) Ji Hyun Sung (KOR,4) 21-18 14-21 21-14

[F] (3) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,5) vs (1) Carolina Marin (ESP,3)

Indian Superseries is going on in New Delhi ... Sindhu is in the final scoring upset win over WR #4 Korean Ji Hyun Sung ... The semis-final match was well contested as both players were trying different strategies ... Sindhu was trying to finish point early and Sung was trying to tired her opponent ... In the final, Sindhu is facing Marin so repeat of Rio final.

Before that Sindhu scored straight games win over Saina, showing who is currently top Indian player ... Other than Sindhi, only Saina and Sameer managed to reach quarter-final in this home SuperSeries ... Sameer scored two upset wins beating WR #5 Korean Son Wan Ho in the first round and WR #15 Hong Kong player Hu Yun in the second.

Squash News

At $10K Men's North of Scotland Open 2017, Aberdeen, Scotland

[R1] (3) Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,70) bt Israr Ahmed (PAK,104) 14-12, 12-14, 11-2, 11-4 (50m)
[R1] (2) Vikram Malhotra (IND,69) bt (Q) Tristan Eysele (RSA,148) 11-6, 11-6, 11-8 (32m)

[QF] (3) Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,70) bt (6) Jan van den Herrewegen (BEL,92) 11-6, 11-3, 4-11, 11-6 (58m)
[QF] (2) Vikram Malhotra (IND,69) bt (5) Evan Williams (NZL,82) 11-5, 11-5, 11-8 (27m)

[SF] (3) Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,70) vs (1) Richie Fallows (ENG,62)
[SF] (2) Vikram Malhotra (IND,69) vs (7) Eain Yow Ng (MAS,97)

Mahesh and Vikram r playing in Scottish tournament and they r in the semis with contrasting wins ... Mahesh has been stretched to four games in both matches and facing tough match against British top-seed ... Vikram is in the semis with comfortbale wins and facing Malaysian opponent, who is in the semis after upset win.

Tennis News

At $75K+H Leon Challenger, Mexico

[SF] (3) Leander Paes (IND)/ Adil Shamasdin (CAN) bt Luke Saville (AUS)/ John-Patrick Smith (AUS) 67(1) 64 10-5

[F] (3) Leander Paes (IND)/ Adil Shamasdin (CAN) vs Luca Margaroli (SUI)/ Caio Zampieri (BRA)

Lee-Adil scored superb comeback win over in-form Aussie pair after losing the first set in tie-break ... In the final, they r facing unseeded Swiss-Brazilian pair.

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At $25K ITF Women Tournament 2017, Santa Margherita Di Pula, Italy

[R1] (3) Prarthana G. THOMBARE (IND)/ Eva WACANNO (NED) bt Valeria SOLOVYEVA (RUS)/ Melanie STOKKE (NOR) 62 63
[QF] (3) Prarthana G. THOMBARE (IND)/ Eva WACANNO (NED) bt Ekaterine GORGODZE (GEO)/ Kamila KERIMBAYEVA (KAZ) 36 64 10-7
[SF] (3) Prarthana G. THOMBARE (IND)/ Eva WACANNO (NED) bt (2) Irina Maria BARA (ROU)/ Basak ERAYDIN (TUR) 63 61

[F] (3) Prarthana G. THOMBARE (IND)/ Eva WACANNO (NED) l Lina GJORCHESKA (MKD)/ Bernarda PERA (USA) 26 36

Prarthana played in Italian ITF tournament and she reached in the final with her Dutch partner Eva Wacanno ... In the final they lost against unseeded pair in straight sets.