Tennis News

At $2M Citi Open 2017, Washington, USA

[R1] (Q) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,182) l Guido Pella (ARG,97) 46 16
[R1] (Q) Yuki Bhambri (IND,200) bt Stefan Kozlov (USA,132) 75 2-0 retd.

[R2] (Q) Yuki Bhambri (IND,200) vs (6) Gael Monfils (FRA,22)

Yuki in the second round of Washington Open and facing defending champion Gael Monfils ... In his match, Yuki was down 2-4 but from here he made an excellent comeback ... He broke Kozlov to make it 4-all and then took a crucial break in the 12th game for winning the set ... In the second set, Yuki broke him in 2nd game when Kozlov retired from the match ... It seems, he failed to adjust in muggy condition.

In the match two different Ramk we saw as in the first set, the spectators watched top-50 type of tennis and in the second set RamK played below 150 type tennis ... In the first set, RamK broke Pella in 1st game to lead 2-0 ... Pella immediately responded and broke Ramk in the 4th game, 2-all ... Pella took an important break in the 10th game for winning the set ... After this RamK struggled with his game and was 5-0 down after losing his service games in 2nd and 4th ... Pella kept that advantage for a comfortable win.

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At $250K Citi Open 2017, Washington, USA (WTA Tour)

[R1] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Monica Niculescu (ROU) bye

Sania is playing with Monica in the Citi open.

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At $2M Citi Open 2017, Washington, USA

[Q2] (1) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,178) bt Marinko Matosevic (AUS,401) 75 63
[Q2] (2) Yuki Bhambri (IND,201) bt Liam Broady (GBR,357) 62 64

[R1] (Q) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,182) vs Guido Pella (ARG,97)
[R1] (Q) Yuki Bhambri (IND,200) vs Stefan Kozlov (USA,132)

Doubles
[R1] (WC) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Donald Young (USA) vs Daniel Nestor (CAN)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK)

Yuki qualified for the main-draw with straight sets win over Britisher Liam Broady ... In the first set, Yuki broke Liam in 3rd and 7th games for winning it comfortably ... In the second set, Yuki broke Liam in 1st game for a 2-0 lead and kept that advantage for winning the set and match ... Yuki is facing young American Stefan Kozlov in the first round.

RamK also qualified for the main-draw and in this match RamK's serve were too good as he served 13 aces ... RamK took an early break for leading 4-2 but Marinko broke him in the 7th game, 4-3 ... RamK broke Marinko in the 12th game when he was serving to stay in the set ... In the second set, RamK broke Marinko in 4th game to lead 4-1 ... RamK had couple of match points on Marinko's serve in 8th game but he failed to convert ... But he hold his serve in next game for straight sets victory ... RamK is facing Argentine clay courter Guido Pella.

In the doubles, Rohan is participating with Donald Young.

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At $728K Abierto Mexicano de Tenis Mifel presentado por Cinemex 2017, Los Cabos, Mexico

[R1] (4) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Santiago Gonzalez (MEX)/ Scott Lipsky (USA)
[R1] Blaz Kavcic (SLO)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) vs (WC) Hans Hach Verdugo (MEX)/ Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX)

Divij-Purav having a tough match against Gonzalez-Lipsky, their last match went to the match tie-break ... This week, Jeevan is playing with Blaz Kavcic and they r facing local wild-card pair in the first round.

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At $125K Chengdu Challenger 2017, China

[Q3] (6) Sidharth Rawat (IND,574) bt Hsien-Yin Peng (TPE,UNR) 64 63
[Q3] (2) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,419) l (5) Kento Takeuchi (JPN,472) 26 46
[Q3] (3) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,424) l (7) Yunseong Chung (KOR,613) 46 36

[R1] (Q) Sidharth Rawat (IND,574) vs Sam Barry (IRL,393)

Doubles
[R1] (2) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs Yusuke Takahashi (JPN)/ Kento Takeuchi (JPN)

Disappointing losses of Vishnu and Sasi ... Sid qualified for the main-draw and facing Irishman Sam Barry ... In the doubles, Bala-Vishnu r 2nd seed and facing Japanese pair in the first round.

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At $25K+H Italy F23 Futures 2017, Pontedara

Singles Final
(2) Sumit Nagal (IND,305) bt Andrea Basso (ITA,502) 64 64

Sumit lifted his 3rd futures title of the year and overall 8th futures title ... With this first $25K+H futures title, he will move inside top 275 in the rankings ... From the start this final match was close ... In the first set, Sumit took a crucial break in the 10th game when Andrea was serving for staying in the set ... In the second set, Sumit broke Andrea in 6th game for lead 4-2 and he had 3 match points on Andrea's serve at 5-2 ... Sumit failed to convert them and then he lost his serve while serving for the match at 5-3 ... Sumit again had 2 match points on Andrea's serve in 10th game which he saved but Sumit converted his 6th match point for lifting the title.

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At 2017 FIBA Women's Asia Cup, Bangalore, India

Division B - Final
India bt Kazakhstan 75-73

Indian women get promoted to Division A of the 2019 FIBA Asia Women's Cup after winning the final of Division B ... In the final, they defeated Kazakhstan in a closely fought match ... They produced superb comeback in the fourth quarter with help from Jeena Skaria (20) and Shireen Limaye (17) after trailing by 8 points at the end of the third quarter ... Japan won Women's Asia Cup after scoring upset one point win over WR #4 Australian team, 74-73.

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At $720K BB&T Atlanta Open 2017, USA

[SF] (4) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Wesley Koolhof (NED)/ Artem Sitak (NZL) 67(3) 46

Divij-Purav lost in the straight sets against Koolhof-Sitak and missed opportunity of entering into the Atlanta open final.

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At $125K Chengdu Challenger 2017, China

[Q1] (6) Sidharth Rawat (IND,574) bye
[Q1] (2) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,419) bye
[Q1] (3) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,424) bye

[Q2] (6) Sidharth Rawat (IND,574) bt Zhao Cai (CHN,1864) 63 63
[Q2] (2) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,419) bt Changwei Peng (CHN,1864) 63 61
[Q2] (3) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,424) bt Mousheg Hovhannisyan (USA,1240) 63 62

[Q3] (6) Sidharth Rawat (IND,574) vs Hsien-Yin Peng (TPE,UNR)
[Q3] (2) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,419) vs (5) Kento Takeuchi (JPN,472)
[Q3] (3) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,424) vs (7) Yunseong Chung (KOR,613)

[R1] N.Sriram Balaji (IND,295) vs Ti Chen (TPE,267)

Good ooportunity for Sid, Sasi and Vishnu for qualifying for the main-draw of this big challenger in the singles ... In the main-draw, Bala is facing experienced Ti Chen.

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At $25K+H Italy F23 Futures 2017, Pontedara

[SF] (2) Sumit Nagal (IND,305) bt (4) Christian Lindell (SWE,370) 57 62 63

Sumit scored comeback win over his Swede opponent Lindell for entering into the final ... Sumit was early break up but from 5-2 he lose his concentration and lost next 5 games for losing the first set ... In the second set, Sumit broke Lindell in 6th and 8th games for winning it comfortably ... In the final set, both players were matching other's game ... Sumit took crucial break in 8th game and then converted 3rd match point on his own serve for a victory.

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At 2017 FIBA Women's Asia Cup, Bangalore, India

Division B - Group A
India bt Uzbekistan 92 -76
India bt Sri Lanka 88-42

[Division B - QF] India bt Fiji 93-51

[Division B - SF] India bt Lebanon 79-69

Division B - Final
India vs Kazakhstan

Indian women r in the final of Division B and will play against Kazakhstan ... The winner will be promoted to Division A of the 2019 FIBA Asia Women's Cup, top 8 Asian nations ... Top two higher ranked teams from this Division r in the final, WR# 40 India and WR #43 Kazakhstan ... In all the matches we were struggling with defense but our offensive game helped us to win these matches ... Against Kazakh girls, we also need to work on our defense for capturing a big opportunity to get re-promoted to Division A.

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At $720K BB&T Atlanta Open 2017, USA

[QF] Hyeon Chung (KOR)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) vs (1) Bob Bryan (USA)/ Mike Bryan (USA) 16 26

[SF] (4) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Wesley Koolhof (NED)/ Artem Sitak (NZL)

It seems Bryans gave the doubles lesson to Jeevan-Hyeon ... In the semis, Divij-Purav r facing Koolhof-Sitak.

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At $2M Citi Open 2017, Washington, USA

[Q1] (1) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,178) bye
[Q1] (2) Yuki Bhambri (IND,201) bye

In Washington tournament, RamK and Yuki r top 2 seeds in the qualifying and they r one win away from qualifying as they received bye in their first round matches.

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At $25K+H Italy F23 Futures 2017, Pontedara

[QF] (2) Sumit Nagal (IND,305) bt Igor Sijsling (NED,750) 63 60

[SF] (2) Sumit Nagal (IND,305) vs (4) Christian Lindell (SWE,370)

Sumit came back to his groove and scored dominating win over former top-60 player Igor Sijsling ... Next, he is facing Swedish player Christian Lindell.

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At $25K China F14 Future 2017, Tianjin


[QF] Karunuday Singh (IND,740) l (3) Shuichi Sekiguchi (JPN,351) 36 67(3)

KU failed to overcome challenge of Sekiguchi and lost in the two sets.

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At $15K ITF Women Tournament 2017, Hong Kong

[SF] Kanika VAIDYA (IND,983) l (1) Ling ZHANG (HKG,503) 46 26

Kanika lost in the straight sets against top-seed local player.

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At $100K Granby Challenger 2017, Canada

[R2] Yuki Bhambri (IND,201) l (4) Denis Shapovalov (CAN,130) 64 06 36

Yuki lost in three sets against Denis Shapovalov after winning the first set ... In the first set, Yuki took an early break to lead 3-1 ... He kept that advantage for winning the set ... In the second set, Yuki got broken early and somehow he tanked the set ... In the third set, Yuki matched Denis game but few unforced errors in the 8th game on his serve cost him the match.

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At $25K China F14 Future 2017, Tianjin

[R1] Karunuday Singh (IND,740) bt Chengze Lyu (CHN,2083) 64 62
[R2] Karunuday Singh (IND,740) bt (5) Shintaro Imai (JPN,382) 46 62 63

[QF] Karunuday Singh (IND,740) vs (3) Shuichi Sekiguchi (JPN,351)

KU in the quarters with superb comeback upset win over top-400 Japanese opponent, Shintaro Imai ... In the quarter, he is facing top-350 Japanese player, Shuichi Sekiguchi.

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At $25K ITF Womens Tournament 2017, Hua Hin, Thailand

[QF] (6) Karman Kaur THANDI (IND,349) l Naiktha BAINS (AUS,454) 06 63 36

Karman lost in the three sets against Naiktha Bains ... I was hoping win for Karman.

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At $15K ITF Women Tournament 2017, Hong Kong

[R1] Kanika VAIDYA (IND,983) bt (8) Kwan Yau NG (HKG,908) 60 46 62
[R2] Kanika VAIDYA (IND,983) bt YeXin MA (CHN,1221) 60 57 63
[QF] Kanika VAIDYA (IND,983) bt (4) Michika OZEKI (JPN,726) 75 36 64

[SF] Kanika VAIDYA (IND,983) vs (1) Ling ZHANG (HKG,503)

Kanika is in the semis with couple of upset wins ... In the semis, she is facing top-500 local girl Ling Zhang.

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At $720K BB&T Atlanta Open 2017, USA

[R1] Hyeon Chung (KOR)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) bt (WC) Eric Sock (USA)/ Jack Sock (USA) 63 63

[QF] (4) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt Santiago Gonzalez (MEX)/ Scott Lipsky (USA) 76(6) 67(5) 10-3
[QF] Hyeon Chung (KOR)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) vs (1) Bob Bryan (USA)/ Mike Bryan (USA)

Another similar hard fought win for Divij and Purav against good doubles players, Lipsky and Gonzalez ... This time also they dominated the match tie-break.

Jeevan-Chung started with a confident win against Sock brothers ... Next, they r facing another brothers combination but this time formidable Bryans.

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At €540K Swiss Open 2017, Gstaad, Switzerland

[R1] Leander Paes (IND)/ Antonio Sancic (CRO) l Thomaz Bellucci (BRA)/ Andre Sa (BRA) 36 26

Lee with his new Croatian partner Sancic, failed to challenge Brazilian pair in their one-sided loss.

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At $226,750 Ericsson Open 2017, Bastad, Sweden

[QF] Jessica Moore (AUS)/ Prarthana Thombare (IND) l (2) Oksana Kalashnikova (GEO)/ Alicja Rosolska (POL) 36 26

Prarthana-Jessica failed to challenge 2nd seed Kalashnikova and Kalashnikova.

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At $100K Granby Challenger 2017, Canada

[R1] Yuki Bhambri (IND,201) bt Roberto Quiroz (ECU,238) 67(4) 63 61

[R2] Yuki Bhambri (IND,201) vs (4) Denis Shapovalov (CAN,130)

After struggling in the first set Yuki dominated the match as he won last two sets comfortably ... In the first set, Yuki took early break for leading 2-0 but while serving for the set at 5-4 he missed a set point on his serve and lost his serve ... He lost the tie-break and was a break down in the second set at 0-2 ... After that he changed his game plan and winning 12 games of the next 14 games for completing the win ... Next, he is facing in-form Canadian Denis Shapovalov.

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At $25K ITF Womens Tournament 2017, Hua Hin, Thailand

[R1] (6) Karman Kaur THANDI (IND,349) bt Karin KENNEL (SUI,562) 61 46 63

[QF] (6) Karman Kaur THANDI (IND,349) vs Naiktha BAINS (AUS,454)

Karman is in the quarters with three sets win over Swiss girl ... Next, she is facing Indian origin Aussie girl Naiktha Bains.

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At $25K+H Italy F23 Futures 2017, Pontedara

[R2] (2) Sumit Nagal (IND,305) bt Gian Marco Moroni (ITA,888) 62 36 76(5)

Sumit in the quarter-final with hard fought win over another Italian Moroni ... In the final set tie-break, he was 1-5 down before winning last 6 points to complete the victory.

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At $226,750 Ericsson Open 2017, Bastad, Sweden

[R1] Jessica Moore (AUS)/ Prarthana Thombare (IND) bt Sílvia Soler-Espinosa (ESP)/ Anna Zaja (GER) 64 62

Prarthana and Jessica started with a comfortable win against Zaja and Soler-Espinosa ... good to see she is winning matches regularly on WTA tour lower level tournament.

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At $75K Binghamton Challenger 2017, New York, USA

[R1] (3) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,178) vs Cameron Norrie (GBR,275) 67(3) 26

Surprised by RamK's straight sets loss against Norrie ... In the first set, at 4-5 down RamK saved 3 set points ... In next game, he broke Norrie but failed to convert a couple of set points on his serve ... After losing the tie-break RamK was flat and lose the second set convincingly.

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At $25K ITF Womens Tournament 2017, Hua Hin, Thailand

[R1] (Q) Pranjala YADLAPALLI (IND,755) l (5) Kamila KERIMBAYEVA (KAZ,364) 26 67(7)
[R1] (Q) Natasha PALHA (IND,759) l Karin KENNEL (SUI,562) 46 16
[R1] (6) Karman Kaur THANDI (IND,400) bt (WC) Chompoothip JUNDAKATE (THA,1157) 60 61

[R2] (6) Karman Kaur THANDI (IND,400) vs Karin KENNEL (SUI,562)

Dominating winning start by Karman ... Next, she is facing Swiss girl Karin Kennel, who defeated Natasha ... Fighting performance by Pranjala against top-375 ranked player in her loss.

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At $720K BB&T Atlanta Open 2017, USA

[R1] (4) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt Treat Huey (PHI)/ Robert Lindstedt (SWE) 76(2) 67(2) 10-4

[QF] (4) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Santiago Gonzalez (MEX)/ Scott Lipsky (USA)

The hard fought win in the match tie-break for Divij and Purav ... After two tie-breaks, our pair won the match tie-break comfortably ... Next, they r fqacing Lipsky-Gonzalez.

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At $75K Binghamton Challenger 2017, New York, USA

[R1] Dekel Bar (ISR)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) vs Denis Kudla (USA)/ Daniel Nguyen (USA) 67(5) 67(9)

RamK with his Israeli partner Bar lost in very closely fought two tie-breaks against American pair in the first round.

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At $25K+H Italy F23 Futures 2017, Pontedara

[R1] (2) Sumit Nagal (IND,305) bt Antonio Massara (ITA,651) 64 75

Sumit started with a straights sets win over his Italian opponent ... As per report, he was 1-5 down in the second before winning next six games.

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At $25K ITF Womens Tournament 2017, Hua Hin, Thailand

[R1] Dhruthi TATACHAR VENUGOPAL (IND,552) l (8) Kyoka OKAMURA (JPN,424) 46 26

Dhruthi lost in straight sets against her Japanese opponent.

Badminton News

At $120K Yonex US Open 2017, Anaheim (Grand Prix Gold)

Men's Singles Final
(2) Prannoy H.S. (IND,23) bt Parupalli Kashyap (IND,59) 21-15 20-22 21-12

Prannoy lifted his third GPG title beating compatriot Kashyap in three games ... In the first game, Kashyap was leading 11-9 till break but after wards, Prannoy took control for winning it easily ... In the second game also Kashyap was leading early and this time he kept nerves for winning it, though Prannoy caught with him later in the game ... In the final game, Prannoy was in the control for the start to win it comfortably.

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At $1.6M Marathon Classic 2017, Toledo, USA (LPGA Tour)

T8 Aditi Ashok (IND) 65 68 68 71 -12 $33,745.00

Aditi managed only PAR in the final round, so she found herself outside top-5 ... But still this was her first top-10 finish on LPGA tour and till now highest prize money.

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At $3.5M Barbasol Championship 2017, Opelika, USA (PGA Tour)

T35 Arjun Atwal (IND) 69 70 64 70 -11 $17,300.00

In the final round, Arjun managed one under, so he slides down to T35 in the standing..

Tennis News

At $720K BB&T Atlanta Open 2017, USA

[Q1] (ALT) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,1206) l (3) Tim Smyczek (USA,194) 67(3) 36

Doubles
[R1] Hyeon Chung (KOR)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) vs (WC) Eric Sock (USA)/ Jack Sock (USA)
[R1] (4) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Treat Huey (PHI)/ Robert Lindstedt (SWE)

Jeevan gave decent performance in the singles qualifying ... In the doubles, Jeevan is partnering Korean Hyeon Chung and they r facing Sock brothers ... Divij-Purav r 4th seed but facing experienced doubles players Huey and Lindstedt.

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At €540K Swiss Open 2017, Gstaad, Switzerland

[R1] Leander Paes (IND)/ Antonio Sancic (CRO) vs Thomaz Bellucci (BRA)/ Andre Sa (BRA)

Surprise to see Lee traveled to Europe for Swiss open, instead of playing Atlanta open ... This week, he is partnering Croatian Antonio Sancic and they r having tough match against Brazilan pair.

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At $226,750 Ericsson Open 2017, Bastad, Sweden

[R1] Jessica Moore (AUS)/ Prarthana Thombare (IND) vs Sílvia Soler-Espinosa (ESP)/ Anna Zaja (GER)

This week, Prarthan is playing at Bastad with Moore.

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At $100K Granby Challenger 2017, Canada

[R1] Yuki Bhambri (IND,212) vs Roberto Quiroz (ECU,238)

Yuki is facing an Ecquadorian player in the first round and next can meet Denis Shapovalov if both players win their first round matches.

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At $75K Binghamton Challenger 2017, New York, USA

[R1] (3) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,168) vs Cameron Norrie (GBR,277)

RamK is 3rd seed and facing British youngster in the first round.

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At $80K ITF Womens Tournament 2017, Prague, Czech Republic

[R1] (8) Ankita Raina (IND,277) l Amanda CARRERAS (GBR,342) 36 46

Ankita played qualifying in Czech ITf, but lost in the first round against British player.

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At $25K ITF Womens Tournament 2017, Hua Hin, Thailand

[R1] (Q) Pranjala YADLAPALLI (IND,755) vs (5) Kamila KERIMBAYEVA (KAZ,364)
[R1] (Q) Natasha PALHA (IND,759) vs Karin KENNEL (SUI,562)
[R1] (6) Karman Kaur THANDI (IND,400) vs (WC) Chompoothip JUNDAKATE (THA,1157)
[R1] Dhruthi TATACHAR VENUGOPAL (IND,552) vs (8) Kyoka OKAMURA (JPN,424)

Pranjala and Natasha qualified for main-draw but Pranjala is facing top-375 Kazakh player in the first round.

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At $120K Yonex US Open 2017, Anaheim (Grand Prix Gold)

[R1] (2) Prannoy H.S. (IND,23) Luka Wraber (AUT,108) 21-12 21-16
[R1] Parupalli Kashyap (IND,59) bt (1) Hyun Il Lee (KOR,15) 21-16 10-21 21-19

[R2] (2) Prannoy H.S. (IND,23) bt Joshua MaGee (IRL,188) 21-13 21-17
[R2] Parupalli Kashyap (IND,59) bt Gergely Krausz (HUN,130) 21-18 17-6 retd.
[R1] Manu Attri (IND)/ Sumeeth B. Reddy (IND) bt Nyl Yakura (CAN)/ Brittney Tam (CAN) 21-13 21-15

[R3] (2) Prannoy H.S. (IND,23) bt (12) Mark Caljouw (NED,52) 21-8 14-21 21-16
[R3] Parupalli Kashyap (IND,59) bt (16) Niluka Karunaratne (SRI,83) 21-19 21-10
[R2] Manu Attri (IND)/ Sumeeth B. Reddy (IND) bt Hendra Tandjaya (INA)/ Androw Yunanto (INA) 21-16 21-9

[QF] (2) Prannoy H.S. (IND,23) bt (8) Kanta Tsuneyama (JPN,37) 10-21 21-15 21-18
[QF] Parupalli Kashyap (IND,59) bt (5) Sameer Verma (IND,32) 21-13 21-16
[QF] Manu Attri (IND)/ Sumeeth B. Reddy (IND) bt (7) Hiroki Okamura (JPN)/ Masayuki Onodera (JPN) 21-18 22-20

[SF] (2) Prannoy H.S. (IND,23) bt (15) Tien Minh Nguyen (VIE,66) 21-14 21-19
[SF] Parupalli Kashyap (IND,59) bt Kwang Hee Heo (KOR,111) 15-21 21-15 21-16
[SF] Manu Attri (IND)/ Sumeeth B. Reddy (IND) l (1) Ching Yao Lu (TPE)/ Po Han Yang (TPE) 12-21 21-12 20-22

[F] (2) Prannoy H.S. (IND,23) vs Parupalli Kashyap (IND,59)

After poor outing in Canadian open by our second string players much was expected in US open ... This time they didn't disappointed ... Kashyap and Prannoy r in the final ... In the first round, Kashyap scored upset win over top-15 Korean Hyun Il Lee in three games ... In the quarters, he defeated countryman Sameer Verma in straight games ... In the doubles, Manu and Sumeeth lost in the semis against top-seed Taipei pair ... In the final game, they had chances as they were leading most of the part and had a match point at 20-19.

The first time India has secured four qualifiers in men's singles and women's singles competitions for next month's prestigious World Championship ... In women's singles players r Rituparna Das, Tanvi Lad, PV Sindhu and Saina Nehwal ... In men's singles players r Sameer Verma, Ajay Jayaram, Kidambi Srikanth and Sai Praneeth ... The BWF World Championships will be held in Emirates Arena, Glasgow, from August 21 to 27.

Hockey News

At Women's Hockey World League Semi-Finals 2017, Johannesbur,g, South Africa

For 7th Position
India l Ireland 1-2 (1-0)
Goal Scorers - Gurjit Kaur (IND) 15' PC and Kathryn Mullan (IRL) 47' PC, Lizzie Colvin (IRL) 48' PC

The Indian women's hockey team finish eighth in Women's HWL Semi-Final ... Despite maintaining an upper hand throughout the match, India let the opponents score two goals in the final quarter.

Golf News

At $1.6M Marathon Classic 2017, Toledo, USA (LPGA Tour)

T3 Aditi Ashok (IND) 65 68 68 -12

Aditi scored another three under round which helped her to ove inside top-5 standing ... In her third round, she had 4 birdies and a bogey ... Currently she is 3 strokes behind the leader.

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At $3.5M Barbasol Championship 2017, Opelika, USA (PGA Tour)

T20 Arjun Atwal (IND) 69 70 64 -7

Arjun scored superb six under to move inside top-20 in the standing ... Before this round he was lying below so in the standing.

Tennis News

At $125K+H Astana Challenger 2017, Kazakhstan

Doubles Final
(1) Toshihide Matsui (JPN)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt Evgeny Karlovskiy (RUS)/ Evgeny Tyurnev (RUS) 76(3) 67(5) 10-7

Vishnu lifted his third challenger title and 2nd of the year in very clost match ... He and his Japanese partner Toshihide Matsui needed to dig deep for completing this win in the match tie-break against Russian pair ... This is a huge title as this will help Vishnu to be near of top-150 doubles ranking.

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At $15K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2017, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt

[SF] Rutuja Bhosale (IND,793) l (WC) Mayar Sherif (EGY,UNR) 57 67(5)

Doubles
[R1] Rutuja Bhosale (IND)/ Mayar Sherif (EGY) bt Nadia Echeverria Alam (VEN)/ Clemence Fayol (FRA) 63 61
[QF] Rutuja Bhosale (IND)/ Mayar Sherif (EGY) bt Emily Fanning (NZL)/ Eva Siska (USA) 75 63
[SF] Rutuja Bhosale (IND)/ Mayar Sherif (EGY) bt Federica Prati (ITA)/ Elina Vikhryanova (RUS) 61 76(4)

Women's Doubles Final
Rutuja Bhosale (IND)/ Mayar Sherif (EGY) bt Pei Hsuan Chen (TPE)/ Fang-Hsien Wu (TPE) 36 63 10-5

Rutuja lost in two closely fought sets against her doubles partner Mayar Sherif ... But Rutuja lifted the doubles title pairing Mayar, they defeated Taiwani pair in comeback win after losing the first set ... So back to back the doubles title for Rutuja.

Golf News

At $1.6M 146th Marathon Classic 2017, Toledo, USA (LPGA Tour)

6 Aditi Ashok (IND) 65 68 -9

Aditi is remained in top-10 after first 2 rounds with 3 under second round.

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At $10M 146th The Open Championship 2017, Southport, England

----------------Cut @ +5 ----------------
T78 Shiv Kapur (IND) 73 73 +6
T78 Anirban Lahiri (IND) 73 73 +6

Again both managed 3 over so they missed cut by 1 stroke.

Tennis News

At $600K Hall of Fame Open 2017, Newport, USA

[SF] (3) Sam Groth (AUS)/ Leander Paes (IND) l (1) Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK)/ Rajeev Ram (USA) 64 67(6) 9-11

Lee and Sam missed multiple match points in the second set and in the match tie-break they saved 2 match points from 7-9 down but failed to save third ... So another close match and again missed opportunities of closing match in two sets.

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At $75K Gatineau Challenger 2017, Canada

[QF] Yuki Bhambri (IND,212) l Alexander Sarkissian (USA,255) 36 64 46

This was surprising loss of Yuki against Sarkissian in three sets ... Before this match he scored really good win against more fancied opponents ... In this match, he played defensively and gave chance to Sarkissian for dominating the points.

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At $125K+H Astana Challenger 2017, Kazakhstan

[SF] (1) Toshihide Matsui (JPN)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt Sadio Doumbia (FRA)/ Michal Konecny (CZE) 76(5) 76(1)

[F] (1) Toshihide Matsui (JPN)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs Evgeny Karlovskiy (RUS)/ Evgeny Tyurnev (RUS)

Vishnu and Toshihide in the final after scoring win with two tie-breaks ... In the final, they r facing Russian pair.

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At $60K ITF Womens Tournament 2017, Bursa, Turkey

[SF] (5) Ankita Raina (IND,274) l (1) Ipek Soylu (TUR,180) 46 64 26

Ankita lost in three sets against top-200 turkish player Ipek Soylu ... After winning the second set Ankita failed to keep momentum in the third.

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

[SF] (8) Dhruthi TATACHAR VENUGOPAL (IND,578) l (Q) Hua-Chen LEE (TPE,UNR) 36 46

Dhruthi failed to continue with her run and lost in the straight sets against Hua-Chen Lee.

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At $15K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2017, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt

[QF] Rutuja Bhosale (IND,793) bt (Q) Eva Siska (USA,1103) 64 62

[SF] Rutuja Bhosale (IND,793) vs (WC) Mayar Sherif (EGY,UNR)

Rutuja is in the semis with comfortable straight sets win over American qualifier Eva Siska ... Next, she is facing local wild card player, Mayar Sherif.

Golf News

At $10M 146th The Open Championship 2017, Southport, England

T90 Shiv Kapur (IND) 73 +3
T90 Anirban Lahiri (IND) 73 +3

Our both players struggled on Royal Birkdale course ... Anirban managed 1 egale, 2 birdies but 7 bogeys ... Shiv scored 3 birdies, 3 bogeys and 1 triple bogeys ... they need 3 under in the second round for making the cut.

Hockey News

At Women's Hockey World League Semi-Finals 2017, Johannesbur,g, South Africa

5-8th Position
India l Japan 0-2 (0-2)
Goal Scorers - Kana Nomura (JPN) 7' PC, Naho Ichitani (JPN) 29' PC

Japan dominated the match as they had 10 penalty corners and they converted 2 of them for important win as winner was guranteed place in 2018 World Cup ... Indian team has a tough task as they will need to win Asia Cup for qualification.

Tennis News

At $600K Hall of Fame Open 2017, Newport, USA

[QF] (3) Sam Groth (AUS)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt Wesley Koolhof (NED)/ Artem Sitak (NZL)
[QF] (4) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) l Matt Reid (AUS)/ John-Patrick Smith (AUS) 67(5) 67(4)

[SF] (3) Sam Groth (AUS)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs (1) Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK)/ Rajeev Ram (USA)

Lee-Sam stromed into the semis with comfortable win over Koolhof-Sitak ... In the semis, they r facing top-seed Ram and Qureshi ... Divij-Purav lost in two tie-breaks against Aussie pair, tough luck.

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At $125K+H Astana Challenger 2017, Kazakhstan

[R2] (Q) Saketh Myneni (IND,432) l (4) Duckhee Lee (KOR,153) 06 46

Doubles
[QF] (1) Toshihide Matsui (JPN)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt Nikola Milojevic (SRB)/ Aldin Setkic (BIH) 67(3) 64 10-8

[SF] (1) Toshihide Matsui (JPN)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs Sadio Doumbia (FRA)/ Michal Konecny (CZE)

After receiving bagel in the first set, Saki managed a decent score in the second against Duckhee ... This was his first real test against challenger level player after the long injury layoff so we can say, three wins r a good start.

Hard fought comeback win in the match tie-break for Vishnu-Matsui ... Next, they r facing unseeded pairing of Doumbia and Konecny.

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At $60K ITF Womens Tournament 2017, Bursa, Turkey

[QF] (5) Ankita Raina (IND,274)< bt (3) Dejana Radanovic (SRB,260) 16 75 61

[SF] (5) Ankita Raina (IND,274) vs (1) Ipek Soylu (TUR,180)

Ankita scored an excellent comeback win over higher ranked Radanovic ... After losing the first set easily Ankita regrouped and won the second set taking a crucial break in 11th game ... After that Ankita dominated the last set for winning it comfortably ... Next, she is facing top-200 Turkish player Ipek Soylu.

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At $25K Turkey F26 Future 2017, Istanbul (Clay)

[R2] (1) Sumit Nagal (IND,306) l Miki Jankovic (SRB,842) 46 26

Surprising loss of Sumit against Jankovic.

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

[R1] (8) Dhruthi TATACHAR VENUGOPAL(IND,578) bt Andrea KA (CAM,580) 60 62
[R2] (8) Dhruthi TATACHAR VENUGOPAL(IND,578) bt Sung-Hee HAN (KOR,732) 64 62
[QF] (8) Dhruthi TATACHAR VENUGOPAL(IND,578) bt (1) Fatma AL NABHANI (OMA,466) 64 61

[SF] (8) Dhruthi TATACHAR VENUGOPAL(IND,578) vs (Q) Hua-Chen LEE (TPE,UNR)

Dhruthi scored some good wins in Thai ITF ... In the quarters, she scored straight sets win over top-seed and very experienced Al Nabhani.

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At $15K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2017, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt

[R2] Rutuja Bhosale (IND,793) bt Ramu Ueda (JPN,914) 62 64
[R2] (Q) Snehal Mane (IND,UNR) l (3) Jacqueline Cabaj Awad (SWE,530) 26 16

[QF] Rutuja Bhosale (IND,793) vs (Q) Eva Siska (USA,1103)

Rutuja in the quarters with straight sets win over her Japanese opponent ... Next, she is facing American qualifier Eva Siska, who scored upset win over top-seed British player ... Awad proved too better player for Snehal.

Tennis News

At $226,750 BRD Bucharest Open 2017, Romania

[QF] Jessica Moore (AUS)/ Prarthana Thombare (IND) l (1) Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU)/ Raluca Olaru (ROU) 06 26

Top-seed Romanian pair proved too strong to Prarthana and Moore.

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At $75K Gatineau Challenger 2017, Canada

[R2] Yuki Bhambri (IND,212) bt (3) Blaz Kavcic (SLO,98) 76(1) 3-1 retd

[QF] Yuki Bhambri (IND,212) vs Alexander Sarkissian (USA,255)

Doubles
[QF] Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Yasutaka Uchiyama (JPN) l (WC) Filip Peliwo (CAN)/ Denis Shapovalov (CAN) 67(7) 46

Good win by Yuki over the in-form Kavcic, though he retired in the second set ... But Yuki dig deep for winning the first set in tie tie-break and was break up when Kavcic retired from the match ... Next, he is facing American Alexander Sarkissian.

In the doubles, Yuki and Uchiyama lost against local pair in straight sets.

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At $125K+H Astana Challenger 2017, Kazakhstan

[R2] (Q) Saketh Myneni (IND,432) vs (4) Duckhee Lee (KOR,153)

Doubles
[R1] (3) Alexander Kudryavtsev (RUS)/ Saketh Myneni (IND) l Sadio Doumbia (FRA)/ Michal Konecny (CZE) 63 46 3-10

Saki-Kudryavtsev lost in the match tie-break ... In the singles, Saki is facing Duckhee.

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At $75K+H Poznan Challenger 2017, Poland

[R1] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) l (2) Rameez Junaid (AUS)/ Igor Zelenay (SVK) 46 46

Disappointing outing for Bala-VSP as they lost in straight sets.

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At $60K ITF Womens Tournament 2017, Bursa, Turkey

[R2] (5) Ankita Raina (IND,274) bt Anastasia Gasanova (RUS,497) 46 63 64

[QF] (5) Ankita Raina (IND,274) vs (3) Dejana Radanovic (SRB,260)

Good fighting comeback win for Ankita ... Next, she is facing Serbian girl Radanovic.

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At $25K Turkey F26 Future 2017, Istanbul (Clay)

[R1] (1) Sumit Nagal (IND,306) bt Bogdan Borza (ROM,743) 61 62

[R2] (1) Sumit Nagal (IND,306) vs Miki Jankovic (SRB,842)

Expected comfortable winning start for Sumit ... Next, he is facing Serbian opponent.

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At $15K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2017, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt

[R1] Rutuja Bhosale (IND,793) bt (8) Ola Abou Zekry (EGY,693) 61 64
[R1] (Q) Snehal Mane (IND,UNR) bt (WC) Catherine Shulman (CAN,UNR) 75 62

[R2] Rutuja Bhosale (IND,793) vs Ramu Ueda (JPN,914)
[R2] (Q) Snehal Mane (IND,UNR) vs (3) Jacqueline Cabaj Awad (SWE,530)

Rutuja started with upset win over her Egyptian opponent ... Snehal also joined her in the second round with straight sets win over her Canadian opponent ... Next, Snehal having tough match against 3rd seed Awad and Rutuja is facing Japanese girl Ueda.

Hockey News

At Women's Hockey World League Semi-Finals 2017, Johannesburg, South Africa

Quarter Final
India bt South Africa 1-4 (0-2)
Goal Scorers - Gurjit Kaur (IND) 57' PC and Giselle Ansley (ENG) 6' PS, Alex Danson (ENG) 13', Susannah Townsend (ENG) 42', Hannah Martin (ENG) 60'

Expected one-sided loss for our ladies ... Hoping to see some improvement in performance of our ladies to avoid 8th place.

Tennis News

At $600K Hall of Fame Open 2017, Newport, USA

[R1] (3) Sam Groth (AUS)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt Marco Chiudinelli (SUI)/ Adrian Mannarino (FRA) 63 76(2)
[R1] (4) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt Konstantin Kravchuk (RUS)/ Illya Marchenko (UKR) 75 63

[QF] (3) Sam Groth (AUS)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs Wesley Koolhof (NED)/ Artem Sitak (NZL)

Wining start for our seeded pairs in Newport ... Lee-Sam r facing conquerors of Jeevan and his partner in the quarters.

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At $125K+H Astana Challenger 2017, Kazakhstan

[R1] (Q) Saketh Myneni (IND,432) bt (WC) Grigoriy Lomakin (KAZ,1878) 63 76(4)

Doubles
[R1] (1) Toshihide Matsui (JPN)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt (WC) Timur Maulenov (KAZ)/ Denis Yevseyev (KAZ) 75 61

[QF] (1) Toshihide Matsui (JPN)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs Nikola Milojevic (SRB)/ Aldin Setkic (BIH)

Good to see Saki has taking advantage of weak opponent, but still surprised by this close scoreline ... Means need more match practice before coming back to full match fitness.

Vishnu-Matsui started with straight sets win over wildcard pair ... Next, they r facing pairing of Milojevic and Setkic.

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At $75K Gatineau Challenger 2017, Canada

[R1] Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Yasutaka Uchiyama (JPN) bt (2) Luke Bambridge (GBR)/ David O'Hare (IRL) 75 61

[QF] Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Yasutaka Uchiyama (JPN) vs (WC) Filip Peliwo (CAN)/ Denis Shapovalov (CAN)

Yuki and Uchiyama started with dominating upset win over their 2nd seed opponents ... Next, they r facing local wild card pair and chance of firsthand experience of playing against Shapovalov, who can be team member in Canadian Davis cup squad.

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At $75K+H Poznan Challenger 2017, Poland

[R1] N.Sriram Balaji (IND,293) l (Q) Mariano Kestelboim (ARG,410) 46 46

Bala failed on the first hurdle as he lost in straight sets against a Argentine qualifier.

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At $60K ITF Womens Tournament 2017, Bursa, Turkey

[R1] (Q) Kyra Shroff (IND,784) l Ana Vrljic (CRO,461) 26 26

[R2] (5) Ankita Raina (IND,274) vs Anastasia Gasanova (RUS,497)

Kyra lost in straight sets against Vrljic.

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At $25K ITF Womens Tournament 2017, Tianjin, China

[R1] (SE) Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,405) l (4) Yafan Wang (CHN,144) 16 36

Karman failed to challenge Yafan in her one-sided loss.

Tennis News

At $600K Hall of Fame Open 2017, Newport, USA

[Q2] (1) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,168) l Matthew Ebden (AUS,249) 64 16 57

Doubles
[R1] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Hugo Nys (FRA) l Wesley Koolhof (NED)/ Artem Sitak (NZL) 57 64 3-10

After winning the first set, Ramk Was dominated by Matthew for winning it comfortably .. In the decider, Matthew broke him in 1st game but immediately got broken, 1-all< ... Matthew again broke him in 5th game, 2-3, but RamK broke him when he was serving for the match at 4-5 ... Matthew again broke RamK in 11th game and this time hold for completing the win ... RamK must be tired after continuously playing all over continents ... This was his 14th consecutive week on the tour without any break.

Jeevan-Nys lost in the match tie-break against Sitak-Koolhof.

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At $226,750 BRD Bucharest Open 2017, Romania

[R1] Jessica Moore (AUS)/ Prarthana Thombare (IND) bt Nicoleta Dascalu (ROU)/ Isabella Shinikova (BUL) 64 62

[QF] Jessica Moore (AUS)/ Prarthana Thombare (IND) vs (1) Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU)/ Raluca Olaru (ROU)

Prarthana with Jessica started with comfortable straight sets win over Dascalu and Shinikova ... Next, they r having tough match against top-seed local pair.

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At $75K Gatineau Challenger 2017, Canada

[R1] Yuki Bhambri (IND,212) bt Tatsuma Ito (JPN,181) 63 62

Doubles
[R1] Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Yasutaka Uchiyama (JPN) vs (2) Luke Bambridge (GBR)/ David O'Hare (IRL)

Yuki started with confident win over former WR #60 Tatsuma Ito in straight sets ... Yuki played really high p[ercentage tennis in this match ... He is playing in the doubles with Uchiyama and they r facing 2nd seed pair.

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At $60K ITF Womens Tournament 2017, Bursa, Turkey

[Q1] Kyra Shroff (IND,784) bt Inci Ogut (TUR,UNR) 64 62
[Q2] Kyra Shroff (IND,784) bt (7) Aleksandra Pospelova (RUS,647) 62 62
[Q3] Kyra Shroff (IND,784) bt (3) Melis Sezer (TUR,498)

[R1] (5) Ankita Raina (IND,274) bt Vanda Lukacs (HUN,404) 1-2 retd.
[R1] (Q) Kyra Shroff (IND,784) vs Ana Vrljic (CRO,461)

Ankita received lucky break as her opponent retired from the match after mere 3 games ... Other hand, Kyra qualified for the main-draw with couple of upset wins.

Golf News

At $7M Scottish Open 2017, Troon, Ayrshire, Scotland

T32 Anirban Lahiri (IND) 76 67 76 66 -3 $48,955

This week's British open preparation, Anirban played at Scottish open ... He had mixed rounds, in the first round he scored 4 over and was over 125 in standing ... Next day, he responded with 5 under to make the cut, but again he scored 4 over in the third round to find himself outside top-50 ... In the final round, he scored 6 under to finished inside top-35 ... Hopefully, we will see a more consistent performance from Anirban at the Open.

Hockey News

At Women's Hockey World League Semi-Finals 2017, Johannesburg, South Africa

Pool B
India l Argentina 0-3 (0-3)
Goal Scored - Rocio Sanchez (ARG) 2', Maria Granatto (ARG) 14', Noel Barrionuevo (ARG) 25' PS

India lost 0-3 to title contenders Argentina in their last group stage encounter ... With this defeat, India finished at the fourth spot in the points table ... India will next take on England's Golden girls in the quarter-finals on July 18.

Squash News

At $10K Victorian Open 2017, Melbourne, Australia

Men's Final
(3) Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND,77) bt (1) Rex Hedrick (AUS,61) 12-14, 11-3, 11-4, 11-7

Harinder lkifted his 4th consecutive title on PSA tour and 9th overall ... In the final, he defeated Australian top-seed Rex in four games ... After losing the long first game Harinder played superb attacking game which didn't gave much chance to Rex ... In the fourth game Harinder had 7 match balls, Rex saved four but Harinder converted 5th for memorable victory.

Tennis News

At $600K Hall of Fame Open 2017, Newport, USA

[Q1] (1) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,168) bt Christopher Eubanks (USA,455) 64 36 61

[Q2] (1) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,168) vs Matthew Ebden (AUS,249)

Doubles
[R1] (3) Sam Groth (AUS)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs Marco Chiudinelli (SUI)/ Adrian Mannarino (FRA)
[QF] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Hugo Nys (FRA) vs Wesley Koolhof (NED)/ Artem Sitak (NZL)
[R1] (4) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Konstantin Kravchuk (RUS)/ Illya Marchenko (UKR)

RamK started with three set win over American Eubanks ... Next, he is facing experienced Aussie Matthew Ebden.

In the doubles, Lee is partnering Sam Groth and they r 3rd seed ... Purav and Divij r 4th seed, Jeevan is partnering Frenchman Hugo Nys.

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At $75K Gatineau Challenger 2017, Canada

[R1] Yuki Bhambri (IND,222) vs Tatsuma Ito (JPN,181)

Yuki is facing Tatsuma Ito, this year he had a win over Ito at Quanzhou challenger.

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At $125K+H Astana Challenger 2017, Kazakhstan

[Q3] (2) Saketh Myneni (IND,432) bt (5) Altug Celikbileg (TUR,448) 64 75

[R1] (Q) Saketh Myneni (IND,432) vs (WC) Grigoriy Lomakin (KAZ,1878)

Doubles
[R1] (1) Toshihide Matsui (JPN)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs (WC) Timur Maulenov (KAZ)/ Denis Yevseyev (KAZ)
[R1] (3) Alexander Kudryavtsev (RUS)/ Saketh Myneni (IND) vs Sadio Doumbia (FRA)/ Michal Konecny (CZE)

Good win for Saki, so he is getting his rhythm back ... In main-draw, he is facing local wild card player.

In the doubles, Saki is playing with Kudryavtsev ... Vishnu is also playing and he is top-seed with Japanese Matsui.

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At $75K+H Poznan Challenger 2017, Poland

[R1] N.Sriram Balaji (IND,291) vs (Q) Mariano Kestelboim (ARG,410)

Doubles
[R1] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) vs (2) Rameez Junaid (AUS)/ Igor Zelenay (SVK)

Bala is facing Argentine qualifier in the first round ... In the doubles, he is facing 2nd seed pair with VSP.

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At $25K ITF Womens Tournament 2017, Naiman, China

Singles Final
Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,405) l Jing Jing Lu (CHN,315) 26 16

Jing Jing proved too strong for Karman in the final ... Still progressive week considering couple of huge top-200 wins for Karman in this tournament.

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At $60K ITF Womens Tournament 2017, Bursa, Turkey

[R1] (5) Ankita Raina (IND,274) vs Vanda Lukacs (HUN,404)

Ankita is playing in Turkey and having winnable first round match.

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At $25K ITF Womens Tournament 2017, Tianjin, China

[R1] (SE) Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,405) vs (4) Yafan Wang (CHN,144)

The tough first round match for Karman.

Squash News

At $10K Victorian Open 2017, Melbourne, Australia

[SF] (3) Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND,77) bt (2) Piedro Schweertman (NED,71) 11-5, 11-8, 11-8 (35m)

[F] (3) Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND,77) vs (1) Rex Hedrick (AUS,61)

Harinder is in the final as he scored upset win over 2nd seed Dutch player, Piedro Schweertman, in straight games ... In the final, he is facing Australian top-seed Rex Hedrick.

Athletics News

At IAAF u-18 World Athletics Championships 2017, Nairobi, Kenya

Boys' Hammer Throw

Gold - Mykhaylo Kokhan (UKR) 82.31m
Silver - Damneet Singh (IND) 74.20m
Bronze - Raphael Winkelvoss (GER) 71.78m

Damneet Singh grabbed a silver in boys' hammer throw event after throwing his personal best throw, 74.20m, to give India their first medal in u-18 World Athletics ... Nitesh Poonia finished 10th with a best throw of 65.79m.

Tennis News

At $75K Winnetka Challenger 2017, USA

Single Final
(5) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,184) l Akira Santillan (JPN,197) 67(1) 26

Santillan proved better player on the court, so RamK's wait for his first challenger title is extended ... In the first set, both players were holding their respective service games but Santillan was putting more pressure on RamK's serve ... He broke RamK in 8th game for leading 3-5 but RamK immedietly broke him when he was serving for the set, 4-5 ... Santillan dominated the tie-break for winning it comfortably ... In the second set, Santillan broke RamK in 1st and 3rd game for 0-4 lead ... RamK took medical break for his left foot heel but after re-starting failed to put pressure on Santillan's serve for losing the match ... Still good week for him as he reached in the final with some solid performances.

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At $50K Bastad Challenger 2017, Sweden

Doubles Final
N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) l Tuna Altuna (TUR)/ Vaclav Safranek (CZE) 16 46

Bala-VSP lost in straight sets against Altuna and Safranek in the final ... Altuna and Safranek proved too strong for them.

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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament 2017, Naiman, China

[SF] Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,405) bt (5) Xinyu Gao (CHN,210) 61 61

[F] Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,405) vs Jing Jing Lu (CHN,315)

Karam gave thrashing to her higher ranked Chinese opponent for reaching in the final of this big Chinese ITF tournament ... Karman played flawless tennis with huge serves, powerful foreheads and solid all court game ... In this match, she didn't gave any chance of setting to Gao ... In the first set, she broke Gao twice and in the second set, she broke her thrice for solid win ... In the final, Karman is facing another experienced Chinese girl, Jing Jing Lu, who is a former top-200 player.

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At $125K+H Astana Challenger 2017, Kazakhstan

[Q1] (2) Saketh Myneni (IND,432) bye
[Q2] (2) Saketh Myneni (IND,432) bt Beibit Zukayev (KAZ,NR) 64 62

[Q3] (2) Saketh Myneni (IND,432) vs (5) Altug Celikbileg (TUR,448)

Good to see Saki is playing in the qualifying for getting match-fit ... Next, match against top-500 will be a real test for him.

Squash News

At $10K Victorian Open 2017, Melbourne, Australia

[R1] (3) Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND,77) bt Syed Azlan Amjad (QAT,195) 11-5, 11-7, 11-7 (30m)
[QF] (3) Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND,77) bt (7) Rhys Dowling (AUS,137) 11-4, 11-8, 11-5 (33m)

[SF] (3) Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND,77) vs (2) Piedro Schweertman (NED,71)

Harinder in the semis with straight games win over his opponents ... In the semis, he is facing similar ranked Dutch opponent, Piedro Schweertman.

Tennis News

At $75K Winnetka Challenger 2017, USA

[SF] (5) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,184) bt Tommy Paul (USA,355) 46 63 62

[F] (5) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,184) vs Akira Santillan (JPN,197)

RamK again showed his new found desire of keep fighting and winning these matches ... In the semis, he got broken in the first game for losing the first set ... From the middle of second set, he made tactical changes in his game plan and countered Paul's tactics ... He won the second set with a break and then started dominatingly in the third ... He broke Paul in 1st and 3rd games to lead 4-0 and kept that advantage for entering into the final ... In the final, RamK is facing young Japanese challenge of Akira Santillan.

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At $50K Bastad Challenger 2017, Sweden

[SF] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) bt (3) Sergio Galdos (PER)/ Leonardo Mayer (ARG) 36 64 10-1

[F] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) vs Tuna Altuna (TUR)/ Vaclav Safranek (CZE)

Bala-VSP scored dominating comeback win after losing the first set ... They won the match tie-break losing only single point ... In the final, they r facing unseeded pairing of Altuna and Safranek.

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At $25K ITF Womens Tournament 2017, Naiman, China

[QF] Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,405) bt (2) Fangzhou Liu (CHN,134) 64 76(4)

[SF] Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,405) vs (5) Xinyu Gao (CHN,210)

Karman scored her first win over top-150 player ... She defeated Fangzhou Liu in straight sets ... In this match Karman's serving was really good and she fired an aces in crucial moments ... In the tie-break, she took 6-1 lead before converting 4th match point ... Next, she is facing in-form Chinese girl Xinyu Gao.

Tennis News

At Wimbledon 2017, London, England

Mixed Doubles
[QF] (10) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN) vs Henri Kontinen (FIN)/ Heather Watson (GBR) 76(4) 46 57

Juniors
[R2] Zeel Desai (IND)/ Lulu Sun (SUI) l (2) Taylor Johnson (USA)/ Claire Liu (USA) 57 06

Rohan-Gabriela lost close match against defending champions Kontinen-Watson ... Our pair started with winning the first set tie-break comfortably ... But afterwards Kontinen-Watson proved better pair on the court for winning next two sets.

Zeel-Lulu lost in straight sets against 2nd seed American pair.

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At $75K Winnetka Challenger 2017, USA

[QF] (5) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,184) bt Dominic Koepfer (GER,354) 64 63

[SF] (5) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,184) vs Tommy Paul (USA,355)

RamK wasn't playing his best tennis in this match but still managed to win ... It simply shows his new found confidence ... After early exchanged of breaks RamK took crucial break in 10th game for winning the first set ... In the second set also they exchanged early breaks ... But then RamK took crucial break in 8th game before holding his serve for entering into the semis ... Next, he is facing American Tommy Paul.

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At $25K ITF Womens Tournament 2017, Naiman, China

[R2] Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,405) bt (Q) Yue Yuan (CHN,767) 63 61

[QF] Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,405) vs (2) Fangzhou Liu (CHN,134)

Karman scored easy straight sets win over Chinese qualifier ... Next, she is facing top-150 Chinese player Fangzhou Liu.

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At $15K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2017, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt

[R2] (Q) Kanika VAIDYA (IND,1100) vs (Q) Arlinda RUSHITI (SUI,1146) 67(5) 36
[R2] Rutuja BHOSALE (IND,820) l (3) Jacqueline CABAJ AWAD (SWE,512) 16 63 16
[R2] Pranjala YADLAPALLI (IND,1054) l (5) Ana Bianca MIHAILA (ROM,596) 36 46

Rutuja tried fightback after losing the first set easily ... She fought back to win the second but Swedish player proved too strong in the third. ... Decent performance by Kanika in her loss against similarly ranked Swiss opponent ... Pranjala also lost in straight sets against Mihaila.

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At Wimbledon 2017, London, England

Mixed Doubles
[R3] (10) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN) bt Nikola Mektic (CRO)/ Ana Konjuh (CRO) 76(5) 62
[R3] (4) Ivan Dodig (CRO)/ Sania Mirza (IND) l Henri Kontinen (FIN)/ Heather Watson (GBR) 67(4) 46

[QF] (10) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN) vs Henri Kontinen (FIN)/ Heather Watson (GBR)

Juniors
[R3] (15) Zeel Desai (IND,19) l (1) Kayla Day (USA,11) 46 46

[R1] Siddhant Banthia (IND)/ James Kent Trotter (JPN) l Axel Geller (ARG)/ Yu Hsiou Hsu (TPE) 64 36 7-9
[R1] Mahak Jain (IND)/ Mihika Yadav (IND) l (3) Kayla Day (USA)/ Katie Swan (GBR) 16 16
[R1] Zeel Desai (IND)/ Lulu Sun (SUI) bt Maria Lourdes Carle (ARG)/ Naho Sato (JPN) 67(4) 63 63

[R2] Zeel Desai (IND)/ Lulu Sun (SUI) vs (2) Taylor Johnson (USA)/ Claire Liu (USA)

In MXD, Rohan-Gabriela entered into the quarters with straight sets win over Croatian pair ... Next, they r facing Kontinen-Watson, who defeated Sania and Dodig in the straight sets.

Decent scoreline for Zeel against top-seed Kayla Day in her loss ... And in the doubles, Zeel with her Swiss partner Lulu Sun scored superb comeback win ... Next, they r facing 2nd seed American pair.

In boys doubles, Sid and his Japanese partner lost in the long third set.

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At $75K Winnetka Challenger 2017, USA

[R2] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,184) bt (WC) JC Aragone (USA,660) 75 62

[QF] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,184) vs Dominic Koepfer (GER,354)

Doubles
[R1] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) l Dominik Koepfer (GER)/ Alex Lawson (USA) 67(3) 26

RamK continued his terrific form and scored expected straight sets win over Aragone ... Next, he is facing German Dominic Koepfer ... In the doubles, he lost with Jeevan against Koefer-Lawson.

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At $50K Bastad Challenger 2017, Sweden

[QF] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) bt (1) Johan Brunstrom (SWE)/ Andreas Siljestrom (SWE) 62 76(1)

Superb straight sets upset win by Bala-VSP against top-seed Swedish pair for entering into the semis.

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At $15K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2017, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt

[R1] (Q) Kanika VAIDYA (IND,1100) bt (Q) Elina VIKHRYANOVA (RUS,1162) 16 61 75

Kanika is in the second round with comeback win over fellow qualifier.

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At Women's Hockey World League Semi-Finals 2017, Johannesburg, South Africa

Pool B
India bt Chile 1-0 (0-0)
Goal Scored - Preeti Dubey (IND) 38'

Preeti Dubey scored the all-important winner as India beat Chile 1-0 to enter the quarter-finals of the FIH Women's Hockey World League (HWL) Semi-Final ... India will take on Argentina in their final Pool B match on July 16.

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At Wimbledon 2017, London, England

Juniors
[R2] (15) Zeel Desai (IND,19) bt Marta Paigina (RUS,191) 57 1-0 retd.
[R2] Mahak Jain (IND,29) l (3) Claire Liu (USA,2) 26 16

Lucky break for Zeel as her experienced and top-350 WTA ranked Paigina retired after winning the first set ... Mahak failed to challenge WR #2 junior American in her match.

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At $75K Winnetka Challenger 2017, USA

[R1] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,184) bt (PR) Bradley Klahn (USA,497) 36 76(4) 76(9)

[R2] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,184) vs (WC) JC Aragone (USA,660)

Doubles
[R1] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) vs Dominik Koepfer (GER)/ Alex Lawson (USA) 5-5 (to be finished)

Excellent tight comeback win for RamK against Klahn in almost 2 hours and 45 mins match ... After losing the first set RamK was a break down ... But he recovered for breaking back and then winning the tie-break ... In the third, RamK was a break up at 3-0, Klahn broke back for 4-all ... RamK kept his nerve for winning the long tie-break after saving match points ... Next, RamK will face American wild-card player, JC Aragone.

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At $50K Bastad Challenger 2017, Sweden

[R1] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) bt (WC) Filip Bergevi (SWE)/ Andre Goransson (SWE) 46 64 10-6

[QF] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) vs (1) Johan Brunstrom (SWE)/ Andreas Siljestrom (SWE)

Bala-VSP started with a comeback win over local wildcard pair ... Next, they r facing local top-seed pair.

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At $25K ITF Womens Tournament 2017, Naiman, China

[R1] Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,413) bt (6) Tara Moore (GBR,217) 63 76(5)

[R2] Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,413) vs (Q) Yue Yuan(CHN,767)

Impressive straight sets win over top-225 British player by Karman ... Next, she is facing Chinese qualifier.

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At $15K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2017, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt

[R1] (Q) Kanika VAIDYA (IND,1100) vs (Q) Elina VIKHRYANOVA (RUS,1162)
[R1] Rutuja BHOSALE (IND,820) bt Andrina PEER (SUI,1044) 75 60
[R1] Pranjala YADLAPALLI (IND,1054) bt Oleksandra ANDRIEIEVA (UKR,923) 62 61

Pranjala started with dominating win over Ukrainian girl ... Rutuja also joined her in the second round with a convincing win over her Swiss opponent.

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At Women's Hockey World League Semi-Finals 2017, Johannesburg, South Africa

Pool B
India l USA 1-4 (0-1)
Goal Scored - Lilima Minz (IND) 38' and Jill Witmer (USA) 24' and 43' PC, Taylor West (USA) 40', Michelle Vittese (USA) 49'

A dominant USA scored convincing win over India 4-1 in their second Pool B match ... From middle of the third quarter USA dominated the proceedings, scoring 3 goals in 10 mins.

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At Wimbledon 2017, London, England

[R3] (13) Kirsten Flipkens (BEL)/ Sania Mirza (IND) l (3) Yung-Jan Chan (TPE)/ Martina Hingis (SUI) 26 46

Mixed Doubles
[R2] Purav Raja (IND)/ Eri Hozumi (JPN) l (11) Daniel Nestor (CAN)/ Andreja Klepac (SLO) 26 57

Juniors
[R1] (Q) Siddhant Banthia (IND,59) l Matteo Martinaeu (FRA,33) 63 26 57

[R1] Mahak Jain (IND,29) bt Lea Boskovic (CRO,26) 76(4) 46 64

[R1] Siddhant Banthia (IND)/ James Kent Trotter (JPN) vs Axel Geller (ARG)/ Yu Hsiou Hsu (TPE)
[R1] Mahak Jain (IND)/ Mihika Yadav (IND) vs (3) Kayla Day (USA)/ Katie Swan (GBR)
[R1] Zeel Desai (IND)/ Lulu Sun (SUI) vs Maria Lourdes Carle (ARG)/ Naho Sato (JPN)

Sania lost in the doubles with Flipkens against Hingis and Chan in straight sets.

Purav and his Japanese partner lost in the straight sets against Nestor and Klepac in the second round of MXD.

Mahak also joined Zeel in the second round with hard fought win over higher ranked Croatian Boskovic in three sets ... Siddhant lost after winning the first set against French boy Martinaeu ... Our all 4 players r playing in the doubles also.

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At $75K Winnetka Challenger 2017, USA

[R2] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,184) vs (PR) Bradley Klahn (USA,497)

Doubles
[R1] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) vs Dominik Koepfer (GER)/ Alex Lawson (USA)

RamK facing Bradley Klahn in the first round and he is playing in the doubles with Jeevan.

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At $50K Bastad Challenger 2017, Sweden

[R1] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) vs (WC) Filip Bergevi (SWE)/ Andre Goransson (SWE)

Bala and Prashanth r playing in the doubles at Bastad and they r playing against local wild-card pair.

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At $2M Thornberry Creek LPGA Classic 2017, Green Bay, USA (LPGA Tour)

T31 Aditi Ashok (IND) 70 68 70 69 -11 $14782

This week also Aditi made a cut and finished inside top-30 ... But I feel Aditi failed to take advantage of easy playing course ... In the latest World ranking, she is on #93.

Hockey News

At Women's Hockey World League Semi-Finals 2017, Johannesburg, South Africa

Pool B
India dw South Africa (0-0)

Frankly I don't have much expectations from our women team as they r still far behind of top 10 ladies hockey teams ... In our first match, we managed to hold host South Africa to 0-0 draw ... All credit goes to our goalkeeper Savita, as South Africa made eight unsuccessful attempts on goal with 34 circle penetrations while India had 15 circle penetrations and three shots on goal.

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At $25K China F11 Futures 2017, Kunshan

[F] (3) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,259) l Zhizhen Zhang (CHN,716) 62 57 0-5 retd.

Really hoping no serious injury threat for Prajnesh ... He was cruising towards 2nd title in two weeks, as he was serving for the match in 2nd set at 5-4 ... But after that he failed to win a game and won very few points for losing next 8 games before he retired.

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At $5K South Australian Open 2017, Adelaide, Australia

[R1] (3) Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND,77) bt (Q) Ignacio Gutierrez Keen (ARG,306) 11-4, 11-9, 11-4 (30m)
[QF] (3) Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND,77) bt (5) Ko Youngjo (KOR,157) 11-3, 11-3, 11-9 (28m)
[SF] (3) Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND,77) bt (1) Piedro Schweertman (NED,71) 11-8, 14-12, 7-11, 11-9 (61m)

[F] (3) Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND,77) bt (4) Rhys Dowling (AUS,137) 11-8, 12-10, 11-4 (40m)

Harinder lifted his 8th PSA title and 3rd of 2017 ... In the final, he defeated local player .... In the first game, he was 1-7 down before fighting back in the match ... In the semis, he defeated top-seed Dutch player Schweertman.

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At Wimbledon 2017, London, England

[R2] (13) Kirsten Flipkens (BEL)/ Sania Mirza (IND) bt Naomi Broady (GBR)/ Heather Watson (GBR) 63 36 64

[R3] (13) Kirsten Flipkens (BEL)/ Sania Mirza (IND) vs (3) Yung-Jan Chan (TPE)/ Martina Hingis (SUI)

Mixed Doubles
[R1] Purav Raja (IND)/ Eri Hozumi (JPN) bt James Cerretani (USA)/ Renata Voracova (CZE) 57 64 62

[R2] (10) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN) bt Fabrice Martin (FRA)/ Raluca Olaru (ROU) 76(2) 75
[R2] (4) Ivan Dodig (CRO)/ Sania Mirza (IND) bt Yusuke Watanuki (JPN)/ Makoto Ninomiya (JPN) 76(5) 62

[R2] Purav Raja (IND)/ Eri Hozumi (JPN) vs (11) Daniel Nestor (CAN)/ Andreja Klepac (SLO)

[R3] (10) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN) vs Nikola Mektic (CRO)/ Ana Konjuh (CRO)
[R3] (4) Ivan Dodig (CRO)/ Sania Mirza (IND) vs Henri Kontinen (FIN)/ Heather Watson (GBR)

Juniors
[R1] (15) Zeel Desai (IND,19) bt Naho Sato (JPN,50) 61 61

[R2] (15) Zeel Desai (IND,19) vs Marta Paigina (RUS,191)

Sania=Kirsten entered into the third round with three sets win over a local pair ... They r facing 3rd seed Hingis-Chan.

Rohan-Gabriela scored hard fought win in straight sets against Martin-Olaru ... Purav with Hozumi completed victory after winning the third set ... Sania-Dodig also scored straight sets win over their Japanese opponents.

Zeel scored dominating win over Japanese girl Naho Sato losing only 2 games ... Next, she is having a tough match against Russian girl Paigina, who is currently ranked #351 on WTA tour and already won 10 ITF women's titles, this year she won the title on clay.

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At $25K China F11 Futures 2017, Shenzhen

[SF] (3) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,259) bt (2) Zhe Li (CHN,253) 63 76(9)

[F] (3) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,259) vs Zhizhen Zhang (CHN,716)

Prajnesh is in the position of winning back to back futures title in China ... In the semis, he defeated similar ranked Chinese Zhe Li in straight sets ... After losing the first set Zhe gave a fighting performance in the second but Prajnesh won the long tie-break on extra points ... In the final, he is facing unseeded Chinese Zhizhen Zhang.

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At $15K Sri Lanka F3 Futures 2017, Colombo

[R1] (1) Sumit Nagal (IND,342) bt Nino Portales (FRA,1653) 3-0 retd.
[R2] (1) Sumit Nagal (IND,342) bt Mikhail Korovin (RUS,1069) 61 1-0 retd.
[QF] (1) Sumit Nagal (IND,342) bt Pierre Faivre (FRA,995) 64 36 61
[SF] (1) Sumit Nagal (IND,342) bt (7) Yurii Dzhavakian (UKR,848) 60 62

Singles Final
(1) Sumit Nagal (IND,342) bt (2) Carlos Boluda-Purkiss (ESP,546) 61 61

Sumit scored dominating win over his 2nd seed Spanish opponent losing only 2 games for lifting the title ... This was his 2nd futures title in three weeks, last week he was retired in the semis due to stomach bug ... Otherwise he was on the course of making hattrick of Sri Lanka futures titles.

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At Wimbledon 2017, London, England

[R2] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) l (7) Raven Klaasen (RSA)/ Rajeev Ram (USA) 36 46 64 76(6) 8-10
[R2] (8) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) l Ken Skupski (GBR)/ Neal Skupski (GBR) 67(6) 36 76(5) 36

Mixed Doubles
[R1] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Zhaoxuan Yang (CHN) l KenSkupski (GBR)/ Jocelyn Rae (GBR) 36 46
[R1] Leander Paes (IND)/ Yifan Xu (CHN) l Fabrice Martin (FRA)/ Raluca Olaru (ROU) 75 36 26
[R1] Purav Raja (IND)/ Eri Hozumi (JPN) vs Santiago Gonzalez (MEX)/ Arantxa Parra Santonja (ESP) 57 64 (suspended)

Juniors
[Q1] (3) Mihika Yadav (IND) l Cori Gauff 26 46
[Q1] (4) Siddhant Banthia (IND) bt Joshua Rose(GBR) 63 64
[Q2] (4) Siddhant Banthia (IND) bt Carlos Saanchez Jover (ESP)67(7) 61 61

[R1] (Q) Siddhant Banthia (IND,59) vs Matteo Martinaeu (FRA,33)

[R1] (15) Zeel Desai (IND,19) vs Naho Sato (JPN,50)
[R1] Mahak Jain (IND,29) vs Lea Boskovich (CRO,26)

Our both men's pairs lost in the second round in contrasting style ... Divij-Purav was 2 sets down and from there they made excellent fightback in the match ... They won next 2 sets for taking the match into the decider ... In the final set, our pair took crucial break in 11th game but Purav failed to hold despite having one match point ... And in 18th game, Divij failed to hold with back to back double faults in the end.

After losing the first 2 sets Rohan tried fight back winning the third but failed to keep momentum in the fourth.

Lee-Yifan failed to keep momentum after winning the first set but our pair failed to challenge their opponents in next two ... They lost last 2 sets convincingly ... Divij also with his Chinese partner Yang lost in the straight sets ... Purav and his Japanese partner Hozumi lost the first set but they fought back for winning the second before the match got suspended due to bad weather.

Siddhant Banthia qualified for main-draw of Wimbledon with back to back win ... Mihika lost in the first qualifying.

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At $25K China F11 Futures 2017, Kunshan

[QF] (3) Prajnesh GUNNESWARAN (IND,259) bt (6) Vishnu VARDHAN (IND,429) 75 64
[QF] Karunuday SINGH (IND,806) l (2) Zhe LI (CHN,253) 16 57

[SF] (3) Prajnesh GUNNESWARAN (IND,259) vs (2) Zhe LI (CHN,253)

Expected win for Prajnesh in straight sets, but decent fight by Vishnu considering Prajnesh's current form ... Next, he is facing Zhe Li, who defeated KU in the quarters.

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At $15K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2017, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt

[R2] (LL) Kanika VAIDYA (IND,1100) l Vera ZVONAREVA (RUS,UNR) 06 26
[R2] (SE) Pranjala YADLAPALLI (IND,1054) l (1) Jacqueline CABAJ AWAD (SWE,512) 57 36

Pranjala and Kanika lost i the second round against Zvonareva and Cabaj Awad in contrasting style..

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At Wimbledon 2017, London, England

[R1] Leander Paes (IND)/ Adil Shamasdin (CAN) l Julian Knowle (AUT)/ Philipp Oswald (AUT) 64 64 26 67(2) 8-10
[R1] (8) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) bt Dustin Brown (GER)/ Mischa Zverev (GER) 63 76(4) 64

[R2] (8) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) vs Ken Skupski (GBR)/ Neal Skupski (GBR)

Lee-Adil lost an epic match against Austrian Knowle-Oswald after winning the first 2 sets ... This match's duration was 4 hrs long, tough loss for Lee-Adil ... In the fifth set, our pair lost their serve in 17th game after saving 1 break point.

Rohan and Edouard started well and scored straight sets win against really good grass court German pair ... Next, they r facing Skupski brothers.

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At $50K+H Recanati Challenger 2017, Italy

[R2] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,222) l (7) Salvatore Caruso (ITA,200) 76(5) 36 57

Missed opportunity for RamK despite fighting hard against some ridiculous calls from chair umpire ... After winning the first set in the tie-break, RamK lost the second ... In the third, RamK lost his serve in 1st game but he immediately broke Caruso for 1-all ... RamK broke Caruso in 6th game for leading 4-2 but failed to hold in next game ... Again he broke Caruso in 8th game for 5-3 but from here Caruso raised his game for winning next 4 games for the victory ... After 11th game RamK took medical break due to cramps but overall encouraging and consistent performance from RamK.

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At $25K China F11 Futures 2017, Kunshan

[R2] (6) Vishnu VARDHAN (IND,429) bt (Q) Shi Hong ZENG (CHN,UNR) 63 61

[QF] (3) Prajnesh GUNNESWARAN (IND,259) vs (6) Vishnu VARDHAN (IND,429)
[QF] Karunuday SINGH (IND,806) vs (2) Zhe LI (CHN,253)

Vishnu also joined Prajnesh and KU in the quarters with comfortable win ... Interesting match between Prajnesh and Vishnu.

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At $15K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2017, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt

[R1] (LL) Kanika VAIDYA (IND,1100) bt Angelina SHAKHRAYCHUK (UKR,NR) 46 64 61
[R1] (SE) Pranjala YADLAPALLI (IND,1054) bt (Q) Arlinda RUSHITI (SUI,1046) 62 63
[R1] Sri Vaishnavi PEDDI REDDY (IND,1004) l Verena HOFER (ITA,788) 61 26 57

[R2] (LL) Kanika VAIDYA (IND,1100) vs Vera ZVONAREVA (RUS,UNR)
[R2] (SE) Pranjala YADLAPALLI (IND,1054) vs (1) Jacqueline CABAJ AWAD (SWE,512)

Pranjala started with comfortable win against similar ranked Swiss girl ... Kanika also joined her in the second round after losing the first set ... In the second round, Kanika is facing former WR #2 Vera Zvonareva and Pranjala is facing top-seed Swede girl Cabaj Awad.

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At Wimbledon 2017, London, England

[R1] (13) Kirsten Flipkens (BEL)/ Sania Mirza (IND) bt Naomi Osaka (JPN)/ Shuai Zhang (CHN) 64 63

[R1] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt Kyle Edmund (GBR)/ Joao Sousa (POR) 76(2) 36 64 76(6)
[R1] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Jarred Donaldson (USA) l (WC) Jay Clarke (GBR)/ Marcus Willis (GBR) 76(4) 75 67(3) 06 36

[R2] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs (7) Raven Klaasen (RSA)/ Rajeev Ram (USA)

Mixed Doubles
[R1] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Zhaoxuan Yang (CHN) vs KenSkupski (GBR)/ Jocelyn Rae (GBR)
[R1] Leander Paes (IND)/ Yifan Xu (CHN) vs Fabrice Martin (FRA)/ Raluca Olaru (ROU)
[R1] (10) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN) bye
[R1] (4) Ivan Dodig (CRO)/ Sania Mirza (IND) bye
[R1] Purav Raja (IND)/ Eri Hozumi (JPN) vs Santiago Gonzalez (MEX)/ Arantxa Parra Santonja (ESP)

Divij-Purav scored hard fought four sets win over Edmund-Sousa for their first Wimbledon main-draw win ... After winning the first set they lost the second set ... They recovered for winning the third and in the 4th set our pair missed 3 match points in 12th game on Edmund's serve but they converted next in the tie-break ... Next, they r facing 7th seed Ram and Klaasen.

Disheartening loss for Jeevan-Donaldson after 2 sets up against British pair ... After winning first 2 tight sets they failed to complete victory in the third set .. Afterwards British pair dominated proceedings for excellent comeback win.

Sania-Flipkens started with comfortable straight sets win.

MXD draw is out, first time our 5 players r playing in the MXD draw ... This time Lee and Martina have decided to part away with their partnership ... So Lee is pairing with Chinese girl Yifan Xu ... Divij and Purav r first time participating and they r pairing respectively Chinese girl Zhaoxuan Yang and Japanese girl Eri Hozumi ... Sania and Rohan r seeded with their respective partners and they r having bye in the first round.

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At $25K China F10 Futures 2017, Shenzhen Shenzhen

[R2] (3) Prajnesh GUNNESWARAN (IND,259) bt Yecong HE (CHN,670) 61 60
[R2] Karunuday SINGH (IND,806) bt (7) Xin GAO (CHN,544) 63 62

Another straight sets upset win by KU against seeded Chinese player, Xin Gao ... Other hand Prajnesh has showing terrific form beating top-700 Chinese oppoennt Yecong He losing only a game.