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At $25K Women's HKFC International 2017, Hong Kong China

[R1] (3) Joshna Chinappa (IND,12) bt (Q) Li Sum Yin (HKG,UNR) 11-4, 11-4, 11-6 (16m)
[R1] (6) Dipika Pallikal Karthik (IND,21) bt (Q) Tang Yan Yi (HKG,UNR) 11-6, 11-4, 11-9 (21m)

[QF] (3) Joshna Chinappa (IND,12) vs (8) Liu Tsz-Ling (HKG,33)
[QF] (6) Dipika Pallikal Karthik (IND,21) vs (4) Tesni Evans (WAL,15)

Joshna and Dipika started with expected comfortable wins against local qualifiers ... In the qurters, Joshna is facing 8th sed local player and Dipika having tough match against top-15 Wales player, Tesni Evans.

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At $25K Men's HKFC International 2017, Hong Kong China

[R1] (Q) Vikram Malhotra (IND,62) bt (1) Zahed Mohamed (EGY,20) 13-11, 11-7, 6-11, 11-8 (46m)
[R1] (Q) Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,67) l (3) Omar Mosaad (EGY,25) 3-11, 7-11, 11-9, 6-11 (48m)

[QF] (Q) Vikram Malhotra (IND,62) vs (7) Leo Au (HKG,34)

Huge upset win by Vikram against Egyptian top-seed and WR #20 Zahed Mohamed in four games ... This is really good win and next, he is facing local 7th seed Leo Au ... Mahesh also gave fighting performance against former WR #3 Egyptian Omar Mosaad in his loss.