Squash News

At $165K Men's Qatar Classic 2017, Doha, Qatar

[R2] (Q) Saurav Ghosal (IND,26) l Diego Elias (PER,15) 8-11, 6-11, 9-11

The young Peruvian, Diego Elias, proved better player on the court as he defeated Saurav in the straight games.

Tennis News

At €4.2M Rolex Paris Masters 2017, France

[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Pablo Cuevas (URU) l Juan Sebastian Cabal (COL)/ Robert Farah (COL) 26 67(7)

In Paris Masters, Rohan-Pablo lost in the straight sets against Colombian pair in the first round ... They missed a set point in the second set tie-break..

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At $75K Shenzhen 2 Challenger 2017, China

[R1] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,262) bt (Q) Miliaan Niesten (NED,727) 60 64

[R2] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,262) vs (1) Mikhail Youzhny (RUS,87)

Prajnesh started with comfortable straight sets win over a Dutch qualifier ... Next, he is having a tough challenge of former top-10 Russian player, Mikhail Youzhny.

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At $15K Malaysia F3 Futures 2017, Kuala Lumpur

[R1] (Q) Suraj R Prabodh (IND,1618) bt (8) Karunuday Singh (IND,642) 62 36 64
[R1] Arjun Kadhe (IND,796) bt Ken Onishi (JPN,686) 67(3) 60 76(3)
[R1] (5) Sidharth Rawat (IND,530) bt (Q) Rio Noguchi (JPN,1260) 64 75

[R2] (Q) Suraj R Prabodh (IND,1618) vs Raphael Baltensperger (SUI,677)
[R2] Arjun Kadhe (IND,796) vs (3) Antoine Escoffier (FRA,431)
[R2] (5) Sidharth Rawat (IND,530) vs Borna Gojo (CRO,829)

Good win by Suraj but poor consistency by KU ... Arjun scored fighting win over higher ranked Japanese ... Next, facing a tough challenge of top-450 Frenchman ... Sid also in the second round with the straight sets win and next, facing Croatian.

Badminton News

At $325K YONEX French Open 2017, Paris, France (World Superseries)

Courtesy of Srikanth's twitter.

Men's Singles Final
(8) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,4) bt (Q) Kenta Nishimoto (JPN,40) 21-14

Srikanth lifted his fourth Superseries title of the calendar year and becomes the first Indian to achieve that ... In the final, it was a treat to watch Srikanth's half-court smashes, crosscourt smashes, down the line smashes and superb net game ... After falling 5-9 down Srikanth made an excellent comeback in the match ... He dominated after that ... In the second game, after 10-2 down Nishimoto tried fightback but Srikanth was in the total control and completed the win in 35 mins.

Squash News

At $165K Men's Qatar Classic 2017, Doha, Qatar

Courtesy to http://qatarclassic2017.com

[R1] (Q) Saurav Ghosal (IND,26) bt Daryl Selby (ENG,14) 11-4, 11-8, 11-2 (40m)

[R2] (Q) Saurav Ghosal (IND,26) vs Diego Elias (PER,15)

Saurav continued with his London form and here defeated top-15 Britisher Daryl Selby in three games ... Next, he is facing young Peruvian, Diego Elias.

Tennis News

At €2M Erste Bank Open 500 2017, Vienna, Austria

Courtesy of AtpWorldTour.com

Doubles Final
Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Pablo Cuevas (URU) bt Marcelo Demoliner (BRA)/ Sam Querrey (USA) 76(7) 67(4) 11-9

Rohan and Pablo lifted the Vienna open title after saving 2 match points against Demoliner and Querrey ... In this match, both pairs failed to break other's service game ... Rohan-Pablo had 3 break points in the second set but they failed to convert and lost this set in the tie-break ... In the match tie-break, both pairs were exchanging leads and Demoliner-Querrey had 2 match points at 7-9 ... But Rohan-Pablo raised their game and won next 4 points for winning the title.

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At €4.2M Rolex Paris Masters 2017, France

[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Pablo Cuevas (URU) vs Juan Sebastian Cabal (COL)/ Robert Farah (COL)

In Paris Masters, Rohan-Pablo r facing Colombian pair.

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At $125K+H Brest Challenger 2017, France

Doubles Final
Scott Clayton (GBR)/ Divij Sharan (IND) l Sander Arends (NED)/ Antonio Sancic (CRO) 46 57

Divij-Scott lost in the straight sets against Sancic and big serving Arends.

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At $50K+H Ho Chi Minh City Challenger 2017, Vietnam

Courtesy Saketh's FB page

Doubles Final
Saketh Myneni (IND)/ N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) bt Ben McLachlan (JPN)/ Go Soeda (JPN) 76(3) 76(5)

Saki and VSP lifted the title beating Japanese pair in the two tie-breaks ... This was a really good week for Saki, as he is coming out of the injury and didn't have good results in the singles or the doubles before this tournament ... So hopefully this title win will help him to give required boost performing better in the singles.

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At $75K Shenzhen 2 Challenger 2017, China

[R1] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,229) vs Qualifier

Doubles
[QF] (1) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Christopher Rungkat (INA) vs Riccardo Ghedin (ITA)/ Yaraslav Shyla (BLR)
[R1] (2) Cheng-Peng Hsieh (TPE)/ Hsien-Yin Peng (TPE) vs Vishnu Vardhan (IND)/ N. Sriram Balaji (IND)

Prajnesh is facing a qualifier ... In the doubles, again Jeevan-Chris r top-seed and they r facing Ghedin and Shyla ... Vishnu-Bala r unseeded and facing 2nd seed Taipei pair.

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At $75K Canberra Challenger, Australia

[R1] Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,396) vs (7) John Millman (AUS,218)

A tough match for Sasi against in-form Millman.

Golf News

At $9.75M World Golf Championships - HSBC Champions 2017, Shanghai, China

T31 SSP Chawrasia (IND) 72 70 73 72 -1 $72,000.00

SSP managed PAR final round to finish on T31 in the final standing.

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At $300K Indonesia Open 2017, Jeju Island, Korea (PGA Tour 2018)

T14 Khalin Joshi (IND) 71 69 69 70 -9 $4,065.00
T18 Gaganjeet Bhullar (IND) 67 73 67 73 -8 $3,475.00
T27 Udayan Mane (IND) 69 70 72 71 -6 $2,562.00
T27 Honey Baisoya (IND) 72 72 70 68 -6 $2,562.00
T45 Ajeetesh Sandhu (IND) 71 72 68 75 -2 $1,548.75
T45 Arjun Prasad (IND) 72 71 73 70 -2 $1,548.75
65 Himmat Rai (IND) 72 70 77 73 +4 $810.00

This week no Indian was in the title contention, so a decent week for Indians with a couple of top-20 performance.

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At $9.75M SIME Darby LPGA Malaysia 2017, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (LPGA Tour)

T28 Aditi Ashok (IND) 70 73 69 69 -3

The last couple of 2 under rounds helped Aditi to finish inside top-30 ... She is on the bubble as top-80 finishers will receive the full card on 2018 LPGA tour and Aditi is on 80th place.

Squash News

At $165K Men's Qatar Classic 2017, Doha, Qatar

[Q1] (2) Saurav Ghosal (IND,26) bt Mazen Gamal (EGY,57) 11-3, 11-8, 14-12 (42m)
[Q2] (2) Saurav Ghosal (IND,26) bt Ammar Altamimi (KUW,119) 11-6, 11-3, 11-6 (29m)

[R1] (Q) Saurav Ghosal (IND,26) vs Daryl Selby (ENG,14)

As expected, Saurav qualified for this big PSA tournament with the straight games victories ... Next, he is facing top-15 British player, Daryl Selby.

Badminton News

At $325K YONEX French Open 2017, Paris, France (World Superseries)

[SF] (8) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,4) bt Prannoy H.S. (IND,12) 14-21 21-19 21-18

[SF] (2) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,2) l (5) Akane Yamaguchi (JPN,5) 14-21 9-21

[F] (8) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,8) vs (Q) Kenta Nishimoto (JPN,40)

In this match also Srikanth started slowly as Prannoy won the first game easily ... In the second game, Srikanth took an early couple of points lead till 10-8, but after that Prannoy took lead ... He was leading 19-17 but Srikanth showed his fighting quality and won next 4 points for taking the match into the decider ... In the third game, both players were exchanging lead till 10-all ... Prannoy opened a couple of points lead from here and was leading 18-16 ... This time also Srikanth outsmarted him and won next five points to enter into another back to back Superseries final ... In the final, Srikanth is facing Japanese qualifier Kenta Nishimoto.

Yamaguchi continues to trouble Indian player ... In the semis, she defeated Sindhu comfortably in 37 mins ... In the first game, till 14-all both players were exchanging the lead ... But from here Yamaguchi won next 13 points and in that she won the first game and took 6-0 lead in the second ... Yamaguchi kept increasing the lead and in the end won this game easily

Tennis News

At €2M Erste Bank Open 500 2017, Vienna, Austria

[SF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Pablo Cuevas (URU) bt Karen Khachanov (RUS)/ Lucas Pouille (FRA) 76(2) 64

[F] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Pablo Cuevas (URU) vs Marcelo Demoliner (BRA)/ Sam Querrey (USA)

Rohan-Pablo scored the straight sets win over Pouille and Khachanov ... In the final, they r facing Demoliner and Querrey.

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At $50K+H Ho Chi Minh City Challenger 2017, Vietnam

[SF] Saketh Myneni (IND)/ N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) bt Ti Chen (TPE)/ Max Purcell (AUS) 76(3) 36 10-7

[F] Saketh Myneni (IND)/ N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) vs Ben McLachlan (JPN)/ Go Soeda (JPN)

Saki and VSP r in the final with hard fought win over Ti Chen and Purcell ... In the final, they r facing Japanese pair.

Shooting News

At the ISSF World Cup Finals 2017, New Delhi, India

Courtesy of http://www.issf-sports.org

Double Trap Men Final
Gold - Binyuan Hu (CHN) 79/80 hits (WR)
Silver - Sangram Dahiya (IND) 76/80 hits
Bronze - Davide Gasparini (ITA) 56/60 hits

Courtesy of http://www.issf-sports.org

50m Pistol Men Final
Gold - Damir Mikec (SRB) 229.3 points
Silver - Oleh Omelchuk (UKR) 228.0
Bronze - Amanpreet Singh (IND) 202.2 points

In the Double Trap final, an almost-perfect performance sealed Gold for Binyuan Hu ... Our first-time participant Sangram Dahiya won Silver with consistent shooting ... Leader of the World Ranking and two-time World Cup medalist this year, Ankur Mittal finished in 4th position hitting 45 out of 50 targets in his World Cup Final debut.

The two experienced shooters, Mikec and Omelchuk, grabbed top two places ... Amanpreet Singh won the Bronze ... Jitu Rai finished on 7th place.

Badminton News

At $325K YONEX French Open 2017, Paris, France (World Superseries)

[QF] Prannoy H.S. (IND,12) bt Jeon Hyeok Jin (KOR,31) 21-16 21-16
[QF] (8) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,4) bt (4) Shi Yuqi (CHN,6) 8-21 21-19 21-9

[QF] (2) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,2) bt Chen Yufei (CHN,10) 21-14 21-14

[R2] Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (IND)/ Chirag Shetty (IND) l (2) Mathias Boe (DEN)/ Carsten Mogensen (DEN) 5-21 21-17 17-21

[SF] (8) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,4) vs Prannoy H.S. (IND,12)

[SF] (2) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,2) vs (5) Akane Yamaguchi (JPN,5)

Convincing win by Sindhu against Yufei in the quarters ... Next, she is facing challenge of Akane Yamaguchi.

Srikanth continued with his terrific form and scored comeback win over Shi Yuqi after losing the first game easily ... Next, he is facing compatriot Prannoy, who scored the straight games win over Korean Jin.

Tennis News

At $125K+H Brest Challenger 2017, France

[SF] Scott Clayton (GBR)/ Divij Sharan (IND) bt (WC) Tristan Lamasine (FRA)/ Hugo Nys (FRA) 46 60 11-9

[F] Scott Clayton (GBR)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs Sander Arends (NED)/ Antonio Sancic (CRO)

Divij and Scott scored comeback win over French pair, Lamasine and Nys, after losing the first set ... In the final, they r facing Arends-Sancic..

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At $50K+H Ho Chi Minh City Challenger 2017, Vietnam

[QF] (4) Yuki Bhambri (IND,142) l (8) John Millman (AUS,218) 63 36 67(2)

Doubles
[QF] Saketh Myneni (IND)/ N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) bt Alessandro Bega (ITA)/ Stephane Robert (FRA) 76(6) 16 10-4

[SF] Saketh Myneni (IND)/ N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) vs Ti Chen (TPE)/ Max Purcell (AUS)

Yuki missed opportunity and lost in the three sets ... But here, Yuki played better match ... He was attacking on the ball and created lot of chances ... After winning the first set he failed to keep momentum ... In the third, he had a chance but Millman played important points better for the win.

Saki-VSP in the semis with a good win against Bega-Robert ... Next, they r facing Ti Chen and Purcell for the place in the final.

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At $75K Suzhou Challenger 2017, China

[SF] (1) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Christopher Rungkat (INA) l (3) Mao-Xin Gong (CHN)/Ze Zhang (CHN) walkover

Jeevan-Chris gave a walkover to their Chinese opponents due to Jeevan's back injury.

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At $60K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2017, Liuzhou, China

[SF] (4) Dalila Jakupovic (SLO)/ Ankita Raina (IND) l (1) Xinyun Han (CHN)/ Makoto Ninomiya (JPN) 67(2) 36

Ankita and Dalila r facing top-seed Han-Ninomiya.

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At $15K Malaysia F2 Futures 2017, Kuching

[QF] Arjun Kadhe (IND,799) l (SE) Jurabek Karimov (UZB,1029) 16 26

The talented Uzbek teenager, Karimov proved too strong for Arjun.

Badminton News

At $325K YONEX French Open 2017, Paris, France (World Superseries)

[R2] Sai Praneeth B. (IND,16) l Kenta Nishimoto (JPN,40) 13-21 17-21
[R2] Prannoy H.S. (IND,14) bt Hans-Kristian Solberg Vittinghus (DEN,25) 21-11 21-12
[R2] (8) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,8) bt Wing Ki Vincent Wong (HKG,15) 21-19 21-17

[R2] Saina Nehwal (IND,12) l (5) Akane Yamaguchi (JPN,5) 9-21 13-21
[R2] (2) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,2) bt Sayaka Takahashi (JPN,22) 21-14 21-13

[R2] Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (IND)/ Chirag Shetty (IND) bt (6) Denmark Mads Conard-Petersen (DEN)/ Mads Pieler Kolding (DEN) 22-20 12-21 21-19
[R2] Ashwini Ponnappa (IND)/ N. Sikki Reddy (IND) l (1) Misaki Matsutomo (JPN)/ Ayaka Takahashi (JPN) 16-21 14-21

[QF] Prannoy H.S. (IND,12) vs Jeon Hyeok Jin (KOR,31)
[QF] (8) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,4) vs (4) Shi Yuqi (CHN,6)

[QF] (2) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,2) vs Chen Yufei (CHN,10)

[R2] Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (IND)/ Chirag Shetty (IND) vs (2) Mathias Boe (DEN)/ Carsten Mogensen (DEN)

In the new updated ranking, as expected Srikanth is back in top-5 world ranking ... He is WR #4 and Prannoy is climbed to WR #12.

Srikanth scored closely fought the straight games win over Wong ... Next, he is facing Chinese Yuqi.
Sindhu scored dominating win over her Japanese opponent Takahashi and next, she is meeting Yufei.
Pranoy also scored dominating win over Vittinghus ... Next, he is meeting Korean Jin.
The win of the day was from young Satwik and Chirag against WR #6 Danis pair ... After winning the first game on extra points Satwik-Chirag lost the second cheaply ... In the third, they took 18-11 lead but Danish pair tried fightback and leveled at 19-all ... Satwik-Chirag won next 2 points for excellent win ... Next, they r having another tough WR #2 Danish pair.
Saina's strauggle against top player continues, as she lost one-sided match against Yamaguchi.
Sai lost in the straight games against lower ranked Japanese opponent.
Ashwini-Sikki failed to challenge WR #1 Japanese pair.

Tennis News

At €2M Erste Bank Open 500 2017, Vienna, Austria

[QF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Pablo Cuevas (URU) bt (1) Lukasz Kubot (POL) / Marcelo Melo (BRA) 67(3) 64 10-8

[SF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Pablo Cuevas (URU) vs Karen Khachanov (RUS)/ Lucas Pouille (FRA)

Rohan-Pablo scored an excellent comeback win against top-seed Kubot and Melo in the match tie-break ... Next, they r facing Karen Khachanov and Lucas Pouille.

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At $125K+H Brest Challenger 2017, France

[QF] Scott Clayton (GBR)/ Divij Sharan (IND) bt Yannick Hanfmann (GER)/ Kevin Krawietz (GER) 76(5) 63

[SF] Scott Clayton (GBR)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs (WC) Tristan Lamasine (FRA)/ Hugo Nys (FRA)

Divij and Scott Clayton r in the semis with the straight sets win over German pair ... Next, they r facing French pair, Lamasine and Nys, who defeated Lee and Purav.

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At $50K+H Ho Chi Minh City Challenger 2017, Vietnam

[R2] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,229) l (1) Taylor Fritz (USA,109) 36 36

The straight sets loss for Prajnesh against top-seed American Taylor Fritz.

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At $75K Suzhou Challenger 2017, China

[QF] (1) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Christopher Rungkat (INA) bt Markus Eriksson (SWE)/ Naoki Nakagawa (JPN) 63 64

[SF] (1) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Christopher Rungkat (INA) vs Mao-Xin Gong (CHN)/Ze Zhang (CHN)

Jeevan and Chris scored comfortable straight sets win over Eriksson and Nakagawa ... In the semis, they r facing Chinese pair.

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At $60K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2017, Liuzhou, China

[QF] (4) Dalila Jakupovic (SLO)/ Ankita Raina (IND) bt (WC) Zhanlan Wei (CHN)/ Yuxuan Zhang (CHN) 60 76(6)

[SF] (4) Dalila Jakupovic (SLO)/ Ankita Raina (IND) vs (1) Xinyun Han (CHN)/ Makoto Ninomiya (JPN)

Ankita and Dalila r in the semis with the straight sets win over local wildcard pair ... Next, they r facing top-seed Han-Ninomiya.

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At $15K Malaysia F2 Futures 2017, Kuching

[R2] (LL) Vinayak Sharma KAZA (IND,1405) l (1) Scott Griekspoor (NED,542) 26 57
[R2] Arjun Kadhe (IND,799) bt (2) Denis Yevseyev (KAZ,546) 57 0-2 retd.

[QF] Arjun Kadhe (IND,799) vs (SE) Jurabek Karimov (UZB,1029)

Arjun scored an upset win over top-450 Yevseyev ... Yevseyev retired from the match when he was a break down in the second set after losing the first set ... Next, Arjun is facing talented Uzbek teenager, Karimov was a junior Australian open singles finalist in 2016 and junior WR #6 ... Kaza gave decent fight in the second set against top-seed Griekspoor.

Badminton News

At $325K YONEX French Open 2017, Paris, France (World Superseries)

[R1] Parupalli Kashyap (IND,46) l Anthony Sinisuka Ginting (INA,18) 23-21 18-21 17-21
[R1] Sai Praneeth B. (IND,16) bt Khosit Phetpradab (THA,35) 21-13 21-23 21-19
[R1] Prannoy H.S. (IND,14) bt Lee Hyun Il (KOR,22) 21-15 21-17
[R1] (8) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,8) bt Fabian Roth (GER,45) 3-0 retd.

[R1] Saina Nehwal (IND,12) bt Line Højmark Kjaersfeldt (DEN,34) 21-14 11-21 21-10
[R1] (2) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,2) bt Beatriz Corrales (ESP,27) 21-19 21-18

[R1] Manu Attri (IND)/ B. Sumeeth Reddy (IND) l Vladimir Ivanov (RUS)/ Ivan Sozonov (RUS) 11-21 13-21
[R1] Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (IND)/ Chirag Shetty (IND) bt Bastian Kersaudy (FRA)/ Julien Maid (FRA) 21-12 21-14
[R1] Ashwini Ponnappa (IND)/ N. Sikki Reddy (IND) bt Jenny Moore (ENG)/ Victoria Williams (ENG) 21-12 21-12

[R2] Sai Praneeth B. (IND,16) vs Kenta Nishimoto (JPN,40)
[R2] Prannoy H.S. (IND,14) vs Hans-Kristian Solberg Vittinghus (DEN,25)
[R2] (8) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,8) vs Wing Ki Vincent Wong (HKG,15)

[R2] Saina Nehwal (IND,12) vs (5) Akane Yamaguchi (JPN,5)
[R2] (2) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,2) vs Sayaka Takahashi (JPN,22)

[R2] Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (IND)/ Chirag Shetty (IND) vs (6) Denmark Mads Conard-Petersen (DEN)/ Mads Pieler Kolding (DEN)
[R2] Ashwini Ponnappa (IND)/ N. Sikki Reddy (IND) vs (1) Misaki Matsutomo (JPN)/ Ayaka Takahashi (JPN)

Sri received a walkover after his German opponent retired after mere 3 points ... Next, he is having Hong Kong's Wing Ki Vincent Wong.
Prannoy started with comfortable straight games win over last week's Denmark Superseries finalist, Lee Hyun Il ... Next, he is facing Danish player, Hans-Kristian Solberg Vittinghus.
Sai scored a hard-fought win over Thai Phetpradab in 65 mins ... After winning the first game easily Sai was cruising in the second and had 16-8 lead ... But from here somehow he managed to lose it ... Phetpradab won the second game on the extra points ... In the third, both players were neck to neck and Phetpradab had a crucial 19-16 lead ... But this time Sai kept his composure and won next 5 points for winning this match ... Sai is facing Japanese Kenta Nishimoto.
Saina required three games to beat Kjaersfeldt ... After winning the first game easily Saina lost the focus and lost the second game cheaply ... But she recovered for winning the third game very confidently ... Next, she is facing tough Japanese challenge of Akane Yamaguchi.
Sindhu scored the straight games win aginst her Spanish opponent in tight match ... Next, she is having tricky Japanese opponent Sayaka Takahashi.
Ashwini-Sikki scored dominating win over British pair ... Next, they r facing WR #1 Japanese pair.
Satwik and Chirag scored dominating win over French pair ... Next, they r facing WR #6 Danish pair.
Kashyap lost in the close match against Ginting ... After winning the first game he failed to keep momentum in the next two.
Russian pair proved too strong for Manu-Sumeeth.

Tennis News

At €2M Erste Bank Open 500 2017, Vienna, Austria

[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Pablo Cuevas (URU) bt (WC) Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER)/ Max Mirnyi (BLR) 62 61

[QF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Pablo Cuevas (URU) vs (1) Lukasz Kubot (POL) / Marcelo Melo (BRA)

Rohan-Pablo scored dominating win over Mirnyi-Kohlschreiber ... Next, they r facing top-seed Kubot and Melo.

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At $125K+H Brest Challenger 2017, France

[R1] Scott Clayton (GBR)/ Divij Sharan (IND) bt (2) Roman Jebavy (CZE)/ Adil Shamasdin (CAN) 64 76(4)

[QF] (3) Leander Paes (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) l (WC) Tristan Lamasine (FRA)/ Hugo Nys (FRA) 62 67(8) 3-10
[QF] Scott Clayton (GBR)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs Yannick Hanfmann (GER)/ Kevin Krawietz (GER)

Divij started with an upset win over 2nd seed with his new partner, Scott Clayton ... Next, they r facing German pair.

Lee and Purav missed a match point and lost in the match tie-break against a tough French pairing of Nys and Lamasine.

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At $50K+H Ho Chi Minh City Challenger 2017, Vietnam

[R1] Prajnesh Gunneswaran(IND,229) bt Marc Polmans (AUS,294) 64 62

[R2] (4) Yuki Bhambri (IND,142) bt Ti Chen (TPE,325) 63 61
[R2] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,229) vs (1) Taylor Fritz (USA,109)

Doubles
[R1] Nam Hoang Ly (VIE)/ Sumit Nagal (IND) l Ti Chen (TPE)/ Max Purcell (AUS) 26 62 7-10

Prajnesh started with a comfortable straight sets win over Polmans ... Next, he is facing top-seed American Taylor Fritz.

Yuki scored comfortable win over Ti Chen, but Yuki kept struggling with his service game.

Sumit and Ly lost in the match tie-break against their experienced opponents.

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At $75K Suzhou Challenger 2017, China

[R1] (1) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Christopher Rungkat (INA) bt Duckhee Lee (KOR)/ Hiroki Moriya (JPN) 63 63

[QF] (1) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Christopher Rungkat (INA) vs Markus Eriksson (SWE)/ Naoki Nakagawa (JPN)

Jeevan and Chris started with the straight sets win ... Next, they r facing Eriksson and Nakagawa.

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At $60K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2017, Liuzhou, China

[R1] (4) Dalila Jakupovic (SLO)/ Ankita Raina (IND) bt Xu Liu Sun (CHN)/ Ziyue Sun (CHN) 62 67(5) 10-3

[QF] (4) Dalila Jakupovic (SLO)/ Ankita Raina (IND) vs (WC) Zhanlan Wei (CHN)/ Yuxuan Zhang (CHN)

Ankita and Dalila started with a win in the match tie-break against Suns ... Next, they r facing local wildcard pair.

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At $15K Malaysia F2 Futures 2017, Kuching

[R1] (LL) Vinayak Sharma KAZA (IND,1405) bt (PR) Ryota Kishi (JPN,2078) 76(4) 62
[R1] (5) Karunuday Singh (IND,647) l (Q) Kelsey Stevenson (CAN,967) 57 61 67(7)

[R2] (LL) Vinayak Sharma KAZA (IND,1405) vs (1) Scott Griekspoor (NED,542)
[R2] Arjun Kadhe (IND,799) vs (2) Denis Yevseyev (KAZ,546)

Kaza used an opportunity and enter into the second round ... But next, Kaza and Arjun r facing top 2 seeds ... KU failed to show consistency in the singles results and lost a close match against a Canadian qualifier.

Badminton News

At $$325K YONEX French Open 2017, Paris, France (World Superseries)

[R1] Parupalli Kashyap (IND,46) vs Anthony Sinisuka Ginting (INA,18)
[R1] Sai Praneeth B. (IND,16) vs Khosit Phetpradab (THA,35)
[R1] Prannoy H.S. (IND,14) vs Lee Hyun Il (KOR,22)
[R1] (8) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,8) vs Fabian Roth (GER,45)

[R1] Saina Nehwal (IND,12) vs Line Højmark Kjaersfeldt (DEN,34)
[R1] (2) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,2) vs Beatriz Corrales (ESP,27)

[R1] Manu Attri (IND)/ B. Sumeeth Reddy (IND) vs Vladimir Ivanov (RUS)/ Ivan Sozonov (RUS)
[R1] Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (IND)/ Chirag Shetty (IND) vs Bastian Kersaudy (FRA)/ Julien Maid (FRA)
[R1] Ashwini Ponnappa (IND)/ N. Sikki Reddy (IND) vs Jenny Moore (ENG)/ Victoria Williams (ENG)

[R1] Pranaav Jerry Chopra (ND)/ N. Sikki Reddy (IND) l (4) Tontowi Ahmad (INA)/ Liliyana Natsir (INA) 15-21 12-21

This week, Kashyap is joined to the Indian group ... Verma brothers and Ajay withdrew as they r still recovering from injuries ... Pranaav and Sikki again had a tough first round draw and they lost in the straight game against WR #4 Indonesian pair.

Shooting News

At the ISSF World Cup Finals 2017, New Delhi, India

Courtesy of http://www.issf-sports.org

10m Air Pistol Mixed Team
Gold - India (Jitu Rai and Heena Sidhu) 483.4 pts
Silver - France - (Florian Fouquet and Celine Goberville) 481.1 pts
Bronze - China (Yang Wei and Cai Xiaoxue) 418.2 pts

Jitu Rai and Heena Sidhu gave India their first gold medal of the ISSF World Cup Finals, in the 10m air pistol mixed team event ... The French pair provided tough challenge but Indian pair prevailed with some tight shooting..

Tennis News

At $125K+H Brest Challenger 2017, France

[R1] (3) Leander Paes (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt (WC) Mathias Bourgue (FRA)/ Ugo Humbert (FRA) 62 64

[QF] (3) Leander Paes (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs (WC) Tristan Lamasine (FRA)/ Hugo Nys (FRA)

Lee and Purav started with a comfortable win over local wildcard pair ... Next, they r facing another French wildcard pair, but this can be a tough one as Nys is currently on #90 and Lamasine was top-70 in 2016.

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At $50K+H Ho Chi Minh City Challenger 2017, Vietnam

[R1] Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,549) l (1) Taylor Fritz (USA,109) 26 46
[R1] (4) Yuki Bhambri (IND,142) bt Jose Statham (NZL,308) 61 64
[R1] Sumit Nagal (IND,313) l (2) Mikhail Youzhny (RUS,101) 16 76(5) 46

[R2] (4) Yuki Bhambri (IND,142) vs Ti Chen (TPE,325)

Doubles
[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND)/ N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) bt (4) Peter Polansky (CAN)/ Akira Santillan (AUS) 67(4) 62 10-8

[QF] Saketh Myneni (IND)/ N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) vs Alessandro Bega (ITA)/ Stephane Robert (FRA)

Yuki started with the straight sets victory over Statham ... In this match, Yuki struggled with his service game but that didn't affected outcome of the match ... Next, he is facing veteran Ti Chen.

Sumit gave fighting perfromance against former top-10 Russian player, Mikhail Youzhny ... After losing the first set easily Sumit dig deep and fought back to won it in the tie-break ... Youzhny used his vast experience to clinch the final set with a break advantage ... VSP also gave decent performance against top-seed Fritz.

Good to see Saki is winning the match ... With VSP, they scored a comeback win over 4th seed Santillan and Polansky ... Next, they r facing Bega and experienced Frenchman Stephane Robert.

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At $75K Suzhou Challenger 2017, China

[R1] Vishnu Vardhan (IND,499) l (3) Radu Albot (MDA,113) 16 16
[R1] N.Sriram Balaji (IND,352) l (2) Blax Kavcic (SLO,107) 26 46

Bala and Vishnu lost in the straight sets against their respective top-115 ranked opponents.

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At $75K Traralgon Challenger, Australia

[R1] Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,422) l Alex Bolt (AUS,279) 75 57 46

Sasi gave fighting performance in his loss against top-300 Aussie player ... Sasi broke Alex in 12th game for winning the first set ... In the second set, Bolt broke early to take a lead but Sasi broke back to be on serve ... Bolt took crucial break in 11th game and then hold his service game for winning this set ... In the third set also, Sasi matched Bolt but one break advantage was enough for Bolt for winning the set and match.

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At $60K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2017, Liuzhou, China

[R1] Ankita Raina (IND,279) l Olesya Pervushina (RUS,549) 46 16

Ankita's struggle continued as she lost in the straight sets against former Junior WR #1 Pervushina.

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At $15K Malaysia F2 Futures 2017, Kuching

[R1] (Q) Dalwinder Singh (IND,1053) l (1) Scott Griekspoor (NED,542) 36 26

Dalwinder lost in the straight sets against Griekspoor.

Tennis News

At $50K+H Ho Chi Minh City Challenger 2017, Vietnam

[R1] (PR) Saketh Myneni (IND,722) l (6) Akira Santillan (AUS,162) 46 26

Akira proved too straong for Saki ... Saki failed to challenge him due to lack of match practice.

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At $75K Suzhou Challenger 2017, China

[R1] (Q) Sidharth Rawat (IND,527) l Zhizhen Zhang (CHN,351) 36 36

Doubles
[R1] (2) Vishnu Vardhan (IND)/ N. Sriram Balaji (IND) l Lorenzo Frigerio (ITA)/ Miliaan Niesten (NED) 26 16

Sid lost in the straight sets against Zhizhen Zhang in the first round.

Poor loss for Vishnu and Bala in the doubles.

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At $60K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2017, Liuzhou, China

[R1] Ankita Raina (IND,279) vs Olesya Pervushina (RUS,549)

Doubles
[R1] (4) Dalila Jakupovic (SLO)/ Ankita Raina (IND) vs Xu Liu Sun (CHN)/ Ziyue Sun (CHN)

Ankita having tough match against former Junior WR #1 Pervushina.

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At $15K Malaysia F2 Futures 2017, Kuching

[R1] (Q) Dalwinder Singh (IND,1053) vs (1) Scott Griekspoor (NED,542)
[R1] (LL) Vinayak Sharma KAZA (IND,1405) vs (PR) Ryota Kishi (JPN,2078)
[R1] (5) Karunuday Singh (IND,647) vs (Q) Kelsey Stevenson (CAN,967)
[R1] Arjun Kadhe (IND,799) bt (WC) Syed Mohd Agil Syed Naguib (MAS,UNR) 64 63

Arjun started with comfortable win.

Badminton News

At $750K DANISA Denmark Open 2017, Odense, Denmark (World Superseries Premier)

Courtesy Srikanth's twitter

Men's Singles Final
(8) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,8) bt Lee Hyun Il (KOR,22) 21-10 21-5

Srikanth lifted his third Superseries title of 2017 beating Lee Hyun Il in 25 mins ... He becomes 2nd Indian after Saina to win three Superseries titles in a year.

In this match, Srikanth wasn't stretched as Lee Hyun Il was visibly tired after his long semi-final match ... He was moving on the court like a ghost and Srikanth was only putting shuttle into the play ... This win made Srikanth richer by $56,250.

Hockey News

At 10th Asia Cup 2017, Bangladesh

The Championship Match
India bt Malaysia 2-1 (2-0)
Goal Scorers - Ramandeep Singh (IND) 3', Lalit Upadhyay (IND) 29' and Shahril Saabah (MAS) 50'

We defeated Malaysia 2-1 for winning Asia cup, really hard-fought win ... Overall third Asia Cup title but the first in 10 years, before this we lifted the title in 2003 and 2007.

In this match, we were controlling the match from the start and took early lead ... After that we failed to increase lead and Malaysians missed penalty corners ... In the end of the second quarter Lalit scored opportunist goal to give two goals cushion at half-time ... After the half-time< Malaysian team tried fightback and started putting pressure on us ... Still, Indians dominted the third quarter but failed to score ... Malaysia scored early in the fourth quarter to reduce Indian lead to one goal ... After that they continuously attacked Indian goal ... India had to survive some intense moments in the final few minutes to maintain the narrow lead for a win.

Golf News

At $9.25M The CJ Cup 2017, Jeju Island, Korea (PGA Tour 2018)

T5 Anirban Lahiri (IND) 69 71 69 74 -5 $302,937.50

Anirban missed huge opportunity to be mixed in the title contention ... He was sharing the lead with 9 under after 14 holes ... But he scored four over in the final four holes to miss the opportunity of giving himself chance of lifting his first PGA tour title ... So Anirban's wait for the title continues.

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At $500K Macao Open 2017, Macau (Asian Tour)

Courtesy of Asian Tour

1 Gaganjeet Bhullar (IND) 64 65 74 68 -13 $90,000.00
T2 Ajeetesh Sandhu (IND) 66 67 71 70 -10 $43,250.00
T5 Rashid Khan (IND) 70 70 74 64 -6 $18,575.00
T19 Chirag Kumar (IND) 70 71 73 70 PAR $5,450.00
T24 Shubhankar Sharma (IND) 69 68 77 71 +1 $4,487.50
33 Chikkarangappa S. (IND) 69 72 72 74 +3 $3,800.00
T58 Himmat Rai (IND) 73 72 74 73 +8 $1,675.00
T66 Khalin Joshi (IND) 70 71 79 74 +10 $1,325.00
70 M. Dharma (IND) (IND) 74 70 78 80 +18 $1,150.00

Gaganjeet Bhullar lifted the Macao Open trophy for the second time in his career after closing with a three-under-par 68 to win by three shots with a 13-under-par 271 total for his eighth Asian Tour victory at the Macau Golf and Country Club ... Bhullar claimed a wire-to-wire victory for the third time in his career and second time at the Macao Open ... He won the 2012 Macao Open and 2013 Indonesia Open after leading from start to finish ... Interestingly, Gaganjeet Bhullar is the first player to win eight titles on the Asian Tour before turning 30.

Tennis News

At €589K European Open 2017, Antwerp, Belgium

Courtesy ATP Tour

Doubles Final
Scott Lipsky (USA)/ Divij Sharan (IND) bt Santiago Gonzalez (MEX)/ Julio Peralta (CHI) 64 26 10-5

Divij lifted his third ATP 250 title with Scott Lipsky at Antwerp ... Before this, he won two titles with Purav Raja.

Divij and Lipsky lifted the European Open title in the match tie-break ... After winning the first set our pair lost the momentum in the second, but they recovered and took control of the match tie-break from the beginning; 5-2, 6-3, 8-5.

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At €2M Erste Bank Open 500 2017, Vienna, Austria

[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Pablo Cuevas (URU) vs (WC) Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER)/ Max Mirnyi (BLR)

Rohan-Pablo r facing the wildcard pairing of Mirnyi and Kohlschreiber.

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At $125K+H Brest Challenger 2017, France

[R1] (3) Leander Paes (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs (WC) Mathias Bourgue (FRA)/ Ugo Humbert (FRA)
[R1] Scott Clayton (GBR)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs (2) Roman Jebavy (CZE)/ Adil Shamasdin (CAN)

Lee and Purav r 3rd seed and facing local wildcard pair ... This week, Divij is partnering another Scott and they r facing 2nd seed pair.

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At $50K+H Ho Chi Minh City Challenger 2017, Vietnam

[R1] Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,548) vs (1) Taylor Fritz (USA,99)
[R1] (4) Yuki Bhambri (IND,146) vs Jose Statham (NZL,308)
[R1] (PR) Saketh Myneni (IND,722) vs (6) Akira Santillan (AUS,162)
[R1] Prajnesh Gunneswaran(IND,228) vs Marc Polmans (AUS,294)
[R1] Sumit Nagal (IND,312) vs (2) Mikhail Youzhny (RUS,126)

Doubles
[R1] Nam Hoang Ly (VIE)/ Sumit Nagal (IND) vs Ti Chen (TPE)/ Max Purcell (AUS)
[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND)/ N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) vs (4) Peter Polansky (CAN)/ Akira Santillan (AUS)

Tough matches for our unseeded players; VSP, Sumit and Saki ... Yuki and Prajnesh r having winnable matches.

Sumit is playing in the doubles with Ly, his junior Wimbledon doubles finalist partner ... Saki is partnering VSP and they r facing 4th seed pair.

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At $75K Suzhou Challenger 2017, China

[Q1] (Q) Sidharth Rawat (IND,527) bye
[Q2] (Q) Sidharth Rawat (IND,527) bt (7) Toshihide Matsui (JPN,1764) 63 64

[R1] (Q) Sidharth Rawat (IND,527) vs Zhizhen Zhang (CHN,351)
[R1] Vishnu Vardhan (IND,494) vs (3) Radu Albot (MDA,109)
[R1] N.Sriram Balaji (IND,356) vs (2) Blax Kavcic (SLO,105)

Doubles
[R1] (1) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Christopher Rungkat (INA) vs Duckhee Lee (KOR)/ Hiroki Moriya (JPN)
[R1] (2) Vishnu Vardhan (IND)/ N. Sriram Balaji (IND) vs Lorenzo Frigerio (ITA)/ Miliaan Niesten (NED)

Sid qualified for the main draw ... He is facing local player Zhizhen Zhang in the first round ... Vishnu and Bala r having tough matches against top-100 type opponents.

In the doubles, Jeevan and Chris r top-seed, Vishnu and Bala r 2nd seed.

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At $75K Traralgon Challenger, Australia

[R1] Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,396) vs Alex Bolt (AUS,290)

Sasi is facing top-300 Aussie player in the first round.

Squash News

At $100K Men's St George's Hill Classic 2017, Surrey, England

[SF] (Q) Saurav Ghosal (IND,26) l (1) Mohamed Elshorbagy (EGY,3) 11-13, 8-11, 9-11 (56m)

Saurav gave fighting performance against Elshorbagy in his loss ... Saurav stayed in touch throughout the match.

Badminton News

At $750K DANISA Denmark Open 2017, Odense, Denmark (World Superseries Premier)

[SF] (8) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,8) bt Wing Ki Vincent Wong (HKG,15) 21-18, 21-17

[F] (8) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,8) vs Hyun Il Lee (KOR,22)

Srikanth played a patient game and defeated Wong in the straight games in the Denmark Open ... He will be playing for the third Superseries title of the year against Korean veteran Hyun Il Lee ... Interestingly, this will be the first match between these two players.

Hockey News

At 10th Asia Cup 2017, Bangladesh

Super 4 stage
India bt Pakistan 4-0 (0-0)
Goal Scorers - Satbir Singh (IND) 39', Harmanpreet Singh (IND) 51' PC, Lalit Upadhyay (IND) 52', Gurjant Singh (IND) 57'

India won comfortably against Pakistan with a dominant performance in the final two quarters ... This win secures our place in the final against Malaysia ... In the first 2 quarters, Pakistan had a greater possession and had 4 penalty corners, which they failed to convert ... In this match also our defending inside the circle was a susceptible and Harmanpreet's struggle with taking the penalty corner continued ... After the half-time, we were more organized and created multiple chances ... Satbir gave us a lead in 39 minutes and in last 10 minutes of the match, we scored 3 more goals ... Harmanpreet converted 6th penalty corner and after that, two quick field goals gave us big margin win.

Tennis News

At $125K Ningbo Challenger 2017, China

Doubles Final
(1) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Christopher Rungkat (INA) l Radu Albot (MDA)/ Jose Statham (NZL) 57 36

Jeevan-Chris lost against Albot and Statham in the straight sets in the final.

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At $15K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2017, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Singles Final
(2) Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,511) l (1) Gozal Ainitdinova (KAZ,456) 57 46

Doubles Final
Rutuja Bhosale (IND)/ Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND) bt Natasha Palha (IND)/ Rishika Sunkara (IND) 64 61

Pranjala lost in the singles final after giving decent fight to top-450 Kazakh Ainitdinova ... She lifted the doubles title with Rutuja ... They defeated another Indian pair, Natasha and Rishika, in the straight sets.

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At $25K+H Nigeria F5 Futures 2017, Lagos

Doubles Final
(2) Chandril Sood (IND)/ Lakshit Sood (IND) l (1) Ivan Sabanov (CRO)/ Matej Sabanov (CRO) 36 46

Sabanovs won the battle of the twins, they lifted the title beating Soods in the straight sets.

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

Courtesy from FB page of Kamesh Srinivasan

Women's Doubles Final
(2) Emilie Francati (DEN)/ Kanika Vaidya (IND) bt Caroline Ilowska (AUT)/ Nastja Kolar (SLO) 36 75 10-7

Kanika lifted the doubles title with her Danish partner Emilie Francati after comeback win against Ilowska and Kolar.

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At $15K Malaysia F1 Futures 2017, Kuching

Doubles Final
Arjun Kadhe (IND)/ Lukas Ollert (GER) l (1) Ruben Gonzales (PHI)/ Hunter Reese (USA) 75 46 5-10

Arjun and his German partner Lukas lost in the match tie-break against top-seed after winning the first set ... Before this, Arjun and Lukas had back to back victories over 2nd and 3rd seeds pairs.

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Squash News

At $100K Men's St George's Hill Classic 2017, Surrey, England

[QF] (Q) Saurav Ghosal (IND,26) bt (8) Mohamed Abouelghar (EGY,13) 11-9, 5-11, 8-11, 11-3, 11-8 (68m)

[SF] (Q) Saurav Ghosal (IND,26) vs (1) Mohamed Elshorbagy (EGY,3)

Saurav scored a superb comeback win over top-15 Egyptian Abouelghar to win it in five games ... Saurav won the first game but lost next two easily ... Saurav recovered to win the fourth comfortably and then kept that momentum in the fifth for upset win showing his first round win wasn't a fluke ... Next, he is facing another Egyptian, former WR #1 Mohamed Elshorbagy.

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At $50K Women's Carol Weymuller Open 2017, New York, USA

[R1] Dipika Pallikal Karthik (IND,21) l (2) Raneem El Welily (EGY,3) 8-11, 6-11, 7-11

Dipika lost in the straight games against El Welily giving decent performance.

Badminton News

At $750K DANISA Denmark Open 2017, Odense, Denmark (World Superseries Premier)

[QF] Prannoy H.S. (IND,14) l (1) Wan Ho Son (KOR,2) 13-21 18-21
[QF] (8) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,8) bt (2) Viktor Axelsen (DEN,1) 14-21 22-20 21-7

[QF] Saina Nehwal (IND,12) l (4) Akane Yamaguchi (JPN,5) 10-21 13-21

[SF] (8) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,8) vs Wing Ki Vincent Wong (HKG,15)

Srikanth scored comeback upset win over newly crowned WR #1 Axelsen ... Axelsen won the first game easily ... In the second game, both players were neck to neck, Axelsen was up 17-19 but Srikanth won next 3 points for 20-19 and converted 2nd game point for winning this game ... In the decider, from 6-4 Srikanth won next 12 points to lead 18-4 to win this game comfortably ... Next, he is facing Wing Ki Vincent Wong for place in the final.

Akane handed a one-sided loss to Saina in 29 mins ... Saina failed to challenge her in this match.

Prannoy lost in the straight games against Son.

Tennis News

At €589K European Open 2017, Antwerp, Belgium

[SF] Scott Lipsky (USA)/ Divij Sharan (IND) bt (2) Ivan Dodig (CRO)/ Marcel Granollers (ESP) 06 64 10-5

Divij-Lipsky scored another impressive win over seasoned doubles pair for entering into the final ... After losing the first set 06, they made an excellent comeback in the match and in end, won the match tie-break comfortably.

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At $125K Ningbo Challenger 2017, China

[SF] (1) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Christopher Rungkat (INA) bt Riccardo Ghedin (ITA)/ Sumit Nagal (IND) 61 60

[F] (1) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Christopher Rungkat (INA) vs Radu Albot (MDA)/ Jose Statham (NZL)

Jeevan and Chris thrashed Sumit and his partner in one-sided wi ... In the final, they r facing Albot and Statham.

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At $25K+H Nigeria F5 Futures 2017, Lagos

[SF] (1) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,227) l (7) Johan Sebastien Tatlot (FRA,570) 36 67(4)

Poor loss for Prajnesh against 250 places below ranked Frenchman in the straight sets.

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At $25K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2017, Obidos, Portugal

[R2] Nandini Sharma (IND,UNR) l (4) Magdalena Frech (POL,189) 06 26

The in-form top-200 Polish girl Magdalena Frech proved too strong to Nandini.

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At $15K Thailand F9 Futures 2017, Nonthanburi

[SF] (7) Karunuday Singh (IND,647) l (4) Tung-Lin Wu (TPE,604) 16 46

KU lost in the straight sets against Wu.

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At $15K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2017, Colombo, Sri Lanka

[SF] (2) Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,608) bt (4) Josephine Boualem (FRA,574) 61 64

[F] (2) Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,608) vs (1) Gozal Ainitdinova (KAZ,456)

Pranjala scored dominating win over a Frech girl Boualem ... In the final, she is facing Kazakh top-seed Ainitdinova.

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

[QF] Kanika Vaidya (IND,830) l (1) Anastasia Pribylova (RUS,435) 16 63 36

Kanika failed to repeat last week's result against Pribylova, but she stretched Pribylova to three sets.

Snooker News

At £366K English Open 2017, Barnsley, England

[R4] Aditya Mehta (IND,78) l (7) Neil Robertson (AUS,8) 1-4 (38-93(93), 0-80(66), 43-66, 85(69)-0, 26-80(80))

The WR #8 Neil Robertson proved too strong for Aditya ... Neil did not give a chance to Aditya of settling in the match ... Aditya managed to win the fourth frame but Neil was in the control of the match ... Still, good performance by Aditya as after very long time he reached 4th round of pro tour.

Squash News

At $50K Women's Carol Weymuller Open 2017, New York, USA

[R1] (6) Joshna Chinappa (IND,13) l Salma Hany Ibrahim (EGY,19) 10-12, 11-4, 10-12, 11-6, 8-11

Joshna lost against Salma in five games ... In this match, Salma won the important points, in 1st and 3rd games, for winning crucial games.

Badminton News

At $750K DANISA Denmark Open 2017, Odense, Denmark (World Superseries Premier)

[R2] Prannoy H.S. (IND,18) bt (7) Lee Chong Wei (MAS,7) 21-17 11-21 21-19
[R2] (8) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,8) bt Hyeok Jin Jeon (KOR,35) 21-13 8-21 21-18

[R2] Saina Nehwal (IND,12) bt Nitchaon Jindapol (THA,15) 22-20 21-13

[QF] Prannoy H.S. (IND,14) vs (1) Wan Ho Son (KOR,2)
[QF] (8) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,8) vs (2) Viktor Axelsen (DEN,1)

[QF] Saina Nehwal (IND,12) vs (4) Akane Yamaguchi (JPN,5)

Prannoy scored superb three games win over former #1 Lee Chong Wei and enters into the quarters ... Next, he is facing WR #2 Korean Wan Ho Son.

Srikanth started confidently and won the first game easily but he lost concentration in the second game and lost it winning only 8 pts ... In the final game, Srikanth took a 10-1 lead but from 19-12 Srikanth played the loose game ... He lost next 6 points, 19-18, then recovered to win remaining 2 points and completed the victory ... Next, he is facing new WR #1 Viktor Axelsen.

Saina scored straight games win over Thai girl, Nitchaon Jindapol ... Next, she is facing Japanese top player, Akane Yamaguchi.

Hockey News

At 10th Asia Cup 2017, Bangladesh

Super 4 stage
India bt Malaysia 6-2 (3-0)
Goal Scorers - Akashdeep Singh (IND) 14', Harmanpreet Singh (IND) 19' PC, SK Uthappa (IND) 24', Gurjant Singh (IND) 33', SV Sunil (IND) ', Sardar Singh (IND) 60' and Razie Rahim (MAS) 50' PC, Ramadan Rosli (MAS) 59'

Indians played attacking game against in-form Malaysian team and that approach worked well as we were 5-0 up at the end of the third quarter ... We again played poor fourth quarter as gave lot of space to Malaysian forwards ... They earned four penalty corners and scored two goals in the quarter ... This win lifted us to top position and on Saturday we will play against Pakistan in the final game of Super 4 stage.

Snooker News

At £366K English Open 2017, Barnsley, England

[R3] Aditya Mehta (IND,78) bt Chen Zifan (CHN,95) 4-1 (123(69,54)-7, 64-26, 70-44, 0-88(55), 65(64)-43)

[R4] Aditya Mehta (IND,78) vs (7) Neil Robertson (AUS,8)

Aditya in the fourth round with comfortable win over Chinese player Chen Zifan ... He started confidently scoring two 50+ breaks and maintained that focus throughout the match ... In the 4th round, Aditya is facing WR #8 Aussie Neil Robertson.

Tennis News

At €589K European Open 2017, Antwerp, Belgium

[QF] Scott Lipsky (USA)/ Divij Sharan (IND) bt (3) Raven Klaasen (RSA)/ Rajeev Ram (USA) 64 46 10-8

[SF] Scott Lipsky (USA)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs (2) Ivan Dodig (CRO)/ Marcel Granollers (ESP)

Divij-Lipsky scored excellent upset win over Rajeev- Klaasen in the match tie-break ... In the match tie-break our pair was 9-5 up and converted 4th match point for a win ... Next, they r facing 2nd seed Dodig and Granollers.

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At $125K Ningbo Challenger 2017, China

[QF] (1) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Christopher Rungkat (INA) bt (WC) Di Wu (CHN)/ Yibing Wu (CHN) 26 62 10-7
[QF] Riccardo Ghedin (ITA)/ Sumit Nagal (IND) bt Hsien-Yin Peng (TPE)/ Tsung-Hua Yang (TPE) 76(4) 76(8)

[SF] (1) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Christopher Rungkat (INA) vs Riccardo Ghedin (ITA)/ Sumit Nagal (IND)

Sumit with Ghedin scored hard fought win over experienced Taiwani pair ... Next, they r facing top-seed Jeevan and Chris ... They scored comeback win over local wildcard pair.

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At $25K+H Nigeria F5 Futures 2017, Lagos

[R1] (1) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,227) bt Manuel Guinard (FRA,768) 64 60
[R2] (1) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,227) bt (Q) Lance-Pierre Du Toit (RSA,1956) 62 64
[QF] (1) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,227) bt Tom Jomby (FRA,1202) 76(8) 60

[SF] (1) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,227) vs (7) Johan Sebastien Tatlot (FRA,570)

Prajnesh in the semis and facing Frenchman ... In the quarters, he defeated former top-350 Jomby, in the tie-break Prajnesh was 1-5 down before winning it.

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At $25K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2017, Obidos, Portugal

[R1] Nandini Sharma (IND,UNR) bt (WC) Lucia Quiterio (POR,1162) 67(4) 76(4) 75

[R2] Nandini Sharma (IND,UNR) vs (4) Magdalena Frech (POL,189)

Young Nandini scored local wildcard player, Lucia Quiterio, in very hard fought match ... This match was lasted for 3h 18m in two days ... After losing the first set Nandini was early break up in the second, 3-1, but while serving for the set at 5-4 Nandini failed to hold ... But she recovered in the tie-break for taking the match in the decider ... In the decider, Nandini took crucial break in 12th game when Lucia was serving for staying in the match for completing the victory ... Next, she is facing in-form top-200 Polish girl Magdalena Frech, this will be very tough match.

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At $15K Thailand F9 Futures 2017, Nonthanburi

[R1] (7) Karunuday Singh (IND,647) bt (WC) Suthinan Tanthaseraneewat (THA,UNR) 64 63
[R2] (7) Karunuday Singh (IND,647) bt Yu Hsiou Hsu (TPE,1045) 64 63
[QF] (7) Karunuday Singh (IND,647) bt Enrico Dalla Valle (ITA,1060) 67(2) 63 64

[SF] (7) Karunuday Singh (IND,647) vs (4) Tung-Lin Wu (TPE,604)

KU is in the semis with good comeback win over Italian player.

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At $15K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2017, Colombo, Sri Lanka

[R1] (2) Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,608) bt Yuqi Sheng (CHN,1131) 60 62
[R1] (8) Zeel Desai (IND,826) bt (Q) Qianxin Kong (CHN,UNR) 60 61
[R1] (Q) Jennifer Luikham (IND,UNR) bt (WC) Adithya Karunaratne (SRI,UNR) 75 46 62

[R2] (2) Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,608) bt (Q) Alice Gillan (GBR,1067) 76(4) 60
[R2] (8) Zeel Desai (IND,826) bt Sai Samhitha Chamarthi (IND,929) 60 61
[R2] (Q) Jennifer Luikham (IND,UNR) bt Sabastiani Leon (MEX,1131) 64 62

[QF] (2) Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,608) bt (8) Zeel Desai (IND,826) 64 64
[QF] (Q) Jennifer Luikham (IND,UNR) l (1) Gozal Ainitdinova (KAZ,456) 16 46

[SF] (2) Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,608) vs (4) Josephine Boualem (FRA,574)

Pranjala is in the semis, she defeated Zeel in the straight sets ... Jenni also reached another quarter-final as a qualifier.

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

[R1] Kanika Vaidya (IND, 830) bt Caroline Ilowska (AUT,UNR) 64 62
[R2] Kanika Vaidya (IND, 830) bt (5) Anastasiya Shoshyna (UKR,566) 64 75

[QF] Kanika Vaidya (IND, 830) vs (1) Anastasia Pribylova (RUS,435)

Kanika continued with impressing her performance ... She defeated top-600 Ukrainian girl in the straight sets and again facing top-seed Pribylova in the quarters.

Squash News

At $100K Men's St George's Hill Classic 2017, Surrey, England

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[R1] (Q) Saurav Ghosal (IND,26) bt (3) Marwan Elshorbagy (EGY,6) 11-7, 11-7, 11-2 (36m)

[QF] (Q) Saurav Ghosal (IND,26) vs (8) Mohamed Abouelghar (EGY,13)

Saurav scored another topnotch victory over top-10 Egyptian player, Marwan Elshorbagy, with this he recorded his 200th PSA match win ... He won the match with ease against Marwan, in each game he took an early lead and kept the pressure on him ... Next, he is facing young rising Egyptian Mohamed Abouelghar.

Snooker News

At £366K English Open 2017, Barnsley, England

[R1] Aditya Mehta (IND,78) bt Sam Craigie (ENG,80) 4-0 (97(54)-11, 56-13, 58-15, 77-54(54))

[R2] Aditya Mehta (IND,78) bt Ian Preece (WAL,79) 4-2 (65-52, 0-124(88), 70-4, 55-58, 70-59, 116(116)-16)

[R3] Aditya Mehta (IND,78) vs Chen Zifan (CHN,95)

Aditya took advantage of a weaker draw and he is in the third round with back to back wins over similarly ranked opponents ... In the second round, he ended with 100+ break ... Next, he is facing young Chinese Chen Zifan, who scored an upset win over WR #7 Barry Hawkins in the second round.

Hockey News

At 10th Asia Cup 2017, Bangladesh

Super 4 stage
India dw Korea 1-1 (0-0)
Goal Scorers - Gurjant Singh (IND) 70' and Lee Jungjun (KOR) 41'

Gurjant saved the day for India with a last minute equaliser for a fighting 1-1 draw against Korea in their first Super 4 stage match ... Indians struggled against Korean defending in numbers despite enjoying the lions share of possession and having better scoring chances.

Badminton News

At $750K DANISA Denmark Open 2017, Odense, Denmark (World Superseries Premier)

[R1] Prannoy H.S. (IND,18) bt Emil Holst (DEN,38) 21-18 21-19
[R1] Sai Praneeth B. (IND,17) l Hans-Kristian Solberg Vittinghus (DEN,26) 10-21 15-21
[R1] (8) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,8) bt (Q) Shubhankar Dey (IND,74) 21-17 21-15

[R1] Saina Nehwal (IND,12) bt (5) Carolina Marin (ESP,4) 22-20 21-18
[R1] (2) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,2) l Yufei Chen (CHN,10) 17-21 21-23

[R1] Manu Attri (IND)/ B. Sumeeth Reddy (IND) l (6) Mads Conrad-Petersen (DEN)/ Mads Pieler Kolding (DEN) 13-21 18-21
[R1] Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (IND)/ Chirag Shetty (IND) l Eui Seok Chung (KOR)/ Dukyoung Kim (KOR) 21-14 18-21 17-21
[R1] Ashwini Ponnappa (IND)/ N. Sikki Reddy (IND) l Mei Kuan Chow (MAS)/ Meng Yean Lee (MAS) 21-15 18-21 21-23

[R1] (Q) Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) l Niclas Nohr (DEN)/ Sara Thygesen (DEN) 19-21 17-21

[R2] Prannoy H.S. (IND,18) vs (7) Lee Chong Wei (MAS,7)
[R2] (8) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,8) vs Hyeok Jin Jeon (KOR,35)

[R2] Saina Nehwal (IND,12) vs Nitchaon Jindapol (THA,15)

Saina scored stunning straight games win over Carolina Marin ... Both games were closely fought but this time Saina kept her composure for winning important points ,,, Next, she is facing Thai girl, Nitchaon Jindapol ... On the other hand, Sindhu lost in the straight games against Chinese girl, Yufei Chen ... In the second game, Sindhu tried fightback after saving 5 game points from 16-20 down, but that wasn't enough.

Prannoy scored the straight games win over Holst ... Srikanth scored expected a win over Shubhankar ... But Sai lost easily against Vittinghus ... Prannoy is facing legendary Lee Chong Wei and Srikanth is having a challenge of Korean Hyeok Jin Jeon

In the doubles, our challenge got over in the first round ... Satwik and Ashwini lost against a local pair and Satwik partnering Chirag lost against Korean pair after winning the first game ... Manu-Sumeeth also lost in the straight games against Danish pair ... Ashwini-Sikki missed two match points in the third game, 20-19 and 21-10, before losing against Malaysian pair.

Tennis News

At $746K VTB Kremlin Cup 2017, Moscow, Russia

[R2] (Q) Yuki Bhambri (IND,152) l (6) Damir Dzumhur (BIH,38) 64 57 46

Yuki lost in close three sets against Dzumhur, Yuki played terrific match but again struggled with the fitness and endurance in the long match ... In the final set, he was break up 3-0 and 0-30 on Dzumhur's serve but from here he lost the plot.

In the first set, Yuki broke Dzumhur in the 4th game to lead 4-1 but while serving for the set at 5-3 Yuki failed to hold ... Yuki again broke Dzumhur in the 10th game for winning the set ... In the second set, both players were holding their respective services till the 10th game ... Dzumhur broke Yuki in the 11th game and after that Yuki took medical timeout ... After that, Dzumhur hold for winning this set ... In the final set, Yuki started confidently and broke Dzumhur in the 2nd game to lead 3-0 ... In the the 4th game, Yuki was 0-30 up on Dzumhur serve but from here Dzumhur showed his temperament ... He kept his composure and started fightback ... He broke Yuki in the 5th game and then again took a crucial break in the 9th game for completing the win.

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At $125K Ningbo Challenger 2017, China

[R1] Riccardo Ghedin (ITA)/ Sumit Nagal (IND) bt Taro Daniel (JPN)/ Tatsuma Ito (JPN) 62 67(3) 10-5
[R1] (2) Vishnu Vardhan (IND)/ Toshihide Matsui (JPN) l Sadio Doumbia (FRA)/ Calvin Hemery (FRA) 26 36

[QF] (1) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Christopher Rungkat (INA) vs (WC) Di Wu (CHN)/ Yibing Wu (CHN)
[QF] Riccardo Ghedin (ITA)/ Sumit Nagal (IND) vs Hsien-Yin Peng (TPE)/ Tsung-Hua Yang (TPE)

Sumit with Ghedin scored a win in the match tie-break against experienced Japanese pair ... Next, they r facing Taiwani pair ... Jeevan and Chris r playing against local wildcard pair ... French pair defeated 2nd seed Vishnu and Matsui convincingly.

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At $60K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2017, Suzhou, China

[R1] Ankita Raina (IND,271) l Hanyu Guo (CHN,333) 36 06

Doubles
[R1] (4) Dalila Jakupovic (SLO)/ Ankita Raina (IND) l Jia-Qi Kang (CHN)/ Xinyu Jiang (CHN) 16 16

Ankita lost one-sided matches in the singles and the doubles first round ... I think, her two months break was too long and she must be rusty.

Squash News

At $100K Men's St George's Hill Classic 2017, Surrey, England

[Q1] Saurav Ghosal (IND,26) bt Matthew Broadberry (ENG,228) 11-3, 11-2, 11-5 (24m)
[Q2] Saurav Ghosal (IND,26) bt Declan James (ENG,40) 11-4, 8-11, 11-6, 11-3 (54m)

[R1] (Q) Saurav Ghosal (IND,26) vs (3) Marwan Elshorbagy (EGY,6)

Saurav qualified for the maindraw with back to back wins over British players ... Next, he is facing Egyptian Marwan Elshorbagy.

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At $50K Women's Carol Weymuller Open 2017, New York, USA

[R1] (6) Joshna Chinappa (IND,13) vs Salma Hany Ibrahim (EGY,19)
[R1] Dipika Pallikal Karthik (IND,21) vs (2) Raneem El Welily (EGY,3)

Joshna and Dipika r having Egyptian challenge ... Dipika is having tougher challenge of WR #3 Raneem El Welily.

Badminton News

At $750K DANISA Denmark Open 2017, Odense, Denmark (World Superseries Premier)

[Q1] Parupalli Kashyap (IND,46) bt Victor Svendsen (DEN,99) 21-13 21-16
[Q1] Shubhankar Dey (IND,74) bt Kim Bruun (DEN,59) 21-12 13-21 21-15
[Q1] Aruna Prabhudesai (IND,150) l Irina Amalie Andersen (DEN,84) 15-21 12-21
[Q1] Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) bt Kristoffer Knudsen (DEN)/ Isabella Nielsen (DEN) 21-17 21-13

[Q2] Parupalli Kashyap (IND,45) l Takuma Ueda (JPN,57) 4-21 19-21
[Q2] Shubhankar Dey (IND,74) bt Rasmus Gemke (DEN,64) 21-17 13-21 21-19
[Q2] Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) bt Jones Ralfy Jansen (GER)/ Eva Janssens (GER) 21-8 21-13

[R1] Prannoy H.S. (IND,18) vs Emil Holst (DEN,38)
[R1] Sai Praneeth B. (IND,17) vs Hans-Kristian Solberg Vittinghus (DEN,26)
[R1] (8) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,8) vs (Q) Shubhankar Dey (IND,74)

[R1] Saina Nehwal (IND,12) vs (5) Carolina Marin (ESP,4)
[R1] (2) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,2) vs Yufei Chen (CHN,10)

[R1] Manu Attri (IND)/ B. Sumeeth Reddy (IND) vs (6) Mads Conrad-Petersen (DEN)/ Mads Pieler Kolding (DEN)
[R1] Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (IND)/ Chirag Shetty (IND) vs Eui Seok Chung (KOR)/ Dukyoung Kim (KOR)
[R1] Ashwini Ponnappa (IND)/ N. Sikki Reddy (IND) vs Mei Kuan Chow (MAS)/ Meng Yean Lee (MAS)

[R1] Pranaav Jerry Chopra (ND)/ N. Sikki Reddy (IND) l Sam MaGee (IRL)/ Chole MaGee (IRL) 17-21 15-21
[R1] (Q) Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) vs Niclas Nohr (DEN)/ Sara Thygesen (DEN)

Sindhu and Saina having a tough draw in the Denmark open ... Saina is facing former WR #1 Carolina Marin and Sindhu is facing top-10 Chinese girl Yufei Chen.

Sai is facing Vittinghus, in their last two meetings Vittinghus was victorious ... Prannoy is also facing local player Holst ... Srikanth is facing Shubhankar, who qualified with two upset wins over local higher ranked players ... Kashyap lost in the final qualifying round.

In the MXD, Satwik-Ashwini qualified for main-draw and facing local pair in the first round ... But Pranaav-Sikki lost in the first round against Irish pair ... In the doubles, Manu-Sumeeth r facing WR #6 Danish pair ... Satwik-Chirag r facing Korean pair and Ashwini-Sikki r playing similar ranked Malaysian pair.

Tennis News

At €589K European Open 2017, Antwerp, Belgium

[R1] Scott Lipsky (USA)/ Divij Sharan (IND) bt (WC) Steve Darcis (BEL)/ Arthur De Greef (BEL) 75 46 10-8

[QF] Scott Lipsky (USA)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs (3) Raven Klaasen (RSA)/ Rajeev Ram (USA)

Divij and Lipsky started with the match tie-break win over local pair in the first round ... Next, they r facing 3rd seed Ram and Klaasen.

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At €660K Intrum Stockholm Open 2017, Sweden

[R1] Leander Paes (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) l (3) Jack Sock (USA)/ Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) 63 67(3) 8-10

Lee and Purav lost in the match tie-brea against Zimo and Sock after winning the first set ... They were 0-3 down in the second set, made comeback but failed to keep momentum in both tie-breaks.

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At $226K BGL BNP Paribas Luxembourg Open 2017, Luxembourg

[R1] Alexandra Cadantu (ROU)/ Prarthana Thombare (IND) l Veronica Cepede Royg (PAR)/ Beatriz Haddad Maia (BRA) 57 16

These weekly partnership is not helping to Prarthana, as another first round loss with Cadantu for her.

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At $125K Ningbo Challenger 2017, China

[R1] Sumit Nagal (IND,314) l (Q) Marinko Matosevic (AUS,501) 26 46

Doubles
[R1] (1) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Christopher Rungkat (INA) bt Shuichi Sekiguchi (JPN)/ Go Soeda (JPN) 63 62

Sumit lost in the straight sets against former top-50 Australian Marinko Matosevic, he failed to chalenge Matosevic.

Jeevan-Chris started with dominating win against experienced Japanese pair.

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At $15K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2017, Colombo, Sri Lanka

[F] Prerna Bhambri (IND,954) l Yexin Ma (CHN,1126) 16 26

May be Prerna was tired after playing back to back two matches in a day but Ma blown her away in the title match.

Tennis News

At $746K VTB Kremlin Cup 2017, Moscow, Russia

[R1] (Q) Yuki Bhambri (IND,146) bt (WC) Roman Safiullin (RUS,451) 62 64

Yuki won the battle between two former Junior Australian Open champions convincingly ... Yuki was better player on the court from the start ... He won the first set in 25 mins breaking Roman's twice ... In the second set, he broke Roman in 5th game to lead 3-2 and then both players hold respective service games ... Yuki did not faced a single break point in this match, so it shows his service games are not liability on the indoor court ... This win will push his ranking inside top-140 and makes him richer by $12K.

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At $125K Ningbo Challenger 2017, China

[Q3] Vishnu Vardhan (IND,492) l Yunseong Chung (KOR,582) 67(2) 26

[R1] Sumit Nagal (IND,314) vs (Q) Marinko Matosevic (AUS,501)

Vishnu lost in the straight sets against Korean Yunseong Chung.

Sumit having tough match against former top-50 Australian Marinko Matosevic.

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At $60K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2017, Suzhou, China

[R1] Ankita Raina (IND,271) vs Hanyu Guo (CHN,333)

Doubles
[R1] (4) Dalila Jakupovic (SLO)/ Ankita Raina (IND) vs Jia-Qi Kang (CHN)/ Xinyu Jiang (CHN)

Ankita is playing in the China ... She is facing local Chinese challenge in the singles and the doubles first round.

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At $25K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2017, Obidos, Portugal

[Q1] Nandini Sharma (IND,UNR) bt Anastazja Rosnowska (GER,UNR) 62 64
[Q2] Nandini Sharma (IND,UNR) bt (2) Irene Burillo Escorihuela (ESP,480) 76(5) 64
[Q3] Nandini Sharma (IND,UNR) bt (11) Dalila Spiteri (ITA,643) 16 63 63

[R1] Nandini Sharma (IND,UNR)vs (WC) Lucia Quiterio (POR,1162)

Young Nandini Sharma qualified for the main draw with three solid wins ... In that, she defeated top-500 Spanish girl, Irene Burillo Escorihuela, in tight two sets and then scored comeback win over Italian girl after losing the first set ... In the main draw, she is facing local wildcard player, Lucia Quiterio.

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At $15K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2017, Colombo, Sri Lanka

[QF] (4) Rutuja Bhosale (IND,619) l Yexin Ma (CHN,1126) 26 63 10-12
[QF] (Q) Rishika Sunkara (IND,1049) bt Isabelle Boulais (CAN,1018) 62 60
[QF] Prerna Bhambri (IND,954) bt (6) Tamara Curovic (SRB,644) 76(2) 61

[SF] Prerna Bhambri (IND,954) bt (Q) Rishika Sunkara (IND,1049) 76(2) 61

[F] Prerna Bhambri (IND,954) vs Yexin Ma (CHN,1126)

Good to see Prerna take advantage and reached in the final with some good wins ... Rishika laso reached the semis as a qualifier but Rutja lost in the quartrs.