Tennis News

At $75K+H Ostrava Challenger 2018, Czech Republic

[R1] (8) Sumit Nagal (IND,225) l Tomislav Brkic (BIH,262) 46 63 16

Sumit's poor run continues ... Another loss against lower ranked opponent in three sets ... Frankly he lost opportunity in the first 4 months to improve his ranking as he wasn't defending any points.

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At $125K Kunming Open 2018, Anning, China

[R1] Shanshan Guo (CHN)/ Ankita Raina (IND) l (1) Dalila Jakupovic (SLO)/ Irina Khromacheva (RUS) 36 36

Ankita and Guo lost in straight sets against the top-seeds.

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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament 2018, Tbilisi, Georgia

[R1] Rutuja Bhosale (IND,531) vs (WC) Zoziya Kardava (GEO,UNR)

Rutuja is playing in Georgia and facing top-200 junior player in the first round.

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At $1.5M Mediheal Championship 2018, California, USA (LPGA Tour)

T7 Aditi Ashok (IND) 73 71 68 69 -7 $35,956.00

Aditi produced her best finish on LPGA tour, bettering her last performance by a single place ... She played 7 under last two rounds to finish on the 7th place.

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At $3.7M Volvo China Open 2018, Beijing, China (Co-sanctioned by European tor and Asian tour)

T14 Shubhankar Sharma (IND) 69 72 68 67 -12 € 35,923
T32 Arjun Atwal (IND) 69 72 68 71 -8 € 20,176
T63 Gaganjeet Bhullar (IND) 68 72 72 73 -3 € 6,370
T66 Shiv Kapur (IND) 73 68 76 71 PAR € 5,590
68 Khalin Joshi (IND) 71 71 73 79 +6 € 5,200

Shubhankar scored an excellent 5 under final round to finish inside top-15 in this co-sanctioned event ... Arjun also played decent four rounds to finish inside top-35 ... But Gaganjeet, Shiv and Khalin struggled on the course.

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At ￥120M The Crowns 2018, Aichi, Japan (Japanese Golf Tour)

T57 Rahil Gangjee (IND) 69 73 69 75 +5 ￥288,000

This week Rahil struggled on Japanese tour but he managed to make a cut.

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At $150K+H Anning Challenger 2018, China

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Singles Final
Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,260) bt Mohamed Safwat (EGY,226) 57 63 61

Prajnesh Gunneswaran is arrived on a big stage ... He lifted his first challenger title in a big $150K+H Anning Challenger ... After Mahesh's belief in him for a deciding rubber in our China Davis cup tie, everything changed for Prajnesh ... We r seeing different Prajnesh, who is punching above his weight ... After this performance Prajnesh will first-time enter in to top-200, his ranking will be around #176.

In the final, Prajnesh lost his serve in the 1st game but he immediately broke Safwat for 1-all ... Prajnesh was struggling with his serve and lost his serve in the 5th game, 2-3 ... From 3-5 down Prajnesh fought back and broke Safwat in the 10th game for 5-all ... Again lost his serve in the 11th game after poor service game, 5-6, this time Safwat held for winning the set ... From the second set Prajnesh played steadier game ... He broke Safwat in the 6th game for 4-2 lead and kept that advantage after holding his service games for winning the set ... In the final set Prajnesh was in a total control ... From 1-all he broke Safwat in the 3rd, the 5th and the 7th games for dominating the set ... Safwat tried but Prajnesh was playing on different level to win this match.

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At €486K TEB BNP Paribas Istanbul Open 2018, Turkey

[Q2] (1) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,115) l Marco Trungelliti (ARG,188) 46 36

Doubles
[R1] (2) Marcin Matkowski (POL)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs Radu Albot (MDA)/ Nikoloz Basilashvili (GEO)

RamK lost in straight sets against Trungelliti in the final qualifying ... At least he will received a week break before his next tournament.

In the doubles, Divij is the 2nd seed with Matkowski and they r facing Albot and Basilashvili.

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At €561K BMW Open 2018, Munich, Germany

[R1] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs Tim Puetz (GER)/ Jan-Lennard Struff (GER)
[R1] Fabrice Martin (FRA)/ Puraj Raja (IND) vs (2) Ivan Dodig (CRO)/ Rjeev Ram (USA)

Bala and Vishnu r getting big break as they r playing Munich ATP, but having a tough match against Germans Struff and Puetz ... Purav and Fabrice r also having a tough match against the 2nd seed Rajeev Ram and Dodig.

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At $125K Kunming Open 2018, Anning, China

[R1] Ankita Raina (IND,195) vs (WC) Qianhui Tang (CHN,803)

Doubles
[R1] Prarthana Thombare (IND)/ Fang Ying Xun (CHN) vs Elitsa Kostova (BUL)/ Aleksandrina Naydenova (BUL)
[R1] Shanshan Guo (CHN)/ Ankita Raina (IND) vs (1) Dalila Jakupovic (SLO)/ Irina Khromacheva (RUS)

Ankita is having favorable draw in the first round ... But in the doubles, she and her Chinese partner r facing the top-seed pair ... Prarthana and her Chinese partner r facing Bulgarian pair.

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At $75K+H Ostrava Challenger 2018, Czech Republic

[R1] (8) Sumit Nagal (IND,219) vs Tomislav Brkic (BIH,262)

Doubles
[R1] Sumit Nagal (IND)/ Pedro Martinez (ESP) vs Zdenek Kolar (CZE)/ Adam Pavlasek (CZE)

Sumit is playing in Czech challenger ... Hopefully he will start winning matches soon.

Badminton News

At Badminton Asia Championships 2018, Wuhan, China

[SF] H. S. Prannoy (IND,10) l Chen Long (CHN,3) 16-21 18-21

[SF] Saina Nehwal (IND,12) l Tai Tzu Ying (TPE,1) 25-27 19-21

Prannoy lost in straight games against former WR #1 Chen Long ... He tried to fight in the second game but Chen won it to complete win.

Saina missed few opportunities in this match to create upset against WR #1 Tai Tzu Ying ... She was up 20-18 but failed to convert game points, Saina had four game points in the first game ... In the second game also she was 19-17 up but lost next four points for losing the match.

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At $150K+H Anning Challenger 2018, China

[SF] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,260) bt Kamil Majchrzak (POL,231) 06 63 61

[F] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,260) vs Mohamed Safwat (EGY,226)

The dream weeks for Indian tennis players in these big Chinese challengers ... First, Yuki secured his French Open, Wimbledon and US Open main-draw entries after winning the Santaizi Challenger ... In the same challenger, reaching in the final has helped Ramkumar to be top-16 seeded in the French open qualifiers ... This week, Prajnesh needed to reach in the final in this big Anning Challenger for securing French Open and Wimbledon qualifying entries and he achieves that with some solid wins.

What a turnaround after losing the first set by Prajnesh ... Prajnesh was looking sick or injured as he wasn't moving freely on the court and got bagel in the first set ... In the second set, Prajnesh started to play his game ... He broke Kamil in the 2nd game to lead 3-0 and kept that advantage for winning the set ... In the final set, Prajnesh was in total control as he broke Prajnesh three times for winning the set comfortably for entering in to the final ... In the final, he is facing Egyptian Mohamed Safwat.

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At $75K Tallahassee Challenger 2018, Florida, USA

[QF] (4) Enrique Lopez Perez (ESP)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) bt Martin Ceuvas (URU)/ Hugo Dellien (BOL) 63 46 10-7
[QF] (4) Enrique Lopez Perez (ESP)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) bt (1) Luke Bambridge (GBR)/ Jonny O'Mara (GBR) 64 64

Doubles Final
(4) Enrique Lopez Perez (ESP)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) l Denis Kudla (USA)/ Robert Gallaway (USA) 36 16

Jeevan lost in the final with his Spanish partner Lopez Perez in one-sided match against American pair ... Before that in the semis, they defeated the top-seed British pair in straight sets.

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At €486K TEB BNP Paribas Istanbul Open 2018, Turkey

[Q1] (1) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,115) bt Aldin Setkic (BIH,241) 64 63

[Q2] (1) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,115) vs Marco Trungelliti (ARG,188)

After winning the first set RamK was in a control in the second ... RamK took an early break to lead 1-0 ... He again broke Setkic in the 9th game when he was serving to stay in the set ... In the final qualifying RamK is facing Argentine former top-130 player, Marco Trungelliti.

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At $25K Uzbekistan F2 Futures 2018, Karshi

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Singles Final
Saketh Myneni (IND,530) bt (7) Yaraslav Shyla (BLR,440) 46 63 76(4)

Saki wins his first singles title in this Uzbek futures after very long injury break ... Saki started slowly and Yaraslav Shyla won the first set with a single break advantage ... Saki fought back for winning the second set ... In the last set, both players were neck to neck but Saki took control of tie-break and converted the 3rd match point for a win.

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At $15K ITF Women's Tournament 2018, Cairo, Egypt

[SF] Snehadevi S REDDY (IND,994) l Charlotte ROEMER (ECU,1028) 16 0-4 retd.

Snehadevi retired in the second set after a double break down against Roemer.

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At Badminton Asia Championships 2018, Wuhan, China

[QF] (1) Srikanth Kidambi (IND,5) l (5) Lee Chong Wei (MAS,7) 12-21 15-21
[QF] H. S. Prannoy (IND,10) bt (2) Wan Ho Son (KOR,2) 18-21 23-21 21-12

[QF] Saina Nehwal (IND,12) bt Jang Mi Lee (KOR,15) 21-15 21-13
[QF] (3) Pusarla V Sindhu (IND,3) l (7) Ji Hyun Sung (KOR,9) 19-21 10-21

[SF] H. S. Prannoy (IND,10) vs Chen Long (CHN,3)

[SF] Saina Nehwal (IND,12) vs Tai Tzu Ying (TPE,1)

Prannoy scored an impressive comeback win over WR #2 Wan Ho Son for entering in to the semis ... But Srikanth's struggles against Lee Chong Wei continue as he lost in straight games.

Saina continues with her form and scored comfortable win over her Korean opponent ... But surprising loss of Sindhu against her Korean opponent in straight games ... Next, our both players having tough matches against more difficult opponents.

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At $150K+H Anning Challenger 2018, China

[QF] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,260) bt (8) Soon Woon Kwon (KOR,215) 62 63
[QF] (Q) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,516) l (3) Jordan Thompson (AUS,98) 26 46

[SF] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,260) vs Kamil Majchrzak (POL,231)

Prajnesh started confidently from 2-all he won next four games breaking Soon in the 6th and the 8th games for winning the first set ... In the second set, both players were playing percentage tennis and matching each other ... At 4-3, Prajnesh took a crucial break on Soon's serve in the 5th game and then held his serve for thumping win ... Next, he is facing Polish player, Kamil Majchrzak ... Mukund failed to challenge top-100 Jordan Thompson, but this was really good week for him as he earned highest ranking points from one tournament.

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At $25K Uzbekistan F2 Futures 2018, Karshi

[SF] Saketh MYNENI (IND,530) bt Jurabek KARIMOV (UZB,521) 67(3) 76(5) 63

[F] Saketh MYNENI (IND,530) vs (7) Yaraslav SHYLA (BLR,440)

Doubles Final
(3) Saketh MYNENI (IND)/ N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND) l Konstantin KRAVCHUK (RUS)/ Roman SAFIULLIN (RUS) 63 57 7-10

Saki scored really a tight win over local 19 yrs old Karimov ... After losing the first set in the tie-break Saki needed to dig deep for winning the second set in the tie-break ... Saki controlled the third set for entering into the final ... Next, he is facing top-450 player, Yaraslav Shyla.

In the doubles final, Saki_VSP lost in the match tie-break after winning the first set.

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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament 2018, Karshi, Uzbekistan

[SF] Rutuja BHOSALE (IND,533) l Anastasia GASANOVA (RUS,435) 57 36

Rutuja lost in straight sets against Russian teenager Gasanova ... Overall, a good week for Rutuja to reach in the semis.

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At $25K+H Nigeria F2 Futures 2018, Abuja

Doubles Final
(3) Arjun KADHE (IND)/ Ronnie SCHNEIDER (USA) bt Danylo KALENICHENKO (UKR)/ Mirko MARTINEZ (SUI) 62 63

Arjun lifted another doubles title with American partner, Ronnie Schneider ... They won the final comfortably against European pair ... With this win Arjun will be rose near to top-300 in the doubles.

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At $15K ITF Women's Tournament 2018, Cairo, Egypt

[R1] Snehadevi S REDDY (IND,994) bt (Q) Eleonora ALVISI (ITA,UNR) 61 61
[R2] Snehadevi S REDDY (IND,994) bt (4) Melanie KLAFFNER (AUT,556) 61 2-0 retd.
[QF] Snehadevi S REDDY (IND,994)bt (5) Bojana MARINKOVIC (SRB, 588) 46 76(7) 64

[SF] Snehadevi S REDDY (IND,994) vs Charlotte ROEMER (ECU,1028)

Snehadevi in the semis on the clay in Egypt ... In her last two matches, she defeated two top-600 players ... In the quarters, she defeated Serbian in a superb comeback victory ... Next, she is facing Roemer.

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At $150K+H Anning Challenger 2018, China

[R2] (Q) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,516) bt Duckhee Lee (KOR,217) 62 76(7)

[QF] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,260) vs (8) Soon Woon Kwon (KOR,215)
[QF] (Q) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,516) vs (3) Jordan Thompson (AUS,98)

Doubles
[QF] (1) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) l Mao-Xin Gong (CHN)/ Ze Zhang (CHN) 46 63 6-10

Mukund scored an impressive win over Duckhee Lee in straight sets ... In the first set, he was break up at 4-2 and then broke Duckhee in the 8th game for winning the set ... In the second set, Mukund save 2 break points in the 3rd game and he had 3 match points on Duckhee's serve in the 10th game but he failed to convert ... In the tie-break, Mukund saved a set point at 6-5 and converted his 5th match point for an exciting win ... Next, he is facing top-100 Jordan Thompson.

Vishnu-Bala's struggle on the clay continues, as they lost in the match tie-break against Chinese pair.

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At $25K Uzbekistan F2 Futures 2018, Karshi

[QF] Saketh MYNENI (IND,530) bt Evgeny TYURNEV (RUS,366) 46 75 retd.

[SF] Saketh MYNENI (IND,530) vs Jurabek KARIMOV (UZB,521)

Doubles
[R1] (3) Saketh MYNENI (IND)/ N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND) bt Sanjar FAYZIEV (UZB)/ Jurabek KARIMOV (UZB) 63 75
[QF] (3) Saketh MYNENI (IND)/ N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND) bt Dmitry MNUSHKIN (RUS)/ Vladimir POLYAKOV (RUS) 63 62
[SF] (3) Saketh MYNENI (IND)/ N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND) bt (2) Nikola CACIC (SRB)/ Luca MARGAROLI (SUI) 63 76(3)

[F] (3) Saketh MYNENI (IND)/ N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND) vs Konstantin KRAVCHUK (RUS)/ Roman SAFIULLIN (RUS)

Saki's opponent Ivanov retired after losing the second set ... Next, he is facing local 19 yrs old Karimov, who scored an upset win over top-seed Japanese Moriya.

In the doubles also, Saki and VSP in the final ... They won all matches in straight sets including the 2nd seed pair.

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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament 2018, Karshi, Uzbekistan

[QF] Rutuja BHOSALE (IND,533) bt Sofya LANSERE (RUS,639) 76(4) 60

[SF] Rutuja BHOSALE (IND,533) vs Anastasia GASANOVA (RUS,435)

Doubles
[SF] Rutuja BHOSALE (IND)/ Pranjala YADLAPALLI (IND) l (3) Nigina ABDURAIMOVA (UZB)/ Anastasia FROLOVA (RUS) 46 46

Rutuja scored another solid win against talented top-30 Junior player, Russian Sofya Lansere ... After winning the first set she dominated the second ... Next, she is facing another Russian teenager Gasanova ... In the doubles, Rutuja-Pranjala lost against the third seed pair.

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At $25K+H Nigeria F2 Futures 2018, Abuja

[QF] (Q) Suraj R Prabodh(IND,1076) l (1) Youssef Hossam (EGY,315) 46 46
[QF] Aryan Goveas (IND,744) l (4) Maximilian Neuchrist (AUT,349) 36 67(7)

Doubles
[R1] (3) Arjun KADHE (IND)/ Ronnie SCHNEIDER (USA) bt Diego MATOS (BRA)/ Thomas SETODJI (FRA) 63 76(5)
[QF] (3) Arjun KADHE (IND)/ Ronnie SCHNEIDER (USA) bt Kazuma KAWACHI (JPN)/ Kento TAKEUCHI (JPN) 76(2) 75
[SF] (3) Arjun KADHE (IND)/ Ronnie SCHNEIDER (USA) bt (2) Markus ERIKSSON (SWE)/ Maximilian NEUCHRIST (AUT) 75 76(10)

[F] (3) Arjun KADHE (IND)/ Ronnie SCHNEIDER (USA) vs Danylo KALENICHENKO (UKR)/ Mirko MARTINEZ (SUI)

A decent fighting performance in their losses against top-350 players by Suraj and Aryan against their respective matches.

After his failure in the singles, Arjun is doing well in the doubles with his American partner ... They r in the final with some quality wins, including a win over the 2nd seed pair.

Badminton News

At Badminton Asia Championships 2018, Wuhan, China

[R1] (1) Srikanth Kidambi (IND,5) bt Kenta Nishimoto (JPN,13) 13-21,21-16,21-16
[R1] Sameer Verma (IND,31) l (7) Chou Tien Chen (TPE,6) 21-23,17-21
[R1] B. Sai Praneeth (IND,19) bt Suppanyu Avihingsanon (THA,27) 21-13,11-21,21-19
[R1] H. S. Prannoy (IND,10) bt Kantaphon Wangcharoen (THA,38) 21-15,19-21,21-19

[R1] Saina Nehwal (IND,12) bt Yeo Jia Min (SIN,101) 21-12,21-9
[R1] (3) Pusarla V Sindhu (IND,3) bt Pai yu Po (TPE,21) 21-14,21-19

[R2] (1) Srikanth Kidambi (IND,5) bt Wong Wing Ki Vincent (HKG,23) 7-2 retd.
[R2] B. Sai Praneeth (IND,19) l (3) Chen Long (CHN,3) 12-21,12-21
[R2] H. S. Prannoy (IND,10) bt Wang Tzu Wei (TPE,11) 16-21,21-14,21-12

[R2] Saina Nehwal (IND,12) bt Gao Fangjie (CHN,28) 21-18,21-8
[R2] (3) Pusarla V Sindhu (IND,3) bt Chen Xiaoxin (CHN,22) 21-12,21-15

[QF] (1) Srikanth Kidambi (IND,5) vs (5) Lee Chong Wei (MAS,7)
[QF] H. S. Prannoy (IND,10) vs (2) Wan Ho Son (KOR,2)

[QF] Saina Nehwal (IND,12) vs Jang Mi Lee (KOR,15)
[QF] (3) Pusarla V Sindhu (IND,3) vs (7) Ji Hyun Sung (KOR,9)

As expected Srikanth, Prannoy, Saina and Sindhu r in the quarters of Asian Championship ... Now, tough matches begins ... Srikanth is facing Lee Chong Wei and Prannoy is facing WR #2 Wan Ho Son ... Saina and Sindhu r facing Korean opponents.

Tennis News

At €2.5M Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell 2018, Spain

[QF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) l Juan Sebastian Cabal (COL)/ Robert Farah (COL) 64 67(9) 11-13

Rohan-Edouard missed couple of match points to lose against Colombian pair in the match tie-break

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At €501K Gazprom Hungarian Open 2018, Budapest, Hungary

[R1] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Neal Skupski (GBR) l Marcin Matkowski (POL)/ Nicholas Monroe (USA) 26 36
[R1] Fabrice Martin (FRA)/ Purav Raja (IND) l (WC) Attila Balazs (HUN)/ Marton Fucsovics (HUN) 64 67(3) 7-10

Divij lost without much fight in the first round with Skupski against Monroe and Matkowski ... I think, one of the bad day in the office for Divij.

Purav and Fabrice lost in the first round against local wild-card pair ... After winning the first set they had 3 match points on Fucsovics's serve in the second set, 5-4 (15-40), but failed to convert ... After that Hungarian pair kept control in the tie-break and the match tie-break for completing the win.

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At $150K+H Anning Challenger 2018, China

[R2] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,260) bt Andrew Whittington (AUS,271) 64 64
[R2] (Q) N. Sriram Balaji (IND,627) l (8) Soon Woon Kwon (KOR,215) 46 57

[QF] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,260) vs (8) Soon Woon Kwon (KOR,215)

Prajnesh scored straight sets win over Whittington for entering into the quarters ... He will be facing Kwon, who defeated Bala ... After losing the first set Bala was a break up in the second set, but failed to keep momentum.

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At $60K ITF Women's Tournament 2018, Quanzhou, China

[R1] Ankita Raina (IND,194) l (5) Naomi Broady (GBR,134) 63 06 26

Doubles
[QF] Prarthana Thombare (IND)/ Fang Ying Xun (CHN) vs (3) Fang Ying Xun (CHN)/ Xiaodi You (CHN) 36 36
[QF] Ankita Raina (IND)/ Ayano Shimizu (JPN) l Ayaka Okuno (JPN)/ Erika Sema (JPN) 75 46 8-10

Ankita again gave courageous performance in her loss against former top-75 type player Broady ... In the doubles also, Ankita and her Japanese partner Shimizu lost after winning the first set against Japanese pair ... Prarthana and her Chinese partner Xun lost in straight sets against seeded Chinese opponents.

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At $50K+H Francavilla Challenger 2018, Italy

[R1] Sumit Nagal (IND)/ Goncalo Oliveira (POR) l (WC) Julian Ocleppo (ITA)/ Andrea Vavassori (ITA) 75 57 8-10

Sumit's struggle continues as he lost in the doubles with Oliveira against local pair after winning the first set.

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At $25K Uzbekistan F2 Futures 2018, Karshi

[R2] Saketh MYNENI (IND,530) bt Vladimir IVANOV (EST,651) 63 64

[QF] Saketh MYNENI (IND,530) vs Evgeny TYURNEV (RUS,366)

Saki scored a comfortable straight sets win over Ivanov ... Next, he is facing in-form Russian Tyurnev, who was the finalist in last week.

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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament 2018, Karshi, Uzbekistan

[R2] Rutuja BHOSALE (IND,533) bt (4) Nigina ABDURAIMOVA (UZB,309) 16 61 75
[R2] Pranjala YADLAPALLI (IND,467) l (8) Akgul AMANMURADOVA (UZB,404) 26 46

[QF] Rutuja BHOSALE (IND,533) vs Sofya LANSERE (RUS,639)

Doubles
[R1] Rutuja BHOSALE (IND)/ Pranjala YADLAPALLI (IND) bt Laylo BAKHODIROVA (UZB)/ Milana MASLENKOVA (UZB) 61 60
[QF] Rutuja BHOSALE (IND)/ Pranjala YADLAPALLI (IND) bt (2) Ksenia LYKINA (RUS)/ Emily WEBLEY-SMITH (GBR) 64 62

[SF] Rutuja BHOSALE (IND)/ Pranjala YADLAPALLI (IND) vs (3) Nigina ABDURAIMOVA (UZB)/ Anastasia FROLOVA (RUS)

Rutuja scored a superb comeback win against top-325 Uzbek girl Abduraimova after losing the first set easily ... Next, she is facing top-30 Junior player, Russian Sofya Lansere ... Other hand, Pranjala lost against veteran Uzbek girl Amanmuradova.

In the doubles Rutuja partnering Pranjala scored an upset win over 2nd seed pair in straight sets ... In the semis, they r facing the third seed pair.

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At $25K+H Nigeria F2 Futures 2018, Abuja

[R2] (Q) Suraj R Prabodh (IND,1076) bt Remi Boutillier (FRA,626) 64 26 76(4)
[R2] Aryan Goveas (IND,744) bt (6) Moez Echargui (TUN,462) 76(2) 75

[QF] (Q) Suraj R Prabodh(IND,1076) vs (1) Youssef Hossam (EGY,315)
[QF] Aryan Goveas (IND,744) vs (4) Maximilian Neuchrist (AUT,349)

A superb upset wins by Aryan and Suraj against their higher ranked opponents ... Next, they r having more tougher challenges as both r playing against top-350 players.

Squash News

At $165K Women's El Gouna International Open 2018, El Gouna Marina, El Gouna, Egypt

[QF] (16) Joshna Chinappa (IND,14) l (4) Laura Massaro (ENG,7) 4-11, 8-11, 2-11 (23m)

Former WR #1 Laura Massaro proved too strong for Joshna, but still overall good week for her.

Shooting News

At ISSF World Cup Rifle / Pistol / Shotgun, Changwon, Korea

10m Air Pistol Men
Gold - Artem Chernousov (RUS) 240.0 pts
Silver - Shahzar Rizvi (IND) 239.8 pts
Bronze - Samuil Donkov (BUL) 217.1 pts

Till last shot Rizvi tried hard but he could not beat Chernousov’s 10.0, and finished in the second with a total score of 239.8 points, just 0.2 pts from Gold ... Nevertheless, his performance confirmed the great momentum of 23-year old Rizvi, who recently won the inaugural world cup stage of the season in Guadalajara, Mexico, where he also set a new world record of 242.3 points.

Tennis News

At €2.5M Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell 2018, Spain

[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) bt (2) Henri Kontinen (FIN)/ John Peers (AUS) 76(7) 63

[QF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) vs Juan Sebastian Cabal (COL)/ Robert Farah (COL)

Rohan-Edouard started with straight sets win against the 2nd seed Peers-Kontinen ... Next, they r facing Colombian pair, so hoping for a repeat of last week's result.

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At $150K+H Anning Challenger 2018, China

[R1] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,266) bt (LL) Hugo Grenier (FRA,386) 62 61
[R1] (Q) N. Sriram Balaji (IND,630) bt Zhe Li (CHN,333) 64 67(5) 64
[R1] (Q) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,514) bt (5) Quentin Halys (FRA,110) 36 64 64
[R1] (Q) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,675) l Mohamed Safwat (EGY,226) 63 67(4) 26

[R2] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,260) vs Andrew Whittington (AUS,271)
[R2] (Q) N. Sriram Balaji (IND,627) vs (8) Soon Woon Kwon (KOR,215)
[R2] (Q) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,516) vs Duckhee Lee (KOR,217)

Doubles
[R1] Roberto Ortega-Olmedo (ESP)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) l Mao-Xin Gong (CHN)/ Ze Zhang (CHN) w/o

[QF] (1) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs Mao-Xin Gong (CHN)/ Ze Zhang (CHN)

Very impressive win by Sasi against last week's Challenger winner top-110 Frenchman Quentin Halys ... After losing the first set Sasi fought back to win next two sets ... This was a biggest win of his career ... Next, he is facing Korean Duckhee Lee ... Bala had an up and down match as all sets he was in the control but allowing Zhe Li to fightback ... He managed to hang for winning this match ... Next, he is facing Korean Soon Woon Kwon ... Prajnesh started showing consistency in his game after Davis cup ... He scored a comfortable win and facing Australian Andrew Whittington in the second round ... Vishnu had a chance to close this match in straight sets but Safwat fightback to won the match.

Happy to see RamK gave walkover in the doubles due to viral infection.

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At $60K ITF Women's Tournament 2018, Quanzhou, China

[R1] Ankita Raina (IND)/ Ayano Shimizu (JPN) bt (2) Naomi Broady (GBR)/ Vera Zvonareva (RUS)

Ankita and Shimizu received walkover from the 2nd seed Broady and Zvonareva.

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At $50K+H Francavilla Challenger 2018, Italy

[R1] Sumit Nagal (IND,219) l (Q) Antoine Hoang (FRA,243) 46 26

Sumit struggled continues as he lost against Frenchman Hoang in straight sets.

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At $25K Uzbekistan F2 Futures 2018, Karshi

[R1] (Q) Shahbaaz KHAN (IND,1836) l Mikhail FUFYGIN (RUS,576) 46 46
[R1] N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,465) l Nikola CACIC (SRB,466) 67(6) 62 46
[R1] Saketh MYNENI (IND,530) bt (5) Roman SAFIULLIN (RUS,381) 64 76(5)
[R1] Sidharth RAWAT (IND,506) l (4) Sanjar FAYZIEV (RUS,380) 46 46

[R2] Saketh MYNENI (IND,530) vs Vladimir IVANOV (EST,651)

Impressive win by Saki against former Junior WR #2 Safiullin ... Next, he is facing Ivanov.

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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament 2018, Karshi, Uzbekistan

[R1] Rutuja BHOSALE (IND,533) bt (Q) Vasilisa APONASENKO (RUS,794) 63 62
[R1] Pranjala YADLAPALLI (IND,467) bt (WC) Komola UMAROVA (UZB,807) 26 76(5) 60

[R2] Rutuja BHOSALE (IND,533) vs (4) Nigina ABDURAIMOVA (UZB,309)
[R2] Pranjala YADLAPALLI (IND,467) vs (8) Akgul AMANMURADOVA (UZB,404)

Contrasting wins by Rutuja and Pranjala but having local seeded opponents in the second round.

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At $25K+H Nigeria F2 Futures 2018, Abuja

[R1] (Q) Dalwinder SINGH (IND,1215) l (1) Youssef HOSSAM (EGY,312) 46 62 46
[R1] (Q) Suraj R PRABODH (IND,1076) bt (Q) Mirko MARTINEZ (SUI,1121) 57 63 61
[R1] (WC) Anurag NENWANI (IND,1364) l Jakub PAUL (SUI,778) 16 16
[R1] (5) Arjun KADHE (IND,394) l Tom JOMBY (FRA,519) 06 36
[R1] Aryan GOVEAS (IND,744) bt Matej SABANOV (CRO,784) 64 26 64

[R2] (Q) Suraj R PRABODH (IND,1076) vs Remi BOUTILLIER (FRA,626)
[R2] Aryan GOVEAS (IND,744) vs (6) Moez ECHARGUI (TUN,462)

Shocking loss of Arjun with this scoreline, mostly rusty after long break ... Good wins for Aryan and Suraj.

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At $165K Women's El Gouna International Open 2018, El Gouna Marina, El Gouna, Egypt

[R1] Dipika Pallikal Karthik (IND,18) l (6) Camille Serme (FRA,6) 10-12 7-11 12-14 (34m)
[R1] Joshna Chinappa (IND,14) bt (WC) Rowan Reda Araby (EGY,31) 8-11, 11-8, 14-12, 11-4 (39m)

[R2] Joshna Chinappa (IND,14) bt (8) Nicol David (MAS,9) 11-8 11-8 11-8 (32m)

[QF] Joshna Chinappa (IND,14) vs (4) Laura Massaro (ENG,7)

Joshna completed her first-ever win over legendary and an 8 times World Champion in straight games ... Before that, she defeated local player after losing the first game ... In the quarters, she is facing another former WR #1 Laura Massaro ... Dipika lost in a tight straight games against Frenchwoman Serme.

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At $150K+H Anning Challenger 2018, China

[R1] (4) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,116) l Andrew Whittington (AUS,273) 46 67(5)

Disappointing loss of RamK against Whittington ... Jaded performance on the court, mostly due to playing continues last few weeks ... This was his 4th week of non-stop tennis and that reflected in his performance ... His returning wasn't deep and lacked attacking instinct in the game.

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At $60K ITF Women's Tournament 2018, Quanzhou, China

[R1] Ankita Raina (IND,194) bt Ayano Shimizu (JPN,237) 46 62 62

Doubles
[R1] Ankita Raina (IND)/ Ayano Shimizu (JPN) vs (2) Naomi Broady (GBR)/ Vera Zvonareva (RUS)

Ankita's good run continues ... Terrific consistency in her results ... After losing the first set she made a strong comeback for winning last two sets comfortably against her doubles partner, Shimizu.

Ankita and Shimizu r facing 2nd seed Broady and Zvonareva.

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At $50K+H Francavilla Challenger 2018, Italy

[R1] Sumit Nagal (IND,219) vs (Q) Antoine Hoang (FRA,243)

Doubles
[R1] Sumit Nagal (IND)/ Goncalo Oliveira (POR) vs (WC) Julian Ocleppo (ITA)/ Andrea Vavassori (ITA)

Sumit is facing talented young Frenchman in the singles and in the doubles, he is playing with his Portuguese partner ... They r facing local wild-card pair.

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At $75K Tallahassee Challenger 2018, Florida, USA

[R1] Enrique Lopez Perez (ESP)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhhiyan (IND) bt (Q) Erik Crepaldi (ITA)/ Peter Torebko (GER) 64 76(4)

Jeevan with his new Spanish partner, Enrique Lopez Perez, started with a win against qualifiers.

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At $1.37M the Panasonic Open Golf Championship 2018, Osaka, Japan (Asian Tour and Japan Golf Tour Organisation)

P.C. to Asian tour

1 Rahil Gangjee (IND) 69 65 68 68 -14 $278,651.31
T10 Ajeetesh Sandhu (IND) 69 69 68 69 -9 $32,323.55
T40 SSP Chawrasia (IND) 69 72 67 73 -3 $5,991.00
T44 Arjun Atwal (IND) 72 69 66 75 -2 $4,737.00
T53 Shiv Kapur (IND) 70 71 68 75 PAR $3,483.00

Rahil Gangjee ended his 14 yrs old barren run with a one-shot victory over Korea’s Hyung-sung Kim and Junggon Hwang at the Panasonic Open Golf Championship ... His last Asian Tour wins in China in 2004 ... Besides a two-year winners’ exemption on the Asian Tour, Gangjee will also earn a two-year exemption on the JGTO ... Despite the immense pressure on 18, Gangjee managed to hit his bunker shot out to within 10 feet of the pin and scored the birdie for a win.

Shiv Kapur won the Panasonic Swing series where he earned the top bonus prize of US$70,000 and an exemption into an event on the European Tour this year.

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At $1.5M Hugel-JTBC LA Open 2018, Los Angeles, California, USA

T19 Aditi Ashok (IND) 68 73 69 73 -1 $16,921.00

Aditi had up-down rounds in LA Open ... Her 2 rounds were 2 over and that cost her top-5 finish.

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At $6.2M Valero Texas Open 2018, San Antonio, Texas, USA (PGA Tour)

T58 Anirban Lahiri (IND) 76 68 73 72 +1 $13,578.00

Aniran struggles continue on PGA tour ... As after making the cut he posted another disappointing score in last two rounds ... Shubhankar Sharma missed a cut after scoring 4 over the first round.

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At €2.5M Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell 2018, Spain

[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) vs (2) Henri Kontinen (FIN)/ John Peers (AUS)

A tough match for Rohan-Edouard against the 2nd seed Peers-Kontinen.

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At €501K Gazprom Hungarian Open 2018, Budapest, Hungary

[R1] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Neal Skupski (GBR) vs Marcin Matkowski (POL)/ Nicholas Monroe (USA)
[R1] Fabrice Martin (FRA)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs (WC) Attila Balazs (HUN)/ Marton Fucsovics (HUN)

This week, Divij is playing with Skupski and they r facing Monroe and Matkowski ... Purav is playing with Fabrice and they r facing local wild-card pair.

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At $150K+H Anning Challenger 2018, China

[Q2] 7) N. Sriram Balaji (IND,630) bt (1) Antoine Escoffier (FRA,369) 63 64
[Q2] (8) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,675) bt (3) Ti Chen (TPE,412) 62 64
[Q2] (5) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,514) bt (4) Luke Saville (AUS,452) 26 61 64

[R1] (4) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,116) vs Andrew Whittington (AUS,273)
[R1] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,266) vs (LL) Hugo Grenier (FRA,386)
[R1] (Q) N. Sriram Balaji (IND,630) vs Zhe Li (CHN,333)
[R1] (Q) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,514) vs (5) Quentin Halys (FRA,118)
[R1] (Q) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,675) vs Mohamed Safwat (EGY,226)

Doubles
[R1] (1) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bye
[R1] Roberto Ortega-Olmedo (ESP)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) vs Mao-Xin Gong (CHN)/ Ze Zhang (CHN)

Bala, Vishnu and Sasi qualified for the main draw with an upset wins ... They r having a tougher matches in the main draw ... RamK is facing Aussie Whittington and Prajnesh is facing Lucky loser Frenchman Grenier.

In the doubles, Bala-Vishu r the top-seeds and having bye in the first round ... RamK-Roberto can be their next opponents, if they wins their matches.

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At $60K ITF Women's Tournament 2018, Quanzhou, China

[R1] Ankita Raina (IND,194) vs Ayano Shimizu (JPN,237)

Ankita is facing Japanese girl Shimizu.

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At €5.2M Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters 2018, Monaco

[SF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) l (3) Oliver Marach (AUT)/ Mate Pavic (CRO) 67(4) 64 7-10

Rohan failed to defend his last year's title winning point as he and Roger-Vasselin lost in the semis against Pavic and Marach in the match tie-break.

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At $150K+H Anning Challenger 2018, China

[Q1] (7) N. Sriram Balaji (IND,630) bt Matt Reid (AUS,UNR) 76(4) 46 61
[Q1] (8) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,675) bt Tyler Lu (USA,949) 62 63
[Q1] (5) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,514) bt (WC) Berk Ilkel (TUR,UNR) 62 61

[Q2] (7) N. Sriram Balaji (IND,630) vs (1) Antoine Escoffier (FRA,369)
[Q2] (8) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,675) vs (3) Ti Chen (TPE,412)
[Q2] (5) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,514) vs (4) Luke Saville (AUS,452)

Sasi, Vishu and Bala r in the final qualifying but having tough matches.

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At $15K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2018, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt

[SF] (WC) Sai Samhitha Chamarthi (IND,929) l Dasha Ivanova (USA,674) 36 46

Sai Samhitha Chamarthi run ended against American, Dasha Ivanova in straight sets.

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At €5.2M Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters 2018, Monaco

[QF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) bt Juan Sebastián Cabal (COL)/ Robert Farah (COL) 64 64

[SF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) vs (3) Oliver Marach (AUT)/ Mate Pavic (CRO)

Roahn-Edouard r in the semis with straight sets win over Colombian pair ... In the semis, they r facing the 3rd seed pairing of Pavic and Marach.

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At $50K+H Nanchang Challenger 2018, China

[QF] (4) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,116) l Aleksandr Nedovyesov (KAZ,242) 26 57
[QF] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,266) l (3) Quentin Halys (FRA,118) 46 36

Prajnesh gave decent fighting performance against claycourt specialist Frenchman Halys ... Halys took an early break to lead 1-4, but Prajnesh took advantage of Halys's loose service game in the 7th game and broke him, 3-4 ... Halys broke Prajnesh in the 10th game for winning the set ... In the second set, Halys broke Prajnesh in the 2nd game to lead 0-3 and kept that advantage for winning the match ... Prajnesh hurried to finish the points and other hand Halys played steady tennis for this win ... With this loss, it would be difficult for Prajnesh to qualify for French open qualifying.

RamK struggled with his overall game against Nedo and he took full advantage of it beating RamK in straight sets ... RamK struggled his serve and backhand wasn't working ... Nedo broke him in the 5th and the 7th games for winning the first set comfortably ... In the second set, RamK improved his game but Nedo played consistent tennis and broke him in the 11th game and then held his serve for a win.

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At $15K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2018, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt

[R1] (WC) Sai Samhitha Chamarthi (IND,929) bt (Q) Nidhi Chilumula (IND,963) 64 61
[R2] (WC) Sai Samhitha Chamarthi (IND,929) bt (Q) Jelena Stojanovic (AUS,821) 63 63
[QF] (WC) Sai Samhitha Chamarthi (IND,929) bt (4) Julia Terziyska (BUL,552) 75 2-2 retd

[SF] (WC) Sai Samhitha Chamarthi (IND,929) vs Dasha Ivanova (USA,674)

Sai Samhitha Chamarthi had a terrific run in Egypt futures ... With three good wins she is in the semis and facing higher ranked American, Dasha Ivanova.

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At €5.2M Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters 2018, Monaco

[R2] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) bt (7) Jamie Murray (GBR)/ Bruno Soares (BRA) 36 64 11-9

[QF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) vs Juan Sebastián Cabal (COL) / Robert Farah (COL)

A superb comeback victory by Roahn-Edouard against the 7th seed Murray and Soares ... After losing the first set Rohan-Edouard fought back to win the second ... In the match tie-break, Soares-Murray had 3 match points at 6-9 but Rohan-Edouard won next 5 points for an excellent win.

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At $50K+H Nanchang Challenger 2018, China

[R2] (4) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,116) bt Vaclav Safranek (CZE,257) 75 61
[R2] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,266) bt Alex Bolt (AUS,177) 76(5) 61

[QF] (4) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,116) vs Aleksandr Nedovyesov (KAZ,242)
[QF] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,266) vs (3) Quentin Halys (FRA,118)

Impressive win by Prajnesh and RamK for entering into the quarters ... Prajnesh having a tough match against clay court specialist Frenchman and RamK having a winnable match against Nedo.

Prajnesh faced in-form Alex Bolt and both players held their service games for taking into the tie-break ... In the tie-break, Prajnesh was 0-4 down with a double mini-break but he made a superb comeback and won next 6 points and converted the 2nd set point for winning the set ... In the second set, Prajnesh dominated from the start as he broke Alex in the 2nd and the 4th games to lead 5-0 and then comfortably held his serve in the 7th game for winning the match.

In the first set, Safranek was putting pressure on RamK's serve ... He broke RamK in the 5th game to lead 2-3 ... RamK broke Safranek in the 10th game when Safranek was serving for the set ... He again broke Safranek in the 12th game for winning the set ... In the second set, RamK broke Safranek in the 2nd game to lead 3-0 ... He again broke Safranek in the 6th game and held his serve in the next for straight sets win ... RamK raised his game from 3-5 down in the first set, as he won 10 out of next 11 games.

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At $100K Sarasota Challenger 2018, Florida, USA

[QF] (4) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) l Luke Bambridge (GBR)/ Jonny O'Mara (GBR) 57 26

Jeevan-Purav struggled against British pair and lost in straight sets.

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At $125K Zhengzhou Women's Tennis Open 2018, China

[QF] Prarthana Thombare (IND)/ Fang Ying Xun (CHN) l (3) Naomi Broady (GBR)/ Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) 16 16

One sided loss for Prarthana and Fang against their 3rd seed opponents.

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At $50K+H Nanchang Challenger 2018, China

[R1] (4) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,116) bt (WC) Yibing Wu (CHN,337) 46 62 63
[R1] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,266) bt Cem Ilkel (TUR,244) 64 64

[R2] (LL) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,514) l Roberto Ortega-Olmedo (ESP,319) 46 26
[R2] (4) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,116) vs Vaclav Safranek (CZE,257)
[R2] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,266) vs Alex Bolt (AUS,177)

Doubles
[QF] (1) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) l Kamil Majchrzak (POL)/ Toshihide Matsui (JPN) 75 46 5-10

A gutsy comeback win by RamK against Chinese wonder-kid Yibing ... In their previous meeting in Davis Cup, Yibing defeated RamK so he had psychological advantage ... He started well and won the first set, but after that RamK made strong comeback ... He won next two sets comfortably for entering into the second round ... Next, he is facing Czech player Safranek.
Prajnesh continued with his good performance from our Davis Cup tie ... He scored straight sets win over Turkish player Ilkel ... Next, he is facing Aussie Alex Bolt.

Spaniard Ortega-Olmedo proved too strong to Sasi in the second round.

In the doubles, Vishnu-Bala lost after winning the first set ... Their Polish-Japanese opponents made a comeback for winning the second set and they comfortably won the match tie-break against Indian pair.

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At $100K Sarasota Challenger 2018, Florida, USA

[R1] Andrea Arnaboldi (ITA)/ Sathi Reddy Chirala (IND) l Luke Bambridge (GBR)/ Jonny O'Mara (GBR) 26 16

[QF] (4) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Luke Bambridge (GBR)/ Jonny O'Mara (GBR)

An expected loss of Sathi with Andrea against British pair.

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At $125K Zhengzhou Women's Tennis Open 2018, China

[QF] Ankita Raina (IND)/ Su Jeong Jang (KOR) l (4) Yingying Duan (CHN)/ Yafan Wang (CHN) 46 36

Yingying with his partner Wang defeated Ankita and Su in straight sets.

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At €5.2M Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters 2018, Monaco

[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) bt Karen Khachanov (RUS)/ Milos Raonic (CAN) 61 75

[R2] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) vs (7) Jamie Murray (GBR)/ Bruno Soares (BRA)

Roahn-Edouard started with comfortable straight sets win against Raonic- Khachanov ... Next, they r facing the 7th seed Murray and Soares.

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At $125K Zhengzhou Women's Tennis Open 2018, China

[R1] (Q) Ankita Raina (IND,194) l (5) Yingying Duan (CHN,103) 36 75 36

Doubles
[R1] Ankita Raina (IND)/ Su Jeong Jang (KOR) bt (WC) Ran Tian (CHN)/ Kai-Lin Zhang (CHN) 61 61

[QF] Ankita Raina (IND)/ Su Jeong Jang (KOR) vs (4) Yingying Duan (CHN)/ Yafan Wang (CHN)
[QF] Prarthana Thombare (IND)/ Fang Ying Xun (CHN) vs (3) Naomi Broady (GBR)/ Yanina Wickmayer (BEL)

Ankita gave another gutsy performance against higher ranked Yingying ... After losing the first set Ankita was a match point down at 3-5, from here Ankita tried superb comeback ... She won next 4 games for winning the set ... But Yingying recovered to win the decider ... Ankita will get another chance against Yingying as she and her Korean partner scored dominating win in the doubles ... They r facing 4th seed Yingying and Yafan in the quarters.

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At $100K Sarasota Challenger 2018, Florida, USA

[R1] (4) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt (WC) Robert Galloway (USA)/ Mitchell Krueger (USA) 63 36 10-7

Purav-Jeevan scored a win in the match tie-break against wild-card pair.

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At $50K+H Nanchang Challenger 2018, China

[R2] (LL) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,514) vs Roberto Ortega-Olmedo (ESP,319)

Doubles
[R1] Roberto Ortega-Olmedo (ESP)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) l Mao-Xin Gong (CHN)/ Ze Zhang (CHN) 36 75 11-13

[QF] (1) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs Kamil Majchrzak (POL)/ Toshihide Matsui (JPN)

RamK and Roberto lost against Chinese top pair in a closely fought match tie-break.

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At ATP and WTA latest rankings,

After big title win at Taipei, Yuki climbed to his career best ranking, WR #83 ... And with this he secures place in next three grand slams main-draw; French Open, Wimbledon and US Open ... Reaching final also helped Ramkumar to climb his career best ranking, WR #116 ... This rank will helped him to get top-16 rankings in French Open qualifying ... Ankita Raina also climbs to her career best ranking on WTA tour, WR #194, after her consistent performance ... She also almost secure qualifying entry at French Open and Wimbledon.

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At $50K+H Nanchang Challenger 2018, China

[R1] (LL) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,514) bt Ze Zhang (CHN,248) 64 64

Doubles
[R1] (1) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt (WC) Aoran Wang (CHN)/ Hao Wu (CHN) 67(7) 76(4) 10-8

Sasi entered as a lucky loser and utilized this opportunity ... He defeated Chinese top player Ze Zhang in straight sets ... In the both sets, both players exchanged early breaks but Sasi took crucial break in the 10th game for a win.

Bala-Vishnu scored hard fought win over local Chinese pair in the match tie-break.

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At $125K Zhengzhou Women's Tennis Open 2018, China

[R1] Prarthana Thombare (IND)/ Fang Ying Xun (CHN) bt Xiaodi You (CHN)/ Lin Zhu (CHN) 63 76(2)

Prarthana scored a victory with her Chinese partner Fang Ying Xun against Chinese pair.

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At $100K Sarasota Challenger 2018, Florida, USA

[R1] (4) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs (WC) Robert Galloway (USA)/ Mitchell Krueger (USA)
[R1] Andrea Arnaboldi (ITA)/ Sathi Reddy Chirala (IND) vs Luke Bambridge (GBR)/ Jonny O'Mara (GBR)

Jeevan and Purav r playing together in Sarasota Challenger and they r facing local wild-card pair ... Another Indian Sathi Reddy Chirala receive wild-card with Italian in the doubles draw.

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At $2M Lotte Championships 2018, Ko Olina, Oahu, Hawaii, USA

T44 Aditi Ashok (IND) 73 70 74 75 +4 $8,120.00

The last two rounds didn't help Aditi to finish inside top-25, but still decent outing.

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At $150K+H Santaizi Challenger 2018, Taipei, Taiwan

Singles Final
(4) Yuki Bhambri (IND,105) bt (6) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,132) 63 64

Doubles Final
(ALT) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND)/ Saketh Myneni (IND) vs Mathew Ebden (AUS)/ Andrew Whittington (AUS) 46 75 6-10

Yuki wins his 7th challenger title and the biggest one ... This title win will push his ranking to his career best, inside top-85.

Yuki took the 1st break of the match in the 4th game, 3-1, but RamK immediately broke back, 3-2 ... Yuki took medical time-out and he immediately broke RamK in the 6th game to lead 4-2 ... After that, both players held their respective service games for Yuki winning the set ... In the second set, RamK started playing well ... Impressed with his overall game improvement, his backhand is lot better and he was looking comfortable playing it ... RamK tried but failed to break Yuki's serve ... Yuki broke him in the 9th game when RamK lost his focus disputing a line call ... Yuki held his serve for winning a biggest challenger title.

Prajnesh-Saki lost the final against Aussies in the match tie-break ... After losing the first set they were double break up at 4-1 but lost next four games, 4-5 ... They took a crucial break in the 11th game and then Prajnesh held after saving 2 break points for winning the set ... In the match tie-break, our pair was mini-break up at 3-1 but after that, sudden slumped in their game and they lost next 7 points, 3-8 ... I think, that was nailed their loss.

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At €5.2M Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters 2018, Monaco

[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) vs Karen Khachanov (RUS)/ Milos Raonic (CAN)

A tricky match for Rohan-Edouard against Raonic and Khachanov.

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At $125K Zhengzhou Women's Tennis Open 2018, China

[Q1] (1) Ankita Raina (IND,197) bt Hiroko Kuwata (JPN,339) 63 61
[Q2] (1) Ankita Raina (IND,197) bt Ling Zhang (HKG,324) 76(3) 67(4) 63

[R1] (Q) Ankita Raina (IND,197) vs (5) Yingying Duan (CHN,103)

Doubles
[R1] Ankita Raina (IND)/ Su Jeong Jang (KOR) vs (WC) Ran Tian (CHN)/ Kai-Lin Zhang (CHN)
[R1] Prarthana Thombare (IND)/ Fang Ying Xun (CHN) vs Xiaodi You (CHN)/ Lin Zhu (CHN)

Ankita qualified for main-draw after hard fought win against Zhang ... In the main draw, she is facing top-100 type Chinese girl, Yingying Duan.

In the doubles, Ankita is playing with her Korean partner, Su Jeong Jang and they r facing local wild-card pair ... Prarthana is playing with Chinese partner, Xun and they r also facing Chinese pair.

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At $50K+H Nanchang Challenger 2018, China

[R1] (4) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,132) vs (WC) Yibing Wu (CHN,333)
[R1] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,263) vs Cem Ilkel (TUR,241)

Doubles
[R1] (1) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs (WC) Aoran Wang (CHN)/ Hao Wu (CHN)
[R1] Roberto Ortega-Olmedo (ESP)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) vs Mao-Xin Gong (CHN)/ Ze Zhang (CHN)

Only RamK and Prajnesh r in the main-draw ... RamK is having a tricky match against Chinese youngster Yibing, who defeated him in DC tie ... Prajnesh is facing Turkish Ilkel.

In the doubles, Bala and Vishnu r top-seed and facing local wild-card pair ... RamK and his Spanish partner facing a tough challenge of experienced Zhang-Gong.

XXI Commonwealth Games

At the XXI Commonwealth Games - Gold Coast 2018, Australia

P.C. to gc2018.com

Badminton - Women's Singles Gold Medal Match
Saina Nehwal (IND) bt Pusarla Venkata Sindhu (IND) 21-18 23-21

Badminton - Men's Singles Gold Medal Match
Srikanth Kidambi (IND) l Lee Chong Wei (MAS) 21-19 14-21 14-21

Badminton - Men's Doubles Gold Medal Match
Satwik Rankireddy (IND)/ Chirag Shetty (IND) l Marcus Ellis (ENG)/ Chris Langridge (ENG) 13-21 16-21

Squash - Women's Doubles
Gold - Joelle King (NZL)/ Amanda Landers-Murphy (NZL)
Silver - Joshna Chinappa (IND)/ Dipika Pallikal Karthik (IND)
Bronze - / Donna Urquhart (AUS)

Squash - Women's Doubles Gold Medal Match
Joshna Chinappa (IND)/ Dipika Pallikal Karthik (IND) l Joelle King (NZL)/ Amanda Landers-Murphy (NZL) 9-11 8-11

Table Tennis - Men's Singles
Gold - Ning Gao (SGP)
Silver - Quadri Aruna (NGR)
Bronze - Achanta Sharath Kamal (IND)

Table Tennis - Men's Singles Bronze Medal Match
Achanta Sharath Kamal (IND) bt Samuel Walker (ENG) 4-1 (11-7, 11-9, 9-11, 11-6, 12-10)

Table Tennis - Mixed Doubles
Gold - Mangyu Yu (SGP)/ Ning Gao (SGP)/
Silver - Tin-Tin Ho (ENG)/ Liam Pitchford (ENG)
Bronze - Manika Batra (IND)/ Sathiyan Gnanasekaran (IND)

Table Tennis - Mixed Doubles Bronze Medal Match
Manika Batra (IND)/ Sathiyan Gnanasekaran (IND) bt Mouma Das (IND)/ Achanta Sharath Kamal (IND) 3-0 (11-6, 11-2, 11-4)

We have ended CWG Gold Coast on a good note ... These are our second highest Gold medals tally OUTSIDE India and overall third highest Gold medals tally ... But interesting stats shared by #IndianOlympics and @BrandNachiketa (on twitter) - 15 of the 30 Golds at #Manchester2002 came from Shooting Pairs (8); Weightlifting Snatch (3) and Weightlifting Clean and Jerk (3); those events currently discontinued ... Without them, we had 15 Gold medals in Manchester ... Similarly, 15 of the 38 Golds at #Delhi2010 came from Shooting Pairs(7), Archery (3), Greco-Roman Wrestling (4) and Tennis (1) ... So comparing it with #GC2018 gives us an updated figure of 23 Gold medals from Delhi.

Based on currently active events
#GC2018 (26) improvement over
#Delhi2010 (23) and
#Manchester2002 (15)

More importantly, this time we are seeing really many positives and talents, who can bring a lot of glory in near future ... Impressed with youngsters like - Manika Batra in Table Tennis; Neeraj Chopra in Javelin; Manu Bhaker, Anish Bhanwala and Mehuli Ghosh in shooting; Gaurav Solanki, Manish Kaushik, Naman Tanwar and Amit Panghal in boxing; Bajrang Punia, Pooja Dhanda and Divya Kakran in wrestling; Hima Das, Jinson Johnson and Tejswin Shanker in athletics; Satwik Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty in badminton.

Saina again showed her supremacy over Sindhu and defeated her in tightly fought straight games to lift CWG Gold medal ... Srikanth's poor performance in the big tournament continued, as he failed to repeat his team tournament's performance against Lee Chong Wei ... Srikanth lost after winning the first game, Lee dominated last two games ... Satwik-Chirag lost against experienced British pair in straight games ... Chirag looked nervous on the court and Britsh pair took advantage of it ... Still, good performance by our young pair and Saina.

In Squash women's doubles, Dipika and Joshna settled with Silver as New Zealand pair defeated them in straight games in the Gold medal match.

Manika Batra won her fourth medal of this CWG partnering Sathiyan Gnanasekaran ... They won Bronze beating compatriots Sharath Kamal and Mouma Das convincingly in MXD.

Achanta Sharath Kamal won Bronze beating British paddler, Samuel Walker, in men's singles.

Tennis News

At €501K Grand Prix Hassan II 2018, Marrakech, Morocco

[SF] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) l (1) Nikola Mectic (CRO)/ Alexander Peya (AUT) 36 63 9-11

Divij and Jan-Lennard tried fightback after losing the first set ... But in closely fought match tie-break Peya-Mectic prevailed.

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At $150K+H Santaizi Challenger 2018, Taipei, Taiwan

[SF] (4) Yuki Bhambri (IND,105) bt (8) Tatsuma Ito (JPN,155) 36 63 64
[SF] (6) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,132) bt (7) Go Soeda (JPN,153) 76(9) 64

[F] (4) Yuki Bhambri (IND,105) vs (6) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,132)

Doubles
[SF] (ALT) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND)/ Saketh Myneni (IND) bt (WC) Yu Hsiou Hsu (TPE)/ Jimmy Wang (TPE) 26 64 14-12

[F] (ALT) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND)/ Saketh Myneni (IND) vs Mathew Ebden (AUS)/ Andrew Whittington (AUS)

All Indian final at Santaizi Challenger ... RamK moved into the final with straight sets win over experienced Go Soeda ... In this match RamK was struggled with his game but he was serving superbly ... In the first set, no one got break point ... In the tie-break, RamK had couple of mini-breaks but he failed to convert ... He took another mini-break on the 19th point and won point on his serve for winning the set ... In the second set, only break came in the 3rd game ... RamK broke Soeda and after that held his service game comfortably for a win ... This win will push his ranking inside top-120.

In this match also slow start for Yuki ... Yuki lost his serve in the 6th game, 2-4, after that both players held their service games ... After losing the first set Yuki broke Ito in the 2nd game to lead 3-0, but lost his serve in the 5th game, 3-2 ... Yuki again broke Ito in the 8th game , 5-3 and held his serve for winning this set ... In the final set, Yuki broke Ito in the 3rd game, 2-1, but after Ito's medical timeout he lost his serve in the next game, 2-all ... Yuki again broke Ito in the 5th game, 3-2 ... After that both players held their respective service games ... Ito tried to put extra pressure on Yuki's last two service games but Yuki managed to hold and completed another comeback win ... With this win Yuki has secured the main draw entries in French Open and Wimbledon.

Saki-Prajnesh r in the final with comeback win over local wild-card pair ... After losing the first set easily our pair fought back for winning the second ... Both pairs were neck to neck in the match tie-break but our pair manged to win it .. In the final, they r facing Aussie pair.

XXI Commonwealth Games

At the XXI Commonwealth Games - Gold Coast 2018, Australia

Athletics - Men's Javelin Throw
Gold - Neeraj Chopra (IND) 86.47m (SB)
Silver - Hamish Peacock (AUS) 82.59m
Bronze - Anderson Peters (GRN) 82.20m

Boxing - Women's 45-48kg Final Bout
MC Mery Kom (IND) bt Kristina O'Hara (ENG) 5-0 (30-27, 30-27, 29-28, 30-27, 30-27

Boxing - Men's 52kg Final Bout
Gaurav Solanki (IND) bt Brendan Irvine (NIR) 4-1 (29-28, 30-25, 29-28, 28-29, 29-28)

Boxing - Men's 75kg Final Bout
Vikas Krishan (IND) bt Dieudonne Wilfried Seyi Ntsengue (CMR) 5-0 (30-27, 29-28, 29-28, 30-27, 29-28)

Boxing - Men's 46-49kg Final Bout
Amit Panghal (IND) l Galal Yafai (ENG) 1-3 (28-29, 27-30, 29-28, 28-28, 28-29)

Boxing - Men's 60kg Final Bout
Manish Kaushik (IND) l Harry Garside (AUS) 2-3 (29-28, 27-30, 27-30, 28-29, 29-28)

Boxing - Men's +91kg Final Bout
Satish Kumar (IND) l Frazer Clarke (ENG) 0-5 (27-30, 28-29, 28-29, 28-29, 28-29)

Shooting - Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions
Gold - Sanjeev Rajput (IND) 454.5 pts(GR)
Silver - Grzegorz Sych (CAN) 448.4 pts
Bronze - Dean Bale (ENG) 441.2 pts

Table Tennis - Women's Singles
Gold - Manika Batra (IND)
Silver - Mengyu Yu (SGP)
Bronze - Tianwei Feng (SGP)

Table Tennis - Women's Singles Gold Medal Match
Manika Batra (IND) bt Mengyu Yu (SGP) 4-0 (11-7, 11-6, 11-2, 11-7)

Table Tennis - Men's Doubles
Gold - Paul Drinkhall (ENG)/ Liam Pitchford (ENG)
Silver - Achanta Sharath Kamal (IND)/ Sathiyan Gnanasekaran (IND)
Bronze - Harmeet Desai (IND)/ Sanil Shankar Shetty (IND)

Table Tennis - Men's Doubles Gold Medal Match
Achanta Sharath Kamal (IND)/ Sathiyan Gnanasekaran (IND) l Paul Drinkhall (ENG)/ Liam Pitchford (ENG) 2-3 (5-11, 12-10, 11-9, 6-11, 8-11)

Table Tennis - Men's Doubles Bronze Medal Match
Harmeet Desai (IND)/ Sanil Shankar Shetty (IND) bt Yew En Koen Pang (SGP)/ Shao Feng Ethan Poh (SGP) 3-0 (11-5, 11-6, 12-10)

Squash - Mixed Doubles
Gold - Donna Urquhart (AUS)/ Cameron Pilley (AUS)
Silver - Dipika Pallikal Karthik (IND)/ Saurav Ghosal (IND)
Bronze - Joelle King (NZL)/ Paul Coll (NZL)

Squash - Mixed Doubles Gold Medal Match
Dipika Pallikal Karthik (IND)/ Saurav Ghosal (IND) l Donna Urquhart (AUS)/ Cameron Pilley (AUS) 8-11 10-11

Wrestling - Women's Freestyle 50 kg Nordic
Gold - Vinesh Phogat (IND)
Silver - Jessica MacDonald (CAN)
Bronze - Miesinnei Genesis (NGR)

[M1] Vinesh Phogat (IND) bt Miesinnei Genesis (NGR) 6-5 (Victory by Points)
[M2] Vinesh Phogat (IND) bt Rupinder Kaur (AUS) 10-0 (Victory by Technical Superiority)
[M3] Vinesh Phogat (IND) bt Jessica MacDonald (CAN) 13-3 (Victory by Technical Superiority)

Wrestling - Men's Freestyle 125 kg Nordic
Gold - Sumit Malik (IND)
Silver - Korey Jarvis (CAN)
Bronze - Tayab Raza (PAK)

[M1] Sumit Malik (IND) bt Claude Kouamen Mbianga (CMR) (Victory by Injury)
[M2] Sumit Malik (IND) bt Korey Jarvis (CAN) 6-4 (Victory by Points)
[M3] Sumit Malik (IND) bt Tayab Raza (PAK) 10-4 (Victory by Points)
[M4] Sumit Malik (IND) bt Sinivie Boltic (NGR) w/o (Victory by Injury)

Wrestling - Men's Freestyle 86 kg
Gold - Muhammad Inam (PAK)
Silver - Melvin Bibo (NGR)
Bronze - Somveer Kadian (IND) and Syerus Eslami (ENG)

Men's Freestyle 86 kg Bronze
Somveer Kadian (IND) bt Alexander Moore (CAN) 7-3 (Victory by Points)

[R16] Somveer Kadian (IND) bt Taebontangaroa Kookoo (KIR) 4-0 (Victory by Fall)
[QF] Somveer Kadian (IND) l Muhammad Inam (PAK) 0-10 (Victory by Technical Superiority)
[Repechage R2] Somveer Kadian (IND) bt Jayden Lawrence (AUS) 7-0 (Victory by Fall)

Wrestling - Women's Freestyle 62 kg Nordic
Gold - Aminat Adeniyi (NGR)
Silver - Michelle Fazzari (CAN)
Bronze - Sakshi Malik (IND)

[M1] Sakshi Malik (IND) bt Berthe Emillene Etane Ngolle (CMR) 10-0 (Victory by Technical Superiority)
[M2] Sakshi Malik (IND) l Michelle Fazzari (CAN) 8-11 (Victory by Points)
[M3] Sakshi Malik (IND) l Aminat Adeniyi (NGR) 3-6 (Victory by Points)
[M4] Sakshi Malik (IND) bt Tayla Ford (NZL) 6-5 (Victory by Points)

Badminton - Women's Doubles Bronze Medal Match
Sikki N. Reddy (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) bt Setyana Mapasa (AUS)/ Gronya Somerville (AUS) 21-19 21-19

Badminton - Men's Singles Bronze Medal Match
H. S. Prannoy (IND) l Rajiv Ouseph (ENG) 21-17 23-25 9-21

Badminton - Mixed Doubles Bronze Medal Match
Ashwini Ponnappa (IND)/ Satwik Rankireddy (IND) l Liu Ying Goh (MAS)/ Peng Soon Chan (MAS) 19-21 19-21

Hockey

Hockey - Men's Bronze Medal Match
India l England 1-2 (1-1
Goal Scored - Varun Kumar (IND) 22' PC and Sam Ward (ENG) 7' PC and 43' PC

Hockey - Women's Bronze Medal Match
India l England 0-6 (0-1)
Goal Scored - Hollie Pearne-Webb (ENG) 27' PC, Sophie Bary (ENG) 44', 49' and 56', Laura Unsworth (ENG) 55', Alexandra Danson (ENG) 57'

In Javelin Throw, Neeraj Chopra lifted Gold with season's best throw of 86.47m ... His all four legal throws were over 80 meters, showed his determination and consistency ... Vipin Kashana finished on the 5th position with 77.87m throw.

In Boxing, legendary Mary Kom lifted her first CWG Gold medal beating British boxer Kristina O'Hara comfortably ... Young Gaurav Solanki gave us a second Gold medal, he defeated Northern Ireland's Brendan Irvine in well fought bout in 52kg final ... Vikas Krishan won Gold beating Cameroon boxer in 75 kg ... Manish Kaushik was unlucky to lose close bout, 2-3, against local boxer Harry Garside in 60kg final ... Amit Panghal also lost close bout against British boxer Galal Yafai in 46-49kg final ... Satish Kumar gave decent fight to British boxer in his loss in +91 kg final.

In shooting, India won another Gold medal when Sanjeev Rajput won Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions final with new Game Record ... Chain Singh finished on the 5th position with 419.1 pts, he eliminated by 0.2 pts ... In the qualifying Sanjeev topped and scored qualifying Game Record of 1180 pts ... Chain Singh finished the 2nd with 1166 pts.

Young Manika Batra is THE FIND of this CWG ... 22 yrs old paddler won Women's Singles Gold medal beating higher ranked Singaporean girl, Mengyu Yu (who was former top 10 player) convincingly ... Before this in the semis, Manika again defeated WR #4 Tianwei Feng from 2-3 down ... Manika won closely fought last 2 games against Feng ... This is her 2nd Gold medal after the team Gold medal and she also won Silver in Women's doubles with Mouma Das ... She is in MXD Bronze medal match with Sathiyan and they r facing another Indian pair Sharath and Mouma Das ... In men's doubles, Kamal and Sathiyan lost in five games against British pair, so they won Silver ... After losing the first game Kamal-Sathiyan fought back after down in the second and the third games to win it ... But they failed to keep momentum in next game and tried fightback in the fifth after 3-8 down ... Harmeet Desai and Sanil Shetty won Bronze beating their Singaporean opponents in straight games ... Encouraging performance by our paddlers.

In Men's freestyle, Sumit Malik won Gold in Men's Freestyle 125 kg ... This played in Nordic format and Sumit's two African opponents got injured in their previous bouts, so gave walkover ... Before that, he defeated Pakistani and Canadian wrestlers on points ... In 86 kg category, Somveer Kadian won Bronze against young Canadian wrestler, Alexander Moore, he was behind after first period but recovered well to win the match ... Before that, he lost against Pakistani wrestler, Muhammad Inam, convincingly ... Then, he defeated Aussie wrestler to move in to Bronze medal match.

In Women's freestyle, Vinesh Phogat won Gold in Women's Freestyle 50 kg, beating a tough Canadian Jessica MacDonald convincingly in her final Nordic system match ... Disappointing results for Sakshi Malik as she won Bronze ... She lost her two bouts and scored a close win over Tayla Ford for Bronze medal.

In Mixed Doubles Squash, Dipika-Saurav lost in the final against Aussie pair in close two games.

In Badminton, Ashwini-Sikki lifted Bronze beating local pair in a close match in Women's doubles ... Bad scheduling by the organizers cost Ashwini her second medal as she played four matches in a day ... Her MXD bronze medal match was her 4th match of the day ... She was visibly tired and Satwik was also played three matches in a day ... Despite tiredness they tried their best against Malaysian pair but in end, lost their match ... Prannoy lost in bronze medal match against Rajiv Ouseph ... Prannoy won the first game and was in the control in the second ... But after losing the second game in extra points he failed to motivate himself in the final game.

In hockey, our poor performance completed as our both teams lost against British teams ... Our higher ranked men gave another pathetic performance to lose against British side ... British women team defeated our women convincingly in Bronze medal match ... In last period they scored 4 goals for this one-sided victory.

A terrific run by Jinson Johnson in men's 1500m, he broke 23 yrs old national record of Bahadur Prasad with a timing of 3:37.86s to finish on the 5th position ... In Men's Triple Jump, Arpinder Singh finished on the 4th position with 16.46m jump.

On the tenth day we won 8 golds and guaranteed our highest finish on the medal table of the Commonwealth games ... So we are having 25 golds, 16 silvers and 18 bronzes.

Tennis News

At $150K+H Santaizi Challenger 2018, Taipei, Taiwan

[QF] (4) Yuki Bhambri (IND,105) bt (Q) Chien-Hsun Lo (TPE,917) 64 62
[QF] (6) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,132) bt (3) Dudi Sela (ISR,98) 64 62

[SF] (4) Yuki Bhambri (IND,105) vs (8) Tatsuma Ito (JPN,155)
[SF] (6) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,132) vs (7) Go Soeda (JPN,153)

Our both players in the semis with identical scores ... RamK scored a fluent and solid win over experienced Dudi Sela ... RamK broke Dudi in the 7th game and the comfortably held his service games for winning the first set ... In the second set, from 2-all RamK took control ... He broke Dudi in the 5th and the 7th games with comfortably holding his own serve for a victory ... Next, he is facing experienced Japanese player, Go Soeda.

In this match also Yuki struggled with rhythm ... He broke Lo in the 1st game but lost his serve in the next, 1-all ... Yuki again broke Lo in the 3rd game and then held his service games for winning the first set ... In the second set, Yuki broke Lo in the 5th and the 7th games and held his service games for comfortable victory ... He is also facing Japanese opponent, Tatsuma Ito.

XXI Commonwealth Games

At the XXI Commonwealth Games - Gold Coast 2018, Australia

Shooting - Women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions
Gold -Tejaswini Sawant (IND) 457.9 pts(GR)
Silver - Anjum Moudgil (IND) 455.7 pts
Bronze - Seonaid McIntosh (SCO) 444.6 pts

Shooting - 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men's
Gold - Anish Bhanwala (IND) 30 pts (GR)
Silver - Sergei Evglevski (AUS) 28 pts
Bronze - Sam Gowin (ENG) 17 pts

Wrestling - Men's freestyle - 65 kg
Gold - Bajrang Punia (IND)
Silver - Kane Charig (WAL)
Bronze - Charlie Bowling (ENG) and Amas Daniel (NGR) (NGR)

Men's Freestyle 65 kg Gold Medal
Bajrang Punia (IND) bt Kane Charig (WAL) 10-0 (Victory by Technical Superiority)

[R16] Bajrang Punia (IND) bt Brahm Richards (NZL) 10-0 (Victory by Technical Superiority)
[QF] Bajrang Punia (IND) bt Amas Daniel (NGR) 10-0 (Victory by Technical Superiority)
[SF] Bajrang Punia (IND) bt Vincent De Marinis (CAN) 10-0 (Victory by Technical Superiority)

Wrestling - Men's freestyle - 97 kg
Gold - Martin Erasmus (RSA)
Silver - Mausam Khatri (IND)
Bronze - Alexios Kaouslidis (CYP) and Jordan Steen (CAN)

Men's Freestyle 97 kg Gold Medal
Mausam Khatri (IND) l Martin Erasmus (RSA) 2-12 (Victory by Technical Superiority)

[QF] Mausam Khatri (IND) bt Alexios Kaouslidis (CYP) 12-0 (Victory by Technical Superiority)
[SF] Mausam Khatri (IND) bt Soso Tamarau (NGR) 10-7 (Victory by Points)

Wrestling - Women's Freestyle 57 kg Nordic
Gold - Odunayo Adekuoroye (NGR)
Silver - Pooja Dhanda (IND)
Bronze - Emily Schaefer (CAN)

Women's Freestyle 57 kg Gold Medal
Pooja Dhanda (IND) l Odunayo Adekuoroye (NGR) 5-7 (Victory by Points)

[Group B M1] Pooja Dhanda (IND) bt Emily Schaefer (CAN) 12-5 (Victory by Points)
[Group B M2] Pooja Dhanda (IND) bt Ana Moceyawa (NZL) 8-0 (Victory by Fall)
[SF] Pooja Dhanda (IND) bt Joseph Essombe Tiako (CMR) 11-5 (Victory by Points)

Wrestling - Women's Freestyle 68 kg Nordic
Gold - Blessing Oborududu (NGR)
Silver - Danielle Lappage (CAN)
Bronze - Divya Kakran (IND)

Women's Freestyle 68 kg Bronze Medal
Divya Kakran (IND) bt Sherin Sultana (BAN) 4-0 (Victory by Fall)

[Group B M1] Divya Kakran (IND) bt Gaelle Alakame Anzong (CMR) 10-8 (Victory by Fall)
[Group B M2] Divya Kakran (IND) l Danielle Lappage (CAN) 2-12 (Victory by Technical Superiority)
[SF] Divya Kakran (IND) l Blessing Oborududu (NGR) 1-11 (Victory by Technical Superiority)

Boxing - Men's 91kg Semifinal
Naman Tanwar (IND) l Jason Whateley (AUS) 0-4 (28-28, 27-29, 26-30, 26-30, 27-29)

Boxing - Men's 56kg Semifinal
Hussamuddin Mohammed (IND) l Peter McGrail (ENG) 0-5 (27-30, 28-29, 28-29, 26-30, 27-30)

Boxing - Men's 69kg Semifinal
Manoj Kumar (IND) l Pat McCormack (ENG) 0-5 (27-30, 27-30, 27-30, 27-30, 26-30)

Table Tennis - Women's Doubles
Gold - Tianwei Feng (SGP)/ Mengyu Yu (SGP)
Silver - Manika Batra (IND)/ Mouma Das (IND)
Bronze - Ying Ho (MAS)/ Karen Lyne (MAS)

Table Tennis - Women's Doubles Gold Medal Match
Manika Batra (IND)/ Mouma Das (IND) l Tianwei Feng (SGP)/ Mengyu Yu (SGP) 0-3 (5-11, 4-11, 5-11)

Table Tennis - Women's Doubles Bronze Medal Match
Sutirtha Mukherjee (IND)/ Pooja Sahasrabudhe (IND) l Ying Ho (MAS)/ Karen Lyne (MAS) 1-3 (13-15, 7-11, 11-8, 7-11)

In shooting, Tejaswini Sawant won Gold in Women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions, this was her second medal after Silver, which she won yesterday ... Here, she had a tough challenge from her compatriot Anjum Moudgil, but Tejaswini prevailed and won it with Game Record ... In the qualifying, Anjum dominated and qualified for the final with new Qualifying Game Record, 589 pts and Tejaswini qualified on the third position with 582 pts.

15 yrs old Anish Bhanwala won Gold medal in 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men's event beating Australian shooter ... When matter most he hit 5/5 in the final round to win Gold with new record ... Neeraj Kumar finished on the 5th position with 13 pts as he eliminated 2nd in the final ... Anish and Neeraj qualified for the final on the top 2 positions with 580 pts and 579 pts.

In Men's freestyle, Bajrang Punia was technically too strong for these wrestlers and in CWG he won Gold of Freestyle 65 kg without losing a single point ... In the final also, he completed win in the first period against Wales wrestler Kane Charig ... Mausam Khatri won Silver in Freestyle 97 kg ... He reached in the final with couple of good wins ... In the final, his South African opponent, Martin Erasmus, proved too strong to handle.

In women's freestyle, For Gold medal Pooja Dhanda lost a close match against strong Nigerian wrestler in Women's Freestyle 57 kg ... Pooja defeated Cameroon wrestler Joseph Essombe Tiako in the semis on points ... Before that, she also scored couple of good wins in her Group ... Divya Kakran won Bronze beating Bangladeshi wrestler comfortably in the Women's Freestyle 68 kg ... Before, she lost the semi-final against Nigerian wrestler ... In group, She won a match and lost another match against superior Canadian wrestler.

In boxing, Naman Tanwar confirmed Bronze after losing to his Aussie opponent in the semis in 91kg category ... Hussamuddin Mohammed also confirmed Bronze after losing his bout to British boxer in 56kg category Another Bronze medal in 69kg category as Manoj Kumar lost easily against British boxer.

In table tennis, higher ranked Singaporean pair proved too strong for our pair, Manika Batra and Mouma Das in the Women's Doubles final ... Our other pair also lost in Bronze medal match against Malaysian pair.

Shreyasi Singh finished in the fifth position in the Women's Trap Finals.

So after end of the ninth day, we remain on the third position and already we win highest number of golds in CWG history ... We win 17 golds, 11 silvers and 14 bronzes.

Snooker News

At World Championship Qualifying 2018, Sheffield, England

[R1] Aditya Mehta (IND,82) l Zhao Xintong (CHN,78) 8-10 (70-24, 97(51)-14, 31-67, 61(53)-16, 14-92, 1-90(90), 64-63, 0-128(118), 63-23, 10-76(76), 58-21, 63-15, 1-95(95), 42-74, 71-21, 5-85(60), 23-65, 13-65(50))

Aditya lost in a close match against similar ranked Chinese Xintong after 18 frames ... Aditya was taking a frame lead from the beginning but Xintong was more consistent on the table as he scored a century break and five 50+ breaks, other hand Aditya managed only two 50+ breaks ... Xintong won last three frames from 7-8 down and in that, he scored two 50+ breaks for completing victory.