Hockey News

At Rabobank Hockey Men's Champions Trophy 2018, Breda, Netherlands

India dw Netherlands 1-1 (0-0)
Goal Scorers - Mandeep Singh (IND) 47' PC and Thierry Brinkman (NED) 55'

The title match of the Men’s Champions Trophy 2018 will be a replay of the 2016 final as India booked their place in Sunday’s gold medal match against Australia, after securing an all-important draw against host nation the Netherlands ... In this match, both sides showing full commitment in the race to secure a place in the final ... Th first 3 quarters remained goalless, though the Netherlands were better team in the third quarter ... Indian scored through Mandeep when he scored on rebound on the penalty corner attempt ... The Dutch side scored a deserving goal when 5 mins were remaining.

Badminton News

At $700K Malaysia Open 2018, Kuala Lumpur (HSBC BWF World Tour Super 750)

[SF] (4) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,7) l Kento Momota (JPN,11) 13-21 13-21

[SF] (3) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,3) l (1) Tzu Ying Tai (TPE,1) 15-21 21-19 11-21

Our both players lost to in-form players in contrasting style ... After losing the first gamre Sindhu fought to win the second, but Tai was too good in the final game ... Momota scored very dominating win over Sri, in this match Sri failed to challenge Momota ... Interesting to note, Tzu Ying Tai having only one loss this season and Kento Momota having only two losses.

Tennis News

At Wimbledon 2018, London, Great Britain

[R1] Yuki Bhambri (IND,85) vs (Q) Thomas Fabbiano (ITA,121)

Doubles
[R1] (Q) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs Marcus Daniell (NZL)/ Wesley Koolhof (NED)
[R1] (12) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) vs Alex De Minaur (AUS)/ John Millman (AUS)
[R1] Fabrice Martin (FRA)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Mirza Basic (BIH)/ Dusan Lajovic (SRB)
[R1] (Q) Austin Krajicek (USA)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) vs Sander Arends (NED)/ Matwe Middelkoop (NED)
[R1] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Artem Sitak vs Radu Albot (MDA)/ Malek Jaziri (TUN)

The draw is out ... In the singles, Yuki is facing Italian qualifier Fabbiano ... This is a tough match for unfit Yuki as Fabbiano qualified with three good wins and Yuki has losing records against him ... Yuki has lost all three matches against Fabbiano including last year on grass at Nottingham.

In the doubles, our players having a decent draw as our players avoid seeded pair in the first round ... The first-timer Vishnu and Bala r facing experienced pairing of Daniell-Koolhof ... Jeevan-Austin r facing a Dutch pair ... Divij-Artem r facing Albot-Jaziri ... Purav-Fabrice r facing Lajovic-Basic ... Rohan is the 12th seeds with Roger-Vasselin and they r facing Aussie pair.

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At $15K Sri Lanka F3 Futures 2018, Colombo

[R1] (5) Manish Sureshkumar (IND,742) bt Sharmal Dissanayake (SRI,1347) 60 retd.
[R2] (5) Manish Sureshkumar (IND,742) bt Diego Matos (BRA,1980) 61 76(2)
[QF] (5) Manish Sureshkumar (IND,742) bt (3) Michal Dembek (POL,667) 63 63
[SF] (5) Manish Sureshkumar (IND,742) bt Nitin Kumar Sinha (IND,1098) 36 64 64

Singles Final
(5) Manish Sureshkumar (IND,742) bt (6) Vladyslav Orlov (UKR,863) 76(6) 06 61

Doubles Final
Mohit Mayur Jayaprakash (IND)/ Manish Sureshkumar (IND) l Jirat Navasirisomboon (THA)/ Chanchai Sookton-Eng (THA) 26 46

18 yrs. old Manish Sureshkumar lifted his first futures title in Sri Lanka ... He defeated Ukrainian Orlov in three sets ... After winning the tight first set in the tie-break Manish lost his focus ... Orlov took advantage for winning the second set without losing a game ... But Manish recovered in the third and comfortably completed victory ... In this future, 19 yrs. old Nitin Kumar also performed well and lost the semis against Manish.
Manish failed to lift double crown ... He with Mohit Mayur lost in straight sets against Thai pair.

In first two weeks of Sri Lankan futures Manish performed above expectation ... In the first week, he reached in the final and lost against top-600 Russian Alexander Zhurbin ... In the second week, he reached into the semis and lost against top-400 Spaniard David Perez Sanz ... So when these all points will get added then Manish will be in top-600.

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At $15K ITF Women's Tournament 2018, Guimaraes, Portugal

[R1] (4) Zeel Desai (IND,661) bt Valeria Bhunu (ZIM,847) 62 46 63
[R1] (Q) Mihika Yadav (IND,1057) bt (Q) Lauren Proctor (USA,UNR) 64 57 75

[R2] (4) Zeel Desai (IND,661) bt Linnea Malmqvist (SWE,851) 64 46 64
[R2] (Q) Mihika Yadav (IND,1057) l (Q) Yuriko Lily Miyazaki(JPN,UNR) 36 63 36

[QF] (4) Zeel Desai (IND,661) bt (Q) Alice Garcia (BRA,1064) 64 63

[SF] (4) Zeel Desai (IND,661) bt (2) Jacqueline Cabaj Awad (SWE,514) 26 75 63

[F] (4) Zeel Desai (IND,661) vs (5) Maria Joao Koehler (POR,668)

Doubles Final
(3) Zeel Desai (IND)/ Cristina Ene (ROU) l Karola Patricia Bejenaru (ROU)/ Jacqueline Cabaj Awad (SWE) 16 06

Zeel scored an excellent comeback win over Swedish girl, Jacqueline Cabaj Awad, after losing the first set ... She is having a tough final against former WR #102 ranked local girl, Maria Joao Koehler.
In the doubles final, Zeel and her Romanian partner Ene failed to challenge Cabaj Awad and Bejenaru.

Badminton News

At $700K Malaysia Open 2018, Kuala Lumpur (HSBC BWF World Tour Super 750)

[QF] (4) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,7) bt Brice Leverdez (FRA,22) 21-18 21-14

[QF] (3) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,3) bt (6) Carolina Marin (ESP,6) 22-20 21-19

[SF] (4) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,7) vs Kento Momota (JPN,11)

[SF] (3) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,3) vs (1) Tzu Ying Tai (TPE,1)

Sindhu scored a tight straight games win over former WR #1 Carolina Marin ... In the first game, Sindhu saved two game points from 18-20 down to win it ... In the second game, Sindhi took a lead in the middle of the game and kept that till the end of the match ... Next, she is having a lot tougher match against WR #1 Tzu Ying Tai ... Sindhu having poor win-loss record, 3-8, and she has lost last four matches against Tai.

Sri scored a comfortable win over Frenchman Leverdez ... Next, he is facing Japanese challenge of Kento Momota ... Sri having 3-5 win-loss record against him, but those all losses were before 2017.

Hockey News

At Rabobank Hockey Men's Champions Trophy 2018, Breda, Netherlands

India dw Belgium 1-1 (1-0)
Goal Scorers - Harmanpreet Singh (IND) 10' PC and Loïck Luypaert (BEL) 59' PC

Not a perfect match for us as we struggled overall ... Harmanpreet scored in the first quarter but we failed to control it ... After half-time Belgium kept pressure on us and earned 9 penalty corners ... They converted when only 2 mins were remaining, well deserving equalizer for them.

Badminton News

At $700K Malaysia Open 2018, Kuala Lumpur (HSBC BWF World Tour Super 750)

[R2] (4) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,7) bt Tzu Wei Wang (TPE,15) 22-20 21-12

[R2] (3) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,3) bt Ying Ying Lee (MAS,39 21-8 21-14)
[R2] Saina Nehwal (IND,10) l (2) Akane Yamaguchi (JPN,2) 15-21 13-21

[QF] (4) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,7) vs Brice Leverdez (FRA,22)

[QF] (3) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,3) vs (6) Carolina Marin (ESP,6)

Wang stretches Sri in the firs game but after winning that Sri controlled the match ... Next, he is facing Frenchman Brice Leverdez.
An expected comfortable win for Sindhu against Lee ... Next, she is facing Marin.

Saina failed to challenge Yamaguchi and lost in straight games.

Tennis News

At Wimbledon 2018, London, Great Britain

[Q2] Ankita Raina (IND,205) l (21) Vitalia Diatchenko (RUS,134) 26 75 46

Doubles
[Q2] (6) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt (1) Denys Molchanov (UKR)/ Igor Zelenay (SVK) 63 64
[Q2] (4) Austin Krajicek (USA)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) bt (WC) Edward Corrie (GBR)/ Lloyd Glasspool (GBR) 76(5) 63

Ankita played a really good match against Diatchenko in her loss ... After losing the first set Ankita was a break down in the second ... She broke Diatchenko at 4-5 when Diatchenko was serving for the match ... She again broke her in the 12th game for taking match into the decider ... Ankita failed to keep this momentum in the third but lost after fighting performance.

Vishni-Bala r truly arrived on the doubles scene ... They qualified for the main draw of Wimbledon with a solid win over top-seeds Molchanov-Zelenay ... As thought, Jeevan-Austin join them in Wimbledon main draw ... The British wild-card pair stretched them to the tie-break in the first set, but after winning that they easily won the second.

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At $25K+H Spain F16 Futures 2018, Cardoba

[Q1] (1) Adil Kalyanpur (IND) bye
[Q2] (1) Adil Kalyanpur (IND) bt Benjamin Winter Lopez (ESP) 26 63 64

[R1] (Q) Adil Kalyanpur (IND,1125) bt (WC) Sergi Perez Contri (ESP,1014) 75 64

[R2] (Q) Adil Kalyanpur (IND,1125) l (6) Denis Yevseyev (KAZ,361) 57 57

Adil qualified for the main draw and scored a good win against local player in the first round ... He lost in the second round after giving decent fight to top-400 Kazakh player.

Hockey News

At Rabobank Hockey Men's Champions Trophy 2018, Breda, Netherlands

India l Australia 2-3 (1-2)
Goal Scorers - Varun Kumar (IND) 10', Harmanpreet Singh (IND) 58' PC and Lachlan Sharp (AUS) 6', Tom Craig (AUS) 15' PC, Trent Mitton (AUS) 33'

Australia have moved to the top of the standings at the Men’s Rabobank Hockey Champions Trophy 2018 after a narrow 3-2 victory against India ... In this match, we gave a fighting performance ... We had ample opportunities to score but failed to convert it ... In the dying moments, we had a last minute penalty corner, with Harmanpreet seeing his powerful flick brilliantly charged down by Jeremy Hayward to seal victory for Australia.

Badminton News

At $700K Malaysia Open 2018, Kuala Lumpur (HSBC BWF World Tour Super 750)

[R1] Sai Praneeth B. (IND,21) l Tzu Wei Wang (TPE,15) 12-21 7-21
[R1] (4) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,7) bt Jan O Jorgensen (DEN,54) 21-18 21-9

[R1] (3) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,3) bt Aya Ohori (JPN,14) 26-24 21-15

[R1] Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (IND)/ Chirag Shetty (IND) l (7) Takuto Inoue (JPN)/ Yuki Kaneko (JPN) 16-21 15-21

[R2] (4) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,7) vs Tzu Wei Wang (TPE,15)

[R2] (3) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,3) vs Ying Ying Lee (MAS,39)

Sri scored a comfortable win over Jan O Jorgensen ... Next, he is facing Tzu Wei Wang, who defeated Sai ... That was a bad one-sided loss for Sai.
Sindhu stretched to extra points in the first game by Ohori but she won the second game easily ... Next, she is facing Malaysian Lee.

Satwik-Chirag failed to challenge their Japanese opponents.

Tennis News

At Wimbledon 2018, London, Great Britain

[Q1] Ankita Raina (IND,205) bt (WC) Maia Lumsden (GBR,422) 62 61

[Q2] Ankita Raina (IND,205) vs (21) Vitalia Diatchenko (RUS,134)

Ankita scored her maiden win on grand slam qualifying ... She defeated British wild-card player in dominating fashion, losing only 3 games ... In the first set, Ankita broke Maia three times and got broken one time ... In the second set, from 0-1 Ankita won next six games breaking Maia in the 3rd, the 5th and the 7th games ... Next, she is facing top-150 Russian girl, Vitalia Diatchenko.

Badminton News

At $700K Malaysia Open 2018, Kuala Lumpur (HSBC BWF World Tour Super 750)

[R1] Sameer Verma (IND,19) l Tommy Sugiarto (INA,24) 13-21 5-21
[R1] Sai Praneeth B. (IND,21) vs Wang Tzu Wei (TPE,15)
[R1] (4) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,7) vs Jan O Jorgensen (DEN,54)

[R1] Saina Nehwal (IND,10) bt Yip Pui Yin (HKG,33) 21-12 21-16
[R1] (3) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,3) vs Aya Ohori (JPN,14)

[R1] Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (IND)/ Chirag Shetty (IND) vs (7) Takuto Inoue (JPN)/ Yuki Kaneko (JPN)
[R1] Pranaav Jerry Chopra (IND)/ N. Sikki Reddy (IND) l (4) Zheng Siwei (CHN)/ Huang Yaqiong (CHN) 16-21 12-21
[R1] Rohan Kapoor (IND)/ Kuhoo Garg (IND) l (8) He Jiting (CHN)/ Du Yue (CHN) 9-21 10-21

[R2] Saina Nehwal (IND,10) vs (2) Akane Yamaguchi (JPN,)

Saina started with a win over Yip Pui Yin ... Next, she is facing WR #2 Yamaguchi ... But surprise one-sided loss for Sameer against Indonesian Sugiarto.

Sai having a tough match against Wang Tzu Wei, Srikanth also having tricky match against Jorgensen ... Sindhu is facing Aya Ohori.

Our both MXD pairs lost against seeded Chinese pairs ... In men's doubles, Satwik-Chirag r facing 7th seed Japanese pair.

Tennis News

At Wimbledon 2018, London, Great Britain

[Q1] Sumit Nagal (IND,237) l Kamil Majchrzak (POL,189) 26 06
[Q1] (15) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,125) l Simone Bolelli (ITA,151) 36 46
[Q1] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,152) l Tobias Kamke (GER,219) 16 46

[Q1] Ankita Raina (IND,205) vs (WC) Maia Lumsden (GBR,422)

Doubles
[Q1] (4) Austin Krajicek (USA)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) bt Aidan McHugh (GBR)/ Marcus Willis (GBR) 76(3) 63
[Q1] (6) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt Sergio Galdos (PER)/ Gerald Melzer (AUT) 63 64

Disappointing start for Indians in Wimbledon qualifying as our all three players lost on the first hurdle ... Sumit lost last 10 games in a row to lose against clay-court specialist ... Prajnesh failed to challenge Kamke in the first set ... He tried in the second set and was a break up at 3-1, but lost his serve in the 5th game 3-2 ... Kamke again broke him in the 9th game and then held his serve for completing the win ... RamK also struggled against experienced Bolelli ... Bolelli held his 1st serve after multiple deuce but he broke RamK in the 2nd to lead 0-3 ... Bolelli won the first set with a break advantage ... Bolelli again took a break advantage in the second and kept that advantage for winning the match.

In the doubles, an expected winning start for our pairs; Bala-Vishnu and Jeevan-Austin.

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At €721K Eastbourne International 2018, Great Britain

[R1] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Artem Sitak l (1) Juan Sebastian Cabal (COL)/ Robert Farah (COL) 46 46

Divij-Artem lost in straight sets against top-seeds Colombians.

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At €486K Antalya Open 2018,Turkey

[R1] Fabrice Martin (FRA)/ Purav Raja (IND) l Marcelo Demoliner (BRA)/ Santiago Gonzalez (MEX) 36 26

A one-sided loss for Purav and Fabrice against Demoliner and Gonzalez.

Archery News

At Archery World Cup Stage 3 - 2018, Salt Lake City, USA

P.C. to Deepika Kumari FB page

Recurve Women’s Gold medal match
(4) Deepika Kumari (IND) bt (19) Michelle Kroppen (GER) 7-3 (29-29, 30-27, 30-27, 28-29, 30-28)

[SF] (4) Deepika Kumari (IND) bt (8) Gabriela Bayardo (NED) 6-4 (27-28, 28-22, 23-26, 28-24, 27-23)
[QF] (4) Deepika Kumari (IND) bt Ana Maria Rendon (COL) 6-0 (28-26, 29-28, 28-27)
[R3] (4) Deepika Kumari (IND) bt Ren Hayakawa (JPN) 6-2 (27-28, 27-25, 28-26, 29-28)
[R2] (4) Deepika Kumari (IND) bt Erin Mickelberry (USA) 6-2 (25-25, 26-25, 26-26, 28-22)
[R1] (4) Deepika Kumari (IND) bye

Compound Men’s Gold medal match
(4) Abhishek Verma l (3) Stephan Hansen (DEN) 123-140

[SF] (4) Abhishek Verma (IND) bt (8) Anton Bulaev (RUS) 150-146
[QF] (4) Abhishek Verma (IND) bt (12) Pierre-Julien Deloche (FRA) 149-149 (SO 10*-10)
[R3] (4) Abhishek Verma (IND) bt Austin Taylor (CAN) 147-144
[R2] (4) Abhishek Verma (IND) bt Akbarali Karabayev (KAZ) 148-147
[R1] (4) Abhishek Verma (IND) bye

Compound Mixed Team Bronze medal match
(8) Abhishek Verma (IND)/ Jyothi Surekha Vennam (IND) bt (3) Jamie Van Natta (USA)/ Kris Schaff (USA) 140-147

[SF] (8) Abhishek Verma (IND)/ Jyothi Surekha Vennam (IND) l (4) Anton Bulaev (RUS)/ Natalia Avdeeva (RUS) 149-152
[QF] (8) Abhishek Verma (IND)/ Jyothi Surekha Vennam (IND) bt (1) Daniel Munoz (COL)/ Sara Lopez (COL) 155-151
[R1] (8) Abhishek Verma (IND)/ Jyothi Surekha Vennam (IND) bt Marcus Laube (GER)/ Janine Meissner (GER) 154-145

Four-time Archery World Cup Final silver medalist Deepika Kumari beat Michelle Kroppen of Germany, 7-3, to take recurve women’s gold at the Salt Lake City stage of the 2018 Hyundai Archery World Cup and book a ticket to the circuit Final in Samsun ... Her last victory at a World Cup came six years ago, in Antalya back in 2012 ... With the gold in Salt Lake City, Deepika automatically qualifies for the 2018 Hyundai Archery World Cup Final in Samsun, Turkey, which will be her seventh appearance at the season-ending event.

Abhishek Verma won the Silver in compound men's event ... He failed to adjust windy condition in the final and lost easily against Danish opponent.

Abhishek lifted Bronze medal also in the mixed team partnering Jyothi Vennam ... After beating top-seeds Colombian in the quarters our pair lost against Russians ... Buth they fought back for winning Bronze beating American pair.

Golf News

At $7M Travelers Championship 2018, Cromwell, Connecticut, USA (PGA Tour)

T9 Anirban Lahiri (IND) 67 67 65 69 -12 $189,000.00

After longtime Anirban had a topo-10 finish on PGA tour, this was his first top-10 finish of 2018 ... He played consistently under par rounds to finished inside top-10 at Travelers Championship ... His 5 under third round helped him to achieve this.

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At $2M Walmart NW Arkansas Championship 2018, Rogers, Arkansas, USA (LPGA Tour)

T55 Aditi Ashok (IND) 64 76 69 -4 $5,497.00

The second round cost Aditi decent finish on LPGA tour.

Hockey News

At Rabobank Hockey Men's Champions Trophy 2018, Breda, Netherlands

India bt Argentina 2-1 (2-1)
Goal Scorers - Harmanpreet Singh (IND) 17' PC, Mandeep Singh (IND) 28' and Gonzalo Peillat (ARG) 30' PC

India produced another clinical and clean performance to beat WR #2 Argentina ... This was a big upset by our team ... We avoided making stupid errors inside the D while defending and only conceded one penalty corner in the match ... All goals scored in the second quarters, but more importantly we matched an intensity of Argentine players on the field ... Next, we will be facing WR #1 Australia on Tuesday.

Chess News

Youngest Grandmasters in history of Chess,

1. Sergey Karjakin (Ukraine) 12 years, 7 months
2. R Praggnandhaa (India) 12 years, 10 months
3. Nodirbek Abdusattorov (Uzbekistan) 13 years, 1 month
4. Parimarjan Negi (India) 13 years, 4 months
5. Magnus Carlsen (Norway) 13 years, 4 months

The young R Praggnandhaa has become India’s youngest and world’s second youngest Grandmaster at age of 12 years, 10 months and 13 days ... He missed out on becoming the youngest ever by three months with Sergey Karjakin of Ukraine holding the record of being the youngest Grandmaster in the world at 12 years, 7 months ... Before that, Praggnanandhaa had become the youngest International Master in the history of chess at age of 10 years and nine months.

Hockey News

At Rabobank Hockey Men's Champions Trophy 2018, Breda, Netherlands

India bt Pakistan 4-0 (1-0)
Goal Scorers - Ramandeep Singh (IND) 26', Dilpreet Singh (IND) 54', Mandeep Singh (IND) 57', Lalit Upadhyay (IND) 60'

India started with a confident win against Pakistan ... Both teams had a chances but we defended better ... In late of the second period we took a lead through Ramandeep ... Then in the fourth quarter, Dilpreet double the lead ... In last few minutes when Oltmans gambled by taking off their keeper, we managed to score two goals through Mandeep and Lalit for giving a big margin win ... Tomorrow we are facing WR #2 Argentina.

Tennis News

At €721K Eastbourne International 2018, Great Britain

[R1] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Artem Sitak vs (1) Juan Sebastian Cabal (COL)/ Robert Farah (COL)

It seems Divij will be playing with Artem Sitak in Wimbledon ... They r playing in Eastbourne and facing the top-seed Colombian pair.

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At €486K Antalya Open 2018,Turkey

[R1] Fabrice Martin (FRA)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Marcelo Demoliner (BRA)/ Santiago Gonzalez (MEX)

Purav and Fabrice r playing in Antalya and facing Demoliner-Gonzalez in the first round.

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At $150K Ilkley Trophy2018, Great Britain

P.C. to Ilkley Trophy twitter handle
Doubles Final
Austin Krajicek (USA)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) bt Kevin Krawietz (GER)/ Andreas Mies (GER) 63 63

Jeevan-Krajicek lifted the title at Ilkley beating German pair comfortably ... Jeevan and Krajicek pairing can be dangerous floater in Wimbledon qualifying and in the main draw.

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At $75K+H Fergana Challenger 2018, Uzbekistan

[SF] (Q) Saketh Myneni (IND,447) l (1) Nikola Milojevic (SRB,184) 46 75 06

Doubles Final
Saketh Myneni (IND)/ N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) l Ivan Gakhov (RUS)/ Alexander Pavlioutchenkov (RUS) 46 46

Saki played too many matches in last 8 days and that was visible in the third set as he received bagel ... This singles semi-final was his 10th match in eight days ... Still, a terrific effort from him.

After losing the first set Saki matched Milojevic's game ... Both players held their respective service games until the 11th game ... Saki broke Milojevic in the 12th game for winning the second set ... In the third set, Saki was visibly tired and made lot of unforced errors ... Milojevic broke him in the 1st, 3rd and 5th games to give bagel.

Saki-VSP lost in the doubles final against Russian pair in straight sets ... This was Saki's 11th match in eighth days, so after his singles loss I wasn't expected much from this match.

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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament 2018, Singapore

P.C. to Karman's FB page

Singles Final
(2) Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,262) bt (1) Jia-Jing Lu (CHN,185) 61 62

Karman lifted her first $25K title beating top-200 Chinese girl, Jia-Jing Lu ... Karman dominated the match and didn't give any chance to Lu ... Karman used her huge serve in her advantage and Lu failed to handle this ... With this win, Karman will be climbing to her career best ranking around top-225.

Tennis News

At $150K Ilkley Trophy2018, Great Britain

[SF] Austin Krajicek (USA)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) bt (WC) Liam Broady (GBR)/ Scott Clayton (GBR) 75 63
[SF] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) l Kevin Krawietz (GER)/ Andreas Mies (GER) 67(2) 67(4)

Contrasting results for our players ... Jeevan-Krajicek moved into the final with straight sets win over British pair ... But Bala-Vishnu lost in two tie-breaks against German pair.

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At $75K+H Fergana Challenger 2018, Uzbekistan

[QF] (Q) Saketh Myneni (IND,447) bt Cem Ilkel (TUR,246) 61 67(5) 64

[SF] (Q) Saketh Myneni (IND,447) vs (1) Nikola Milojevic (SRB,184)

Doubles
[SF] Saketh Myneni (IND)/ N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) bt Roberto Cid Subervi (DOM)/ Rubin Statham (NZL) 76(5) 76(1)

Saki played another hell of a match in crouching heat to beat Ilkel in three sets ... Saki started confidently and won the first set comfortably ... In the second set, he missed load of break points and lost the tie-break after taking a lead ... In the final set, he broke Ilkel in the 8th game but failed to hold his serve while serving for the match, 5-4 ... He again broke Ilkel in the 10th game for completing the win ... Next, he is facing top-200 Serbian Nikola Milojevic.

Saki-VSP moved into the final of the doubles with a win over Statham-Cid Subervi in two tie-breaks.

I am worrying as Saki was schedule to play doubles with VSP, that was his 9th match in seven days ... Too much workload.

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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament 2018, Singapore

[SF] (2) Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,262) bt Zuzana Zlochova (SVK,593) 62 61

[F] (2) Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,262) vs (1) Jia-Jing Lu (CHN,185)

Karman looks in terrific nick as she scored another comfortable win over Slovak former top-300 player Zlochova ... In the final, she is facing top-200 Chinese girl, Jia-Jing Lu ... In their last meeting, Karman defeated her in Mumbai.

Tennis News

At $150K Ilkley Trophy2018, Great Britain

[QF] Austin Krajicek (USA)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) bt Frederik Nielsen (DEN)/ Joe Salisbury (GBR) 63 76(7)
[QF] (3) Purav Raja (IND)/ John-Patrick Smith (AUS) l (WC) Liam Broady (GBR)/ Scott Clayton (GBR) 36 67(6)
[QF] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt (4) Jonathan Eysseric (FRA)/ Hugo Nys (FRA) 63 76(4)

[SF] Austin Krajicek (USA)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) vs (WC) Liam Broady (GBR)/ Scott Clayton (GBR)
[SF] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs Kevin Krawietz (GER)/ Andreas Mies (GER)

Bala and Saki scored straight sets win over 4th seed French pair ... Next, they r facing German pair ... Jeevan-Krajicek took a revenge of their last week's final loss against Salisbury and Nielsen, Jeevan-Krajicek defeated them in straight sets ... Next, they r facing British pair, who scored an upset win over Purav and John-Patrick.

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At $75K+H Fergana Challenger 2018, Uzbekistan

[R2] (Q) Saketh Myneni (IND,447) bt (7) Roberto Cid Subervi (DOM,236) 60 64

[QF] (Q) Saketh Myneni (IND,447) vs Cem Ilkel (TUR,246)

Doubles
[QF] Saketh Myneni (IND)/ N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) bt Nikola Milojevic (SRB)/ Aldin Setkic (BIH) 61 63

[SF] Saketh Myneni (IND)/ N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) vs Roberto Cid Subervi (DOM)/ Rubin Statham (NZL)

Saki continues with his terrific form and defeated top-250 Cid Subervi comfortably ... Next, he is facing Turkish player Ilkel ... In the doubles also, he and and VSP scored a comfortable win over Milojevic-Setkic ... It is interesting to see how his body hold up as Saki played 7 matches in last 6 days; 3 qualifying and 2 main draw singles and 2 doubles matches.

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At $100K ITF Women's Tournament 2018, Ilkley, Great Britain

[QF] Rika Fujiwara (JPN)/ Prarthana Thombare (IND) l (4) Valeria Savinykh (RUS)/ Yana Sizikova (RUS) 46 75 8-10

Prarthana and Fujiwara lost in the match tie-break against 4th seed Russian pair.

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

[R2] (7) Rutuja BHOSALE (IND,403) l Anastasia FROLOVA (RUS,512) 26 36

Rutuja lost against lower ranked Russian Frolova in straight sets.

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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament 2018, Singapore

[QF] (2) Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,262) bt (SE) Mai Hontama (JPN,758) 61 62

[SF] (2) Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,262) vs Zuzana Zlochova (SVK,593)

Karman scored a dominating win over Japanese Hontama losing only 3 games ... Next, she is facing Slovak former top-300 player Zlochova.

Tennis News

At Wimbledon 2018, London, Great Britain

Ankita Raina makes to the qualifying list of big W, so this will be her second grand slam appearance after French Open ... So she will join Ramkumar, Prajnesh and Sumit in the singles qualifying round ... Yuki is already qualified for the main draw.

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At €1.98M Queen's Open 2018, London, Great Britain

[QF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) l (1) Oliver Marach (AUT)/ Mate Pavic (CRO) 46 76(6) 7-10

Rohan-Edouard lost in the match tie-break against WR #1 pair ... A fighting performance after losing the first set.

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At $75K+H Fergana Challenger 2018, Uzbekistan

[QF] Arjun Kadhe (IND)/ Alex Lawson (USA) l Ivan Gakhov (RUS)/ Alexander Pavlioutchenkov (RUS) 57 46

Arjun and his partner Lawson lost in straight sets against Russian pair.

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At $100K ITF Women's Tournament 2018, Ilkley, Great Britain

[R1] Rika Fujiwara (JPN)/ Prarthana Thombare (IND) bt Desirae Krawczyk (USA)/ Ingrid Neel (USA) 75 67(6) 10-7

[QF] Rika Fujiwara (JPN)/ Prarthana Thombare (IND) vs (4) Valeria Savinykh (RUS)/ Yana Sizikova (RUS)

Prarthana started with a tight win partnering her new partner Fujiwara against American pair ... I think, last week's title win boosted her confidence and helped her in closing this tight match ... Next, they r facing 4th seed Russian pair.

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

[R1] Riya BHATIA (IND,628) l (Q) Guzal YUSUPOVA (UZB,UNR) 67(1) 46

Bad loss for Riya against an unseeded local player.

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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament 2018, Singapore

[R2] (2) Karman Kaur THANDI (IND,262) bt YeXin MA (CHN,570) 64 61

[QF] (2) Karman Kaur THANDI (IND,262) vs (SE) Mai HONTAMA (JPN,758)

Karman in the quarters with a comfortable win against Chinese opponent ... Next, she is facing in-form Japanese Hontama.

Tennis News

At €1.98M Queen's Open 2018, London, Great Britain

[R1] (Q) Yuki Bhambri (IND,84) l Milos Raonic (CAN,35) 61 1-3 retd.

Doubles
[QF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) vs (1) Oliver Marach (AUT)/ Mate Pavic (CRO)

This was a tough match for Yuki but his injury was more worrisome ... After losing the first set he retired in the middle of the second set ... Hoping for not a serious injury issue.

Rohan-Edouard r facing top-seed pair in the quarters.

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At $150K Ilkley Trophy2018, Great Britain

[R1] Austin Krajicek (USA)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) bt Hubert Hurkacz (POL)/ Evan King (USA) 64 64
[R1] (3) Purav Raja (IND)/ John-Patrick Smith (AUS) bt Peter Polansky (CAN)/ Matt Reid (AUS) 61 64
[R1] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt Luke Bambridge (GBR)/ Jonny O'Mara (GBR) 46 63 10-7

Purav and Jeevan started with straight sets win with their respective partners ... Bala-Vishnu scored a comeback win over in-form British pair, who won Surbiton Challenger, after losing the first set.

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At $75K+H Fergana Challenger 2018, Uzbekistan

[R1] (Q) Saketh Myneni (IND,447) bt Dzmitry Zhyrmont (BLR,406) 64 60

[R2] (Q) Saketh Myneni (IND,447) vs (7) Roberto Cid Subervi (DOM,236)

A solid dominating win for Saki against Zhyrmont ... Saki won last 8 games in a row ... Next, his first real test against the top-250 player, Cid Subervi.

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At $100K ITF Women's Tournament 2018, Ilkley, Great Britain

[R1] Rika Fujiwara (JPN)/ Prarthana Thombare (IND) vs Desirae Krawczyk (USA)/ Ingrid Neel (USA)

Prarthana is partnering Fujiwara and they r facing American pair.

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

[R1] (Q) Natasha PALHA (IND,929) l Anastasia FROLOVA (RUS,512) 16 36
[R1] (7) Rutuja BHOSALE (IND,403) bt Valeriya ZELEVA (RUS,539) 62 61
[R1] Riya BHATIA (IND,628) vs (Q) Guzal YUSUPOVA (UZB,UNR)
[R1] (Q) Sai Samhitha CHAMARTHI (IND,853) l Gozal AINITDINOVA (KAZ,421) 57 57

[R2] (7) Rutuja BHOSALE (IND,403) vs Anastasia FROLOVA (RUS,512)

Rutuja started with a comfortable win over top-550 player ... But Sai Samhitha and Natasha lost against their higher-ranked opponents.

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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament 2018, Singapore

[R1] Pranjala YADLAPALLI (IND,381) l Zuzana ZLOCHOVA (SLO,717) 06 67(6)
[R1] (Q) Jennifer LUIKHAM (IND,1007) l (SE) Mai HONTAMA (JPN,772) 16 16
[R1] (2) Karman Kaur THANDI (IND,262) bt (WC) Ho Ching WU (HKG,1084) 64 62

[R2] (2) Karman Kaur THANDI (IND,262) vs YeXin MA (CHN,570)

Karman started with an expected win but Pranjala needed to remove inconsistency from her performance ... Bad loss for her against a lower ranked opponent.

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At €1.98M Queen's Open 2018, London, Great Britain

[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) bt Kevin Anderson (RSA)/ Julien Benneteau (FRA) 63 76(3)

Rohan and Edouard started with straight sets win over Anderson and Benneteau.

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At $150K Ilkley Trophy2018, Great Britain

[R1] (6) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,128) l Sebastian Ofner (AUT,143) 57 36

Doubles
[R1] (3) Purav Raja (IND)/ John-Patrick Smith (AUS) vs Peter Polansky (CAN)/ Matt Reid (AUS)
[R1] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs Luke Bambridge (GBR)/ Jonny O'Mara (GBR)

Disappointing loss for RamK against Ofner ... In the first set, both players held their respective service games till 8th game ... Ofner took first break in the 9th game, 4-5 but RamK immediately broke him when he was serving for the set, 5-all ... Ofner again broke RamK in the 11th game and this time held his serve for winning the set ... In the second set, Ofner broke RamK in the 1st game, 0-2 ... Ofner again broke RamK in the 9th game when he was serving for staying in the match for completing win.

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At $75K+H Fergana Challenger 2018, Uzbekistan

[Q3] Saketh Myneni (IND,440) bt Aslan Karatsev (RUS,531) 62 46 63
[Q3] (6) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,385) l Tung-Lin Wu (TPE,446) 06 67(3)

[R1] (Q) Saketh Myneni (IND,447) vs Dzmitry Zhyrmont (BLR,406)

Doubles
[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND)/ N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) bt (1) Gerard Granollers (ESP)/ Enrique Lopez Perez (ESP) 75 75
[R1] Arjun Kadhe (IND)/ Alex Lawson (USA) bt Laurynas Grigelis (LTU)/ Ivan Nedelko (RUS) 67(4) 76(3) 10-7

[QF] Arjun Kadhe (IND)/ Alex Lawson (USA) vs Ivan Gakhov (RUS)/ Alexander Pavlioutchenkov (RUS)

Saki qualified with three sets win over Karatsev and facing 400+ ranked Dzmitry Zhyrmont in the first round ... But Mukund lost in straight sets against Taipei player Wu.

In the doubles, Saki-VSP scored an excellent upset over top-seed Spanish pair in straight sets ... Arjun with his new American partner Alex Lawson pulled a superb comeback win in tight match ... In their match, both sets went to the tie-breaks and then Arjun and Alex prevailed ... Next, they r facing Russian pair.

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At €1.98M Queen's Open 2018, London, Great Britain

[Q2] (5) Yuki Bhambri (IND,84) bt (3) Taylor Fritz (USA,67) 64 62

[R1] (Q) Yuki Bhambri (IND,84) vs Milos Raonic (CAN,35)

Yuki scored an impressive win over Fritz and qualifying for the main-draw ... In the first set, Yuki took a crucial break in the 9th game and then held his serve for winning the set ... In the second set, Yuki broke Fritz in the 1st, 3rd and 5th games to lead 5-0 ... While serving for the match Yuki failed to hold but Yuki held his serve in the 8th game for a good win ... A really tough draw for Yuki against Milos Raonic ... Milos was 2016 Wimbledon finalist and last year he lost against Federer in the quarters ... And today he lost in the final of Stuttgart Open against Federer ... Hoping for a good outing for Yuki gaining much required experience against real grass court specialist before Wimbledon.

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At $100K ITF Women's Tournament 2018, Manchester, Great Britain

Doubles Final
(4) Luksika Kumkhum (THA)/ Prarthana Thombare (IND) bt (1) Naomi Broady (GBR)/ Asia Muhammad (USA) 76(5) 63

After string of her first round losses Prarthana provided a stellar performance on the grass ... With her Thai partner Luksika Kumkhum, she lifted her biggest title on the tour beating top-seed pair in straight sets.

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At $150K Ilkley Trophy2018, Great Britain

[Q1] (3) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,169) bt Dennis Novikov (USA,194) 64 62
[Q2] (3) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,169) l Hiroki Moriya (JPN,219) w/o

[R1] (6) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,128) vs Sebastian Ofner (AUT,143)

Doubles
[R1] Austin Krajicek (USA)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) vs Hubert Hurkacz (POL)/ Evan King (USA)
[R1] (3) Purav Raja (IND)/ John-Patrick Smith (AUS) vs Peter Polansky (CAN)/ Matt Reid (AUS)
[R1] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs Luke Bambridge (GBR)/ Jonny O'Mara (GBR)

Prajnesh started with a dominating win against Novikov ... After winning the first set Prajnesh was a break point down in the second at 1-2 but he held and won next five games for completing win ... But he gave walkover to Moriya in the second qualifying round due to minor strain ... A precautionary retirement before Wimbledon qualifying.

RamK is facing Austrian Ofner in the first round.
In the doubles, a tough draw as all top pairs r playing for getting used on the grass before big W ... The last week's finalist Jeevan-Krajicek r having winnable match ... Purav is playing with John-Patrick and they r having a tricky match against Reid and Polansky ... Bala and Vishnu r also having a tricky match against British pair.

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At $75K+H Fergana Challenger 2018, Uzbekistan

[Q2] Saketh Myneni (IND,440) bt Vladyslav Manafov (UKR,480) 3-0 retd.
[Q2] Sidharth Rawat (IND,527) l Aslan Karatsev (RUS,531) 26 46
[Q2] (4) Arjun Kadhe (IND,360) l Tung-Lin Wu (TPE,446) 64 36 26
[Q2] (6) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,385) bt (WC) Aziz Dadabaev (UZB,UNR) 63 62

[Q3] Saketh Myneni (IND,440) vs Aslan Karatsev (RUS,531)
[Q3] (6) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,385) vs Tung-Lin Wu (TPE,446)

Doubles
[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND)/ N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) vs (1) Gerard Granollers (ESP)/ Enrique Lopez Perez (ESP)
[R1] Arjun Kadhe (IND)/ Alex Lawson (USA) vs Laurynas Grigelis (LTU)/ Ivan Nedelko (RUS)

Saki's opponent retired due to right shoulder injury ... Next, Saki is facing Russian Aslan Karatsev, who defeated Sid convincingly ... Mukund scored a comfortable win over local junior player ... Next, he is facing Taipei player, Tung-Lin Wu, who scored an upset win over Arjun after losing the first set.

In the doubles, Saki-VSp having a tough match against top-seed Spanish pair ... This week, Arjun is partnering American Alex Lawson and they r playing against Grigelis-Nedelko.

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At $12M the U.S. Open 2018, Southampton, New York, USA

---------------- Cut @ +8 ----------------
Shubhankar Sharma (IND) 74 76

A forgettable debut for Shubhankar in U.S. Open ... He failed to adjust to a tough condition on the course ... After first day he was T37 with 4 over score but on the second day he had a poor 6 over round ... His core was 10 over and cut applied at 8 over.

Tennis News

At €1.98M Queen's Open 2018, London, Great Britain

[Q1] (5) Yuki Bhambri (IND,84) bt (WC) James Ward (GBR,407) 46 61 62

[Q2] (5) Yuki Bhambri (IND,84) vs (3) Taylor Fritz (USA,67)

Doubles
[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) vs Kevin Anderson (RSA)/ Julien Benneteau (FRA)

An excellent comeback win by Yuki at Queen's Open qualifying against very experienced grass court specialist British player, James Ward ... After losing the first set Yuki made a strong comeback for winning next two sets comfortably ... Next, he is facing American youngster Taylor Fritz.

Rohan-Edouard r playing against Benneteau and Anderson in the first round.

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At $936K Nature Valley Classic 2018, Birmingham, Great Britain

[Q1] Ankita Raina (IND,203) l Priscilla Hon (AUS,164) 36 63 46

Good to see Ankita got chance of playing in Birmingham qualifying, but she lost in three sets against Aussie youngster Priscilla Hon.

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At €1.98M Gerry Weber Open 2018, Halle, Germany

[Q1] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Artem Sitak l (WC) Andre Begemann (GER)/ Dustin Brown (GER) 36 63 2-10

At Halle, Divij-Artem played in the doubles qualifying but lost against German pair in the match tie-break.

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At $150K+H Nottingham Trophy2018, Great Britain

Doubles Final
(4) Austin Krajicek (USA)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) l Frederik Nielsen (DEN)/ Joe Salisbury (GBR) 67(5) 16

Jeevan-Krajicek lost in the final against a good grass court pair Nielsen-Salisbury ... After winning the first set tie-break Nielsen-Salisbury dominated the second.

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At $150K Ilkley Trophy2018, Great Britain

[Q1] (3) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,169) vs Dennis Novikov (USA,194)

A tricky match against American youngster for Prajnesh.

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At $75K+H Fergana Challenger 2018, Uzbekistan

[Q1] Saketh Myneni (IND,440) bt (1) Kaichi Uchida (JPN,300) 63 64
[Q1] Sidharth Rawat (IND,527) bt Sagadat Ayap (KAZ,1614) 62 62
[Q1] (4) Arjun Kadhe (IND,360) bt Roman Khassanov (KAZ,744) 63 63
[Q1] (6) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,385) bt N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,506) 63 64

[Q2] Saketh Myneni (IND,440) vs Vladyslav Manafov (UKR,480)
[Q2] Sidharth Rawat (IND,527) vs Aslan Karatsev (RUS,531)
[Q2] (4) Arjun Kadhe (IND,360) vs Tung-Lin Wu (TPE,446)
[Q2] (6) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,385) vs (WC) Aziz Dadabaev (UZB,UNR)

Saki started with an upset win over top-300 Japanese Uchida in straight sets ... Mukund, Arjun and Sid also joined him in the second qualifying with straight sets win ... Next matches are also winnable for our players.

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At €612K Libema Open 2018, s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands

[SF] (4) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Artem Sitak l (2) Raven Klaasen (RSA)/ Michael Venus (NZL) 36 26

Klaasen-Venus over-powered Divij and Artem in one-sided match.

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At $150K+H Nottingham Trophy2018, Great Britain

[QF] (5) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,128) l Marcel Granollers (ESP,134) 67(5) 64 67(4).

Doubles
[SF] (4) Austin Krajicek (USA)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) bt (2) Matt Reid (AUS)/ Adil Shimasdin (CAN) w.o.

[F] (4) Austin Krajicek (USA)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) vs Frederik Nielsen (DEN)/ Joe Salisbury (GBR)

RamK lost against Marcel Granollers in close three sets ... In this match, RamK would blame himself for missed opportunities ... He made unforced errors at crucial stage and struggled with service games ... He twice double faulted in the final tie-break to gift the match to Marcel.

Jeevan-Austin r in the final after getting walkover due to Shimasdin's knee injury ... In the final, they r facing unseeded pairing of Nielsen and Salisbury.

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At $100K ITF Women's Tournament 2018, Manchester, Great Britain

[SF] (4) Luksika Kumkhum (THA)/ Prarthana Thombare (IND) bt Harriet Dart (GBR)/ Katy Dunne (GBR) 57 63 15-13

[F] (4) Luksika Kumkhum (THA)/ Prarthana Thombare (IND) vs (1) Naomi Broady (GBR)/ Asia Muhammad (USA)

Another excellent comeback win in extra match tie-break for Prarthana-Kumkhum against British pair ... In the final, they r facing top-seeds Broady-Muhammad.

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At €656K Mercedes Cup 2018, Stuttgart, Germany

(Q) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,169) l Guido Pella (ARG,75) 67(4) 36

Prajnesh failed to build on his win against Shapo as he lost in straight sets against Pella ... Prajnesh fell into Pella's trap as he played match Pella's style of slugging it out from baseline ... I feel, he should used serve and volley tactics but anyway this will be learning experience for Prajnesh.

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At €612K Libema Open 2018, s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands

[QF] (4) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Artem Sitak (NZL) bt Romain Arneodo (MON)/ Gilles Muller (LUX) 76(2) 63

Divij and Artem r in the semis with another good win over Muller and Arneodo.

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At $100K ITF Women's Tournament 2018, Manchester, Great Britain

[QF] (4) Luksika Kumkhum (THA)/ Prarthana Thombare (IND) bt Evgeniya Rodina (RUS)/ Dayana Yastremska (UKR) 75 46 13-11
[QF] Ingrid Neel (USA)/ Ankita Raina (IND) l Harriet Dart (GBR)/ Katy Dunne (GBR) 26 36

[SF] (4) Luksika Kumkhum (THA)/ Prarthana Thombare (IND) vs Harriet Dart (GBR)/ Katy Dunne (GBR)

Prarthana in the semis with Kumkhum after winning their match on extra points in the match tie-break ... Next, they r facing Dart and Dunne, who defeated Ankita and Ingrid comfortably.

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At $25K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2018, Obidos, Portugal

[R2] (Q) Mahak Jain (IND,835) l (6) Berfu Cengiz (TUR,398) 46 57

Another fighting performance by Mahak against top-400 Turkish player Cengiz ... In both sets, she stretched Cangiz..

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At €656K Mercedes Cup 2018, Stuttgart, Germany

[R1] (Q) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,169) bt (6) Danis Shapovalov (CAN,23) 76(6) 26 63

[R2] (Q) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,169) vs Guido Pella (ARG,75)

Doubles
[R1] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) l (WC) Philipp Petzschner (GER)/ Tim Puetz (GER) 26 63 7-10

Prajnesh scored the best win of his career against #nextgen Danis Shapovalov ... This was his first win over a top-25 player and that also against one of the hottest young talents on the tour ... Take a bow Prajnesh ... Next, he is facing another lefty Argentine Guido Pella.

In the first set, Prajnesh broke Shapo in the 1st game, 2-0, but Shapo immediately broke back in the 4th game ... Prajnesh again broke him in the 5th game, 3-2, but while serving for the set at 5-4 he failed to hold, 5-all ... In the tie-break also both players were neck to neck, Shapo committed a double fault and Prajnesh won a point on his serve for winning it ... In the second set, Shapo broke Prajnesh in the 1st game and he again broke Prajnesh in the 5th game, 4-1, for winning the set comfortably ... Prajnesh started confidently in the third set ... He broke Shapo in the 2nd and the 4th games to lead 5-0 ... At 5-1, Prajnesh had three match points at 40-0 on his serve but maybe he got under pressure of finishing the match against a top-25 player ... He lost next 5 points to lose his serve but Prajnesh regrouped and held his serve in the 9th game for completing well deserving win.

Bala-Vishnu lost against the tricky local pair, who had a former top-10 player Petzschner, in the match tie-break.

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At €612K Libema Open 2018, s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands

[QF] Fabrice Martin (FRA)/ Purav Raja (IND) l (3) Dominic Inglot (GBR)/ Franko Skugor (CRO) 67(6) 57

Purav and Fabrice lost in a very close match against the 3rd seeds Inglot and Skugor.

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At $150K+H Nottingham Trophy2018, Great Britain

[R2] (5) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,128) bt (Q) Tobias Kamke (GER,228) 76(1) 63

Doubles
[QF] (4) Austin Krajicek (USA)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) bt Adrian Menendez-Maceiras (ESP)/ Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) 75 64

RamK scored a good straight sets win over in-form German Tobias Kamke ... In the first set, both players matched other's game but Ramk dominated the tie-break for winning it ... He kept momentum to run 4-1 lead and won the set comfortably.

In the doubles, Jeevan and Krajicek scored a straight sets win over Stakhovsky and Menendez-Maceiras.

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At $50K+H Almaty Challenger 2018, Kazakhstan

[QF] (WC) Arjun Kadhe (IND)/ Denis Yevseyev (KAZ) l (1) Kevin Krawietz (GER)/ Andreas Mies (GER) 67(5) 64 5-10

Arjun and his partner Yevseyev lost in a close match against top-seeds Germans ... After losing the first in tie-break Arjun and Yevseyev fought back to win the second but failed to keep momentum in the third.

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At $25K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2018, Obidos, Portugal

[R1] (Q) Mahak Jain (IND,835) bt Ines Murta (POR,605) 62 61

[R2] (Q) Mahak Jain (IND,835) vs (6) Berfu Cengiz (TUR,398)

A very dominating win by Mahak against higher ranked local player ... Next, she is facing top-400 Turkish player Cengiz.

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At $10K Men's SquashGym New Zealand International Classic 2018, Palmerston North, New Zealand

[R1] (1) Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND,50) bt (Q) Ong Sai Hung (MAS,240) 11-4, 11-9, 11-9
[QF] (1) Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND,50) bt (7) Addeen Idrakie (MAS,96) 11-4, 7-11, 7-11, 11-5, 11-8 (57m)
[SF] (1) Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND,50) bt (4) Mohd Syafiq Kamal (MAS,86) 11-4, 11-9, 6-11, 11-8 (49m)

Final
(1) Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND,50) l (2) Ivan Yuen (MAS,71) 8-11, 7-11, 11-2, 7-11 (55m)

Harry lost in the final against lower ranked Malaysian opponent, Ivan Yuen, in four games ... Before that, Harry faced three Malaysian opponents, who stretched him in respective matches.

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At €612K Libema Open 2018, s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands

[R1] (4) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Artem Sitak bt David Marrero (ESP)/ Fernando Verdasco (ESP) 63 63

[QF] Fabrice Martin (FRA)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs (3) Dominic Inglot (GBR)/ Franko Skugor (CRO)
[QF] (4) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Artem Sitak vs Romain Arneodo (MON)/ Gilles Muller (LUX)

A comfortable winning start for Divij with Artem against experienced Spanish pair ... Next, they r facing Muller and Arneodo ... Purav and Fabrice r facing 3rd seeds Inglot and Skugor.

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At $150K+H Nottingham Trophy2018, Great Britain

[R2] (5) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,128) vs (Q) Tobias Kamke (GER,228)

Doubles
[R1] (4) Austin Krajicek (USA)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) bt Brydan Klein (GBR)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) 36 61 10-8

[QF] (4) Austin Krajicek (USA)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) vs Adrian Menendez-Maceiras (ESP)/ Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR)

Jeevan with his partner Krajicek made a strong comeback after losing the first set ... After winning the second set comfortably they managed to keep momentum for winning the match tie-break ... Next, they r facing Spanish-Ukrainian combination.

RamK is facing in-form German Tobias Kamke in the second round.

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At $100K ITF Women's Tournament 2018, Manchester, Great Britain

[R1] (4) Luksika Kumkhum (THA)/ Prarthana Thombare (IND) bt Alexandra Cadantu (ROU)/ Elitsa Kostova (BUL) 46 63 10-7
[R1] Ingrid Neel (USA)/ Ankita Raina (IND) bt Emily Appleton (GBR)/ Samantha Murray (GBR) 36 64 10-3

[QF] (4) Luksika Kumkhum (THA)/ Prarthana Thombare (IND) vs Evgeniya Rodina (RUS)/ Dayana Yastremska (UKR)
[QF] Ingrid Neel (USA)/ Ankita Raina (IND) vs Harriet Dart (GBR)/ Katy Dunne (GBR)

Ankita and Prarthana with their respective partners scored a comeback wins over their opponents ... Ankita-Ingrid will be facing another British pair and Prarthana-Luksika r facing Yastremska-Rodina pairing.

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At $50K+H Almaty Challenger 2018, Kazakhstan

[R1] Sumit Nagal (IND,234) l (8) Uladzimir Ignatik (BLR,213) 76(3) 46 16

Doubles
[R1] (WC) Arjun Kadhe (IND)/ Denis Yevseyev (KAZ) bt (WC) Timofey Skatov (KAZ)/ Dostanbek Tashbulatov (KAZ) 60 63

[QF] (WC) Arjun Kadhe (IND)/ Denis Yevseyev (KAZ) vs (1) Kevin Krawietz (GER)/ Andreas Mies (GER)

I am still upset about Sumit skipped the grass tournament over this tournament ... And here result didn't help him as he lost in the first round ... After winning the first set tie-break he failed to keep advantage.

In the doubles, Arjun and his partner Yevseyev started with a dominating win but next, they r facing top-seeds pair.

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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament 2018, Singapore

[R1] (2) Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,264) l Pei-Chi Lee (TPE,460) 57 64 36

Bad loss for Karman against experienced Taipei player Pei-Chi Lee ... Karman needs to win these type of matches for moving ahead in her career.

Tennis News

At €612K Libema Open 2018, s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands

[R1] Yuki Bhambri (IND,93) l Daniil Medvedev (RUS,53) 46 16

Doubles
[R1] Fabrice Martin (FRA)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt (ALT) Marius Copil (ROU)/ Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) 75 75

Yuki struggled with knee niggle in this match but that wasn't the only reason for the loss ... Medvedev was a better player on the court ... He broke Yuki in the 5th game to lead 2-3 and after that both players held their respective service games till Medvedev won it ... In the second set, after winning the 1st game Yuki lost next six games for losing the match ... Yuki wasn't looked a comfortable on the grass.

Purav and Fabrice faced an alternative pair and they strarted with a win against Copil and Tsitsipas.

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At $150K+H Nottingham Trophy2018, Great Britain

[R1] (5) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,121) bt Jason Jung (TPE,151) 67(5) 75 64

RamK needed to dig deep for his win over in-form Jason Jung in tight three sets ... In the first set, RamK was an early break down but he broke Jason at 4-5 when he was serving for the set ... RamK had couple of set points on Jason's serve in the 12th game, 15-40, which he missed ... Jason won the tie-break ... In the second set, both players held their respective service games till 10th game ... RamK broke Jason in the 11th and the held for winning the set ... In the final set, RamK broke Jason in the 3rd game to lead 2-1 ... After that both players held their service games and RamK didn't give any chance of fight back ... In this match RamK hit 18 aces and only 3 double faults, a superb stuff.

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At $100K ITF Women's Tournament 2018, Manchester, Great Britain

[R1] (4) Luksika Kumkhum (THA)/ Prarthana Thombare (IND) vs Alexandra Cadantu (ROU)/ Elitsa Kostova (BUL)
[R1] Ingrid Neel (USA)/ Ankita Raina (IND) vs Emily Appleton (GBR)/ Samantha Murray (GBR)

Good to see Ankita is trying hard to play Wimbledon qualifying with lot of preparation ... She in playing at Manchester in the doubles ... Partnering American, Prarthana is partnering Thai girl Kumkhum.

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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament 2018, Singapore

[R1] (2) Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,264) vs Pei-Chi Lee (TPE,460)

This week, Karman is playing in Singapore and facing an experienced Pei-Chi Lee.

Golf News

At $1.75M Shoprite LPGA Classic 2018, New Jersey, USA (LPGA Tour)

T45 Aditi Ashok (IND) 71 68 70 $6,399.00

After a long break Aditi was back on the course ... She had a decent outing and made cut, but not a great finish.

Football News

At the Intercontinental Cup 2018, Mumbai, India

Final
India bt Kenya 2-0 (2-0)
Goal Scored - Sunil Chhetri (IND) 8' and 29'

India crowned the Intercontinental Cup beating Kenya in clinical performance ... Sunil scored two superb goals in first 30 minutes to tilt the tie in India's favor ... Sunil scored 1st goal when Anirudh Thapa delivered a low horizontal ball from the free-kick ... Anas Edathodika gave along pass and Sunil controlled ball beating off-side trap and scored with left foot ... We also defended well when put under the pressure in the second half ... Sunil Chhetri scored 8 goals in 4 games. Phenom.

New Zealand finished on the third beating Chinese Taipei 1-0.

Tennis News

At €656K Mercedes Cup 2018, Stuttgart, Germany

[Q2] (8) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,183) bt Christian Harrison (USA,207) 63 46 63

[R1] (Q) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,183) vs (6) Danis Shapovalov (CAN,25)

Prajnesh continues with his current terrific form and qualified for the main-draw of Mercedes Cup ... He scored three sets win over American Christian Harrison ... In the first set, he broke Harrison in the 3rd game to lead 3-1 ... He again broke Harrison in the 9th game when he was serving for staying in the set ... In the second set, Harrison broke Prajnesh in the 3rd game, 1-2, but he immediately broke back for 2-all ... Harrison broke him in the 9th game, 4-5, and then held his serve for taking the match into decider ... In the final set, both players exchanged early breaks but Prajnesh took a crucial break for leading 5-2 ... He kept that advantage for completing the win ... A tough match in the main-draw against #nextgen Danis Shapovalov.

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At $150K+H Nottingham Trophy2018, Great Britain

[R1] (4) Austin Krajicek (USA)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) vs Brydan Klein (GBR)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND)

Jeevan is playing with Krajicek but they r facing a tricky match against RamK and Klein.

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At $50K+H Almaty Challenger 2018, Kazakhstan

[R1] (WC) Arjun Kadhe (IND)/ Denis Yevseyev (KAZ) vs (WC) Timofey Skatov (KAZ)/ Dostanbek Tashbulatov (KAZ)

Arjun is again playing with Denis Yevseyev and they r playing another wild-card pair.

Tennis News

At €612K Mercedes Cup 2018, Stuttgart, Germany

[Q1] (8) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,183) bt Evan King (USA,196) 64 61

[Q2] (8) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,183) vs Christian Harrison (USA,207)

Doubles
[R1] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs (WC) Philipp Petzschner (GER)/ Tim Puetz (GER)

Prajnesh started his grass court season with a comfortable win over American Evan King ... After dominating the first set he won the second without much fuss ... Next, he is facing American Christian Harrison.

In the doubles, Bala and Vishnu r playing here and they r facing local wild-card pair in the first round ... Philipp Petzschner is a former top-10 doubles player but long back in 2011.

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At €612K Libema Open 2018, s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands

[R1] Yuki Bhambri (IND,93) vs Daniil Medvedev (RUS,53)

Doubles
[R1] Fabrice Martin (FRA)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs (WC) Tallon Griekspoor (NED)/ Igor Sijsling (NED)
[R1] (4) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Artem Sitak vs David Marrero (ESP)/ Fernando Verdasco (ESP)

Yuki is facing Russian Daniil Medvedev ... He is a good grass court player, last year he reached in the quarters of this tournament as an qualifier ... Then he lost in the semis of Eastbourne against Djokovic and at Wimbledon he defeated Stan Wawrinka in the first round.

In the doubles, Divij and Artem Sitak r the 4th seeds but having a tricky match against experienced Spanish pair ... Purav and Fabrice r facing local pair, former top-50 player Igor Sijsling is part of that.

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At $250K Nature Valley Open 2018, Nottingham, Great Britain

[Q1] (7) Ankita Raina (IND,208) l Naiktha Bains (AUS,345) 06 46

Another tough grass court game lesson for Ankita in another disappointing loss against Bains.

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At $150K+H Nottingham Trophy2018, Great Britain

[R1] (5) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,121) vs Jason Jung (TPE,151)

RamK is having the 5th seed and facing Taipei player, Jason Jung.

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At $50K+H Almaty Challenger 2018, Kazakhstan

[Q1] Arjun Kadhe (IND,366) l Daniel Masur (GER,367) 46 57
[Q1] Sidharth Rawat (IND,516) l (2) Yusuka Takahashi (JPN,285) 67(2) 26
[Q3] Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,390) l (7) Joao Menezes (BRA,321) 76(4) 57 06

[R1] Sumit Nagal (IND,) vs (8) Uladzimir Ignatik (BLR,202)

Our all three players lost in the first qualifying round ... Mukund won the first set tie-break, but after losing the second set he folded easily against Manezes.

Sumit is playing here but I feel he should have played Nottingham qualifying to gain grass court experience before big W qualifying ... Some strange planning by our players.

Chess News

At 6th Altibox Norway Masters Blitz 2018, Stavanger

[R1] GM Viswanathan Anand (IND,2760) dw GM Levon Aronian (ARM,2764) ½-½
[R2] GM Viswanathan Anand (IND,2760) dw GM Hikaru Nakamura (USA,2769) ½-½
[R3] GM Viswanathan Anand (IND,2760) dw GM Liren Ding (CHN,2791) ½-½
[R4] GM Viswanathan Anand (IND,2760) vs GM Magnus Carlsen (NOR,2843) ½-½
[R5] GM Viswanathan Anand (IND,2760) dw GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar (AZB,2808) ½-½
[R4] GM Viswanathan Anand (IND,2760) dw GM Wesley So (USA,2778) ½-½
[R7] GM Viswanathan Anand (IND,2760) bt GM Maxime Vachier Lagrave (FRA,2789) 1-0
[R8] GM Viswanathan Anand (IND,2760) l GM Fabiano Caruana (USA,2822) 0-1
[R9] GM Viswanathan Anand (IND,2760) bt GM Sergey Karjakin (RUS,2782) 1-0

Anand finished on tied 2nd position in Norway Masters with 4.5 pts with Carlsen and Nakamura ... Fabiano Caruana won the tournament with 5 pts, so Anand's loss against him turned to be crucial ... Chinese Liren Ding withdrew in the middle of the tournament.

Tennis News

At $150K Surbiton Trophy2018, Great Britain

[QF] (3) Yuki Bhambri (IND,93) l Alex de Minaur (AUS,105) 36 57

Yuki lost in straight sets against young Aussie Alex de Minaur ... In the first set, Yuki lost his serve in the 8th game and then Alex held his serve for winning it ... Alex broke Yuki in the 1st game but Yuki immediately broke back, 1-all ... After that both players held their service games till the 10th game ... Alex broke Yuki in the 11th game and then held his service game for a win ... Alex was a better player on the court and Yuki struggled with his forehand.

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At $25K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2018, Hua Hin, Thailand

[SF] (4) Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,264) l (8) Victoria Rodriguez (MEX,314) 76(10) 06 36

Karman lost in three sets against Rodriguez ... After winning the tight first set tie-break Karman struggled with her game ... Rodriguez took full advantage of it for winning next two sets comfortably.

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

[R2] (Q) Mahak Jain (IND,838) l (4) Amina Anshba (RUS,340) 57 57

Mahak played a decent match against top-350 ranked Anshba.

Football News

At the Intercontinental Cup 2018, Mumbai, India

India l New Zealand 1-2 (0-0)
Goal Scored - Sunil Chhetri (IND) 46' and Andre de Jong (NZL) 49', Moses Dyer (NZL) 86'

Depleted Indian side lost against New Zealand side in their final match ... They conceded a goal when 5 minutes were remaining ... India as head coach Stephen Constantine made seven changes from our last match to check his bench strength ... Jeje had left on the bench, the first-half ended on goalless ... Sunil scored bizarre goal in the start of the second half, the goalkeeper Mike Woud slamed right into Chhetri's leg on back pass ... Kiwis immediately equalized through de Jong ... Dyer scored a winner in the late of the match.

Tennis News

At $150K Surbiton Trophy2018, Great Britain

[R2] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,121) l Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR,127) 46 67(4)

RamK lost in straight sets against Stakhovsky but he had chances in this match which he failed to convert ... Stakhovsky took an early break in the first set , 1-3 and kept that advantage for winning the first set ... In the second set, both players were holding respective service games ... RamK missed two set points on Stakhovsky's serve in the 10th game ... In the tie-break, Stakhovsky took 2-5 lead and maintained that for completing the win.

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At $50K+H Shymkent Challenger 2018, Kazakhstan

[SF] (WC) Arjun Kadhe (IND)/ Denis Yevseyev (KAZ) l Lucas Miedler (AUT)/ Sebastian Ofner (AUT) 26 46

In the semis, Arjun and his partner Yevseyev lost in straight sets against Austrian pair.

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At $25K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2018, Hua Hin, Thailand

[QF] (4) Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,264) bt (5) Risa Ozaki (JPN,274) 36 62 64

[SF] (4) Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,264) vs (8) Victoria Rodriguez (MEX,314)

Karman scored an impressive comeback win against last year's top-75 player, Risa Ozaki ... After losing the first set Karman made a strong comeback ... She won the second set and then running away with the third taking a double break at 4-0 ... At that time Karman suddenly became tight and struggled to close it ... She lost next 3 games, 4-3, but recovered and completed victory ... Next, she is facing Mexican girl, Victoria Rodriguez.

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

[R2] (Q) Mahak Jain (IND,838) vs (4) Amina Anshba (RUS,340)

Mahak is having a tough match against top-350 Russian.

Tennis News

At $150K Surbiton Trophy2018, Great Britain

[R2] (3) Yuki Bhambri (IND,93) bt Alex Bolt (AUS,179) 64 36 61

[QF] (3) Yuki Bhambri (IND,93) vs Alex de Minaur (AUS,105)

Doubles
[QF] (1) Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK)/ Divij Sharan (IND) l (WC) Lleyton Hewitt (AUS)/ Alex Bolt (AUS) 36 36
[QF] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) l (4) Ken Skupski (GBR)/ Neal Skupski (GBR) 46 67(4)
[QF] (PR) Jurgen Melzer (AUT)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) l (2) Nicholas Monroe (USA)/ John-Patrick Smith (AUS) 64 67(3) 2-10

Yuki scored three sets win over Alex Bolt for entering into the quarters ... In this match, Yuki struggled with his game as he stayed back in the second set ... His service wasn't working but patience helped him to win points ... After losing the second set he controlled his game and was 5-0 up in the decider ... Yuki converted his 5th match point for a win ... Next, he is facing 19 yrs. old young Aussie Alex de Minaur.

We had a poor day in the doubles as our all pairs lost ... This was a shocking performance by us in the doubles.

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At $125K Croatia Bol Open 2018, Bol, Croatia

[R1] Elena-Gabriela Ruse (ROU)/ Prarthana Thombare (IND) l (1) Xenia Knoll (SUI)/ Reneta Voracova (CZE) 26 26

The expected one-sided loss for Prarthana and Ruse against the top seeds.

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At $50K+H Shymkent Challenger 2018, Kazakhstan

[QF] (WC) Arjun Kadhe (IND)/ Denis Yevseyev (KAZ) bt (2) Toshihide Matsui (JPN)/ Yasutaka Uchiyama (JPN) 75 63

[SF] (WC) Arjun Kadhe (IND)/ Denis Yevseyev (KAZ) vs Lucas Miedler (AUT)/ Sebastian Ofner (AUT)

Arjun and his partner Yevseyev scored straight sets win over the second seeds Japanese pair ... Next, they r facing Austrian pair.

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At $25K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2018, Hua Hin, Thailand

[R2] (4) Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,264) bt Aleksandrina Naydenova (BUL,507) 76(4) 64
[R2] Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,426) l (6) Jacqueline Cako (USA,276) 64 36 46

[QF] (4) Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,264) vs (5) Risa Ozaki (JPN,274)

Karman scored a win in two tight sets against Bulgarian ... Next, she is facing Risa Ozaki, who was a top-75 player a year back, so not an easy match for Karman.
Pranjala failed to repeat last week's performance against Cako, as she lost after winning the first set.

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

[R1] (Q) Mahak Jain (IND,838) bt (Q) Luniuska Delgado (VEN,UNR) 61 61

[R2] (Q) Mahak Jain (IND,838) vs (4) Amina Anshba (RUS,340)

Mahak took advantage of a weaker opponent in the first round ... Next, she is having a tough match against top-350 Russian.

Golf News

At U.S. Open qualifying Tournament 2018, Brookside, Columbus, Ohio

T5 Shubhankar Sharma (IND) 69 67 -7

Shubhankar Sharma qualifies for another Major of 2018 as he played in Columbus for US Open qualifying ... Top 14 golfers were going to book their ticket for US Open and with 7 under two rounds score Shubhankar qualified on tied 5th position ... Shiv Kapur and Arjun Atwal failed to qualify.

Tennis News

At French Open 2018, Roland Garros, France

[QF] (13) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) l (8) Nikola Mektic (CRO)/ Alexander Peya (AUT) 67(4) 26

Rohan and Edouard lost in the quarters against Mektic and Peya ... After losing the first set in the tie-break Rohan and Edouard got dominated by their opponents.

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At $150K Surbiton Trophy2018, Great Britain

[R1] (3) Yuki Bhambri (IND,93) bt Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS,148) 64 76(4)
[R1] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,121) bt (2) Jordan Thompson (AUS,91) 64 36 61

[R2] (3) Yuki Bhambri (IND,93) vs Alex Bolt (AUS,179)
[R2] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,121) vs Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR,127)

Doubles
[R1] (1) Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK)/ Divij Sharan (IND) bt Alex De Minaur (AUS)/ Matt Reid (AUS) 64 76(4)
[R1] (3) Fabrice Martin (FRA)/ Purav Raja (IND) l Joe Salisbury (GBR)/ Adil Shamasdin (CAN) 67(5) 76(4) 7-10
[R1] (PR) Jurgen Melzer (AUT)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) bt Taylor Fritz (USA)/ Mackenzie McDonald (USA) 67(4) 76(4) 10-6

[QF] (1) Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs (WC) Lleyton Hewitt (AUS)/ Alex Bolt (AUS)
[QF] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs (4) Ken Skupski (GBR)/ Neal Skupski (GBR)
[QF] (PR) Jurgen Melzer (AUT)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) vs (2) Nicholas Monroe (USA)/ John-Patrick Smith (AUS)

RamK and Yuki started their grass season with a bang ... They scored superb wins against their talented Australian opponents ... RamK defeated top-100 Jordan Thompson in three sets ... After winning the first set RamK lost the second set but RamK made a strong comeback and won the final set comfortably ... Yuki scored straight sets win over Kokkinakis, after winning the first set Yuki was stretched to the tie-break but Yuki won it to complete win in two sets ... Kokkinakis had a memorable win against Federer in Miami Masters ... In the second round, Yuki is facing another Australian Alex Bolt and RamK will be facing Ukrainian Sergiy Stakhovsky.

RamK with Jurgen Melzer scored a superb comeback win in big servers match against American pair ... RamK-Melzer lost the first set in the tie-break but they fought back to win the second set on the tie-break ... In the match tie-break, from 5-all RamK-Melzer took control of it for winning ... In the quarters, they r facing 2nd seed and Bala-Vishnu r facing Skupski brothers.
Divij with Aisam started with tight two sets victory over the Aussie pair ... In the quarters, they r facing another Aussie pair, who is having Lleyton Hewitt ... But Purav and Fabrice lost in the match tie-break against Salisbury and Shamasdin ... They split first 2 sets which went to the tie-breaks but Salisbury and Shamasdin played better match tie-break.

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At $100K ITF Women's Tournament 2018, Surbiton, Great Britain

[R1] Ankita Raina (IND,208) l (LL) Nadja Gilchrist (USA,837) 16 26

A very bad loss on the grass for Ankita against journeywoman on the WTA tour.

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At $125K Croatia Bol Open 2018, Bol, Croatia

[R1] Elena-Gabriela Ruse (ROU)/ Prarthana Thombare (IND) vs (1) Xenia Knoll (SUI)/ Reneta Voracova (CZE)

This week, Prarthana partnering Romanian player Ruse but having a tough match against the top-seeds.

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At $50K+H Shymkent Challenger 2018, Kazakhstan

[R1] (WC) Arjun Kadhe (IND)/ Denis Yevseyev (KAZ) bt Ti Chen (TPE)/ Rubin Statham (NZL) 61 64

[QF] (WC) Arjun Kadhe (IND)/ Denis Yevseyev (KAZ) vs (2) Toshihide Matsui (JPN)/ Yasutaka Uchiyama (JPN)

A really good win for Arjun and his partner Yevseyev against experienced players ... Next, they r facing 2nd seed Japanese pair.

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At $25K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2018, Hua Hin, Thailand

[R1] Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,426) bt (Q) Pamela Montez (USA,1210) 57 62 63

[R2] (4) Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,264) vs Aleksandrina Naydenova (BUL,507)
[R2] Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,426) vs (6) Jacqueline Cako (USA,276)

A comeback win for Pranjala against American qualifier ... Next, she is facing top-275 type American opponent Cako and Karman is facing top-500 type Bulgarian.

Football News

At the Intercontinental Cup 2018, Mumbai, India

India bt Kenya 3-0 (0-0)
Goal Scored - Sunil Chhetri (IND) 68' P and 90+', Jeje Lalpekhlua (IND) 61'

India beat Kenya by 3-0 to make it two wins in as many matches in the four-nation Intercontinental Cup ... Sunil Chhetri marked his 100th appearance for India with a brace (68' and 90+2') while Jeje Lalpekhua found the net for the hosts in the 71st minute ... Sandesh Jhingan wins the man of the match award with his rock solid defense and passes ... With this win, we also confirm our spot in the final match of the four-nation tournament. .

Tennis News

At $150K Surbiton Trophy2018, Great Britain

[R1] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt Nick Kyrgios (AUS)/ Jackson Withrow (USA) 76(2) 36 10-6
[R1] Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Matthew Ebden (AUS) l (2) Nicholas Monroe (USA)/ John-Patrick Smith (AUS) 26 64 10-7

Bala and Vishnu scored a match tie-break win against Kyrgios and Withrow ... This was really good win for them on the grass ... But Yuki and Ebden lost in the match tie-break against 2nd seed pair.

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At $100K ITF Women's Tournament 2018, Surbiton, Great Britain

[R1] Ankita Raina (IND,208) vs (LL) Nadja Gilchrist (USA,837)

Ankita is facing American lucky loser in the first round ... This is a good chance for Ankita to start grass season with a win.

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At $50K+H Shymkent Challenger 2018, Kazakhstan

[Q3] Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,422) l Tung-Lin Wu (TPE,471) 64 36 26

Mukund failed to take advantage of good start ... He lost after winning the first set against Wu.

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At $25K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2018, Hua Hin, Thailand

[R1] (4) Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,264) bt (WC) Lunda Kumhom (THA,UNR) 60 60
[R1] Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,426) vs (Q) Pamela Montez (USA,1210)

[R2] (4) Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,264) vs Aleksandrina Naydenova (BUL,507)

Expected dominating win for Karman against local 15 yrs. old girl ... Next, she is facing former top-250 Bulgarian player Naydenova ... Pranjala is facing American qualifier.