Golf News

At $850K Mercuries Taiwan Masters 2018, Angus, Scotland

6 Shiv Kapur (IND) 71 73 71 70 -3 $29,750.00
T18 Jeev Milkha Singh (IND) 72 73 72 73 +2 $8,953.00
T26 Gaganjeet Bhullar (IND) 71 74 75 72 +4 $7,650.00
T29 SSP Chawrasia (IND) 70 76 71 76 $6,970.00
T42 Shubhankar Sharma (IND) 74 74 71 78 $5,338.00

Shiv Kapur finished inside top-10 after scoring 2-under PAR final round ... On a positive note, after a longtime Jeev made a cut and finished inside top-20 ... Shubhankar needs to show more consistency in his game.

Tennis News

At $1M Chengdu Open 2018, China

Men's Doubles Final
Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Austin Krajicek (USA) l (1) Ivan Dodig (CRO)/ Mat Pavic (CRO) 26 46

Jeevan and Austin lost in the final against the Croatian top-seeds in straight sets ... Despite this loss, Jeevan had a good tournament.

Archery News

At Samsun 2018 Hyundai Archery World Cup Final, Turkey

Recurve Women - Bronze Medal
Deepika Kumari (IND) bt Lisa Unruh (GER) 6-5 (28-25, 22-25, 30-28, 28-28, 28-29, Shoot-Off 9*-9)

[QF] Deepika Kumari (IND) bt Lei Chien-Ying 6-4 (30-28, 26-28, 27-27, 28-27, 26-26)
[SF] Deepika Kumari (IND) l Yasemin Anagoz (TUR) 7-3 (27-28, 28-28, 29-27, 26-27, 25-28)

Compound Men - Bronze Medal
Abhishek Verma (IND) bt Kim Jongho (KOR) 149-147

[QF] Abhishek Verma (IND) bt Braden Gellenthien (USA) 144-144, Shoot-off 10-9
[SF] Abhishek Verma (IND) l Demir Elmaagacli (TUR) 145-147

Compound Mixed Team Final
India (Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Abhishek Verma) l Turkey (Yesim Bostan, Demir Elmaagacli) 152-159

India won three medals in Archery World Cup Final ... Abhishek won a Bronze medals Compound Men individual event and a Silver with Jyothi Surekha Vennam in Compound Mixed event ... Deepika Kumari won a Bronze in Recurve Women individual event.

Tennis News

At $3.4M China Open 2018, Beijing

[Q1] (Alt) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,134) l Tennys Sandgren (USA,55) 16 26

Doubles
[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) vs Kyle Edmund (GBR)/ Marton Fucsovics (HUN)

RamK lost convincingly against American Sandgren in the qualifying ... In the doubles, Rohan and Edouard r back together and facing Edmund and Fucsovics.

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At $1.78M Japan Open Tennis Championships 2018, Tokyo

[Q1] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,164) l (2) Martin Klizan (SVK,49) 46 26

Doubles
[R1] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Artem Sitak (NZL) vs (2) Jamie Murray (GBR)/ Bruno Soares (BRA)

Prajnesh gave a decent fight against top-50 Klizan in his loss ... In the doubles, Divij-Artem having a tough match against the 2nd seeds Soares and Murray.

Tennis News

At $1M Chengdu Open 2018, China

[SF] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Austin Krajicek (USA) bt Guido Pella (ARG)/ Joao Sousa (POR) 75 61

[F] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Austin Krajicek (USA) vs (1) Ivan Dodig (CRO)/ Mat Pavic (CRO)

Jeevan and Austin enter into the final with straight sets win over Pella and Sousa ... In the final, they r facing the Croatian top-seeds.

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At $60K ITF Women's Tournament 2018, Darwin, Australia

P.C. to Rutuja FB page

Doubles Final
(4) Rutuja Bhosale (IND)/ Hiroko Kuwata (JPN) bt Kimberly Birrell (AUS)/ Katy Dunne (GBR) 62 64

Rutuja lifts her biggest title after winning the doubles title at $60K Darwin tournament ... She with Hiroko Kuwata defeated British-Aussie pairing of Dunne and Birrell in straight sets.

Badminton News

At $600K VICTOR Korea Open 2018, Seoul, South Korea (HSBC BWF World Tour Super 500)

[QF] (5) Saina Nehwal (IND,10) l (3) Nozomi Okuhara (JPN,8) 21-15 15-21 20-22

Saina lost a big oportunity of beating Japanese girl, Nozomi Okuhara ... This was her third loss in a row against Okuhara ... After winning the first game Saina lost the second game against Okuhara ... But Saina recovered and was in control ... She kept lead throughout the game and had 4 match points at 20-16 ... After that, Saina failed to win point and lost next 6 points for losing the match.

Tennis News

At $800K Shenzhen Open 2018, China

[R2] (Q) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,134) l (4) Damir Dzumhur (BIH,39) 46 26

RamK gave decent fight to the top-40 Damir Dzumhur ... He created chances but failed to break Damir and other hand Damir converted the break point chances.

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At $1M Chengdu Open 2018, China

[QF] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Austin Krajicek (USA) bt (Alt) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND)/ Ruben Bemelmans (BEL) 63 75

[SF] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Austin Krajicek (USA) vs Guido Pella (ARG)/ Joao Sousa (POR)

Jeevan and Austin defeated Prajnesh and Bemelman in straight sets ... In the semis, they r facing Pella and Sousa, who defeated Bala and Rohan in the quarters.

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At $60K ITF Women's Tournament 2018, Darwin, Australia

[SF] (4) Rutuja Bhosale (IND)/ Hiroko Kuwata (JPN) bt Aldila Sutjiadi (INA)/ Olivia Tjandramulia (AUS) 60 76(5)

[F] (4) Rutuja Bhosale (IND)/ Hiroko Kuwata (JPN) vs Kimberly Birrell (AUS)/ Katy Dunne (GBR)

Rutuja and Hiroko Kuwata entered into the final with straight sets win over Sutjiadi and Tjandramulia ... For the title, they r facing Dunne and Birrell.

Badminton News

At $600K VICTOR Korea Open 2018, Seoul, South Korea (HSBC BWF World Tour Super 500)

[R2] (5) Saina Nehwal (IND,10) bt Ga Eun Kim (KOR,78) 21-18n 21-18

[QF] (5) Saina Nehwal (IND,10) vs (3) Nozomi Okuhara (JPN,8)

Saina defeated Korean Ga Eun Kim in a tight straight games for entering into the quarters ... Next, she is facing Japanese girl, Nozomi Okuhara.

Tennis News

At Davis Cup 2019 - Qualifiers 1st Round,

The Indian team having a home tie against the seeded Italian team in the first round qualifiers ... The matches will be played on the 1st and 2nd February 2019 ... The Italian team is talented, we need to surprise them with hosting this tie on the Indian grass courts.

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At $1M Chengdu Open 2018, China

[R1] (Q) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,164) l Matteo Berrettini (ITA,60) 36 46

Doubles
[R1] (Alt) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND)/ Ruben Bemelmans (BEL) bt Radu Albot (MDA)/ Malek Jaziri (TUN) 62 63

[QF] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Austin Krajicek (USA) vs (Alt) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND)/ Ruben Bemelmans (BEL)
[QF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ N. Sriram Balaji (IND) l Guido Pella (ARG)/ Joao Sousa (POR) 67(1) 36

Prajnesh lost in straight sets against Berrettini ... In the first set, Prajnesh failed to recover from 0-4 down ... He tried fightback after breaking Berrettini but it was a huge task.

In the doubles, Prajnesh played as an alternate pair with Bemelman ... They started with a comfortable win over Albot and Jaziri ... Next, they r facing Jeevan and Austin.
Rohan and Bala lost in straight sets against Sousa and Pella in the quarters.

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At $60K ITF Women's Tournament 2018, Darwin, Australia

[R1] (4) Rutuja Bhosale (IND)/ Hiroko Kuwata (JPN) bt Gabriella Da Silva Fick (AUS)/ Sara Tomic (AUS) 64 16 10-7
[QF] (4) Rutuja Bhosale (IND)/ Hiroko Kuwata (JPN) bt Jodie Anna Burrage (GBR)/ Freya Christie (GBR) 16 62 10-7

[SF] (4) Rutuja Bhosale (IND)/ Hiroko Kuwata (JPN) vs Aldila Sutjiadi (INA)/ Olivia Tjandramulia (AUS)

Rutuja lost in the singles final qualifying round ... In the doubles with Hiroko Kuwata, she scored back to back the match tie-breaks win against good pairs ... In the semis, they r facing Sutjiadi and Tjandramulia.

Badminton News

At $600K VICTOR Korea Open 2018, Seoul, South Korea (HSBC BWF World Tour Super 500)

[R1] Sameer Verma (IND,22) l Anders Antonsen (DEN,17) 21-15 16-21 7-21

[R1] Vaishnavi Reddy Jakka (IND,55) l (6) Beiwen Zhang (CHN,12) 10-21 9-21
[R1] (5) Saina Nehwal (IND,10) bt Hyo Min Kim (KOR,39) 21-12 21-11

[R2] (5) Saina Nehwal (IND,10) vs Ga Eun Kim (KOR,78)

Saina started win a comfortable win over Korean girl, Hyo Min Kim ... In the second round, she is facing another Korean girl, Ga Eun Kim.

Sameer lost in three games after winning the first game ... Sameer failed to keep momentum and Antonsen took advantage of it ... Beiwen Zhang proved too strong to Vaishnavi in their match.

Tennis News

At $800K Shenzhen Open 2018, China

[R1] (Q) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,134) bt Jiri Vesely (CZE,91) 75 61

[R2] (Q) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,134) vs (4) Damir Dzumhur (BIH,39)

A good start for RamK against his fancied opponent, Jiri Vesely ... RamK dominated the match he created a lot of break point chances ... In the first set, he converted the 11th break point to win the set ... After that, he dominated the second set for a win ... Next, he is facing the top-40 Damir Dzumhur.

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At $1M Chengdu Open 2018, China

[R1] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Austin Krajicek (USA) bt (3) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Artem Sitak (NZL) 36 76(2) 10-7
[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ N. Sriram Balaji (IND) bt (2) Julio Peralta (CHI)/ Horacio Zeballos (ARG) 61 57 10-8

[QF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ N. Sriram Balaji (IND) vs Guido Pella (ARG)/ Joao Sousa (POR)

Jeevan and Krajicek scored an upset win over Divij and Artem after losing the first set ... Rohan with Bala scored an upset win over the 2nd seeds South American in the match tie-break ... Next, they r facing Sousa and Pella.

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At $150K+H Orleans Challenger 2018, France

[R1] Rameez Junaid (AUS)/ Purav Raja (IND) l Yannick Maden (GER)/ Tristan-Samuel Weissborn (AUT) 63 36 9-11

Purav and Rameez lost in the first round after winning the first set against Weissborn and Maden.

Badminton News

At $600K VICTOR Korea Open 2018, Seoul, South Korea (HSBC BWF World Tour Super 500)

[Q1] Ajay Jayaram (IND,59) l Junpeng Zhao (CHN,63) 24-26 18-21
[Q1] Mugdha Agrey (IND,83) l (1) Xuerui Li (CHN,64) 8-21 8-21
[Q1] Vaidehi Choudhari (IND,78) l Ga Eun Kim (KOR,113) 8-21 8-21

[R1] Sameer Verma (IND,22) vs Anders Antonsen (DEN,17)

[R1] Vaishnavi Reddy Jakka (IND,55) vs (6) Beiwen Zhang (CHN,12)
[R1] Saina Nehwal (IND,10) vs Hyo Min Kim (KOR,39)

Our players failed to cross the qualifying first round ... Interesting to see former WR #1 Xuerui Li is making comeback ... In the main draw, Saina having a winnable match but Sameer and Vaishnavi r facing higher ranked opponents.

Tennis News

At $1M Chengdu Open 2018, China

[R1] Leander Paes (IND)/ Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX) l (1) Ivan Dodig (CRO)/ Mat Pavic (CRO) 64 36 5-10

Lee and Miguel lost in the match tie-break against the top-seed Croatians after winning the first set.

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At $150K+H Orleans Challenger 2018, France

[R1] Rameez Junaid (AUS)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Yannick Maden (GER)/ Tristan-Samuel Weissborn (AUT)

This week, Purav and Junaid r playing in big French challenger ... They r facing German-Austrian pair in the first round.

Golf News

At € 300K Estrella Damm Ladies Open 2018, Spain (Ladies European Tour)

T5 Aditi Ashok (IND) 66 68 69 65 -16 € 12,150

Aditi produced an excellent 6-under final round for the top-5 finish on the European tour.

Squash News

At $5.5K Men's Kiva Club Open 2018, New Mexico, USA

Final
(4) Aditya Jagtap (IND,151) bt (1) Faraz Khan (USA,95) 11-7, 4-11, 14-12, 11-8 (50m)

Aditya lifted the $5.5K tournament title in the US ... In the final, he defeated the local top-100 player, Faraz Khan, in four games ... The last two games were well contested which Aditya won it.

Tennis News

At $1M Chengdu Open 2018, China

[Q2] (7) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,164) bt Hiroki Moriya (JPN,187) 64 63

[R1] (Q) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,164) vs Matteo Berrettini (ITA,60)

Prajnesh qualifies for the main draw with a straight sets win over Hiroki Moriya ... In the main draw, he is facing WR#60 Italian, Matteo Berrettini ... The 22 yrs. old Berrettini won Swiss open in July and captured the doubles title at the St. Petersburg Open, where he and Fognini defeated Lee and his Mexican partner in the quarters.

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At $800K Shenzhen Open 2018, China

[Q2] (3) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,134) bt (WC) Yecong He (CHN,813) 61 61

[R1] (Q) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,134) vs Jiri Vesely (CZE,90)

As expected, RamK qualifies for the main-draw without losing much sweat ... He won the final qualifying match losing a couple of games ... In the first round, RamK is facing the former top-40 Czech player, Jiri Vesely.

Squash News

At $28K Men's HKFC International 2018, Hong Kong China

[R1] (5) Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND,60) bye
[R2] (5) Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND,60) bt (9/16) Mohd Syafiq Kamal (MAS,79) 11-5, 11-9, 11-9 (39m)

[QF] (5) Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND,60) l (1) Max Lee (HKG,19) 9-11, 9-11, 2-11 (32m)

Harry played in the HKFC International ... He lost against top-20 Malaysian in the quarters in three games.

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At $12K Men's NASH Cup 2018, Ontario, Canada

[R1] (9/16) Vikram Malhotra (IND,84) bt (WC) Ahad Raza (CAN,333) 11-2, 12-10, 11-7 (26m)
[R2] (9/16) Vikram Malhotra (IND,84) bt (1) Nathan Lake (ENG,51) 11-9, 6-11, 11-7, 11-5 (57m)
[QF] (9/16) Vikram Malhotra (IND,84) bt (5) Shawn Delierre (CAN,76) 11-7, 11-4, 11-8 (37m)

[SF] (9/16) Vikram Malhotra (IND,84) l (6) Alfredo Avila (MEX,76) 11-6, 7-11, 11-7, 7-11, 7-11 (57m)

Vikram played $10K tournament in Canada ... He defeated the top-seed British player in the second round, but lost in the semis against higher ranked Mexican opponent.

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At $11K Men's Madeira International Open 2018, Santa Cruz, Madeira, Portugal

[R1] (7) Abhay Singh (IND,108) bye
[R1] (4) Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,68) bye

[R2] (7) Abhay Singh (IND,108) bt (9/16) Matias Tuomi (FIN,142) 12-10, 7-11, 11-3, 11-8 (49m)
[R2] (4) Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,68) bt (9/16) Sajad Zareian (IRI,162) 5-11, 11-1, 11-2, 11-7 (41m)

[QF] (7) Abhay Singh (IND,108) l (1) Todd Harrity (USA,50) 5-11, 7-11 7-11 (44m)
[QF] (4) Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,68) bt (6) Rui Soares (POR,98) 13-11, 11-7, 11-9 (51m)

[SF] (4) Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,68) l (1) Todd Harrity (USA,50) 6-11, 11-3, 7-11, 11-3, 8-11 (69m)

Mahesh and Abhay played $10K tournament in Portugal ... Both performed as per their seedings anf lost to the top-seed American ... Mahesh stretched him to five games.

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At $5.5K Men's Kiva Club Open 2018, New Mexico, USA

[R1] (4) Aditya Jagtap (IND,151) bt Guy Davidson (USA,385) 11-8, 11-6, 11-3 (28m)
[QF] (4) Aditya Jagtap (IND,151) bt (6) Hugo Varela (ESP,191) 5-11, 11-6, 4-11, 11-8, 11-8 (70m)
[SF] (4) Aditya Jagtap (IND,151) bt (2) Shahjahan Khan (PAK,120) 13-11, 9-11, 11-8, 11-9 (83m)

[F] (4) Aditya Jagtap (IND,151) vs (1) Faraz Khan (USA,95)

Aditya is in the final in $5.5K tournament in the US ... In the semis, he defeated the higher ranked Pakistani opponent in a long match.

Tennis News

At $1M Chengdu Open 2018, China

[Q1] (7) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,162) bt (WC) Zihao Xia (CHN,512) 62 75

[Q2] (7) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,162) vs Hiroki Moriya (JPN,187)

Doubles
[R1] Leander Paes (IND)/ Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX) vs (1) Ivan Dodig (CRO)/ Mat Pavic (CRO)
[R1] (3) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Artem Sitak (NZL) vs Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Austin Krajicek (USA)
[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ N. Sriram Balaji (IND) vs (2) Julio Peralta (CHI)/ Horacio Zeballos (ARG)

Prajnesh is playing the Chengdu open qualifying ... He started with an easy win over local wild-card player ... In the final qualifying, he is facing Japanese Hiroki Moriya, who defeated the top-seed Aussie Jason Kubler.

In the doubles, only Vishnu is missing from the list ... Leander and Miguel r again facing the top-seeds, this time the Croatian Dodig and Pavic ... Divij and Artem r the 3rd seeds but facing Jeevan and Krajicek in the first round ... Rohan is playing with Bala and they r facing the 2nd seeds Zeballos and Peralta.

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At $800K Shenzhen Open 2018, China

[Q1] (3) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,134) bt Max Purcell (AUS,239) 36 63 76(3)

[Q2] (3) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,134) vs (WC) Yecong He (CHN,813)

RamK is playing in the Shenzhen Open qualifying ... He started with a comeback win over Aussie youngster Max Purcell ... In the final qualifying, he is facing Chinese wild-card player Yecong He, his opponent Safwat retired in the second set.

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At $150K+H Kaohsiung Challenger 2018, Chinese Taipei

[SF] (1) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Austin Krajicek (USA) l (WC) Yu Hsiou Hsu (TPE)/ Jimmy Wang (TPE) 67(4) 16

Jeevan and Krajicek lost in straight sets against local wild-card pair.

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At $50K+H Biella Challenger 2018, Italy

Doubles Final
(4) Rameez Junaid (AUS)/ Purav Raja (IND) l (3) Fabricio Neis (BRA)/ David Vega Hernandez (ESP) 46 46

Purav and Rameez failed to lift back to back title and lost the final in straight sets against the 3rd seeds Spanish-Brazilian combination.

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At $15K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2018, Anning, China

[R1] (7) Sowjanya Bavisetti (IND,1054) bt Chihiro Takayama (JPN,UNR) 61 63
[R2] (7) Sowjanya Bavisetti (IND,1054) bt Ai Kamiyoshihara (JPN,UNR) 62 60
[QF] (7) Sowjanya Bavisetti (IND,1054) bt (2) Ziyue Sun (CHN,705) 75 retd.

[SF] (7) Sowjanya Bavisetti (IND,1054) l (6) Ziyi Yang (CHN,1073) 36 46

Doubles
[R1] (4) Sowjanya Bavisetti (IND)/ Dan Ni Wang (CHN) bt Tijana Nikolic (SRB)/ Arina Solomatina (RUS) 63 62
[QF] (4) Sowjanya Bavisetti (IND)/ Dan Ni Wang (CHN) bt Chloe Isabella Tsang (AUS)/ WanNing Zhu (CHN) 64 61
[SF] (4) Sowjanya Bavisetti (IND)/ Dan Ni Wang (CHN) bt (1) Jiaxi Lu (CHN)/ Qianqian Zhao (CHN) 64 76(4)

Women's Doubles Final
(4) Sowjanya Bavisetti (IND)/ Dan Ni Wang (CHN) bt (3) I-Hsuan Cho (TPE)/ Yi Tsen Cho (TPE) 76(4) 75

A good week for Sowjanya in China after coming out of injury break ... In the singles, she reached in the semis and in the doubles, with her Chinese partner, Dan Ni Wang, Sowjanya lifted the title without losing a single set.

Tennis News

At $50K+H Biella Challenger 2018, Italy

[SF] (4) Rameez Junaid (AUS)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt Pedro Cachin (ARG)/ Marco Trungelliti (ARG) 75 64

[F] (4) Rameez Junaid (AUS)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs (3) Fabricio Neis (BRA)/ David Vega Hernandez (ESP)

Purav and Rameez r in their second final in back to back weeks ... In the semis, they defeated the Argentine pair in straight sets ... In the final, they r facing the 3rd seeds Spanish-Brazilian combination.

Badminton News

At $1M VICTOR China Open 2018, Changzhou (HSBC BWF World Tour Super 1000)

[QF] (7) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,8) l (3) Kento Momota (JPN,2) 9-21 11-21

[QF] (3) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,3) l (5) Yufei Chen (CHN,6) 11-21 21-11 15-21

Disappointing loss of Sindhu in three games against Chinese Yufei Chen.

In-form Kento Momota trounced Srikanth in one-sided match ... I am really worrying about our players development as our the singles and the doubles players r struggling on big stage.

Tennis News

At $1.2M St. Petersburg Open 2018, Russia

[QF] Leander Paes (IND)/ Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX) l Matteo Berrettini (ITA)/ Fabio Fognini (ITA) 67(4) 36

Leander and Miguel lost in straight sets against the Italian pairing of Berrettini and Fognini ... They failed to build on their upset win over the top-seeds.

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At $150K+H Kaohsiung Challenger 2018, Chinese Taipei

[R2] (6) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,135) l (Q) Frederico Ferreira Silva (POR,310) 63 46 67(4)

Doubles
[QF] (1) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Austin Krajicek (USA) bt Bradley Mousley (AUS)/ Hsien-Yin Peng (TPE) 63 64
[QF] (2) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) l Cheng-Peng Hsieh (TPE)/ Tsung-Hua Yang (TPE) 67(3) 46

[SF] (1) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Austin Krajicek (USA) vs (WC) Yu Hsiou Hsu (TPE)/ Jimmy Wang (TPE)

RamK lost against Portuguese qualifier, Frederico Ferreira Silva, after winning the first set ... These days Indians r struggling with showing consistency in their game.

Jeevan and Krajicek scored another comfortable win against Mousley and Peng ... In the semis, they r facing local wild-card pair, which has Jimmy Wang ... But Bala and Vishu lost against Taiwani pair in straight sets ... After the Wimbledon, they failed to show consistency in their results.

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At $50K+H Biella Challenger 2018, Italy

[QF] (4) Rameez Junaid (AUS)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt Alessandro Motti (ITA)/ Julian Ocleppo (ITA) 26 62 10-6

[SF] (4) Rameez Junaid (AUS)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Pedro Cachin (ARG)/ Marco Trungelliti (ARG)

Purav and Rameez scored an excellent comeback win over local Italian pair after losing the first set ... In the semis, they r facing the Argentine pair.

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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament 2018, Cairns, Australia

[R2] Rutuja Bhosale (IND,374) l Kaylah McPhee (AUS,385) 64 46 46

Rutuja had a long, almost 3 hours, match against Kaylah McPhee, but she lost after winning the first set ... She failed to capitalize on her upset win.

Badminton News

At $1M VICTOR China Open 2018, Changzhou (HSBC BWF World Tour Super 1000)

[R2] (7) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,8) bt Suppanyu Avihingsanon (THA,23) 21-12 15-21 24-22

[R2] (3) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,3) bt Busanan Ongbamrungphan (THA,24) 21-23 21-13 21-18

[R2] Manu Attri (IND)/ B. Sumeeth Reddy (IND) l Hung Ling Chen (TPE)/ Chi-Lin Wang (TPE) 9-21 10-21

[R2] Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) l (1) Siwei Zheng (CHN)/ Yaqiong Huang (CHN) 14-21 11-21
[R2] Pranaav Jerry Chopra (IND)/ N. Sikki Reddy (IND) l (6) Mathias Christiansen (DEN)/ Christinna Pedersen (DEN) 16-21 10-21

[QF] (7) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,8) vs (3) Kento Momota (JPN,2)

[QF] (3) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,3) vs (5) Yufei Chen (CHN,6)

Sindhu needed three games to win for entering in the quarters ... After losing the first game against her Thai opponent, she made a strong comeback for winning the second and kept the momentum to win the third ... Sindhu is facing Chinese Yufei Chen.
Srikanth enters into the quarters with hard-fought win over his Thai opponent Avihingsanon ... After winning the first game Srikanth lost focus and Avihingsanon took advantage for winning the second game comfortably ... In the third game, Srikanth took an early lead but he gave chance to Avihingsanon for a fight back ... Srikanth missed 3 match points from 20-17 and after that, he needed to save one at 20-21 ... Srikanth won next 3 points to complete the win ... Next, Srikanth having a tough match against in-form Kento Momota.

For Manu and Sumeeth, the top-10 Taipei pair proved too strong ... In MXD, Sikki and Prannav also failed to challenge their WR #5 Danish opponents ... Satwik and Ashwini also failed to challenge WR #1 Chinese pair in their second-round match.

Tennis News

At $1.2M St. Petersburg Open 2018, Russia

[R1] Leander Paes (IND)/ Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX) bt (1) Dominic Inglot (GBR)/ Franko Skugor (CRO) 76(5) 76(5)

[QF] Leander Paes (IND)/ Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX) vs Matteo Berrettini (ITA)/ Fabio Fognini (ITA)

Leander and Miguel have an excellent stat as they defeated the top-seeds Inglot and Skugor in two tie-breaks ... Next, they r facing the Italian pairing of Berrettini and Fognini.

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At $250K Guangzhou Open 2018, China

[R1] Hanyu Guo (CHN)/ Prarthana Thombare (IND) l Xinyun Han (CHN)/ Ying Zhang (CHN) 16 26

Prarthana and Hanyu Guo lost a one-sided match against their Chinese opponents.

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At $150K+H Kaohsiung Challenger 2018, Chinese Taipei

[R1] (6) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,135) bt Maximilian Neuchrist (AUT,257) 64 62
[R1] (8) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,162) l Jurij Rodionov (AUT,258) 36 75 36

[R2] (6) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,135) vs (Q) Frederico Ferreira Silva (POR,310)

Doubles
[R1] (1) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Austin Krajicek (USA) bt Tristan Lamasine (FRA)/ Hiroki Moriya (JPN) 64 76(6)
[R1] N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) vs Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) l Cheng-Peng Hsieh (TPE)/ Tsung-Hua Yang (TPE) 46 46
[R1] (2) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt Yuichi Sugita (JPN)/ Chu-Huan Yi (TPE) 61 75

[QF] (1) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Austin Krajicek (USA) vs Bradley Mousley (AUS)/ Hsien-Yin Peng (TPE)
[QF] (2) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs Cheng-Peng Hsieh (TPE)/ Tsung-Hua Yang (TPE)

RamK started with a comfortable win over Neuchrist ... Next, he is facing Portuguese qualifier, Frederico Ferreira Silva ... Prajnesh struggled with his game due to jet lag and lost in three sets against Austrian Rodionov.

Jeevan and Krajicek started with straight sets win against Lamasine and Moriya ... Next, they r facing Mousley and Peng ... Bala and Vishu also started with straight sets win over Sugita and Yi ... Next, they r facing Taiwani pair, who defeated RamK and VSP in straight sets.

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At $50K+H Biella Challenger 2018, Italy

[R1] (4) Rameez Junaid (AUS)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt (Alt) Oscar Jose Gutierrez (BRA)/ Juan Pablo Varillas (PER) 76(4) 61

[QF] (4) Rameez Junaid (AUS)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Alessandro Motti (ITA)/ Julian Ocleppo (ITA)

Purav and Rameez started with straight sets win over the alternate South American pair ... In the quarters, they r facing local Italian pair.

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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament 2018, Cairns , Australia

[QF] Alison Bai (AUS)/ Rutuja Bhosale (IND) l Mana Ayukawa (JPN)/ Ramu Ueda (JPN) 46 57

Rutuja and her Aussie lost in straight sets against the Japanese pair.

Badminton News

At $1M VICTOR China Open 2018, Changzhou (HSBC BWF World Tour Super 1000)

[R1] (7) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,8) bt Rasmus Gemke (DEN,23) 21-9 21-19
[R1] Prannoy H. S. (IND,13) l (8) Ka Long Angus Ng (HKG,11) 16-21 12-21

[R1] (3) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,3) bt Saena Kawakami (JPN,39) 21-15 21-13
[R1] Saina Nehwal (IND,10) l Ji Hyun Sung (KOR,9) 22-20 8-21 14-21

[R1] Manu Attri (IND)/ B. Sumeeth Reddy (IND) bt Min Chun Liao (TPE)/ Ching Heng Su (TPE) 13-21 21-13 21-12
[R1] Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (IND)/ Chirag Shetty (IND) l V Shem Goh (MAS)/ Wee Kiong Tan (MAS) 19-21 20-22

[R1] Ashwini Ponnappa (IND)/ N. Sikki Reddy (IND) l So Yeong Kim (KOR)/ Hee Yong Kong (KOR) 10-21 18-21

[R1] Pranaav Jerry Chopra (IND)/ N. Sikki Reddy (IND) bt Marvin Emil Seidel (GER)/ Linda Efler (GER) 21-19 21-17
[R1] Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) bt Marcus Ellis (ENG)/ Lauren Smith (ENG) 21-13 20-22 21-17

[R2] (7) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,8) vs Suppanyu Avihingsanon (THA,28)

[R2] (3) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,3) vs Busanan Ongbamrungphan (THA,24)

[R2] Manu Attri (IND)/ B. Sumeeth Reddy (IND) vs Hung Ling Chen (TPE)/ Chi-Lin Wang (TPE)

[R2] Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) vs (1) Siwei Zheng (CHN)/ Yaqiong Huang (CHN)
[R2] Pranaav Jerry Chopra (IND)/ N. Sikki Reddy (IND) vs (6) Mathias Christiansen (DEN)/ Christinna Pedersen (DEN)

Sindhu started with a comfortable win against lower ranked Japanese opponent Kawakami ... Next, she is facing Thai girl Ongbamrungphan.
Disappointing loss for Saina after winning the first game against Sung ... Saina looked rusty and tired on the court, Sung took an advantage of it after winning last two games comfortably.
Srikanth started with straight games win over his Danish opponent ... Next, he is facing Thai challenge of Avihingsanon ... But a disappointing straight game loss for Prannoy.

Manu-Sumeeth showing consistency in their performance as they scored a comeback win against the top-15 Taipei pair ... Next, they r facing another the top-15 Taipei pair.
Prannav-Sikki also scored an upset win over higher ranked German pair in straight games ... Next, they r facing WR #5 Danish pair ... Satwik and Chirag's poor un continues ... They lost against V Shem Goh and Wee Kiong Tan in straight games, Sumeet and Manu defeated the same opponents in three games at Korean open.
Ashwini and Sikki lost their match against lower ranked Korean pair ... Our doubles pairs r struggling with consistency ... Only Manu and Sumeet r showing some.
Ashwini-Satwik extracted revenge of their Commonwealth semi-final loss against experienced British pairing of Marcus Ellis and Lauren Smith ... They scored a really good three games win over the top-15 pair ... Next, they r having a tough match against WR #1 local Chinese pair.

Tennis News

At $250K Guangzhou Open 2018, China

[R1] (Q) Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,210) l (WC) Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS,110) 63 36 26

Karman started positively against multiple grand slam winner Kuznetsova ... She won the first set but after that, she failed to continue with the same level of performance ... In this match, she played well but again struggled with her first service ... Committed load of double faults and struggled with weaker second serve ... Definitely learning curve with some positives.

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At $50K+H Sibiu Challenger 2018, Romania

[R1] Sumit Nagal (IND,295) l (3) Pedro Sousa (POR,144) 26 46

Sumit failed to challenge Sousa in his one-sided loss.

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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament 2018, Cairns , Australia

[R1] Rutuja Bhosale (IND,374) bt (5) Georgia Brescia (ITA,299) 63 62

[R2] Rutuja Bhosale (IND,374) vs Kaylah McPhee (AUS,385)

Doubles
[R1] Alison Bai (AUS)/ Rutuja Bhosale (IND) bt Gabriella Da Silva Fick (AUS)/ Sara Tomic (AUS) 60 63

Rutuja starts her down under expedition with a bang ... She scored a dominating upset win over top-300 Italian girl ... Next, she is facing talented Aussie youngster, Kaylah McPhee.

In the doubles also, Rutuja and her Aussie partner Alison Bai defeated Sara Tomic and Gabriella Da Silva Fick comfortably.

Tennis News

At $1.2M St. Petersburg Open 2018, Russia

[R1] Leander Paes (IND)/ Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX) vs (1) Dominic Inglot (GBR)/ Franko Skugor (CRO)

Leander is playing in the St. Petersburg Open partnering his Mexican partner Miguel ... They r facing the top-seeds Inglot and Skugor.

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At $250K Guangzhou Open 2018, China

[Q2] (9) Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,210) bt (5) Danka Kovinic (MNE,189) 63 57 63

[R1] (Q) Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,210) vs (WC) Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS,110)

Doubles
[R1] Hanyu Guo (CHN)/ Prarthana Thombare (IND) vs Xinyun Han (CHN)/ Ying Zhang (CHN)

Karman scored a good three sets win over a former top-50 player, Danka Kovinic ... After winning the first set Karman struggled with her first serve in the second, she lost this set ... In the final set, Karman was an early break-up and was serving for the match at 5-2 but Kovinic broke her in the 8th game, 5-3 ... Karman again broke Kovinic in the 9th game for qualifying for the main draw ... In the main draw, she is facing multiple grand slams winner and former WR #2 Svetlana Kuznetsova.

In the doubles, Prarthana is playing with her Chinese partner, Hanyu Guo and they r facing Chinese pair.

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At $1M The 34th Shinhan Donghae Open 2018, South Korea

T8 Gaganjeet Bhullar (IND) 67 70 68 68 -11 $23001.00
T15 Rashid Khan (IND) 68 69 72 68 -8 $13,747.00
T56 Khalin Joshi (IND) 73 69 70 73 +1 $3,662.00
T62 Shiv Kapur (IND) 72 70 68 76 +2 $3,184.00

Gaganjeet performed consistent to finish inside top-10 ... Really good to see Gaganjeet scored under PAR four rounds ... Rashid Khan also finished in top-15.

Tennis News

At Davis Cup - World Group Play-Offs 2018, Kraljevo, Serbia

India l Serbia 0-4

Day 1
[R1] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,135) l Laslo Djere (SRB,86) 63 46 67(2) 26
[R2] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,162) l Dusan Lajovic (SRB,56) 46 36 46

Day 2
[R3] Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) l Nikola Milojevic (SRB)/ Danilo Petrovic (SRB) 67(5) 26 67(4)

Day 3
[R4] N. Sriram Balaji (IND,665) l Pedja Krstin (SRB,174) 36 16

India lost against Serbia 0-4 ... On the last day, India picked up Bala and Serbian played Pedja Krstin ... Pedja won comfortably and completed dominating win for Serbia.

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At $80K ITF Women's Tournament 2018, Biarritz, France

[R1] Tereza Smitkova (CZE)/ Prarthana Thombare (IND) bt (2) An-Sophie Mestach (BEL)/ Alexandra Panova (RUS) 61 26 10-8

[QF] Tereza Smitkova (CZE)/ Prarthana Thombare (IND) l Jessika Ponchet (FRA)/ Kimberley Zimmermann (BEL) 67(4) 26

Prarthana with Tereza scored an upset win over the 2nd seeds Mestach and Panova in the match tie-break, but they lost in the quarters against Ponchet and Zimmermann.

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At $150K+H Kaohsiung Challenger 2018, Chinese Taipei

[R1] (6) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,135) vs Maximilian Neuchrist (AUT,257)
[R1] (8) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,162) vs Jurij Rodionov (AUT,258)

Doubles
[R1] (1) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Austin Krajicek (USA) vs Tristan Lamasine (FRA)/ Hiroki Moriya (JPN)
[R1] N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) vs Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) vs Cheng-Peng Hsieh (TPE)/ Tsung-Hua Yang (TPE)
[R1] (2) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs Yuichi Sugita (JPN)/ Chu-Huan Yi (TPE)

RamK and Prajnesh r the seeded in the singles of the Kaohsiung Challenger ... Both r facing similar ranked Austrian players in the first round.

In the doubles, Jeevan and Krajicek r the top-seeds ... They r facing Lamasine and Moriya ... VSP is playing with RamK and they r facing the Taipei pair ... Bala and Vishu r the 2nd seeds and facing Sugita and Yi in the first round.

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At $50K+H Sibiu Challenger 2018, Romania

[R1] Sumit Nagal (IND,295) vs (3) Pedro Sousa (POR,144)

Another tough first round for Sumit against top-150 Portuguese player, Pedro Sousa.

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At $50K+H Biella Challenger 2018, Italy

[R1] (4) Rameez Junaid (AUS)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Ivan Gakhov (RUS)/ Alexander Pavlioutchenkov (RUS)

The last week's Istanbul Challenger winners Purav and Rameez r the 4th seeds and facing Russian pair in the first round.

Tennis News

At Davis Cup - World Group Play-Offs 2018, Kraljevo, Serbia

India l Serbia 0-3

Day 1
[R1] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,135) l Laslo Djere (SRB,86) 63 46 67(2) 26
[R2] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,162) l Dusan Lajovic (SRB,56) 46 36 46

Day 2
[R3] Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) l Nikola Milojevic (SRB)/ Danilo Petrovic (SRB) 67(5) 26 67(4)

With our doubles loss we lost this tie against Serbia ... In the doubles, we used Saki in the place of Bala ... Rohan and Saki tried but Serbian pair were better on the court as they won the first and the third set in the tie-breaks ... Frankly, I am disappointed with our performance as we failed to take advantage of the weaken Serbian team ... In the doubles also, we played bad to lose this match.

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At $75K+H Istanbul Challenger 2018,Turkey

Doubles Final
(1) Rameez Junaid (AUS)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt (2) Timur Khabibulin (KAZ)/ Vladyslav Manafov (UKR) 76(4) 46 10-7

Purav lifted Istanbul Challenger title partnering Australian Rameez Junaid ... In the final, they defeated the 2nd seeds Khabibulin and Manafov in a tight match ... Here, Purav was only player who is ranked in the top-100 and others were below-150 ranked in the doubles ... So good to see he win this title.

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At $250K Guangzhou Open 2018, China

[Q1] (9) Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,209) bt Jiaqi Kang (CHN,596) 62 62

[Q2] (9) Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,209) vs (5) Danka Kovinic (MNE,189)

Karman is playing Guangzhou WTA tournament ... In the first round qualifying, she scored a comfortable win over her Chinese opponent ... In the final qualifying, she is facing former top-50 player, Danka Kovinic.

Tennis News

At Davis Cup - World Group Play-Offs 2018, Kraljevo, Serbia

India vs Serbia 0-2

Day 1
[R1] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,135) l Laslo Djere (SRB,86) 63 46 67(2) 26
[R2] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,162) l Dusan Lajovic (SRB,56) 46 36 46

Day 2
[R3] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) vs Nikola Milojevic (SRB)/ Danilo Petrovic (SRB)

Day 3
[R4] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,135) vs Dusan Lajovic (SRB,56)
[R5] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,162) vs Laslo Djere (SRB,86)

RamK started well and played percentage tennis to win the first set ... After that, Djere recovered and played smart tennis for winning next three sets ... RamK tried hard but Djere was a better player on the court ... Lajovic controlled the match and comfortably won in three sets against Prajnesh.

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At $75K+H Istanbul Challenger 2018,Turkey

[SF] (1) Rameez Junaid (AUS)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt (3) Mikhail Elgin (RUS)/ Yaraslav Shyla (BLR) 62 46 10-7

[F] (1) Rameez Junaid (AUS)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs (2) Timur Khabibulin (KAZ)/ Vladyslav Manafov (UKR)

Purav and Rameez r in the final ... They defeated Elgin and Shyla in the match tie-break ... In the final, they r facing the 2nd seeds Khabibulin and Manafov.

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At $75K Shanghai Challenger 2018, China

[SF] (4) N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) l (2) Mao-Xin Gong (CHN)/ Ze Zhang (CHN) 26 67(4)

Vishnu and Bala lost in straight sets against the 2nd seeds Chinese pair.

Badminton News

At $700K Japan Open 2018, Tokyo, Japan (HSBC BWF World Tour Super 750)

[QF] (7) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,8) l Dong Keun Lee (KOR,33) 21-19 16-21 18-21

Srikanth lost in three games against Dong Keun Lee after winning the first game ... Sri failed to keep momentum after winning the first game.

Badminton News

At $700K Japan Open 2018, Tokyo, Japan (HSBC BWF World Tour Super 750)

[R2] (7) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,8) bt Wing Ki Vincent Wong (HKG,27) 21-15 21-14
[R2] Prannoy H. S. (IND,13) l Anthony Sinisuka Ginting (INA,10) 14-21 17-21

[R2] (3) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,3) l Fangjie Gao (CHN,14) 18-21 19-21

[R2] Manu Attri (IND)/ B. Sumeeth Reddy (IND) l Jiting He (CHN)/ Qiang Tan (CHN) 18-21 21-16 12-21

[R2] Pranaav Jerry Chopra (IND)/ N. Sikki Reddy (IND) l Peng Soon Chan (MAS)/ Liu Ying Goh (MAS) 16-21 16-21

[QF] (7) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,8) vs Dong Keun Lee (KOR,33)

Only Srikanth managed to win his second round match ... He scored a comfortable win over Wong and book his match against Korean, Dong Keun Lee.

Sindhu lost in a tight two games against her Chinese opponent, Gao ... Prannoy also failed to challenge Ginting ... In the doubles, only Sumeeth and Manu managed to stretch their Chinese opponents to three games but Sikki-Pranaav lost in straight games against Malaysian pair.

Tennis News

At $75K+H Istanbul Challenger 2018,Turkey

[R1] (1) Rameez Junaid (AUS)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt (PR) Aleksandre Metreveli (GEO)/ Lucas Miedler (AUT) 62 63
[QF] (1) Rameez Junaid (AUS)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt Tuna Altuna (TUR)/ Thomas Fabbiano (ITA) 61 61

[SF] (1) Rameez Junaid (AUS)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs (3) Mikhail Elgin (RUS)/ Yaraslav Shyla (BLR)

A confident start for Purav with Rameez as they scored back to back comfortable wins ... In the semis, they r facing the 3rd seeds Elgin and Shyla.

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At $75K Shanghai Challenger 2018, China

[QF] (4) N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt Filip Peliwo (CAN)/ Brayden Schnur (CAN) 63 64

[SF] (4) N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs (2) Mao-Xin Gong (CHN)/ Ze Zhang (CHN)

Vishnu and VSP r in the semis with straight sets win over Canadian pair ... In the semis, they r facing the 2nd seeds Chinese pair.

Badminton News

At $700K Japan Open 2018, Tokyo, Japan (HSBC BWF World Tour Super 750)

[R1] (7) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,8) bt Yuxiang Huang (CHN,31) 21-13 21-15
[R1] Prannoy H. S. (IND,13) bt Jonatan Christie (INA,12) 21-18 21-17
[R1] Sameer Verma (IND,21) l Dong Keun Lee (KOR,33) 18-21 22-20 10-21

[R1] Vaishnavi Reddy Jakka (IND,53) l Fangjie Gao (CHN,14) 10-21 8-21
[R1] (3) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,3) bt Sayaka Takahashi (JPN,13) 21-17 7-21 21-13

[R1] Manu Attri (IND)/ B. Sumeeth Reddy (IND) bt Shem V Goh (MAS)/ Wee Kiong Tan (MAS) 15-21 23-21 21-19
[R1] Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (IND)/ Chirag Shetty (IND) l (3) Takeshi Kamura (JPN)/ Keigo Sonoda (JPN) 12-21 17-21

[R1] Ashwini Ponnappa (IND)/ N. Sikki Reddy (IND) l Ye Na Chang (KOR)/ Kyung Eun Jung (KOR) 17-21 13-21

[R1] Pranaav Jerry Chopra (IND)/ N. Sikki Reddy (IND) bt Mathew Fogarty (USA)/ Isabel Zhong (USA) 21-9 21-6
[R1] Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) l (2) Yilyu Wang (CHN)/ Dongping Huang (CHN) 10-21 19-21

[R2] (7) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,8) vs Wing Ki Vincent Wong (HKG,27)
[R2] Prannoy H. S. (IND,13) vs Anthony Sinisuka Ginting (INA,10)

[R2] (3) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,3) vs Fangjie Gao (CHN,14)

[R2] Manu Attri (IND)/ B. Sumeeth Reddy (IND) vs Jiting He (CHN)/ Qiang Tan (CHN)

[R2] Pranaav Jerry Chopra (IND)/ N. Sikki Reddy (IND) vs Peng Soon Chan (MAS)/ Liu Ying Goh (MAS)

Srikanth and Prannoy started with good wins Next, they r facing tricky opponents in Wong and Ginting respectively ... Sindhu scored three games win over Takahashi and next, she is facing Gao, who defeated Vaishnavi in the first round.

In the doubles, Sumeet and Manu scored an impressive comeback win over WR #10 Malaysian pair after saving a match point in the second game ... Next, they r facing Chinese pair ... Satwik-Chirag failed to challenge WR #3 Japanese pair ... Ashwini and Sikki also lost in straight games against higher ranked Korean pair.
In MXD, Satwik-Ashwini lost against WR #2 Chinese pair ... But Pranaav and Sikki took advantage of weak opponents ... Next, they r facing top-10 Malaysian pair.

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At $75K Shanghai Challenger 2018, China

[R1] (4) N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt Bradley Mousley (AUS)/ Akira Santillan (AUS) 64 76(2)

[QF] (4) N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs Filip Peliwo (CAN)/ Brayden Schnur (CAN)

Vishnu and VSP started with straight sets win over Aussie pair ... Next, they r facing Canadian pair.

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At $75K+H Istanbul Challenger 2018,Turkey

[R1] (1) Rameez Junaid (AUS)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs (PR) Aleksandre Metreveli (GEO)/ Lucas Miedler (AUT)

This week, Purav is playing with Rameez Junaid and they r the top-seeds ... They r facing Miedler and Metreveli in the first round.

Golf News

At € 275K Lacoste Ladies Open de France 2018, Golf du Medoc - Chateaux (Ladies European Tour)

T7 Aditi Ashok (IND) 74 68 68 66 -8

Aditi produced an excellent 5-under final round for the top-10 finish on the European tour.

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At € 2.5M Omega European Masters 2018, Crans Montana, Switzerland (European Tour)

T45 SSP Chawrasia (IND) 69 66 71 73 -1 € 12,500

SSP struggled in the final two rounds to finish on the T45 position ... But Shubhankar Sharma failed to make a cut.

Tennis News

At $150K+H Chicago Challenger 2018, USA

Doubles Final
(1) Leander Paes (IND)/ Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX) l (2) Luke Bambridge (GBR)/ Neal Skupski (GBR) 36 46

The top-seed Leander and Reyes-Varela lost in straight sets against the 2nd seed British pair in the final.

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At $150K+H Chicago Challenger 2018, USA

[SF] (1) Leander Paes (IND)/ Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX) bt Ruben Gonzales (PHI)/ Nathaniel Lammons (USA) 67(5) 76(4) 10-5

[F] (1) Leander Paes (IND)/ Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX) vs (2) Luke Bambridge (GBR)/ Neal Skupski (GBR)

Leander and Reyes-Varela needed to dig deep for their comeback win over Ruben Gonzales and Nathaniel Lammons ... After losing the first set in the tie-break Lee and Miguel also won the second set in the tie-break ... They kept momentum for winning the match tie-break comfortably .. In the final, they r facing the 2nd seed British pair.

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At $150K+H Genoa Challenger 2018, Italy

[R2] (Q) Sumit Nagal (IND,306) l Christian Garin (CHI,158) 63 36 46

Sumit started well after winning the first set against the top-175 Chilean, Christian Garin ... But failed to keep momentum in next two sets, though he was an early break up in the second 2-0 ... Still, a decent performance from him as after longtime he won 4 matches in a row.

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At $150K+H Chicago Challenger 2018, USA

[R1] (1) Leander Paes (IND)/ Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX) bt Ruan Roelofse (RSA)/ John-Patrick Smith (AUS) 76(4) 67(4) 10-7
[QF] (1) Leander Paes (IND)/ Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX) bt (WC) Marcos Giron (USA)/ Thai-Son Kwiatkowski (USA) 76(4) 61

[SF] (1) Leander Paes (IND)/ Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX) vs Ruben Gonzales (PHI)/ Nathaniel Lammons (USA)

Leander is playing in the Chicago Challenger partnering Mexican, Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela ... In the first round, they had a very close win against Ruan Roelofse and John-Patrick Smith ... In the quarters, they scored the straight-sets win over American wild-card pair ... They r facing Ruben Gonzales and Nathaniel Lammons in the semis.

Shooting News

At 52nd ISSF World Championship, Changwon, Korea

10m Air Pistol Men Final
8. Abhishek Verma (IND) 118.0 pts.

In the Olympic quota event, Abhishek failed to secure quota in 10m Air Pistol Men final ... He eliminated the first and ended on the last place ... He qualified for the final on the 3rd position with 583 pts., but failed to repeat a similar shooting in the final ... So we are still with only 2 Olympic quotas in 10m Rifle Women ... In Junior 10m Air Pistol, Saurabh Chaudhary won a Gold with new WR in the final, 245.5 pts.

So currently we r on the 3rd position with our medals tally is 4 Gold, 6 Silver, and 4 Bronze.

Tennis News

At US Open 2018, New York, USA

[QF] (15) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) l (5) Juan Sebastian Cabal (COL)/ Robert Farah (COL) 36 46

Rohan-Edouard lost in straight sets against the 5th seed Colombian pair ... A decent US Open for Rohan in the men's doubles.

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At $50K+H Zhangjiagang Challenger 2018, China

[R1] Arjun Kadhe (IND)/ Rubin Statham (NZL) l (WC) Xin Gao (CHN)/ Zhizhen Zhang (CHN) 46 67(5)
[R1] Uladzimir Ignatik (BLR)/ N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) l Alexander Bublik (KAZ)/ Miomir Kecmanovic (SRB) 46 46

Saki withdrew from the singles stating the right ankle injury.

In China, beating Chinese player is a difficult task and Arjun-Statham found out the same as they lost in straight sets against local wild-card pair ... VSP and Ignatik also lost in straight sets against Bublik and Kecmanovic.

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At US Open 2018, New York, USA

[R3] (15) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) bt Jeremy Chardy (FRA)/ Fabrice Martin (FRA) 76(6) 46 63

[QF] (15) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) vs (5) Juan Sebastian Cabal (COL)/ Robert Farah (COL)

Rohan-Edouard r in the quarters ... They defeated the French pair in close three sets ... Next, they r facing the 5th seed Colombian pair.

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At $150K+H Genoa Challenger 2018, Italy

[R1] (Q) Sumit Nagal (IND,306) bt Stefano Napolitano (ITA,209) 64 62

[R2] (Q) Sumit Nagal (IND,306) vs Christian Garin (CHI,158)

Sumit started with a confident win against top-220 Italian in the main draw ... Next, he is facing top-175 Chilean, Christian Garin.

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$75K Sevilla Challenger 2018, Spain (clay)

[R1] (3) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,134) l (Q) Laurynas Grigelis (LTU,261) 46 26

Grigelis comfortably defeated RamK in the first round ... Another disappointing result for Indian.

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At $50K+H Zhangjiagang Challenger 2018, China

[Q3] (Alt) Sidharth Rawat (IND,604) l (8) Dayne Kelly (AUS,360) 26 26

Doubles
[R1] (1) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) l (WC) Fajing Sun (CHN)/ Shi Hong Zeng (CHN) 46 63 8-10

Sid lost a one-sided match in the final qualifying against Kelly.
Fajing Sun kept troubling Indians as he and his partner Zeng defeated the top-seed Vishnu and Bala in the match tie-break.

Shooting News

At 52nd ISSF World Championship, Changwon, Korea

P.C. to issf-sports.org

10m Air Rifle Women Final
Gold - Hana Im (KOR) 251.1 pts.
Silver - Anjum Moudgil (IND) 248.4 pts.
Bronze - Eunhea Jung (KOR) 228 pts.
4. Apurvi Chandela (IND) 207.0 pts.

Anjum won a Silver in 10m Air Rifle, she and Apurvi helped India to grab two of the four Olympic quota places in the first tournament to the qualification path for the 2020 Olympic Games ... After we failed to grab Olympic quota in 10m Air Rifle Men, Trap Men, 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team and 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team, our these two shooters showed their metal with superb shooting skill ... Anjum and Apurvi started well in the final but Apurvi's 19th shot in 9s cost her a medal but at that time she already secured quota for India ... 17 yrs. old Im showed consistency in shooting and kept her cool for winning her first World Championship ... Anjum finished in the second ahead of experienced Korean shooter Eunhea Jung ... In the qualifying, Anjum and Apurvi finished on the 4th and 6th places respectively with scores of 628.7 pts. and 627.5 pts.

Deepak Kumar missed a quota in 10m Air Rifle Men final ... He finished on the 6th position with 164.1 pts. ... Before that, he qualified on the 4th position with 630.1 pts.

After two days we are tied for the top position with China ... As we won couple Gold in the 50m Pistol Men Junior event ... So our medals tally is 2 Gold, 3 Silver, and 1 Bronze.

Tennis News

At $150K Chicago WTA 2018, USA

[Q1] (8) Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,207) l Quinn Gleason (USA,414) 67(7) 60 16

Karman lost in the first qualifying round against American Gleason ... A little bit weird to lost the third set with such scoreline after winning the second 6-0.

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At $50K+H Zhangjiagang Challenger 2018, China

[Q1] (Alt) Sidharth Rawat (IND,604) bt (WC) Ruikai Wang (CHN,1395) 60 61
[Q1] (5) Arjun Kadhe (IND,328) bt Jacopo Berrettenni (ITA,596) 36 61 64
[Q1] Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,384) l (WC) Fajing Sun (CHN,672) 16 26
[Q1] Manish Sureshkumar (IND,557) bt (6) Yan Bai (CHN,343) 64 61
[Q1] N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,590) l Kristian Lozan (RUS,542) 64 36 0-3 retd.

[Q2] (Alt) Sidharth Rawat (IND,604) bt Shintaro Imai (JPN,514) 63 61
[Q2] (5) Arjun Kadhe (IND,328) l Yusuke Takahashi (JPN,373 ) 46 46
[Q2] Manish Sureshkumar (IND,557) l (WC) Fajing Sun (CHN,672) 36 36

[Q3] (Alt) Sidharth Rawat (IND,604) vs (8) Dayne Kelly (AUS,360)

[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND,325) vs (8) Alexander Bublik (KAZ,203)

Doubles
[R1] (1) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs (WC) Fajing Sun (CHN)/ Shi Hong Zeng (CHN)
[R1] Arjun Kadhe (IND)/ Rubin Statham (NZL) vs (WC) Xin Gao (CHN)/ Zhizhen Zhang (CHN)
[R1] Uladzimir Ignatik (BLR)/ N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) vs Alexander Bublik (KAZ)/ Miomir Kecmanovic (SRB)

In the first qualifying round, Manish started with an upset win over top-350 Chinese player but lost against lower ranked Fajing Sun in the second qualifying ... Fajing Sun also defeated Mukund easily in the first qualifying ... After losing the first set Arjun won next two comfortably in the first qulifying but lost in straight sets against lower ranked Japanese opponent in the second ... With an advantage of a weak draw, Sid is in the final qualifying round with comfortable wins.

Saki is back on the tour but having a tough match against big-serving Kazakh Bublik in the first round.

In the doubles, Vishnu and Bala r returning on the tour and facing Chinese wild-card pair in the first round ... Arjun is partnering an experienced Statham and they r also facing local wild-card pair ... VSP is playing with Ignatik and they r facing Bublik and Kecmanovic.

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At $75K Sevilla Challenger 2018, Spain

[R1] (3) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,134) vs Qualifier

RamK is facing a qualifier in the first round.

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At $150K+H Genoa Challenger 2018, Italy

[Q1] (3) Sumit Nagal (IND,306) bt (WC) Luca Prevesto (ITA,1030) 63 62
[Q2] (3) Sumit Nagal (IND,306) bt Jan Satral (CZE,416) 62 67(1) 64

[Q3] (3) Sumit Nagal (IND,306) bt (5) Juan Pablo Varillas (PER,327) 61 64

Sumit qualified for the Genoa Challenger with a comfortable win over the in-form player, Juan Pablo Varillas.

Tennis News

At US Open 2018, New York, USA

[R2] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Artem Sitak (NZL) l (7) Lukasz Kubot (POL)/ Marcelo Melo (BRA) 36 63 36

[R3] (15) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) vs Jeremy Chardy (FRA)/ Fabrice Martin (FRA)

Junior Qualifying
[Q1] (16) Siddhant Banthia (IND,90) l Axel Nefve (USA,170) 36 36

Divij and Artem lost in the second round against the 7th seed Melo and Kubot ... After losing the first set they tried fightback winning the second but failed to keep momentum in the third ... So now only Rohan remains in the men's doubles with Edouard ... They r facing French pairing of Martin and Chardy.

In junior qualifying, Siddhant had a poor loss.

Asian Games 2018

At the 18th Asian Games - Jakarta Palembang 2018 - Day 12, Indonesia

P.C. to Media_SAI twitter handle

Boxing - Men's Light Fly (49kg) Gold medal match
Amit Panghal (IND) bt Hasanboy Dusmatov (UZB) 3-2 (28-29, 29-28, 29-28, 28-29, 30-27)

[SF] Amit Panghal (IND) bt Carlo Paalam (PHI) 3-2 (29-28, 28-29, 28-29, 30-27, 29-28)
[QF] Amit Panghal (IND) bt Jang Ryong Kim (PKR) 5-0 (30-27, 30-26, 30-27, 30-26, 30-27)
[R16] Amit Panghal (IND) bt Enkhmandakh Kharkhuu (MGL) 5-0 (30-26, 30-25, 30-25, 30-26, 30-26)

P.C. to Media_SAI twitter handle

Bridge - Men's Pair Final
Gold - Pranab Bardhan (IND)/ Shibnath Dey Sarkar (IND) 384.00 pts.
Silver - Lixin Yang (CHN)/ Gang Chen (CHN) 378.00 pts.
Bronze - Henky Lasut (INA)/ Freddy Eddy Manoppo (INA) 374.00 pts.
9. Sumit Mukherjee (IND)/ Debabrata Majumder (IND) 333.00 pts.
12. Subhash Gupta (IND)/ Sapan Desai (IND) 306.00 pts.

Bridge - Women's Pair Final
7. Hema Deora (IND)/ Marianne Karmarkar (IND) 349.00 pts.

Bridge - Mixed Pair Final
5. Bachiraju Satyanarayana (IND)/ Kiran Nadar (IND) 333.00 pts.
7. Rajeev Khandelwal (IND)/ Himani Khandelwal (IND) 329.00 pts.

P.C. to Media_SAI twitter handle

Squash - Women's Team Gold Medal Match
India l Hong Kong 0-2

Joshana Chinappa (IND) l Wing Chi Annie Au (HKG) 3-11 9-11 5-11 (28m)
Sunayna Sara Kuruvilla (IND) l Tze Lok Ho (HKG) 8-11 6-11 12-10 3-11 (40m)

[SF] India bt Malaysia 2-0

[Pool B] India l Hong Kong 1-2
[Pool B] India bt China 3-0
[Pool B] India bt Indonesia 3-0
[Pool B] India bt Thailand 3-0
[Pool B] India bt Iran 3-0

P.C. to Media_SAI twitter handle

Hockey - Men's Bronze Medal Match
India bt Pakistan 2-1 (1-0)
Goal Scored - Akashdeep Singh (IND) 3', Harmanpreet Singh (IND) 50' PC and Muhammad Atiq (PAK) 52'

[SF] India l Malaysia 2-2 (6-7 Penalty shoot-out)

[Pool A] India bt Sri Lanka 20-0
[Pool A] India bt Korea 5-3
[Pool A] India bt Japan 8-0
[Pool A] India bt Hong Kong 26-0
[Pool A] India bt Indonesia 17-0

Our Asian Games campaign ended on positive notes ... India have recorded their best ever medal haul winning 69 medals in all ...The 15 gold medals equals the record set in 1951 and the 24 silver are the highest we have won in Asian Games history ... We are finished in eight spot in the overall medal's tally.

Performance wise, our shooters and athletes were superb ... In Athletics, we won record 19 medals, 7 Gold, 10 Silver and 2 Bronze ... The two medals in table tennis was a huge surprise ... In wrestling, I was hoping better performance but 2 Gold and 1 Bronze were satisfactory ... Also some good results in Bridge, Rowing, Equestrian, Sailing, Wushu and Kurash ... An individual notable performances for me, Amit Panghal was a Indian player of the games followed closeely by Tajinderpal Singh ... Fouaad Mirza in the equestrian was a breath of fresh air ... Ankita Raina in the tennis ... Neeraj Chopra and Tajinderpal Singh Toor in the athletics.
Otherwise our fancied teams were disappointing ... Mainly Kabaddi teams, Men's hockey team, Recurve archers etc.

Amit defeated reigning Olympic champion and World Championship silver medalist Hasanboy Dusmatov of Uzbekistan to claim India's only boxing gold at 18th Asian Games ... Amit showed immense tactical brilliance, especially in defence with an excellent exhibition of his outright speed and power against fancied Uzbek ... Amit Panghal became only the eighth Indian boxer ever to claim a gold medal at the Asian Games.

In Bridge, Pranab Bardhan and Shibnath Dey Sarkar won a Gold in Men's Pair final ... Our other bridge pairs failed to win medal in their respective categories.

Our Squash women failed to repeat their performance from the semis and they lost in the final against Hong Kong easily ... Our women lost against the same opponent in the Pool also ... Still, creditable to see them winning a Silver.

In Men's hockey, we defeated Pakistan in close match ... We dominated the match but once again failed to score goals ... In last quarter, Pakistan scored but we managed to keep lead in last 8 minutes for winning a Bronze.


We ended with 15 Gold, 24 Silver and 30 Bronze.

Tennis News

At US Open 2018, New York, USA

[R2] (15) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) bt Matthew Ebden (AUS)/ Jackson Withrow (USA) 64 64

Junior Qualifying
[Q1] Vikash Singh (IND,125) l (3) Wojciech Marek (POL,57) 63 57 36

Rohan and Edouard in the third round with straight sets win over Ebden and Withrow.

In the junior qualifying, Vikash Singh lost after winning the first set against higher ranked Polish player.

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