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At $2.9M Dubai Tennis Championship 2019, UAE

[QF] (Q) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER)/ Fernando Verdasco (ESP) 76(3) 67(5) 10-8

[SF] (Q) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Ben McLachlan (JPN)/ Jan-Lennard Struff (GER)

Jeevan and Purav scored another impressive win in a long match against the experienced Verdasco and Kohlschreiber ... Our pair won the first set in the tie-break but lost the second in the tie-break ... They recovered to win the match tie-break for entering into the semis of ATP 500 tournament ... In the semis, they r facing in-form German-Japanese pairing of Struff and McLachlan.

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At $25K ITF M25 Albury, Australia (Grass)

[R2] (3) Arjun Kadhe (IND,392) l Matthew Romios (AUS,627) 36 60 46

Doubles
[QF] (1) Arjun Kadhe (IND)/ Jason Taylor (AUS) bt Calum Puttergill (AUS)/ Brandon Walkin (AUS) 64 75

[SF] (1) Arjun Kadhe (IND)/ Jason Taylor (AUS) vs Luke Jacob Gamble (USA)/ Colin Sinclair (NMI)

Arjun lost in the singles against the lower ranked local player.
In the doubles, he is in the semis with Taylor and they r facing Gamble and Sinclair.

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At ISSF World Cup Rifle / Pistol 2019, New Delhi, India

P.C. to issf-sports.org

10m Air Pistol Mixed Team
Gold - Manu Bhaker (IND)/ Saurabh Chaudhary (IND) 483.4 pts
Silver - Ranxin Jiang (CHN)/ Bowen Zhang (CHN) 477.7 pts
Bronze - Minjung Kim (KOR)/ Daehun Park (KOR) 418.8 pts

Manu Bhaker and Saurabh Chaudhary won the 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team match with more than 5 pts, the last final of this ISSF World Cup Stage ... In the final, Manu struggled with her nerves but other hand Saurabh gave another solid performance ... His shooting is on a different level ... Before that in the qualifying, Saurabh scored highest 393 pts and Manu managed 385 pts, their total of 778 pts equaled the qualifying world record and new qualifying junior world record ... Our other pairing of Heena Sidhu and Abhishek Verma finished on the 9th position with a total of 770 pts.

In the 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team event, our both pairs failed to reach into the final ... Anjum Moudgil and Ravi Kumar finished on the 7t position with 836.3 pts missing the final by 0.2 pts ... Apurvi Chandela and Deepak Kumar struggled to finish on the 25th position with 831.0 pts.

So with Saurabh's second Gold medal in the MXD with Manu, India finishes in the top position with the Hungarian team as both teams won 3 Gold medals.

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At $2.9M Dubai Tennis Championship 2019, UAE

[QF] (WC) Leander Paes (IND)/ Benoit Paire (FRA) l (4) Rajeev Ram (USA)/ Joe Salisbury (GBR) 16 36

The 4th seeds Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury proved too strong for Lee and Paire.

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At $25K ITF M25 Albury, Australia (Grass)

[R1] (3) Arjun Kadhe (IND,392) bt Alec Adamson (USA,ITF-466) 64 62

[R2] (3) Arjun Kadhe (IND,392) vs Matthew Romios (AUS,627)

Doubles
[R1] (1) Arjun Kadhe (IND)/ Jason Taylor (AUS) bt Jayden Court (AUS)/ Tom Evans (AUS) 63 75

[QF] (1) Arjun Kadhe (IND)/ Jason Taylor (AUS) vs Calum Puttergill (AUS)/ Brandon Walkin (AUS)

Arjun is playing in the $25K tournament in Australia on the grass ... He started with straight sets win in the singles against American Adamson ... In the doubles also he and his Aussie partner started with straight sets win and facing another Aussie pair in the quarters.

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At $500K Men's PSA World Championship 2019, Union Station, Chicago, USA

[R1] Ramit Tandon (IND,58) l (6) Miguel Rodriguez (COL,7) 3-11, 6-11, 8-11 (34m)
[R1] Vikram Malhotra (IND,59) l Richie Fallows (ENG,57) 9-11, 8-11, 4-11 (28m)
[R1] (11) Saurav Ghosal (IND,11) bt Dimitri Steinmann (SUI,70) 11-3, 11-5, 11-3 (33m)

[R2] (11) Saurav Ghosal (IND,11) bt Lucas Serme (FRA,40) 13-11, 11-6, 11-8 (48m)

[R3] (11) Saurav Ghosal (IND,11) bt Joel Makin (WAL,19) 11-13, 11-7, 11-7, 14-12 (80m)

[QF] (11) Saurav Ghosal (IND,11) vs (3) Simon Rösner (GER,4)

Saurav Ghosal has reached his second quarterfinal at the World Championship ... In 2013, he narrowly lost against Ramy Ashour in the quarter-finals at the World Championship ... In the quarters, he is facing WR #4 German, Simon Rösner.

Before this in the third round, Saurav defeated the Welsh player, Joel Makin, after losing the first game in a close match ... Also, Ramit Tandon and Vikram Malhotra lost in the first round in their first World Championship matches.

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At $500K Women's PSA World Championship 2019, Union Station, Chicago, USA


[R1] (14) Joshna Chinappa (IND,14) bt Ineta Mackevica (LAT,64) 11-5, 11-3, 11-7 (24m)

[R2] (14) Joshna Chinappa (IND,14) l (18) Joey Chan (HKG,16) 10-12, 7-11, 7-11 (28m)

Joshna lost in the second round of the World Championship against the similar ranked Joey Chan in straight games.

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At ISSF World Cup Rifle / Pistol 2019, New Delhi, India

Another bad day for Indian shooters as they failed to grab the Olympic quota from 6 places available ... In the 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men, Anish finished on the 5th position with 14 hits to miss the Olympic quota ... In the qualifying also, Anish finished on the 5th position with 588 pts ... Adarsh Singh on the 11th position with 581 pts and Arpit Goel finished on the 12th position with 580 pts ... In the 10m Air Pistol Women qualifying, Manu Bhaker finished on the 14 place and missed the final by a point as she scored 573 pts ... Anuradha finished on the 22nd position and Heena Sidhu finished on the 25th position with 571 pts ... In the 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women qualifying, we had a poor outing ... Gaayathri Nithyanadam finished on the 36th position with 1163 pts and Sunidhi Chauhan finished on the 49th position with 1156 pts.

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At $2.9M Dubai Tennis Championship 2019, UAE

[R1] (Q) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt (3) Henri Kontinen (FIN)/ John Peers (AUS) 06 64 10-8

[QF] (Q) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER)/ Fernando Verdasco ESP
[QF] (WC) Leander Paes (IND)/ Benoit Paire (FRA) vs (4) Rajeev Ram (USA)/ Joe Salisbury (GBR)

Jeevan and Purav r making full use of their chances of playing on the tour ... In Dubai, they made an excellent comeback after losing the first set 0-6 ... They won the second set and converted the 3rd match point to win the match tie-break against the former WR #1 Kontinen and Peers ... In the quarters, Jeevan and Purav r facing the experienced players, Verdasco and Kohlschreiber ... Lee and Paire r facing the 4th seeds Rajeev Ram and Salisbury.

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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament 2019, Osaka, Japan

[Q2] (10) Rutuja Bhosale (IND,353) l (1) Ulrikke Eikeri (NOR,282) 16 16

Doubles
[R1] Rutuja Bhosale (IND)/ Robu Kajitani (JPN) l (1) Na-Lee Han (KOR)/ Peangtarn Plipuech (THA) 46 16

The top-300 Norwegian girl, Ulrikke Eikeri, proved too strong for Rutuja ... But god to see Rutuja on the court.
In the doubles also Rutuja failed to overcome the challenge of the top-seed pair and lost in straight sets.

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At $2.9M Dubai Tennis Championship 2019, UAE

[R1] (WC) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,128) l Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP,18) 46 36

Doubles
[R1] (WC) Leander Paes (IND)/ Benoit Paire (FRA) bt Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) 62 76(2)

Ram gave a decent performance in the first set against Bautista Agut ... But Bautista Agut controlled the second set to complete straight sets victory.

A good start for Lee in Dubai ... Lee and Paire started with straight sets win over Rohan and Divij.

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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament 2019, Osaka, Japan

[Q1] (10) Rutuja Bhosale (IND,353) bt Erica Sema (JPN,379) 16 63 10-3

[Q2] (10) Rutuja Bhosale (IND,353) vs (1) Ulrikke Eikeri (NOR,282)

Doubles
[R1] Rutuja Bhosale (IND)/ Robu Kajitani (JPN) vs (1) Na-Lee Han (KOR)/ Peangtarn Plipuech (THA)

In her comeback match after almost 2 and half month injury break, Rutuja started with a win against an experienced Japanese girl ... But having a tough match in the final qualifying against the top-300 Norwegian girl, Ulrikke Eikeri.
In the doubles also Rutuja having a tough match against the top-seed pair with her Japanese partner, Kajitani.

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At ISSF World Cup Rifle / Pistol 2019, New Delhi, India

In the 10m Air Rifle Men event, the Indians failed to reach into the final ... Divyansh Singh Panwar finished on the 12th position with 627.2 pts ... Ravi Kumar finished on the 14th position with 627 pts and Deepak Kumar on the 34th position with 624.3 pts ... So a disappointing day for us.

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At $10.25M WGC-Mexico Championship 2019, Mexico City, Mexico

T60 Shubhankar Sharma (IND) 70 77 70 75 +8 $ 51,750.00

Shubhankar managed a couple of under-par rounds but he struggled on remaining two rounds to finish on the T60th position ... Overall, a good experience for Shubhankar of rubbing the shoulders with the top players.

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At $3M Puerto Rico Open 2019, Rio Grande, Puerto Rico (PGA Tour)

70 Arjun Atwal (IND) 72 73 74 75 +6 $ 6,060.00

Arjun participated in the Puerto Rico Open, he managed to make the cut but finished in the bottom field.

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At ISSF World Cup Rifle / Pistol 2019, New Delhi, India

P.C. to ISSF twitter handle

10m Air Pistol Men
Gold - Saurabh Chaudhary (IND) 245.0 pts (WR)
Silver - Damir Mikec (SRB) 239.3 pts
Bronze - Wei Pang (CHN) 215.2 pts

The 16-year old Saurabh Chaudhary set a new World Record with 245.0 points (with an average higher than 10.2 points per shot throughout the final) to secure the gold medal, as well as a Tokyo 2020 Olympic quota place for India.

In the qualifying, Saurabh qualified on the 3rd position with 587 pts ... Abhishek Verma finished on the 24th and Ravinder Singh on the 26th positions with 576 pts.
In the 25m Pistol Women final, Manu Bhaker became the 4th player to get eliminated with 22 hits and finished on the 5th position ... Before that in the qualifying, Manu qualified on the 2nd position with 590 pts ... Rahi Sarnobat finished on the 15th and Chinki Yadav finished on the 17th position with 580 pts.
In the 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men event, our players failed to qualify for the final ... Parul Kumar finished on the 22nd position with 1170 pts and Sanjeev Rajput finished on the 25th position with 1169 pts.

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At $2.9M Dubai Tennis Championship 2019, UAE

[Q2] (2) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt Hubert Hurkacz (POL)/ Denis Kudla (USA) 64 62

[R1] (Q) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs (3) Henri Kontinen (FIN)/ John Peers (AUS)

Jeevan and Purav qualify for the Dubai Championship with a comfortable win over Kudla and Hurkacz ... In the first round, they r facing the former WR #1 pairing of Peers and Kontinen.

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At ISSF World Cup Rifle / Pistol 2019, New Delhi, India

P.C. to ISSF site

10m Air Rifle Women
Gold - Apurvi Chandela (IND) 252.9 pts (WR)
Silver - Ruozhu Zhao (CHN) 251.8 pts
Bronze - Hong Xu (CHN) 230.4 pts

Apurvi Chandela won a Gold in the 10m Air Rifle women setting a new world record of 252.9 points, out of 24 final shots ... She bettered the previous record of 252.4 pts, which was set by Ruozhu Zhao ... But no Olympic quota for us, as Apurvi had already won an Olympic quota at last year’s World Championship ... So the Chinese girls secured the two Tokyo 2020 quota places up for grabs.

Apurvi qualified for the final in the 4th place with 629.3 pts ... Anjum Moudgil finished on the 12th place with 628.0 pts and Elavenil Valarivan finished on the 30th place with 625.3 pts.

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At $2.9M Dubai Tennis Championship 2019, UAE

[R1] (WC) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,128) vs Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP,18)

Doubles
[Q1] (2) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt (WC) Karim-Mohamed Maamoun (EGY)/ Mohamed Safwat (EGY) 46 62 10-6

[Q2] (2) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Hubert Hurkacz (POL)/ Denis Kudla (USA)

[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs (WC) Leander Paes (IND)/ Benoit Paire (FRA)

In the singles, Ram has received a main draw wild card, but having tough math against experienced top-20 Spaniard, Roberto Bautista Agut.

Crap draw for the Indians in the doubles ... Rohan and Divij r facing Lee and Paire, the winner of this match can meet Rajeev Ram and his partner in the second round.

Jeevan and Purav started with a comeback win over the Egyptian pair after losing the first set ... In the final qualifying round, they r facing Kudla and Hurkacz, who defeated the top-seed pair in the first qualifying.

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At $250K Abierto Mexicano TELCEL 2019, Acapulco, Mexico

[Q1] Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,207) l (7) Tereza Martincova (CZE,153) 67(5) 36

Karman gave a decent performance in her loss against the top-150 type Czech player Martincova.

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At $54K+H Bangkok 1A Challenger 2019, Thailand

[SF] (1) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,97) l (15) James Duckworth (AUS,210) 67(2) 63 67(3)

Prajnesh lost in three sets against Duckworth ... He lost both tie-breaks convincingly as Duckworth served well in this match with 15 aces ... Only break in the match was taken by Prajnesh in the second set for winning it ... Prajnesh tried playing aggressively and was going for winners or taking extra risk for hitting flat and powerful baseline shots ... I feel, he is in transition for the ATP tournaments and practicing this game which can help him to be successful on the tour.

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At $54K+H Bangkok 1A Challenger 2019, Thailand

[QF] (1) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,97) bt (9) Go Soeda (JPN,194) 63 63

[SF] (1) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,97) bt (15) James Duckworth (AUS,210)

Prajnesh scored a comfortable win over Go Soeda ... In the semis, he is facing another former top-100 Aussie player, James Duckworth.

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At € 744K Open 13 Provence 2019, Marseille, France

[QF] (WC) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) l Jurgen Melzer (AUT)/ Philipp Oswald (AUT) 67(4) 76(6) 8-10

A close loss for Jeevan and Purav in almost 2 hours long match against the experienced Austrian pair ... The first 2 sets went to the tie-breaks as the Austrian pair won the first set and our pair won the second after saving 3 match point from 3-6 down ... They failed to keep momentum after taking a 3-1 lead in the match tie-break which the Austrian pair won it.

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At $54K+H Bangkok 1A Challenger 2019, Thailand

[R3] (1) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,97) bt (16) Soonwoo Kwon (KOR,225) 76(5) 64

[QF] (1) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,97) bt (9) Go Soeda (JPN,194)

Prajnesh is in the quarters with a tight straight sets win over Kwon ... Next, he is facing the former top-50 and experienced Japanese, Go Soeda.

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At $54K+H Bangkok 1A Challenger 2019, Thailand

[R2] (1) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,97) bt (ITF) Denis Yvseyev (KAZ,320) 75 36 64

[R3] (1) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,97) vs (16) Soonwoo Kwon (KOR,225)

Doubles
[R1] Jonathan Erlich (ISR)/ Saketh Myneni (IND) l (ITF) Francis Casey Alcantara (PHI)/ Bernardo Saraiva (POR) 67(4) 67(4)

A hard fought win for Prajnesh against the lower ranked Kazakh opponents ... Next, he is facing the Korean, Soonwoo Kwon.

Saki and Erlich lost in the two tie-breaks against the ITF pair.

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At € 744K Open 13 Provence 2019, Marseille, France

[R1] (WC) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt (1) Oliver Marach (AUT)/ Mate Pavic (CRO) 62 64

[QF] (WC) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Jurgen Melzer (AUT)/ Philipp Oswald (AUT)

Jeevan and Purav scored an impressive win over the top-10 pairing of Marach and Pavic in straight sets ... Next, they r facing another tough challenge of experienced Austrian pair.

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At $651K Delray Beach Open 2019, Florida, USA

[R1] (WC) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND)/ Tim Smyczek (USA) l Marcelo Arevalo (ESA)/ Jamie Cerretani (USA) 46 26

Ram and Smyczek lost in straight sets against Cerretani and Arevalo.

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At $54K+H Bangkok 1A Challenger 2019, Thailand

[R1] Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,271) l Kevin King (USA,303) 75 46 26

[R2] (1) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,97) vs (ITF) Denis Yevseyev (KAZ,12)
[R2] Saketh Myneni (IND,255) l (15) James Duckworth (AUS,210) 46 06

Doubles
[R1] (4) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Arjun Kadhe (IND) l Enrique Lopez Perez (ESP)/ Hiroki Moriya (JPN) 75 46 9-11

Another forgettable day for the Indians ... Mukund lost in the first round after winning the first set against King.
Saki failed to challenge Duckworth in his straight sets loss.

The 4th seeds Bala and Arjun lost against Lopez Perez and Moriya after winning the first set in the match tie-break.

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At $11K Men's EM Noll Classic 2019, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (PSA Challenger Tour)

Final
(4) Ramit Tandon (IND,58) l (3) Youssef Ibrahim (EGY,64) 11-8, 5-11, 0-2 retd.

A hard-luck for Ramit as after winning the first game he got injured and conceded the match in the third game against Youssef Ibrahim.

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At $54K+H Bangkok 1A Challenger 2019, Thailand

[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND,255) bt Tsung-Hua Yang (TPE,287) 63 75

[R2] Saketh Myneni (IND,255) vs (15) James Duckworth (AUS,210)

Doubles
[R1] (4) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Arjun Kadhe (IND) vs Enrique Lopez Perez (ESP)/ Hiroki Moriya (JPN)
[R1] Jonathan Erlich (ISR)/ Saketh Myneni (IND) vs (ITF) Francis Casey Alcantara (PHI)/ Bernardo Saraiva (POR)

Saki started with straight sets win over the former top-200 player, Tsung-Hua Yang ... In the second round, he is facing the former top-100 Aussie player, James Duckworth.

In the doubles, Bala and Arjun r the 4th seeds and facing Lopez Perez and Moriya ... Saki is playing with the Israeli veteran Jonathan Erlich and they r facing the ITF pair.

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At $11K Men's EM Noll Classic 2019, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (PSA Challenger Tour)

[R1] (4) Ramit Tandon (IND,58) bt Farhan Zaman (PAK,122) 11-6, 11-6, 11-1 (13m)
[QF] (4) Ramit Tandon (IND,58) bt (6) Christopher Gordon (USA,79) 11-5, 11-7, 11-5 (46m)

[SF] (4) Ramit Tandon (IND,58) bt (2) Chris Hanson (USA,65) 11-8, 11-0, 11-9 (40m)

[F] (4) Ramit Tandon (IND,58) vs (3) Youssef Ibrahim (EGY,64)

Ramit continues with his good form ... He is in the final of the PSA Challenger tournament in America ... He started with a crushing win over the former top-50 Pakistani player, Farhan Zaman ... In the quarters and semis, he ended the American hope beating their seeded players in straight games ... In the final, he is facing a young Egyptian, Youssef Ibrahim.

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At $11K Women's EM Noll Classic 2019, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (PSA Challenger Tour)

[R1] (8) Sunayna Kuruvilla (IND,86) bt Jelena Dutina (SRB,110) 11-1, 11-6, 11-1 (18m)

[QF] (8) Sunayna Kuruvilla (IND,86) l (2) Sabrina Sobhy (USA,89) 8-11, 2-11, 3-11 (27m)

Sunayna lost in the quarters against the similar rankled American player, Sobhy, after winning the first round.

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At € 744K Open 13 Provence 2019, Marseille, France

[R1] (WC) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs (1) Oliver Marach (AUT)/ Mate Pavic (CRO)

Jeevan and Purav have received a wildcard in the Open 13 Provence ATP tournament ... They r having a tough match against the top-10 pairing of Marach and Pavic.

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At $54K+H Bangkok 1A Challenger 2019, Thailand

[R1] (1) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,97) bye
[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND,255) vs Tsung-Hua Yang (TPE,287)
[R1] Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,271) vs Kevin King (USA,303)

Hoping for a better week in the singles for our players.

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At $651K Delray Beach Open 2019, Florida, USA

[Q1] (5) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,128) l Marcelo Arevalo (ESA,220) 26 63 67(1)

Doubles
[R1] (WC) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND)/ Tim Smyczek (USA) vs Marcelo Arevalo (ESA)/ Jamie Cerretani (USA)

A disappointing loss for Ram against the lower ranked Arevalo in the third set tie-break ... Ram is again facing him in the doubles partnering Tim Smyczek.

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At $54K+H Cherbourg-La Manche Challenge 2019, Cherbourg, France

[SF] (1) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) l (ITF) Javier Barranco Cosano (ESP)/ Raul Brancaccio (ITA) 46 63 6-10

Jeevan and Purav lost in the match tie-break against the ITF Spanish-Italian pair.

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At $54K+H Bangkok Challenger 2019, Thailand

[SF] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Arjun Kadhe (IND)/ l (1) Cheng-Peng Hsieh (TPE)/ Christopher Rungkat (INA) 57 67(3)

Bala and Arjun gave a close fight to the in-form pairing of Rungkat and Hsieh in their loss.

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At $2.8M Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships 2019, UAE (Premier 5 Tournament)

[Q1] Ankita Raina (IND,164) l Monica Niculescu (ROU,106) 16 16

Monica Niculescu proved too strong for Ankita ... Still not at the level of the top-100 players but definitely showing improvement as Ankita has getting chance of playing in these big WTA events.

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At $54K+H Cherbourg-La Manche Challenge 2019, Cherbourg, France

[QF] (1) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt Mats Moraing (GER)/ Oscar Otte (GER) w/o

Our pair is in the semis, as they received walkover due to Moraing's injury.

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At $54K+H Bangkok Challenger 2019, Thailand

[QF] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Arjun Kadhe (IND) bt (4) Harri Heliovaara (FIN)/ Toshihide Matsui (JPN) 46 75 10-3

[SF] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Arjun Kadhe (IND)/ vs (1) Cheng-Peng Hsieh (TPE)/ Christopher Rungkat (INA)

A superb comeback win by Arjun and Bala against the 4th seeds ... After losing the first set they won the close second set, but after that, our pair dominated the match tie-break ... In the semis, they r having a tough challenge of in-form Rungkat and Hsieh.

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At $54K+H Cherbourg-La Manche Challenge 2019, Cherbourg, France

[R1] (1) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt Nikola Cacic (SRB)/ Tomislav Draganja (CRO) 63 62

[QF] (1) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Mats Moraing (GER)/ Oscar Otte (GER)

Jeevan and Purav started with a comfortable win over Cacic and Draganja ... Next, they r facing a German pair.

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At $54K+H Bangkok Challenger 2019, Thailand

[R1] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Arjun Kadhe (IND) bt Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA)/ Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA) 61 63

[QF] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Arjun Kadhe (IND)/ vs (4) Harri Heliovaara (FIN)/ Toshihide Matsui (JPN)

A really good dominating win for Bala and Arjun against Ratiwatanas ... Next, they r facing a pairing of Matsui and Heliovaara.

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At $695K New York Open 2019, USA

[R1] (Q) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,128) l Jason Jung (TPE,143) 36 63 16

Disappointed by this result as this was a winnable match for Ram against Jason Jung.

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At $54K+H Bangkok Challenger 2019, Thailand

[R1] Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,271) l SoonWoo Kwon (KOR,235) 16 16

[R2] (1) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,97) l JC Aragone (USA,266) 36 16

A bad loss for Prajnesh against JC Aragone ... In this match, Prajnesh managed to win only 4 games ... Maybe he wasn't 100% fit on the court.
Mukund failed to challenge Kwon and lost the one-sided match.

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At ATP Ranking - 11th February 2019,

The first time Prajnesh enters into top 100 with his career high ranking of #97 ... Also with this, he is in the all-time top-10 Indian singles ranked players.

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At $695K New York Open 2019, USA

[Q2] (3) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,128) bt Tim Smyczek (USA,190) 63 36 75

[R1] (Q) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,128) vs Jason Jung (TPE,143)

Ram qualifies for the main draw with a close win over Tim Smyczek in three sets ... Next, he is facing an experienced Jason Jung.

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At $54K+H Bangkok Challenger 2019, Thailand

[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND,255) l Zhe Li (CHN,263) 46 67(7)
[R1] Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,271) vs SoonWoo Kwon (KOR,235)

[R2] (1) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,97) vs JC Aragone (USA,266)

Saki lost in close two sets against the similar ranked Chinese, Zhe Li.
Mukund is in his career high ranking inside the top-275, #271 ... Prajnesh is facing the American, JC Aragone.

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At S54K Cherbourg-La Manche Challenge 2019, Cherbourg, France

[R1] (1) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Nikola Cacic (SRB)/ Tomislav Draganja (CRO)

Jeevan and Purav r the top-seeds in this French challenger ... They r facing Draganja and Cacic.

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At $695K New York Open 2019, USA

[Q1] (3) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,133) bt (ALT) Roy Smith (USA,328) 46 62 64

[Q1] (3) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,133) vs Tim Smyczek (USA,190)

A good comeback win by Ram against an in-form young American, Roy Smith ... Next, he is facing another American challenge of Tim Smyczek.

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At $54K+H Bangkok Challenger 2019, Thailand

[R1] (1) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,102) bye
[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND,260) vs Zhe Li (CHN,264)
[R1] Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,293) vs Soonwoo Kwon (KOR,240)

Doubles
[R1] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Arjun Kadhe (IND)/ vs Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA)/ Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA)

A tough draw for the Bangkok challenger ... Saki and Mukund having tricky matches ... In the doubles, Bala is partnering Arjun and facing the Thai legendary pairing of Ratiwatanas.

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At The Fed Cup - the Asia-Oceania Group-1 2019, Astana, Kazakhstan

India l Korea 1-2

[S1] Mahak Jain (IND,518) l Na-Ri Kim (KOR,593) 26 63 16
[S2] Ankita Raina (IND,165) bt Sunam Jeong (KOR,582) 63 63
[D] Ankita Raina (IND)/ Prarthana Thombare (IND) l Su Jeong Jang (KOR)/ Na-Ri Kim (KOR) 46 46

India finished in the 4th position in their group with only win against Thailand ... In their last Pool match, the Indians girl lost against the Korean girls ... Karman was inured, so our non-playing captain, Vishal Uppal, gave Mahak Jain a debut ... But Mahak lost against an experienced Korean girl, Na-Ri Kim ... In the second match, Ankita comfortably won against Korean Jeong ... In the doubles, pairing of Ankita and Prarthana lost against the Koreans in straight sets.

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At € 586K Sofia Open 2019, Bulgaria

[SF] (3) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) l Cheng-Peng Hsieh (TPE)/ Christopher Rungkat (INA) 67(3) 36

Rohan and Divij lost in straight sets against Rungkat and Hsieh.

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At $54K+H Chennai Challenger 2019, India

[SF] (1) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,102) l Andrew Harris (AUS,347) 46 63 06
[SF] (16) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,293) l Corentin Moutet (FRA,145) 63 46 26

Mukund gave fighting performance against #NextGen French guy, Corentin Moutet ... He won the first set but after that struggled with his game and Moutet took advantage of it for winning next two sets.
A surprising loss for Prajnesh against Andrew Harris ... After losing the first set Prajnesh tried fightback after winning the second ... But he struggled in the final set as his service wasn't working and committed load of unforced errors ... A bad day for Indians.

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At $52K Men's Three Rivers Capital Pittsburgh Open 2019, Pittsburgh, USA (PSA World Tour Bronze)

[QF] Ramit Tandon (IND,58) l (2) Nicolas Müller (SUI,25) 9-11, 11-8, 4-11, 11-9, 7-11 (55m)

Ramit gave a fighting performance against the top-25 Swiss player, Nicolas Müller ... He stretched Müller to five games in well fough match.

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At The Fed Cup - the Asia-Oceania Group-1 2019, Astana, Kazakhstan

India l Kazakhstan 0-3

[S1] Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,211) l Zarina Diyas (KAZ,96)
[S2] Ankita Raina (IND,165) l Yulia Putintseva (KAZ,43) 16 67(4)
[D] Riya Bhatia (IND)/ Prarthana Thombare (IND) l Anna Danilina (KAZ)/ Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ) 16 16

After their heroic against the Thai team, our players were tired as they were more than 5 hours on the court ... So wasn't expected any upset against the highly ranked Kazakh team ... Karman and Ankita both lost in straight sets against their respective higher ranked opponents ... Prarthana and Riya had a no chance in the doubles.

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At € 586K Sofia Open 2019, Bulgaria

[QF] (3) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) bt (WC) Alexander Donski (BUL)/ Alexandar Lazarov (BUL) 63 61

[SF] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) l Nikola Mektic (CRO)/ Jurgen Melzer (AUT) 75 46 6-10
[SF] (3) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs Cheng-Peng Hsieh (TPE)/ Christopher Rungkat (INA)

In the quarters, Rohan and Divij scored an expected comfortable win over a local wildcard pair ... Next, they r facing the pairing of Rungkat and Hsieh.
In the semis, Jeevan and Purav's run ended against Melzer and Mektic ... They started well and won the first set but failed to keep the momentum ... Melzer and Mektic recovered and won next two sets for completing the win.

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At € 586K Open Sud de France 2019, Montpellier, France

[SF] Leander Paes (IND)/ Benoit Paire (FRA) l (1) Ivan Dodig (CRO)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) 36 67(3)

Lee and Paire lost in straight sets against the top seed Dodig and Roger-Vasselin ... Still, a good week for Lee with Benoit Paire.

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At $135.4K+H Dallas Challenger Open 2019, Texas, USA

[QF] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Hans Hach Verdugo (MEX) l (WC) Marcos Giron (USA)/ Dennis Novikov (USA) 46 67(3)

Bala and Hach Verdugo lost in straight sets against the American wildcard pair.

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At $54K+H Chennai Challenger 2019, India

[QF] (1) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,102) bt (7) James Duckworth (AUS,241) 64 63
[QF] (16) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,292) bt Brydan Klein (GBR,395) 62 36 76(3)

[SF] (1) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,102) vs Andrew Harris (AUS,347)
[SF] (16) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,293) vs Corentin Moutet (FRA,145)

Mukund continues with his terrific run and enters into his first challenger semi-final ... In the quarter-final, he scored a hard-fought win over an experienced Klein ... In the semis, he is facing #NextGen French guy, Corentin Moutet.
Prajnesh dominated Duckworth from the start ... After winning the first set he was in the control of the second from start ... At 5-2 while serving for the match Prajnesh got broken but he immediately broke Duckworth in the next game for completing the win ... Next, he is facing another Australian, Andrew Harris.

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At $52K Men's Three Rivers Capital Pittsburgh Open 2019, Pittsburgh, USA (PSA World Tour Bronze)

[R2] Ramit Tandon (IND,58) bt (7) Youssef Soliman (EGY,33) 11-6, 10-12, 5-11, 11-4, 11-7

[QF] Ramit Tandon (IND,58) vs (2) Nicolas Müller (SUI,25)

Ramit scored a superb comeback win over Egyptian youngster Soliman ... Ramit won the first game but after that Soliman took control and won the next two games ... Ramit made a strong comeback in the fourth to win it comfortably and kept momentum for winning the fifth ... In the quarters, he is facing the top-25 Swiss player, Nicolas Müller.

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At $28K Women's Bahl & Gaynor Cincinnati Cup 2019, Ohio, USA (PSA Challenger Tour 30)

[R1] Sunayna Kuruvilla (IND,86) l (4) Emily Whitlock (ENG,20) 8-11, 6-11, 3-11 (32m)

Sunayna gave a decent performance against the top-20 young British player, Emily Whitlock, in her straight games loss.

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At The Fed Cup - the Asia-Oceania Group-1 2019, Astana, Kazakhstan

India bt Thailand 2-1

[S1] Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,211) l Nundnida Luangnam (THA,712) 26 63 36
[S2] Ankita Raina (IND,165) bt Peangtarn Plipuech (THA,297) 67(4) 62 64
[D] Ankita Raina (IND)/ Karman Kaur Thandi (IND) bt Peangtarn Plipuech (THA)/ Nundnida Luangnam (THA) 64 67(6) 75

A surprisingly tough match for our girls ... The former top-200 Thai girls stretched us to fullest ... Luangnam defeated Karman in three sets ... Ankita also lost the first set in the tie-break against Plipuech ... After that, she made an excellent comeback to win the next 2 sets ... In the doubles, Ankita and Karman started well and won the first set ... In the second set tie-break, they had 2 tie points in the tie-break at 6-4 but our pair lost next 4 points to lose the set ... In the final set, they broke down at 3-5 but they dig deep and made an excellent comeback ... They won the last 4 games to complete the memorable victory.

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At the 2019 World Group Qualifier Davis Cup Asia-Oceania Zone Group 1,

India has been awarded an away tie against Pakistan, which will be held in September ... The winner will move to the 2020 World Cup Qualifiers ... In our last meeting in 2006, we defeated them 3-2 in Mumbai when Lee won the final rubber against Aqueel Khan.

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At € 586K Sofia Open 2019, Bulgaria

[QF] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt (4) Robin Haase (NED)/ Matwe Middelkoop (NED) 76(6) 76(10)

[SF] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Nikola Mektic (CRO)/ Jurgen Melzer (AUT)

A super win for Jeevan and Purav against the 4th seed Dutch pair ... Our pair won both sets in the long tie-breaks ... In the semis, they r facing Melzer and Mektic.

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At $54K+H Chennai Challenger 2019, India

[R3] (1) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,102) bt Arjun Kadhe (IND,390) 64 62
[R3] (11) Saketh Myneni (IND,260) l (5) Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (ESP,236) 36 67(3)
[R3] (16) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,292) bt (3) Mohamed Safwat (EGY,198) 63 64

[QF] (1) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,102) vs (7) James Duckworth (AUS,241)
[QF] (16) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,292) vs Brydan Klein (GBR,395)

Doubles
[QF] (WC) Sidharth Rawat (IND)/ Manish Sureshkumar (IND) l (1) Matt Reid (AUS)/ Luke Saville (AUS) 26 26
[QF] N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND)/ Rubin Statham (NZL) l Glanluca Mager (ITA)/ Andrea Pellegrino (ITA) 36 16
[QF] (WC) Nam Hoang Ly (VIE)/ Sumit Nagal (IND) l (2) Tomislav Draganja (CRO)/ Tsung-Hua Yang (TPE) w/o

Prajnesh scored straight sets win over Arjun ... In the quarters, he is facing Aussie James Duckworth
Mukund continues with his good run and scored a comfortable win over the top-200 Safwat ... Next, he is facing an experienced Brydan Klein.
Saki lost in straight sets against Alejandro Davidovich Fokina.

In the doubles, our all pairs lost in the quarters.

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At $52K Men's Three Rivers Capital Pittsburgh Open 2019, Pittsburgh, USA (PSA World Tour Bronze)

[R1] Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,56) l (9/16) Todd Harrity (USA,48) 11-13, 11-4, 7-11, 5-11
[R1] Ramit Tandon (IND,58) bt (9/16) Vikram Malhotra (IND,59) 11-5, 9-3 ret.

[R2] Ramit Tandon (IND,58) vs (7) Youssef Soliman (EGY,33)

Our all three next rung players r almost similar ranked and playing in Pittsburgh ...Ramit won the match when Vikram retired in the middle of the second game after losing the first game ... Next, Ramit is facing the Egyptian youngster Soliman.
Mahesh lost in 4 games against the top-50 American Harrity ... In the first game, Mahesh missed 5 game-balls from 10-5 to lose it on extra points ... He won the 2nd game comfortably but after that, his challenge faded away.

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At $28K Women's Bahl & Gaynor Cincinnati Cup 2019, Ohio, USA (PSA Challenger Tour 30)

[R1] Sunayna Kuruvilla (IND,86) bt (9/16) Nicole Bunyan (CAN,59) 11-8, 11-5, 11-6 (24m)

[R12 Sunayna Kuruvilla (IND,86) vs (4) Emily Whitlock (ENG,20)

A young Sunayna Kuruvilla, started with straight games upset win over the top-60 Canadian girl, Nicole Bunyan ... In the second round, she has a tough match against the top-20 young British player, Emily Whitlock.

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At € 586K Sofia Open 2019, Bulgaria

[R1] (3) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) bt (PR) Mate Pavic (CRO)/ Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) 76(2) 62
[R1] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt Robert Galloway (USA)/ Nathaniel Lammons (USA) 64 64

[QF] (3) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs (WC) Alexander Donski (BUL)/ Alexandar Lazarov (BUL)
[QF] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs (4) Robin Haase (NED)/ Matwe Middelkoop (NED)

Rohan and Divij started with straight sets win over Zimo with Pavic ... In the quarters, they r facing a local wildcard pair.
Jeevan and Purav also started with straight sets win over the American pair ... Next, they r facing the 4th seed Dutch pair.

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At € 586K Open Sud de France 2019, Montpellier, France

[QF] Leander Paes (IND)/ Benoit Paire (FRA) bt (4) Radu Albot (MDA)/ Marcel Granollers (ESP) 61 64

Another convincing win for Lee and Benoit Paire against the 4th seed Albot and Granollers.

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At $135.4K+H Dallas Challenger Open 2019, Texas, USA

[R1] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Hans Hach Verdugo (MEX) bt Gonzalo Escobar (ECU)/ Nathan Pasha (USA) 61 75

[QF] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Hans Hach Verdugo (MEX) vs (WC) Marcos Giron (USA)/ Dennis Novikov (USA)

Bala and Hach Verdugo started with straight sets win over Escobar and Pasha ... Next, they r facing the American wildcard pair, who scored an upset win over the 4th seeds in the first round.

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At $54K+H Chennai Challenger 2019, India

[R2] (1) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,102) bt (PR) Daniel Altmaier (GER,372) 64 64
[R2] Arjun Kadhe (IND,390) bt (13) Jose Hernandez-Fernandez (DOM,277) 63 62
[R2] (11) Saketh Myneni (IND,260) bt (WC) N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,ITF-374) 64 63

[R3] (1) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,102) vs Arjun Kadhe (IND,390)
[R3] (11) Saketh Myneni (IND,260) vs (5) Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (ESP,236)

Arjun scored a comfortable win over a higher ranked Hernandez-Fernandez ... In the third round, Arjun is facing Prajnesh, who scored straight sets win over a talented German Altmaier.
Saki scored an expected win over VSP ... In the third round, he is facing the Spanish youngster, Alejandro Davidovich Fokina.

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At $54K+H Budapest Challenger Open 2019, Hungary

[R1] (1) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,133) bye

[R2] (1) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,133) l Uladzimir Ignatik (BLR,248) 67(4) 57

Ram was the top-seed in Hungary, after getting a bye in the first round he lost against Ignatik in the second round ... After losing the first set Ram was up with a break in the second set ... He failed to keep advantage as Ignatik broke him twice to win the match.

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At $54K+H Chennai Challenger 2019, India

[R1] (WC) Manish Sureshkumar (IND,584) l Brydan Klein (GBR,396) 26 36

[R2] (16) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,292) bt Sebastian Fanselow (GER,308) 63 61
[R2] Sumit Nagal (IND,349) l (8) Duckhee Lee (KOR,243) 36 46

[R3] (16) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,292) vs (3) Mohamed Safwat (EGY,198)

Doubles
[R1] (WC) Sidharth Rawat (IND)/ Manish Sureshkumar (IND) bt (WC) Anirudh Chandrasekar (IND)/ Abhinav Sanjeev Shanmugam (IND) 67(5) 62 10-5
[R1] N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND)/ Rubin Statham (NZL) bt Brydan Klein (GBR)/ Toshihide Matsui (JPN) 64 64
[R1] (3) Arjun Kadhe (IND)/ Saketh Myneni (IND) l Glanluca Mager (ITA)/ Andrea Pellegrino (ITA) 67(4) 36
[R1] (WC) Nam Hoang Ly (VIE)/ Sumit Nagal (IND) bt (ITF) Ivan Nedelko (RUS)/ Alexander Zhurbin (RUS) 61 62

Mukund scored a convincing win over Fanselow ... Next, he is facing the top-200 player, Mohamed Safwat.
Sumit failed to challenge Duckhee Lee and lost in straight sets ... Manish also lost against Klein in straight sets.

In the doubles, Sid and Manish started with a comeback win in the match tie-break against another wild-card pairing of Anirudh and Abhinav ... Ly and Sumit scored a dominating win over the Russian pair ... VSP and Statham also scored straight sets win but disappointing loss of Arjun and Saki against the Italian pair..

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At € 586K Open Sud de France 2019, Montpellier, France

[R1] Leander Paes (IND)/ Benoit Paire (FRA) bt Jonathan Eysseric (FRA)/ Gilles Simon (FRA) 64 62

Lee and Benoit Paire started with a comfortable win against the French pair.

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At $54K+H Chennai Challenger 2019, India

[Q1] (WC) Dhakshineswar Suresh (IND,UNR) l (1) Ivan Gakhov (RUS,ITF-20) 16 36
[Q1] (2) Sidharth Rawat (IND,443) l Alexander Zhurbin (RUS,ITF-27) 63 57 36

[R1] Arjun Kadhe (IND,390) bt Ivan Nedelko (RUS,ITF-14) 64 61
[R1] (WC) Siddharth Vishwakarma (IND,ITF-1021) l Blake Ellis (AUS,353) 26 26
[R1] (WC) N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,ITF-374) bt Carlos Boluda-Purkiss (ESP,341) 62 26 62
[R1] (WC) Abhinav Sanjeev Shanmugam (IND,509) l Renta Tokuda (JPN,342) 36 46
[R1] Sumit Nagal (IND,349) bt David Perez Sanz (ESP,ITF-1) 63 62

[R2] (1) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,102) vs (PR) Daniel Altmaier (GER,372)
[R2] Arjun Kadhe (IND,390) vs (13) Jose Hernandez-Fernandez (DOM,277)
[R2] (11) Saketh Myneni (IND,260) vs (WC) N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,ITF-374)
[R2] (16) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,292) vs Sebastian Fanselow (GER,308)
[R2] Sumit Nagal (IND,349) vs (8) Duckhee Lee (KOR,243)

Only VSP managed to upset higher ranked the top-350 Spanish opponent in three sets ... Next, he is facing Saki.
Arjun scored a convincing win over the top-15 ITF player, Ivan Nedelko ... Next, he is facing the top-300, Jose Hernandez-Fernandez.
Sumit also scored a dominating win over the current ITF #1, David Perez Sanz ... Next, he is facing the Korean Duckhee Lee.
Prajnesh is facing the German youngster, Daniel Altmaier and Mukund is facing the German Fanselow.

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At $3.5M Saudi International 2019, King Abdullah Economic City, Saudi Arabia (European Tour)

T34 Gaganjeet Bhullar (IND) 68 72 66 70 -4 € 21,347
-----------------Cut @ PAR ----------------------
T95 (A) Rayhan Thomas (IND) 67 77 +4
T124 Shubhankar Sharma (IND) 77 73 +10

Gaganjeet managed PAR final round to finish inside the top-35 ... Shubhankar struggled to miss the cut.

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At € 586K Sofia Open 2019, Bulgaria

[R1] (3) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs (PR) Mate Pavic (CRO)/ Nenad Zimonjic (SRB)
[R1] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Robert Galloway (USA)/ Nathaniel Lammons (USA)

Jeevan and Purav have decided to play together for the next 10 weeks ... This week, they r playing in Sofia Open and facing the American pair in the first round ... Rohan and Divij r the 3rd seeds and they r facing a veteran Zimo with Pavic.

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At € 586K Open Sud de France 2019, Montpellier, France

[R1] Leander Paes (IND)/ Benoit Paire (FRA) vs Jonathan Eysseric (FRA)/ Gilles Simon (FRA)

This week, Lee is playing in France partnering Benoit Paire ... They r facing the French pair.

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At $54K+H Chennai Challenger 2019, India

[Q1] (WC) Dhakshineswar Suresh (IND,UNR) vs (1) Ivan Gakhov (RUS,ITF-20)
[Q1] (2) Sidharth Rawat (IND,443) vs Alexander Zhurbin (RUS,ITF-27)

[R1] (1) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,102) bye
[R1] Arjun Kadhe (IND,390) vs Ivan Nedelko (RUS,ITF-14)
[R1] (WC) Siddharth Vishwakarma (IND,ITF-1021) vs Blake Ellis (AUS,353)
[R1] (11) Saketh Myneni (IND,260) bye
[R1] (WC) N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,ITF-374) vs Carlos Boluda-Purkiss (ESP,341)
[R1] (WC) Abhinav Sanjeev Shanmugam (IND,509) vs Renta Tokuda (JPN,342)
[R1] (WC) Manish Sureshkumar (IND,584) vs Brydan Klein (GBR,396)
[R1] (16) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,292) bye
[R1] Sumit Nagal (IND,349) vs David Perez Sanz (ESP,ITF-1)

Doubles
[R1] (WC) Sidharth Rawat (IND)/ Manish Sureshkumar (IND) vs (WC) Anirudh Chandrasekar (IND)/ Abhinav Sanjeev Shanmugam (IND)
[R1] N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND)/ Rubin Statham (NZL) vs Brydan Klein (GBR)/ Toshihide Matsui (JPN)
[R1] (3) Arjun Kadhe (IND)/ Saketh Myneni (IND) vs Glanluca Mager (ITA)/ Andrea Pellegrino (ITA)
[R1] (WC) Nam Hoang Ly (VIE)/ Sumit Nagal (IND) vs (ITF) Ivan Nedelko (RUS)/ Alexander Zhurbin (RUS)

Our 3 players r seeded; Prajnesh, Saki and Mukund ... Sumit is facing current ITF #1 David Perez Sanz and Arjun also having a tough match against current ITF top-15 Nedelko ... In the doubles, only Arjun and Saki r the seeded Indian pair.

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At the World Group Qualifier 2019, Kolkata, India

India l Italy 1-3

Day One
[R1] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,133) l Andreas Seppi (ITA,37) 46 26
[R2] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,102) l Matteo Berrettini (ITA,53) 46 36

Day Two
[R3] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) bt Matteo Berrettini (ITA)/ Simone Bolelli (ITA) 46 63 64
[R4] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,102) l Andreas Seppi (ITA,37) 16 46
[R5] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,133) vs Matteo Berrettini (ITA,53)

After 0-2 down on the first day, the Indians started on the backfoot on the second day ... They managed to win the doubles in a comeback victory, but Seppi proved a too strong our singles players and Italy won the tie 3-1.

The Italian captain kept surprising and fielded Matteo in the doubles, after his excellent debut on the first day, with Bolelli ... His introduction paid off as the Italian pair started well ... They broke Rohan in the 9th game and then held their service game for winning the first set ... In the second set, our pair took a crucial break on the Matteo’s serve in the 4th game to lead 4-1 ... After that both pairs held their respective service games, Divij saved a couple of break point before holding his serve and won the second set ... In the third set, the Italians were in the driving seat when they broke Divij in the 4th game to lead 1-3 ... But from here the Indians made a comeback in the match ... They immediately broke Bolelli in the 5th game, 2-3, and then again broke Bolelli in the 9th game to lead the first time in the set, 5-4 ... Rohan held his serve to give a first point of the tie for the Indians.
In the reverse singles, Prajnesh faced an old cookie Seppi ... Considering Seppi's experience this was a tough match for Prajnesh ... In the first set, Prajnesh tried to outplay Seppi from the baseline and that backfired ... Seppi won the set comfortably ... In the second, Prajnesh ran close with Seppi but Seppi used his experience to finish this match in two sets ... With this win, the Italian qualify for the World Group.

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At the World Group Qualifier 2019, Kolkata, India

India vs Italy 0-2

Day One
[R1] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,133) l Andreas Seppi (ITA,37) 46 26
[R2] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,102) l Matteo Berrettini (ITA,53) 46 36

Andreas Seppi outperformed Ram in the first match ... In the first set, both were 4-all and Ram made few double faults to lose his serve in the 9th ... Seppi held to win the first set ... Ram struggled continues in the second as he made unforced errors and double faults ... Seppi took advantage to win the set and match comfortably.
Prajnesh also failed to raise his game against the young Italian debutant, Matteo Berrettiniis ... In both sets, Prajnesh lost his serve in the opening game and failed to challenge Matteo's serve ... So after the first day we r 0-2 down and considering our players' performance it would be Hercules task for our team to fight back.

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At $81K+H Cleveland Challenger 2019, Ohio, United States

[QF] (4) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Hans Hach Verdugo (MEX) l Evan King (USA)/ Hunter Reese (USA) 16 76(4) 4-10

Bala's partnership with his new partner is not clicking ... He and Hach Verdugo lost in the quarters against the American pair.

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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament 2019, Jodhpur, India

[R2] (WC) Riya BHATIA (IND,555) l (6) Miyabi INOUE (JPN,362) 57 26

Overall, a disappointing performance from the Indians ... Riya also lost in the second round against the 6th seed Inoue.