Table Tennis News

At Liebherr 2019 ITTF World Championships, Budapest, Hungary

[R1] Sutirtha Mukherjee (IND,277) bt Sabine Winter (GER,67) 4-3 (8-11, 17-15, 11-9, 5-11, 6-11, 11-8, 11-6)
[R1] Archana Girish Kamath (IND,155) l Dina Meshref (EGY,50) 4-3 (11-8, 11-8, 19-17, 8-11, 6-11, 7-11, 4-11)
[R1] Manika Batra (IND,59) bt Andrea Todorovic (SRB,163) 4-0 (14-12, 11-5, 11-5, 11-8)
[R1] Madhurika Patkar (IND,114) l Amelie Solja (AUT,60) 2-4 (11-5, 9-11, 6-11, 11-8, 7-11, 11-13)

[R1] Sharath Kamal Achanta (IND,46) bt Zokhid Kenjaev (UZB,187) 4-0 (11-6, 11-3, 11-6, 11-4)
[R1] Sathiyan Gnanasekaran (IND,28) bt Robin Devos (BEL,98) 4-0 (11-5, 11-6, 12-10, 11-7)

[R2] Sutirtha Mukherjee (IND,277) l Adriana Diaz (PUR,31) 2-4 (11-4, 8-11, 11-7, 5-11, 3-11, 9-11)
[R2] Manika Batra (IND,59) l Szu-u Chen (TPE,27) 1-4 (2-11, 8-11, 11-7, 7-11, 9-11)

[R2] Sharath Kamal Achanta (IND,46) l Tomislav Pucar (CRO,43) 1-4 (9-11, 10-12, 11-8, 4-11, 9-11)
[R2] Sathiyan Gnanasekaran (IND,28) bt Cristian Pletea (ROU,116) 4-1 (11-5, 11-9, 6-11, 11-7, 11-8)

[R32] Sathiyan Gnanasekaran (IND,28) l Hugo Calderano (BRA,8) 0-4 (6-11, 3-11, 9-11, 9-11)

Sathiyan becomes first Indian to break into the top-25 of ITTF rankings, #24 ... He has shown consistent performance in the last few months ... Last week, he was only Indian to reach the round-32 in the World Championship.

Tennis News

At € 586K BMW Open Banc by FWU 2019, Munich, Germany

[R1] Marcelo Demoliner (BRA)/ Divij Sharan (IND) bt (1) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Dominic Inglot (GBR) 63 36 12-10

Divij and Demoliner started with an upset win over the top-seeds Rohan and Inglot in the match tie-break.

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At $108K+H Seoul Challenger 2019, Korea

[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND,247) bt (LL) Zihao Xia (CHN,356) 64 61
[R1] Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,289) l Luke Saville (AUS,318) 26 46

[R2] Saketh Myneni (IND,247) vs (15) Hiroki Moriya (JPN,184)

A lucky break for Saki as he faced a lucky-loser Xia ... Saki scored a comfortable win and next, he is facing the top-200 Japanese, Hiroki Moriya ... But Mukund failed to challenge his Aussie opponent Saville in the loss.

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At $54K+H Savannah Challenger 2019, Georgia, USA

[R1] Sumit Nagal (IND,332) bt Juan Pablo Varillas (PER,347) 67(3) 62 75

[R2] Sumit Nagal (IND,332) vs (8) Mats Moraing (GER,219)

Sumit faced a stiff challenge from his Peruvian opponent Varillas in the first round ... After losing the first set Sumit fought back to win the second set easily ... In the third set, he overcame a challenge of Varillas ... In the second round, he is facing the 8th seed German, Mats Moraing.

Squash News

At $18K Men's Cannon Kirk Irish Open 2019, Dublin, Ireland (PSA Challenger Tour 20)

[R1] Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,67) bye
[R2] Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,67)bt Bernat Jaume (ESP,87) 11-6, 11-6, 11-8 (42m)
[QF] Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,67) bt Benjamin Aubert (FRA,97) 7-11, 14-12, 11-8, 11-5 (74m)
[SF] Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,67) bt (6) Peter Creed (WAL,63) 10-12, 11-4, 11-2, 11-3 (49m)

[F] Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,67) l (3) Campbell Grayson (NZL,48) 6-11, 8-11, 7-11 (45m)

Mahesh had a good outing in the Irish Open ... He lost in the final against the top-50 Grayson in straight games.

Tennis News

At € 586K BMW Open Banc by FWU 2019, Munich, Germany

[Q2] (2) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,75) l (8) Denis Istomin (UZB,106) 64 26 26

Doubles
[R1] (1) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Dominic Inglot (GBR) vs Marcelo Demoliner (BRA)/ Divij Sharan (IND)
[R1] Leander Paes (IND)/ Benoit Paire (FRA) vs Frederik Nielsen (DEN)/ Tim Puetz (GER)

Prajnesh lost in three sets against Istomin in the final qualifying ... In the first set, both players held their service games till 4-all ... Prajnesh broke Istomin in the 9th game and held his service game to win the set ... In the second set, after 2-all Istomin won next 4 games breaking Prajnesh in the 6th and the 8th games ... In the third set also, Istomin broke Prajnesh in the 2nd game to lead 0-3 ... He again broke Prajnesh in the 8th game when he was serving for staying in the match for winning the match ... After losing the first set Istomin dominated the match ... A learning experience for Prajnesh against a decent clay court player.

In the doubles, Rohan and Divij r facing each other with their respective partners ... Lee is playing Benoit and facing a pairing of Puetz and Nielsen.

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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament 2019, Andijan, Uzbekistan

[R1] (4) Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,283) bt Susanne Celik (SWE,689) 64 76(2)
[R2] (4) Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,283) bt (Q) Alicia Barnett (GBR,483) 61 46 60
[QF] (4) Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,283) bt (Q) Anastasia Pribylova (RUS,IR 43) 64 26 62
[SF] (4) Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,283) bt Maryna Cheryshnova (UKR,IR 9) 76(5) 75

[F] (4) Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,283) l (Q) Kamilla Rakhimova (RUS,641,ITF 61) 60 16 36

Pranjala lost in the final against an in-form Rakhimova after dominating the first set ... Before that, she had a couple of good wins ... Rutuja and Riya also played but lost in the quarters.

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At $108K+H Seoul Challenger 2019, Korea

[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND,247) vs Andrew Harris (AUS,291)
[R1] (10) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,151) bye
[R1] Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,270) vs Luke Saville (AUS,318)

Doubles
[R1] Evgeny Donskoy (RUS)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs (1) Max Purcell (AUS)/ Luke Saville (AUS)
[R1] (2) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Jonathan Erlich (ISR) vs Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND)/ Brayden Schnur (CAN)

Mukund is facing an Aussie Luke Saville ... And Saki is facing another Aussie Andrew Harris in the first round.

In the doubles, Bala is back with Erlich and facing Ram and Schnur ... Vishnu is playing with Donskoy and facing the top seeds.

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At $54K+H Savannah Challenger 2019, Georgia, USA

[R1] Sumit Nagal (IND,344) vs Juan Pablo Varillas (PER,347)

Sumit is facing a similar ranked Peruvian Varillas in the first round.

Shooting News

At ISSF World Cup Rifle / Pistol 2019, Beijing, China

P.C. to ISSF site

10m Air Pistol Men
Gold - Abhishek Verma (IND) 242.7 pts
Silver - Artem Chernousov (RUS) 240.4 pts
Bronze - Seungwoo Han (KOR) 220.0 pts

Abhishek Verma won a Gold in the 10m Air Pistol event and with that, he secures our second quota place in the 10m Air Pistol ... He qualified for the final on the 4th position with 585 pts.

Tennis News

At € 586K BMW Open Banc by FWU 2019, Munich, Germany

[Q1] (2) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,75) bt (WC) Alexander Erler (AUT,615) 36 76(5) 75

[Q2] (2) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,75) vs (8) Denis Istomin (UZB,106)

Prajnesh struggled to beat a lowly ranked Austrian Erler ... In the end, he somehow managed to complete the victory ... Next, he is facing an experienced Istomin for a place in the main draw.

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At $54K+H Nanchang Challenger 2019, China

[SF] (4) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,157) l (1) Jordan Thompson (AUS,68) 67(2) 36

Ram gave a decent performance against the top-75 Jordan Thompson in his loss.

Shooting News

At ISSF World Cup Rifle / Pistol 2019, Beijing, China

P.C. to ISSF site

10m Air Rifle Men
Gold - Zicheng Hui (CHN) 249.4 pts
Silver - Divyansh Singh Panwar (IND) 249.0 pts
Bronze - Grigorii Shamakov (RUS) 227.5 pts

Our another young shooter, Divyansh Singh Panwar, won a Silver in the 10m Air Rifle Men and grabbed an Olympic quota for us ... He qualified for the final on the 3rd position with 629.2 pts ... This was Divyansh's second medal in this World Cup ... He won the Gold medal with Anjum Moudgil in the 10m Air Rifle Mixed final, they defeated a Chinese pairing of Ruxuan Liu and Haoran Yang ... In the 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team event, Manu Bhaker and Chaudhary Saurabh beat China’s Ranxin Jiang and Wei Pang in the gold medal match and won the second gold medal for India.

Tennis News

At $54K+H Nanchang Challenger 2019, China

[QF] (4) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,157) bt Zhizhen Zhang (CHN,355) 63 60

[SF] (4) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,157) vs (1) Jordan Thompson (AUS,68)

Ram scored a comfortable win over Zhizhen losing only 3 games ... Next, he is having a tough match against the top-75 Aussie player, Jordan Thompson.

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At $54K+H Tallahassee Challenger 2019, Florida, USA

[QF] Sumit Nagal (IND,346) l (3) Corentin Moutet (FRA,133) 26 61 57

Sumit lost the first set easily but he fought back to win the second set ... He was up with a double break in the third at 5-2 but lost his serve while serving for the match, 5-3 ... Sumit again lost his serve in the 10th game when he was serving for the match, 5-all ... Sumit again failed to hold his serve in the 12th game to lose the match ... So after a double break up at 5-2, he lost the next 5 games and got broken thrice to lose this match ... So it was a mixed week for Sumit and Ankita as with some good wins both had bad losses from their winning positions.

Badminton News

At Badminton Asia Championships 2019, Wuhan, China

[QF] Sameer Verma (IND,15) l (2) Yuqi Shi (CHN,2) 10-21 12-21

[QF] (4) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,6) l Yanyan Cai (CHN,17) 19-21 9-21
[QF] (7) Saina Nehwal (IND,9) l (3) Akane Yamaguchi (JPN,4) 13-21 23-21 16-21

Our challenge ended in the quarters as our all players lost their respective matches ... Saina faced Akane Yamaguchi and gave fighting performance against her ... After losing the first game Saina saved a match point for winning the second ... In the third game, Saina was up 14-11 but Yamaguchi raised her game and only gave 2 more points to Saina before winning this game.
Sindhu had a disappointing loss against Yanyan Cai ... She lost in straight two games against Cai.
Sameer had a tough match against the WR #2, Yuqi Shi ... Sameer lost in a one-sided match against Yuqi.

Tennis News

At € 586K Hungarian Open 2019, Budapest, Hungary

[QF] (1) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Dominic Inglot (GBR) l (Alt) Andre Begemann (GER)/ Ernests Gulbis (LAT) 36 46
[QF] Marcelo Demoliner (BRA)/ Divij Sharan (IND) l (3) Ken Skupski (GBR)/ Neal Skupski (GBR) 67(6) 75 7-10

A bad loss, as Rohan and Inglot lost in straight sets against Begemann and Gulbis.
Divij and Demoliner lost in a close match against Skupski brothers ... Divij and Demoliner lost the first set in the tie-break, they fought back to win the second set ... But failed to overcome Skupskis challenge in the match tie-break.

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At $125K WTA Anning 2019, China

[R2] Ankita Raina (IND,178) l Kai-Lin Zhang (CHN,209) 61 67(2) 67(7)

Doubles
[QF] Ashley Kratzer (USA)/ Ankita Raina (IND) l Maddison Inglis (AUS)/ Miyabi Inoue (JPN) w/o

After a super-notch victory against Stosur, Ankita lost in a marathon against Kai-Lin Zhang in 3 hours ... Ankita started comfortably and won the first set losing a single game ... In the second set, she was down 3-5, won next 3 games and missed a couple of set points in the 12h game ... She lost the tie-break easily, but in the final set, she failed to close the match after taking a 5-1 lead ... She failed to hold her serve in the 7th and the 9th games ... She again had 3 match points on Zhang's serve in the 12th game, which she missed ... Ankita was down 0-3 but she caught at 6-all and 7-all but lost next 2 points to lose the match ... I feel, somehow Ankita messed up and found herself on losing side ... A big missed opportunity for gaining huge points.

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At $54K+H Nanchang Challenger 2019, China

[R3] (4) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,151) bt (16) Kaichi Uchida (JPN,243) 62 63

[QF] (4) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,151) vs Zhizhen Zhang (CHN,343)

Doubles
[QF] (1) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Jamie Cerretani (USA) l Alex Bolt (AUS)/ Akira Santillan (AUS) 46 36

Ram scored another comfortable win over Kaichi Uchida ... In the quarters, he is facing a Chinese challenge of Zhizhen Zhang.

Bala and Cerretani lost in straight sets against the Aussie pairing of Santillan and Bolt.

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At $54K+H Tallahassee Challenger 2019, Florida, USA

[R3] Sumit Nagal (IND,346) bt (Q) Jordi Arconada (USA,686) 76(4) 61

[QF] Sumit Nagal (IND,346) vs (3) Corentin Moutet (FRA,133)

Sumit scored straight sets win over an American qualifier ... In the first set, he stretched to the tie-break by Jordi, but afterwards, he dominated the second set and won it comfortably ... Next, he is facing the top-150 Frenchman, Corentin Moutet.

Badminton News

At Badminton Asia Championships 2019, Wuhan, China

[R2] Sameer Verma (IND,15) bt Ka Long Angus Ng (HKG,16) 21-12 21-19

[R2] (4) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,6) bt Choirunnisa (INA,68) 21-15 21-19
[R2] (7) Saina Nehwal (IND,9) bt Ga Eun Kim (KOR,36) 21-13 21-13

[R2] Utkarsh Arora (IND)/ Karishma Wadkar (IND) l Hafiz Faizal (INA)/ Gloria Emanuelle Widiaja (INA) 10-21 15-21
[R2] Venkat Gaurav Prasad (IND)/ Juhi Dewangan (IND) l (2) Yilyu Wang (CHN)/ Dongping Huang (CHN) 10-21 9-21

[QF] Sameer Verma (IND,15) vs (2) Yuqi Shi (CHN,2)

[QF] (4) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,6) vs Yanyan Cai (CHN,17)
[QF] (7) Saina Nehwal (IND,9) vs (3) Akane Yamaguchi (JPN,4)

Our all three singles players scored straight games win ... Good to see, Sameer scoring an easy win against a similar ranked Ka Long Angus Ng ... Next, Sindhu is facing a Chinese Yanyan Cai, Saina having a tougher match against Akane Yamaguchi ... Sameer is facing the WR #2, Yuqi Shi.

Tennis News

At € 586K Hungarian Open 2019, Budapest, Hungary

[R1] (1) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Dominic Inglot (GBR) bt (Alt) Thomas Fabbiano (ITA)/ John Millman (AUS) 63 75
[R1] Marcelo Demoliner (BRA)/ Divij Sharan (IND) bt Robert Lindstedt (SWE)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) 63 46 11-9

[QF] (1) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Dominic Inglot (GBR) vs (Alt) Andre Begemann (GER)/ Ernests Gulbis (LAT)
[QF] Marcelo Demoliner (BRA)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs (3) Ken Skupski (GBR)/ Neal Skupski (GBR)

Divij and Demoliner started with a good upset win over an experienced pairing of Aisam and Lindstedt in the match tie-break ... Next, they r facing the 3rd seeds British pair.
Rohan and Inglot started with straight sets win over Millman and Fabbiano ... Next, they r facing another alternate pairing of Begemann and Gulbis

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At $125K WTA Anning 2019, China

[R1] Ankita Raina (IND,178) bt (3) Samantha Stosur (AUS,77) 75 26 75

[R1] Ankita Raina (IND,178) vs Kai-Lin Zhang (CHN,209)

A huge win for Ankita against the former top-5 player, Samantha Stosur ... This was her biggest win of the career in this almost 3 hours long match ... Both players were breaking others on a regular basis as Ankita converted 7 break point chances from 16 break points and Stosur also broke her 7 times from 18 chances ... Ankita played important points better as she won the first set ... In the second Stosur dominated and won with a double break advantage ... Ankita recovered and stayed close with Stosur and won the final set for entering into the next round ... Next, she is facing a local player, Kai-Lin Zhang.

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At $54K+H Nanchang Challenger 2019, China

[R2] N. Sriram Balaji (IND,404) l (11) Go Soeda (JPN,207) 46 46
[R2] (4) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,151) bt (WC) Rigele Te (CHN,412) 63 62
[R2] Vishnu Vardhan (IND,573) l Andrew Harris (AUS,291) 26 36

[R3] (4) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,151) vs (16) Kaichi Uchida (JPN,243)

Doubles
[R1] (1) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Jamie Cerretani (USA) bt Rigele Te (CHN)/ Di Wu (CHN) 62 64
[R1] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) l (2) Sander Arends (NED)/ Tristan-Samuel Weissborn (AUT) 46 57

[QF] (1) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Jamie Cerretani (USA) vs Alex Bolt (AUS)/ Akira Santillan (AUS)

Ram scored an expected comfortable win over Rigele Te ... Next, he is facing a Japanese Kaichi Uchida
In the singles, expected losses of Bala and Vishnu against regular singles players Soeda and Harris.

In the doubles, a comfortable winning start for Bala and Cerretani against a Chinese pair ... Next, they r facing the Aussie pairing Santillan and Bolt.

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At $54K+H Tallahassee Challenger 2019, Florida, USA

[R1] (1) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) l Guilherme Clezar (BRA)/ Marc Polmans (AUS) 67(6) 46

Jeevan and Purav r struggling on the American clay ... They lost as the top-seeds in the first round in Tallahassee Challenger.

Badminton News

At Badminton Asia Championships 2019, Wuhan, China

[R1] (5) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,8) l Shesar Hiren Rhustavito (INA,51) 16-21 20-22
[R1] Sameer Verma (IND,15) bt Kazumasa Sakai (JPN,38) 21-13 17-21 21-18

[R1] (4) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,6) bt Sayaka Takahashi (JPN,13) 21-14 21-7
[R1] (7) Saina Nehwal (IND,9) bt Yue Han (CHN,12) 12-21 21-11 21-17

[R1] Arjun M.R. (IND)/ Ramchandran Shlok (IND) l Jiting He (CHN)/ Qiang Tan (CHN) 18-21 15-21

[R1] Aparna Balan (IND)/ Sruthi K.P. (IND) vs Yujia Jin (SIN)/ Ming Hui Lim (SIN)
[R1] Meghana Jakkampudi (IND)/ Poorvisha S Ram (IND) l Jongkolphan Kititharakul (THA)/ Rawinda Prajongjai (THA) 13-21 16-21
[R1] Pooja Dandu (IND)/ Sanjana Santosh (IND) l Thilini Pramodika Hendahewa (SRI)/ Kavidi Sirimannage (SRI) 13-21 21-12 12-21

[R2] Sameer Verma (IND,15) vs Ka Long Angus Ng (HKG,16)

[R2] (4) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,6) vs Choirunnisa (INA,68)
[R2] (7) Saina Nehwal (IND,9) vs Ga Eun Kim (KOR,36)

An impressive wins by Saina and Sindhu against their tricky opponents ... Saina needed three games but Sindhu scored a dominating win ... Sameer also moved to the second round with three games win ... But a shocking loss of Srikanth against his Indonesian opponent in straight games.

Tennis News

At $54K+H Nanchang Challenger 2019, China

[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND,256) l Zhizhen Zhang (CHN,355) 46 46

[R2] (4) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,157) vs (WC) Rigele Te (CHN,412)
[R2] Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,265) l (7) Nikola Milojevic (SRB,164) 26 46
[R2] Vishnu Vardhan (IND,573) vs Andrew Harris (AUS,291)

Another bad loss for Saki in the first round against Zhang ... Mukund lost in the second round against a superior Milojevic.
Ram is facing a local wildcard player, Rigele Te and Vishnu having a tough match against Andrew Harris.

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At $54K+H Tallahassee Challenger 2019, Florida, USA

[R2] Sumit Nagal (IND,346) bt (10) Santiago Giraldo (COL,202) 62 4-3 (40-0) retd.

[R3] Sumit Nagal (IND,346) vs (Q) Jordi Arconada (USA,686)

A really good win by Sumit against the former top-30 Giraldo ... Giraldo retired in the second set after a break-down, before this, Sumit dominated the first set also ... Next, he is facing an American qualifier for a place in the quarters.

Badminton News

At Badminton Asia Championships 2019, Wuhan, China

[R1] (5) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,8) vs Shesar Hiren Rhustavito (INA,51)
[R1] Sameer Verma (IND,15) vs Kazumasa Sakai (JPN,38)

[R1] (4) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,6) vs Sayaka Takahashi (JPN,13)
[R1] (7) Saina Nehwal (IND,9) vs Yue Han (CHN,12)

[R1] Arjun M.R. (IND)/ Ramchandran Shlok (IND) vs Jiting He (CHN)/ Qiang Tan (CHN)

[R1] Aparna Balan (IND)/ Sruthi K.P. (IND) vs Yujia Jin (SIN)/ Ming Hui Lim (SIN)
[R1] Jakkampudi Meghana (IND)/ Poorvisha S Ram (IND) vs Jongkolphan Kititharakul (THA)/ Rawinda Prajongjai (THA)
[R1] Pooja Dandu (IND)/ Sanjana Santosh (IND) vs Thilini Pramodika Hendahewa (SRI)/ Kavidi Sirimannage (SRI)

[R1] Rohan Kapoor (IND)/ Kuhoo Garg (IND) l Praveen Jordan (INA)/ Melati Daeva Oktavianti (INA) 5-21 15-21
[R1] Saurabh Sharma (IND)/ Anoushka Parikh (IND) l (4) Dechapol Puavaranukroh (THA)/ Sapsiree Taerattanachai (THA) 9-21 9-21
[R1] Utkarsh Arora (IND)/ Karishma Wadkar (IND) walkover
[R1] Venkat Gaurav Prasad (IND)/ Juhi Dewangan (IND) walkover

[R2] Utkarsh Arora (IND)/ Karishma Wadkar (IND) vs Hafiz Faizal (INA)/ Gloria Emanuelle Widiaja (INA)
[R2] Venkat Gaurav Prasad (IND)/ Juhi Dewangan (IND) vs (2) Yilyu Wang (CHN)/ Dongping Huang (CHN)

In the singles, we are missing Sai and Prannoy ... Sindhu and Saina having tough first round matches... In the doubles, we are playing with new pairs.

Tennis News

At € 2.7M Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell 2019, Spain

[Q1] Leander Paes (IND)/ Benoit Paire (FRA) bt (2) Austin Krajicek (USA)/ Artem Sitak (NZL) 46 64 10-7

[Q2] Leander Paes (IND)/ Benoit Paire (FRA) l (WC) Roberto Carballes Baena (ESP)/ Jaume Munar (ESP) 67(3) 57

Leander played in the qualifying of the Barcelona Open with Benoit ... They started with a comeback upset win over the 2nd seeds ... But in the final qualifying, they lost against a local wildcard pair in close straight sets.

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At € 586K Hungarian Open 2019, Budapest, Hungary

[R1] (1) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Dominic Inglot (GBR) vs Dusan Lajovic (SRB)/ Jurgen Melzer (AUT)
[R1] Marcelo Demoliner (BRA)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs Robert Lindstedt (SWE)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK)

Rohan is the top-seed with Inglot and they r facing Melzer and Lajovic ... Divij is again playing with Demoliner and they r facing Aisam and Lindstedt.

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At $125K WTA Anning 2019, China

[R1] Ankita Raina (IND)/ Ashley Kratzer (USA) bt (4) Xinyu Jiang (CHN)/ Qianhui Tang (CHN) 57 64 10-6

Ankita and Ashley scored an excellent upset win over the 4th seeds Chinese pair in the match tie-break.

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At $54K+H Nanchang Challenger 2019, China

[R1] N. Sriram Balaji (IND,404) bt (ITF) Yan Bai (CHN,358) 26 62 76(4)
[R1] Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,265) bt Renta Tokuda (JPN,335) 61 3-1 retd.

[R2] N. Sriram Balaji (IND,404) vs (11) Go Soeda (JPN,207)
[R2] Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,265) vs (7) Nikola Milojevic (SRB,164)

Prajnesh climbs to new career high ranking, #75, but he withdrew from this challenger due to stomach issues ... Vishnu takes his spot in the main draw as an alternate ... He is waiting for a winner between Andrew Harris vs Luca Margaroli in the second round.

Mukund started with a comfortable win over Tokuda ... Next, he is having a tough match against the top-175 ranked Milojevic ... Bala also started with a comeback win over an experienced Yan Bai ... Next, he is facing an experienced Go Soeda.

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At $54K+H Tallahassee Challenger 2019, Florida, USA

[R1] Sumit Nagal (IND,346)bt Denis Yevseyev (KAZ,310) 60 76(7)

[R2] Sumit Nagal (IND,346) vs (10) Santiago Giraldo (COL,202)

Doubles
[R1] (1) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Guilherme Clezar (BRA)/ Marc Polmans (AUS)

Sumit scored a straight sets win over Yevseyev ... Next, he is facing the former top-30 Colombian player, Santiago Giraldo.

Jeevan and Purav r the top-seeds and facing the Aussie-Brazilian pair.

Squash News

At $176K Men's El Gouna International Open 2019, El Gouna Marina, El Gouna, Egypt (PSA World Tour Platinum)

[R3] Saurav Ghosal (IND,10) l (3) Tarek Momen (EGY,3) 8-11, 7-11, 11-13 (45m)

Saurav gave a decent performance in his loss against an in-form WR #3 Tarek Momen.

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At $162K+H Anning Challenger 2019, China

Singles Final
(2) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,80) l (14) Jay Clarke (GBR,211) 46 36

Prajnesh failed to defend his title and lost in straight sets against Jay Clarke ... Prajnesh struggled in a windy condition and failed to keep the ball into play ... Other hand Jay kept the ball in play and waited for unforced errors from Prajnesh ... Still, a decent week for Prajnesh as he secures a place in the Wimbledon main draw.

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At $125K WTA Anning 2019, China

[R1] Ankita Raina (IND,180) vs (3) Samantha Stosur (AUS,77)

Doubles
[R1] Ankita Raina (IND)/ Ashley Kratzer (USA) vs (4) Xinyu Jiang (CHN)/ Qianhui Tang (CHN)

A tough match for Ankita against the former top-5 player, Samantha Stosur ... In the doubles also, Ankita with her American partner Kratzer against the 4th seed Chinese pair.

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At $54K+H Tallahassee Challenger 2019, Florida, USA

[R1] Sumit Nagal (IND,346) vs Denis Yevseyev (KAZ,310)

Sumit is facing Yevseyev in the first round of the Tallahassee Challenger.

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At $54K+H Nanchang Challenger 2019, China

[Q1] (1) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,572) vs Ivan Kosec (SVK,UNR)

Doubles
[R1] (1) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Jamie Cerretani (USA) vs Rigele Te (CHN)/ Di Wu (CHN)
[R1] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs (2) Sander Arends (NED)/ Tristan-Samuel Weissborn (AUT)

This week, only Bala, Vishu and Ram r playing in the doubles ... Vishnu and Ram having a tough match against the seeded pair ... Vishnu is playing in the qualifying.

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At $162K+H Anning Challenger 2019, China

[SF] (2) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,80) bt (3) Kamil Majchrzak (POL,130) 76(5) 67(3) 64

[F] (2) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,80) vs (14) Jay Clarke (GBR,211)

Prajnesh is in the final with a very hard-fought win against Majchrzak in almost three hours long match ... Also with this win, he secures the direct entry in the Wimbledon.

In this match, Prajnesh struggled with his serve but still managed to overcome multiple breaks to beat Kamil ... In the first set, after sharing early break Prajnesh was serving for the set when Kamil double-faulted to give break at 6-5 ... But Prajnesh failed to hold, 6-all and he managed to win the tie-break ... In the second set also both shared a break but this time Kamil won the tie-break easily ... In the final set, Prajnesh took an early break in the 3rd game to lead 3-1, but Kamil broke back ... Prajnesh again broke Kamil and completed win after holding his serve ... In the final, he is facing a British youngster, Jay Clarke.

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At $54K+H Nanchang Challenger 2019, China

[R1] N. Sriram Balaji (IND,404) vs (ITF) Yan Bai (CHN,358)
[R1] (4) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,157) bye
[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND,256) vs Zhizhen Zhang (CHN,355)
[R1] Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,265) vs Renta Tokuda (JPN,335)
[R1] (2) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,80) bye

Prajnesh has decided to play one more week in China ... He and Ram have a bye in the first round ... Bala is facing a local player Bai ... Saki is also playing a local Chinese Zhang ... Mukund is having a Japanese challenge of Tokuda.

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At $176K Women's El Gouna International Open 2019, El Gouna Marina, El Gouna, Egypt (PSA World Tour Platinum)

[R2] (16) Joshna Chinappa (IND,15) l Tinne Gilis (BEL,42) 8-11, 5-11, 11-6, 12-10, 4-11 (59m)

Joshna lost in five games against the Belgian youngster ... Joshna started badly and lost first 2 games, she tried fightback and won the next two games ... But in the final game, she was tired and Gilis took advantage of it.

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At $176K Men's El Gouna International Open 2019, El Gouna Marina, El Gouna, Egypt (PSA World Tour Platinum)

[R2] Saurav Ghosal (IND,10) bt Edmon Lopez (ESP,62) 11-9, 11-1, 3-11, 9-11, 11-6 (70m)

[R3] Saurav Ghosal (IND,10) vs (3) Tarek Momen (EGY,3)

Saurav is in the third round after surprising tough match against a lowly ranked Spanish opponent ... After winning the second game comfortably Saurav was cruising towards straight games win ... But he lost concentration and Lopez took advantage of it and won the next 2 games ... Saurav recovered to win the final game to complete hard-fought win ... Next, he is having a tough match against an in-form WR #3 Tarek Momen.

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At $162K+H Anning Challenger 2019, China

[QF] (5) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,157) l (3) Kamil Majchrzak (POL,130) 16 67(4)
[QF] (2) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,80) bt (10) Nikola Milojevic (SRB,164) 75 63

[SF] (2) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,80) vs (3) Kamil Majchrzak (POL,130)

Doubles
[QF] (2) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Jamie Cerretani (USA) l  Yan Bai (CHN)/ Fajing Sun (CHN) 67(9) 64 9-11

Prajnesh is in the semis with straight sets win over Milojevic ... Prajnesh controlled the match to win it in ease ... Next, he is facing the Polish guy, Kamil Majchrzak, who defeated Ram in straight sets.

In the doubles, Bala and Cerretani lost a close match against the Chinese pair ... Bala and Cerretani had a chance and had a match point in the match tie-break but they messed up.

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At $162K+H Anning Challenger 2019, China

[R3] (5) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,157) bt Zhizhen Zhang (CHN,355) 63 36 63
[R3] (2) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,80) bt (15) Adam Pavlasek (CZE,213) 75 63

[QF] (5) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,157) vs (3) Kamil Majchrzak (POL,130)
[QF] (2) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,80) vs (10) Nikola Milojevic (SRB,164)

Doubles
[QF] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND)/ Saketh Myneni (IND) l (3) Max Purcell (AUS)/ Luke Saville (AUS) 16 16

Another good win for Prajnesh against the Czech player, Pavlasek, on the clay in straight sets ... In the quarters, he is facing a Serbian Nikola Milojevic.

Good to see Ram shows consistency in his performance ... His Chinese opponent Zhang stretched Ram to three sets, but he completed win and enters into the quarters ... He is facing the top-130 Polish player, Kamil Majchrzak.

In the doubles, an Aussie pair proved too strong to Saki and Prajnesh.

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At $176K Women's El Gouna International Open 2019, El Gouna Marina, El Gouna, Egypt (PSA World Tour Platinum)

[R1] (16) Joshna Chinappa (IND,15) bye

[R2] (16) Joshna Chinappa (IND,15) vs Tinne Gilis (BEL,42)

Joshna has received a bye in the first round ... Next, she is facing a Belgian young girl.

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At $176K Men's El Gouna International Open 2019, El Gouna Marina, El Gouna, Egypt (PSA World Tour Platinum)

[R1] Saurav Ghosal (IND,10) bye
[R1] Ramit Tandon (IND,50) l Cesar Salazar (MEX,27) 11-3, 4-11, 2-11, 4-11 (39m)

[R2] Saurav Ghosal (IND,10) vs Edmon Lopez (ESP,62)

Saurav has received a bye in the first round ... Next, he is facing a Spaniard Edmon Lopez.

Ramit started well winning the first game but after that, he failed to keep momentum and challenge Salazar.

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At $162K+H Anning Challenger 2019, China

[R1] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) l (4) Sander Arends (NED)/ Tristan-Samuel Weissborn (AUT) 67(2) 67(7)
[R1] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND)/ Saketh Myneni (IND) bt Enrique Lopez Perez (ESP)/ Luca Margaroli (SUI) 76(5) 64
[R1] (2) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Jamie Cerretani (USA) bt (WC) Yecong He (CHN)/ Di Wu (CHN) 64 76(4)

[QF] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND)/ Saketh Myneni (IND) vs (3) Max Purcell (AUS)/ Luke Saville (AUS)
[QF] (2) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Jamie Cerretani (USA) vs (WC) Yan Bai (CHN)/ Fajing Sun (CHN)

Saki and Prajnesh started with straight sets win ... Next, they r facing the 3rd seeds Aussie pair.
Bala with Cerretani started with straight sets win over the Chinese wild card pair ... Next, they r facing another local wild card pairing of Sun and Bai.
Ram and Vishnu lost in two tie-breaks against the 4th seeds Weissborn and Arends.

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At $108K+H Sarasota Challenger 2019, Florida, USA

[R1] (2) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) l (WC) Boris Arias (BOL)/ Sekou Bangoura (USA) 75 57 5-10

A surprising loss of in-form Jeevan and Purav after winning the first set ... They lost the second set and failed to challenge their opponents in the match tie-break.

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At $54K+H Tunis Challenger 2019, Tunisia

[R1] (1) Sander Gille (BEL)/ Leander Paes (IND) l Facundo Arguello (ARG)/ Guillermo Duran (ARG) 61 46 10-12

Lee is traveling all over the world playing with different partners ... He played in Tunisia with Sander Gille but lost in the first round after winning the first set against an Argentine pair.

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At $162K+H Anning Challenger 2019, China

[R2] (5) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,157) bt Yan Bai (CHN,356) 64 64
[R2] (2) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,80) bt Saketh Myneni (IND,244) 62 64

[R3] (5) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,157) vs Zhizhen Zhang (CHN,355)
[R3] (2) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,80) vs (15) Adam Pavlasek (CZE,213)

Ram scored straight sets win over Bai ... Next, he is facing another Chinese challenge of Zhizhen Zhang ... Prajnesh also joins him in the third round ... He defeated Saki comfortably ... Next, he is facing a Czech player, Adam Pavlasek.

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At $108K+H Sarasota Challenger 2019, Florida, USA

[R2] Sumit Nagal (IND,346) l (7) Bjorn Fratangelo (USA,132) 36 63 67(2)

This was a tough match for Sumit against Bjorn Fratangelo and he had a golden opportunity of scoring an upset win but he messed up ... After losing the first set Sumit fought back to win the second, in the third, he was a break up at 5-3 and had a couple of match points on Fratangelo's serve at 15-40 ... He failed to convert it and then missed to win two chances while serving for the match at 5-4 and 6-5 ... A tough loss, hopefully, he will perform better in the next week.

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At € 5.58M Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters 2019, Monte Carlo, Monaco

[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Dominic Inglot (GBR) l (3) Jamie Murray (GBR)/ Bruno Soares (BRA) 64 36 11-13
[R1] Laslo Djere (SRB)/ Divij Sharan (IND) l Ivan Dodig (CRO)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) 26 16

Contrasting losses for Rohan and Divij with their respective partners in the first round ... Rohan and Inglot had a match point in the match tie-break which they failed to convert against the 3rd seeds ... Divij and Laslo failed to challenge their opponents.

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At $162K+H Anning Challenger 2019, China

[R1] Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,264) l Yan Bai (CHN,356) 16 46
[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND,244) bt Vaclav Safranek (CZE,324) 62 64

[R2] (5) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,141) vs Yan Bai (CHN,356)
[R2] (2) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,82) vs Saketh Myneni (IND,244)

Saki started with a win against his Czech opponent and facing Prajnesh in the second round ... Mukund lost in straight sets against a Chinese Yan Bai ... Ram is facing Yan Bai in the next round.

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At $108K+H Sarasota Challenger 2019, Florida, USA

[R1] Sumit Nagal (IND,346) bt Jelle Sells (NED,305) 67(5) 62 63

[R2] Sumit Nagal (IND,346) vs (7) Bjorn Fratangelo (USA,132)

Doubles
[R1] (2) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs (WC) Boris Arias (BOL)/ Sekou Bangoura (USA)

Sumit started with a comeback decent win against the top-300 type Dutch opponent, Sells ... Next, he has a tough match against the top-150 American, Bjorn Fratangelo ... In the doubles, Jeevan and Purav r the 2nd seeds and facing a wild-card pair.

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At $162K+H Taiwan Santaizi Challenger 2019, Taipei, Chinese Taipei

Doubles Final
(3) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Jonathan Erlich (ISR) bt (4) Sander Arends (NED)/ Tristan-Samuel Weissborn (AUT) 63 62

Bala and Erlich lifted the title win a convincing win over Weissborn and Arends ... Much needed win for Bala to boost his doubles ranking ... This is Bala's one of the biggest title win on the Challenger level ... His fifth title, 3 in 2017, one in 2018 and the first title of 2019.

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At $60K ITF Women's Tournament 2019, Istanbul, Turkey

Singles Final
(6) Ankita Raina (IND,203) l (1) Vitalia Diatchenko (RUS,95) 46 06

This was a tough match and it proved that way ... Ankita failed to challenge Diatchenko but still overall good week for Ankita ... She will be around 180 in the new rankings.

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At $162K+H Anning Challenger 2019, China

[R1] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs (4) Sander Arends (NED)/ Tristan-Samuel Weissborn (AUT)
[R1] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND)/ Saketh Myneni (IND) vs Enrique Lopez Perez (ESP)/ Luca Margaroli (SUI)
[R1] (2) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Jamie Cerretani (USA) vs (WC) Yecong He (CHN)/ Di Wu (CHN)

This week, Saki is playing with Prajnesh and Ram is playing with Vishnu ... Bala is partnering Cerretani and they r the 2nd seeds.

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At $54K Women's Macau Open 2019, Taipa, Macau (PSA World Tour Bronze)

[SF] (3) Joshna Chinappa (IND,15) l (1) Annie Au (HKG,11) 8-11, 5-11, 10-12 (34m)

Joshna lost in straight games against Annie Au ... She tried to take the match into the fourth game but Annie kept cool to complete win in straight games.

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At € 5.58M Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters 2019, Monte Carlo, Monaco

[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Dominic Inglot (GBR) vs (3) Jamie Murray (GBR)/ Bruno Soares (BRA)
[R1] Laslo Djere (SRB)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs Ivan Dodig (CRO)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA)

Happy to see Divij is getting chance of playing in the Masters tournament ... He is partnering Laslo Djere and they r facing an experienced Dodig and Roger-Vasselin ... Rohan is participating with Inglot and facing the 3rd seeds Murray and Soares.

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At $162K+H Anning Challenger 2019, China

[R1] (5) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,141) bye
[R1] Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,264) vs Yan Bai (CHN,356)
[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND,244) vs Vaclav Safranek (CZE,324)
[R1] (2) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,82) bye

Next week, Prajnesh r back on the court for the Anning Challenger on clay ... He is the 2nd seed and Ram is the 5th seed ... Both can play Saki and Mukund in the second round if Saki and Mukund manage to win the first round.

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At $162K+H Taiwan Santaizi Challenger 2019, Taipei, Chinese Taipei

[SF] 4) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Jonathan Erlich (ISR) bt (1) Cheng-Peng Hsieh (TPE)/ Chritopher Rungkat (INA) 62 63

[F] (4) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Jonathan Erlich (ISR) vs (4) Sander Arends (NED)/ Tristan-Samuel Weissborn (AUT)

Bala and Erlich r in the final with a comfortable win over the top-seeds Rungkat and Hsieh ... In the final, they r facing the 4th seeds Weissborn and Arends.

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At $60K ITF Women's Tournament 2019, Istanbul, Turkey

[QF] (6) Ankita Raina (IND,194) bt Cagla Buyukakcay (TUR,258) 64 46 10-6

[SF] (6) Ankita Raina (IND,194) bt (2) Marie Bouzkova (CZE,117) 64 76(9)

[F] (6) Ankita Raina (IND,194) vs (1) Vitalia Diatchenko (RUS,95)

Ankita is in the final after scoring back to back wins ... In the quarters, she defeated a local girl, Buyukakcay, in the match tie-break ... In the semis, she defeated a young top-120 Czech girl, Bouzkova, in straight sets ... In the final, she is facing the top-100 Russian Diatchenko.

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At $355K Singapore Open 2019, Singapore (HSBC BWF World Tour Super 500)

[SF] (4) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,6) l (2) Nozomi Okuhara (JPN,3) 7-21 11-21

This one-sided loss showed Sindhu is still a long way from her form ... Against Okuhara, she managed to win only 18 points in the match.

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At $54K Women's Macau Open 2019, Taipa, Macau (PSA World Tour Bronze)

[R1] Sunayna Kuruvilla (IND,85) l Vanessa Chu (HKG,54) 9-11, 9-11, 6-11 (25m)
[R1] (3) Joshna Chinappa (IND,15) bye

[R2] (3) Joshna Chinappa (IND,15) bt Amanda Landers-Murphy (NZL,41) 11-8, 11-5, 11-9 (26m)
[QF] (3) Joshna Chinappa (IND,15) bt (5) Mayar Hany (EGY,28) 11-8, 11-2, 11-9 (27m)

[SF] (3) Joshna Chinappa (IND,15) vs (1) Annie Au (HKG,11)

Joshna is in the semis with a couple of straight games win against her opponents ... Next, she is facing a local former top-10 player, Annie Au.

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At $54K Men's Macau Open 2019, Taipa, Macau (PSA World Tour Bronze)

[R1] Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,67) bt Bernat Jaume (ESP,87) 11-9, 9-11, 11-8, 11-8 (65m)
[R1] (2) Saurav Ghosal (IND,10) bye

[R2] (2) Saurav Ghosal (IND,10) bt Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,67) 9-11, 11-7, 10-12, 11-3, 11-9 (77m)

[QF] (2) Saurav Ghosal (IND,10) l (6) Greg Lobban (SCO,29) 11-6, 8-11, 5-11, 8-11 (65m)

In his first tournament as the top-10 player, Saurav faced a surprising loss against the lowly ranked Scottish opponent, Greg Lobban, in the quarter-final of the Macau Open ... Before that, he had a win in marathon match against Mahesh after 1-2 games down.

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At € 586K Grand Prix Hassan II 2019, Marrakech, Morocco

[SF] Leander Paes (IND)/ Benoit Paire (FRA) l Jurgen Melzer (AUT)/ Franko Skugor (CRO) 61 36 5-10

Lee and Benoit lost in the match tie-break against Melzer and Skugor after winning the first set ... Still, overall a decent week for Lee with Benoit.

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At $162K+H Taiwan Santaizi Challenger 2019, Taipei, Chinese Taipei

[QF] (9) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,140) l (13) Soonwoo Kwon (KOR,164) 67(6) 36

Doubles
[QF] (4) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Jonathan Erlich (ISR) bt Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) 64 63

[SF] (4) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Jonathan Erlich (ISR) vs (1) Cheng-Peng Hsieh (TPE)/ Chritopher Rungkat (INA)

Ram lost in straight sets in the quarters against Kwon ... This loss will bring down Ram outside the top-150 as he was defending lot of points as last year's runner-up.

Bala with Erlich scored straight sets win over Ram and Saki ... In the semis, they r facing the top-seeds Rungkat and Hsieh.

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At $60K ITF Women's Tournament 2019, Istanbul, Turkey

[R2] (6) Ankita Raina (IND,194) bt (Q) Sofya Lansere (RUS,403) 64 61

[QF] (6) Ankita Raina (IND,194) vs Cagla Buyukakcay (TUR,258)

Doubles
[R1] (4) Valentini Grammatikopoulou (GRE)/ Ankita Raina (IND) l Greet Minnen (BEL)/ Pemra Ozgen (TUR) 57 46

Ankita in the quarters with straight sets win over a Russian qualifier ... Next, she is facing a local top-250 type Buyukakcay.

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At $355K Singapore Open 2019, Singapore (HSBC BWF World Tour Super 500)

[QF] (6) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,7) l (1) Kento Momota (JPN,1) 18-21 21-19 9-21
[QF] Sameer Verma (IND,16) l (2) Tien Chen Chou (TPE,4) 10-21 21-15 15-21

[QF] (4) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,6) bt Yanyan Cai (CHN,18) 21-13 17-21 21-14
[QF] (6) Saina Nehwal (IND,9) l (2) Nozomi Okuhara (JPN,3) 8-21 13-21

[QF] Pranaav Jerry Chopra (IND)/ N. Sikki Reddy (IND) l (3) Dechapol Puavaranukroh (THA)/ Sapsiree Taerattanachai (THA) 14-21 16-21

[SF] (4) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,6) vs (2) Nozomi Okuhara (JPN,3)

Sindhu is in the semis with three games win over her Chinese opponent ... In the semis, she is facing Okuhara, who had a surprisingly easy win against Saina.

After losing the first game Srikanth fought back to win the second but he failed to keep momentum in the third ... Sameer also lost in three games against Chou.

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At $652K US Men's Clay Court Championship 2019, Houston, USA

[QF] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) l (1) Bob Bryan (USA)/ Mike Bryan (USA) 67(5) 36

Jeevan and Purav gave a decent fight in their loss against Bryans.

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At € 586K Grand Prix Hassan II 2019, Marrakech, Morocco

[QF] (2) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Dominic Inglot (GBR) l Jurgen Melzer (AUT)/ Franko Skugor (CRO) 36 76(2) 7-10

[SF] Leander Paes (IND)/ Benoit Paire (FRA) vs Jurgen Melzer (AUT)/ Franko Skugor (CRO)

Rohan and Inglot lost in the match tie-break against Melzer and Skugor ... Melzer and Skugor r meeting Lee and Benoit in the semis.

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At $162K+H Taiwan Santaizi Challenger 2019, Taipei, Chinese Taipei

[R3] (9) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,140) bt (WC) Chien-hsun Lo (TPE,411) 46 63 62

[QF] (9) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,140) vs (13) Soonwoo Kwon (KOR,164)

Ram scored a comeback win over a Taipei youngster Chien-Hsun Lo ... In the quarters, he is facing a Korean Soonwoo Kwon, who scored an upset win over the top-seed Harris.

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

[R2] Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,296) l (5) Mayo Hibi (JPN,246) 16 36

Pranjala failed to challenge Hibi in her one-sided loss.

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At $355K Singapore Open 2019, Singapore (HSBC BWF World Tour Super 500)

[R2] Prannoy H. S. (IND,21) l (1) Kento Momota (JPN,1) 11-21 11-21
[R2] (6) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,7) bt Hans-Kristian Solberg Vittinghus (DEN,26) 21-12 23-21
[R2] (Q) Parupalli Kashyap (IND,42) l (4) Long Chen (CHN,5) 9-21 21-15 16-21
[R2] Sameer Verma (IND,16) bt Guangzu Lu (CHN,19) 21-15 21-18

[R2] (4) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,6) bt Mia Blichfeldt (DEN,22) 21-13 21-19
[R2] (6) Saina Nehwal (IND,9) bt Pornpawee Chochuwong (THA,21) 21-16 18-21 21-19

[R2] Pooja Dandu (IND)/ Sanjana Santosh (IND) l (7) Nami Matsuyama (JPN)/ Chiharu Shida (JPN) 15-21 12-21

[R2] Pranaav Jerry Chopra (IND)/ N. Sikki Reddy (IND) bt (5) Chun Man Tang (HKG)/ Ying Suet Tse (HKG) 21-17 6-21 21-19

[QF] (6) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,7) vs (1) Kento Momota (JPN,1)
[QF] Sameer Verma (IND,16) vs (2) Tien Chen Chou (TPE,4)

[QF] (4) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,6) vs Yanyan Cai (CHN,18)
[QF] (6) Saina Nehwal (IND,9) vs (2) Nozomi Okuhara (JPN,3)

[QF] Pranaav Jerry Chopra (IND)/ N. Sikki Reddy (IND) vs (3) Dechapol Puavaranukroh (THA)/ Sapsiree Taerattanachai (THA)

Good win by Sameer against similar ranked Chinese opponent, Guangzu Lu ... Next, he is facing the WR #4 Tien Chen Chou.
Srikanth scored straight sets win over Vittinghus ... Next, he is facing the in-form WR #1 Kento Momota, who scored a convincing win over Prannoy.
Sindhu scored a comfortable win over her Danish opponent ... Next, she is facing the Chinese girl, Yanyan Cai.
Saina scored a hard-fought win over a Thai girl Chochuwong ... With this win, Saina took revenge for her last week's loss against the same opponent ... Next, she is facing the WR #3 Japanese girl, Nozomi Okuhara.
Kashyap lost in three games against Chen Long.
IN the MXD, Sikki and Pranaav scored an upset win over the 5th seeds Hong Kong pair ... Next, they r facing the 3rd seeds Thai pair.

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At $652K US Men's Clay Court Championship 2019, Houston, USA

[R1] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt Nicholas Monroe (USA)/ Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX) 63 67(5) 10-4

[QF] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs (1) Bob Bryan (USA)/ Mike Bryan (USA)

Jeevan and Purav r into the quarters with a good win over Monroe and Reyes-Varela in the match tie-break ... Next, they r having a tough match against Bryans.

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At € 586K Grand Prix Hassan II 2019, Marrakech, Morocco

[R1] (2) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Dominic Inglot (GBR) bt Roman Jebavy (CZE)/ Andres Molteni (ARG) 06 63 10-8

[QF] Leander Paes (IND)/ Benoit Paire (FRA) bt (4) Oliver Marach (AUT)/ Philipp Oswald (AUT) 75 36 12-10
[QF] (2) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Dominic Inglot (GBR) vs Jurgen Melzer (AUT)/ Franko Skugor (CRO)

Lee and Benoit enter into the semis ... They scored an upset win over the 4th seed Austrian pair in the match tie-break.
Rohan and Ingot needed a comeback win after losing the first set a 0-6 against Jebavy and Molteni ... Next, they r facing Skugor and Melzer.

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At $162K+H Taiwan Santaizi Challenger 2019, Taipei, Chinese Taipei

[R2] (9) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,140) bt Maverick Banes (AUS,272) 63 62

[R3] (9) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,140) vs (WC) Chien-hsun Lo (TPE,411)

Doubles
[R1] (4) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Jonathan Erlich (ISR) bt Luca Margaroli (SUI)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) 64 36 11-9
[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) bt SoonWoo Kwon (KOR)/ Tsung-Hua Yang (TPE) 76(5) 63

[QF] (4) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Jonathan Erlich (ISR) vs Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND)

Ram started with a confident win over Banes ... Next, he is facing the Taipei youngster Lo, who scored a couple of upset wins.

In the doubles, Bala with Erlich started with a win in the match tie-break against Vishnu and Margaroli ... In the quarters, they r facing Saki and Ram, who started with straight sets win over Yang and Kwon.

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At $54K+H Barletta Challenger 2019, Italy

[R2] (Q) Sumit Nagal (IND,350) l (4) Filippo Baldi (ITA,151) 36 46

Sumit lost in straight sets against the top-150 Baldi after a decent match.

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Badminton News

At $355K Singapore Open 2019, Singapore (HSBC BWF World Tour Super 500)

[R1] Sai Praneeth B. (IND,20) l (1) Kento Momota (JPN,1) 21-19 14-21 20-22
[R1] Prannoy H. S. (IND,21) bt Brice Leverdez (FRA,34) 11-21 21-16 21-18
[R1] (6) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,7) bt Sitthikom Thammasin (THA,30) 21-17 21-18
[R1] (Q) Parupalli Kashyap (IND,42) bt Rasmus Gemke (DEN,28) 21-19 21-14
[R1] Sameer Verma (IND,16) bt Suppanyu Avihingsanon (THA,29) 21-14 21-6

[R1] (4) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,6) bt Lyanny Alessandra Mainaky (INA,46) 21-9 21-7
[R1] (Q) Mugdha Agrey (IND,68) l Pornpawee Chochuwong (THA,21) 6-21 8-21
[R1] (6) Saina Nehwal (IND,9) bt Yulia Yosephin Susanto (INA,48) 21-16 21-11

[R1] Manu Attri (IND)/ B. Sumeeth Reddy (IND) l Danny Bawa Chrisnanta (SIN)/ Kean Hean Loh (SIN) 13-21 17-21

[R1] Pranaav Jerry Chopra (IND)/ N. Sikki Reddy (IND) bt Arjun M.R. (IND)/ Maneesha K. (IND) 21-18 21-7
[R1] Saurabh Sharma (IND)/ Anoushka Parikh (IND) l (3) Dechapol Puavaranukroh (THA)/ Sapsiree Taerattanachai (THA) 12-21 12-21
[R1] Venkat Gaurav Prasad (IND)/ Juhi Dewangan (IND) l Ching Yao Lu (TPE)/ Chia Hsin Lee (TPE) 12-21 15-21

[R2] Prannoy H. S. (IND,21) vs (1) Kento Momota (JPN,1)
[R2] (6) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,7) vs Hans-Kristian Solberg Vittinghus (DEN,26)
[R2] (Q) Parupalli Kashyap (IND,42) vs (4) Long Chen (CHN,5)
[R2] Sameer Verma (IND,16) vs Guangzu Lu (CHN,19)

[R2] (4) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,6) vs Mia Blichfeldt (DEN,22)
[R2] (6) Saina Nehwal (IND,9) vs Pornpawee Chochuwong (THA,21)

[R2] Pooja Dandu (IND)/ Sanjana Santosh (IND) vs (7) Nami Matsuyama (JPN)/ Chiharu Shida (JPN)

[R2] Pranaav Jerry Chopra (IND)/ N. Sikki Reddy (IND) vs (5) Chun Man Tang (HKG)/ Ying Suet Tse (HKG)

Kashyap scored an upset win over the top-30 Danish opponent ... Otherwise expected wins for our singles players ... Notable performance by Sai against the in-form WR #1, Kento Momota ... Sai won the first game before losing the second ... In the final game, Momota took a 9-15 and 13-19 lead and cruising towards victory ... Sai fought back to 18-19 and saved two match points at 18-20 but Momota converted the 3rd match point for a win after 75 mins ... Prannoy is facing Momota in the second round.

Football News

At 2020 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifiers Round 2, Mandalay, Myanmar

India dw Myanmar 3-3 (2-2)
Goal Scored - Sandhiya Ranganathan (IND) 10', Sanju (IND) 32', Ratanbala Devi (IND) 64' and Win Tun (MYA) 17’, 21’ and 72’

Myanmar drew the match with help from the hattrick from Win Tun ... The Indian girls took an early lead through Sandhiya, but the Myanmar team responded through 2 quick goals inside 5 minutes by Win Tun ... Our girls equalized through Sanju ... In the second half, we took lead through Ratanbala but our players failed to defend the lead and Win Tun completed hattrick in the 72nd minute ... After that, both teams failed to score ... We required to win for moving ahead to the next stage as Myanmar had a better goal difference ... So with this result, the Myanmar team moved to the next round and our young team was unlucky to go out on the goal difference.

Tennis News

At € 586K Grand Prix Hassan II 2019, Marrakech, Morocco

[R1] Leander Paes (IND)/ Benoit Paire (FRA) bt Marcelo Demoliner (BRA)/ Divij Sharan (IND) 76(4) 63

[QF] Leander Paes (IND)/ Benoit Paire (FRA) vs (4) Oliver Marach (AUT)/ Philipp Oswald (AUT)

As expected Lee and Benoit scored straight sets win over Divij and his partner Demoliner ... In the quarters, they r facing the 4th seeds Austrian pair.

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At $162K+H Taiwan Santaizi Challenger 2019, Taipei, Chinese Taipei

[R1] (Q) N. Sriram Balaji (IND,407) vs Luke Saville (AUS,325) 46 76(4) 46

[R2] (9) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,140) vs Maverick Banes (AUS,272)

Bala lost in three sets against Saville in the first round ... Ram is facing an Aussie Maverick Banes in the second round.

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At $54K+H Barletta Challenger 2019, Italy

[R1] (Q) Sumit Nagal (IND,350) bt Peter Heller (GER,516,ITF-1) 16 61 60

[R2] (Q) Sumit Nagal (IND,350) vs (4) Filippo Baldi (ITA,151)

After today's match got feeling Sumit is regaining his touch ... As after losing the first set easily he made a strong comeback and won the next two sets losing a single game.

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At $60K ITF Women's Tournament 2019, Istanbul, Turkey

[R1] (6) Ankita Raina (IND,194) bt (WC) Betina Tokac (TUR,991) 61 60

Doubles
[R1] (4) Valentini Grammatikopoulou (GRE)/ Ankita Raina (IND) vs Greet Minnen (BEL)/ Pemra Ozgen (TUR)

Ankita started with an expected dominating win against a lowly ranked opponent ... In the doubles, she is the 4th seeds with her Greece partner.

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

[R1] Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,296) bt (Q) Ari Matsumoto (JPN,669) 36 75 60

[R2] Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,296) vs (5) Mayo Hibi (JPN,246)

Pranjala scored a comeback win after losing the first set against a Japanese qualifier ... Next, she is facing the top-250 challenge of Mayo Hibi.

Badminton News

At $355K Singapore Open 2019, Singapore (HSBC BWF World Tour Super 500)

[Q1] Parupalli Kashyap (IND,42) bt June Wei Cheam (MAS,75) 21-5 14-21 21-17

[Q2] Parupalli Kashyap (IND,42) bt Yu Igarashi (JPN,54) 15-21 21-16 22-20
[Q1] Mugdha Agrey (IND,68) bt Lauren Lam (MAS,173) 16-21 21-14 21-15

[R1] Sai Praneeth B. (IND,20) vs (1) Kento Momota (JPN,1)<(br /> [R1] Prannoy H. S. (IND,21) vs Brice Leverdez (FRA,34)
[R1] (6) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,7) vs Sitthikom Thammasin THA,30)
[R1] (Q) Parupalli Kashyap (IND,42) vs Rasmus Gemke (DEN,28)
[R1] Sameer Verma (IND,16) vs Suppanyu Avihingsanon (THA,29)

[R1] (4) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,6) vs Lyanny Alessandra Mainaky (INA,46)
[R1] (Q) Mugdha Agrey (IND,68) vs Pornpawee Chochuwong (THA,21)
[R1] (6) Saina Nehwal (IND,9) vs Yulia Yosephin Susanto (INA,48)

[R1] Manu Attri (IND)/ B. Sumeeth Reddy (IND) vs Danny Bawa Chrisnanta (SIN)/ Kean Hean Loh (JPN)
[R1] Arjun M.R. (IND)/ Ramchandran Shlok (IND) l (6) Kim Astrup (DEN)/ Anders Skaarup Rasmussen (DEN) 11-21 18-21

[R1] Pooja Dandu (IND)/ Sanjana Santosh (IND) w/o

[R1] Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) vs
[R1] Pranaav Jerry Chopra (IND)/ N. Sikki Reddy (IND) vs Arjun M.R. (IND)/ Maneesha K. (IND)
[R1] Saurabh Sharma (IND)/ Anoushka Parikh (IND) vs (3) Dechapol Puavaranukroh (THA)/ Sapsiree Taerattanachai (THA)
[R1] Venkat Gaurav Prasad (IND)/ Juhi Dewangan (IND) vs Ching Yao Lu (TPE)/ Chia Hsin Lee (TPE)

[R2] Pooja Dandu (IND)/ Sanjana Santosh (IND) vs (7) Nami Matsuyama (JPN)/ Chiharu Shida (JPN)

Kashyap and a young Mugdha qualified for the main draw from the qualifying ... Sai is facing the WR #1 Momota ... Srikanth also is in his draw and can face him in the quarters.

Tennis News

At $162K+H Taiwan Santaizi Challenger 2019, Taipei, Chinese Taipei

[Q1] (2) N. Sriram Balaji (IND,407) bt (WC) Chang-Lin Tsai (TPE,UNR) 62 64

[R1] Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,264) l Cem Ilkel (TUR,272) 36 46
[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND,244) l Andrew Harris (AUS,297) 67(4) 64 26

Bad losses of Mukund and Saki against their lower-ranked opponents in the first round ... In the qualifying, Bala started with a win.

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At $54K+H Barletta Challenger 2019, Italy

[Q1] Sumit Nagal (IND,350) bt (WC) Matteo Arnaldi (ITA,UNR) 63 75

[R1] Sumit Nagal (IND,350) vs Peter Heller (GER,516,ITF-1)

A good win for Sumit against the Junior top-50 Italian player, Matteo Arnaldi ... Next, he is having a current top ITF player, German Peter Heller.

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At $60K ITF Women's Tournament 2018, Istanbul, Turkey

[R1] (6) Ankita Raina (IND,194) vs (WC) Betina Tokac (TUR,991)

Ankita having a winnable match in the first round.

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

[R1] Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,296) vs (Q) Ari Matsumoto (JPN,669)

Pranjala is facing a local qualifier in the first round.

Tennis News

At $652K US Men's Clay Court Championship 2019, Houston, USA

[R1] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Nicholas Monroe (USA)/ Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX)

Jeevan and Purav r playing in US Clay Court Championship ... They r facing Monroe and Reyes-Varela in the first round.

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At € 586K Grand Prix Hassan II 2019, Marrakech, Morocco

[R1] Leander Paes (IND)/ Benoit Paire (FRA) vs Marcelo Demoliner (BRA)/ Divij Sharan (IND)
[R1] (2) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Dominic Inglot (GBR) vs Roman Jebavy (CZE)/ Andres Molteni (ARG)

I am not sure why Rohan and Divij have stopped playing together ... Rohan is the 2nd seeds with Inglot and they r facing Jebavy and Molteni ... Lee and Benoit r facing Divij and Demoliner

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At $162K+H Taiwan Santaizi Challenger 2019, Taipei, Chinese Taipei

[Q1] (2) N. Sriram Balaji (IND,407) vs (WC) Chang-Lin Tsai (TPE,UNR)

Doubles
[R1] (4) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Jonathan Erlich (ISR) vs Luca Margaroli (SUI)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND)
[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) vs SoonWoo Kwon (KOR)/ Tsung-Hua Yang (TPE)

Bala is playing in the singles qualifying ... In the doubles, Bala is partnering Erlich and they r playing against Vishnu and Margoroli ... Saki is playing with Ram and they r playing against Yang and Kwon.

Table Tennis News

At LION 32nd ITTF-ATTU Asian Cup 2019, Yokohama, Japan

Group C
[M1] Sathiyan Gnanasekaran (IND,28) l Koki Niwa (JPN,8) 1-3 (7-11, 9-11, 12-10, 8-11)
[M2] Sathiyan Gnanasekaran (IND,28) bt Chih-Yuan Chuang (TPE,20) 3-0 (11-5, 11-4, 11-8)
[M3] Sathiyan Gnanasekaran (IND,28) l Sangsu Lee (KOR,6) 1-3 (7-11, 4-11, 11-6, 5-11)

[R1] Sathiyan Gnanasekaran (IND,28) bt Kirill Gerassimenko (KAZ,53) 3-1 (11-13, 11-7, 11-8, 11-6)
[QF] Sathiyan Gnanasekaran (IND,28) l Long Ma (CHN,11) 1-4 (5-11, 5-11, 11-6, 6-11, 3-11)

[5-8 Postions] Sathiyan Gnanasekaran (IND,28) bt Chun Ting Wong (HKG,14) 4-1 (12-10, 10-12, 11-5, 11-6, 11-8)
[5th Position] Sathiyan Gnanasekaran (IND,28) l Yun-Ju Lin (TPE,21) 0-4 (4-11, 8-11, 8-11, 12-14)

Sathiyan lost in the 5th position match against the talented 17 yrs. old Tapei teenager, Yun-Ju Lin, in straight games ... Before that, he scored an upset win over former WR #8 player, Chun Ting Wong, in five games.

In Group C, Sathiyan lost two matches against the WR #6 Korean, Sangsu Lee, and the WR #8 local player, Koki Niwa ... But he scored an upset win over the top-20 Taipei player, Chih-Yuan Chuang, for qualifying the knock-out stage.

In the round 1, Sathiyan defeated a Kazakh player, Kirill Gerassimenko, and first-time qualified for the quarter-final of Asian Cup ... In the quarters, he faced the regaining World champion and a current Olympic champion Long Ma ... Long Ma was playing the 2nd big ITTF tournament on 2019 after a longish break from the circuit ... Sathiyan lost in five games against the former WR #1 player.

Manika Batra needs to concentrate on her game ... Here she had a forgettable outing as she lost her all three matches in the Group against players whom she defeated her Gold medal run in the Commonwealth Games.

Tennis News

At $77.8K+H Mouratoglou Open 2019, Sophia Antipolis (Biot), France

[SF] (4) Leander Paes (IND)/ Benoit Paire (FRA) l (WC) Enzo Couacaud (FRA)/ Tristan Lamasine (FRA) 76(4) 67(2) 5-10

Lee and Benoit lost in a close match against the French pair ... Lee and Benoit won the first set in the tie-break but after that, the French pair won the second set tie-break and completed victory with comfortably winning the match tie-break.

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At $54K+H Ferrero Challenger 2019, Villena, Spain

[SF] (3) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) l Gerard Granollers (ESP)/ Pedro Martinez (ESP) 67(5) 16

Jeevan and Purav lost in straight sets against the Spanish pairing of Granollers and Martinez.

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At $162K+H Taiwan Santaizi Challenger 2019, Taipei, Chinese Taipei

[R1] (9) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,140) bye
[R1] Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,264) vs Cem Ilkel (TUR,272)
[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND,244) vs Andrew Harris (AUS,297)

Ram needs to show consistency in his game to remain in the top-150 and move towards the top-100 rankings ... Sasi and Saki r facing similarly ranked opponents in the first round.

Football News

At 2020 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifiers Round 2, Mandalay, Myanmar

India bt Nepal 3-1 (1-1)
Goal Scored - Punam Magar (NEP) 6' OG, Sandhiya Ranganathan (IND) 60', Ashalata Devi (IND) 78' P and Niru Thapa (NEP) 7'

The Indian women’s national team scored their consecutive second win ... They defeated the Nepal women team in a well-contested match ... Our team took lead when Magar scored own goal on a cross from Sanju, but on the next minute, Niru took advantage of a lapse in Indian defense... Sandhiya gave a lead with a header on the corner and our captain Ashalata converted penalty ... In their last match, they r having a tough challenge of the host Myanmar, who won their both matches without conceding a goal.

Tennis News

At $77.8K+H Mouratoglou Open 2019, Sophia Antipolis (Biot), France

[QF] (4) Leander Paes (IND)/ Benoit Paire (FRA) bt (WC) Rudolf Molleker (GER)/ Alexei Popyrin (AUS) 4-0 retd.

[SF] (4) Leander Paes (IND)/ Benoit Paire (FRA) vs (WC) Enzo Couacaud (FRA)/ Tristan Lamasine (FRA)

Lee and Benoit r into the semis without losing any sweat as their opponents retired after playing only 4 games ... Next, Lee and Benoit r playing against the French pair.

Badminton News

At $700K CELCOM AXIATA Malaysia Open 2019, Kuala Lumpur (HSBC BWF World Tour Super 750)

[QF] (8) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,7) l (4) Long Chen (CHN,5) 18-21 19-21

Srikanth lost in straight games against Long Chen ... He is showing consistency but failing to break the stronghold of the top 5 players over him.

Tennis News

At $54K+H Ferrero Challenger 2019, Villena, Spain

[QF] (3) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt Enrique Lopez Perez (ESP)/ David Marrero (ESP) 46 63 10-8

[SF] (3) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Gerard Granollers (ESP)/ Pedro Martinez (ESP)

A really good comeback win for Jeevan and Purav against the Spanish pairing of Marrero and Lopez Perez ... After losing the first set our pair made an excellent fightback for winning the match ... Next, they r facing another Spanish pairing of Martinez and Granollers.

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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament 2018, Kashiwa, Japan

[R2] Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,290) l (3) Ayano Shimizu (JPN,199) 75 26 36

Pranjala gave a fighting performance against the top-200 Shimizu ... Pranjala won the first set but failed to keep momentum in the next two sets.

Badminton News

At $700K CELCOM AXIATA Malaysia Open 2019, Kuala Lumpur (HSBC BWF World Tour Super 750)

[R2] (8) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,7) bt Khosit Phetpradab (THA,18) 21-11 21-15

[R2] (5) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,6) l Ji Hyun Sung (KOR,10) 18-21 7-21

[R2] Pranaav Jerry Chopra (IND)/ N. Sikki Reddy (IND) l Kian Meng Tan (MAS)/ Pei Jing Lai (MAS) 21-15 17-21 13-21

[QF] (8) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,7) vs (4) Long Chen (CHN,5)

Srikanth in the quarters with an easy victory over Phetpradab ... Next, he is having a real test against the former WR #1 Long Chen.
Sindhu had her consecutive third loss against Ji Hyun Sung ... Sung dominated the second game after winning the first.
Sikki and Pranaav started well after winning the first game but the Malaysian pair made a strong comeback for winning last two games.

Football News

At 2020 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifiers Round 2, Myanmar

India bt Indonesia 2-0 (1-0)
Goal Scored - Dangmei Grace (IND) 27' and 67'

The Indian women’s national team registered a 2-0 win over Indonesia in its opening match of the Olympic Qualifiers Round 2 ... Dangmei Grace’s brace (27 & 67 minutes) in each half proved to be the difference between the two teams ... Next, they r facing the Nepal side.

Tennis News

At $54K+H Ferrero Challenger 2019, Villena, Spain

[R1] (1) Marcelo Demoliner (BRA)/ Divij Sharan (IND) l Pedro Sousa (POR)/ Mark Vervoort (NED) 46 63 12-14
[R1] (3) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt Fabricio Neis (BRA)/ David Vega Hernandez (ESP) 64 57 10-8

[QF] (3) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Enrique Lopez Perez (ESP)/ David Marrero (ESP)

Jeevan and Purav enter into the quarters with a win in the match tie-break ... Next, they r facing a Spanish pair.
Divij with Marcelo lost in the match tie-break ... They missed a few match points against Neis and Vega Hernandez.

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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament 2018, Kashiwa, Japan

[R1] Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,296) bt (WC) Misaki Matsuda (JPN,ITF-362) 75 60

[R2] Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,296) vs (3) Ayano Shimizu (JPN,199)

After 4 months of injury break, Pranjala started with straight sets win over her Japanese opponent ... Next, she is facing the top-200 Japnese girl, Ayano Shimizu.

Badminton News

At $700K CELCOM AXIATA Malaysia Open 2019, Kuala Lumpur (HSBC BWF World Tour Super 750)

[R1] Prannoy H. S. (IND,21) l Sitthikom Thammasin (THA,34) 21-12 16-21 14-21
[R1] (8) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,7) bt Ihsan Maulana Mustofa (INA,41) 21-18 21-16
[R1] Sameer Verma (IND,15) l (2) Yuqi Shi (CHN,2) 20-22 23-21 12-21

[R1] (8) Saina Nehwal (IND,9) l Pornpawee Chochuwong (THA,22) 22-20 15-21 10-21
[R1] (5) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,3) bt Aya Ohori (JPN,20) 22-20 21-12

[R1] Manu Attri (IND)/ B. Sumeeth Reddy (IND) l (7) Chengkai Han (CHN)/ Haodong Zhou (CHN) 16-21 6-21

[R1] Ashwini Ponnappa (IND)/ N. Sikki Reddy (IND) l Ha Na Baek (KOR)/ Hye Rin Kim (KOR) 20-22 21-17 20-22

[R1] Pranaav Jerry Chopra (IND)/ N. Sikki Reddy (IND) bt Sam Magee (IRL)/ Chloe Magee (IRL) 22-20 24-22

[R2] (8) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,7) vs Khosit Phetpradab (THA,18)

[R2] (5) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,6) vs Ji Hyun Sung (KOR,10)

[R2] Pranaav Jerry Chopra (IND)/ N. Sikki Reddy (IND) vs Kian Meng Tan (MAS)/ Pei Jing Lai (MAS)

Only Srikanth and Sindhu managed to enter into the second round in the singles ... But some close losses for our other players ... Sameer lost in 3 games against the WR #2 Yuqi Shi ... In the first game, Sameer saved a couple of game points before losing it ... In the second game, he fought till end and Sameer saved 4 match points before winning it, but in the third game, he was tired and failed to challenge Yuqi ... Prannoy lost after winning the first game ... Saina also lost against her Thai opponent after winning the first game ... She was making a comeback after her illness, so she wasn't fully match-fit.

In MXD, Sikki and Pranaav scored a tight straight games win over Magees ... But Sikki with Ashwini lost a close match against the Korean pair ... After losing the first game Sikki and Ashwini won the second game and had 4 match points in the third at 20-16 ... They lost the next 6 points to lose the match ... Other hands, a one-sided loss for Manu and Sumeeth against the WR #6 Chinese pair.

Tennis News

At $77.8K+H Mouratoglou Open 2019, Sophia Antipolis (Biot), France

[R1] (4) Leander Paes (IND)/ Benoit Paire (FRA) bt Andrei Vasilevski (BLR)/ Andrea Vavassori (ITA) 75 60

Lee with Paire started with straight sets win over Vasilevski and Vavassori.

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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament 2018, Kashiwa, Japan

[R1] Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,290) vs (WC) Misaki Matsuda (JPN,ITF-362)

Pranjala is playing tournament after 4 months hiatus due to injury ... Playing against the ITF local player, a good opportunity for a winning start for Pranjala.

Squash News

At $110K Men's Grasshopper Cup 2019, Zurich, Switzerland

P.C. to psaworldtour.com

[R1] (8) Saurav Ghosal (IND,12) bye
[R2] (8) Saurav Ghosal (IND,12) bt (9/16) Declan James (ENG,20) 11-7, 12-10, 7-11, 11-5 (76m)

[QF] (8) Saurav Ghosal (IND,12) l (3) Tarek Momen (EGY,3) 11-9, 6-11, 6-11, 12-14 (68m)

A historic moment for Indian Squash ... Saurav Ghosal becomes the first Indian ever to crack into World top 10 ranking for PSA men's squash ranking ... In new PSA rankings, he is WR #10 ... Interestingly our all three top squash players, Dipika, Joshna and Saurav, now have WR #10 is their personal best.

Before that in Grasshopper Cup, Saurav reached to the quarters before lost a close match against the WR #3 Egyptian.