Tennis News

At $858 Abierto Mexicano de Tenis Mifel presentado por Cinemex 2019, Los Cabos, Mexico

[R2] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,90) l (5) Taylor Fritz (USA,28) 64 36 26

Prajnesh started well and won the first set but from 3-all in the second set, Fritz took control of the match ... He won 9 games from next 11 games to win the match ... Still, a decent performance from Prajnesh against the top-30 young American Fritz.

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At $135K+H Chengdu Challenger 2019, China

[R2] (8) Saketh Myneni (IND,264) bt (Q) Toshihide Matsui (JPN,601) 63 retd.
[R2] Arjun Kadhe (IND,429) l (7) Goncalo Oliveira (POR,251) 67(4) 36

[R3] (8) Saketh Myneni (IND,264) vs (11) Zizhen Zhang (CHN,299)

Toshihide Matsui retired after losing the first set, Saki is facing a local player, Zizhen Zhang, in the third round.
Arjun gave a decent fight to the top-250 ranked, Goncalo Oliveira.

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At €46K+H Liberec Challenger 2019, Czech Republic

[R1] (3) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Jamie Cerretani (USA) bt Sadio Doumbia (FRA)/ Fabien Reboul (FRA) 64 36 10-6

[QF] (3) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Jamie Cerretani (USA) vs (WC) Jonas Forejtek (CZE)/ Michael Vrbensky (CZE)

Bala and Vishnu r in the quarter-final with the match tie-break win over a French pair ... Next, they r facing a local Czech pair.

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At $2M Citi Open 2019, Washington DC, USA

[R1] (WC) Leander Paes (IND)/ Jack Sock (USA) l Alex de Minaur (AUS)/ John Peers (AUS) 57 26

Lee and Jack Sock lost in straight sets against an Aussie pair.

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At $858 Abierto Mexicano de Tenis Mifel presentado por Cinemex 2019, Los Cabos, Mexico

[R1] Jonathan Erlich (ISR)/ Divij Sharan (IND) bt (4) Ben McLachlan (JPN)/ John-Patrick Smith (AUS) 75 61

Divij and Erlich started with an upset win over a 4th seed pairing of Ben McLachlan and John-Patrick Smith.

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At $135K+H Chengdu Challenger 2019, China

[R1] Manish Sureshkumar (IND,590) l (Q) Toshihide Matsui (JPN,601) 67(5) 46

[R2] (8) Saketh Myneni (IND,264) vs (Q) Toshihide Matsui (JPN,601)

Doubles
[R1] Arjun Kadhe (IND)/ Saketh Myneni (IND) bt Blake Ellis (AUS)/ Brydan Klein (GBR) w/o

Expecting a better result from Manish against a veteran Toshihide Matsui ... Matsui is facing Saki in the second round.
In the doubles, Saki and Arjun have received a walkover.

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At €46K+H Liberec Challenger 2019, Czech Republic

[R1] N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND)/ Tuna Altuna (TUR) l (WC) Jiri Lehecka (CZE)/ Jiri Vesely (CZE) 46 16

VSP and Altuna lost in the first round against Jiri Vesely and Jiri Lehecka.

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At $350K TOYOTA Thailand Open 2019, Bangkok (HSBC BWF World Tour Super 500)

[Q1] Sourabh Verma (IND,44) bt Kantawat Leelavechabutr (THA,153) 21-18 21-19
[Q1] Ajay Jayaram (IND,67) l Ze Qi Zhou (CHN,52) 16-21 13-21

[Q2] Sourabh Verma (IND,64) bt Ze Qi Zhou (CHN,52) 11-21 21-14 21-18
[Q1] Sai Uttejitha Rao Chukka (IND,101) bt Brittney Tam (CAN,53) 16-21 21-14 21-19

[R1] Subhankar Dey (IND,41) bt (1) Kento Momota (JPN,1) w/o
[R1] Sai Praneeth B. (IND,19) bt Kantaphon Wangcharoen (THA,15) 17-21 21-17 21-15
[R1] (Q) Sourabh Verma (IND,44) l (7) Kanta Tsuneyama (JPN,16) 21-23 21-19 5-21
[R1] (5) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,10) bt (Q) Peng Bo Ren (CHN,96) 21-13 17-21 21-19
[R1] Prannoy H. S. (IND,31) bt Wing Ki Vincent Wong (HKG,27) 21-16 22-20
[R1] Parupalli Kashyap (IND,35) bt Misha Zilberman (ISR,43) 18-21 21-8 21-14
[R1] (8) Sameer Verma (IND,13) l Zii Jia Lee (MAS,17) 23-21 11-21 5-21

[R1] (7) Saina Nehwal (IND,8) bt Phittayaporn Chaiwan (THA,67) 21-17 21-19
[R1] (Q) Sai Uttejitha Rao Chukka (IND,101) l Xiao Xin Chen (CHN,23) 17-21 7-21

[R1] Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (IND)/ Chirag Shetty (IND) bt Manu Attri (IND)/ B. Sumeeth Reddy (IND) 21-11 24-26 21-11

[R1] Ashwini Ponnappa (IND)/ N. Sikki Reddy (IND) l Wen Mei Li (CHN)/ Yu Zheng (CHN) 7-21 13-21

[R1] Pranaav Jerry Chopra (IND)/ N. Sikki Reddy (IND) bt Kohei Gondo (JPN)/ Ayane Kurihara (JPN) 21-16 21-13
[R1] Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) bt (5) Peng Soon Chan (MAS)/ Liu Ying Goh (MAS) 21-18 18-21 21-17

[R2] Sai Praneeth B. (IND,19) vs Subhankar Dey (IND,41)
[R2] (5) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,10) vs Khosit Phetpradab (THA,32)
[R2] Prannoy H. S. (IND,31) vs (6) Kenta Nishimoto (JPN,11)
[R2] Parupalli Kashyap (IND,35) vs (3) Tien Chen Chou (TPE,3)

[R2] (7) Saina Nehwal (IND,8) vs Sayaka Takahashi (JPN,18)

[R2] Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (IND)/ Chirag Shetty (IND) vs (6) Fajar Alfian (INA)/ Muhammad Rian Ardianto (INA)

[R2] Pranaav Jerry Chopra (IND)/ N. Sikki Reddy (IND) vs (8) Chun Man Tang (HKG)/ Ying Suet Tse (HKG)
[R2] Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) vs Alfian Eko Prasetya (INA)/ Marsheilla Gischa Islami (INA)

A big Indian contingent is playing in Thailand and they have a good start ... Sindhu has skipped for preparation of the World Championship, but Saina makes comeback from injury ... Sourabh and Chukka qualified for the main draw ... Kento Momota decided to skip at the last moment, so Subhankar receives a bye ... Sai scored an upset win over Wangcharoen and he is facing Subhankar in the second round ... Srikanth needed three games to win over Ren, next, he is facing a local player Phetpradab ... Prannoy also scored a win over higher-ranked Wing Ki Vincent Wong, he is facing the 11th ranked Nishimoto ... Kashyap scored a comeback win over Zilberman, next, he is facing the WR #3, Tien Chen Chou.
Saina scored a straight-sets win over a Thai girl ... Next, she is facing Takahashi.

In the doubles, Satwik and Chirag needed 3 games to beat Manu and Sumeeth ... Next, they r facing the 6th seed Indonesian pair ... Ashwini and Sikki failed to challenge their Chinese opponents.
In MXD, Satwik and Ashwini scored a superb win over WR #5 Malaysian pair ... Next, they r facing an Indonesian pair ... Pranaav and Sikki also join them beating a Japanese pair in straight sets ... Next, they r facing the 8th seeds Hong Kong pair.

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At $858 Abierto Mexicano de Tenis Mifel presentado por Cinemex 2019, Los Cabos, Mexico

[R1] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,88) bt John Millman (AUS,61) 64 16 62

Doubles
[R1] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) l Gregoire Barrere (FRA)/ Lucas Pouille (FRA) 36 36

A fabulous win for Prajnesh against a solid hard court player, John Millman ... In the last year's US Open, Millman defeated Federer in the 4th round and he reached the 3rd round of this year's Wimbledon ... Prajnesh won the first set win a single break, but in the second set, he failed to hold his serve ... Millman broke him in the 2nd, 4th, and 6th games, and Prajnesh broke him in the 5th game ... In the final set, Prajnesh raised his game and broke Millman in the 4th game to lead 3-1 ... While serving for the staying in the match at 5-2, Millman failed to hold his serve as Prajnesh converted the 2nd match point for a big win ... A much-needed win for Prajnesh after poor (though due to injury and niggle) last 3 months. ... This win will be a big boost for the hardcourt season.

A one-sided loss for Jeevan and Purav against a French pair.

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At $135K+H Chengdu Challenger 2019, China

[R1] Arjun Kadhe (IND,429) bt Blake Ellis (AUS,409) 16 63 76(4)
[R1] Sidharth Rawat (IND,452) l Matthew Christopher Romios (AUS,599) 67(7) 46
[R1] Manish Sureshkumar (IND,590) vs (Q) Toshihide Matsui (JPN,601)

[R2] Arjun Kadhe (IND,429) vs (7) Goncalo Oliveira (POR,251)

After a long time seeing Arjun wins his Challenger level match ... He scored a comeback win over a similar ranked Aussie, Blake Ellis ... In the second round, he is facing the top-250 ranked, Goncalo Oliveira. Sid lost his first-round match against another Australian Romios ... Manish is facing 41 yrs. old Toshihide Matsui.

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At $69K+H Segovia Challenger 2019, Spain

[R1] (WC) Digvijaypratap Singh (IND,UNR) l Altug Celikbilek (TUR,385) 46 46

A straight-sets loss for Digvijay.

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At €46K+H Liberec Challenger 2019, Czech Republic

[R1] Sasikumar Mukund (IND,275) l Dragos Dima (ROU,327) 46 63 06

A bad loss for Mukund as he failed to win a single game in the final set against Dima.

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At $4.5M The Evian Championship 2019, Evian-Les-Bains, France (LPGA Tour)

69 Aditi Ashok (IND) 73 71 76 73 +9 $8,983

Aditi struggled on the golf course in the Evian Championship ... After making the cut, she ended in the bottom of the standing.

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At $2M Citi Open 2019, Washington DC, USA

[Q1] (11) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,185) l Tim Smyczek (USA,282) 46 26

Doubles
[Q1] (1) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Benoit Paire (FRA) bt (WC) Nathan Pasha (USA)/ Max Schnur (USA) 64 63

[Q2] (1) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Benoit Paire (FRA) l (2) Matthew Ebden (AUS)/ Nicholas Monroe (USA) 62 36 7-10

[R1] (WC) Leander Paes (IND)/ Jack Sock (USA) vs Alex de Minaur (AUS)/ John Peers (AUS)

Another straight-sets bad loss for Ram against Tim Smyczek ... It seems Ram's confidence is low, he needs to take a break from the tour.

Lee has received a wild-card with Jack Sock and they r facing an Aussie pair ... Rohan played in the qualifying with Benoit Paire and they started with a straight-sets win over a local pair ... But lost in the final qualifying after winning the first set against Ebden and Monroe.

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At $858 Abierto Mexicano de Tenis Mifel presentado por Cinemex 2019, Los Cabos, Mexico

[R1] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,88) vs John Millman (AUS,61)

Doubles
[R1] Jonathan Erlich (ISR)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs (4) Ben McLachlan (JPN)/ John-Patrick Smith (AUS)
[R1] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Gregoire Barrere (FRA)/ Lucas Pouille (FRA)

In the Los Cabos open, Prajnesh having his first round against John Millman.

Divij, Jeevan and Purav r playing in the doubles ... Divij is again playing with Erlich and they r facing a 4th seed pairing of Ben McLachlan and John-Patrick Smith ... Jeevan and Purav r facing a French pair.

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At $135K+H Chengdu Challenger 2019, China

[R1] Manish Sureshkumar (IND,590) vs Qualifier
[R1] (8) Saketh Myneni (IND,264) bye
[R1] Arjun Kadhe (IND,429) vs Blake Ellis (AUS,409)
[R1] Sidharth Rawat (IND,452) vs Matthew Christopher Romios (AUS,599)

Doubles
[R1] Arjun Kadhe (IND)/ Saketh Myneni (IND) vs Blake Ellis (AUS)/ Brydan Klein (GBR)

As a seeded player, Saki has a bye in the first round ... Arjun and Sid r facing Aussie opponents in their first-round matches and Manish is facing a qualifier.

In the doubles, Saki is playing with Arjun and they r facing a pairing of Ellis and Klein.

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At €46K+H Liberec Challenger 2019, Czech Republic

[R1] Sasikumar Mukund (IND,275) vs Dragos Dima (ROU,327)

Doubles
[R1] (3) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Jamie Cerretani (USA) vs Sadio Doumbia (FRA)/ Fabien Reboul (FRA)
[R1] N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND)/ Tuna Altuna (TUR) vs (WC) Jiri Lehecka (CZE)/ Jiri Vesely (CZE)

Mukund is playing in the Czech Republic and facing a Romanian Dima.

In the doubles, Bala and Vishnu r the 3rd seeds and facing a French pair ... VSP is playing with Altuna and they r facing a local wild-card pair which having Jiri Vesely.

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At $69K+H Segovia Challenger 2019, Spain

[R1] (WC) Digvijaypratap Singh (IND,UNR) vs Altug Celikbilek (TUR,385)

Digvijaypratap Singh has received a wild-card for the Spanish Challenger and he is facing a Turkish opponent.

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At $750K DAIHATSU YONEX Japan Open 2019, Tokyo (HSBC BWF World Tour Super 750)

[SF] Sai Praneeth B. (IND,23) l (1) Kento Momota (JPN,1) 18-21 12-21

Momota won in straight games against Sai, but still a good run for Sain in this Japan Open.

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At $777K Atlanta Open 2019, USA

[QF] Jonathan Erlich (ISR)/ Divij Sharan (IND) l (1) Bob Bryan (USA)/ Mike Bryan (USA) 46 76(4) 7-10

Divij and Erlich lose a close match against Bryans in the match tie-break.

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At $250K Baltic Open 2019, Jurmala, Latvia (Clay)

[QF] (Alt) Katarzyna Kawa (POL)/ Ankita Raina (IND) l (3) Irina Bara (ROU)/ Dalila Jakupovic (SLO) 06 26

Ankita and Katarzyna lost in the one-sided match against the 3rd seed pair.

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At $750K DAIHATSU YONEX Japan Open 2019, Tokyo (HSBC BWF World Tour Super 750)

[QF] Sai Praneeth B. (IND,23) bt Tommy Sugiarto (INA,18) 21-12 21-15

[QF] (5) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,5) l (4) Akane Yamaguchi (JPN,2) 18-21 15-21

[QF] Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (IND)/ Chirag Shetty (IND) l (2) Takeshi Kamura (JPN)/ Keigo Sonoda (JPN) 19-21 18-21

[SF] Sai Praneeth B. (IND,23) vs (1) Kento Momota (JPN,1)

A mixed day for the Indians ... Sai scored a convincing win over a higher-ranked Tommy Sugiarto ... In the semis, he is having a tough match against the WR #1, Kento Momota.
Sindhu lost her 2nd consecutive match against Akane Yamaguchi in last 6 days ... She again failed to challenge Yamaguchi in straight games loss.

Satwik and Chirag gave a decent fighting performance against a local WR #3 Japanese pair.

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At € 1.8M Hamburg European Open 2019, Germany

[QF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP) l (3) Oliver Marach (AUT)/ Jurgen Melzer (AUT) 16 46

The 3rd seed Austrian pair proved too strong for Rohan and Pablo.

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At $250K Baltic Open 2019, Jurmala, Latvia (Clay)

[R1] (Alt) Katarzyna Kawa (POL)/ Ankita Raina (IND) bt Beatrice Gumulya (INA)/ Jessy Rompies (INA) 67(3) 63 12-10

[QF] (Alt) Katarzyna Kawa (POL)/ Ankita Raina (IND) vs (3) Irina Bara (ROU)/ Dalila Jakupovic (SLO)

Ankita is playing in the doubles as an alternate pairing with her Polish partner, Katarzyna Kawa ... They scored fighting comeback win over an Indonesian pair in the match tie-break ... In the quarters, they r facing the 3rd seed pair.

Badminton News

At $750K DAIHATSU YONEX Japan Open 2019, Tokyo (HSBC BWF World Tour Super 750)

[R2] Sai Praneeth B. (IND,23) bt Kanta Tsuneyama (JPN,17) 21-13 21-16
[R2] Prannoy H. S. (IND,34) l Rasmus Gemke (DEN,26) 9-21 15-21

[R2] (5) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,5) bt Aya Ohori (JPN,20) 11-21 21-10 21-13

[R2] Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (IND)/ Chirag Shetty (IND) bt Kai Xiang Huang (CHN)/ Cheng Liu (CHN) 15-21 21-11 21-19

[R2] Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) l (4) Dechapol Puavaranukroh (THA0/ Sapsiree Taerattanachai (THA) 16-21 17-21

[QF] Sai Praneeth B. (IND,23) vs Tommy Sugiarto (INA,18)

[QF] (5) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,5) vs (4) Akane Yamaguchi (JPN,2)

[QF] Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (IND)/ Chirag Shetty (IND) vs (2) Takeshi Kamura (JPN)/ Keigo Sonoda (JPN)

Sai is in the quarters with a comfortable win over Kanta Tsuneyama ... Next, he is having a challenge of Tommy Sugiarto.
Sindhu scored a comeback win ooer Aya Ohori ... After losing the first game Sindhu made a strong comeback for winning next 2 games easily ... Next, she is facing the WR #2, Akane Yamaguchi, whom she lost in the last week's Indonesian Open.
Prannoy failed to repeat his performance of the first-round win over Srikanth, he lost cheaply against Rasmus Gemke.

Satwik and Ashwini lost after giving decent performance against the WR #4 Thai pair.

Satwik and Chirag scored a comeback win over a Chinese pair after losing the first game ... Next, they r facing a local WR #3 pair.

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At $777K Atlanta Open 2019, USA

[R1] Jonathan Erlich (ISR)/ Divij Sharan (IND) bt Miomir Kecmanovic (SRB)/ Robert Lindstedt (SWE) 26 63 13-11

[QF] Jonathan Erlich (ISR)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs (1) Bob Bryan (USA)/ Mike Bryan (USA)

Divij and Erlich r facing Bryans in the quarter-final ... In the first round, they defeated Lindstedt and Kecmanovic in the match tie-break.

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At € 1.8M Hamburg European Open 2019, Germany

[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP) bt (WC) Rudolf Molleker (GER)/ Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) 63 57 10-3

[QF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP) vs (3) Oliver Marach (AUT)/ Jurgen Melzer (AUT)

Rohan is in the quarters with Carreno Busta as they won their match in the match tie-break ... Next, they r facing an experienced Austrian pair.

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At € 586K J. Safra Sarasin Swiss Open 2019, Gstaad, Switzerland

[QF] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) l (WC) Marc-Andrea Huesler (SUI)/ Jakub Paul (SUI) 57 46

Jeevan and Purav lose their match in straight sets against a local Swiss pair.

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At $54K+H Binghamton Challenger 2019, New York, USA

[R2] (2) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,185) l (WC) Alexander Ritschard (USA,443) 62 67(3) 26

A bad loss for Ram against a lower-ranked Ritschard after winning the first set.

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At €46K+H Prague Challenger 2019, Czech Republic

[R1] (4) N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) l Andre Begemann (GER)/ Florin Mergea (ROU) 67(4) 62 8-10

VSP and Vishnu lost in the match tie-break against Mergea and Begemann.

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At $750K DAIHATSU YONEX Japan Open 2019, Tokyo (HSBC BWF World Tour Super 750)

[R1] Sai Praneeth B. (IND,23) bt Kenta Nishimoto (JPN,11) 21-17 21-13
[R1] Prannoy H. S. (IND,34) bt (8) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,10) 13-21 21-11 22-20
[R1] Sameer Verma (IND,13) l Anders Antonsen (DEN,9) 17-21 12-21

[R1] (5) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,5) bt Yue Han (CHN,12) 21-9 21-17

[R1] Manu Attri (IND)/ B. Sumeeth Reddy (IND) l Sze Fei Goh (MAS)/ Nur Izzuddin (MAS) 12-21 16-21
[R1] Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (IND)/ Chirag Shetty (IND) bt Marcus Ellis (ENG)/ Chris Langridge (ENG) 21-16 21-17

[R1] Ashwini Ponnappa (IND)/ N. Sikki Reddy (IND) l So Yeong Kim (KOR)/ Hee Yong Kong (KOR) 16-21 14-21

[R1] Pranaav Jerry Chopra (IND)/ N. Sikki Reddy (IND) l (1) Si Wei Zheng (CHN)/ Ya Qiong Huang (CHN) 11-21 14-21
[R1] Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) bt Marvin Seidel (GER)/ Linda Efler (GER) 21-14 21-19

[R2] Sai Praneeth B. (IND,23) vs Kanta Tsuneyama (JPN,17)
[R2] Prannoy H. S. (IND,34) vs Rasmus Gemke (DEN,26)

[R2] (5) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,5) vs Aya Ohori (JPN,20)

[R2] Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (IND)/ Chirag Shetty (IND) vs Kai Xiang Huang (CHN)/ Cheng Liu (CHN)

[R2] Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) vs (4) Dechapol Puavaranukroh (THA0/ Sapsiree Taerattanachai (THA)

A good start for Sai as he started with a comfortable upset win over a local WR #11 Nishimoto ... Next, he is facing another higher-ranked Japanese challenge of Kanta Tsuneyama.
Prannoy scored a fighting comeback win against Srikanth after losing the first game ... In the final game, Srikanth saved 2 match points but Prannoy converted the 3rd one ... Next, he is facing a Danish player, Rasmus Gemke.
Sindhu scored a straight games win over the top-15 Chinese girl, Yue Han ... She is facing a local girl, Aya Ohori.
Sameer failed to challenge an in-form Antonsen in his loss.

Satwik and Ashwini r in the second round with straight games win over a German pair ... Next, they r facing the WR #4 Thai pair ... But Sikki and Pranaav lost easily against the WR #1 Chinese pair.

Satwik and Chirag started with a straight games win over a British pair ... Next, they r facing a Chinese pair ... Manu and Sumeeth lost easily against a Malaysian pair ... Ashwini and Sikki lost against a Korean pair.

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At $28K Men's QSF Open 2019, Doha, Qatar (PSA Challenger Tour 30)

[SF] (3) Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,55) l (2) Abdulla Al-Tamimi (QAT,37) 9-11, 6-11, 11-3, 9-11 (43m)

Mahesh lost in four games against a local favorite Abdulla A-Tamimi.

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At $777K Atlanta Open 2019, USA

[R1] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,88) l (Q) Soonwoo Kwon (KOR,117) 76(4) 57 06

Doubles
[R1] Marius Copil (ROU)/ Leander Paes (IND) l Taylor Fritz (USA)/ Cameron Norrie (GBR) 67(2) 46

Disappointed by losses of Prajnesh and Leander at Atlanta ... Prajnesh missed a chance of winning start on the US hardcourt season ... He won the first set in the tie-break, but at 5-all in the second set, Prajnesh committed 3 double faults to lose the game ... He lost the next 8 games to lose the match, I am hoping no shoulder injury for Prajnesh.
Lee and Copil lost in straight sets against the big-servers, Norrie and Fritz.

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At € 1.8M Hamburg European Open 2019, Germany

[R1] (Q) Sumit Nagal (IND,207) l Richard Gasquet (FRA,65) 26 67(2)

In the first set, Sumit struggled with unforced errors and Gasquet won the set comfortably ... In the second set, Sumit found his footing and played a better game ... He was up 5-3 but failed to close the set ... Gasquet used his experience and won the match after winning the tie-break ... Overall, a good outing for Sumit in his first ATP 500 tournament.

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At € 586K J. Safra Sarasin Swiss Open 2019, Gstaad, Switzerland

[R1] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt (2) Denys Molchanov (UKR)/ Igor Zelenay (SVK) 64 62

[QF] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs (WC) Marc-Andrea Huesler (SUI)/ Jakub Paul (SUI)

Jeevan and Purav struggle on the Challenger tour but having consistent results on the ATP tour ... They started with a comfortable win over Molchanov and Zelenay in the Swiss Open ... Next, they r facing a local wild-card pair.

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At $250K Baltic Open 2019, Jurmala, Latvia (Clay)

[R1] Ankita Raina (IND,191) l Patricia Maria Tig (ROU,264) 26 16

The former top-100 Patricia Maria Tig proved too strong for Ankita.

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At $28K Men's QSF Open 2019, Doha, Qatar (PSA Challenger Tour 30)

[R1] (3) Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,55) bye
[R2] (3) Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,55) bt Ahmed Hosny (EGY,101) 7-11, 11-3, 11-7, 9-11, 11-3 (50m)

[QF] (3) Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,55) bt Sébastien Bonmalais (FRA,81) 11-6, 11-2, 8-11, 6-11, 11-4 (53m)

[SF] (3) Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,55) vs (2) Abdulla Al-Tamimi (QAT,37)

A surprisingly tough matches for Mahesh against Ahmed Hosny and Sébastien Bonmalais in previous rounds ... Next, he is having a tough match against a local favorite Abdulla A-Tamimi.

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At $10.75M The Open Championship 2019, Portrush, Northern Ireland

T51 Shubhankar Sharma (IND) 70 72 77 68 +3 $28,317

The third round 6-over round cost Shubhankar a good finish at the Open Championship ... He played a couple of good under-par round but one bad round pushed him outside the top-50 in standings.

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At $3.5M Barbasol Championship 2019, Nicholasville, Kentucky, U.S.A. (PGA Tour)

72 Arjun Atwal (IND) 71 69 70 76 -2 $6,930

Arjun had the 4-over final round, which cost him high finish ... As he ended on the last place in the Barbasol Championship.

Tennis News

At € 1.8M Hamburg European Open 2019, Germany

[Q2] Sumit Nagal (IND,205) bt (3) Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (ESP,128) 63 75

[R1] (Q) Sumit Nagal (IND,205) vs Richard Gasquet (FRA,50)

A fantastic straight sets win by Sumit over a #nexgen Fokina, who qualified for the French Open main-draw ... With this win, Sumit has qualified for his first main draw of the ATP 500 tournament and he will be first-time inside the top-200 in next week's rankings update ... In the first round, Sumit is having a tough match against a very experienced and a former top-10 player, Richard Gasquet.

So this week, our 3 players r playing in the main draw of three different tournaments of the ATP and WTA tour

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At $777K Atlanta Open 2019, USA

[R1] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,89) vs (Q) Kwon Soonwoo (KOR,115)

Doubles
[R1] Jonathan Erlich (ISR)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs Miomir Kecmanovic (SRB)/ Robert Lindstedt (SWE)
[R1] Marius Copil (ROU)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs Taylor Fritz (USA)/ Cameron Norrie (GBR)

A good draw for Prajnesh as he is facing a Korean qualifier in the first round. In the doubles, Lee and Divij r playing with different partners ... Divij is playing with Erlich and facing a pairing of Kecmanovic and Lindstedt ... Lee is playing with Marius Copil and they r facing Norrie and Fritz in the first round.

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At $250K Baltic Open 2019, Jurmala, Latvia (Clay)

[R1] Ankita Raina (IND,172) vs Patricia Maria Tig (ROU,83)

Really a good break for Ankita as she has received a direct entry into the WTA tournament ... In the first round, she is facing a top-100 Romanian girl, Patricia Maria Tig.

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At €46K+H Prague Challenger 2019, Czech Republic

[R1] (4) N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs Andre Begemann (GER)/ Florin Mergea (ROU)

This week, they r playing in the Czech Republic ... They r seeded but facing an experienced doubles players; Andre Begemann and Florin Mergea.

Badminton News

At $1.25M BLIBLI Indonesia Open 2019, Jakarta (HSBC BWF World Tour Super 1000)

Women's Singles Final
(5) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,5) l (4) Akane Yamaguchi (JPN,4) 15-21 16-21

Sindhu failed to repeat her last two matches performance and lost in the final in straight sets against Yamaguchi ... Still, a good performance by Sindhu after a long time.

Tennis News

At $652K Hall of Fame Open 2019, Newport, USA

[SF] (3) Marcus Daniell (NZL)/ Leander Paes (IND) l Marcel Granollers (ESP)/ Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) 63 67(8) 9-11

A very close loss for Lee and Marcus after winning the first set ... They missed match points and Granollers-Stakhovsky took an advantage of it for winning the match.

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At € 1.8M Hamburg European Open 2019, Germany

[Q1] Sumit Nagal (IND,205) bt (5) Sebastian Ofner (AUT,138) 75 62

[Q2] Sumit Nagal (IND,205) vs (3) Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (ESP,128)

Doubles
[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP) vs (WC) Rudolf Molleker (GER)/ Nenad Zimonjic (SRB)

An impressive win by Sumit against the top-150 Sebastian Ofner ... In the final qualifying round, he is facing a Spanish #NexGen, Alejandro Davidovich Fokina.

In the doubles, Rohan is partnering Pablo Carreno Busta and they r facing a veteran Zimo and his German partner, Rudolf Molleker.

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At € 586K J. Safra Sarasin Swiss Open 2019, Gstaad, Switzerland

[R1] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs (2) Denys Molchanov (UKR)/ Igor Zelenay (SVK)

Jeevan and Purav r facing the 2nd seeds, Zelenay and Molchanov.

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At €46K+H Amersfoort Challenger 2019, Netherlands

[SF] N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) l (WC) Jesper De Jong (NED)/ Ryan Nijboer (NED) 67(4) 46

VSP and Vishnu lost in straight sets against the local wild-card pair.

Badminton News

At $1.25M BLIBLI Indonesia Open 2019, Jakarta (HSBC BWF World Tour Super 1000)

[SF] (5) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,5) bt (2) Yu Fei Chen (CHN,3) 21-19 21-10

[F] (5) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,5) vs (4) Akane Yamaguchi (JPN,4)

Sindhu scored an impressive straight games win over Yu Fei Chen for entering into the final ... In the first game, Yu Fei was opening 3-4 points lead but Sindhu was catching her ... From 14-18 down Sindhu took control winning next 5 points and won next 2 points from 19-all to win the game ... In the second game, from 2-5 down Sindhu opened 9-5 lead ... She kept increasing it for winning this game comfortably ... Next, she is facing a Japnese girl, Akane Yamaguchi.

Tennis News

At $652K Hall of Fame Open 2019, Newport, USA

[QF] (3) Marcus Daniell (NZL)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt Matthew Ebden (AUS)/ Robert Lindstedt (SWE) 64 57 14-12

[SF] (3) Marcus Daniell (NZL)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs Marcel Granollers (ESP)/ Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR)

A hard-fought win for Lee and Marcus against Ebden and Lindstedt in the extra points of match tie-break ... In the semis, they r facing a pairing of Granollers and Stakhovsky.

Badminton News

At $1.25M BLIBLI Indonesia Open 2019, Jakarta (HSBC BWF World Tour Super 1000)

[QF] (5) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,5) bt (3) Nozomi Okuhara (JPN,2) 21-14 21-7

[SF] (5) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,5) vs (2) Yu Fei Chen (CHN,3)

Sindhu is in the semis with a dominating win over a former World Champion, Nozomi Okuhara ... Sindhu won the first game losing 14 points and was too good to Okuhara in the second as she lost only 7 points ... In the semis, she is facing a Chinese girl, Yu Fei Chen.

Tennis News

At €46K+H Amersfoort Challenger 2019, Netherlands

[QF] N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt (WC) Gijs Brouwer (NED)/ Jelle Sels (NED) 67(3) 63 10-2

VSP and Vishnu r in the semis with the match tie-break win over a local pair ... After losing the first set they made a strong comeback in the match.

Badminton News

At $1.25M BLIBLI Indonesia Open 2019, Jakarta (HSBC BWF World Tour Super 1000)

[R2] (8) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,9) l Ka Long Angus Ng (HKG,13) 17-21 19-21

[R2] (5) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,5) bt Mia Blichfeldt (DEN,13) 21-14 17-21 21-11

[R2] Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (IND)/ Chirag Shetty (IND) l (1) Marcus Fernaldi Gideon (INA)/ Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo (INA) 15-21 14-21

[R2] Pranaav Jerry Chopra (IND)/ N. Sikki Reddy (IND) l (1) Si Wei Zheng (CHN)/ Ya Qiong Huang (CHN) 14-21 11-21

[QF] (5) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,5) vs (3) Nozomi Okuhara (JPN,2)

Sindhu is in the quarters after defeating Mia Blichfeldt in three games ... Next, she is facing her Japanese nemesis, Nozomi Okuhara.
A bad straight games loss for Srikanth against Ka Long Angus Ng.

Satwik and Chirag lost in straight games against the WR #1 Indonesian pair.
The WR #1 Chinese MXD pair proved too strong for Pranaav and Sikki.

Football News

At the AFC Asian Cup - Round 2,

Group E
Qatar (55), Oman (86), India (101), Afghanistan (149), and Bangladesh (183)

India is drawn with Asian Champions Qatar, Oman, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh in Group E in the AFC Draw for the preliminary competition of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 ... This was also the draw for the preliminary joint Qualification Round 2 for the AFC Asian Cup, China 2023.

Tennis News

At $652K Hall of Fame Open 2019, Newport, USA

[R2] (Q) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,134) l (4) Ugo Humbert (FRA,48) 67(5) 06

This was a tough match against an in-form Frenchman, Ugo Humbert, but Ram failed to raise his game when matters ... After taking Ugo to the tie-break in the first set, Ram's game nose-dived as he failed to win a single game in the second.

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At $135K+H Nur-Sultan Challenger 2019, Kazakhstan

[R2] Sidharth Rawat (IND,468) l (10) Matteo Viola (ITA,247) 16 62 16
[R2] (13) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,280) l Arthur Rinderknech (FRA,368) 67(8) 67(5)

Doubles
[R1] (3) Arjun Kadhe (IND)/ Denis Yevseyev (KAZ) l (PR) Nicolas Barrientos (COL)/ Facundo Mena (ARG) 06 16

A bad day for Indians as our all players lose their matches in the singles and doubles ... Mukund lost in 2 tie-breaks against his French opponent ... Sid won the second set against his Italian opponent but lost other 2 sets easily.
Arjun and Denis managed to win a single game against their South American pair.

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At €46K+H Amersfoort Challenger 2019, Netherlands

[R1] (3) N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt (ITF) Corentin Denolly (FRA)/ Scott Puodziunas (AUS) 60 63

[QF] N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs (WC) Gijs Brouwer (NED)/ Jelle Sels (NED)

VSP and Vishnu started with a comfortable win ... Next, they r facing a local wild-card pair.

Badminton News

At $1.25M BLIBLI Indonesia Open 2019, Jakarta (HSBC BWF World Tour Super 1000)

[R1] Sai Praneeth B. (IND,23) l Wing Ki Vincent Wong (HKG,37) 15-21 21-13 10-21
[R1] Prannoy H. S. (IND,26) l (2) Yu Qi Shi (CHN,2) 21-19 18-21 20-22
[R1] (8) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,9) bt Kenta Nishimoto (JPN,10) 21-14 21-13

[R1] (5) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,5) bt Aya Ohori (JPN,21) 11-21 21-15 21-15

[R1] Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (IND)/ Chirag Shetty (IND) bt Sze Fei Goh (MAS)/ Nur Izzuddin (MAS) 21-19 18-21 21-19
[R1] Manu Attri (IND)/ B. Sumeeth Reddy (IND) l Min Chun Liao (TPE)/ Ching Heng Su (TPE) 11-21 17-21

[R1] Ashwini Ponnappa (IND)/ N. Sikki Reddy (IND) l Vivian Hoo (MAS)/ Cheng Wen Yap (MAS) 20-22 22-20 20-22

[R1] Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) l Tontowi Ahmad (INA)/ Winny Oktavina Kandow (INA) 13-21 11-21
[R1] Pranaav Jerry Chopra (IND)/ N. Sikki Reddy (IND) bt Robin Tabeling (NED)/ Selena Piek (NED) 25-23 16-21 21-19

[R2] (8) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,9) vs Ka Long Angus Ng (HKG,13)

[R2] (5) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,5) vs Mia Blichfeldt (DEN,13)

[R2] Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (IND)/ Chirag Shetty (IND) vs (1) Marcus Fernaldi Gideon (INA)/ Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo (INA)

[R2] Pranaav Jerry Chopra (IND)/ N. Sikki Reddy (IND) vs (1) Si Wei Zheng (CHN)/ Ya Qiong Huang (CHN)

In this big Super 1000 tournament, Srikanth and Sindhu started with contrasting wins ... Srikanth defeated a similar ranked Kenta Nishimoto convincingly but Sindhu needed three games to overcome a challenge of Aya Ohori ... In the second round, Sindhu is facing a Danish girl, Mia Blichfeldt and Srikanth is facing Ka Long Angus Ng.

Prannoy lost a close match against the WR #2, Yu Qi Shi ... In the third game, Prannoy saved 2 match points but Shi converted the 3rd for a hard-fought win ... A disappointing loss for Sai against Wong.

In the doubles, Satwik and Chirag r in the second round as they defeated the Malaysian pair in three games ... Next, they r facing the WR #1 Indonesian pair ... Manu and Sumeeth lost easily against a Taipei pair ... Ashwini and Sikki lost a very close match against the Malaysian pair ... In the third game, they missed a match point at 20-19.

In MXD, Pranaav and Sikki scored three games win over a Dutch pair, but they r also facing the WR #1 Chinese pair in the second round ... Satwik and Ashwini failed to challenge their Indonesian opponents.

Football News

At the Intercontinental Cup 2019, Ahmedabad, India

India dw Syria 1-1 (0-0)
Goal Scored - Narender Ghelot (IND) 51' and Firas Al-Khatib (SYR) 78' P

Our team managed to hold the Syrian side in the well-contested match ... Both teams played an attacking game but failed to score in the first-half ... 18-yrs-old Narender gave a lead to the Indian side with a well-placed header but the Syrian side equalized through the penalty-kick in the later stage of the match ... So with this, our campaign ended in the Hero Intercontinental Cup with a single point.

Tennis News

At $652K Hall of Fame Open 2019, Newport, USA

[R1] (Q) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,134) bt Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR,145)57 76(6) 62

[R2] (Q) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,134) vs (4) Ugo Humbert (FRA,48)

Doubles
[R1] (3) Marcus Daniell (NZL)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt Max Purcell (AUS)/ Luke Saville (AUS) 26 62 10-5

Ram produced an excellent comeback, he saved a match point before beating Sergiy Stakhovsky ... In the first set, Stakhovsky broke Ram in the 11th game and held his serve for winning the set ... In the second set, both players exchanged the breaks and in the tie-break, Ram saved a match point before winning it ... In the third set, Ram broke Stakhovsky in the 1st and the 3rd games to lead 4-0 ... When Ram was serving for the match in the 8th game, Ram saved 5 break points before converting the 2nd match point ... In the second round, he is facing an in-form Frenchman, Ugo Humbert, who reached round of 16 in Wimbledon, before losing to Djokovic.

Lee started with a win partnering Marcus Daniell, they produced a strong comeback in the match after losing the first set easily.

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At $135K+H Nur-Sultan Challenger 2019, Kazakhstan

[R1] Arjun Kadhe (IND,408) l Tsung-Hua Yang (TPE,308) 26 63 57

Doubles
[R1] Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND)/ Zhizhen Zhang (CHN) l Teymuraz Gabashvili (RUS)/ Egor Gerasimov (BLR) 67(2) 46

Arjun fought hard but failed to overcome the challenge of an experienced Tsung-Hua Yang in three sets.
Mukund and Zhang lost a match in close two sets against Gerasimov and Gabashvili.

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At $652K Hall of Fame Open 2019, Newport, USA

[Q2] (3) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,134) bt Yuichi Sugita (JPN,253) 64 67(6) 63

[R1] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,89) l Marcel Granollers (ESP,98) 26 26
[R1] (Q) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,134) vs Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR,145)

Doubles
[R1] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) l Mao-Xin Gong (CHN)/ Ze Zhang (CHN) 67(3) 67(10)

After a long time, a really good win for Ram against the former top-40 player, Yuichi Sugita ... In the first set, Ram took a crucial break in the 10th game for winning the set ... In the second set tie-break, Ram missed a couple of match points at 6-4 and 6-5 ... In the final set, Ram broke Sugita in the 3rd game, 2-1, to take a lead ... He again broke Sugita when he was serving for staying in the match at 5-3 and completed the win ... In the first round, he is facing Sergiy Stakhovsky.

Prajnesh's struggle continues on the grass court as he lost a one-sided match against Granollers in his last match of the grass court season.

Jeevan and Purav r going through a mini-slump ... Here also, they lost in 2 tight tie-breaks against a Chinese pair.

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At $135K+H Nur-Sultan Challenger 2019, Kazakhstan

[R1] Sidharth Rawat (IND,468) bt (ITF) Sanjar Fayziev (UZB,438) 62 62

[R2] Sidharth Rawat (IND,468) vs (10) Matteo Viola (ITA,247)

Sid is into the second round with a dominating win over a higher ranked local player, Sanjar Fayziev ... Next, he is facing an Italian veteran, Matteo Viola.

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At $7M Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open 2019, North Berwick, Scotland (EPGA Tour)

T34 Shubhankar Sharma (IND) 71 66 67 67 -13 € 42,853

After a long time, Shubhankar showed consistency in his last three rounds for the top-40 finish.

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At $6M John Deere Classic 2019, Silvis, Illinois, USA (PGA Tour)

T47 Anirban Lahiri (IND) 74 65 68 68 -9 $15,620

After a poor first round, Anirban made the cut after scoring a birdie on the 18th hole of the second round ... He scored another couple of 3-under rounds to finish inside the top-50.

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At Marathon Classic 2019, Sylvania, Ohio, USA (LPGA Tour)

T59 Aditi Ashok (IND) 67 74 71 70 -2 $4,503

After a superb first round, Aditi had a poor second round ... That cost her a good finish in the Marathon Classic.

Badminton News

At $150K YONEX US Open 2019, Fullerton, USA (HSBC BWF World Tour Super 300)

[SF] Sourabh Verma (IND,43) l Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk (THA,56) 9-21 18-21

Sourabh struggled against his Thai opponent and lost in straight games against Saensomboonsuk.

Tennis News

At $652K Hall of Fame Open 2019, Newport, USA

[Q1] (3) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,134) bt (WC) Maxime Cressy (USA,314) 76(5) 63

[Q2] (3) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,134) vs Yuichi Sugita (JPN,253)

[R1] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,89) vs Marcel Granollers (ESP,98)

Doubles
[R1] (3) Marcus Daniell (NZL)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs Max Purcell (AUS)/ Luke Saville (AUS)
[R1] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Mao-Xin Gong (CHN)/ Ze Zhang (CHN)

Ram is defending loads of points as the last year's finalist at Newport ... In the first qualifying round, he defeated a local wild-card player, Maxime Cressy ... In the final qualifying round, he is having a tricky match against the former top-40 player, Yuichi Sugita.
Prajnesh is facing a Spanish veteran Granollers in the first round.

In the doubles, Lee is the 3rd seeds with Marcus Daniell and they r facing an Aussie pair ... Jeevan and Purav r facing a Chinese pair in the first round.

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At $135K+H Nur-Sultan Challenger 2019, Kazakhstan

[R1] Arjun Kadhe (IND,408) vs Tsung-Hua Yang (TPE,308)
[R1] Sidharth Rawat (IND,468) vs (ITF) Sanjar Fayziev (UZB,438)
[R1] (13) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,280) bye

Doubles
[R1] (3) Arjun Kadhe (IND)/ Denis Yevseyev (KAZ) vs (PR) Nicolas Barrientos (COL)/ Facundo Mena (ARG)
[R1] Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND)/ Zhizhen Zhang (CHN) vs Teymuraz Gabashvili (RUS)/ Egor Gerasimov (BLR)

Mukund has a bye as a seeded player ... Arjun is having a tough match against an experienced Yang and Sid is facing a similar ranked local player, Sanjar Fayziev.

In the doubles, Arjun is back with Denis Yevseyev ... Mukund is playing with Zhizhen Zhang.

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At $60K ITF Women's 2019, Versmold, Germany (Clay)

P.C. to Ankita's FB page

Doubles Final
(1) Ankita Raina (IND)/ Bibiane Schoofs (NED) l (3) Amina Anshba (RUS)/ Anastasia Detiuc (CZE) 60 36 8-10

Ankita and Bibiane Schoofs lost against the 3rd seed, Anshba and Detiuc, after winning the first set 6-0.

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At €46K+H Amersfoort Challenger 2019, Netherlands

[R1] (3) N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs (ITF) Corentin Denolly (FRA)/ Scott Puodziunas (AUS)

Vishnu is playing with VSP in the Netherlands ... They r the 3rd seeds and facing the ITF pair.

Football News

At the Intercontinental Cup 2019, Ahmedabad, India

India l DPR Korea 2-5 (0-3)
Goal Scored - Lallianzuala Chhangte (IND) 51', Sunil Chhetri (IND) 71' and Jong Il Gwan (PRK) 8' and 29', Sim Hyon Jin (PRK) 16', Ri Un Chol (PRK) 63' and Ri Jin (PRK) 90+'

Another loss for an experimental Indian side against the North Koreans ... Stimac made 8 changes from our last match against Tajikistan ... The North Koreans took a formidable 0-3 lead on the stroke of half-hour ... In the second half, we improved our performance after the introduction of Lallianzuala Chhangte and Udanta Singh ... But it was a late for a comeback as we conceded 2 more goals after scoring 2.

Tennis News

At $54K+H Winnetka Challenger 2019, Illinois, USA

[QF] (8) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,151) l (4,WC) Denis Istomin (UZB,115) 26 57

Ram loses in straight sets against Istomin.

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At $60K ITF Women's 2019, Versmold, Germany (Clay)

[SF] (1) Ankita Raina (IND)/ Bibiane Schoofs (NED) bt (4) Natalija Kostic (SRB)/ Chiara Scholl (USA) 62 60

[F] (1) Ankita Raina (IND)/ Bibiane Schoofs (NED) vs (3) Amina Anshba (RUS)/ Anastasia Detiuc (CZE)

Ankita with Bibiane Schoofs scored a dominating win over the 4th seed, Kostic and Scholl ... In the final, they r facing the 3rd seed, Anshba and Detiuc.

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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament 2019, Getxo, Spain (Indoor Clay)

[QF] (1) Rutuja Bhosale (IND)/ Valeriya Strakhova (UKR) l Rina Saigo (JPN)/ Yukina Saigo (JPN) 46 26

The top-seed Rutuja and Valeriya lost easily against Japanese Saigo sisters.

Badminton News

At $150K YONEX US Open 2019, Fullerton, USA (HSBC BWF World Tour Super 300)

[R1] Ajay Jayaram (IND,68) l (4) Tzu Wei Wang (TPE,29) 16-21 21-18 16-21
[R1] Sourabh Verma (IND,43) bt Toby Penty (ENG,59) 21-23 21-15 22-20
[R1] Lakshya Sen (IND,77) bt (6) Parupalli Kashyap (IND,34) 21-11 21-18
[R1] (2) Prannoy H. S. (IND,32) bt Yu Igarashi (JPN,66) 21-23 24-22 21-18

[R1] Anura Prabhudesai (IND,118) l Hsiang Ti Lin (TPE,127) 17-21 14-21
[R1] Sri Krishna Priya Kudaravalli (IND,77) l (3) Ga Eun Kim (KOR,33) 11-21 8-21

[R1] B. R. Sankeerth (CAN)/ Tarun Kona (IND) l Yong Dae Lee (KOR)/ Yeon Seong Yoo (KOR) 11-21 11-21

[R2] Sourabh Verma (IND,43) bt Lakshya Sen (IND,77) 21-11 19-21 21-12
[R2] (2) Prannoy H. S. (IND,32) bt Kwang Hee Heo (KOR,51) 21-16 18-21 21-16

[QF] Sourabh Verma (IND,43) bt (2) Prannoy H. S. (IND,32) 21-19 23-21

[SF] Sourabh Verma (IND,43) vs Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk (THA,56)

Sourabh is in the semis with tight straight games over a higher-ranked compatriot Prannoy ... Before that, he defeated Lakshya in the second round ... Lakshya defeated an experienced Kashyap in the first round ... In the semis, Sourabh is facing a Thai, Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk.

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At $54K+H Winnetka Challenger 2019, Illinois, USA

[R3] (8) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,151) bt JC Aragone (USA,256) 76(6) 63

[QF] (8) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,151) vs (4,WC) Denis Istomin (UZB,115)

Doubles
[R1] (4) Quentin Halys (FRA)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) l JC Aragone (USA)/ Bradley Klahn (USA) w/o

Ram enters into the quarters with straight sets win over JC Aragone ... Next, he is facing Denis Istomin.

In the doubles, Ram and Halys gave a walkover to their American opponents.

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At $60K ITF Women's 2019, Versmold, Germany (Clay)

[R2] (4) Ankita Raina (IND,171) l Katharina Hobgarski (GER,247) 36 16

Disappointing one-sided loss of Ankita against a German player, Katharina Hobgarski.

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At $54K+H Winnetka Challenger 2019, Illinois, USA

[R2] (8) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,151) bt Michael Redlicki (USA,327) 75 75

[R3] (8) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,151) vs JC Aragone (USA,256)

Doubles
[R1] (1) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) l Jason Jung (TPE)/ Evan King (USA) 57 46

Ram started with a tight two sets win over Redlicki ... Next, he is facing another American, JC Aragone.

In the doubles, Jeevan and Purav lose their first-round match against Jung and King in straight sets.

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At €69K+H Braunschweig Challenger 2019, Germany

[R1] (2) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Jamie Cerretani (USA) l (WC) Nicola Kuhn (ESP)/ Daniel Masur (GER) 67(1) 46

Bala and Cerretani lost in the first round against Masur and Kuhn.

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At $60K ITF Women's 2019, Versmold, Germany (Clay)

[R1] (4) Ankita Raina (IND,171) bt Natalija Kostic (SRB,253) 61 76(1)

[R2] (4) Ankita Raina (IND,171) vs Katharina Hobgarski (GER,247)

Doubles
[R1] (1) Ankita Raina (IND)/ Bibiane Schoofs (NED) bye
[QF] (1) Ankita Raina (IND)/ Bibiane Schoofs (NED) bt Katharina Gerlach (GER)/ Ksenia Palkina (KYR) 63 64

[SF] (1) Ankita Raina (IND)/ Bibiane Schoofs (NED) vs (4) Natalija Kostic (SRB)/ Chiara Scholl (USA)

Ankita starts with straight sets win over Natalija Kostic ... Next, she is facing a local German player, Katharina Hobgarski.

In the doubles, she is the top-seed with Bibiane Schoofs ... They had a bye in the first round, in the quarters, they defeated a pairing of Palkina and Gerlach in straight sets ... In the semis, they r facing the 4th seed, Kostic and Scholl.

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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament 2019, Getxo, Spain (Indoor Clay)

[R1] Rutuja Bhosale (IND,385) l (Q) Mallaurie Noel (FRA,496) 57 26

Doubles
[R1] (1) Rutuja Bhosale (IND)/ Valeriya Strakhova (UKR) bt Maialen Morante Oyague (ESP)/ Irati Urbaneja Salazar (ESP) 62 75

A bad loss for Rutuja against a French qualifier in straight sets.

In the doubles, she is the top-seed with Valeriya Strakhova and they started with a win against a Spanish pair.

Tennis News

At Wimbledon 2019, London, Great Britain

[R3] Marcelo Demoliner (BRA)/ Divij Sharan (IND) l (1) Lukasz Kubot (POL)/ Marcelo Melo (BRA) 57 76(8) 67(6) 36

Divij and Marcelo lost in a very close match against the WR #1 pairing of Lukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo ... Both teams split first 2 sets, Melo and Kubot won the 3rd set in the tie-break and kept that momentum for winning the match with the 4th set.

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At €46K+H Winnetka Challenger 2019, Illinois, USA

[R1] (8) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,151) bye
[R1] Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,280) l Ernesto Escobedo (USA,278) 46 46

Doubles
[R1] (1) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Jason Jung (TPE)/ Evan King (USA)
[R1] (4) Quentin Halys (FRA)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) vs JC Aragone (USA)/ Bradley Klahn (USA)

Ram has moved to the US and playing in the Winnetka Challenger ... But Mukund lost in the first round against a similar ranked Ernesto Escobedo.

In the doubles, Purav and Jeevan r the top-seeds and they r facing Evan King and Jason Jung ... Ram is the 4th seed with Halys and they r facing an American pair.

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At $75K Yonex Canada Open 2019, Calgary, Canada (BWF Tour Super 100)

[F] (6) Parupalli Kashyap (IND,36) l Shi Feng Li (CHN,126) 22-20 14-21 17-21

Kashyap missed a chance of becoming only the 2nd Indian winner in the Canada Open ... He lost the final against lower ranked Shi Feng Li after winning the first game.

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At the Intercontinental Cup 2019, Ahmedabad, India

India l Tajikistan 2-4 (2-0)
Goal Scored - Sunil Chhetri (IND) 3' P and 41' and Komron Tursunov (TJK) 56', Sheriddin Boboev (TJK) 58', Muhammadjon Rahimov (TJK) 71',Shahrom Samiev (TJK) 75'

The Indians gave away two goals lead of the half-time to lose this match against Tajikistan ... The Indians played a poor game in the second half, they failed to defend as a team ... Tajikistan took advantage of their mistakes and also benefitted by their poor finishing in front of the goal ... Next, we r facing DPR Korea.

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At 2M Thornberry Creek LPGA Classic 2019, Wisconsin, USA (LPGA Tour)

T40 Aditi Ashok (IND) 70 69 69 66 -14 $9,781

Aditi scored a 6-under final round to finish inside the top-40.

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At $6.4M 3M Open 2019, Blaine, Minnesota, USA (PGA Tour)

T23 Arjun Atwal (IND) 65 68 68 70 -13 $49,105

Arjun finished his best finish in the last 7 years for the top-25 standing ... Anirban Lahiri missed cut after the three rounds with PAR score.

Badminton News

At $75K Yonex Canada Open 2019, Calgary, Canada (BWF Tour Super 100)

[R1] (6) Parupalli Kashyap (IND,36) bye
[R2] (6) Parupalli Kashyap (IND,36) bt Lucas Corvee (FRA,61) 21-12 21-17
[R3] (6) Parupalli Kashyap (IND,36) bt Peng Bo Ren (CHN,110) 23-21 21-23 21-19
[QF] (6) Parupalli Kashyap (IND,36) bt Lucas Claerbout (FRA,84) 12-21 23-21 24-22
[SF] (6) Parupalli Kashyap (IND,36) bt (4) Tzu Wei Wang (TPE,30) 14-21 21-17 21-18

[F] (6) Parupalli Kashyap (IND,36) vs Shi Feng Li (CHN,126)

A decent run for Kashyap in this Canadian tournament ... He scored a couple of good comeback win against Claerbout and a higher ranked Tzu Wei Wang ... In the final, he is facing another Chinese challenge of Shi Feng Li.

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At €46K+H Recanati Challenger 2019, Italy

Doubles Final
(4) Goncaio Oliveira (POR)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) bt (2) Andrea Vavassori (ITA)/ David Vega Hernandez (ESP) 62 64

Ram lifts his first challenger title of 2019 season ... In the final, he and Goncaio comfortably defeated the 2nd seeds, Vavassori and Vega Hernandez ... Much needed title for Ram, hopefully, it will help him to perform better in the singles also.

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At €69K+H Braunschweig Challenger 2019, Germany

[R1] (2) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Jamie Cerretani (USA) vs (WC) Nicola Kuhn (ESP)/ Daniel Masur (GER)

Bala and Jamie r the 2nd seed in the German challenger and facing a wild-card pair.

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At Wimbledon 2019, London, Great Britain

Mixed Doubles
[R2] (13) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) l Artem Sitak (NZL)/ Laura Siegemund (GER) 46 46
[R2] (16) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Yingying Duan (CHN) l (WC) Evan Hoyt (GBR)/ Eden Silva (GBR) 36 46

With Rohan and Divij losses in their respective matches, our challenge got over in the first few rounds of mixed doubles.

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At Wimbledon 2019, London, Great Britain

[R2] Marcelo Demoliner (BRA)/ Divij Sharan (IND) bt Sander Gille (BEL)/ Joran Vliegen (BEL) 76(1) 57 76(6) 64

[R3] Marcelo Demoliner (BRA)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs (1) Lukasz Kubot (POL)/ Marcelo Melo (BRA)

Mixed Doubles
[R1] Leander Paes (IND)/ Samantha Stosur (AUS) l (WC) Evan Hoyt (GBR)/ Eden Silva (GBR) 46 62 46

[R2] (16) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Yingying Duan (CHN) vs (WC) Evan Hoyt (GBR)/ Eden Silva (GBR)

Divij continues with his good performance partnering Demoliner ... They defeated a Belgian pair in four sets, two sets in the tie-break ... Next, they r having a tough match against a WR #1 pair, Lukasz Kubot, and Marcelo Melo.

In MXD, Lee lost his first-round match with Samantha Stosur against a British wild-card pair in three sets ... Divij and Duan r facing this wild-card pair in the second round.

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At €46K+H Recanati Challenger 2019, Italy

[QF] (9) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,151) l (15) Mats Moraing (GER,206) 46 16

Doubles
[SF] (4) Goncaio Oliveira (POR)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) bt (1) Hans Podlipnik-Castillo (CHI)/ Tristan-Samuel Weissborn (AUT) 76(5) 46 10-8

[F] (4) Goncaio Oliveira (POR)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) vs (2) Andrea Vavassori (ITA)/ David Vega Hernandez (ESP)

A disappointing loss ... Ram lost easily against Moraing in their quarter-final match.
In the doubles, Ram and Goncaio enter into the final with a hard-fought win over the top-seeds in the match tie-break ... In the final, they r facing the 2nd seeds.

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At Wimbledon 2019, London, Great Britain

[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Pablo Cuevas (URU) l Marcus Daniell (NZL)/ Wesley Koolhof (NED) 46 46 64 67(7)

Rohan with Cuevas lost in the first round against Koolhof and Daniell in four sets.

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At €46K+H Recanati Challenger 2019, Italy

[R3] (9) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,151) bt Matteo Viola (ITA,259) 64 61

[QF] (9) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,151) vs (15) Mats Moraing (GER,206)

Doubles
[QF] (4) Goncaio Oliveira (POR)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) bt Enrique Lopez Perez (ESP)/ Adrian Menendez-Maceiras (ESP) 16 76(6) 10-8

Ram is in the quarters with a comfortable win over Viola ... Next, he is facing a German Mats Moraing.

In the doubles also, Ram with Goncaio scored a comeback win after losing the first set easily against the Spanish pair.

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At Wimbledon 2019, London, Great Britain

[R1] Marcelo Demoliner (BRA)/ Divij Sharan (IND) bt (13) Kevin Krawietz (GER)/ Andreas Mies (GER) 75 64 75
[R1] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) l Lleyton Hewitt (AUS)/ Jordan Thompson (AUS) 26 36 26
[R1] Leander Paes (IND)/ Benoit Paire (FRA) l Alexander Bublik (KAZ)/ Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ) 64 76(1) 36 67(4) 7-9

[R2] Marcelo Demoliner (BRA)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs Sander Gille (BEL)/ Joran Vliegen (BEL)

Mixed Doubles
[R1] (13) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) bye
[R1] (16) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Yingying Duan (CHN) bye
[R1] Leander Paes (IND)/ Samantha Stosur (AUS) vs (WC) Evan Hoyt (GBR)/ Eden Silva (GBR)

Divij and Marcelo enter into the second round after knocking out the regaining French Open champions German pair in the first round ... They scored straight sets win over Krawietz and Mies ... Next, they r facing a Belgian pair.
A heart-breaking loss for Lee and Benoit in almost 3 and half hours match ... They were 2 sets up against Kazakh pair but failed to capitalize on that ... The Kazakh pair won the final set in sixteen long games.
Jeevan and Purav were out-performed by a strong pairing of Hewitt and Thompson in their one-sided loss.

In MXD, Rohan having a good partner in young Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, they r having a bye as seeded pair ... Divij is also seeded with his Chinese partner, Yingying Duan ... Lee is partnering Samantha Stosur and they r facing a British wild-card pair.

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At €46K+H Recanati Challenger 2019, Italy

[R2] (9) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,151) bt (Q) Nikola Cacic (SRB,UNR) 63 63

[R3] (9) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,151) vs Matteo Viola (ITA,259)

Doubles
[R1] (4) Goncaio Oliveira (POR)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) bt (WC) Alessandro Bega (ITA)/ Viktor Durasovic (NOR) 76(6) 63

[QF] (4) Goncaio Oliveira (POR)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) vs Enrique Lopez Perez (ESP)/ Adrian Menendez-Maceiras (ESP)

A comfortable winning start for Ram against a Serbian qualifier ... Next, he is facing an experienced Italian, Matteo Viola ... In the doubles, a pairing of Ram and Goncaio start their campaign with a win against the wild-card pair ... Next, they r facing a Spanish pair.

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At Wimbledon 2019, London, Great Britain

[R1] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,93) l (15) Milos Raonic (CAN,17) 67(1) 46 26

An expected loss of Prajnesh, but he gave a decent fight to a 2016 Wimbledon finalist ... In the first set, both players failed to get breakpoint on the opponent's serve, but Raonic raised his game to win the tie-break losing only a single point ... In the second set, Raonic broke Prajnesh in the 1st game and kept that advantage for winning the set ... In the third, again Raonic broke Prajnesh in the 1st game ... Prajnesh failed to challenge Raonic's grass-court game and with another break, he lost this set and match ... A good lesson of the grass-court game for Prajnesh, he needs to improve his shot selection and net game.

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At €46K+H Recanati Challenger 2019, Italy

[R1] (9) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,151) bye

Doubles
[R1] (4) Goncaio Oliveira (POR)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) vs (WC) Alessandro Bega (ITA)/ Viktor Durasovic (NOR)

Ram is playing in the Italian Challenger ... He is having a bye in the first round ... In the doubles also, he is seeded with Goncaio Oliveira and they r facing a wild-card pair.

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At $2M Walmart NW Arkansas Championship 2019, Rogers, Arkansas, U.S.A. (LPGA Tour)

T18 Aditi Ashok (IND) 66 67 68 -12 $20,994

After a long time, Aditi showed consistency on the course, which helped her to the top-20 finish in the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship.

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At €3M Estrella Damm N.A. Andalucía Masters 2019, Sotogrande, Spain (European Tour)

T13 Gaganjeet Bhullar (IND) 68 71 72 72 -1 € 47,100
T56 Shiv Kapur (IND) 74 70 76 72 +8 € 9,400

Gaganjeet managed 1-over final round, which cost him the top-10 finish ... But still, a creditable performance to finish in the top-15 on this tough course.

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At $7.3M Rocket Mortgage Classic 2019, Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A. (PGA Tour)

T42 Anirban Lahiri (IND) 69 68 72 69 -10 $26,280

Anirban finished inside the top-50 final standing after 3-under final round.