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At Women's World Championship 2019, Giza, Egypt

[R1] (12) Joshna Chinappa (IND,12) bt Haley Mendez (USA,42) 9-11, 12-10, 8-11, 11-6, 11-6 (49m)
[R1] Sunayna Kuruvilla (IND,77) l (17) Nele Gilis (BEL,19) 11-8, 7-11, 4-11, 5-11 (40m)

[R2] (12) Joshna Chinappa (IND,12) vs Ho Tze-Lok (HKG,44)

Joshna needed to dig deep for the first-round win in the World Championship ... She was 1-2 down before coming back to win the match after winning the next 2 games ... Next, she is facing Ho Tze-Lok.
Sunayna started well after winning the first game against the top-20 Belgian girl ... But after that, Nele Gilis made a strong comeback for winning the next 3 games.

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At $185K Men's Egyptian Open 2019, Giza, Egypt (World Tour Platinum)

[R1] Ramit Tandon (IND,49) l Leo Au (HKG,26) 5-11, 7-11, 2-11 (35m)
[R1] (9/16) Saurav Ghosal (IND,11) bye
[R1] Vikram Malhotra (IND,60) l Nicolas Müller (SUI,28) 6-11, 9-11, 6-11 (26m)

[R1] (9/16) Saurav Ghosal (IND,11) vs Yip Tsz Fung (HKG,31)

Ramit and Vikram lost in straight games in this Platinum tournament ... Saurav is facing a Hong Kong player in the second round.