Squash News

At $250K Women's Windy City Open 2020, Chicago, USA (PSA World Tour Platinum)

[R2] (11) Joshna Chinappa (IND,12) l Donna Lobban (AUS,37) 6-11, 11-7, 8-11, 8-11 (39m)

Hoping for a better outing for Joshna as she lost in 4 games against Lobban.

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At $250K Men's Windy City Open 2020, Chicago, USA (PSA World Tour Platinum)

[R2] (9/16) Saurav Ghosal (IND,13) l Mathieu Castagnet (FRA,27) 9-11, 11-8, 16-14, 13-15, 10-12 (100m)

Saurav played another marathon match of his career against a Frenchman Mathieu Castagnet, but this was another close loss for him ... The match duration was an exact 100 minutes and Saurav had his chances in the match ... He missed match-balls in the final 2 games and Castagnet took full advantage of it for completing the win.

Squash News

At $250K Women's Windy City Open 2020, Chicago, USA (PSA World Tour Platinum)

[R1] (11) Joshna Chinappa (IND,12) bye

[R2] (11) Joshna Chinappa (IND,12) vs Donna Lobban (AUS,37)

Joshna is facing an Aussie girl, Donna Lobban.

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At $250K Men's Windy City Open 2020, Chicago, USA (PSA World Tour Platinum)

[R1] Ramit Tandon (IND,52) l Omar Mosaad (EGY,17) 10-12 10-12 3-11 (41m)
[R1] (9/16) Saurav Ghosal (IND,13) bye
[R1] Vikram Malhotra (IND,57) l Cesar Salazar (MEX,23) 11-6, 11-13, 13-11, 6-11 4-11 (53m)

[R2] (9/16) Saurav Ghosal (IND,13) vs Mathieu Castagnet (FRA,27)

Fighting performances from Ramit and Vikram against their respective higher ranked opponents ... Saurav is facing a former top-10 French guy, Mathieu Castagnet.

Tennis News

At $2.95M Dubai Duty-Free Tennis Championships 2020, UAE

[QF] (WC) Matthew Ebden (AUS)/ Leander Paes (IND) l (Q) Henri Kontinen (FIN)/ Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) 36 36

Lee's Dubai Open journey eneded with a straight-sets loss against Kontinen and Struff.

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At $54K+H Columbus Challenger 2020, Ohio, USA

[QF] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)l (4) Treat Huey (PHI)/ Nathaniel Lammons (USA) 36 26

Bala and Jeevan failed to challenge Lammons and Huey in their one-sided loss.

Tennis News

At $674K Chile Dove Men+Care Open 2020, Santiago, Chile (Clay)

[QF] (3) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Artem Sitak (NZL) l Roberto Carballes Baena (ESP)/ Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (ESP) 36 63 4-10

A Spanish pair proved better on the clay as Divij and Artem lost in the match tie-break.

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At €92K+H Pau Challenger 2020, France

[R1] Purav Raja (IND)/ Adil Shamasdin (CAN) l Antonio Sancic (CRO)/ Tristan-Samuel Weissborn (AUT) 16 57

Purav and Adil lost in the first round against Weissborn and Sancic.

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At $54K+H Columbus Challenger 2020, Ohio, USA

[R2] (9) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,180) l (Q) Zhe Li (CHN,208) 67(7) 67(3)

Doubles
[R1] (WC) N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) l (4) Treat Huey (PHI)/ Nathaniel Lammons (USA) 57 46

Ram lost in 2 tie-break against Li ... Ram served well but Li played important points lot better for a win ... Ram missed 4 set points in the first set and also missed a break-point in the second set.

Ram and VSP also lost their doubles match in straight sets against Huey and Lammons.

Tennis News

At $2.95M Dubai Duty-Free Tennis Championships 2020, UAE

[R1] (Q) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,134) l (Q) Dennis Novak (AUT,95) 46 36

Doubles
[R1] (WC) Matthew Ebden (AUS)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt (2) Ivan Dodig(CRO)/ Filip Polasek (SVK) 64 63

[QF] (WC) Matthew Ebden (AUS)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs (Q) Henri Kontinen (FIN)/ Jan-Lennard Struff (GER)

I was hoping better results from Prajnesh as he lost in straight-sets against Novak.

Other hands, an excellent upset win from Lee and Ebden against the 2nd seed Dodig and Polasek ... Next, they r having a tricky match against Kontinen and Struff.

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At $2.9M Qatar Total Open 2020, Doha, Qatar

[R1] (WC) Caroline Garcia (FRA)/ Sania Mirza (IND) l (WC) Cagla Buyukakcay (TUR)/ Laura Siegemund (GER) 46 57

Sania and Caroline lost in straight sets against another wildcard pair.

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At $674K Chile Dove Men+Care Open 2020, Santiago, Chile (Clay)

[R1] (3) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Artem Sitak (NZL) bt Thiago Monteiro (BRA)/ Fernando Romboli (BRA) 76(5) 76(2)

[QF] (3) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Artem Sitak (NZL) vs Roberto Carballes Baena (ESP)/ Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (ESP)

Divij and Artem required 2 tie-breaks to beat a Brazilian pair ... Next, they r facing the Spanish pair for a place in the semis.

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At €92K+H Pau Challenger 2020, France

[R2] (3) Sumit Nagal (IND,122) l Hugo Grenier (FRA,250) 16 62 36
[R2] Sasikumar Mukund (IND,279) l (8) Lukas Lacko (SVK,168) 46 67(3)

A very lackluster performance by Sumit in this loss ... He played error-prone game and gave easy points to Grenier ... After a really bad first set Sumit controlled his unforced errors to win the second set ... But he again struggled in the third to lose this match.

MuKund gave a decent fighting performance against Lacko in his straight sets loss.

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At $54K+H Columbus Challenger 2020, Ohio, USA

[R1] (9) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,180) vs (Q) Zhe Li (CHN,208)

Doubles
[R1] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) bt Alexander Cozbinov (MDA)/ Denis Istomin (UZB) 63 64

Ram is facing Zhe Li in the second round.
Bala and Jeevan scored straight sets win over Istomin and Cozbinov.

Squash News

At $79.5K Men's Canada Cup 2020, Toronto, Canada (World Tour Silver)

[R1] Ramit Tandon (IND,52) bt (9/16) Campbell Grayson (NZL,25) 8-11, 11-4, 11-5, 11-4 (44m)

[R2] Ramit Tandon (IND,52) l (6) Daryl Selby (ENG,25) 11-6, 6-11, 7-11, 7-11 (46m)

Ramit played in this big Canada Cup ... In the first round, he scored an upset win over the top-25 Grayson in 4 games ... Next, he lost against the top-25 Britisher Selby in 4 games.

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At $51.25K Women's Cincinnati Cup 2020, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA (World Tour Bronze)

[R1] Sunayna Kuruvilla (IND,67) l (9/16) Nada Abbas (EGY,27) 11-8, 5-11, 6-11, 11-9, 6-11 (41m)

Sunayna played in this bronze tournament level Cincinnati Cup ... She lost in the first round but gave a fighting performance against the top-30 Egyptian Nada Abbas.

Tennis News

At €92K+H Pau Challenger 2020, France

[R1] Sasikumar Mukund (IND,279) bt (PR) Arthur De Greef (BEL,288) 67(5) 76(3) 76(2)

[R2] (3) Sumit Nagal (IND,122) vs Hugo Grenier (FRA,250)
[R2] Sasikumar Mukund (IND,279) vs (8) Lukas Lacko (SVK,168)

Mukund scored an impressive and a gritty win over a solid former top-200 player, who was out due to injury ... The match was very close as all 3 sets went to the tie-breaks ... Mukund lost the first set tie-break but he fought back to win the next 2 sets in the tie-breaks and completed win in almost 2 hours and 50 mins ... Next, he is facing the top-175 and 8th seed Lukas Lacko ... Sumit is facing a Frenchman Hugo Grenier.

This week, the first-time Sumit becomes India's #1 singles player as Prajnesh failed to defend his points and slides to #134.

Golf News

At €240K Geoff King Motors Australian Ladies Classic 2020, Bonville, Australia (Ladies European Tour)

T24 Aditi Ashok (IND) 69 75 69 72 -3 € 3,072.00
T32 Diksha Dagar (IND) 73 72 71 71 -1 € 2,094.86
T57 Tvesa Malik (IND) 74 68 74 76 +4 € 804.00

Aditi managed the top-25 finish in Australia ... Diksha and Tvesa also managed to make cut.

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At $3M Puerto Rico Open 2020, Rio Grande, Puerto Rico (PGA Tour)

T44 Anirban Lahiri (IND) 70 70 70 70 -8 $9,220
T50 Arjun Atwal (IND) 73 67 72 69 -7 $7,620

Anirban and Arjun played in the Puerto Rico Open but failed to give desired result.

Tennis News

At $2.9M Qatar Total Open 2020, Doha, Qatar

[R1] (WC) Caroline Garcia (FRA)/ Sania Mirza (IND) vs (WC) Cagla Buyukakcay (TUR)/ Laura Siegemund (GER)

Sania has received a wildcard with her French partner Caroline Garcia in Doha ... They r facing another wildcard pairing of Cagla Buyukakcay and Laura Siegemund.

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At $2.95M Dubai Duty-Free Tennis Championships 2020, UAE

[R1] (Q) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,125) vs (Q) Dennis Novak (AUT,95)

Doubles
[F-Q] (2) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP) l (1) Henri Kontinen (FIN)/ Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) 36 63 6-10

Prajnesh is facing the top-100 Austrian player, Dennis Novak ... A decent draw considering this big tournament.

Rohan and Pablo lost in the match tie-break against Kontinen and Struff in the final qualifying.

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At $674K Chile Dove Men+Care Open 2020, Santiago, Chile (clay)

[R1] (3) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Artem Sitak (NZL) vs Thiago Monteiro (BRA)/ Fernando Romboli (BRA)

Divij and Artem r playing in Chile and they r facing a Brazilian pair in the first round.

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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament 2020, Jodhpur, India

Singles Final
(1) Ankita Raina (IND,176) bt (7) Berfu Cengiz (TUR,451) 75 61

As expected, Ankita lifted the singles title beating a Turkish girl Berfu Cengiz in straight sets ... This was her 7th $25K title and the 2nd title of the year.

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At €92K+H Pau Challenger 2020, France

[R1] (3) Sumit Nagal (IND,126) bye
[R1] Sasikumar Mukund (IND,282) vs (PR) Arthur De Greef (BEL,288)

Doubles
[R1] Purav Raja (IND)/ Adil Shamasdin (CAN) vs Antonio Sancic (CRO)/ Tristan-Samuel Weissborn (AUT)

Sumit and Mukund r playing in the French challenger ... Sumit is the 3rd seed and Mukund is playing against Arthur De Greef.

In the doubles, Purav and Adil r facing Weissborn and Sancic.

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At $54K+H Columbus Challenger 2020, Ohio, USA

[R1] (9) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,179) bye

Doubles
[R1] (WC) N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) vs (4) Treat Huey (PHI)/ Nathaniel Lammons (USA)
[R1] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) vs Alexander Cozbinov (MDA)/ Denis Istomin (UZB)

Ram is playing in the Columbus Challenger and he is the 9th seed ... In the doubles, he is partnering VSP and they r facing the 4th seed Huey and Lammons ... Bala and Jeevan r facing Istomin and Cozbinov.

Table Tennis News

At $170K ITTF World Tour Hungarian Open 2020, Budapest, Hungary

Men's Doubles Final
Sharath Kamal Achanta (IND)/Sathiyan Gnanasekaran (IND) l (2) Benedikt Duda (GER)/ Patrick Franziska (GER) 1-3 (5-11, 9-11, 11-8, 9-11)

Sathiyan and Sharath ended with silver, but they became a first Indian pair to reach the final of such big ITTF World Tour tournament ... After losing the first game easily our pair gave a fighting performance and stretched the 2nd seed German pair ... Our pair tried to fight back but the German pair used their experience to complete win in 4 games.

Hockey News

At the FIH Hockey Pro League 2020, Bhubaneswar, India

India bt Australia 2-2 (HT 2-1) (3-1 shoot-out)
Goal Scorers - Rupinder Pal Singh (IND) 25' PC, Harmanpreet Singh (IND) 27' PC and Trent Mitton (AUS) 23', Aran Zalewski (AUS) 46'

A good win for us in the shoot-out against a strong Australian team ... Sreejesh was a hero of the match, he conceded 2 penalty strokes in the shoot-out but saved 3 shots also ... We played a lot better hockey than yesterday, though we were making a lot of defensive errors ... We conceded 9 penalty corners but Aussie players failed to convert, on other hands we scored 2 goals from 4 penalty corners ... In this match, we played the pressing game and managed to keep the pressure on the Aussie team ... After conceding the goal we scored 2 goals in 2 minutes from 2 penalty corners to lead at the half-time ... Tim Brand missed a penalty stroke in an early 3rd quarter but the Aussie team equalized on the 1st minute of the 4th quarter ... After that, both teams tried to score, we conceded a penalty corner in the final seconds but managed to save it to end match 2-all ... Again we showed mastery in the shoot-out to earn a bonus point from this match.

Badminton News

At $170K Barcelona Spain Masters 2020, Spain (HSBC BWF World Tour Super 300)

[SF] Ajay Jayaram (IND,68) l Kunlavut Vitidsarn (THA,32) 20-22 12-21

Ajay matched Vitidsarn in the first game but after that Vitidsarn didn't give much chance to him.

Tennis News

At $2.95M Dubai Duty-Free Tennis Championships 2020, UAE

[R1] (WC) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,125) vs Qualifier

Doubles
[Q1] (2) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP) bt (WC) Lukas Rosol (CZE)/ Viktor Troicki (SRB) 64 75

[F-Q] (2) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP) vs (1) Henri Kontinen (FIN)/ Jan-Lennard Struff (GER)

[R1] (WC) Matthew Ebden (AUS)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs (2) Ivan Dodig(CRO)/ Filip Polasek (SVK)

Prajnesh has received a wildcard for the singles main-draw and he is facing a qualifier in the first round ... Lee also has received the doubles main-draw wildcard with Matthew Ebden ... They r having a tough match against the 2nd seed Dodig and Polasek.

Rohan is playing in the doubles qualifying with his Spanish partner Pablo Carreno Busta ... They started with a straight-sets win over Troicki and Rosol ... In the final qualifying, they r facing a tough match against the in-form pairing of Henri Kontinen and Jan-Lennard Struff.

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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament 2020, Jodhpur, India

[SF] (1) Ankita Raina (IND,176) bt (4) Nudnida Luangnam (THA,347) 63 62

[F] (1) Ankita Raina (IND,176) vs (7) Berfu Cengiz (TUR,451)

Doubles Final
(1) Rutuja Bhosale (IND)/ Miyabi Inoue (JPN) bt (4) Snehal Mane (IND)/ Ankita Raina (IND) 46 64 10-8

Ankita is in the final with a comfortable win over her Thai opponent, Luangnam ... In the final, Ankita is facing the 7th seed Turkish girl, Berfu Cengiz.

Ankita missed a chance of double crown but she really helped a young Snehal Mane to earn a load of points to push her doubles ranking ... Ankita and Snehal lost the final against Rutuja and her Japanese partner Inoue after winning the first set.

Table Tennis News

At $170K ITTF World Tour Hungarian Open 2020, Budapest, Hungary

Women's Singles
[R16] Manika Batra (IND,67) l (4) Miu Hirano (JPN,11) 0-4 (9-11, 1-11, 7-11, 7-11)

Men's Singles
[R16] Sathiyan Gnanasekaran (IND,30) l (1) Tomokazu Harimoto (JPN,5) 0-4 (8-11, 5-11, 4-11, 8-11)

Men's Doubles
[PR2] Sharath Kamal Achanta (IND)/Sathiyan Gnanasekaran (IND) bt Ibrahim Gunduz (TUR)/ Abdullah Yigenler (TUR) 3-1 (9-11, 11-4, 11-8, 11-4)

[R16] Sharath Kamal Achanta (IND)/Sathiyan Gnanasekaran (IND) bt Shunsuke Togami (JPN)/ Yukiya Uda (JPN) 3-2 (11-6, 11-8, 8-11, 9-11 11-9)
[QF] Sharath Kamal Achanta (IND)/Sathiyan Gnanasekaran (IND) bt (4) Nandor Ecseki (HUN)/ Adam Szudi (HUN) 3-0 (11-8, 11-7, 11-8)
[SF] Sharath Kamal Achanta (IND)/Sathiyan Gnanasekaran (IND) bt (1) Kwan Kit Ho (HKG)/ Chun Ting Wong (HKG) 3-2 (11-7, 12-10, 4-11, 4-11, 11-9)

[F] Sharath Kamal Achanta (IND)/Sathiyan Gnanasekaran (IND) vs (2) Benedikt Duda (GER)/ Patrick Franziska (GER)

Mixed Doubles
[PR2] Sharath Kamal Achanta (IND)/ Manika Batra (IND) bt Aliaksandr Khanin (BLR)/ Daria Trigolos (BLR) 3-1 (11-4, 9-11, 11-7, 13-11)

[R16] Sharath Kamal Achanta (IND)/ Manika Batra (IND) bt Adam Szudi (HUN)/ Szandra Pergel (HUN) 3-2 (11-8, 9-11, 6-11, 11-9, 11-7)
[QF] Sharath Kamal Achanta (IND)/ Manika Batra (IND) bt Jun Mizutani (JPN)/ Mima Ito (JPN) w/o

[SF] Sharath Kamal Achanta (IND)/ Manika Batra (IND) l Patrick Franziska (GER)/ Petrissa Solja (GER) 0-3 (6-11, 8-11, 6-11)

Expected losses of Manika and Sathiyan in the singles against their respective superior Japanese opponents.

In the doubles, Sathiyan and Sharath reach into the final ... They scored a couple of exciting wins over higher ranked Japanese and Hong Kong pairs ... In the final, they r facing a German pair.

In MXD, Sharat and Manika lost in the semis against the German pair ... Before that, they received a walkover in the quarters from a higher-ranked Japanese pair.

Hockey News

At the FIH Hockey Pro League 2020, Bhubaneswar, India

India l Australia 3-4 (HT 0-2)
Goal Scorers - Raj Kumar Pal (IND) 36' PC and 42', Rupinder Pal Singh (IND) 52' PC and Dylan Wotherspoon (AUS) 6', Tom Wickham (AUS) 18', Lachlan Sharp (AUS) 41', Jacob Anderson (AUS) 42'

After struggling in the first 3 quarters we managed to play our game in the final quarters ... We scored 2 goals and Rupinder missed a chance in the final minute to equalize so we lost by a goal ... In the first 3 quarters, Australians were in control and was dictating the game ... In the 4th quarter, our team played a more organize game and were putting pressure on the Aussie team ... For tomorrow's match, we need to play good hockey in all quarters and show improvement in the defense.

Badminton News

At $170K Barcelona Spain Masters 2020, Spain (HSBC BWF World Tour Super 300)

[QF] Ajay Jayaram (IND,68) bt Thomas Rouxel (FRA,62) 21-14 21-15
[QF] Sameer Verma (IND,30) l Kunlavut Vitidsarn (THA,32) 21-17 17-21 12-21

[QF] (5) Saina Nehwal (IND,18) l (3) Busanan Ongbamrungphan (THA,15) 20-22 19-21

[SF] Ajay Jayaram (IND,68) vs Kunlavut Vitidsarn (THA,32)

Ajay is in the semis with a comfortable win over Frenchman Rouxel ... Next, he is facing a young Thai challenge of Vitidsarn, who defeated Sameer after losing the first game.
Saina lost in two tight games against Busanan Ongbamrungphan ... Saina missed a game point in the first game.

Tennis News

At $673K Delray Beach Open 2020, U.S.A.

[QF] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Artem Sitak (NZL) l (1) Bob Bryan (USA)/ Mike Bryan (USA) 62 46 3-10

Divij and Artem lost in the quarters against Bryans ... After losing the first set they tried to fight back and won the second set ... But our pair failed to cope with Bryans in the match tie-break.

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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament 2020, Jodhpur, India

[QF] (1) Ankita Raina (IND,176) bt (6) Riya Bhatia (IND,349) 61 61
[QF] (8) Rutuja Bhosale (IND,458) l (4) Nudnida Luangnam (THA,347) 67(4) 67(1)

[SF] (1) Ankita Raina (IND,176) vs (4) Nudnida Luangnam (THA,347)

Ankita scored a dominating win over Riya for entering into the semis ... Next, she is facing a Thai challenge of Luangnam ...Rutuja gave a fighting performance against Luangnam before losing in the two tie-breaks.

Table Tennis News

At $170K ITTF World Tour Hungarian Open 2020, Budapest, Hungary

Women's Singles
[PR1] Manika Batra (IND,67) bt Margo Degraef (BEL,156) 4-0 (11-6, 11-5, 11-4, 11-9)
[PR2] Manika Batra (IND,67) bt Jamila Laurenti (ITA,196) 4-1 (9-11, 11-2, 11-7, 11-3, 11-4)
[PR3] Manika Batra (IND,67) bt Aikaterini Toliou (GRE,180) 4-0 (11-6, 11-8, 11-9, 11-7)

[R32] Manika Batra (IND,67) bt Szu-Yu Chen (TPE,26) 4-3 (9-11, 4-11, 7-11, 12-10, 11-9, 11-7, 14-12)

[R16] Manika Batra (IND,67) vs (4) Miu Hirano (JPN,11)

Men's Singles
[R32] Sathiyan Gnanasekaran (IND,30) bt Noshad Alamiyan (IRI,61) 4-0 (11-6, 11-6, 11-9, 11-2)

[R16] Sathiyan Gnanasekaran (IND,30) vs (1) Tomokazu Harimoto (JPN,5)

Our players r playing in the Hungarian Open to qualify for Tokyo Olympics ... Manika Batra produced the biggest win of her career when she defeated the top-30 Taipei player, Szu-Yu Chen ... She was facing a defeat after losing the first 3 games and faced a match-point ... From here, she made a remarkable comeback in the match ... She saved a match point and won the next 3 games ... And completed win after a closely fought final game ... Next, she is facing the WR #11 Miu Hirano.

Sathiyan also started with a comfortable win over his Iranian opponent, Noshad Alamiyan ... Next, Sathiyan is having a real tough match against the WR #5 Tomokazu Harimoto.

Tennis News

At €46.6K+H Koblenz Challenger 2020, Germany

[R3] (Q) Sasikumar Mukund (IND,282) l (2) Yannick Hanfmann (GER,149) 57 46

Another commendable performance by Mukund against a top-150 Yannick Hanfmann in his 2 sets loss.

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At €46.6K+H Bergamo Challenger 2020, Italy

[QF] (1) Purav Raja (IND)/ Adil Shamasdin (CAN) l Zdenek Kolar (CZE)/ Julian Ocleppo (ITA) 36 57

A disappointing loss of Purav and Adil against Ocleppo and Kolar in straight sets.

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At $54K+H Morelos Open Credito Real 2020, Mexico

[QF] Harry Bourchier (AUS)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) l (1) Luke Saville (AUS)/ John-Patrick Smith (AUS) 36 46

The top-seed Aussie pair defeated Ram and Harry in straight sets.

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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament 2020, Jodhpur, India

[R2] (1) Ankita Raina (IND,176) bt Sakura Hondo (JPN,562) 62 63
[R2] (6) Riya Bhatia (IND,349) bt (WC) Mihika Yadav (IND,937) 64 67(3) 64
[R2] (8) Rutuja Bhosale (IND,458) bt Anchisa Chanta (THA,731) 64 61
[R2] Sowjanya Bavisetti (IND,626) l Miyabi Inoue (JPN,592) 36 16
[R2] Sathwika Sama (IND,892) l (2) Jodie Anna Burrage (GBR,306) 06 57

[QF] (1) Ankita Raina (IND,176) vs (6) Riya Bhatia (IND,349)
[QF] (8) Rutuja Bhosale (IND,458) vs (4) Nudnida Luangnam (THA,347)

The results were as per their rankings, so our 3 seeded players r in the quarters ... Ankita is facing Riya and Rutuja having a tough match against Luangnam.

Badminton News

At $170K Barcelona Spain Masters 2020, Spain (HSBC BWF World Tour Super 300)

[R2] Sameer Verma (IND,30) bt Kai Schaefer (GER,77) 21-14 16-21 21-15
[R2] Ajay Jayaram (IND,68) bt (3) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,12) 21-6 21-17

[R2] (5) Saina Nehwal (IND,18) bt Maria Ulitina (UKR,101) 21-10 21-19

[R2] Ashwini Ponnappa (IND)/ N. Sikki Reddy (IND) l (3) Gabriela Stoeva (BUL)/ Stefani Stoeva (BUL) 18-21 14-21

[R2] Pranaav Jerry Chopra (IND)/ N. Sikki Reddy (IND) l (1) Soon Huat Goh (MAS)/ Shevon Jemie Lai (MAS) 16-21 21-17 11-21

[QF] Ajay Jayaram (IND,68) vs Thomas Rouxel (FRA,62)
[QF] Sameer Verma (IND,30) vs Kunlavut Vitidsarn (THA,32)

[QF] (5) Saina Nehwal (IND,18) vs (3) Busanan Ongbamrungphan (THA,15)

Ajay scored a thumping win over Srikanth for entering into the quarters ... He is facing a similar ranked Frenchman Rouxel.
Sameer also joins him with 3 games win over his German opponent ... Next, he is facing a former junior World Champion Vitidsarn.
Saina scored straight games win over Ulitina ... Next, she is facing a Thai girl, Busanan Ongbamrungphan.

Pranaav and Sikki gave a fighting performance against their top-seed Malaysian opponents in 3 games loss ... Stoeva sisters proved a better pair on the court than Ashwini and Sikki.

Tennis News

At $2.6M Dubai Duty-Free Tennis Championships 2020, UAE

[R2] (WC) Caroline Garcia (FRA)/ Sania Mirza (IND) l (5) Barbora Krejcikova (CZE)/ Saisai Zheng (CHN) 46 26

Krejcikova and Zheng proved a better pair on the court as they convincingly defeated Sania and Caroline.

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At €770K Open 13 Provence 2020, Marseille, France

[QF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Denis Shapovalov (CAN) l Frederik Nielsen (DEN)/ Tim Puetz (GER) 57 76(3) 8-10

A very close loss for Rohan and Shapo against Puetz and Nielsen ... After losing the first set they tried fightback but lost in the match tie-break.

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At $673K Delray Beach Open 2020, U.S.A.

[R1] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Artem Sitak (NZL) bt Andre Goransson (SWE)/ Ugo Humbert (FRA) 57 64 10-7

[QF] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Artem Sitak (NZL) vs (1) Bob Bryan (USA)/ Mike Bryan (USA)

Divij and Artem needed comeback for a win over Goransson and Humbert ... Next, they r facing Bryans.

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At $54K+H Morelos Open Credito Real 2020, Mexico

[R2] (4) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,174) l Guilherme Clezar (BRA,297) 67(5) 64 46

Doubles
[R1] Harry Bourchier (AUS)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) bt (WC) Guilherme Clezar (BRA)/ Manuel Sanchez (MEX) 57 64 10-0

Ram's struggle in the singles continues ... Another disappointing loss for Ram against the top-300 Brazilian, Guilherme Clezar.

In the doubles, Ram and Harry scored a comeback win over Clezar and Sanchez.

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At €46.6K+H Koblenz Challenger 2020, Germany

[R2] (Q) Sasikumar Mukund (IND,282) bt (15) Lucas Miedler (AUT,280) 76(1) 64

[R3] (Q) Sasikumar Mukund (IND,282) vs (2) Yannick Hanfmann (GER,149)

Doubles
[R1] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) l (3) Andre Begemann (GER)/ Florin Mergea (ROU) 67(6) 64 6-10

Mukund continues with his good form and scored a straight-sets win over a similar ranked Miedler ... Next, he is having a tough match against the top-150 local player, Yannick Hanfmann.

But Bala and Jeevan lost their first-round match against the 3rd seed Begemann and Mergea.

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At €46.6K+H Bergamo Challenger 2020, Italy

[R1] (1) Purav Raja (IND)/ Adil Shamasdin (CAN) bt Nino Serdarusic (CRO)/ Chun-hsin Tseng (TPE) 64 36 10-3

[QF] (1) Purav Raja (IND)/ Adil Shamasdin (CAN) vs Zdenek Kolar (CZE)/ Julian Ocleppo (ITA)

Purav and Adil r in the quarters with the match tie-break win over Tseng and Serdarusic ... Next, they r facing Ocleppo and Kolar.

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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament 2020, Jodhpur, India

[R1] (1) Ankita Raina (IND,176) bt Bojana Marinkovic (SRB,809) 75 61
[R1] (Q) Nidhi Chilumula (IND,UNR) l Sakura Hondo (JPN,562) 57 06
[R1] (6) Riya Bhatia (IND,349) bt Jennifer Luikham (IND,906) 64 76(4)
[R1] (Q) Humera Begum Shaik (IND,UNR) l Michika Ozeki (JPN,516) 57 26
[R1] (WC) Mihika Yadav (IND,937) bt (WC) Nikola Breckova (CZE,944) 75 63
[R1] Sowjanya Bavisetti (IND,626) bt (5) Valeriya Strakhova (UKR,373) 63 64
[R1] Zeel Desai (IND,675) l Miyabi Inoue (JPN,592) 63 57 26
[R1] Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,587) l (7) Berfu Cengiz (TUR,451) 63 36 26
[R1] (8) Rutuja Bhosale (IND,458) bt (Q) Sri Vaishnavi Peddi Reddy (IND,1282) 63 62
[R1] Sathwika Sama (IND,892) bt (Q) Saumya Vig (IND,1282) 63 64
[R1] (Q) Soha Sadiq (IND,UNR) l (2) Jodie Anna Burrage (GBR,306) 16 26

[R2] (1) Ankita Raina (IND,176) vs Sakura Hondo (JPN,562)
[R2] (6) Riya Bhatia (IND,349) vs (WC) Mihika Yadav (IND,937)
[R2] (8) Rutuja Bhosale (IND,458) vs Anchisa Chanta (THA,731)
[R2] Sowjanya Bavisetti (IND,626) vs Miyabi Inoue (JPN,592)
[R2] Sathwika Sama (IND,892) vs (2) Jodie Anna Burrage (GBR,306)

I was hoping for a better outing for Karman as she lost in 3 sets ... A good upset win by Sowjanya Bavisetti against the 5th seed Ukrainian.

Badminton News

At $170K Barcelona Spain Masters 2020, Spain (HSBC BWF World Tour Super 300)

[R1] Prannoy H. S. (IND,27) l Daren Liew (MAS,42) 18-21 15-21
[R1] Parupalli Kashyap (IND,25) l Ygor Coelho (BRA,48) 21-9 18-21 12-14 retd.
[R1] Ajay Jayaram (IND,68) bt Christo Popov (RUS,80) 21-14 21-12
[R1] (3) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,12) bt Subhankar Dey (IND,45) 23-21 21-18
[R1] Sameer Verma (IND,30) bt Lucas Claerbout (FRA,79) 21-12 21-9

[R1] (5) Saina Nehwal (IND,18) bt Yvonne Li (GER,42) 21-16 21-14

[R1] Pranaav Jerry Chopra (IND)/ Krishna Prasad Garaga (IND) l Ben Lane (ENG)/ Sean Vendy (ENG) 21-19 16-21 7-21

[R1] Ashwini Ponnappa (IND)/ N. Sikki Reddy (IND) bt Lu Chen (CHN)/ Ya Xu (CHN) w/o

[R1] Pranaav Jerry Chopra (IND)/ N. Sikki Reddy (IND) bt Mathias Christiansen (DEN)/ Alexandra Bøje (DEN) 10-21 21-16 21-17

[R2] Sameer Verma (IND,30) vs Kai Schaefer (GER,77)
[R2] (3) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,12) vs Ajay Jayaram (IND,68)

[R2] (5) Saina Nehwal (IND,18) vs Maria Ulitina (UKR,101)

[R2] Ashwini Ponnappa (IND)/ N. Sikki Reddy (IND) vs (3) Gabriela Stoeva (BUL)/ Stefani Stoeva (BUL)

[R2] Pranaav Jerry Chopra (IND)/ N. Sikki Reddy (IND) vs (1) Soon Huat Goh (MAS)/ Shevon Jemie Lai (MAS)

Sania started with straight games win over her German opponent ... Saina is facing Ukrainian Maria Ulitina ... In their last meeting in the Rio Olympics group stage, she defeated Saina in straight games.
Srikanth had a favorable draw ... In the first round, he defeated Shubhankar in 2 tight games ... Next, he is facing another Indian, Ajay Jayaram, who scored a comfortable win over against his Russian opponent ... But Prannoy lost in straight games and Sania's beau Kashyap retired in the third game.
Sameer scored a comfortable win over a Frenchman Claerbout ... Next, he is facing a German challenge.

In the doubles, Ashwini and Sikki received a walkover by their Chinese opponents ... Next, they r facing the 3rd seed Stoeva sisters.

In MXD, Pranaav and Sikki scored a hard-fought comeback win over a similar ranked Danish pair ... Next, they r facing the top-seed Malaysian pair.

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At $2.6M Dubai Duty-Free Tennis Championships 2020, UAE

[R1] (WC) Caroline Garcia (FRA)/ Sania Mirza (IND) bt Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS)/ Katarina Srebotnik (SLO) 64 46 10-8

[R2] (WC) Caroline Garcia (FRA)/ Sania Mirza (IND) vs (5) Barbora Krejcikova (CZE)/ Saisai Zheng (CHN)

Sania and Garcia started with the match tie-break win over Srebotnik and Kudryavtseva ... In the second round, they r facing the 5th seed Zheng and Krejcikova.

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At €770K Open 13 Provence 2020, Marseille, France

[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Denis Shapovalov (CAN) bt Simone Bolelli (ITA)/ Jannik Sinner (ITA) 67(6) 63 10-6

[QF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Denis Shapovalov (CAN) vs Frederik Nielsen (DEN)/ Tim Puetz (GER)

Rohan and Shapo needed a comeback after losing the first set ... But they controlled the match from the second set for a win ... In the quarters, they r facing Puetz and Nielsen.

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At €46.6K+H Koblenz Challenger 2020, Germany

[R1] (Q) Sasikumar Mukund (IND,282) bt Filip Cristian Jianu (ROU,410) 63 62

[R2] (Q) Sasikumar Mukund (IND,282) vs (15) Lucas Miedler (AUT,280)

Mukund stared a comfortable win over a teenager Jianu ... In the second round, he is facing an Austrian Miedler.

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At $2.6M Dubai Duty-Free Tennis Championships 2020, UAE

[R1] (WC) Caroline Garcia (FRA)/ Sania Mirza (IND) vs Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS)/ Katarina Srebotnik (SLO)

An early comeback for Sania ... She has received a wild-card with her French partner, Caroline Garcia and they r facing Srebotnik and Kudryavtseva.

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At €770K Open 13 Provence 2020, Marseille, France

[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Denis Shapovalov (CAN) vs Simone Bolelli (ITA)/ Jannik Sinner (ITA)

Rohan and Shapo playing in the Open 13 Provence tournament ... They r facing an Italian pairing of Sinner and Bolelli.

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At $673K Delray Beach Open 2020, U.S.A.

[R1] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Artem Sitak (NZL) vs Andre Goransson (SWE)/ Ugo Humbert (FRA)

Divij and Artem r playing in the Delray Beach Open and they r facing Humbert and Goransson.

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At $54K+H Morelos Open Credito Real 2020, Mexico

[R1] (4) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,174) bye

Doubles
[R1] Harry Bourchier (AUS)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) vs (WC) Guilherme Clezar (BRA)/ Manuel Sanchez (MEX)

Our 'globetrotter' Ram is playing in the Mexican challenger ... He is the 4th seed in the singles, and in the doubles, he is playing with his Aussie partner, Harry Bourchier ... They r facing a wild-card pairing of Guilherme Clezar and Manuel Sanchez.

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At €46.6K+H Koblenz Challenger 2020, Germany

[Q1] (1) Sasikumar Mukund (IND,282) bt Ergi Kirkin (TUR,539) 46 64 63

[R1] (Q) Sasikumar Mukund (IND,282) vs Filip Cristian Jianu (ROU,410)

Doubles
[R1] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) vs (3) Andre Begemann (GER)/ Florin Mergea (ROU)

Mukund started slowly but after losing the first set he managed to win his match ... In the first round, he is facing a former junior top-5 Romanian Filip Cristian Jianu.

In the doubles, Jeevan and Bala r facing the third-seed Begemann and Mergea.

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At €46.6K+H Bergamo Challenger 2020, Italy

[R1] (1) Purav Raja (IND)/ Adil Shamasdin (CAN) vs Nino Serdarusic (CRO)/ Chun-hsin Tseng (TPE)

Purav is back with Adil and they r the top-seed ... They r facing Tseng and Serdarusic.

Badminton News

At Badminton Asia Team Championships 2020, Manila, Philippines

Semi-Finals
India l Indonesia 2-3

[S1] Sai Praneeth B. (IND,11) l Anthony Sinisuka Ginting (INA,5) 6-21 retd.
[S2] Lakshya Sen (IND,31) bt Jonatan Christie (INA,7) 21-18 22-20
[D2] Arjun M.R. (IND)/ Dhruv Kapila (IND) l Mohammad Ahsan (INA)/ Hendra Setiawan (INA) 10-21 21-14 21-23
[S3] Subhankar Dey (IND,47) bt Shesar Hiren Rhustavito (INA,20) 21-17 21-15
[D1] Lakshya Sen (IND)/ Chirag Shetty (IND) l Marcus Fernaldi Gideon (INA)/ Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo (INA) 6-21 13-21

It was a very tough match for us against the last 2 times winner, Indonesian team ... But Lakshya and Shubhankar made a match out of it beating higher-ranked opponents … We missed the presence of Satwik, but very valuable experience to our young team… We have won a Bronze medal for reaching in the semis.

In the first rubber, Sai retired after losing the first game due to injury … Lakshya produced an amazing performance to produce the biggest win of his career … He defeated a WR #7 Jonathan Christie in tight 2 games to make it 1 match-all … Our new pair, Arjun and Dhruv, played a match in their life … They were so close to beat the WR #2 pair, after losing the first game our pair made a strong comeback in the match and won the second game … From 17-20 down they saved 4 match points before failing to save the 5th match point … Really good performance by our #125 ranked pair … Shubhankar took this match to the 5th rubber with a superb straight-games win over a WR #20 Shesar Hiren Rhustavito … But in the final rubber, the WR #1 Indonesian pair scored a dominating win over a scratch pairing of Chirag and Lakshya and helped the Indonesian team to reach the final.

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At €2.1M ABN Amro World Tennis Tournament 2020, Rotterdam, Netherlands

[SF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Denis Shapovalov (CAN) l (Q) Henri Kontinen (FIN)/Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) 75 26 8-10

Rohan and Shapo lost in the match tie-break after winning the first set against Kontinen and Struff.

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At $162.5K Bengaluru Challenger 2020, Karnataka, India

Doubles Final
(4) Purav Raja (IND)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) bt Matthew Ebden (AUS)/ Leander Paes (IND) 60 63

Purav and Ram's terrific form continues as they won their 3rd challenger title in 3 challengers they participated ... They didn't give a chance to the pairing of Lee and Ebden in this match.

Hockey News

At the FIH Hockey Stars Awards 2019,

Men's FIH Player of the Year 2019: Manpreet Singh (IND)
T2019 FIH Men's Rising Star of the Year: Vivek Prasad (IND)
2019 FIH Women’s Rising Star of the Year: Lalremsiami (IND)

What a 2019 year for Indian hockey as we won 3 prestigious awards for the first time in the declared FIH Stars Awards 2019.

India’s Manpreet Singh becomes the first Indian player to win the Best Player award since the awards were instigated in 1999 ... Manpreet won the award ahead of Belgium’s Arthur van Doren and Lucas Vila of Argentina, who finished second and third respectively.
The 2019 FIH Men’s Rising Star of the Year declared to a 19-year-old Vivek Prasad of India ... Vivek won the award ahead of Argentina’s Maico Casella and Blake Govers of Australia, who finished second and third respectively.
India’s Lalremsiami has been named as the 2019 FIH Women’s Rising Star of the Year ... The 19-year-old attacker took the prize ahead of Argentina’s Julieta Jankunas and Frederique Matla of the Netherlands, who finished second and third respectively.

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At €2.1M ABN Amro World Tennis Tournament 2020, Rotterdam, Netherlands

[SF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Denis Shapovalov (CAN) vs (Q) Henri Kontinen (FIN)/Jan-Lennard Struff (GER)

Rohan and Shapo will be facing a qualifier pairing of Kontinen and Struff.

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At $252K GSB Thailand Open 2020, Hua Hin, Thailand

[SF] Ankita Raina (IND)/ Rosalie Van Der Hoek (NED) l Arina Rodionova (AUS)/ Storm Sanders (AUS) 16 0-3 retd.

Ankita and Van Der Hoek terrific run ended in the semis ... After losing the first set and was break-down 0-3, Ankita and Van Der Hoek retired from the match.

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At $162.5K Bengaluru Challenger 2020, Karnataka, India

[SF] (4) Purav Raja (IND)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) bt Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Matt Reid (AUS) 75 retd.
[SF] Matthew Ebden (AUS)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt (2) Jonathan Erlich (ISR)/ Andrei Vasilevski (BLR) 64 36 10-7

Lee and Ebden's dream run continues as they r in the final ... They defeated in-form pairing of Erlich and Vasilevski in the match tie-break ... They r facing Purav and Ram in the final, who won their match after Saki and his partner retired after losing the first set.

Badminton News

At Badminton Asia Team Championships 2020, Manila, Philippines

Quarter-Finals
India bt Thailand 3-2

[S1] Sai Praneeth B. (IND,11) l Kantaphon Wangcharoen (THA,12) 14-21 21-14 12-21
[S2] Kidambi Srikanth (IND,15) l Kunlavut Vitidsarn (THA,35) 20-22 14-21
[D2] Arjun M.R. (IND)/ Dhruv Kapila (IND) bt Kittinupong Kedren (THA)/ Tanupat Viriyangkura (THA) 21-18 22-20
[S3] Lakshya Sen (IND,31) bt Suppanyu Avihingsanon (THA,45) 21-19 21-18
[D1] Kidambi Srikanth (IND)/ Chirag Shetty (IND) bt Maneepong Jongjit (THA)/ Nipitphon Phuangphuapet (THA) 21-15 16-21 21-15

An excellent comeback win by Indians against their Thai opponents ... After losing the first 2 matches of Sai and Srikanth in their singles matches, we were under pressure ... But Arjun and Dhruv won their doubles match to give Indians their first point ... A young Lakshya made it 2-all with a close straight games win over Avihingsanon ... In the decider, our coach took a gamble and introduced the first-time pairing of Chirag and Srikanth ... They defeated a Thai pair in three games for a memorable win for the Indian team ... In the semis, we are facing the top-seed Indonesian team.

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At €2.1M ABN Amro World Tennis Tournament 2020, Rotterdam, Netherlands

[QF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Denis Shapovalov (CAN) bt (4) Jean-Julien Rojer (NED)/ Horia Tecau (ROU) 62 36 10-7

Rohan and Shapo in the semis with a match tie-break win over the 4th seed Rojer and Tecau.

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At $804K New York Open 2020, U.S.A.

[QF] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Artem Sitak (NZL) l Steve Johnson (USA)/ Reilly Opelka (USA) 36 46

Divij and Artem again failed to build on their excellent upset win over the top-seed pair ... They lost in straight sets against Opelka and Johnson.

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At $252K GSB Thailand Open 2020, Hua Hin, Thailand

[QF] Ankita Raina (IND)/ Rosalie Van Der Hoek (NED) bt Fang Ying Xun (CHN)/ Saisai Zheng (CHN) 76(5) 64

[SF] Ankita Raina (IND)/ Rosalie Van Der Hoek (NED) vs (4) Arina Rodionova (AUS)/ Storm Sanders (AUS)

Ankita and Van Der Hoek in the semis with a straight-sets win over a Chinese pair ... Next, they r facing the 4th seed Aussie pair.

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At $162.5K Bengaluru Challenger 2020, Karnataka, India

[R3] (17) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,182) l (13) Ilya Ivashka (BLR,148) 67(2) 16
[R3] Sidharth Rawat (IND,479) l Julian Ocleppo (ITA,391) 57 46
[R3] Saketh Myneni (IND,406) l (9) Thomas Fabbiano (ITA,133) 46 75 26
[R3] (7) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,122) l Benjamin Bonzi (FRA,368) 67(5) 06
[R3] (WC) Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha (IND,1105) l (3) Yuichi Sugita (JPN,82) 57 36
[R3] (8) Sumit Nagal (IND,125) l (11) Blaz Rola (SLO,149) 36 36

Doubles
[QF] Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Matt Reid (AUS) bt (1) Cheng-Peng Hsieh (TPE)/ Denys Molchanov (UKR) 36 64 10-8
[QF] (4) Purav Raja (IND)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) bt Frederico Ferreira Silva (POR)/ Nikola Milojevic (SRB) 64 64
[QF] Matthew Ebden (AUS)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt (3) Andre Goransson (SWE)/ Christopher Rungkat (INA) 75 06 10-7

[SF] (4) Purav Raja (IND)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) vs Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Matt Reid (AUS)
[SF] Matthew Ebden (AUS)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs (2) Jonathan Erlich (ISR)/ Andrei Vasilevski (BLR)

A terrible terrible terrible day for Indian players ... Our all players lost their singles matches ... Shocking losses of Prajnesh and Sumit against respective lower-ranked opponents.

In the doubles, our all players win their respective quarter-finals ... Saki and Matt scored a comeback win over the first seed Molchanov and Hsieh ... Next, they r facing the 4th seed Purav and Ram, who scored a straight-sets win over Ferreira Silva and Milojevic ... Lee and Ebden scored an excellent win over the 3rd seed Goransson and Rungkat ... Next, they r facing the 2nd seed Erlich and Vasilevski.

Badminton News

At Badminton Asia Team Championships 2020, Manila, Philippines

Group B
India l Malaysia 1-4

[S1] Sai Praneeth B. (IND,11) l Zii Jia Lee (MAS,14) 18-21 15-21
[D1] Arjun M.R. (IND)/ Dhruv Kapila (IND) l Aaron Chia (MAS)/ Wooi Yik Soh (MAS) 18-21 15-21
[S2] Kidambi Srikanth (IND,15) bt June Wei Cheam (MAS,72) 14-21 21-16 21-19
[D2] Dhruv Kapila (IND)/ Lakshya Sen (IND) l Yew Sin Ong (MAS)/ Ee Yi Teo (MAS) 14-21 14-21
[S3] Prannoy H. S. (IND,27) l Jun Hao Leong (MAS,179) 10-21 15-21

Some poor results for us against Malaysia in the loss ... Our 2 higher ranked singles players lost against their lower-ranked Malaysian opponents in straight games.

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At $162.5K Bengaluru Challenger 2020, Karnataka, India

[R2] (17) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,182) bt (Q) Abhinav Sanjeev Shanmugam (IND,1097) 61 63
[R2] Sidharth Rawat (IND,479) bt (LL) Rishi Reddy (IND,UNR) 62 62
[R2] (7) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,122) bt (Alt) Sebastian Fanselow (GER,609) 62 46 64

[R3] (17) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,182) vs (13) Ilya Ivashka (BLR,148)
[R3] Sidharth Rawat (IND,479) vs Julian Ocleppo (ITA,391)
[R3] (7) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,122) vs Benjamin Bonzi (FRA,368)

Doubles
[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Matt Reid (AUS) bt (WC) Nikshep Ballekere Ravikumar (IND)/ Vasisht Cheruku (IND) 63 61
[R1] Matthew Ebden (AUS)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt Blaz Rola (SLO)/ Zhizhen Zhang (CHN) 76(2) 64
[R1] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND)/ Sumit Nagal (IND) l (3) Andre Goransson (SWE)/ Christopher Rungkat (INA) 36 46

[QF] Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Matt Reid (AUS) vs (1) Cheng-Peng Hsieh (TPE)/ Denys Molchanov (UKR)
[QF] Matthew Ebden (AUS)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs (3) Andre Goransson (SWE)/ Christopher Rungkat (INA)

Expected comfortable wins for Ram and Sid against Abhinav and Rishi ... Prajnesh stretched to 3 sets by Fanselow ... Next, Ram is facing Ivashka, Prajnesh is facing Bonzi and Sid is facing Ocleppo.

In the doubles, Lee and Ebden started with a straight-sets win over Rola and Zhang ... Next, they r facing in-form pairing of Rungkat and Goransson, who defeated Prajnesh and Sumit comfortably ... Saki and Reid also in the quarters, they r facing the top-seed Hsieh and Molchanov.

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At $252K GSB Thailand Open 2020, Hua Hin, Thailand

[R1] Ankita Raina (IND)/ Rosalie Van Der Hoek (NED) bt Desirae Krawczyk (USA)/ Xiaodi You (CHN) 64 64

[QF] Ankita Raina (IND)/ Rosalie Van Der Hoek (NED) vs Fang Ying Xun (CHN)/ Saisai Zheng (CHN)

Ankita started with a win with Van Der Hoek against Krawczyk and You ... In the quarters, they r facing a Chinese pair.

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At €2.1M ABN Amro World Tennis Tournament 2020, Rotterdam, Netherlands

[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Denis Shapovalov (CAN) bt John Peers (AUS)/ Michael Venus (NZL) 76(0) 67(5) 10-8

[QF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Denis Shapovalov (CAN) vs (4) Jean-Julien Rojer (NED)/ Horia Tecau (ROU)

A tight hard-fought win for Rohan and Shapo in the match tie-break ... Next, they r facing the 4th seed Rojer and Tecau.

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At $252K GSB Thailand Open 2020, Hua Hin, Thailand

[R1] Ankita Raina (IND,198) l Katarzyna Kawa (POL,127) 63 06 16

Kawa dominated the last 2 sets as Ankita managed to win a single game, but before that Ankita managed to win the first set ... I hope, not any injury issue as she lost last 10 games in a row.

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At $162.5K Bengaluru Challenger 2020, Karnataka, India

[R1] (Q) Abhinav Sanjeev Shanmugam (IND,1097) bt Daniel Masur (GER,253) 75 63
[R1] (Alt) Manish Sureshkumar (IND,664) l Benjamin Bonzi (FRA,368) 26 36
[R1] (Q) Julian Ocleppo (ITA,391) l (Q) Anirudh Chandrasekhar (IND,1057) 16 26

[R2] Sasikumar Mukund (IND,263) l (13) Ilya Ivashka (BLR,148) 57 36
[R2] Saketh Myneni (IND,406) bt (6) Evgeny Donskoy (RUS,111) 63 63
[R2] (WC) Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha (IND,1105) bt (16) Lukas Rosol (CZE,168) 64 26 63
[R2] (8) Sumit Nagal (IND,125) bt Malek Jaziri (TUN,242) 60 64
[R2] (17) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,182) vs (Q) Abhinav Sanjeev Shanmugam (IND,1097)
[R2] Sidharth Rawat (IND,479) vs (LL) Rishi Reddy (IND,UNR)
[R2] (7) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,122) vs (Alt) Sebastian Fanselow (GER,609)

[R3] Saketh Myneni (IND,406) vs (9) Thomas Fabbiano (ITA,133)
[R3] (WC) Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha (IND,1105) vs (3) Yuichi Sugita (JPN,82)
[R3] (8) Sumit Nagal (IND,125) vs (11) Blaz Rola (SLO,149)

Doubles
[R1] (WC) N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) l (1) Cheng-Peng Hsieh (TPE)/ Denys Molchanov (UKR) 36 67(6)
[R1] (4) Purav Raja (IND)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) bt (WC) SD Prajwal Dev (IND)/ Adil Kalyanpur (IND) 62 62
[R1] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) l Frederico Ferreira Silva (POR)/ Nikola Milojevic (SRB) 76(1) 57 8-10

[QF] (4) Purav Raja (IND)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) vs Frederico Ferreira Silva (POR)/ Nikola Milojevic (SRB)

Excellent performances from Indians continue in this challenger ... Niki produced the biggest upset beating a former top-30 Lukas Rosol in 3 sets ... Next, he is facing the top-90 Japanese, Yuichi Sugita ... Saki also continues with his terrific performance and defeated Evgeny Donskoy comfortably ... He was down 1-3 in the first set and from that, he won 11 games from the next 15 games ... Next, he is facing an Italian Thomas Fabbiano ... Sumit also in the third round with a straight-sets win ... Next, he is facing a Slovanian Blaz Rola ... Another surprising winner was Abhinav Sanjeev Shanmugam, who defeated a German Daniel Masur in straight sets ... In the second round, he is facing Ram.

In the doubles, expected winning start for Purav and Ram ... But a very close loss of Jeevan and Bala in the match tie-break ... Vishnu and VSP also lost against the top-seed pair.

Badminton News

At Badminton Asia Team Championships 2020, Manila, Philippines

Group B
India bt Kazakhstan 4-1

[S1] Kidambi Srikanth (IND,15) bt Dmitriy Panarin (KAZ,263) 21-10 21-7
[S2] Lakshya Sen (IND,31) bt Artur Niyazov (KAZ,416) 21-13 21-8
[S3] Subhankar Dey (IND,47) bt Khaitmurat Kulmatov (KAZ,561) 21-11 21-5
[D1] Prannoy H. S. (IND)/ Chirag Shetty (IND) l Artur Niyazov (KAZ)/ Dmitriy Panarin (KAZ) 21-18 16-21 19-21
[D2] Arjun M.R. (IND)/ Dhruv Kapila (IND) bt Nikita Bragin (KAZ)/ Khaitmurat Kulmatov (KAZ) 21-14 21-8

Our women team decided to skip the Asian Team Championship in the Olympic year for the preparation ... Our men team started with a comfortable win but they r facing a problem of Satwik's re-injury ... Chirag played with Prannoy but lost in 3 games ... Next, they r having a tough group match against Malaysia.

Tennis News

At the 2020 Davis Cup Qualifiers, Dom Sportova, Zagreb, Croatia

Indian Davis Cup Team
Prajnesh Gunneswaran (122), Sumit Nagal (125), Ramkumar Ramanathan (182), Rohan Bopanna, Leander Paes, and Divij Sharan
Non-playing Captain: Rohit Rajpal
Coach: Zeeshan Ali

Leander Paes has been included in the Indian Davis Cup team that will travel to Zagreb to face Croatia in their World Group Qualifiers ... The AITA said that the playing five will be announced on a date closer to the event.

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At $804K New York Open 2020, U.S.A.

[R1] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Artem Sitak (NZL) bt (1) Austin Krajicek (USA)/ Franko Skugor (CRO) 76(3) 63

A really good start for Divij and Artem, as they started with an upset win over the top-seed Krajicek and Skugor.

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At $162.5K Bengaluru Challenger 2020, Karnataka, India

[R1] Sasikumar Mukund (IND,263) bt Blaz Kavcic (SLO,281) 26 63 64
[R1] Sidharth Rawat (IND,479) bt Borna Gojo (CRO,273) 36 76(3) 76(3)
[R1] (WC) S D Prajwal Dev (IND,953) l Khumoyun Sultanov (UZB,325) 26 16
[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND,406) bt Aslan Karatsev (RUS,258) 63 63
[R1] (WC) Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha (IND,1105) bt (WC) Adil Kalyanpur (IND,1029) 64 67(5) 76(4)
[R1] (WC) Arjun Kadhe (IND,612) l Malek Jaziri (TUN,242) 26 67(5)
[R1] (WC) Suraj R Prabodh (IND,1858) l Vladyslav Orlov (UKR,413) 26 26

[R2] Sasikumar Mukund (IND,263) vs (13) Ilya Ivashka (BLR,148)
[R2] Sidharth Rawat (IND,479) vs Lucky Loser
[R2] Saketh Myneni (IND,406) vs (6) Evgeny Donskoy (RUS,111)
[R2] (WC) Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha (IND,1105) vs (16) Lukas Rosol (CZE,168)
[R2] (8) Sumit Nagal (IND,125) vs Malek Jaziri (TUN,242)

Impressive wins by Mukund, Sid, and Saki ... Mukund defeated a former top-75 Blaz Kavcic in a comeback win ... Sid scored a hard-fought comeback win over Borna Gojo ... After a long time saw a good performance by Saki, he scored a comfortable win over Aslan Karatsev ... Niki defeated his compatriot Adil in 3 sets ... Arjun lost in 2 sets but he was leading 4-1 in the tie-break before losing it.

Next, Mukund having a tough match against Ilya Ivashka ... Saki is facing Sonskoy and Niki's next opponent is Lukas Rosol ... Sumit is facing Malek Jaziri and Sid's upset win gives him an opportunity of facing a lucky loser as Jiri Vesely withdrew from the tournament after his hard-fought Pune title win.

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At the FIH Hockey Pro League 2020, Bhubaneswar, India

India l Belgium 2-3 (2-3)
Goal Scorers - Vivek Prasad (IND) 15', Amit Rohidas (IND) 17' PC and Alexander Hendrickx (BEL) 3' PC, Nicolas de Kerpel (NED 17', Maxime Plennevaux (BEL) 26'

Another exciting match against the Red Lions, we played well but this time the Belgium team was lucky ... Belgium took an early lead but we responded with 2 goals but again Belgium scored equalizer immediately ... They scored another before a half-time to take a lead and after that managed to keep that advantage for a win ... In this match, we had more circle penetrations (28-19), more shots on the goal (12-9) and more penalty corners (3-1) ... Ramandeep Singh missed 2 sitters in front of the goal but still encouraging performance by our team against a current World Champion.

The 2019 FIH Men’s Rising Star of the Year has been revealed, with 19-year-old Vivek Prasad of India taking the prize ... He becomes the first Indian to win the FIH Rising Star of the Year.

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At €2.1M ABN Amro World Tennis Tournament 2020, Rotterdam, Netherlands

[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Denis Shapovalov (CAN) vs John Peers (AUS)/ Michael Venus (NZL)

Rohan is back playing with Shapo and they r facing Peers and Venus.

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At $804K New York Open 2020, U.S.A.

[R1] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Artem Sitak (NZL) vs (1) Austin Krajicek (USA)/ Franko Skugor (CRO)

Divij and Artem r playing in the US but facing the top-seed in the first round of the New York Open.

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At $252K GSB Thailand Open 2020, Hua Hin, Thailand

[Q1] (12) Riya Bhatia (IND,358) bt Eden Silva (GBR,455) 61 46 62

[Q2] (12) Riya Bhatia (IND,358) l (5) Ellen Perez (AUS,250) 06 16

[R1] Ankita Raina (IND,198) vs Katarzyna Kawa (POL,127)

Doubles
[R1] Ankita Raina (IND)/ Rosalie Van Der Hoek (NED) vs Desirae Krawczyk (USA)/ Xiaodi You (CHN)

Ankita is playing in the Thailand Open and having a decent draw ... She is facing a top-130 Polish girl, Katarzyna Kawa ... In the doubles, Ankita has a knack of selecting a Dutch partner, this time Rosalie Van Der Hoek ... They r facing Desirae Krawczyk and Xiaodi You.

Riya Bhatia played in the qualifying ... Before losing a one-sided 2nd qualifying match against Perez, she scored 3 sets win over a British girl in the first qualifying.

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At $162.5K Bengaluru Challenger 2020, Karnataka, India

[F-Q] (1) Anirudh Chandrasekar (IND,1014) vs (WC) Nikshep Ballekere Ravikumar (IND,UNR)
[F-Q] (2) Abhinav Sanjeev Shanmugam (IND,1097) vs (WC) Rishi Reddy (IND,UNR)

Expected all Indians qualifying in the Bengaluru Challenger.

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At the FIH Hockey Pro League 2020, Bhubaneswar, India

India bt Belgium 2-1 (1-0)
Goal Scorers - Mandeep Singh (IND) 2', Ramandeep Singh (IND) 46' PC and Gauthier Boccard (BEL) 33' PC

A superb result for us against the current WR #1 team ... Impressed with Belgium team, with their attacking and pleasing game ... Belgium was dominating but we defended superbly ... Krishan Pathak, who saved whooping 7 penalty corners in the 1st quarter only, and Sreejesh were too good in front of the goal ... Belgium teams definitely cut above other teams, they played very attacking hockey and I think their circle penetration must be 50+ ... They managed to put continuous pressure but we defended strongly as a unit.

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At $610K Tata Open Maharashtra 2020, Pune, India

[SF] Purav Raja (IND)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) l (3) Jonathan Erlich (ISR)/ Andrei Vasilevski (BLR) 67(3) 46

Purav and Ram lost in straight sets against the 3rd seed Elrich and Vasilevski ... With their loss, the Indian challenge got over in the Tata Open Maharashtra.

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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament 2020, Nonthaburi, Thailand

[R1] (1) Ankita Raina (IND)/ Bibiane Schoofs (NED) bt Kamonwan Buayam (THA)/ Patcharin Cheapchandej (THA) 63 61
[QF] (1) Ankita Raina (IND)/ Bibiane Schoofs (NED) bt Supapitch Kuearum (THA)/ Leonie Kung (SUI) 60 62
[SF] (1) Ankita Raina (IND)/ Bibiane Schoofs (NED) bt Nicoleta-Catalina Dascalu (ROU)/ Simona Waltert (SUI) 41 retd.

Doubles Final
(1) Ankita Raina (IND)/ Bibiane Schoofs (NED) bt Miyabi Inoue (JPN)/ Jia-Qi Kang (CHN) 62 36 10-7

Ankita missed the participation of a single due to her Fed Cup commitment, but the Fed Cup postponed due to Coronavirus ... She played the doubles with her Dutch partner Bibiane Schoofs and they win back to back doubles title in these ongoing Thai ITF tournaments ... They lost their only set of the tournament in the final against Inoue and Kang, but they prevailed after winning the match tie-break ... Next week, Ankita is playing in the Hua Hin WTA tournament.

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At $162.5K Bengaluru Challenger 2020, Karnataka, India

[R1] (17) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,182) bye
[R1] Sasikumar Mukund (IND,263) vs Blaz Kavcic (SLO,281)
[R1] Sidharth Rawat (IND,479) vs Borna Gojo (CRO,273)
[R1] (WC) S D Prajwal Dev (IND,953) vs Khumoyun Sultanov (UZB,325)
[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND,406) vs Aslan Karatsev (RUS,258)
[R1] (7) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,122) bye
[R1] (Alt) Manish Sureshkumar (IND,661) vs Benjamin Bonzi (FRA,366)
[R1] (WC) Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha (IND,1105) vs (WC) Adil Kalyanpur (IND,1029)
[R1] (8) Sumit Nagal (IND,125) bye
[R1] (WC) Arjun Kadhe (IND,612) vs Malek Jaziri (TUN,242)
[R1] (WC) Suraj R Prabodh (IND,1858) vs Vladyslav Orlov (UKR,413)

Doubles
[R1] (WC) N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs (1) Cheng-Peng Hsieh (TPE)/ Denys Molchanov (UKR)
[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Matt Reid (AUS) vs (WC) Nikshep Ballekere Ravikumar (IND)/ Vasisht Cheruku (IND)
[R1] (4) Purav Raja (IND)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) vs (WC) SD Prajwal Dev (IND)/ Adil Kalyanpur (IND)
[R1] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) vs Frederico Ferreira Silva (POR)/ Nikola Milojevic (SRB)
[R1] Matthew Ebden (AUS)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs Blaz Rola (SLO)/ Zhizhen Zhang (CHN)
[R1] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND)/ Sumit Nagal (IND) vs (3) Andre Goransson (SWE)/ Christopher Rungkat (INA)

Our top-2 singles players r in the bottom draw ... Good to see, Lee is playing with Ebden and also an interesting pairing of Prajnesh and Sumit ... Surprise to see Arjun has missed the doubles.

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At $610K Tata Open Maharashtra 2020, Pune, India

[R2] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,122) l (4) Soonwoo Kwon (KOR,88) 36 67(5)

Doubles
[QF] Purav Raja (IND)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) bt (WC) Matthew Ebden (AUS)/ Leander Paes (IND) 62 61

A decent performance from Prajnesh in his loss ... Kwon played quality tennis and Prajnesh failed to overcome this challenge ... Kwon had good services and solid ground-strokes so he managed to put pressure on Prajnesh.

Lee's journey in his last Tata Open ended in thumping loss against Purav and Ram ... Purav and Ram r clicking into a solid doubles pair as this was their 10th consecutive win.

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At $610K Tata Open Maharashtra 2020, Pune, India

[R1] (WC) Sasikumar Mukund (IND,263) l Taro Daniel (JPN,102) 26 67(7)

Doubles
[R1] (WC) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Arjun Kadhe (IND) l Antoine Hoang (FRA)/ Benoit Paire (FRA) 63 57 7-10
[R1] Purav Raja (IND)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) bt (Alt) Egor Gerasimov (BLR)/ Sumit Nagal (IND) 76(6) 63

[QF] Purav Raja (IND)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) vs (WC) Matthew Ebden (AUS)/ Leander Paes (IND)

A decent fighting performance by Mukund in the second set against Taro.

In the doubles, Purav and Ram scored a straight-sets win over Sumit and Egor ... Next, they r facing Lee and Ebden.
Rohan and Arjun started confidently and won the first set comfortably ... With an early break, 2-0, they were cruising towards victory but a French pair caught them at 4-all and broke Arjun again in the 12th game to take the set in the match tie-break ... Arjun struggled with his shots and our pair lost this match tie-break to lose the match.

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At $610K Tata Open Maharashtra 2020, Pune, India

[R1] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,122) bt Yannick Maden (GER,131) 76(4) 76(5)
[R1] (WC) Arjun Kadhe (IND,612) l Jiri Vesely (CZE,107) 26 46

[R2] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,122) vs (4) Soonwoo Kwon (KOR,88)

Doubles
[R1] Purav Raja (IND)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) vs (Alt) Egor Gerasimov (BLR)/ Sumit Nagal (IND)
[R1] (WC) Matthew Ebden (AUS)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt (2) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Artem Sitak (NZL) 62 76(5)

Prajnesh is in the second round with winning both tie-breaks against a similar ranked Maden ... Prajnesh played a consistent game throughout the match ... He broke Maden in the first set and was serving for the set at 5-3 ... Prajnesh failed to hold his serve and in the tie-break, he came back from 0-3 to win it ... In the second set tie-break, from 4-5 he won the next 3 points for winning the set and match ... Next, he is facing a 22 yrs-old Soonwoo Kwon.

An expected loss for Arjun against Jiri Vesely in his straight-sets loss.

Lee's #OneLastRoar continues in the Tata Open ... I am hoping one last title for him ... He and Ebden started strongly and win the first set comfortably ... In the second set, both pairs held their respective service games but again, Lee and Ebden played smart tennis and completed win against the 2nd seed Divij and Artem ... Next, they will play against a winner between Purav-Ram and Sumit-Egor ... Sumit is playing in the doubles as an alternate pair with Gerasimov.

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At $610K Tata Open Maharashtra 2020, Pune, India

[R1] (WC) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,182) l (7) Salvatore Caruso (ITA,98) 63 46 57
[R1] Sumit Nagal (IND,125) l (Q) Viktor Troicki (SRB,191) 26 76(4) 16

Ram gave a fighting performance but failed to complete the win against the top-100 player ... He started positively and won the first set, Caruso made a comeback after winning the second set ... In the third, both players held their respective service games till 10th games, 5-all ... Ram missed a break-point opportunity in the 11th game and Caruso took full advantage of it, breaking Ram in the 12th game for a win.

Sumit had a tough match against a former top-15 Viktor Troicki ... After losing the first set easily Sumit was a break-down, 1-3, he raised his game and broke back to make it 3-all ... And won the tie-break, but he failed to keep the momentum ... He made a lot of unforced errors in the final set and Troicki played a consistent game for a win.

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At $51.25K Women's Cleveland Classic 2020, Cleveland, Ohio, USA (World Tour Bronze)

[R1] (5) Joshna Chinappa (IND,12) bye
[R2] (5) Joshna Chinappa (IND,12) bt (9/16) Menna Nasser (EGY,52) 12-10, 3-0 rtd (21m
[QF] (5) Joshna Chinappa (IND,12) bt (4) Annie Au (HKG,11) 3-11, 11-6, 6-11, 11-8, 11-6 (54m)

[SF] (5) Joshna Chinappa (IND,12) l (1) Nour El Tayeb (EGY,5) 4-11, 8-11, 3-11 (26m)

Joshna lost in the semis against a top-seed Nour El Tayeb ... After losing the first game, Joshna took 8-5 lead in the second which she failed to capitalize ... Before that, she scored a fighting win over Annie Au in the quarters.

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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament 2020, Nonthaburi, Thailand

Singles Final
(3) Ankita Raina (IND,171) bt (4) Chloe Paquet (FRA,178) 63 75

Ankita wins her 6th $25K ITF title ... She took a revenge for her previous 2 matches against Chole ... Ankita defeated her in a straight-sets to win the title in Thailand.

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At $610K Tata Open Maharashtra 2020, Pune, India

[R1] Sumit Nagal (IND,131) vs (Q) Viktor Troicki (SRB,159)

Sumit has a tricky first round against a former top-15 Serbian Viktor Troicki.

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At Tata Open Maharashtra 2020, Pune, India

[Q1] (WC) Saketh Myneni (IND,416) l (4) Nikola Milojevic (SRB,156) 36 26

[R1] (WC) Sasikumar Mukund (IND,267) vs Taro Daniel (JPN,110)
[R1] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,123) vs Yannick Maden (GER,125)
[R1] (WC) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,185) vs (7) Salvatore Caruso (ITA,97)
[R1] (WC) Arjun Kadhe (IND,618) vs Jiri Vesely (CZE,109)
[R1] Sumit Nagal (IND,131) vs Qualifier

Doubles
[R1] (WC) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Arjun Kadhe (IND) vs Antoine Hoang (FRA)/ Benoit Paire (FRA)
[R1] Purav Raja (IND)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) vs (PR) Peter Gojowczyk (GER)/ Cedrik-Marcel Stebe (GER)
[R1] (2) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Artem Sitak (NZL) vs (WC) Matthew Ebden (AUS)/ Leander Paes (IND)

All 3 wild-cards given to Indians ... Prajnesh is facing a similar ranked Maden, Sumit is facing a qualifier ... Mukund is facing Taro and Ram is facing the top-100 Caruso ... Arjun is facing Vesely in the first round.

In the doubles, Rohan is playing with Arjun and they r facing a French pair, Paire, and Hoang ... Purav and Ram r facing a German pair ... Lee receives a wild-card with Ebden and they r facing the 2nd seeds Divij and Artem.

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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament 2020, Nonthaburi, Thailand

[SF] (3) Ankita Raina (IND,171) bt Leonie Kung (SUI,324) 63 61

[F] (3) Ankita Raina (IND,171) vs (4) Chloe Paquet (FRA,)

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Doubles Final
(1) Ankita Raina (IND)/ Bibiane Schoofs (NED) bt (WC) Supapitch Kuearum (THA)/ Mananchaya Sawangkaew (THA) 64 62

Ankita enters into the final with a dominating win over a Swiss teenager Leonie Kung ... In the final, she is facing the 4th seed French girl, Chloe Paquet, Ankita has lost her previous matches against Chole.
In the doubles final, Ankita and Bibiane scored a comfortable win over a Thai pair to win the title.

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At €46.6K+H Quimper Challenger 2020, France

[SF] (3) Purav Raja (IND)/ Adil Shamasdin (CAN) l Ivan Sabanov (CRO)/ Matej Sabanov (CRO) 26 36

The one-sided loss to Sabanov twins for Purav and Adil.