Tuesday, March 14, 2017

Squash News

At $25K Men's Wimbledon Club Open 2017, London, England

[Q1] Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,70) bt Ben Grindrod (NZL,136) 11-7, 11-8, 11-5
[Q1] Vikram Malhotra (IND,69) bt Peter Marshall (ENG,UNR) 11-4, 11-8, 11-4

[Q2] Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,70) bt Evan Williams (NZL,82) 11-13, 11-4, 11-7, 11-6
[Q2] Vikram Malhotra (IND,69) bt Jens Schoor (GER,82) 11-9, 13-11, 9-11, 11-4

[R1] (1) Saurav Ghosal (IND,26) vs Olli Tuominen (FIN,61)
[R1] (Q) Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,70) vs (8) Ivan Yuen (MAS,40)
[R1] (Q) Vikram Malhotra (IND,69) vs (7) Mohamed Reda (EGY,41)

Mahesh and Vikram qualified for the main-draw with almost identical wins in the qualifying ... In the main-draw they r facing seeded opponents ... Saurav is also playing here after two months gap as in January he marries Diya Pallikal, elder sister of Dipika Pallikal Karthik.

Monday, March 13, 2017

Tennis News

At $7.7M BNP Paribas Open 2017, Indian Wells, California, USA

[QF] (4) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Barbora Strycova (CZE) vs (6) Yung-Jan Chan (TPE)/ Martina Hingis (SUI)

Next is an interesting match between Sania and Hingis with their respective partners.

At $75K+H Shenzhen Challenger 2017, China

[R1] (PR) Yuki Bhambri (IND,341) vs Stefano Napolitano (ITA,175)

Doubles
[R1] (PR) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) l (3) Dino Marcan (CRO)/ Tristan-Samuel Weissborn (AUT) 36 46

Yuki having tricky first round against consistent challenger level performer.

Another first round loss in the doubles for Yuki and Jeevan ... These results are more hurting for Jeevan's ranking.


At $150K+H Irving Challenger, Texas, USA

[Q1] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,277) bt Federico Gaio (ITA,159) 57 61 64

[Q2] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,277) bt (3) Jozef Kovalik (SLO,118) 76 63

[Q3] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,277) vs (6) Andrey Rublev (RUS,134)

Doubles
[R1] (WC) Dustin Brown (GER)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs (1) Oliver Marach (AUT)/ Fabrice Martin (FRA)
[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE) vs (WC) Philipp Petzschner (GER)/ Alexander Peya (AUT)
[R1] Purav Raja (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs (2) Brian Baker (USA)/ Nicholas Monroe (USA)

RamK scored impressive back to back upset win over top-200 players in this big US challenger ... In the first qualifying he scored comeback win after losing the first set but in the second match he scored straight sets win over top-125 player ... He needs another big win over Andrey Rublev for qualifying in main-draw.

In the doubles, our all players r playing and they r having tough first round matches ... Lee is partnering Dustin Brown and they r facing top-seed pair Marach-Martin ... Rohan is playing with Lu and facing experienced players Peya-Petzschner ... Divij and Purav r facing 2nd seed American pair Baker-Monroe.

Sunday, March 12, 2017

Golf News

At $1.75M Hero Indian Open 2017, New Delhi, India

Courtesy European Tour
1 SSP Chawrasia (IND) 72 67 68 71 -10 € 275,827
T5 Anirban Lahiri (IND) 76 73 67 71 -1 € 59,249

SSP Chawrasia made European Tour history as he blew away the rest of the field to successfully defend his title at the Hero Indian Open and sealing a season-high equaling seven-shot win over Malaysia's Gavin Green ... This second win in New Delhi made him the first Indian to successfully defend a European Tour title and the first player to win their first four events in their home country ... He also became the first player to successfully defend a European Tour title since Branden Grace won the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters in 2016 ... Anirban finished creditable top-5 after poor first 2 rounds ... Total 15 Indians made a cut but only our three golfers were in top 25.

Saturday, March 11, 2017

Tennis News

At $7.7M BNP Paribas Open 2017, Indian Wells, California, USA

[R2] (4) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Barbora Strycova (CZE) bt Sara Errani (ITA)/ Alicja Rosolska (POL) 62 63

[R1] (WC) Leander Paes (IND)/ Juan Martin del Potro (ARG) l Gilles Muller (LUX)/ Sam Querrey (USA) 36 46

Sania-Barbora in the quarters with comfortable win over Errani-Rosolska.

Other hand Indian men challenge got over in the first round ... Lee and del Potro lost in the first round against Muller and Querrey.


At $50K+H Zhuhai Challenger 2017, China

[SF] (PR) Yuki Bhambri (IND,341) l (1) Evgeny Donskoy (RUS,99) 36 57

Yuki played decent tennis but he was bit overpowered by Donskoy ... In the first set, Donskoy took early break for leading 2-4 and kepth that advantage for winning it ... In the second set, both players hold their serves till 5-all ... Donskoy had 3 break points at 0-40, Yuki saved 2 buth failed to save third ... Donskoy hold his serve with helped of big serving nad powerful shots for winning this match ... Still good start for Yuki on these Chinese challenger seris.

At $15K India F4 Futures, Bhilai

[R1] (1) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND) bt (Q) Paramveer Singh Bajwa (IND) 63 63
[R2] (1) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND) bt Mohit Mayur Jayaprakash (IND) 62 63
[QF] (1) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND) bt Pirmin Haenle (GER) 60 60
[SF] (1) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND) bt (3) Vishnu Vardhan (IND) 76(4) 64

Singles Final
(1) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND) bt (2) N. Sriram Balaji (IND) 64 62

Doubles Final
(1) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt (2) Alexander Centerari (USA)/ Sami Reinwein (GER) 62 64

As expected Prajnesh lifted his 5th futures title beating Bala comfortably ... In this futures Prajnesh didn't got tested by any player ... Vishnu managed to take him in tie-break in the semis, otherwise comfortable wins for Prajnesh.

In the doubles, top-seed Bala and Vishnu lifted another title beating 2nd seed American-German pair comfortably ... This is their third title in a row.

Friday, March 10, 2017

Badminton News

At $500K YONEX All England Open, Birmingham, England (SuperSeries Premier)

[QF] (6) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,5) l (1) Tzu Ying Tai (TPE,1) 14-21 10-21
[QF] (8) Saina Nehwal (IND,10) l (3) Ji Hyun Sung (KOR,3) 20-22 20-22

Saina lost in closely fought two games against Sung in 54 mins ... Saina had her chances but she failed to convert ... In the first game, Saina was 11-7 and then 17-12 leading but after that Saina lost 8 points in a row for 17-20 ... Saina saved three game points but Sung converted 4th game point ... In the second game, till 14-all both players were neck to neck ... Then Sung took control and had 3 match points at 17-20 ... This time also Saina saved those 3 match points but again Sung converted 4th match point for winning this match.

Sindhu got outplayed by Tai after leading 10-7 in the first game ... After that Sidhu tried to do extra but instead made numerous unforced errors from back of the court or from near the court.

Tennis News

At $7.7M BNP Paribas Open 2017, Indian Wells, California, USA

[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Pablo Cuevas (URU) l Novak Djokovic (SRB)/ Viktor Troicki (SRB) 62 36 7-10

Djoker and Troicki proved better pair on the court as they defeated Rohan and Pablo in a comeback victory in the match tie-break.

At $50K+H Zhuhai Challenger 2017, China

[QF] (PR) Yuki Bhambri (IND,341) bt Agustin Velotti (ARG,190) 61 2-1 retd.

[SF] (PR) Yuki Bhambri (IND,341) vs (1) Evgeny Donskoy (RUS,99)

Yuki is in the semi-final with comfortable win, as 2010 French open junior singles champion Argentine Agustin Velotti retired in the second set ... Yuki dominated from the start and broke Velotti in 2nd and 6th games for winning the first set ... In the second set he was break up at 2-1 and 40-15 on his serve when Velotti retired from the match ... Next he is facing in-form top-seed Evgeny Donskoy, last week who scored upset win over Federer in Dubai.

At $15K ITF Women Tournament 2017, Egypt

[R1] (WC) Sai Samhitha CHAMARTHI (IND,1032) bt (WC) Ekaterina KLYUEVA (KAZ,1208) 60 63
[R2] (WC) Sai Samhitha CHAMARTHI (IND,1032) bt (7) Yana SIZIKOVA (RUS,495) 46 76(3) 75

[QF] (WC) Sai Samhitha CHAMARTHI (IND,1032) l (4) Julia WACHACZYK (GER,370) 06 06

Sai Samhitha has received wild-card in Egypt and scored huge upset win over top-500 Russian player in the second round ... Sai Samhitha was 46 and 3-5 down in the second, she saved four match points before turning the table on Russian ... But Sai Samhitha blown away in the quarters by German Julia Wachaczyk.

Thursday, March 09, 2017

Badminton News

At $500K YONEX All England Open, Birmingham, England (SuperSeries Premier)

[R2] Prannoy H. S. (IND,21) l (7) Houwei Tian (CHN,6) 13-21 5-21
[R2] (6) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,5) bt Dinar Dyah Ayustine (INA,39) 21-12 21-4
[R2] (8) Saina Nehwal (IND,10) bt Fabienne Deprez (GER,63) 21-18 21-10

[QF] (6) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,5) vs (1) Tzu Ying Tai (TPE,1)
[QF] (8) Saina Nehwal (IND,10) vs (3) Ji Hyun Sung (KOR,3)

Very dominating win by Saina and Sindhu against their respective opponents ... Sindhu is facing WR #1 Tzu Ying Tai in the quarters and Saina is facing WR #3 Korean Ji Hyun Sung.

Prannoy was no match to Houwei Tian in his loss.

Tennis News

At $7.7M BNP Paribas Open 2017, Indian Wells, California, USA

[R1] (4) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Barbora Strycova (CZE) bt Julia Goerges (GER)/ Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) 63 64

[R2] (4) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Barbora Strycova (CZE) vs Sara Errani (ITA)/ Alicja Rosolska (POL)

[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Pablo Cuevas (URU) vs Novak Djokovic (SRB)/ Viktor Troicki (SRB)
[R1] (WC) Leander Paes (IND)/ Juan Martin del Potro (ARG) vs Gilles Muller (LUX)/ Sam Querrey (USA)

Winning start for Sania-Barbora against Julia-Jelena ... Next, they r facing Sara Errani and Alicja Rosolska.

Lee has received wild-card with del Potro and them r facing Muller and Querrey ... Rohan is back with Pablo Cuevas playing tricky match against Djoker and Troicki


At $50K+H Zhuhai Challenger 2017, China

[R2] (PR) Yuki Bhambri (IND,341) bt (5) Blaz Kavcic (SLO,147) 61 64

[QF] (PR) Yuki Bhambri (IND,341) vs Agustin Velotti (ARG, 190)

Yuki completed win in straight sets against top-150 ranked Blaz Kavic ... After winning the first set comfortably Yuki was leading 4-1 in the second ... While serving for the match at 5-3 Yuki lost his serve due to poor service game but he immediately broke Blaz in the next for winning the match ... Next Yuki is facing 2010 French open junior singles champion Argentine Agustin Velotti.

Wednesday, March 08, 2017

Badminton News

At $500K YONEX All England Open, Birmingham, England (SuperSeries Premier)

[R1] Kidambi Srikanth (IND,30) l (Q) Junpeng Zhao (CHN,53) 19-21 21-19 12-21
[R1] Ajay Jayaram (IND,19) l Huang Yuxiang (CHN,27) 19-21 13-21
[R1] Prannoy H. S. (IND,21) bt Qiao Bin (CHN,24) 17-21 22-20 21-19
[R1] (6) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,5) bt Mette Poulsen (DEN,33) 21-10 21-11
[R1] (8) Saina Nehwal (IND,10) bt Nozomi Okuhara (JPN,11) 21-15 21-14

[R1] Manu Attri (IND)/ B. Sumeeth Reddy (IND) l (Q) Peter Briggs (ENG)/ Tom Wolfenden (ENG) 19-21 21-10 18-21
[R1] Meghana Jakkampudi (IND)/ Poorvisha S Ram (IND) l Ya Ching Hsu (TPE)/ Ti Jung Wu (TPE) 19-21 12-21
[R1] Pranaav Jerry Chopra (IND)/ N. Sikki Reddy (IND) l Yeon Seong Yoo (KOR)/ Ha Na Kim (KOR) 19-21 20-22

[R2] Prannoy H. S. (IND,21) vs (7) Houwei Tian (CHN,6)
[R2] (6) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,5) vs Dinar Dyah Ayustine (INA,39)
[R2] (8) Saina Nehwal (IND,10) vs Fabienne Deprez (GER,63)

Saina started with a comfortable win against defending champion Okuhara, who was playing her first match after November ... Next, she is facing German girl Fabienne Deprez ... Sindhu also started with dominating win over her Danish opponent ... Next, she is facing Indonesian girl Dinar Dyah Ayustine ... Prannoy needed to dig deep for his win over similar ranked Chinese opponent Qiao Bin ... After losing the first game Prannoy had 4 game points at 20-16, Bin saved all 4 but Prannoy converted 5th for taking the match into the final game ... Prannoy kept his composure and nerve for winning this game ... Next, he is having another tough Chinese challenge from WR #6 Houwei Tian.

Srikanth struggled to continue as he lost against Chinese qualifier in three games ... Ajay also lost against his Chinese opponent without challenging him in the second.

Disappointing start in the doubles as our both pairs lost in the first round ... I was hoping a win by Manu and Sumeeth against British qualifiers ... In MXD, Pranaav and Sikki lost in the close match against Korean pair.

Tennis News

At $50K+H Zhuhai Challenger 2017, China

[R2] (PR) Yuki Bhambri (IND,341) vs (5) Blaz Kavcic (SLO,147) 5-1 (interrupted due to rain)

Doubles
[R1] (PR) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) l (WC) Di Wu (CHN)/ Zhizhen Zhang (CHN) 26 46

Yuki's single match has been postponed to tomorrow due to interruption, at that time he was comfortably leading in the first set.

In the doubles, Yuki and Jeevan lost comfortably against local Chinese pair.


At $7.7M BNP Paribas Open 2017, Indian Wells, USA

[R1] (4) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Barbora Strycova (CZE) vs Julia Goerges (GER)/ Jelena Ostapenko (LAT)

Sania-Barbora r in top draw and facing Goerges and Ostapenko in the first round.

Tuesday, March 07, 2017

Badminton News

At $500K YONEX All England Open, Birmingham, England (SuperSeries Premier)

[Q1] (3) Sameer Verma (IND,23) l Kazumasa Sakai (JPN,52) 17-21 12-21
[Q1] Sourabh Verma (IND,41) l (4) Anthony Sinisuka Ginting (INA,32) 10-21 21-14 20-22
[Q1] Ashwini Ponnappa (IND)/ N. Sikki Reddy (IND) bt Lauren Smith (ENG)/ Sarah Walker (ENG) 21-17 16-21 24-22

[Q2] Ashwini Ponnappa (IND)/ N. Sikki Reddy (IND) l (4) Nadia Fankhauser (SUI)/ Sannatasah Saniru (MAS) 15-21 21-18 18-21

Ashwini and Siki needed to dig deep for a win on extra points in the third game against local pair ... Now they will face 4th seed Swiss-Malaysian pair ... Other hand disappointing losses of Verma brothers in contrasting style.

Ashwini and Siki failed to cross final hurdle and lost their match in three games.

Tennis News

At $50K+H Zhuhai Challenger 2017, China

[R1] (PR) Yuki Bhambri (IND,341) bt (SE) Blake Mott (AUS,286) 62 60

[R2] (PR) Yuki Bhambri (IND,341) vs (5) Blaz Kavcic (SLO,147)

Yuki made a mockery of in-form young Aussie Blake Mott challenge as he won this match inside 50 mins losing only 2 games ... Mott was semi-finalist at last week's Yokohama challenger but Yuki had different plan and he executed perfectly for this win ... Next he is facing top-150 Slovenian Blaz Kavcic.

Monday, March 06, 2017

Badminton News

At $500K YONEX All England Open, Birmingham, England (SuperSeries Premier)

[Q1] (3) Sameer Verma (IND,23) vs Kazumasa Sakai (JPN,52)
[Q1] Sourabh Verma (IND,41) vs (4) Anthony Sinisuka Ginting (INA,32)
[Q1] Ashwini Ponnappa (IND)/ N. Sikki Reddy (IND) vs Lauren Smith (ENG)/ Sarah Walker (ENG)

[R1] Kidambi Srikanth (IND,30) vs Qualifier
[R1] Ajay Jayaram (IND,19) vs Huang Yuxiang (CHN,27)
[R1] Prannoy H. S. (IND,21) vs Qiao Bin (CHN,24)
[R1] (6) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,5) vs Mette Poulsen (DEN,33)
[R1] (8) Saina Nehwal (IND,10) vs Nozomi Okuhara (JPN,11)

[R1] Manu Attri (IND)/ B. Sumeeth Reddy (IND) vs Qualifier
[R1] Meghana Jakkampudi (IND)/ Poorvisha S Ram (IND) vs Ya Ching Hsu (TPE)/ Ti Jung Wu (TPE)
[R1] Pranaav Jerry Chopra (IND)/ N. Sikki Reddy (IND) vs Yeon Seong Yoo (KOR)/ Ha Na Kim (KOR)

Sindhu and Saina having a favorable draw in All England open ... Saina is facing defending champion Nozomi Okuhara but she is coming out of injury after four months so rusty.

Tennis News

At Davis Cup 2017 - Asia/ Oceania Group I - 2nd Round, Bengaluru, India

Indian Team - Ramkumar Ramanathan, Yuki Bhambri, Prajnesh Gunneswaran, N. Sriram Balaji, Rohan Bopanna and Leander Paes
Non-playing captain - Mahesh Bhupathi
Coach - Zeeshan Ali

The AITA selection committee, led by SP Misra, named four singles players and two doubles players in the six-member squad ... New non-playing captain Mahesh Bhupathi will take a call on Paes' inclusion in the final four 10 days before the Asia/Oceania Group 1 second-round tie which begins on April 7 ... AITA also picked top two juniors Dhruv Sunish and Nitin Sinha to be with the squad for exposure.

At $50K+H Zhuhai Challenger 2017, China

[R1] (PR) Yuki Bhambri (IND,341) vs (SE) Blake Mott (AUS,286)

Doubles
[R1] (PR) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) vs (WC) Di Wu (CHN)/ Zhizhen Zhang (CHN)

Yuki is playing in China challengers and facing tricky first round against in-form young Aussie Blake Mott.

Saturday, March 04, 2017

Tennis News

At $2.4M Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships 2017, UAE

Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Marcin Matkowski (POL) l (4) Jean-Julien Rojer (NED)/ Horia Tecau (ROU) 64 36 3-10

Rojer-Tecau dominated the match tie-break for lifting Dubai title ... Rohan-Marcin started with winning the first set but Rojer-Tecau started their comeback after winning the second.

At $15K India F3 Futures, Guwahati

[R1] (3) Sasi Kumar MUKUND (IND) bt Mohammed Iftikhar SHEIKH (IND) 60 63
[R2] (3) Sasi Kumar MUKUND (IND) bt Dalwinder SINGH (IND) 63 36 63
[QF] (3) Sasi Kumar MUKUND (IND) bt (6) Sidharth RAWAT (IND) 63 64
[SF] (3) Sasi Kumar MUKUND (IND) bt (2) Vishnu VARDHAN (IND) 63 46 61

Singles Final
(3) Sasi Kumar MUKUND (IND) bt (4) Sami REINWEIN (GER) 63 26 64

Doubles Final
(1) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND)/ Vishnu VARDHAN (IND) bt (2) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND)/ Sanam SINGH (IND) 63 36 10-6

Sasi lifted his third futures title beating his German player Sami Reinwein in three sets ... Sasi will moved to top-450 in ranking after these 18 pts get added after two weeks.

Bala and Vishnu defeated VSP and Sanam is the match tie-break for lifting their 2nd doubles title in these three Indian futures.


At $15K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2017, Gwalior, India

[R1] Mahak JAIN (IND) bt Amrita MUKHERJEE (IND) 61 63
[R1] (8) Zeel DESAI (IND) bt Eetee MAHETA (IND) 63 36 64

[R2] Mahak JAIN (IND) bt (7) Sri Vaishnavi PEDDI REDDY (IND) 61 63
[R2] (8) Zeel DESAI (IND) bt Ramya NATARAJAN (IND) 36 60 60

[QF] Mahak JAIN (IND) bt Bhuvana KALVA (IND) 57 63 64
[QF] (8) Zeel DESAI (IND) bt (2) Riya BHATIA (IND) 64 63

[SF] Mahak JAIN (IND) bt (1) Fatma AL NABHANI (OMA) 63 4-0 retd.
[SF] (8) Zeel DESAI (IND) bt Lulu RADOVCIC (SUI) 63 76(5)

Singles Final
(8) Zeel DESAI (IND) bt Mahak JAIN (IND) 63 75

Zeel Desai won the match between promising youngsters for lifting her first ITF title ... She defeated 15 yrs old Mahak Jain in two sets ... This tournament proved to be very successful tournament from Zeel and Makak ... Zeel will moved inside top-700 after these tournament winning 12 pts get added ... Mahak needs to earn points from two more tournaments for entering into the ranking.

Friday, March 03, 2017

Tennis News

At $2.4M Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships 2017, UAE

[SF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Marcin Matkowski (POL) bt Leander Paes (IND)/ Guillerme Garcia-Lopez (ESP) 63 36 10-6

Rohan-Marcin defeated Lee-Guillerme in the match tie-break ... Rohan and Marcin won the first set but lost the second ... They recovered in the match tie-break for winning it comfortably.

Thursday, March 02, 2017

Shooting News

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

On the seventh day, in men's Skeet final, Sheeraz Sheikh became the first shooter to get eliminated with 16 hits ... Before that he qualified for the final on 5th position after tied with three shooters with 121 hits.

Tennis News

At $2.4M Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships 2017, UAE

[QF] Leander Paes (IND)/ Guillerme Garcia-Lopez (ESP) bt (3) Daniel Nestor (CAN)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) 76(3) 76(6)

[SF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Marcin Matkowski (POL) vs Leander Paes (IND)/ Guillerme Garcia-Lopez (ESP)

Lee and Guillerme Garcia-Lopez scored a win over Nestor and Roger-Vasselin in two tie-breaks ... This win set up the match between Lee and Rohan with their respective partners.

Wednesday, March 01, 2017

Shooting News

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

50m Pistol Men
Gold - Jitu Rai (IND) 230.1 (WR)
Silver - Amanpreet Singh (IND) 226.9
Bronze - Vahid Golkhandan (IRI) 208.0

On the sixth day, Jitu Rai gave us our first Gold medal of this world cup in 50m Pistol ... He won this yellow medal bettering previous world record with a score of 230.1 pts ... Amandeep qualified for the final on top position with 561 pts and Jitu qualified on the second position with 559 pts.

Tennis News

At $2.4M Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships 2017, UAE

[R1] Leander Paes (IND)/ Guillerme Garcia-Lopez (ESP) vs (Q) James Cerretani (USA)/ Philipp Oswald (AUT)

[QF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Marcin Matkowski (POL) bt Florin Mergea (ROU)/ Viktor Troicki (SRB) 63 64

Rohan-Marcin scored comfortable straight sets win over Mergea-Troicki for entering into the semis.

At $25K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2017, Clare, Australia

[QF] Abbie MYERS (AUS)/ Prarthana G. THOMBARE (IND) l Beatriz HADDAD MAIA (BRA)/ Genevieve LORBERGS (AUS) 26 75 7-10

Prarthana-Abbie failed to build on their first round upset win and lost in match tie-break against local Aussie pair.

Table Tennis News

At $70K ITTF Challenge Plus Oman Open 2020 , Muscat, Oman [R32] Harmeet Desai (IND,87) bt Jeremy Hazin (CAN,164) 4-0 (12-10, 11-8, 11-4,...