Golf News

At $6.7M DEAN and DELUCA Invitational, Texas, USA (PGA Tour)

T6 Anirban Lahiri (IND) 65 70 68 68 -9 $216,912.50

First top ten finish of the year for Anirban on PGA tour ... This performance boost his confidence for performing better in coming weeks.

Here Anirban was steady through out four sdays and remained inside top-10 ... In the final round he was 2 strokes behind leader till 11th hole ... But he bogeyed the 12th and then double bogeyed the 15th after hitting into the creek after hitting perfect drives onto the fairway ... He needs to reduce these errors for giving connsistent performance on the tour.

Tennis News

At French Open 2016, Roland-Garros

Doubles
[R3] (6) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Florin Meargea (ROM) bt Brian Baker (USA)/ Marcus Daniell (NZL) 62 67(4) 61
[R3] (16) Leander Paes (IND)/ Marcin Matkowski (POL) bt (4) Jamie Murray (GBR)/ Bruno Soares (BRA) 76(5) 76(4)

[R3] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Martina Hingis (SUI) l Barbora Krejcikova (CZE)/ Katerina Siniakova (CZE) 36 26

[QF] (16) Leander Paes (IND)/ Marcin Matkowski (POL) vs (5) Mike Bryan (USA)/ Bob Bryan (USA)

Mixed Doubles
[R2] Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) l (1) Hao-Ching Chan (TPE)/ Jamie Murray (GBR) 62 36 8-10

Junior
[R1] Karman Thandi (IND,42) bt Oana Gavrila (ROU,48) 61 75

[R2] Karman Thandi (IND,42) vs (5) Dayana Yastremska (UKR,10)

Mixed day for us, SanTina face one-sided loss against their unseeded Czech opponents and with that their dream of completing SanTina Slam is over ... This is shocking loss of our pair.

In the doubles Lee scores upset win over 4th seed Soares and Murray with Matkowski ... Our pair won both sets in tie-break ... In the quarters they r facing Bryans.

Rohan-Florin score win in three sets against Marcus Daniell and Baker ... Our pair won their both sets comfortably but lost second set in tie-break.

Karman starts her campaign of French open with straight sets win over Romanian girl ... Next she is facing tough challenge of top-10 Ukrainian girl.

Rohan-Alla lose their MXD match against top-seed ... After winning the first set our pair failed to keep momentum.

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At $50K+H Furth Challenger, Germany

[Q1] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,411) l Yannik Maden (GER,431) 46 46
[Q1] Sumit Nagal (IND,388) bt Jan Chiunski (GER,413) 64 61

[Q2] Sumit Nagal (IND,388) l (2) Aurther De Greef (BEL,195) 75 67(3) 46

After winning first qualifying Sumit gives creditable fighting performance against top-200 De Greef ... He lose very close match, now his next target should be winning these matches ... Other hand Prajnesh lose in his first match in his comeback match after longish training break.

Athletic News

At Pat Young's Throwers Classic 2016, Salinas, California, USA

Women's Discuss Throw
Gold - Seema Punia (IND) 62.62 mtrs

The 32-year-old Seema Punia crossed the Rio Games qualification standard of 61.00m at the Hartnell College Throwers Complex with her season's best effort of 62.62m ... Seema is the 19th Indian track and field athlete to have qualified for Rio Games.

Tennis News

At French Open 2016, Roland-Garros

Mixed Doubles
[R1] Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) bt Tatjana Maria (GER)/ Nicolas Mahut (FRA) w/o

[R2] Martina Hingis (SUI)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt (4) Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ)/ Florin Mergea (ROU) 26 75 10-6
[R2] Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) vs (1) Hao-Ching Chan (TPE)/ Jamie Murray (GBR)

Excellent comeback win by Lee-Martina against 4th seed Shvedova and Mergea for entering into the quarters.

Squash News

At $25K Women's MEML HKFC International 2016, Happy Valley, Hong Kong China

Women's Final
(3) Joshana Chinappa (IND,13) l (1) Joelle King (NZL,9) 9-11, 9-11, 11-9, 9-11 (45m)

Joshana's terrific run ended in the final against top-seed Joelle King ... In well fought match Joshana lose in four games.

Squash News

At $25K Women's MEML HKFC International 2016, Happy Valley, Hong Kong China

[R1] (6) Dipika Pallikal (IND,19) bt (Q) Low Wee Wern (MAS,37) 11-1, 11-3, 11-3 (23m)
[R1] (3) Joshana Chinappa (IND,13) bt (Q) Salma Hany Ibrahim (EGY,33) 11-8, 11-7, 6-11, 11-8 (37m)

[QF] (6) Dipika Pallikal (IND,19) l (1) Joelle King (NZL,9) 8-11, 6-11, 8-11 (36m)
[QF] (3) Joshana Chinappa (IND,13) bt (7) Rachael Grinham (AUS,20) 15-13, 11-6, 6-11, 9-11, 11-4 (40m)

[SF] (3) Joshana Chinappa (IND,13) bt (2) Annie Au (HKG,10) 8-11, 11-9, 12-10, 7-11, 11-9 (60m)

[F] (3) Joshana Chinappa (IND,13) vs (1) Joelle King (NZL,9)

Joshana is in the final of big Hong Kong event after scoring some thrilling win over talented players ... First round she defeated former top-20 Egyptian girl in four games ... In the quarters she defeated very experienced and former WR #1 Aussie player Rachel Grinham in five minutes ... In the semis she beats defending champion and top-10 local player Annie Au in exciting five games, match was extended to an hour long battle ... I m really hoping she is having enough energy for the final against top-seed and another top-10 New Zealand player Joelle King.

Tennis News

At French Open 2016, Roland-Garros

Doubles
[R2] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Martina Hingis (SUI) bt Nao Hibino (JPN)/ Eri Hozumi (JPN) 62 60

[R2] (6) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Florin Meargea (ROM) bt (WC) Gregoire Barrere (FRA)/ Quentin Halys (FRA) 63 64
[R2] (16) Leander Paes (IND)/ Marcin Matkowski (POL) bt Julian Knowle (AUT)/ Florian Mayer (GER) 64 63

[R3] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Martina Hingis (SUI) vs Barbora Krejcikova (CZE)/ Katerina Siniakova (CZE)

[R3] (6) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Florin Meargea (ROM) vs Brian Baker (USA)/ Marcus Daniell (NZL)

Very dominating win by Sania-Martina against Japanese pair losing only two games ... Next they r facing Czech pair.

Expected win for Rohan-Florin against local wild-card pair for entering into the third round ... Other hand really good win by Lee and Marcin against experienced doubles players Kowle and Mayer in straight sets.

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At $25K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2016, Andijan, Uzbekistan

[SF] (5) Ankita RAINA (IND,278) l (2) Sabina SHARIPOVA (UZB,237) 26 63 26

Ankita stretches 2nd seed Sabina Sharipova to three sets but in end Sabina was better player on the court.

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At $25K Uzbekistan Futures 2016, Andijan

[SF] (5) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND, 514) l (2) Temur ISMAILOV (UZB,467) 36 46

2nd seed Uzbek Temur Ismailov proves too strong for Bala.

Tennis News

At French Open 2016, Roland-Garros

Doubles
[R1] Ivo Karlovic (CRO)/ Purav Raja (IND) l (9) Lukasz Kubot (POL)/ Alexander Peya (AUT) 16 26

Mixed Doubles
[R1] Martina Hingis (SUI)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER)/ Robert Farah (COL) 64 64
[R1] (2) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Ivan Dodig (CRO) bt (WC) Mathilde Johansson (FRA)/ Tristan Lamasine (FRA) 64 62

[R2] Martina Hingis (SUI)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs (4) Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ)/ Florin Mergea (ROU)

One-sided loss of Purav-Ivo against 9th seed Peya-Kubot.

In MXD, straight sets winning start for Martina and Lee ... Next they r facing 4th seed Shvedova and Mergea.

Sania-Ivan also start with straight sets win over French pair.

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At $25K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2016, Andijan, Uzbekistan

[QF] (5) Ankita RAINA (IND,278) bt (4) Natela DZALAMIDZE (RUS,268) 63 3-0 retd.

[SF] (5) Ankita RAINA (IND,278) vs (2) Sabina SHARIPOVA (UZB,237)

Ankita moves into the semis ... She was dominating match against Natela ... After winning the first set comfortably she was leading 3-0 when her opponent retired from the match ... Ankita is facing 2nd seed Sabina Sharipova.

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At $25K Uzbekistan Futures 2016, Andijan

[QF] (5) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND, 514) bt (4) Markos KALOVELONIS (RUS,494) 64 76(4)

[SF] (5) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND, 514) vs (2) Temur ISMAILOV (UZB,467)

Bala also enters into the semis with straight sets win over his top-500 Russian player ... Next he is facing 2nd seed Uzbek Temur Ismailov.

Tennis News

At French Open 2016, Roland-Garros

Doubles
[R1] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Martina Hingis (SUI) bt Daria Kasatkina (RUS)/ Alexandra Panova (RUS) 76(4) 62

[R1] (6) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Florin Meargea (ROU) bt (WC) Stephane Robert (FRA)/ Alexandre Sidorenko (FRA) 62 62
[R1] (16) Leander Paes (IND)/ Marcin Matkowski (POL) bt Aliaksandr Bury (BLR)/ Denis Istomin (UZB) 76(3) 76(6)

[R2] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Martina Hingis (SUI) vs Nao Hibino (JPN)/ Eri Hozumi (JPN)

[R2] (6) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Florin Meargea (ROM) vs (WC) Gregoire Barrere (FRA)/ Quentin Halys (FRA)
[R2] (16) Leander Paes (IND)/ Marcin Matkowski (POL) vs Julian Knowle (AUT)/ Florian Mayer (GER)

Winning start for our pairs ... Sania-Martina start with straight sets win against Russian pair ... Next they r facing Japanese pair.

Rohan-Florin win comfortably against local wild-card pair ... In the second round they r facing another local wild-car pair.

Lee-Marcin had tricky first round match but they overcome Bury-Istomin challenge in two tie-breaks ... Next they r facing experienced doubles players Knowle and Mayer.

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At $25K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2016, Andijan, Uzbekistan

[R2] (5) Ankita RAINA (IND,278) bt (Q) Valeria SAVINYKH (RUS,1058) 64 61
[R2] Natasha PALHA (IND,544) l (2) Sabina SHARIPOVA (UZB,236) 16 26

[QF] (5) Ankita RAINA (IND,278) vs (4) Natela DZALAMIDZE (RUS,268)

This is really good win by Ankita over experienced Valeria Savinykh, who is former top-100 player and making comeback after really long injury break ... Next Ankita is facing similar ranked Russian girl Natela ... Other hand expected but little disappointing one-sided loss of Natasha.

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At $25K Uzbekistan Futures 2016, Andijan

[R2] (5) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND, 514) bt (WC) Saida'lo SAIDKARIMOV (UZB,2160) 63 36 61
[R2] (Q) Shahbaaz KHAN (IND, 1678) l (6) Sanjar FAYZIEV (UZB,551) 36 26

[QF] (5) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND, 514) vs (4) Markos KALOVELONIS (RUS,494)

Bala gets stretched by local wild-card player to three sets ... Next he is facing similar ranked Markos ... Shahbaaz runs ended with his loss against top-550 Uzbek player.

Tennis News

At French Open 2016, Roland-Garros

Mixed Doubles
[R1] Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) vs Tatjana Maria (GER)/ Nicolas Mahut (FRA)
[R1] Martina Hingis (SUI)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER)/ Robert Farah (COL)
[R1] (2) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Ivan Dodig (CRO) vs (WC) Mathilde Johansson (FRA)/ Tristan Lamasine (FRA)

Mixed doubles draw r out ... Sania with Ivan Dodig is 2nd seed and they r facing local wild-card pair ... Lee is back playing with Martina and they r facing Anna-Lena Groenefeld and Robert Farah in the first round ... Rohan is playing with Russian Alla Kudryavtseva and they r facing Nicolas Mahut and Tatjana Maria

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At $25K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2016, Andijan, Uzbekistan

[R1] (5) Ankita RAINA (IND,278) bt (Q) Polina MERENKOVA (UZB,1224) 61 62
[R1] Natasha PALHA (IND,544) bt Margarita LAZAREVA (RUS,459) 62 61

[R2] (5) Ankita RAINA (IND,278) vs (Q) Valeria SAVINYKH (RUS,1058)
[R2] Natasha PALHA (IND,544) vs (2) Sabina SHARIPOVA (UZB,236)

Terrific winning start for Natasha over higher ranked Russian girl in dominating fashion ... Ankita also joins her in the second round with comfortable win ... In the second round Natasha is facing 2nd seed top-250 Uzbek player Sharipova and Ankta is facing Russian qualifier.

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At $25K Uzbekistan Futures 2016, Andijan

[Q1] (5) Shahbaaz KHAN (IND,1678) bt Odil AKRAMOV (UZB,UNR) 63 46 76(5)
[Q2] (5) Shahbaaz KHAN (IND,1678) bt Rasul AKHMADALIEV (UZB,UNR) 61 63

[R1] (Q) Shahbaaz KHAN (IND,1678) bt Alexander OVCHAROV (RUS,1259) 64 62
[R1] (5) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND,514) bt (Q) Sardor PULATOV (UZB,UNR) 75 61

[R2] (5) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND, 514) vs (WC) Saida'lo SAIDKARIMOV (UZB,2160)
[R2] (Q) Shahbaaz KHAN (IND, 1678) vs (6) Sanjar FAYZIEV (UZB,551)

Shahbaaz Khan qualified for main-draw and joins Bala in main-draw ... In main-draw Shahbaaz starts with straight sets win over his higher ranked Russian opponent ... Next he is facing 6th seed local player.

Bala also starts with straight sets win over local qualifier ... In the second round he is facing another local qualifier.

Tennis News

At French Open 2016, Roland-Garros

Doubles
[R1] (6) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Florin Meargea (ROM) vs (WC) Stephane Robert (FRA)/ Alexandre Sidorenko (FRA)
[R1] (16) Leander Paes (IND)/ Marcin Matkowski (POL) vs Aliaksandr Bury (BLR)/ Denis Istomin (UZB)
[R1] Ivo Karlovic (CRO)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs (9) Lukasz Kubot (POL)/ Alexander Peya (AUT)
[R1] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Martina Hingis (SUI) vs Daria Kasatkina (RUS)/ Alexandra Panova (RUS)

Doubles draw r out ... Sania-Martina r playing Russian girls in the first round.

In men's doubles draw, Lee is 16th seeded with Marcin Matkowski in bottom draw and they r facing Aliaksandr Bury and Denis Istomin in the first round ... Rohan and Florin r in top-draw and facing local wild-card pair in the first round ... Purav and Karlovic r playing against 9th seed Kubot and Peya.

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At $10K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2016, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt

Singles Final
(4) Sri Vaishnavi PEDDI REDDY (IND,656) l Theo GRAVOUIL (FRA,820) 67(5) 46

Vaishnavi fails to overcome Gravouil's challenge for winning her first ITF title ... In the first set both players hold their respective service games but Vaishnavi lost the set in tie-break despite 9 aces in this set ... In the second set with a single break advantage Gravouil won the final.

Indian girls Prerna Bhambri and Nidhi Chilumula lifted doubles title beating another Indian girl Pranjala Yadlapalli and her Thai partner Tamachan Momkoonthod in match tie-break, 36 75 10-7.

Tennis News

At $10K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2016, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt

[SF] (4) Sri Vaishnavi PEDDI REDDY (IND,656) bt Eleni KORDOLAIMI (GRE,803) 64 64
[SF] (7) Pranjala YADLAPALLI (IND,713) l Theo GRAVOUIL (FRA,820) 67(8) 76(14) 36

Vaishnavi scores straight sets win over Greece girl for entering into the final ... In the final she face French girl Gravouil, who beats Pranjala in three sets ... Pranjala had multiple chances of finishing this match in two sets but she failed to convert ... In the first set Pranjala had four set points but French girl saved those for winning the set ... In the second set Pranjala had 3 set points when she was leading 5-3 ... She missed those and then in tie-break Pranjala had 9 more set points, so she converted 12th set point of the set for winning it ... In the third French girl took a break and kept that advantage for winning this match.

Tennis News

At $10K Czech Republic F2 Futures, Prague (Clay)

[QF] (5) Sumit Nagal (IND,379) l (3) Zdenek KOLAR (CZE,335) 61 46 57

Sumit lose the match after starting well ... Sumit dominated the first set but afterwards he failed to overcome fightback from Kolar.

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At $10K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2015, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt

[R1] Amrita MUKHERJEE (IND,1232)bt Ivana HORVAT (AUT,1232) 64 62
[R1] Eleni KORDOLAIMI (GRE,803) bt (5) Eetee MAHETA (IND,667) 62 62
[R1] (4) Sri Vaishnavi PEDDI REDDY (IND,656) bye
[R1] (6) Tamachan MOMKOONTHOD (THA,699) bt Lalita DEVARAKONDA (IND,UNR) 61 62
[R1] (7) Pranjala YADLAPALLI (IND,713) bt Jelena LUKIC (SRB,1167) 75 63
[R1] (8) Ines MURTA (POR,764) bt Sai Samhitha CHAMARTHI (IND,813) 63 62
[R1] Nidhi CHILUMULA (IND,784) bt Moulika RAM (IND,UNR) 36 60 64
[R1] (2) Prerna BHAMBRI (IND,394) bye

[R2] Amrita MUKHERJEE (IND,1232) l Eleni KORDOLAIMI (GRE,803) 16 26
[R2] (4) Sri Vaishnavi PEDDI REDDY (IND,656) bt Maria ZOTOVA (RUS,1165) 61 62
[R2] (7) Pranjala YADLAPALLI (IND,713) bt Anastasiia GEVEL (UKR,NR) 62 61
[R2] Nidhi CHILUMULA (IND,784) bt (2) Prerna BHAMBRI (IND,394) 64 60

[QF] (4) Sri Vaishnavi PEDDI REDDY (IND,656) bt Federica PRATI (ITA,1143) 61 62
[QF] (7) Pranjala YADLAPALLI (IND,713) bt Nathalia ROSSI (BRA,825) 62 62
[QF] Nidhi CHILUMULA (IND,784) l Theo GRAVOUIL (FRA,820) 16 26

[SF] (4) Sri Vaishnavi PEDDI REDDY (IND,656) vs Eleni KORDOLAIMI (GRE,803)
[SF] (7) Pranjala YADLAPALLI (IND,713) vs Theo GRAVOUIL (FRA,820)

Sri and Prajala r in the seimi ... So good week for then as they fought hrd for winnng this match.

Badminton News

At TOTAL BWF Thomas and Uber Cup Finals 2016, Kunshan, Jiantsu, China

Uber Cup - Semi Final
India l (1) China 0-3

[MS1] Saina NEHWAL (IND,8) l Xuerui LI (CHN,3) 15-21 21-12 17-21
[MS2] V. Sindhu PUSARLA (IND,10) l Shixian WANG (CHN,6) 13-21 21-23
[MD1] Jwala GUTTA (IND)/ Sikki Reddy NELAKURIHI (IND) l Qing TIAN (CHN)/ Yunlei ZHAO (CHN) 6-21 6-21

Indians girls end their Uber cup with Bronze medal ... In the semis Chian scores dominating victory over Indian girls after winning first 3 matches ... I was expecting little closer tie and expected at least one of from Saina and Sindhu could scored upset ... In first match Saina stretched Xuerui to three games in her loss ... After winning the first game easily Shixian managed to overcome Sindhu's challenge in second game despite it went to extra points ... Chinese pair proved too strong for Jwala-Sikki ... Overall encouraging to see Ruthvika's performance in this tournament.

Tennis News

At $10K Czech Republic F2 Futures, Prague (Clay)

[R2] (5) Sumit Nagal (IND,379) bt (Q) Marek Gengel (CZE,UNR) 76(3) 46 64

[QF] (5) Sumit Nagal (IND,379) vs (3) Zdenek KOLAR (CZE,335)

Surprisingly tougher match win for Sumit against unranked Czech player ... Looking at his struggle I feel big task for Sumit for beating local top-340 player on the clay.

Badminton News

At TOTAL BWF Thomas and Uber Cup Finals 2016, Kunshan, Jiantsu, China

Uber Cup - Quarter Final
India bt (3/4) Thailand 3-1

[MS1] Saina NEHWAL (IND,8) l Ratchanok INTANON (THA,2) 12-21 19-21
[MS2] V. Sindhu PUSARLA (IND,10) bt Busanan ONGBUMRUNGPHAN (THA,21) 21-18 21-7
[MD1] Jwala GUTTA (IND)/ Ashwini PONNAPPA (IND) bt Puttita SUPAJIRAKUL (THA)/ Sapsiree TAERATTANACHAI (THA) 21-19 21-12
[MS3] Ruthvika Shivani GADDE (IND,119) bt Nitchaon JINDAPOL (THA,25) 21-18 21-16
[MD2] Sikki Reddy NELAKURIHI (IND)/ V. Sindhu PUSARLA (IND) vs Jongkolphan KITITHARAKUL (THA)/ Rawinda PRAJONGJAI (THA)

Our girls scores upset win over Thai girls for entering into the semis of Uber Cup ... They will face host and #1 team China (though they still playing their matches) ... Ratchanok gave terrific start for Thai team after beating Saina convincingly ... In second match Sindhu dominated against Busanan for equalling the tie ... After longtime Jwala-Ashwini gave solid performance to beat similar ranked Thai team in straight sets ... But biggest upset was scored by young Ruthvika ... She defeated top-25 Thai girl Nitchaon in straight games for securing our place in the semis.

Tennis News

At French Open 2016, Roland-Garros

[Q2] Saketh Myneni (IND,138) l Frances Tiafoe (USA,188) 67(5) 57

Saki plays close match but fails to overcome young talented Tiafoe ... In the first set after exchanging early breaks Saki was double break down at 2-5 ... Saki crawled back to make it 5-all ... In tie-break Saki was double mini-break at 4-0 and then 5-2 but Tiafoe fought back winning next five points for grabbing this set ... In the second set also Saki 1-4 down and he fought back to make it 4-all ... But at 5-6 while serving for staying in the match Saki failed to hold.

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At $250K Internationaux de Strasbourg 2016, France (Clay)

[R1] Alona Fomina (UKR)/ Prarthana G. Thombare (IND) l Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN)/ María José Martínez Sánchez (ESP) 26 06

Tough learning experience for Prarthana in her first WTA level match.

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At $50K+H Bangkok-3 Challenger, Thailand

[R1] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND) l (4) Mao-Xin Gong (CHN)/ Chu-Huan Yu (TPE) 36 67(11)

Jeev and Sanam fail to overcome tough challenge of Gong-Yu to lose in two sets.

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Badminton News

At TOTAL BWF Thomas & Uber Cup Finals 2016, Kunshan, Jiantsu, China

Thomas Cup - Group B
India l Indonesia 0-5

[MS1] Ajay JAYARAM (IND,21) l Christie JONATAN (INA,19) 14-21 12-21
[MD1] Manu ATTRI (IND)/ Sumeeth Reddy B. (IND) l Angga PRATAMA (INA)/ Ricky Karanda SUWARDI (INA) 18-21 17-21
[MS2] Sai Praneeth B. (IND,34) l Ginting ANTHONY (INA,23) 21-18 11-21 15-21
[MD2] Akshay DEWALKAR (IND)/ Satwiksairaj RANKIREDDY (IND) l Gideon Markus FERNALDI (INA)/ Hendra SETIAWAN (INA) 9-21 11-21
[MS3] Sourabh VARMA (IND,180) l Ihsan Maulana MUSTOFA (INA,31) 10-21 22-20 13-21

Uber Cup - Group D
India l Japan 2-3

[MS1] Saina NEHWAL (IND,8) bt Nozomi OKUHARA (JPN,5) 21-18 21-6
[MS2] V. Sindhu PUSARLA (IND,10) bt Akane YAMAGUCHI (JPN,11) 21-11 21-18
[MD1] Jwala GUTTA (IND)/ Sikki Reddy NELAKURIHI (IND) l Misaki MATSUTOMO (JPN)/ Ayaka TAKAHASHI (JPN) 11-21 8-21
[MS3] Ruthvika Shivani GADDE (IND,113) l Sayaka SATO (JPN,12) 7-21 14-21
[MD2] Ashwini PONNAPPA (IND)/ V. Sindhu PUSARLA (IND) l Shizuka MATSUO/ Mami NAITO (JPN) 21-15 19-21 16-21

Our men's team lose one-sided match against strong Indonesian men ... This time also Sai and Sourabh give fighting performance in their losses against higher ranked opponents ... This is our men's team third loss in a row.

Our girls fail to overcome big test against Japanese team as they lose close match against them ... Saina and Sindhu started with solid wins against top Japanese team ... Our team used interesting strategy as they broke Jwala and Ashwini's partnership for this big tie ... Jwala-Sikki and Ruthvika lost their matches ... In the final match Ashwini partnered Sindhu, they started well winning the first game ... They failed to finish match in two games and then Japanese pair dominated the final game.

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At $50K+H Bangkok-3 Challenger, Thailand

[R1] (Q) Siddharth Rawat (IND,610) l (PR) Remi Boutillier (FRA,501) 46 67(4)

Sid gives fighting performance in his loss against former top-250 Boutillier ... Overall decent performance which will help to improve his confidence.

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At $10K Czech Republic F2 Futures, Prague (Clay)

[R1] (5) Sumit Nagal (IND,379) bt (Q) Frantisek Polanka (CZE,UNR) 61 63

[R2] (5) Sumit Nagal (IND,379) vs (Q) Marek Gengel (CZE,UNR)

Sumit is playing back to back Czech futures ... He starts with comfortable win against local qualifier ... Next also he is facing another local qualifier.

Badminton News

At TOTAL BWF Thomas & Uber Cup Finals 2016, Kunshan, Jiantsu, China

Thomas Cup - Group B
India l Hong Kong 2-3

[MS1] Ajay JAYARAM (IND,21) l Ka Long Angus NG (HKG,11) 13-21 12-21
[MD1] Manu ATTRI (IND)/ Sumeeth Reddy B. (IND) l Chin Chung OR (HKG)/ Chun Man TANG (HKG) 19-21 12-21
[MS2] Sai Praneeth B. (IND,34) bt Yun HU (HKG,14) 23-21 23-21
[MD2] Akshay DEWALKAR (IND)/ Satwiksairaj RANKIREDDY (IND) l Tsz Kit CHAN (HKG)/ Cheuk Him LAW (HKG) 10-21 11-21
[MS3] Sourabh VARMA (IND,180) bt Nan WEI (HKG,17) 17-21 21-19 21-9

Uber Cup - Group D
India bt Germany 5-0

[MS1] Saina NEHWAL (IND,8) bt Fabienne DEPREZ (GER,99) 21-15 21-10
[MS2] V. Sindhu PUSARLA (IND,10) bt Luise HEIM (GER,116) 21-7 21-12
[MD1] Jwala GUTTA (IND)/ Ashwini PONNAPPA (IND) bt Linda EFLER (GER)/ Lara KAEPPLEIN (GER) 14-21 21-9 21-8
[MS3] Ruthvika Shivani GADDE (IND,113) bt Yvonne LI (GER,186) 21-5 21-15
[MD2] Sikki Reddy NELAKURIHI (IND)/ V. Sindhu PUSARLA (IND) bt Isabel HERTTRICH (GER)/ Franziska VOLKMANN (GER) 21-18 19-21 22-20

Our men's team lose their second match of the group as they fail to overcome Hong Kong ... With this loss our chances of reaching to the quarters r over ... This time also Sai and Sourabh rose to occassion and defeated their top-20 opponents in upset win ... Other hand Ajay and Manu-Sumeeth r failing to raise their games in this tournament.

Another expected win against lowly ranked German girls for our team ... Still worrying struggling performance by our doubles pairs as big test against Japanese team is coming next.