Badminton News

At $120K Bitburger Badminton Open 2016, Saarbrucken, Germany (Grand Prix Gold)

[SF] Sourabh Varma (IND,57) bt (15) Anders Antonsen (DEN,39) 21-15 21-18
[SF] (12) Sameer Verma (IND,44) l (4) Yuqi Shi (CHN,16) 18-21 15-21

Sourabh reached in the final with straight games win over top-40 ranked Danish player Anders Antonsen ... Next he is facing top-20 Chinese Yuqi Shi, who defeated his younger brother Sameer Verma in straight games.

Hockey News

At 4th Women's Asian Champions Trophy 2016, Singapore

Courtesy of Stick2Hockey

Championship Match
India bt China 2-1 (1-0)
Goal Scorers - Deep Grace Ekka (IND) 13' PC, Deepika Thakur (IND) 60' PC and Zhong Mengling (CHN) 44'

Indian women becomes first time winner of Asian Champions Trophy beating China in the final ... Though here China were with u-21 and , Korea and Japan teams with lot of newbies in their squad but still creditable performance by our women ... Indian women started positively and were attacking ... They converted penalty corner for leading 1-0 after first quarter and kept that lead till half-time ... We conceded in last minute of third quarter due to defensive lapse by defender and goalie ... Deepika scored on penalty corner with 17 secs to go, China protested but referee stood up to their decision ... Indians were matching young Chinese team on the turf and created ore chances for them ... So deserving winner as per performance on the turf.

Before this in Pool, Indian women held Japanese women 2-all, defeated Malaysian women 2-0 and also scored one impressive win over Korean women 2-0 ... In their last pool match they lost against Chinese women accepting goal in last minute, 2-3.

Golf News

At $550K Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies Open 2016, Abu Dhabi, UAE

T46 Aditi Ashok 69 73 74 69 -3 €2,527.00

This week Aditi played in Abu Dhabi ... After first round she was in top 15 but after that in next two rounds she score over PAR rounds that pushed her outside top-50 ... In the final round Aditi managed 3 under for finishing inside top-50 ... Overall good experience for Aditi.

Badminton News

At $120K Bitburger Badminton Open 2016, Saarbrucken, Germany (Grand Prix Gold)

[R1] Siril Verma (IND,128) l (6) Ihsan Maulana Mustofa (INA,38) 17-21 16-21
[R1] Subhankar Dey (IND,117) l (5) Jonatan Christie (INA,21) 19-21 18-21
[R1] Sourabh Varma (IND,57) bt Rüdiger Gnedt (AUT,506) 21-16 21-11
[R1] (12) Sameer Verma (IND,44) bt Alexander Roovers (GER,317) 21-11 21-11
[R1] Tanvi Lad (IND,64) l Gayle Mahulette (FRA,108) 14-21 17-21
[R1] Ruthvika Shivani Gadde (IND,54) bt Soraya De Visch Eijbergen (FRA,147) 21-11 21-13

[R2] Sourabh Varma (IND,57) bt (14) Song Xue (CHN,43) 16-9 retd.
[R2] (12) Sameer Verma (IND,44) bt Eetu Heino (FIN,89) 21-10 21-16
[R2] Ruthvika Shivani Gadde (IND,54) l (1) Bingjiao He (CHN,10) 16-21 13-21

[R3] Sourabh Varma (IND,57) bt (6) Ihsan Maulana Mustofa (INA,38) 21-11 22-20
[R3] (12) Sameer Verma (IND,44) bt Kieran Merrilees (SCO,78) 21-17 21-17

[QF] Sourabh Varma (IND,57) bt (3) Marc Zwiebler (GER,13) 21-15 16-21 21-15
[QF] (12) Sameer Verma (IND,44) bt Artem Pochtarov (UKR,68) 21-14 21-16

[SF] Sourabh Varma (IND,57) vs (15) Anders Antonsen (DEN,39)
[SF] (12) Sameer Verma (IND,44) vs (4) Yuqi Shi (CHN,16)

Sourabh and Sameer r in the semis of Bitburger open ... In that both scored some impressive wins but I loved the most Sourabh's win over local favorite and experienced Marc Zwiebler.

On other note this week 16 yrs old Siril Verma becomes JR WR #1 in lastest BWF ranking.

Tennis News

At €3.7M BNP Paribas Masters 2016, Paris, France

[QF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Daniel Nestor (CAN) bt Nicholas Monroe (USA)/ Jack Sock (USA) 26 63 10-5

[SF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Daniel Nestor (CAN) vs (1) Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA)/ Nicolas Mahut (FRA)

Rohan-Nestor scored another win in match tie-break over American pair for entering into the semis ... After losing the first set easily Rohan-Nestor were leading 3-1 in the second ... American pair made it 3-all but after that Rohan_nestor took control of the match ... They won next 3 games for winning the second set and then dominated match tie-break ... In the semis they r facing top-seed French pair.

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At $50K+H Eckental Challenger, Germany

[QF] (2) Purav Raja (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) l Kevin Krawietz (GER)/ Albano Olivetti (FRA) 46 26

Surprising straight sets loss for Divij-Purav against French-German combination.

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At $50K Canberra 2 Challenger, Australia

[SF] (4) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) l (2) Luke Saville (AUS)/ Jordan Thompson (AUS) 67(4) 57

VSP and Bala lost in the semis against 2nd seed Aussie pair in closely fought sets.

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At $10K Vietnam F9 Futures, Thu Dau Mot City

[QF] (3) Sasi Kumar MUKUND (IND,527) l (6) Evan SONG (USA,719) 67(3) 57

Sasi needs to win these matches for moving ahead in his career ... I am disappointed by his loss against Song.

Tennis News

At €3.7M BNP Paribas Masters 2016, Paris, France

[R1] (8) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Daniel Nestor (CAN) bye
[R2] (8) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Daniel Nestor (CAN) bt Lucas Pouille (FRA)/ Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) 76(6) 67(2) 14-12

After long time seeing some fighting performance by Rohan and Nestor as pair ... They r in quarters of the Paris Masters with very hard fought close win against tricky French pair ... They won the first set in extra points of tie-break but French pair fought back winning the second set tie-break ... Our pair prevailed in 26 points long match tie-break after saving match points.

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At $50K Canberra 2 Challenger, Australia

[R2] N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,598) l (8) John-Patrick Smith (AUS,234) 16 26
[R2] Sumit Nagal (IND,358) l (5) James Duckworth (AUS,160) 36 36

Doubles
[QF] (4) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) bt Dayne Kelly (AUS)/ Max Purcell (AUS) 61 36 10-7

[SF] (4) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) vs (2) Luke Saville (AUS)/ Jordan Thompson (AUS)

Sumit showed some glimpse of his talent but Duckworth proved better player for him ... VSP was over-powered by JPS in one-sided loss.

Bala-VSP scored another win in match tie-break against local pair for entering into the semis.

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At $50K+H Eckental Challenger, Germany

[R1] (2) Purav Raja (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) bt (WC) Maximilian Marterer (GER)/ Andreas Mies (GER) 36 63 11-9

[QF] (2) Purav Raja (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs Kevin Krawietz (GER)/ Albano Olivetti (FRA)

Purav-Divij needed comeback win after losing the first set against local wild-card pair ... Next they r facing French-German combination.

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At $10K Vietnam F9 Futures, Thu Dau Mot City

[R2] Niki KALIYANDA POONACHA (IND,1011) l (6) Evan SONG (USA,719) 36 76(8) 36
[R2] (3) Sasi Kumar MUKUND (IND,527) bt Vinayak Sharma KAZA (IND,1084) 64 64
[R2] Rishab AGARWAL (IND,846) l Francis Casey ALCANTARA (PHI,1340) 06 64 06

[QF] (3) Sasi Kumar MUKUND (IND,527) vs (6) Evan SONG (USA,719)

Sasi scored straight sets win over Vinayak ... Next he is facing American Evan Song, who scored three sets win over Niki ... Rishab lost in weird looking scoreline ... He lost first and third set 0-6 and won the second set.

Tennis News

At $50K Canberra 2 Challenger, Australia

[R1] N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,598) bt Luke Saville (AUS,254) 64 62
[R1] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,287) l Maverick Banes (AUS,436) 36 57
[R1] Sumit Nagal (IND,352) bt Dayne Kelly (AUS,328) 64 16 62
[R1] N. Sriram Balaji (IND,442) l (9) Marc Polmans (AUS,262) 26 46

[R2] N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,598) vs (8) John-Patrick Smith (AUS,234)
[R2] Sumit Nagal (IND,358) vs (5) James Duckworth (AUS,160)

Doubles
[R1] Omar Jasika (AUS)/ Sumit Nagal (IND) l (1) Matt Reid (AUS)/ John-Patrick Smith (AUS) 26 16
[R1] (4) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) bt Jarmere Jenkins (USA)/ Anderson Reed (USA) 75 46 10-7

[QF] (4) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) vs Dayne Kelly (AUS)/ Max Purcell (AUS)

Really good straight sets win by VSP against talented and top-250 caliber Luke Saville ... Sumit also started with three sets win over higher ranked local player but other hand it seems Prajnesh struggled with jet-lag for his straight sets loss against lower ranked Aussie player ... Bala also failed to challenge Polmans in his straight sets loss ... Sumit and VSP having tough second round matches against local seeded players.

Bala-VSP started with tight match tie-break win over American pair ... Next they r facing Aussie pair ... Other hand top-seed proved too strong for Sumit and his partner.

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At $50K Charlottesville Challenger, USA

[R1] (Q) Yuki Bhambri (IND,552) l (6) Henri Laaksonen (SUI,134) 36 67(3)

Yuki lost in straight sets against Swiss player Laaksonen ... In the first set Yuki made load of unforced errors for losing the set ... In the second set he raised level of game but in end that wasn't enough as Laaksonen won tie-break for winning the match ... As per analysis, Yuki is failing to generate more power in his shots (like before injury) and also failing to give depth in his shots ... Similarly his serve is becoming liability ... His approaches to the net r on wrong selection of shots so he is struggling on the net ... Need more match practice and importantly hard work on his serve before next season.

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At $10K Vietnam F9 Futures, Thu Dau Mot City

[R1] (3) Sasi Kumar MUKUND (IND,527) bt Maciej SMOLA (POl,1005) 46 63 76(5)
[R1] Rishab AGARWAL (IND,846) bt Kittiphong WACHIRAMANOWONG (THA,1156) 57 63 76(4)
[R1] Vinayak Sharma KAZA (IND,1084) bt (Q) Congsup CONGCAR (THA,1404) 60 63
[R1] Niki KALIYANDA POONACHA (IND,1011) bt Siyu LIU (CHN,UNR) 2-0 retd.

[R2] (3) Sasi Kumar MUKUND (IND,527) vs Vinayak Sharma KAZA (IND,1084)
[R2] Rishab AGARWAL (IND,846) vs Francis Casey ALCANTARA (PHI,1340)
[R2] Niki KALIYANDA POONACHA (IND,1011) vs (6) Evan SONG (USA,719)

Our all four players r started with win but in contrasting style ... Sasi and Rishab needed comeback win after losing the first set and they both won their respective last set in tie-break ... Niki and Vinayak faced no such trouble in their respective matches, as Niki's Chinese opponent retired after 2nd game only.

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At $50K Women's Wadi Degla Open 2016, Cairo, Egypt

[R1] (7) Dipika Pallikal Karthik (IND,19) l (Q) Mariam Metwally (EGY,31) 11-5, 11-9, 6-11, 7-11, 8-11 (54m)

Poor loss for Dipika against local Egyptian qualifier ... Dipika won first 2 games but afterwards she failed to keep momentum and lost last three games.

Tennis News

At $50K Charlottesville Challenger, USA

[Q3] (1) Yuki Bhambri (IND,552) bt Petros Chrysochos (CYP,939) 57 62 60

In new ranking updates Yuki fall out of top-500 but here he scored impressive win over talented US collegiate ... In the first set Yuki was 5-3 up before losing 4 games in a row for losing the set ... After that Yuki recovered and gave dominating performance he won next two sets losing only couple of games to qualifying main-draw.

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At $10K Vietnam F9 Futures, Thu Dau Mot City

[R1] (3) Sasi Kumar MUKUND (IND,527) vs Maciej SMOLA (POl,1005)
[R1] Rishab AGARWAL (IND,846) vs Kittiphong WACHIRAMANOWONG (THA,1156)
[R1] Vinayak Sharma KAZA (IND,1084) vs (Q) Congsup CONGCAR (THA,1404)
[R1] Niki KALIYANDA POONACHA (IND,1011) vs Siyu LIU (CHN,UNR)

This week Sasi and Vinayak has joined Rishab and Niki ... Sasi played qualifying due to late entrant and comfortably qualified for main-draw.

Hockey News

At 4th Asian Champions Trophy 2016, Kuantan, Malaysia

Courtesy Arena Hockey Malaysia

Championship Match
India bt Pakistan 3-2 (2-1)
Goal Scorers - Rupinder Pal Singh (IND) 18' PC, Yousuf Affan (IND) 23', Nikkin Thimmaiah (IND) 51' and Aleem Bilal (PAK) 26' PC, Ali Shan (PAK) 38'

India wins second time Asian Champions trophy beating Pakistan ... Before this we won the title in 2011 and with win also cemented our place as top Asian team ... Rupinder Pal Singh became top scorer of the tournament with 11 goals ... He also receive Best Player of the Tournament award ... Sardar Singh received Best Player of the Final award.

Both teams played really entertaining attacking hockey ... Earlier we were better team on the field but out forward line failed to show on scoreboard those many circle penetration ... Rupinder scored on 2nd penalty corner in 18th minute and within 5 minutes Affan scored on tap in on excellent move by Sardar and Ramandeep ... After that Pakistan made superb comeback ... They putted Indian defenders under pressure and converted penalty corner through Bilal ... After half-time they kept attacking and scored field goal through Ali Shan for equalized ... In the fourth quarter we started to pick our game and one of those excellent move Akashdeep passes towards Nikkin, who scored powerful hit from top of the goal to give winning lead to India.

Golf News

At $2M Sime Darby LPGA tournament 2016, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

52 Aditi Ashok 71 69 73 74 +3

Aditi struggled in the last round of Sime Darby LPGA tournament and managed 3 over ... Which pushed her outside top-50 in the final standing.

Tennis News

At Davis Cup 2017 - Asia/Oceania Group I,

AITA has taken decision that the India-New Zealand Asia/Oceania Group I tie will be played in Pune from February 3-5 ... So after 42 years Davis cup tie is coming back to Pune ... There are also speculation that there will be some changes in support staff as Anad Amritraj and Zeeshan Ali's contract is getting over in December.

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At $50K Canberra 2 Challenger, Australia

[R1] N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,551) vs Luke Saville (AUS,273)
[R1] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,346) vs Maverick Banes (AUS,438)
[R1] Sumit Nagal (IND,352) vs Dayne Kelly (AUS,328)
[R1] N. Sriram Balaji (IND,442) vs Marc Polmans (AUS,262)

Doubles
[R1] Omar Jasika (AUS)/ Sumit Nagal (IND) vs (1) Matt Reid (AUS)/ John-Patrick Smith (AUS)
[R1] (4) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) vs Jarmere Jenkins (USA)/ Anderson Reed (USA)

Winnable matches for Sumit and Prajnesh ... Hoping for better performance from them so that can help them in securing their place Australian open qualifying.

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At $50K+H Eckental Challenger, Germany

[R1] (2) Purav Raja (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs (WC) Maximilian Marterer (GER)/ Andreas Mies (GER)

Purav and Divij r playing in German challenger and facing local wild-card pair.

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At $50K Charlottesville Challenger, USA

[Q1] (1) Yuki Bhambri (IND,330) bye
[Q2] (1) Yuki Bhambri (IND,330) bt Jonathan Ho (USA,1547) 64 64

[Q3] (1) Yuki Bhambri (IND,330) vs Petros Chrysochos (CYP,939)

Yuki received bye in the first round ... In the second qualifying round he faced lower ranked American, Yuki defeated him in straight sets ... In the final qualifying he is facing Cyprus's Chrysochos, who is current the ITA all American championships winner.

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At $10K Vietnam F8 Futures, Thu Dau Mot City

[R1] (8) Rishab AGARWAL (IND,863) bt Artem VU (VIE,UNR) 61 64
[R1] Niki KALIYANDA POONACHA (IND,1000) bt Hoa TRAN VAN (VIE,UNR) 61 60

[R2] (8) Rishab AGARWAL (IND,863) bt Maciej SMOLA (POL,1005) 63 76(3)
[R2] Niki KALIYANDA POONACHA (IND,1000) bt (7) Jurabek KARIMOV (UZB,755) 61 13 retd.

[QF] (8) Rishab AGARWAL (IND,863) bt David Agung SUSANTO (INA,789) 61 63
[QF] Niki KALIYANDA POONACHA (IND,1000) l (3) Young Seok KIM (KOR,610) 46 36

[SF] (8) Rishab AGARWAL (IND,863) bt Ken ONISHI (JPN,1158) 61 63

Singles Final
(8) Rishab AGARWAL (IND,863) l(5) Enzo COUACAUD (FRA,707) 26 16

Rishab gave excellent performance reaching the final of Vietnam futures ... In the final he facing former top-200 Frenchman Couacaud, who proved too strong for him ... Still promising performance from Rishab ... Also Niki reached in the quarters here.

Squash News

At $325K Men's World Championship 2016, Cairo, Egypt

[R2] Saurav Ghosal (IND,23) l (2) Gregory Gaultier (FRA,2) 7-11 2-11 3-11 (34m)

Saurav's struggle against Frenchman Gaultier continues ... Again he folded easily in last two games after giving decent fight in the first.

Tennis News

At $7M BNP Paribas WTA Finals, Singapore

[SF] (2) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Martina Hingis (SUI) l (4) Ekaterina Makarova (RUS)/ Elena Vesnina (RUS) 63 26 6-10

Tough loss but this was expected due to their change of playing partners so less chemistry on the court ... After losing the first set Russian pair dominated the match with keeping more pressure on Martina's serve.

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At $50K Pune Challenger, India

Singles Final
Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,346) l Sadio Doumbia (FRA,359) 64 46 36

Courtesy of Divij

Doubles Final
(1) Purav Raja (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) bt Luca Margaroli (SUI)/ Hugo Nys (FRA) 36 63 11-9

Prajnesh failed to take pressure of his first title and lost in the final after winning the first set against Frenchman Doumbia ... In the first set both players exchanges early breaks but Prajnesh took crucial break in 9th game, 5-4 and then hold his serve for winning the first ... From the second set Prajnesh playes some casula tennis made too many unforced errors and Doumbia took full advantage of it ... He won the second set breaking Prajnesh in 10th game ... In the final he broke Prajnesh in 2nd game for 3-0 lead and kept that advantage for winning his first challenger title ... Still remarkable week for Prajnesh as he will first time breaks into top-300.

Purav-Divij lift the doubles title after their comeback win over Swiss-French pair ... After losing the first set Divij-Purav made excellent comeback for winning the second ... In match tie-break they took early 5-2 lead but Nya-Margaroli fought back and they had 2 match points at 7-9 ... After this Divij-Purav played excellent next 4 points as they saved these both match points before converting on their first match point ... This title win guarantee Purav and Divij's career high ranking and mostly Australian open direct entry.

Hockey News

At 4th Asian Champions Trophy 2016, Kuantan, Malaysia

India bt Korea 2-2 (1-1) 5-4 Shoot-out
Goal Scorers - Talwinder Singh (IND) 14', Ramandeep Singh (IND) 55' and Seo Inwoo (KOR) 21', Yang Jihun (KOR) 53' (PS)

India in the Kuantan Asian Champions Trophy Final, beating Korea in the shoot out 5-4 after full time score were remained 2-2 ... Captain and goalkeeper PR Sreejesh made a brilliant save in the fifth attempt against Daeyeol Lee in the shootout for a win ... This is well fought match but again we were defending poorly ... Rupinder failed to score on all four penalty corners ... Koreans were better team on the field but difference was always dependable Sreejesh ... Multiple saves by Sreejesh so that helped us for a win ... In the final we r facing Pakistan, who defeated Malaysia in shootout 3-2.

Snooker News

At £625K International Championship 2016, China

[R1] Aditya Mehta (IND,120) bt Ryan Day (WAL,23) 6-2 (104(104)-28, 29-91(64), 86(86)-0, 64-34, 95-0, 1-91(77), 67-54, 64(64)-62(62))

[R2] Aditya Mehta (IND,120) l (10) Joe Perry (ENG,11) 3-6 (0-67(50), 66-21, 64-34, 0-101(101), 109(105)-19, 26-68(56), 0-136(136), 2-81(50), 38-76)

Aditya lost against WR #11 Joe Perry, he tried but Joe scored couple 100+ breaks for winning this match in nine frames ... Before that Aditya scored impressive win over top-25 Ryan Day in the first round.

Golf News

At $2M Sime Darby LPGA tournament 2016, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

T41 Aditi Ashok 71 69 73 PAR

This week Aditi is playing in LPGA event on invitation ... After two rounds she was in top-25 but 2 over in the third round pushed her outside top-40.

Tennis News

At $7M BNP Paribas WTA Finals, Singapore

[QF] (2) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Martina Hingis (SUI) bt Hao-Ching Chan (TPE)/ Yung-Jan Chan (TPE) 76(9) 75

[SF] (2) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Martina Hingis (SUI) vs (4) Ekaterina Makarova (RUS)/ Elena Vesnina (RUS)

Sana-Martina started with tight win over Chan sisters in straight sets ... In the first set both pairs exchanged breaks and Chan broke Martina in 11th game for leading 5-6 ... Martina-Sania kept cool and broke Chans in 12th game for taking the set in tie-break ... Sania-Martina had multiple set points before winning this set after 20 points long tie-break ... In the second set also Martina was struggling to hold but our pair returning was helping them to opponents ... In 11th game our pair broke Chan and this time Martina hold for completing win.

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At $50K Pune Challenger, India

[SF] (8) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,346) bt (2) Duckhee Lee (KOR,156) 62 75

[F] (8) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,346) vs Sadio Doumbia (FRA,359)

Doubles
[SF] (1) Purav Raja (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) bt Nikola Milojevic (SRB)/ Danilo Petrovic (SRB) 64 62
[SF] (4) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) l Luca Margaroli (SUI)/ Hugo Nys (FRA) 36 63 11-13

[F] (1) Purav Raja (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs Luca Margaroli (SUI)/ Hugo Nys (FRA))

Prajnesh is in his first challenger level final beating talented Korean Duckhee Lee in straight sets ... In the final he is facing Frenchman Sadio Doumbia, who is also in his first challenger final ... Prajnesh won the first set with double break and despite Duckhee's resistance Prajnesh won the second set with break in 11th game.

In the doubles Purav-Divij reached in the final with comfortable win over Serbian pair ... In other semis Jeevan-VSP lost closely fought match in match tie-break against Margaroli-Nya.

Badminton News

At $300K Yonex French Open 2016, Paris (Superseries Premier)

[R2] H.S.Prannoy (IND,32) l (5) Chou Tien Chen (TPE,8) 19-21 16-21
[R2] (6) P.V. Sindhu (IND,8) l He Biangjiao (CHN,11) 20-22 17-21

This time Sindhu failed to overcome of challenge of Biangjiao ... She lost her match in straight games ... Prannoy also failed to challenge Chen in his straight games loss ... With this our challenge is over in French open ... Disappointing.

Squash News

At $325K Men's World Championship 2016, Cairo, Egypt

[Q1] Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,68) bt Omar El Torkey (EGY,478) 11-3, 7-11, 11-4, 11-7 (45m)
[Q1] Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND,82) bt Sean Conroy (IRL,165) 11-6, 11-8, 13-11 (36m)
[Q1] Vikram Malhotra (IND,66) bt Ahmad Al-Mudhaf (KUW,331) 11-4, 11-4, 11-3 (16m)

[Q2] Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,68) bt Carlos Cornes Ribadas (ESP,86) 11-9, 11-5, 11-6 (43m)
[Q2] Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND,82) l Karim El Hammamy (EGY,70) 11-6, 6-11, 11-5, 11-13, 10-12 (102m)
[Q2] Vikram Malhotra (IND,66) l Shehab Essam (EGY,88) 8-11, 9-11, 8-11 (35m)

[R1] Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,68) l (8) Miguel Angel Rodriguez (COL,11) 4-11, 11-9, 11-6, 11-3 (53m)
[R1] Saurav Ghosal (IND,23) bt Adrian Waller (ENG,36) 11-7, 11-13, 11-9, 12-10 (66m)

[R2] Saurav Ghosal (IND,23) vs (2) Gregory Gaultier (FRA,2)

In Men's World championship, Mahesh qualified for main-draw with couple of good win ... In the first qualifying round Mahesh received tough fight from u-16 WR #1 Omar El Torkey ... Other hand Sandhu lost titanic battle with top-70 Egyptian Hammamy in 102 mins match ... Sandhu was up 2-1 games and he lost next two games in extra points ... He also missed few match balls, tough loss.

In main-draw Mahesh had a tough match against former top-10 Colombian Miguel Angel Rodriguez ... Mahesh started well winning first game but Rodriguez fought back winning close second game ... After that Rodriguez raised his game and Mahesh failed to cope with that ... Still fighting performance by Mahesh.

Saurav has been stretched by Britisher Adrian Waller in his four games win ... After winning the first game Saurav faced lot of resistant from Adrian ... Saurav kept his focus for winning tight 3rd and 4th games after losing the second ... Next he is facing WR #2 and defending champion Frenchman Gregory Gaultier.