Tennis News -

Estroil Open - Tier IV Tournament

[Q3] Shikha Uberoi (IND,182) bt A Vrljic (CRO,252) 64 42 (Ret)

Now in maindraw Shikha will be playing against Maret Ani.
[R1] Shikha Uberoi (IND,182) vs Maret Ani (EST,67)

Shikha with sister Neha also qualified for doubles maindraw.
Doubles -
[R1] (Q) Shikha Uberoi (IND)/Neha Uberoi (USA) vs Natalie Grandin (RSA)/ Barbara Schwartz (AUT)
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Navdeep Singh is in Greece for two $10K futures ..

[R1] Navdeep Singh (IND,720) vs (8) Rabie Chaki (MAR,712)

Doubles -
[R1] Navdeep Singh (IND)/ Jeremiah Fuller (USA) vs (4) James Cerretani (USA)/ Stephen Moros (USA)
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Badminton News - Thomas Cup

Chetan Anand skipped this tie due to injury .. But in his absence Anup Sridhar stand up to challenge and defeated world no. 24 ... And in third rubber Chetan's replacement Nikhil Kanetkar defeated formidable opponent, who was higher ranked than him.

India bt New Zeland 3-0
Anup Sridhar bt John Moody 21-15 21-9
Arvind Bhat bt Henry Tam 21-17 21-5
Nikhil Kanetkar bt Craig Cooper 21-13 18-21 21-10

IN QF India will face formidable Denmark ... Even Indian coach Vimal Kumar giving 30% chances against them.
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Table Tennis News - World Cup

India strugglred to beat Slovenia 3-2 and secured 35th position in team event ... But this win also managed to help India to stay in division two ... Achanta Sharath Kamal was the star of this win.

India bt Slovenia 3-2
Soumyadeep Roy l Lasan Sas 7-11 4-11 4-11
Sharath Kamal bt Roposa Bojan 11-7 11-5 11-6
Jitendra Kumar l Horvat Mitja 6-11 5-11 11-9 9-11
Sharath Kamal bt Lasan Sas 11-4 11-8 8-11 11-6
Soumyadeep Roy bt Roposa Bojan 8-11 11-5 11-5 11-9

China won the men's and women's world team table tennis championship beating South Korea and Hong Kong respectively.