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At $53K Women & $25K Men Chennai Open, India

[Q1] Dipika Pallikal (IND,49) bt Coline Aumard (FRA,72) 11-2 11-8 11-8
[Q1] Surbhi Mishra (IND,128) l Joey Chan (HGK,31) 11-13 4-11 5-11
[Q1] Aparajitha Balamurukan (IND,102) l Sharon Wee (MAS,30) 4-11 7-11 1-11
[Q1] Anaka Alankamony (IND,77) bt Anwesha Reddy (IND,106) 8-11 11-6 11-9 11-7

[Q1] Siddharth Suchde (IND,102) bt Abhishek Pradhan (IND,297) 11-4 11-3 11-7 (21m)
[Q1] Vikas Jangra (IND,UNR) bt Naresh Kumar (IND,154) 9-11 10-12 11-5 11-9 11-6 (55m)
[Q1] Ritwik Bhattacharya (IND,115) bt Sandeep Jangra (IND,384) 11-8 11-9 11-3 (30m)
[Q1] Naveen Jangra (IND,UNR) l Stuart Crawford (SCO,129) 9-11 4-11-4 8-11 (33m)
[Q1] Parthiban Ayyappan (IND,UNR) l Elvinn Keo (MAS,119) 9-11 11-7 6-11 3-11 (35m)
[Q1] Harinder Pal Sandhu (IND,107) bt Ravi Dixit (IND,216) 11-9 8-11 14-12 11-4 (42m)
[Q1] Gaurav Nandrajog (IND,177) bt Kamran Khan (MAS,124) 11-6 7-11 8-11 12-10 11-9 (64m)
[Q1] B. Balamurugan (IND,UNR) l Kristian Frost Olesen (DEN,100) 5-11 7-11 7-11

[Q2] Dipika Pallikal (IND,49) vs Aisling Blake (IRL,25)
[Q2] Anaka Alankamony (IND,77) vs Donna Urquhart (AUS,21)

[Q2] Siddharth Suchde (IND,102) vs Vikas Jangra (IND,UNR)
[Q2] Ritwik Bhattacharya (IND,115) vs Stuart Crawford (SCO,129)
[Q2] Harinder Pal Sandhu (IND,107) vs Elvinn Keo (MAS,119)
[Q2] Gaurav Nandrajog (IND,177) vs Kristian Frost Olesen (DEN,100)

[R1] (WC) Joshna Chinappa (IND,34) vs (7) Kasey Brown (AUS,10)

[R1] (5) Saurav Ghosal (IND,29) vs Qualifier
[R1] (WC) Ramit Tandon (IND,347) vs (4) Mohamed Ali Anwar Reda (EGY,27)

As expected very strong field for Women tournament ... As many top-10 players r participating including top 5 players like WR #1 Nicol David, #3 Jenny Duncalf and #4 Rachael Grinham ... Wild card given to India's #1 and local girl Joshna Chinappa, but she is having tough first round match against WR #10 Australian Kasey Brown.

In Men tournament, Saurav Ghosal is 5th seed and will face an qualifier in first round ... But surprisingly wild card given to very lowly ranked Ramit Tandon and he is facing 4th seed Egyptian Mohamed Ali Anwar Reda in first round.

Pleasantly surprised to see another Indian girl in top 80 and couple of more on verge of entering into top-100 ... In final qualifying round Dipika and Anaka having tough matches against top-25 players.

Good win by Gaurav Nandrajog over higher ranked Malaysian ... So in all final qualifying matches at least 1 Indian is playing so big opportunity for Indians to grab all 4 qualifying places.