Tennis News

At US Open 2019, New York, U.S.A.

Doubles
[R2] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Denis Shapovalov (CAN) bt Marco Cecchinato (ITA)/ Andreas Seppi (ITA) w/o

Mixed Doubles
[R1] Abigail Spears (USA)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) bt Alicja Rosolska (POL)/ Nikola Mektic (CRO) 63 62

[R2] Abigail Spears (USA)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) vs Raquel Atawo (USA)/ Fabrice Martin (FRA)

In the doubles, Rohan and Shapo received a walkover from Cecchinato and Seppi.
A comfortable wining start for Rohan and Abigail ... Next, they r facing Atawo and Martin.

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At $54K+H Baotou Challenger 2019, China

[SF] (13) Sasikumar Mukund (IND,285) bt (8) Tung-Lin Wu (TPE,265) 75 63

[F] (13) Sasikumar Mukund (IND,285) vs (1) James Duckworth (AUS,131)

Doubles
[SF] Teymuraz Gabashvili (RUS)/ Sasikumar Mukund (IND) bt (1) Goncalo Oliveira (POR)/ Luke Saville (AUS) 63 36 13-11

[F] Teymuraz Gabashvili (RUS)/ Sasikumar Mukund (IND) vs (2) Ji Sung Nam (KOR)/ Min-Kyu Song (KOR)

Mukund enters into his first Challenger final and he will be facing the top-seed, James Duckworth ... In the semis, Mukund scored a straight-sets win over a higher-ranked Wu ... In the first set, Mukund broke Wu when he served for staying in the set in 12th game ... In the second set from 3-all, Mukund won next 3 games for a win, breaking Wu in the 8th game.

Mukund with Gabashvili scored a hard-fought upset win over the top-seed pair, Oliveira and Saville ... In the final, they r facing the 2nd seed Korean pair.

Shooting News

At ISSF World Cup Rifle / Pistol 2019, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

In the 10m Air Rifle Men event, Deepak Kumar qualified for the final on the 8th position with 627.9 pts ... And 2 quota placed were on offer with 3 guys including him were eligible, but Deepak Kumar missed that chance as he eliminated 2nd with 143.6 pts ... Some impressive performances by our youngsters; a 16 yrs. old Yash Vardhan missed the final with whisker, he finished on the 9th position with 627.7 pts ... Also, Kiran Jadhav finished on the 11th position with 627.5 pts.

Tennis News

At US Open 2019, New York, U.S.A.

[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Denis Shapovalov (CAN) bt (4) Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA)/ Nicolas Mahut (FRA) 63 61
[R1] Guillermo Duran (ARG)/ Leander Paes (IND) l Miomir Kecmanovic (SRB)/ Casper Ruud (NOR) 57 26

[R2] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Denis Shapovalov (CAN) vs Marco Cecchinato (ITA)/ Andreas Seppi (ITA)

Junior Qualifying
[Q1] Mann Shah (IND,114) l (10) Lorenzo Rottoli (ITA,85) 36 63 46

Rohan and Shapo started with a dominating win over the top-5 French pair losing only 4 games ... Next, they r facing an Italian pairing of Seppi and Cecchinato.
A straight-sets loss for Lee and Duran against Ruud and Kecmanovic.
In the junior qualifying, Mann Shah lost in 3 sets against a higher-ranked Italian Rottoli.

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At $54K+H Baotou Challenger 2019, China

[QF] (13) Sasikumar Mukund (IND,285) bt (15) Harry Bourchier (AUS,356) 46 61 76(3)

[SF] (13) Sasikumar Mukund (IND,285) vs (8) Tung-Lin Wu (TPE,265)

Doubles
[QF] Teymuraz Gabashvili (RUS)/ Sasikumar Mukund (IND) bt Chun-hsin Tseng (TPE)/ Tung-Lin Wu (TPE) 36 63 10-4

[SF] Teymuraz Gabashvili (RUS)/ Sasikumar Mukund (IND) vs (1) Goncalo Oliveira (POR)/ Luke Saville (AUS)

After losing the first set Mukund made a strong comeback in the match against Bourchier ... He won the second set comfortably and was break-up at 3-1 ... Bourchier broke back but Mukund again broke him in the 9th game to lead 5-4, but when serving for the match, Mukund missed 3 match points from 40-0 and got broken ... Mukund recovered and won the tie-break ... Next, he is facing the 8th seed, Tung-Lin Wu.

Mukund and Gabashvili enter into the semis after a comeback win over the Taiwani pair ... Next, they r facing the top-seed pair.

Shooting News

At ISSF World Cup Rifle / Pistol 2019, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

P.C. to .issf-sports.org

10m Air Rifle Women
Gold - Elavenil Valarivan (IND) 251.7 pts
Silver - Seonaid Mcintosh (GBR) 250.6 pts
Bronze - Ying-Shin Lin (TPE) 229.9 pts
6. Anjum Moudgil (IND) 166.8 pts

P.C. to Kamesh Srinivasan FB page

10m Air Pistol Men
Gold - Abhishek Verma (IND) 244.2 pts
Silver - Ismail Keles (TUR) 243.1 pts
Bronze - Saurabh Chaudhary (IND) 221.9 pts

P.C. to Kamesh Srinivasan FB page

50m Rifle 3 Positions Men
Gold - Petar Gorsa (CRO) 462.2 pts
Silver - Sanjeev Rajput (IND) 462.0 pts
Bronze - Changhong Zhang (CHN) 449.2 pts

The first Gold at the Rio de Janeiro World Cup goes to India ... But no quota for us, as we already have a full quota of 2 in women’s air rifle ... A young Elavenil Valarivan won the 10m Air Rifle Women’s Final at the 2019 ISSF World Cup in Rio de Janeiro, this was her first senior World Cup medal ... Anjum Moudgil also was in the final, but she finished on the 6th position ... Elavenil qualified for the final on the 4th position with 629.4 pts and Anjum qualified on the 4th position with 629.1 pts ... Our current WR #1 Apurvi Chandela failed to qualify for the final, as she finished on the 11th position with 627.7 pts.

Sanjeev Rajput won a silver in the Men’s 50m Rifle 3 position in Rio and wins an Olympic quota ... He showed consistent shooting in the qualifying and in the final to win silver ... With this, he becomes the 8th Indian and 1st in this event to win Olympic quota in the shooting ... In the qualifying, he qualified on the 2nd position with 1180 pts.

In 10m Air Pistol Men event, we already have a full quota of 2 ... But again Abhishek Verma and Saurabh Chaudhary showed dominance ... Before this World Cup, Saurabh won 2 golds and Abhishek won 1 ... Abhishek won his 2nd gold medal of the year from the four World Cup ... Abhishek won a yellow medal with 244.2 pts and Saurabh struggled with his shooting but still managed to win bronze with 221.9 pts ... In the qualifying, Sourabh qualified on the 4th position with 584 pts. and Abhishek qualified on the 5th position with 582 pts.

Tennis News

At US Open 2019, New York, U.S.A.

[R1] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Hugo Nys (MON) l Roberto Carballes Baena (ESP)/ Federico Delbonis (ARG) 46 46

A straight-sets loss for Divij with Hugo Nys against Delbonis and Carballes Baena.

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At $54K+H Baotou Challenger 2019, China

[R3] (13) Sasikumar Mukund (IND,285) bt (6) Kaichi Uchida (JPN,259) 76(3) 62

[QF] (13) Sasikumar Mukund (IND,285) vs (15) Harry Bourchier (AUS,356)

Doubles
[R1] Teymuraz Gabashvili (RUS)/ Sasikumar Mukund (IND) bt (3) John Paul Fruttero (USA)/ Arjun Kadhe (IND) 63 63

Another solid performance by Mukund against the 6th seed Japanese, Kaichi Uchida ... Mukund scored a straight-sets win and enters into the quarters ... Next, he is facing Harry Bourchier.

In the doubles also, Mukund started with a win with Gabashvili ... They defeated the 3rd seed Arjun and Fruttero convincingly.

Squash News

At $12K Men's SRFI Indian Tour 2019, Greater Noida, India (Challenger Tour 10)

[R1] (1) Vikram Malhotra (IND,63) bye
[R1] (WC) Velavan Senthilkumar (IND,500) bt Varun Johnny (IND,497) 11-1, 11-1, 11-0
[R1] Yash Fadte (IND,560) bt Ravi Dixit (IND,432) 11-3, 11-3, 11-8
[R1] (2) Aditya Jagtap (IND,85) bye

[R2] (1) Vikram Malhotra (IND,63) bt Sandeep Ramachandran (IND,298) 11-7, 11-8, 11-5 (29m)
[R2] (WC) Velavan Senthilkumar (IND,500) bt (4) Aadit Zaveri (IND,183) 11-7, 12-10, 11-8 (39m)
[R2] Yash Fadte (IND,560) bt (5) Abhishek Pradhan (IND,220) 11-6, 6-11, 11-9, 11-4 (52m)
[R2] (2) Aditya Jagtap (IND,85) bt Hasanain Dakheel (IRQ,436) 11-7, 3-11, 11-6, 11-6 (39m)

[QF] (1) Vikram Malhotra (IND,63) bt (8) Robert Garcia (PHI,258) 11-5, 11-2, 11-7 (24m)
[QF] (WC) Velavan Senthilkumar (IND,500) bt (WC) Rutvik Rau (IND,452) 11-5, 11-3, 11-7 (28m)
[QF] Yash Fadte (IND,560) bt (3) Ammar Altamimi (KUW) 10-12, 11-7, 11-9, 11-7 (46m)
[QF] (2) Aditya Jagtap (IND,85) bt (6) Abhishek Agarwal (IND,242) 12-10, 11-6, 11-5 (38m)

[SF] (1) Vikram Malhotra (IND,63) bt (WC) Velavan Senthilkumar (IND,500) 11-9, 10-12, 11-9, 11-3 (39m)
[SF] (2) Aditya Jagtap (IND,85) bt Yash Fadte (IND,560) 11-9, 11-9, 11-9 (47m)

[F] (1) Vikram Malhotra (IND,63) bt (2) Aditya Jagtap (IND,85) 11-6, 6-11, 11-6, 11-6 (42m)

An expected final between Vikram and Aditya, and a win for Vikram ... But impressive performances by our youngsters, Yash and Velavan, who reached in the semis before losing to their more experienced countrymen.

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At $6K Women's SRFI Indian Tour 2019, Greater Noida, India (Challenger Tour 5)

[R1] (4) Sunayna Kuruvilla (IND,80) bye
[R2] (4) Sunayna Kuruvilla (IND,80) bt Aishwarya Khubchandani (IND,215) 11-8, 11-3, 11-6 (19m)
[QF] (4) Sunayna Kuruvilla (IND,80) bt (6) Sachika Balvani (IND,136) 11-1, 11-5, 11-6 (17m)
[SF] (4) Sunayna Kuruvilla (IND,80) bt (2) Salma Youssef (EGY,65) 11-9, 6-11, 11-7, 11-6 (34m)

[F] (4) Sunayna Kuruvilla (IND,80) l (3) Menna Hamed (EGY,67) 9-11, 4-11, 6-11 (29m)

Sunayna Kuruvilla lost in the final against higher-ranked Egyptian opponent ... But before that, she scored an impressive win against another higher-ranked Egyptian, Salma Youssef, in the semis.

Tennis News

At $54K+H Baotou Challenger 2019, China

[R2] (13) Sasikumar Mukund (IND,285) bt Jumpei Yamasaki (JPN,517) 60 62

[R3] (13) Sasikumar Mukund (IND,285) vs (6) Kaichi Uchida (JPN,259)

A crushing victory by Mukund over Jumpei Yamasaki ... Next, he is facing the 6th seed Japanese, Kaichi Uchida.

Tennis News

At US Open 2019, New York, U.S.A.

Mixed Doubles
[R1] Abigail Spears (USA)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) vs Alicja Rosolska (POL)/ Nikola Mektic (CRO)

Only Rohan is playing in the mixed doubles with an American partner, Abigail Spears ... They r facing Rosolska and Mektic.

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At $54K+H Baotou Challenger 2019, China

[R2] Arjun Kadhe (IND,618) l (14) Ji Sung Nam (KOR,298) 36 36
[R2] Sidharth Rawat (IND,558) l (15) Harry Bourchier (AUS,356) 57 26
[R2] (13) Sasikumar Mukund (IND,285) vs Jumpei Yamasaki (JPN,517)

Arjun and Sid failed to challenge their higher-ranked opponents in their respective matches ... Mukund is facing a Japanese opponent, Jumpei Yamasaki.

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At $60K ITF Women's Tournament 2019, Jinan, China

[R1] Rutuja Bhosale (IND)/ Ying Zhang (CHN) l (3) Xinyu Jiang (CHN)/ Qianhui Tang (CHN) 26 46

Rutuja lost in the final qualifying round of the singles ... In the doubles also, she lost in straight sets with her partner Zhang against the 3rd seed Chinese pair.

Tennis News

At US Open 2019, New York, U.S.A.

[R1] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,89) l (5) Daniil Medvedev (RUS,5) 46 16 26
[R1] (Q) Sumit Nagal (IND,190) l (3) Roger Federer (SUI,3) 64 16 26 46

Doubles
[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Denis Shapovalov (CAN) vs (4) Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA)/ Nicolas Mahut (FRA)
[R1] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Hugo Nys (MON) vs Roberto Carballes Baena (ESP)/ Federico Delbonis (ARG)
[R1] Guillermo Duran (ARG)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs Miomir Kecmanovic (SRB)/ Casper Ruud (NOR)

Medvedev wasn't playing his best tennis but Prajnesh failed to take advantage of it as he hampered by twisted ankle ... Prajnesh started aggressively but lost his serve in the 1st game, he fought back to break Medvedev in the 4th game for 2-all ... At that time, Prajnesh ankle rolled and that affected his mobility on the court ... Medvedev again broke him and kept that advantage for winning the first set ... In the second set also, Medvedev broke him in the 1st game and again in the 3rd game ... He broke Prajnesh in the 7th game for winning the set comfortably ... The third set also went on the same script, but it would be a great experience for Prajnesh of playing against the top-5 player in the grand slam on the show court.

A creditable performance by Sumit against the 20 grand slam winner legend, Roger Federer, in his first grand slam main-draw match ... Sumit had a dream match against Federer in the night session but he didn't overwhelm by that and throughout the match kept control on his nerves ... Federer was an outright favorite for the match, he broke Sumit in the 2nd game and take a 2-0 lead but Sumit broke him in the next game as Federer committed a couple of double faults and troubled with Sumit's deep returns ... After that, both players held their service games till 4-all ... Sumit broke Federer in the 9th game when Federer struggled with 1st serve and then surprised him after holding his serve to take one set lead ... In the second set, Sumit took Federer to deuce on his serve but failed to break ... Sumit missed 4 game points and saved a couple of breakpoints but got broken, 0-2 ... Federer again broke him in the 4th game to lead 5-0 ... Sumit saved 6 set points in the 7th game and had a breakpoint also, but Federer converted the 7th setpoint for 1 set-all ... Federer broke Sumit in the 1st game to lead 2-0 ... He again broke Sumit in the 5th game to lead 4-1 ... Federer kept the advantage for winning the third set ... Federer again broke Sumit in the 1st game for 1-0, but Sumit kept fighting and broke Federer in the 4th game for 2-all ... In the 5th game, Sumit played lose service game and Federer again broke him to lead 3-2 ... After that, both players held their respective service game till 5-4 ... Sumit had 3 break point chances at 0-40 when Federer was serving for the match, but Federer showing his experience with hitting a couple of aces to make it deuce ... Sumit created another break point chance which he failed to convert ... Federer converted a first match point for completing a win in 2 hours and 30 minutes.

In the doubles, Rohan is playing with Shapo and they r having a tough match against the 4th seed French pair ... Divij is playing with Hugo Nys and they r facing the pairing of Carballes Baena and Delbonis ... Lee is playing with a new partner, Guillermo Duran ... They r facing youngsters Kecmanovic and Ruud.

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At $54K+H Baotou Challenger 2019, China

[R1] Arjun Kadhe (IND,618) bt (WC) Huixin Wang (CHN,1075) 63 76(3)
[R1] (13) Sasikumar Mukund (IND,285) bye
[R1] Sidharth Rawat (IND,558) bt Jie Cui (CHN,634) 75 75

[R2] Arjun Kadhe (IND,618) vs (14) Ji Sung Nam (KOR,298)
[R2] Sidharth Rawat (IND,558) vs (15) Harry Bourchier (AUS,356)

Doubles
[R1] (3) John Paul Fruttero (USA)/ Arjun Kadhe (IND) vs Teymuraz Gabashvili (RUS)/ Sasikumar Mukund (IND)

Arjun and Sid started with a straight-sets win over local players ... Next, they r facing respective seeded opponents in the second round.

Golf News

At $2.25M CP Women's Open 2019, Aurora, Ontario, Canada (LPGA Tour)

T13 Aditi Ashok (IND) 70 69 66 71 -12 $31,704

A much needed the top-15 finish for Aditi after a long time ... Well played.

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At €1.5M Scandinavian Invitation 2019, Gothenburg, Sweden

T53 Gaganjeet Bhullar (IND) 71 69 69 66 -5 € 5,400

Gaganjeet produced 4-under final round to finish around the top-50 in the final standing.

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At $1M Nationwide Children's Hospital Championship 2019, Columbus, Ohio

T7 Anirban Lahiri (IND) 67 71 68 70 -8
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Shubhankar Sharma (IND) 75 79 +12

Anirban Lahiri is playing the Korn Ferry Tour Finals – a series of 3 tournaments from which the top-25 players based on accumulated points will gain PGA tour playing rights for 2019-20 season ... In the first tournament, Anirban finished on the creditable tied 7th position ... But Shubhankar failed to make the cut as he scored 12-over in two rounds.

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At $1M Albertsons Boise Open presented by Kraft Nabisco 2019, Boise, Idaho

T5 Anirban Lahiri (IND) 68 65 69 66 -16
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Shubhankar Sharma (IND) 75 73 +6

Another terrific performance by Anirban in the second Korn Ferry Tour Finals ... He finished in the top-5 and now almost secure the PGA tour playing rights for 2019-20 season ... He is on the 7th position after two tournaments ... Other hands, Shubhankar struggled and missed another cut.

Badminton News

At TOTAL BWF World Championships 2019, Basel, Switzerland (Grade 1 - Individual Tournaments)

P.C. to ndtv.com

Women's Singles Final
(5) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,5) bt (3) Nozomi Okuhara (JPN,4) 21-7 21-7

P.V. Sindhu becomes the first Indian World Championships winner, but technically she is our second world champion ... Prakash Padukone won the World Cup in 1981, at that time the World Cup considered as a World Championships.

Sindhu dominated the final and comfortably won her match against the former World Champion Nozomi Okuhara inside 40 minutes losing only 14 points.
Match highlights from BWF page

Badminton News

At TOTAL BWF World Championships 2019, Basel, Switzerland (Grade 1 - Individual Tournaments)

[SF] (5) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,5) bt (4) Yu Fei Chen (CHN,3) 21-7 21-14

[SF] (16) Sai Praneeth B. (IND,19) l (1) Kento Momota (JPN,1) 13-21 8-21

[F] (5) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,5) vs (3) Nozomi Okuhara (JPN,4)

Sindhu scored a dominating win over Yu Fei for entering the third consecutive World Championships final ... Sindhu controlled the match from the start and didn't give any chance to Yu Fei ... In the final, she is facing her regular nemesis Nozomi Okuhara ... Okuhara defeated her for the World Championships title in 2017, but last year, Sindhu defeated her in the semi-final.

Sai Praneeth ended with a bronze at the World Championship as in the semis, Momota proved too strong for Sai Praneeth ... Still, a creditable performance by Sai Praneeth to win a bronze.

Tennis News

At US Open 2019, New York, U.S.A.

[Q3] Sumit Nagal (IND,190) bt Joao Menezes (BRA,210) 57 64 63

[R1] (Q) Sumit Nagal (IND,190) vs (3) Roger Federer (SUI,3)

Wow, what a great milestone for Indian tennis as two Indians in the US Open main-draw! And he has a dream match against a legendary Federer in the first round.
Sumit showed a fighting spirit in this nervy match ... There were a lot of ups and downs in this match, in the first set at 5-all, Sumit had 4 break-points on Menezes's serve but he failed to convert ... In the next service game, while serving for staying in the set, he lost his serve from 40-15 to lose the set ... In the second set, Sumit was 0-3 down as Menezes broke him in the 2nd game ... Sumit fought back to 3-all and from 3-4 he won next 7 games ... He won the second set 6-4 and took a 4-0 lead in the third set ... Menezes tried fightback to make it 4-3, but Sumit held his service game and broke Menezes when he was serving for staying in the match for a memorable win ... He becomes a youngest Indian male player in the last 25 yrs to make the US Open main-draw, with age of 22 yrs and a week old ... Before that, Leander qualified in 1994 when he was 21 yrs old ... Sumit draws against THE Roger Federer, but it will be a terrific experience to play against a legend which Sumit can cherish in his lifetime.

Badminton News

At TOTAL BWF World Championships 2019, Basel, Switzerland (Grade 1 - Individual Tournaments)

[QF] (16) Sai Praneeth B. (IND,19) bt (4) Jonatan Christie (INA,4) 24-22 21-14

[QF] (5) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,5) bt (2) Tzu Ying Tai (TPE,2) 12-21 23-21 21-19

[SF] (16) Sai Praneeth B. (IND,19) vs (1) Kento Momota (JPN,1)

[SF] (5) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,5) vs (4) Yu Fei Chen (CHN,3)

Sindhu equals the record of legendary Zhang Ning by winning 5th medal-the most at the BWF World Championships after beating Tai Tzu Ying, 12-21 23-21 21-19, to enter in the semis ... Sindhu will win her 5th medal in 6 appearances.
Sai also creates history with his win against Jonatan Christie, becoming the first Indian male shuttler after 36 years to assure a medal at the BWF World Championships since Prakash Padukone last did it in 1983.

Tai won the first game comfortably but Sindhu raised her game from the second game ... Both players exchanged leads but in the latter part of the game Tai was doing the catching game ... She saved 3 game points at 20-18 and 21-10 but Sindhu converted the 4th game point to take the match in the final game ... In the third game, Tai took an early lead but Sindhu caught her at 14-all ... Sindhu won 2 points from 19-all for completing a superb victory over Tzu Ying Tai ... Next, she is facing a Chinese girl Yu Fei Chen.

Sai scored a straight-games win over Jonatan Christie ... In the first game, Sai won after saving a game point and converted the 4th game point ... On the second game, Sai opened 7-1 lead which he kept increasing for a comfortably winning it ... Next, a tough challenge of WR #1 Kento Momota.

Tennis News

At US Open 2019, New York, U.S.A.

[Q2] Sumit Nagal (IND,190) bt Peter Polansky (CAN,192) 75 76(0)

[Q3] Sumit Nagal (IND,190) vs Joao Menezes (BRA,210)

[R1] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,89) vs (5) Daniil Medvedev (RUS,5)

Sumit is in the final qualifying round with a tight two sets win over Peter Polansky ... After winning the first set Sumit took a 3-0 lead in the second ... He lost a couple of service games on his serve which helped Polansky to take a lead, 3-4 ... Sumit managed to take this set into the tie-break, he won it without losing a single point ... Next, he is facing a Brazilian Joao Menezes ... In their last meeting in May'19, Sumit lost in the semis against Menezes in the Samarkand Challenger (on clay) after winning the first set, 75 46 36 ... Recently, Menezes showing a consistent performance on the hardcourt.

Prajnesh having a tough match against the in-form and the Cincinnati Masters champion, Daniil Medvedev ... A very tough match.

Badminton News

At TOTAL BWF World Championships 2019, Basel, Switzerland (Grade 1 - Individual Tournaments)

[R3] Prannoy H. S. (IND,30) l (1) Kento Momota (JPN,1) 19-21 12-21
[R3] (16) Sai Praneeth B. (IND,19) bt (6) Anthony Sinisuka Ginting (INA,8) 21-19 21-13
[R3] (7) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,10) l (12) Kantaphon Wangcharoen (THA,15) 14-21 13-21

[R3] (8) Saina Nehwal (IND,8) l (12) Mia Blichfeldt (DEN,12) 21-15 25-27 12-21
[R3] (5) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,5) bt (9) Beiwen Zhang (USA,10) 21-14 21-6

[QF] (16) Sai Praneeth B. (IND,19) vs (4) Jonatan Christie (INA,4)

[QF] (5) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,5) vs (2) Tzu Ying Tai (TPE,2)

Sai scored straight games win over the top-10 Indonesian, Ginting ... In the quarters, he is facing another top-5 Indonesian player, Jonatan Christie.
Sindhu scored a dominating win against Beiwen Zhang ... Next, she is facing Tzu Ying Tai.
After winning the first game Saina face stiff resistance from Mia ... Both players were neck to neck in the second, Saina saved 5 game points at 18-20, 20-21, 23-24 and 24-25... Mia saved a couple of match points at 22-21 and 23-22 but Mia converted 6th game point ... After that, Saina struggled with the match fitness and Mia took advantage of it for completing an upset win.
Prannoy lost in straight games against Momota ... The expected loss for Srikanth as he struggled in the first 2 rounds ... Wangcharoen won his match comfortably.

Tennis News

At US Open 2019, New York, U.S.A.

[Q2] Ankita Raina (IND,194) l Denisa Allertova (CZE,279) 76(5) 46 26

Ankita missed an opportunity of scoring another win as she lost after winning the first set, she was a break up in the second on which she didn't capitalize ... Ankita won the first set in the tie-break and she was a break up till 4-3 but after that she lost next 3 games, got broken in the 8th and 10th games, to lose the set ... In the second set, at 2-4 she had a couple of breakpoints on Allertova's serve, which she failed to convert.

Badminton News

At TOTAL BWF World Championships 2019, Basel, Switzerland (Grade 1 - Individual Tournaments)

[R2] (7) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,10) bt Misha Zilberman (ISR,44) 13-21 21-13 21-16

[R2] (8) Saina Nehwal (IND,8) bt Soraya De Visch Eijbergen (NED,72) 21-10 21-11
[R2] (5) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,5) bt Yu Po Pai (TPE,45) 21-14 21-15

[R2] Manu Attri (IND)/ B. Sumeeth Reddy (IND) l (6) Cheng Kai Han (CHN)/ Hao Dong Zhou (CHN) 16-21 19-21
[R2] Arjun M.R. (IND)/ Ramchandran Shlok (IND) l (16) Cheng Liu (CHN)/ Nan Zhang (CHN) 14-21 13-21

[R2] Jakkampudi Meghana (IND)/ Poorvisha S Ram (IND) l (8) Shiho Tanaka (JPN)/ Koharu Yonemoto (JPN) 8-21 18-21
[R2] Ashwini Ponnappa (IND)/ N. Sikki Reddy (IND) l (7) Yue Du (CHN)/ Yin Hui Li (CHN) 20-22 16-21

[R3] (16) Sai Praneeth B. (IND,19) vs (6) Anthony Sinisuka Ginting (INA,8)
[R3] (7) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,10) vs (12) Kantaphon Wangcharoen (THA,15)

[R3] (8) Saina Nehwal (IND,8) vs (12) Mia Blichfeldt (DEN,12)
[R3] (5) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,5) vs (9) Beiwen Zhang (USA,10)

An expected win for Sindhu and Saina ... Next, Sindhu is facing Beiwen Zhang and Saina will face a Danish girl, Mia Blichfeldt.
Another unconvincing performance by Srikanth against lower-ranked player ... After losing first game Srikanth won it comfortably ... Next, he is facing a Thai challenge of Kantaphon Wangcharoen.
Our doubles players have tough matches ... Meghana and Poorvisha lost in straight games against the seeded Japanese pair ... Manu and Sumeeth lost in straight games against the seeded Chinese pair ... Ashwini and Sikki gave a fighting performance in their loss against their seeded Chinese opponents.

Tennis News

At US Open 2019, New York, U.S.A.

[Q1] Sumit Nagal (IND,190) bt (26) Tatsuma Ito (JPN,133) 76(6) 62

[Q2] Sumit Nagal (IND,190) vs Peter Polansky (CAN,192)

A superb straight-sets win for Sumit against an experienced campaigner ... In the first set, Sumit was a break down but he fought back ... He took the set in a tie-break and won it ... He controlled the second set for winning it comfortably ... Next, he is facing a similar ranked Canadian, Peter Polansky.

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At $807K Winston-Salem Open 2019, North Carolina, U.S.A

[R2] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,89) l (1) Benoit Paire (FRA,30) 36 57

Doubles
[R1] (WC) Jonathan Erlich (ISR)/ Leander Paes (IND) l (2) Rajeev Ram (USA)/ Joe Salisbury (GBR) 26 36

Prajnesh played the error-prone game and Paire took full advantage of it ... After losing the first set Prajnesh tried to fight back but failed to win the important points and lost in straight sets.
In the doubles, Ram and Salisbury proved too strong to Lee and Elrich.

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At €46K+H L'Aquila Challenger 2019, Italy

[R2] (13) Sasikumar Mukund (IND,290) l Jurgen Zopp (EST,446) 57 46

Mukund lost in a straight-sets against the former top-100 Jurgen Zopp.

Badminton News

At TOTAL BWF World Championships 2019, Basel, Switzerland (Grade 1 - Individual Tournaments)

[R2] Prannoy H. S. (IND,30) bt (11) Lin Dan (CHN,17) 21-11 13-21 21-7
[R2] (16) Sai Praneeth B. (IND,19) bt Dong Keun Lee (KOR,39) 21-16 21-15

[R1] Manu Attri (IND)/ B. Sumeeth Reddy (IND) bt Thom Gicquel (FRA)/ Ronan Labar (FRA) 21-13 21-13
[R1] Arjun M.R. (IND)/ Ramchandran Shlok (IND) bt Tobias Kuenzi (SUI)/ Oliver Schaller (SUI) 21-14 21-16
[R1] Arun George (IND)/ Sanyam Shukla (IND) l Takuto Inoue (JPN)/ Yuki Kaneko (JPN) 18-21 11-21

[R1] Ashwini Ponnappa (IND)/ N. Sikki Reddy (IND) bt Ching Hui Chang (TPE)/ Ching Tun Yang (TPE) w/o
[R1] Pooja Dandu (IND)/ Sanjana Santosh (IND) l Ya Ching Hsu (TPE)/ Ling Fang Hu (TPE) 15-21 14-21

[R2] (5) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,5) vs Yu Po Pai (TPE,45)

[R2] Manu Attri (IND)/ B. Sumeeth Reddy (IND) vs (6) Cheng Kai Han (CHN)/ Hao Dong Zhou (CHN)
[R2] Arjun M.R. (IND)/ Ramchandran Shlok (IND) vs (16) Cheng Liu (CHN)/ Nan Zhang (CHN)

[R2] Ashwini Ponnappa (IND)/ N. Sikki Reddy (IND) vs (7) Yue Du (CHN)/ Yin Hui Li (CHN)

[R3] Prannoy H. S. (IND,30) vs (1) Kento Momota (JPN,1)

Prannoy scored another victory over Lin Dan in three games ... But having a tough third round against the WR #1 Kento Momota.
Sai scored a routine win against his Korean opponent Lee.
An expected winning start for Manu and Sumeeth against a French pair ... Next, they r having a tough match against the Chinese pair.
Arjun and Shlok also started with straight games win over a local pair ... They r also playing a seeded Chinese pair in next round.
Ashwini and Sikki received a walkover ... Next, they also have a tough match against the 7th seed Chinese pair.

Tennis News

At US Open 2019, New York, U.S.A.

[Q1] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,177) l Filippo Baldi (ITA,145) 57 67(9)
[Q1] Sumit Nagal (IND,190) vs (26) Tatsuma Ito (JPN,133)

[Q1] Ankita Raina (IND,194) bt (9) Ysaline Bonaventure (BEL,114) 61 16 62

[Q2] Ankita Raina (IND,194) vs Denisa Allertova (CZE,279)

Tough matches for our players against their higher-ranked opponents ... Ankita started positively and won the first set comfortably, but Bonaventure recovered in the second set and dominated ... But after losing the second set Ankita refocused and made a strong comeback to win the final set and enters into the second qualifying round ... This was Ankita's first win in the US Open qualifying ... Next, she is facing a Czech girl, Denisa Allertova.

Disappointed by Ram's straight-sets loss against an Italian clay-court specialist ... Ram should be won this match instead he lost in a close two sets against Baldi ... On the match point, Ram committed a double fault.

Badminton News

At TOTAL BWF World Championships 2019, Basel, Switzerland (Grade 1 - Individual Tournaments)

[R1] Prannoy H. S. (IND,30) bt Eetu Heino (FIN,93) 17-21 21-10 21-11
[R1] (16) Sai Praneeth B. (IND,19) bt Jason Anthony Ho-Shue (CAN,66) 21-17 21-16
[R1] (7) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,10) bt Nhat Nguyen (IRL,81) 17-21 21-16 21-6
[R1] (10) Sameer Verma (IND,14) l Loh Kean Yew (SIN,34) 21-15 15-21 10-21

[R1] (8) Saina Nehwal (IND,8) bye
[R1] (5) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,5) bye

[R1] Manu Attri (IND)/ B. Sumeeth Reddy (IND) vs Thom Gicquel (FRA)/ Ronan Labar (FRA)
[R1] Arjun M.R. (IND)/ Ramchandran Shlok (IND) vs Tobias Kuenzi (SUI)/ Oliver Schaller (SUI)
[R1] Arun George (IND)/ Sanyam Shukla (IND) vs Takuto Inoue (JPN)/ Yuki Kaneko (JPN)

[R1] Jakkampudi Meghana (IND)/ Poorvisha S Ram (IND) bt Diana Corleto Soto (GUA)/ Nikte Alejandra Sotomayor (GUA) 21-10 21-18
[R1] Ashwini Ponnappa (IND)/ N. Sikki Reddy (IND) vs Ching Hui Chang (TPE)/ Ching Tun Yang (TPE)
[R1] Pooja Dandu (IND)/ Sanjana Santosh (IND) vs Ya Ching Hsu (TPE)/ Ling Fang Hu (TPE)

[R2] Prannoy H. S. (IND,30) vs (11) Lin Dan (CHN,17)
[R2] (16) Sai Praneeth B. (IND,19) vs Dong Keun Lee (KOR,39)
[R2] (7) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,10) vs Misha Zilberman (ISR,44)

[R2] Jakkampudi Meghana (IND)/ Poorvisha S Ram (IND) vs (8) Shiho Tanaka (JPN)/ Koharu Yonemoto (JPN)

A setback for us as Satwik withdrawing due to a shoulder injury ... And N. Sikki also withdraws from the mixed doubles, so no pair in the mixed doubles.
Sai and Prannoy started their campaign with contrasting wins ... Again slow start for Srikanth, after losing the first game he won last two games ... But Sameer failed to complete the win after winning the first game against Yew.
Saina and Sindhu have received a bye as seeded players.
In the doubles, Meghana and Poorvisha started with an expected win but they r facing the WR #8 Japanese pair in the second round.

Wrestling News

At the 2019 World Junior Wrestling Championships, Tallinn, Estonia

Bronze Medal match - Greco Roman 77 kg
Sajan Bhanwal (IND) bt Abdurrahman Kalkan (TUR) by VSU1, 11 - 1

[Repechage R2] Sajan(IND) bt Ranet Kaljola (EST) by VPO1, 10 - 7

[QF] Sajan Bhanwal (IND) l Mohammad Aziz Naghousi (IRI) by VPO1, 3 - 7
[R2] Sajan Bhanwal (IND) bt Vahe Poghosyan (ARM) by VPO1, 12 - 6
[R1] Sajan Bhanwal (IND) bt Jack Butch Ervien (USA) by VSU, 9 - 0

In the Greco Roman 77 kg category, Sajan won bronze beating his Turkish opponent, Abdurrahman Kalkan, comfortably in the medal match ... In the quarters, he lost against an eventual gold-medalist Iranian wrestler, Mohammad Aziz Naghousi, in a close match ... So with that, the Indian team ended with a Gold and 2 Bronze medals in this World Junior Wrestling Championships.

Cycling News

At 2019 UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships, Frankfurt, Germany

Men Sprint
Gold - Konstantinos Livanos (GRE)
Silver - Esow Alben (IND)
Bronze - Daan Kool (NED)

Men Sprint Final
Esow Alben (IND) l Konstantinos Livanos (GRE) 1-2
(Race 1 - Konstantinos (10.226 sec.), Race 2 - Esow (10.381 sec.), Decider Race - Konstantinos (10.522 sec.))

Esow Alben won his 3rd medal of this World Championships ... He reached in the final of the Men Sprint event but lost after losing 2 races against Greece's Konstantinos Livanos ... A still creditable show from Esow on this big stage ... So first-time India win three medals in the Junior Track Cycling World Championships; gold, silver, and bronze each.

Tennis News

At $807K Winston-Salem Open 2019, North Carolina, U.S.A

[R1] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,89) bt (PR) Cedrik-Marcel Stebe (GER,253) 63 64

[R2] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,89) vs (1) Benoit Paire (FRA,30)

Doubles
[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) l (WC) Nicholas Monroe (USA)/ Tennys Sandgren (USA) 36 36
[R1] (WC) Jonathan Erlich (ISR)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs (2) Rajeev Ram (USA)/ Joe Salisbury (GBR)

Prajnesh started with a straight-sets win over a former top-75 Stebe in the first round ... Next, he is facing the top-seed and WR #30, Benoit Paire.
In the doubles, Rohan and Sharan faced a bad loss against an American wild-card pair ... Lee has received a wild-card with Erlich and they r facing the 2nd seed Ram and Salisbury.

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At $46K+H Meerbusch Challenger 2019, Germany

Doubles Final
N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) l Andre Begemann (GER)/ Florin Mergea (ROU) 67(1) 76(4) 3-10

Bala and Vishnu lost a close final against Mergea and Begemann ... After winning the second set in the tie-break our pair failed to keep momentum in the match tie-break.

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At €46K+H L'Aquila Challenger 2019, Italy (Clay)

[R1] (13) Sasikumar Mukund (IND,290) bye

Mukund is playing in Italy and having a first-round bye as a seeded player.

Cycling News

At 2019 UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships, Frankfurt, Germany

P.C. to Frankfurt2019 twitter handle

Men's Team Sprint
Gold - India (Rojit Singh Yanglem, Esow Alben, Ronaldo Singh Laiton and Jemsh Singh) 44.625 sec.
Silver - Australia (John Trovas, Carlos Carisimo, Sam Gallagher) 44.681 sec.
Bronze - Great Britain (James Bunting, Matti Egglestone, Rhys Thomas) 45.009 sec.

P.C. to Frankfurt2019 twitter handle

Men's Keirin
Gold - Konstantinos Livanos (GRE)
Silver - Sam Gallagher (AUS)
Bronze - Esow Alben (IND)

Congratulations boys! 💖Historic first GOLD medal for India at the 2019 UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships—this was India’s first gold at a world cycling event, senior or junior ... Esow won the 2nd medal when he won a Bronze in his favorite keirin event, in 2018, he won a silver in the keirin in Switzerland.

Tennis News

At $46K+H Meerbusch Challenger 2019, Germany

[SF] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt (1) Roman Jebavy (CZE)/ Matwe Middelkoop (NED) 76(2) 63

Bala and Vishnu r in the final ... They scored an impressive win over the ATP tour pairing of Middelkoop and Jebavy in straight sets.

Wrestling News

At the 2019 World Junior Wrestling Championship, Tallinn, Estonia

In women's wrestling 57 kg category, Bharti Baghel missed bronze by a whisker ... Her Kazakh opponent, Nuraida Anarkulova, won the match after scoring the last point in 3 - 3 final score.

Tennis News

At $6.7M Western and Southern Open 2019, Cincinnati, U.S.A.

[R2] (Alt) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Denis Shapovalov (CAN) l (1) Juan Sebastian Cabal (COL)/ Robert Farah (COL) 67(3) 76(5) 8-10

Rohan and Shapo lost a very close match against the WR #1 Colombian pair.

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At €46K+H Portoroz Challenger 2019, Slovenia

[R3] (16) Sasikumar Mukund (IND,290) l (1) Aljaz Bedene (SLO,90) 26 26

A former top-50 Bedene proved too strong for Mukund.

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At $46K+H Meerbusch Challenger 2019, Germany

[QF] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt (3) Marc-Andrea Huesler (SUI)/ Hans Podlipnik-Castillo (CHI) 63 62

[SF] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs (1) Roman Jebavy (CZE)/ Matwe Middelkoop (NED)

Bala and Vishnu scored a comfortable upset win over the 3rd seed pairing of Huesler and Podlipnik-Castillo ... Next, they r facing the top-seed Jebavy and Middelkoop.

Wrestling News

At the 2019 World Junior Wrestling Championship, Tallinn, Estonia

P.C. to OGQ facebook page

Gold Medal match - Freestyle 86 kg
Deepak Punia (IND) bt Alik Shebzukhov (RUS) by VPO1, 2 - 2

[SF] Deepak Punia (IND) bt Miriani Maisuradze (GEO) by VPO1, 3 - 2
[QF] Deepak Punia (IND) bt Hunter Jeffery Lee (CAN) by VPO1, 5 - 1
[R2] Deepak Punia (IND) bt Milan Andras Korcsog (HUN) by VPO1, 10 - 1
[R1] Deepak Punia (IND) bye

Bronze Medal match - Freestyle 86 kg
Viky (IND) bt Batmagnai Enkhtuvshin (MGL) by VPO1, 4 - 3

[Repechage R2] Viky (IND) bt Julien Choquette (CAN) by VPO, 9 - 0

[QF] Viky (IND) l Lucas John Davison (USA) by VPO1, 1 - 7
[R2] Viky (IND) bt Takumi Tanizaki (JPN) by VPO1, 2 - 1
[R1] Viky (IND) bye

Deepak Punia Becomes India's 1st Junior Wrestling World Champion in 18 Years ... The last Indians to emerge gold medallist at the junior world championship were Ramesh Kumar (69 kg) and Palwinder Singh Cheema (130 kg) who stood atop the podium in 2001.
Deepak claimed a gold medal with a win over Russia's Alik Shebzukhov ... The score was tied 2-2 at the end of the 86kg men's freestyle match but the Indian was declared champion because he had scored the last point ... Deepak Punia will also represent India at the upcoming Senior World Championship in Kazakhstan, as he won the trials.

In the 92kg, Viky also scored a close win against Mongolia's Batmagnai Eenkhtuvshin 4-3 to claim bronze.

Akash Antil (Freestyle 97 kg) and Vijay Patil (Freestyle 57 kg) reached in the Bronze medal matches but lost their bout to the superior wrestlers.
In women's wrestling, Anshu lost the bronze medal bout against Ukrainian wrestler, Kateryna Zelenykh, 2-12 in 59 kg category.

Tennis News

At $6.7M Western and Southern Open 2019, Cincinnati, U.S.A.

[R1] (Alt) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Denis Shapovalov (CAN) bt Rajeev Ram (USA)/ Joe Salisbury (GBR) 76(6) 75

[R2] (Alt) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Denis Shapovalov (CAN) vs (1) Juan Sebastian Cabal (COL)/ Robert Farah (COL)

Rohan playing with Shapo as an alternate pair in the Cincinnati Masters ... They started with a tight win over Rajeev and Salisbury ... Next, they r facing a WR #1 Colombian pair.

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At €46K+H Portoroz Challenger 2019, Slovenia

[R1] (2) Rameez Junaid (AUS)/ Purav Raja (IND) l (PR) Nicolas Barrientos (COL)/ Ariel Behar (URU) 75 06 7-10

Purav with Junaid lost in the first round after winning the first set against Behar and Barrientos.

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At $46K+H Meerbusch Challenger 2019, Germany

[R1] N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND)/ Scott Puodziunas (AUS) l Andre Begemann (GER)/ Florin Mergea (ROU) 67(2) 76(5) 8-10

VSP and Puodziunas lost in a close match against an experienced pairing of Mergea and Begemann.

Badminton News

At $75K IDBI Federal Life Insurance Hyderabad Open 2019, India (BWF Tour Super 100)

[R1] (7) Sourabh Verma (IND,38) bt Adulrach Namkul (THA,122) 21-17 21-14
[R1] (1) Ashwini Ponnappa (IND)/ N. Sikki Reddy (IND) bt Tan Pearly Koong Le (MAS)/ Muralitharan Thinaah (MAS) 21-13 13-21 21-16

[R2] (7) Sourabh Verma (IND,38) bt Fei Xiang Sun (CHN,68) 21-16 21-11
[R2] (1) Ashwini Ponnappa (IND)/ N. Sikki Reddy (IND) bt Chasinee Korepap (THA)/ Kwanchanok Sudjaipraparat (THA) 21-19 21-16

[QF] (7) Sourabh Verma (IND,38) bt Ajay Jayaram (IND,72) 21-18 21-9
[QF] (1) Ashwini Ponnappa (IND)/ N. Sikki Reddy (IND) bt (8) Jakkampudi Meghana (IND)/ Poorvisha S Ram (IND) 21-16 21-15

[SF] (7) Sourabh Verma (IND,38) bt Iskandar Zulkarnain (MAS,69) 23-21 21-16
[SF] (1) Ashwini Ponnappa (IND)/ N. Sikki Reddy (IND) bt Fan Ka Yan (HKG)/ Wu Yi Ting (HKG) 21-12 21-12

Women's Doubles Final
(1) Ashwini Ponnappa (IND)/ N. Sikki Reddy (IND) l Baek Ha Na (KOR)/ Jung Kyung Eun (KOR) 17-21 17-21

Men's Singles Final
(7) Sourabh Verma (IND,38) bt Loh Kean Yew (SIN,34) 21-13 14-21 21-16

Last week, Sourabh lifted the BWF Tour Super 100 tournament title in Hyderabad ... In the final, he defeated a higher-ranked Singaporean, Loh Kean Yew, in three games ... But our top-seed pairing of Ashwini and N. Sikki lost in the final against a lower-ranked Korean pair in straight games.

Tennis News

At €46K+H Portoroz Challenger 2019, Slovenia

[R2] (16) Sasikumar Mukund (IND,290) bt Evan King (USA,330) 46 75 63

Mukund needed a comeback after losing the first set against Evan King.

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At $46K+H Meerbusch Challenger 2019, Germany

[R1] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt Scott Clayton (GBR)/ Luca Margaroli (SUI) 63 64

[QF] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs (3) Marc-Andrea Huesler (SUI)/ Hans Podlipnik-Castillo (CHI)

Bala and Vishnu started with a straight-sets win over Clayton and Margaroli ... In the quarters, they r facing the 3rd seeds.

Squash News

At $30K Men's Life Time Houston Open 2019, Houston, USA (PSA Challenger Tour 30)

[R1] (5) Vikram Malhotra (IND,63) bye
[R1] Aditya Jagtap (IND,85) bt Lyell Fuller (ENG,108) 11-8, 11-6, 11-8 (39m)

[R2] (5) Vikram Malhotra (IND,63) bt Shawn Delierre (CAN,84) 11-6, 11-7, 4-11, 5-11, 11-6 (85m)
[R2] Aditya Jagtap (IND,85) bt (8) Alfredo Avila (MEX,71) 6-11, 11-6, 11-3, 11-4 (45m)

[QF] (5) Vikram Malhotra (IND,63) l (3) Campbell Grayson (NZL,43) 7-11, 0-11, 4-11
[QF] Aditya Jagtap (IND,85) l Sébastien Bonmalais (FRA,78) 9-11, 7-11, 13-11, 11-6, 9-11

Vikram and Aditya reached into the quarters ... But lost their matches to higher-ranked opponents.

Volleyball News

At the 2019 Asian Men's u23 Volleyball Championship,, Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar

Final
India l Chinese Taipei 1-3 (20-25, 21-25, 21-19, 23-25)

Our u-23 boys lost in the final against higher-ranked Taipei team ... Still, a creditable performance by our boys as they reached their first Asian Championship final and also they secure a place in the upcoming FIVB Men's u-23 championships.
In the final, the Taipei team was better on the court with the execution of their game plan ... Our players tried fightback after winning the third set but the Taipei players re-took control and completed win after winning the fourth set.

Tennis News

At $6.3M Rogers Cup 2019, Montreal, Canada

[SF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Denis Shapovalov (CAN) l Robin Haase (NED)/ Wesley Koolhof (NED) 67(3) 67(7)

Rohan and Shapo lost in close two tie-breaks against a Dutch pair.

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At €46K+H Augsburg Challenger 2019, Germany

[SF] (2) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) l Ivan Sabanov (CRO)/ Matej Sabanov (CRO) 46 67(3)

Vishnu and Bala lost in straight sets against Sabanov twins.

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At €46K+H Portoroz Challenger 2019, Slovenia

[R1] (16) Sasikumar Mukund (IND,275) bye

Doubles
[R1] (2) Rameez Junaid (AUS)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs (PR) Nicolas Barrientos (COL)/ Ariel Behar (URU)

Next week, Mukund is playing in Slovenian challenger.
Purav is playing with Rameez Junaid and they r facing a South American pair.

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At $46K+H Meerbusch Challenger 2019, Germany (Clay)

[R1] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs Scott Clayton (GBR)/ Luca Margaroli (SUI)
[R1] N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND)/ Scott Puodziunas (AUS) vs Andre Begemann (GER)/ Florin Mergea (ROU)

This week, Bala and Vishnu r unseeded and they r facing Clayton and Margaroli ... VSP is again playing with Scott Puodziunas and they r facing experienced players, Andre Begemann and Florin Mergea.

Volleyball News

At the 2019 Asian Men's u23 Volleyball Championship,, Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar

Semi Finals
India bt Pakistan 3-1 (21-25, 25-16, 25-22, 25-18)
Chinese Taipei bt Japan 3-2 (25-20 25-17, 16-25, 15-25, 19-17)

India produced an excellent comeback to beat Pakistan after losing the first set ... Our spikers dominated the second and won a close third set ... After winning the third set, they controlled the match and won the fourth set convincingly ... In the final, they r facing Chinese Taipei boys who scored an upset win over favorite Japanese boys in the semis.

Tennis News

At $6.3M Rogers Cup 2019, Montreal, Canada

[QF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Denis Shapovalov (CAN) bt Benoit Paire (FRA)/ Stan Wawrinka (SUI) w/o

[SF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Denis Shapovalov (CAN) vs Robin Haase (NED)/ Wesley Koolhof (NED)

Rohan and Shapo received a walkover due to Wawrinka knee injury ... Next, they r facing a Dutch pair, who scored a tight upset win over Bryans.

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At $54K+H Yokkaichi Challenger 2019, Japan

[QF] (9) Saketh Myneni (IND,264) l (3) Tatsuma Ito (JPN,143) 67(5) 16

Doubles
[QF] Harry Bourchier (AUS)/ Saketh Myneni (IND) l Shintaro Imai (JPN)/ Yusuke Takahashi (JPN) 46 46

Saki loses both quarter-finals against his Japanese opponents ... Against Ito, Saki needed a couple of medical breaks in the second set ... So expected to give a walkover in the doubles ... But he played and lost in straight sets.

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At €46K+H Augsburg Challenger 2019, Germany

[QF] (2) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND)/ Scott Puodziunas (AUS) 36 64 10-4

[SF] (2) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs Ivan Sabanov (CRO)/ Matej Sabanov (CRO)

Bala and Vishnu scored a comeback win over VSP and his partner after losing the first set ... In the semis, they r facing the Sabanov twins.

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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament 2019, Chiswick, Great Britain

[QF] (2) Ankita Raina (IND,195) l (8) Samantha Murray (GBR,337) 26 75 46

In the quarters, Ankita lost in three sets against Mrs. Sharan in three sets.

Volleyball News

At the 2019 Asian Men's u23 Volleyball Championship,, Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar

Quarter Final
India bt Australia 3-1 (16-21, 21-19, 25-21, 27-25)

Our u-23 spikers continue with their good performance ... In the quarters, they defeated the Australian boys after losing the first game ... In the semis, we are facing a Pakistani team.

Tennis News

At $6.3M Rogers Cup 2019, Montreal, Canada

[R2] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Denis Shapovalov (CAN) bt Kyle Edmund (GBR)/ Taylor Fritz (USA) 63 64

[QF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Denis Shapovalov (CAN) vs Benoit Paire (FRA)/ Stan Wawrinka (SUI)

A straight-sets win for Rohan and Shapo against Fritz and Edmund ... In the quarters, they r facing a pairing of Benoit Paire and Stan Wawrinka.

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At $81K+H Aptos Challenger 2019, California, USA

Leander withdraws due to the right calf strain.

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At $54K+H Yokkaichi Challenger 2019, Japan

[R3] (9) Saketh Myneni (IND,264) bt (8) Yunseong Chung (KOR,269) 63 36 63

[QF] (9) Saketh Myneni (IND,264) vs (3) Tatsuma Ito (JPN,143)

Doubles
[R1] Harry Bourchier (AUS)/ Saketh Myneni (IND) bt (2) Harri Heliovaara (FIN)/ Tsung-Hua Yang (TPE) 64 61

[QF] Harry Bourchier (AUS)/ Saketh Myneni (IND) vs Shintaro Imai (JPN)/ Yusuke Takahashi (JPN)

Saki is in the quarters of the singles and the doubles ... In the singles, he defeated a similar ranked Yunseong Chung in three sets ... In the quarters, he is facing an experienced top-150, Tatsuma Ito.
In the doubles, he and Harry Bourchier scored a comfortable upset win over the 2nd seeds ... Next, they r facing a Japanese pair.

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At €46K+H Augsburg Challenger 2019, Germany

[R1] N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND)/ Scott Puodziunas (AUS) bt Tomislav Draganja (CRO)/ Mark Vervoort (NED) 64 67(8) 10-7

[QF] (2) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND)/ Scott Puodziunas (AUS)

VSP and his Aussie partner scored a fighting win in the first round ... Next, they r facing the 2nd seed Vishnu and Bala.

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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament 2019, Chiswick, Great Britain

[R2] (2) Ankita Raina (IND,195) bt Freya Christie (GBR,677) 63 64

[QF] (2) Ankita Raina (IND,195) vs (8) Samantha Murray (GBR,337)

Ankita scored a comfortable win over a local wildcard player Christine ... In the quarters, she is facing another British girl, Samantha Murray, a wife of Divij Sharan.

Volleyball News

At the 2019 Asian Men's u23 Volleyball Championship,, Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar

Pool F (Round Class 1-8)
India bt Kazakhstan 3-0 (25-21, 25-17, 25-20)
India l Japan 2-3 (25-20, 18-25, 23-25, 25-18, 12-15)

Japan bt China 3-1 (25-20, 24-26, 25-21, 25-19)
China bt Kazakhstan 3-1 (26-24, 25-18, 19-25, 25-10)

In the second round, the Indian boys won their match against Kazakhstan comfortably ... But against the Japanese team, we missed a chance for winning this Pool as we lost a close match ... In the quarters, we are facing the Pakistani team.

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At $81K+H Aptos Challenger 2019, California, USA

[R2] (14) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,184) l Liam Broady (GBR,263) 67(4) 46

Sadly Ram's struggle continues ... Another loss for him against a lower-ranked opponent.

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At $54K+H Yokkaichi Challenger 2019, Japan

[R2] (9) Saketh Myneni (IND,264) bt (WC) Yasunori Hashikawa (JPN,UNR) 62 76(4)

[R3] (9) Saketh Myneni (IND,264) vs (8) Yunseong Chung (KOR,269)

Saki started with a straight-sets win over a local wildcard player ... Next, he is facing a similar ranked Korean, Yunseong Chung.

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At €46K+H Augsburg Challenger 2019, Germany

[R2] (Q) N. Sriram Balaji (IND,1139) l (2) Matthias Bachinger (GER,117) 46 16

Doubles
[R1] N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND)/ Scott Puodziunas (AUS) vs Tomislav Draganja (CRO)/ Mark Vervoort (NED)

Bala lost in a straight-sets against Bachinger.

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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament 2019, Chiswick, Great Britain

[R1] (2) Ankita Raina (IND,195) bt Estelle Cascino (FRA,491) 57 64 62

[R2] (2) Ankita Raina (IND,195) vs Freya Christie (GBR,677)

Doubles
[R1] (1) Naiktha Bains (GBR)/ Ankita Raina (IND) l Emily Appleton (GBR)/ Emily Arbuthnott (GBR) 57 36

This week also Ankita is playing in Great Britain ... She started with a comeback win against a French player Cascino after losing the first set ... Next, she is facing a local wildcard player Christine.
In the doubles, she was the top-seed with Naiktha Bains ... They lost in the first round against a British pair.

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At $6.3M Rogers Cup 2019, Montreal, Canada

[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Denis Shapovalov (CAN) bt (4) Nicolas Mahut (FRA)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) 46 61 10-6

An excellent comeback win for Rohan and Shapo after losing the first set against the 4th seed French pair.

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At €46K+H Augsburg Challenger 2019, Germany

[R1] (Q) N. Sriram Balaji (IND,1139) bt (WC) Robert Strombachs (GER,535) 61 61
[R1] Sasikumar Mukund (IND,275) l (WC) Daniel Altmaier (GER,414) 64 16 67(6)

[R2] (LL) N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,1028) l Julian Lenz (GER,313) 57 16
[R2] (Q) N. Sriram Balaji (IND,1139) vs (2) Matthias Bachinger (GER,117)

Doubles
[R1] (2) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt (PR) Aleksandre Metreveli (GEO)/ Mario Vilella Martinez (ESP) w/o

Bala started with a straight-sets win over Robert Strombachs ... Next, he is facing the 2nd seed Matthias Bachinger.
Mukund lost a close match against a local wildcard player, Daniel Altmaier ... VSP also lost in straight sets against Julian Lenz.

Vishnu and Bala received walkover against Aleksandre Metreveli and Mario Vilella Martinez.

Volleyball News

At the 2019 Asian Men's u23 Volleyball Championship,, Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar

Group D
India l Thailand 2-3 (25-15, 23-25, 22-25, 25-19, 13-15)
China bt New Zealand 3-0 (25-12, 25-11, 25-10)

The Indian spikers lost their last league match against the Thai boys in five games ... All three teams; India, China, and Thailand; finished with 6 points but India and China move to next round with better sets win-loss ratio ... India topped the group, next, they r playing in Group F with Japan, Kazakhstan, and China

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At 6.2M Wyndham Championship 2019, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA (PGA Tour)

T53 Anirban Lahiri (IND) 67 67 68 70 -8 $14,154

Anirban managed only a PAR final round, so with that, he ended outside the top-50 standing.

Tennis News

At 2019 Davis Cup - Group I, Asia/ Oceania 1st Round, Islamabad, Pakistan

Indian Squad
Prajnesh Gunneswaran, Ramkumar Ramanathan, Saketh Myneni, Rohan Bopanna and Divij Sharan
Reserved Member: Sasikumar Mukund
Captain: Mahesh Bhupathi
Coach: Zeeshan Ali.

The Indians announced a strong team for Pakistan tie ... Saki returns to the team on the grass-court with Prajnesh and Ram ... Rohan and Divij r other members of the team ... Sumit Nagal has made himself unavailable citing an injury ... Sasi Kumar Mukund was selected as a reserve member ... The winner of the tie will qualify for the next year’s World Group Qualifiers.

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At $81K+H Aptos Challenger 2019, California, USA

[R1] Leander Paes (IND)/ Max Purcell (AUS) vs Hans Hach Verdugo (MEX)/ Sem Verbeek (NED)

Lee is playing in the Aptos Challenger with Max Purcell ... They r facing Hach Verdugo and Verbeek in the first round.

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At €46K+H Augsburg Challenger 2019, Germany

[FQ] (2) N. Sriram Balaji (IND,1139) bt N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,1028) 62 63

[R1] (LL) N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,1028) bye
[R1] (Q) N. Sriram Balaji (IND,1139) vs (WC) Robert Strombachs (GER,535)
Doubles
[R1] N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND)/ Scott Puodziunas (AUS) vs Tomislav Draganja (CRO)/ Mark Vervoort (NED)
[R1] (2) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Jamie Cerretani (USA) vs (PR) Aleksandre Metreveli (GEO)/ Mario Vilella Martinez (ESP)

Bala and VSP faced each other for a place in the main draw ... He defeated VSP easily, next, he is facing a local wild-card ... VSP also playing as a lucky-loser and receives a bye in the first round.
In the doubles, Bala and Vishnu r the 2nd seeds and they r facing pairing of Metreveli and Vilella Martinez ... VSP is playing with an Aussie partner, Scott Puodziunas ... They r facing Draganja and Vervoort.

Badminton News

At $350K TOYOTA Thailand Open 2019, Bangkok (HSBC BWF World Tour Super 500)

P.C. to Sportstar.thehindu.com

Men's Doubles Final
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (IND)/ Chirag Shetty (IND) bt (3) Jun Hui Li (CHN)/ Yu Chen Liu (CHN) 21-19 18-21 21-18

Satwik and Chirag create history as they become a first Indian pair to lift the BWF Super 500 tournament title ... They defeated a regaining World Champion and WR #2 Chinese pair, Jun Hui Li and Yu Chen Liu, in the final ... In the first game, Satwik and Chirag took an early lead 7-3 then 10-6, but a Chinese pair caught them at 14-all ... Our pair took a 20-18 lead and converted 2nd game point for winning the game ... In the second game also, our pair took an early lead 6-2, but the Chinese pair caught them at 11-all ... Our pair again took a couple of points lead at 16-14 but the Chinese pair won the game-winning last 5 points from 16-18 down ... In the third game, the Chinese pair took an early lead 1-4 then 3-6, but Indian pair fought back to win next 5 points to lead 8-6 ... After that, the Indian pair kept lead and increased to 4 points ... A Chinese pair tried to come back from 19-16 down, but our pair kept their cool and won last 2 points from 19-18 for a memorable win.

Volleyball News

At the 2019 Asian Men's u23 Volleyball Championship,, Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar

Group D
India bt New Zealand 3-0 (25-18, 25-14 25-12)
China bt Thailand 3-2 (25-23, 22-25, 21-25, 25-19, 17-15)

We are leading the group after winning the second match ... Our boys comfortably defeated the New Zealand boys ... In their last group match, they r facing Thai boys.

Tennis News

At $81K+H Aptos Challenger 2019, California, USA

[R1] (14) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,182) bye

Ram has been seeded in the Aptos Challenger.

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At $54K+H Yokkaichi Challenger 2019, Japan

[R1] (9) Saketh Myneni (IND,264) bye

Doubles
[R1] Harry Bourchier (AUS)/ Saketh Myneni (IND) vs (2) Harri Heliovaara (FIN)/ Tsung-Hua Yang (TPE)

Only Saki is playing in the Japanese Challenger ... He is seeded in the singles and partnering Aussie Bourchier, they r facing the 2nd seed pair.

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At €46K+H Augsburg Challenger 2019, Germany

[R1] Sasikumar Mukund (IND,275) vs (WC) Daniel Altmaier (GER,414)

Mukund is playing in the German Challenger and facing a local wild-card player.

Volleyball News

At the 2019 Asian Men's u23 Volleyball Championship,, Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar

Group D
India bt China 3-2 (22-25, 29-27, 25-17, 25-27, 15-11)
Thailand bt New Zealand 3-1 (22-25, 25-17, 25-17, 25-10)

A good start for our u23 Men's team in the 2019 Asian Men's u23 Volleyball Championship ... They started with an upset win over WR #10 Chinese team.
Other two teams from our Group D r Thailand and New Zealand ... Tomorrow, we are facing New Zealand.

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At $135K+H Chengdu Challenger 2019, China

P.C. to Mukund Potdar twitter handle

Doubles Final
Arjun Kadhe (IND)/ Saketh Myneni (IND) bt Ji Sung Nam (KOR)/ Min-Kyu Song (KOR) 63 06 10-6

Arjun and Saki lifted a big Chengdu Challenger title beating a Korean pair in the final ... This is Arjun's 1st Challenger title and Saketh's 7th Challenger title. In the final, after winning the first set our pair lost the second without winning a single game ... But they recovered to win the match tie-break for lifting the title.

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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament 2019, Woking, Great Britain

Doubles Final
(2) Naiktha Bains (GBR)/ Ankita Raina (IND) l (1) Sarah Beth Grey (GBR)/ Eden Silva (GBR) 26 57

Ankita and Naiktha Bains lost the final in straight sets against the top-seed British pair.

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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament 2019, Taipei, Chinese Taipei

[R1] Riya Bhatia (IND)/ Ramu Ueda (JPN) bt Ya-Hsin Lee (TPE)/ Ya Yun Pai (TPE) 63 76(5)
[QF] Riya Bhatia (IND)/ Ramu Ueda (JPN) bt (2) Kwan Yau Ng (HKG) / Valeria Savinykh (RUS) 62 67(5) 14-12
[SF] Riya Bhatia (IND)/ Ramu Ueda (JPN) bt (4) Nudnida Luangnam (THA)/ Mai Minokoshi (JPN) 64 retd.

Final
Riya Bhatia (IND)/ Ramu Ueda (JPN) bt I-Hsuan Cho (TPE)/ Yi Tsen Cho (TPE) 75 62

Riya Bhatia lifted her first $25K tournament title, she won the doubles title with her Japanese partner, Ramu Ueda ... They defeated a local pair in straight sets for lifting the title.

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At $6.3M Rogers Cup 2019, Montreal, Canada

[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Denis Shapovalov (CAN) vs (4) Nicolas Mahut (FRA)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA)

In the Rogers Masters, Rohan is partnering a local boy, Denis Shapovalov ... They r facing the 4th seed French pairing of Nicolas Mahut and Edouard Roger-Vasselin.

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At $350K TOYOTA Thailand Open 2019, Bangkok (HSBC BWF World Tour Super 500)

[SF] Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (IND)/ Chirag Shetty (IND) bt Sung Hyun Ko (KOR)/ Baek Cheol Shin (KOR) 22-20 22-24 21-9

[F] Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (IND)/ Chirag Shetty (IND) vs (3) Jun Hui Li (CHN)/ Yu Chen Liu (CHN)

In the first game, Satwik and Chirag was an early-down but they took a lead at 15-all ... They missed 2 game points at 20-18 but converted the 3rd ... In the second game also, the Korean pair took a lead from 9-all ... They had 4 game points at 16-20 but our pair saved all those ... Our pair missed a couple of match points at 21-20 and 22-21 ... A Korean pair converted their 5th game point to win this game ... After losing the second game, our pair dominated the third ... They opened an early 13-2 lead and kept that advantage for winning this game comfortably ... In the final, they r facing a WR #2 Chinese pair.

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At $858 Abierto Mexicano de Tenis Mifel presentado por Cinemex 2019, Los Cabos, Mexico

[SF] Jonathan Erlich (ISR)/ Divij Sharan (IND) l (1) Dominic Inglot (GBR)/ Austin Krajicek (USA) 26 63 3-10

Divij and Erlich run ended in the semis against the top-seeds ... After losing the first set they tried to fight back and won the second set ... But Krajicek and Inglot were too strong for them in the match tie-break.

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At $135K+H Chengdu Challenger 2019, China

[SF] Arjun Kadhe (IND)/ Saketh Myneni (IND) bt Runhao Hua (CHN)/ Di Wu (CHN) 61 75

[F] Arjun Kadhe (IND)/ Saketh Myneni (IND) vs Ji Sung Nam (KOR)/ Min-Kyu Song (KOR)

Saki and Arjun r in the final with a straight-sets win over a local Chinese pair ... In the final, they r facing a Korean pair.

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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament 2019, Woking, Great Britain

[QF] (3) Ankita Raina (IND,191) l (6) Myrtille Georges (FRA,272) 36 57

Doubles
[SF] (2) Naiktha Bains (GBR)/ Ankita Raina (IND) bt (4) Vivian Heisen (GER)/ Diana Marcinkevica (LAT) 75 46 10-8

[F] (2) Naiktha Bains (GBR)/ Ankita Raina (IND) vs (1) Sarah Beth Grey (GBR)/ Eden Silva (GBR)

Ankita lost in straight sets against her Frech opponent, Myrtille Georges.
In the doubles, a hard-fought win for Ankita and Naiktha Bains in the match tie-break against the 4th seeds ... In the final, they r facing the top-seed British pair.

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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament 2019, Nonthaburi, Thailand

[QF] Rutuja Bhosale (IND,415) l Mananchaya Sawangkaew (THA,770) 16 46

Doubles
[SF] (2) Mana Ayukawa (JPN)/ Rutuja Bhosale (IND) l (4) Erika Sema (JPN)/ Mei Xu Wu (CHN) 26 36

I was hoping a better result for Rutuja after her top-200 win, but the junior top-15 Sawangkaew didn't give much chance to Rutuja for an easy win.
In the doubles also, Rutuja and Mana Ayukawa lost comfortably against the 4th seed pair.

Badminton News

At $350K TOYOTA Thailand Open 2019, Bangkok (HSBC BWF World Tour Super 500)

[QF] Sai Praneeth B. (IND,19) l (7) Kanta Tsuneyama (JPN,16) 18-21 12-21

[QF] Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (IND)/ Chirag Shetty (IND) bt Solgyu Choi (KOR)/ Seung Jae Seo (KOR) 21-17 17-21 21-19

[QF] Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) l (3) Yuta Watanabe (JPN)/ Arisa Higashino (JPN) 13-21 15-21

[SF] Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (IND)/ Chirag Shetty (IND) vs Sung Hyun Ko (KOR)/ Baek Cheol Shin (KOR)

Satwik and Chirag enter into the semis of the Super 500 tournament ... They defeated a Korean pair in three games in a well-fought match ... Next, they r facing another Korean pairing of Sung Hyun Ko and Baek Cheol Shin.

A straight-games loss for Sai against Tsuneyama ... After losing the first game Tsuneyama dominated the match.

The WR #3 Japanese pair proved too strong for Ashwini and Satwik.

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At $858 Abierto Mexicano de Tenis Mifel presentado por Cinemex 2019, Los Cabos, Mexico

[QF] Jonathan Erlich (ISR)/ Divij Sharan (IND) bt (WC) Hans Hach Verdugo (MEX)/ Dennis Novikov (USA) 62 64

[SF] Jonathan Erlich (ISR)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs (1) Dominic Inglot (GBR)/ Austin Krajicek (USA)

Divij and Erlich r in the semis with a comfortable win over Verdugo and Novikov ... Next, they r facing the top-seed Inglot and Krajicek.

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At $135K+H Chengdu Challenger 2019, China

[R3] (8) Saketh Myneni (IND,264) l (11) Zizhen Zhang (CHN,299) 76(4) 57 67(4)

Doubles
[QF] Arjun Kadhe (IND)/ Saketh Myneni (IND) bt (1) Mao-Xin Gong (CHN)/ Ze Zhang (CHN) 76(4) 61

[SF] Arjun Kadhe (IND)/ Saketh Myneni (IND) vs Runhao Hua (CHN)/ Di Wu (CHN)

Saki lost a close match against Zizhen Zhang ... Saki won the first set in the tie-break but Zizhen won the second set with a break ... In the third, both players saved break points but Zizhen won the tie-break for winning the match.

In the doubles, Arjun and Saki scored an upset win over the top-seed Chinese pair in straight sets ... In the semis, they r facing another Chinese pairing of Di Wu and Runhao Hua.

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At €46K+H Liberec Challenger 2019, Czech Republic

[QF] (3) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Jamie Cerretani (USA) l (WC) Jonas Forejtek (CZE)/ Michael Vrbensky (CZE) 46 26

Vishnu and Bala lost easily against a local wild-card pair.

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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament 2019, Woking, Great Britain

[R1] (3) Ankita Raina (IND,191) bt Joanna Garland (TPE,746) 75 61
[R2] (3) Ankita Raina (IND,191) bt Qinwen Zheng (CHN,649) 46 61 62

[QF] (3) Ankita Raina (IND,191) vs (6) Myrtille Georges (FRA,272)

Doubles
[R1] (2) Naiktha Bains (GBR)/ Ankita Raina (IND) bt Holly Hutchinson (GBR)/ Yuriko Lily Miyazaki (JPN) 75 64
[QF] (2) Naiktha Bains (GBR)/ Ankita Raina (IND) bt Ali Collins (GBR)/ Joanna Garland (TPE) 62 62

[SF] (2) Naiktha Bains (GBR)/ Ankita Raina (IND) vs (4) Vivian Heisen (GER)/ Diana Marcinkevica (LAT)

Ankita is playing in Great Britain ... She is in the singles quarters with a comeback win over Zheng ... In the quarters, she is facing a French girl, Myrtille Georges.
In the doubles, she is playing with Naiktha Bains ... They r in the semis with straight-sets win and r facing the 4th seeds.

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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament 2019, Nonthaburi, Thailand

[R1] Rutuja Bhosale (IND,415) bt Tamachan Momkoonthod (THA,813) 64 61
[R2] Rutuja Bhosale (IND,415) bt (2) Jia-Jing Lu (CHN,190) 64 75

[QF] Rutuja Bhosale (IND,415) vs Mananchaya Sawangkaew (THA,770)

Doubles
[R1] (2) Mana Ayukawa (JPN)/ Rutuja Bhosale (IND) bt Aunchisa Chanta (THA)/ Supapitch Kuearum (THA) 60 76(2)
[QF] (2) Mana Ayukawa (JPN)/ Rutuja Bhosale (IND) bt Lou Brouleau (FRA)/ Punnin Kovapitukted (THA) 57 62 10-6

[SF] (2) Mana Ayukawa (JPN)/ Rutuja Bhosale (IND) vs (4) Erika Sema (JPN)/ Mei Xu Wu (CHN)

Rutuja scored an impressive win over the top-200 Chinese girl, Jia-Jing Lu, in straight sets ... In the quarters, she is facing a talented Thai teenager, Sawangkaew.
In the doubles, she is partnering a Japnese girl Mana Ayukawa ... They r in the semis and facing the 4th seed pair.

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At $350K TOYOTA Thailand Open 2019, Bangkok (HSBC BWF World Tour Super 500)

[R2] Sai Praneeth B. (IND,19) bt Subhankar Dey (IND,41) 21-18 21-19
[R2] (5) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,10) l Khosit Phetpradab (THA,32) 21-11 16-21 12-21
[R2] Prannoy H. S. (IND,31) l (6) Kenta Nishimoto (JPN,11) 17-21 10-21
[R2] Parupalli Kashyap (IND,35) l (3) Tien Chen Chou (TPE,3) 9-21 14-21

[R2] (7) Saina Nehwal (IND,8) l Sayaka Takahashi (JPN,18) 21-16 11-21 14-21

[R2] Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (IND)/ Chirag Shetty (IND) bt (6) Fajar Alfian (INA)/ Muhammad Rian Ardianto (INA) 21-17 21-19

[R2] Pranaav Jerry Chopra (IND)/ N. Sikki Reddy (IND) l (8) Chun Man Tang (HKG)/ Ying Suet Tse (HKG) 16-21 11-21
[R2] Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) bt Alfian Eko Prasetya (INA)/ Marsheilla Gischa Islami (INA) 21-18 21-19

[QF] Sai Praneeth B. (IND,19) vs (7) Kanta Tsuneyama (JPN,16)

[QF] Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (IND)/ Chirag Shetty (IND) vs Solgyu Choi (KOR)/ Seung Jae Seo (KOR)

[QF] Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) vs (3) Yuta Watanabe (JPN)/ Arisa Higashino (JPN)

An expected win for Sai against Subhankar in the second round ... Next, he is facing a Japanese challenge of Kanta Tsuneyama.
A bad loss for Srikanth against a lower-ranked local player Phetpradab ... Srikanth won the first game but failed to capitalize on that and gave chance to Phetpradab ... Nishimoto defeated Prannoy comfortably ... Also, Tien Chen Chou proved too strong to Kashyap.
Takahashi took advantage of Saina's rustiness and lack of match practice ... Saina won the first game but afterward, she struggled to tackle Takahashi's game.

Satwik and Chirag scored an impressive straight games win over the WR #7 Indonesian pair ... This was their first win against them after two losses ... Next, they r facing a Korean pair.
In MXD, Satwik and Ashwini defeated an Indonesian pair in straight games ... In the quarters, they r facing the WR #3 Japanese pair ... Pranaav and Sikki lost in straight games against the 8th seeds.