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At $15K Men's Qatar Circuit #5 2017, Doha

[SF] Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,73) l (1) Abdulla Mohd Al Tamimi (QAT,37) 11-8, 11-9, 10-12, 7-11, 2-11 (59m)

Mahesh missed a huge opportunity of beating top-40 Al Tamini ... Mahesh won the first 2 games and had a match ball into the third ... Al Tamini made a strong comeback after winning the third game ... In the last game, he didn't give any chance to Mahesh.

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At $15K Men's Qatar Circuit #5 2017, Doha

[R1] Abhay Singh (IND,150) bt Sandeep Ramachandran (IND,424) 11-3 retd.
[R1] Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,73) bt Ahmad Al Mudhaf (KUW,334) 11-6, 11-1, 11-2 (23m)
[R1] (Q) Guhan Senthilkumar (IND,308) l Enzo Corigliano (FRA,163) 11-5, 3-11, 6-11, 8-11 (40 m)

[R2] Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,73) bt Abhay Singh (IND,150) 11-5, 11-7, 11-5 (25m)

[QF] Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,73) bt (8) Matias Tuomi (FIN,142) 11-6, 11-3, 11-6 (29m)

[SF] Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,73) vs (1) Abdulla Mohd Al Tamimi (QAT,37)

Mahesh is in the semis with comfortable three wins in Qatar ... In the semis, he will be faced a tough challenge of local top-40 player.

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At $325K Men's AJ Bell PSA World Championship 2017, Manchester, England

[R3] Saurav Ghosal (IND,16) l (2) Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY,4) 12-14, 11-5, 11-6, 11-7 (59m)

Saurav lost in the four games against defending champion Gawad after winning the first game ... After a long first game both players were tired ... Gawad raised his game after 0-4 down in the second and Saurav failed to match his game ... Overall, a good performance by Saurav in this Worlds.

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At $325K Men's AJ Bell PSA World Championship 2017, Manchester, England

[Q1] Vikram Malhotra (IND,69) bt Charlie Lee (ENG,116) 11-8, 11-5, 13-11 (35m)
[Q1] Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,73) bt Reiko Peter (SUI,152) 11-6, 7-11, 11-9, 11-4 (49m)
[Q1] Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND,52) bt Miles Jenkins (ENG,171) 11-7, 11-8, 12-14, 11-5 (49m)

[Q2] Vikram Malhotra (IND,69) l Karim El Hammamy (EGY,74) 11-13, 6-11, 6-11 (43m)
[Q2] Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,73) bt Mohamed Elsherbini (EGY,84) 11-7, 8-11, 11-9, 11-3 (62m)
[Q2] Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND,52) bt Andrew Schnell (CAN,83) 12-14, 11-2, 11-4, 13-11 (49m)

[R1] (Q) Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,73) l (13) Daryl Selby (ENG,15) 8-11, 5-11, 5-11 (36m)
[R1] Saurav Ghosal (IND,16) bt (9) James Willstrop (ENG,10) 11-6 ret. (10m)
[R1] (Q) Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND,52) l Ben Coleman (ENG,53) 4-11, 6-11, 6-11 (43m)

[R2] Saurav Ghosal (IND,16) bt Ben Coleman (ENG,53) 11-4, 11-3, 11-4 (45m)

[R3] Saurav Ghosal (IND,16) vs (2) Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY,4)

Saurav continues with his recent terrific form as he reached into the third round of the Worlds ... Saurav got lucky break in the first round as former WR #1 James Willstrop retired after losing the first game ... Saurav comfortably won the second round beating Britisher Ben Coleman ... In the third round, he will faced tough match against 2nd seed Karim Abdel Gawad.

Harry and Mahesh qualified for the main-draw but lost in the first round ... Harry lost against similar ranked Coleman in four games and Mahesh lost against former top-10 Selby in straight games.

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At $279K Women's AJ Bell PSA World Championship 2017, Manchester, England

[R1] (14) Joshna Chinappa (IND,15) l Salma Hany (EGY,19) 9-11, 13-11, 5-11, 9-11 (44m)
[R1] Dipika Pallikal Karthik (IND,20) l (13) Olivia Blatchford (USA,12) 7-11, 11-5, 9-11, 14-12, 8-11 (56m)

Joshna and Dipika failed to cross first hurdle of the Worlds ... Joshna lost in four games against young Egyptian Salma Hany ... Dipika lost in a close match against WR #12 Blatchford ... Dipika saved match-balls in the fourth before winning it but failed to keep momentum in the fifth.

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At $15K Men's Qatar Circuit No4 2017, Doha

[R1] Ramit Tandon (IND,201) bt (2) Nathan Lake (ENG,49) 8-11, 11-6, 6-11, 11-4, 11-4 (60m)
[R2] Ramit Tandon (IND,201) bt Syed Azlan Amjad (QAT,174) 11-5, 11-1, 11-0 (13m)

[QF] Ramit Tandon (IND,201) l Sanjay Singh (MAS,140) 11-8, 2-11, 2-11 (retd.)

Ramit retired in the quarters against Malaysian, Sanjay Singh ... Before that, he continued with his recent good form as he scored an upset win over top-50 Britisher Nathan Lake in the first round and then trounced local player in 15 mins in the second round.

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At $140K Women's Hong Kong Open 2017, Hong Kong China

[R1] (11) Joshna Chinappa (IND,14) bt (Q) Hollie Naughton (CAN,32) 11-5, 8-11, 11-5, 8-11, 11-6 (46m)
[R1] Dipika Pallikal Karthik (IND,20) l (13) Nour El Tayeb (EGY,8) 4-11, 4-11, 8-11 (17m)

[R2] (11) Joshna Chinappa (IND,14) l Nouran Gohar (EGY,5) 8-11, 11-7, 8-11, 11-9, 1-11 (50m)

Joshna stretched WR #5 Nouran Gohar to five games in the second round ... Before that, she needed five games to beat Canadian qualifier ... Dipika failed to challenge El Tayeb in a one-sided loss.

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At $165K Men's Hong Kong Open 2017, Hong Kong China

[Q1] Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND,69) bt (4) Karim Ali Fathi (EGY,33) 18-16, 11-5, 11-3 (51m)
[Q2] Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND,69) bt Youssef Soliman (EGY,56) 11-8, 11-8, 3-11, 11-5 (59m)

[R1] (Q) Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND,69) l Paul Coll (NZL,9) 11-9, 3-11, 5-11, 1-11 (44m)
[R1] Saurav Ghosal (IND,21) l (Q) Declan James (ENG,35) 9-11, 6-11,9-11 (49m)

I expected a better result from Saurav with his recent form but he lost in the straight games against British qualifier ... Harry qualified for the main draw with back to back upset wins over higher ranked Egyptian players and in the main draw he took WR #9 Paul Coll to four games.

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At $50K Men's CCI International 2017, Mumbai, India

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Final match
(3) Saurav Ghosal (IND,21) bt (5) Nicolas Müller (SUI,27) 11-6, 11-8, 11-8 (44m)

Saurav lifted his biggest PSA title beating Swiss player, Nicolas Müller, in the CCI International final ... Müller gave fighting performance but Saurav kept control of the match playing important points better.

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At $50K Men's CCI International 2017, Mumbai, India

[SF] (WC) Ramit Tandon (IND,201) l (5) Nicolas Müller (SUI,27) 6-11, 8-11, 7-11 (32m)
[SF] (3) Saurav Ghosal (IND,21) bt (2) Omar Mosaad (EGY,20) 5-11, 11-4, 11-8, 11-7 (67m)

[F] (3) Saurav Ghosal (IND,21) vs (5) Nicolas Müller (SUI,27)

Saurav continued with his recent terrific form ... He defeated former WR #3 Omar Mosaad in four games ... After losing the first game he made a strong comeback for winning next game ... Omar tried hard in the third and the fourth but Saurav won both games playing solid on important points ... In the final, he is facing Müller, who defeated Ramit.

Ramit was tired after playing the long match against Golan and Müller took full advantage of it after beating him in the straight games.

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At $50K Men's CCI International 2017, Mumbai, India

[QF] (WC) Ramit Tandon (IND,201) bt (1) Borja Golan (ESP,18) 11-8, 7-11, 6-11, 11-6, 11-9 (89m)
[QF] (3) Saurav Ghosal (IND,21) bt Joel Makin (WAL,42) 11-6, 11-8, 6-11, 11-2 (59m)
[QF] (Q) Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND,69) l (2) Omar Mosaad (EGY,20) 11-6, 12-10, 2-11, 8-11, 2-11 (71m)

[SF] (WC) Ramit Tandon (IND,201) vs (5) Nicolas Müller (SUI,27)
[SF] (3) Saurav Ghosal (IND,21) vs (2) Omar Mosaad (EGY,20)

It seems Ramit is going through a purple patch in this ongoing CCI International ... After his first-round upset win over top-50 player Ramit created huge upset beating top-20 experienced Spanish player, Borja Golan ... He started winning the first game but Borja fought back for winning next two ... After 1-2 down Ramit kept fighting and won the fourth game comfortably ... In the final game, both players were neck to neck but Ramit kept his nerve on big points for winning the match ... Next, he is playing Swiss player, Nicolas Müller.

Saurav also reached into the semis beating Makin in four games ... Next, he is facing Omar Mosaad, who scored a comeback win over Harry ... Harry won the first 2 games but after that Omar made a strong comeback for winning next three games.

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At $50K Men's CCI International 2017, Mumbai, India

[R1] (WC) Ramit Tandon (IND,201) bt (8) Abdulla Mohd Al Tamimi (QAT,43) 11-7, 4-11, 11-4, 11-3 (45m)
[R2] (3) Saurav Ghosal (IND,21) bt Joshua Masters (ENG,53) 11-4, 11-2, 11-3 (24m)
[R1] (Q) Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND,69) bt (7) Ivan Yuen (MAS,46) 4-11, 11-6, 11-2, 11-3 (51m)

[QF] (WC) Ramit Tandon (IND,201) vs (1) Borja Golan (ESP,18)
[QF] (3) Saurav Ghosal (IND,21) vs Joel Makin (WAL,42)
[QF] (Q) Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND,69) vs (2) Omar Mosaad (EGY,20)

Harry qualified for the main-draw and started with an upset win over top-50 Malaysian ... Next, he is having a tough match against Omar Mosaad.

Ramit received a wild-card and he took full advantage of it beating WR #43 Al Tamimi in the four games ... But in the quarters, he is facing top-seed Spanish Borja Golan.

Saurav started with a comfortable win and meeting Wales players, Joel Makin, in the quarters.

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At $165K Men's Qatar Classic 2017, Doha, Qatar

[R2] (Q) Saurav Ghosal (IND,26) l Diego Elias (PER,15) 8-11, 6-11, 9-11

The young Peruvian, Diego Elias, proved better player on the court as he defeated Saurav in the straight games.

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At $165K Men's Qatar Classic 2017, Doha, Qatar

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[R1] (Q) Saurav Ghosal (IND,26) bt Daryl Selby (ENG,14) 11-4, 11-8, 11-2 (40m)

[R2] (Q) Saurav Ghosal (IND,26) vs Diego Elias (PER,15)

Saurav continued with his London form and here defeated top-15 Britisher Daryl Selby in three games ... Next, he is facing young Peruvian, Diego Elias.

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At $165K Men's Qatar Classic 2017, Doha, Qatar

[Q1] (2) Saurav Ghosal (IND,26) bt Mazen Gamal (EGY,57) 11-3, 11-8, 14-12 (42m)
[Q2] (2) Saurav Ghosal (IND,26) bt Ammar Altamimi (KUW,119) 11-6, 11-3, 11-6 (29m)

[R1] (Q) Saurav Ghosal (IND,26) vs Daryl Selby (ENG,14)

As expected, Saurav qualified for this big PSA tournament with the straight games victories ... Next, he is facing top-15 British player, Daryl Selby.

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At $100K Men's St George's Hill Classic 2017, Surrey, England

[SF] (Q) Saurav Ghosal (IND,26) l (1) Mohamed Elshorbagy (EGY,3) 11-13, 8-11, 9-11 (56m)

Saurav gave fighting performance against Elshorbagy in his loss ... Saurav stayed in touch throughout the match.

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At $100K Men's St George's Hill Classic 2017, Surrey, England

[QF] (Q) Saurav Ghosal (IND,26) bt (8) Mohamed Abouelghar (EGY,13) 11-9, 5-11, 8-11, 11-3, 11-8 (68m)

[SF] (Q) Saurav Ghosal (IND,26) vs (1) Mohamed Elshorbagy (EGY,3)

Saurav scored a superb comeback win over top-15 Egyptian Abouelghar to win it in five games ... Saurav won the first game but lost next two easily ... Saurav recovered to win the fourth comfortably and then kept that momentum in the fifth for upset win showing his first round win wasn't a fluke ... Next, he is facing another Egyptian, former WR #1 Mohamed Elshorbagy.

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At $50K Women's Carol Weymuller Open 2017, New York, USA

[R1] Dipika Pallikal Karthik (IND,21) l (2) Raneem El Welily (EGY,3) 8-11, 6-11, 7-11

Dipika lost in the straight games against El Welily giving decent performance.

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At $50K Women's Carol Weymuller Open 2017, New York, USA

[R1] (6) Joshna Chinappa (IND,13) l Salma Hany Ibrahim (EGY,19) 10-12, 11-4, 10-12, 11-6, 8-11

Joshna lost against Salma in five games ... In this match, Salma won the important points, in 1st and 3rd games, for winning crucial games.

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At $100K Men's St George's Hill Classic 2017, Surrey, England

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[R1] (Q) Saurav Ghosal (IND,26) bt (3) Marwan Elshorbagy (EGY,6) 11-7, 11-7, 11-2 (36m)

[QF] (Q) Saurav Ghosal (IND,26) vs (8) Mohamed Abouelghar (EGY,13)

Saurav scored another topnotch victory over top-10 Egyptian player, Marwan Elshorbagy, with this he recorded his 200th PSA match win ... He won the match with ease against Marwan, in each game he took an early lead and kept the pressure on him ... Next, he is facing young rising Egyptian Mohamed Abouelghar.

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At $100K Men's St George's Hill Classic 2017, Surrey, England

[Q1] Saurav Ghosal (IND,26) bt Matthew Broadberry (ENG,228) 11-3, 11-2, 11-5 (24m)
[Q2] Saurav Ghosal (IND,26) bt Declan James (ENG,40) 11-4, 8-11, 11-6, 11-3 (54m)

[R1] (Q) Saurav Ghosal (IND,26) vs (3) Marwan Elshorbagy (EGY,6)

Saurav qualified for the maindraw with back to back wins over British players ... Next, he is facing Egyptian Marwan Elshorbagy.

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At $50K Women's Carol Weymuller Open 2017, New York, USA

[R1] (6) Joshna Chinappa (IND,13) vs Salma Hany Ibrahim (EGY,19)
[R1] Dipika Pallikal Karthik (IND,21) vs (2) Raneem El Welily (EGY,3)

Joshna and Dipika r having Egyptian challenge ... Dipika is having tougher challenge of WR #3 Raneem El Welily.

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At $165K Women's US Open 2017, Philadelphia, USA

[R2] (13) Joshna Chinappa (IND,13) l (5) Nouran Gohar (EGY,5) 9-11, 11-9, 11-8, 11-5 (57m)

Joshna stretched Gohar to four games but despite fighting performance, she failed to overcome the challenge of top-5 player.

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At $165K Women's US Open 2017, Philadelphia, USA

[R1] (13) Joshna Chinappa (IND,13) bt Dipika Pallikal Karthik (IND,21) 7-11, 11-8, 11-8, 11-9 (45m)

[R2] (13) Joshna Chinappa (IND,13) vs (5) Nouran Gohar (EGY,5)

Joshna won the battle between India's top 2 players ... Dipika started well and won the first game but afterwards Joshna recovered ... She won next three games in a well-contested match playing important points better than the opponent and keeping her nerve ... Next, she is facing talented Egyptian girl, Nouran Gohar.