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At $100K Men's St George's Hill Classic 2016, Weybridge, Surrey, England

[R2] Saurav Ghosal (IND,22) l Daryl Selby (ENG,16) 5-11, 3-11, 6-11 (45m)

Surprisingly Britisher Daryl Selby proved too strong for Saurav in this match.

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At $100K Men's St George's Hill Classic 2016, Weybridge, Surrey, England

[R1] Saurav Ghosal (IND,22) bt (7) Borja Golan (ESP,17) 11-5, 11-7, 10-12, 11-8 (64m)

[R2] Saurav Ghosal (IND,22) vs Daryl Selby (ENG,16)

Saurav started with the upset win over 7th seed Borja in four games ... Next, he is facing Britisher Daryl Selby, who scored the upset win over WR #1 Mohamed Elshorbagy in a marathon match.

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At $150K Men's Qatar Classic 2016, Doha

[R1] Saurav Ghosal (IND,22) l (Q) Alan Clyne (SCO,35) 10-12, 11-9, 7-11, 1-11 (47m)

Disappointing loss for Saurav against Scottish qualifier in four games.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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At $50K Women's Carol Weymuller Open 2016, New York, USA

[QF] (9) Joshana Chinappa (IND,13) l (7) Sarah-Jane Perry (ENG,11) 6-11, 6-11, 3-11

Sarah-Jane proved better player than Joshana and defeated her convincingly.

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At $50K Women's Carol Weymuller Open 2016, New York, USA

[R1] Dipika Pallikal Karthik (IND,19) l (2) Camille Serme (FRA,7) 8-11, 11-7, 3-11, 11-13
[R1] (4) Joshana Chinappa (IND,13) bt (Q) Salma Hany Ibrahim (EGY,35) 12-10, 11-9, 11-8

[QF] (4) Joshana Chinappa (IND,13) vs (7) Sarah-Jane Perry (ENG,11)

Dipka gives fighting performance against top-10 player as she lost in four games against Frenchwoman Camille Serme ... Joshana scored straight games over Egyptian qualifier ... Next she is facing in-form Britisher Sarah-Jane Perry.

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At $150K Women's US Open 2016, Philadelphia, USA

Official US open site

[R2] (9) Joshana Chinappa (IND,13) l (2) Laura Massaro (ENG,2) 5-11, 5-11, 6-11 (27m)

Defending champion and WR #2 Laura Massaro proved too strong for Joshana as she lose her match in straight games

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At $150K Women's US Open 2016, Philadelphia, USA

[R1] Dipika Pallikal Karthik (IND,19) l (7) Amanda Sobhy (USA,6) 11-7, 3-11, 1-11, 4-11 (30m)
[R1] (9) Joshana Chinappa (IND,13) bt Heba El Torky (EGY,23) 7-11, 4-11, 11-7, 12-10, 11-7 (55m)

[R2] (9) Joshana Chinappa (IND,13) vs (2) Laura Massaro (ENG,2)

Joshana needed to dig deep against Torky for comeback win ... After losing first 2 games she made strong comeback ... In fourth game Joshana saved two match balls on the way to beating Heba El Torky ... Next she is facing WR #2 Britisher Laura Massaro.

Dipika failed to maintain momentum after winning first game ... Home favorite Amanda Sobhy proved better player for her.

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At $35K Women's Otters International JSW ISC 2016, Mumbai, India

Final
(2) Joshana Chinappa (IND,10) l (1) Annie Au (HKG,13) 9-11, 11-13, 7-11 (55m)

Joshana failed to overcome challenge of Annie Au and lose match in straight three games ... As per report all games had long rallies but Annie showed more consistency in her game for a win.

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At $35K Women's Otters International JSW ISC 2016, Mumbai, India

[SF] (2) Joshana Chinappa (IND,10) bt (6) Tesni Evans (WAL,29) 11-6, 15-13, 9-11, 11-8 (73m)

[F] (2) Joshana Chinappa (IND,10) vs (1) Annie Au (HKG,13)

Joshana survives Tensi marathon test for entering into the final ... She won her match in four games but match was going for 73 minutes ... After winning first 2 games Joshana faced stiff challenge from Tensi but Joshana recovered in 4th game for completing victory ... In the final she is facing experienced top-seed Annie Au.

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At $35K Women's Otters International JSW ISC 2016, Mumbai, India

[R1] (Q) Sachika Ingale (IND,84) l (8) Nadine Shahin (EGY,34) 7-11, 11-5, 1-11, 6-11 (35m)
[R1] (WC) Akanksha Salunkhe (IND,191) l (3) Delia Arnold (MAS,18) 2,11, 3-11, 6-11 (18m)
[R1] (4) Dipika Pallikal Karthik (IND,19) bt (Q) Mayar Hany (EGY,37) 10-12, 18-16, 13-11, 11-3 (58m)
[R1] (2) Joshana Chinappa (IND,10) bt Nele Gilis (BEL,42) 11-9, 11-7, 11-9 (43m)

[QF] (4) Dipika Pallikal Karthik (IND,19) l (6) Tesni Evans (WAL,29) 13-15, 11-8, 10-12 8-11 (64m)
[QF] (2) Joshana Chinappa (IND,10) bt (7) Liu Tsz-Ling (HKG,28) 11-7, 5-11, 11-5, 11-5

[SF] (2) Joshana Chinappa (IND,10) vs (6) Tesni Evans (WAL,29)

Joshana in the semis with expected win in first 2 matches but Dipika surprisnly lost her quarter-final match against Wales girl in closely fought match.

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At $100K Men's NetSuite Open 2016, San Francisco, USA

[R1] Saurav Ghosal (IND,21) l (1) Gregory Gaultier (FRA,2) 9-11, 4-11, 1-11 (31m)

Expected loss but disappointing score of final two games against Gaultier.

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At $100K Men's NetSuite Open 2016, San Francisco, USA

[R1] Saurav Ghosal (IND,21) vs (1) Gregory Gaultier (FRA,2)

Tough first round for Saurav against Gregory Gaultier.

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At $100K Women's Al-Ahram International NewGiza 2016, Giza, Egypt

[R1] Joshana Chinappa (IND,10) vs (3) Raneem El Welily (EGY,5) 8-11, 2-11, 7-11 (26m)

WR #5 Raneem proved too strong to Joshana in the first round.

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At $50K Men's Macau Open 2016, Taipa, Macau

[SF] (2) Saurav Ghosal (IND,21) l (4) Daryl Selby (ENG,19) 11-8, 7-11, 4-11, 0-11 (64m)

Saurav lost in four games against Britisher Daryl Selby ... After winning the first game Saurav failed to keep momentum and frankly I surprised to see score of last two games ... Hopefully not another big injury scare for Saurav.

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At $50K Men's Macau Open 2016, Taipa, Macau

[QF] (2) Saurav Ghosal (IND,21) bt (Q) Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND,79) 11-9, 11-6, 3-11, 11-8

[SF] (2) Saurav Ghosal (IND,21) vs (4) Daryl Selby (ENG,19)

As expected close match between Saurav and Harinder ... Saurav completed win in four games ... Next he is facing top-20 British player Daryl Selby.

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At $50K Men's Macau Open 2016, Taipa, Macau

[Q1] Ravi Dixit (IND,167) l Elvin Keo (MAS,119) 2-11, 4-11, 11-8, 11-13 (35m)
[Q1] Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND,79) bt Tang Ming Hong (HKG,156) 11-5, 9-11, 11-9, 13-11

[Q2] Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND,79) bt James Huang (TPE,97) 11-8, 8-11, 11-7, 7-11, 11-8 (60m)

[R1] (Q) Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND,79) bt (6) Nicolas Müller (SUI,32) 11-8, 10-12, 12-10, 11-8 (48m)
[R1] (2) Saurav Ghosal (IND,21) bt (Q) Elvin Keo (MAS,119) 11-7, 11-5, 11-7 (34m)

[QF] (2) Saurav Ghosal (IND,21) vs (Q) Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND,79)

In the first round Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu scored huge upset win over top-30 type Swiss opponent Nicolas Müller in four tight games after qualifying for main-draw ... Next we r having interesting match between Indians as Saurav also won his first round against Malaysian qualifier in straight games.

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At $100K Men's China Open 2016, Shanghai

[QF] Saurav Ghosal (IND,21) l (6) Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY,6) 9-11, 3-11, 11-8, 11-5, 9-11 (76m)

Saurav lost very close match to the world number 6 Gawad in five games ... He fought back from 2-0 down but in end couldn't pull it off as losing the fifth 9-11.

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At $70K Women's China Open 2016, Shanghai

[QF] (5) Joshana Chinappa (IND,10) l (1) Laura Massaro (ENG,2) 7-11, 5-11, 6-11 (30m)

Joshana failed to overcome challenge of Laura Massaro ... She lost in straight three games.