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At $150K Women's World Championship 2014, Wadi Degla, Cairo, Egypt (World Series Platinum)

[R2] (14) Dipika Pallikal (IND,16) l (3) Raneem El Welily (EGY,3) 1-3 (11-7 5-11 3-11 6-11) (50m)

After winning the first game Dipika's game faded away and Welily won next three games convincingly.

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At $150K Women's World Championship 2014, Wadi Degla, Cairo, Egypt (World Series Platinum)

[R2] Joshana Chinappa (IND,22) l (7) Low Wee Wern (MAS,7) 2-3 (11-6, 3-11, 13-11, 7-11, 8-11) (64m)

Joshana play competitive match against WR #7 Malaysian girl Low Wee Wern ... Joshana was leading 2-1 after winning the third game in extra points but afterwards she failed to keep momentum in last two games ... Low Wee Wern won last closely fought games for winning the match.

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At $150K Women's World Championship 2014, Wadi Degla, Cairo, Egypt (World Series Platinum)

[R1] (14) Dipika Pallikal (IND,16) bt (Q) Samantha Teran (MEX,34) 3-2 (9-11, 10-12, 11-6, 11-4, 11-7) (75m)
[R1] Joshana Chinappa (IND,22) bt (12) Madeline Perry (IRL,14) 3-1 (14-12, 11-7, 4-11, 11-7) (50m)

[R2] (14) Dipika Pallikal (IND,16) vs (3) Raneem El Welily (EGY,3)
[R2] Joshana Chinappa (IND,22) vs (7) Low Wee Wern (MAS,7)

Great start for Indians as our both players crossed first hurdle in contrasting style ... Joshana score upset win over top-15 Irish player in four games after winning the first game in extra points ... Next she is facing Malaysian WR #7 Low Wee Wern.

Dipika dig deep to score comeback win over Mexican veteran and former WR #11 Teran in 75 minutes long match ... Dipika lost first 2 games before fighting back to win last three games ... Next she is facing in-form WR #3 Egyptian Raneem El Welily.

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At $325K Men's Qatar PSA World Championship 2014 (World Open), Doha

[R3] (14) Saurav Ghosal (IND,17) l (3) Nick Matthew (ENG,3) 1-3 (11-4, 11-5, 6-11, 11-9) (52m)

Saurav gives fighting performance against defending champion Matthew ... After losing first 2 games cheaply Saurav raised his game ... He won the third game and Matthew needed extra hard-work for winning fourth game.

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At $325K Men's Qatar PSA World Championship 2014 (World Open), Doha

[R2] (14) Saurav Ghosal (IND,17) bt Nasir Iqbal (PAK,44) 3-1 (11-7, 5-11, 11-9, 11-4) (51m)
[R2] Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,49) l (2) Mohamed Elshorbagy (EGY,1) 3-0 (6-11, 4-11, 1-11) (29m)

[R3] (14) Saurav Ghosal (IND,17) vs (3) Nick Matthew (ENG,3)

Saurav score win in four games against Nasir ... In pre-quarter final he is facing defending champion Nick Matthew.

Mahesh gives decent performance in first 2 games against WR #1 before losing one-sided third game.

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At $325K Men's Qatar PSA World Championship 2014 (World Open), Doha

[R1] (14) Saurav Ghosal (IND,18) bt Steven Finitsis (AUS,57) 3-0 (11-5, 11-4, 11-6) (35m)
[R1] Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,49) bt (Q) Lance Beddoes (NZL,141) 3-1 (11-9, 11-3, 11-13, 11-9) (54m)

[R2] (14) Saurav Ghosal (IND,17) vs Nasir Iqbal (PAK,44)
[R2] Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,49) vs (2) Mohamed Elshorbagy (EGY,1)

Saurav start with comfortable win over Aussie Finitsis in straight games in World championship ... Next he is facing Pakistani Nasir Iqbal.

Mahesh score tight win over New Zealand's qualifier Lance Beddoes for his first win in Men't World championship ... But in the second round he is facing WR #1 Mohamed Elshorbagy.

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At $25K Women's Monte Carlo Classic 2014, Stade Louis II, Monte Carlo, Monaco (Silver 25)

[R1] (2) Dipika Pallikal (IND,16) bt bt Tesni Evans (WAL,27) 3-0 (11-2, 11-6 13-11) (36m)

[QF] (2) Dipika Pallikal (IND,16) bt bt Aisling Blake (IRL,37) 3-0 (11-6, 11-4, 11-2) (24m)

[SF] (2) Dipika Pallikal (IND,16) l (8) Nouran Gohar (EGY,22) 2-3 (9-11, 10-12, 11-8, 11-8, 11-2) (70m)

Dipika lose against eventual champion 17 yrs old Egyptian Gohar after winning first 2 games ... Before her loss Dipika won her first 2 matches comfortably ... In the semis also she started confidently after winning first 2 tight games but after that Dipika played error-prone game ... Gohar take full advantage of it and beat Dipika after winning next three games .. Big missed opportunity for Dipika to lit the title.

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At $50K Men's Macau Open 2014 (International 50), Taipa, Macau

[QF] (3) Saurav Ghosal (IND,17) l (6) Mazen Hesham (EGY,39) 2-3 (11-5, 7-11, 11-7, 7-11, 11-13)

Disappointing loss for Saurav against Mazen Hesham ... This was winnable match but Saurav made mess of it ... He was leading 2-1 sets but then he lost focus ... He lost 4th set and then in 5th set Hesham won it in extra points.

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At $50K Women's Macau Open 2014 (Gold 50), Taipa, Macau

[R1] (14) Joshana Chinappa (IND,21) l (1) Nicol David (MAS,1) 0-3 (8-11, 10-12, 10-12)

Joshana shows fighting performance against WR #1 Nicol in her straight games loss ... The first game was close but in next two Joshana take Nicol to extra points but failed to win.
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At $50K Men's Macau Open 2014 (International 50), Taipa, Macau

[R1] (3) Saurav Ghosal (IND,17) bt (WC) Steven Liu (MAC,163) 3-0 (11-2, 11-3, 14-12)

[QF] (3) Saurav Ghosal (IND,17) vs (6) Mazen Hesham (EGY,39)

Saurav start with straight games win over local wild-card though in the third he was stretched to extra points ... Next he is facing 6th seed Egyptian Mazen Hesham.

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At $50K Women's Macau Open 2014 (Gold 50), Taipa, Macau

[R1] Joshana Chinappa (IND,21) vs (1) Nicol David (MAS,1)

Tough match for Joshana against WR #1 Nicol.
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At $50K Men's Macau Open 2014 (International 50), Taipa, Macau

[R1] (3) Saurav Ghosal (IND,17) vs (WC) Steven Liu (MAC,163)

Saurav is facing local wild-card player ... Good chance to go deep in the draw.

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At $115K Men's US Open 2014 (World Series Gold), Philadelphia

[R1] (8) Saurav Ghosal (IND,17) l Fares Dessouki (EGY,30) 2-3 (8-11, 11-4, 11-5, 10-12, 7-11)

Egyptian Dessouki score upset win over Saurav in this Gold tournament ... Dessouki won the first set but after that Saurav made a comeback and won next two sets ... But again from fourth Saurav struggled with his game and Dessouki won that in extra points ... Dessouki kept momentum for wining the fifth for upset win.

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At $50K Women's China Open 2014, Shanghai

[R1] (5) Dipika Pallikal (IND,12) bt Line Hansen (DEN,25) 3-2 (9-11, 11-4, 12-10, 5-11, 11-6) (56m)

[QF] (5) Dipika Pallikal (IND,12) l Salma Hany Ibrahim (EGY,40) 0-3

Dipika struggled in the first round match against Line Hansen ... After losing first game Dipika fought back to win next two ... Line take 4th game before Dipika take hold of fifth ... But Dipika's poor form reflected in her next match ... Dipika disappointingly lose her match against Egyptian qualifier in straight games.
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At $88K Men's China Open 2014, Shanghai

[Q1] Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,56) bt Wong Wai Chung (HKG,UNR) 3-0 (12-10, 11-3, 11-7) (26m)

[Q2] Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,56) l Joe Lee (ENG,32) 1-3 (6-11, 9-11, 11-9, 4-11) (60m)

Another encouraging performance by Mahesh in his loss against top-35 player ... And really happy to see Mahesh inside top-60.

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At $150K Men's Hong Kong Open 2014, Hong Kong, China

[R2] Saurav Ghosal (IND,16) l (5) Peter Barker (ENG,8) 6-11 5-11 1-2 Retd.

After losing the first 2 games Saurav retire from the match in early of third game ... Hopefully nothing serious injury scare.

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At $70K Women's Hong Kong Open 2014, Hong Kong, China

[R1] (14) Joshana Chinappa (IND,21) l Nouran Gohar (EGY,29) 0-3 (8-11 4-11 7-11) (20m)

Joshana failed to raise her game against Egyptian current World Championship junior finalist Gohar and lose match in straight games.
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At $150K Men's Hong Kong Open 2014, Hong Kong, China

[R1] Saurav Ghosal (IND,16) bt (Q) Henrik Mustonen (FIN,38) 11-4 11-6 11-3 (28m)

[R2] Saurav Ghosal (IND,16) vs (5) Peter Barker (ENG,8)

Expected comfortable winning start for Saurav against Finnish qualifier ... Next he is facing British top-10 and his nemesis Peter Barker.

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At $150K Men's Hong Kong Open 2014, Hong Kong, China

[Q2] Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,63) l Henrik Mustonen (FIN,38) 0-3 (9-11 10-12 8-11) (43m)

[R1] Saurav Ghosal (IND,16) vs (Q) Henrik Mustonen (FIN,38)

Though Mahesh lose his match against Henrik Mustonen in three games still he gave valiant efforts against Mustonen ... Henrik Mustonen's next opponent is Saurav.

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At $70K Women's CIMB Malaysian Open 2014, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

[R1] (14) Joshana Chinappa (IND,21) bt Line Hansen (DEN,24) 3-1 (11-8, 8-11, 11-7, 11-9) (50m)

[R2] (14) Joshana Chinappa (IND,21) l (1) Nicol David (MAS,1) 0-3 (4-11, 3-11, 8-11) (32m)

In the last week Joshana played at Malaysian Open ... In the first round she scored nice win over similar ranked Danish player Hansen before losing to WR #1 Nicol David in the second round.
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At $70K Women's Hong Kong Open 2014, Hong Kong, China

[R1] (14) Joshana Chinappa (IND,21) vs Nouran Gohar (EGY,29)

Joshana having tricky match against current junior World championship runner-up Nouran Gohar.
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At $150K Men's Hong Kong Open 2014, Hong Kong, China

[Q1] Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,63) bt (WC) Ling To Yu (HKG,UNR) 11-7, 11-5, 11-7

[Q2] Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,63) vs Henrik Mustonen (FIN,38)

[R1] Saurav Ghosal (IND,16) vs Qualifier

Saurav is facing qualifier in the first round ... Other hand Mahesh is in qualifying ... In the first qualifying round local 16 yrs youngster stretch him in three games.

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At Men's WSF World Junior Championship 2014, Windhoek, Namibia

[SF] (3/4) Kush Kumar (IND) vs (1) Diego Elias (PER) 0-3 (5-11, 7-11, 4-11) (42')

Kush gives his best against top-seed Diego but in end that wasn't enough ... Overall promising performance by Kush in World Junior championship.

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At Men's WSF World Junior Championship 2014, Windhoek, Namibia

[R1] (3/4) Kush Kumar (IND) bt bye
[R2] (3/4) Kush Kumar (IND) bt Luke Michael Mannion (ZIM) 11-0, 11-7, 11-4
[R3] (3/4) Kush Kumar (IND) bt Edmon Lopez Moller (ESP) 11-6, 11-4, 11-8
[R4] (3/4) Kush Kumar (IND) bt Darren Chan (MAS) 11-3, 11-4, 11-7 (27m)
[QF] (3/4) Kush Kumar (IND) bt (5/8) George Parker (ENG) 11-6, 11-8, 11-8 (40m)

[SF] (3/4) Kush Kumar (IND) vs (1) Diego Elias (PER)

Kush Kumar beat Britisher George Parker in straight games, 11-6 11-8 11-8, to becomes the first Indian boy to reach the semifinals of World Junior Championships ... In this tournament till now he doesn't lose a single game but next he is facing big challenge of the top seed and championship favourite Diego Elias of Peru, who is already in top-100 of world ranking.

Other hand in boys only Madhav Dhingra managed to reach in the third round and in girls section Harshit Kaur Jawanda managed to reach in the third round before losing to 2ns seed Egyptian Nouran Gohar, who is already in top-30 world ranking.

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At $15K Men's Be Personnel Loch Ness Challenger 2014, Inverness, Scotland

[F] (8) Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,75) l (3) Steven Finitsis (AUS,50) 1-3 (9-11, 2-11, 11-2, 5-11) (61m)

Mahesh fails to lift title in this Scottish tournament ... After losing the tight first game Mahesh lost his focus and lose the second game easily ... In the third game Steven made numerous errors and Mahesh take advantage to win it ... Steven recovered in the fourth for winning it ... May be Mahesh tired in this match as he played long three matches before the final.

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At $15K Men's Be Personnel Loch Ness Challenger 2014, Inverness, Scotland

[R1] (8) Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,75) bt (Q) Michael Harris (ENG,121) 3-2 (10-12, 11-6, 11-4, 7-11, 11-2) (67m)
[QF] (8) Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,75) bt (4) Jaymie Haycocks (ENG,52) 3-2 (11-13, 11-8, 3-11, 11-5, 11-6) (83m)
[SF] (8) Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,75) bt (1) Alan Clyne (SCO,35) 3-1 (11-7, 11-4, 5-11, 11-7) (59m)

[F] (8) Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,75) vs (3) Steven Finitsis (AUS,50)

Mahesh is in another final of the year in Scottish challenger ... In the semis he beat top-seed and WR #35 local player Clyne in four games ... After winning first 2 games Mahesh lost third game but he recovered to win fourth game ... In the final he is facing top-50 Australian player.

Before that Mahesh won two 5 games matches ... In the first match British qualifier stretched Mahesh to five games which he won after 67 minutes ... In the quarter final he faced another British player Jaymie Haycocks ... In this match Mahesh needed to dig deep to win it ... He was 1-2 down before winning last two games and won this long one and half hours match.