Tennis News

At The Wimbledon 2014, London, Great Britain (Grass)

Doubles
[R1] (4) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) bt Martina Hingis (SUI)/ Vera Zvonareva (RUS) 62 64
[R1] (Q) Marcelo Demoliner (BRA)/ Purav Raja (IND) l (15) Juan Sebastian Cabal (COL)/ Marcin Matkowski (POL) 26 46 46
[R1] Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE)/ Divij Sharan (IND) l Jamie Delgado (GBR)/ Gilles Muller (LUX) 62 62 67(3) 36 26

Mixed Doubles
[R1] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Shuko Aoyama (JPN) vs Tomasz Bednarek (POL)/ Vania King (USA)
[R1] (6) Horia Tecau (ROU)/ Sania Mirza (IND) bye
[R1] (7) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Andrea Hlavackova (CZE) bye
[R1] (4) Leander Paes (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) bye

Sania-Cara score comfortable win over experienced pairing of Hingis-Zvonareva to start their Wimbledon campaign ... In the first set Sania-Cara were break down at 1-2 but after that they won next 5 games in that breaking Hingis-Zvonareva thrice to win the set ... They kept momentum in the second set for winning the match.

Divij-Lu started with dominating their opponents and won the first 2 sets comfortably ... But from the third set Divij-Lu were leading 4-2 but they lost the plot from here ... Delgado-Muller started to combine well and they raised their game on crucial juncture to win this set in tie-break ... They won the fourth set with a single break and take match into the decider ... Delgado-Muller had a momentum with them and this time they dominated from start ... Delgado-Muller completed comeback victory with dominating the final set.

Purav-Marcelo fail to raise their game against seeded experienced opponents and lose their match in straight sets.

Mixed doubles draw is out and interestingly Divij is first time playing in mixed doubles ... He is partnering top-40 and last year's doubles semi-finalist Japanese Shuko Aoyama and they r playing against Vania King and Tomasz Bednarek .. Our all other three pairs r seeded and having bye in the first round ... Sania is in top draw and Rohan with Lee r in the bottom draw.
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At $50K ITF Women's Tournament, Xi'an, China

[R1] Ankita Raina (289) l (6) Hiroko Kuwata (JPN,236) 16 06

Doubles
[QF] Ankita Raina (IND)/ Barbara Bonic (SRB) vs Jia-Jing Lu (CHN)/ Yafan Wang (CHN) 63 46 6-10

Surprisingly one-sided loss of Ankita against Kuwata ... In the doubles Ankita-Barbara started well after winning the first set but after that Chinese pair made strong comeback for winning it.
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At $15K USA F17 Futures, Oklahoma City

[QF] Srikar ALLA (IND)/ Nicholas HORTON (AUS) l (3) Jesus BANDRES (VEN)/ Gonzalo ESCOBAR (ECU) 36 36

Srikar-Nicholas fail to challenge 3rd seed South American pair.
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At $10K Thailand F7 futures, Bangkok

[R2] (1) Vishnu VARDHAN (IND,563) l Ko SUZUKI (JPN,1024) 26 16
[R2] Vinayak Sharma KAZA (IND,1103) l (3) Dayne KELLY (AUS,649) 36 36
[R2] Sasi Kumar MUKUND (IND,1257) l (5) Christopher RUNGKAT (INA,759) 26 16
[R2] Ronit Singh BISHT (IND,1174) bt (WC) Suthinan TANTHASERANEEWAT (THA,UNR) 64 62

[QF] Ronit Singh BISHT (IND,1174) vs (2) Yannick Jankovits (FRA,608)

Doubles
[QF] Christopher MARQUIS (IND)/ Kelsey STEVENSON (CAN) l (3) Daniel FERRETTI (AUS)/ Aaron LEEDER-CHARD (AUS) 36 36

Only Ronit wins his match against Thai un-ranked opponent ... Otherwise another shocking one-sided loss of Vishnu against 1000+ opponent ... Ronit next meeting his doubles partner and 2nd seed Frenchman Jankovits.
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At $10K Spain F15 Futures, Palma Del Rio

[R2] (4) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,340) bt (Q) Jorge Hernando-Ruano (ESP,911) 36 61 75

[QF] (4) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,340) vs (7) Eduardo Struvay (COL,409)

Doubles
[SF] Jaume PLA MALFEITO (ESP)/ Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND) bt (2) Ivan ARENAS-GUALDA (ESP)/ David VEGA-HERNANDEZ (ESP) 76(5) 63

[F] Jaume PLA MALFEITO (ESP)/ Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND) vs (3) Eduard ESTEVE LOBATO (ESP)/ Oriol ROCA BATALLA (ESP)

Ramk score excellent comeback win over Hernando-Ruano after losing the first set ... Jorge was tricky opponent but RamK stand tall to his challenge in the final set for a win ... In the quarters he is facing Colombian Struvay.

In the doubles RamK-Jaume score another upset win over 2nd seed Spanish pair in straight sets ... In the final RamK-Jaume r facing 3rd seed Spanish pair.

Badminton News

At $750K The Star Australian Badminton Open 2014, Sydney (Superseries)

[R1] Sai Praneeth B. (IND,73) bt (Q) Hoe Keat Oon (AUS,740) 21-7 21-11
[R1] H. S. Prannoy (IND,57) l (8) Marc Zwiebler (GER,23) 14-21 18-21
[R2] (6) Saina Nehwal (IND,9) bt Yu Sun (CHN,31) 22-24 21-17 21-10
[R1] P. C. Thulasi (IND,47) bt Jamie Subandhi (USA,45) 21-16 21-18
[R1] (8) P V Sindhu (IND,10) bt Aya Ohhori (JPN,171) 21-16 21-14

[R1] Manu Attri (IND)/ B. Sumeeth Reddy (IND) l (7) Fu Haifeng (CHN)/ Zhang Nan (CHN) 17-21 11-21
[R1] Alwin Francis (IND)/ Arun Vishnu (IND) bt (Q) Michael Fariman (AUS)/ Moses Tulaar Reyhan (INA) 21-7 21-11
[R1] Pranaav Jerry Chopra (IND)/ Akshay Dewalkar (IND) bt Yong Kai Terry Hee (SIN)/ Zi Liang Derek Wong (SIN) 21-16 21-16
[R1] Pradnya Gadre (IND)/ N. Siki Reddy (IND) l (8) Pia Zebadiah Bernadeth (INA)/ Rizki Amelia Pradipta (INA) 17-21 21-19 10-21
[R1] Arun Vishnu (IND)/ Aparna Balan (IND) l Ross Smith (AUS)/ Renuga Veeran (AUS) 21-23 22-20 22-24
[R1] (Q) Akshay Dewalkar (IND)/ Pradnya Gadre (IND) l Yun Lung Chan (HKG)/ Ying Suet Tse (HKG) 16-21 14-21
[R1] (Q) Manu Attri (IND)/ N. Siki Reddy (IND) l (2) Chen Xu (CHN)/ Jin Ma (CHN) 17-21 16-21

[R2] Sai Praneeth B. (IND,73) vs (6) Zhengming Wang (CHN,8)
[R2] (6) Saina Nehwal (IND,9) vs P. C. Thulasi (IND,47)
[R2] (8) P V Sindhu (IND,10) vs Nichaon Jindapon (THA,13)

[R2] Alwin Francis (IND)/ Arun Vishnu (IND) vs (3) Sheng Mu Lee (TPE)/ Chia Hsin Tsai (TPE)
[R2] Pranaav Jerry Chopra (IND)/ Akshay Dewalkar (IND) vs Sung Hyun Ko (KOR)/ Baek Choel Shin (KOR)

Saina need comeback win after losing the first game against tricky Chinese opponent ... After losing the first game she made strong comeback against Yu Sun ... Next she is facing Thulasi.

Other hand easy win for Sindhu and Sai Praneeth ... Sindhu is facing top-15 Thai girl Jindapon and Sai Praneeth is facing tough challenge of top-10 Chinese player Zhengming Wang ... Thulasi score straight games win over similar ranked American Jamie Subandhi.

In the doubles Alwin Francis -Arun Vishnu and Pranaav Chopra-Akshay Dewalkar start with win but our other pairs lose their respective matches ... Both pairs having tough matches in next round.

Tennis News

At The Wimbledon 2014, London, Great Britain (Grass)

[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND,119) l (15) Jerzy Janowicz (POL,24) 64 36 36 63 36

Surprisingly fighting performance by Buji against big server Jerzy ... Jerzy wasn't his usual form but still Buji give creditable performance against him ... In the first set both players held their respective service games till 9th game ... Buji broke Jerzy in 10th game for winning opening set ... In the second set from 3-all Buji lost his serve in 7th and 9th game for losing this set ... In the third set Jerzy broke Buji in 2nd game to lead 3-0 and kept that lead for winning the third set ... Jerzy broke Buji in 1st game of 4th game to lead 2-0 but Buji fought back and broke Jerzy in 4th game to make 2-all .. Buji agan broke him in 8th game to win the set and take match into the decider ... Buji failed to keep his momentum in the fifth ... Jerzy broke Buji in 6th (?) game to lead 4-2 and then hold his serve for five sets win ... Considering recent slump in the form Buji perform way above expectation but still fail to convert it in the win.
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At $50K+H Nanchang Challenger, China

[R1] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,301) l (4) Ze Zhang (CHN,189) 26 06
[R1] N. Sriram Balaji (IND,368) l Ti Chen (TPE,311) 26 36

One-sided losses of Jeevan and Bala in the singles.
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At $50K ITF Women's Tournament, Xi'an, China

[R1] Ankita Raina (IND,289) bt Mingyang Liu (CHN,UNR) 62 62

[R2] Ankita Raina (IND,289) vs (6) Hiroko Kuwata (JPN,236)

Doubles
[QF] Ankita Raina (IND)/ Barbara Bonic (SRB) vs Jia-Jing Lu (CHN)/ Yafan Wang (CHN)

Expected easy win for Ankita ... Next she is having tough match against top-40 Japanese Kuwata.
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At $15K USA F17 Futures, Oklahoma City

[R1] (3) Sanam Singh (IND,376) l Collin Altamirano (USA,885) 36 16

Doubles
[R1] Srikar ALLA (IND)/ Nicholas HORTON (AUS) bt Vladislav BONDARENKO (UKR)/ Nathan ROPER (USA) 63 62

[QF] Srikar ALLA (IND)/ Nicholas HORTON (AUS) vs (3) Jesus BANDRES (VEN)/ Gonzalo ESCOBAR (ECU)

Horrible loss of Sanam against Altamirano ... In the doubles Srikar start with a win with Aussie partner ... Next they r facing 3rd seed South American pair.
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At $10K Thailand F7 futures, Bangkok

[R1] (1) Vishnu VARDHAN (IND,563) bt Aoxiong WANG (CHN,1588) 63 64
[R1] (Q) Christopher MARQUIS (IND,1588) l Ko SUZUKI (JPN,1024) 36 67(0)
[R1] Abhijeet TIWARI (IND,1686) l Peerakit SIRILUETHAIWATTANA (THA,UNR) 67(164)
[R1] Vinayak Sharma KAZA (IND,1103) bt (WC) Congsup CONGCAR (THA,1830) 46 76(7) 62

[R2] (1) Vishnu VARDHAN (IND,563) vs Ko SUZUKI (JPN,1024)
[R2] Vinayak Sharma KAZA (IND,1103) vs (3) Dayne KELLY (AUS,649)
[R2] Sasi Kumar MUKUND (IND,1257) vs (5) Christopher RUNGKAT (INA,759)
[R2] Ronit Singh BISHT (IND,1174) vs (WC) Suthinan TANTHASERANEEWAT (THA,UNR)

Kaza need comeback win from match point against lower ranked Thai opponent ... Other hand Vishnu win comfortably against Chinese opponent ... But Abhijeet and Marquis fail to cross first round hurdle.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Bangkok, Thailand

[R1] (Q) Rutuja BHOSALE (IND,993) l Kotomi TAKAHATA (JPN,807) 36 06
[R1] Prerna BHAMBRI (IND,677) l (Q) Yukun ZHANG (CHN,1037) 36 06

Very disappointing performance by Rutuja and Prerna in their one-sided losses.
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At $10K Spain F15 Futures, Palma Del Rio

[R1] (4) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,340) bt Erik Crepaldi (ITA,429) 64 76(8)

[R2] (4) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,340) vs (Q) Jorge Hernando-Ruano (ESP,911)

Doubles
[QF] Jaume PLA MALFEITO (ESP))/ Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND) bt (4) David PEREZ SANZ (ESP)/ Ricardo VILLACORTA-ALONSO (ESP) 64 46 10-8

[SF] Jaume PLA MALFEITO (ESP))/ Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND) vs Ivan ARENAS-GUALDA (ESP)/ David VEGA-HERNANDEZ (ESP)

RamK score really good win against top-425 Italian player Crepaldi ... Next he is facing Spanish qualifier Hernando-Ruano, who wins futures couple of weeks ago.

In the doubles Ramk-Jaume score upset win in the match tie-break against 4th seed Spanish pair ... In the semis they r facing 2nd seed Spanish pair.

Badminton News

At $750K The Star Australian Badminton Open 2014, Sydney (Superseries)

[Q1] Akshay Dewalkar (IND)/ Pradnya Gadre (IND) bt Simon Wing Hang Leung (AUS)/ Tiffany Ho (AUS) 21-10 21-8
[Q1] (2) Manu Attri (IND)/ N. Siki Reddy (IND) bt Daniel Guda (AUS)/ Alice Wu (AUS) 21-7 21-11

[R1] Sai Praneeth B. (IND,73) vs (Q) Hoe Keat Oon (AUS,740)
[R1] H. S. Prannoy (IND,57) vs (8) Marc Zwiebler (GER,23)
[R2] (6) Saina Nehwal (IND,9) vs Yu Sun (CHN,31)
[R1] P. C. Thulasi (IND,47) vs Jamie Subandhi (USA,45)
[R1] (8) P V Sindhu (IND,10) vs Aya Ohhori (JPN,171)

[R1] Manu Attri (IND)/ B. Sumeeth Reddy (IND) vs (7) Fu Haifeng (CHN)/ Zhang Nan (CHN)
[R1] Alwin Francis (IND)/ Arun Vishnu (IND) vs (Q) Michael Fariman (AUS)/ Moses Tulaar Reyhan (INA)
[R1] Pranaav Jerry Chopra (IND)/ Akshay Dewalkar (IND) vs Yong Kai Terry Hee (SIN)/ Zi Liang Derek Wong (SIN)
[R1] Pradnya Gadre (IND)/ N. Siki Reddy (IND) vs (8) Pia Zebadiah Bernadeth (INA)/ Rizki Amelia Pradipta (INA)
[R1] Arun Vishnu (IND)/ Aparna Balan (IND) vs Ross Smith (AUS)/ Renuga Veeran (AUS)
[R1] (Q) Akshay Dewalkar (IND)/ Pradnya Gadre (IND) vs Yun Lung Chan (HKG)/ Ying Suet Tse (HKG)
[R1] (Q) Manu Attri (IND)/ N. Siki Reddy (IND) vs (2) Chen Xu (CHN)/ Jin Ma (CHN)

Expected win for Indian pairs in MXD qualifying against unranked Aussie pairs ... In main-draw Saina having big opportunity of going deep in this Australian superseries ... Also interesting to see Sindhu's performance.

Tennis News

At $50K+H Nanchang Challenger, China

[R1] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,301) vs (4) Ze Zhang (CHN,189)
[R1] N. Sriram Balaji (IND,368) vs Ti Chen (TPE,311)

Doubles
[R1] Nicolas Meister (USA)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) l Hiroki Kondo (JPN)/ Mao-Xin Gong (CHN) 76(5) 67(2) 4-10
[R1] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Shuichi Sekiguchi (JPN) bt (WC) Long Chen (CHN)/ Hao Wu (CHN) 63 62

In the singles tough draw for Jeevan against top-200 local player Zhang ... Bala is playing against experienced Taipei player Ti Chen.

In the doubles Bala-Sekiguchi start with easy victory against local wild-card pair ... But Jeevan-Meister lose close match against Kondo-Gong in the match tie-break.
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At $50K ITF Women's Tournament, Xi'an, China

[R1] Ankita Raina (IND)/ Barbara Bonic (SRB) bt (WC) Xinyu Gao (CHN)/ Xiaodi You (CHN) 67(7)61 10-8

Surprisingly Chinese wild-card pair stretch Ankita-Bonic to the match tie-break.
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At $10K Thailand F7 futures, Bangkok

[R1] Sasi Kumar MUKUND (IND,1257) bt Fariz MOHAMMED (IND,1400) 62 62
[R1] Ronit Singh BISHT (IND,1174) bt (7) Phassawit BURAPHARITTA (THA,952) 76(1) 63

Doubles
[R1] (1) Vishnu VARDHAN (IND)/ Christopher RUNGKAT (INA) bt Dane CHUNTRARUK (THA)/ Pruchya ISAROW (THA) 64 62
[R1] Christopher MARQUIS (IND)/ Kelsey STEVENSON (CAN) bt Vinayak Sharma KAZA (IND)/ Weigiang ZHENG (CHN) 16 62 10-2
[R1] (4) Fariz MOHAMMED (IND)/ Sasi Kumar MUKUND (IND) l (WC) Timo SIVAPRUKSA (THA)/ Wishaya TRONGCHAROENCHAIKUL (THA) 64 16 8-10
[R1] Ronit Singh BISHT (IND)/ Yannick JANKOVITS (FRA) bt (2) Warit SORNBUTNARK (THA)/ Kittiphong WACHIRAMANOWONG (THA) 16 64 10-5

[QF] (1) Vishnu VARDHAN (IND)/ Christopher RUNGKAT (INA) vs Shotaro GOTO (JPN)/ Ko SUZUKI (JPN)
[QF] Christopher MARQUIS (IND)/ Kelsey STEVENSON (CAN) vs (3) Daniel FERRETTI (AUS)/ Aaron LEEDER-CHARD (AUS)
[QF] Ronit Singh BISHT (IND)/ Yannick JANKOVITS (FRA) vs Jirat NAVASIRISOMBOON (THA)/ Suthinan TANTHASERANEEWAT (THA)

Excellent win by Ronit against his seeded Thai opponent in straight sets ... Also Sasi start with comfortable win against Fariz ... In the doubles Christopher-Stevenson start with comeback win over Kaza-Zheng ... Ronit score upset comeback win over 2nd seed Thai pair with Jankovits ... Our 4th seed pair lose against Thai wild-card pair but top-seed Vishu with Rungkat start with straight sets win.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Bangkok, Thailand

[R1] Eetee MAHETA (IND,770) l (WC) Patcharin CHEAPCHANDEJ (THA,1000) 36 36
[R1] Shweta RANA (IND,582) l Nungnadda WANNASUK (THA,514) 57 06

Expected losses of Indian girls.

Squash News

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.

Tennis News

At $50K ITF Women's Tournament, Xi'an, China

[R1] Ankita Raina (289) vs Mingyang Liu (CHN,UNR)

Doubles
[R1] Ankita Raina (IND)/ Barbara Bonic (SRB) vs (WC) Xinyu Gao (CHN)/ Xiaodi You (CHN)

This week in this big Chinese tournament Ankita is facing local wild-card players in the singles and doubles.
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At $10K Thailand F7 futures, Bangkok

[R1] (1) Vishnu VARDHAN (IND,563) vs Aoxiong WANG (CHN,1588)
[R1] (Q) Christopher MARQUIS (IND,1588) vs Ko SUZUKI (JPN,1024)
[R1] Abhijeet TIWARI (IND,1686) vs Peerakit SIRILUETHAIWATTANA (THA,UNR)
[R1] Vinayak Sharma KAZA (IND,1103) vs (WC) Congsup CONGCAR (THA,1830)
[R1] Fariz MOHAMMED (IND,1830) vs Sasi Kumar MUKUND (IND,1216)
[R1] Ronit Singh BISHT (IND,1195) vs (7) Phassawit BURAPHARITTA (THA,952)

Vishnu need to perform as per seeding.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Bangkok, Thailand

[R1] Eetee MAHETA (IND,765) vs (WC) Patcharin CHEAPCHANDEJ (THA,993)
[R1] Shweta RANA (IND,560) vs Nungnadda WANNASUK (THA,632)
[R1] (Q) Rutuja BHOSALE (IND,993) vs Kotomi TAKAHATA (JPN,807)
[R1] Prerna BHAMBRI (IND,677) vs (Q) Yukun ZHANG (CHN,1037)

Good to see Rutuja qualify for main-draw.

Squash News

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.

Chess News

The FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championships 2014, Dubai, UAE

Final Standing of Blitz Championship

Rank	Name	FED	Pts
1	Carlsen Magnus	NOR	17
2	Nepomniachtchi Ian	RUS	16
3	Nakamura Hikaru	USA	16
4	Le Quang Liem	VIE	14
5	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	AZE	13.5
6	Aronian Levon	ARM	13.5
7	Anand Viswanathan	IND	13.5
8	Mamedov Rauf	AZE	13.5
9	Sargissian Gabriel	ARM	13
10	Morozevich Alexander	RUS	13
11	Svidler Peter	RUS	13
12	Yudin Sergei	RUS	12.5
13	Dreev Aleksey	RUS	12.5
14	Harikrishna P.	IND	12.5
15	Wojtaszek Radoslaw	POL	12.5
16	Korobov Anton	UKR	12.5
17	Grischuk Alexander	RUS	12.5
18	Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo	VEN	12.5
19	Bacrot Etienne	FRA	12.5
20	Vitiugov Nikita	RUS	12.5

Magnus Carlsen becomes first player to hold the titles of World Champion, World Rapid Champion and World Blitz Champion at same time.

Anand finished on 7th position and Hari also joined him in top-20 finish on 14th position.

Tennis News

At The Wimbledon 2014, London, Great Britain

[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND,119) vs (15) Jerzy Janowicz (POL,24)

Doubles
[R1] (4) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) vs Martina Hingis (SUI)/ Vera Zvonareva (RUS)
[R1] (Q) Marcelo Demoliner (BRA)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs (15) Juan Sebastian Cabal (COL)/ Marcin Matkowski (POL)
[R1] (5) Leander Paes (IND)/ Radek Stepanek (CZE) vs Mariusz Fyrstenberg (POL)/ Rajeev Ram (USA)
[R1] (8) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) vs Frantisek Cermak (CZE)/ Mikhail Elgin (RUS)
[R1] Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs Jamie Delgado (GBR)/ Gilles Muller (LUX)

The Wimbledon draw is out ... Buji is facing last year's semi-finalist Polish big server Jerzy Janowicz ... Buji having no chance against him on the grass and recently Buji is having crap form.

Sania-Cara r 4th seed and r in bottom draw but they having real tricky match against experienced and multiple grand slam winners Hingis and Zvonareva ... In men's draw our all pairs having winnable matches though qualifier Purav-Marcelo r facing 15th seed Cabal-Markoski ... Our most of the pairs in bottom draw.
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At $10K Iran F5 futures $15K USA F15 Futures, Tulsa

[R1] (3) Sanam SINGH (IND,376) bt Vladislav BONDARENKO (UKR,1439) 61 61
[R2] (3) Sanam SINGH (IND,376) bt Eric QUIGLEY (USA,573) 36 60 21 retd.
[QF] (3) Sanam SINGH (IND,376) l Jared DONALDSON (USA,474) 26 57

This week Sanam played in US futures ... After winning the first round easily he was stretched in the second ... In the quarters he faced 17 yrs old Donaldson, who defeated Sanam in straight sets.

Badminton News

At $250K BCA Indonesian Open 2014, Jakarta (Superseries)

[QF] (8) Saina Nehwal (IND,8) l (1) Xuerui Li (CHN,1) 20-22 15-21

Saina again fail to overcome Xuerui Li ... In the first game Saina was neck to neck and saved a game point at 19-20 but Li converted 2nd game point ... After winning the first game Li take early control in the second ... And kept that advantage for straight games win.

Shooting News

At the 2014 ISSF World Cup Rifle / Pistol, Maribor, Slovenia


10M AIR PISTOL MEN
Gold - Jitu Rai (IND) 200.8 pts
Silver - Pablo Carrera (ESP) 198.7 pts
Bronze - Anton Gourianov (RUS) 177.2 pts

Jitu Rai is in terrific form and he won the Gold medal in the 10 m Air Pistol event in the World Cup in Maribor, Slovenia thereby winning his third World Cup medal in a span of nine days .. Jitu recently won 1 Silver medal each in the Munich and Maribor World cups in the 10 m air pistol and 50 m free pistol respectively.

Jitu qualified on 3rd position with 584/600 score ... In the final he shot 200.8 to win the Gold medal.

Chess News

At The FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championships 2014, Dubai, UAE

Final Standing

Rank	Name	Country	Rating	Pts
1	Carlsen Magnus	NOR	2827	11
2	Caruana Fabiano	ITA	2840	10.5
3	Anand Viswanathan	IND	2770	10.5
4	Aronian Levon	ARM	2785	10.5
5	Morozevich Alexander	RUS	2732	10.5
6	Tomashevsky Evgeny	RUS	2693	10
7	Karjakin Sergey	RUS	2781	10
8	Grischuk Alexander	RUS	2828	10
9	Radjabov Teimour	AZE	2750	10
10	Svidler Peter	RUS	2787	10
11	Bacrot Etienne	FRA	2692	10
12	Yu Yangyi	CHN	2668	9.5
13	Mamedov Rauf	AZE	2705	9.5
14	Jobava Baadur	GEO	2688	9
15	Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son	VIE	2660	9
16	Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo	VEN	2652	9
17	Movsesian Sergei	ARM	2696	9
18	Guseinov Gadir	AZE	2671	9
19	Le Quang Liem	VIE	2724	9
20	Efimenko Zahar	UKR	2677	9

Anand manage to win Bronze medal in the World Rapid Championship ... After 10 rounds Anand was a point behind leader Carlsen ... In last five rounds Anand tried hard in that he defeated Carlsen but still remain half point behind eventual champion Carlsen ... Still creditable performance by Anand in this strong field.

Tennis News

At $710K Aegon International, Eastbourn, Great Britain - WTA Premier (Grass)

[QF] (3) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) l Hao-Ching Chan (TPE)/ Yung-Jan Chan (TPE) 16 63 7-10

Sania-Cara face shocking loss against unseeded Taipei pair ... In the first set Taipei pair didn't give chance to Sania-Cara but out pair recovered to win the second set ... But Chans proved better pair in the match tie-break.

Badminton News

At $250K BCA Indonesian Open 2014, Jakarta (Superseries)

[R2] (8) Saina Nehwal (IND,8) bt Kirsty Gilmour (SCO,17) 21-17 21-9

[R1] Ashwini Ponnappa (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) l (5) Ye Na Jang (KOR)/ So Young Kim (KOR) 16-21 21-15 12-21

[QF] (8) Saina Nehwal (IND,8) vs (1) Xuerui Li (CHN,1)

Saina score comfortable win in 36 minutes against Scottish girl ... Next she is facing WR #1 Xuerui Li, against her Saina struggled in their previous meetings.

Ashwini-Jwala fail to overcome WR #6 Korean pair despite giving fighting performance ... After losing the first game they fought back to win the second but Korean pair overpowered in the final game.

Tennis News

At The Wimbledon 2014, London, Great Britain

[Q1] (5) Marcelo Demoliner (BRA)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Evgeny Donskoy (RUS) 75 75

[Q2] (5) Marcelo Demoliner (BRA)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt (1) Gero Kretschmer (GER)/ Alexander Satschko (GER) 46 61 64

Purav and his Brazilian partner Demoliner score excellent comeback win over top-seed German pair to qualify for Wimbledon main-draw ... After losing the first set they made strong comeback to win next set comfortably ... And then kept same momentum in the final set for upset win ... Before that in the first qualifying round they defeated Buji and his Russian partner Donskoy in tight two sets.
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At €503K Aegon International, Eastbourne, Great Britain (Grass)

[QF] (2) Leander Paes (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) l Treat Huey (PHI)/ Dominic Inglot (GBR) 46 36

This match was tough for Lee-Aisam on the grass and they lose the first set against Treat-Dominic ... Lee-Aisam fail to recover in the second set and lose their match in straight sets.
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At $50K+H Tianjin Challenger, China

[R2] (6) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,295) l (Q) Mikhail Ledovskikh (RUS,625) 67(0) 06

Doubles
[R1] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Bumpei Sato (JPN) l (2) Hiroki Kondo (JPN)/ Hsin-Han Lee (TPE) 46 36

Really hoping no injury issue with Jeevan ... From 6-all in the first set he lost tie-break without winning a single point ... And in the second set Jeevan failed to win a single game ... Bala lose his doubles match easily for forgettable outing.
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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament, Montpellier, France

[QF] Prarthana Thombare (IND)/ Sofiya Kovalets (UKR) l (1) Chieh-Yu Hsu (TPE)/ Elitsa Kostova (BUL) 46 36

Top-seed pair prove too strong for Prarthana-Sofiya.

Badminton News

At $250K BCA Indonesian Open 2014, Jakarta (Superseries)

[R1] Srikanth K. (IND,23) l (Q) Chen Yuekun (CHN,37) 12-21 21-17 16-21
[R1] Kashyap Parupalli (IND,20) l (4) Kenichi Tago (JPN,4) 21-19 8-21 22-24
[R1] (8) Saina Nehwal (IND,8) bt Porntip Buranaprasertsuk (THA,9) 21-15 21-10
[R1] P V Sindhu (IND,10) l (3) Yihan Wang (CHN,3) 24-26 17-21

[R1] Ashwini Ponnappa (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) bt Pia Zebadiah Bernadeth (INA)/ Rizki Amelia Pradipta (INA) 13-21 22-20 21-11

[R2] (8) Saina Nehwal (IND,8) vs Kirsty Gilmour (SCO,17)

[R2] Ashwini Ponnappa (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) vs (5) Ye Na Jang (KOR)/ So Young Kim (KOR)

Saina score dominating win inside 33 minutes against WR #9 Thai girl Porntip Buranaprasertsuk ... After winning the first game convincingly Saina has been more ruthless in the second ... In the second round she is facing Scottish girl Kirsty Gilmour.

Jwala-Ashwini continue with their excellent run ... They score comeback win after saving match point against WR #11 Indonesian pair ... After losing the first game Ashwini-Jwala were leading 19-16 but then Indonesian pair won next 4 points and had match point at 19-20 ... Jwala-Ashwini saved that and after winning this game they dominated the final game ... Next they r facing 5th seed Korean pair.

Other hand our remaining players lose their singles matches against respective opponents ... Sindhu stretch Yihan Wang to extra points in the first game and she had 3 game points but failed to win ... After winning the first game Yihan won the second game without much fuss ... Kashyap also miss big opportunity of scoring upset win over WR #4 Tago ... After winning the close first game Kashyap lose the second game easily ... In the final game both players were neck to neck but Kashyap missed a match point at 21-20 before losing the match in extra points ... Srikanth tried to create challenge to Chinese qualifier Yuekun ... After losing the first game easily Srikanth fightback to win the second ... But he failed to keep that momentum in the third.

Tennis News

At $710K Aegon International, Eastbourn, Great Britain - WTA Premier (Grass)

[R1] (4) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) bt (WC) Angelique Kerber (GER)/ Petra Kvitova (CZE) 62 60

Sania-Cara start with very dominating win against Kerber-Kvitova losing only two games ... Frankly I wasn't expected this one-sided score against Kerber-Kvitova.
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At $50K+H Tianjin Challenger, China

[R2] (6) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,295) vs (Q) Mikhail Ledovskikh (RUS,625)

Doubles
[R1] Nicolas Meister (USA)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) l (1) Jordan Kerr (AUS)/ Fabrice Martin (FRA) 36 36

Top-seed pair prove too strong for Jeevan and his American partner Nicolas Meister.

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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament, Montpellier, France

[R1] Prarthana Thombare (IND,352) l (LL) Eva Wacanno (NED,479) 26 26

Doubles
[R1] Prarthana Thombare (IND)/ Sofiya Kovalets (UKR) bt Josepha Adam (FRA)/ Oceane Adam (FRA) 61 62

[QF] Prarthana Thombare (IND)/ Sofiya Kovalets (UKR) vs (1) Chieh-Yu Hsu (TPE)/ Elitsa Kostova (BUL)

Prarthana fail to perform as per ranking and lose one-sided match against almost 500 ranked Dutch player.

In the doubles Prarthana start with comfortable win against Adam sisters partnering Sofiya ... Next they r facing top-seed pair.

Badminton News

At $250K BCA Indonesian Open 2014, Jakarta (Superseries)

[Q1] Prannoy H. S. (IND,43) bt Henri Hurskainen (SWE,40) 21-13 21-19
[Q1] (3) Sourabh Varma (IND,35) bt Sattawat Pongnairat (USA,66) 21-17 13-21 24-22

[Q2] Prannoy H. S. (IND,43) l Alamsyah Yunus (INA,112) 20-22 20-22
[Q2] (3) Sourabh Varma (IND,35) l Wisnu Yuli Prasetyo (INA,127) 13-21 21-19 16-21

[R1] Srikanth K. (IND,23) vs (Q) Chen Yuekun (CHN,37)
[R1] Kashyap Parupalli (IND,20) vs (4) Kenichi Tago (JPN,4)
[R1] (8) Saina Nehwal (IND,8) vs Porntip Buranaprasertsuk (THA,9)
[R1] P V Sindhu (IND,10) vs (3) Yihan Wang (CHN,3)

[R1] Ashwini Ponnappa (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) vs Pia Zebadiah Bernadeth (INA)/ Rizki Amelia Pradipta (INA)

[R1] Tarun Kona (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) l Peter Kaesbauer (GER)/ Isabel Herttrich (GER) 21-19 14-21 19-21

Saina and Sindhu r back on tour with Indonesian superseries but in the first round both having really tricky matches against top-10 player ... Saina is facing WR #9 Porntip Buranaprasertsuk and Sindhu is facing WR #3 Yihan Wang ... In men's also Srikanth is facing top-40 Chinese qualifier and Kashyap is facing WR #4 Kenichi Tago.

In qualifying Prannoy and Sourabh started with contrasting wins but both lost their respective matches against below 100 Indonesian opponents in the final qualifying.

Ashwini-Tarun lose close match after winning the first game ... They had opportunity in the third which they failed to convert.

Tennis News

At €503K Aegon International, Eastbourne, Great Britain (Grass)

[R1] (2) Leander Paes (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) bt Andrey Golubev (KAZ)/ Denis Istomin (UZB) 64 64

New pairing of Lee-Aisam start with comfortable win against their Eastern European opponent.
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At $710K Aegon International, Eastbourne, Great Britain (Grass)

[R1] (3) Cara Black (ZIM)/ Sania Mirza (IND) vs (WC) Angelique Kerber (GER)/ Petra Kvitova (CZE))

This week all top doubles pair is playing in this Eastbourne tournament.
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At $50K+H Tianjin Challenger, China

[R1] (6) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,295) bt (WC) Yan Bai (CHN,768) 61 57 64
[R1] N. Sriram Balaji (IND,325) l (3) Di Wu (CHN,238) 26 46

Jeevan's first round surprisingly turn into tougher one after winning the first set ... Yan BAi stretch him in next two set but Jeevan survive ... Bala had tough match against Chinese top player Di Wu ... Di Wu score comfortable win over Bala.
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At $25K Women's ITF Tournament, Montpellier, France

[R1] Prarthana Thombare (IND,352) vs (LL) Eva Wacanno (NED,479)

Doubles
[R1] Prarthana Thombare (IND)/ Sofiya Kovalets (UKR) vs Josepha Adam (FRA)/ Oceane Adam (FRA)

This week Prarthana is playing in French $25K tournament and facing Dutch lucky loser in the first round ... In the doubles she is facing French Adam sisters with her partner Sofiya .

Golf News

At $8M the 114th U.S. Open, Pinehurst No. 2, North Carolina

T23 Shiv Kapur (IND) 73 70 71 72 +6 $79,968

Shiv score 2 over PAR final round to finish respected inside top-25 in prestigious 114th US Open ... After third round he was tied to 23rd position and in the final round despite scoring +2 he remained on same position ... Shiv Kapur earn almost $80,000 finishing inside top-25 ... German Martin Kaymer wins US open by whooping 8 strokes ... After final round he was -9 and 2nd place golfers were at -1.

Tennis News

At €503K Aegon International, Eastbourne, Great Britain (Grass)

[R1] (2) Leander Paes (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) vs Andrey Golubev (KAZ)/ Denis Istomin (UZB)

This week Lee and Aisam r playing together at Eastbourne and they r 2nd seed.
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At $50K+H Tianjin Challenger, China

[R2] (6) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,295) vs (WC) Yan Bai (CHN,768)
[R1] N. Sriram Balaji (IND,325) vs (3) Di Wu (CHN,238)

Doubles
[R1] Nicolas Meister (USA)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) vs (1) Jordan Kerr (AUS)/ Fabrice Martin (FRA)
[R1] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Bumpei Sato (JPN) vs (2) Hiroki Kondo (JPN)/ Hsin-Han Lee (TPE)

Jeevan is seeded in this challenger and having good chance to move in next round ... Bala having tough match against one of Chinese top player Di Wu.

In the doubles Bala and Jeevan r having tough match against top 2 seed pairs with their respective partners.

Golf News

At $8M U.S. Open, Pinehurst No. 2, North Carolina

T23 Shiv Kapur (IND) 73 70 71 +4

Shiv Kapur qualify for US open from European qualifier where he finished on 5th position ... In tough US condition he struggled in the first round but still managed decent +3 ... In the second round he scored his best round of US open, PAR ... He manage one over in the third round and remain into top-25 ... Hoping for strong finish in the final round.

Tennis News

At $710K Aegon Classic, Birmingham, Great Britain - WTA Premier (Grass)

[SF] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) l (3) Raquel Kops-Jones (USA)/ Abigail Spears (USA) 63 36 8-10

Sania-Cara miss chance of entering in the final ... After winning the first set they lost the momentum to lose the second set ... In the match tie-break Sania-Cara had double mini-break at 3-0 but they failed to took advantage and lose the match tie-break.
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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament, Fergana, Uzbekistan

Doubles Final
(4) Nao Hibino (JPN)/ Prarthana Thombare (IND) l (2) Hiroko Kuwata (JPN)/ Mari Tanaka (JPN) 16 46

In the final Japanese pair prove too strong for Prarthana and her Japanese partner Nao Hibino ... Still overall good performance by Prarthana in the doubles.

Hockey News

At Rabobank Hockey World Cup 2014, Netherlands

For 9th Position
India bt Korea 3-0 (1-0)
Goal Scorers - Akashdeep Singh (IND) 6' and 49', Rupinder Pal Singh (IND) PS 43'

Indians outplay Koreans with their skillful and attacking hockey in this match to show who is the boss in Asia ... Importantly our defense played with discipline in this match ... Indians take early lead when SV Sunil gave pin point pass to Akashdeep in the D after keeping Korean defense standing with his pace ... We kept one goal advantage till half-time due to Sreejesh'd excellent goal keeping ... Indian extended their lead when Rupinder earned penalty stroke on penalty corner and converted it ... Then Gurbaj was sit outside for 10 mins due to dangerous tackling ... At that time Koreans tried hard and were putting extra pressure on Indians ... Indians responded well with solid defending ... Indians take advantage and scored goal on counter-attack through Akashdeep.

Though this time we end up on 9th position, one place below from last world cup, it is heartening to see improvement on overall game ... Our coach Terry Walsh definitely improve our game ... We r defending well, our tackling is improving and looking less clumsy, ball release is improving, unnecessary hitting crosses in D is improving though we need improvement in finishers ... Also improvement in defending inside D but still we r conceding more penalty corners ... Overall discipline is coming in our players game ... Thanks to Walsh.

Tennis News

At €711K Aegon Championships, London, Great Britain (Grass)

[QF] (5) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) l (2) Alexander Peya (AUT)/ Bruno Soares (BRA) 62 46 4-10
[QF] (4) Leander Paes (IND)/ Radek Stepanek (CZE) l (7) Julien Benneteau (FRA)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) 64 36 6-10

Rohan-Aisam fail to win against WR #2 Peya-Soares after winning the first set ... After losing the second set they lose the match tie-break comfortably ... After renewing their partnership Rohan and Aisam r still searching for their old cracking chemistry ... Hopefully they find soon.

Good start for Lee-Radek against current French open champions Benneteau and Roger-Vasselin, when they wins the first set ... In the second set they fails to hold their serve in 8th game to down 3-5 ... After this break French pair turn momentum in their favor ... In the match tie-break also they took early mini-break and keep that advantage for winning it comfortably.
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At $710K Aegon Classic, Birmingham, Great Britain - WTA Premier (Grass)

[QF] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) bt Darija Jurak (CRO)/ Megan Moulton-Levy (USA) 61 57 10-6

[SF] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) vs (3) Raquel Kops-Jones (USA)/ Abigail Spears (USA)

After winning the first set easily Sania-cara lose their focus in the second ... Darija-Megan took advantage of it for winning the second set ... Sania-Cars recover in the match tie-break and win it comfortably ... In the semis they r facing 3rd seed American pair.
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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament, Fergana, Uzbekistan

[SF] (4) Nao Hibino (JPN)/ Prarthana Thombare (IND) bt Yumi Miyazaki (JPN)/ Ana Veselinovi (MNE) 62 36 10-1

[F] (4) Nao Hibino (JPN)/ Prarthana Thombare (IND) vs (2) Hiroko Kuwata (JPN)/ Mari Tanaka (JPN)

Prarthan-Nao score another good win over Yumi-Ana ... After winning the first set comfortably Prarthana-Nao lose the second set but out pair dominated match tie-break and wins it losing a single point ... In the final they r facing 2nd seed Japanese pair.

Tennis News

At €711K Aegon Championships, London, Great Britain (Grass)

[R2] (5) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) bt Jeremy Chardy (FRA)/ Dmitry tursunov (RUS) 76(2) 64
[R2] (4) Leander Paes (IND)/ Radek Stepanek (CZE) bt Nicholas Monroe (USA)/ Vasek Pospisil (CAN) 76(1) 61

Our both pairs have winning start on grass season ... In that impressive start for Lee-Radek as Lee played his first competitive match after almost 4 months.
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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament, Fergana, Uzbekistan

[R2] (4) Ankita Raina (IND,262) l Ana Veselinovi (MNE,428) 26 16
[R2] Sharmadaa Baluu (IND,651) l (2) Nao Hibino (JPN,252) 67(3) 46

Doubles
[QF] Ankita Raina (IND)/ Sabina Sharipova (UZB) l Yumi Miyazaki (JPN)/ Ana Veselinovi (MNE) 46 46
[QF] (4) Nao Hibino (JPN)/ Prarthana Thombare (IND) bt Rishika Sunkara (IND)/ Sharmadaa Baluu (IND) 36 63 10-3
[QF] Ashmitha Easwaramurthi (IND)/ Vlada Ekshibarova (UZB) l (3) Kamila Kerimbayeva (KAZ)/ Margarita Lazareva (RUS) 46 36

[SF] (4) Nao Hibino (JPN)/ Prarthana Thombare (IND) vs Yumi Miyazaki (JPN)/ Ana Veselinovi (MNE)

Disappointing loss for Ankita in the singles but other hand good fighting performance by Baluu against top-250 player.

Ankita-Sharipova fail to keep their winning momentum to lose in straight sets ... Only Prarthana-Nao r in the semis.

Badminton News

At $250K Yonex Japan Open 2014, Tokyo (Superseries)

[R2] Sourabh Varma (IND,36) l (4) Kenichi Tago (JPN,4) 9-21 6-21
[R2] Tanvi Lad (IND,59) l Xin (F) Liu (CHN,35) 18-21 12-21

[R2] Ashwini Ponnappa (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) l (6) Kyung Eun Jung (KOR)/ Ha Na Kim (KOR) 12-21 23-21 19-21
[R2] Tarun Kona (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) l Kenichi Hayakawa (JPN)/ Misaki Matsutomo (JPN) 17-21 11-21

Our challenge in Japan Superseries get over in the second round ... In the singles Tago toyed with Sourabh for one-sided win ... After losing the first game easily Tanvi gave decent performance against Chinese Liu. Ashwini-Jwala give terrific fight to Korean pair ... After losing the first game they won the second game saving match points but our pair lose closely fought final game ... In MXD Ashwini-Tarun overpowered by their Japanese opponent.

Tennis News

At $50K Fergana Challenger, Uzbekistan

[R2] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,295) l (8) Alexander Lobkov (RUS,308) 46 46

Doubles
[QF] (2) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Ti Chen (TPE) l Nicolas Barrientos (COL)/ Stanislav Vovk (RUS) 57 67(4)

Jeevan fails to show consistency in his performance after winning the first round ... And with Bala's loss in the doubles Indian challenge get over.
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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament, Fergana, Uzbekistan

[R1] (4) Ankita Raina (IND,262) bt Ekaterina Yashina (RUS,451) 64 46 61
[R1] (8) Prarthana Thombare (IND,355) l Margarita Lazareva (RUS,367) 36 46
[R1] Sharmadaa Baluu (IND,651) bt Xi-Yao Wang (CHN,627) 62 62
[R1] Rishika Sunkara (IND,522) l Ekaterina Gorgodze (GEO,365) 36 16

[R2] (4) Ankita Raina (IND,262) vs Ana Veselinovic (MNE,428)

Doubles
[R1] Ankita Raina (IND)/ Sabina Sharipova (UZB) bt (1) Anna Danilina (KAZ)/ Ekaterina Yashina (RUS) 36 76(2) 10-8

Good win by Sharmadaa but other hand bad loss for Prarthana ... Other hand Ankita's win was expected.

In the doubles Ankita and Sharipova start with comeback upset win over top-seed.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Solo, Indonesia

[R2] (4) Natasha Palha (IND,521) l (WC) Beatrice Gumulya (INA,UNR) 63 16 46

Natasha fail to keep momentum after winning the first set and lose her match against Gumulya.
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At $10K South Africa F3 Futures , Sun City

[QF] Ronak Manuja (IND)/ Anderson Reed (USA) l Benjamin Lock (ZIM)/ Courtney John Lock (ZIM) 67(3) 36

Lock brothers win in straight sets against Ronak and Reed.

Badminton News

At $250K Yonex Japan Open 2014, Tokyo (Superseries)

[R1] Srikanth K. (IND,13) l Marc Zwiebler (GER,12) 21-18 13-21 8-21
[R1] Sourabh Varma (IND,36) bt Nan Wei (HKG,29) 19-21 21-14 22-20
[R1] Kashyap Parupalli (IND,21) l (Q) Riichi Takeshita (JPN,116) 21-15 23-25 18-21
[R1] Gurusaidutt R. M. V. (IND,30) l Takuma Ueda (JPN,27) 10-21 21-15 13-21
[R1] Tanvi Lad (IND,59) bt Kirsty Gilmour (SCO,18) 13-21 21-11 21-17

[R1] Ashwini Ponnappa (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) bt Ayane Kurihara (JPN)/ Naru Shinoya (JPN) 21-18 21-16
[R1] Tarun Kona (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) bt Peter Kaesbauer (GER)/ Isabel Herttrich (GER) 18-21 21-18 21-17

[R2] Tanvi Lad (IND,59) vs Xin (F) Liu (CHN,35)

[R2] Ashwini Ponnappa (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) vs (6) Kyung Eun Jung (KOR)/ Ha Na Kim (KOR)
[R2] Tarun Kona (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) vs Kenichi Hayakawa (JPN)/ Misaki Matsutomo (JPN)

Ashwini is having excellent start in this Superseries tournament ... In the morning in mixed doubles she defeated German pair after losing the first game with Tarun ... Next they r facing local pair ... In afternoon she and Jwala convincingly defeated local pair in straight games .... Next they r facing 6th seed Korean pair.

Sourabh score comeback win over top-30 Hong Kong player Wei in tight match ... After losing the first game Sourabh dominated to win the second game ... In the decider both players exchanged leads which Sourabh won it in extra points ... Next he is mostly facing Japanese top player WR #4 Kenichi Tago.

Tanvi Lad score her first win over top-20 player when she defeated Scottish Kirsty Gilmour ... Tanvi lost first game easily but she fought back to win the second game after dominating the play ... In the final game also Tanvi kept that momentum for biggest win for her ... Next she is having tough match against top-40 Chinese player.

Kashyap lose against Japanese qualifier Riichi Takeshita ... Kashyap missed few match points in the second game after winning the first game ... Takeshita take full advantage of missed chances by Kashyap and completed upset win after winning the final game ... Srikanth fails to repeat Thomas cup performance against Marc Zwiebler ... He lost convincingly after winning the first game ... Guru play entertaining match against Japanese Thomas cup hero Takuma Ueda ... After losing the first game Guru won next game but Ueda was better player in the final game.

Tennis News

At $710K Aegon Classic, Birmingham, Great Britain - WTA Premier (Grass)

[R1] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) bt Oksana Kalashnikova (GEO)/ Jie Zheng (CHN) 63 63

Comfortable winning start on the grass for top-seed Cara-Sania in their grass season opener.
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At $75K Nottingham-2 Challenger, England (Grass)

[R1] Purav Raja (IND)/ Marcelo Demoliner (BRA) l Nick Kyrgios (AUS)/ John-Patrick Smith (AUS) 46 67(3)

Turn to be disastrous challenger as our both pairs lose in the first round ... Purav-Demoliner managed to give fight but failed to turn around against Aussie pair.
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At $50K Fergana Challenger, Uzbekistan

[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND,322) l (4) Denys Molchanov (UKR,265) 46 57
[R1] N. Sriram Balaji (IND,325) l (3) Nikoloz Basilashvili (GEO,209) 46 36

Doubles
[R1] (3) Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) l Luca Margaroli (SUI)/ Shuichi Sekiguchi (JPN) 62 46 retd.

Saki gives a fighting performance but fail to convert in a win ... But in the doubles Saki-Jeevan retire from their match at 1 set all ... Bala give decent performance against Basilashvili.
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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament, Fergana, Uzbekistan

[R1] Rishika Sunkara (IND)/ Sharmadaa Baluu (IND) bt Polina Merenkova (UZB)/ Komola Umarova (UZB) 76(4) 61
[R1] (4) Nao Hibino (JPN)/ Prarthana Thombare (IND) bt Ekaterine Gorgodze (GEO)/ Sofia Kvatsabaia (GEO) 63 61
[R1] Ashmitha Easwaramurthi (IND)/ Vlada Ekshibarova (UZB) bt Ester Masuri (ISR)/ Xi-Yao Wang (CHN) 64 2-0 retd.

[QF] (4) Nao Hibino (JPN)/ Prarthana Thombare (IND) vs Rishika Sunkara (IND)/ Sharmadaa Baluu (IND)
[QF] Ashmitha Easwaramurthi (IND)/ Vlada Ekshibarova (UZB) vs (3) Kamila Kerimbayeva (KAZ)/ Margarita Lazareva (RUS)

Winning start for our girls in the doubles with their respective partners.
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At $10K South Africa F3 Futures , Sun City

[R2] Ronak Manuja (IND,1364) l (4) Tyler Hochwalt (USA,617) 46 26

Doubles
[R1] Ronak Manuja (IND)/ Anderson Reed (USA) bt Lloyd George Muirhead Harris (RSA)/ Brandon Laubser (RSA) 63 63
[R1] Sagar Ahuja (IND)/ Tejas Chaukulkar (IND) l Charl Wolmarans (RSA)/ Fritz Wolmarans (RSA) 36 46

[QF] Ronak Manuja (IND)/ Anderson Reed (USA) vs Benjamin Lock (ZIM)/ Courtney John Lock (ZIM)

Expected loss of Ronak in the singles but in the doubles he is having winning start with his American partner ... In the quarters they r facing Zimbabwean Lock brothers.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Solo, Indonesia

[R1] (4) Natasha Palha (IND,521) bt (WC) Nathania Ratih Putri Karsita (INA,UNR) 61 60
[R1] (5) Shweta Rana (IND,582) l Ho Ching Wu (HKG,866) 75 46 57

[R2] (4) Natasha Palha (IND,521) vs (WC) Beatrice Gumulya (INA,UNR)

Expected win for Natasha but in her next match she will be tested ... Shweta start with winning first set but fail to keep momentum in next two sets.

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At Rabobank Hockey World Cup 2014, Netherlands

Group A
India l Australia 0-4 (0-4)
Goal Scorers - Kieran Govers (AUS) 3', Chris Ciriello (AUS) PC 16', Jeremy Hayward (AUS) PC 20' and PC 22'

After this loss Indians will face either Korea or South Africa for 9th/10th place ... Disappointing though expected loss against mighty Aussies ... Australians take 4-0 lead in first 22 minutes and then hold Indians comfortably in this match.

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At $710K Aegon Classic, Birmingham, Great Britain - WTA Premier (Grass)

[R1] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) vs Oksana Kalashnikova (GEO)/ Jie Zheng (CHN)

Sania-Cara r top-seed in this big WTA Premier tournament.
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At €711K Aegon Championships, London, Great Britain (Grass)

[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND,96) l Kenny De Schepper (NED,72) 46 57

Lot better performance by Buji than expected considering his current form ... Buji matched De Schepper in this match despite big serving from De Schepper, who served 14 aces and Buji managed only one ... Still encouraging start on the grass for Buji but we need to see if he show consistency in his performance in coming weeks.
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At $75K Nottingham-2 Challenger, England (Grass)

[R1] (2) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Paul Hanley (AUS) l Ruben Bemelmans (BEL)/ Go Soeda (JPN) 62 57 11-13

Heartbreaking loss for Divij with Hanley ... In the first set from 2-all they won next four games for winning the set ... In the second set also Divij-Hanley broke opponents in 1st game to lead 1-0 but they failed to hold their serve in next game, 1-all ... At 4-5 Divij-Hanley saved a set point but got broken in 12th game to lose this set ... In match tie-break Divij-Hanley take early 4-2 lead but lost next 5 points to down 4-7 ... Divij-Hanley won next 5 points and had 2 match points at 9-7 ... They failed to convert both and lose match tie-break in extra points ... So again Divij fail to break his first round loss jinx with different partners.
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At $50K Fergana Challenger, Uzbekistan

[R1] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,302) bt (WC) Rasul Akhmadaliev (UZB,1701) 61 61

Doubles
[R1] (2) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Ti Chen (TPE) bt Egor Gerasimov (BLR)/ Denis Matsukevich (RUS) 64 62

Expected easy victory for Jeevan ... In the doubles also Bala-Ti Chen start with comfortable win.
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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament, Fergana, Uzbekistan

[R1] (4) Ankita Raina (IND,262) vs Ekaterina Yashina (RUS,451)
[R1] (8) Prarthana Thombare (IND,355) vs Margarita Lazareva (RUS,367)
[R1] Sharmadaa Baluu (IND,651) vs Xi-Yao Wang (CHN,627)
[R1] Rishika Sunkara (IND,522) vs Ekaterina Gorgodze (GEO,365)

Doubles
[R1] Ankita Raina (IND)/ Sabina Sharipova (UZB) vs (1) Anna Danilina (KAZ)/ Ekaterina Yashina (RUS)
[R1] Rishika Sunkara (IND)/ Sharmadaa Baluu (IND) vs Ester Masuri (ISR)/ Xi-Yao Wang (CHN)
[R1] (4) Nao Hibino (JPN)/ Prarthana Thombare (IND) vs Ekaterine Gorgodze (GEO)/ Sofia Kvatsabaia (GEO)

All having tricky matches other than Ankita.
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At $10K South Africa F3 Futures , Sun City

[R1] Ronak Manuja (IND,1364) bt Refiloe Molaoa (RSA,1807) 60 62
[R1] Sagar Ahuja (IND,1694) l (WC) Lloyd George Muirhead Harris (RSA,UNR) 26 26
[R1] (Q) Tejas Chaukulkar (IND,UNR) l Damon Gooch (RSA,934) 36 36

[R2] Ronak Manuja (IND,1364) vs (4) Tyler Hochwalt (USA,617)

Doubles
[R1] Ronak Manuja (IND)/ Anderson Reed (USA) vs Lloyd George Muirhead Harris (RSA)/ Brandon Laubser (RSA)
[R1] Sagar Ahuja (IND)/ Tejas Chaukulkar (IND) vs Charl Wolmarans (RSA)/ Fritz Wolmarans (RSA)

Again only Ronak manages to win.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Solo, Indonesia

[R1] (4) Natasha Palha (IND,521) vs (WC) Nathania Ratih Putri Karsita (INA,UNR)
[R1] (5) Shweta Rana (IND,582) vs Ho Ching Wu (HKG,866)

Both players r facing lower ranked opponent but not sure about Shweta's performance.

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At €711K Aegon Championships, London, Great Britain (Grass)

[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND,96) vs Kenny De Schepper (NED,72)

Doubles
[R1] (4) Leander Paes (IND)/ Radek Stepanek (CZE) bye
[R1] (5) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) bye

Buji is having tough match against last year's Wimbledon pre-quarter finalist De Schepper.

Lee is making his comeback on the tour ...Lee-Radek r 4th seed and in top draw with Bryans ... In the second round they will face winner between Nicholas Monroe-Vasek Pospisil and Marin Cilic-Andre Sa.

Rohan-Aisam r 5th seed and in bottom draw ... In the second round they will face winner between Aussies Chris Guccione-Lleyton Hewitt and Jeremy Chardy-Dmitry Tursunov.
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At $50K Fergana Challenger, Uzbekistan

[R1] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,302) vs (WC) Rasul Akhmadaliev (UZB,1701)
[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND,322) vs (4) Denys Molchanov (UKR,265)
[R1] N. Sriram Balaji (IND,325) vs (3) Nikoloz Basilashvili (GEO,209)

Doubles
[R1] (3) Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) vs Luca Margaroli (SUI)/ Shuichi Sekiguchi (JPN)
[R1] (2) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Ti Chen (TPE) vs Egor Gerasimov (BLR)/ Denis Matsukevich (RUS)

Bala and Saki r playing against seeded opponents ... Bala is having really tough match ... Jeevan is facing local wild-card player.

Our both pairs r in bottom draw.
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At $75K Nottingham-2 Challenger, England (Grass)

[Q2] Purav Raja (IND,1167) l (2) Nick Kyrgios (AUS,160) 06 16

Doubles
[R1] Purav Raja (IND)/ Marcelo Demoliner (BRA) vs Nick Kyrgios (AUS)/ John-Patrick Smith (AUS)
[R1] (2) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Paul Hanley (AUS) vs Ruben Bemelmans (BEL)/ Go Soeda (JPN)

Loss was expected but hammering wasn't.

In the doubles also Purav is facing Kyrgios and his partner ... Tricky match again ... Divij is having good partner in Paul Hanley on the grass but then also he need to break his first round losing jinx sooner than later.

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At Rabobank Hockey World Cup 2014, Netherlands

Group A
India bt Malaysia 3-2 (1-0)
Goal Scorers - Jasjit Singh Kular (IND) PC 15', Akashdeep Singh (IND) 49' and 51' and Razle Abdul Rahim (MAS) PC 46', Marhan Jalil (MAS) 61'

Indians score their first victory of ongoing World cup beating Malaysia ... Jasjit Singh opened Indian account after converting indirect penalty corner ... After that Indians were dominated and playing in Malaysian's half ... But our forwards were disappointing in-front of the goal ... In the second half Malaysians also started to play their game and they equalized through penalty corner ... After that Akashdeep scored two excellent field goals in 3 minutes ... Indians again failed to push their advantage and were defending ... 8 minutes before end of the play Malaysian scored 2nd goal ... They had another chance before couple of minutes but this time Indians kept lead for excellent win ... We need to improve in all department for better show against mighty Aussies.

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At $75K Nottingham-2 Challenger, Great Britain (grass)

[Q1] Purav Raja (IND,1167) bt Eduardo Struvay (COL,415) 62 63

[Q2] Purav Raja (IND,1167) vs (2) Nick Kyrgios (AUS,160)

Purav show again how good Indians r on the grass ... Purav scored comfortable win over top-400 type Colombian ... Next he is facing real tough match against Aussies wonder kid Kyrgios.

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At Rabobank Hockey World Cup 2014, Netherlands

Group A
India dw Spain 1-1 (1-1)
Goal Scorers - Rupinder Pal Singh (IND) PS 28' and Roc Oliva (ESP) 34'

Indians manage to earn their first point of World cup after back to back losses against Belgium and England ... In this match also Indians struggled to perform as a team ... Individually our players were better but in this match our defenders and forwards struggled with co-ordination ... India broke the deadlock in the 28th minute when Rupinder Pal Singh scored off a penalty stroke but just before half-time Spaniard Roc Oliva equalized through a field goal ... In the second half both teams tried but for Indians Sreejesh was in good form in front of the goal and other hand our forwards were impotent inside Spanish D.

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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Tarakan, Indonesia

[R2] (7) Shweta Rana (IND,577) l (Q) Tamachan Momkoonthod (THA,1263) 16 26

Disappointing loss of Shweta.

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At $70K Nottingham-1 Challenger, England (Grass)

[R1] (3) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Nicholas Monroe (USA) l Ryan Harrison (USA)/ Kevin King (USA) 67(7) 76(3) 3-10

This match was tricky one against American but still I was hoping for win ... But I think Americans big serving help them for winning this match ... Americans won the first set in extra points before Divij-Monroe won it second set in tie-break ... In match tie-break American pair proved too strong for Monroe-Divij.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Tarakan, Indonesia

[R1] (5) Natasha Palha (IND,522) l Boyan Wang (CHN,760) 46 26
[R1] (7) Shweta Rana (IND,577) bt Nozomi Fujioka (JPN,849) 61 75
[R1] Sharmadaa Baluu (IND,644) l (Q) Tamachan Momkoonthod (THA,1263) 16 57

[R2] (7) Shweta Rana (IND,577) vs (Q) Tamachan Momkoonthod (THA,1263)

Our two players lose their matches against lower ranked opponents ... Only Shweta manages to win and next she is facing Thai qualifier, who score upset win over Baluu.
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At $10K South Africa F2 Futures , Sun City

[R2] Ronak Manuja (IND,1363) l (3) Fritz Wolmarans (RSA,584) 36 26

Expected loss against top-600 player.
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At $10K Thailand F6 Futures, Bangkok

[R2] (Q) Lakshit Sood (IND,1645) l Jonathon Cooper (AUS,1062) 76(3) 46 26

Lakshit started with winning the first set but failed to keep momentum in next two sets.

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At French Open 2014, Paris, France (Red clay)

Doubles
[QF] (5) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) l (1) Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE)/ Shuai Peng (CHN) 26 63 36

Again Sania-Cara fail to overcome WR #1 pair Hsieh-Peng and lose their match in three sets ... After losing the first set Sania-Cara fought back to win the second but they failed to keep momentum in the third ... So they perform as per their seeding in this tournament but with their loss Indian challenge get over.
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At $125K+H Prostejov Challenger, Czech Republic (clay)

[R1] (8) Somdev Devvarman (IND,96) l Axel Michon (FRA,206) 36 06

Doubles
[R1] Purav Raja (IND)/ Marcelo Demoliner (BRA) l (1) Thomas Berdanek (CZE)/ Lukas Dlouhy (CZE) 46 46

This is horrible loss of Buji ... Michon destroyed him in this one-sided match ... Buji need to regain his confidence before grass and US hard court season, otherwise it will be difficult for him to retain his ranking inside top-100.

Purav-Marcelo lose in the straight sets against top-seed Czech pair.
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At $70K Nottingham-1 Challenger, England (Grass)

[R1] (3) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Nicholas Monroe (USA) vs Ryan Harrison (USA)/ Kevin King (USA)

Good to see Divij is decided to play on the grass before Wimbledon.
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At $10K Thailand F6 Futures, Bangkok

[R1] (Q) Christopher Marquis (IND,1701) l (1) Danai Udomchoke (THA,397) 16 46
[R1] Kumara P. Saradhi Adavelly (IND,2069) l (WC) Phassawit Burapharitta (THA,2069) 16 16
[R1] Vinayak Sharma KAZA (IND,988) l (8) Ryan Agar (AUS,788) 26 57
[R1] (Q) Lakshit Sood (IND,1645) bt (WC) Nuttanon Kadchapanan (THA,1645) 63 36 62

[R2] (Q) Lakshit Sood (IND,1645) vs Jonathon Cooper (AUS,1062)

Only Lakshit manage to win his match against similar ranked local player ... Next he is facing Aussie's Cooper.
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At $10K South Africa F2 Futures , Sun City

[R2] Ronak Manuja (IND,1363) vs (3) Fritz Wolmarans (RSA,584)

Doubles
[R1] Sagar Ahuja (IND)/ Tejas Chaukulkar (IND) l (4) Mark Fynn (ZIM)/ Damon Gooch (RSA) 63 36 3-10

Sagar-Tejas give fighting performance against 4th seed pair.

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At Rabobank Hockey World Cup 2014, Netherlands

Group A
India l England 1-2 (1-1)
Goal Scorers - Dharamvir Singh (IND) 30' and Mark Gleghorne (ENG) PC 27', Simon Mantell (ENG) PC 69'

India's last minute curse continues to haunt them as England snatched victory through a Simon Mantell goal with just 75 seconds left on the clock ... Indians dominated the first half and missed many chances ... England broke deadlock taking advantage of poor defending by Sreejesh to convert penalty corner but Dharamvir equalized with extraordinary goal ... In the second half both teams tried but in that Sreejesh did some amazing saves ... When couple of minutes remaining England earned penalty corner and converted for important win.

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At $125K+H Prostejov Challenger, Czech Republic (clay)

[Q1] Purav Raja (IND,1167) l (8) Juraj Maser (SVK,608) 46 75 26

[R1] (8) Somdev Devvarman (IND,96) vs Axel Michon (FRA,206)

Doubles
[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Theodoros Angelinos (GRE) l James Cerretani (USA)/ Andreas Sijestorm (SWE) 46 46
[R1] Purav Raja (IND)/ Marcelo Demoliner (BRA) vs (1) Thomas Berdanek (CZE)/ Lukas Dlouhy (CZE)

Buji lose his doubles match partnering Angelinos against Cerretani-Sijestorm ... In the singles Buji is 8th seed but his current form I m not sure about his performance.

Purav is in the doubles with Demoliner but they r facing topseed Czech pair of multiple grand-slam winner Lukas Dlouhy aqnd his partner Thomas Berdanek ... Before that Purav played in the singles qualifying and gave fighting performance against top-600 type player.
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At $10K South Africa F2 Futures , Sun City

[R1] Akash Wagh (IND,1033) l (6) Jacob Adaktusson (SWE,687) 16 26
[R1] Sagar Ahuja (IND,1698) l Augusto Laranja (BRA,757) 46 26
[R1] Ronak Manuja (IND,1363) bt (Q) Reinhardt Trollip (RSA,UNR) 61 76(4)

Doubles
[R1] Ronak Manuja (IND)/ Akash Wagh (IND) l (WC) Richard Ashforth (RSA)/ Matthew Rossouw (RSA) 36 61 7-10
[R1] Sagar Ahuja (IND)/ Tejas Chaukulkar (IND) vs (4) Mark Fynn (ZIM)/ Damon Gooch (RSA)

Another disappointing outing for Akash, who lose his both matches ... In the singles Swedish Adaktusson handed him one-sided loss and in the doubles he lost with Ronak against local wild-card pair in match tie-break ... Sagar also fail to give challenge to his Brazilian opponent.

Ronak took full advantage of weaker opponent.
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At $10K Thailand F6 Futures, Bangkok

[R1] (Q) Christopher Marquis (IND,1701) vs (1) Danai Udomchoke (THA,397)
[R1] Jatin Dahiya (IND,1356) l Aaron Leeder-Chard (AUS,1353) 36 16
[R1] Kumara P. Saradhi Adavelly (IND,2069) vs (WC) Phassawit Burapharitta (THA,2069)
[R1] Vinayak Sharma KAZA (IND,988) vs (8) Ryan Agar (AUS,788)
[R1] (Q) Lakshit Sood (IND,1645) vs (WC) Nuttanon Kadchapanan (THA,1645)
[R1] Abhijeet Tiwari (IND,1467) l David Sofaer (HKG,921) 36 46

Tough matches for our players.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Tarakan, Indonesia

[R1] (5) Natasha Palha (IND,522) vs Boyan Wang (CHN,760)
[R1] (7) Shweta Rana (IND,577) vs Nozomi Fujioka (JPN,849)
[R1] Sharmadaa Baluu (IND,644) vs (Q) Tamachan Momkoonthod (THA,1263)

Ankita is decided to skip this tournament ... Interesting to see other girls performance.

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At French Open 2014, Paris, France (Red clay)

Doubles
[R3] (5) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) bt Jelena Jankovic (SRB)/ Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) 63 63

[QF] (5) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) vs (1) Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE)/ Shuai Peng (CHN)

Mixed Doubles
[QF] (2) Katarina Srebotnik (SLO)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) l (8) Julia Goerges (GER)/ Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) 62 46 5-10

Sania-Cara score another comfortable win over Jankovic-Kleybanova for entering in the quarter-final ... There they r facing real tough set against WR #1 Hsieh-Peng, against then our pair loses all their matches.

Rohan's poor French open end with his loss in mixed doubles partnering Srebotnik ... In this match they started well winning the first set easily but after that Goerges-Zimo proved better pair.
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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament, Balikpapan, Indonesia

[F] (1) Ankita Raina (IND,288) l (7) Lin Zhu (CHN,462) 57 62 36

Ankita fails to overcome challenge of in-form Chinese girl Lin Zhu in the final ... Last week Lin Zhu reached final of Chinese $50K ITF tournament as an qualifier ... This week she lifted title beating Ankita in the final ... After losing the first set Ankita made strong comeback to win the second set comfortably ... But Ankita failed to keep momentum in the final and lost set to Zhu.
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At $10K Guam F1 Futures, Tumon

[F] (1) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,302) l (2) Takuto Niki (JPN,507) 76(6) 26 57

After winning the first set in tie-break Jeevan fail to convert that advantage ... Niki made strong comeback and won the second set easily ... In the final set both players were neck to neck but Niki win crucial points for winning the title.