Tennis News

At $3.1M Rogers Cup, Toronto, Canada

[R2] (6) Leander Paes (IND)/ Radek Stepanek (CZE) l Richard Gasquet (FRA)/ Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) 67(1) 46
[R2] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) l (5) Julien Benneteau (FRA)/ Édouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) 57 46

Both matches were tricky against French pairs but still wasn't expected losses in both matches ... Lee-Radek were 0-5 down in the first set but they crawled back winning next 5 games before losing this set in tie-break ... In the second set also French pair kept advantage and won it with a single break ... Rohan-Aisam tried hard against French open champions but failed to overcome challenge of Benneteau and Roger-Vasselin.
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At $2.4M Rogers Cup, Montreal, Canada

[R2] (4) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) bt Karolina Pliskova (CZE)/ Kristyna Pliskova (CZE) 64 76(1)

Sania-Cara start their campaign with straight sets win over Pliskova sisters ... In the second set Pliskova sis tried to match Sania-Cara but our pair won tie-break comfortably for completing victory.
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At $100K Aptos Challenger, USA

[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Ante Pavic (CRO) l Andrea Collarini (ARG)/ Cesar Ramirez (MEX) 67(6) 64 9-11
[R1] (4) Purav Raja (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND) bt Chase Buchanan (USA)/ Rhyne Williams (USA) 62 61
[R1] (2) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Kevin King (USA) bt (Q) Emilio Gomez (ECU)/ Ze Zhang (CHN) 63 64

Sanam-Purav start with dominating win over American pair losing only three games ... Divij-Kevin also start with win against qualifiers in straight sets ... Buji-Ante lose very close match, in that they lost two tie-breaks in extra points.
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At $15K Kazakhstan F11 Futures, Astana

[R2] Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,906) l (5) Karen KHACHANOV (RUS,392) 16 16
[R2] (4) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND,377) bt Roman KHASSANOV (KAZ,952) 62 61

[QF] (4) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND,377) vs (7) Andrey RUBLEV (RUS,461)

Doubles
[QF] (2) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND)/ Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) bt Oran REZNIK (ISR)/ Daniel SKRIPNIK (ISR) w/o

[SF] (2) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND)/ Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) vs Sagadat AYAP (KAZ)/ Djurabeck KARIMOV (UZB)

Bala score dominating win over his Kazakh opponent ... Next he is facing talented 16 yrs old and junior WR #1 Russian Andrey Rublev, who is already in top-500 ranking ... Tough match for Bala.

Ranjeet surrender easily against 5th seed Russian ... In the doubles Ranjeet-Bala r in the semis as they receive walkover.
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At $10K USA F23 Futures, Edwardsville

[QF] (2) Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Patrick Davidson (GBR) bt Yuanfeng Li (CHN)/ Michael Riechmann (USA) 64 62

[SF] (2) Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Patrick Davidson (GBR) vs Hunter Reese (USA)/ Jack Schipanski (AUS)

Comfortable win for Saki and Patrick against Chinese-American pair ... Next they r facing another unseeded American-Australian pair.
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At World Junior Tennis Championship - Girls (G14), Prostějov, Czech Republic

Group A

India l (6) Russia 0-3
Shivani Ingle l Olesya Pervushina 06 36
Sathwika Sama l Anastasia Potapova 06 06
Aarja Chakraborty/ Sathwika Sama l Olesya Pervushina/ Anastasia Potapova 06 16

Our girls having terrible draw as they r in group with top-seed USA (we already lose against them), 6th seed Russia and Spain ... These all teams r good on clay so our players r struggling to cope with their opponents superiority on clay.

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At $3.1M Rogers Cup, Toronto, Canada

[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) bt Eric Butorac (USA)/ Raven Klaasen (RSA) 26 63 10-4

[R2] (6) Leander Paes (IND)/ Radek Stepanek (CZE) vs Richard Gasquet (FRA)/ Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA)
[R2] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) vs Julien Benneteau (FRA)/ Édouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA)

Nice comeback win by Rohan-Aisam against Butorac-Klaasen ... After losing the first set easily Rohan-Aisam made strong comeback ... They won the second set comfortably and then dominated match tie-break ... Next our both pairs r facing French pairs.
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At $2.4M Rogers Cup, Montreal, Canada

[R2] (4) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) vs Karolina Pliskova (CZE)/ Kristyna Pliskova (CZE)

Sania-Cara r facing Pliskova sisters in the second round.
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At $100K Aptos Challenger, USA

[R1] (5) Somdev Devvarman (IND,132) bt John-Patrick Smith (AUS,172) 76(5) 75
[R1] (Q) Sanam Singh (IND,402) l (3) Evgeny Donskoy (RUS,110) 46 75 57

Sanam play really good match against top-100 type Donskoy but fail to convert in a win ... In the first set he was matching Donskoy but he struggled with his weak second serve ... Donskoy won the set with a single break advantage ... In the second set Donskoy was leading 2-4 but after that Sanam won 5 games from next 6 ... In that he broke Donskoy twice for winning this set ... In the final set both players hold their respective service games till 10 the game though Sanam was struggling to hold ... Donskoy take crucial break in 11th game and then hold for winning the match.

Buji need two tight sets to win his first round against John-Patrick Smith ... After winning the first set in tie-break Buji was leading 4-2 and from here Smith tried comeback ... He broke Buji in 7th game for 3-4 but Buji again broke him in 8th game to lead 5-3 ... Smith again broke Buji in 9th game for 4-5 but after that Buji broke Smith in 12th game for winning this match.
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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament, Koksijde, Belgium

[R1] Ankita Raina (IND,277) bt (8) Ysaline Bonaventure (BEL,249) 61 26 64

[R2] Ankita Raina (IND,277) vs Irina Ramialison (FRA,286)

Doubles
[R1] Ankita Raina (IND)/ Ganna Poznikhirenko (UKR) l (WC) Elyne Boeykens (BEL)/ Morgane Michiels (BEL) 46 26

Ankita start with upset win over local 8th seed in three sets but she fails to continue same performance in the doubles and lose match against local wild-card pair ... In the singles Ankita is facing similar ranked French girl Irina Ramialison.
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At $15K Kazakhstan F11 Futures, Astana

[R1] Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,906) bt Denis YEVSEYEV (KAZ,584) 61 64
[R1] (4) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND,377) bt Oran REZNIK (ISR,1495) 63 64

[R2] Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,906) vs (5) Karen KHACHANOV (RUS,392)
[R2] (4) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND,377) vs Roman KHASSANOV (KAZ,952)

Doubles
[R1] (2) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND)/ Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) bt Kaysar BEKIMOV (KAZ)/ Roman KHASSANOV (KAZ) 61 62

[QF] (2) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND)/ Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) vs Oran REZNIK (ISR)/ Daniel SKRIPNIK (ISR)

Ranjeet score upset win over below 600 ranked Kazakh player in straight sets and joins Bala in the second round ... In the doubles also Ranjeet-Bala start with easy win.
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At $10K USA F23 Futures, Edwardsville

[R1] (1) Yuki Bhambri (IND,151) bt (LL) Hayden Sabatka (USA,UNR) 63 64

Doubles
[R1] (2) Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Patrick Davidson (GBR) bt (WC) Andrew G. Goodwin (USA)/ Stuart Kenyon (GBR) 63 36 11-9

So winning start for Yuki and Saki in contrasting manners after long injury break in their respective matches ... Good to see they r getting match practice.

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At $100K Aptos Challenger, USA

[Q3] (7) Sanam Singh (IND,402) bt Richard Gabb (GBR,453) 63 63

[R1] (Q) Sanam Singh (IND,402) vs (3) Evgeny Donskoy (RUS,110)

Really good win for Sanama against in-form Gabb ... Two weeks back in their previous meeting Sanam lost against Gabb in three sets ... In maindraw Sanam is facing tough challenge of top-100 type Russian Evgeny Donskoy.
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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament, Koksijde, Belgium

[R1] Ankita Raina (IND,277) vs (8) Ysaline Bonaventure (BEL,249)

Doubles
[R1] Ankita Raina (IND)/ Ganna Poznikhirenko (UKR) vs (WC) Elyne Boeykens (BEL)/ Morgane Michiels (BEL)

Ankita having tricky opening match against local seeded player.
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At $10K USA F23 Futures, Edwardsville

[R1] (1) Yuki Bhambri (IND,151) vs Eduardo Nava (USA,1147)

Doubles
[R1] (2) Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Patrick Davidson (GBR) vs (WC) Andrew G. Goodwin (USA)/ Stuart Kenyon (GBR)

Hoping for match fitness for Yuki and Saketh in their respective matches.
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At u14 World Junior Tennis Championship, Prostejov, Czech Republic

India l (1) USA 0-3
Shivani Ingle l Rachel Lim 26 26
Sathwika Sama l Claire Liu 06 26
Aarja Chakraborty/ Sathwika Sama l Elysia Bolton/ Claire Liu 26 16

Expected loss for our girls against top-seed American team.

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At $1.65M Citi Open, Washington DC, USA

[F] Leander Paes (IND)/ Samuel Groth (AUS) l Jean-Julien Rojer (NED)/ Horia Tecau (ROU) 57 46

Overall good performance by Lee-Groth as last minute scratch pair they managed to enter in the final ... In the final consistent pairing of Rojer-Tecau proved stronger in their straight sets victory.
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At $2.4M Rogers Cup, Montreal, Canada

[R1] (4) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) bye

Sania-Cara r 4th seed in this Premier tournament and having bye in the first round.
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At $100K Aptos Challenger, USA

[Q2] (7) Sanam Singh (IND,400) bt David Hsu (USA,UNR) w/o

[Q3] (7) Sanam Singh (IND,400) vs Richard Gabb (GBR,429)

Doubles
[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Ante Pavic (CRO) vs Andrea Collarini (ARG)/ Cesar Ramirez (MEX)
[R1] (4) Purav Raja (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND) vs Chase Buchanan (USA)/ Rhyne Williams (USA)
[R1] (2) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Kevin King (USA) vs Qualifier

Sanam receive walkover in the second round and in the final qualifying he is facing Britisher Richard Gabb, who scored upset win over top-seed. In the doubles our 3 pairs r playing ... Divij is partnering American Kevin King and they r 2nd seed ... Purav is partnering Sanam and they r 4th seed ... Buji is playing with Pavic and they r facing South American pair in the first round ... I m hoping our pair play as per their seedings.

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At $1.65M Citi Open, Washington DC, USA

[SF] Leander Paes (IND)/ Samuel Groth (AUS) bt (WC) Steve Johnson (USA)/ Sam Querrey (USA) 46 63 10-8

[F] Leander Paes (IND)/ Samuel Groth (AUS) vs Jean-Julien Rojer (NED)/ Horia Tecau (ROU)

Lee-Groth produce excellent comeback win against American pair ... After losing the first set Lee-Groth fought back to win the second ... American pair tried hard in the match tie-break but our pair kept momentum for winning it ... In the final they r facing Dutch-Romanian pair of Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecau.
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At $3.1M Rogers Cup, Toronto, Canada

[R1] (6) Leander Paes (IND)/ Radek Stepanek (CZE) bye
[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) vs Eric Butorac (USA)/ Raven Klaasen (RSA)

Lee-Radek r sixth seed and having first round bye ... They r in top-draw with Bryans.

Rohan-Aisam r unseeded and facing Butorac-Klaasen in the first round.
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At $100K Aptos Challenger, USA

[Q1] (7) Sanam Singh (IND,400) bt Clay Thompson (USA,2183) 76(6) 63

[Q2] (7) Sanam Singh (IND,400) vs David Hsu (USA,UNR)

[R1] (5) Somdev Devvarman (IND,132) vs John-Patrick Smith (AUS,172)

Buji is back on pro tour after a month break for WTT and facing Australian John-Patrick Smith.

Sanam is playing in qualifying ... After winning the first round he is facing unseeded Hsu.
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At $15K Kazakhstan F10 Futures, Astana

Doubles Final
(1) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND)/ Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) bt (2) Liang-Chi HUANG (TPE) / Denis MATSUKEVITCH (RUS) 62 64

Bala-Ranjeet comfortably win the title in Kazakh futures beating 2nd seed Huang-Denis.

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At $1.65M Citi Open, Washington DC, USA

[QF] Leander Paes (IND)/ Samuel Groth (AUS) bt Juan Sebastian Cabal (COL)/ David Marrero (ESP) 76(3) 36 12-10

[SF] Leander Paes (IND)/ Samuel Groth (AUS) vs (WC) Steve Johnson (USA)/ Sam Querrey (USA)

Lee-Groth score hard fought win over Cabal-Marrero for entering in the semis ... After winning the first set in tie-break Lee-Groth lost the second set easily ... But Lee-Groth fought back to win the match tie-break in extra points ... In the semis they r facing American wild-card pair of Johnson-Querrey, who score upset win over WR #1 Bryans in the quarters.
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At $15K Kazakhstan F10 Futures, Astana

[SF] (1) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND)/ Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) bt (3) Ti CHEN (TPE)/ Dzmitry ZHYRMONT (BLR) 63 76(5)

[F] (1) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND)/ Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) vs (2) Liang-Chi HUANG (TPE) / Denis MATSUKEVITCH (RUS)

Bala-Ranjit score straight sets win over 3rd seed Ti Chen-Dzmitry ... In the final they r facing 2nd seed Huang-Matsukevitch.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, New Delhi, India

[R1] Rutuja BHOSALE (IND)/ Dabin KIM (KOR) bt Amrita MUKHERJEE (IND)/ Vanshika SAWHNEY (IND) 62 63
[QF] Rutuja BHOSALE (IND)/ Dabin KIM (KOR) bt (4) Abbie MYERS (AUS)/ Shweta RANA (IND) 61 62
[SF] Rutuja BHOSALE (IND)/ Dabin KIM (KOR) bt (1) Nicha LERTPITAKSINCHAI (THA) / Peangtarn PLIPUECH (THA) w/o

Doubles Final
Rutuja BHOSALE (IND)/ Dabin KIM (KOR) bt (3) Sharrmadaa BALUU (IND)/ Xi-Yao WANG (CHN) 63 64

Back to back doubles title for Rutuja and Dabin Kim ... In this ITF tournament they win their all matches comfortably.

In the singles young 16 yrs old Karman Kaur Thandi reach another semi-final before losing one-sided match against 3rd seed Thai opponent ... Snehadevi Reddy also enter into the semis before retired in the third set against Natasha Palha ... Hoping Natasha lifts title here.

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At $1.65M Citi Open, Washington DC, USA

[QF] Leander Paes (IND)/ Samuel Groth (AUS) vs Juan Sebastian Cabal (COL)/ David Marrero (ESP)

Lee-Samuel are facing Cabal-Marrero in the quarters.
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At $15K Kazakhstan F10 Futures, Astana

[QF] (5) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND,383) l (2) Ti CHEN (TPE,264) 16 57

Doubles
[QF] (1) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND)/ Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) bt Oran REZNIK (ISR)/ Denis YEVSEYEV (KAZ) 62 60

[SF] (1) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND)/ Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) vs (3) Ti CHEN (TPE)/ Dzmitry ZHYRMONT (BLR)

Bala fails to give much challenge against experienced Ti Chen ... In the doubles Bala-Ranjeet score comfortable win and in the semis facing 3rd seet Ti Chen and Dzmitry.

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At $1.65M Citi Open, Washington DC, USA

[R1] Leander Paes (IND)/ Samuel Groth (AUS) bt Robert Lindstedt (SWE)/ Jeremy Chardy (FRA) 61 76(4)
[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) l (4) Ivan Dodig (CRO)/ Marcelo Melo (BRA) 64 67(8) 8-10

Lee start with straight sets win with his new partner Samuel Groth ... Rohan-Aisam miss opportunity of upsetting 4th seed as after winning the first set they had match point in the second set tie-break ... After losing the second set they lost match tie-break also.
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At $250K Citi Open, Washington DC, USA

[R2] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) l Jocelyn Rae (GBR)/ Anna Smith (GBR) 46 36

Shocking loss for Sania-Cara against young British pair ... So bad start of US hard court season for Sania-Cara.
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At $100K Vancouver Challenger, Canada

[R1] (2) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Adil Shamasdin (CAN) l Alex Bogomolov Jr. (RUS)/ James Cerretani (USA) 64 46 8-10

These days Divij is failing to perform as per his ranking ... Another loss for him with Adil, in this match also Divij-Adil started with winning the first set ... But afterwards they lost the plot and before losing the match tie-break they lose the second set.
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At $50K+H Segovia Challenger, USA

[R1] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,313) bt (4) Gregoire Burquier (FRA,169) 26 64 64

[R2] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,313) l Gerard Garnollers (ESP,268) 61 36 26

Solid comeback upset win by Jeevan against top-175 French player Gregoire Burquier ... After that interesting to see his performance in next match as previously after scoring upset win Jeevan failed to took advantage.

And somehow same repeats in the second round ... Jeevan started confidently after dominating the first set but again he failed to close the match and lose next two sets quite easily.
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At $50K ITF Women's Tournament, Nanchang, China

[R1] Ankita Raina (IND,285) l (1) Luksika Kumkhum (THA,110) 06 26

Frankly didn't expected this one-sided loss for Ankita.
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At $15K Kazakhstan F10 Futures, Astana

[R1] (Q) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,904) l Andrei VASILEVSKI (BLR,612) 63 46 36
[R1] (5) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND,383) bt (Q) Sagadat AYAP (KAZ,2240) 61 36 62

[R2] (5) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND,383) bt (Q) Edan LESHEM (ISR,1495) 76(4) 26 76(4)

[QF] (5) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND,383) vs (2) Ti CHEN (TPE,264)

Doubles
[R1] (1) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND)/ Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) bt (WC) Adil ELTAEV (KAZ)/ Nurtazin KHAIRULLA (KAZ) 63 61

[QF] (1) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND)/ Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) vs Oran REZNIK (ISR)/ Denis YEVSEYEV (KAZ)

Surprisingly tougher wins by Bala against qualifiers ... Next he is facing 2nd seed Ti Chen.

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At $250K Citi Open, Washington DC, USA

[R1] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) bye

Sania-Cara r top-seed in Washington and receive bye in the first round.
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At $100K Vancouver Challenger, Canada

[R1] Purav Raja (IND)/ Farrukh Dustov (UZB) l (4) Jordan Kerr (AUS)/ Fabrics Martin (FRA) 36 67(4)
[R1] (2) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Adil Shamasdin (CAN) vs Alex Bogomolov Jr. (RUS)/ James Cerretani (USA)

Purav play with Farrukh but fail to produce upset though stretched their 4th seed opponent to tie-break in the second set.
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At $50K+H Segovia Challenger, USA

[R1] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Antal Van Der Duim (NED) l (WC) Jose Esteban Blanco (ESP)/ Jorge Hernando Ruano (ESP) 67(6) 76(2) 2-10

Jeevan-Antal lose their close match against local wild-card pair in one-sided match tie-break ... Before that both pairs shared sets in tie-break.
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At $50K ITF Women's Tournament, Nanchang, China

[R1] Ankita Raina (IND,285) vs (1) Luksika Kumkhum (THA,110)

Doubles
[R1] Ankita Raina (IND)/ Tamara Curovic (SRB) l (3) Miki Miyamura (JPN)/ Mari Tanaka (JPN) 26 26

This week Ankita is having tough matches ... In the singles she is facing top-seed Thai girl Luksika Kumkhum and in the doubles she with her doubles partner Croatian Curovic lose their match easily against 3rd seed Japanese pair.

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At the World Junior Athletics Championships 2014, Eugene, USA

Women's Discuss Throw
Gold - Izabela da Silva (BRA) 58.03m
Silver - Valarie Allman (USA) 56.75m
Bronze - Navjeet Kaur Dhillon (IND) 56.36m

Navjeet Kaur Dhillon became only the second Indian to win a medal in the World Junior Athletics Championships when she won a bronze in women's discus throw in Eugene, USA on Saturday. The only other Indian to win a medal in World Juniors is Seema Antil who claimed the bronze in the same event in Kingston in 2002.

Navjeet's previous best was 53.97m while winning the Junior Federation Cup at Chennai this May.

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At $1.65M Citi Open, Washington DC, USA

[Q1] (3) Yuki Bhambri (IND,153) l Sekou Bangoura (USA,553) 62 67(1) retd.
[Q1] Sanam Singh (IND,411) l (11) Emilio Gomez (ECU,244) 46 76(5) 16
[Q1] Saketh Myneni (IND,424) l (5) Marius Copil (ROU,162) 16 46

Doubles
[R1] Leander Paes (IND)/ Samuel Groth (AUS) vs Robert Lindstedt (SWE)/ Jeremy Chardy (FRA)
[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) vs (4) Ivan Dodig (CRO)/ Marcelo Melo (BRA)

Overall tough matches for our players considering Yuki was playing his first match after more than 5 months injury break, Saketh was playing his first match after about 50 days injury break and other hand Sanam is in terrible form.

As per report Yuki played well till late in the second set ... As after winning the first set Yuki was leading 3-0 in the second set ... Bangoura played well in end of the second set but that time Yuki was struggling with leg sprain ... After losing the second set he decide to retire.

For Saki his top-175 Romanian opponent prove too strong and lose in straight sets.

Sanam stretch Emilio Gomez to three sets but in the third set Sanam was not existent.

In the doubles Rohan-Aisam is facing 4th seed and Lee is partnering Australian Samuel Groth.
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At $50K+H Segovia Challenger, USA

[R1] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,313) vs (4) Gregoire Burquier (FRA,169)

Doubles
[R1] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Antal Van Der Duim (NED) vs (WC) Jose Esteban Blanco (ESP)/ Jorge Hernando Ruano (ESP)

This week Jeevan is playing at Segovia Challenger ... He is having tough match in the singles but facing local wild care pair in the doubles with his Dutch partner.
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At $50K Lexington Challenger, USA

[SF] Sanam Singh (IND)/ Jarmere Jenkins (USA) l Chase Buchanan (USA)/ James McGee (IRL) 16 46

Sanam-Jarmere fail to raise their game in the semis and lose their match in straight sets against Buchanan-McGee.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Banglore, India

[R1] (4) Rutuja BHOSALE (IND)/ Dabin KIM (KOR) bt Snehadevi S REDDY (IND)/ Dhruthi TATACHAR VENUGOPAL (IND) 26 62 10-6
[QF] (4) Rutuja BHOSALE (IND)/ Dabin KIM (KOR) bt Abbie MYERS (AUS)/ Yukina SAIGO (JPN) 36 63 10-3
[SF] (4) Rutuja BHOSALE (IND)/ Dabin KIM (KOR) bt Rushmi CHAKRAVARTHI (IND)/ Natasha PALHA (IND) 61 64
[F] (4) Rutuja BHOSALE (IND)/ Dabin KIM (KOR) bt Nidhi CHILUMULA (IND) / Sung-Hee HAN (KOR) 62 76(2)

Rutuja lifts doubles title with Korean Dabin Kim at Banglore ... In the singles also Dabin Kim lifts title but for Indian only 16 year old Karman Kaur Thandi managed to enter the semis.

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At $125K Zhong Hong Jiang Xi International Women's Open, Nanchang, China

[R2] Ankita Raina (IND,285) l Ling Zhang (HKG,265) 26 16

Ankita fails to produce any challenge to Hong Kong girl Ling Zhang in one-sided loss.

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At $50K Lexington Challenger, USA

[QF] Sanam Singh (IND)/ Jarmere Jenkins (USA) bt Austin Krajicek (USA)/ Rhyne Williams (USA) 64 63

Sanam-Jarmere continue with their good performance and score straight sets victory over Krajicek-Williams in straight sets for entering into the semis.
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At $10K Spain F19 Futures, Denia (clay

[R1] (1) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,356) l Bernabe Zapata Miralles (ESP,1275) 57 16

Doubles
[R1] (2) Jaume Pla Malfeito (ESP)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) l Joao Domingues (POR)/ Jose Anton Salazar Martin (ESP) 46 36

Some how I was worrying for this result ... After longtime RamK lose to such lower ranked opponent but I think this loss is due to tiredness of last two weeks performance ... So after his doubles loss RamK is getting much deserving longish break.

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At $648K BB&T Atlanta Open, USA

[R1] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Donald Young (USA) l Kevin King (USA)/ Michael Venus (NZL) 16 63 9-11

Divij was needing couple of victories for bringing back his ranking around top-100 ... So this loss is going to hurt him big way as he again ned to play challengers to earn these all points and chances r high that this time he is going to miss US open due to his ranking ... Here after losing the first set easily Divij-Donald fightback to win the second set ... But again in close match tie-break Divij and his partner lose their match.
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At $125K Zhong Hong Jiang Xi International Women's Open, Nanchang, China

[R1] Ankita Raina (IND,285) bt (Q) Junri Namigata (JPN,290) 64 26 62

[R2] Ankita Raina (IND,285) vs Ling Zhang (HKG,265)

Doubles
[R1] Ankita Raina (IND)/ Tamara Curovic (SRB) l Gioia Barbieri (ITA)/ Marina Melnikova (RUS) 46 57

In her first WTA match Ankita start with fighting win against in-form Japanese qualifier Junri Namigata in thre sets ... Next she is facing similar ranked Hong Kong player Ling Zhang, who score upset win against 8th seed Ukrainian.

In the doubles Ankita and her Serbian partner Curovic fail to win their first round match.
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At $50K Lexington Challenger, USA

[R1] (1) Purav Raja (IND)/ Marcelo Demoliner (BRA) l Austin Krajicek (USA)/ Rhyne Williams (USA) 16 63 9-11
[R1] Sanam Singh (IND)/ Jarmere Jenkins (USA) bt Andrea Collarini (ARG)/ Emilio Gomez (ECU) 64 63

[QF] Sanam Singh (IND)/ Jarmere Jenkins (USA) vs Austin Krajicek (USA)/ Rhyne Williams (USA)

Sanam start with straight sets win in the doubles with his American partner Jenkins.

But Purav-Marcelo fail to give just to their top-seeding and lose in tight match tie-break against American pair.
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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament, Phuket, Thailand

[R1] Prarthana Thombare (IND,348) l Peangtarn Plipuech (THA,440) 16 06

Doubles
[R1] Prarthana Thombare (IND)/ Sabina Sharipova (UZB) l (1) Nicha Lertpitaksinchai (THA)/ Peangtarn Plipuech (THA) 36 46

Prarthana Thombare seriously need to work more on her game as she is getting hammered by below ranked player outside India.
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At $10K Spain F19 Futures, Denia (clay

[R1] (1) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,356) vs Bernabe Zapata Miralles (ESP,1275)

Doubles
[R1] (2) Jaume Pla Malfeito (ESP)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) vs Joao Domingues (POR)/ Jose Anton Salazar Martin (ESP)

Here RamK is top-seed in the singles but hopefully he will remain fit in this week after long last two weeks in that he was in four finals and won 2 titles.

Tennis News

At $648K BB&T Atlanta Open, USA

Doubles
[R1] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Donald Young (USA) vs Kevin King (USA)/ Michael Venus (NZL)

Divij need couple of wins for re-entering in top-100 doubles ranking.
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At $125K Zhong Hong Jiang Xi International Women's Open, Nanchang, China

[R1] Ankita Raina (IND,285) vs (Q) Junri Namigata (JPN,292)

Doubles
[R1] Ankita Raina (IND)/ Tamara Curovic (SRB) vs Gioia Barbieri (ITA)/ Marina Melnikova (RUS)

Ankita is getting chance of playing in lowest level of WTA tournament ... In the first round she is facing similar ranked Japanese opponent ... In the doubles she is having Croatian partner and they r also facing unseeded pair.
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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament, Phuket, Thailand

[R1] Prarthana Thombare (IND,348) vs Peangtarn Plipuech (THA,440)

Doubles
[R1] Prarthana Thombare (IND)/ Sabina Sharipova (UZB) vs (1) Nicha Lertpitaksinchai (THA)/ Peangtarn Plipuech (THA)

Hopefully Prarthana score some wins this week.
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At $10K Spain F18 Futures, Gandia

Singles Final
(2) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,356) l (1) Arthur De Greef (BEL,318) 46 64 36

I was hoping for back to back titles for RamK but still creditable performance by him ... In the final RamK lose his match against top-seed Arthur De Greef in three sets ... Last two weeks Ramk gives encouraging performance on clay winning a title and runner-up.
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At $50K Lexington Challenger, USA

[Q1] (5) Sanam Singh (IND,373) l Richard Gabb (GBR,484) 63 57 46

Another loss for Sanam against lower ranked British player Gabb after winning the first set.

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At $727K Claro Open Colombia, Bogota

[SF] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Adil Shamasdin (CAN) l (3) Sam Groth (AUS)/ Chris Guccione (AUS) 67(6) 64 17-19

This match was tricky but important for Divij as he was defending load of points as defending champion ... After losing the first set on tie-break Divij-Adil won the second set with a single break advantage ... After that Divij-Adil and Aussie pair played one of the longest match tie-break ... It was continued for 36 points both pairs had match points but Aussie pair managed to convert one for exciting win.
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At $10K Spain F18 Futures, Gandia

[SF] (2) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,356) bt (7) Ricardo Ojeda Lara (ESP) (ESP,476) 76(6) 75

[F] (2) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,356) vs (1) Arthur De Greef (BEL,318)

Doubles Final
(1) Miguel-Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) l Juan-Samuel Arauzo-Martinez (ESP)/ Martin Beran (CAN) 62 67(3) 9-11

RamK continues with his terrific form and enter into another singles final ... Though Ricardo Ojeda Lara stretch him in the semis but RamK completed victory in two tight sets ... In the final he is facing top-seed Belgian Arthur De Greef for second singles title in two weeks.

In the doubles final top-seed RamK and Miguel-Angel started controlling it and managed to win the first set comfortably ... But unseeded Arauzo-Martinez and Beran fought back and won the second set in tie-break ... In closely fought match tie-break top-seed RamK and Miguel-Angel lost in extra points.

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At £5.4M the 143rd Open Championship, Royal Liverpool, Great Britain

T110 Anirban Lahiri 75 75 +6

Anirban Lahiri was qualify in prestigious the Open but his first participation prove too small ... In first 2 rounds he managed 75 round and this +6 score put him way out of the cut but still very valuable experience for young Anirban Lahiri.

Tennis News

At $727K Claro Open Colombia, Bogota

[QF] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Adil Shamasdin (CAN) bt Purav Raja (IND)/ Marcelo Demoliner (BRA) 62 64

[SF] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Adil Shamasdin (CAN) vs (3) Sam Groth (AUS)/ Chris Guccione (AUS)

In end Divij-Adil score comfortable win over Purav-Marcelo in straight sets ... Next they r facing tough 3rd seed Aussie pair for place in the final.
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At $10K Spain F18 Futures, Gandia

[QF] (2) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,356) bt Sergio Martos Gornes (ESP,1019) 64 76(6)

[SF] (2) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,356) vs (7) Ricardo Ojeda Lara (ESP) (ESP,476)

Doubles
[SF] (1) Miguel-Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) bt Sergio Martos Gornes (ESP)/ Oscar Mesquida Berg (ESP) 64 63

[F] (1) Miguel-Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) vs Juan-Samuel Arauzo-Martinez (ESP)/ Martin Beran (CAN)

RamK is in the singles semi-final and another doubles final ... RamK needed tie-break to win the second set against Martos Gornes ... In the semis he is facing Ricardo Ojeda Lara.

In the doubles RamK-Miguel-Angel complete their win in straight sets ... In the final they r facing unseeded Spanish-Canadian pair.

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At $727K Claro Open Colombia, Bogota

[R1] Purav Raja (IND)/ Marcelo Demoliner (BRA) bt Alejandro Gonzalez (COL)/ Juan-Carlos Spir (COL) 64 75

[QF] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Adil Shamasdin (CAN) vs Purav Raja (IND)/ Marcelo Demoliner (BRA)

Purav-Marcelo start with a tight straight sets win over local pair ... Next Purav is facing his former partner and co-title holder Divij and his partner ... So one of them will going to face big drop of points in next week's rankings.
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At $10K Spain F18 Futures, Gandia

[R2] (2) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,356) bt (WC) Carlos Taberner (ESP,2162) 62 61

[QF] (2) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,356) vs Sergio Martos Gornes (ESP,1019)

Doubles
[QF] (1) Miguel-Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) bt Pedro Cachin (ARG)/ Vasco Mensurado (POR) 62 62

[SF] (1) Miguel-Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) vs Sergio Martos Gornes (ESP)/ Oscar Mesquida Berg (ESP)

RamK is taking full advantage of his ongoing form and score another comfortable win over lowly ranked Spanish player ... Next he is facing another Spanish player, Sergio Martos Gornes.

In the doubles also RamK is in the semis with his partner Miguel-Angel scoring comfortable win ... In the semis they r facing Spanish pair Martos Gornes-Mesquida Berg.
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At $10K Hong Kong F2 Futures, Hong Kong, China

[QF] Sidharth Rawat (IND,1264) l (2) Dayne Kelly (AUS,614) 06 26

Kelly prove too strong for Sidharth.

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At $727K Claro Open Colombia, Bogota

[R1] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Adil Shamasdin (CAN) bt (2) Santiago Gonzalez (MEX)/ Scott Lipsky (USA) 62 75

Divij-Adil score huge upset win over 2nd seed Gonzalez-Lipsky in straight sets ... After winning the first set easily Adil-Divij were up early break but Gonzalez-Lipsky broke back to make it 4-all ... Adil-Divij take crucial break in 11th game and then hold their serve for exciting win ... Divij need this win as he is defending champion so he is defending hell of points.
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At $125K+H Kaohsiung Challenger, Taiwan

[R1] (4) Ryan Agar (AUS)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) l Toshihide Matsui (JPN)/ Yuichi Sugita (JPN) 36 26

Jeevan-Ryan fail to perform as per their seeding and lose comfortably against Japanese pair.
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At $10K Spain F18 Futures, Gandia

[R1] (2) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,356) bt Samuel Ribeiro Navarrete (ESP,987) 61 3-0 retd.

[R2] (2) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,356) vs (WC) Carlos Taberner (ESP,2162)

Doubles
[QF] (1) Miguel-Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) vs Pedro Cachin (ARG)/ Vasco Mensurado (POR)

RamK smoothly enter into the second round as his Spanish opponent retired in the second round ... Next he is facing Spanish wild-card player Taberner.
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At $10K Hong Kong F2 Futures, Hong Kong, China

[R2] Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,1158) l (2) Dayne Kelly (AUS,614) 16 16
[R2] Sidharth Rawat (IND,1264) bt (8) Masato Shinga (JPN,778) 62 61

[QF] Sidharth Rawat (IND,1264) vs (2) Dayne Kelly (AUS,614)

Sidharth score dominating win over 8th seed Shinga losing three games but next he is facing 2nd seed Aussie Dayne Kelly, who toyed with Sasi for one-sided win.

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At At $727K Claro Open Colombia, Bogota

[R1] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Ad.il Shamasdin (CAN) vs (2) Santiago Gonzalez (MEX)/ Scott Lipsky (USA)

Tough opener for Divij-Adil against 2nd seed Gonzalez-Lipsky
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At $125K+H Kaohsiung Challenger, Taiwan

[R1] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,313) l (8) Denys Molchanov (UKR,213) 46 76(6) 67(3)

Doubles
[R1] (4) Ryan Agar (AUS)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) vs Toshihide Matsui (JPN)/ Yuichi Sugita (JPN)

Jeevan produce another encouraging performance against Ukrainian Denys Molchanov , who is 100 places above him, but he need to convert these performances in a win ... After losing the first set Jeevan saved match points before winning the second set in extra points tie-break ... The third set also went to tie-break but this time Jeevan failed to reproduce his second set tie-break performance.
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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament, Phuket, Thailand

[R1] Prarthana Thombare (IND,352) l (Q) Pei-Chi Lee (TPE,443) 36 46

Doubles
[R1] Prarthana Thombare (IND)/ Su Jeong Jang (KOR) l Na-Lae Han (KOR)/ Mi Yoo (KOR) 16 57

Another disappointing loss for Prarthana in the singles against qualifier, so missed opportunity.
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At $10K Spain F18 Futures, Gandia

[R1] (2) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,356) vs Samuel Ribeiro Navarrete (ESP,987)

Doubles
[R1] (1) Miguel-Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) bt (WC) Faustino Arrogante-De Lanuza (ESP)/ Diego-Jose Manrique-Velazquez (ESP) 61 61

Interesting to see RamK's performance in the singles after his last week's double crown.

In the doubles he is top-seed with his Mexican partner and they started with a bang beating local wild-card pair losing only two games.
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At $10K Germany F8 Futures, Trier

[Q1] (5) Kunal Anand (IND) bt Marvin Werr (GER) 60 16 63
[Q1] (6) Neeraj Elangovan (IND) bt Pavle Daljev (SRB) 76(4) 75

[Q2] (5) Kunal Anand (IND) bt Jacques Negro (GER) 62 75
[Q2] (6) Neeraj Elangovan (IND) bt Tom Roidl (GER) 61 61

[Q3] (5) Kunal Anand (IND) l Lucas Gerch (GER) 26 36
[Q3] (6) Neeraj Elangovan (IND) bt Mike Vermeer(LEX) 61 62

[R1] (LL) Kunal Anand (IND,1674) l (7) Ivan Endara (ECU,586) 64 36 46
[R1] (Q) Neeraj Elangovan (IND,1681) l Sami Reinwein (GER,1281) 36 26

Kunal and Neeraj fail to cross first round hurdle and lose their respective matches.
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At $10K Hong Kong F2 Futures, Hong Kong, China

[R1] Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,1158) bt Singekrawee Wattanakul (THA,1106) 46 62 61
[R1] Sidharth Rawat (IND,1264) bt (WC) Siu-Fai Kelvin Lam (HKG,UNR) 57 63 63
[R1] Jatin Dahiya (IND,1732) l Hyun-Woo Nam (KOR,1270) 36 26

[R2] Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,1158) vs (2) Dayne Kelly (AUS,614)
[R2] Sidharth Rawat (IND,1264) vs (8) Masato Shinga (JPN,778)

Sasi and Sidharth win their respective matches after losing the first set but in the second round both r facing seeded players.

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At $727K Claro Open Colombia, Bogota

[Q1] Divij Sharan (IND,UUNR) bt Juan Montes (COL,1956) 60 61

[Q2] Divij Sharan (IND,NR) l (6) Michael Venus (NZL,345) 64 36 57

Doubles
[R1] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Adil Shamasdin (CAN) vs (2) Santiago Gonzalez (MEX)/ Scott Lipsky (USA)
[R1] Purav Raja (IND)/ Marcelo Demoliner (BRA) vs Alejandro Gonzalez (COL)/ Juan-Carlos Spir (COL)

Divij and Purav r defending champion but this time they r playing with different partners ... And both having tough matches in the first round.

In the singles qualifying Divij gave fighting performance against top-350 Venus ... Divij started with winning the first set but failed to convert in win due to his lack of experience of playing singles matches.

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At $10K Spain F17 Futures, Getxo (clay)

Singles Final
(2) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,356) bt (1) Marc Giner (ESP,267) 64 61

RamK lifts his first futures title on clay and that's also in Span beating top-275 Spanish player ... This is his fourth futures title but first title on clay ... RamK dominated the final and defeated Giner convincingly ... So with this win he complete rare double crown on clay by Indian player.

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At €486K Mercedes Cup, Stuttgart, Germany

[QF] Purav Raja (IND)/ Marcelo Demoliner (BRA) l Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP)/ Philipp Oswald (AUT) 46 46

Garcia-Lopez and Oswald prove better pair than Purav-Marcelo in their straight sets win.
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At $10K Spain F17 Futures, Getxo (clay)

[SF] (2) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,356) bt (6) Pol Toledo Bague (ESP,586) 64 75

[F] (2) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,356) vs (1) Marc Giner (ESP,267)

Doubles
[F] (1) David PEREZ SANZ (ESP)/ Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND) bt Joao DOMINGUES (POR)/ Jose Anton SALAZAR MARTIN (ESP) 57 63 10-4

RamK continue with his excellent performance on clay as he beat 6th seed Pol Toledo Bague in straight sets ... In the final he is facing top-seed and top-275 Spanish player Marc Giner.

In the doubles final RamK lifts title with his partner David Perez Sanz in comeback victory ... Our pair fought back after losing the first set against Domingues-Salazar Martin ... RamK-David won the second set comfortably and then dominated match tie-break for good win.

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At €486K Mercedes Cup, Stuttgart, Germany

[R1] Purav Raja (IND)/ Marcelo Demoliner (BRA) bt Andrey Golubev (KAZ)/ Michal Mertinak (SLO) 76(0) 46 10-8

[QF] Purav Raja (IND)/ Marcelo Demoliner (BRA) vs Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP)/ Philipp Oswald (AUT)

Purav-Marcelo start with a win against Golubev-Mertinak ... After dominating the first set tie-break our pair faild to win the second ... In the second set at 4-5 they saved 3 set points from 0-40 but failed to hold the serve ... Despite losing the second et our pair kept focus in the match tie-break ... And converted 3t\rd match point for good win ... Next they r facing Spanish-Austrian pair of Garcia-Lopez and Oswald, who scored dominating win over top-seed pair Colin Fleming and Mariusz Fyrstenberg.
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At $474K Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, Newport, USA

[QF] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Donald Young (USA) l Chris Guccione (AUS)/ Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) 57 36

Australian Davis cup pair prove too strong for Divij-Donald ... They stretched Australians in the first set but after that Australians dominated the second set.
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At $10K Thailand F9 futures, Bangkok

[QF] (2) Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND,317) l (6) Dayne KELLY (AUS,649) 36 retd.

Doubles
[QF] Mohit Mayur JAYAPRAKASH (IND)/ Sasi Kumar MUKUND (IND) l (1) Ti CHEN (TPE)/ Ruan ROELOFSE (RSA) 46 46
[QF] Chandril SOOD (IND)/ Lakshit Sood (IND) l (3) Pruchya ISAROW (THA) / Nuttanon KADCHAPANAN (THA) 36 63 6-10
[QF] (2) Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND)/ Vishnu VARDHAN (IND) bt Ronit Singh BISHT (IND)/ Akash WAGH (IND) w/o

[SF] (2) Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND)/ Vishnu VARDHAN (IND) l (3) Pruchya ISAROW (THA) / Nuttanon KADCHAPANAN (THA) 26 46

Turn to be poor day for Indians.
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At $10K Spain F17 Futures, Getxo (clay)

[QF] (2) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,356) bt Dante Gennaro (ARG,900) 75 61

[SF] (2) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,356) vs (6) Pol Toledo Bague (ESP,586)

Doubles
[SF] (1) David PEREZ SANZ (ESP)/ Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND) bt (3) Sergio MARTOS GORNES (ESP)/ Pol TOLEDO BAGUE (ESP) 64 63

[F] (1) David PEREZ SANZ (ESP)/ Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND) vs Joao DOMINGUES (POR)/ Jose Anton SALAZAR MARTIN (ESP)

Another impressive win by RamK on clay against Argentine Gennaro ... Next he is facing Spanish guy Toledo Bague.
In the doubles RamK and his partner Perez Sanz are in the doubles final with convincing win over 3rd seed Spanish pair ... In the final they r facing unseeded Portuguese-Spanish pair.

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At $10K Thailand F9 futures, Bangkok

[R2] (3) Vishnu VARDHAN (IND,564) l Pruchya ISAROW (THA,1108) 67(7) 16
[R2] (2) Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND,317) bt Mohit Mayur JAYAPRAKASH (IND,1681) 76(9) 63

[QF] (2) Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND,317) vs (6) Dayne KELLY (AUS,649)

Doubles
[R1] Mohit Mayur JAYAPRAKASH (IND)/ Sasi Kumar MUKUND (IND) bt Phassawit BURAPHARITTA (THA)/ Dane CHUNTRARUK (THA) 64 62
[R1] (2) Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND)/ Vishnu VARDHAN (IND) bt Scott Browne (AUS)/ Dayne KELLY (AUS) 61 62

[QF] Mohit Mayur JAYAPRAKASH (IND)/ Sasi Kumar MUKUND (IND) vs (1) Ti CHEN (TPE)/ Ruan ROELOFSE (RSA)
[QF] Chandril SOOD (IND)/ Lakshit Sood (IND) vs (3) Pruchya ISAROW (THA) / Nuttanon KADCHAPANAN (THA)
[QF] (2) Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND)/ Vishnu VARDHAN (IND) vs Ronit Singh BISHT (IND)/ Akash WAGH (IND)

Jeevan score tight two sets over Mohit Mayur but other hand expected loss of Vishnu considering his recent poor run ... In the doubles our both pairs start with comfortable wins.
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At $10K Spain F17 Futures, Getxo (clay)

[R2] (2) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,356) bt Laurent Malouli (FRA,771) 64 75

[QF] (2) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,356) vs Dante Gennaro (ARG,900)

Doubles
[QF] (1) David PEREZ SANZ (ESP)/ Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND) bt Constantin BELOT (FRA)/ Francois-Arthur VIBERT (FRA) 61 62

[SF] (1) David PEREZ SANZ (ESP)/ Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND) vs (3) Sergio MARTOS GORNES (ESP)/ Pol TOLEDO BAGUE (ESP)

Another good win by RamK on clay against Frenchman Malouli ... Next he is facing unseeded Argentine Gennaro.

Another comfortable win for top-seed RamK and David in the doubles ... In the semis they r facing 3rd seed Spanish pair.

Tennis News

Congratulation to Sania Mirza as after Wimbledon she climb to her career best WR #5 ranking in the doubles.
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At €486K Mercedes Cup, Stuttgart, Germany

[R1] Purav Raja (IND)/ Marcelo Demoliner (BRA) vs Andrey Golubev (KAZ)/ Michal Mertinak (SLO)


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At $474K Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, Newport, USA

[R1] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Donald Young (USA) bt (1) Santiago Gonzalez (MEX)/ Scott Lipsky (USA) 67(1) 76(3) 10-7

What a comeback victory by Divij-Young against top-seed Lipsky-Gonzalez ... After losing the first set in tie-break Divij-Young needed to dig deep in the second set for winning it in tie-break ... In the match tie-break they were 0-3 and 1-4 down before completing this excellent win.
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At $15K+H Germany F7 Futures, Kassel (clay)

[R1] N. Sriram Balaji (IND,384) l Peter Torebko (GER,434) 46 62 16

Bla lose his match in three sets against top-450 German opponent on clay.
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At $100K ITF Women's Tournament, Biarritz, France

[R1] Ankita Raina (IND,286) l Laura Thorpe (FRA,278) 57 26

Doubles
[R1] Ankita Raina (IND)/ Michaela Boev (BEL) l (1) Mandy Minella (LUX)/ Laura Thorpe (FRA) 46 16

Laura prove better player on the court against Ankita ... Afterwards she and her partner Boev fail to challenge top-seed pair so early end of week for Ankita.
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At $10K Thailand F9 futures, Bangkok

[R1] Ronit Singh BISHT (IND,1194) l (WC) Warit SORNBUTNARK (THA,2218) 16 26
[R1] Akash WAGH (IND,1039) l (5) Yannik JANKOVITS (FRA,608) 16 46
[R1] (3) Vishnu VARDHAN (IND,564) bt Ko SUZUKI (JPN,995) 76(2) 64
[R1] (LL) Chandril SOOD (IND,1342) l Pruchya ISAROW (THA,1108) 36 26
[R1] (Q) Christopher MARQUIS (IND,1563) l (WC) Chayanon KAEWSUTO (THA,2150) 57 26
[R1] Vigenesh PERANAMALLUR (IND,1147) l (8) Ryan AGAR (AUS,710) 26 26
[R1] Vinayak Sharma KAZA (IND,1107) l (Q) Marious ZELBA (AUS,2182) 75 46 46
[R1] Sasi Kumar MUKUND (IND,1217) l (6) Dayne KELLY (AUS,649) 46 36
[R1] (Q) Rishab AGARWAL (IND,UNR) l (Q) Nam Hoang LY (VIE,1735) 16 36
[R1] Mohit Mayur JAYAPRAKASH (IND,1681) bt (WC) Congsup CONGCAR (THA,1842) 63 62
[R1] (2) Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND,317) bt (Q) David Agung SUSANTO (INA,1534) 62 62

[R2] (3) Vishnu VARDHAN (IND,564) vs Pruchya ISAROW (THA,1108)
[R2] (2) Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND,317) vs Mohit Mayur JAYAPRAKASH (IND,1681)

Doubles
[R1] Arjun KADHE (IND)/ Robert RUMLER (CZE) l (WC) Congsup CONGCAR (THA)/ Nam Hoang LY (VIE) 64 67(10) 6-10
[R1] Chandril SOOD (IND)/ Lakshit Sood (IND) bt Kevin FISCHER (PHI)/ Yannik JANKOVITS (FRA) 63 62
[R1] Ronit Singh BISHT (IND)/ Akash WAGH (IND) bt Vinayak Sharma KAZA (IND)/ Vigenesh PERANAMALLUR (IND) 60 63
[R1] (2) Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND)/ Vishnu VARDHAN (IND) vs Scott Browne (AUS)/ Dayne KELLY (AUS) 3-0 stopped

Horrible play from Indian players as only our 2 seeded players with Mohit enter into the second round.
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At $10K Spain F17 Futures, Getxo (clay)

[R1] (2) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,356) bt (Q) Sergio Castellon Guasch (ESP,1344) 62 64

[R2] (2) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,356) vs Laurent Malouli (FRA,771)

Doubles
[R1] (1) David PEREZ SANZ (ESP)/ Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND) bt Adrian LEGARRETA (ESP)/ Hasier PASTOR (ESP) 64 75

[QF] (1) David PEREZ SANZ (ESP)/ Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND) vs Constantin BELOT (FRA)/ Francois-Arthur VIBERT (FRA)

Good to see RamK having winning start on clay in the singles and doubles.

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At €486K Mercedes Cup, Stuttgart, Germany

[R1] Purav Raja (IND)/ Marcelo Demoliner (BRA) vs Andrey Golubev (KAZ)/ Michal Mertinak (SLO)

Purav-Demoliner r playing in Stuttgart open against Golubev-Mertinak .. Good to see in last few week Purav having steady partner in Demoliner.
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At $474K Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, Newport, USA

[R1] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Donald Young (USA) vs (1) Santiago Gonzalez (MEX)/ Scott Lipsky (USA)

Divij-Donald are facing top-seed pair Gonzalez-Lipsky in the first round.
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At $100K ITF Women's Tournament, Biarritz, France

[R1] Ankita Raina (IND,286) vs Laura Thorpe (FRA,278)

Doubles
[R1] Ankita Raina (IND)/ Michaela Boev (BEL) vs (1) Mandy Minella (LUX)/ Laura Thorpe (FRA)

Good to see Ankita is getting chance of rubbing shoulders with higher ranked WTA players in this big ITF tournament.
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At $10K Thailand F9 futures, Bangkok

[R1] Ronit Singh BISHT (IND,1194) vs (WC) Warit SORNBUTNARK (THA,2218)
[R1] Akash WAGH (IND,1039) vs (5) Yannik JANKOVITS (FRA,608)
[R1] (3) Vishnu VARDHAN (IND,564) vs Ko SUZUKI (JPN,995)
[R1] (Q) Christopher MARQUIS (IND,1563) vs (WC) Chayanon KAEWSUTO (THA,2150)
[R1] Vigenesh PERANAMALLUR (IND,1147) vs (8) Ryan AGAR (AUS,710)
[R1] Vinayak Sharma KAZA (IND,1107) vs (Q) Marious ZELBA (AUS,2182)
[R1] Sasi Kumar MUKUND (IND,1217) vs (6) Dayne KELLY (AUS,649)
[R1] (Q) Rishab AGARWAL (IND,UNR) vs (Q) Nam Hoang LY (VIE,1735)
[R1] Mohit Mayur JAYAPRAKASH (IND,1681) vs (WC) Congsup CONGCAR (THA,1842)
[R1] (2) Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND,317) vs (Q) David Agung SUSANTO (INA,1534)

Doubles
[R1] Mohit Mayur JAYAPRAKASH (IND)/ Sasi Kumar MUKUND (IND) vs Phassawit BURAPHARITTA (THA)/ Dane CHUNTRARUK (THA)
[R1] Arjun KADHE (IND)/ Robert RUMLER (CZE) vs (WC) Congsup CONGCAR (THA)/ Nam Hoang LY (VIE)
[R1] Chandril SOOD (IND)/ Lakshit Sood (IND) vs Kevin FISCHER (PHI)/ Yannik JANKOVITS (FRA)
[R1] Ronit Singh BISHT (IND)/ Akash WAGH (IND) vs Vinayak Sharma KAZA (IND)/ Vigenesh PERANAMALLUR (IND)
[R1] (2) Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND)/ Vishnu VARDHAN (IND) vs Scott Browne (AUS)/ Dayne KELLY (AUS)

Big Indian contingent in this week's Thai futures but hoping better performance from all of them.

Tennis News

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

Men's Doubles
[SF] (5) Leander Paes (IND)/ Radek Stepanek (CZE) l Vasek Pospisil (CAN)/ Jack Sock (USA) 67(5) 36 46

End of excellent Wimbledon for Lee-Radek against their unseeded young opponents Sock-Pospisil ... Our pair lost 4-1 lead in the first set, I think they must be tired ... After losing the first set they faded away ... Reason was before this match in last two days they played 2 amazing matches ... Both matches were played with high intensity and went to four sets ... So today's match was tough one for 41 yrs old Lee, who played 11 sets in three days ... I m proud of Lee and Radek's performance in this Wimbledon.

Tennis News

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

Doubles
[QF] (5) Leander Paes (IND)/ Radek Stepanek (CZE) bt (3) Daniel Nestor (CAN)/ Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) 36 76(5) 63 64

[SF] (5) Leander Paes (IND)/ Radek Stepanek (CZE) vs Vasek Pospisil (CAN)/ Jack Sock (USA)

Mixed Doubles
[R3] (6) Horia Tecau (ROU)/ Sania Mirza (IND) l (10) Jamie Murray (GBR)/ Casey Dellacqua (AUS) 57 36

What a performance by Lee and Radek against very experienced and multiple grand slam winners Nestor and Zimonjic! First 2 sets Lee-Radek were receiving end of Nestor-Zimo game but from tie-break they raised their game to next level ... In the tie-break Lee-Radek were 2-5 down but they made excellent comeback in the match wining next 5 points to make it 1 set-all ... After that Lee-Radek were beautiful poetry on the court ... Both were excellent on the net and their returning was also very good ... In the third set they broke Nestor serve in 6th game to win with a single break ... In the fourth set they take crucial break on Zimo's serve in 7th game and the Lee converted 3rd match point on his serve for excellent win ... Next they r facing Canadian-American pairing of Pospisil-Sock for the place in the final, Pospisil-Sock defeated Rohan-Aisam in the third round.

Sania-Tecau take early break to lead but late in the first set Murray-Dellacqua made strong comeback to win this set ... In the second set Murray-Dellacqua broke Sania early and take 4-1 lead ... In 5th game Sania-Tecau had a break point which they failed to convert .. And that was a last chance as after that both pairs hold their service games easily and Murray-Dellacqua completed win in straight sets.
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At $10K Thailand F8 futures, Bangkok

[SF] Kumara P Saradhi ADAVELLY (IND)/ Vishnu VARDHAN (IND) l Christopher RUNGKAT (INA)/ David Agung SUSANTO (INA) 46 36
[SF] Mohit Mayur JAYAPRAKASH (IND)/ Sasi Kumar MUKUND (IND) l Dane CHUNTRARUK (THA)/ Pruchya ISAROW (THA) 46 46

With this Indian challenge is over in this Thai futures.

Tennis News

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

Doubles
[R3] (5) Leander Paes (IND)/ Radek Stepanek (CZE) bt (11) Jean-Julien Rojer (NED)/ Horia Tecau (ROU) 64 67(5) 64 75

[QF] (5) Leander Paes (IND)/ Radek Stepanek (CZE) vs (3) Daniel Nestor (CAN)/ Nenad Zimonjic (SRB)

Mixed Doubles
[R2] (6) Horia Tecau (ROU)/ Sania Mirza (IND) bt Mate Pavic (CRO)/ Bojana Jovanovski (SRB) 63 63

[R3] (7) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Andrea Hlavackova (CZE) l Mikhail Elgin (RUS)/ Anastasia Rodionova (AUS) 63 57 36
[R3] (6) Horia Tecau (ROU)/ Sania Mirza (IND) vs (10) Jamie Murray (GBR)/ Casey Dellacqua (AUS)

Lee-Radek enter into the quarters with four sets win over 11th seed Rojer-Tecau ... They win the first set with a single break but Rojer-Tecau fought back to win the second set in tie-break ... Lee-Radek recover and win next two sets ... Next they r facing Nestor-Zimo.

Sania-Tecau comfortably completes their victory in rain-marred match from last three days ... Next they r facing 10th seed British-Aussie pair.

Rohan-Andrea lose their third round mixed doubles match after winning the first set ... They failed to win the second set and then Elgin-Rodionova controlled the match for winning final set.
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At $125K+H Braunschweig Challenger, Germany

[R1] (WC) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Philipp Petzschner (GER) l (WC) Daniel Masur (GER)/ Alexander Zverev (GER) 76(5) 36 5-10

Bala and Petzschner started with winning the first set in tie-break but after that Masur-Zverev dominated the match for comeback win.
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At $50K Winnetka Challenger, USA

[R2] (6) Somdev Devvarman (IND,125) l Austin Krajicek (USA,212) 36 46

Buji's terrible for continues and here Krajicek defeated him in convincingly ... I fear that in near future we can expect free fall in rankings for Buji.
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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament, Denain, France

[R1] Ankita Raina (IND,286) l (1) Kristina KUCOVA (SLO,156) 26 57

Doubles
[QF] Ankita Raina (IND)/ Margot Carter (GBR) l Nigina Abduraimova (UZB)/ Andreea Mitu (ROU) 36 26

Ankita give creditable fighting against top-seed Kucova in her loss.

In the doubles also Eastern European pair prove too strong for Ankita-Carter.
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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament, Middelburg, Netherlands

[R1] Prarthana Thombare (IND)/ Sviatlana Pirazhenka (BLR) l Lisanne Van Riet (NED)/ Monique Zuur (NED) 36 63 8-10

Prarthana-Sviatlana tried fightback after losing the first set but Dutch pair wins match tie-break.
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At $10K Thailand F8 futures, Bangkok

[R2] (Q) Arjun KADHE (IND,1428) l Phassawit BURAPHARITTA (THA,954) 16 57
[R2] Vignesh PERANAMALLUR (IND,1147) l (WC) Warit SORNBUTNARK (THA,2218) 46 26

Doubles
[QF] Kumara P Saradhi ADAVELLY (IND)/ Vishnu VARDHAN (IND) bt (1) Ti CHEN (TPE)/ Ruan ROELOFSE (RSA) 64 46 10-6
[QF] Mohit Mayur JAYAPRAKASH (IND)/ Sasi Kumar MUKUND (IND) bt Arjun KADHE (IND)/ Robert RUMLER (CZE) 46 64 10-2

[SF] Kumara P Saradhi ADAVELLY (IND)/ Vishnu VARDHAN (IND) vs Christopher RUNGKAT (INA)/ David Agung SUSANTO (INA)
[SF] Mohit Mayur JAYAPRAKASH (IND)/ Sasi Kumar MUKUND (IND) vs Dane CHUNTRARUK (THA)/ Pruchya ISAROW (THA)

Our both players lose their singles matches in straight sets.

In the doubles Vishu-Kumara score upset win over top-seed pair ... Mohit-Sasi join them in the semis with win over Arjun-Robert.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Bangkok, Thailand

[R2] Shweta RANA (IND,565) l Kotomi TAKAHATA (JPN,787) 57 06
[R2] Prerna BHAMBRI (IND,677) l Nungnadda WANNASUK (THA,635) 16 26

Our girls also lose their second round matches.

Tennis News

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

Doubles
[R2] (8) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) l Vasek Pospisil (CAN)/ Jack Sock (USA) 76(3) 67(5) 36 64 57

[R3] (5) Leander Paes (IND)/ Radek Stepanek (CZE) vs (11) Jean-Julien Rojer (NED)/ Horia Tecau (ROU)

Mixed Doubles
[R2] (7) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Andrea Hlavackova (CZE) bt Colin Fleming (GBR)/ Jocelyn Rae (GBR) 64 75

[R3] (7) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Andrea Hlavackova (CZE) vs Mikhail Elgin (RUS)/ Anastasia Rodionova (AUS)

Rohan-Aisam tried comeback in the match as they won the fourth set ... But they failed to keep momentum and lost decider against Sock-Pospisil.

After losing his men's doubles match Rohan play his MXD match ... And this time he wins with his Czech partner Andrea Hlavackova in straight sets beating British pair.
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At $50K Winnetka Challenger, USA

[R1] (6) Somdev Devvarman (IND,125) bt (WC) Jared Hiltzik (USA,1629) 64 62
[R1] Sanam Singh (IND,371) l Takanayi Garanganga (ZIM,296) 06 63 26

[R2] (6) Somdev Devvarman (IND,125) vs Austin Krajicek (USA,212)

Sanam fail to win against his Zimbabwean opponent ... Garanganga take the first set without losing a single game ... Sanam fought back to win the second set but Garanganga take control back and comfortably won the final set.

Not as such convincing win for Buji against 1600+ ranked local wild-card player but still we can say he start with a win ... Next he is facing American Austin Krajicek.
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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament, Denain, France

Doubles
[R1] Ankita Raina (IND)/ Margot Carter (GBR) bt Victoria Smirnova (BEL)/ Anastasia Smirnova (BEL) 61 61

[QF] Ankita Raina (IND)/ Margot Carter (GBR) vs Nigina Abduraimova (UZB)/ Andreea Mitu (ROU)

Expected winning start in the doubles for Ankite-Carter against 15 yrs old Smirnova twins ... Next they r facing Uzbek-Romanian pair, who scored upset win over 3rd seed pair.
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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament, Middelburg, Netherlands

[R1] Prarthana Thombare (IND,352) l Evgeniya Rodina (RUS,293) 06 26

Prarthana fail to challenge her Russian opponent in the first round.
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At $10K Thailand F8 futures, Bangkok

[R1] (Q) Sasi Kumar MUKUND (IND,1217) l (WC) Chayoanon KAEWSUTO (THA,2150) 46 36
[R1] (Q) Arjun KADHE (IND,1428) bt Ronit Singh BISHT (IND,1154) 36 64 retd.

[R2] (Q) Arjun KADHE (IND,1428) vs Phassawit BURAPHARITTA (THA,954)

Arjun score upset win over Ronit but disappointing loss of Sasi against local wild-card player ... Arjun facing top-1000 local player in the next round.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Bangkok, Thailand

[R1] Prerna BHAMBRI (IND,677) bt (Q) Theresa KLEINSTEUBER (GER,983) 60 63

[R2] Shweta RANA (IND,565) vs Kotomi TAKAHATA (JPN,787)
[R2] Prerna BHAMBRI (IND,677) vs Nungnadda WANNASUK (THA,635)

good authoritative win by Prerna against German player.

Tennis News

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

Doubles
[R2] (8) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) vs Vasek Pospisil (CAN)/ Jack Sock (USA) 76(3) 67(5) 36 postponed due to rain

Mixed Doubles
[R2] (6) Horia Tecau (ROU)/ Sania Mirza (IND) vs Mate Pavic (CRO)/ Bojana Jovanovski (SRB) 4-3 postponed due to rain
[R2] (4) Leander Paes (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) l Eric Butorac (USA)/ Timea Babos (HUN) 61 26 36

Rohan-Aisam facing tough time against big serving Pospisil-Sock ... After winning the first set in tie-break Rohan-Aisam lose next set in tie-break and then third set also with a break.

Lee-Cara get upset from Butorac-Babos in the second round of MXD ... Lee-Cara started well winning the first set easily but after that they lost the focus to lose next two sets easily.
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At $125K+H Braunschweig Challenger, Germany

[R1] (WC) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Philipp Petzschner (GER) vs (WC) Daniel Masur (GER)/ Alexander Zverev (GER)

Bala receive wild-card of doubles with German Petzschner in this big Braunschweig Challenger and they r facing another wild-card pair in the first round.
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At $50K Winnetka Challenger, USA

[R1] (6) Somdev Devvarman (IND,125) vs (WC) Jared Hiltzik (USA,1629)
[R1] Sanam Singh (IND,371) vs Takanayi Garanganga (ZIM,296)

Doubles
[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND) l Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS)/ Denis Kudla (USA) 16 67(7)

Hoping for better results from Buji in this challenger ... They r having tough first round in the doubles.

Sanam-Buji lose their doubles match in straight sets against 2Ks ... After losing the first set they tried fightback but 2Ks kept their cool for winning long tie-break.
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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament, Denain, France

[R1] Ankita Raina (IND,286) vs (1) Kristina Kucova (SLO,156)

Doubles
[R1] Ankita Raina (IND)/ Margot Carter (GBR) vs Victoria Smirnova (BEL)/ Anastasia Smirnova (BEL)

Ankita is having tough match against top-seed Kucova ... In the doubles Ankita is playing with experienced doubles British player Carter and they r facing 15 yrs old Belgian Smirnova twins.
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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament, Middelburg, Netherlands

[R1] Prarthana Thombare (IND,352) vs Evgeniya Rodina (RUS,293)

Doubles
[R1] Prarthana Thombare (IND)/ Sviatlana Pirazhenka (BLR) vs Lisanne Van Riet (NED)/ Monique Zuur (NED)

Tough first round for Prarthana ... In the doubles Prarthana-Pirazhenka is playing Dutch pair.
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At $10K Thailand F8 futures, Bangkok

[R1] (LL) Chandril SOOD (IND,1342) l (4) Yannick JANKOVITS (FRA,608) 46 36
[R1] (LL) Christopher MARQUIS (IND,1563) l Pruchya ISAROW (THA,1108) 63 26 36
[R1] Vinayak Sharma KAZA (IND,1103) l (7) Ryan AGAR (AUS,710) 16 0-1 retd.
[R1] (Q) Sasi Kumar MUKUND (IND,1217) vs (WC) Chayoanon KAEWSUTO (THA,2150)
[R1] Ronit Singh BISHT (IND,1154) vs (Q) Arjun KADHE (IND,1428)
[R1] Vignesh PERANAMALLUR (IND,1147) bt Akash WAGH (IND,1039) 63 26 62
[R1] (2) Vishnu VARDHAN (IND,563) l (WC) Warit SORNBUTNARK (THA,2218) 26 06

[R2] Vignesh PERANAMALLUR (IND,1147) vs (WC) Warit SORNBUTNARK (THA,2218)

Doubles
[R1] Kumara P Saradhi ADAVELLY (IND)/ Vishnu VARDHAN (IND) bt Chandril SOOD (IND)/ Lakshit Sood (IND) 62 46 10-7
[R1] (4) Ronit Singh BISHT (IND)/ Akash WAGH (IND) l Punn BODHIDATTA (THA)/ Perakiat SIRILUETHAIWATTANA (THA) 46 36
[R1] Mohit Mayur JAYAPRAKASH (IND)/ Sasi Kumar MUKUND (IND) bt Vinayak Sharma KAZA (IND)/ Christopher MARQUIS (IND) 57 64 10-5
[R1] Arjun KADHE (IND)/ Robert RUMLER (CZE) bt (2) Ryan AGAR (AUS)/ Kento TAKEUCHI (JPN) 75 76(0)

[QF] Mohit Mayur JAYAPRAKASH (IND)/ Sasi Kumar MUKUND (IND) vs Arjun KADHE (IND)/ Robert RUMLER (CZE)

I m speechless by Vishnu's poor performance ... No comment on the performance of others.

In the doubles Vishnu start with a win his young partner over Sood brothers ... Mohit-Sasi also start with a win over another all Indian pair of Kaza-Marquis ... Arjun with his Czech partner Rumler score huge upset win over 2nd seed Aussie-Japanese pair in close two sets ... But 4th seed Akash-Ronit lose their match against local Thai pair.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Bangkok, Thailand

[R1] Shweta RANA (IND,565) bt (WC) Plobrung PLIPUECH (THA,1233) 61 76
[R1] Natasha PALHA (IND,507) l Yumi MIYAZAKI (JPN,497) 06 64 26
[R1] Prerna BHAMBRI (IND,677) vs (Q) Theresa KLEINSTEUBER (GER,983)

Expected win for Shweta and Natasha give fighting performance against her Japanese opponent.

Snooker News

Snooker News
At 2014 IBSF 6 reds Men Snooker Championships, Sharm-el-Sheikh, Egypt

[R1] Pankaj Advani (IND) bye
[R2] Pankaj Advani (IND) bt Patryk Masłowski (POL) 4-3 (29-17, 50-6, 32-13, 0-47(33), 0-42(42), 0-43(36), 45(39)-0)
[R3] Pankaj Advani (IND) bt Fung Kwok Wai (HKG) 4-1 (41(37)-6, 6-43(41), 37(30)-1, 47(41)-0, 45(34)-12)
[R4] Pankaj Advani (IND) bt Alex Borg (MALTA) 4-0 (40-13, 46-9, 37-16, 36-0)
[QF] Pankaj Advani (IND) bt Rodney Goggins (IRL) 5-4 (29-38, 72(72)-0, 39-17, 0-69(69), 0-41, 55-(35)-4, 43-5, 43-50, 55-11)
[SF] Pankaj Advani (IND) bt Mohsen Bukshaisha (QAT) 5-1 (68(41)-0, 62(54)-6, 71(71)-0, 28-9, 0-49(31), 33-15)

Final
Pankaj Advani (IND) bt Kacper Filipiak (POL) 6-1 (34-1, 36-6, 0-54(41), 36(32)-32, 34-16, 73(73)-0, 34-0)

Pankaj Advani add another IBSF World championship title, this time he wins 6 Reds snooker title ... After topping the group he was top-seed in knock-out ... He received bye in the first round but in the second round Polish player stretched him till decider ... Again in the quarter-final he had tough match against Irish player ... He needed nine frames to overcome challenge of Goggins ... After that Pankaj dominated the semi-final and he continues same form in the final ... In the final he faced 18 yrs old Polish player Kacper Filipiak ... Pankaj play smart game on the frame and win this best of 11 frames match in seven frames.

Badminton News

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


Women's Singles Final (6) Saina Nehwal (IND,8) bt Carolina Marin (ESP,11) 21-18 21-11

Saina wins her first Super Series title in almost 2 years and overall this is her 7th Super Series title! This is also biggest prize money from single tournament from Saina, $56250.

In the first game Saina opened 5-2 lead from 1-2 and then she kept this lead most of the game ... Carolina tried fight back from 14-19 to reduce it to 17-19 ... Saina kept her cool and converted 2nd game point for winning it ... In the second game from 1-3 Saina won next 8 points to lead 9-3 ... After taking control Saina kept increasing lead and completed victory in 43 minutes.

Tennis News

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

Doubles
[R2] (4) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) l Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS)/ Lucie Safarova (CZE) 62 67(7) 46
[R2] (5) Leander Paes (IND)/ Radek Stepanek (CZE) bt Santiago Gonzalez (MEX)/ Scott Lipsky (USA) 36 61 36 63 11-9

On Saturday rain interrupted schedule and for Indians only Lee and Sania manage to finish their respective doubles matches ... But Lee and Sania had contrasting results in their respective matches ... Sania-Cara started well and won the first set comfortably ... In the second set Sania-Cara had opportunity finish this match in two sets ... They had 6 match points in 10th game which they failed to convert ... After that they had few more match points in tie-break but again failed to convert ... After winning the second set Pavlyuchenkova-Safarova looks more confident and that reflected in their game ... Pavlyuchenkova-Safarova broke Saina-Cara in 10th game for completing upset win.

Lee-Radek need to dig deep before winning their match for entering into the third round ... Lee-Radek struggled from start against Gonzalez-Lipsky ... Gonzalez-Lipsky won the first set with a single break but Lee-Radek responded well and won next set with double break ... Gonzalez-Lipsky again won the third set to take 2-1 sets lead ... When needed Lee-Radek raised their game and won the fourth set with a single break advantage ... In the fifth set both pairs tried their best and Lee-Radek prevailed winning this set after long 20 games ... Really good win for Lee-Radek.

Badminton News

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

[SF] (6) Saina Nehwal (IND,8) bt Shixian Wang (CHN,2) 21-19 16-21 21-15

[F] (6) Saina Nehwal (IND,8) vs Carolina Marin (ESP,11)

After longtime Saina score a win against top-3 Wang ... In the Australian Superseries she beat Shixian Wang in well fought three games ... In last two matches Shixian dominated Saina and in March at All England open Shixian toyed with her for one-sided win ... So in this match WR #2 Shixian started as favorite ... In the first game both players were neck to neck through out the game though Saina take 7-4 and then 14-10 lead but both time Shixian caught her ... From 16-17 Saina won next 3 points to lead 19-17 and she kept this couple of points advantage to convert 2nd game point for winning the game ... In the second game from 8-6 Saina take 12-7 lead ... At that time Saina was cruising for straight games win but suddenly unforced errors started to happen and Shixian found her range ... From 13-15 Shixian won next 7 points to lead 20-15 and in that Saina take medical break for blister at 16-15 ... Shixian converted 2nd game point to take this match into the decider ... Both players were neck to neck till 13-all ... From 15-13 Saina won ext 4 points and opened 19-14 lead ... And she won last two points for excellent win in 76 minutes.

In the final Saina is facing Spanish giant-killer Carolina Marin.

Tennis News

At $10K Thailand F7 futures, Bangkok

Doubles
[SF] (1) Vishnu VARDHAN (IND)/ Christopher RUNGKAT (INA) bt (3) Daniel FERRETTI (AUS)/ Aaron LEEDER_CHARD (AUS) 64 64
[SF] Ronit Singh BISHT (IND)/ Yannick JANKOVITS (FRA) l Timo NAVASIRISOMBOON (THA)/ Wishaya TRONGCHAROENCHAIKUL (THA) 36 46

Final
(1) Vishnu VARDHAN (IND)/ Christopher RUNGKAT (INA) bt Timo NAVASIRISOMBOON (THA)/ Wishaya TRONGCHAROENCHAIKUL (THA) 61 62

Vishnu-Rungkat win their semi-final against 3rd seed Aussie pair in straight sets ... In the final they r facing unseeded Thai pair, who beat Ronit and his French partner in straight sets.

Vishnu-Rungkat lifts doubles title with very dominating win over unseeded Thai pair losing only three games.

Badminton News

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

[QF] (6) Saina Nehwal (IND,9) bt Eriko Hirose (JPN,18) 21-18 21-9
[QF] (8) P V Sindhu (IND,10) l Carolina Marin (ESP,11) 17-21 17-21

[SF] (6) Saina Nehwal (IND,8) vs Shixian Wang (CHN,2)

Saina score confident straight games win over experienced and tricky Japanese opponent Eriko Hirose ... In the first game both players were neck to neck before Saina winning it but after that Saina dominated the second game for a win ... Next she is facing WR #2 Shixian Wang, in their last two meetings Shixian Wang prove better of Saina.

In shocking result Sindhu lose against similar ranked Spanish girl Carolina Marin in straight games.

Tennis News

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

Doubles
[R1] (5) Leander Paes (IND)/ Radek Stepanek (CZE) bt Mariusz Fyrstenberg (POL)/ Rajeev Ram (USA) 62 76(4) 36 64
[R1] (8) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) bt Frantisek Cermak (CZE)/ Mikhail Elgin (RUS) 76(9) 76(8) 63

[R2] (4) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) vs Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS)/ Lucie Safarova (CZE)
[R2] (5) Leander Paes (IND)/ Radek Stepanek (CZE) vs Santiago Gonzalez (MEX)/ Scott Lipsky (USA)
[R2] (8) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) vs Vasek Pospisil (CAN)/ Jack Sock (USA)

Mixed Doubles
[R1] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Shuko Aoyama (JPN) l Tomasz Bednarek (POL)/ Vania King (USA) 46 46
[R2] (4) Leander Paes (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) vs Eric Butorac (USA)/ Timea Babos (HUN)

In big service battle Rohan-Aisam survive winning first 2 sets in tie-break and then completed win winning the third set with a break ... Next they r facing Pospisil-Sock.

Lee-Radek had tricky match against experienced pair but they start well ... They won the first set comfortably ... Rajeev-Mariusz fought back in the second but Lee-Radek wrapped the set in tie-break ... Rajeev-Mariusz kept putting pressure on Lee-Radek despite losing the second set and with a single break advantage they won the third set ... Lee-Radek didn;t handover momentum to Rajeev-Mariusz and finished this match after winning fourth set with a single break ... Next they r facing Gonzalez-Lipsky.

Divij lose his first round mixed doubles match with his Japanese partner.
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At $50K+H Nanchang Challenger, China

[QF] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Shuichi Sekiguchi (JPN) l (3) Hsin-Han Lee (TPE)/ Ze Zhang (CHN) 26 64 6-10

Bala-Sekiguchi stretch 3rd seed pair to match tie-break but fail to win.
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At $15K ITF Women's Tournament, Breda, Netherlands

[R1] Prarthana Thombare (IND,352) l (Q) Nikki Luttikhuis (NED,UNR) 36 36

Poor loss against unranked qualifier.
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At $10K Thailand F7 futures, Bangkok

[QF] Ronit Singh BISHT (IND,1174) l (2) Yannick Jankovits (FRA,608) 16 26

Doubles
[QF] (1) Vishnu VARDHAN (IND)/ Christopher RUNGKAT (INA) bt Shotaro GOTO (JPN)/ Ko SUZUKI (JPN) 62 62
[QF] Ronit Singh BISHT (IND)/ Yannick JANKOVITS (FRA) bt Jirat NAVASIRISOMBOON (THA)/ Suthinan TANTHASERANEEWAT (THA) 64 62

[SF] (1) Vishnu VARDHAN (IND)/ Christopher RUNGKAT (INA) vs (3) Daniel FERRETTI (AUS)/ Aaron LEEDER_CHARD (AUS)
[SF] Ronit Singh BISHT (IND)/ Yannick JANKOVITS (FRA) vs Timo NAVASIRISOMBOON (THA)/ Wishaya TRONGCHAROENCHAIKUL (THA)

Expected loss in the singles for Ronit but good win in the doubles with his French partner ... Vishu also join him in the doubles semis with comfortable win over Japanese pair.
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At $10K Spain F15 Futures, Palma Del Rio

[QF] (4) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,340) l (7) Eduardo Struvay (COL,409) 46 46

Doubles Final
Jaume PLA MALFEITO (ESP)/ Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND) bt (3) Eduard ESTEVE LOBATO (ESP)/ Oriol ROCA BATALLA (ESP) 76(2) 46 10-7

RamK fail to continue with his good form and lose against Colombian Struvay in straight sets.

But RamK lifts doubles title with his Spanish partner Jaume after beating 3rd seed Spanish pair in closely fought match which ended in match tie-break ... RamK-Jaume defeated 2nd, 3rd and 4th seed pairs in their last three matches before lifting the title.

Badminton News

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

[R2] Sai Praneeth B. (IND,73) l (6) Zhengming Wang (CHN,8) 15-21 21-8 19-21
[R2] (6) Saina Nehwal (IND,9) bt P. C. Thulasi (IND,47) 21-18 21-15
[R2] (8) P V Sindhu (IND,10) bt Nichaon Jindapon (THA,13) 21-13 21-7

[R2] Alwin Francis (IND)/ Arun Vishnu (IND) l (3) Sheng Mu Lee (TPE)/ Chia Hsin Tsai (TPE) 18-21 9-21
[R2] Pranaav Jerry Chopra (IND)/ Akshay Dewalkar (IND) l Sung Hyun Ko (KOR)/ Baek Choel Shin (KOR) 13-21 19-21

[QF] (6) Saina Nehwal (IND,9) vs Eriko Hirose (JPN,18)
[QF] (8) P V Sindhu (IND,10) vs Carolina Marin (ESP,11)

Saina score straight games win against Thulasi but Thulasi gives decent performance in 41 minutes match ... Saina is having tricky match against Japanese opponent Eriko Hirose, against whom Saina struggled in previous matches.

Sindhu score dominating win over WR #13 Jindapon losing only 20 points in this 31 minutes long match ... Next she is facing WR #11 Spanish girl, who score upset win over WR #5 Korean Sung.

Sai Praneeth give valiant effort against WR #8 Chinese Zhengming Wang ... After losing the first game Sai dominated the second game for winning it easily but in the decider Wang's experience helped him for clinching the victory.

In the doubles our both pairs lose against their higher ranked opponents.