Tennis News

At €540K Grand Prix Hassan II 2017, Marrakech, Morocco

[R1] (3) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Marcin Matkowski (POL) bt Marcus Daniell (NZL)/ Marcelo Demoliner (BRA) 64 63

[QF] (3) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Marcin Matkowski (POL) vs Dominic Inglot (ENG)/ Mate Pavic (CRO)

Rohan-Marcin started with a confident win against good pair ... Next, they r facing Inglot-Pavic.

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At $600K Fayez Sarofim & Co. US Men's Clay Court Championship 2017, Texas, Usa

[R1] Leander Paes (IND)/ Andre Sa (BRA) l (1) Bob Bryan (USA)/ Mike Bryan (USA) 06 46
[R1] Purav Raja (IND)/ Divij Purav (IND) bt Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Donald Young (USA) 67(6) 75 10-6

[QF] Purav Raja (IND)/ Divij Purav (IND) vs (1) Bob Bryan (USA)/ Mike Bryan (USA)

Purav-Divij scored hard fought comeback win over Jeevan-Donald after losing the first set ... Next they r facing top-seed Bryans, who convincingly defeated Lee and Sa in the first round.

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At $15K Indonesia F6 Futures 2017, Jakarta

[R1] Karunuday SINGH (IND,1039) bt (Q) Dong-Kyu LEE (KOR,1303) 36 64 63
[R1] Haadin BAVA (IND,859) bt (Q) Sam MATHESON(NZL,1499) 36 61 61

KU and Haadin needed three sets for a win over qualifiers.

Tennis News

At Davis Cup 2017 - World Group Play-off,

India is facing Canada in the play-off and this will be away tie for us in September ... If Raonic decide to skip then this can be even match.

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At €540K Grand Prix Hassan II 2017, Marrakech, Morocco

[R1] (3) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Marcin Matkowski (POL) vs Marcus Daniell (NZL)/ Marcelo Demoliner (BRA)

This week, Rohan is playing with Marcin and they r facing tricky in-form pair of Daniell and Demoliner.

Squash News

At $165K Women's World Championship 2017, El Gouna, Egypt

[R2] (12) Joshna Chinappa (IND,14) bt (8) Alison Waters (ENG,9) 11-5 7-11 9-11 11-8 11-9 (66m)

[QF] (12) Joshna Chinappa (IND,14) vs (2) Camille Serme (FRA,3)

Joshna reached the quarter-finals for the first time in seven attempts of the Women’s Worlds with a battling five-game win over England’s 8th seed Alison Waters ... Joshna started well after winning the first game but made unforced errors in next games ... Alison took advantage of that for winning next two ... Joshna controlled her game and won next two games for wining this match ... In the quarters, she is facing WR #3 Frenchgirl Camille Serme.

Hockey News

At Women's Hockey World League - Round 2, West Vancouver, Canada

Championship Match
India bt Chile 1-1 (3-1 PSO)
Goal Scorers - and Maria Maldonado (CHI) 5' and Anupa Barla (IND) 41' PC

[SF] India bt Belarus 4-0

Pool A
India bt Uruguay 2-2 (4-2 PSO)
India bt Belarus 1-0

India were crowned HWL Round Two champions in West Vancouver at the final Round after a thrilling match against Chile, which was decided on shoot-out ... Indian keeper Savita, confirmed her position as Goalkeeper of the Tournament, with two tremendous saves in the shoot-out ... The result means both India (WR #11) and Chile (WR #19) qualify for the HWL Semi-Finals in either South Africa or Belgium and have a chance to qualify for the 2018 World Cup in London.

Tennis News

At Davis Cup 2017 - Asia/ Oceania Group I - 2nd Round, Bengaluru, India

India bt Uzbekistan 4-1
Day One
[R1] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,267) bt Temur Ismailov (UZB,406) 62 57 62 75.
[R2] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,287) bt Sanjar Fayziev (UZB,376) 75 36 63 64

Day Two
[R3] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Sriram Balaji (IND) bt Farrukh Dustov (UZB)/ Sanjar Fayziev (UZB) 62 64 61

Day Three
[R4] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,267) bt Sanjar Fayziev (UZB,376) 63 62
[R5] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,287) l Temur Ismailov (UZB,406) 57 36

In reverse singles, Ramk scored comfortable win but Prajnesh lost hsi match in dead rubber ... So India completed win 4-1 and now waiting for update new rankings ... We will be unseeded so tougher World group play-off match awaits.

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At $600K Fayez Sarofim & Co. US Men's Clay Court Championship 2017, Texas, Usa

[R1] Leander Paes (IND)/ Andre Sa (BRA) vs (1) Bob Bryan (USA)/ Mike Bryan (USA)
[R1] Purav Raja (IND)/ Divij Purav (IND) vs Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Donald Young (USA)

Tough draw for Indian players as Lee-Sa r facing Bryans ... Purav-Divij r facing Jeevan and Young.

Tennis News

At Davis Cup 2017 - Asia/ Oceania Group I - 2nd Round, Bengaluru, India

India bt Uzbekistan 3-0
Day One
[R1] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,267) bt Temur Ismailov (UZB,406) 62 57 62 75.
[R2] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,287) bt Sanjar Fayziev (UZB,376) 75 36 63 64

Day Two
[R3] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Sriram Balaji (IND) bt Farrukh Dustov (UZB)/ Sanjar Fayziev (UZB) 62 64 61

India romped to the victory with dominating win over Uzbek pair in the doubles ... With this win we r again qualify for World Group play-off.

Our new pairing of Rohan and Bala performed superbly to beat Dustov and Fayziev in straight sets ... Our pair controlled the match from the start with huge services and solid ground-strokes ... Bala held his nerve on his debute and gave mesmerizing performance ... Uzbek pair failed to challenge them.

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At $165K Women's World Championship 2017, El Gouna, Egypt

[R1] (12) Joshna Chinappa (IND,14) bt (Q) Misaki Kobayashi (JPN,42) 13-11 11-8 12-10 (33m)

[R2] (12) Joshna Chinappa (IND,14) vs (8) Alison Waters (ENG,9)

Joshna scored tight straight games win over Japanese qualifier Misaki in World championship opener ... In the second round, She is facing top-10 Britisher Alison Waters.

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At $150K Men's El Gouna International Open 2017, Egypt

[R1] Saurav Ghosal (IND,30) l (Q) Karim Ali Fathi (EGY,43) 11-5 10-12 7-11 9-11 (71m)

Saurav failed to cross the first hurdle in El Gouna International as he lost against the local qualifier in four games after winning the first game.

Tennis News

At Davis Cup 2017 - Asia/ Oceania Group I - 2nd Round, Bengaluru, India

India vs Uzbekistan 2-0
Day One
[R1] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,267) bt Temur Ismailov (UZB,406) 62 57 62 75.
[R2] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,287) bt Sanjar Fayziev (UZB,376) 75 36 63 64

India take 2-0 over Uzbekistan after end of the first day ... On the paper, we were having higher ranked players but young Uzbeks fought hard in both matches ... In both matches, after losing the first set Uzbeks won the second set but they struggled in humid condition ... Both Uzbek players took medical break in these matches ... Other hand our players showed better fitness and kept hanging in this match ... So good start for our young players and our new non-playing captain Mahesh Bhupathi.

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At $15K ITF Women Tournament 2017, Heraklion, Greece (clay)

[QF] (3) Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,551) l (6) Nastya Kolar (SLO,638) 26 36

Disappointing loss for Karman against her Slovian opponent.

Squash News

At $165K Women's World Championship 2017, El Gouna, Egypt

[R1] Dipika Pallikal Karthik (IND,22) l (6) Nicol David (MAS,6) 9-11 10-12 6-11 (34m)

Dipika stretched former WR #1 Nicol in the first 2 games but failed to win a game.

Tennis News

At Davis Cup 2017 - Asia/ Oceania Group I - 2nd Round, Bengaluru, India

Day One
[R1] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,267) vs Temur Ismailov (UZB,406)
[R2] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,287) vs Sanjar Fayziev (UZB,376)

Day Two
[R3] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Sriram Balaji (IND) vs Farrukh Dustov (UZB)/ Sanjar Fayziev (UZB)

Day Three
[R4] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,267) vs Sanjar Fayziev (UZB,376)
[R5] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,287) vs Temur Ismailov (UZB,406)

Top players from both teams are out due to injury; Yuki Bhambri and Denis Istomin ... RamK will play the first rubber against Uzbek's Ismailov and Prajnesh will play in the second rubber against Fayziev.

Mahesh has left Leander out of the team so Rohan will partner Bala for the doubles tie.

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At $776K Volvo Car Open 2017, Charleston, USA

[QF] (2) Andrea Hlavackova (CZE)/ Sania Mirza (IND) l Raquel Atawo (USA)/ Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) 26 46

Sania and Andrea lost comfortably against Raquel Atawo and Jelena Ostapenko in the quarters.

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At $15K ITF Women Tournament 2017, Heraklion, Greece (clay)

[R2] (3) Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,551) bt Mia Nicole Eklund (FIN,954) 62 36 63

[QF] (3) Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,551) vs (6) Nastya Kolar (SLO,638)

Finnish girl stretched Karman to three sets ... Next she is facing Slovanian Kolar.

Tennis News

At $776K Volvo Car Open 2017, Charleston, USA

[R1] (2) Andrea Hlavackova (CZE)/ Sania Mirza (IND) bt Daria Gavrilova (AUS)/ Daria Kasatkina (RUS) 16 63 10-3

[QF] (2) Andrea Hlavackova (CZE)/ Sania Mirza (IND) vs Raquel Atawo (USA)/ Jelena Ostapenko (LAT)

Sania and Andrea recovered well for beating Darias after losing the first set ... Next they r facing Raquel Atawo and Jelena Ostapenko pairing.

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At $15K ITF Women Tournament 2017, Heraklion, Greece (clay)

[R1] (3) Karman Kaur THANDI (IND,551) bt (Q) Ella TAYLOR (GBR,1237) 60 62

[R2] (3) Karman Kaur THANDI (IND,551) vs Mia Nicole EKLUND (FIN,954)

omfortbale winning start for Karman against British qualifier ... Next she is facing Finnish girl.

Squash News

At $165K Women's World Championship 2017, El Gouna, Egypt

[R1] Dipika Pallikal Karthik (IND,22) vs (6) Nicol David (MAS,6)
[R1] (12) Joshna Chinappa (IND,14) vs Qualifier

In women's World championship, Joshna is facing an qualifier but Dipika having tough match against former WR #1 Nicol David.

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At $150K Men's El Gouna International Open 2017, Egypt

[R1] Saurav Ghosal (IND,30) vs Qualifier

Saurav sliding in his ranking but here he is facing an qualifier.

Hockey News

At The Men's Hockey World League Semi-Finals 2017,

Between June 15 and 25 in London, these teams will participate -
Olympic gold medallists Argentina, reigning European champions Netherlands, Asian champions India, Pakistan, Korea, England, Canada, Malaysia, China and Scotland

And in Johannesburg, South Africa between July 8 and 23 -
Reigning Hockey World Cup, World League and Champions Trophy winners Australia, Olympic silver medallists Belgium, Olympic bronze medallists Germany, New Zealand, Spain, South Africa, Ireland, Japan, France and Egypt

Tennis News

At Davis Cup 2017 - Asia/ Oceania Group I - 2nd Round, Bengaluru, India

Yuki has pulled out of Davis cup tie due to knee trouble.

Uzbeks are also having their set of problems ... As per the report, Denis Istomin remained in his country to undergo a few precautionary tests on his foot and he will be in the city on Wednesday only ... There are doubts over Farrukh Dustov's match fitness as he hasn’t played competitive tennis in last six months.

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At $776K Volvo Car Open 2017, Charleston, USA

[R1] (2) Andrea Hlavackova (CZE)/ Sania Mirza (IND) vs Daria Gavrilova (AUS)/ Daria Kasatkina (RUS)

This week Sania is playing with Andrea Hlavackova in Charleston.

Tennis News

At $7.9M Miami Open 2017, Florida, USA

Doubles Final
(3) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Barbora Strycova (CZE) l Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN)/ Yifan Xu (CHN) 46 36

Missed opportunity of lifting Miami title for Sania-Barbora ... They lost in straight sets against unseeded pairing of Dabrowski and Xu.

Golf News

At $2.7M Ana Inspiration 2017, Rancho Mirage, California, USA

T42 Aditi Ashok (IND) 72 69 72 75 PAR $12,156

Till the third round, Aditi was destined for the top-25 finish in the LPGA's first Major, but poor final round brought her down to below top-40 finish.

Squash News

At $10K Men's North of Scotland Open 2017, Aberdeen, Scotland

Singles Final
(2) Vikram Malhotra (IND,69) bt (3) Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,70) 3-11 11-8 6-11 13-11 11-4 (66m)

Vikram became a winner in all Indian final at North of Scotland Open tournament ... Vikram scored an impressive comeback win over Mahesh, he was 1-2 games down and also saved match ball before making comeback for winning in the fifth game.

Badminton News

At $325K YONEX SUNRISE India Open 2017, New Delhi (SuperSeries)

Women's Singles Final
(3) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,5) bt (1) Carolina Marin (ESP,3) 21-19 21-16

Sindhu lifted Indian open SuperSeries title beating Marin in straight games ... This was repeat of Rio final but this time Sindhu turned table on Marin for lifiting the title ... In the first game, Sindhu opened 6-1 lead and she kept couple of points advantage till late in the game ... Marin caught her at 17-all and she had 19-18 lead but Sindhu won next 3 points for winning this game ... In the second game, Sindhu opened 4-0 lead but Marin managed to reduce 7-8 ... But after that Sindhu again took control and regained 5 points lead ... This time she kept her composure for completing win in 47 mins.

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At $75K+H Leon Challenger, Mexico

Doubles Final
(3) Leander Paes (IND)/ Adil Shamasdin (CAN) bt Luca Margaroli (SUI)/ Caio Zampieri (BRA) 61 64

Leander and Adil lifted the doubles title in the Lean challenger with a comfortable win over Swiss-Brazilian pair ... After longtime Lee is winning the title at any level, must be a very emotional win for him.

Squash News

At $10K Men's North of Scotland Open 2017, Aberdeen, Scotland

[SF] (3) Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,70) bt (1) Richie Fallows (ENG,62) 10-12, 11-8, 13-11, 11-3 (70m)
[SF] (2) Vikram Malhotra (IND,69) bt (7) Eain Yow Ng (MAS,97) 11-4, 11-7, 6-11, 11-2 (58m)

All Indian final in North of Scotland Open ... Mahesh scored impressive upset win over upcoming young Britisher Richie Fallows in four games ... After losing the first game Mahesh fought back for winning next three ... After closely fought first 3 games, Richie was tired in the fourth.

Vikram also entered into the final beating Malaysian Eain Yow Ng in four games.

Badminton News

At $325K YONEX SUNRISE India Open 2017, New Delhi (SuperSeries)

[R1] (3) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,5) bt Arundhati Pantawane (IND,157) 21-17 21-6
[R1] (5) Saina Nehwal (IND,8) bt Chia Hsin Lee (TPE,38) 21-10 21-17
[R1] Sameer Verma (IND,38) bt (4) Son Wan Ho (KOR,5) 21-17 21-10

[R2] (3) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,5) bt Saena Kawakami (JPN,87) 21-16 23-21
[R2] (5) Saina Nehwal (IND,8) bt Pornpawee Chochuwong (THA,34) 21-10 21-17
[R2] Sameer Verma (IND,38) bt Hu Yun (HKG,15) 21-17 21-15

[QF] (3) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,5) bt (5) Saina Nehwal (IND,8) 21-16 22-20
[QF] Sameer Verma (IND,38) l Anders Antonsen (DEN,26) 22-24 19-21

[SF] (3) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,5) bt (2) Ji Hyun Sung (KOR,4) 21-18 14-21 21-14

[F] (3) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,5) vs (1) Carolina Marin (ESP,3)

Indian Superseries is going on in New Delhi ... Sindhu is in the final scoring upset win over WR #4 Korean Ji Hyun Sung ... The semis-final match was well contested as both players were trying different strategies ... Sindhu was trying to finish point early and Sung was trying to tired her opponent ... In the final, Sindhu is facing Marin so repeat of Rio final.

Before that Sindhu scored straight games win over Saina, showing who is currently top Indian player ... Other than Sindhi, only Saina and Sameer managed to reach quarter-final in this home SuperSeries ... Sameer scored two upset wins beating WR #5 Korean Son Wan Ho in the first round and WR #15 Hong Kong player Hu Yun in the second.

Squash News

At $10K Men's North of Scotland Open 2017, Aberdeen, Scotland

[R1] (3) Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,70) bt Israr Ahmed (PAK,104) 14-12, 12-14, 11-2, 11-4 (50m)
[R1] (2) Vikram Malhotra (IND,69) bt (Q) Tristan Eysele (RSA,148) 11-6, 11-6, 11-8 (32m)

[QF] (3) Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,70) bt (6) Jan van den Herrewegen (BEL,92) 11-6, 11-3, 4-11, 11-6 (58m)
[QF] (2) Vikram Malhotra (IND,69) bt (5) Evan Williams (NZL,82) 11-5, 11-5, 11-8 (27m)

[SF] (3) Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,70) vs (1) Richie Fallows (ENG,62)
[SF] (2) Vikram Malhotra (IND,69) vs (7) Eain Yow Ng (MAS,97)

Mahesh and Vikram r playing in Scottish tournament and they r in the semis with contrasting wins ... Mahesh has been stretched to four games in both matches and facing tough match against British top-seed ... Vikram is in the semis with comfortbale wins and facing Malaysian opponent, who is in the semis after upset win.

Tennis News

At $75K+H Leon Challenger, Mexico

[SF] (3) Leander Paes (IND)/ Adil Shamasdin (CAN) bt Luke Saville (AUS)/ John-Patrick Smith (AUS) 67(1) 64 10-5

[F] (3) Leander Paes (IND)/ Adil Shamasdin (CAN) vs Luca Margaroli (SUI)/ Caio Zampieri (BRA)

Lee-Adil scored superb comeback win over in-form Aussie pair after losing the first set in tie-break ... In the final, they r facing unseeded Swiss-Brazilian pair.

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At $25K ITF Women Tournament 2017, Santa Margherita Di Pula, Italy

[R1] (3) Prarthana G. THOMBARE (IND)/ Eva WACANNO (NED) bt Valeria SOLOVYEVA (RUS)/ Melanie STOKKE (NOR) 62 63
[QF] (3) Prarthana G. THOMBARE (IND)/ Eva WACANNO (NED) bt Ekaterine GORGODZE (GEO)/ Kamila KERIMBAYEVA (KAZ) 36 64 10-7
[SF] (3) Prarthana G. THOMBARE (IND)/ Eva WACANNO (NED) bt (2) Irina Maria BARA (ROU)/ Basak ERAYDIN (TUR) 63 61

[F] (3) Prarthana G. THOMBARE (IND)/ Eva WACANNO (NED) l Lina GJORCHESKA (MKD)/ Bernarda PERA (USA) 26 36

Prarthana played in Italian ITF tournament and she reached in the final with her Dutch partner Eva Wacanno ... In the final they lost against unseeded pair in straight sets.

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At $7.9M Miami Open 2017, Florida, USA

[SF] (3) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Barbora Strycova (CZE) bt (5) Yung-Jan Chan (TPE)/ Martina Hingis (SUI) 67(6) 61 10-4

[F] (3) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Barbora Strycova (CZE) vs Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN)/ Yifan Xu (CHN)

This time Sania-Barbora rallied solid comeback win over Hingis-Chan after losing the first set in tie-break ... In the final they r facing unseeded pairing of Dabrowski and Xu.

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At $75K+H Leon Challenger, Mexico

[QF] (3) Leander Paes (IND)/ Adil Shamasdin (CAN) bt Stefan Kozlov (USA)/ Igor Sijsling (NED) 64 62

[SF] (3) Leander Paes (IND)/ Adil Shamasdin (CAN) vs Luke Saville (AUS)/ John-Patrick Smith (AUS)

Lee-Adil scored comfortable win over Kozlov-Sijsling ... In the semis they r facing in-form Aussie pair.

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At $15K ITF Women Tournament 2017, Heraklion, Greece (clay)

[R2] (6) Karman Kaur THANDI (IND,554) l Camila GIANGRECO CAMPIZ (PAR,665) 26 26

Karman needs to learn lot more trick to win matches on the clay.

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At $15K Indonesia F4 Futures 2017, Jakarta

[QF] Karunuday SINGH (IND,1039) l (Q) Yu Hsiang CHIU (TPE,1425) 36 63 36

After back to back upset wins I was hoping better result for KU.

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At $25K Men's Montreal Open 2017, Canada

[SF] (1) Saurav Ghosal (IND,26) l (3) Omar Abdel Meguid (EGY,29) 12-10 10-12 7-11 15-17 (76m)

Saurav lost another match against similar ranked player but this time he gave fighting performance ... After winning the first game Saurav lost next three but he tried really hard in this long match.

Tennis News

At $75K+H Leon Challenger, Mexico

[R1] (1) Purav Raja (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) l Luke Saville (AUS)/ John-Patrick Smith (AUS) 36 16
[R1] (3) Leander Paes (IND)/ Adil Shamasdin (CAN) bt Jarryd Chaplin (AUS)/ Kevin Krawietz (GER) 64 36 10-8

[QF] (3) Leander Paes (IND)/ Adil Shamasdin (CAN) vs Stefan Kozlov (USA)/ Igor Sijsling (NED)

Lee started with the match tie-break with Adil, but Divij and Purav lost in straight sets against Aussie pair.

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At $60K ITF Women Tournament 2017, Quanzhou, China

[R2] Ankita RAINA (IND,289) l (1) Saisai ZHENG (CHN,100) 36 26

Expected loss for Ankita against top-100 Chinese opponent.

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At $15K Indonesia F4 Futures 2017, Jakarta

[R2] Karunuday SINGH (IND,1039) bt Jake DELANEY (AUS,845) 64 75

[QF] Karunuday SINGH (IND,1039) vs (Q) Yu Hsiang CHIU (TPE,1425)

Good to see KU building on his upset win for entering into the quarters.

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At $25K Men's Montreal Open 2017, Canada

[R1] (1) Saurav Ghosal (IND,26) bt (Q) Alfredo Avila (MEX,54) 11-2, 11-7, 11-3 (34m)
[QF] (1) Saurav Ghosal (IND,26) bt Arturo Salazar (MEX) 11-8, 9-11, 9-11, 11-4, 15-13

[SF] (1) Saurav Ghosal (IND,26) vs (3) Omar Abdel Meguid (EGY,29)

Saurav needed to dig deep for fighting win against his Mexican opponent Salazar ... He saved match balls in the fifth game ... Next, he is having tough match against similar ranked Egyptian opponent.

Tennis News

At $60K ITF Women Tournament 2017, Quanzhou , China

[R1] Ankita Raina (IND,289) bt Hanyu Guo (CHN,355) 57 62 75

[R2] Ankita Raina (IND,289) vs (1) Saisai Zheng (CHN,100)

Not impressive win by ranking wise but Ankita dug deep for fighting win over Chinese girl, Hanyu Guo ... After losing the first set Ankita made superb comeback and won this 3 hours and 30 minutes battle ... This was Ankita's first win of 2017 season, but next she is having really tough one against top-100 Chinese girl Saisai Zheng.

Football News

At the 2019 AFC Asian Cup - Qualifying, Yangon, Myanmar

Group A
Myanmar l India 0-1 (0-0)
Goal Scored - Sunil Chhetri (IND) 90'

India scored a labored 1-0 win against Myanmar at the Thuwanna YTC Stadium in Yangon, courtesy a goal in dying minutes by Sunil Chhetri ... In this match, Myanmar forwards tested Indian defense and our goalkeeper Gurpreet Singh ... They failed to score from created chances and in end, they paid a heavy price as Sunil scored a sole goal in the last minute of the game ... So with that winning start for us in Group A.

Tennis News

At Davis Cup 2017 - Asia/ Oceania Group I - 2nd Round, Bengaluru, India

Indian team - Ramkumar Ramanathan, Yuki Bhambri, Prajnesh Gunneswaran and Sriram Balaji. Reserves - Rohan Bopanna and Leander Paes.

The AITA with Mahesh Bhupathi has kept both Rohan and Leander in the reserves for the Asia Oceania Davis Cup tie against Uzbekistan ... But it should not be a surprise if the final four announce prior to the tie is different.

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At $7.9M Miami Open 2017, Florida, USA

[QF] (3) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Barbora Strycova (CZE) bt (6) Vania King (USA)/ Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) 64 61

Good to see comfortable win for Sania-Barbora against seeded pair.

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At $15K ITF Women Tournament 2017, Heraklion, Greece (clay)

[R1] (6) Karman Kaur THANDI (IND) bt Julyette Maria Josephine STEUR (GER,609) 61 36 60

[R2] (6) Karman Kaur THANDI (IND,554) vs Camila GIANGRECO CAMPIZ (PAR,665)

This week good start for Karman after losing in the first round last week ... She started with three sets win over in-form German girl Steur ... Next, she is facing another clay court specialist.

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At $15K Indonesia F4 Futures 2017, Jakarta

[R1] Karunuday SINGH (IND,1039) bt (8) Hugo VOLJACQUES (FRA,720) 76(2) 61

[R2] Karunuday SINGH (IND,1039) vs Jake DELANEY (AUS,845)

KU started with upset win over seeded Frenchman in straight sets ... Next he is facing Aussie player.

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At $7.9M Miami Open 2017, Florida, USA

[R2] (3) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Barbora Strycova (CZE) bt Timea Babos (HUN)/ Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) 16 61 10-4

[QF] (3) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Barbora Strycova (CZE) vs (6) Vania King (USA)/ Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ)

Sania-Barbora scored a comeback win over Babos-Pavlyuchenkova ... After losing the first set cheaply they made a strong comeback for winning next set comfortably ... They kept the same momentum for winning the match tie-break comfortably ... Next, they r facing 6th seed King and Shvedova.

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At $75K+H Leon Challenger, Mexico

[Q1] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,269) l Danilo Petrovic (SRB,326) 36 63 16

Disappointing loss of RamK against Petrovic in three sets ... After losing the first set RamK tried fightback but failed to challenge Petrovic in the third.

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At $7.9M Miami Open 2017, Florida, USA

[R1] (3) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Barbora Strycova (CZE) bt Demi Schuurs (NED)/ Renata Voracova (CZE) 63 76(3)

[R2] (3) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Barbora Strycova (CZE) vs Timea Babos (HUN)/ Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS)

Sania-Barbora r in the second round with straight sets win, though they were stretched to a tie-break in the second by this unknown pair ... Next, they r facing pairing of Timea Babos and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.

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At $75K+H Leon Challenger, Mexico

[Q1] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,269) vs Danilo Petrovic (SRB,326)

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At $7.9M Miami Open 2017, Florida, USA

[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Pablo Cuevas (URU) l (WC) Nick Kyrgios (AUS)/ Matt Reid (AUS) 57 63 7-10

Rohan-Pablo lost in the first round against Aussie wildcard pair in the match tie-break.

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At $15K India F6 Futures, Trivendrum

Courtesy Kamesh Srinivasan FB page

[R1] (1) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND) bt Kunal Anand (IND) 61 63
[R2] (1) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND) bt Jui-Chen Hung (TPE) 63 64
[QF] (1) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND) bt (6) N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) 62 62
[SF] (1) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND) bt Dalwinder Singh (IND) 60 63

Singles Final
(1) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND) bt (2) N. Sriram Balaji (IND) 75 63

Doubles Final
(1) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt (4) Jui-Chen Hung (TPE)/ Hong Kit Wong (HKG) 63 75

This was third final between Prajnesh and Bala and second time Prajnesh became winner in their three meetings ... Prajnesh scored straight sets win over Bala for lifting another futures title and this 6 weeks of Indian futures truly dominated by Indian players ... Prajnesh and Bala lifted two titles and one title each by Yuki and Sasi.

In the doubles, Bala and Vishnu lifted their 4th title in these 6 futures.

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At $50K+H Quanzhou Challenger 2017, China

[R2] (PR) Yuki Bhambri (IND,307) bt (4) Blaz Kavcic (SLO,136) 26 63 64

[QF] (PR) Yuki Bhambri (IND,307) l (5) Maximilian Marterer (GER,143) 36 26

Doubles
[QF] (4) Christopher Rungkat (INA)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) bt Ruan Roelofse (RSA)/ Chu-Huan Yi (TPE) 46 76(3) 10-8

[SF] (4) Christopher Rungkat (INA)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) vs (1) Andre Begemann (GER)/ Aliaksandr Bury (BLR)

Maximilian Marterer proved too strong for exhausted Yuki ... Marterer dominated in both sets for comfortable win over Yuki ... Still good three weeks for Yuki as he has re-entered into top-300.

Before that in the second round, in the first set, Kavcic broke Yuki twice for winning it comfortably ... In the second set, both players exchanged multiple breaks ... When Yuki was serving for the set at 5-2 he failed to hole but immediately he broke Kavcic for winning the set ... In the final set, Yuki saved multiple break points (7 exactly) but was early break up ... Yuki had a match point on his serve at 5-3 and 40-30 but he failed to hold his serve ... Yuki immediately broke Kavcic converting 3rd match point for hard-fought comeback win in 2 hours 17 minutes ... In few hours Yuki is facing top-150 German Maximilian Marterer, tough task.

Jeevan-Chirs scored comeback win over Roelofse-Yi in the match tie-break ... In the semis, they r facing top-seed Begemann-Bury.

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At FIFA International Football Friendly 2017, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

India br Cambodia 3-2 (1-1)
Goal Scored - Sunil Chhetri (IND) 36', Jeje Lalpekhlua (IND) 50', Sandesh Jhinghan (IND) 54' and Khuon Laboravy (CAM) 37', Chan Vathanaka (CAM) 62'

Indian team (132nd) struggled to beat lowly ranked Cambodian team (173rd) at Phnom Penh ... Sunil gave us a lead but Khuon scored equalizer on next minute ... In the second half we scored 2 goals in five minutes from JeJe and Sandesh but they reduced margin by one when Chan scored ... Last 25 minutes Cambodian side tried hard to equalize but we managed to keep our lead ... Last time we thrashed them 6-0 so this time spirited performance by Cambodian team ... Next, India will play Myanmar in their AFC Asian Cup qualifiers opener on March 28.

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At $150K Women's Allam British Open 2017, Hull, England

[R2] (12) Joshana Chinappa (IND,14) l (3) Raneem El Welily (EGY,3) 8-11, 7-11, 7-11 (27m)

Joshana lost in straight games against WR #3 Raneem El Welily ... Joshana gave decent fight in this match.

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At $6.9M Miami Open 2017, Florida, USA

[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Pablo Cuevas (URU) vs (WC) Nick Kyrgios (AUS)/ Matt Reid (AUS)

[R1] (3) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Barbora Strycova (CZE) vs Demi Schuurs (NED)/ Renata Voracova (CZE)

Sania and Barbora are in top draw and facing little unknown pair in the first round ... Rohan-Pablo r facing Aussie wild-card in the first round.

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At $150K Women's Allam British Open 2017, Hull, England

[R1] Dipika Pallikal Karthik (IND,21) l (5) Laura Massaro (ENG,5) 4-11, 5-11, 13-11, 1-11 (39m)
[R1] (12) Joshana Chinappa (IND,14) bt (Q) Rachael Grinham (AUS,31) 11-6, 8-11, 11-6, 12-10 (40m)

[R2] (12) Joshana Chinappa (IND,14) vs (3) Raneem El Welily (EGY,3)

Joshana faced veteran and former WR #1 Rachael Grinham in the first round ... She completed the win in four games in the tightly played match ... Next, she is facing WR #3 Raneem El Welily.

Dipika failed to challenge her opponent other than a third game which she won.

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At $50K+H Quanzhou Challenger 2017, China

[R1] (PR) Yuki Bhambri (IND,307) bt Tatsuma Ito (JPN,171) 76(2) 62

[R2] (PR) Yuki Bhambri (IND,307) vs (4) Blaz Kavcic (SLO,136)

Doubles
[R1] (4) Christopher Rungkat (INA)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) bt (WC) Di Wu (CHN)/ Zhizhen Zhang (CHN) 76(5) 76(5)

[QF] (4) Christopher Rungkat (INA)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) vs Ruan Roelofse (RSA)/ Chu-Huan Yi (TPE)

Yuki scored impressive win over Tatsuma Ito in straight sets ... In the first set, Yuki broke Ito in 9th game for leading 5-4 but he failed to hold while serving for the set ... He recovred for dominating tie-break ... In the second set, after 2-all Yuki won next four games breaking Ito in 6th and 8th games for a victory ... Next, he is facing Blaz Kavcic.

Jeevan and Rungkat started with expected tight win over Chinese pair ... Both sets won by Jeevan-Chris on identical tie-break score ... Next, they r facing Taipei-South African pair.

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At $50K+H Guadalajara Challenger, Mexico

[Q3] (5) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,269) l (1) Alex De Minaur (AUS,233) 67(2) 75 46

RamK lost against talented Aussie teenager Alex De Minaur in very close match ... After losing the first set in tie-break, RamK fought back for winning the second but failed to keep momentum in the third.

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At $150K Women's Allam British Open 2017, Hull, England

[R1] Dipika Pallikal Karthik (IND,21) vs (5) Laura Massaro (ENG,5)
[R1] (12) Joshna Chinappa (IND,14) v Qualifier

Tough match for Dipika and Joshna will start with a qualifier.

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At $150K Men's Allam British Open 2017, Hull, England

[Q1] (1) Saurav Ghosal (IND,26) bt Joe Lee (ENG,43) 12-10, 11-9, 7-11, 11-5 (67m)

[Q2] (1) Saurav Ghosal (IND,26) l (9) Alan Clyne (SCO,32) 7-11, 4-11, 4-11 (42m)

Saurav is still finding his rhythm after his long break ... He lost in the final qualifying round against Scotsman Alan Clyne in straight games.

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At $50K+H Quanzhou Challenger 2017, China

[R1] (PR) Yuki Bhambri (IND,307) vs Tatsuma Ito (JPN,171)

Doubles
[R1] (4) Christopher Rungkat (INA)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) vs (WC) Di Wu (CHN)/ Zhizhen Zhang (CHN)

Yuki is facing top-175 ranked Tatsuma Ito ... Good to see Yuki si skipping the doubles and Jeevan is back with Rangkat but they r having tricky match against Chinese wildcard pair.

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At $50K+H Guadalajara Challenger, Mexico

[Q1] (5) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,269) bt Daniel Elahi Galan (COL,390) 75 62

[Q2] (5) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,269) bt Juan Ignacia Londero (ARG,377) 63 61

[Q3] (5) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,269) vs (1) Alex De Minaur (AUS,233)

RamK has started with comfortable back to back straight sets win over his South American opponents ... Next he is facing former junior WR #2 and last year's junior Wimbledon singles runner-up Alex De Minaur for the place in the main-draw.

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At $75K+H Shenzhen Challenger 2017, China

[SF] (PR) Yuki Bhambri (IND,341) l (2) Yuichi Sugita (JPN,115) 64 46 36

Yuki lost in the semis against Sugita after winning the first set ... Yuki was tired due to yesterday's long match and Sugita kept ball in play so tiring further ... In the first set, Yuki broke Sugita in 2nd game but lost his serve in the next ... Yuki again broke Sugita in 6th game but this time also Sugita broke him in the next ... Yuki broke Sugita in 10th game for winning the set ... From second set Sugita was trying to play long rallies ... Both players were on the serve till 8th game, 4-all ... Sugita broke Yuki in 9th game and then hold for winning the set ... In the final set, Yuki was looking very tired and Sugita took full advantage of it ... Sugita broke him 5ht and 9th games for winning this match.

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At $15K India F5 Futures, Bangalore

[R1] (2) N. Sriram Balaji (IND) bt Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND) 76(2) 75
[R2] (2) N. Sriram Balaji (IND) bt Siddharth Vishwakarma (IND) 62 75
[QF] (2) N. Sriram Balaji (IND) bt (7) Sidharth Rawat (IND) 63 63
[SF] (2) N. Sriram Balaji (IND) bt Karunuday Singh (IND) 46 63 75

Singles Final
(2) N. Sriram Balaji (IND) bt (1) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND) 26 63 64

Doubles Final
(2) Chandril Sood (IND)/ Lakshit Sood (IND) bt (1) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) 26 64 10-6

Bala takes revenge of his last week's defeat against Prajnesh with comeback win in this futures ... Bala has been showing consistency in these futures series with 2 titles and 2 finals.

Sood brothers defeated in-form Bala and Vishnu in the final for lifting the title.

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At $75K+H Shenzhen Challenger 2017, China

[QF] (PR) Yuki Bhambri (IND,341) bt (7) Maximillian Marterer (GER,152) 63 36 75

[SF] (PR) Yuki Bhambri (IND,341) vs (2) Yuichi Sugita (JPN,115)

Yuki needed to dig deep for beating German Maximillian Marterer in three sets ... In the first set, he broke Marterer in 4th game for leading 3-1 and kept that advantage for winning the set ... In the second set, Marterer took crucial break in 8th game for leading 3-5 and then hold to take the match into the decider ... In the final set Marterer was looking better player but Yuki managed to hold his service games ... In 11th game Yuki was down 0-40 on his serve, he saved all break points for holde his serve, 6-5 ... And then broke Marterer at crucial moment in 12th for winning this match ... Next he is facing top-120 Japanese opponent Yuichi Sugita.

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At $150K+H Irving Challenger, Texas, USA

[QF] Purav Raja (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) l Marcelo Demoliner (BRA)/ Marcus Daniell (NZL) 62 36 4-10

Purav and Divij lost in the quarters after winning the first set ... they failed to keep momentum in next two against Demoliner and Daniell.

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At $25K Men's Wimbledon Club Open 2017, London, England

[SF] (1) Saurav Ghosal (IND,26) l (4) Alan Clyne (SCO,32) 3-11, 10-12, 9-11 (60m)

Disappointing loss for Saurav against Scotsman Alan Clyne in straight games.

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At $25K Men's Wimbledon Club Open 2017, London, England

[QF] (1) Saurav Ghosal (IND,26) bt Joe Lee (ENG,43) 12-10, 11-5, 11-5 (47m)
[QF] (Q) Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,70) l (3) Tom Richards (ENG,35) 9-11, 10-12, 7-11 (48m)
[QF] (Q) Vikram Malhotra (IND,69) l (2) Nafiizwan Adnan (MAS,30) 10-12, 7-11, 11-8, 8-11 (52m)

[SF] (1) Saurav Ghosal (IND,26) vs (4) Alan Clyne (SCO,32)

Saurav continued with his good performance as with another straight games victory he is in the semis and facing Scotsman Alan Clyne ... Tom defeated Mahesh in tight three games ... Vikram also gave valiant efforts against top-30 Malaysian Adnan.

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At $75K+H Shenzhen Challenger 2017, China

[R2] (PR) Yuki Bhambri (IND,341) bt Nikola Milojevic (SRB,194) 63 61

[QF] (PR) Yuki Bhambri (IND,341) vs (7) Maximillian Marterer (GER,152)

Yuki scored dominating win inside an hour over Mijolevic ... He is also a former junior #1 like Yuki but Yuki stremrolled over him ... He broke Mijolevic twice for winning the first set ... In the second set, Yuki was playing with him and took 5-0 lead before winning the match ... Next he is facing German top-150 Maximillian Marterer.

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At $150K+H Irving Challenger, Texas, USA

[R1] (WC) Dustin Brown (GER)/ Leander Paes (IND) l (1) Oliver Marach (AUT)/ Fabrice Martin (FRA) 16 63 4-10
[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE) l (WC) Philipp Petzschner (GER)/ Alexander Peya (AUT) 46 46

The first round losses for ROhan and Lee with their respective partners in contrasting style.

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At $25K Men's Wimbledon Club Open 2017, London, England

[R1] (1) Saurav Ghosal (IND,26) bt Olli Tuominen (FIN,61) 11-4, 11-9, 11-8 (32m)
[R1] (Q) Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,70) bt (8) Ivan Yuen (MAS,40) 11-6, 12-10, 10-12, 10-12, 11-7 (107m)
[R1] (Q) Vikram Malhotra (IND,69) bt (7) Mohamed Reda (EGY,41) 11-8, 11-4, 11-2

[QF] (1) Saurav Ghosal (IND,26) vs Joe Lee (ENG,43)
[QF] (Q) Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,70) vs (3) Tom Richards (ENG,35)
[QF] (Q) Vikram Malhotra (IND,69) vs (2) Nafiizwan Adnan (MAS,30)

Mahesh and Vikram scored contrasting upset wins over seeded player ... Vikram scored straight games win over Mohamed Reda ... Mahesh won his match in really long battle against Malaysian Ivan Yuen ... After winning first 2 games Mahesh struggled to close this match ... He missed few match balls in the third and fourth games but he recovered well for winning the fifth after 107 minutes ... Saurav also started with straight games win over his Finnish opponent.

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At $7.7M BNP Paribas Open 2017, Indian Wells, California, USA

[QF] (4) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Barbora Strycova (CZE) l (6) Yung-Jan Chan (TPE)/ Martina Hingis (SUI) 46 46

Sania and Barbora lost in straight sets against Hingis and Chan ... So next is Miami Masters.

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At $75K+H Shenzhen Challenger 2017, China

[R1] (PR) Yuki Bhambri (IND,341) bt Stefano Napolitano (ITA,175) 75 62

[R2] (PR) Yuki Bhambri (IND,341) vs Nikola Milojevic (SRB,194)

Yuki scored really god straight sets win over consistent challenger level player Napolitano ... In the first set, Yuki broke Napolitano in the 7th game but he failed to hold his serve in next game ... He saved 2 set points in 10th game while serving and then took crucial break in 11th game for winning this set ... In the second set Yuki took early break and extended that advantage for double break for winning this set and match comfortably .. Next, he is facing Serbian Nikola Milojevic, who scored an upset win over 3rd seed Baena.

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At $150K+H Irving Challenger, Texas, USA

[Q3] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,277) l (6) Andrey Rublev (RUS,134) 63 36 26

Doubles
[R1] Purav Raja (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) bt (2) Brian Baker (USA)/ Nicholas Monroe (USA) 36 76(3) 10-5

RamK lost in three sets against Andrey Rublev after winning the first set ... As per report, RamK has very one dimension game as he is not mixing well ... Need a some good work under decent coach for improving this and also need to work on transitioning from defense to attack but this thing lack in our most of the players ... In this match RamK failed to attack and keep pressure on Rublev after winning the first set.

Superb hard fought comeback win for Divij and Purav against 2nd seed American pair Baker-Monroe ... After losing the first set they needed to dig deep for winning next in tie-break and then dominating the match tie-break.

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At $25K Men's Wimbledon Club Open 2017, London, England

[Q1] Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,70) bt Ben Grindrod (NZL,136) 11-7, 11-8, 11-5
[Q1] Vikram Malhotra (IND,69) bt Peter Marshall (ENG,UNR) 11-4, 11-8, 11-4

[Q2] Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,70) bt Evan Williams (NZL,82) 11-13, 11-4, 11-7, 11-6
[Q2] Vikram Malhotra (IND,69) bt Jens Schoor (GER,82) 11-9, 13-11, 9-11, 11-4

[R1] (1) Saurav Ghosal (IND,26) vs Olli Tuominen (FIN,61)
[R1] (Q) Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,70) vs (8) Ivan Yuen (MAS,40)
[R1] (Q) Vikram Malhotra (IND,69) vs (7) Mohamed Reda (EGY,41)

Mahesh and Vikram qualified for the main-draw with almost identical wins in the qualifying ... In the main-draw they r facing seeded opponents ... Saurav is also playing here after two months gap as in January he marries Diya Pallikal, elder sister of Dipika Pallikal Karthik.

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At $7.7M BNP Paribas Open 2017, Indian Wells, California, USA

[QF] (4) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Barbora Strycova (CZE) vs (6) Yung-Jan Chan (TPE)/ Martina Hingis (SUI)

Next is an interesting match between Sania and Hingis with their respective partners.

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At $75K+H Shenzhen Challenger 2017, China

[R1] (PR) Yuki Bhambri (IND,341) vs Stefano Napolitano (ITA,175)

Doubles
[R1] (PR) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) l (3) Dino Marcan (CRO)/ Tristan-Samuel Weissborn (AUT) 36 46

Yuki having tricky first round against consistent challenger level performer.

Another first round loss in the doubles for Yuki and Jeevan ... These results are more hurting for Jeevan's ranking.

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At $150K+H Irving Challenger, Texas, USA

[Q1] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,277) bt Federico Gaio (ITA,159) 57 61 64

[Q2] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,277) bt (3) Jozef Kovalik (SLO,118) 76 63

[Q3] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,277) vs (6) Andrey Rublev (RUS,134)

Doubles
[R1] (WC) Dustin Brown (GER)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs (1) Oliver Marach (AUT)/ Fabrice Martin (FRA)
[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE) vs (WC) Philipp Petzschner (GER)/ Alexander Peya (AUT)
[R1] Purav Raja (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs (2) Brian Baker (USA)/ Nicholas Monroe (USA)

RamK scored impressive back to back upset win over top-200 players in this big US challenger ... In the first qualifying he scored comeback win after losing the first set but in the second match he scored straight sets win over top-125 player ... He needs another big win over Andrey Rublev for qualifying in main-draw.

In the doubles, our all players r playing and they r having tough first round matches ... Lee is partnering Dustin Brown and they r facing top-seed pair Marach-Martin ... Rohan is playing with Lu and facing experienced players Peya-Petzschner ... Divij and Purav r facing 2nd seed American pair Baker-Monroe.

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At $1.75M Hero Indian Open 2017, New Delhi, India

Courtesy European Tour

1 SSP Chawrasia (IND) 72 67 68 71 -10 € 275,827
T5 Anirban Lahiri (IND) 76 73 67 71 -1 € 59,249

SSP Chawrasia made European Tour history as he blew away the rest of the field to successfully defend his title at the Hero Indian Open and sealing a season-high equaling seven-shot win over Malaysia's Gavin Green ... This second win in New Delhi made him the first Indian to successfully defend a European Tour title and the first player to win their first four events in their home country ... He also became the first player to successfully defend a European Tour title since Branden Grace won the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters in 2016 ... Anirban finished creditable top-5 after poor first 2 rounds ... Total 15 Indians made a cut but only our three golfers were in top 25.

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At $7.7M BNP Paribas Open 2017, Indian Wells, California, USA

[R2] (4) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Barbora Strycova (CZE) bt Sara Errani (ITA)/ Alicja Rosolska (POL) 62 63

[R1] (WC) Leander Paes (IND)/ Juan Martin del Potro (ARG) l Gilles Muller (LUX)/ Sam Querrey (USA) 36 46

Sania-Barbora in the quarters with comfortable win over Errani-Rosolska.

Other hand Indian men challenge got over in the first round ... Lee and del Potro lost in the first round against Muller and Querrey.

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At $50K+H Zhuhai Challenger 2017, China

[SF] (PR) Yuki Bhambri (IND,341) l (1) Evgeny Donskoy (RUS,99) 36 57

Yuki played decent tennis but he was bit overpowered by Donskoy ... In the first set, Donskoy took early break for leading 2-4 and kepth that advantage for winning it ... In the second set, both players hold their serves till 5-all ... Donskoy had 3 break points at 0-40, Yuki saved 2 buth failed to save third ... Donskoy hold his serve with helped of big serving nad powerful shots for winning this match ... Still good start for Yuki on these Chinese challenger seris.

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At $15K India F4 Futures, Bhilai

[R1] (1) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND) bt (Q) Paramveer Singh Bajwa (IND) 63 63
[R2] (1) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND) bt Mohit Mayur Jayaprakash (IND) 62 63
[QF] (1) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND) bt Pirmin Haenle (GER) 60 60
[SF] (1) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND) bt (3) Vishnu Vardhan (IND) 76(4) 64

Singles Final
(1) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND) bt (2) N. Sriram Balaji (IND) 64 62

Doubles Final
(1) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt (2) Alexander Centerari (USA)/ Sami Reinwein (GER) 62 64

As expected Prajnesh lifted his 5th futures title beating Bala comfortably ... In this futures Prajnesh didn't got tested by any player ... Vishnu managed to take him in tie-break in the semis, otherwise comfortable wins for Prajnesh.

In the doubles, top-seed Bala and Vishnu lifted another title beating 2nd seed American-German pair comfortably ... This is their third title in a row.

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At $500K YONEX All England Open, Birmingham, England (SuperSeries Premier)

[QF] (6) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,5) l (1) Tzu Ying Tai (TPE,1) 14-21 10-21
[QF] (8) Saina Nehwal (IND,10) l (3) Ji Hyun Sung (KOR,3) 20-22 20-22

Saina lost in closely fought two games against Sung in 54 mins ... Saina had her chances but she failed to convert ... In the first game, Saina was 11-7 and then 17-12 leading but after that Saina lost 8 points in a row for 17-20 ... Saina saved three game points but Sung converted 4th game point ... In the second game, till 14-all both players were neck to neck ... Then Sung took control and had 3 match points at 17-20 ... This time also Saina saved those 3 match points but again Sung converted 4th match point for winning this match.

Sindhu got outplayed by Tai after leading 10-7 in the first game ... After that Sidhu tried to do extra but instead made numerous unforced errors from back of the court or from near the court.

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At $7.7M BNP Paribas Open 2017, Indian Wells, California, USA

[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Pablo Cuevas (URU) l Novak Djokovic (SRB)/ Viktor Troicki (SRB) 62 36 7-10

Djoker and Troicki proved better pair on the court as they defeated Rohan and Pablo in a comeback victory in the match tie-break.

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At $50K+H Zhuhai Challenger 2017, China

[QF] (PR) Yuki Bhambri (IND,341) bt Agustin Velotti (ARG,190) 61 2-1 retd.

[SF] (PR) Yuki Bhambri (IND,341) vs (1) Evgeny Donskoy (RUS,99)

Yuki is in the semi-final with comfortable win, as 2010 French open junior singles champion Argentine Agustin Velotti retired in the second set ... Yuki dominated from the start and broke Velotti in 2nd and 6th games for winning the first set ... In the second set he was break up at 2-1 and 40-15 on his serve when Velotti retired from the match ... Next he is facing in-form top-seed Evgeny Donskoy, last week who scored upset win over Federer in Dubai.

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At $15K ITF Women Tournament 2017, Egypt

[R1] (WC) Sai Samhitha CHAMARTHI (IND,1032) bt (WC) Ekaterina KLYUEVA (KAZ,1208) 60 63
[R2] (WC) Sai Samhitha CHAMARTHI (IND,1032) bt (7) Yana SIZIKOVA (RUS,495) 46 76(3) 75

[QF] (WC) Sai Samhitha CHAMARTHI (IND,1032) l (4) Julia WACHACZYK (GER,370) 06 06

Sai Samhitha has received wild-card in Egypt and scored huge upset win over top-500 Russian player in the second round ... Sai Samhitha was 46 and 3-5 down in the second, she saved four match points before turning the table on Russian ... But Sai Samhitha blown away in the quarters by German Julia Wachaczyk.

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At $500K YONEX All England Open, Birmingham, England (SuperSeries Premier)

[R2] Prannoy H. S. (IND,21) l (7) Houwei Tian (CHN,6) 13-21 5-21
[R2] (6) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,5) bt Dinar Dyah Ayustine (INA,39) 21-12 21-4
[R2] (8) Saina Nehwal (IND,10) bt Fabienne Deprez (GER,63) 21-18 21-10

[QF] (6) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,5) vs (1) Tzu Ying Tai (TPE,1)
[QF] (8) Saina Nehwal (IND,10) vs (3) Ji Hyun Sung (KOR,3)

Very dominating win by Saina and Sindhu against their respective opponents ... Sindhu is facing WR #1 Tzu Ying Tai in the quarters and Saina is facing WR #3 Korean Ji Hyun Sung.

Prannoy was no match to Houwei Tian in his loss.

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At $7.7M BNP Paribas Open 2017, Indian Wells, California, USA

[R1] (4) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Barbora Strycova (CZE) bt Julia Goerges (GER)/ Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) 63 64

[R2] (4) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Barbora Strycova (CZE) vs Sara Errani (ITA)/ Alicja Rosolska (POL)

[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Pablo Cuevas (URU) vs Novak Djokovic (SRB)/ Viktor Troicki (SRB)
[R1] (WC) Leander Paes (IND)/ Juan Martin del Potro (ARG) vs Gilles Muller (LUX)/ Sam Querrey (USA)

Winning start for Sania-Barbora against Julia-Jelena ... Next, they r facing Sara Errani and Alicja Rosolska.

Lee has received wild-card with del Potro and them r facing Muller and Querrey ... Rohan is back with Pablo Cuevas playing tricky match against Djoker and Troicki

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At $50K+H Zhuhai Challenger 2017, China

[R2] (PR) Yuki Bhambri (IND,341) bt (5) Blaz Kavcic (SLO,147) 61 64

[QF] (PR) Yuki Bhambri (IND,341) vs Agustin Velotti (ARG, 190)

Yuki completed win in straight sets against top-150 ranked Blaz Kavic ... After winning the first set comfortably Yuki was leading 4-1 in the second ... While serving for the match at 5-3 Yuki lost his serve due to poor service game but he immediately broke Blaz in the next for winning the match ... Next Yuki is facing 2010 French open junior singles champion Argentine Agustin Velotti.

Badminton News

At $500K YONEX All England Open, Birmingham, England (SuperSeries Premier)

[R1] Kidambi Srikanth (IND,30) l (Q) Junpeng Zhao (CHN,53) 19-21 21-19 12-21
[R1] Ajay Jayaram (IND,19) l Huang Yuxiang (CHN,27) 19-21 13-21
[R1] Prannoy H. S. (IND,21) bt Qiao Bin (CHN,24) 17-21 22-20 21-19
[R1] (6) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,5) bt Mette Poulsen (DEN,33) 21-10 21-11
[R1] (8) Saina Nehwal (IND,10) bt Nozomi Okuhara (JPN,11) 21-15 21-14

[R1] Manu Attri (IND)/ B. Sumeeth Reddy (IND) l (Q) Peter Briggs (ENG)/ Tom Wolfenden (ENG) 19-21 21-10 18-21
[R1] Meghana Jakkampudi (IND)/ Poorvisha S Ram (IND) l Ya Ching Hsu (TPE)/ Ti Jung Wu (TPE) 19-21 12-21
[R1] Pranaav Jerry Chopra (IND)/ N. Sikki Reddy (IND) l Yeon Seong Yoo (KOR)/ Ha Na Kim (KOR) 19-21 20-22

[R2] Prannoy H. S. (IND,21) vs (7) Houwei Tian (CHN,6)
[R2] (6) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,5) vs Dinar Dyah Ayustine (INA,39)
[R2] (8) Saina Nehwal (IND,10) vs Fabienne Deprez (GER,63)

Saina started with a comfortable win against defending champion Okuhara, who was playing her first match after November ... Next, she is facing German girl Fabienne Deprez ... Sindhu also started with dominating win over her Danish opponent ... Next, she is facing Indonesian girl Dinar Dyah Ayustine ... Prannoy needed to dig deep for his win over similar ranked Chinese opponent Qiao Bin ... After losing the first game Prannoy had 4 game points at 20-16, Bin saved all 4 but Prannoy converted 5th for taking the match into the final game ... Prannoy kept his composure and nerve for winning this game ... Next, he is having another tough Chinese challenge from WR #6 Houwei Tian.

Srikanth struggled to continue as he lost against Chinese qualifier in three games ... Ajay also lost against his Chinese opponent without challenging him in the second.

Disappointing start in the doubles as our both pairs lost in the first round ... I was hoping a win by Manu and Sumeeth against British qualifiers ... In MXD, Pranaav and Sikki lost in the close match against Korean pair.

Tennis News

At $50K+H Zhuhai Challenger 2017, China

[R2] (PR) Yuki Bhambri (IND,341) vs (5) Blaz Kavcic (SLO,147) 5-1 (interrupted due to rain)

Doubles
[R1] (PR) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) l (WC) Di Wu (CHN)/ Zhizhen Zhang (CHN) 26 46

Yuki's single match has been postponed to tomorrow due to interruption, at that time he was comfortably leading in the first set.

In the doubles, Yuki and Jeevan lost comfortably against local Chinese pair.

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At $7.7M BNP Paribas Open 2017, Indian Wells, USA

[R1] (4) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Barbora Strycova (CZE) vs Julia Goerges (GER)/ Jelena Ostapenko (LAT)

Sania-Barbora r in top draw and facing Goerges and Ostapenko in the first round.

Badminton News

At $500K YONEX All England Open, Birmingham, England (SuperSeries Premier)

[Q1] (3) Sameer Verma (IND,23) l Kazumasa Sakai (JPN,52) 17-21 12-21
[Q1] Sourabh Verma (IND,41) l (4) Anthony Sinisuka Ginting (INA,32) 10-21 21-14 20-22
[Q1] Ashwini Ponnappa (IND)/ N. Sikki Reddy (IND) bt Lauren Smith (ENG)/ Sarah Walker (ENG) 21-17 16-21 24-22

[Q2] Ashwini Ponnappa (IND)/ N. Sikki Reddy (IND) l (4) Nadia Fankhauser (SUI)/ Sannatasah Saniru (MAS) 15-21 21-18 18-21

Ashwini and Siki needed to dig deep for a win on extra points in the third game against local pair ... Now they will face 4th seed Swiss-Malaysian pair ... Other hand disappointing losses of Verma brothers in contrasting style.

Ashwini and Siki failed to cross final hurdle and lost their match in three games.

Tennis News

At $50K+H Zhuhai Challenger 2017, China

[R1] (PR) Yuki Bhambri (IND,341) bt (SE) Blake Mott (AUS,286) 62 60

[R2] (PR) Yuki Bhambri (IND,341) vs (5) Blaz Kavcic (SLO,147)

Yuki made a mockery of in-form young Aussie Blake Mott challenge as he won this match inside 50 mins losing only 2 games ... Mott was semi-finalist at last week's Yokohama challenger but Yuki had different plan and he executed perfectly for this win ... Next he is facing top-150 Slovenian Blaz Kavcic.

Badminton News

At $500K YONEX All England Open, Birmingham, England (SuperSeries Premier)

[Q1] (3) Sameer Verma (IND,23) vs Kazumasa Sakai (JPN,52)
[Q1] Sourabh Verma (IND,41) vs (4) Anthony Sinisuka Ginting (INA,32)
[Q1] Ashwini Ponnappa (IND)/ N. Sikki Reddy (IND) vs Lauren Smith (ENG)/ Sarah Walker (ENG)

[R1] Kidambi Srikanth (IND,30) vs Qualifier
[R1] Ajay Jayaram (IND,19) vs Huang Yuxiang (CHN,27)
[R1] Prannoy H. S. (IND,21) vs Qiao Bin (CHN,24)
[R1] (6) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,5) vs Mette Poulsen (DEN,33)
[R1] (8) Saina Nehwal (IND,10) vs Nozomi Okuhara (JPN,11)

[R1] Manu Attri (IND)/ B. Sumeeth Reddy (IND) vs Qualifier
[R1] Meghana Jakkampudi (IND)/ Poorvisha S Ram (IND) vs Ya Ching Hsu (TPE)/ Ti Jung Wu (TPE)
[R1] Pranaav Jerry Chopra (IND)/ N. Sikki Reddy (IND) vs Yeon Seong Yoo (KOR)/ Ha Na Kim (KOR)

Sindhu and Saina having a favorable draw in All England open ... Saina is facing defending champion Nozomi Okuhara but she is coming out of injury after four months so rusty.

Tennis News

At Davis Cup 2017 - Asia/ Oceania Group I - 2nd Round, Bengaluru, India

Indian Team - Ramkumar Ramanathan, Yuki Bhambri, Prajnesh Gunneswaran, N. Sriram Balaji, Rohan Bopanna and Leander Paes
Non-playing captain - Mahesh Bhupathi
Coach - Zeeshan Ali

The AITA selection committee, led by SP Misra, named four singles players and two doubles players in the six-member squad ... New non-playing captain Mahesh Bhupathi will take a call on Paes' inclusion in the final four 10 days before the Asia/Oceania Group 1 second-round tie which begins on April 7 ... AITA also picked top two juniors Dhruv Sunish and Nitin Sinha to be with the squad for exposure.

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At $50K+H Zhuhai Challenger 2017, China

[R1] (PR) Yuki Bhambri (IND,341) vs (SE) Blake Mott (AUS,286)

Doubles
[R1] (PR) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) vs (WC) Di Wu (CHN)/ Zhizhen Zhang (CHN)

Yuki is playing in China challengers and facing tricky first round against in-form young Aussie Blake Mott.

Tennis News

At $2.4M Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships 2017, UAE

Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Marcin Matkowski (POL) l (4) Jean-Julien Rojer (NED)/ Horia Tecau (ROU) 64 36 3-10

Rojer-Tecau dominated the match tie-break for lifting Dubai title ... Rohan-Marcin started with winning the first set but Rojer-Tecau started their comeback after winning the second.

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At $15K India F3 Futures, Guwahati

[R1] (3) Sasi Kumar MUKUND (IND) bt Mohammed Iftikhar SHEIKH (IND) 60 63
[R2] (3) Sasi Kumar MUKUND (IND) bt Dalwinder SINGH (IND) 63 36 63
[QF] (3) Sasi Kumar MUKUND (IND) bt (6) Sidharth RAWAT (IND) 63 64
[SF] (3) Sasi Kumar MUKUND (IND) bt (2) Vishnu VARDHAN (IND) 63 46 61

Singles Final
(3) Sasi Kumar MUKUND (IND) bt (4) Sami REINWEIN (GER) 63 26 64

Doubles Final
(1) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND)/ Vishnu VARDHAN (IND) bt (2) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND)/ Sanam SINGH (IND) 63 36 10-6

Sasi lifted his third futures title beating his German player Sami Reinwein in three sets ... Sasi will moved to top-450 in ranking after these 18 pts get added after two weeks.

Bala and Vishnu defeated VSP and Sanam is the match tie-break for lifting their 2nd doubles title in these three Indian futures.

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At $15K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2017, Gwalior, India

[R1] Mahak JAIN (IND) bt Amrita MUKHERJEE (IND) 61 63
[R1] (8) Zeel DESAI (IND) bt Eetee MAHETA (IND) 63 36 64

[R2] Mahak JAIN (IND) bt (7) Sri Vaishnavi PEDDI REDDY (IND) 61 63
[R2] (8) Zeel DESAI (IND) bt Ramya NATARAJAN (IND) 36 60 60

[QF] Mahak JAIN (IND) bt Bhuvana KALVA (IND) 57 63 64
[QF] (8) Zeel DESAI (IND) bt (2) Riya BHATIA (IND) 64 63

[SF] Mahak JAIN (IND) bt (1) Fatma AL NABHANI (OMA) 63 4-0 retd.
[SF] (8) Zeel DESAI (IND) bt Lulu RADOVCIC (SUI) 63 76(5)

Singles Final
(8) Zeel DESAI (IND) bt Mahak JAIN (IND) 63 75

Zeel Desai won the match between promising youngsters for lifting her first ITF title ... She defeated 15 yrs old Mahak Jain in two sets ... This tournament proved to be very successful tournament from Zeel and Makak ... Zeel will moved inside top-700 after these tournament winning 12 pts get added ... Mahak needs to earn points from two more tournaments for entering into the ranking.

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Tennis News

At $2.4M Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships 2017, UAE

[SF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Marcin Matkowski (POL) bt Leander Paes (IND)/ Guillerme Garcia-Lopez (ESP) 63 36 10-6

Rohan-Marcin defeated Lee-Guillerme in the match tie-break ... Rohan and Marcin won the first set but lost the second ... They recovered in the match tie-break for winning it comfortably.

Shooting News

At ISSF World Cup Rifle / Pistol / Shotgun, New Delhi, India

On the seventh day, in men's Skeet final, Sheeraz Sheikh became the first shooter to get eliminated with 16 hits ... Before that he qualified for the final on 5th position after tied with three shooters with 121 hits.

Tennis News

At $2.4M Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships 2017, UAE

[QF] Leander Paes (IND)/ Guillerme Garcia-Lopez (ESP) bt (3) Daniel Nestor (CAN)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) 76(3) 76(6)

[SF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Marcin Matkowski (POL) vs Leander Paes (IND)/ Guillerme Garcia-Lopez (ESP)

Lee and Guillerme Garcia-Lopez scored a win over Nestor and Roger-Vasselin in two tie-breaks ... This win set up the match between Lee and Rohan with their respective partners.

Shooting News

At ISSF World Cup Rifle / Pistol / Shotgun, New Delhi, India

50m Pistol Men
Gold - Jitu Rai (IND) 230.1 (WR)
Silver - Amanpreet Singh (IND) 226.9
Bronze - Vahid Golkhandan (IRI) 208.0

On the sixth day, Jitu Rai gave us our first Gold medal of this world cup in 50m Pistol ... He won this yellow medal bettering previous world record with a score of 230.1 pts ... Amandeep qualified for the final on top position with 561 pts and Jitu qualified on the second position with 559 pts.

Tennis News

At $2.4M Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships 2017, UAE

[R1] Leander Paes (IND)/ Guillerme Garcia-Lopez (ESP) vs (Q) James Cerretani (USA)/ Philipp Oswald (AUT)

[QF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Marcin Matkowski (POL) bt Florin Mergea (ROU)/ Viktor Troicki (SRB) 63 64

Rohan-Marcin scored comfortable straight sets win over Mergea-Troicki for entering into the semis.

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At $25K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2017, Clare, Australia

[QF] Abbie MYERS (AUS)/ Prarthana G. THOMBARE (IND) l Beatriz HADDAD MAIA (BRA)/ Genevieve LORBERGS (AUS) 26 75 7-10

Prarthana-Abbie failed to build on their first round upset win and lost in match tie-break against local Aussie pair.

Shooting News

At ISSF World Cup Rifle / Pistol / Shotgun, New Delhi, India

10m Air Pistol Men
Gold - Tomoyuki Matsuda (JPN) 240.1 (WR)
Silver - Xuan Vinh Hoang (VIE) 236.6
Bronze - Jitu Rai (IND) 216.7

On the fifth day, Jitu Rai won the Bronze in 10m Air Pistol ... He became 6th shooter to get eliminated with 216.7 pts ... Japanese shooter won the Gold after bettering world record with a score of 240.1 ... In Delhi, shooting condition looks favorable as lots of new world records have been created.

In 50m Rifle Prone Men final, Chain Singh finished on 7th position with 141.9 pts, before that he qualified for the final on 7th position with 618.8 pts.

Tennis News

At $2.4M Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships 2017, UAE

[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Marcin Matkowski (POL) bt (2) Ivan Dodig (CRO)/ Marcel Granollers (ESP) 57 63 11-9

[QF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Marcin Matkowski (POL) vs Florin Mergea (ROU)/ Viktor Troicki (SRB)

Rohan-Marcin scored superb comeback win over 2nd seed Dodig-Granollers ... After losing the first set they made strong comeback for winning the second and then they won the match tie-break in extra points ... In the quarters they r facing Rohan's ex-partner Florin Mergea and Viktor Troicki.

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At $25K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2017, Clare, Australia

[R1] Abbie MYERS (AUS)/ Prarthana G. THOMBARE (IND) bt (2) Alize LIM (FRA)/ Sherazad REIX (FRA) 36 63 10-6

[QF] Abbie MYERS (AUS)/ Prarthana G. THOMBARE (IND) vs Beatriz HADDAD MAIA (BRA)/ Genevieve LORBERGS (AUS)

Prarthana with her Australian partner Abbie Myers started with upset win over 2nd seed French pair ... After losing the first set they made excellent comeback for winning the second set and the match tie-break comfortably.

Shooting News

At ISSF World Cup Rifle / Pistol / Shotgun, New Delhi, India

Double Trap Men
Gold - James Willett (AUS) 75 (WR)
Silver - Ankur Mittal (IND) 74
Bronze - James Dedman 56 (WRJ)

On the fourth day, Ankur Mittal won the Silver medal in Double Trap ... He lost in closely fought final by 1 point when Australian James Willett created world record with 75 targets ... Our other finalist Sangram Dahiya eliminated first with 24 targets ... In the qualifying, Sangram Dahiya qualified on 3rd position with 138 targets and Ankur Mittal qualified in 4th place with 137 targets.

In 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women final, Tejaswini Sawant finished on 7th position after qualifying for the final on 8th position with 582 pts.

Also Jitu Rai and Heena Sidhu win the Gold medal in the first ever Mixed 10m Air Pistol event at the Shooting World Cup in New Delhi ... This was a new event introduced for the first time by ISSF.

Tennis News

At $2.4M Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships 2017, UAE

[Q2] (WC) Jeevan Neduncheziyan (IND)/ Andreas Seppi (ITA) l (2) James Cerretani (USA)/ Philipp Oswald (AUT) 57 36

[R1] Leander Paes (IND)/ Guillerme Garcia-Lopez (ESP) vs (Q) James Cerretani (USA)/ Philipp Oswald (AUT)

Jeevan and Seppi lost in the final qualifying round against Oswald and Cerretani ... They will face Lee and Garcia-Lopez in the first round.

Golf News

At $6.4M The Honda Classic 2017, Florida, USA (PGA Tour)

T11 Anirban Lahiri (IND) 65 68 71 71 -5 $147,200.00

Anirban finished outside top-10 at the Honda classic after another 1 over final round ... He was in top-5 standing after first 2 rounds but 1 over third round pushed him down to on tied 8th position ... Still good performance from Anirban and hopefully we will see more fireworks from him in coming tournaments.

Shooting News

At ISSF World Cup Rifle / Pistol / Shotgun, New Delhi, India

On the third day, in 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men final, Sanjeev Rajput finished on 5th position after qualifying for the final on 8th position with 1159 pts ... In 10m Air Pistol Women final, Harven Saro finished on 7th position after qualifying for the final on 8th position with 379 pts ... So our shooters r reaching in the final but it seems to fail under the pressure of the medal.

Chess News

At FIDE Women's World Chess Championship 2017, Tehran, Iran

[SF] (4) Harika Dronavalli (IND) l (9) Tan Zhongyi (CHN) 4-5

In the last nerve wrecking decisive Armageddon game, Harika failed to win playing with White pieces and game ended after the 99th move ...In Armageddon game, White has to win this game or lose the match and Black only need to draw ... Before that in the tie-break games, the player with White pieces won their matches ... Both blitz games ended in a draw ... In this match, Harika had chances which she failed to take ... So third Bronze medal at World Championship for Harika.

Tennis News

At $599K Delray Beach Open 2017, Florida, USA

[SF] Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE)/ Leander Paes (IND) l (3) Treat Huey (PHI)/ Max Mirnyi (BLR) 26 16

One-sided and disappointing loss for Lee with Lu against Mirnyi and Huey ... Next, Lee is playing in Dubai open.

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At $2.4M Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships 2017, UAE

[Q1] (WC) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,335) l (6) Marius Copil (ROU,126) 26 26

Doubles
[Q1] (WC) Jeevan Neduncheziyan (IND)/ Andreas Seppi (ITA) bt (1) Wesely Koolhof (NED)/ Matwe Middlekoop (NED) 61 46 12-10

[Q2] (WC) Jeevan Neduncheziyan (IND)/ Andreas Seppi (ITA) vs (2) James Cerretani (USA)/ Philipp Oswald (AUT)

[R1] Leander Paes (IND)/ Guillerme Garcia-Lopez (ESP) vs Qualifier
[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Marcin Matkowski (POL) vs (2) Ivan Dodig (CRO)/ Marcel Granollers (ESP)

Prajnesh received qualifying wild-card but failed to challenge his top-125 Romanian opponent. Jeevan has also received the doubles wild-card with Italian Andreas Seppi ... And they started with an upset win over top-seed Dutch pair in the match tie-break ... Next, they r facing 2nd seed Cerretani and Oswald ... The winner of this match will face Lee and his partner Garcia-Lopez in the first round ... Rohan and his partner Matkowski r facing 2nd seed Dodig and Granollers.

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At $1.6M Abierto Mexicano Telcel 2017, Acapulco, Mexico

[Q1] (1) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) l Radu Albot (ROU)/ Mischa Zverev (GER) 16 46

Once again Mischa Zverev with his partner proved too strong for Divij and Purav.

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At $15K India F2 Futures, Jorhat

[R1] (1) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND) bt Aryan GOVEAS (IND) 63 75
[R2] (1) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND) bt Dalwinder SINGH (IND) 63 67(3) 63
[QF] (1) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND) bt Mateusz TERCZYNSKI (POL) 60 75
[SF] (1) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND) bt (4) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND) 63 64

[F] (1) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND) bt (2) Vishnu VARDHAN (IND) 62 76(1)

Bala lifted his 8th futures title beating Vishnu Vardhan in the final ... Bala won double crown as he also won the doubles title with Vishnu.

Shooting News

At ISSF World Cup Rifle / Pistol / Shotgun, New Delhi, India

On the second day, in men's Trap, Zoravar Singh Sandhu came agonizingly close to clinching his first World Cup medal in a decade but missed a shot at a crucial juncture to settle for the fourth position ... Neeraj Kumar too failed to finish on the podium despite qualifying for the final in the 25m rapid fire event ... In the final, a series of low-scoring shots saw him crash out first in the six-player final.

Chess News

At FIDE Women's World Chess Championship 2017, Tehran, Iran

[SF] (4) Harika Dronavalli (IND) 1-1 (9) Tan Zhongyi (CHN)

Harika lost in the first game playing with the black pieces against Tan Zhongyi ... But she raised to the challenge and won the marathon second game after 162 moves for forcing the tie-break.

Tennis News

At $2.66M Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships 2017, UAE

[SF] (3) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Barbora Strycova (CZE) l (2) Ekaterina Makarova (RUS)/ Elena Vesnina (RUS) 46 36

Sania and Strycova faced another loss in the semi-final ... Russian pair defeated them comfortably.

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At $599K Delray Beach Open 2017, Florida, USA

[QF] Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt (1) Mike Bryan (USA)/ Bob Bryan (USA) 76(4) 26, 10-7

[SF] Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs (3) Treat Huey (PHI)/ Max Mirnyi (BLR)

Lee in the company of Lu scored an impressive win over the legendary pairing of Bryan twins in the match tie-break ... Bryan twins were runner-up in Australian open and other hand seeing Lee's struggle with different partners, this result wasn't expected ... Next they r facing Huey and Mirnyi.

Shooting News

At ISSF World Cup Rifle / Pistol / Shotgun, New Delhi, India

Courtesy OGQ facebook page

10m Air Rifle Women
Gold - Mengyao Shi (CHN) 252.1 pts (WR) (WRJ)
Silver - Lijie Dong (CHN) 248.9 pts
Bronze - Pooja Ghatkar (IND) 228.8 pts

The first World cup of 2017 is started in New Delhi ... On the first day, we have managed to win our first medal ... Young Pooja Ghatkar won her first World cup medal when she won Bronze in 10m Air Rifle Women ... Chinese young girl Mengyao Shi created new World record with 252.1 pts ... Pooja qualified for the final scoring 418 pts which helped her to finish second.

In 10m Air Rifle Men final, Deepak Kumar finished in 5th position and Ravi Kumar finished in 8th position.

Tennis News

At $2.66M Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships 2017, UAE

[QF] (3) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Barbora Strycova (CZE) bt (7) Abigail Spears (USA)/ Katarina Srebotnik (SLO) 62 75

[SF] (3) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Barbora Strycova (CZE) vs (2) Ekaterina Makarova (RUS)/ Elena Vesnina (RUS)

Sania and Strycova took revenge of their last week's loss with straight sets win over Spears and Srebotnik ... In the semis, they r facing 2nd seed Russian pair.

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At $599K Delray Beach Open 2017, Florida, USA

[QF] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) l (2) Raven Klaasen (RSA)/ Rajeev Ram (USA) 57 57

Divij and Purav lost in two tight sets against 2nd seed Rajeev and Raven.