Badminton News

At $120K Yonex US Open 2017, Anaheim (Grand Prix Gold)

[R1] (2) Prannoy H.S. (IND,23) Luka Wraber (AUT,108) 21-12 21-16
[R1] Parupalli Kashyap (IND,59) bt (1) Hyun Il Lee (KOR,15) 21-16 10-21 21-19

[R2] (2) Prannoy H.S. (IND,23) bt Joshua MaGee (IRL,188) 21-13 21-17
[R2] Parupalli Kashyap (IND,59) bt Gergely Krausz (HUN,130) 21-18 17-6 retd.
[R1] Manu Attri (IND)/ Sumeeth B. Reddy (IND) bt Nyl Yakura (CAN)/ Brittney Tam (CAN) 21-13 21-15

[R3] (2) Prannoy H.S. (IND,23) bt (12) Mark Caljouw (NED,52) 21-8 14-21 21-16
[R3] Parupalli Kashyap (IND,59) bt (16) Niluka Karunaratne (SRI,83) 21-19 21-10
[R2] Manu Attri (IND)/ Sumeeth B. Reddy (IND) bt Hendra Tandjaya (INA)/ Androw Yunanto (INA) 21-16 21-9

[QF] (2) Prannoy H.S. (IND,23) bt (8) Kanta Tsuneyama (JPN,37) 10-21 21-15 21-18
[QF] Parupalli Kashyap (IND,59) bt (5) Sameer Verma (IND,32) 21-13 21-16
[QF] Manu Attri (IND)/ Sumeeth B. Reddy (IND) bt (7) Hiroki Okamura (JPN)/ Masayuki Onodera (JPN) 21-18 22-20

[SF] (2) Prannoy H.S. (IND,23) bt (15) Tien Minh Nguyen (VIE,66) 21-14 21-19
[SF] Parupalli Kashyap (IND,59) bt Kwang Hee Heo (KOR,111) 15-21 21-15 21-16
[SF] Manu Attri (IND)/ Sumeeth B. Reddy (IND) l (1) Ching Yao Lu (TPE)/ Po Han Yang (TPE) 12-21 21-12 20-22

[F] (2) Prannoy H.S. (IND,23) vs Parupalli Kashyap (IND,59)

After poor outing in Canadian open by our second string players much was expected in US open ... This time they didn't disappointed ... Kashyap and Prannoy r in the final ... In the first round, Kashyap scored upset win over top-15 Korean Hyun Il Lee in three games ... In the quarters, he defeated countryman Sameer Verma in straight games ... In the doubles, Manu and Sumeeth lost in the semis against top-seed Taipei pair ... In the final game, they had chances as they were leading most of the part and had a match point at 20-19.

The first time India has secured four qualifiers in men's singles and women's singles competitions for next month's prestigious World Championship ... In women's singles players r Rituparna Das, Tanvi Lad, PV Sindhu and Saina Nehwal ... In men's singles players r Sameer Verma, Ajay Jayaram, Kidambi Srikanth and Sai Praneeth ... The BWF World Championships will be held in Emirates Arena, Glasgow, from August 21 to 27.

Hockey News

At Women's Hockey World League Semi-Finals 2017, Johannesbur,g, South Africa

For 7th Position
India l Ireland 1-2 (1-0)
Goal Scorers - Gurjit Kaur (IND) 15' PC and Kathryn Mullan (IRL) 47' PC, Lizzie Colvin (IRL) 48' PC

The Indian women's hockey team finish eighth in Women's HWL Semi-Final ... Despite maintaining an upper hand throughout the match, India let the opponents score two goals in the final quarter.

Golf News

At $1.6M Marathon Classic 2017, Toledo, USA (LPGA Tour)

T3 Aditi Ashok (IND) 65 68 68 -12

Aditi scored another three under round which helped her to ove inside top-5 standing ... In her third round, she had 4 birdies and a bogey ... Currently she is 3 strokes behind the leader.

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At $3.5M Barbasol Championship 2017, Opelika, USA (PGA Tour)

T20 Arjun Atwal (IND) 69 70 64 -7

Arjun scored superb six under to move inside top-20 in the standing ... Before this round he was lying below so in the standing.

Tennis News

At $125K+H Astana Challenger 2017, Kazakhstan

Doubles Final
(1) Toshihide Matsui (JPN)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt Evgeny Karlovskiy (RUS)/ Evgeny Tyurnev (RUS) 76(3) 67(5) 10-7

Vishnu lifted his third challenger title and 2nd of the year in very clost match ... He and his Japanese partner Toshihide Matsui needed to dig deep for completing this win in the match tie-break against Russian pair ... This is a huge title as this will help Vishnu to be near of top-150 doubles ranking.

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At $15K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2017, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt

[SF] Rutuja Bhosale (IND,793) l (WC) Mayar Sherif (EGY,UNR) 57 67(5)

Doubles
[R1] Rutuja Bhosale (IND)/ Mayar Sherif (EGY) bt Nadia Echeverria Alam (VEN)/ Clemence Fayol (FRA) 63 61
[QF] Rutuja Bhosale (IND)/ Mayar Sherif (EGY) bt Emily Fanning (NZL)/ Eva Siska (USA) 75 63
[SF] Rutuja Bhosale (IND)/ Mayar Sherif (EGY) bt Federica Prati (ITA)/ Elina Vikhryanova (RUS) 61 76(4)

Women's Doubles Final
Rutuja Bhosale (IND)/ Mayar Sherif (EGY) bt Pei Hsuan Chen (TPE)/ Fang-Hsien Wu (TPE) 36 63 10-5

Rutuja lost in two closely fought sets against her doubles partner Mayar Sherif ... But Rutuja lifted the doubles title pairing Mayar, they defeated Taiwani pair in comeback win after losing the first set ... So back to back the doubles title for Rutuja.

Golf News

At $1.6M 146th Marathon Classic 2017, Toledo, USA (LPGA Tour)

6 Aditi Ashok (IND) 65 68 -9

Aditi is remained in top-10 after first 2 rounds with 3 under second round.

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At $10M 146th The Open Championship 2017, Southport, England

----------------Cut @ +5 ----------------
T78 Shiv Kapur (IND) 73 73 +6
T78 Anirban Lahiri (IND) 73 73 +6

Again both managed 3 over so they missed cut by 1 stroke.

Tennis News

At $600K Hall of Fame Open 2017, Newport, USA

[SF] (3) Sam Groth (AUS)/ Leander Paes (IND) l (1) Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK)/ Rajeev Ram (USA) 64 67(6) 9-11

Lee and Sam missed multiple match points in the second set and in the match tie-break they saved 2 match points from 7-9 down but failed to save third ... So another close match and again missed opportunities of closing match in two sets.

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At $75K Gatineau Challenger 2017, Canada

[QF] Yuki Bhambri (IND,212) l Alexander Sarkissian (USA,255) 36 64 46

This was surprising loss of Yuki against Sarkissian in three sets ... Before this match he scored really good win against more fancied opponents ... In this match, he played defensively and gave chance to Sarkissian for dominating the points.

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At $125K+H Astana Challenger 2017, Kazakhstan

[SF] (1) Toshihide Matsui (JPN)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt Sadio Doumbia (FRA)/ Michal Konecny (CZE) 76(5) 76(1)

[F] (1) Toshihide Matsui (JPN)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs Evgeny Karlovskiy (RUS)/ Evgeny Tyurnev (RUS)

Vishnu and Toshihide in the final after scoring win with two tie-breaks ... In the final, they r facing Russian pair.

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At $60K ITF Womens Tournament 2017, Bursa, Turkey

[SF] (5) Ankita Raina (IND,274) l (1) Ipek Soylu (TUR,180) 46 64 26

Ankita lost in three sets against top-200 turkish player Ipek Soylu ... After winning the second set Ankita failed to keep momentum in the third.

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At $15K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2017, Hua Hin, Thailand

[SF] (8) Dhruthi TATACHAR VENUGOPAL (IND,578) l (Q) Hua-Chen LEE (TPE,UNR) 36 46

Dhruthi failed to continue with her run and lost in the straight sets against Hua-Chen Lee.

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At $15K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2017, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt

[QF] Rutuja Bhosale (IND,793) bt (Q) Eva Siska (USA,1103) 64 62

[SF] Rutuja Bhosale (IND,793) vs (WC) Mayar Sherif (EGY,UNR)

Rutuja is in the semis with comfortable straight sets win over American qualifier Eva Siska ... Next, she is facing local wild card player, Mayar Sherif.

Golf News

At $10M 146th The Open Championship 2017, Southport, England

T90 Shiv Kapur (IND) 73 +3
T90 Anirban Lahiri (IND) 73 +3

Our both players struggled on Royal Birkdale course ... Anirban managed 1 egale, 2 birdies but 7 bogeys ... Shiv scored 3 birdies, 3 bogeys and 1 triple bogeys ... they need 3 under in the second round for making the cut.

Hockey News

At Women's Hockey World League Semi-Finals 2017, Johannesbur,g, South Africa

5-8th Position
India l Japan 0-2 (0-2)
Goal Scorers - Kana Nomura (JPN) 7' PC, Naho Ichitani (JPN) 29' PC

Japan dominated the match as they had 10 penalty corners and they converted 2 of them for important win as winner was guranteed place in 2018 World Cup ... Indian team has a tough task as they will need to win Asia Cup for qualification.

Tennis News

At $600K Hall of Fame Open 2017, Newport, USA

[QF] (3) Sam Groth (AUS)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt Wesley Koolhof (NED)/ Artem Sitak (NZL)
[QF] (4) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) l Matt Reid (AUS)/ John-Patrick Smith (AUS) 67(5) 67(4)

[SF] (3) Sam Groth (AUS)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs (1) Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK)/ Rajeev Ram (USA)

Lee-Sam stromed into the semis with comfortable win over Koolhof-Sitak ... In the semis, they r facing top-seed Ram and Qureshi ... Divij-Purav lost in two tie-breaks against Aussie pair, tough luck.

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At $125K+H Astana Challenger 2017, Kazakhstan

[R2] (Q) Saketh Myneni (IND,432) l (4) Duckhee Lee (KOR,153) 06 46

Doubles
[QF] (1) Toshihide Matsui (JPN)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt Nikola Milojevic (SRB)/ Aldin Setkic (BIH) 67(3) 64 10-8

[SF] (1) Toshihide Matsui (JPN)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs Sadio Doumbia (FRA)/ Michal Konecny (CZE)

After receiving bagel in the first set, Saki managed a decent score in the second against Duckhee ... This was his first real test against challenger level player after the long injury layoff so we can say, three wins r a good start.

Hard fought comeback win in the match tie-break for Vishnu-Matsui ... Next, they r facing unseeded pairing of Doumbia and Konecny.

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At $60K ITF Womens Tournament 2017, Bursa, Turkey

[QF] (5) Ankita Raina (IND,274)< bt (3) Dejana Radanovic (SRB,260) 16 75 61

[SF] (5) Ankita Raina (IND,274) vs (1) Ipek Soylu (TUR,180)

Ankita scored an excellent comeback win over higher ranked Radanovic ... After losing the first set easily Ankita regrouped and won the second set taking a crucial break in 11th game ... After that Ankita dominated the last set for winning it comfortably ... Next, she is facing top-200 Turkish player Ipek Soylu.

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At $25K Turkey F26 Future 2017, Istanbul (Clay)

[R2] (1) Sumit Nagal (IND,306) l Miki Jankovic (SRB,842) 46 26

Surprising loss of Sumit against Jankovic.

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At $15K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2017, Hua Hin, Thailand

[R1] (8) Dhruthi TATACHAR VENUGOPAL(IND,578) bt Andrea KA (CAM,580) 60 62
[R2] (8) Dhruthi TATACHAR VENUGOPAL(IND,578) bt Sung-Hee HAN (KOR,732) 64 62
[QF] (8) Dhruthi TATACHAR VENUGOPAL(IND,578) bt (1) Fatma AL NABHANI (OMA,466) 64 61

[SF] (8) Dhruthi TATACHAR VENUGOPAL(IND,578) vs (Q) Hua-Chen LEE (TPE,UNR)

Dhruthi scored some good wins in Thai ITF ... In the quarters, she scored straight sets win over top-seed and very experienced Al Nabhani.

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At $15K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2017, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt

[R2] Rutuja Bhosale (IND,793) bt Ramu Ueda (JPN,914) 62 64
[R2] (Q) Snehal Mane (IND,UNR) l (3) Jacqueline Cabaj Awad (SWE,530) 26 16

[QF] Rutuja Bhosale (IND,793) vs (Q) Eva Siska (USA,1103)

Rutuja in the quarters with straight sets win over her Japanese opponent ... Next, she is facing American qualifier Eva Siska, who scored upset win over top-seed British player ... Awad proved too better player for Snehal.

Tennis News

At $226,750 BRD Bucharest Open 2017, Romania

[QF] Jessica Moore (AUS)/ Prarthana Thombare (IND) l (1) Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU)/ Raluca Olaru (ROU) 06 26

Top-seed Romanian pair proved too strong to Prarthana and Moore.

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At $75K Gatineau Challenger 2017, Canada

[R2] Yuki Bhambri (IND,212) bt (3) Blaz Kavcic (SLO,98) 76(1) 3-1 retd

[QF] Yuki Bhambri (IND,212) vs Alexander Sarkissian (USA,255)

Doubles
[QF] Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Yasutaka Uchiyama (JPN) l (WC) Filip Peliwo (CAN)/ Denis Shapovalov (CAN) 67(7) 46

Good win by Yuki over the in-form Kavcic, though he retired in the second set ... But Yuki dig deep for winning the first set in tie tie-break and was break up when Kavcic retired from the match ... Next, he is facing American Alexander Sarkissian.

In the doubles, Yuki and Uchiyama lost against local pair in straight sets.

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At $125K+H Astana Challenger 2017, Kazakhstan

[R2] (Q) Saketh Myneni (IND,432) vs (4) Duckhee Lee (KOR,153)

Doubles
[R1] (3) Alexander Kudryavtsev (RUS)/ Saketh Myneni (IND) l Sadio Doumbia (FRA)/ Michal Konecny (CZE) 63 46 3-10

Saki-Kudryavtsev lost in the match tie-break ... In the singles, Saki is facing Duckhee.

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At $75K+H Poznan Challenger 2017, Poland

[R1] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) l (2) Rameez Junaid (AUS)/ Igor Zelenay (SVK) 46 46

Disappointing outing for Bala-VSP as they lost in straight sets.

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At $60K ITF Womens Tournament 2017, Bursa, Turkey

[R2] (5) Ankita Raina (IND,274) bt Anastasia Gasanova (RUS,497) 46 63 64

[QF] (5) Ankita Raina (IND,274) vs (3) Dejana Radanovic (SRB,260)

Good fighting comeback win for Ankita ... Next, she is facing Serbian girl Radanovic.

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At $25K Turkey F26 Future 2017, Istanbul (Clay)

[R1] (1) Sumit Nagal (IND,306) bt Bogdan Borza (ROM,743) 61 62

[R2] (1) Sumit Nagal (IND,306) vs Miki Jankovic (SRB,842)

Expected comfortable winning start for Sumit ... Next, he is facing Serbian opponent.

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At $15K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2017, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt

[R1] Rutuja Bhosale (IND,793) bt (8) Ola Abou Zekry (EGY,693) 61 64
[R1] (Q) Snehal Mane (IND,UNR) bt (WC) Catherine Shulman (CAN,UNR) 75 62

[R2] Rutuja Bhosale (IND,793) vs Ramu Ueda (JPN,914)
[R2] (Q) Snehal Mane (IND,UNR) vs (3) Jacqueline Cabaj Awad (SWE,530)

Rutuja started with upset win over her Egyptian opponent ... Snehal also joined her in the second round with straight sets win over her Canadian opponent ... Next, Snehal having tough match against 3rd seed Awad and Rutuja is facing Japanese girl Ueda.

Hockey News

At Women's Hockey World League Semi-Finals 2017, Johannesburg, South Africa

Quarter Final
India bt South Africa 1-4 (0-2)
Goal Scorers - Gurjit Kaur (IND) 57' PC and Giselle Ansley (ENG) 6' PS, Alex Danson (ENG) 13', Susannah Townsend (ENG) 42', Hannah Martin (ENG) 60'

Expected one-sided loss for our ladies ... Hoping to see some improvement in performance of our ladies to avoid 8th place.

Tennis News

At $600K Hall of Fame Open 2017, Newport, USA

[R1] (3) Sam Groth (AUS)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt Marco Chiudinelli (SUI)/ Adrian Mannarino (FRA) 63 76(2)
[R1] (4) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt Konstantin Kravchuk (RUS)/ Illya Marchenko (UKR) 75 63

[QF] (3) Sam Groth (AUS)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs Wesley Koolhof (NED)/ Artem Sitak (NZL)

Wining start for our seeded pairs in Newport ... Lee-Sam r facing conquerors of Jeevan and his partner in the quarters.

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At $125K+H Astana Challenger 2017, Kazakhstan

[R1] (Q) Saketh Myneni (IND,432) bt (WC) Grigoriy Lomakin (KAZ,1878) 63 76(4)

Doubles
[R1] (1) Toshihide Matsui (JPN)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt (WC) Timur Maulenov (KAZ)/ Denis Yevseyev (KAZ) 75 61

[QF] (1) Toshihide Matsui (JPN)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs Nikola Milojevic (SRB)/ Aldin Setkic (BIH)

Good to see Saki has taking advantage of weak opponent, but still surprised by this close scoreline ... Means need more match practice before coming back to full match fitness.

Vishnu-Matsui started with straight sets win over wildcard pair ... Next, they r facing pairing of Milojevic and Setkic.

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At $75K Gatineau Challenger 2017, Canada

[R1] Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Yasutaka Uchiyama (JPN) bt (2) Luke Bambridge (GBR)/ David O'Hare (IRL) 75 61

[QF] Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Yasutaka Uchiyama (JPN) vs (WC) Filip Peliwo (CAN)/ Denis Shapovalov (CAN)

Yuki and Uchiyama started with dominating upset win over their 2nd seed opponents ... Next, they r facing local wild card pair and chance of firsthand experience of playing against Shapovalov, who can be team member in Canadian Davis cup squad.

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At $75K+H Poznan Challenger 2017, Poland

[R1] N.Sriram Balaji (IND,293) l (Q) Mariano Kestelboim (ARG,410) 46 46

Bala failed on the first hurdle as he lost in straight sets against a Argentine qualifier.

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At $60K ITF Womens Tournament 2017, Bursa, Turkey

[R1] (Q) Kyra Shroff (IND,784) l Ana Vrljic (CRO,461) 26 26

[R2] (5) Ankita Raina (IND,274) vs Anastasia Gasanova (RUS,497)

Kyra lost in straight sets against Vrljic.

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At $25K ITF Womens Tournament 2017, Tianjin, China

[R1] (SE) Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,405) l (4) Yafan Wang (CHN,144) 16 36

Karman failed to challenge Yafan in her one-sided loss.

Tennis News

At $600K Hall of Fame Open 2017, Newport, USA

[Q2] (1) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,168) l Matthew Ebden (AUS,249) 64 16 57

Doubles
[R1] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Hugo Nys (FRA) l Wesley Koolhof (NED)/ Artem Sitak (NZL) 57 64 3-10

After winning the first set, Ramk Was dominated by Matthew for winning it comfortably .. In the decider, Matthew broke him in 1st game but immediately got broken, 1-all< ... Matthew again broke him in 5th game, 2-3, but RamK broke him when he was serving for the match at 4-5 ... Matthew again broke RamK in 11th game and this time hold for completing the win ... RamK must be tired after continuously playing all over continents ... This was his 14th consecutive week on the tour without any break.

Jeevan-Nys lost in the match tie-break against Sitak-Koolhof.

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At $226,750 BRD Bucharest Open 2017, Romania

[R1] Jessica Moore (AUS)/ Prarthana Thombare (IND) bt Nicoleta Dascalu (ROU)/ Isabella Shinikova (BUL) 64 62

[QF] Jessica Moore (AUS)/ Prarthana Thombare (IND) vs (1) Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU)/ Raluca Olaru (ROU)

Prarthana with Jessica started with comfortable straight sets win over Dascalu and Shinikova ... Next, they r having tough match against top-seed local pair.

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At $75K Gatineau Challenger 2017, Canada

[R1] Yuki Bhambri (IND,212) bt Tatsuma Ito (JPN,181) 63 62

Doubles
[R1] Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Yasutaka Uchiyama (JPN) vs (2) Luke Bambridge (GBR)/ David O'Hare (IRL)

Yuki started with confident win over former WR #60 Tatsuma Ito in straight sets ... Yuki played really high p[ercentage tennis in this match ... He is playing in the doubles with Uchiyama and they r facing 2nd seed pair.

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At $60K ITF Womens Tournament 2017, Bursa, Turkey

[Q1] Kyra Shroff (IND,784) bt Inci Ogut (TUR,UNR) 64 62
[Q2] Kyra Shroff (IND,784) bt (7) Aleksandra Pospelova (RUS,647) 62 62
[Q3] Kyra Shroff (IND,784) bt (3) Melis Sezer (TUR,498)

[R1] (5) Ankita Raina (IND,274) bt Vanda Lukacs (HUN,404) 1-2 retd.
[R1] (Q) Kyra Shroff (IND,784) vs Ana Vrljic (CRO,461)

Ankita received lucky break as her opponent retired from the match after mere 3 games ... Other hand, Kyra qualified for the main-draw with couple of upset wins.

Golf News

At $7M Scottish Open 2017, Troon, Ayrshire, Scotland

T32 Anirban Lahiri (IND) 76 67 76 66 -3 $48,955

This week's British open preparation, Anirban played at Scottish open ... He had mixed rounds, in the first round he scored 4 over and was over 125 in standing ... Next day, he responded with 5 under to make the cut, but again he scored 4 over in the third round to find himself outside top-50 ... In the final round, he scored 6 under to finished inside top-35 ... Hopefully, we will see a more consistent performance from Anirban at the Open.

Hockey News

At Women's Hockey World League Semi-Finals 2017, Johannesburg, South Africa

Pool B
India l Argentina 0-3 (0-3)
Goal Scored - Rocio Sanchez (ARG) 2', Maria Granatto (ARG) 14', Noel Barrionuevo (ARG) 25' PS

India lost 0-3 to title contenders Argentina in their last group stage encounter ... With this defeat, India finished at the fourth spot in the points table ... India will next take on England's Golden girls in the quarter-finals on July 18.

Squash News

At $10K Victorian Open 2017, Melbourne, Australia

Men's Final
(3) Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND,77) bt (1) Rex Hedrick (AUS,61) 12-14, 11-3, 11-4, 11-7

Harinder lkifted his 4th consecutive title on PSA tour and 9th overall ... In the final, he defeated Australian top-seed Rex in four games ... After losing the long first game Harinder played superb attacking game which didn't gave much chance to Rex ... In the fourth game Harinder had 7 match balls, Rex saved four but Harinder converted 5th for memorable victory.

Tennis News

At $600K Hall of Fame Open 2017, Newport, USA

[Q1] (1) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,168) bt Christopher Eubanks (USA,455) 64 36 61

[Q2] (1) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,168) vs Matthew Ebden (AUS,249)

Doubles
[R1] (3) Sam Groth (AUS)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs Marco Chiudinelli (SUI)/ Adrian Mannarino (FRA)
[QF] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Hugo Nys (FRA) vs Wesley Koolhof (NED)/ Artem Sitak (NZL)
[R1] (4) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Konstantin Kravchuk (RUS)/ Illya Marchenko (UKR)

RamK started with three set win over American Eubanks ... Next, he is facing experienced Aussie Matthew Ebden.

In the doubles, Lee is partnering Sam Groth and they r 3rd seed ... Purav and Divij r 4th seed, Jeevan is partnering Frenchman Hugo Nys.

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At $75K Gatineau Challenger 2017, Canada

[R1] Yuki Bhambri (IND,222) vs Tatsuma Ito (JPN,181)

Yuki is facing Tatsuma Ito, this year he had a win over Ito at Quanzhou challenger.

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At $125K+H Astana Challenger 2017, Kazakhstan

[Q3] (2) Saketh Myneni (IND,432) bt (5) Altug Celikbileg (TUR,448) 64 75

[R1] (Q) Saketh Myneni (IND,432) vs (WC) Grigoriy Lomakin (KAZ,1878)

Doubles
[R1] (1) Toshihide Matsui (JPN)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs (WC) Timur Maulenov (KAZ)/ Denis Yevseyev (KAZ)
[R1] (3) Alexander Kudryavtsev (RUS)/ Saketh Myneni (IND) vs Sadio Doumbia (FRA)/ Michal Konecny (CZE)

Good win for Saki, so he is getting his rhythm back ... In main-draw, he is facing local wild card player.

In the doubles, Saki is playing with Kudryavtsev ... Vishnu is also playing and he is top-seed with Japanese Matsui.

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At $75K+H Poznan Challenger 2017, Poland

[R1] N.Sriram Balaji (IND,291) vs (Q) Mariano Kestelboim (ARG,410)

Doubles
[R1] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) vs (2) Rameez Junaid (AUS)/ Igor Zelenay (SVK)

Bala is facing Argentine qualifier in the first round ... In the doubles, he is facing 2nd seed pair with VSP.

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At $25K ITF Womens Tournament 2017, Naiman, China

Singles Final
Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,405) l Jing Jing Lu (CHN,315) 26 16

Jing Jing proved too strong for Karman in the final ... Still progressive week considering couple of huge top-200 wins for Karman in this tournament.

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At $60K ITF Womens Tournament 2017, Bursa, Turkey

[R1] (5) Ankita Raina (IND,274) vs Vanda Lukacs (HUN,404)

Ankita is playing in Turkey and having winnable first round match.

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At $25K ITF Womens Tournament 2017, Tianjin, China

[R1] (SE) Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,405) vs (4) Yafan Wang (CHN,144)

The tough first round match for Karman.

Squash News

At $10K Victorian Open 2017, Melbourne, Australia

[SF] (3) Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND,77) bt (2) Piedro Schweertman (NED,71) 11-5, 11-8, 11-8 (35m)

[F] (3) Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND,77) vs (1) Rex Hedrick (AUS,61)

Harinder is in the final as he scored upset win over 2nd seed Dutch player, Piedro Schweertman, in straight games ... In the final, he is facing Australian top-seed Rex Hedrick.

Athletics News

At IAAF u-18 World Athletics Championships 2017, Nairobi, Kenya

Boys' Hammer Throw

Gold - Mykhaylo Kokhan (UKR) 82.31m
Silver - Damneet Singh (IND) 74.20m
Bronze - Raphael Winkelvoss (GER) 71.78m

Damneet Singh grabbed a silver in boys' hammer throw event after throwing his personal best throw, 74.20m, to give India their first medal in u-18 World Athletics ... Nitesh Poonia finished 10th with a best throw of 65.79m.

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At $75K Winnetka Challenger 2017, USA

Single Final
(5) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,184) l Akira Santillan (JPN,197) 67(1) 26

Santillan proved better player on the court, so RamK's wait for his first challenger title is extended ... In the first set, both players were holding their respective service games but Santillan was putting more pressure on RamK's serve ... He broke RamK in 8th game for leading 3-5 but RamK immedietly broke him when he was serving for the set, 4-5 ... Santillan dominated the tie-break for winning it comfortably ... In the second set, Santillan broke RamK in 1st and 3rd game for 0-4 lead ... RamK took medical break for his left foot heel but after re-starting failed to put pressure on Santillan's serve for losing the match ... Still good week for him as he reached in the final with some solid performances.

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At $50K Bastad Challenger 2017, Sweden

Doubles Final
N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) l Tuna Altuna (TUR)/ Vaclav Safranek (CZE) 16 46

Bala-VSP lost in straight sets against Altuna and Safranek in the final ... Altuna and Safranek proved too strong for them.

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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament 2017, Naiman, China

[SF] Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,405) bt (5) Xinyu Gao (CHN,210) 61 61

[F] Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,405) vs Jing Jing Lu (CHN,315)

Karam gave thrashing to her higher ranked Chinese opponent for reaching in the final of this big Chinese ITF tournament ... Karman played flawless tennis with huge serves, powerful foreheads and solid all court game ... In this match, she didn't gave any chance of setting to Gao ... In the first set, she broke Gao twice and in the second set, she broke her thrice for solid win ... In the final, Karman is facing another experienced Chinese girl, Jing Jing Lu, who is a former top-200 player.

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At $125K+H Astana Challenger 2017, Kazakhstan

[Q1] (2) Saketh Myneni (IND,432) bye
[Q2] (2) Saketh Myneni (IND,432) bt Beibit Zukayev (KAZ,NR) 64 62

[Q3] (2) Saketh Myneni (IND,432) vs (5) Altug Celikbileg (TUR,448)

Good to see Saki is playing in the qualifying for getting match-fit ... Next, match against top-500 will be a real test for him.

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At $10K Victorian Open 2017, Melbourne, Australia

[R1] (3) Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND,77) bt Syed Azlan Amjad (QAT,195) 11-5, 11-7, 11-7 (30m)
[QF] (3) Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND,77) bt (7) Rhys Dowling (AUS,137) 11-4, 11-8, 11-5 (33m)

[SF] (3) Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND,77) vs (2) Piedro Schweertman (NED,71)

Harinder in the semis with straight games win over his opponents ... In the semis, he is facing similar ranked Dutch opponent, Piedro Schweertman.

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At $75K Winnetka Challenger 2017, USA

[SF] (5) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,184) bt Tommy Paul (USA,355) 46 63 62

[F] (5) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,184) vs Akira Santillan (JPN,197)

RamK again showed his new found desire of keep fighting and winning these matches ... In the semis, he got broken in the first game for losing the first set ... From the middle of second set, he made tactical changes in his game plan and countered Paul's tactics ... He won the second set with a break and then started dominatingly in the third ... He broke Paul in 1st and 3rd games to lead 4-0 and kept that advantage for entering into the final ... In the final, RamK is facing young Japanese challenge of Akira Santillan.

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At $50K Bastad Challenger 2017, Sweden

[SF] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) bt (3) Sergio Galdos (PER)/ Leonardo Mayer (ARG) 36 64 10-1

[F] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) vs Tuna Altuna (TUR)/ Vaclav Safranek (CZE)

Bala-VSP scored dominating comeback win after losing the first set ... They won the match tie-break losing only single point ... In the final, they r facing unseeded pairing of Altuna and Safranek.

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At $25K ITF Womens Tournament 2017, Naiman, China

[QF] Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,405) bt (2) Fangzhou Liu (CHN,134) 64 76(4)

[SF] Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,405) vs (5) Xinyu Gao (CHN,210)

Karman scored her first win over top-150 player ... She defeated Fangzhou Liu in straight sets ... In this match Karman's serving was really good and she fired an aces in crucial moments ... In the tie-break, she took 6-1 lead before converting 4th match point ... Next, she is facing in-form Chinese girl Xinyu Gao.

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At Wimbledon 2017, London, England

Mixed Doubles
[QF] (10) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN) vs Henri Kontinen (FIN)/ Heather Watson (GBR) 76(4) 46 57

Juniors
[R2] Zeel Desai (IND)/ Lulu Sun (SUI) l (2) Taylor Johnson (USA)/ Claire Liu (USA) 57 06

Rohan-Gabriela lost close match against defending champions Kontinen-Watson ... Our pair started with winning the first set tie-break comfortably ... But afterwards Kontinen-Watson proved better pair on the court for winning next two sets.

Zeel-Lulu lost in straight sets against 2nd seed American pair.

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At $75K Winnetka Challenger 2017, USA

[QF] (5) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,184) bt Dominic Koepfer (GER,354) 64 63

[SF] (5) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,184) vs Tommy Paul (USA,355)

RamK wasn't playing his best tennis in this match but still managed to win ... It simply shows his new found confidence ... After early exchanged of breaks RamK took crucial break in 10th game for winning the first set ... In the second set also they exchanged early breaks ... But then RamK took crucial break in 8th game before holding his serve for entering into the semis ... Next, he is facing American Tommy Paul.

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At $25K ITF Womens Tournament 2017, Naiman, China

[R2] Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,405) bt (Q) Yue Yuan (CHN,767) 63 61

[QF] Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,405) vs (2) Fangzhou Liu (CHN,134)

Karman scored easy straight sets win over Chinese qualifier ... Next, she is facing top-150 Chinese player Fangzhou Liu.

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At $15K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2017, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt

[R2] (Q) Kanika VAIDYA (IND,1100) vs (Q) Arlinda RUSHITI (SUI,1146) 67(5) 36
[R2] Rutuja BHOSALE (IND,820) l (3) Jacqueline CABAJ AWAD (SWE,512) 16 63 16
[R2] Pranjala YADLAPALLI (IND,1054) l (5) Ana Bianca MIHAILA (ROM,596) 36 46

Rutuja tried fightback after losing the first set easily ... She fought back to win the second but Swedish player proved too strong in the third. ... Decent performance by Kanika in her loss against similarly ranked Swiss opponent ... Pranjala also lost in straight sets against Mihaila.

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At Wimbledon 2017, London, England

Mixed Doubles
[R3] (10) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN) bt Nikola Mektic (CRO)/ Ana Konjuh (CRO) 76(5) 62
[R3] (4) Ivan Dodig (CRO)/ Sania Mirza (IND) l Henri Kontinen (FIN)/ Heather Watson (GBR) 67(4) 46

[QF] (10) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN) vs Henri Kontinen (FIN)/ Heather Watson (GBR)

Juniors
[R3] (15) Zeel Desai (IND,19) l (1) Kayla Day (USA,11) 46 46

[R1] Siddhant Banthia (IND)/ James Kent Trotter (JPN) l Axel Geller (ARG)/ Yu Hsiou Hsu (TPE) 64 36 7-9
[R1] Mahak Jain (IND)/ Mihika Yadav (IND) l (3) Kayla Day (USA)/ Katie Swan (GBR) 16 16
[R1] Zeel Desai (IND)/ Lulu Sun (SUI) bt Maria Lourdes Carle (ARG)/ Naho Sato (JPN) 67(4) 63 63

[R2] Zeel Desai (IND)/ Lulu Sun (SUI) vs (2) Taylor Johnson (USA)/ Claire Liu (USA)

In MXD, Rohan-Gabriela entered into the quarters with straight sets win over Croatian pair ... Next, they r facing Kontinen-Watson, who defeated Sania and Dodig in the straight sets.

Decent scoreline for Zeel against top-seed Kayla Day in her loss ... And in the doubles, Zeel with her Swiss partner Lulu Sun scored superb comeback win ... Next, they r facing 2nd seed American pair.

In boys doubles, Sid and his Japanese partner lost in the long third set.

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At $75K Winnetka Challenger 2017, USA

[R2] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,184) bt (WC) JC Aragone (USA,660) 75 62

[QF] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,184) vs Dominic Koepfer (GER,354)

Doubles
[R1] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) l Dominik Koepfer (GER)/ Alex Lawson (USA) 67(3) 26

RamK continued his terrific form and scored expected straight sets win over Aragone ... Next, he is facing German Dominic Koepfer ... In the doubles, he lost with Jeevan against Koefer-Lawson.

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At $50K Bastad Challenger 2017, Sweden

[QF] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) bt (1) Johan Brunstrom (SWE)/ Andreas Siljestrom (SWE) 62 76(1)

Superb straight sets upset win by Bala-VSP against top-seed Swedish pair for entering into the semis.

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At $15K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2017, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt

[R1] (Q) Kanika VAIDYA (IND,1100) bt (Q) Elina VIKHRYANOVA (RUS,1162) 16 61 75

Kanika is in the second round with comeback win over fellow qualifier.

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At Women's Hockey World League Semi-Finals 2017, Johannesburg, South Africa

Pool B
India bt Chile 1-0 (0-0)
Goal Scored - Preeti Dubey (IND) 38'

Preeti Dubey scored the all-important winner as India beat Chile 1-0 to enter the quarter-finals of the FIH Women's Hockey World League (HWL) Semi-Final ... India will take on Argentina in their final Pool B match on July 16.

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At Wimbledon 2017, London, England

Juniors
[R2] (15) Zeel Desai (IND,19) bt Marta Paigina (RUS,191) 57 1-0 retd.
[R2] Mahak Jain (IND,29) l (3) Claire Liu (USA,2) 26 16

Lucky break for Zeel as her experienced and top-350 WTA ranked Paigina retired after winning the first set ... Mahak failed to challenge WR #2 junior American in her match.

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At $75K Winnetka Challenger 2017, USA

[R1] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,184) bt (PR) Bradley Klahn (USA,497) 36 76(4) 76(9)

[R2] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,184) vs (WC) JC Aragone (USA,660)

Doubles
[R1] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) vs Dominik Koepfer (GER)/ Alex Lawson (USA) 5-5 (to be finished)

Excellent tight comeback win for RamK against Klahn in almost 2 hours and 45 mins match ... After losing the first set RamK was a break down ... But he recovered for breaking back and then winning the tie-break ... In the third, RamK was a break up at 3-0, Klahn broke back for 4-all ... RamK kept his nerve for winning the long tie-break after saving match points ... Next, RamK will face American wild-card player, JC Aragone.

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At $50K Bastad Challenger 2017, Sweden

[R1] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) bt (WC) Filip Bergevi (SWE)/ Andre Goransson (SWE) 46 64 10-6

[QF] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) vs (1) Johan Brunstrom (SWE)/ Andreas Siljestrom (SWE)

Bala-VSP started with a comeback win over local wildcard pair ... Next, they r facing local top-seed pair.

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At $25K ITF Womens Tournament 2017, Naiman, China

[R1] Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,413) bt (6) Tara Moore (GBR,217) 63 76(5)

[R2] Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,413) vs (Q) Yue Yuan(CHN,767)

Impressive straight sets win over top-225 British player by Karman ... Next, she is facing Chinese qualifier.

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At $15K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2017, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt

[R1] (Q) Kanika VAIDYA (IND,1100) vs (Q) Elina VIKHRYANOVA (RUS,1162)
[R1] Rutuja BHOSALE (IND,820) bt Andrina PEER (SUI,1044) 75 60
[R1] Pranjala YADLAPALLI (IND,1054) bt Oleksandra ANDRIEIEVA (UKR,923) 62 61

Pranjala started with dominating win over Ukrainian girl ... Rutuja also joined her in the second round with a convincing win over her Swiss opponent.

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At Women's Hockey World League Semi-Finals 2017, Johannesburg, South Africa

Pool B
India l USA 1-4 (0-1)
Goal Scored - Lilima Minz (IND) 38' and Jill Witmer (USA) 24' and 43' PC, Taylor West (USA) 40', Michelle Vittese (USA) 49'

A dominant USA scored convincing win over India 4-1 in their second Pool B match ... From middle of the third quarter USA dominated the proceedings, scoring 3 goals in 10 mins.

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At Wimbledon 2017, London, England

[R3] (13) Kirsten Flipkens (BEL)/ Sania Mirza (IND) l (3) Yung-Jan Chan (TPE)/ Martina Hingis (SUI) 26 46

Mixed Doubles
[R2] Purav Raja (IND)/ Eri Hozumi (JPN) l (11) Daniel Nestor (CAN)/ Andreja Klepac (SLO) 26 57

Juniors
[R1] (Q) Siddhant Banthia (IND,59) l Matteo Martinaeu (FRA,33) 63 26 57

[R1] Mahak Jain (IND,29) bt Lea Boskovic (CRO,26) 76(4) 46 64

[R1] Siddhant Banthia (IND)/ James Kent Trotter (JPN) vs Axel Geller (ARG)/ Yu Hsiou Hsu (TPE)
[R1] Mahak Jain (IND)/ Mihika Yadav (IND) vs (3) Kayla Day (USA)/ Katie Swan (GBR)
[R1] Zeel Desai (IND)/ Lulu Sun (SUI) vs Maria Lourdes Carle (ARG)/ Naho Sato (JPN)

Sania lost in the doubles with Flipkens against Hingis and Chan in straight sets.

Purav and his Japanese partner lost in the straight sets against Nestor and Klepac in the second round of MXD.

Mahak also joined Zeel in the second round with hard fought win over higher ranked Croatian Boskovic in three sets ... Siddhant lost after winning the first set against French boy Martinaeu ... Our all 4 players r playing in the doubles also.

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At $75K Winnetka Challenger 2017, USA

[R2] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,184) vs (PR) Bradley Klahn (USA,497)

Doubles
[R1] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) vs Dominik Koepfer (GER)/ Alex Lawson (USA)

RamK facing Bradley Klahn in the first round and he is playing in the doubles with Jeevan.

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At $50K Bastad Challenger 2017, Sweden

[R1] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) vs (WC) Filip Bergevi (SWE)/ Andre Goransson (SWE)

Bala and Prashanth r playing in the doubles at Bastad and they r playing against local wild-card pair.

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At $2M Thornberry Creek LPGA Classic 2017, Green Bay, USA (LPGA Tour)

T31 Aditi Ashok (IND) 70 68 70 69 -11 $14782

This week also Aditi made a cut and finished inside top-30 ... But I feel Aditi failed to take advantage of easy playing course ... In the latest World ranking, she is on #93.

Hockey News

At Women's Hockey World League Semi-Finals 2017, Johannesburg, South Africa

Pool B
India dw South Africa (0-0)

Frankly I don't have much expectations from our women team as they r still far behind of top 10 ladies hockey teams ... In our first match, we managed to hold host South Africa to 0-0 draw ... All credit goes to our goalkeeper Savita, as South Africa made eight unsuccessful attempts on goal with 34 circle penetrations while India had 15 circle penetrations and three shots on goal.

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At $25K China F11 Futures 2017, Kunshan

[F] (3) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,259) l Zhizhen Zhang (CHN,716) 62 57 0-5 retd.

Really hoping no serious injury threat for Prajnesh ... He was cruising towards 2nd title in two weeks, as he was serving for the match in 2nd set at 5-4 ... But after that he failed to win a game and won very few points for losing next 8 games before he retired.

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At $5K South Australian Open 2017, Adelaide, Australia

[R1] (3) Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND,77) bt (Q) Ignacio Gutierrez Keen (ARG,306) 11-4, 11-9, 11-4 (30m)
[QF] (3) Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND,77) bt (5) Ko Youngjo (KOR,157) 11-3, 11-3, 11-9 (28m)
[SF] (3) Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND,77) bt (1) Piedro Schweertman (NED,71) 11-8, 14-12, 7-11, 11-9 (61m)

[F] (3) Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND,77) bt (4) Rhys Dowling (AUS,137) 11-8, 12-10, 11-4 (40m)

Harinder lifted his 8th PSA title and 3rd of 2017 ... In the final, he defeated local player .... In the first game, he was 1-7 down before fighting back in the match ... In the semis, he defeated top-seed Dutch player Schweertman.

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At Wimbledon 2017, London, England

[R2] (13) Kirsten Flipkens (BEL)/ Sania Mirza (IND) bt Naomi Broady (GBR)/ Heather Watson (GBR) 63 36 64

[R3] (13) Kirsten Flipkens (BEL)/ Sania Mirza (IND) vs (3) Yung-Jan Chan (TPE)/ Martina Hingis (SUI)

Mixed Doubles
[R1] Purav Raja (IND)/ Eri Hozumi (JPN) bt James Cerretani (USA)/ Renata Voracova (CZE) 57 64 62

[R2] (10) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN) bt Fabrice Martin (FRA)/ Raluca Olaru (ROU) 76(2) 75
[R2] (4) Ivan Dodig (CRO)/ Sania Mirza (IND) bt Yusuke Watanuki (JPN)/ Makoto Ninomiya (JPN) 76(5) 62

[R2] Purav Raja (IND)/ Eri Hozumi (JPN) vs (11) Daniel Nestor (CAN)/ Andreja Klepac (SLO)

[R3] (10) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN) vs Nikola Mektic (CRO)/ Ana Konjuh (CRO)
[R3] (4) Ivan Dodig (CRO)/ Sania Mirza (IND) vs Henri Kontinen (FIN)/ Heather Watson (GBR)

Juniors
[R1] (15) Zeel Desai (IND,19) bt Naho Sato (JPN,50) 61 61

[R2] (15) Zeel Desai (IND,19) vs Marta Paigina (RUS,191)

Sania=Kirsten entered into the third round with three sets win over a local pair ... They r facing 3rd seed Hingis-Chan.

Rohan-Gabriela scored hard fought win in straight sets against Martin-Olaru ... Purav with Hozumi completed victory after winning the third set ... Sania-Dodig also scored straight sets win over their Japanese opponents.

Zeel scored dominating win over Japanese girl Naho Sato losing only 2 games ... Next, she is having a tough match against Russian girl Paigina, who is currently ranked #351 on WTA tour and already won 10 ITF women's titles, this year she won the title on clay.

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At $25K China F11 Futures 2017, Shenzhen

[SF] (3) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,259) bt (2) Zhe Li (CHN,253) 63 76(9)

[F] (3) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,259) vs Zhizhen Zhang (CHN,716)

Prajnesh is in the position of winning back to back futures title in China ... In the semis, he defeated similar ranked Chinese Zhe Li in straight sets ... After losing the first set Zhe gave a fighting performance in the second but Prajnesh won the long tie-break on extra points ... In the final, he is facing unseeded Chinese Zhizhen Zhang.

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At $15K Sri Lanka F3 Futures 2017, Colombo

[R1] (1) Sumit Nagal (IND,342) bt Nino Portales (FRA,1653) 3-0 retd.
[R2] (1) Sumit Nagal (IND,342) bt Mikhail Korovin (RUS,1069) 61 1-0 retd.
[QF] (1) Sumit Nagal (IND,342) bt Pierre Faivre (FRA,995) 64 36 61
[SF] (1) Sumit Nagal (IND,342) bt (7) Yurii Dzhavakian (UKR,848) 60 62

Singles Final
(1) Sumit Nagal (IND,342) bt (2) Carlos Boluda-Purkiss (ESP,546) 61 61

Sumit scored dominating win over his 2nd seed Spanish opponent losing only 2 games for lifting the title ... This was his 2nd futures title in three weeks, last week he was retired in the semis due to stomach bug ... Otherwise he was on the course of making hattrick of Sri Lanka futures titles.

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At Wimbledon 2017, London, England

[R2] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) l (7) Raven Klaasen (RSA)/ Rajeev Ram (USA) 36 46 64 76(6) 8-10
[R2] (8) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) l Ken Skupski (GBR)/ Neal Skupski (GBR) 67(6) 36 76(5) 36

Mixed Doubles
[R1] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Zhaoxuan Yang (CHN) l KenSkupski (GBR)/ Jocelyn Rae (GBR) 36 46
[R1] Leander Paes (IND)/ Yifan Xu (CHN) l Fabrice Martin (FRA)/ Raluca Olaru (ROU) 75 36 26
[R1] Purav Raja (IND)/ Eri Hozumi (JPN) vs Santiago Gonzalez (MEX)/ Arantxa Parra Santonja (ESP) 57 64 (suspended)

Juniors
[Q1] (3) Mihika Yadav (IND) l Cori Gauff 26 46
[Q1] (4) Siddhant Banthia (IND) bt Joshua Rose(GBR) 63 64
[Q2] (4) Siddhant Banthia (IND) bt Carlos Saanchez Jover (ESP)67(7) 61 61

[R1] (Q) Siddhant Banthia (IND,59) vs Matteo Martinaeu (FRA,33)

[R1] (15) Zeel Desai (IND,19) vs Naho Sato (JPN,50)
[R1] Mahak Jain (IND,29) vs Lea Boskovich (CRO,26)

Our both men's pairs lost in the second round in contrasting style ... Divij-Purav was 2 sets down and from there they made excellent fightback in the match ... They won next 2 sets for taking the match into the decider ... In the final set, our pair took crucial break in 11th game but Purav failed to hold despite having one match point ... And in 18th game, Divij failed to hold with back to back double faults in the end.

After losing the first 2 sets Rohan tried fight back winning the third but failed to keep momentum in the fourth.

Lee-Yifan failed to keep momentum after winning the first set but our pair failed to challenge their opponents in next two ... They lost last 2 sets convincingly ... Divij also with his Chinese partner Yang lost in the straight sets ... Purav and his Japanese partner Hozumi lost the first set but they fought back for winning the second before the match got suspended due to bad weather.

Siddhant Banthia qualified for main-draw of Wimbledon with back to back win ... Mihika lost in the first qualifying.

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At $25K China F11 Futures 2017, Kunshan

[QF] (3) Prajnesh GUNNESWARAN (IND,259) bt (6) Vishnu VARDHAN (IND,429) 75 64
[QF] Karunuday SINGH (IND,806) l (2) Zhe LI (CHN,253) 16 57

[SF] (3) Prajnesh GUNNESWARAN (IND,259) vs (2) Zhe LI (CHN,253)

Expected win for Prajnesh in straight sets, but decent fight by Vishnu considering Prajnesh's current form ... Next, he is facing Zhe Li, who defeated KU in the quarters.

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At $15K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2017, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt

[R2] (LL) Kanika VAIDYA (IND,1100) l Vera ZVONAREVA (RUS,UNR) 06 26
[R2] (SE) Pranjala YADLAPALLI (IND,1054) l (1) Jacqueline CABAJ AWAD (SWE,512) 57 36

Pranjala and Kanika lost i the second round against Zvonareva and Cabaj Awad in contrasting style..

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At Wimbledon 2017, London, England

[R1] Leander Paes (IND)/ Adil Shamasdin (CAN) l Julian Knowle (AUT)/ Philipp Oswald (AUT) 64 64 26 67(2) 8-10
[R1] (8) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) bt Dustin Brown (GER)/ Mischa Zverev (GER) 63 76(4) 64

[R2] (8) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) vs Ken Skupski (GBR)/ Neal Skupski (GBR)

Lee-Adil lost an epic match against Austrian Knowle-Oswald after winning the first 2 sets ... This match's duration was 4 hrs long, tough loss for Lee-Adil ... In the fifth set, our pair lost their serve in 17th game after saving 1 break point.

Rohan and Edouard started well and scored straight sets win against really good grass court German pair ... Next, they r facing Skupski brothers.

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At $50K+H Recanati Challenger 2017, Italy

[R2] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,222) l (7) Salvatore Caruso (ITA,200) 76(5) 36 57

Missed opportunity for RamK despite fighting hard against some ridiculous calls from chair umpire ... After winning the first set in the tie-break, RamK lost the second ... In the third, RamK lost his serve in 1st game but he immediately broke Caruso for 1-all ... RamK broke Caruso in 6th game for leading 4-2 but failed to hold in next game ... Again he broke Caruso in 8th game for 5-3 but from here Caruso raised his game for winning next 4 games for the victory ... After 11th game RamK took medical break due to cramps but overall encouraging and consistent performance from RamK.

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At $25K China F11 Futures 2017, Kunshan

[R2] (6) Vishnu VARDHAN (IND,429) bt (Q) Shi Hong ZENG (CHN,UNR) 63 61

[QF] (3) Prajnesh GUNNESWARAN (IND,259) vs (6) Vishnu VARDHAN (IND,429)
[QF] Karunuday SINGH (IND,806) vs (2) Zhe LI (CHN,253)

Vishnu also joined Prajnesh and KU in the quarters with comfortable win ... Interesting match between Prajnesh and Vishnu.

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At $15K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2017, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt

[R1] (LL) Kanika VAIDYA (IND,1100) bt Angelina SHAKHRAYCHUK (UKR,NR) 46 64 61
[R1] (SE) Pranjala YADLAPALLI (IND,1054) bt (Q) Arlinda RUSHITI (SUI,1046) 62 63
[R1] Sri Vaishnavi PEDDI REDDY (IND,1004) l Verena HOFER (ITA,788) 61 26 57

[R2] (LL) Kanika VAIDYA (IND,1100) vs Vera ZVONAREVA (RUS,UNR)
[R2] (SE) Pranjala YADLAPALLI (IND,1054) vs (1) Jacqueline CABAJ AWAD (SWE,512)

Pranjala started with comfortable win against similar ranked Swiss girl ... Kanika also joined her in the second round after losing the first set ... In the second round, Kanika is facing former WR #2 Vera Zvonareva and Pranjala is facing top-seed Swede girl Cabaj Awad.

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At Wimbledon 2017, London, England

[R1] (13) Kirsten Flipkens (BEL)/ Sania Mirza (IND) bt Naomi Osaka (JPN)/ Shuai Zhang (CHN) 64 63

[R1] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt Kyle Edmund (GBR)/ Joao Sousa (POR) 76(2) 36 64 76(6)
[R1] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Jarred Donaldson (USA) l (WC) Jay Clarke (GBR)/ Marcus Willis (GBR) 76(4) 75 67(3) 06 36

[R2] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs (7) Raven Klaasen (RSA)/ Rajeev Ram (USA)

Mixed Doubles
[R1] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Zhaoxuan Yang (CHN) vs KenSkupski (GBR)/ Jocelyn Rae (GBR)
[R1] Leander Paes (IND)/ Yifan Xu (CHN) vs Fabrice Martin (FRA)/ Raluca Olaru (ROU)
[R1] (10) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN) bye
[R1] (4) Ivan Dodig (CRO)/ Sania Mirza (IND) bye
[R1] Purav Raja (IND)/ Eri Hozumi (JPN) vs Santiago Gonzalez (MEX)/ Arantxa Parra Santonja (ESP)

Divij-Purav scored hard fought four sets win over Edmund-Sousa for their first Wimbledon main-draw win ... After winning the first set they lost the second set ... They recovered for winning the third and in the 4th set our pair missed 3 match points in 12th game on Edmund's serve but they converted next in the tie-break ... Next, they r facing 7th seed Ram and Klaasen.

Disheartening loss for Jeevan-Donaldson after 2 sets up against British pair ... After winning first 2 tight sets they failed to complete victory in the third set .. Afterwards British pair dominated proceedings for excellent comeback win.

Sania-Flipkens started with comfortable straight sets win.

MXD draw is out, first time our 5 players r playing in the MXD draw ... This time Lee and Martina have decided to part away with their partnership ... So Lee is pairing with Chinese girl Yifan Xu ... Divij and Purav r first time participating and they r pairing respectively Chinese girl Zhaoxuan Yang and Japanese girl Eri Hozumi ... Sania and Rohan r seeded with their respective partners and they r having bye in the first round.

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At $25K China F10 Futures 2017, Shenzhen Shenzhen

[R2] (3) Prajnesh GUNNESWARAN (IND,259) bt Yecong HE (CHN,670) 61 60
[R2] Karunuday SINGH (IND,806) bt (7) Xin GAO (CHN,544) 63 62

Another straight sets upset win by KU against seeded Chinese player, Xin Gao ... Other hand Prajnesh has showing terrific form beating top-700 Chinese oppoennt Yecong He losing only a game.

Golf News

At The Open 2017 - Qualifying, Milton Keynes, England

Shiv Kapur earned his berth at the year's third Major after shooting scores of 71 and 65 that gave him first place at eight-under-136, two shots ahead of the English duo of Ian Poulter and Toby Tree ... The top three players from each of the five Final Qualifying events made it to this year's British Open which will be held at the Royal Birkdale Golf Club in England from July 20-23 ... This will be his fifth Major appearance and 3rd British open, before this, he participated at British open in 2006 and 2013 and at the US Open in 2014 and 2015 ... His best finish at British open was tied 73rd in 2013 and at the US Open tied 23rd place in 2014.

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At $50K+H Recanati Challenger 2017, Italy

[R1] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,184) bt Alexander Kudryavtsev (RUS,281)

[R2] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,184) vs (7) Salvatore Caruso (ITA,200)

Doubles
[R1] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND)/ Aldin Setkic (BIH) l (3) Marin Draganja (CRO)/ Tomislav Draganja (CRO) 46 62 9-11

Excellent comeback win by RamK after losing the first set against Kudryavtsev ... From the second set, RamK dominated the proceedings ... He won the second set comfortably and then broke Kudryavtsev in 4th game of the third set for taking control of the match ... With that break advantage he completed win comfortably ... Next, he is facing 7th seed Italian Salvatore Caruso.

In the doublkes, he lost with his partner Aldin Setkic in the match tie-brek.

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At $25K China F10 Futures 2017, Shenzhen Shenzhen

[R1] (6) Vishnu VARDHAN (IND,429) bt (Q) Sam MATHESON (NZL,1361) 63 61
[R1] (3) Prajnesh GUNNESWARAN (IND,259) bt Yuqing NING (CHN,1088) 61 01 retd.
[R1] Karunuday SINGH (IND,806) bt Zihao XIA (CHN,729) 76(6) 63

[R2] (6) Vishnu VARDHAN (IND,429) vs (Q) Shi Hong ZENG (CHN,UNR)
[R2] (3) Prajnesh GUNNESWARAN (IND,259) vs Yecong HE (CHN,670)
[R2] Karunuday SINGH (IND,806) vs (7) Xin GAO (CHN,544)

KU started with upset win over local player but expected winning start for Vishnu and Prajnesh.

Golf News

At $3.5M 63rd Women's PGA Championship 2017, Olympia Fields, Illinois, USA (LPGA Major Tournament)

T29 Aditi Ashok 69 69 73 72 -1 $25623.00

This week in PGA championship, Aditi failed to keep momentum of her excellent first 2 rounds ... In the last two rounds, she scored over PAR rounds to finished outside top-25 standing.

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At $7.1M Quicken Loans National 2017, Potomac, Maryland, USA (PGA Tour)

T55 Arjun Atwal 68 67 75 77 +7 $15975.00

This week Arjun got chance of playing on PGA tour ... After first 2 days he was inside top-5 with 5 under but in next two days he managed 12 over to finish outside top-50.

Tennis News

At Wimbledon 2017, London, England

[R1] (13) Kirsten Flipkens (BEL)/ Sania Mirza (IND) vs Naomi Osaka (JPN)/ Shuai Zhang (CHN)
[R1] Leander Paes (IND)/ Adil Shamasdin (CAN) vs Julian Knowle (AUT)/ Philipp Oswald (AUT)
[R1] (8) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) vs Dustin Brown (GER)/ Mischa Zverev (GER)
[R1] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Kyle Edmund (GBR)/ Joao Sousa (POR)
[R1] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Jarred Donaldson (USA) vs (WC) Jay Clarke (GBR)/ Marcus Willis (GBR)

On peper, Rohan-Edouard having tricky match against German pair ... Our other pairs should start with a win, including Jeevan for his first grand slam win.

Yaroslava Shvedova went under the knife so Sania has been struggling to find right partner ... She has decided to partner Belgian Kirsten Flipkens, but she is also struggling with shoulder injury.

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At $50K+H Recanati Challenger 2017, Italy

[R1] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,222) vs Alexander Kudryavtsev (RUS,281)

Doubles
[R1] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND)/ Aldin Setkic (BIH) vs (3) Marin Draganja (CRO)/ Tomislav Draganja (CRO)

RamK is kept playing week after week ... This week, he is in Italy.

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At $25K China F10 Futures 2017, Kunshan

[SF] (2) Prajnesh GUNNESWARAN (IND,256) bt Martins PODZUS (LAT,792) 63 63

Singles Final
(2) Prajnesh GUNNESWARAN (IND,256) bt (1) Zhe LI (CHN,251) 63 61

Prajnesh wins the $25K futures title in Kunshan,China winning all his matches in straight sets ... In the fina, he defeated the Chinese top seed Zhe Li in straight sets. This is his 7th futures title, 3rd of this year but 1st in $25K tournament.

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At $15K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2017, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt

[R1] Pranjala YADLAPALLI (IND,1041) bt (WC) Natascha KENNIS (NED,NR) 60 62
[R2] Pranjala YADLAPALLI (IND,1041) bt (8) Francesca SELLA (ITA,910) 62 60
[QF] Pranjala YADLAPALLI (IND,1041) bt (1) Tereza MIHALIKOVA (SVK,523) 63 76(3)
[SF] Pranjala YADLAPALLI (IND,1041) bt (4) Ekaterina YASHINA (RUS,650) 64 64

Women's Singles Final
Pranjala YADLAPALLI (IND,1041) bt Giada CLERICI (ITA,UNR) 67(0) 75 64

Pranjala claimed her maiden ITF women's title in the topsy-turvy match against another unseeded player, Italian girl Giada Clerici ... In the first set, Pranjala was a double break up at 4-0 and then up 6-5 but she failed to close the set and lost the tie-break without winning a single point ... In the second set also she was 5-3 break up and serving for the set ... Clerici broke her in 9th game but Pranjala broke her in 12th game for taking the match into decider ... In the final set, Pranjala was trailing 1-4 but from here she made excellent comeback ... Pranjala won next 5 games losing mere 8 points and broke Clerici 3 times for superb win.

Before that, Pranjala had showed terrific consistency in her game as she defeated 2015 junior Austrian open champion Tereza Mihalikova in the quarters and then Russian girl Yashina in the semis.

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At $15K Sri Lanka F2 Futures 2017, Colombo

[R1] 1) Sumit NAGAL (IND,369) bt S D Prajwal DEV (IND,1648) 63 60
[R2] (1) Sumit NAGAL (IND,369) bt Mohit Mayur JAYAPRAKASH (IND,990) 61 67(5) 61
[QF] (1) Sumit NAGAL (IND,369) bt (8) Alexander ZHURBIN (RUS,638) 61 63

[SF] (1) Sumit NAGAL (IND,369) l (3) Carlos BOLUDA-PURKISS (ESP,560) 36 03 retd.

I hope nothing scary injury fear for Sumit as beginning of the year he was 5 months out of his shoulder injury ... Here, he was 3-1 in the semis but afterwards lost 8 games in a row before retiring.

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At €636K Aegon International 2017, Eastbourne, England

[SF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Andre Sa (BRA) bt Robin Haase (NED)/ Dominic Inglot (ENG) 76(4) 36 11-9

Doubles
Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Andre Sa (BRA) l (1) Mike Bryan (USA)/ Bob Bryan (USA) 76(4) 46 3-10

Rohan-Andre lost in the match tie-break against Bryans in the final ... They won the first set in tie-break but afterwards Bryans took contorl of the match as they dominated the match tie-break after winning the second.

Before that, Rohan-Andre were in the final against Bryans after completing win against Haase-Inglot ... After twinning the first set in tie-break they lost the second ... In the match tie-break, both pair had multiple mini-breaks but Rohan-Andre converted their second match point.

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At $25K China F10 Futures 2017, Kunshan

[QF] (2) Prajnesh GUNNESWARAN (IND,256) bt Karunuday SINGH (IND,814) 61 61

[SF] (2) Prajnesh GUNNESWARAN (IND,256) vs Martins PODZUS (LAT,792)

Prajnesh proved too strong for KU as Prajnesh lost only 2 games in his dominating win ... Next, he is facing Latvian Martins Podzus, who scored upset win over 3rd seed Chinese Fajing Sun.

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At Wimbledon 2017, London, England

Women's Doubles - (13) Kirsten Flipkens (BEL)/ Sania Mirza (IND)
Men's Doubles - (8) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA)

I didn't know that Sania has changed partner and participating with Kirsten Flipkens ... They r lowly 13th seed, but Rohan with Frenchman Edouard Roger-Vasselin r 8th seed ... Flipkens has a shoulder injury so still not sure about her partcipation in big W ...

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At €636K Aegon International 2017, Eastbourne, England

[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Andre Sa (BRA) bt (ALT) Thomas Fabbiano (ITA)/ Luke Saville (AUS) 63 64

[QF] (WC) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Matt Reid (AUS) l Robin Haase (NED)/ Dominic Inglot (ENG) 67(3) 16
[QF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Andre Sa (BRA) bt Marcin Matkowski (POL)/ Max Mirnyi (BLR) 62 67(2) 10-3

[SF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Andre Sa (BRA) vs Robin Haase (NED)/ Dominic Inglot (ENG)

Rohan and Andre scored back to back victories for entering into the semis ... Next, they r facing Haase-Inglot, who defeated Jeevan and his partner Matt Reid in the quarters.

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At $439K Antalya Open 2017, Turkey (Grass)

[QF] (Q) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,222) l Marcos Baghdatis (CYP,79) 76(0) 36 67(6)

Doubles
[SF] (4) Leander Paes (IND)/ Adil Shamasdin (CAN) l (2) Oliver Marach (AUT)/ Mate Pavic (CRO) 46 46

Terrific fighting perfromance by RamK in this loss ... After winning the first set in the tie-break, RamK lost the second set with doubles break ... But RamK recovered in the third to take the set in the tie-break ... There RamK was down five match points, 1-6, he saved all those 5 match points for 6-all but lost next 2 for losing this match.

Lee-Adil failed to challenge 2nd seed Marach-Pavic and lost in the straight sets.

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At $25K China F10 Futures 2017, Kunshan

[R1] Karunuday SINGH (IND,814) bt Xi QI (CHN,1319) 62 62
[R1] (2) Prajnesh GUNNESWARAN (IND,256) bt (WC) Runhao HUA (CHN,UNR) 60 76(3)

[R2] Karunuday SINGH (IND,814) bt (7) Rigele TE (CHN,634) 75 64
[R2] (2) Prajnesh GUNNESWARAN (IND,256) bt Tianjia GUO (CHN,NR) 60 63

[QF] (2) Prajnesh GUNNESWARAN (IND,256) vs Karunuday SINGH (IND,814)

KU scored excellent win over 7th seed local player Te and facing Prajnesh in the quarters.

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At €636K Aegon International 2017, Eastbourne, England

[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Andre Sa (BRA) vs (ALT) Thomas Fabbiano (ITA)/ Luke Saville (AUS)

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At $439K Antalya Open 2017, Turkey (Grass)

[QF] (4) Leander Paes (IND)/ Adil Shamasdin (CAN) bt Carlos Berlocq (ARG)/ Joao Sousa (POR) 61 62
[QF] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) l (2) Oliver Marach (AUT)/ Mate Pavic (CRO) 67(9) 76(4) 4-10

[SF] (4) Leander Paes (IND)/ Adil Shamasdin (CAN) vs (2) Oliver Marach (AUT)/ Mate Pavic (CRO)

Lee-Adil scored expected a dominant win over Berlocq-Sousa pairing without losing three games ... Next, they r facing 2nd seed Pavic-Marach, who scored a tight win over Divij-Purav in the quarters.

Divij-Purav lost in more than 2 hrs long match against Pavic-Marach ... In this match, both pairs failed to break other service game but our pair had 8 break points chances, though 6 of them in the second ... In the match tie-break, our pair was 0-7 down so lost it easily.

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At $753K Aegon International 2017, Eastbourne, England (Premier)

[R1] Kirsten Flipkens (BEL)/ Sania Mirza (IND) l Jelena Ostapenko (LAT)/ Katarina Srebotnik (SLO) w/o

Not a right big W preparation for Saina.

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At $439K Antalya Open 2017, Turkey (Grass)

[R2] (Q) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,222) bt (1) Dominic Thiem (AUT,8) 63 62

[QF] (Q) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,222) vs Marcos Baghdatis (CYP,79)

Doubles
[R1] (4) Leander Paes (IND)/ Adil Shamasdin (CAN) bt Wesley Koolhof (NED)/ Matwe Middelkoop (NED) 36 75 11-9

[QF] (4) Leander Paes (IND)/ Adil Shamasdin (CAN) vs Carlos Berlocq (ARG)/ Joao Sousa (POR)
[QF] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Oliver Marach (AUT)/ Mate Pavic (CRO)

I m speechless after RamK's performance ... He defeated undoubtfully the hottest #NextGenATP player of 2017, Dominic Thiem, convincingly on the grass ... This is one of the best win by an Indian in recent years, beating top-10 player on the tour ... In the first set, he broke Thiem in 2nd game to take 3-0 lead and kept this one break advantage for winning the set ... In the second set from 2-all, he broke Thiem in 5th and 7th games for winning it comfortably ... In this match, RamK produced huge serves and powerful forehands ... Next, he is facing veteran and very experienced Marcos Baghdatis.

Lee-Adil produced excellent comeback win over Dutch pair for entering into the quarters ... After losing the first set they fought hard for winning the second and the match tie-break on extra points ... Next, they r facing Carlos Berlocq and Joao Sousa.

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At Wimbledon 2017, London, England

For the first time in his career, Jeevan earned a chance to make his Grand Slam debut but an ankle injury to his partner Hyeon Chung almost killed his dream.

However, American Jared Donaldson came as his saviour and agreed to play with the Indian left-hander at the most prestigious grass court tournament ... Rohan's connection really helped Jeevan to clinching Jared as partner.

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At €636K Aegon International 2017, Eastbourne, England

[R1] (WC) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Matt Reid (AUS) bt (3) Ryan Harrison (USA)/ Michael Venus (NZL) 63 36 10-7

Impressive win by Jeevan with Matt Reid over current French open champions, Harrison and Venus ... After winning the first set Jeev and Matt lost the second set but they recovered for winning the match tie-break.

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At $439K Antalya Open 2017, Turkey (Grass)

[R1] (Q) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,221) bt Rogerio Dutra Silva (BRA,68) 63 64

[R2] (Q) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,221) vs (1) Dominic Thiem (AUT,7)

Doubles
[R1] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt (WC) Tuna Altuna (TUR)/ David Ferrer (ESP) 76(4) 62

RamK scored his best-ever ranking wise win over top-70 Dutra Silva in straight sets and book his match against #NextGen Dominic Thiem.

In the first round, RamK never gave chance to Rogerio of settling on the grass court ... He kept pressure for completing win in two sets.

Divij-Purav also started with a win over Ferrer-Altuna pairing.

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At $15K Sri Lanka F1 Futures 2017, Colombo

[R1] (1) Sumit NAGAL (IND,367) bt Niki KALIYANDA POONACHA (IND,1093) 61 63
[R2] (1) Sumit NAGAL (IND,367) bt Manish SURESHKUMAR (IND,1067) 60 61
[QF] (1) Sumit NAGAL (IND,367) bt (5) Davide GALOPPINI (ITA,617) 63 62
[SF] (1) Sumit NAGAL (IND,367) bt (3) Fabrizio ORNAGO (ITA,581) 62 46 61

Men's Singles Final
(1) Sumit NAGAL (IND,367) bt (6) Alexander ZHURBIN (RUS,633) 63 62

Expected title win for Sumit and this will helped him to push his ranking inside top-350.

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At $2M Walmart NW Arkansas Championship 2017, Rogers, Arkansas, USA (LPGA Tour)

T25 Aditi Ashok 70 64 71 -8 $17,519.00

This week, Aditi managed only PAR in the final round but still this performance gave her top-25 finish ... This was her best-ever finish on LPGA tour with bigger prize money.

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At $6.8M Travelers Championship 2017, Cromwell, Connecticut, USA (PGA Tour)

T17 Anirban Lahiri 73 63 71 67 -6 $83,111.11

In the final round, Anirban managed 3 under for finishing inside top-20 ... After the first round he was out of contention of making cut but he responded with terrific unblemished second round of 7 under ... But again struggled with consistency in the third round but finished on the better note and $83K in prize money.

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At $753K Aegon International 2017, Eastbourne, England (Premier)

[R1] Kirsten Flipkens (BEL)/ Sania Mirza (IND) vs Jelena Ostapenko (LAT)/ Katarina Srebotnik (SLO)

I am surprised to see Sania is not playing with her regular partner in these tournaments.

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At $439K Antalya Open 2017, Turkey (Grass)

[Q2] (1) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,221) bt Yannik Mertens (BEL,267) 64 64

This is impressive win by RamK against Belgian Yannik Mertens in straight sets ... Before this week, he didn't played on the grass and here he defeated good the grass court player Mertens after adjusting to this surface.

Hockey News

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

5th Position
India l Canada 2-3 (2-1)
Goal Scorers - Harmanpreet Singh (IND) 7'PC and 22' PC and Gordon Johnston (CAN) 3' and 44', Kegan Pereira (CAN) 40'

Another disappointing performance by Indians and spirited from Canadians ... India lose to Canada in their final match of the Hockey World League Semi-Final and thus finish at the sixth spot ... With this win, Canada finish at 5th spot and by virtue of this win they have also secured a place in the next year's Men's Hockey World Cup.

Badminton News

At $750K Australian Open 2017, Sydney (Superseries)

Courtesy BAI twitter

Men's Singles Final
Kidambi Srikanth (IND,11) bt Chen Long (CHN,6) 22-20 21-16

Srikanth won back to back Superseries title after winning Australian open ... In the final, he defeated Former WR #1 and current Olympics champion Chan Long in straight games in 45 mins ... Srikanth will be one of the favorites for next month's World Championship at Nanjing, China.

In the first game, Chen and Sri were necks to neck from the start ... Sometimes Sri was taking a couple of points lead then Chen was taking it back ... Srikanth raised his game from 17-19 down to win the first game on the second game point ... In the second game, again both players were matching other game but from 9-all Srikanth opened 3 points lead, 12-9 and kept that advantage for his first win over Chen ... This title win gave $56,250 in prize money.

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At $820K Aegon Classic Birmingham 2017, England (Premier)

[SF] Sania Mirza (IND)/ CoCo Vandeweghe (USA) l (4) Ashleigh Barty (AUS)/ Casey Dellacqua (AUS) w/o

This time Sania-Coco gave walkover to their Aussie opponents.

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At $150K+H Ilkley Challenger 2017, England (Grass)

Courtesy Lee's FB page

Doubles Final
(1) Leander Paes (IND)/ Adil Shamasdin (CAN) bt (WC) Brydan Klein (GBR)/ Joe Salisbury (GBR) 26 62 10-8

Lee-Adil produced excellent comeback for winning Ilkley challenger against local pair ... After losing the first set easily, Lee-Adil took control of the match for winning the second set easily ... In the match tie-break, British pair also tried hard but Lee-Adil used their experience for winning the title ... So this year, Lee won three challenger titles on three different surfaces ... Leon challenger, Mexico on hard court, Tallahassee Challenger, USA on clay court and Ilkley Challenger, UK on grass court.

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At €636K Aegon International 2017, Eastbourne, England

[R1] (WC) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Matt Reid (AUS) vs (3) Ryan Harrison (USA)/ Michael Venus (NZL)
[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Andre Sa (BRA) vs (2) Ivan Dodig (CRO)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA)

This week, Rohan is playing with Andre Sa and facing last week's partner Dodig with his Wimbledon partner Roger-Vasselin ... Jeevan is also playing with Reid.

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At $439K Antalya Open 2017, Turkey (Grass)

[Q1] (1) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,221) bt Andrey Yekolov (RUS,1835) 60 60

[Q2] (1) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,221) vs Yannik Mertens (BEL,267)

Doubles
[R1] (4) Leander Paes (IND)/ Adil Shamasdin (CAN) vs Wesley Koolhof (NED)/ Matwe Middelkoop (NED)
[R1] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs (WC) Tuna Altuna (TUR)/ David Ferrer (ESP)

RamK started with giving double bagel to his opponent but next his match against Mertens is tough.

In the doubles, Lee-Adil r 4th seed and facing Dutch pair ... Divij-Purav r facing wildcard pair, in that, one of the player is Ferrer.