Tennis News

At €2.4M Internazionali BNL d'Italia 2016, Rome, Italy (WTA Premier 5)

Doubles Final
(1) Martina Hingis (SUI)/ Sania Mirza (IND) bt (7) Ekaterina Makarova (RUS)/ Elena Vesnina (RUS) 61 67(5) 10-3

Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza score win over Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina in match tie-break to capture the Internazionali BNL d'Italia title - this is their first title since February and their first ever on red clay ... Heading into the French Open on a four-match winning streak, Santina next look to complete a box set of Grand Slam titles - a Santina Slam - that began at Wimbledon over Makarova and Vesnina, and took them through victories at the US Open and Australian Open in January.

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At $250K Internationaux de Strasbourg 2016, France (Clay)

[R1] Alona Fomina (UKR)/ Prarthana G. Thombare (IND) vs Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN)/ María José Martínez Sánchez (ESP)

Good to see Prarthana is getting opportunity of playing in WTA tournament with her Ukrainian partner in France.

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At $50K+H Bangkok-3 Challenger, Thailand

[Q2] Siddharth Rawat (IND,610) bt (4) Sanam Singh (IND,394) 36 3-1 retd.

[Q3] Siddharth Rawat (IND,610) vs (5) Clay Thompson (USA,410)

Doubles
[R1] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND) vs (4) Mao-Xin Gong (CHN)/ Chu-Huan Yu (TPE)

Sid gets lucky break as Sanam withdrew after winning the first set ... Sid having tough final qualifying match against American top-400 type Clay Thompson.

Hoping for Sanam's recovery to play doubles with Jeevan.

Badminton News

At TOTAL BWF Thomas & Uber Cup Finals 2016, Kunshan, Jiantsu, China

Thomas Cup - Group B
India l Thailand 2-3

[MS1] Ajay JAYARAM (IND,21) l Tanongsak SAENSOMBOONSUK (THA,26) 16-21 21-12 14-21
[MD1] Manu ATTRI (IND)/ Sumeeth Reddy B. (IND) l Bodin ISSARA (THA)/ Nipitphon PUANGPUAPECH (THA) 17-21 6-21
[MS2] Sai Praneeth B. (IND,34) bt Khosit PHETPRADAB (THA,98) 21-11 21-16
[MD2] Akshay DEWALKAR (IND)/ Satwiksairaj RANKIREDDY (IND) l Puavaranukroh DECHAPOL (THA)/ Kedren KITTINUPONG (THA) 15-21 21-14 15-21
[MS3] Sourabh VARMA (IND,180) bt Adulrach NAMKUL (THA,201) 21-17 16-21 21-19

Disappointing loss for our men's team as our pairs were higher ranked than Thai opponents ... Only Sai and Sourabh won their respective matches.

Tennis News

At €2.4M Internazionali BNL d'Italia 2016, Rome, Italy (WTA Premier 5)

[SF] (1) Martina Hingis (SUI)/ Sania Mirza (IND) bt Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU)/ Monica Niculescu (ROU)

[F] (1) Martina Hingis (SUI)/ Sania Mirza (IND) vs (7) Ekaterina Makarova (RUS)/ Elena Vesnina (RUS)

Sania-Martina score comfortable straight sets win over Romanian pair ... In the final they r facing Russian pair.

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At €2.4M Internazionali BNL d'Italia 2016, Rome, Italy

[SF] (6) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Florin Mergea (ROU) l (8) Vasek Pospisil (CAN)/ Jack Sock (USA) 67(4) 67(2)

Rohan-Florin lose in two t-breaks against Pospisil-Sock ... Rohan having big task of performing really well at French open for climbing back inside top-10 before Olympics deadline of 6th June.

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At $100K+H Seoul Challenger, Korea

[SF] (3) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) l Mao-Xin Gong (CHN)/ Chu-Huan Yu (TPE) 76(5) 36 8-10

Divij-Purav lose in match tie-break against Gong-Yu ... Divij-Purav were serving for the set at 5-3 but failed to hold but they recovered for winning tie-break ... In the second set our pair was up with a break at 2-1 but afterwards Gong-Yu started to hold their services comfortably and putting extra pressure on our pair ... In match tie-break our pair won 4 points in a row from 2-4 for leading 6-4 but from 7-5 they managed to win one point only for losing the match.

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At $50K+H Bangkok-3 Challenger, Thailand

[Q1] (4) Sanam Singh (IND,394) bye
[Q1] Siddharth Rawat (IND,610) bt Kento Takeuchi (JPN,435) 75 63

[Q2] Siddharth Rawat (IND,610) vs (4) Sanam Singh (IND,394)

Good upset win by Sid over his higher ranked Japanese opponent ... But next he is facing Sanam for place in the final qualifying.

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At $10K ITF Women Tournament, Santa Margherita Di Pula, Italy (Clay)

[SF] Karman Kaur THANDI (IND,663) l Olesya PERVUSHINA (RUS,648) 67(7) 16

Karman lose in straight sets against Olesya ... In the first set Karman was neck to neck with Olesya but failed to chllenger her in the second.

Tennis News

At €2.4M Internazionali BNL d'Italia 2016, Rome, Italy (WTA Premier 5)

[QF] (1) Martina Hingis (SUI)/ Sania Mirza (IND) bt Raquel Atawo (USA)/ Abigail Spears (USA) 64 62

[SF] (1) Martina Hingis (SUI)/ Sania Mirza (IND) vs Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU)/ Monica Niculescu (ROU)

Another comfortable straight sets win for Sania and Martina for entering into the semis ... Next they r facing another Olympics bound Romanian pair.

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At €2.4M Internazionali BNL d'Italia 2016, Rome, Italy

[QF] (6) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Florin Mergea (ROU) bt Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER)/ Viktor Troicki (SRB) 63 64

[SF] (6) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Florin Mergea (ROU) vs (8) Vasek Pospisil (CAN)/ Jack Sock (USA)

Good to see straight sets win for Rohan and Florin against German-Serbian pair ... In the semis they r facing Vasek Pospisil and Jack Sock.

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At $50K+H Samarkand Challenger, Uzbekistan

[QF] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,240) bt (2) Radu Albot (MDA,140) 64 64

[SF] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,240) l Ruben Hidalgo (ESP,318) 62 67(5) 67(0)

Doubles
[SF] (3) Jeevan Neduncheziyan (IND)/ Riccardo Ghedin (ITA) l Denis Matsukevich (RUS)/ Andrei Vasilevski (BLR) 46 06

Looks like tiredness catch with RamK as his match against Hidalgo was 9th match in 11 days ... RamK started well with comfortably winning the first set ... In the second set two times RamK was break down but both times he broke back to take this set in tie-break ... In tie-break RamK was up 4-2 before losing it ... In the final set also both players held respective service games to take it to tie-break but again this time Hidalgo dominated it and won it without losing a point.

Before that RamK scored big win of this year as he defeated top-140 Radu Albot in straight sets for entering into the semis ... In the first set both players exchanged early break but RamK took crucil break in 9th game for winning the set ... In the second set also RamK took crucial break in 7th game for 4-3 lead and kept that advantage for winning the match.

Jeevan-Riccardo lose in straight sets against Matsukevich-Vasilevski.

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At $10K ITF Women Tournament, Santa Margherita Di Pula, Italy (Clay)

[QF] Karman Kaur THANDI (IND,663) bt Deborah CHIESA (ITA,946) 16 63 64

[SF] Karman Kaur THANDI (IND,663) vs Olesya PERVUSHINA (RUS,648)

Karman scores another comeback win over local Italian player after losing the first set ... In the semis she is facing current JR WR #13 Russian Olesya Pervushina.

Tennis News

At $100K+H Seoul Challenger, Korea

[QF] (1) Leander Paes (IND)/ Sam Groth (AUS) l Mao-Xin Gong (CHN)/ Chu-Huan Yu (TPE) 67(1) 36
[QF] (3) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt Alexander Kudryavtsev (RUS)/ Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) 76(6) 76(5)

[SF] (3) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Mao-Xin Gong (CHN)/ Chu-Huan Yu (TPE)

Divij-Purav score really good tight wins against big server eastern European pair for entering into the semis ... They r facing Chinese-Taipei pair, who scored upset win over Lee-Sam in straight sets.

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At $50K+H Samarkand Challenger, Uzbekistan

[R2] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,240) bt Steven Diez (CAN,247) 75 63

[QF] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,240) vs (2) Radu Albot (MDA,140)

Doubles
[R1] (3) Jeevan Neduncheziyan (IND)/ Riccardo Ghedin (ITA) bt Nicolas Barrientos (COL)/ Steven Diez (CAN) 61 64

[QF] (3) Jeevan Neduncheziyan (IND)/ Riccardo Ghedin (ITA) bt Nikola Milojevic (SRB)/ Marko Tepavac (SRB) w/o

RamK scores impressive straight sets win over in-form Canadian clay-court specialist Steven Diez ... Really good preparation in direction of French open qualifying ... Next he is facing Radu Albot.

Jeevan-Ghedin in the semis ... After winning their first round match comfortably they receive walkover from Serbian pair in the quarters.

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At $10K ITF Women Tournament, Santa Margherita Di Pula, Italy (Clay)

[R2] Karman Kaur THANDI (IND,663) bt Federica ARCIDIACONO (ITA,719) 63 36 75

[QF] Karman Kaur THANDI (IND,663) vs. Deborah CHIESA (ITA,946)

Another hard fought win for Karman against local girl ... In this match also Karman was 1-4 down in the third before coming back to win six games from next seven games ... Next she is facing another lower ranked local Italian pair, who scores upset win over 2nd seed.

Wrestling News

At Asian Olympic qualifiers - Wrestling,

There were failed dope tests for couple of Asian wrestlers in the Asian Olympic qualifiers and as a result we get 2 additional quota places - One in Greco-Roman 85kg. Ravinder Khatri and women's freestyle 53 kg. Babita Kumari. That means we grab 8 quota places for Rio with 8 quotas - 3 in both men and women freestyle and 2 in Greco-Roman.

Tennis News

At €2.4M Internazionali BNL d'Italia 2016, Rome, Italy (WTA Premier 5)

[R2] (1) Martina Hingis (SUI)/ Sania Mirza (IND) bt Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE)/ Oksana Kalashnikova (GEO) 63 63

[QF] (1) Martina Hingis (SUI)/ Sania Mirza (IND) vs Raquel Atawo (USA)/ Abigail Spears (USA)

Another comfortable winning start for Sania-Martina against Hsieh-Kalashnikova for entering into the quarters.

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At €2.4M Internazionali BNL d'Italia 2016, Rome, Italy

[R2] (6) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Florin Mergea (ROU) bt Benoit Paire (FRA)/ Joao Sousa (POR) 67(5) 64 10-8

[QF] (6) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Florin Mergea (ROU) vs Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER)/ Viktor Troicki (SRB)

Good comeback win by Rohan-Florin against Sousa-Paire after losing the first set.

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At $100K+H Seoul Challenger, Korea

[R1] (1) Leander Paes (IND)/ Sam Groth (AUS) bt (WC) Yeongseok Jeong (KOR)/ Dae-Hee Lee (KOR) 64 62
[R1] (3) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt Austin Krajicek (USA)/ Mitchell Krueger (USA) 64 62

[QF] (1) Leander Paes (IND)/ Sam Groth (AUS) vs Mao-Xin Gong (CHN)/ Chu-Huan Yu (TPE)
[QF] (3) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Alexander Kudryavtsev (RUS)/ Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR)

Our both pairs start with comfortable straight sets.

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At $50K+H Samarkand Challenger, Uzbekistan

[R1] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,240) bt (Q) Markos Kalovelonis (RUS.510) 64 63

[R2] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,240) vs Steven Diez (CAN,247)

RamK starts with straight sets win over Russian qualifier ... In both sets he was 4-1 up with a break and both times he gave break back but recovered to broke again for winning the match ... He is playing second round against in-form Canadian clay-court specialist Steven Diez.

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At $10K ITF Women Tournament, Santa Margherita Di Pula, Italy (Clay)

[R1] Karman Kaur THANDI (IND,663) bt (6) Alice SAVORETTI (ITA,659) 36 64 76(6)

[R2] Karman Kaur THANDI (IND,663) vs Federica ARCIDIACONO (ITA,719)

Karman scores impressive comeback win against similar ranked Italian opponent ... After losing the first she won the second but in the third Karman was down 1-4 ... Again she fought back and took this set in tie-break ... In tie-break also she saved couple of match points at 4-6 before winning it ... Next she is facing another Italian girl.

Tennis News

At $75K Heilbronn Challenger, Germany (clay)

[Q3] Sumit Nagal (IND,379) l (WC) Kevin Krawietz (GER,414) 16 26

Surprising one-sided loss for Sumit against his German opponent Kevin Krawietz ... Last week Sumit defeated him in straight sets but here he failed to repeat it ... Sumit needs to overcome these inconsistencies from his performance for becoming more solid player.

Golf News

At $7.3M Wells Fargo Championship 2016, Charlotte, North Carolina(PGA Tour)

T41 Anirban Lahiri 66 77 72 75 +2 $22,642.16

Disappointing final standing for Anirban as he managed only three over in the final round ... Which put him outside top-40 in standing after he started inside top-20 ... Anirban started with a bang scoring six under round in the first round and was at sole 3rd place ... But his second five over round put him outside top 35 ... He recovered in the third and was on way of coming inside top 10 but on last two holes he had bogeys for finishing on PAR ... He needs another strong round for finishing inside top 20.

Tennis News

At €4.8M Mutua Madrid Open 2016, Spain

Doubles Final
(6) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Florin Mergea (ROU) l (3) Jean-Julien Rojer (FRA)/ Horia Tecau (ROU) 46 67(5)

Rohan-Florin fail to defend their Madrid title and lose in the final in straight sets against 3rd seed Rojer and Tecau.

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At €2.4M Internazionali BNL d'Italia 2016, Rome, Italy (WTA Premier 5)

[R1] (1) Martina Hingis (SUI)/ Sania Mirza (IND) bye

Hoping for Rome title before French open for our pair.

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At €2.4M Internazionali BNL d'Italia 2016, Rome, Italy

[R1] (6) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Florin Mergea (ROU) bye

Rohan-Florin r in bottom draw and can meet 2nd seed Melo-Dodig in the quarters.

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At $100K Busan Challenger, South Korea

Doubles Final
(1) Leander Paes (IND)/ Sam Groth (AUS) bt (2) Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA)/ Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA) 46 61 10-7

Lee-Sam lift the title beating Ratiwatanas in match tie-break ... In this match Lee was in amazing form near net and while service returns ... After losing the first set Lee and Sam changed the gear ... Lee was putting more pressure on Thai opponents with his superb returning ... In match tie-break also Lee was better player on the court and he single handedly won this.

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At $75K Heilbronn Challenger, Germany (clay)

[Q2] Sumit Nagal (IND,409) bt (5) Laslo Djere (SRB,208) 63 67(2) 63

[Q3] Sumit Nagal (IND,409) vs (WC) Kevin Krawietz (GER,414)

Good to see in end Sumit crosses the line and complete impressive upset win over top-200 type Serbian in almost two and half hour ... After winning the first set Sumit was break up in 11th game of 2nd set 6-5 ... But he got broken in 12th game and then lost tie-break easily ... In the final set Sumit broke Laslo in 2nd and 4th games to lead 5-0 ... Sumit missed couple of match points in 6th game on Laslo's serve ... Then Laslo broke Sumit comfortably in 7th game but in 9th gme Sumit served well to hold and winning this match ... In the final qualifying he is facing in-form similar ranked local player Kevin Krawietz.

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At $100K+H Seoul Challenger, Korea

[R1] (1) Leander Paes (IND)/ Sam Groth (AUS) vs (WC) Yeongseok Jeong (KOR)/ Dae-Hee Lee (KOR)
[R1] (3) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Austin Krajicek (USA)/ Mitchell Krueger (USA)

Lee-Sam and Divij-Purav r playing another big Korean challenger ... This time our both pairs r in top draw.

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At $50K+H Samarkand Challenger, Uzbekistan

[R1] (3) Jeevan Neduncheziyan (IND)/ Riccardo Ghedin (ITA) vs Nicolas Barrientos (COL)/ Steven Diez (CAN)

This week Jeevan is playing with Italian Riccardo Ghedin.

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At $10K Spain F12 Futures, Lleida (clay)

[R1] (1) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,239) bt Dan Dowson (GBR,976) 62 75
[R2] (1) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,239) bt Zeljko Milovic (SRB,1282) 60 61
[QF] (1) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,239) bt David Jorda Sanchez (ESP,UNR) 63 61
[SF] (1) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,239) bt Carlos Taberner (ESP,618) 36 75 62

Singles Final
(1) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,239) bt Felix Auger-Aliassime (CAN,714) 76(1) 61

RamK lifts his first futures title of the year beating Canadian youngster in straight sets ... This is overall hi 12th futures title ... Good to see his performance on clay before French open qualifying ... He also lifts doubles title with his Spanish partner.

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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Egypt (clay)

[R1] (1) Prerna BHAMBRI (IND,398) bt (Q) Agata Jadwiga BIENKOWSKA (POL,997) 60 61
[R2] (1) Prerna BHAMBRI (IND,398) bt (Q) Linnea MALMQVIST (SWE,1268) 46 62 60
[QF] (1) Prerna BHAMBRI (IND,398) bt (Q) Jaqueline Adina CRISTIAN (ROM, 675) 46 64 64
[SF] (1) Prerna Bhambri (IND,398) bt (7) Ola Abou ZEKRY (EGY,539) 75 60

Singles Final
(1) Prerna Bhambri (IND,398) l (5) Noppawan LERTCHEEWAKARN (THA,512) 46 16

Prerna lose in the final against former top-150 Thai girl Noppawan ... Overll good performance as she reached the final outside of India.

Wrestling News

At 2nd World Olympic Qualification Tournament - Wrestling, Istanbul, Turkey

Women's freestyle 48 kg
[R32] Vinesh Phogat (IND) bt Nataliya Pulkovska (UKR) 10-0
[R16] Vinesh Phogat (IND) bt Jaqueline Schellin (GER) 11-1
[QF] Vinesh Phogat (IND) bt Lee Yu-mi (KOR) 11-1
[SF} Vinesh Phogat (IND) bt Evin Demirhan (TUR) 12-2

For Gold medal
Vinesh Phogat (IND) bt Iwona Matkowska (POL) 6-0

Women's freestyle 58 kg
[R16] Sakshi Malik (IND) bt Irene García (ESP) 10-0
[QF] Sakshi Malik (IND) bt Kateryna Zhydachevska (ROU) 12-2
[SF] Sakshi Malik (IND) bt Zhang Lan (CHN) 10-10

For Gold medal
Sakshi Malik (IND) l Valeria Koblova (RUS) 3-7

Vinesh Phogat and Sakshi Malik win fifth and sixth Olympic quota places in Women's 48kg freestyle and Women's 58kg freestyle for India after winning Gold and Silver medals respectively ... So they r joined Yogeshwar Dutt, Narsingh Yadav, Sandeep Tomar from Men's freestyle and Hardeep Singh from Men's Greco-Roman.

In this last Olympic qualification tournament only top 2 wresters are qualifying ... So stakes were high for our women wrestlers ... In 48kg Vinesh is talented and everyone were expecting she should have qualified before ... And here Vinesh dominated her weight category from her first match ... She dominated and won in convincing fashion all four bouts against Ukrainian, German, Korean and Turkish wrestlers before qualifying for the final ... In the final her Polish opponent Iwona Matkowska gave her fight but Vinesh won this bout also convincingly.

Sakshi Malik's inclusion in the team was at last moment after Wrestling Federation took action on Geeta Phogat ... But Sakshi take full advantage of it and qualifying for Olympics ... Sakshi won her first 2 bouts against Spanish and Romanian wrestlers convincingly ... In the big Olympic qualifying match she faced strong Chinese wrestler ... Both wrestlers played attacking wrestling and match ended on 10-all ... Sakshi was declared winner as she won more continuous points than her Chinese opponent ... In the final Sakshi tried hard but her Russian opponent proved better technical wrestler ... Still creditable performance by Sakshi for winning the quota place for India.

Tennis News

At €4.8M Mutua Madrid Open, Spain

Doubles Final
(1) Martina Hingis (SUI)/ Sania Mirza (IND) l (5) Caroline Garcia (FRA)/ Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) 46 46

French girls prove too strong for Sania-Martina in the final ... These French girls will be one of top contender for French open.

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At €4.8M Mutua Madrid Open 2016, Spain

[SF] (6) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Florin Mergea (ROU) bt (4) Ivan Dodig (CRO)/ Marcelo Melo (BRA) 75 67(4) 12-10

[F] (6) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Florin Mergea (ROU) vs (3) Jean-Julien Rojer (FRA)/ Horia Tecau (ROU)

Really good hard fought win for Rohan-Florin ... After winning the first set they lost the second easily ... In match tie-break both pairs were neck to neck but our pair prevailed over math tie-break ... In the final they r facing 3rd seed Rojer and Tecau.

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At $75K Heilbronn Challenger, Germany (clay)

[Q1] Sumit Nagal (IND,409) bt Oscar Otte (GER,411) 63 62

[Q2] Sumit Nagal (IND,409) vs (5) Laslo Djere (SRB,208)

Sumit is showing his liking on the clay and he beats similar ranked his German opponent comfortably.

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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Santa Margherita Di Pula, Italy (Clay)

[SF] (2) Snehadevi S REDDY (IND,523) l Jessica CRIVELLETTO (SUI,920) w/o

Snehadevi gives walkover to her Swiss opponent so with that Indian challenge got over.==­-

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At €4.8M Mutua Madrid Open, Spain

[SF] (1) Martina Hingis (SUI)/ Sania Mirza (IND) bt Vania King (USA)/ Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) 62 60

[F] (1) Martina Hingis (SUI)/ Sania Mirza (IND) vs (5) Caroline Garcia (FRA)/ Kristina Mladenovic (FRA)

Sania and Martina toyed their opponents King and Kudryavtseva in one-sided win in the semis ... In the final they r facing Olympics medal contender French pair.

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At €4.8M Mutua Madrid Open 2016, Spain

[QF] (6) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Florin Mergea (ROU) bt Henri Kontinen (FIN)/ John Peers (AUS) 36 63 10-6

[SF] (6) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Florin Mergea (ROU) vs (4) Ivan Dodig (CRO)/ Marcelo Melo (BRA)

Rohan-Florin score comeback win after losing the first set ... Good to see that they made strong comeback for winning this match ... In the semis they r facing Dodig and Melo.

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At $100K Busan Challenger, South Korea

[QF] (1) Leander Paes (IND)/ Sam Groth (AUS) bt Ji Sung Nam (KOR)/ Ming-kyu Song (KOR) 63 64
[SF] (3) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) l (2) Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA)/ Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA) 46 26

[F] (1) Leander Paes (IND)/ Sam Groth (AUS) vs (2) Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA)/ Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA)

Lee-Sam scores straight sets win over their Korean opponents ... In the final they r facing Ratiwatana twins, who beat Purav-Divij convincingly.

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At $50K+H Karshi Challenger, Uzbekistan

Doubles Final
Jeevan Neduncheziyan (IND)/ Enrique Lopez Perez (ESP) bt Alexandre Metreveli (GEO) / Dmity Popko (KAZ) 61 64

Jeevan and Enrique win the final convincingly ... This is Jeevan's third challenger level doubles title and second in a row.

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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Santa Margherita Di Pula, Italy (Clay)

[QF] (6) Karman Kaur THANDI (IND,665) l Anna TURATI (ITA,972) 57 26
[QF] (2) Snehadevi S REDDY (IND,523) bt (5) Tess SUGNAUX (SUI,644) 36 76(3) 62

[SF] (2) Snehadevi S REDDY (IND,523) vs Jessica CRIVELLETTO (SUI,920)

Snehadevi scores comeback win over her Swiss opponent but Karman lose her match in straight sets..

Tennis News

At €4.8M Mutua Madrid Open, Spain

[QF] (1) Martina Hingis (SUI)/ Sania Mirza (IND) bt Andrea Hlavackova (CZE)/ Lucie Hradecka (CZE) 63 62

[SF] (1) Martina Hingis (SUI)/ Sania Mirza (IND) vs Vania King (USA)/ Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS)

Sania and Martina score dominating win over experienced Czech pair ... In the semis they r facing Russian-American pair.

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At €4.8M Mutua Madrid Open 2016, Spain

[R2] (WC) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Fabrice Martin (FRA) l (7) Alexander Peya (AUT)/ Nenad Zimonjić (SRB) 36 64 6-10
[R2] (6) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Florin Mergea (ROU) bt Pablo Cuevas (URU)/ Marcel Granollers (ESP) 67(4) 64 10-4

[QF] (6) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Florin Mergea (ROU) vs Henri Kontinen (FIN)/ John Peers (AUS)

Mahesh and Fabrice give fighting performance against 7th seed Peya and Zimo in their loss in match tie-break.

Rohan-Florin score comeback win after losing the first set in tie-break ... After winning the second set they dominated match tie-break ... In the quarters they r facing Finnish-Aussie pair, who score upset win over 2nd seed Soares-Murray.

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At $100K Busan Challenger, South Korea

[QF] (1) Leander Paes (IND)/ Sam Groth (AUS) bt Matt Reid (AUS)/ John Patrick Smith (AUS) 63 57 10-5
[QF] (3) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt Alexander Kudryavtsev (RUS)/ Ze Zhang (CHN) 63 64

[SF] (1) Leander Paes (IND)/ Sam Groth (AUS) vs Ji Sung Nam (KOR)/ Ming-kyu Song (KOR)
[SF] (3) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs (2) Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA)/ Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA)

Purav-Divij and Lee-Sam r in the semis with contrasting win.

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At $100K ITF Women's Tournament, Anning, China (Clay)

[R2] Ankita RAINA (IND,287) l (2) Xinyun HAN (CHN,120) 26 16

Xinyun proves too stong for Ankita.

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At $50K+H Karshi Challenger, Uzbekistan

[QF] Jeevan Neduncheziyan (IND)/ Enrique Lopez Perez (ESP) bt Cheng-Peng Hsieh (TPE)/ Tsung-Hua Yang (TPE) 64 63

[SF] Jeevan Neduncheziyan (IND)/ Enrique Lopez Perez (ESP) bt (4) Denys Molchanov (UKR)/ Akexander Nedoyvesov (KAZ) 64 64

Jeevan and Enrique r in the final with really two good wins ... In the quarters they defeated Taipei pair convincingly and in the semis they beat 4th seed Easter European pair in straight sets for entering into the final.

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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Santa Margherita Di Pula, Italy (Clay)

[R1] (6) Karman Kaur THANDI (IND,665) bt (WC) Costanza TRAVERSI (ITA,UNR) 76(6) 63
[R1] (2) Snehadevi S REDDY (IND,523) bye

[R2] (6) Karman Kaur THANDI (IND,665) bt Valentine CONFALONIERI (ITA,UNR) 36 61 63
[R2] (2) Snehadevi S REDDY (IND,523) bt Chiara PUSCEDDU (ITA,UNR) 60 60

[QF] (6) Karman Kaur THANDI (IND,665) vs Anna TURATI (ITA,972)
[QF] (2) Snehadevi S REDDY (IND,523) vs (5) Tess SUGNAUX (SUI,644)

Karman and Snehadevi r in the quarters with contrasting win ... Karman is struggled in each match against unranked local players ... May be due to lack of match practice but next our both players having more difficult matches.

Tennis News

At $100K ITF Women's Tournament, Anning, China (Clay)

[R1] Ankita RAINA (IND,287) bt Kamila KERIMBAYEVA (KAZ,425) 36 63 63

[R2] Ankita RAINA (IND,287) vs. (2) Xinyun HAN (CHN,120)

Ankita scores comeback win over Kerimbayeva ... Good to see Ankita is showing consistency in her performance ... Next she is having tough match against 2nd seed local girl Xinyun Han.

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At $100K Busan Challenger, South Korea

[R1] (3) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt (Q) Alexander Ward (GBR)/ Lloyd Glasspool (GBR) 64 76(8)

[QF] (1) Leander Paes (IND)/ Sam Groth (AUS) vs Matt Reid (AUS)/ John Patrick Smith (AUS)
[QF] (3) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Alexander Kudryavtsev (RUS)/ Ze Zhang (CHN)

Purav-Divij also start with straight sets win over British qualifier ... This is good win considering they reached China on Monday after their US challengers stint.

In the quarters top-seed Lee-Sam r facing Aussie pair and Divij-Purav r facing Chinese-Russian combination.

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At $50K Rome Challenger, Italy

[R2] (Q) Sumit Nagal (IND,409) l (5) Filip Krajinovic (SRB,114) 75 36 26

Sumit lose in three sets in the second round after winning the first set ... Sumit played really good match against top-125 Serbian Filip Krajinovic ... In the first set he was 0-2 down before leading 5-3 ... He missed 4 set points on his serve but broke Filip in 12th game for winning the set ... In the secnd set also he managed to put pressure on Filip's serve ... Sumit broke him twice but other hand lost his serve four times ... After that Sumit was tired as he was playing 5th match in five days ... Still encouraging performance against talented Serbian player.

Badminton News

At Rio Olympics 2016, Brazil

It is confirm that our seven badminton players have qualify for Rio Olympics after completion of the Badminton Asia Championships ... This is our biggest badminton contingent would be fielding at the Olympics ... Though the BWF (Badminton World Federation) will be making an official statement after 5th May's ranking, here r qualified seven Indians - Saina Nehwal, PV Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth, Jwala Gutta, Ashwini Ponnappa, Manu Attri and Sumeeth Reddy.

Still our real chance of medal in Women's singles only.

Tennis News

At Asia/ Oceania Group I Davis cup 2016 - 2nd Round, India

I am really pleasantly surprised by AITA move to play the Davis cup tie against Korea in July on grass courts at Chandigarh club ... As per AiTA this was players suggestion ... With current injury list we can see different type of combination in the team.

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At €4.8M Mutua Madrid Open, Spain

[R2] (1) Martina Hingis (SUI)/ Sania Mirza (IND) bt Chia-Jung Chuang (TPE)/ Darija Jurak (CRO) 60 64

Sania and Martina start with comfortable straight sets win over Chuang and Jurak for entering into the quarters.

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At €4.8M Mutua Madrid Open 2016, Spain

[R1] (WC) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Fabrice Martin (FRA) bt Guido Pella (ARG)/ Gilles Simon (FRA) 67(3) 75 10-7

[R2] (WC) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Fabrice Martin (FRA) vs (7) Alexander Peya (AUT)/ Nenad Zimonjić (SRB)
[R2] (6) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Florin Mergea (ROU) vs Pablo Cuevas (URU)/ Marcel Granollers (ESP)

Mahesh and Fabrice start with fighting comeback win over Pella and Simon after losing the first set in tie-break ... Good win considering Mahesh's lack of match fitness ... Next they r facing 7th seed Peya and Zimo ... Rohan and Florin r facing Cuevas and Granollers.

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At $100K Busan Challenger, South Korea

[R1] (1) Leander Paes (IND)/ Sam Groth (AUS) bt Daniel Nguyen (USA)/ Di Wu (CHN) 63 76(4)

Winning start for Lee and Sam against American-Chinese pair though they stretched to tie-break in the second.

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At $100K ITF Women's Tournament, Anning, China (Clay)

[R1] Ankita RAINA (IND,287) vs Kamila KERIMBAYEVA (KAZ,425)

This week Ankita is playing in big China tournament and having winnable first round match.

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At $50K Rome Challenger, Italy

[R1] (Q) Sumit Nagal (IND,409) bt Hiroki Moriya (JPN,209) 57 63 61 susp.

[R2] (Q) Sumit Nagal (IND,409) vs (5) Filip Krajinovic (SRB,114)

Sumit completes amazing comeback for scoring big win in Rome challenger against top-225 Japanese opponent Hiroki Moriya ... Yesterday when match was stopped Sumit was break down after losing the first set ... But today he won 12 out of 14 games ... This is huge win after qualifying for main-draw ... Next he is facing tough challenge of top-125 Serbian Filip Krajinovic.

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At $50K+H Karshi Challenger, Uzbekistan

[R1] Jeevan Neduncheziyan (IND)/ Enrique Lopez Perez (ESP) bt (WC) Sanjar Fayziev (UZB)/ Markos Kolvoelonis (RUS) 76(1) 57 10-5

[QF] Jeevan Neduncheziyan (IND) / Enrique Lopez Perez (ESP) vs Cheng-Peng Hsieh (TPE) / Tsung-Hua Yang (TPE)

Fighting winning start for Jeevan with his new Spanish partner in match tie-break.

Weightlifting News

At Rio Olympics 2016, Brazil

Indian weightlifters earned two quota places for Rio Olympics - one each in men's and women's sections - at the recently-concluded Senior Asian Championships at Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

Tennis News

At € 4.8M Mutua Madrid Open, Spain

[R1] (1) Martina Hingis (SUI)/ Sania Mirza (IND) bye
[R2] (1) Martina Hingis (SUI)/ Sania Mirza (IND) vs Chia-Jung Chuang (TPE)/ Darija Jurak (CRO)

Sania and Martina r facing Croatian-Taipei pair in the second round.

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At $50K Rome Challenger, Italy

[R1] (Q) Sumit Nagal (IND,411) vs Hiroki Moriya (JPN,209) 57 0-2 susp.

Sumit was down break in the second when match stopped due to rain ... Before that after 1-4 down Sumit made comeback but lost the first set after late break of serve.

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At $50K+H Karshi Challenger, Uzbekistan

[R1] Jeevan Neduncheziyan (IND)/ Enrique Lopez Perez (ESP) vs (WC) Sanjar Fayziev (UZB)/ Markos Kolvoelonis (RUS)

This week Jeevan is playing with new Spanish partner and they r facing wild-card pair..

Archery News

At Shanghai 2016 Hyundai Archery World Cup Stage 1, China

Women's Team Recurve event - Gold medal
(4) India l (7) Chinese Taipei 2-6 (51-55, 55-53, 53-58, 52-57)

Men's Team Recurve event - Bronze medal
(3) India bt (8) Great Britain 6-0 (58-53, 57-55, 55-54)

Mixed Team Recurve event - Bronze medal
(3) India bt Korea 18* 5-4 18

Indian women end with Silver medal ... Chinese Taipei women dominated the final match beating our team convincingly.

Atanu Das, Jayanta Talukdar and Mangal Champia won the Bronze medal for India in the Recurve Men's team event at the Archery World Cup in China ... Dominant performance from them with Sets score of 58, 57 and 55 to beat Great Britain 6-0.

We also won bronze in Mixed team event when the pair of Deepika Kumari and Atanu Das beat a Korean pair in a close match 5-4.