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

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

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

Tennis News

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hockey News

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

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

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

Tennis News

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

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

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

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

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

This week Sania is playing with Andrea Hlavackova in Charleston.

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At $7.9M Miami Open 2017, Florida, USA

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Badminton News

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

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

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

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At $75K+H Leon Challenger, Mexico

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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At $75K+H Leon Challenger, Mexico

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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At $7.9M Miami Open 2017, Florida, USA

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

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

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

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At $75K+H Leon Challenger, Mexico

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

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

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

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

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

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

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At $15K Indonesia F4 Futures 2017, Jakarta

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

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

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

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

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

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At $75K+H Leon Challenger, Mexico

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

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

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

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

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

Expected loss for Ankita against top-100 Chinese opponent.

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At $15K Indonesia F4 Futures 2017, Jakarta

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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