Tennis News

At Davis Cup - World Group Play-Offs 2018, Kraljevo, Serbia

India vs Serbia 0-2

Day 1
[R1] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,135) l Laslo Djere (SRB,86) 63 46 67(2) 26
[R2] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,162) l Dusan Lajovic (SRB,56) 46 36 46

Day 2
[R3] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) vs Nikola Milojevic (SRB)/ Danilo Petrovic (SRB)

Day 3
[R4] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,135) vs Dusan Lajovic (SRB,56)
[R5] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,162) vs Laslo Djere (SRB,86)

RamK started well and played percentage tennis to win the first set ... After that, Djere recovered and played smart tennis for winning next three sets ... RamK tried hard but Djere was a better player on the court ... Lajovic controlled the match and comfortably won in three sets against Prajnesh.

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At $75K+H Istanbul Challenger 2018,Turkey

[SF] (1) Rameez Junaid (AUS)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt (3) Mikhail Elgin (RUS)/ Yaraslav Shyla (BLR) 62 46 10-7

[F] (1) Rameez Junaid (AUS)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs (2) Timur Khabibulin (KAZ)/ Vladyslav Manafov (UKR)

Purav and Rameez r in the final ... They defeated Elgin and Shyla in the match tie-break ... In the final, they r facing the 2nd seeds Khabibulin and Manafov.

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At $75K Shanghai Challenger 2018, China

[SF] (4) N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) l (2) Mao-Xin Gong (CHN)/ Ze Zhang (CHN) 26 67(4)

Vishnu and Bala lost in straight sets against the 2nd seeds Chinese pair.

Badminton News

At $700K Japan Open 2018, Tokyo, Japan (HSBC BWF World Tour Super 750)

[QF] (7) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,8) l Dong Keun Lee (KOR,33) 21-19 16-21 18-21

Srikanth lost in three games against Dong Keun Lee after winning the first game ... Sri failed to keep momentum after winning the first game.

Badminton News

At $700K Japan Open 2018, Tokyo, Japan (HSBC BWF World Tour Super 750)

[R2] (7) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,8) bt Wing Ki Vincent Wong (HKG,27) 21-15 21-14
[R2] Prannoy H. S. (IND,13) l Anthony Sinisuka Ginting (INA,10) 14-21 17-21

[R2] (3) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,3) l Fangjie Gao (CHN,14) 18-21 19-21

[R2] Manu Attri (IND)/ B. Sumeeth Reddy (IND) l Jiting He (CHN)/ Qiang Tan (CHN) 18-21 21-16 12-21

[R2] Pranaav Jerry Chopra (IND)/ N. Sikki Reddy (IND) l Peng Soon Chan (MAS)/ Liu Ying Goh (MAS) 16-21 16-21

[QF] (7) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,8) vs Dong Keun Lee (KOR,33)

Only Srikanth managed to win his second round match ... He scored a comfortable win over Wong and book his match against Korean, Dong Keun Lee.

Sindhu lost in a tight two games against her Chinese opponent, Gao ... Prannoy also failed to challenge Ginting ... In the doubles, only Sumeeth and Manu managed to stretch their Chinese opponents to three games but Sikki-Pranaav lost in straight games against Malaysian pair.

Tennis News

At $75K+H Istanbul Challenger 2018,Turkey

[R1] (1) Rameez Junaid (AUS)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt (PR) Aleksandre Metreveli (GEO)/ Lucas Miedler (AUT) 62 63
[QF] (1) Rameez Junaid (AUS)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt Tuna Altuna (TUR)/ Thomas Fabbiano (ITA) 61 61

[SF] (1) Rameez Junaid (AUS)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs (3) Mikhail Elgin (RUS)/ Yaraslav Shyla (BLR)

A confident start for Purav with Rameez as they scored back to back comfortable wins ... In the semis, they r facing the 3rd seeds Elgin and Shyla.

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At $75K Shanghai Challenger 2018, China

[QF] (4) N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt Filip Peliwo (CAN)/ Brayden Schnur (CAN) 63 64

[SF] (4) N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs (2) Mao-Xin Gong (CHN)/ Ze Zhang (CHN)

Vishnu and VSP r in the semis with straight sets win over Canadian pair ... In the semis, they r facing the 2nd seeds Chinese pair.

Badminton News

At $700K Japan Open 2018, Tokyo, Japan (HSBC BWF World Tour Super 750)

[R1] (7) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,8) bt Yuxiang Huang (CHN,31) 21-13 21-15
[R1] Prannoy H. S. (IND,13) bt Jonatan Christie (INA,12) 21-18 21-17
[R1] Sameer Verma (IND,21) l Dong Keun Lee (KOR,33) 18-21 22-20 10-21

[R1] Vaishnavi Reddy Jakka (IND,53) l Fangjie Gao (CHN,14) 10-21 8-21
[R1] (3) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,3) bt Sayaka Takahashi (JPN,13) 21-17 7-21 21-13

[R1] Manu Attri (IND)/ B. Sumeeth Reddy (IND) bt Shem V Goh (MAS)/ Wee Kiong Tan (MAS) 15-21 23-21 21-19
[R1] Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (IND)/ Chirag Shetty (IND) l (3) Takeshi Kamura (JPN)/ Keigo Sonoda (JPN) 12-21 17-21

[R1] Ashwini Ponnappa (IND)/ N. Sikki Reddy (IND) l Ye Na Chang (KOR)/ Kyung Eun Jung (KOR) 17-21 13-21

[R1] Pranaav Jerry Chopra (IND)/ N. Sikki Reddy (IND) bt Mathew Fogarty (USA)/ Isabel Zhong (USA) 21-9 21-6
[R1] Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) l (2) Yilyu Wang (CHN)/ Dongping Huang (CHN) 10-21 19-21

[R2] (7) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,8) vs Wing Ki Vincent Wong (HKG,27)
[R2] Prannoy H. S. (IND,13) vs Anthony Sinisuka Ginting (INA,10)

[R2] (3) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,3) vs Fangjie Gao (CHN,14)

[R2] Manu Attri (IND)/ B. Sumeeth Reddy (IND) vs Jiting He (CHN)/ Qiang Tan (CHN)

[R2] Pranaav Jerry Chopra (IND)/ N. Sikki Reddy (IND) vs Peng Soon Chan (MAS)/ Liu Ying Goh (MAS)

Srikanth and Prannoy started with good wins Next, they r facing tricky opponents in Wong and Ginting respectively ... Sindhu scored three games win over Takahashi and next, she is facing Gao, who defeated Vaishnavi in the first round.

In the doubles, Sumeet and Manu scored an impressive comeback win over WR #10 Malaysian pair after saving a match point in the second game ... Next, they r facing Chinese pair ... Satwik-Chirag failed to challenge WR #3 Japanese pair ... Ashwini and Sikki also lost in straight games against higher ranked Korean pair.
In MXD, Satwik-Ashwini lost against WR #2 Chinese pair ... But Pranaav and Sikki took advantage of weak opponents ... Next, they r facing top-10 Malaysian pair.

Tennis News

At $75K Shanghai Challenger 2018, China

[R1] (4) N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt Bradley Mousley (AUS)/ Akira Santillan (AUS) 64 76(2)

[QF] (4) N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs Filip Peliwo (CAN)/ Brayden Schnur (CAN)

Vishnu and VSP started with straight sets win over Aussie pair ... Next, they r facing Canadian pair.

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At $75K+H Istanbul Challenger 2018,Turkey

[R1] (1) Rameez Junaid (AUS)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs (PR) Aleksandre Metreveli (GEO)/ Lucas Miedler (AUT)

This week, Purav is playing with Rameez Junaid and they r the top-seeds ... They r facing Miedler and Metreveli in the first round.

Golf News

At € 275K Lacoste Ladies Open de France 2018, Golf du Medoc - Chateaux (Ladies European Tour)

T7 Aditi Ashok (IND) 74 68 68 66 -8

Aditi produced an excellent 5-under final round for the top-10 finish on the European tour.

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At € 2.5M Omega European Masters 2018, Crans Montana, Switzerland (European Tour)

T45 SSP Chawrasia (IND) 69 66 71 73 -1 € 12,500

SSP struggled in the final two rounds to finish on the T45 position ... But Shubhankar Sharma failed to make a cut.

Tennis News

At $150K+H Chicago Challenger 2018, USA

Doubles Final
(1) Leander Paes (IND)/ Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX) l (2) Luke Bambridge (GBR)/ Neal Skupski (GBR) 36 46

The top-seed Leander and Reyes-Varela lost in straight sets against the 2nd seed British pair in the final.

Tennis News

At $150K+H Chicago Challenger 2018, USA

[SF] (1) Leander Paes (IND)/ Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX) bt Ruben Gonzales (PHI)/ Nathaniel Lammons (USA) 67(5) 76(4) 10-5

[F] (1) Leander Paes (IND)/ Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX) vs (2) Luke Bambridge (GBR)/ Neal Skupski (GBR)

Leander and Reyes-Varela needed to dig deep for their comeback win over Ruben Gonzales and Nathaniel Lammons ... After losing the first set in the tie-break Lee and Miguel also won the second set in the tie-break ... They kept momentum for winning the match tie-break comfortably .. In the final, they r facing the 2nd seed British pair.

Tennis News

At $150K+H Genoa Challenger 2018, Italy

[R2] (Q) Sumit Nagal (IND,306) l Christian Garin (CHI,158) 63 36 46

Sumit started well after winning the first set against the top-175 Chilean, Christian Garin ... But failed to keep momentum in next two sets, though he was an early break up in the second 2-0 ... Still, a decent performance from him as after longtime he won 4 matches in a row.

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At $150K+H Chicago Challenger 2018, USA

[R1] (1) Leander Paes (IND)/ Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX) bt Ruan Roelofse (RSA)/ John-Patrick Smith (AUS) 76(4) 67(4) 10-7
[QF] (1) Leander Paes (IND)/ Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX) bt (WC) Marcos Giron (USA)/ Thai-Son Kwiatkowski (USA) 76(4) 61

[SF] (1) Leander Paes (IND)/ Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX) vs Ruben Gonzales (PHI)/ Nathaniel Lammons (USA)

Leander is playing in the Chicago Challenger partnering Mexican, Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela ... In the first round, they had a very close win against Ruan Roelofse and John-Patrick Smith ... In the quarters, they scored the straight-sets win over American wild-card pair ... They r facing Ruben Gonzales and Nathaniel Lammons in the semis.

Shooting News

At 52nd ISSF World Championship, Changwon, Korea

10m Air Pistol Men Final
8. Abhishek Verma (IND) 118.0 pts.

In the Olympic quota event, Abhishek failed to secure quota in 10m Air Pistol Men final ... He eliminated the first and ended on the last place ... He qualified for the final on the 3rd position with 583 pts., but failed to repeat a similar shooting in the final ... So we are still with only 2 Olympic quotas in 10m Rifle Women ... In Junior 10m Air Pistol, Saurabh Chaudhary won a Gold with new WR in the final, 245.5 pts.

So currently we r on the 3rd position with our medals tally is 4 Gold, 6 Silver, and 4 Bronze.

Tennis News

At US Open 2018, New York, USA

[QF] (15) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) l (5) Juan Sebastian Cabal (COL)/ Robert Farah (COL) 36 46

Rohan-Edouard lost in straight sets against the 5th seed Colombian pair ... A decent US Open for Rohan in the men's doubles.

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At $50K+H Zhangjiagang Challenger 2018, China

[R1] Arjun Kadhe (IND)/ Rubin Statham (NZL) l (WC) Xin Gao (CHN)/ Zhizhen Zhang (CHN) 46 67(5)
[R1] Uladzimir Ignatik (BLR)/ N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) l Alexander Bublik (KAZ)/ Miomir Kecmanovic (SRB) 46 46

Saki withdrew from the singles stating the right ankle injury.

In China, beating Chinese player is a difficult task and Arjun-Statham found out the same as they lost in straight sets against local wild-card pair ... VSP and Ignatik also lost in straight sets against Bublik and Kecmanovic.

Tennis News

At US Open 2018, New York, USA

[R3] (15) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) bt Jeremy Chardy (FRA)/ Fabrice Martin (FRA) 76(6) 46 63

[QF] (15) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) vs (5) Juan Sebastian Cabal (COL)/ Robert Farah (COL)

Rohan-Edouard r in the quarters ... They defeated the French pair in close three sets ... Next, they r facing the 5th seed Colombian pair.

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At $150K+H Genoa Challenger 2018, Italy

[R1] (Q) Sumit Nagal (IND,306) bt Stefano Napolitano (ITA,209) 64 62

[R2] (Q) Sumit Nagal (IND,306) vs Christian Garin (CHI,158)

Sumit started with a confident win against top-220 Italian in the main draw ... Next, he is facing top-175 Chilean, Christian Garin.

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$75K Sevilla Challenger 2018, Spain (clay)

[R1] (3) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,134) l (Q) Laurynas Grigelis (LTU,261) 46 26

Grigelis comfortably defeated RamK in the first round ... Another disappointing result for Indian.

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At $50K+H Zhangjiagang Challenger 2018, China

[Q3] (Alt) Sidharth Rawat (IND,604) l (8) Dayne Kelly (AUS,360) 26 26

Doubles
[R1] (1) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) l (WC) Fajing Sun (CHN)/ Shi Hong Zeng (CHN) 46 63 8-10

Sid lost a one-sided match in the final qualifying against Kelly.
Fajing Sun kept troubling Indians as he and his partner Zeng defeated the top-seed Vishnu and Bala in the match tie-break.

Shooting News

At 52nd ISSF World Championship, Changwon, Korea

P.C. to issf-sports.org

10m Air Rifle Women Final
Gold - Hana Im (KOR) 251.1 pts.
Silver - Anjum Moudgil (IND) 248.4 pts.
Bronze - Eunhea Jung (KOR) 228 pts.
4. Apurvi Chandela (IND) 207.0 pts.

Anjum won a Silver in 10m Air Rifle, she and Apurvi helped India to grab two of the four Olympic quota places in the first tournament to the qualification path for the 2020 Olympic Games ... After we failed to grab Olympic quota in 10m Air Rifle Men, Trap Men, 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team and 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team, our these two shooters showed their metal with superb shooting skill ... Anjum and Apurvi started well in the final but Apurvi's 19th shot in 9s cost her a medal but at that time she already secured quota for India ... 17 yrs. old Im showed consistency in shooting and kept her cool for winning her first World Championship ... Anjum finished in the second ahead of experienced Korean shooter Eunhea Jung ... In the qualifying, Anjum and Apurvi finished on the 4th and 6th places respectively with scores of 628.7 pts. and 627.5 pts.

Deepak Kumar missed a quota in 10m Air Rifle Men final ... He finished on the 6th position with 164.1 pts. ... Before that, he qualified on the 4th position with 630.1 pts.

After two days we are tied for the top position with China ... As we won couple Gold in the 50m Pistol Men Junior event ... So our medals tally is 2 Gold, 3 Silver, and 1 Bronze.

Tennis News

At $150K Chicago WTA 2018, USA

[Q1] (8) Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,207) l Quinn Gleason (USA,414) 67(7) 60 16

Karman lost in the first qualifying round against American Gleason ... A little bit weird to lost the third set with such scoreline after winning the second 6-0.

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At $50K+H Zhangjiagang Challenger 2018, China

[Q1] (Alt) Sidharth Rawat (IND,604) bt (WC) Ruikai Wang (CHN,1395) 60 61
[Q1] (5) Arjun Kadhe (IND,328) bt Jacopo Berrettenni (ITA,596) 36 61 64
[Q1] Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,384) l (WC) Fajing Sun (CHN,672) 16 26
[Q1] Manish Sureshkumar (IND,557) bt (6) Yan Bai (CHN,343) 64 61
[Q1] N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,590) l Kristian Lozan (RUS,542) 64 36 0-3 retd.

[Q2] (Alt) Sidharth Rawat (IND,604) bt Shintaro Imai (JPN,514) 63 61
[Q2] (5) Arjun Kadhe (IND,328) l Yusuke Takahashi (JPN,373 ) 46 46
[Q2] Manish Sureshkumar (IND,557) l (WC) Fajing Sun (CHN,672) 36 36

[Q3] (Alt) Sidharth Rawat (IND,604) vs (8) Dayne Kelly (AUS,360)

[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND,325) vs (8) Alexander Bublik (KAZ,203)

Doubles
[R1] (1) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs (WC) Fajing Sun (CHN)/ Shi Hong Zeng (CHN)
[R1] Arjun Kadhe (IND)/ Rubin Statham (NZL) vs (WC) Xin Gao (CHN)/ Zhizhen Zhang (CHN)
[R1] Uladzimir Ignatik (BLR)/ N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) vs Alexander Bublik (KAZ)/ Miomir Kecmanovic (SRB)

In the first qualifying round, Manish started with an upset win over top-350 Chinese player but lost against lower ranked Fajing Sun in the second qualifying ... Fajing Sun also defeated Mukund easily in the first qualifying ... After losing the first set Arjun won next two comfortably in the first qulifying but lost in straight sets against lower ranked Japanese opponent in the second ... With an advantage of a weak draw, Sid is in the final qualifying round with comfortable wins.

Saki is back on the tour but having a tough match against big-serving Kazakh Bublik in the first round.

In the doubles, Vishnu and Bala r returning on the tour and facing Chinese wild-card pair in the first round ... Arjun is partnering an experienced Statham and they r also facing local wild-card pair ... VSP is playing with Ignatik and they r facing Bublik and Kecmanovic.

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At $75K Sevilla Challenger 2018, Spain

[R1] (3) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,134) vs Qualifier

RamK is facing a qualifier in the first round.

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At $150K+H Genoa Challenger 2018, Italy

[Q1] (3) Sumit Nagal (IND,306) bt (WC) Luca Prevesto (ITA,1030) 63 62
[Q2] (3) Sumit Nagal (IND,306) bt Jan Satral (CZE,416) 62 67(1) 64

[Q3] (3) Sumit Nagal (IND,306) bt (5) Juan Pablo Varillas (PER,327) 61 64

Sumit qualified for the Genoa Challenger with a comfortable win over the in-form player, Juan Pablo Varillas.

Tennis News

At US Open 2018, New York, USA

[R2] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Artem Sitak (NZL) l (7) Lukasz Kubot (POL)/ Marcelo Melo (BRA) 36 63 36

[R3] (15) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) vs Jeremy Chardy (FRA)/ Fabrice Martin (FRA)

Junior Qualifying
[Q1] (16) Siddhant Banthia (IND,90) l Axel Nefve (USA,170) 36 36

Divij and Artem lost in the second round against the 7th seed Melo and Kubot ... After losing the first set they tried fightback winning the second but failed to keep momentum in the third ... So now only Rohan remains in the men's doubles with Edouard ... They r facing French pairing of Martin and Chardy.

In junior qualifying, Siddhant had a poor loss.

Asian Games 2018

At the 18th Asian Games - Jakarta Palembang 2018 - Day 12, Indonesia

P.C. to Media_SAI twitter handle

Boxing - Men's Light Fly (49kg) Gold medal match
Amit Panghal (IND) bt Hasanboy Dusmatov (UZB) 3-2 (28-29, 29-28, 29-28, 28-29, 30-27)

[SF] Amit Panghal (IND) bt Carlo Paalam (PHI) 3-2 (29-28, 28-29, 28-29, 30-27, 29-28)
[QF] Amit Panghal (IND) bt Jang Ryong Kim (PKR) 5-0 (30-27, 30-26, 30-27, 30-26, 30-27)
[R16] Amit Panghal (IND) bt Enkhmandakh Kharkhuu (MGL) 5-0 (30-26, 30-25, 30-25, 30-26, 30-26)

P.C. to Media_SAI twitter handle

Bridge - Men's Pair Final
Gold - Pranab Bardhan (IND)/ Shibnath Dey Sarkar (IND) 384.00 pts.
Silver - Lixin Yang (CHN)/ Gang Chen (CHN) 378.00 pts.
Bronze - Henky Lasut (INA)/ Freddy Eddy Manoppo (INA) 374.00 pts.
9. Sumit Mukherjee (IND)/ Debabrata Majumder (IND) 333.00 pts.
12. Subhash Gupta (IND)/ Sapan Desai (IND) 306.00 pts.

Bridge - Women's Pair Final
7. Hema Deora (IND)/ Marianne Karmarkar (IND) 349.00 pts.

Bridge - Mixed Pair Final
5. Bachiraju Satyanarayana (IND)/ Kiran Nadar (IND) 333.00 pts.
7. Rajeev Khandelwal (IND)/ Himani Khandelwal (IND) 329.00 pts.

P.C. to Media_SAI twitter handle

Squash - Women's Team Gold Medal Match
India l Hong Kong 0-2

Joshana Chinappa (IND) l Wing Chi Annie Au (HKG) 3-11 9-11 5-11 (28m)
Sunayna Sara Kuruvilla (IND) l Tze Lok Ho (HKG) 8-11 6-11 12-10 3-11 (40m)

[SF] India bt Malaysia 2-0

[Pool B] India l Hong Kong 1-2
[Pool B] India bt China 3-0
[Pool B] India bt Indonesia 3-0
[Pool B] India bt Thailand 3-0
[Pool B] India bt Iran 3-0

P.C. to Media_SAI twitter handle

Hockey - Men's Bronze Medal Match
India bt Pakistan 2-1 (1-0)
Goal Scored - Akashdeep Singh (IND) 3', Harmanpreet Singh (IND) 50' PC and Muhammad Atiq (PAK) 52'

[SF] India l Malaysia 2-2 (6-7 Penalty shoot-out)

[Pool A] India bt Sri Lanka 20-0
[Pool A] India bt Korea 5-3
[Pool A] India bt Japan 8-0
[Pool A] India bt Hong Kong 26-0
[Pool A] India bt Indonesia 17-0

Our Asian Games campaign ended on positive notes ... India have recorded their best ever medal haul winning 69 medals in all ...The 15 gold medals equals the record set in 1951 and the 24 silver are the highest we have won in Asian Games history ... We are finished in eight spot in the overall medal's tally.

Performance wise, our shooters and athletes were superb ... In Athletics, we won record 19 medals, 7 Gold, 10 Silver and 2 Bronze ... The two medals in table tennis was a huge surprise ... In wrestling, I was hoping better performance but 2 Gold and 1 Bronze were satisfactory ... Also some good results in Bridge, Rowing, Equestrian, Sailing, Wushu and Kurash ... An individual notable performances for me, Amit Panghal was a Indian player of the games followed closeely by Tajinderpal Singh ... Fouaad Mirza in the equestrian was a breath of fresh air ... Ankita Raina in the tennis ... Neeraj Chopra and Tajinderpal Singh Toor in the athletics.
Otherwise our fancied teams were disappointing ... Mainly Kabaddi teams, Men's hockey team, Recurve archers etc.

Amit defeated reigning Olympic champion and World Championship silver medalist Hasanboy Dusmatov of Uzbekistan to claim India's only boxing gold at 18th Asian Games ... Amit showed immense tactical brilliance, especially in defence with an excellent exhibition of his outright speed and power against fancied Uzbek ... Amit Panghal became only the eighth Indian boxer ever to claim a gold medal at the Asian Games.

In Bridge, Pranab Bardhan and Shibnath Dey Sarkar won a Gold in Men's Pair final ... Our other bridge pairs failed to win medal in their respective categories.

Our Squash women failed to repeat their performance from the semis and they lost in the final against Hong Kong easily ... Our women lost against the same opponent in the Pool also ... Still, creditable to see them winning a Silver.

In Men's hockey, we defeated Pakistan in close match ... We dominated the match but once again failed to score goals ... In last quarter, Pakistan scored but we managed to keep lead in last 8 minutes for winning a Bronze.


We ended with 15 Gold, 24 Silver and 30 Bronze.

Tennis News

At US Open 2018, New York, USA

[R2] (15) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) bt Matthew Ebden (AUS)/ Jackson Withrow (USA) 64 64

Junior Qualifying
[Q1] Vikash Singh (IND,125) l (3) Wojciech Marek (POL,57) 63 57 36

Rohan and Edouard in the third round with straight sets win over Ebden and Withrow.

In the junior qualifying, Vikash Singh lost after winning the first set against higher ranked Polish player.

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Asian Games 2018

At the 18th Asian Games - Jakarta Palembang 2018 - Day 12, Indonesia

P.C. to Media_SAI twitter handle

Sailing - 49er FX Women
Gold - Min Kimberly Lim (SGP)/ Rui Qi Cecilia Low (SGP) 15 pts.
Silver - Varsha Gautham (IND)/ Sweta Shervegar (IND) 44 pts.
Bronze - Nichpa Waiwai (THA)/ Kamonchanok Klahan (THA) 46 pts.

P.C. to Media_SAI twitter handle

Sailing - Open Laser 4.7
Gold - Muhammad Fauzi Kaman Shah (MAS) 20 pts.
Silver - Jianxiong Wang (CHN) 66 pts.
Bronze - Harshita Tomar (IND) 74 pts.
4. Govind Bairagi (IND) 81 pts.

P.C. to Media_SAI twitter handle

Sailing - 49er Men
Gold - Shingen Furuya (JPN)/ Shinji Hachiyama (JPN) 49 pts.
Silver - Bonjin Chae (KOR)/ Dongwook Kim (KOR) 50.5 pts.
Bronze - Varun Ashok Thakkar (IND)/ Kelapanda Chengappa Ganapathy (IND) 53 pts.

P.C. to Media_SAI twitter handle

Hockey - Women's Gold Medal Match
India l Japan 1-2 (1-1)
Goal Scored - Neha Goyal (IND) 25' and Minami Shimizu (JPN) 11' PC, Kawamura Motomi (JPN) 44' PC

[SF] India bt China 1-0

[Pool B] India bt Thailand 5-0
[Pool B] India bt Korea 4-1
[Pool B] India bt Kazakhstan 21-0
[Pool B] India bt Indonesia 8-0

Squash - Men's Team
[SF] India l Hong Kong 0-2

[M1] Saurav Ghosal (IND) l Ho Yin Lee (HKG) 7-11, 9-11, 11-13 (41m)
[M2] Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND) l Chun Ming Au (HKG) 9-11, 11-9, 9-11, 3-11 (45m)

Boxing - Men's Middle (75kg)
[SF] Vikas Krishan (IND) l Amankul Abilkhan (KAZ) w/o

Diving - Men's 3m Springboard Final
12. Ramananda Sharma Kongbrailatpam (IND) 325.45 pts.

In Sailing, we had our best haul in the Asian Games with a Silver and two Bronze ... Varsha Gautham and Sweta Shervegar won a Silver in 49er FX Women category behind Singaporean pair ... Varsha and Sweta needed to take the court route for the selection after they didn't selected initially ... But winning this medal they showed that was a wrong decision ... 16 yrs. old Harshita Tomar won a Bronze in Open Laser 4.7 category ... She was well behind when last 6 races were remaining but she responded with top 2 finishes in last these races to win a medal ... Govind Bairagi finished on the 4th position in the same category ... And the 3rd medal won by Varun Thakkar and Kelapanda Chengappa Ganapathy ... They won a Bronze in 49er Men category.

Our women's hockey team failed to secure Tokyo 2020 Olympic quota as they lost the final against Japanese women ... Our women showed scoring ability in their previous matches but they struggled against Japanese women's solid defense ... Japan took an early lead through Shimizu on a penalty corner but Neha Goyal pulled India level in the 2nd quarter ... Japan won another penalty corner in the 3rd quarter and Kawamura made no mistake giving them the lead ... Indian women tried hard and could've equalised in the final minute but Vandana couldn't get her effort on target.

Vikas Krishan gave a walkover to his Kazakh opponent due to right eye injury in the previous match ... He settled with a Bronze.

Our Squash men's team settled with a Bronze after losing both matches to Hong Kong team ... In their last pool match, they suffered uncharacteristic loss against Malaysian team and that cost them a Silver medal.

Ramananda Sharma qualified for the final of Men's 3m Springboard and finished on the 12th position.


We have 13 Gold, 23 Silver and 29 Bronze.

Tennis News

At US Open 2018, New York, USA

[R1] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Artem Sitak (NZL) bt Martin Redlicki (USA)/ Evan Zhu (USA) 64 64
[R1] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Denis Istomin (UZB) l (5) Juan Sebastian Cabal (COL)/ Robert Farah (COL) 36 26
[R1] Jamie Cerretani (USA)/ Leander Paes (IND) l Jeremy Chardy (FRA)/ Fabrice Martin (FRA) 36 46

[R2] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Artem Sitak (NZL) vs (7) Lukasz Kubot (POL)/ Marcelo Melo (BRA)

Mixed Doubles
[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Laura Siegemund (GER) l (7) Katarina Srebotnik (SLO)/ Michael Venus (NZL) 46 46

Turned to be a bad for Indians as only Divij and Artem scored a straight-sets win over American wild-card pair ... Jeevan and Istomin lost convincingly against the 5th seed Colombians ... Lee and Cerretani also failed to overcome the challenges of Frenchmen ... Divij and Artem will be facing the 7th seed Melo and Kubot in the second round.

In MXD, Rohan and his German Laura Siegemund lost in straight sets against the 7th seeds Srebotnik and Michael Venus.