Boxing News

At 2018 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships, New Delhi, India

P.C. to OGQ FB page

Light flyweight (45-48 kg) - Gold Medal match
MC Mary Kom (IND) bt Hanna Okhota (UKR) 5-0

[SF] MC Mary Kom (IND) bt Kim Hyang-mi (PKR) 5-0
[QF] MC Mary Kom (IND) bt Wu Yu (CHN) 5-0
[R16] MC Mary Kom (IND) bt Aigerim Kassenayeva (KAZ) 5-0

Featherweight (54-57 kg) - Gold Medal match
Sonia Chahal (IND) l Ornella Wahner (GER) 1-4

[SF] Sonia Chahal (IND) bt Jo Son-hwa (PKR) 5-0
[QF] Sonia Chahal (IND) bt Yeni Arias (COL) 4-1
[R16] Sonia Chahal (IND) bt Rianna Rios (UAS) 3-2
[R32] Sonia Chahal (IND) bt Doaa Toujani (MOR) 5-0

Light welterweight (64 kg)
[SF] Simranjit Kaur (IND) l Dou Dan (CHN) 1-4

[QF] Simranjit Kaur (IND) bt Amy Broadhurst (IRL) 3-1
[R16] Simranjit Kaur (IND) bt Megan Reid (SCO) 5-0
[R32] Simranjit Kaur (IND) bt Amelia Moore (USA) 4-1

Welterweight (64-69 kg)
[SF] Lovlina Borgohain (IND) l Chen Nien-chin (TPE) 0-4

[QF] Lovlina Borgohain (IND) bt Kaye Scott (AUS) 5-0
[R16] Lovlina Borgohain (IND) bt Atheyna Bylon (PAN) 5-0

India ended their campaign with a Gold, a Silver and 2 Bronze medals in the AIBA Women's World Championship.

The legendary Mary Kom lifted her sixth World Championship gold medal and overall the 7th World Championship medal ... The last time she won the Gold medal in 2010, so after 8 yrs she managed to win another gold medal ... She won the gold medals in the 2002, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010 and 2018 World Championships ... Here, she won all her bouts showing her experience ... In the final bout, she defeated Ukrainian boxer, Hanna Okhota.

The young Sonia Chahal won a Silver as she lost the final against the superior German boxer, Ornella Wahner ... Before that, she had good wins over boxers from America and Colombia.

We won two Bronze medals by Simranjit Kaur and Lovlina Borgohain in their weight categories ... Simranjit scored good wins against Irish and American boxers.
Also impressed with a performance from a young boxer Manisha Maun in Bantamweight (54 kg) category ... She had a tough draw, she defeated the World Championship bronze medalist, American boxer Christina Cruz in the round of 32 ... Then defeated the regaining World champion, Kazakh boxer Dina Zholaman in the round of 16 ... But lost against the Bulgarian boxer in the quarters ... So Manisha is another boxer from whom we can expect a medal in the major events.

Tennis News

At $50K+H Pune Challenger 2018, India

P.C. to the KPIT Challenger FB page

Singles Final
(4) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,110) l (3) Elias Ymer (SWE,132) 26 57

Doubles Final
N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) bt (3) Cheng-Peng Hsieh (TPE)/ Tsung-Hua Yang (TPE) 76(3) 67(5) 10-7

Prajnesh failed to cross the final hurdle and misses to seal the ticket of the Australian Open< main-draw ... On the court, Prajnesh was looking tired as this was his 2nd final in two weeks ... Ymer took advantage of it and won the first set easily ... In the second set, both players held their respective service games till the 11th game ... Prajnesh saved multiple break points but Ymer broke him in the 12th game for completing the victory ... Still, good couple of weeks for Prajnesh as he will inside to the top-110 ranking in new 2019 rankings.

VSP and Ram lifted the doubles title beating the seeded Taipei pair in the marathon match ... Our pair won the first set in the tie-break but lost the second set in the tie-break ... They recovered to win the match tie-break for winning the title.

Tennis News

At $50K+H Pune Challenger 2018, India

[SF] (4) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,110) bt (1) Radu Albot (MDA,102) 16 64 64

[F] (4) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,110) vs (3) Elias Ymer (SWE,132)

Doubles
[SF] N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) bt (4) Andrej Martin (SVK)/ Hans Podlipnik-Castillo (CHI) 76(7) 60

[F] N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) vs (3) Cheng-Peng Hsieh (TPE)/ Tsung-Hua Yang (TPE)

Prajnesh playing quality tennis with his new found confidence ... He made a superb fightback to beat Albot in three sets ... In the final, he is having the Swedish challenge of Elias Ymer.
In the first set Prajnesh struggled with Albot's ground strokes and lost this set cheaply ... But he recovered in the second set and took a crucial break in the 7th game to lead 4-3 ... He held his service games to win the set ... In the third set, he took an early break to lead 2-1 ... Prajnesh faced stiff challenge from Albot in next service games, hesaved a break point in the 6th game to lead 4-2 and he again needed to save 2 break points in the 8th game before holding to lead 5-3 ... Prajnesh held his serve comfortably in the 10th game and completed an excellent comeback win.

Ram and VSP r in the final with straight sets win over the 4th seeds ... After winning the first set in the close tie-break, Ram and VSP won the second set without losing a single game ... In the final, they r facing the 3rd seeds Taipei pair.

Squash News

At $164.5K Women's Everbright Sun Hung Kai Hong Kong Open 2018, Hong Kong China (PSA World Tour Platinum)

[R3] (14) Joshna Chinappa (IND,14) l (3) Nour El Tayeb (EGY,3) 6-11, 4-11, 12-10, 8-11 (41m)

Joshna gave fighting performance against WR #3 Nour El Tayeb in her loss ... Joshna lost in straight games against El Tayeb in her previous matches, but this time she stretched El Tayeb to 4 games.

Tennis News

At $50K+H Pune Challenger 2018, India

[QF] (WC) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,355) l (1) Radu Albot (MDA,102) 36 64 16
[QF] (4) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,110) bt Aleksandr Nedovyesov (KAZ,186) 64 64

[SF] (4) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,110) vs (1) Radu Albot (MDA,102)

Doubles
[QF] (WC) Siddanth Banthia (IND)/ Anvit Bendre (IND) l (4) Andrej Martin (SVK)/ Hans Podlipnik-Castillo (CHI) 46 46

[SF] N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) vs (4) Andrej Martin (SVK)/ Hans Podlipnik-Castillo (CHI)

Prajnesh enters into the semis with straight sets win over Nedo ... He is facing the top-seed Radu Albot.
Mukund gave fighting performance against Albot ... After losing the first set he fought back to win the second but Albot was lot better in the third ... Very encouraging last few weeks for Mukund.

Anvit and Siddanth lost in straight sets against the 4th seeds pair ... Ram and VSP r facing the 4th seed pair in the semis.

Squash News

At $164.5K Men's Everbright Sun Hung Kai Hong Kong Open 2018, Hong Kong China (PSA World Tour Platinum)

[R2] (9/16) Saurav Ghosal (IND,11) l (9/16) Diego Elias (PER,12) 2-11, 3-11, 11-13 (35m)

Saurav failed to find his rhythm against the similar ranked rising Peruvian player, Diego Elias ... Diego took advantage of it and won the 1st two games comfortably ... Saurav tried fightback but Diego make sure that match didn't extend to the 4th game.

Tennis News

At $50K+H Pune Challenger 2018, India

[R2] (WC) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,355) bt (6) Jay Clarke (GBR,181) 57 64 4-1 Ret'd
[R2] (4) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,110) bt (Q) Lucas Gerch (GER,794) 61 63
[R2] (WC) Arjun Kadhe (IND,370) l Brayden Schnur (CAN,189) 57 26

[QF] (WC) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,355) vs (1) Radu Albot (MDA,102)
[QF] (4) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,110) vs Aleksandr Nedovyesov (KAZ,186)

Doubles
[R1] (WC) Siddanth Banthia (IND)/ Anvit Bendre (IND) bt (Alt) Kunal Anand (IND)/ Shahbaaz Khan (IND) 62 64

[QF] (1) Purav Raja (IND)/ Antonio Sancic (CRO) l Max Purcell (AUS)/ Luke Saville (AUS) 75 36 11-13
[QF] Arjun Kadhe (IND)/ Saketh Myneni (IND) l (3) Cheng-Peng Hsieh (TPE)/ Tsung-Hua Yang (TPE) 36 67(9)
[QF] N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) bt Sanjar Fayziev (UZB)/ Aleksandr Nedovyesov (KAZ) 63 64
[QF] (WC) Siddanth Banthia (IND)/ Anvit Bendre (IND) vs (4) Andrej Martin (SVK)/ Hans Podlipnik-Castillo (CHI)

Mukund continues with his terrific run as his opponent, Jay Clarke, retired after falling behind in the third set due to dizziness ... After losing the first set Mukund made an excellent comeback to win the second and was in an early lead with a break when Jay retired ... Next, he is having a tough match against the top-seed Radu Albot.
Prajnesh scored an expected comfortable win over the German qualifier Gerch ... Next, he is facing Nedo.
Arjun failed to keep the level of the game which he showed against Ram and lost in straight sets against Schnur.

In the doubles, Ram and VSP r in the semis with straight sets win over Nedo and Fayziev ... The top-seed Purav and Sancic lost in the match tie-break against the in-form Aussie pair ... After winning the first set tie-break Purav and Sancic lost the second but they fought back and missed match point before losing the match ... Arjun and Saki also lost in straight sets against the 3rd seeds Taipei pair.

Squash News

At $164.5K Men's Everbright Sun Hung Kai Hong Kong Open 2018, Hong Kong China (PSA World Tour Platinum)

[R2] Ramit Tandon (IND,68) l Tom Richards (ENG,28) 7-11, 6-11, 9-1 (32m)

Ramit Tandon lost in straight games against the former top-15 British player, Tom Richards.

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At $164.5K Women's Everbright Sun Hung Kai Hong Kong Open 2018, Hong Kong China (PSA World Tour Platinum)

[R2] (14) Joshna Chinappa (IND,14) bt Milou van der Heijden (NED,34) 9-11, 11-5, 11-9, 11-3 (36m)

[R3] (14) Joshna Chinappa (IND,14) vs (3) Nour El Tayeb (EGY,3)

Joshna had a slow start against her Dutch opponent ... She lost the first game but then recovered to win next three games ... Next, she is facing WR #3 Nour El Tayeb.

Tennis News

At $50K+H Pune Challenger 2018, India

[R1] Sumit Nagal (IND,291) l (1) Radu Albot (MDA,102) 57 26
[R1] (WC) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,355) bt (SE) Saketh Myneni (IND,265) 64 76(1)
[R1] (4) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,110) bt Tsung-Hua Yang (TPE,267) 64 64
[R1] (WC) Arjun Kadhe (IND,370) bt (2) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,130) 63 62

[R2] (WC) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,355) vs (6) Jay Clarke (GBR,181)
[R2] (4) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,110) vs (Q) Lucas Gerch (GER,794)
[R2] (WC) Arjun Kadhe (IND,370) vs Brayden Schnur (CAN,189)

Doubles
[R1] (1) Purav Raja (IND)/ Antonio Sancic (CRO) bt Daniel Masur (GER)/ Tristan-Samuel Weissborn (AUT) 46 76(6) 10-8

[QF] (1) Purav Raja (IND)/ Antonio Sancic (CRO) vs Max Purcell (AUS)/ Luke Saville (AUS)

Ram's season ended on a disappointing note as he lost in the first round ... But other hand a career's best win for Arjun as he took full advantage of error-prone Ram to beat him convincingly ... Next, he is facing the top-200 Canadian, Brayden Schnur.
Mukund scored another upset win over the last week's finalist Saki in straight sets ... Next, he is facing the 6th seed Jay Clarke.
Prajnesh also enters into the second round with straight sets win over Tsung-Hua Yang ... Next, he is facing the German qualifier, Lucas Gerch.
Sumit lost after giving fighting performance in the first set against the top-seed Radu Albot.

The top-seeds Purav and Sancic started with a hard fought win over Masur and Weissborn after losing the first set ... Next, they r facing the last week's winner Aussie pair.

Squash News

At $164.5K Men's Everbright Sun Hung Kai Hong Kong Open 2018, Hong Kong China (PSA World Tour Platinum)

[R1] (9/16) Saurav Ghosal (IND,11) bye
[R1] Ramit Tandon (IND,68) bt Alan Clyne (SCO,40) 11-7, 11-9, 9-11, 11-6 (47m)

[R2] (9/16) Saurav Ghosal (IND,11) vs (9/16) Diego Elias (PER,12)
[R2] Ramit Tandon (IND,68) vs Tom Richards (ENG,28)

As the seeded player, Saurav received bye but having a tricky match against the similar ranked rising Peruvian player, Diego Elias.
Ramit Tandon entered as a lowest ranked player, but he started with an upset win over top-40 Scottish player Clyne in four games ... Next, he is facing the former top-15 British player, Tom Richards.

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At $164.5K Women's Everbright Sun Hung Kai Hong Kong Open 2018, Hong Kong China (PSA World Tour Platinum)

[R1] (14) Joshna Chinappa (IND,14) bye

[R2] (14) Joshna Chinappa (IND,14) vs Milou van der Heijden (NED,34)

Joshna has received a bye in the big Hong Kong Open and facing a Dutch opponent in the second round.

Billiards News

At IBSF World Billiards Championship 2018, Yangon, Myanmar

P.C. to Pankaj Advani's twitter handle

Final of Points Format (150-Up)
Pankaj Advani (IND) bt Nay Thway Oo (MYA) 6-2

Final of Time Format (Long-Up)
Pankaj Advani (IND) (190, 171, 86, 92, 66, 134, 62, 198, 165, 66, 89) 1500 - 299 (64, 58) Bhaskar Balachandra (IND) 1500-299

Pankaj Advani added the longer format title to the points format crown he won a couple of days back in the IBSF World Billiards Championships at Yangon, Myanmar, to take his world title count to an unbelievable No. 21 ... Pankaj won the final against B.Bhaskar comfortably by 1200+ points ... In the 150-up points format the local player, Nay Thway Oo, gave the fighting performance but Pankaj was in the control ... This was the 4th doubles for Pankaj.

Tennis News

At $50K+H Pune Challenger 2018, India

[R1] (WC) Aryan Goveas (IND,797) l Brayden Schnur (CAN,233) 36 46
[R1] (WC) Manish Sureshkumar (IND,522) l (3) Elias Ymer (SWE,132) 46 06

Doubles
[R1] Arjun Kadhe (IND)/ Saketh Myneni (IND) bt (WC) Parikshit Somani (IND)/ Dhakshineswar Suresh (IND) 61 61
[R1] N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) bt (WC) Aryan Goveas (IND)/ Dhruv Sunish (IND) 76(3) 61
[R1] (2) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) l Sanjar Fayziev (UZB)/ Aleksandr Nedovyesov (KAZ) 26 26

[QF] Arjun Kadhe (IND)/ Saketh Myneni (IND) vs (3) Cheng-Peng Hsieh (TPE)/ Tsung-Hua Yang (TPE)
[QF] N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) vs Sanjar Fayziev (UZB)/ Aleksandr Nedovyesov (KAZ)

Aryan played a decent match against Schnur but Ymer was too good for Manish in their singles matches.

Expected wins for Arjun-Saki and Ram-VSP pairing against the wildcard pairs ... But a poor run of Vishnu and Bala continue ... I think Vishnu is struggling due to lack of match practice but really surprising scoreline in their loss ... Next, Arjun-Saki r facing the 3rd seeds Taipei pair and Ram and VSP r facing Nedo and Fayziev, who defeated Bala and Vishnu.

Golf News

At $2.5M CME Group Tour Championship 2018, Naples, Florida, USA (LPGA Tour 2018)

T55 Aditi Ashok (IND) 72 73 70 77 +4 $6,884

The 5-over last round ended Aditi's dream of finishing in the top-25 in this season-ending Tour Championship ... Still, overall decent first season on the LPGA tour for Aditi.

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At $10.5M DP World Tour Championship 2018, Dubai, UAE

T41 Shubhankar Sharma (IND) 73 67 66 80 -2 € 44,559

Shubhankar was tied 9th position after three rounds but the final 8-over round put him out of contention of strong finish ... In the final round, he scored 2 birdies, a triple bogey on the 14th hole and 7 bogeys.

Good news is, Shubhankar Sharma has won the Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year Award to top off a remarkable debut campaign on the European Tour.

Wrestling News

At 2018 World U23 Wrestling Championship, Bucharest, Romania

P.C. to Olympic Gold Quest FB page

Freestyle Men U23 - 57 kg - Gold Medal match
Ravi Kumar (IND) l Toshihiro Hasegawa (JPN) 0-6

[SF] Ravi Kumar (IND) bt Jahongirmirza Turobov (UZB) 10-8
[QF] Ravi Kumar (IND) bt Taras Markovych (UKR) 12-4
[R16] Ravi Kumar (IND) bt Razvan Marian Kovacs (ROU) 7-5

Ravi Kumar wins the Silver, the first medal for India in this ongoing World U23 Wrestling Championship ... He lost in the final against superior the Japanese wrestler, Toshihiro Hasegawa ... Before the final, Ravi scored couple of good wins against Uzbek and Romanian wrestlers.

Tennis News

At $125K Taipei OEC Open 2018, Taipei City, Chinese Taipei

P.C. to Ankita's FB page

Doubles Final
Ankita Raina (IND)/ Karman Kaur Thandi (IND) bt (4) Olga Doroshina (RUS)/ Natela Dzalamdze (RUS) 63 57 ret.

Ankita and Karman lift their first $125K WTA tournament title ... In the final of the Taipei Open, they started well and won the first set but their Russian opponents fightback to win the second set ... The Russians retired after winning the second set and gave the title to the Indians.

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At $50K+H Pune Challenger 2018, India

[R1] (1) Purav Raja (IND)/ Antonio Sancic (CRO) vs Daniel Masur (GER)/ Tristan-Samuel Weissborn (AUT)
[R1] Arjun Kadhe (IND)/ Saketh Myneni (IND) vs (WC) Parikshit Somani (IND)/ Dhakshineswar Suresh (IND)
[R1] Sumit Nagal (IND)/ Elias Ymer (SWE) vs (WC) Siddanth Banthia (IND)/ Anvit Bendre (IND)
[R1] N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) vs (WC) Aryan Goveas (IND)/ Dhruv Sunish (IND)
[R1] (2) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs Sanjar Fayziev (UZB)/ Aleksandr Nedovyesov (KAZ)

The doubles draw is out ... Purav and Sancic r the top seeds and Bala and Vishnu r the 2nd seeds ... Arjun and Saki r again playing together, RamK is partnering VSP ... Sumit is playing with Elias Ymer.

Badminton News

At LI NING BWF World Junior Championship 2018, Markham, Canada

P.C. to Lakshya Sen's twitter handle

[SF] (4) Lakshya Sen (IND,90) l (1) Kunlavut Vitidsarn (THA,213) 22-20 16-21 13-21

[QF] (4) Lakshya Sen (IND,90) bt Aidil Sholeh Ali Sadikin (MAS,455) 21-8 21-18
[R4] (4) Lakshya Sen (IND,90) bt (9) Shiau Cheng Chen (TPE,290) 15-21 21-17 21-14
[R3] (4) Lakshya Sen (IND,90) bt Giovanni Toti (ITA,324) 21-7 21-13
[R2] (4) Lakshya Sen (IND,90) bt Armando Gaitan (MEX,788) 21-13 21-9
[R1] (4) Lakshya Sen (IND,90) bye

Lakshya Sen lifted the Bronze in the BWF World Junior Championship ... He lost in the semis against the top-seed Thai, Kunlavut Vitidsarn, after winning the first game ... He defeated the same opponent in his title match at Asia Junior Championships 2018 in July.

Football News

At the FIFA International Friendly 2018, Amman, Jordan

Jordan bt India 2-1 (1-0)
Goal Scored - Amer Shafi (JOR) 25' Ehsan Haddad (JOR) 58' and Nishu Kumar (IND) 61'

India lost against Jordan in the friendly ... We conceded both goals from goalkeeping errors ... Jordan's opener, a freak goal from their own goalkeeper, was entirely Gurpreet Singh Sandhu's fault ... First he sent a freekick straight into Amer Shafi's hands and then did not get back in goal in time ... He misjudged the bounce on Amer Shafi's long punt upfield and could only palm the ball into his own net while backtracking ... The second goal saw Ehsan Haddadi's shot beat him at his near post .. Gurpreet should have done better in that situation ... Other hand Nishu Kumar scored on his debut.

Tennis News

At $150K+H Bangalore Challenger 2018, India

P.C. to Kamesh Srinivasan FB page

Singles Final
(4) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,141) bt (WC) Saketh Myneni (IND,315) 62 62

I was expecting some fireworks but Prajnesh scored a comfortable win over Saki inside an hour ... Prajnesh had a solid service games as he didn't face a single break point on his serve ... Other hand he managed to put pressure on Saki's serve as Prajnesh had 10 break points chances and he converted 4 of them ... With this win, Prajnesh will be our new #1 singles player on the tour ... A well deserving achievement considering his overall 2018 performance.

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At $125K Taipei OEC Open 2018, Taipei City, Chinese Taipei

[SF] Ankita Raina (IND)/ Karman Kaur Thandi (IND) bt (3) Misaki Doi (JPN)/ Danka Kovinic (MNE) 67(2) 64 10-8

[F] Ankita Raina (IND)/ Karman Kaur Thandi (IND) vs (4) Olga Doroshina (RUS)/ Natela Dzalamdze (RUS)

Ankita and Karaman continue with their terrific run in Taipei Open ... They r in the doubles final with a comeback win over the 3rd seeds Doi and Kovinic ... After losing the first set tie-break they made fighting comeback for completing the win ... In the final, they r facing the 4th seeds Russian pair.

Tennis News

At $150K+H Bangalore Challenger 2018, India

[SF] (WC) Saketh Myneni (IND,315) bt Aleksandr Nedovyesov (KAZ,211) 46 64 64
[SF] (4) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,141) bt Brayden Schnur (CAN,233) 64 61

[F] (4) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,141) vs (WC) Saketh Myneni (IND,315)

Doubles Final
(2) Purav Raja (IND)/ Antonio Sancic (CRO) l Max Purcell (AUS)/ Luke Saville (AUS) 67(3) 36

All Indian final in the biggest Indian challenger!
Saki is in the final beating Nedo in three sets ... A slow start for Saki, as he lost the first set ... But from mid of the second set, Saki reduced his unforced errors and raised his game ... He was down 1-3 but he fought back to break Nedo twice for winning the set ... In the third set, Saki was double break up at 5-0, but while serving for the match at 5-1 he lost his serve ... In the 9th game, Saki missed 3 match points, at 40-15 he committed 2 double faults in a row ... But he managed to break Nedo in the 10th game as Nedo made unforced errors to help Saki to convert 5th match point.

Prajnesh scored a comfortable win over the Canadian Brayden Schnur ... After winning the first set with a single break advantage Prajnesh dominated the match.

Purav and Sancic lost the final against the Aussie pairing of Purcell and Saville.

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At $150K+H Houston Challenger 2018, Texas, USA

[SF] (2) Leander Paes (IND)/ Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX) l (3) Marcelo Arevalo (ESA)/ Jamie Cerretani (USA) 46 67(7)

Lee and Miguel lost in the semis against Cerretani and Arevalo, so no comeback in this match.

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At $125K Taipei OEC Open 2018, Taipei City, Chinese Taipei

[QF] Ankita Raina (IND)/ Karman Kaur Thandi (IND) bt (WC) Ya-Hseun Lee (TPE)/ En Liang (TPE) 46 64 10-8

[SF] Ankita Raina (IND)/ Karman Kaur Thandi (IND) vs (3) Misaki Doi (JPN)/ Danka Kovinic (MNE)

Ankita and Karman scored an excellent comeback win over the local pair after losing the first set ... Next, they r facing the 3rd seeds Doi and Kvinic.

Badminton News

At $400K YONEX-SUNRISE Hong Kong Open 2018, Kowloon (HSBC BWF World Tour Super 500)

[QF] (4) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,8) l (8) Kenta Nishimoto (JPN,11) 17-21 13-21
[QF] Sameer Verma (IND,18) l Cheuk Yiu Lee (HKG,47) 15-21 21-19 11-21

Srikanth lost in straight games against Nishimoto ... Srikanth struggled in this match may be didn't recover fully from yesterday's marathon match against Prannoy.

Sameer also failed to take advantage of a weak draw ... He lost against the local player Lee in 3 games ... After losing the first game Sameer fought hard to win the second ... But Lee convincingly won the third game.