Tennis News

At €485,760 Portugal Open, Oeiras (Red clay)

[R1] (1) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt Santiago Giraldo (COL)/ Alejandro Gonzalez (COL) w/o

[QF] (1) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs (1) Pablo Cuevas (URU)/ David Marrero (ESP)

Lucky break for Divij-Purav but next they r facing top-seed pair ... this match is important for them French open qualification.
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At $15K Uzbekistan F2 Futures, Andijan

[R2] (5) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,574) bt Aliaksandr Halinko (BLR,1949) 62 60

[QF] (5) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,574) vs (Q) Evgeny Elistratov (RUS,1108)

Doubles
[QF] (1) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND) bt (WC) Roman Safiullin (RUS)/ Alexander Vasilenko (RUS) 46 63 10-6

[SF] (1) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND) vs (4) Daniiar Duldaev (KGZ)/ Vladimir Uzhylovsky (UKR)

Good easy win for Vishnu ... Next he is facing Russian qualifier, who beats 4th seed player in previous round.

In the doubles Bala-Ranjeet need comeback win after losing the first set against Russian wild-card pair ... In the semis they r facing 4th seed pair.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Bangkok, Thailand

[R2] (5) Rishika SUNKARA (IND,579) l Ashling SUMNER (AUS,914) 16 57
[R2] (3) Natasha PALHA (IND,553) bt Shiho HISAMATSU (JPN,1145) 64 63
[R2] Nidhi CHILUMULA (IND,705) l Emma FLOOD (NOR,740) 57 57

[QF] (3) Natasha PALHA (IND,553) vs Mandy WAGEMAKER (NED,753)

Only Natasha manages to win ... Next she is facing Dutch girl.
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At $10K Iran F7 futures , Kish

[R2] Akash Wagh (IND,1138) l Maxi Pongratz (AUT,1162) 16 26
[R2] (Q) Neeraj Elangovan (IND,2183) l (2) Marko Tepavac (SRB,629) 36 26

Doubles
[QF] Ronak MANUJA (IND)/ Akash WAGH (IND) bt (4) Vadim ALEKSEENKO (UKR)/ Alexandr KUSHAKOV (UKR) 75 26 11-9
[QF] Sagar AHUJA (IND)/ Anvit BENDRE (IND) l (2) Marko TEPAVAC (SRB)/ Mark VERVOORT (NED) 57 26

[SF] Ronak MANUJA (IND)/ Akash WAGH (IND) vs Maximilian MANN (AUT)/ Maxi PONGRATZ (AUT)

In the singles our both players lose their match without much fight ... But in the doubles Akash-Ronak r in the semis with another tight win.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Namangan, Uzbekistan

[R2] (3) Prarthana G. Thombare (IND,385) bt Madina Khatamova (UZB,UNR) 61 60
[R2] (7) Sharrmadaa Balu (IND,685) l Polina Monova (RUS,876) 16 06

[QF] (3) Prarthana G. Thombare (IND,385) vs Polina Monova (RUS,876)

Prarthana is looking in good touch ... Next she is facing Monova, who upset Balu.
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At $10K Tukey F14 Futures, Antalya - Belconti

[R1] (1) Andrei CIUMAC (MDA)/ Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND) bt Peter HELLER (GER)/ David PEL (NED) 63 64

[QF] (1) Andrei CIUMAC (MDA)/ Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND) vs Alexander JHUN (GBR)/ Yusuke WATANUKI (JPN)

RamK and Ciumac r top-seed and have winning start against German pair.

Tennis News

At €485,760 Portugal Open, Oeiras (Red clay)

[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND,102) bt Mathew Ebden (AUS,62) 62 63

[R2] Somdev Devvarman (IND,102) vs Tomáš Berdych (CZE,6)

Buji score comfortable win over Aussie Ebden in straight sets without losing much sweat ... This was his first win on the tour after Dubai open ... Next he is facing top-seed Berdych but I m hoping for decent fighting performance from Buji.
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At $250K Portugal Open, Oeiras (Red clay)

[R1] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) bt Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU)/ Maria Irigoyen (ARG) 46 62 10-5

After losing the first set Cara-Sania make superb comeback and won next two sets comfortably.
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At $50K+H An-Ning Challenger, China (clay)

[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND,269) l Andrew Whittington (AUS,394) 63 36 36

Doubles
[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND)/ James Clusky (IRL) l (WC) Peng Xion Gong (CHN)/ Xio Gong (CHN) 67(0) 64 13-15
[R1] Jeevan Nenduncheziyan(IND)/ Richard Becker (GER) bt (4) Hsin-Han Lee (TPE)/ Mat Reid (AUS) 64 76(3)

[QF] Jeevan Nenduncheziyan(IND)/ Richard Becker (GER) vs Laurynas Grigelis (LTU)/ Nikola Mektic (CRO)

Saki fails to took advantage of good start against lower ranked Aussie player ... In the doubles very suspicious loss of Saki-Clusky in extra points of super tie-break against local wild-card pair ... Jeeven-Becker score upset win over 4th seed.
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At $50K Tallahassee Challenger, USA

[R1] Sanam Singh (IND,368) l (6) Gerald Melzer (AUT,148) 26 06

Doubles
[R1] Sanam Singh (IND)/ Takanyi Garanganga (ZIM) vs (4) Sekou Bangoura (USA)/ Evan King (USA)

Melzer punishes Sanam on the clay.
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At $50K ITF Women's Tournament, Aning, China

[R1] Ankita Raina (IND,291) l (1) Jovana Jaksic (SRB,106) 16 46

Decent fight in the second by Ankita.
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At $15K Uzbekistan F2 Futures, Andijan

[R1] (5) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,574) bt (Q) Pavel Tsoy (UZB,UNR) 63 63
[R1] (7) Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND,642) l (Q) Fedor Chervyakov (RUS,1044) 57 0-2 retd.

[R2] (5) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,574) vs Aliaksandr Halinko (BLR,1949)

Doubles
[R1] (3) Vishnu Vardhan (IND)/ Remi Boutillier (FRA) l Sanjar Fayziev (UZB)/ Temur Ismailov (UZB) 36 64 8-10

Only Vishnu is remaining in the singles as Ranjeet retired after losing the first set ... In the doubles Vishnu lose with his new French partner ... Vishnu will face Belarus's Aliaksandr Halinko.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Namangan, Uzbekistan

[R2] (3) Prarthana G. Thombare (IND,385) bt Aleksandra Stakhanova (UZB,UNR) 61 62
[R1] (7) Sharrmadaa Balu (IND,685) bt (Q) Feruzabonu Saidova (UZB,UNR) 61 63

[R2] (7) Prarthana G. Thombare (IND,385) vs Madina Khatamova (UZB,UNR)
[R2] (7) Sharrmadaa Balu (IND,685) vs Polina Monova (RUS,876)

Really good win by Prarthana and Sharrmadaa against unranked players ... But in next round Sharrmadaa having tough match.
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At $10K Iran F7 futures , Kish

[R1] Sagar Ahuja (IND,1362) l (1) Vadim Alekseenko (UKR,536) 16 26
[R1] Ronak Manuja (IND,1267) l (WC) Amirvala Madanchi (IRI,UNR) 46 57
[R1] (Q) Neeraj Elangovan (IND,2183) bt (WC) Leo Julien Sebaoun (JPN,UNR) 63 63

Doubles
[R1] Ronak MANUJA (IND)/ Akash WAGH (IND) bt Hamed ESMAIL YAZDI (IRI)/ Hesam ESMAIL YAZDI (IRI) 62 62
[R1] Sagar AHUJA (IND)/ Anvit BENDRE (IND) bt Joel KINCAID (USA)/ Goran MARKOVIC (SRB) w/o

Only Neeraj is the second round with Akash.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Bangkok, Thailand

[R1] (5) Rishika SUNKARA (IND,579) bt Ho Ching WU (HKG,871) 64 64

[R2] (5) Rishika SUNKARA (IND,579) vs Ashling SUMNER (AUS,914)
[R2] (3) Natasha PALHA (IND,553) vs Shiho HISAMATSU (JPN,1145)
[R2] Nidhi CHILUMULA (IND,705) vs Emma FLOOD (NOR,740)

Good win by Rishika against Wu ... Nidhi having tougher match against similar ranked opponent.
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At $10K Tukey F14 Futures, Antalya - Belconti

[R2] (1) Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND,388) bt (LL) Aoran WANG (CHN,1940) 61 62

[R2] (1) Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND,388) vs Sergei BUBKA (UKR,UNR)

Expected win but tough match against former top-200 player Bubka, who is coming out of life threatening injury (fall from 4th floor).

Tennis News

At $250K Portugal Open, Oeiras (Red clay)

[R1] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) vs Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU)/ Maria Irigoyen (ARG)

Surprising entry of Sania-Cara in Portugal open.
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At $50K+H An-Ning Challenger, China (clay)

[R1] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,328) l Jordan Thompson (AUS,325) 26 36

Poor loss of Jeevan against similar ranked player.
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At $50K ITF Women's Tournament, Aning, China

[R1] Ankita Raina (IND,291) vs (1) Jovana Jaksic (SRB,106)

Doubles
[R1] Cindy BURGER (NED)/ Ankita RAINA (IND) l Yihong LI (CHN)/ Lin ZHU (CHN) 63 36 8-10

Ankita decide to play in tougher tournament and facing top-100 type Serbian Jaksic in the first round ... In the doubles she and her Dutch partner Burger failed to took advantage of good start and lost in match tie-break.
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At $15K Uzbekistan F2 Futures, Andijan

[R1] (2) N. Sriram Balaji (IND,333) l Richard Muzaev (RUS,786) 57 36
[R1] (5) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,574) vs (Q) Pavel Tsoy (UZB,UNR)
[R1] (7) Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND,642) vs (Q) Fedor Chervyakov (RUS,1044)

Doubles
[R1] (1) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND) bt Evgeny Elistratov (RUS)/ Vitaly Kozyukov (RUS) 64 64
[R1] (3) Vishnu Vardhan (IND)/ Remi Boutillier (FRA) vs Sanjar Fayziev (UZB)/ Temur Ismailov (UZB)

[QF] (1) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND) vs (WC) Roman Safiullin (RUS)/ Alexander Vasilenko (RUS)

Shocking loss of Bala in the singles.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Bangkok, Thailand

[R1] Nidhi CHILUMULA (IND,705) bt (2) Shweta RANA (IND,547) 61 5-0 retd.
[R1] (3) Natasha PALHA (IND,553) bt (Q) Chompoothip JANDAKATE (THA,UNR) 63 75

Impressive start by Nidhi and winning start for Natasha.
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At $10K Tukey F14 Futures, Antalya - Belconti

[R2] (1) Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND,388) vs (LL) Aoran WANG (CHN,1940)

RamK need to perform as per his seedings.
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At $10K Iran F7 futures , Kish

[R1] Sagar Ahuja (IND,1362) l (1) Vadim Alekseenko (UKR,536) 16 26
[R1] Ronak Manuja (IND,1267) vs (WC) Amirvala Madanchi (IRI,UNR)
[R1] Anvit Bendre (IND,1456) l Maxi Pongratz (AUT,1162) 16 26
[R1] Akash Wagh (IND,1138) bt (7) Marko Danis (SVK,835) 06 76(8) 64
[R1] (Q) Neeraj Elangovan (IND,2183) vs (WC) Leo Julien Sebaoun (JPN,UNR)

Impressive win by Akash ... After losing the first set easily Akash saved few match points in the second set before winning the match.

Golf News

At $750K Indonesian Masters, Jakarta - Final Scoreboard



1. Anirban LAHIRI (IND) 70 69 64 68 -17 $135,000.00
T5 S.S.P CHOWRASIA (IND) 71 66 69 68 -14 $23,868.75
9 Rashid KHAN (IND) 70 70 64 71 -13 $16,050.00
T13 Jyoti RANDHAWA (IND) 72 68 67 70 -11 $10,863.00
T22 Rahil GANGJEE (IND) 70 70 72 70 -6 $7,612.50
T39 Arjun ATWAL (IND) 70 74 73 69 -2 $4,522.80
66 Sujjan SINGH (IND) 68 74 80 75 +9 $1,950.00

Anirban Lahiri won his fourth Asian Tour title and first outside of India with a spectacular 20 foots eagle putt on the last hole to win the Indonesian Masters ... This title win help him to push his world ranking to career best #67 ... This is the best ranking occupy by Indian golfer after Jeev's top-50 ranking.

Tennis News

At $710K Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, Stuttgart, Germany (WTA Premier) (Red clay)

[F] (5) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) l (1) Sara Errani (ITA)/ Roberta Vinci (ITA) 26 36

So another loss for Sania-Cara against to-seed Italian ... Overall they perform as per their seedings but need to find trick of beating Italian pair.
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At €485,760 Portugal Open, Oeiras (Red clay)

[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND,100) vs Mathew Ebden (AUS,62)

Doubles
[R1] (1) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Santiago Giraldo (COL)/ Alejandro Gonzalez (COL)

Buji having good chance of winning his first match on European clay against Edben ... Divij-Purav r also getting chance of playing on ATP tour.
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At $50K+H An-Ning Challenger, China (clay)

[R1] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,328) vs Jordan Thompson (AUS,325)
[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND,269) vs Andrew Whittington (AUS,394)

Doubles
[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND)/ James Clusky (IRL) vs (WC) Peng Xion Gong (CHN)/ Xio Gong (CHN)
[R1] Jeevan Nenduncheziyan(IND)/ Richard Becker (GER) vs (4) Hsin-Han Lee (TPE)/ Mat Reid (AUS)

So our players r playing on Asian clay this week.
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At $50K Tallahassee Challenger,

[R1] Sanam Singh (IND,368) vs (6) Gerald Melzer (AUT,148)

Tough match for Sanam on the clay.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Bangkok, Thailand

[R1] (2) Shweta RANA (IND,547) vs Nidhi CHILUMULA (IND,705)
[R1] (3) Natasha PALHA (IND,553) vs (Q) Chompoothip JANDAKATE (THA,UNR)
[R1] (5) Rishika SUNKARA (IND,579) vs Ho Ching WU (HKG,871)

Not sure about our girls performance.

Tennis News

At $710K Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, Stuttgart, Germany (WTA Premier) (Red clay)

[SF] (2) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) bt (ALT) Antonia Lottner (GER)/ Anna Zaja (GER) 62 26 10-4

[F] (5) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) vs (1) Sara Errani (ITA)/ Roberta Vinci (ITA)

In the semis Sania-Cara needs the match tie-break to beat unseeded German pair ... Cara-Sania won the first set comfortably but inconsistency costed the second set ... In the match tie-break Cara-Sania recovered and won it comfortably ... In the final they r facing top-seed Italian pair of Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci.

Badminton News

At $200K Asia Championships 2014, Gimcheon, Korea

[SF] P V Sindhu (IND,10) l (2) Shixian Wang (CHN,2) 21-15 20-22 12-21
[SF] Ashwini Ponnappa (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) l Ying Luo (CHN)/ Yu Luo (CHN) 12-21 7-21

So in end our all players who faced Chinese opponents lose their respective matches ... Ashwini-Jwala fail to produce much challenge to Luo sisters in their loss.

Other hand Sindhu lose big opportunity of winning against Shixian Wang in 78 minutes long match ... Sindhu started confidently to win the first game ... In the second game Sindhu had her chances but she failed to capitalize and lost that game in extra points ... After that it was Shixian Wang's show as she dominated the final game.

Badminton News

At $200K Asia Championships 2014, Gimcheon, Korea

[QF] R M V Gurusaidutt (IND,40) l (Q) Kai Liu (CHN,259) 24-22 9-21 13-21
[QF] P V Sindhu (IND,10) bt Busanan Ongbumrungpan (THA,18) 14-21 21-13 21-10
[QF] Ashwini Ponnappa (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) bt Amelia Alicia Anscelly (MAS)/ Fie Cho Soong (MAS) 21-12 21-12

[SF] P V Sindhu (IND,10) vs (2) Shixian Wang (CHN,2)
[SF] Ashwini Ponnappa (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) vs Ying Luo (CHN)/ Yu Luo (CHN)

Again slow start for Sindhu but this time also after losing the first game she win next two games comfortable against her Thai opponent ... In the final she is facing in-form to-seed and WR #2 Shixian Wang.

Ashwini-Jwala score very dominating win over Malaysian pair showing their last round win over WR #12 Thai pair wasn't fluke ... In the semis they r facing Chinese Luo sisters.

Guru fails to overcome young Chinese challenge Kai Liu ... Guru matched Liu in the first game and won it in extra points but after that he was blown away by Liu's game.

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At €2.1M Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell, Spain (Red clay)

[QF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) l (5) Daniel Nestor (CAN)/ Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) 76(6) 57 7-10

Rohan-Aisam lose in very close match against multiple grand slam winners Nestor-Zimo in match tie-break ... Rohan-Aisam won the first set in extra points tie-break but after they failed to keep momentum ... Nestor-Zimo won next set with single break and kept their advantage for winning the match tie-break.
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At $15K Uzbekistan F2 Futures, Namangan

[SF] (3) N. Sriram Balaji (IND,329) l Vladimir Uzhylovsky (UKR,827) 67(4) 26

I m surprise by this loss of Bala ... Though Uzhylovsky was former top-500 players but he is more like journeyman on the futures ... This was winnable match which Bala lost it.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Bangkok, Thailand

[SF] (4) Natasha PALHA (IND,580) l Ashling SUMNER (AUS,912) 63 67(3) 26

Natasha miss big opportunity of entering $10K tournament final outside India ... Natasha started well and won the first set then in the second set she had couple of match points at 6-5 and she was also leading 3-0 in the tie-break ...Ashling won the tie-break and after that she didn't gave much chance to Natasha.
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At $10K Iran F6 futures , Kish

Doubles Final
Ronak MANUJA (IND)/ Akash WAGH (IND) bt (4) Jerome INZERILLO (FRA)/ Martin VAISSE (FRA) 26 61 11-9

Ronak-Akash completes their excellent week with the doubles title when they produce amazing comeback ... After losing the first set cheaply Ronak-Akash responded strongly and won this set with ease ... In the match tie-break both pairs tried hard but our pair prevailed in extra points ... Great win!

Badminton News

At $200K Asia Championships 2014, Gimcheon, Korea

[R2] R M V Gurusaidutt (IND,40) bt Tzu Wei Wang (TPE,59) 17-21 21-13 21-19
[R2] Parupalli Kashyap (IND,19) l Hsu Jen Hao (TPE,27) 23-25 17-21
[R2] P V Sindhu (IND,10) bt Eriko Hirose (JPN,16) 14-21 21-13 21-18
[R2] Ashwini Ponnappa (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) bt (3) Duanganong Aroonkesorn (THA)/ Kunchala Voravichitchaikul (THA) 21-11 21-18

[QF] R M V Gurusaidutt (IND,40) vs (Q) Kai Liu (CHN,259)
[QF] P V Sindhu (IND,10) vs Busanan Ongbumrungpan (THA,18)
[QF] Ashwini Ponnappa (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) vs Amelia Alicia Anscelly (MAS)/ Fie Cho Soong (MAS)

Sindhu score huge win of her career against experienced Japanese Eriko Hirose in 73 mins match ... In their all three previous meeting Hirose defeated Sindhu and in this match also Hirose started in same fashion as she won the first game ... Sindhu fought back and won the second game comfortably and kept that momentum for winning the third game ... Next in the quarters she is facing Thai girl Busanan.

Guru also joins Sindhu in the quarters ... He also needed fightback after losing the first game ... Next he is facing tricky opponent in Chinese qualifier Kai Liu ... Kashyap wasn't so lucky and lost in straight games against another Taipei player.

Ashwini-Jwala score biggest victory after Jwala's comeback ... They scored convincing win over 3rd seed and WR #12 Thai pair ... In the quarters they r facing unseeded Malaysian pair.

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At Asia/Oceania Final Qualifying WJT Boys 2014, Delhi, India

[QF] (3) India l (7) New Zealand 0-2
Vikash Singh l Macsen Sisam 62 46 36
Siddhant Banthia l Finn Reynolds 26 67(1)

Our top player Adil Kalyanpur is injured but still bad loss for Indian boys, who r playing on home soil ... With this loss our boys miss opportunity of qualifying for World group.
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At €2.1M Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell, Spain (Red clay)

Doubles
[QF] (LL) Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Ante Pavic (CRO) l (LL) Jesse Huta Galung (NED)/ Stephane Robert (FRA) 64 36 5-10

Buji-Pavic started well but after winning the first set they failed to keep momentum ... And lost the match after losing the match tie-break easily.
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At $710K Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, Stuttgart, Germany (WTA Premier) (Red clay)

[QF] (2) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) bt Kristina Barrois (GER)/ Annika Beck (GER) 63 26 10-8

This young German pair stretched Sania-Cara to match tie-break ... After winning the first set Cara-Sania lost momentum to lose the second set easily ... But they recovered to win tight match tie-break.
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At $50K+H Shenzhen Challenger, China

[R2] Saketh Myneni (IND,260) l (1) Yen Hsun Lu (TPE,49) 26 57

Doubles
[QF] Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Hsien-Yin Peng (TPE) l Dominik Meffert (GER)/ Tim Puetz (GER) 36 67(6)

Saki lose both matches ... In the singles after losing the first set Saki was up 5-2 with a break but after that Lu used his experience and won next 5 games in that broke Saki in 9th and 11th games.

In the doubles Saki and Peng failed to capitalize on upset first round win ... In this match also after losing the first set Saki-Peng was break down ... They tried fightback and take the set in tie-break but failed to win it.
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At $15K Uzbekistan F2 Futures, Namangan

[QF] (3) N. Sriram Balaji (IND,329) bt (Q) Vitaly Kozyukov (RUS,1697) 67(4) 64 63

[SF] (3) N. Sriram Balaji (IND,329) vs Vladimir Uzhylovsky (UKR,827)

Doubles
[SF] (1) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND) bt Markos KALOVELONIS (GRE)/ Alexander VASILENKO (RUS) 75 63
[SF] (2) Vishnu Vardhan (IND)/ Piotr Gadomski (POL) bt Mikhail FUFYGIN (RUS)/ Shonigmatjon SHOFAYZIYEV (UZB) 63 75

Doubles Final
(1) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND) bt (2) Vishnu Vardhan (IND)/ Piotr Gadomski (POL) 63 61

Bala score comeback win over Russian qualifier ... After losing the first set in tie-break Bala showed consistency in his game to win next two sets ... In the semis he is facing former top 500 Ukrainian Uzhylovsky.

Bala play three matches in the day as the doubles semi-final and final played today only ... Top two seeds pairs won their respective semi-final matches in straight sets ... In the final Bala-Ranjeet score dominating win over Vishnu-Piots losing only four games.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Bangkok, Thailand

[QF] (4) Natasha PALHA (IND,580) bt (7) Michika OZEKI (JPN,632) 63 64

[SF] (4) Natasha PALHA (IND,580) vs Ashling SUMNER (AUS,912)

Convincing win by Natasha against her Japanese opponent Ozeki ... In the semis she is facing unseeded Australian Ashling Sumner.
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At $10K Tukey F13 Futures, Antalya

[R2] (1) Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND,388) l Franjo RASPUDIC (CRO,855) 46 16

RamK lose in the second round against 850+ ranked Croatian ... Mostly lack of match practice is the reason for this poor performance ... Hopefully he will be play as per his potential.
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At $10K Iran F6 futures , Kish

[SF] Ronak MANUJA (IND)/ Akash WAGH (IND) bt (1) Matias CASTRO (ARG)/ Cristian RODRIGUEZ (COL) 76(2) 62

[F] Ronak MANUJA (IND)/ Akash WAGH (IND) vs (4) Jerome INZERILLO (FRA)/ Martin VAISSE (FRA)

Akash-Ronak score huge upset win over top-seed South American pair in straight sets ... In the final they r facing 4th seed French pair.

Badminton News

At $200K Asia Championships 2014, Gimcheon, Korea

[R1] Srikanth K. (IND,16) l Dan Lin (CHN,104) 7-21 14-21
[R1] R M V Gurusaidutt (IND,40) bt Khosit Phetpradab (THA,111) 22-20 23-21
[R1] Parupalli Kashyap (IND,19) bt Soon Huat Goh (MAS,147) 21-14 21-17
[R1] P V Sindhu (IND,10) bt Ngan Yi Cheung (HKG,147) 21-15 15-21 21-18

[R1] Manu Attri (IND)/ B Sumeeth Reddy (IND) l Juan Shen Low (MAS)/ Nelson Wei Keat Heg (MAS) 21-16 13-21 20-22
[R1] Akshay Dewalkar (IND)/ Pranaav Jerry Chopra (IND) l Wen Zhang (CHN)/ Yilv Wang (CHN) 18-21 19-21
[R1] Ashwini Ponnappa (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) bt Mingtian Fu (SIN)/ Yu Yan Vanessa Neo (SIN) 21-18 21-15

[R2] R M V Gurusaidutt (IND,40) vs Tzu Wei Wang (TPE,59)
[R2] Parupalli Kashyap (IND,19) vs Hsu Jen Hao (TPE,27)
[R2] P V Sindhu (IND,10) vs Eriko Hirose (JPN,16)
[R2] Ashwini Ponnappa (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) vs (3) Duanganong Aroonkesorn (THA)/ Kunchala Voravichitchaikul (THA)
Surprisingly these matches prove tough for our players against these 100 above ranked players ... Kashyap wins comfortably but Guru stretch to extra points in both games ... Sindhu also lose the second game before winning the decider ... Srikanth was unlucky as he faced truly legend Dan Lin in the first round ... Dan Lin wins this match comfortably.

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At Asia/Oceania Final Qualifying WJT Boys 2014, Delhi, India

Group C
(3) India bt (5) Japan 2-1
ADIL KALYANPUR bt KAI KAWANO 76(3) 64
SIDDHANT BANTHIA bt NAOKI TAJIMA 62 76(2)
ADIL KALYANPUR/ VIKASH SINGH l KAZUMA AOKI/ KAI KAWANO 26 30 retd.

(3) India bt Singapore 3-0
VIKASH SINGH bt GABRIEL CHUM 61 60
SIDDHANT BANTHIA bt SHAWN NG 60 60
ADIL KALYANPUR/ VIKASH SINGH bt GABRIEL CHUM/ Jing Xu MAX YEO 60 61

(3) India bt Hong Kong 3-0
ADIL KALYANPUR bt CHING HO YUE 26 61 62
SIDDHANT BANTHIA bt ZHENG QI JONATHAN ZHANG 64 63
ADIL KALYANPUR/ VIKASH SINGH bt KA WAI ARTHUR L CHAU/ ZHENG QI JONATHAN ZHANG 64 64

Indians boys r in the quarter final with three straight wins and in the quarters they r facing 7th seed New Zealand.
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At €2.1M Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell, Spain (Red clay)

Doubles
[R1] (LL) Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Ante Pavic (CRO) bt (WC) Roberto Bautista-Agut (ESP)/ Albert Montanes (ESP) 64 64

[QF] (LL) Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Ante Pavic (CRO) vs (LL) Jesse Huta Galung (NED)/ Stephane Robert (FRA)

Lucky break for Buji and his Croatian partner Pavic ... Due to couple of withdrawals they entered into main-draw as 2nd lucky loser ... In the first round they faced Spanish wild-card pair and won this match in straight sets ... In the quarter final they r facing another lucky loser pair, who defeated 4th seed Spanish pair in the first round.
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At $50K+H Shenzhen Challenger, China

[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Hsien-Yin Peng (TPE) bt (2) Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA)/ Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA) 67(5) 76(6) 12-10

[QF] Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Hsien-Yin Peng (TPE) vs Dominik Meffert (GER)/ Tim Puetz (GER)

Terrific upset win by Saki and his partner Peng against seasoned pairing of 2nd seed Ratiwatanas ... This match was very close and Saketh-Peng needed to save couple of match points after losing the first set ... Such win shows Saki's doubles mastery and his improved confidence after Davis cup doubles wins.
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At €42.5K Vercelli Challenger, Italy

[R1] (1) Mateusz Kowalczyk (POL)/ Purav Raja (IND) l Stephan Fransen (NED)/ Wesley Koolhof (NED) 26 46

This new partnership doesn't work for Raja and they lose easily against Dutch pair.
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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament, Namangan, Uzbekistan

[R2] (Q) Prarthana G. Thombare (IND,385) l (3) Naomi Broady (GBR,218) 26 16

Doubles
[R1] Ankita RAINA (IND)/ Prarthana G. THOMBARE (IND) bt Sharrmadaa BALUU (IND)/ Veronika KAPSHAY (UKR) 61 75

[QF] Ankita RAINA (IND)/ Prarthana G. THOMBARE (IND) l (2) Albina KHABIBULINA (UZB)/ Anastasiya VASYLYEVA (UKR) 67(3) 36

Broady prove too strong to Prarthana.

Ankita-Prarthana won the first round but lost the quarter final against 2nd seed pair.
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At $15K Uzbekistan F2 Futures, Namangan

[R2] (3) N. Sriram Balaji (IND,329) bt Alexander Vasilenko (RUS,882) 61 62
[R2] (8) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,563) l Djurabeck Karmiov (UZB,UNR) 36 26

[QF] (3) N. Sriram Balaji (IND,329) vs (Q) Vitaly Kozyukov (RUS,1697)

Doubles
[QF] (1) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND) bt Stanislav Korshunov (RUS)/ Sergey Shipilov (UZB) 61 61
[QF] (2) Vishnu Vardhan (IND)/ Piotr Gadomski (POL) bt Kaysar Bekimov (KAZ)/ Fedor Chervyakov (RUS) 61 76(5)

[SF] (1) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND) vs Markos KALOVELONIS (GRE)/ Alexander VASILENKO (RUS)
[SF] (2) Vishnu Vardhan (IND)/ Piotr Gadomski (POL) vs Mikhail FUFYGIN (RUS)/ Shonigmatjon SHOFAYZIYEV (UZB)

This 15 yrs old Karmiov looks really good player ... After beating Ranjeet in the first round he easily beat Vishnu in the second ... Other hand expected win for Bala against Russian and next he is facing another Russian in the quarter.

In the doubles our top-seed pairs win their respective matches and enter into the semi-final.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Bangkok, Thailand

[R2] (4) Natasha PALHA (IND,580) bt (Q) Maria SMITH (USA,UNR) 63 60
[R2] (5) Rishika SUNKARA (IND,586) l (WC) Patcharin CHEAPCHANDEJ (THA,UNR) 16 61 46

[QF] (4) Natasha PALHA (IND,580) vs (7) Michika OZEKI (JPN,632)

Comfortable win for Natasha but Rishika lose her match against unranked Thai opponent.
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At $10K Tukey F13 Futures, Antalya

[R1] (1) Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND,388) bt (Q) Yvo PANAK (CZE,1949) 75 64

[R2] (1) Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND,388) vs Franjo RASPUDIC (CRO,855)

Due to rustiness after long break RamK struggle in the first round against qualifier.
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At $10K Iran F6 futures , Kish

[QF] Ronak MANUJA (IND)/ Akash WAGH (IND) bt (3) Alexis MUSIALEK (FRA)/ Francois-Arthur VIBERT (FRA) 62 62

[SF] Ronak MANUJA (IND)/ Akash WAGH (IND) bt (1) Matias CASTRO (ARG)/ Cristian RODRIGUEZ (COL)

Ronak-Akash score dominating win against 3rd seed French pair ... In the semis they r facing top-seed South American pair.

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At €2.1M Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell, Spain (Red clay)

[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND,100) l Martin Klizan (SVK,102) 26 46

Doubles
[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) bt Treat Huey (PHI)/ Dominic Inglot (GBR) 61 64

Playing his first match on European clay against European player was tough task ... Buji gives his best but Klizan prove better player in the end.

In their last meeting Rohan-Aisam lost against Huey-Inglot at AO ... But this time Rohan-Aisam shows superiority over them with dominating win.
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At $710K Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, Stuttgart, Germany (WTA Premier) (Red clay)

[R1] (2) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) bt Angelique Kerber (GER)/ Andrea Petkovic (GER) 46 62 10-7

Sania-Cara scores really good comeback win over local pair ... After losing the first set they dominated the second and then kept same momentum in the match tie-break.
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At $50K+H Shenzhen Challenger, China

[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND,260) bt (Q) Jason Jung (USA,322) 63 62

[R2] Saketh Myneni (IND,260) vs (1) Yen Hsun Lu (TPE,49)

Confident start for Saketh ... In the first set Saketh take important break in 8th game for winning it ... But he dominated the second set and won it comfortably ... Next Saki having real test against top-50 Yen Hsun Lu.
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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament, Namangan, Uzbekistan

[R1] (Q) Prarthana G. Thombare (IND,404) bt bt (Q) Alena Tarasova (RUS,465) 64 75
[R1] (Q) Sharrmadaa Balu (IND,689) l (Q) Sviatlana Pirazhenka (BLR,430) 63 26 57
[R1] (6) Ankita Raina (IND,295) l Sabina Sharipova (UZB,332) 36 67(4)

[R2] (Q) Prarthana G. Thombare (IND,385) vs (3) Naomi Broady (GBR,218)

Doubles
[R1] Ankita RAINA (IND)/ Prarthana G. THOMBARE (IND) vs Sharrmadaa BALUU (IND)/ Veronika KAPSHAY (UKR)

Only Prarthana manages to win in her first round match ... Next she is facing top-225 ranked British player.

This is second loss for Ankita against Sharipova in their two meetings ... Ankita need to start win such matches to show progress in her career ... Sharrmadaa started well winning the first set against top-425 type player but she fails to convert that advantage and lose next two sets.
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At $15K Uzbekistan F2 Futures, Namangan

[R1] (3) N. Sriram Balaji (IND,329) bt Remi Boutillier (FRA,605) 64 63
[R1] (8) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,563) bt Evgeny Elistratov (RUS,1068) 57 63 62
[R1] Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND,642) l Djurabeck Karmiov (UZB,UNR) 46 06

[R2] (3) N. Sriram Balaji (IND,329) vs Alexander Vasilenko (RUS,882)
[R2] (8) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,563) vs Djurabeck Karmiov (UZB,UNR)

Doubles
[R1] (1) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND) bt Kuatbek Abiyev (KAZ)/ Sagadat Avap (KAZ) 61 64
[R1] (2) Vishnu Vardhan (IND)/ Piotr Gadomski (POL) bt Mikhail Esipov (UZB)/ Khumoun Sultanov (UZB) 63 76(4)

[QF] (1) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND) vs Stanislav Korshunov (RUS)/ Sergey Shipilov (UZB)
[QF] (2) Vishnu Vardhan (IND)/ Piotr Gadomski (POL) vs Kaysar Bekimov (KAZ)/ Fedor Chervyakov (RUS)

Other than Ranjeet's loss our players win their respective matches though Vishnu needs comeback after losing the first set.
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At $10K Iran F6 futures , Kish

[R1] Anvit Bendre (IND,1456) l Kevin Kaczynski (GER,833) 26 16
[R1] Sagar Ahuja (IND,1362) l (Q) Luca Pancaldi (ITA,1655) 36 06
[R1] (Q) Neeraj Elangovan (IND,2183) l Alexandr Kushakov (UKR,907) 26 36
[R1] Akash Wagh (IND,1138) l (7) Matias Sborowitz (CHI,792) 67 36
[R1] Ronak Manuja (IND,1267) l (2) Martin Vaisse (FRA,338) 16 26

Doubles
[R1] Ronak MANUJA (IND)/ Akash WAGH (IND) bt Kevin KACZYNSKI (GER)/ Christian PLATTES (GER) 76(3) 16 10-8
[R1] Matias Franco DESCOTTE (ARG)/ Neeraj ELANGOVAN (IND) l (4) Jerome INZERILLO (FRA)/ Martin VAISSE (FRA) 46 36
[R1] Sagar AHUJA (IND)/ Anvit BENDRE (IND) l Toni ANDROIC (CRO)/ Hamid Reza NADAF (IRI) 36 16

[QF] Ronak MANUJA (IND)/ Akash WAGH (IND) vs (3) Alexis MUSIALEK (FRA)/ Francois-Arthur VIBERT (FRA)

Akash and Ronak lose their respective matches against seeded opponents but others lose with similar ranked players.

In the doubles only Akash-Ronak r in the quarters after tight win.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Bangkok, Thailand

[R1] (2) Shweta RANA (IND,551) l Fang Ying XUN (CHN,787) 16 06
[R1] (4) Natasha PALHA (IND,580) bt (Q) Deeon MLADIN (AUS,UNR) 36 63 61
[R1] Nidhi CHILUMULA (IND,727) l Chihiro NUNOME (JPN,889) 06 06

[R2] (4) Natasha PALHA (IND,580) vs (Q) Maria SMITH (USA,UNR)
[R2] (5) Rishika SUNKARA (IND,586) vs (WC) Patcharin CHEAPCHANDEJ (THA,NR)

Natasha needs three sets against unranked Australian qualifier but more shocking one-sided losses of Nidhi and Shweta against their Japanese and Chinese opponents.
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At $10K Tukey F13 Futures, Antalya

[R1] (1) Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND,388) vs (Q) Yvo PANAK (CZE,1949)

RamK is top-seed in this Turkish futures.

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At At $50K Savannah Challenger, Georgia, USA (clay)

[Q2] (1) Sanam Singh (IND,365) l Jean-Yves Aubone (USA,668) 67(5) 26

Another missed opportunity for Sanam due to his inconsistency on the court.
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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament, Namangan , Uzbekistan

[Q2] (1) Prarthana G. Thombare (IND,404) bt Angelina Kholikulova (RUS,UNR) 60 60
[Q2] (7) Sharrmadaa Balu (IND,689) bt (11) Yana Khon (UZB,1042) 63 64

[R1] (Q) Prarthana G. Thombare (IND,404) vs (Q) Alena Tarasova (RUS,465)
[R1] (Q) Sharrmadaa Balu (IND,689) vs (Q) Sviatlana Pirazhenka (BLR,430)

As expected Prarthana and Sharrmadaa qualify for main-draw with comfortable wins ... They r facing fellow qualifiers in the first round.
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At $15K Uzbekistan F2 Futures, Namangan

[R1] (3) N. Sriram Balaji (IND,329) vs Remi Boutillier (FRA,605)
[R1] (8) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,563) vs Evgeny Elistratov (RUS,1068)
[R1] Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND,642) vs Djurabeck Karmiov (UZB,UNR)

Doubles
[R1] (1) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND) bye
[R1] (2) Vishnu Vardhan (IND)/ Piotr Gadomski (POL) vs Mikhail Esipov (UZB)/ Khumoun Sultanov (UZB)

Winnable matches for our players.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Bangkok, Thailand

[R1] (2) Shweta RANA (IND,551) vs Fang Ying XUN (CHN,787)
[R1] (4) Natasha PALHA (IND,580) vs (Q) Deeon MLADIN (AUS,UNR)
[R1] (5) Rishika SUNKARA (IND,586) bt Emma FLOOD (NOR,732) 62 36 62
[R1] Nidhi CHILUMULA (IND,727) vs Chihiro NUNOME (JPN,889)

Winnable matches for our players but anything can happen ... Rishika needs three sets for win..

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At $10K Women's Richmond Open 2014,, Virginia, USA (Tour 10)


Final
(2) Joshana Chinappa (IND,21) bt (1) Rachael Grinham (AUS,16) 3-0 (11-9, 11-5, 11-9) (40m)

[SF] (2) Joshana Chinappa (IND,21) bt (3) Latasha Khan (USA,32) 3-0 (11-7, 11-8, 11-5) (27m)
[QF] (2) Joshana Chinappa (IND,21) bt Catalina Pelaez (COL,166) 3-1 (11-5, 11-5, 9-11, 11-7)
[R1] (2) Joshana Chinappa (IND,21) bt Fernanda Rocha (ARG,129) 3-0 (11-2, 11-8, 11-6)

Joshana Chinappa won the 9th WSA Tour title at Richmond Open in her 16th Tour final and her second this year ... With this win Joshana ended a career-long losing run to Australia's former world champion Rachael Grinham, whon was playing her 65th Tour final.

In the final Grinham take 6-2 lead but Joshana fought back to 6-all and then won tight first game ... In the second game Joshana take 6-1 lead and kept that advantage for winning this game ... In the third game also Joshana take 8-2 lead but then she lost her concentration and Grinham take full advantage of it ... Grinham caught Joshana at 8-all after winning 6 points in a row ... Joshana recovered to won next 3 points for winning the match in 40 minutes.

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At €2.1M Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell, Spain (Red clay)

[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND,89) vs Martin Klizan (SVK,102)

Doubles
[Q1] (2) Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Ante Pavic (CRO) l Teymuraz Gabashvili (GEO)/ Mikhail Kukuskin (KAZ) 26 36

[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) vs Treat Huey (PHI)/ Dominic Inglot (GBR)

In the doubles qualifying Buji-Pavic lose easily ... In the singles Buji is facing Slovakian Klizan in the first round ... Rohan-Aisam r facing tricky pairing of Huey-Inglot in the first round.
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At $710K Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, Stuttgart, Germany (WTA Premier) (Red clay)

[R1] (2) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) vs Angelique Kerber (GER)/ Andrea Petkovic (GER)

Sania-Cara starting their clay season from Porsche open ... Tough local pair of Kerber-Petkovic in the first round.
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At At $50K Savannah Challenger, Georgia, USA (clay)

[Q1] (1) Sanam Singh (IND,365) bt Joel Link (GER,UNR) 61 61

[Q2] (1) Sanam Singh (IND,365) vs Jean-Yves Aubone (USA,668)

Easy win for Sanam ... Next match is also winnable for Sanam.
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At $50K+H Shenzhen Challenger, China

[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND,260) vs Qualifier

Doubles
[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Hsien-Yin Peng (TPE) vs (2) Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA)/ Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA)

Yuki withdrew so only Saketh is playing in this Chinese challenger.
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At €42.5K Vercelli Challenger, Italy

[R1] (1) Mateusz Kowalczyk (POL)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Stephan Fransen (NED)/ Wesley Koolhof (NED)

This week Purav is playing with Polish partner, Mateusz Kowalczyk and they r top-seed.
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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament, Namangan , Uzbekistan

[Q1] (1) Prarthana G. Thombare (IND,404) bye
[Q1] (7) Sharrmadaa Balu (IND,689) bt Mubina Vahobova (UZB,UNR) 60 61

[Q2] (1) Prarthana G. Thombare (IND,404) vs Angelina Kholikulova (RUS,UNR)
[Q2] (7) Sharrmadaa Balu (IND,689) vs (11) Yana Khon (UZB,1042)

[R1] (6) Ankita Raina (IND,295) vs Sabina Sharipova (UZB,332)

Doubles
[R1] Ankita RAINA (IND)/ Prarthana G. THOMBARE (IND) vs Sharrmadaa BALUU (IND)/ Veronika KAPSHAY (UKR)

Prarthana and Sharrmadaa having good chance of qualifying for main-draw ... Ankita is having tricky match against local player Sabina Sharipova.
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At $10K Iran F6 futures , Kish

[R1] Anvit Bendre (IND,1456) vs Kevin Kaczynski (GER,833)
[R1] Sagar Ahuja (IND,1362) vs (Q) Luca Pancaldi (ITA,1655)
[R1] (Q) Neeraj Elangovan (IND,2183) vs Alexandr Kushakov (UKR,907)
[R1] Akash Wagh (IND,1138) vs (7) Matias Sborowitz (CHI,792)
[R1] Ronak Manuja (IND,1267) vs (2) Martin Vaisse (FRA,338)

Doubles
[R1] Ronak MANUJA (IND)/ Akash WAGH (IND) vs Kevin KACZYNSKI (GER)/ Christian PLATTES (GER)
[R1] Matias Franco DESCOTTE (ARG)/ Neeraj ELANGOVAN (IND) vs (4) Jerome INZERILLO (FRA)/ Martin VAISSE (FRA)
[R1] Sagar AHUJA (IND)/ Anvit BENDRE (IND) vs Toni ANDROIC (CRO)/ Hamid Reza NADAF (IRI)

Neeraj qualify for main-draw and joins Anvit, Sagar, Akash and Ronak ... Akash and Ronak r facing seeded opponents in the first round.

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At €2.9M Monte-Carlo Masters, Monaco

[QF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) l (3) Ivan Dodig (CRO)/ Marcelo Melo (BRA) 67(4) 57

Rohan-Aisam fight hard but fails to overcome 3rd seed Dodig-Melo in two tight sets but encouraging start for our pair in start of clay season.
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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament, Karshi, Uzbekistan

[SF] (8) Ankita Raina (IND,295) l (6) Nigina Abduraimova (UZB,228) 26 46

Ankita gives decent performance in her loss against young Nigina ... Overall good performance by Ankita.

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At €2.9M Monte-Carlo Masters, Monaco

[R2] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) bt (7) LUkasz Kubot (POL)/ Robert Lindstedt (SWE) 63 60

[QF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) vs (3) Ivan Dodig (CRO)/ Marcelo Melo (BRA)

Dominating performance by Rohan-Aisam against 7th seed ... They lost only three games in the match ... In the quarters they r facing 3rd seed Dodig-Melo.
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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament, Karshi, Uzbekistan

[QF] (8) Ankita Raina (IND,295) bt Yana Sizikova (RUS,362) 75 64

[SF] (8) Ankita Raina (IND,295) vs (6) Nigina Abduraimova (UZB,228)

Another good win by Ankita against Russian girl Sizikova in tight two sets ... Next she is facing in-form talented local girl Nigina Abduraimova.
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At $10K Iran F5 futures , Kish

[QF] (Q) Akash Wagh (IND,1138) l (5) Colin VAN BEEM (NED,671) 36 26

Akash fail to continue with his good run and lost in straight sets against Colin Van Beem.

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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament, Karshi, Uzbekistan

[R2] (8) Ankita RAINA (IND,295) bt (Q) Polina MONOVA (RUS,1006) 62 75

[QF] (8) Ankita RAINA (IND,295) vs Yana SIZIKOVA (RUS,362)

Doubles
[QF] Ankita RAINA (IND)/ Prarthana G. THOMBARE (IND) l Yana SIZIKOVA (RUS)/ Eva WACANNO (NED) 46 61 6-10

Ankita score straight sets win over Russian qualifier ... Next she is facing another Russian player Sizikova, who score upset win over 2nd seed player.
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At $10K Iran F5 futures , Kish

[Q1] (2) Akash WAGH (IND) bt Hesam ESMAIL YAZDI (IRI) 62 60
[Q1] Kshitij KAMAL (IND) bt Abbas DEHGHANI (IRI) 63 61

[Q2] (2) Akash WAGH (IND) bt James ALLEMBY (GBR) 62 63
[Q2] Leo Julien SEBAOUN (JPN) bt Kshitij KAMAL (IND) 60 60

[R1] Ronak Manuja (IND,1215) l (7) Marko Danis (SVK,828) 64 16 0-1 retd.
[R1] (Q) Akash Wagh (IND,1138) bt (LL) Kianosh FAKHARZADEH (IRI,UNR) 62 60

[R2] (Q) Akash Wagh (IND,1138) bt (4) Vadim ALEKSEENKO (UKR,552) 63 63

[QF] (Q) Akash Wagh (IND,1138) vs (5) Colin VAN BEEM (NED,671)

Doubles
[R1] (4) Ronak MANUJA (IND)/ Akash WAGH (IND) l Bart BEKS (NED)/ Colin VAN BEEM (NED) 36 64 7-10

Akash qualify for main-draw and score huge upset win in 2nd round when he defeated 550 ranked Ukrainian Vadim convincingly ... Next he is facing good clay court top-700 Dutch player, Colin Van Beem.