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At €2.9M BNP Paribas Masters, Paris, France

[QF] (7) Daniel Nestor (CAN)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) l (PR) Marcin Matkowski (POL)/ Jurgen Melzer (AUT) 46 67(3)
[QF] Leander Paes (IND)/ Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) l (1) Bob Bryan (USA)/ Mike Bryan (USA) 36 36

Our both pair fail to rise for their challenge and lose their matches in straight games.
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At $50K+H Reunion Island Challenger, Reunion Island

[QF] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND)/ Frederico Gil (POR) l (1) Robin Haase (NED)/ Mate Pavic (CRO) 36 26
[QF] (4) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Enrique Lopez-Perez (ESP) l Jonathan Eysseric (FRA)/ Fabrice Martin (FRA) 64 46 5-10

RamK-Gil lose easily against top-seed pair ... Other hand French pair score upset win over Jeevan and his partner in comeback win.

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At $120K Bitburger Badminton Open 2014 (GP Gold), Saarlandhalle, Germany

[QF] (7) H. S. Prannoy (IND,32) bt Emil Holst (DEN,57) 21-14 19-21 30-28

[QF] Pranaav Jerry Chopra (IND)/ Akshay Dewalkar (IND) l (6) Yilv Wang (CHN)/ Wen Zhang (CHN) 11-21 11-21

[QF] Vladimir Ivanov (RUS)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) l (1) Chris Adcock (ENG)/ Gabrielle Adcock (ENG) 19-21 9-21

[SF] (7) H. S. Prannoy (IND,32) vs (11) Scott Evans (IRL,35)

Prannoy face tough challenge from Swiss player Emil Holst ... After winning the first game easily Prannoy lost the focus ... Emil won the second game and in the third also he was neck to neck with Prannoy ... Prannoy saved three match points before converting 7th match point for a win ... In the semis he is facing Irishman Scott Evans.

In the doubles Chinese pair prove too strong for Pranaav-Akshay ... In mixed doubles top-seed British pair score straight games win over Ashwini-Vladimir.

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At $120K Bitburger Badminton Open 2014 (GP Gold), Saarlandhalle, Germany

[R3] (15) Sai Praneeth B. (IND,48) l Indra Bagus Ade Chandra (ITA,124) 21-15 14-21 18-21
[R3] (7) H. S. Prannoy (IND,32) bt (9) Wing Ki Vincent Wong (HKG,37) 21-19 21-18
[R2] Tanvi Lad (IND,56) l (4) Sun Yu (CHN,31) 17-21 12-21

[R2] Pranaav Jerry Chopra (IND)/ Akshay Dewalkar (IND) bt Frederik Colberg (DEN)/ Niclas Nohr (DEN) 15-21 22-20 21-12

[R1] Manu Attri (IND)/ Siki Reddy N. (IND) l Longfei Shi (CHN)/ Qianxin Zhong (CHN) 15-21 7-21
[R1] Akshay Dewalkar (IND)/ Pradnya Gadre (IND) bt (7) Jacco Arends (NED)/ Selena Piek (NED) 13-21 21-19 21-17
[R1] Vladimir Ivanov (RUS)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) bt Jelle Maas (NED)/ Iris Tabeling (NED) 23-21 21-12

[R2] Vladimir Ivanov (RUS)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) bt Akshay Dewalkar (IND)/ Pradnya Gadre (IND) 21-13 15-21 21-14

[QF] (7) H. S. Prannoy (IND,32) vs Emil Holst (DEN,57)

[QF] Pranaav Jerry Chopra (IND)/ Akshay Dewalkar (IND) vs (6) Yilv Wang (CHN)/ Wen Zhang (CHN)

[QF] Vladimir Ivanov (RUS)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) vs (1) Chris Adcock (ENG)/ Gabrielle Adcock (ENG)

Akshay-Pradnya score impressive comeback upset win over 7th seed Dutch pair ... Next they faced Ashwini-Vladimir, who beat another Dutch pair in straight games ... Experienced Ashwini-Vladimir prove strong for Akshay-Pradnya, but Akshay-Pradnya managed to stretch them to three games ... Ashwini-Vladimir r facing top-seed British pair in the quarters.

Tanvi fails to create challenge against her Chinese opponent ... In the doubles Manu-Siki also fail to challenge Chinese pair in one-sided loss.

Pranaav-Akshay score excellent comeback win over Danish player after losing first game ... In the second game our pair needed to dig deep but they fought back and after winning the second game they dominated the final game .. Next they r facing seeded Chinese pair in the quarters.

Prannoy score tight two games win over similar ranked Hong Kong player Wong ... Both games were fought till end but Prannoy kept his nerve on important points ... Next he is facing Danish opponent Holst for place in the semis.

Surprising loss of Sai Praneeth against 125+ ranked Indonesian Italian player Chandra in three games ... After winning the first game Sai failed to keep pressure on Chandra, who take advantage of it winning next two games.

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At €2.9M BNP Paribas Masters, Paris, France

[R2] (7) Daniel Nestor (CAN)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) bt David Marrero (ESP)/ Fernando Verdasco (ESP) 64 60
[R2] Leander Paes (IND)/ Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) bt (6) Vasek Pospisil (CAN)/ Jack Sock (USA) 61 64

Lee-Stan score solid win over current Wimbledon champions Pospisil-Sock in straight sets ... Nestor-Bops join them in the quarters with solid win over Spanish pair.
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At $50K+H Reunion Island Challenger, Reunion Island

[R2] (7) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,226) l (WC) Gregoire Barrere (FRA,536) 46 76(4) 67(1)

Disappointing loss of RamK against Frenchman Barrere ... In the first set RamK take two time lead with a break but both time he failed to build on and then Barrere broke him 10th game for winning it ... In the second set also RamK broke Barrere and serving for the set at 5-4 but again Barrere broke back ... Still RamK managed to win it in tie-break ... In the final set RamK broke Barrere to lead 4-1 but this time also Barrere broke back ... RamK had two match points at 6-5 but he failed to convert it ... And then Barrere proved too strong for RamK in tie-break.

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At $120K Bitburger Badminton Open 2014 (GP Gold), Saarlandhalle, Germany

[R1] Sai Praneeth B. (IND,43) bt Matthias Almer (AUT,129) 21-15 21-14
[R1] (10) Sourabh Varma (IND,36) l Junwei Liao (CHN,214) 12-21 18-21
[R1] (7) H. S. Prannoy (IND,32) bt Nick Fransman (NED,105) 21-11 21-19
[R1] Anand Pawar (IND,46) l Petr Koukal (CZE,74) 23-25 21-13 18-21
[R1] Ajay Jayaram (IND,55) bt Patrick Kaemnitz (GER,367) 21-10 22-20

[R2] (15) Sai Praneeth B. (IND,43) bt Arnaud Genin (FRA,135) w/o
[R2] (7) H. S. Prannoy (IND,32) bt Ajay Jayaram (IND,55) 21-18 21-17
[R1] P. C. Thulasi (IND,41) l (2) Michelle Li (CAN,15) 21-14 10-21 15-21
[R1] Tanvi Lad (IND,59) bt Sannatasah Saniru (MAS,65) 21-13 19-21 23-21

[R1] Manu Attri (IND)/ Sumeeth Reddy B. (IND) l Andrei Adistia (INA)/ Hendra Aprida Gunawan (INA) 21-8 18-21 22-24
[R1] Pranaav Jerry Chopra (IND)/ Akshay Dewalkar (IND) bt Raphael Beck (GER)/ Andreas Heinz (GER) 21-12 21-18
[R1] Pradnya Gadre (IND)/ Siki Reddy N. (IND) l Yuanting Tang (CHN)/ Huang Yaqiong (CHN) 13-21 11-21

[R1] Manu Attri (IND)/ Siki Reddy N. (IND) vs Longfei Shi (CHN)/ Qianxin Zhong (CHN)
[R1] Akshay Dewalkar (IND)/ Pradnya Gadre (IND) vs (7) Jacco Arends (NED)/ Selena Piek (NED)
[R1] Vladimir Ivanov (RUS)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) vs Jelle Maas (NED)/ Iris Tabeling (NED)

[R3] (15) Sai Praneeth B. (IND,43) vs Indra Bagus Ade Chandra (ITA,122)
[R3] (7) H. S. Prannoy (IND,32) vs (9) Wing Ki Vincent Wong (HKG,34)
[R2] Tanvi Lad (IND,59) vs (4) Sun Yu (CHN,25)

[R2] Pranaav Jerry Chopra (IND)/ Akshay Dewalkar (IND) vs Frederik Colberg (DEN)/ Niclas Nohr (DEN)

Sai in third round without losing much sweat as he receive walkover in the second round ... I was hoping close match between Prannoy and Ajay but Prannoy win his match in straight games ... Before that in the first round disappointing losses of Sourabh and Anand against lower ranked opponents.

Thulasi and Tanvi had tricky matches though they defeated their opponents in previous meeting ... Thulasi win the first game but fail to keep momentum and lose next two games against Michelle Li ... Tanvi score tight win over her Malaysian opponent ... In the third game she save one match point before winning it ... Next Tanvi having tough match against top-25 Chinese opponent.

Manu-Sumeeth fail to win against their Indonesian pair after missing the chances ... In the third game Manu-Sumeeth were leading 19-16 and then had two match points which they failed to convert ... Pranaav-Akshay score straight games win over local pair.

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At $50K+H Reunion Island Challenger, Reunion Island

[R1] (7) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,226) bt (Q) Luca Margaroli (SUI,944) 75 63

[R2] (7) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,226) vs Gregoire Barrere (FRA,536)

Doubles
[R1] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND)/ Frederico Gil (POR) bt (WC) Filip Horansky (SVK)/ Stefan Merunka (CRO) 62 75
[R1] (4) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Enrique Lopez-Perez (ESP) bt (WC) Frantz Jessin (FRA)/ Valentin Poterlot (FRA) 61 61

RamK start with straight sets win over Swiss qualifier ... Next he is facing 530-odd ranked Frenchman.

In the doubles RamK and Jeevan with their respective partners score comfortable win against wild-card pairs.
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At $15K ITF Women's Tournament, Phuket, Thailand

[R1] (Q) Nidhi CHILUMULA (IND,593) l Katie BOULTER (GBR,427) 63 36 46
[R2] Natasha PALHA (IND,504) l (7) Alyona SOTNIKOVA (UKR,355) 26 16

Nidhi win the first set but lose next two sets ... Natasha fail to challenge her seeded Ukrainian opponent.

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At €2.9M BNP Paribas Masters, Paris, France

[R1] Leander Paes (IND)/ Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) bt Feliciano Lopez (ESP)/ Max Mirnyi (BLR) 61 26 10-7
[R1] (7) Daniel Nestor (CAN)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) bye

[R2] Leander Paes (IND)/ Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) vs (6) Vasek Pospisil (CAN)/ Jack Sock (USA)

Lee and Stan win their match so winning start for Lee with his 99th partner ... Next they r having tough match against in-form Pospisil-Sock.
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At $50K+H Reunion Island Challenger, Reunion Island

[R1] (7) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,226) vs (Q) Luca Margaroli (SUI,944)
[R1] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,318) l Karen Khachanov (RUS,351) 36 36

Jeevan face 18 yrs talented 6'6" Russian giant Khachanov ... Khachanov score comfortable win over Jeevan.

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At $6.5M BNP Paribas WTA FINALS 2014, Singapore

Doubles Final
(2) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) bt (2) Shuai Peng (CHN)/ Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE) 61 60

Cara Black and Sania Mirza needed just 59 minutes to defeat defending champions Hsieh Su-Wei and Peng Shuai, 6-1, 6-0, in the doubles final at the BNP Paribas WTA Finals Singapore ... This was the last tournament for Sania and Cara as partner, Cara is already declared she will sit out in 2015 season for giving more time to her family ... So this was fairytale ending for Sania-Cara partnership to lift year-end tournament title ... With this Sania become first Indian player to lift year-end title.

In their previous two matches Sania-Cara needed to save match points before winning these matches ... In the final they had different plan ... Peng-Hsieh won first game but afterwards it was one-way traffic ... Sania-Cara won next twelve games in a row for this dominating win breaking their opponents six times in the match.

Sania Mirza - "That's tennis, it gives you another chance. You've got to fight and this just proves it, and today we won the tournament. It's been an amazing ride, an amazing journey."

Cara Black - "We started off with a bang and now we're ending with a bang. We've had such an amazing year and had so much fun and built a great friendship, which is so special too. It's sad that this is our last tournament, but it's great to have these moments to share."
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At $50K+H Reunion Island Challenger, Reunion Island

[R1] (7) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,226) vs Qualifier
[R1] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,318) vs Karen Khachanov (RUS,351)

Doubles
[R1] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND)/ Frederico Gil (POR) vs (WC) Filip Horansky (SVK)/ Stefan Merunka (CRO)
[R1] (4) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Enrique Lopez-Perez (ESP) vs (WC) Frantz Jessin (FRA)/ Valentin Poterlot (FRA)

Only RamK and Jeevan r playing in this challenger and both having winnable first round matches.
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At $15K ITF Women's Tournament, Phuket, Thailand

[R1] (Q) Nidhi CHILUMULA (IND,593) vs Katie BOULTER (GBR,427)
[R2] (Q) Natasha PALHA (IND,504) vs (7) Alyona SOTNIKOVA (UKR,355)

Both having tough matches this week.

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At $900K Venetian Macau Open, Macau (Asian Tour)

1 Anirban Lahiri (IND) 61 73 67 66 -17
8 Shiv Kapur (IND) 73 67 67 67 -10
T15 Jyoti Randhawa (IND) 66 74 68 70 -6
T26 Jeev Milkha Singh (IND) 71 69 73 68 -3
T32 SSP Chowrasia (IND) 66 73 73 70 -2

Anirban Lahiri complete sensational win by a stroke when leader Australia's Scott Hend bogeyed the last hole ... This is his second title of the year ... Lahiri started this tournament with record breaking 10 under round but after 2 over round in the second round he was chasing leader ... On last day he scored 5 under and then Hend mistake gives him deserving title.

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At $6.5M BNP Paribas WTA FINALS 2014, Singapore

[SF] (3) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) bt Kveta Peschke (CZE)/ Katarina Srebotnik (SLO) 46 75 11-9

[F] (3) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) vs (2) Shuai Peng (CHN)/ Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE)

Sania-Cara save 3 match points From 6-9 in super tie-break, they won next five points for entering into the final ... Excellent comeback win by Sania-cara after losing the first set and now they will face 2nd seed Peng-Hsieh for the title.

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At $50K Men's Macau Open 2014 (International 50), Taipa, Macau

[QF] (3) Saurav Ghosal (IND,17) l (6) Mazen Hesham (EGY,39) 2-3 (11-5, 7-11, 11-7, 7-11, 11-13)

Disappointing loss for Saurav against Mazen Hesham ... This was winnable match but Saurav made mess of it ... He was leading 2-1 sets but then he lost focus ... He lost 4th set and then in 5th set Hesham won it in extra points.

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At $600K Yonex French Open 2014 (Superseries Premier), Paris, France

[QF] Kashyap Parupalli (IND,21) l (5) Zhengming Wang (CHN,7) 15-21 21-13 13-21
[QF] (5) Saina Nehwal (IND,7) l (2) Shixian Wang (CHN,2) 19-21 21-19 15-21

Our both players stretch their higher ranked Chinese opponent to three games but fail tp put more pressure in third game ... After losing the first game Kashyap fought back to win the second game convincingly but failed to keep that standard in the third ... Saina missed opportunity against Shixian ... In the first game Saina was leading 17-13 but she lost next 6 points in a row to give advantage to Shixian ... In the second game Shixian was leading 18-15 when Saina won next 5 points and take control of the game ... In the final game also Saina had healthy lead ... Shw was leading 15-10 but after that Saina lose 11 points in a row for losing this match.

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At $6.5M BNP Paribas WTA FINALS 2014, Singapore

[R1] (2) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) bt Abigail Sears (USA)/ Raquel Kops-Jones (USA) 63 26 12-10

[SF] (2) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) vs Květa Peschke (CZE)/ Katarina Srebotnik (SLO)

Winning start for Sania-Cara in their debut match in year-end WTA Finals ... After winning the first set Sania-Cara kost their focus and lost the second set cheaply ... In match tie-break also they had lead at one time they had 4 match points at 9-5 ... But somehow Sania-Cara failed to win a single point in next five points ... In that Sania served twice ... Sania-Cara saved a natch point at 9-10 before converting fifth match point ... In the semis they r facing Květa Peschke-Katarina Srebotnik as their WR #1 Italian opponents conceded match due to abdominal infection to Errani.
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At $50K+H Pune Challenger, India

Doubles Final
Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND) bt (1) Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA)/ Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA) 63 62

[SF] (SE) Saketh Myneni (IND,283) l (4) Yuichi Sugita (JPN,144) 67(6) 46

Saki's terrific run ended in the singles semis ... He must be feeling mental and physical fatigue after these 10 days and that reflected in his performance ... Saki take 3-0 lead and had 3 break points in 4th game but he missed all ... Yuichi caught with him at 3-all breaking Saki in 5th game ... Saki again broke Yuichi in 8th game to lead 5-3 but Saki failed to hold while serving for the set ... In tie-break Saki had set point at 6-5 but again he failed to convert it ... In the second set Saki broke Yuichi in 5th game to lead 3-2 but this time also failed to hold in next game, 3-all ... Yuichi again broke Saki in 10th game for completing victory.

Saki-Sanam lift doubles title with convincing win over Thai twins ... Saki-Sanam broke Ratiwatanas once in the first set and twice in the second set for winning match inside an hour.

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At $50K Women's Macau Open 2014 (Gold 50), Taipa, Macau

[R1] (14) Joshana Chinappa (IND,21) l (1) Nicol David (MAS,1) 0-3 (8-11, 10-12, 10-12)

Joshana shows fighting performance against WR #1 Nicol in her straight games loss ... The first game was close but in next two Joshana take Nicol to extra points but failed to win.
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At $50K Men's Macau Open 2014 (International 50), Taipa, Macau

[R1] (3) Saurav Ghosal (IND,17) bt (WC) Steven Liu (MAC,163) 3-0 (11-2, 11-3, 14-12)

[QF] (3) Saurav Ghosal (IND,17) vs (6) Mazen Hesham (EGY,39)

Saurav start with straight games win over local wild-card though in the third he was stretched to extra points ... Next he is facing 6th seed Egyptian Mazen Hesham.

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At $600K Yonex French Open 2014 (Superseries Premier), Paris, France

[R2] Srikanth K. (IND,16) l (6) Hans-Kristian Vittinghus (DEN,10) 20-22 14-21
[R2] Kashyap Parupalli (IND,21) bt Houwei Tian (CHN,9) 21-19 21-18
[R2] (5) Saina Nehwal (IND,6) bt Kirsty Gilmour (SCO,21) 21-19 21-16

[R2] Pranaav Jerry Chopra (IND)/ Akshay Dewalkar (IND) l (3) Andrei Adistia (INA)/ Hendra Aprida Gunawan (INA) 15-21 21-19 15-21
[R2] Ashwini Ponnappa (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) l (7) Xiaoli Wang (CHN)/ Yang (F) Yu (CHN) 6-21 8-21
[R2] (Q) Vladimir Ivanov (RUS)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) l (7) Lu Kai (CHN)/ Huang Yaqiong (CHN) 8-21 21-18 9-21

[QF] Kashyap Parupalli (IND,21) vs (5) Zhengming Wang (CHN,7)
[QF] (5) Saina Nehwal (IND,7) vs (2) Shixian Wang (CHN,2)

Saina score straight games victory over Scottish girl Kirsty Gilmour ... Next mostly she is again facing Shixian Wang.

Kashyap score another impressive win over top-10 Chinese player Houwei Tian in straight games ... In both games Kashyap didn't lose lead a single time and kept control through out the match ... Next he is facing another top-10 Chinese player Zhengming Wang ... Other hand Srikanth fail to challenge Vittinghus and lose in straight games after taking first game in extra points.

Vladimir-Ashwini loses in three games against Chinese pair ... Though they lose two games easily still they show spark in their performance with winning the second game ... In women's doubles Ashwini-Jwala blown away by Chinese pair.

Pranaav-Akshay give fighting performance against 3rd seed Indonesian pair ... After losing the first game they fought back to win the second but failed to keep momentum in the third game.

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At $50K+H Pune Challenger, India

[QF] (SE) Saketh Myneni (IND,283) bt (1) Alexander Nedovyesov (KAZ,113) 63 64
[QF] (7) Yuki Bhambri (IND,179) l (4) Yuichi Sugita (JPN,144) 36 46

[SF] (SE) Saketh Myneni (IND,283) vs (4) Yuichi Sugita (JPN,144)

Doubles
[SF] Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND) bt Toshihide Matsui (JPN)/ Yasutaka Uchiyama (JPN) 62 57 10-7

[F] Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND) vs (1) Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA)/ Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA)

Saki score dominating win over top-seed Alexander Nedovyesov in straight sets and with this win he also guaranteed his place in 2015 Australian open qualifying ... What more creditable is, this was Saki's second win over Alexander Nedovyesov in five days ... Saki is playing like top-100 and that is show in his performance ... Saki started confidently and take 4-1 lead with a break and then kept that advantage for winning first set ... In the second set Saki broke Nedo in 3rd game to lead 2-1 but Nedo imediately broke back for 2-all ... Saki take crucial break in 9th game to lead 5-4 and then hold for completing excellent win over Alexander Nedovyesov ... Next he is facing Yuichi Sugita, who beats Yuki convincingly.

Other hand Yuki is performing with lack of confidence and that reflected in today;s match against Yuichi ... In the first set Yuki struggled with his service game and Yuichi take full advantage with winning it ... In the second set Yuki started positively and was double break up at 4-1 but from here suddenly dip in Yuki's performance ... He lost next 5 games in a row and in that Yuichi broke him in 6th, 8th and 10th games for straights sets win.

Saki-Sanam enter the final in doubles beating Japanese pair in match tie-break ... After winning the first set convincingly they lost focus in the second ... But regained their composure in match tie-break for another final as pair ... In the final they r facing top-seed Thai Ratiwatana twins.

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At $50K Women's Macau Open 2014 (Gold 50), Taipa, Macau

[R1] Joshana Chinappa (IND,21) vs (1) Nicol David (MAS,1)

Tough match for Joshana against WR #1 Nicol.
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At $50K Men's Macau Open 2014 (International 50), Taipa, Macau

[R1] (3) Saurav Ghosal (IND,17) vs (WC) Steven Liu (MAC,163)

Saurav is facing local wild-card player ... Good chance to go deep in the draw.

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At $600K Yonex French Open 2014 (Superseries Premier), Paris, France

[R1] Sourabh Varma (IND,37) l Rajiv Ouseph (ENG,25) 10-21 11-21
[R1] H. S. Prannoy (IND,31) l Kento Momota (JPN,16) 11-21 21-15 20-22
[R1] Srikanth K. (IND,23) bt (Q) Dmytro Zavadsky (UKR,66) 21-10 21-14
[R1] Kashyap Parupalli (IND,28) bt (3) Kenichi Tago (JPN,4) 21-11 21-18
[R1] (8) P V Sindhu (IND,10) l Porntip Buranaprasertsuk (THA,13) 21-12 18-21 16-21
[R1] (5) Saina Nehwal (IND,7) bt Sashina Vignes Waran (FRA,36) 21-16 21-9

[R1] Manu Attri (IND)/ Sumeeth Reddy B. (IND) l (5) Xiaolong Liu (CHN)/ Zihan Qiu (CHN) 17-21 14-21
[R1] Pranaav Jerry Chopra (IND)/ Akshay Dewalkar (IND) bt Li Junhui (CHN)/ Liu Yuchen (CHN) 23-21 17-21 21-16
[R1] Ashwini Ponnappa (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) bt Eefje Muskens (NED)/ Selena Piek (NED) 18-21 21-16 21-14
[R1] (Q) Vladimir Ivanov (RUS)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) bt (Q) Keigo Sonoda (JPN)/ Shizuka Matsuo (JPN) 21-16 21-19

[R2] Srikanth K. (IND,23) vs (6) Hans-Kristian Vittinghus(DEN,10)
[R2] Kashyap Parupalli (IND,28) vs Houwei Tian (CHN,14)
[R2] (5) Saina Nehwal (IND,7) vs Kirsty Gilmour (SCO,19)

[R2] Pranaav Jerry Chopra (IND)/ Akshay Dewalkar (IND) vs (3) Andrei Adistia (INA)/ Hendra Aprida Gunawan (INA)
[R2] Ashwini Ponnappa (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) vs Eefje (7) Xiaoli Wang (CHN)/ Yang (F) Yu (CHN)
[R2] (Q) Vladimir Ivanov (RUS)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) vs (7) Lu Kai (CHN)/ Huang Yaqiong (CHN)

Kashyap score 2second win over top-5 player in a week time ... In French SuperSeries he beat Japanese WR #4 Kenichi Tago convincingly inside 34 minutes ... But next he is facing higher ranked Chinese opponent Houwei Tian .. Other hand easy expected win for Srikanth against qualifier ... Next he is facing top-10 Danish player.

Saina start with comfortable win over French girl in straight games .. Next she is facing Scottish girl Kirsty Gilmour ... But other hand Sindhu lose her match against similar ranked Thai Buranaprasertsuk ... After winning the first game Sindhu failed to keep momentum and Buranaprasertsuk take full advantage with winning next two.

Prannoy lose in three games against higher ranked Momota ... After losing the first game Prannoy fought back to win the second ... In the decider he saved 3 match points but Momota converted 4th one ... Sourabh fail to create much opposition against Rajiv.

Ashwini-Vladimir took advantage of weak draw for entering into the second round ... In the second round they r facing 7th ranked Chinese pair ... In women's doubles also Ashwini start with win partnering Jwala ... They scored comeback win over Dutch pair after losing first game ... They will also face 7th seed Chinese pair.

Pranaav-Akshay score impressive win over top-25 Chinese pair ... Pranaav-Akshay won the first game in extra points but Chinese pair fought back to win next game ... Pranaav-Akshay kept their nerve to win the final game ... Next they r facing 3rd seed Indonesian pair.

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At €1.46M Swiss Indoor, Basel, Switzerland

[R1] (3) Daniel Nestor (CAN)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) l Marin Draganja (RO)/ Henri Kontinen (FIN) 36 67(4)

[QF] Leander Paes (IND)/ Marcin Matkowski (POL) l (2) Vasek Pospisil (CAN)/ Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) 76(8) 57 4-10

Lee-Marcin loses in match tie-break against Zimo-Pospisil ... Lee-Marcin won the first set in tight tie-break but Zimo-Pospisil fought back to win the second set and then dominated match tie-break.

Rohan-Daniel get upset by Draganja-Kontinen in straight sets.
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At $50K+H Pune Challenger, India

[R2] (SE) Saketh Myneni (IND,283) bt (5) Hiroki Moriya (JPN,154) 61 62
[R2] (7) Yuki Bhambri (IND,179) bt Germain Gigounon (BEL,284) 75 64
[R2] (WC) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,619) l (8) Kimmer Coppejans (BEL,199) 26 63 36
[R2] (3) Somdev Devvarman (IND,139) l Adam Pavlasek (CZE,258) 36 67(3)
[R1] Sanam Singh (IND,365) l (6) Adrian Menendez-Maceiras (ESP,155) 16 26
[R1] (Q) N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,674) l (2) Alexander Kudryavtsev (RUS,125) 06 67(5)

[QF] (SE) Saketh Myneni (IND,283) vs (1) Alexander Nedovyesov (KAZ,113)
[QF] (7) Yuki Bhambri (IND,179) vs (4) Yuichi Sugita (JPN,144)

Doubles
[QF] (WC) Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) l (1) Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA)/ Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA) 67(4) 36
[QF] Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND) bt (2) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) 76(2) 62

[SF] Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND) vs Toshihide Matsui (JPN)/ Yasutaka Uchiyama (JPN)

Yuki need to dig deep against Germain Gigounon for his tight win in two sets ... In this match Yuki struggled with his first serve but still he battled out ... Next he is facing another Japanese #144 ranked Yuichi Sugita.

Saki continue with his terrific form and he beats 150+ ranked Japanese Moriya comfortably ... Saki lose only three games into the match before disposing Moriya ... Next he is facing top-seed Alexander Nedovyesov, their repeat match of last week's final.

Buji's bad form continues and he again lose against lower ranked opponent in the second round ... Buji failed to put pressure on Pavlasek's serve in this match ... After losing first set 0-6 Vijay Sundar recovered but lose the second set in tie-break.

In the doubles Buji-Vijay Sundar lose against Ratiwatanas in straights sets ... Sanam-Saki score upset win over 2nd seed Divij-Yuki ... After winning first set in tie-break Sanam-Saki dominated the second set ... In the semis they r facing Japanese pair.
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At $15K ITF Women's Tournament, Phuket, Thailand

[R2] (Q) Natasha PALHA (IND,492) l Yuuki TANAKA (JPN,450) 36 64 26

Natasha fail to keep momentum and lose Tanaka in three sets.

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At €1.46M Swiss Indoor, Basel, Switzerland

[R1] Leander Paes (IND)/ Marcin Matkowski (POL) bt Jamie Murray (GBR)/ John Peers (AUS) 57 75 10-5

[QF] Leander Paes (IND)/ Marcin Matkowski (POL) vs (2) Vasek Pospisil (CAN)/ Nenad Zimonjic (SRB)

Lee-Marcin score impressive comeback win over young talented pair Murray-Peers in match tie-break ... Next they r facing 2nd seed Zimo-Pospisil.
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At $6.5M BNP Paribas WTA FINALS 2014, Singapore

[R1] (2) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) vs Abigail Sears (USA)/ Raquel Kops-Jones (USA)

Sania-Cara facing American pair in this knock-out year-end tournament which having top 8 pairs of 2014 season.
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At $50K+H Pune Challenger, India

[R1] (SE) Saketh Myneni (IND,283) bt Fabrice Martin (FRA,299) 62 62
[R1] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,226) l (4) Yuichi Sugita (JPN,146) 57 67(4)
[R1] (7) Yuki Bhambri (IND,179) bt Liang-Chi Huang (TPE,300) 63 60
[R1] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,318) l Adam Pavlasek (CZE,242) 46 16
[R1] (3) Somdev Devvarman (IND,139) bt (WC) Arjun Kadhe (IND,1418) 61 63
[R1] N.Sriram Balaji (IND,338) l (6) Adrian Menendez-Maceiras (ESP,162) 46 46
[R1] Sanam Singh (IND,365) bt Stefano Travaglia (ITA,215) 5-2 retd.
[R1] (Q) N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,674) bt (WC) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,904) 76(6) 36 61
[R1] (WC) Sidharth Rawat (IND,1189) l (2) Alexander Kudryavtsev (RUS,129) 64 36 26
[R1] (Q) Purav Raja (IND,1386) l (8) Kimmar Coppejans (BEL,199) 46 57

[R2] (SE) Saketh Myneni (IND,283) vs (5) Hiroki Moriya (JPN,154)
[R2] (7) Yuki Bhambri (IND,179) vs Germain Gigounon (BEL,284)
[R2] (WC) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,619) vs (8) Kimmer Coppejans (BEL,199)
[R2] (3) Somdev Devvarman (IND,139) vs Adam Pavlasek (CZE, 258)
[R1] Sanam Singh (IND,365) vs (6) Adrian Menendez-Maceiras (ESP,155)
[R1] (Q) N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,674) vs (2) Alexander Kudryavtsev (RUS,125)

Doubles
[R1] (WC) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND)/ Arjun Kadhe (IND) l Germain Gigounon (BEL)/ Fabrice Martin (FRA) 76(4) 57 7-10
[R1] (3) Purav Raja (IND)/ Ruben Gonzales (PHI) l Toshihide Matsui (JPN)/ Yasutaka Uchiyama (JPN) 64 67 9-11
[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND) bt Riccardo Ghedin (ITA)/ Yannik Reuter (BEL) 61 60
[R1] (2) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) bt Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) 67(6) 76(4) 10-7

[QF] (2) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND)

Saki continues with his terrific form and score convincing win over Fabrice Martin ... Yuki and Buji also score comfortable wins ... Sanam was leading 5-2 when his top-220 Italian opponent retired from the match ... Vishnu Sundar need to fight hard against young Sasi for scripting win ... RamK lose close match against top-150 Sugita .. Sidharth also started well winning first set against 2nd seed Kudryavtsev before losing next two sets ... Purav gave fighting performance against top-200 Coppejans,

In the doubles Vishu-Jeevan stretch Yuki-Divij to fullest ... Yuki-Divij r facing Sanam-Saki in the quarters.