Squash News

At $50K Women's Carol Weymuller Open 2015, New York, USA

[Q1] Joshana Chinappa (IND,24) bt Coline Aumard (FRA,36) 5-11, 11-7, 11-7, 11-4
[Q2] Joshana Chinappa (IND,24) bt Nicolette Fernandes (GUY,23) 11-7, 11-13, 11-7, 7-11, 11-6

[R1] Dipika Pallikal (IND,19) l (1) Raneem El Welily (EGY,1) 6-11, 7-11, 11-5, 11-7, 5-11
[R1] (Q) Joshana Chinappa (IND,24) bt (7) Emma Beddoes (ENG,11) 4-11, 16-14, 11-7, 11-4

[QF] (Q) Joshana Chinappa (IND,24) vs (Q) Salma Hany Ibrahim (EGY,20)

Joshana Chinappa scores her first win over top English player for entering into the quarters at New York ... Joshana as an qualifier scored upset win over WR #11 Englishwoman Emma Beddoes in four games ... After losing the first game Joshna played smart game, in well fought marathon second game she pipped Emma for winning it ... In the third Joshana used tactics of playing Emma in the front and got benefited from it ... In the fourth Emma failed to challenge Joshana ... Before that Joshana qualified for the main-draw with two well fought wins ... In the quarters she is facing dangerous young Egyptian opponent Salma Hany Ibrahim.

Other hand Dipika lose against new crowned WR #1 Raneem El Welily in five games ... After losing first 2 games Dipika fought back to win next two ... In the fifth Raneem raised her game and Dipika failed to challenge her.

Tennis News

At $2.5M Wuhan Women's Open, China (WTA Premier 5)

[SF] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Martina Hingis (SUI) bt (4) Hao-Ching Chan (TPE)/ Yung-Jan Chan (TPE) 62 61

[F] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Martina Hingis (SUI) vs Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU)/ Monica Niculescu (ROU)

Another dominating win by Sania-Martina against 4th seed Taipei pair ... In the final they r facing unseeded Romanian pair for another title.

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At $50K+H Agri Challenger, Turkey

[QF] Saketh Myneni (IND,199) vs (3) Evgeny Donskoy (RUS,114) 6-6 (1-0) stopped

Match is stopped due to rain when Saki won 1st point on his serve in tie-break ... Before that Saki saved few break points but Donskoy broke him in 11th game to lead 6-5 ... Then Donskoy had s set points on his serve, 40-0, Saki won next 5 points to take the set in tie-break.

Tennis News

At $2.5M Wuhan Women's Open, China (WTA Premier 5)

[R2] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Martina Hingis (SUI) bt Klaudia Jans-Ignacik (POL)/ Anastasia Rodionova (AUS) 63 62

[QF] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Martina Hingis (SUI) bt (5) Raquel Kops-Jones (USA)/ Abigail Spears (USA) 62 62

[SF] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Martina Hingis (SUI) vs (4) Hao-Ching Chan (TPE)/ Yung-Jan Chan (TPE)

Sania-Martina need to play two matches in a day and they score comfortable wins in both matches ... They won the second round match losing only five games and in the quarters against 5th seed American pair they lose only four games ... In the semis they r facing 4th seed Taipei pair.

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At $50K+H Agri Challenger, Turkey

[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND,199) bt (Q) Fedor Chervyakov (RUS,975) 62 61

[QF] Saketh Myneni (IND,199) vs (3) Evgeny Donskoy (RUS,114)

Doubles
[R1] (3) Jeevan Neduncheziyan (IND)/ Matt Seeberger (USA) bt (WC) Petru-Alexandru Luncanu (ROU)/ Yahor Yatsyk (BLR) 64 76(0)
[R1] (2) Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) bt Aslan Karatsev (RUS)/ Aldin Setkic (BIH)

[QF] (3) Jeevan Neduncheziyan (IND)/ Matt Seeberger (USA) l Alexander Igoshin (RUS)/ Yaraslav Shyla (BLR) 63 36 5-10
[QF] (2) Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) bt Ivan Bjelica (SRB)/ Farrukh Dustov (UZB) 76(4) 36 10-8

[SF] (2) Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs Alexander Igoshin (RUS)/ Yaraslav Shyla (BLR)

SExpected dominating win by Saki against Russian qualifier losing only three games ... After long time Saki manages to score back to back win in the challenger, last time he scored back to back win in May at Fergana challenger ... Next he is having tough match against top-100 type Russian Evgeny Donskoy ... Another worrying thing is Saki played three matches in a day.

In the doubles our both pairs started with straight sets win ... In the quarters Saki-Divij score hard fought win in match tie-break but other hand Jeevan-Matt lose their match after winning the first set.

Tennis News

At $937K Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur

[R1] Grigor Dimitrov (BUL)/ Leander Paes (IND) l Rameez Junaid (AUS)/ Jonathan Marray (GBR) 57 61 4-10

Lee-Grigor lose their match in the match tie-break ... This is again showing importance of regular partner on the tour, hopefully Lee is already short-listed probable candidates for next season.

Tennis News

At $2.5M Wuhan Women's Open, China (WTA Premier 5)

[R2] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Martina Hingis (SUI) vs Klaudia Jans-Ignacik (POL)/ Anastasia Rodionova (AUS)

Sania-Martina r facing Polish-Aussie challenge in the second round.

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At $937K Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur

[R1] (WC) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,216) l Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ,48) 26 26

RamK gets outperformed by Kukushkin in this match ... Very tough lesson for RamK from top-50 player in this one-sided loss.

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At $50K+H Agri Challenger, Turkey

[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND,199) bt Matija Pecotic (CRO,267) 75 61
[R1] (WC) Divij Sharan(IND,881) l Dennis Novak (AUT,257) 36 26

[R2] Saketh Myneni (IND,199) vs (Q) Fedor Chervyakov (RUS,975)

Saki take revenge of his last week's loss against Pecotic ... After winning the tight first set Saki dominated the second taking 5-0 lead ... In next round he is facing Russian qualifier Fedor Chervyakov ... These r important wins for Saki as he is defending chunk of points ... Other hand expected loss of Divij against top-250 type player.

Squash News

At $35K Men's JSW Kolkata RC International 2015, India

[R1] (3) Saurav Ghosal (IND,15) bt (Q) Nathan Lake (ENG,116) 11-9, 11-3, 11-5 (47m)
[R1] (7) Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,52) bt Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND,56) 6-11, 11-7, 9-11, 11-6, 11-6 (75m)
[R1] (5) Zahed Mohamed (EGY,36) bt (Q) Kush Kumar (IND,115) 11-9, 11-8, 11-4 (38m)

[QF] (3) Saurav Ghosal (IND,15) bt (7) Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,52) 11-7, 11-3, 11-7 (35m)

[SF] (3) Saurav Ghosal (IND,15) bt (2) Stephen Coppinger (RSA,15) 11-4, 11-4, 11-2 (45m)

Singles Final
(3) Saurav Ghosal (IND,15) bt (1) Marwan El Shorbagy (EGY,12) 11-7, 11-2, 11-7 (43m)

Saurav Ghosal lifts $35K International title in his hometown with very convincing win over top-seed Egyptian Marwan Elshorbagy ... Before that in the semis Saurav scored dominating win over 2nd seed South African Stephen Coppinger ... Saurav wins this tournament without losing a single game ... Before this last week in Mumbai he was runner-up at $35K CCI International ... There he lost to top-seed Spanish opponent Borja Golan in four games, 6-11, 4-11, 12-10, 5-11 (68m) ... These performances will going to help him to push his ranking upwards in coming weeks.

Billiards News

At the 2015 IBSF World Billiards Championship, Adelaide, Australia

The 2015 IBSF World Billiards Championship was completed with the final of the Timed event where Pankaj Advani won his 14th World title defeating Peter Gilchrist (Singapore) 2408-1240 by 1168 points difference.

Peter Glichrist had already won the 150Up defeating Pankaj earlier in the week, so sweet revenge for Pankaj to defend his Timed title.

Tennis News

At $125K+H Kaohsiung Challenger, Taiwan

Singles Final

(4) Yuki Bhambri (IND,125) l (2) Hyeon Chung (KOR,73) 57 46

Despite good shot-making Yuki lose in the final against Korean wonder kid Hyeon Chung ... Chung played terrific defensive game while beating Yuki ... Yuki started well and broke Chung in 2nd game to lead 3-0 ... Yuki was up 5-2 and had 2 set points on Chung's serve but from here Chung turned table on Yuki ... From here Chung played amazing solid defensive game, he was returning everything Yuki was throwing at him ... First few games Yuki was coming on the net regularly but surprisingly he didn't repeat the same afterwards ... Chung broke Yuki in 9th and 11th games for completing superb comeback for winning this set ... In the second set till 4-all both players hold their respective service games ... Chung broke Yuki in 9th game and then hold for completing victory ... This is Chung's 4th challenger title of the year.

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At $50K+H Agri Challenger, Turkey

[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND,199) vs Matija Pecotic (CRO,267)
[R1] (WC) Divij Sharan(IND,881) vs Dennis Novak (AUT,257)

Doubles
[R1] (3) Jeevan Neduncheziyan (IND)/ Matt Seeberger (USA) vs (WC) Petru-Alexandru Luncanu (ROU)/ Yahor Yatsyk (BLR)
[R1] (2) Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs Aslan Karatsev (RUS)/ Aldin Setkic (BIH)

Rematch for Saki against Pecotic, hoping for better performance in the singles after his doubles title win this week ... Surprisingly Divij manages to get wild-card and facing Austrian Dennis Novak.

In the doubles Saki and Divij r 2nd seeds ... Jeevan is playing in the doubles with his American partner Matt Seeberger and they r 3rd seeds.

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At $15K Canada F11 Futures, Ontario

Singles Final
(2) Sanam SINGH (IND,329) bt (1) Frank DANCEVIC (CAN,220) 64 62

Sanam score impressive win over top-seed Frank Dancevic for lifting $15K futures title ... This also means 3rd time lucky for Sanam against Dancevic as he lost in previous two meetings against Dancevic ... After winning the first set Sanam dominated the second to break Dancevic's 19 matches winning streak ... This win will push Sanam's ranking 260s to his career best ... This is also Sanam's 2nd title of the year and both his titles come in tough North American futures.

Tennis News

At $250K Guangzhou Women's Open, China

Doubles Final
(1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Martina Hingis (SUI) bt Shilin Xu (CHN)/ Xiaodi You (CHN) 63 61

Expected dominating win by Sania and Martina in the final against local Chinese pair losing only four games ... This is Sania and Martina's 6th title of 2015 as a pair ... They've now won six of 13 events they've played since joining forces in March - Indian Wells, Miami, Charleston, Wimbledon, the US Open and now Guangzhou ... They're an incredible 42-7 together.

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At $2.5M Wuhan Women's Open, China (WTA Premier 5)

[R1] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Martina Hingis (SUI) bye

In the first round Sania and Martina having bye.

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At $937K Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur

[R1] (WC) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,216) vs Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ,48)

Doubles
[R1] Grigor Dimitrov (BUL)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs Rameez Junaid (AUS)/ Jonathan Marray (GBR)

RamK receive wild-card for Malaysian open but having tough challenge against top-50 Kazakh player Mikhail Kukushkin.

In the doubles Lee partnering Sharapova's ex-boyfriend big serving Grigor Dimitrov.

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At $125K+H Kaohsiung Challenger, Taiwan

[SF] (4) Yuki Bhambri (IND,125) bt (1) Jiri Vesely (CZE,40) 76(2) 60

[F] (4) Yuki Bhambri (IND,125) vs (2) Hyeon Chung (KOR,73)

Doubles

[SF] (4) Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Jeevan Neduncheziyan (IND) l Cheng-Peng Hsish (TPE)/ Tsung-Hua Yang (TPE) 26 36
[SF] (3) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Chu-Huan Yi (TPE) l (2) Mao-Xin Gong (CHN)/ Hsien-Yin Peng (TPE) 46 46

Yuki score one of best win of his career against WR #40 Jiri Vesely in straight sets ... Last week in the Davis cup he lost against Jiri in straight sets but he manage to take revenge here at Kaohsiung ... In 5th game of the first set Yuki saved 3 break points on his serve from 0-40 but after that both players hold their respective service games to take the set in tie-break ... From tie-break Yuki raised his game few notches and was triple breaks up 5-0 to win tie-break comfortably ... In the second set Yuki was playing smart tennis and used his shots smartly ... He bageled top-40 player in the second set breaking Jiri in 1st, 3rd and 5th games ... Yuki won the match with ace ... In the final he is facing talented young Korean Hyeon Chung ... Other hand Yuki is only one win away from entering first time into top-100 as currently he is #102 in live ranking.

In the doubles our both pairs lose their matches in straight sets.

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At $75K Izmir Challenger, Turkey

Doubles Final
(3) Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) bt Malek Jaziri (TUN)/ Denys Molchanov (UKR) 76(5) 46 9-8 retd.

Good to see Divij and Saki lift the title ... Divij needs this title as he is outside of top-150 but with this title our both players will move into top-150 ... Saki will be first time inside top-50 for the doubles ... Saki-Divij faced big pressure on their serve through out the match by their opponents but they stood up to the challenge ... They saved 11 break points before giving break in 10th game of the second set ... In match tie-break opponents took medical break on match point for our pair, 9-8 and conceded the match due to retirement ... Ridiculous to see retirement on the match point.

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At $10K India F15 Futures, Madurai

[R1] (4) Sumit NAGAL (IND,602) bt Lakshit SOOD (IND,1085) 76(3) 62
[R2] (4) Sumit NAGAL (IND,602) bt Niki KALIYANDA POONACHA (IND,1055) 75 36 61
[QF] (4) Sumit NAGAL (IND,602) bt (6) Mohit Mayur JAYAPRAKASH (IND,596) 64 62
[SF] (4) Sumit NAGAL (IND,602) bt (1) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,364) 67(4) 63 64

Singles Final
(4) Sumit NAGAL (IND,602)bt (2) Vishnu VARDHAN (IND,513) 76(5) 76(4)

Sumit lifts his third ITF futures title of his career and year in hsi third ITF futures final ... He beats big serving Vishnu Vardhan in the final winning both sets in tight tie-breaks ... In the final both players didn't face a single break point on their serve, Vishnu hit 24 aces and Sumit hit 5 ... Also in the semis Sumit scored upset win over Vijay Sundar after his two losses against him ... Last week Sumit lost against Vijay Sundar in F14 futures but this week he managed to turned table on him ... This title win help Sumit to push his ranking first time inside top-500.

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At $15K Canada F11 Futures, Ontario

[SF] (2) Sanam SINGH (IND,329) bt (7) Jared HILTZIK (USA,616) 76(3) 62

[F] (2) Sanam SINGH (IND,329) vs (1) Frank DANCEVIC (CAN,220)

Sanam scores expected straight sets win over Hiltzik ... Again in the final he is facing Frank Dancevic ... Dancevic is aiming for the fourth title in a row.

Tennis News

At $250K Guangzhou Women's Open, China

[R1] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Martina Hingis (SUI) bye
[QF] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Martina Hingis (SUI) bt Anna-Lena Friedsam (GER)/ Monica Niculescu (ROU) 62 63

[SF] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Martina Hingis (SUI) bt Julia Glushko (ISR)/ Rebecca Peterson (SWE) 63 64

[F] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Martina Hingis (SUI) vs Shilin Xu (CHN)/ Xiaodi You (CHN)

Sania-Martina r in the final of Guangzhou open with straight sets win ... This is Sania-Martina's first tournament after US open triumph ... In the final they r facing unseeded Chinese pair, who scored upset win over 2nd and 3rd seed pairs en-route to the final.

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At $125K+H Kaohsiung Challenger, Taiwan

[QF] (4) Yuki Bhambri (IND,125) bt Jimmy Wang (TPE,283) 64 62

[SF] (4) Yuki Bhambri (IND,125) vs (1) Jiri Vesely (CZE,40)

Doubles
[QF] (4) Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Jeevan Neduncheziyan (IND) bt Nicolas Barrientos (COL)/ Marco Trungelliti (ARG) w/o
[QF] (3) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Chu-Huan Yi (TPE) bt Ti Chen (TPE)/ Liang-Chi Huang (TPE) 60 57 10-7

[SF] (4) Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Jeevan Neduncheziyan (IND) vs Cheng-Peng Hsish (TPE)/ Tsung-Hua Yang (TPE)
[SF] (3) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Chu-Huan Yi (TPE) vs (2) Mao-Xin Gong (CHN)/ Hsien-Yin Peng (TPE)

Yuki scores impressive straight sets win over Jimmy for entering into the semi-final ... In the first set Yuki was down early break, 0-3 ... After that he made strong comeback and won next five games in a row breaking Jimmy in 5th and 7th games to lead 5-3 ... Yuki kept break advantage for winning the set ... In the second set Yuki broke Jimmy in 2nd and 4th games to take 4-0 lead and after that hold that lead for comfortable win ... In the semis he is facing top-40 Czech player Jiri Vesely ... Against the same player Yuki lost last week in Davis cup.

In the doubles also Yuki is in the semis with his partner Yi ... After bagelled opponents on the first set Yuki-Yi lost the second set but they recovered well to win the match tie-break ... Buji-Jeevan receive walkover from their South American opponents.

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At $75K Izmir Challenger, Turkey

[QF] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,218) l (4) Lukas Lacko (SVK,112) 36 57

Doubles
[SF] (3) Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) bt Gero Kretschmer (GER)/ Alexander Satschko (GER) 63 36 11-9

[F] (3) Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs (4) Malek Jaziri (TUN)/ Denys Molchanov (UKR)

RamK gives fighting performance in his loss against Lacko ... In this match RamK started tentatively to get broken in 1st game of the match ... Lacko kept advantage and again broke Ramk when he was serving for staying in the set in 9th game for winning this set ... In the second set RamK raised his game and matched with his top-100 caliber opponent despite struggling with his backhand ... In 12th game RamK saved a match point before losing to 2nd match point ... Overall pleasing performance in the second from RamK.

Divij-Saki score upset win over top-seed German pair, who r in top-100 doubles rankings, in very tight match tie-break ... After winning the first set our pair lost the second set but they fought hard to recover for winning match tie-break in extra points ... In the final they r facing 4th seed Jaziri and Molchanov.

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At $15K Canada F11 Futures, Ontario

[QF] (2) Sanam SINGH (IND,329) bt (WC) Alejandro TABILO (CAN,1985)

[SF] (2) Sanam SINGH (IND,329) vs (7) Jared HILTZIK (USA,616)

Expected win for Sanam against local wild-card player Tabilo ... Next he is facing 7th seed American Hiltzik.

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At $125K+H Kaohsiung Challenger, Taiwan

[R2] (4) Yuki Bhambri (IND,125) bt Peter Gojowczyk (GER,140) 64 63

[QF] (4) Yuki Bhambri (IND,125) vs Jimmy Wang (TPE,283)

Another good straight sets win by Yuki against in-form German Peter Gojowczyk ... In the first set both players exchanged early breaks but Yuki took crucial break in 7th game to lead 4-3 ... Yuki kept that lead for winning the set ... In the second set Yuki broke Peter in 3rd game to lead 2-1 and then saved couple of break points for keeping the lead 3-1 ... Yuki again broke Peter in 9th game when he was serving for staying in the match and completed victory ... In the quarter he is facing local Jimmy Wang.

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At $75K Izmir Challenger, Turkey

[QF] (3) Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) bt Farrukh Dustov (UZB)/ Matteo Volante (ITA) 75 61

[SF] (3) Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs Gero Kretschmer (GER)/ Alexander Satschko (GER)

Divij-Saki score straight sets win over Dustov-Volante ... In the semis they r facing top-seed German pair.

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At $15K Canada F11 Futures, Ontario

[R1] (2) Sanam SINGH (IND,329) bt Quinton VEGA (USA,1452) 75 64
[R2] (2) Sanam SINGH (IND,329) bt Gary KUSHNIROVICH (USA,1561) 61 61

[QF] (2) Sanam SINGH (IND,329) vs (WC) Alejandro TABILO (CAN,1985)

Tight straight sets win for Sanam on indoor court in the first round ... But he shows dominating performance in his second round win ... In the quarters he is facing local wild-card player.

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At $125K+H Kaohsiung Challenger, Taiwan

[R1] (4) Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Jeevan Neduncheziyan (IND) bt Wei-De Lin (TPE)/ Cing-Yang Meng (TPE) 36 60 10-7
[R1] (3) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Chu-Huan Yi (TPE) bt Jonathan Eysseric (FRA)/ Jurgen Zopp (EST) 26 63 10-7

[QF] (4) Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Jeevan Neduncheziyan (IND) vs Nicolas Barrientos (COL)/ Marco Trungelliti (ARG)
[QF] (3) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Chu-Huan Yi (TPE) vs Ti Chen (TPE)/ Liang-Chi Huang (TPE)

Winning start for for our players in the doubles ... Both wins were comeback wins after losing the first set ... In the quarters Buji-Jeev r facing South American pair and Yuki-Yi r facing local favorite pair.

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At $75K Izmir Challenger, Turkey

[R2] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,218) bt (Q) Daniel Masur (GER,367) 46 76(4) 76(3)

[QF] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,218) vs (4) Lukas Lacko (SVK,112)

Doubles
[R1] (3) Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) bt Tuna Altuna (TUR)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) 63 64

[QF] (3) Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs Farrukh Dustov (UZB)/ Matteo Volante (ITA)

Excellent tight win by RamK after losing the first set against his German opponent ... Masur broke RamK in 5th game to lead 2-3 and kept that advantage for winning this set ... In the second set RamK saved 4 break points on his serve in 7th game and then had 2 set points on Masur's serve which he failed to convert ... RamK took control in tie-break for winning it ... In the third set RamK missed total five break points but other hand he was serving well ... Again he dominated tie-break for completing important win ... Next he is facing WR #112 and former top-50 Lukas Lacko.

In the doubles Saki-Divij start with comfortable straight sets victory against RamK and his local partner Tuna Altuna ... Next they r facing Uzbek-Italian pair.

Tennis News

At $125K+H Kaohsiung Challenger, Taiwan

[R1] (4) Yuki Bhambri (IND,125) bt Somdev Devvarman (IND,164) 76(5) 60

[R2] (4) Yuki Bhambri (IND,125) vs Peter Gojowczyk (GER,140)

Yuki scores his first win over Buji after two losses earlier this year ... After winning the first set in tie-break he bagelled Buji in the second ... In the first set Buji broke Yuki in 6th game to lead 4-2 ... In 7th game Buji was leading 40-15 but from here he lost the plot ... Yuki broke him in 7th game to bring the set on serve ... After taking the set in tie-break Yuki won it ... In the second set Yuki dominated or we should say Buji gave up ... Yuki broke Buji in 2nd, 4th and 6th game for straight sets victory ... Next Yuki is facing German Peter Gojowczyk, who won last week's Nanchang challenger.

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At $75K Izmir Challenger, Turkey

[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND,195) l Matija Pecotic (ROU,295) 57 46
[R1] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,218) bt (6) Elias Ymer (SWE,132) 67(3) 63 75

[R2] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,218) vs (Q) Daniel Masur (GER,367)

Saki missed chance as he was in early control in the match ... Saki broke Pecotic in 4th game to lead 4-1 but Pecotic broke Saki in 7th game ... Then Pecotic took crucial break in 11th game for winning the first set ... After losing first set Saki failed to raise his game ... He was break don at 3-4 and Pecotic kept that lead for completing upset victory ... Last few months Saki is struggling on challenger level and fail to give some good results.

RamK scores huge comeback win against in-form Swedish man Elias Ymer ... RamK lost the first set in tie-break ... Ymer broke RamK in 5th game but RamK immediately broke back him in the next ... In tie-break Ymer took control from the start to lead 1-6 and converted 3rd set point ... In the second set RamK broke Ymer in 1st game and again broke him in 9th game for winning this set ... In the final set Ymer broke RamK in 3rd game but RamK immediately broke back, 2-all ... RamK saved break points and in 12th game gave himself 2 match points on Ymer's serve, 15-40 ... Ymer saved both but RamK converted fourth match point for big win ... next he is facing German qualifier Daniel Masur.

Football News

At u-16 AFC Qualifying, Iran

Group E
India bt Bahrain 5-0
India l Iran 0-3
India bt Lebanon 6-0

Impressive show by Indian colts against west Asian countries ... Beating Bahrain and Lebanon boys comfortably and lose to host Iran due to their bad playing ... Our boys r really making noise under their German coach Nicolai Adam and progressing in right direction ... We r preparing well for u-17 World cup.

Golf News

At $1M Small Business Connection Championship, Davidson, North Carolina, USA (Web.com Tour Finals)

T16 Anirban Lahiri (IND) 72 70 67 71 -8 $15,000

Not a great final round as Anirban managed only one under in the final round ... After two weeks his earning is $49,750 ... So he is almost secure his conditional PGA tour card ... Now Anirban is thinking of skipping next week's Web.com tour tournament in preparation for President Cup.

Tennis News

At Davis cup 2015 - World Group Play-Off, New Delhi, India

India l Czech Republic 1-3

Day One
[R1] Yuki Bhambri (IND,125) l Lukas Rosol (CZE,85) 16 36 57
[R2] Somdev Devvarman (IND,164) bt Jiri Vesely (CZE,40) 76(3) 64 63

Day Two
[R3] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Leander Paes (IND) l Adam Pavlasek (CZE)/ Radek Stepanek (CZE) 57 26 26

Day Three
[R4] Yuki Bhambri (IND,125) l Jiri Vesely (CZE,40) 36 57 26
[R5] Somdev Devvarman (IND,164) vs Lukas Rosol (CZE,85)

I was hoping different Yuki in this match but again Yuki struggled with his game in the match ... In the first set Yuki got broken early and Jiri kept that advantage for winning it ... In the second set Yuki tried hard but in this set he missed multiple break point chances ... Jiri took crucial break in 11th game for winning this set ... In the third set also Yuki's erratic game cost him first game on his serve ... Jiri again broke Yuki in third game to lead 4-0 ... Jiri kept that lead for competing victory and also giving tie to Czech Republic.

Here is sum of Yuki's performance in this tie - Lack of consistency in his game, poor backhand, poor return of serve, unintelligent shots selection, poor own serve in crucial juncture and going for finishing point early ... Also our shocking loss in the doubles against Czech pair was frustrating.

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At $125K+H Kaohsiung Challenger, Taiwan

[R1] (4) Yuki Bhambri (IND,125) vs Somdev Devvarman (IND,164)

Doubles

[R1] (4) Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Jeevan Neduncheziyan (IND) vs Wei-De Lin (TPE)/ Cing-Yang Meng (TPE)
[R1] (3) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Chu-Huan Yi (TPE) vs Jonathan Eysseric (FRA)/ Jurgen Zopp (EST)

Yuki and Buji facing each other in the first round in taiwan.

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At $75K Izmir Challenger, Turkey

[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND,195) vs Matija Pecotic (ROU,295)
[R1] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,218) vs (6) Elias Ymer (SWE,132)

Doubles
[R1] (3) Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs Tuna Altuna (TUR)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND)

Saki and RamK r playing in Turkey challenger ... RamK having tough match against Ymer ... In the doubles Saki-Divij r facing RamK and his Turkish partner.

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At $15K Canada F10 Futures, Toranto

Singles Final
(2) Sanam SINGH (IND,334) l (1) Frank DANCEVIC (CAN,249) 36 26

Frank Dancevic proved too strong for Sanam in the final ... This is Frank's third title in a row in Canadian futures.

Badminton News

At $600K Victor Korea Open 2015, Seoul

Men's Singles Final
Ajay Jayaram (IND,32) l (1) Chen Long (CHN,1) 14-21 13-21

As expected straight games loss for Ajay against WR #1 Chen Long ... In this match Ajay played some smart game but his inconsistency in shots making cost him dearly ... Still creditable performance for Ajay as after three years he crossed quarter final hurdle in SuperSeries.

Golf News

At $1M Small Business Connection Championship, Davidson, North Carolina, USA (Web.com Tour Finals)

T20 Anirban Lahiri (IND) 72 70 67 -7

Anirban started well in the third round and scored five birdies in first 8 holes but he failed to repeat same in the final nine ... Managed a birdie on 15th and bogey on the final 18th hole ... Still five under round helps him to climb in top 20 with seven under.

Tennis News

At Davis cup 2015 - World Group Play-Off, New Delhi, India

India vs Czech Republic 1-2

Day One
[R1] Yuki Bhambri (IND,125) l Lukas Rosol (CZE,85) 16 36 57
[R2] Somdev Devvarman (IND,164) bt Jiri Vesely (CZE,40) 76(3) 64 63

Day Two
[R3] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Leander Paes (IND) l Adam Pavlasek (CZE)/ Radek Stepanek (CZE) 57 26 26

Before this tie begins everyone was convinced that Indian pair definitely going to win this rubber considering our top two doubles players Leander Paes and Rohan Bopanna ... Other hand Czech had Radek Stepanek and inexperienced Adam Pavlasek ... But in the end Adam Pavlasek turned to be trump card for Czech team.

Czech pair scores comfortable straight sets win over fancied Indian pair in straight sets ... Our pair failed to raise their game in front of home crowd and lost tamely ... Only in the first set we were troubling them ... Czech pair broke Bops in 5th game but our pair fought back to break back ... In 11th game Czech pair took crucial break on Lee;s serve and then hold for winning the set ... In the second set they broke Lee twice for winning it ... In the third they broke Bops and Lee to take 5-1 lead ... At that time our pair broke Adam Pavlasek in 8th game but immediately they broke Lee's serve for completing excellent victory.

In press conference Lee summarized really well saying, there were three great doubles players and one rookie and the rookie made the show ... Undoubtedly 20 yrs old young Adam Pavlasek was star of the match ... He played above his current ranking #268 to outperform these all legends.

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At $15K Canada F10 Futures, Toranto

[SF] (2) Sanam SINGH (IND,334) bt Filip PELIWO (CAN,494) 26 63 76(1)

[F] (2) Sanam SINGH (IND,334) vs (1) Frank DANCEVIC (CAN,249)

Excellent comeback and hard fought win by Sanam over former JR WR #1 Canadian player Filip Peltw for entering into the final ... In the final Sanam is facing top-seed and top-250 Canadian Frank Dancevic.

Badminton News

At $600K Victor Korea Open 2015, Seoul (SuperSeries)

[R1] (8) Parupalli Kashyap (IND,8) l Wei Nan (HKG,18) 21-17 16-21 18-21
[R1] (4) Kadambi Srikanth (IND,5) l Tian Houwei (CHN,10) 21-12 13-21 17-21
[R1] H.S. Prannoy (IND,15) l (7) Chou Tien Chen (TPE,7) 21-18 19-21 17-21
[R1] Ajay Jayaram (IND,32) bt (6) Viktor Axelsen (DEN,6) 21-15 21-15

[R1] P.V. Sindhu (IND,13) bt (3) Ratchanok Intanon (THA,6) 21-19 21-23 21-13

[R2] Ajay Jayaram (IND,32) bt Wong Wing Ki Vincent (HKG,30) 17-21 21-15 21-15
[R2] P.V. Sindhu (IND,13) l Sayaka Takahashi (JPN,16)16-21 13-21

[QF] Ajay Jayaram (IND,32) bt Sho Sasaki (JPN,26) 21-19 16-21 21-16

[SF] Ajay Jayaram (IND,32) bt (7) Chou Tien Chen (TPE,7) 21-19 21-15

[F] Ajay Jayaram (IND,32) vs (1) Chen Long (CHN,1)

Turn to be terrific Korean SuperSeries for Ajay ... After three years of injury affected years he manages to cross quarter-final hurdles in SuperSeries ... He score two top-10 wins over last week's finalist Danish Viktor Axelsen and Taipei's Chou Tien Chen ... He is in the final with comfortable straight games win over Chou Tien Chen ... In the final he is facing WR #1 Chinese Chen Long.