Tennis News

At $2M Citi Open 2017, Washington, USA

[R1] (Q) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,182) l Guido Pella (ARG,97) 46 16
[R1] (Q) Yuki Bhambri (IND,200) bt Stefan Kozlov (USA,132) 75 2-0 retd.

[R2] (Q) Yuki Bhambri (IND,200) vs (6) Gael Monfils (FRA,22)

Yuki in the second round of Washington Open and facing defending champion Gael Monfils ... In his match, Yuki was down 2-4 but from here he made an excellent comeback ... He broke Kozlov to make it 4-all and then took a crucial break in the 12th game for winning the set ... In the second set, Yuki broke him in 2nd game when Kozlov retired from the match ... It seems, he failed to adjust in muggy condition.

In the match two different Ramk we saw as in the first set, the spectators watched top-50 type of tennis and in the second set RamK played below 150 type tennis ... In the first set, RamK broke Pella in 1st game to lead 2-0 ... Pella immediately responded and broke Ramk in the 4th game, 2-all ... Pella took an important break in the 10th game for winning the set ... After this RamK struggled with his game and was 5-0 down after losing his service games in 2nd and 4th ... Pella kept that advantage for a comfortable win.

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At $250K Citi Open 2017, Washington, USA (WTA Tour)

[R1] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Monica Niculescu (ROU) bye

Sania is playing with Monica in the Citi open.

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At $2M Citi Open 2017, Washington, USA

[Q2] (1) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,178) bt Marinko Matosevic (AUS,401) 75 63
[Q2] (2) Yuki Bhambri (IND,201) bt Liam Broady (GBR,357) 62 64

[R1] (Q) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,182) vs Guido Pella (ARG,97)
[R1] (Q) Yuki Bhambri (IND,200) vs Stefan Kozlov (USA,132)

Doubles
[R1] (WC) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Donald Young (USA) vs Daniel Nestor (CAN)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK)

Yuki qualified for the main-draw with straight sets win over Britisher Liam Broady ... In the first set, Yuki broke Liam in 3rd and 7th games for winning it comfortably ... In the second set, Yuki broke Liam in 1st game for a 2-0 lead and kept that advantage for winning the set and match ... Yuki is facing young American Stefan Kozlov in the first round.

RamK also qualified for the main-draw and in this match RamK's serve were too good as he served 13 aces ... RamK took an early break for leading 4-2 but Marinko broke him in the 7th game, 4-3 ... RamK broke Marinko in the 12th game when he was serving to stay in the set ... In the second set, RamK broke Marinko in 4th game to lead 4-1 ... RamK had couple of match points on Marinko's serve in 8th game but he failed to convert ... But he hold his serve in next game for straight sets victory ... RamK is facing Argentine clay courter Guido Pella.

In the doubles, Rohan is participating with Donald Young.

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At $728K Abierto Mexicano de Tenis Mifel presentado por Cinemex 2017, Los Cabos, Mexico

[R1] (4) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Santiago Gonzalez (MEX)/ Scott Lipsky (USA)
[R1] Blaz Kavcic (SLO)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) vs (WC) Hans Hach Verdugo (MEX)/ Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX)

Divij-Purav having a tough match against Gonzalez-Lipsky, their last match went to the match tie-break ... This week, Jeevan is playing with Blaz Kavcic and they r facing local wild-card pair in the first round.

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At $125K Chengdu Challenger 2017, China

[Q3] (6) Sidharth Rawat (IND,574) bt Hsien-Yin Peng (TPE,UNR) 64 63
[Q3] (2) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,419) l (5) Kento Takeuchi (JPN,472) 26 46
[Q3] (3) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,424) l (7) Yunseong Chung (KOR,613) 46 36

[R1] (Q) Sidharth Rawat (IND,574) vs Sam Barry (IRL,393)

Doubles
[R1] (2) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs Yusuke Takahashi (JPN)/ Kento Takeuchi (JPN)

Disappointing losses of Vishnu and Sasi ... Sid qualified for the main-draw and facing Irishman Sam Barry ... In the doubles, Bala-Vishnu r 2nd seed and facing Japanese pair in the first round.

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At $25K+H Italy F23 Futures 2017, Pontedara

Singles Final
(2) Sumit Nagal (IND,305) bt Andrea Basso (ITA,502) 64 64

Sumit lifted his 3rd futures title of the year and overall 8th futures title ... With this first $25K+H futures title, he will move inside top 275 in the rankings ... From the start this final match was close ... In the first set, Sumit took a crucial break in the 10th game when Andrea was serving for staying in the set ... In the second set, Sumit broke Andrea in 6th game for lead 4-2 and he had 3 match points on Andrea's serve at 5-2 ... Sumit failed to convert them and then he lost his serve while serving for the match at 5-3 ... Sumit again had 2 match points on Andrea's serve in 10th game which he saved but Sumit converted his 6th match point for lifting the title.

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At 2017 FIBA Women's Asia Cup, Bangalore, India

Division B - Final
India bt Kazakhstan 75-73

Indian women get promoted to Division A of the 2019 FIBA Asia Women's Cup after winning the final of Division B ... In the final, they defeated Kazakhstan in a closely fought match ... They produced superb comeback in the fourth quarter with help from Jeena Skaria (20) and Shireen Limaye (17) after trailing by 8 points at the end of the third quarter ... Japan won Women's Asia Cup after scoring upset one point win over WR #4 Australian team, 74-73.

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At $720K BB&T Atlanta Open 2017, USA

[SF] (4) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Wesley Koolhof (NED)/ Artem Sitak (NZL) 67(3) 46

Divij-Purav lost in the straight sets against Koolhof-Sitak and missed opportunity of entering into the Atlanta open final.

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At $125K Chengdu Challenger 2017, China

[Q1] (6) Sidharth Rawat (IND,574) bye
[Q1] (2) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,419) bye
[Q1] (3) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,424) bye

[Q2] (6) Sidharth Rawat (IND,574) bt Zhao Cai (CHN,1864) 63 63
[Q2] (2) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,419) bt Changwei Peng (CHN,1864) 63 61
[Q2] (3) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,424) bt Mousheg Hovhannisyan (USA,1240) 63 62

[Q3] (6) Sidharth Rawat (IND,574) vs Hsien-Yin Peng (TPE,UNR)
[Q3] (2) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,419) vs (5) Kento Takeuchi (JPN,472)
[Q3] (3) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,424) vs (7) Yunseong Chung (KOR,613)

[R1] N.Sriram Balaji (IND,295) vs Ti Chen (TPE,267)

Good ooportunity for Sid, Sasi and Vishnu for qualifying for the main-draw of this big challenger in the singles ... In the main-draw, Bala is facing experienced Ti Chen.

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At $25K+H Italy F23 Futures 2017, Pontedara

[SF] (2) Sumit Nagal (IND,305) bt (4) Christian Lindell (SWE,370) 57 62 63

Sumit scored comeback win over his Swede opponent Lindell for entering into the final ... Sumit was early break up but from 5-2 he lose his concentration and lost next 5 games for losing the first set ... In the second set, Sumit broke Lindell in 6th and 8th games for winning it comfortably ... In the final set, both players were matching other's game ... Sumit took crucial break in 8th game and then converted 3rd match point on his own serve for a victory.

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At 2017 FIBA Women's Asia Cup, Bangalore, India

Division B - Group A
India bt Uzbekistan 92 -76
India bt Sri Lanka 88-42

[Division B - QF] India bt Fiji 93-51

[Division B - SF] India bt Lebanon 79-69

Division B - Final
India vs Kazakhstan

Indian women r in the final of Division B and will play against Kazakhstan ... The winner will be promoted to Division A of the 2019 FIBA Asia Women's Cup, top 8 Asian nations ... Top two higher ranked teams from this Division r in the final, WR# 40 India and WR #43 Kazakhstan ... In all the matches we were struggling with defense but our offensive game helped us to win these matches ... Against Kazakh girls, we also need to work on our defense for capturing a big opportunity to get re-promoted to Division A.

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At $720K BB&T Atlanta Open 2017, USA

[QF] Hyeon Chung (KOR)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) vs (1) Bob Bryan (USA)/ Mike Bryan (USA) 16 26

[SF] (4) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Wesley Koolhof (NED)/ Artem Sitak (NZL)

It seems Bryans gave the doubles lesson to Jeevan-Hyeon ... In the semis, Divij-Purav r facing Koolhof-Sitak.

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At $2M Citi Open 2017, Washington, USA

[Q1] (1) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,178) bye
[Q1] (2) Yuki Bhambri (IND,201) bye

In Washington tournament, RamK and Yuki r top 2 seeds in the qualifying and they r one win away from qualifying as they received bye in their first round matches.

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At $25K+H Italy F23 Futures 2017, Pontedara

[QF] (2) Sumit Nagal (IND,305) bt Igor Sijsling (NED,750) 63 60

[SF] (2) Sumit Nagal (IND,305) vs (4) Christian Lindell (SWE,370)

Sumit came back to his groove and scored dominating win over former top-60 player Igor Sijsling ... Next, he is facing Swedish player Christian Lindell.

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At $25K China F14 Future 2017, Tianjin


[QF] Karunuday Singh (IND,740) l (3) Shuichi Sekiguchi (JPN,351) 36 67(3)

KU failed to overcome challenge of Sekiguchi and lost in the two sets.

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At $15K ITF Women Tournament 2017, Hong Kong

[SF] Kanika VAIDYA (IND,983) l (1) Ling ZHANG (HKG,503) 46 26

Kanika lost in the straight sets against top-seed local player.

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At $100K Granby Challenger 2017, Canada

[R2] Yuki Bhambri (IND,201) l (4) Denis Shapovalov (CAN,130) 64 06 36

Yuki lost in three sets against Denis Shapovalov after winning the first set ... In the first set, Yuki took an early break to lead 3-1 ... He kept that advantage for winning the set ... In the second set, Yuki got broken early and somehow he tanked the set ... In the third set, Yuki matched Denis game but few unforced errors in the 8th game on his serve cost him the match.

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At $25K China F14 Future 2017, Tianjin

[R1] Karunuday Singh (IND,740) bt Chengze Lyu (CHN,2083) 64 62
[R2] Karunuday Singh (IND,740) bt (5) Shintaro Imai (JPN,382) 46 62 63

[QF] Karunuday Singh (IND,740) vs (3) Shuichi Sekiguchi (JPN,351)

KU in the quarters with superb comeback upset win over top-400 Japanese opponent, Shintaro Imai ... In the quarter, he is facing top-350 Japanese player, Shuichi Sekiguchi.

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At $25K ITF Womens Tournament 2017, Hua Hin, Thailand

[QF] (6) Karman Kaur THANDI (IND,349) l Naiktha BAINS (AUS,454) 06 63 36

Karman lost in the three sets against Naiktha Bains ... I was hoping win for Karman.

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At $15K ITF Women Tournament 2017, Hong Kong

[R1] Kanika VAIDYA (IND,983) bt (8) Kwan Yau NG (HKG,908) 60 46 62
[R2] Kanika VAIDYA (IND,983) bt YeXin MA (CHN,1221) 60 57 63
[QF] Kanika VAIDYA (IND,983) bt (4) Michika OZEKI (JPN,726) 75 36 64

[SF] Kanika VAIDYA (IND,983) vs (1) Ling ZHANG (HKG,503)

Kanika is in the semis with couple of upset wins ... In the semis, she is facing top-500 local girl Ling Zhang.

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At $720K BB&T Atlanta Open 2017, USA

[R1] Hyeon Chung (KOR)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) bt (WC) Eric Sock (USA)/ Jack Sock (USA) 63 63

[QF] (4) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt Santiago Gonzalez (MEX)/ Scott Lipsky (USA) 76(6) 67(5) 10-3
[QF] Hyeon Chung (KOR)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) vs (1) Bob Bryan (USA)/ Mike Bryan (USA)

Another similar hard fought win for Divij and Purav against good doubles players, Lipsky and Gonzalez ... This time also they dominated the match tie-break.

Jeevan-Chung started with a confident win against Sock brothers ... Next, they r facing another brothers combination but this time formidable Bryans.

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At €540K Swiss Open 2017, Gstaad, Switzerland

[R1] Leander Paes (IND)/ Antonio Sancic (CRO) l Thomaz Bellucci (BRA)/ Andre Sa (BRA) 36 26

Lee with his new Croatian partner Sancic, failed to challenge Brazilian pair in their one-sided loss.

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At $226,750 Ericsson Open 2017, Bastad, Sweden

[QF] Jessica Moore (AUS)/ Prarthana Thombare (IND) l (2) Oksana Kalashnikova (GEO)/ Alicja Rosolska (POL) 36 26

Prarthana-Jessica failed to challenge 2nd seed Kalashnikova and Kalashnikova.

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At $100K Granby Challenger 2017, Canada

[R1] Yuki Bhambri (IND,201) bt Roberto Quiroz (ECU,238) 67(4) 63 61

[R2] Yuki Bhambri (IND,201) vs (4) Denis Shapovalov (CAN,130)

After struggling in the first set Yuki dominated the match as he won last two sets comfortably ... In the first set, Yuki took early break for leading 2-0 but while serving for the set at 5-4 he missed a set point on his serve and lost his serve ... He lost the tie-break and was a break down in the second set at 0-2 ... After that he changed his game plan and winning 12 games of the next 14 games for completing the win ... Next, he is facing in-form Canadian Denis Shapovalov.

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At $25K ITF Womens Tournament 2017, Hua Hin, Thailand

[R1] (6) Karman Kaur THANDI (IND,349) bt Karin KENNEL (SUI,562) 61 46 63

[QF] (6) Karman Kaur THANDI (IND,349) vs Naiktha BAINS (AUS,454)

Karman is in the quarters with three sets win over Swiss girl ... Next, she is facing Indian origin Aussie girl Naiktha Bains.

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At $25K+H Italy F23 Futures 2017, Pontedara

[R2] (2) Sumit Nagal (IND,305) bt Gian Marco Moroni (ITA,888) 62 36 76(5)

Sumit in the quarter-final with hard fought win over another Italian Moroni ... In the final set tie-break, he was 1-5 down before winning last 6 points to complete the victory.

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At $226,750 Ericsson Open 2017, Bastad, Sweden

[R1] Jessica Moore (AUS)/ Prarthana Thombare (IND) bt Sílvia Soler-Espinosa (ESP)/ Anna Zaja (GER) 64 62

Prarthana and Jessica started with a comfortable win against Zaja and Soler-Espinosa ... good to see she is winning matches regularly on WTA tour lower level tournament.

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At $75K Binghamton Challenger 2017, New York, USA

[R1] (3) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,178) vs Cameron Norrie (GBR,275) 67(3) 26

Surprised by RamK's straight sets loss against Norrie ... In the first set, at 4-5 down RamK saved 3 set points ... In next game, he broke Norrie but failed to convert a couple of set points on his serve ... After losing the tie-break RamK was flat and lose the second set convincingly.

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At $25K ITF Womens Tournament 2017, Hua Hin, Thailand

[R1] (Q) Pranjala YADLAPALLI (IND,755) l (5) Kamila KERIMBAYEVA (KAZ,364) 26 67(7)
[R1] (Q) Natasha PALHA (IND,759) l Karin KENNEL (SUI,562) 46 16
[R1] (6) Karman Kaur THANDI (IND,400) bt (WC) Chompoothip JUNDAKATE (THA,1157) 60 61

[R2] (6) Karman Kaur THANDI (IND,400) vs Karin KENNEL (SUI,562)

Dominating winning start by Karman ... Next, she is facing Swiss girl Karin Kennel, who defeated Natasha ... Fighting performance by Pranjala against top-375 ranked player in her loss.

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At $720K BB&T Atlanta Open 2017, USA

[R1] (4) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt Treat Huey (PHI)/ Robert Lindstedt (SWE) 76(2) 67(2) 10-4

[QF] (4) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Santiago Gonzalez (MEX)/ Scott Lipsky (USA)

The hard fought win in the match tie-break for Divij and Purav ... After two tie-breaks, our pair won the match tie-break comfortably ... Next, they r fqacing Lipsky-Gonzalez.

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At $75K Binghamton Challenger 2017, New York, USA

[R1] Dekel Bar (ISR)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) vs Denis Kudla (USA)/ Daniel Nguyen (USA) 67(5) 67(9)

RamK with his Israeli partner Bar lost in very closely fought two tie-breaks against American pair in the first round.

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At $25K+H Italy F23 Futures 2017, Pontedara

[R1] (2) Sumit Nagal (IND,305) bt Antonio Massara (ITA,651) 64 75

Sumit started with a straights sets win over his Italian opponent ... As per report, he was 1-5 down in the second before winning next six games.

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At $25K ITF Womens Tournament 2017, Hua Hin, Thailand

[R1] Dhruthi TATACHAR VENUGOPAL (IND,552) l (8) Kyoka OKAMURA (JPN,424) 46 26

Dhruthi lost in straight sets against her Japanese opponent.

Badminton News

At $120K Yonex US Open 2017, Anaheim (Grand Prix Gold)

Men's Singles Final
(2) Prannoy H.S. (IND,23) bt Parupalli Kashyap (IND,59) 21-15 20-22 21-12

Prannoy lifted his third GPG title beating compatriot Kashyap in three games ... In the first game, Kashyap was leading 11-9 till break but after wards, Prannoy took control for winning it easily ... In the second game also Kashyap was leading early and this time he kept nerves for winning it, though Prannoy caught with him later in the game ... In the final game, Prannoy was in the control for the start to win it comfortably.

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At $1.6M Marathon Classic 2017, Toledo, USA (LPGA Tour)

T8 Aditi Ashok (IND) 65 68 68 71 -12 $33,745.00

Aditi managed only PAR in the final round, so she found herself outside top-5 ... But still this was her first top-10 finish on LPGA tour and till now highest prize money.

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At $3.5M Barbasol Championship 2017, Opelika, USA (PGA Tour)

T35 Arjun Atwal (IND) 69 70 64 70 -11 $17,300.00

In the final round, Arjun managed one under, so he slides down to T35 in the standing..

Tennis News

At $720K BB&T Atlanta Open 2017, USA

[Q1] (ALT) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,1206) l (3) Tim Smyczek (USA,194) 67(3) 36

Doubles
[R1] Hyeon Chung (KOR)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) vs (WC) Eric Sock (USA)/ Jack Sock (USA)
[R1] (4) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Treat Huey (PHI)/ Robert Lindstedt (SWE)

Jeevan gave decent performance in the singles qualifying ... In the doubles, Jeevan is partnering Korean Hyeon Chung and they r facing Sock brothers ... Divij-Purav r 4th seed but facing experienced doubles players Huey and Lindstedt.

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At €540K Swiss Open 2017, Gstaad, Switzerland

[R1] Leander Paes (IND)/ Antonio Sancic (CRO) vs Thomaz Bellucci (BRA)/ Andre Sa (BRA)

Surprise to see Lee traveled to Europe for Swiss open, instead of playing Atlanta open ... This week, he is partnering Croatian Antonio Sancic and they r having tough match against Brazilan pair.

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At $226,750 Ericsson Open 2017, Bastad, Sweden

[R1] Jessica Moore (AUS)/ Prarthana Thombare (IND) vs Sílvia Soler-Espinosa (ESP)/ Anna Zaja (GER)

This week, Prarthan is playing at Bastad with Moore.

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At $100K Granby Challenger 2017, Canada

[R1] Yuki Bhambri (IND,212) vs Roberto Quiroz (ECU,238)

Yuki is facing an Ecquadorian player in the first round and next can meet Denis Shapovalov if both players win their first round matches.

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At $75K Binghamton Challenger 2017, New York, USA

[R1] (3) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,168) vs Cameron Norrie (GBR,277)

RamK is 3rd seed and facing British youngster in the first round.

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At $80K ITF Womens Tournament 2017, Prague, Czech Republic

[R1] (8) Ankita Raina (IND,277) l Amanda CARRERAS (GBR,342) 36 46

Ankita played qualifying in Czech ITf, but lost in the first round against British player.

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At $25K ITF Womens Tournament 2017, Hua Hin, Thailand

[R1] (Q) Pranjala YADLAPALLI (IND,755) vs (5) Kamila KERIMBAYEVA (KAZ,364)
[R1] (Q) Natasha PALHA (IND,759) vs Karin KENNEL (SUI,562)
[R1] (6) Karman Kaur THANDI (IND,400) vs (WC) Chompoothip JUNDAKATE (THA,1157)
[R1] Dhruthi TATACHAR VENUGOPAL (IND,552) vs (8) Kyoka OKAMURA (JPN,424)

Pranjala and Natasha qualified for main-draw but Pranjala is facing top-375 Kazakh player in the first round.

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At $120K Yonex US Open 2017, Anaheim (Grand Prix Gold)

[R1] (2) Prannoy H.S. (IND,23) Luka Wraber (AUT,108) 21-12 21-16
[R1] Parupalli Kashyap (IND,59) bt (1) Hyun Il Lee (KOR,15) 21-16 10-21 21-19

[R2] (2) Prannoy H.S. (IND,23) bt Joshua MaGee (IRL,188) 21-13 21-17
[R2] Parupalli Kashyap (IND,59) bt Gergely Krausz (HUN,130) 21-18 17-6 retd.
[R1] Manu Attri (IND)/ Sumeeth B. Reddy (IND) bt Nyl Yakura (CAN)/ Brittney Tam (CAN) 21-13 21-15

[R3] (2) Prannoy H.S. (IND,23) bt (12) Mark Caljouw (NED,52) 21-8 14-21 21-16
[R3] Parupalli Kashyap (IND,59) bt (16) Niluka Karunaratne (SRI,83) 21-19 21-10
[R2] Manu Attri (IND)/ Sumeeth B. Reddy (IND) bt Hendra Tandjaya (INA)/ Androw Yunanto (INA) 21-16 21-9

[QF] (2) Prannoy H.S. (IND,23) bt (8) Kanta Tsuneyama (JPN,37) 10-21 21-15 21-18
[QF] Parupalli Kashyap (IND,59) bt (5) Sameer Verma (IND,32) 21-13 21-16
[QF] Manu Attri (IND)/ Sumeeth B. Reddy (IND) bt (7) Hiroki Okamura (JPN)/ Masayuki Onodera (JPN) 21-18 22-20

[SF] (2) Prannoy H.S. (IND,23) bt (15) Tien Minh Nguyen (VIE,66) 21-14 21-19
[SF] Parupalli Kashyap (IND,59) bt Kwang Hee Heo (KOR,111) 15-21 21-15 21-16
[SF] Manu Attri (IND)/ Sumeeth B. Reddy (IND) l (1) Ching Yao Lu (TPE)/ Po Han Yang (TPE) 12-21 21-12 20-22

[F] (2) Prannoy H.S. (IND,23) vs Parupalli Kashyap (IND,59)

After poor outing in Canadian open by our second string players much was expected in US open ... This time they didn't disappointed ... Kashyap and Prannoy r in the final ... In the first round, Kashyap scored upset win over top-15 Korean Hyun Il Lee in three games ... In the quarters, he defeated countryman Sameer Verma in straight games ... In the doubles, Manu and Sumeeth lost in the semis against top-seed Taipei pair ... In the final game, they had chances as they were leading most of the part and had a match point at 20-19.

The first time India has secured four qualifiers in men's singles and women's singles competitions for next month's prestigious World Championship ... In women's singles players r Rituparna Das, Tanvi Lad, PV Sindhu and Saina Nehwal ... In men's singles players r Sameer Verma, Ajay Jayaram, Kidambi Srikanth and Sai Praneeth ... The BWF World Championships will be held in Emirates Arena, Glasgow, from August 21 to 27.

Hockey News

At Women's Hockey World League Semi-Finals 2017, Johannesbur,g, South Africa

For 7th Position
India l Ireland 1-2 (1-0)
Goal Scorers - Gurjit Kaur (IND) 15' PC and Kathryn Mullan (IRL) 47' PC, Lizzie Colvin (IRL) 48' PC

The Indian women's hockey team finish eighth in Women's HWL Semi-Final ... Despite maintaining an upper hand throughout the match, India let the opponents score two goals in the final quarter.

Golf News

At $1.6M Marathon Classic 2017, Toledo, USA (LPGA Tour)

T3 Aditi Ashok (IND) 65 68 68 -12

Aditi scored another three under round which helped her to ove inside top-5 standing ... In her third round, she had 4 birdies and a bogey ... Currently she is 3 strokes behind the leader.

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At $3.5M Barbasol Championship 2017, Opelika, USA (PGA Tour)

T20 Arjun Atwal (IND) 69 70 64 -7

Arjun scored superb six under to move inside top-20 in the standing ... Before this round he was lying below so in the standing.

Tennis News

At $125K+H Astana Challenger 2017, Kazakhstan

Doubles Final
(1) Toshihide Matsui (JPN)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt Evgeny Karlovskiy (RUS)/ Evgeny Tyurnev (RUS) 76(3) 67(5) 10-7

Vishnu lifted his third challenger title and 2nd of the year in very clost match ... He and his Japanese partner Toshihide Matsui needed to dig deep for completing this win in the match tie-break against Russian pair ... This is a huge title as this will help Vishnu to be near of top-150 doubles ranking.

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At $15K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2017, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt

[SF] Rutuja Bhosale (IND,793) l (WC) Mayar Sherif (EGY,UNR) 57 67(5)

Doubles
[R1] Rutuja Bhosale (IND)/ Mayar Sherif (EGY) bt Nadia Echeverria Alam (VEN)/ Clemence Fayol (FRA) 63 61
[QF] Rutuja Bhosale (IND)/ Mayar Sherif (EGY) bt Emily Fanning (NZL)/ Eva Siska (USA) 75 63
[SF] Rutuja Bhosale (IND)/ Mayar Sherif (EGY) bt Federica Prati (ITA)/ Elina Vikhryanova (RUS) 61 76(4)

Women's Doubles Final
Rutuja Bhosale (IND)/ Mayar Sherif (EGY) bt Pei Hsuan Chen (TPE)/ Fang-Hsien Wu (TPE) 36 63 10-5

Rutuja lost in two closely fought sets against her doubles partner Mayar Sherif ... But Rutuja lifted the doubles title pairing Mayar, they defeated Taiwani pair in comeback win after losing the first set ... So back to back the doubles title for Rutuja.

Golf News

At $1.6M 146th Marathon Classic 2017, Toledo, USA (LPGA Tour)

6 Aditi Ashok (IND) 65 68 -9

Aditi is remained in top-10 after first 2 rounds with 3 under second round.

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At $10M 146th The Open Championship 2017, Southport, England

----------------Cut @ +5 ----------------
T78 Shiv Kapur (IND) 73 73 +6
T78 Anirban Lahiri (IND) 73 73 +6

Again both managed 3 over so they missed cut by 1 stroke.

Tennis News

At $600K Hall of Fame Open 2017, Newport, USA

[SF] (3) Sam Groth (AUS)/ Leander Paes (IND) l (1) Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK)/ Rajeev Ram (USA) 64 67(6) 9-11

Lee and Sam missed multiple match points in the second set and in the match tie-break they saved 2 match points from 7-9 down but failed to save third ... So another close match and again missed opportunities of closing match in two sets.

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At $75K Gatineau Challenger 2017, Canada

[QF] Yuki Bhambri (IND,212) l Alexander Sarkissian (USA,255) 36 64 46

This was surprising loss of Yuki against Sarkissian in three sets ... Before this match he scored really good win against more fancied opponents ... In this match, he played defensively and gave chance to Sarkissian for dominating the points.

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At $125K+H Astana Challenger 2017, Kazakhstan

[SF] (1) Toshihide Matsui (JPN)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt Sadio Doumbia (FRA)/ Michal Konecny (CZE) 76(5) 76(1)

[F] (1) Toshihide Matsui (JPN)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs Evgeny Karlovskiy (RUS)/ Evgeny Tyurnev (RUS)

Vishnu and Toshihide in the final after scoring win with two tie-breaks ... In the final, they r facing Russian pair.

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At $60K ITF Womens Tournament 2017, Bursa, Turkey

[SF] (5) Ankita Raina (IND,274) l (1) Ipek Soylu (TUR,180) 46 64 26

Ankita lost in three sets against top-200 turkish player Ipek Soylu ... After winning the second set Ankita failed to keep momentum in the third.

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At $15K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2017, Hua Hin, Thailand

[SF] (8) Dhruthi TATACHAR VENUGOPAL (IND,578) l (Q) Hua-Chen LEE (TPE,UNR) 36 46

Dhruthi failed to continue with her run and lost in the straight sets against Hua-Chen Lee.

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At $15K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2017, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt

[QF] Rutuja Bhosale (IND,793) bt (Q) Eva Siska (USA,1103) 64 62

[SF] Rutuja Bhosale (IND,793) vs (WC) Mayar Sherif (EGY,UNR)

Rutuja is in the semis with comfortable straight sets win over American qualifier Eva Siska ... Next, she is facing local wild card player, Mayar Sherif.

Golf News

At $10M 146th The Open Championship 2017, Southport, England

T90 Shiv Kapur (IND) 73 +3
T90 Anirban Lahiri (IND) 73 +3

Our both players struggled on Royal Birkdale course ... Anirban managed 1 egale, 2 birdies but 7 bogeys ... Shiv scored 3 birdies, 3 bogeys and 1 triple bogeys ... they need 3 under in the second round for making the cut.