Snooker News

At £850K UK Championship 2017, York, England

[R1] Aditya Mehta (IND,81) bt Sam Baird (ENG,58) 6-5 (51-65, 44-76, 64(56)-17, 38-78, 78(77)-24, 83(65)-49, 110(95)-0, 83(83)-0, 27-95(91), 26-61, 75(53)-69)

[R2] Aditya Mehta (IND,81) vs Luca Brecel (BEL,13)

Aditya scored fighting win over higher ranked British player, Sam Baird ... Aditya was 1-3 down before scoring four 50+ breaks in a row for taking 5-3 lead ... Sam tried a fightback as he won next two frames and in the decider he took early lead ... But Aditya scored his sixth 50+ break of the match for winning this seesaw battle by 6 pts ... Next, he will be facing in-form young Belgian Luca Brecel.

Weightlifting News

At the World Weightlifting Championships 2017, Anaheim, United States

Picture Credit to IWF site

Picture Credit to The Bridge

Women's 48 kg
Gold - Saikhom Mirabai Chanu(IND) (85+109) 194 kg
Silver - Thunya Sukcharoen (THA) (86+107) 193 kg
Bronze - Ana Iris Segura (COL) (81+101) 182 kg

Mirabai Chanu becomes only the 2nd Indian after Karnam Malleshwari to win a GOLD at the Weightlifting World Championships ... Her total lift of 194kg is also the new National Record.

After the Snatch round, Thai girl Sukcharoen was leading by one kilogram after lifting 86 kg, but Chanu lifted 109 kg in the Clean and Jerk, those were two kilograms more than Thai girl for winning a Gold.

Tennis News

At Australian Open 2018 - Asia-Pacific Wildcard Play-off, Zhuhai, China

[R1] (6) Sumit Nagal (IND,225) l Jurabek Karimov (UZB,614) 57 46

Doubles
[QF] (3) Vishnu Vardhan (IND)/ N. Sriram Balaji (IND) bt (WC) Ye Du (CHN)/ Qun Gao (CHN) 62 64
[QF] (2) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Christopher Rungkat (INA) bt Hiroki Moriya (JPN)/ Yusuke Takahashi (JPN) 36 63 10-5

[SF] (2) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Christopher Rungkat (INA) vs (3) Vishnu Vardhan (IND)/ N. Sriram Balaji (IND)

Very surprising loss of Sumit against former top-10 junior player Karimov ... In the first set, Karimov broke Sumit in 6th game to lead 2-4 but Sumit immediately broke him ... When serving for staying in the set, Sumit failed to hold his service game and lost the set ... In the second set, Sumit broke Karimov in 1st and 3rd games to lead 4-0 ... But something went wrong from 4-1 and 40-0 as he lost six games in a row for losing the match ... He made too many unforced errors in this match ... So hopefully he wil end his season this week and take time off before taking off-season training.

Bala-Vishnu r in the semis with a comfortable win over local pair ... they will be facing Jeevan-Chris, who scored a comeback win over experienced Japanese players in the match tie-break.

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At $25K Indonesia F8 Futures 2017, Jakarta

[R2] Sidharth Rawat (IND,524) l (1) Duckhee Lee (KOR,216) 36 75 46
[R2] (2) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,256) vs (Q) Manish Sureshkumar (IND,1188) 64 1-2 (interrupted)

[QF] N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,588) vs Cheng-Yu Yu (TPE,657) 76(4) (interrupted)

Sid failed to complete the victory and lost in the three sets against Duckhee.

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At $15K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2017, Indore, India

[QF] Mahak JAIN (IND,809) bt (1) Dea HERDZELAS (BIH,393) 63 64
[QF] (4) Pranjala YADLAPALLI (IND,498) bt (8) Albina KHABIBULINA (UZB,605) 64 64

[SF] Mahak JAIN (IND,809) vs (3) Ana VESELINOVIC (MNE,425)
[SF] (4) Pranjala YADLAPALLI (IND,498) vs (2) Olga DOROSHINA (RUS,439)

Mahak scored a huge win over top-400 Herdzelas in the straight sets ... In the semis, she is facing top-425 player Veselinovic ... Pranjala also scored a comfortable straight sets win over Khabibulina ... She will be facing Russian player Doroshina.

Tennis News

At Australian Open 2018 - Asia-Pacific Wildcard Play-off, Zhuhai, China

[R1] (Q) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,506) bt (5) Tsung-Hua Yang (TPE,262) 64 57 64
[R1] N. Sriram Balaji (IND,372) l (8) Hiroki Moriya (JPN,343) 57 06
[R1] (6) Sumit Nagal (IND,225) vs Jurabek Karimov (UZB,614)

[QF] (Q) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,506) vs (1) Soon Woo Kwon (KOR,168)

Doubles
[R1] (3) Vishnu Vardhan (IND)/ N. Sriram Balaji (IND) bye
[R1] (2) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Christopher Rungkat (INA) bye

[QF] (3) Vishnu Vardhan (IND)/ N. Sriram Balaji (IND) vs (WC) Ye Du (CHN)/ Qun Gao (CHN)
[QF] (2) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Christopher Rungkat (INA) vs Hiroki Moriya (JPN)/ Yusuke Takahashi (JPN)

A superb upset win by Vishnu against top-275 Taipei player in the first round ... Next, he is facing top-seed and top-175 Korean, Soon Woo Kwon ... Bala lost in the straight sets against former top-150 Japanese Hiroki Moriya ... Sumit will be starting his campaign from tomorrow.

In the doubles, our both pairs received bye in the first round ... In the quarters, Bala-Vishnu r facing local pair and Jeevan-Chris r facing experienced Japanese players.

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At $25K Indonesia F8 Futures 2017, Jakarta

[R2] Sidharth Rawat (IND,524) vs (1) Duckhee Lee (KOR,216) 36 75 2-3 (interrupted)
[R2] N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,588) bt (3) Ti Chen (TPE,320) 63 36 63
[R2] (7) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,429) l Cheng-Yu Yu (TPE,657) 26 76(2) 57
[R2] (2) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,256) vs (Q) Manish Sureshkumar (IND,1188)

[QF] N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,588) vs Cheng-Yu Yu (TPE,657)

VSP scored superb upset win over experienced Ti Chen ... In the quarters, VSP is facing Cheng-Yu Yu, who scored an upset win over Sasi in the three sets.

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At $15K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2017, Indore, India

[R2] Mahak JAIN (IND) bt (5) Riya BHATIA (IND) 63 36 76(3)
[R2] (Q) Shrivalli Rashmikaa BHAMIDIPATY (IND) l (3) Ana VESELINOVIC (MNE) 26 36
[R2] (Q) Bhuvana KALVA (IND) vs (8) Albina KHABIBULINA (UZB) 61 16 16
[R2] (4) Pranjala YADLAPALLI (IND) bt Dhruthi TATACHAR VENUGOPAL (IND) 64 46 63

[QF] Mahak JAIN (IND,809) vs (1) Dea HERDZELAS (BIH,393)
[QF] (4) Pranjala YADLAPALLI (IND,498) vs (8) Albina KHABIBULINA (UZB,605)

Pranjala defeated Dhruthi in the three sets ... Mahak scored an excellent upset win over her senior Riya in the second round ... In the third set, Mahak broke Riya in 12th game when she was serving for the match and then dominated the tie-break for the win ... Mahak will be facing top-400 Herdzelas and Pranjala is facing Uzbek challenge of Khabibulina.

Hockey News

At the Gold Coast 2018 - XXI Commonwealth Games, Gold Coast, Australia

Men's Pool A
Australia (WR #2), New Zealand (WR #8), Canada (WR #11), South Africa (WR #15), Scotland (WR #23)

Men's Pool B
India (WR #6), England (WR #7), Pakistan (WR #12), Malaysia (WR #13), Wales (WR #24)

Indian Men's Matches Schedule
India vs Pakistan - 7th April 2018
India vs Wales - 8th April 2018
India vs Malaysia - 10th April 2018
India vs England - 11th April 2018

The Pools and match schedule have been released for men's event ... India is in the Pool B and will be playing their first match against Pakistan ... The top 2 ranked teams from each pool will advance to Semifinals.

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At the Gold Coast 2018 - XXI Commonwealth Games, Gold Coast, Australia

Women's Pool A
England (WR #2), India (WR #10), South Africa (WR #14), Malaysia (WR #22), Wales (WR #26)

Women's Pool B
Australia (WR #4), New Zealand (WR #5), Scotland (WR #18), Canada (WR #21), Ghana (WR #30)

Indian Women's Matches Schedule
India vs Wales - 5th April 2018
India vs Malaysia - 6th April 2018
India vs England - 8th April 2018
India vs South Africa - 10th April 2018

The Pools and match schedule have been released for Commonwealth ... Indian women will received a chance of facing WR #2 England women's team in their World Cup preparation ... As both teams r in the same group in World Cup also ... The top 2 ranked teams from each pool will advance to Semifinals.

Tennis News

At $25K Indonesia F8 Futures 2017, Jakarta

[R1] N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,588) bt Aryan Goveas (IND,694) 26 76(5) 64
[R1] (7) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,429) bt (Q) Rio Niguchi (JPN,1065) 64 46 61
[R1] Arjun Kadhe (IND,758) l (5) Sora Fukuda (JPN,380) 76(4) 67(6) 67(3)
[R1] (Q) Manish Sureshkumar (IND,1188) bt Jui-Chen Hung (TPE,870) 63 75
[R1] (2) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,252) bt (WC) David Agung Susanto (INA,1412) 36 63 62

[R2] Sidharth Rawat (IND,524) vs (1) Duckhee Lee (KOR,216)
[R2] N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,588) vs (3) Ti Chen (TPE,320)
[R2] (7) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,429) vs Cheng-Yu Yu (TPE,657)
[R2] (2) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,256) vs (Q) Manish Sureshkumar (IND,1188)

Expected but tight wins for Sasi, Prajnesh and VSP ... Manish scored an excellent upset win over top-900 Taipei player ... Arjun missed couple of match points in the second set tie-break, 6-4, before losing in the three tie-breaks ... I was hoping an upset win for him.

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At $15K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2017, Indore, India

[R1] (WC) Sara YADAV (IND) l (1) Dea HERDZELAS (BIH) 26 06
[R1] (Q) Ramya NATARAJAN (IND) l YeXin MA (CHN) 16 26
[R1] Mahak JAIN (IND) bt Sai Samhitha CHAMARTHI (IND) 46 61 62
[R1] (5) Riya BHATIA (IND) bt (Q) Alexandra GRINCHISHINA (KAZ) 75 75
[R1] (Q) Shrivalli Rashmikaa BHAMIDIPATY (IND) bt (Q) Humera Begum SHAIK (IND) 36 62 64
[R1] (WC) Mihika YADAV (IND) l (7) Bunyawi THAMCHAIWAT (THA) 63 26 26
[R1] Nidhi CHILUMULA (IND) l (8) Albina KHABIBULINA (UZB) 61 26 16
[R1] (4) Pranjala YADLAPALLI (IND) bt Zeel DESAI (IND) 62 62
[R1] (Q) Amrita MUKHERJEE (IND) l (6) Ching-Wen HSU (TPE) 06 36
[R1] (LL) Jennifer LUIKHAM (IND) l Ksenia PALKINA (KGZ) 26 76(4) 36
[R1] Rishika SUNKARA (IND) l (2) Olga DOROSHINA (RUS) 46 16

[R2] (5) Riya BHATIA (IND) vs Mahak JAIN (IND)
[R2] (Q) Shrivalli Rashmikaa BHAMIDIPATY (IND) bt (3) Ana VESELINOVIC (MNE)
[R2] (Q) Bhuvana KALVA (IND) vs (8) Albina KHABIBULINA (UZB)
[R2] (4) Pranjala YADLAPALLI (IND) vs Dhruthi TATACHAR VENUGOPAL (IND)

Pranjala scored dominating win over Zeel and she will be facing Dhruthi in the second round ... Mahak will be facing Riya in the second round.

Tennis News

At $25K Indonesia F8 Futures 2017, Jakarta

[R1] Sidharth Rawat (IND,524) bt Scott Puodziunas (AUS,926) 62 63
[R1] (Q) Manish Sureshkumar (IND,1188) vs Jui-Chen Hung (TPE,870)

[R2] Sidharth Rawat (IND,524) vs (1) Duckhee Lee (KOR,216)

Sid started with comfortable win, but facing top-seed Duckhee Lee in the second round ... Manish qualified for the main-draw and facing Hung.

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At $15K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2017, Indore, India

[R1] (WC) Ganeshi Aniya (IND) l (Q) Jiakang Li (CHN) 63 26 06
[R1] (Q) Bhuvana Kalva (IND) bt Prerna Bhambri (IND) 63 63
[R1] Dhruthi Tatachar Venugopal (IND) bt (Q) Sathwika Sama (IND) 46 63 61
[R1] (WC) Prakriti Banwani (IND) l (LL) Yuqi Sheng (CHN) 16 06

Bhuvana started with a comfortable win over Prerna ... Dhruthi won in the three sets against Sama.

Wrestling News

At Senior U23 World Championships 2017, Bydgoszcz, Poland

Men's Freestyle wrestling 65 kg
Gold - Nachyn Sergeevitch Kuular (RUS)
Silver - Bajrang (IND)
Bronze - Joseph Christopher McKenna (USA) and Yones Aliakbar Emamichoghaei (IRI)

Gold Medal match
Bajrang (IND) l Nachyn Sergeevitch Kuular (RUS) 6-17

[SF] Bajrang (IND) bt Yones Aliakbar Emamichoghaei (IRI) 9-4
[QF] Bajrang (IND) bt Haydar Yavuz (TUR) 7-5
[R1] Bajrang (IND) bt Panah Ilyasli (AZE) 5-0

Men's Freestyle wrestling 70 kg
Gold - Richard Anthony Lewis (USA)
Silver - Vinod Kumar Omprakash (IND)
Bronze - Muhammet Akdeniz (TUR) and Mirza Skhulukhia (GEO)

Gold Medal match
Vinod Kumar (IND) l Richard Anthony Lewis (USA) 1-3

[SF] Vinod Kumar (IND) bt Nobuyoshi Takojima (JPN) 2-1
[QF] Vinod Kumar (IND) bt Ali Zakariiev (UKR) 5-2
[R1] Vinod Kumar (IND) bt Mirza Skhulukhia (GEO) 3-0

We won two more Silver medals in ongoing u23 Worlds ... In Men's Freestyle, Bajrang lost one-sided match against Russian Kuular in 65kg category ... In 70kg category, Vinod Kumar lost in the close match against American wrestler, Richard Anthony Lewis ... So until now, we are having three Silver medals in this World Championship.

Hockey News

At FIH Hockey Women's World Cup 2018, London, Great Britain

Pool A
The Netherlands (WR #1), China (WR #8), Korea (WR #9) and Italy (WR #17)

Pool B
England (WR #2), USA (WR #7), India (WR #10) and Ireland (WR #16)

Pool C
Argentina (WR #3), Germany (WR #6), Spain (WR #11) and South Africa (WR #14)

Pool D
Australia (WR #4), New Zealand (WR #5), Japan (WR #12) and Belgium (WR #13)

Indian Pool Matches Schedule
Against England - 21st July 2018
Against Ireland - 26th July 2018
Against USA - 29th July 2018

The FIH announced grouping and schedule for Women's World Cup 2018 ... Indian women r in Group B with host nation England, USA and Ireland.

Athletics News

At the 16th Asian Marathon Championship 2017, Dongguan, China

Rio Olympian Gopi Thonakal became the first Indian man to win Asian Marathon Championship ... He clocked 2:15:48 timing to win the Gold.

Boxing News

At the AIBA World Women's Youth Boxing Championships 2017, Guwahati, India

First time Indians girls won five gold medals in this marquee event ... Nitu (48kg), Jyoti Gulia (51kg), Sakshi choudhury (54kg), Shashi Chopra (57kg) and Ankushita Boro (64kg) won the Gold medals in the finals ... Neha Yadav (+81kg) and Anupama (81kg) won the Bronze medals ... This was our best performance as before this we won just one bronze medal at the previous edition of the event and had not won a gold since 2011 when Sarjubala Devi secured the Gold.

Badminton News

At $400K Yonex-Sunrise Hong Kong Open 2017, Kowloon (World Superseries)

Women's Singles Final
(2) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,2) l (1) Tzu Ying Tai (TPE,1) 18-21 18-21

Both players played quality match but TYT was better player on the court ... In both games, Sindhu did catching game ... TYT played some excellent drop shots and half smashes with superior court coverage to beat Sindhu ... This was TTY's 5th Superseries title of the year.

Golf News

At $2M UBS Hong Kong Open 2017, Hong Kong Golf Club (EPGA Tour 2018)

T7 SSP Chawrasia (IND) 65 66 69 72 -8 $51,600.00
T10 Shubhankar Sharma (IND) 66 71 69 67 -7 $33,900.00
T31 Rashid Khan (IND) 71 68 70 69 -3 $15,350.00
T62 Mukesh Kumar (IND) 72 70 70 73 +5 $5,200.00

SSP must be blaming himself for missing chance of lifting the title in Hong Kong ... He was leading the tournament after 8th hole with 13 under but afterwards he scored a triple bogey, 4 bogeys and 2 birdies ... Before that, all three days he was the leader ... But he produced 2 over the final round and slipped to tied 7th position ... Shubhankar scored 3 under round on the final day for top-10 finish.

Tennis News

At $15K Vietnam F3 Futures 2017, Thu Dau Mot City

Singles Final
(8) Arjun Kadhe (IND,758) bt (1) Andrew Harris (AUS,494) 75 63

Arjun lifted his first Futures title in the style beating top-500 Australian Andrew Harris in the straight sets ... In the first set, Arjun was leading 5-3 but he failed to hold while serving for the set ... He recovered and broke Harris in 12th game for winning the set ... In the second set, Arjun was an early break down 1-2 but Arjun made strong comeback in the set ... He broke Harris in 4th and 6th games to lead 4-2 ... He kept that advantage for winning the match ... This title win will help him to move inside top-625 in the ranking.

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At $25K Indonesia F8 Futures 2017, Jakarta

[R1] Sidharth Rawat (IND,524) vs Scott Puodziunas (AUS,926)
[R1] N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,588) vs Aryan Goveas (IND,694)
[R1] (7) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,429) vs Qualifier
[R1] Arjun Kadhe (IND,758) vs (5) Sora Fukuda (JPN,380)
[R1] (2) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,252) vs (WC) David Agung Susanto (INA,1412)

This week, Prajnesh will be trying for securing his Australian Open qualifying place ... Arjun faces tough challenge of top-400 Japanese player Fukuda.

Wrestling News

At Senior U23 World Championships 2017, Bydgoszcz, Poland

Women's wrestling 48 kg
Gold - Evin Demirhan (TUR)
Silver - Ritu Phogat (IND)
Bronze - Turkan Nasirova (AZE) and Jiang Zhu (CHN)

Gold Medal match
Ritu Phogat (IND) l Evin Demirhan (TUR) 4-4 (by VPO1)

[SF] Ritu Phogat (IND) bt Jiang Zhu (CHN) 4-3
[QF] Ritu Phogat (IND) bt Miglena Georgieva Selishka (BUL) 4-2

The caution point costed a Gold medal to Ritu in u23 Worlds ... Turkish girl Evin Demirhan declared winner after 4-4 tie at the end of two rounds as Ritu had a caution point against her during the bout ... Ritu crawled back in the match after 2-4 down but that wasn't enough ... Before that, Ritu won a close match against Chinese girl, Jiang Zhu, in the semis.

Squash News

At $15K Men's Qatar Circuit No4 2017, Doha

[R1] Ramit Tandon (IND,201) bt (2) Nathan Lake (ENG,49) 8-11, 11-6, 6-11, 11-4, 11-4 (60m)
[R2] Ramit Tandon (IND,201) bt Syed Azlan Amjad (QAT,174) 11-5, 11-1, 11-0 (13m)

[QF] Ramit Tandon (IND,201) l Sanjay Singh (MAS,140) 11-8, 2-11, 2-11 (retd.)

Ramit retired in the quarters against Malaysian, Sanjay Singh ... Before that, he continued with his recent good form as he scored an upset win over top-50 Britisher Nathan Lake in the first round and then trounced local player in 15 mins in the second round.

Tennis News

At $100K+H Bangalore Challenger 2017, Karnataka, India

Picture Credit to Bengaluru Open - ATP Challenger FB page

Singles Final
Sumit Nagal (IND,321) bt Jay Clarke (GBR,279) 63 36 62

Sumit wins his first challenge title in the style ... With this win he will be climbed to #225 in the ranking and that also means, he has secured his place in the Australian Open qualifying.

In the first set, Sumit lost his service game in the 1st game to down 0-2 ... From 2-3 down he won next four games, breaking Jay in the 6th and 8th games for winning the set ... In the second set, Jay was putting extra pressure on Sumit's serve ... Sumit saved 3-4 break points in the 4th game but Jay broke him in the 8th game and hold for winning the set ... In the final set, Jay broke Sumit in the 1st game but Sumit immediately broke back for 1-all ... Sumit again broke Jay in the 4th game for leading 3-1 ... And he once again broke Jay in the 8th game when he was serving for staying in the match ... Sumit was looking flat from the middle of second set but he suddenly raised his game after get broken in the 1st game of the third.

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At $15K Vietnam F3 Futures 2017, Thu Dau Mot City

[SF] (8) Arjun Kadhe (IND,758) bt Issei Okamura (JPN,1075) 61 61

[F] (8) Arjun Kadhe (IND,758) vs (1) Andrew Harris (AUS,494)

Arjun scored dominating win over his Japanese opponent Okamura losing only two games ... In the final, he faces former collegiate Australian player, Andrew Harris, who also turned pro from June this year and is already in top-500.

Badminton News

At $400K Yonex-Sunrise Hong Kong Open 2017, Kowloon (World Superseries)

[SF] (2) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,2) bt (6) Ratchanok Intanon (THA,6) 21-17 21-17

[F] (2) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,2) vs (1) Tzu Ying Tai (TPE,1)

In end, comfortable victory for Sindhu against Intanon in the straight games ... In both games, she took early lead and Intanon was doing catching game ... Sindhu showed good court coverage, smart body smashes, half smashes and net game for controlling the match ... In the final, she is facing WR #1 Tzu Ying Tai.

Tennis News

At $100K+H Bangalore Challenger 2017, Karnataka, India

[SF] Sumit Nagal (IND,321) bt (3) Yuki Bhambri (IND,122) 64 60

[F] Sumit Nagal (IND,321) vs Jay Clarke (GBR,279)

Picture Credit to Bengaluru Open - ATP Challenge FB page

Doubles Final
(1) Mikhail Elgin (RUS)/ Divij Sharan (IND) bt Ivan Sabanov (CRO)/ Matej Sabanov (CRO) 63 60

What a win by Sumit! Sumit scored an impressive win over his senior Yuki ... In the first set, both players hold their respective service games until 5th game and after that, it was a break feast ... Sumit broke Yuki him in the 6th game, Yuki immediately broke back, again Sumit broke Yuki in the 8th game but again Yuki broke him when Sumit was serving for the set ... Sumit once again broke Yuki in the 10th game for winning the set ... Both players traded five breaks in a row ... Sumit played exceptional second set ... He retrieving everything which Yuki was throwing at him and didn't making any errors ... Yuki wasn't able to do much and received bagel ... In the final, Sumit will faced Jay Clarke.

Divij lifted another challenger title with Elgin ... They scored dominating win over Sabanov twins in 50 mins ... With this win, Divij will be end year inside top-50 in the ranking.

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At $115K L&T Mumbai Open 2017, Maharashtra, India

[QF] (WC) Ankita Raina (IND,281) l Amandine Hesse (FRA,256) 36 67(4)

Ankita had her chances in this match ... She had a game to beat Hesse, but today, she struggled with her shots and made numerous unforced errors for losing it ... She tried hard in the second but unforced errors kept coming to lose the tie-break ... It was a good tournament but it can be great.

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At $15K Vietnam F3 Futures 2017, Thu Dau Mot City

[R1] (8) Arjun Kadhe (IND,758) bt (WC) Artem Vu (VIE,UNR) 61 64
[R2] (8) Arjun Kadhe (IND,758) bt (Q) Arata Onozawa (JPN,1983) 75 62
[QF] (8) Arjun Kadhe (IND,758) bt (2) Nam Hoang Ly (VIE,522) 63 75

[SF] (8) Arjun Kadhe (IND,758) vs Issei Okamura (JPN,1075)

This week, Arjun is participated in Vietnam futures ... He is in the semis with couple of good wins ... In the quarters, he defeated local favorite Nam Hoang Ly in the straight sets ... Before that, he defeated former top-500 Onozawa in the straight sets ... In the semis, he faces another Japanese challenge of Issei Okamura.

Badminton News

At $400K Yonex-Sunrise Hong Kong Open 2017, Kowloon (World Superseries)

[QF] (2) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,3) bt (5) Akane Yamaguchi (JPN,2) 21-12 21-19

[SF] (2) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,2) vs (6) Ratchanok Intanon (THA,6)

Sindhu is in the semis with the straight games win over in-form Yamaguchi ... This was really a good win by Sindhu as these days our girls struggled against Yamaguchi ... In the semis, Sindhu will faced Intanon, against her Sindhu having 1-4 win-loss record, but they didn't face each other from August 2016.