At $691K Winston-Salem Open 2018, North Carolina, USA
[R1] (WC) Jamie Cerretani (USA)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs (3) Ben McLachlan (JPN)/ Jan-Lennard Struff (GER)
After skipping Asian games, Lee is playing with Cerretani in Winston-Salem Open and they r playing against the 3rd seeds McLachlan and Struff.
Monday, August 20, 2018
Asian Games 2018
At the 18th Asian Games - Jakarta Palembang 2018 - Day 2, Indonesia
Vinesh Phogat (IND) bt Yuki Irie (JPN) 6-2 (Decision by Points)
[SF] Vinesh Phogat (IND) bt Yakhshimuratova Dauletbike (UZB) 10-0 (Victory by Technical Superiority, Period 2 - 1:15)
[QF] Vinesh Phogat (IND) bt Kim Hyungjoo (KOR) 11-0 (Victory by Technical Superiority, Period 2 - 1:37)
[R16] Vinesh Phogat (IND) bt Yanan Sun (CHN) 8-2 (Decision by Points)
Women's Freestyle 62 kg - Bronze Medal
Sakshi Malik (IND) l Sim Rim Jong (PRK) 2-12 (Victory by Technical Superiority, Period 1 - 2:42)
[SF] Sakshi Malik(IND) l Aisuluu Tynybekova (KGZ) 7-9 (Decision by Points)
[QF] Sakshi Malik (IND) bt Ayaulym Kassymova (KAZ) 10-0 (Victory by Technical Superiority, Period 2 - 0:35)
[R16] Sakshi Malik (IND) bt Salinee Srisombat (THA) 10-0 (Victory by Technical Superiority, Period 1 - 1:54)
Women's Freestyle 57 kg - Bronze Medal
Pooja Dhanda (IND) l Katsuki Sakagami (JPN) 1-6 (Decision by Points)
[SF] Pooja Dhanda (IND) l Myong Suk Jong (PKR) 0-10 (Victory by Technical Superiority, Period 2 - 2:09)
[QF] Pooja Dhanda (IND) bt Nabira Esenbaeva (UZB) 12-1 (Victory by Technical Superiority, Period 2 - 2:51)
[R16] Pooja Dhanda (IND) bt Mutiara Ayuningtias (INA) 10-0 (Victory by Technical Superiority, Period 1 - 1:04)
Men's Freestyle 125 kg
Sumit Malik (IND) l Davit Modzmanashvili (UZB) 0-2 (Decision by Points)
[Repechage R2] Sumit Malik (IND) bt Oleg Boltin (KAZ) 7-0 (Decision by Points)
[R16] Sumit Malik (IND) l Parviz Hadibasmanj (IRI) 10-0 (Victory by Technical Superiority, Period 1 - 1:54)
Gold - Haoran Yang (CHN) 249.1 pts. GR
Silver - Deepak Kumar (IND) 247.7pts.
Bronze - Shaochuan Lu (TPE) 226.8 pts.
4. Ravi Kumar (IND) 205.2 pts.
Shooting - Women's 10m Air Rifle
5 Apurvi Chandela (IND)
Gold - Kunpi Yang (TPE) 48 hits EWR
Silver - Lakshay Sheoran (IND) 43 hits
Bronze -Daemyeong Ahn (KOR) 30 hits
4. Manavjit Singh Sandhu (IND) 26 hits
Shooting - Women's Trap
6 Seema Tomar (IND) 12 hits
Swimming - Men's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay
7. India 7:37.07sec (Srihari Nataraj, Saurabh Sangvekar, Avinash Mani, Neel Roy)
In shooting under Men's 10m Air Rifle event, Deepak Kumar won a silver but Ravi Kumar finished on the 4th in the final ... In the final, Deepak Kumar was behind early but he recovered and produced consistent shooting for winning a silver ... Ravi eliminated on the 4th position ... Before that in the qualifying, Ravi Kumar qualified on the 4th position with 626.7 pts. and Deepak Kumar qualified in the 5th position with 626.3 pts. ... In Women's 10m Air Rifle, Apurvi Chandela finished in the 5th position in the final ... In the qualifying, she qualified on the 2nd position with 629.4 pts.
In Men's Trap final, young talented Lakshay Sheoran wins a silver medal for India with 43 hits ... Taipei's Kunpi Yang equaled the world record in the final with 48 hits from 50 shots ... Manavjit Singh Sandhu failed to win a medal as he finished on the 4th position ... Manavjit Singh qualified for the final on the top position with 119 hits and Lakshay on the 4th with 119 hits only ... In the Women's Trap, Seema Tomar finished on the 6th position in the final with 12 hits ... Before that, she qualified for the 6th position in the tie-break with 116 hits and 3 in the tie-break.
In women's freestyle wrestling, Vinesh Phogat becomes the first Indian woman wrestler to win an Asian Games gold as she beat Japan's Yuki Irie 6-2 in the 50kg women's Freestyle final ... Before that, she won her matches comfortably to reach the final ... Sakshi and Pooja lost their respective semi-finals in their respective categories ... Pooja lost her bout against superior Japanese opponent and Sakshi got dominated by her North Korean wrestler in another bout... In men's freestyle 125 kg, Sumit lost his first bout comfortably against Iranian wrestler ... He got a chance to play in the repechage, he won that bout to gave himeself a bronze medal match ... Sumit lost close match against Uzbek Davit Modzmanashvili.
In swimming, our Men's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay team reached in the final ... They finished the 7th position but almost 32 seconds behind winner Japanese team.
In the badminton team event, our women and men teams lost in the quarter-finals against higher seeded Japanese and Indonesian teams respectively.
We have 2 Gold, 2 Silver and 1 Bronze.
P.C. to OGQ twitter handle
Women's Freestyle 50 kg - Gold MedalVinesh Phogat (IND) bt Yuki Irie (JPN) 6-2 (Decision by Points)
[SF] Vinesh Phogat (IND) bt Yakhshimuratova Dauletbike (UZB) 10-0 (Victory by Technical Superiority, Period 2 - 1:15)
[QF] Vinesh Phogat (IND) bt Kim Hyungjoo (KOR) 11-0 (Victory by Technical Superiority, Period 2 - 1:37)
[R16] Vinesh Phogat (IND) bt Yanan Sun (CHN) 8-2 (Decision by Points)
Women's Freestyle 62 kg - Bronze Medal
Sakshi Malik (IND) l Sim Rim Jong (PRK) 2-12 (Victory by Technical Superiority, Period 1 - 2:42)
[SF] Sakshi Malik(IND) l Aisuluu Tynybekova (KGZ) 7-9 (Decision by Points)
[QF] Sakshi Malik (IND) bt Ayaulym Kassymova (KAZ) 10-0 (Victory by Technical Superiority, Period 2 - 0:35)
[R16] Sakshi Malik (IND) bt Salinee Srisombat (THA) 10-0 (Victory by Technical Superiority, Period 1 - 1:54)
Women's Freestyle 57 kg - Bronze Medal
Pooja Dhanda (IND) l Katsuki Sakagami (JPN) 1-6 (Decision by Points)
[SF] Pooja Dhanda (IND) l Myong Suk Jong (PKR) 0-10 (Victory by Technical Superiority, Period 2 - 2:09)
[QF] Pooja Dhanda (IND) bt Nabira Esenbaeva (UZB) 12-1 (Victory by Technical Superiority, Period 2 - 2:51)
[R16] Pooja Dhanda (IND) bt Mutiara Ayuningtias (INA) 10-0 (Victory by Technical Superiority, Period 1 - 1:04)
Men's Freestyle 125 kg
Sumit Malik (IND) l Davit Modzmanashvili (UZB) 0-2 (Decision by Points)
[Repechage R2] Sumit Malik (IND) bt Oleg Boltin (KAZ) 7-0 (Decision by Points)
[R16] Sumit Malik (IND) l Parviz Hadibasmanj (IRI) 10-0 (Victory by Technical Superiority, Period 1 - 1:54)
P.C. to OGQ twitter handle
Shooting - Men's 10m Air Rifle Gold - Haoran Yang (CHN) 249.1 pts. GR
Silver - Deepak Kumar (IND) 247.7pts.
Bronze - Shaochuan Lu (TPE) 226.8 pts.
4. Ravi Kumar (IND) 205.2 pts.
Shooting - Women's 10m Air Rifle
5 Apurvi Chandela (IND)
P.C. to OGQ twitter handle
Shooting - Men's Trap Gold - Kunpi Yang (TPE) 48 hits EWR
Silver - Lakshay Sheoran (IND) 43 hits
Bronze -Daemyeong Ahn (KOR) 30 hits
4. Manavjit Singh Sandhu (IND) 26 hits
Shooting - Women's Trap
6 Seema Tomar (IND) 12 hits
Swimming - Men's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay
7. India 7:37.07sec (Srihari Nataraj, Saurabh Sangvekar, Avinash Mani, Neel Roy)
In shooting under Men's 10m Air Rifle event, Deepak Kumar won a silver but Ravi Kumar finished on the 4th in the final ... In the final, Deepak Kumar was behind early but he recovered and produced consistent shooting for winning a silver ... Ravi eliminated on the 4th position ... Before that in the qualifying, Ravi Kumar qualified on the 4th position with 626.7 pts. and Deepak Kumar qualified in the 5th position with 626.3 pts. ... In Women's 10m Air Rifle, Apurvi Chandela finished in the 5th position in the final ... In the qualifying, she qualified on the 2nd position with 629.4 pts.
In Men's Trap final, young talented Lakshay Sheoran wins a silver medal for India with 43 hits ... Taipei's Kunpi Yang equaled the world record in the final with 48 hits from 50 shots ... Manavjit Singh Sandhu failed to win a medal as he finished on the 4th position ... Manavjit Singh qualified for the final on the top position with 119 hits and Lakshay on the 4th with 119 hits only ... In the Women's Trap, Seema Tomar finished on the 6th position in the final with 12 hits ... Before that, she qualified for the 6th position in the tie-break with 116 hits and 3 in the tie-break.
In women's freestyle wrestling, Vinesh Phogat becomes the first Indian woman wrestler to win an Asian Games gold as she beat Japan's Yuki Irie 6-2 in the 50kg women's Freestyle final ... Before that, she won her matches comfortably to reach the final ... Sakshi and Pooja lost their respective semi-finals in their respective categories ... Pooja lost her bout against superior Japanese opponent and Sakshi got dominated by her North Korean wrestler in another bout... In men's freestyle 125 kg, Sumit lost his first bout comfortably against Iranian wrestler ... He got a chance to play in the repechage, he won that bout to gave himeself a bronze medal match ... Sumit lost close match against Uzbek Davit Modzmanashvili.
In swimming, our Men's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay team reached in the final ... They finished the 7th position but almost 32 seconds behind winner Japanese team.
In the badminton team event, our women and men teams lost in the quarter-finals against higher seeded Japanese and Indonesian teams respectively.
We have 2 Gold, 2 Silver and 1 Bronze.
Sunday, August 19, 2018
Asian Games 2018
At the 18th Asian Games - Jakarta Palembang 2018 - Day 1,, Indonesia
Bajrang Punia (IND) bt Daichi Takatani (JPN) 11-8 (Decision by Points)
[SF] Bajrang Punia (IND) bt Batmagnai Batchuluun (MGL) 10-0 (Victory by Technical Superiority, Period 2 - 0:56)
[QF] Bajrang Punia (IND) bt Abdulqosim Fayziev (TJK) 12-2 (Victory by Technical Superiority, Period 2 - 0:31)
[R16] Bajrang Punia (IND) bt Sirojiddin Khasanov (UZB) 13-3 (Victory by Technical Superiority, Period 2 - 1:58)
Men's Freestyle 86 kg - Bronze Medal
Pawan Kumar(IND) l Uitumen Orgodol (MGL) 1-8 (Decision by Points)
[Repechage R2] Pawan Kumar(IND) bt Fahriansyah (INA) 11-0 (Victory by Technical Superiority, Period 2 - 1:04)
[QF] Pawan Kumar(IND) l Hassan Yazdanicharati (IRI) 11-0 (Victory by Technical Superiority, Period 1 - 2:06)
[R16] Pawan Kumar(IND) bt Vuthy Heng (CAM) 8-0 (Victory by Fall, Period 1 - 2:31)
Gold - Chinese Taipei (Yingshin Lin and Shaochuan Lu) 494.1 pts. GR
Silver - China (Ruozhu Zhao and Haoran Yang) 492.5 pts.
Bronze - India (Apurvi Chandela and Ravi Kumar) 429.9 pts
Swimming - Men's 100m Backstroke
7. Srihari Nataraj (IND) 56.19sec
Swimming - Men's 200m Butterfly
5. Sajan Prakash (IND) 1:57.75sec
The 18th Asian games has started in Indonesia ... Young Neeraj Chopra was our flag-bearer for opening ceremony ... I am going to cover medals and some notable performances from these game.
Our account opened with a bronze in shooting under 10m Air Rifle mixed team event ... Apurvi Chandela and Ravi Kumar won a bronze behind Chinese Taipei and China shooters ... They qualified for the final on the 2nd place with 835.3 points ... Our 16 yrs. old young shooter, Manu Bhaker, failed to win a medal in her first Asian games event ... She participated with Abhishek Verma in 10m Air Pistol mixed team event ... They finished on the 6th position with 759 pts. and missed the final by whisker.
In swimming, Srihari Nataraj clocked a new national record with 55.86sec to finish 8/28 and makes to the finals ... He became the first Indian swimmer to reach 100m backstroke and finished on the 7th position in the final ... In Men's 200m Butterfly, Sajan Prakash clocked the 3rd best timing in the heat, 1:58.12sec to qualify for the finals ... Sajan finished on the 5th position in the final with a new national record timing of 1:57.75sec.
Overall disappointing performance by us in freestyle wrestling ... Only Bajrang Punia won a gold medal for India in 65 kg category .. Pawan Kumar lost lopsidedly in a bronze medal match against Mongolian wrestler Orgodol ... Our other all wrestlers lost early and failed to get chance for repechage ... Sushil Kumar lost in the first match against Bahrain wrestler, Adam Batirov, 5-3 ... He was way slower in his bout ... In the last Asian games, we won 1 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze in the freestyle wrestling.
Bajrang Punia showed his technical superiority in his matches ... He won all his matches till semi-final after taking 10 points lead ... In the final, his Japanese opponent tried fight back but Bajrang showed his defensive skill and maintained lead for completing a win.
After the first day, we have 1 Gold and 1 Bronze.
P.C. to Bajrang Punia twitter handle
Men's Freestyle 65 kg - Gold MedalBajrang Punia (IND) bt Daichi Takatani (JPN) 11-8 (Decision by Points)
[SF] Bajrang Punia (IND) bt Batmagnai Batchuluun (MGL) 10-0 (Victory by Technical Superiority, Period 2 - 0:56)
[QF] Bajrang Punia (IND) bt Abdulqosim Fayziev (TJK) 12-2 (Victory by Technical Superiority, Period 2 - 0:31)
[R16] Bajrang Punia (IND) bt Sirojiddin Khasanov (UZB) 13-3 (Victory by Technical Superiority, Period 2 - 1:58)
Men's Freestyle 86 kg - Bronze Medal
Pawan Kumar(IND) l Uitumen Orgodol (MGL) 1-8 (Decision by Points)
[Repechage R2] Pawan Kumar(IND) bt Fahriansyah (INA) 11-0 (Victory by Technical Superiority, Period 2 - 1:04)
[QF] Pawan Kumar(IND) l Hassan Yazdanicharati (IRI) 11-0 (Victory by Technical Superiority, Period 1 - 2:06)
[R16] Pawan Kumar(IND) bt Vuthy Heng (CAM) 8-0 (Victory by Fall, Period 1 - 2:31)
PC to OGQ FB page
Shooting - 10m Air Rifle Mixed TeamGold - Chinese Taipei (Yingshin Lin and Shaochuan Lu) 494.1 pts. GR
Silver - China (Ruozhu Zhao and Haoran Yang) 492.5 pts.
Bronze - India (Apurvi Chandela and Ravi Kumar) 429.9 pts
Swimming - Men's 100m Backstroke
7. Srihari Nataraj (IND) 56.19sec
Swimming - Men's 200m Butterfly
5. Sajan Prakash (IND) 1:57.75sec
The 18th Asian games has started in Indonesia ... Young Neeraj Chopra was our flag-bearer for opening ceremony ... I am going to cover medals and some notable performances from these game.
Our account opened with a bronze in shooting under 10m Air Rifle mixed team event ... Apurvi Chandela and Ravi Kumar won a bronze behind Chinese Taipei and China shooters ... They qualified for the final on the 2nd place with 835.3 points ... Our 16 yrs. old young shooter, Manu Bhaker, failed to win a medal in her first Asian games event ... She participated with Abhishek Verma in 10m Air Pistol mixed team event ... They finished on the 6th position with 759 pts. and missed the final by whisker.
In swimming, Srihari Nataraj clocked a new national record with 55.86sec to finish 8/28 and makes to the finals ... He became the first Indian swimmer to reach 100m backstroke and finished on the 7th position in the final ... In Men's 200m Butterfly, Sajan Prakash clocked the 3rd best timing in the heat, 1:58.12sec to qualify for the finals ... Sajan finished on the 5th position in the final with a new national record timing of 1:57.75sec.
Overall disappointing performance by us in freestyle wrestling ... Only Bajrang Punia won a gold medal for India in 65 kg category .. Pawan Kumar lost lopsidedly in a bronze medal match against Mongolian wrestler Orgodol ... Our other all wrestlers lost early and failed to get chance for repechage ... Sushil Kumar lost in the first match against Bahrain wrestler, Adam Batirov, 5-3 ... He was way slower in his bout ... In the last Asian games, we won 1 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze in the freestyle wrestling.
Bajrang Punia showed his technical superiority in his matches ... He won all his matches till semi-final after taking 10 points lead ... In the final, his Japanese opponent tried fight back but Bajrang showed his defensive skill and maintained lead for completing a win.
After the first day, we have 1 Gold and 1 Bronze.
Saturday, August 18, 2018
Football News
The FIFA Rankings - 16th August 2018,
#96 India 1242 pts.
The FIFA replaced its much-criticised previous formula and declared new ranking under ELO type formula ... The FIFA removed an annual average points and weightage of the points on basis of which part of world it played etc. ... India has climbed one place to 96th under the new FIFA ranking ... Good to see that we didn't drop and probably a little over-ranked but it is better ... The German team affected more as they were WR#1 in old formula but because they failed to cross group stage in the WC they slide to #15 and the World Cup winner France becomes new #1 team.
#96 India 1242 pts.
The FIFA replaced its much-criticised previous formula and declared new ranking under ELO type formula ... The FIFA removed an annual average points and weightage of the points on basis of which part of world it played etc. ... India has climbed one place to 96th under the new FIFA ranking ... Good to see that we didn't drop and probably a little over-ranked but it is better ... The German team affected more as they were WR#1 in old formula but because they failed to cross group stage in the WC they slide to #15 and the World Cup winner France becomes new #1 team.
Friday, August 17, 2018
Tennis News
At $100K Vancouver Challenger 2018, Canada
[QF] (3) Austin Krajicek (USA)/ Purav Raja (IND) l Marc Polmans (AUS)/ Max Purcell (AUS) 64 67(5) 4-10
Purav and Austin lost in the match tie-break after winning the first set against Aussie pair.
[QF] (3) Austin Krajicek (USA)/ Purav Raja (IND) l Marc Polmans (AUS)/ Max Purcell (AUS) 64 67(5) 4-10
Purav and Austin lost in the match tie-break after winning the first set against Aussie pair.
Thursday, August 16, 2018
Tennis News
At $50K+H Gwangju Challenger 2018, South Korea
[R2] (Q) Sidharth Rawat (IND,624) l (6) Maverick Banes (AUS,284) 36 36
Doubles
[QF] (3) Arjun Kadhe (IND)/ Toshihide Matsui (JPN) l Benjamin Lock (ZIM)/ Rubin Statham (NZL) 26 57
Sid lost in straight sets against Banes.
Arjun and Matsui partnership didn't work in last two weeks ... Again unceremonious loss for them against Statham and Lock despite had seeded.
At $25K ITF Women's Tournament 2018, Nonthaburi, Thailand
[QF] Rutuja Bhosale (IND,388) l Patcharin Cheapchandej (THA,625) w/o
Rutuja gave a walkover to her Thai opponent ... I heard, she had an upset stomach, hopefully, she gets fully recover before her Asian Games singles match
[R2] (Q) Sidharth Rawat (IND,624) l (6) Maverick Banes (AUS,284) 36 36
Doubles
[QF] (3) Arjun Kadhe (IND)/ Toshihide Matsui (JPN) l Benjamin Lock (ZIM)/ Rubin Statham (NZL) 26 57
Sid lost in straight sets against Banes.
Arjun and Matsui partnership didn't work in last two weeks ... Again unceremonious loss for them against Statham and Lock despite had seeded.
At $25K ITF Women's Tournament 2018, Nonthaburi, Thailand
[QF] Rutuja Bhosale (IND,388) l Patcharin Cheapchandej (THA,625) w/o
Rutuja gave a walkover to her Thai opponent ... I heard, she had an upset stomach, hopefully, she gets fully recover before her Asian Games singles match
Wednesday, August 15, 2018
Tennis News
At $50K+H Gwangju Challenger 2018, South Korea
[R1] (3) Arjun Kadhe (IND)/ Toshihide Matsui (JPN) bt (WC) Hong Chung (KOR)/ Sang-Woo Noh (KOR) 76(2) 75
[QF] (3) Arjun Kadhe (IND)/ Toshihide Matsui (JPN) vs Benjamin Lock (ZIM)/ Rubin Statham (NZL)
Arjun and Matsui started with close straight sets win over Koreans ... In the quarters, they r facing Statham and Lock.
At $25K ITF Women's Tournament 2018, Nonthaburi, Thailand
[R2] Rutuja Bhosale (IND,388) bt (Q) Jia Qi Ren (CHN,1026) 76(10) 62
[QF] Rutuja Bhosale (IND,388) vs Patcharin Cheapchandej (THA,625)
After winning 22 points long the tie-break Rutuja dominated the second set against Chinese qualifier ... In the quarters, she is facing local player, Cheapchandej.
[R1] (3) Arjun Kadhe (IND)/ Toshihide Matsui (JPN) bt (WC) Hong Chung (KOR)/ Sang-Woo Noh (KOR) 76(2) 75
[QF] (3) Arjun Kadhe (IND)/ Toshihide Matsui (JPN) vs Benjamin Lock (ZIM)/ Rubin Statham (NZL)
Arjun and Matsui started with close straight sets win over Koreans ... In the quarters, they r facing Statham and Lock.
At $25K ITF Women's Tournament 2018, Nonthaburi, Thailand
[R2] Rutuja Bhosale (IND,388) bt (Q) Jia Qi Ren (CHN,1026) 76(10) 62
[QF] Rutuja Bhosale (IND,388) vs Patcharin Cheapchandej (THA,625)
After winning 22 points long the tie-break Rutuja dominated the second set against Chinese qualifier ... In the quarters, she is facing local player, Cheapchandej.
Tuesday, August 14, 2018
Tennis News
At $100K Vancouver Challenger 2018, Canada
[R1] (3) Austin Krajicek (USA)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt Ruan Roelofse (RSA)/ Luke Saville (AUS) 63 64
Purav and Krajicek started with straight sets win over Roelofse and Saville.
At $50K+H Gwangju Challenger 2018, South Korea
[R1] (Q) Sidharth Rawat (IND,624) bt (WC) Cheong-Eui Kim (KOR,370) 75 67(5) 62
[R1] Arjun Kadhe (IND,346) l (3) Alexander Bublik (KAZ,172) 64 67(6) 67(2)
[R2] (Q) Sidharth Rawat (IND,624) vs (6) Maverick Banes (AUS,284)
Sid scored an upset win over higher ranked Korean for entering into the second round ... After winning the first set Sid lost the second set in the tie-break ... But he recovered to win the final set comfortably ... In the second round, he is facing top-300 Aussie Maverick Banes.
Arjun missed a huge opportunity of upsetting former top-100 Bublik in close match ... Arjun won the first set breaking Bublik in the 10th game ... In the second set tie-break he had a match point at 6-5 but lost next 3 points to lose the set ... Bublik dominated the final set tie-break for a close win.
[R1] (3) Austin Krajicek (USA)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt Ruan Roelofse (RSA)/ Luke Saville (AUS) 63 64
Purav and Krajicek started with straight sets win over Roelofse and Saville.
At $50K+H Gwangju Challenger 2018, South Korea
[R1] (Q) Sidharth Rawat (IND,624) bt (WC) Cheong-Eui Kim (KOR,370) 75 67(5) 62
[R1] Arjun Kadhe (IND,346) l (3) Alexander Bublik (KAZ,172) 64 67(6) 67(2)
[R2] (Q) Sidharth Rawat (IND,624) vs (6) Maverick Banes (AUS,284)
Sid scored an upset win over higher ranked Korean for entering into the second round ... After winning the first set Sid lost the second set in the tie-break ... But he recovered to win the final set comfortably ... In the second round, he is facing top-300 Aussie Maverick Banes.
Arjun missed a huge opportunity of upsetting former top-100 Bublik in close match ... Arjun won the first set breaking Bublik in the 10th game ... In the second set tie-break he had a match point at 6-5 but lost next 3 points to lose the set ... Bublik dominated the final set tie-break for a close win.
Monday, August 13, 2018
Tennis News
At $50K+H Gwangju Challenger 2018, South Korea
[Q1] (7) Sidharth Rawat (IND,624) bye
[Q2] (7) Sidharth Rawat (IND,624) bt (WC) Woo Hyeok Jung (KOR,UNR) 60 63
[Q3] (7) Sidharth Rawat (IND,624) bt Matej Sabonov (CRO,896) 64 61
[R1] (Q) Sidharth Rawat (IND,624) vs (WC) Cheong-Eui Kim (KOR,370)
[R1] (3) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,375) l (8) Renta Tokuda (JPN,307) 63 26 36
[R1] Arjun Kadhe (IND,346) vs (3) Alexander Bublik (KAZ,172)
Doubles
[R1] Marcel Granollers (ESP)/ Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND) l Xin Gao (CHN)/ Fajing Sun (CHN) 46 57
[R1] (3) Arjun Kadhe (IND)/ Toshihide Matsui (JPN) vs (WC) Hong Chung (KOR)/ Sang-Woo Noh (KOR)
Sid qualified for the main draw and having a first round match against top-400 local player ... Mukund lost in the singles and the doubles against higher ranked players ... Arjun having a tough match against top-175 Kazakh player, Alexander Bublik ... In the doubles, he and Matsui r playing against local wild card pair.
At $25K ITF Women's Tournament 2018, Nonthaburi, Thailand
[R1] (Q) Mahak Jain (IND,667) l Hua-Chen Lee (TPE,642) 57 36
[R1] Rutuja Bhosale (IND,388) bt (WC) Chanikarn Silakul (THA,1192) 62 62
[R2] Rutuja Bhosale (IND,388) vs (Q) Jia Qi Ren (CHN,1026)
Rutuja started with a comfortable win and playing Chinese qualifier in the second round ... Mahak qualified for the main draw but lost against similar ranked Taipei player in the first round.
[Q1] (7) Sidharth Rawat (IND,624) bye
[Q2] (7) Sidharth Rawat (IND,624) bt (WC) Woo Hyeok Jung (KOR,UNR) 60 63
[Q3] (7) Sidharth Rawat (IND,624) bt Matej Sabonov (CRO,896) 64 61
[R1] (Q) Sidharth Rawat (IND,624) vs (WC) Cheong-Eui Kim (KOR,370)
[R1] (3) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,375) l (8) Renta Tokuda (JPN,307) 63 26 36
[R1] Arjun Kadhe (IND,346) vs (3) Alexander Bublik (KAZ,172)
Doubles
[R1] Marcel Granollers (ESP)/ Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND) l Xin Gao (CHN)/ Fajing Sun (CHN) 46 57
[R1] (3) Arjun Kadhe (IND)/ Toshihide Matsui (JPN) vs (WC) Hong Chung (KOR)/ Sang-Woo Noh (KOR)
Sid qualified for the main draw and having a first round match against top-400 local player ... Mukund lost in the singles and the doubles against higher ranked players ... Arjun having a tough match against top-175 Kazakh player, Alexander Bublik ... In the doubles, he and Matsui r playing against local wild card pair.
At $25K ITF Women's Tournament 2018, Nonthaburi, Thailand
[R1] (Q) Mahak Jain (IND,667) l Hua-Chen Lee (TPE,642) 57 36
[R1] Rutuja Bhosale (IND,388) bt (WC) Chanikarn Silakul (THA,1192) 62 62
[R2] Rutuja Bhosale (IND,388) vs (Q) Jia Qi Ren (CHN,1026)
Rutuja started with a comfortable win and playing Chinese qualifier in the second round ... Mahak qualified for the main draw but lost against similar ranked Taipei player in the first round.
Sunday, August 12, 2018
Badminton News
At $75K YONEX-SUNRISE Vietnam Open 2018, Ho Chi Minh City
Men's Singles Final
Ajay Jayaram (IND,93) l Shesar Hiren Rhustavito (INA,79) 14-21 10-21
Ajay failed to repeat his previous rounds performance and lost the final easily against Shesar Hiren Rhustavito ... Still, a good run for Ajay and Mithun in this $75K tournament.
Men's Singles Final
Ajay Jayaram (IND,93) l Shesar Hiren Rhustavito (INA,79) 14-21 10-21
Ajay failed to repeat his previous rounds performance and lost the final easily against Shesar Hiren Rhustavito ... Still, a good run for Ajay and Mithun in this $75K tournament.
Saturday, August 11, 2018
Tennis News
At $25K Indonesia F3 Futures 2018, Jakarta
[R2] (Q) Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha (IND,1111) bt Aaron Schmid (SUI,993) 36 63 64
[QF] (Q) Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha (IND,1111) bt (Q) Ajeet Rai (NZL,1158) : 67(3) 76(2) 76(3)
[SF] (Q) Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha (IND,1111) bt (7) Jeremy Beale (AUS,726) 76(4) 60
Singles Final
(Q) Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha (IND,1111) bt Michael Look (AUS,803) 63 61
A 23 yrs. old Niki Poonacha lifted his first Futures title as a qualifier in Indonesia ... In the final, he defeated experienced former top-325 Aussie player, Michael Look, comfortably ... In the first round, Niki saved a multiple match points in the second set tie-break before turning the match against Farren ... In the quarters also, he had a marathon match against similar ranked young Kiwi player, Ajeet Rai, which he won in three tie-breaks ... Niki trains at Rohan Bopanaa Tennis Academy in Bangalore.
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[R1] (Q) Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha (IND,1111) bt Connor Farren (USA,885) 26 76(12) 63[R2] (Q) Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha (IND,1111) bt Aaron Schmid (SUI,993) 36 63 64
[QF] (Q) Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha (IND,1111) bt (Q) Ajeet Rai (NZL,1158) : 67(3) 76(2) 76(3)
[SF] (Q) Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha (IND,1111) bt (7) Jeremy Beale (AUS,726) 76(4) 60
Singles Final
(Q) Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha (IND,1111) bt Michael Look (AUS,803) 63 61
A 23 yrs. old Niki Poonacha lifted his first Futures title as a qualifier in Indonesia ... In the final, he defeated experienced former top-325 Aussie player, Michael Look, comfortably ... In the first round, Niki saved a multiple match points in the second set tie-break before turning the match against Farren ... In the quarters also, he had a marathon match against similar ranked young Kiwi player, Ajeet Rai, which he won in three tie-breaks ... Niki trains at Rohan Bopanaa Tennis Academy in Bangalore.
Badminton News
At $75K YONEX-SUNRISE Vietnam Open 2018, Ho Chi Minh City
[SF] Ajay Jayaram (IND,93) bt (7) Yu Igarashi (JPN,49) 21-14 21-19
[SF] Mithun Manjunath (IND,112) l Shesar Hiren Rhustavito (INA,79) 17-21 21-19 14-21
[F] Ajay Jayaram (IND,93) vs Shesar Hiren Rhustavito (INA,79)
Ajay in the final with a comfortable straight games win over top-50 Japanese player, Yu Igarashi ... In the final he is facing higher ranked Indonesian Shesar Hiren Rhustavito, who defeated Mithun in three games.
[SF] Ajay Jayaram (IND,93) bt (7) Yu Igarashi (JPN,49) 21-14 21-19
[SF] Mithun Manjunath (IND,112) l Shesar Hiren Rhustavito (INA,79) 17-21 21-19 14-21
[F] Ajay Jayaram (IND,93) vs Shesar Hiren Rhustavito (INA,79)
Ajay in the final with a comfortable straight games win over top-50 Japanese player, Yu Igarashi ... In the final he is facing higher ranked Indonesian Shesar Hiren Rhustavito, who defeated Mithun in three games.
Friday, August 10, 2018
Tennis News
At $100K Aptos Challenger 2018, California, USA
[QF] (8) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,171) l (4) Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS,268) 64 46 36
Prajnesh failed to overcome the challenge of Kokkinakis ... Prajnesh won the first set and an early break up in the second set, 3-1 ... From here, Kokkinakis used his experience to fightback to win this match ... He broke Prajnesh in the 6th game for 3-all and then again broke him in the 10th game when Prajnesh was serving for staying in the set ... Kokkinakis played superb attacking game and was putting pressure on Prajnesh's second serve ... In the final set, Kokkinakis took a crucial break in the 6th game and kept that advantage for completing the win.
At $60K ITF Women's Tournament 2018, Jinan, China
[QF] (7) Ankita Raina (IND,195) l (2) Yafan Wang (CHN,93) 67(2) 46
Ankita lost after giving valiant efforts in the singles quarter-final against top-100 Chinese player ... In the first set, two times Ankita fought back from break down .. Ankita missed 3 set points on Wang's serve and then lost the tie-break easily ... In the second set, both players held their respective service games till the 9th game ... Yafan created 3 match points and converted third for completing the win.
At $25K ITF Women's Tournament 2018, Nonthaburi, Thailand
[SF] Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,419) l Xiyu Wang (CHN,384) 36 62 26
Doubles Final
(3) Rutuja Bhosale (IND)/ Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND) bt (1) Naiktha Bains (AUS)/ Barbora Stefkova (CZE) 26 60 10-6
A fighting performance by Pranjala against the junior top-10 Chinese player, Xiyu Wang ... After losing the first set Pranjala tried fightback and won the second set but Wang completed the win after controlling the final set.
A huge notable upset win by Pranjala and Rutuja against the top-150 doubles Czech and Aussie players ... After losing the first set our pair made a strong comeback against Bains and Stefkova and won the second set without losing a single game ... Our pair continued with their momentum to win the match tie-break comfortably for a superb upset win ... This was their 2nd title in two weeks.
[QF] (8) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,171) l (4) Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS,268) 64 46 36
Prajnesh failed to overcome the challenge of Kokkinakis ... Prajnesh won the first set and an early break up in the second set, 3-1 ... From here, Kokkinakis used his experience to fightback to win this match ... He broke Prajnesh in the 6th game for 3-all and then again broke him in the 10th game when Prajnesh was serving for staying in the set ... Kokkinakis played superb attacking game and was putting pressure on Prajnesh's second serve ... In the final set, Kokkinakis took a crucial break in the 6th game and kept that advantage for completing the win.
At $60K ITF Women's Tournament 2018, Jinan, China
[QF] (7) Ankita Raina (IND,195) l (2) Yafan Wang (CHN,93) 67(2) 46
Ankita lost after giving valiant efforts in the singles quarter-final against top-100 Chinese player ... In the first set, two times Ankita fought back from break down .. Ankita missed 3 set points on Wang's serve and then lost the tie-break easily ... In the second set, both players held their respective service games till the 9th game ... Yafan created 3 match points and converted third for completing the win.
At $25K ITF Women's Tournament 2018, Nonthaburi, Thailand
[SF] Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,419) l Xiyu Wang (CHN,384) 36 62 26
Doubles Final
(3) Rutuja Bhosale (IND)/ Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND) bt (1) Naiktha Bains (AUS)/ Barbora Stefkova (CZE) 26 60 10-6
A fighting performance by Pranjala against the junior top-10 Chinese player, Xiyu Wang ... After losing the first set Pranjala tried fightback and won the second set but Wang completed the win after controlling the final set.
A huge notable upset win by Pranjala and Rutuja against the top-150 doubles Czech and Aussie players ... After losing the first set our pair made a strong comeback against Bains and Stefkova and won the second set without losing a single game ... Our pair continued with their momentum to win the match tie-break comfortably for a superb upset win ... This was their 2nd title in two weeks.
Badminton News
At $75K YONEX-SUNRISE Vietnam Open 2018, Ho Chi Minh City
[QF] Ajay Jayaram (IND,93) bt Xiaodong Sheng (CAN,146) 26-24 21-17
[QF] Mithun Manjunath (IND,112) bt Zeqi Zhou (CHN,114) 17-21 21-19 21-11
[QF] (Q) Rituparna Das (IND,134) l Phittayaporn Chaiwan (THA,88) 19-21 14-21
[SF] Ajay Jayaram (IND,93) vs (7) Yu Igarashi (JPN,49)
[SF] Mithun Manjunath (IND,112) vs Shesar Hiren Rhustavito (INA,79)
Ajay and Mithu enter into the semis in contrasting style ... Ajay completed win in straight games against Canadian after he stretched to extra points in the first game ... Mithun made an excellent comeback against similar ranked Chinese opponent after losing the first game ... In the semis, both players r playing against higher ranked opponents.
Rituparna's run ended in the quarters against Thai girl.
[QF] Ajay Jayaram (IND,93) bt Xiaodong Sheng (CAN,146) 26-24 21-17
[QF] Mithun Manjunath (IND,112) bt Zeqi Zhou (CHN,114) 17-21 21-19 21-11
[QF] (Q) Rituparna Das (IND,134) l Phittayaporn Chaiwan (THA,88) 19-21 14-21
[SF] Ajay Jayaram (IND,93) vs (7) Yu Igarashi (JPN,49)
[SF] Mithun Manjunath (IND,112) vs Shesar Hiren Rhustavito (INA,79)
Ajay and Mithu enter into the semis in contrasting style ... Ajay completed win in straight games against Canadian after he stretched to extra points in the first game ... Mithun made an excellent comeback against similar ranked Chinese opponent after losing the first game ... In the semis, both players r playing against higher ranked opponents.
Rituparna's run ended in the quarters against Thai girl.
Thursday, August 09, 2018
Tennis News
At $100K Aptos Challenger 2018, California, USA
[QF] (3) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) l Marc Polmans (AUS)/ Max Purcell (AUS) 67(5) 26
The seeded Purav and Jeeval lost against the Aussie pair in straight sets.
At $150K Jinan Challenger 2018, China
[QF] (ALT) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND)/ Miliaan Niesten (NED) l Zhe Li (CHN)/ Di Wu (CHN) 63 36 5-10
Mukund-Niesten lost in the match tie-break against Zhe Li and Di Wu.
At $60K ITF Women's Tournament 2018, Jinan, China
[R2] (7) Ankita Raina (IND,195) bt En Shuo Liang (TPE,287) 36 76(15) 63
[QF] (7) Ankita Raina (IND,195) vs (2) Yafan Wang (CHN,93)
Doubles
[QF] Anastasia Gasanova (RUS)/ Ankita Raina (IND) bt (2) Chen Liang (CHN)/ Qiu Yu Ye (CHN) 67(10) 75 11-9
[SF] Anastasia Gasanova (RUS)/ Ankita Raina (IND) l (3) Shu-Ying Hsieh (TPE)/ Jing Jing Lu (CHN) 46 76(5) 5-10
A very punishing schedule for Ankita as she was on the court for more than 7 hours playing three matches ... She won her singles match in 3 hours after winning the second set marathon tie-break, in that she saved 5 match points, and then won the third set ... Then she played almost 2 hours and 25 mins. the doubles quarter-final against the 2nd seeds Chinese pair and scored hard-fought comeback win ... Immediately she and Gasanova played the semi-final against the third seeds Lu and Hsieh and lost in the match tie-break ... I am not expecting much from her in the singles quarter-final against top-100 Chinese player.
At $25K ITF Women's Tournament 2018, Nonthaburi, Thailand
[QF] Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,419) bt (Q) Dabin Kim (KOR,504) 63 67(3) 62
[SF] Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,419) vs Xiyu Wang (CHN,384)
Doubles
[SF] (3) Rutuja Bhosale (IND)/ Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND) bt (2) Hiroko Kuwata (JPN)/ Junri Namigata (JPN) 64 76(4)
[F] (3) Rutuja Bhosale (IND)/ Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND) vs (1) Naiktha Bains (AUS)/ Barbora Stefkova (CZE)
Pranjala continues with her terrific run for entering into the semis ... In the semis, she is facing the junior top-10 Chinese player, Xiyu Wang, who defeated Karman in the second round.
Pranjala is in the final of the doubles with Rutuja, they defeated the higher ranked Japanese pair in straight sets ... They r having a tough final against the top-150 doubles Czech and Aussie players.
[QF] (3) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) l Marc Polmans (AUS)/ Max Purcell (AUS) 67(5) 26
The seeded Purav and Jeeval lost against the Aussie pair in straight sets.
At $150K Jinan Challenger 2018, China
[QF] (ALT) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND)/ Miliaan Niesten (NED) l Zhe Li (CHN)/ Di Wu (CHN) 63 36 5-10
Mukund-Niesten lost in the match tie-break against Zhe Li and Di Wu.
At $60K ITF Women's Tournament 2018, Jinan, China
[R2] (7) Ankita Raina (IND,195) bt En Shuo Liang (TPE,287) 36 76(15) 63
[QF] (7) Ankita Raina (IND,195) vs (2) Yafan Wang (CHN,93)
Doubles
[QF] Anastasia Gasanova (RUS)/ Ankita Raina (IND) bt (2) Chen Liang (CHN)/ Qiu Yu Ye (CHN) 67(10) 75 11-9
[SF] Anastasia Gasanova (RUS)/ Ankita Raina (IND) l (3) Shu-Ying Hsieh (TPE)/ Jing Jing Lu (CHN) 46 76(5) 5-10
A very punishing schedule for Ankita as she was on the court for more than 7 hours playing three matches ... She won her singles match in 3 hours after winning the second set marathon tie-break, in that she saved 5 match points, and then won the third set ... Then she played almost 2 hours and 25 mins. the doubles quarter-final against the 2nd seeds Chinese pair and scored hard-fought comeback win ... Immediately she and Gasanova played the semi-final against the third seeds Lu and Hsieh and lost in the match tie-break ... I am not expecting much from her in the singles quarter-final against top-100 Chinese player.
At $25K ITF Women's Tournament 2018, Nonthaburi, Thailand
[QF] Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,419) bt (Q) Dabin Kim (KOR,504) 63 67(3) 62
[SF] Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,419) vs Xiyu Wang (CHN,384)
Doubles
[SF] (3) Rutuja Bhosale (IND)/ Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND) bt (2) Hiroko Kuwata (JPN)/ Junri Namigata (JPN) 64 76(4)
[F] (3) Rutuja Bhosale (IND)/ Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND) vs (1) Naiktha Bains (AUS)/ Barbora Stefkova (CZE)
Pranjala continues with her terrific run for entering into the semis ... In the semis, she is facing the junior top-10 Chinese player, Xiyu Wang, who defeated Karman in the second round.
Pranjala is in the final of the doubles with Rutuja, they defeated the higher ranked Japanese pair in straight sets ... They r having a tough final against the top-150 doubles Czech and Aussie players.
Badminton News
At $75K YONEX-SUNRISE Vietnam Open 2018, Ho Chi Minh City
[R1] Ajay Jayaram (IND,93) bt Duc Phat Le (VIE,141) 21-19 21-12
[R1] Mithun Manjunath (IND,112) bt Ryotaro Maruo (JPN,) 11-21 21-14 21-15
[R2] Ajay Jayaram (IND,93) bt Gatjra Piliang Fiqihila Cupu (INA,283) 21-7 21-16
[R2] Mithun Manjunath (IND,112) bt Saran Jamsri (THA,346) 21-19 21-12
[R1] (Q) Rituparna Das (IND,134) bt Shiori Saito (JPN,73) 21-13 21-14
[R3] Ajay Jayaram (IND,93) bt (1) Ygor Coelho (BRA,38) 22-20 21-14
[R3] Mithun Manjunath (IND,112) bt Adulrach Namkul (THA,110) 18-21 21-13 21-19
[R2] (Q) Rituparna Das (IND,134) bt (6) Shuo Yun Sung (TPE,55) 21-8 21-14
[QF] Ajay Jayaram (IND,93) vs Xiaodong Sheng (CAN,146)
[QF] Mithun Manjunath (IND,112) vs Zeqi Zhou (CHN,114)
[QF] (Q) Rituparna Das (IND,134) vs Phittayaporn Chaiwan (THA,88)
Our three players r in the quarters ... Ajay scored an upset win over the top-40 Brazilian ... Mithun is facing similar ranked Chinese Zhou ... Rituparna qualified for the main draw and she scored back to back win over the top-75 players ... Next. she is facing higher ranked Thai girl Chaiwan.
[R1] Ajay Jayaram (IND,93) bt Duc Phat Le (VIE,141) 21-19 21-12
[R1] Mithun Manjunath (IND,112) bt Ryotaro Maruo (JPN,) 11-21 21-14 21-15
[R2] Ajay Jayaram (IND,93) bt Gatjra Piliang Fiqihila Cupu (INA,283) 21-7 21-16
[R2] Mithun Manjunath (IND,112) bt Saran Jamsri (THA,346) 21-19 21-12
[R1] (Q) Rituparna Das (IND,134) bt Shiori Saito (JPN,73) 21-13 21-14
[R3] Ajay Jayaram (IND,93) bt (1) Ygor Coelho (BRA,38) 22-20 21-14
[R3] Mithun Manjunath (IND,112) bt Adulrach Namkul (THA,110) 18-21 21-13 21-19
[R2] (Q) Rituparna Das (IND,134) bt (6) Shuo Yun Sung (TPE,55) 21-8 21-14
[QF] Ajay Jayaram (IND,93) vs Xiaodong Sheng (CAN,146)
[QF] Mithun Manjunath (IND,112) vs Zeqi Zhou (CHN,114)
[QF] (Q) Rituparna Das (IND,134) vs Phittayaporn Chaiwan (THA,88)
Our three players r in the quarters ... Ajay scored an upset win over the top-40 Brazilian ... Mithun is facing similar ranked Chinese Zhou ... Rituparna qualified for the main draw and she scored back to back win over the top-75 players ... Next. she is facing higher ranked Thai girl Chaiwan.
Wednesday, August 08, 2018
Tennis News
At $100K Aptos Challenger 2018, California, USA
[R2] (8) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,171) bt JC Aragone (USA,276) 46 75 64
[QF] (8) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,171) vs (4) Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS,268)
What a comeback win by Prajnesh from the brink of defeat ... After losing the first set he was down the match point 46 4-5 and 40-30 on Aragone's serve ... He saved and broke him in the 10th game and immediately on the 12th game for winning the second set ... In the final set, Prajnesh took a crucial break in the 10th game when Aragone was serving to stay in the match ... In the quarters, he is facing former top-70 talented Aussie youngster Thanasi Kokkinakis ... He is the 4th seed but looks lowly ranked due to this week's ATP ranking points change ... In 2017, he was finalist in Los Cabos Open but lost in the first round this year ... So those 150 points removed from his ranking points and he slides down 104 places this week.
At $150K Jinan Challenger 2018, China
[R2] Arjun Kadhe (IND,346) l James Ward (GBR,305) 36 16
Doubles
[R1] (ALT) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND)/ Miliaan Niesten (NED) bt Nikola Milojević (SRB)/ Hiroki Moriya (JPN) 61 63
[QF] (ALT) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND)/ Miliaan Niesten (NED) vs Zhe Li (CHN)/ Di Wu (CHN)
Arjun failed to challenge James ward in his loss.
Sasi got a chance to play as a alternative pair with Niesten, ... Next, they r facing Zhe Li and Di Wu.
At $25K ITF Women's Tournament 2018, Nonthaburi, Thailand
[R2] (1) Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,200) l Xiyu Wang (CHN,384) 67(4) 67(8)
[R2] Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,419) bt (Q) Hua-Chen Lee (TPE,609) 63 61
[QF] Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,419) vs (Q) Dabin Kim (KOR,504)
Doubles
[QF] (3) Rutuja Bhosale (IND)/ Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND) bt Genevieve Lorbergs (AUS)/ Kaylah Mcphee (AUS) 60 75
[SF] (3) Rutuja Bhosale (IND)/ Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND) vs (2) Hiroko Kuwata (JPN)/ Junri Namigata (JPN)
Karman lost in the two tie-breaks against talented Chinese girl, who is top-10 Junior player ... Pranjala completed convincing win over Lee ... Next, she is facing Korean Dabin Kim.
In the doubles, Pranjala is in the semis partnering Rutuja ... They scored a comfortable win over Aussie pair ... Next, they r facing the 2nd seed
[R2] (8) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,171) bt JC Aragone (USA,276) 46 75 64
[QF] (8) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,171) vs (4) Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS,268)
What a comeback win by Prajnesh from the brink of defeat ... After losing the first set he was down the match point 46 4-5 and 40-30 on Aragone's serve ... He saved and broke him in the 10th game and immediately on the 12th game for winning the second set ... In the final set, Prajnesh took a crucial break in the 10th game when Aragone was serving to stay in the match ... In the quarters, he is facing former top-70 talented Aussie youngster Thanasi Kokkinakis ... He is the 4th seed but looks lowly ranked due to this week's ATP ranking points change ... In 2017, he was finalist in Los Cabos Open but lost in the first round this year ... So those 150 points removed from his ranking points and he slides down 104 places this week.
At $150K Jinan Challenger 2018, China
[R2] Arjun Kadhe (IND,346) l James Ward (GBR,305) 36 16
Doubles
[R1] (ALT) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND)/ Miliaan Niesten (NED) bt Nikola Milojević (SRB)/ Hiroki Moriya (JPN) 61 63
[QF] (ALT) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND)/ Miliaan Niesten (NED) vs Zhe Li (CHN)/ Di Wu (CHN)
Arjun failed to challenge James ward in his loss.
Sasi got a chance to play as a alternative pair with Niesten, ... Next, they r facing Zhe Li and Di Wu.
At $25K ITF Women's Tournament 2018, Nonthaburi, Thailand
[R2] (1) Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,200) l Xiyu Wang (CHN,384) 67(4) 67(8)
[R2] Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,419) bt (Q) Hua-Chen Lee (TPE,609) 63 61
[QF] Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,419) vs (Q) Dabin Kim (KOR,504)
Doubles
[QF] (3) Rutuja Bhosale (IND)/ Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND) bt Genevieve Lorbergs (AUS)/ Kaylah Mcphee (AUS) 60 75
[SF] (3) Rutuja Bhosale (IND)/ Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND) vs (2) Hiroko Kuwata (JPN)/ Junri Namigata (JPN)
Karman lost in the two tie-breaks against talented Chinese girl, who is top-10 Junior player ... Pranjala completed convincing win over Lee ... Next, she is facing Korean Dabin Kim.
In the doubles, Pranjala is in the semis partnering Rutuja ... They scored a comfortable win over Aussie pair ... Next, they r facing the 2nd seed
Tuesday, August 07, 2018
Tennis News
At $150K Jinan Challenger 2018, China
[R1] (1) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,117) l Harri Heliovaara (FIN,349) 36 46
[R1] (Q) Manish Sureshkumar (IND,584) l Duck Hee Lee (KOR,239) 16 36
[R2] Arjun Kadhe (IND,346) vs James Ward (GBR,305)
Doubles
[R1] (4) Arjun Kadhe (IND)/ Toshihide Matsui (JPN) l Zhe Li (CHN)/ Di Wu (CHN) 63 57 9-11
A shocking straight sets loss of RamK against experienced Harri Heliovaara ... Manish also failed to challenge Duck Hee Lee in his one-sided loss.
Arjun is having a tough match against experienced James Ward in the second round.
Turned to be a bad day for us as Arjun and Matsui also lost their doubles match against experience Chinese pair ... In the match tie-break, Arjun-Matsui had a match point at 9-8 on their own serve.
At $150K+H Pullach Challenger 2018, Germany
[R1] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) l Sander Gille (BEL)/ Joran Vliegen (BEL) 57 46
Another early loss for Bala and Vishnu against Belgian pair ... I think they will sooner move to the hard courts in US or Asia after completing their training by playing in European challengers.
At $60K ITF Women's Tournament 2018, Jinan, China
[R1] (7) Ankita Raina (IND,195) bt Jia-Qi Kang (CHN,597) 76(8) 75
[R2] (7) Ankita Raina (IND,195) vs En Shuo Liang (TPE,287)
Doubles
[R1] Anastasia Gasanova (RUS)/ Ankita Raina (IND) bt Hanyu Guo (CHN)/ Ying Zhang (CHN) 64 76(6)
[QF] Anastasia Gasanova (RUS)/ Ankita Raina (IND) vs (2) Chen Liang (CHN)/ Qiu Yu Ye (CHN)
Ankita scored a win in the tight two sets against Jia-Qi Kang in the first round ... Next, she is facing young Taiwani top-300 teenager En Shuo Liang.
In the doubles also Ankita started with a win partnering Gasanova ... They defeated Chinese pair in close straight sets ... Next, they r having a tough match against the 2nd seeds Chinese pair.
At $25K ITF Women's Tournament 2018, Nonthaburi, Thailand
[R1] (1) Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,200) bt Yuuki Tanaka (JPN,500) 63 62
[R1] (Q) Mihika Yadav (IND,1041) l (7) Ling Zhang (HKG,331) 76(6) 16 46
[R2] (1) Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,200) vs Xiyu Wang (CHN,384)
Karman started with a comfortable win over Tanaka ... Next, she is facing Chinese teenager Xiyu Wang ... Mihika gave a fighting performance against the 7th seed Ling Zhang ... Mihika won the first set in the tight tie-break but after that Zhang took control for winning the match.
[R1] (1) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,117) l Harri Heliovaara (FIN,349) 36 46
[R1] (Q) Manish Sureshkumar (IND,584) l Duck Hee Lee (KOR,239) 16 36
[R2] Arjun Kadhe (IND,346) vs James Ward (GBR,305)
Doubles
[R1] (4) Arjun Kadhe (IND)/ Toshihide Matsui (JPN) l Zhe Li (CHN)/ Di Wu (CHN) 63 57 9-11
A shocking straight sets loss of RamK against experienced Harri Heliovaara ... Manish also failed to challenge Duck Hee Lee in his one-sided loss.
Arjun is having a tough match against experienced James Ward in the second round.
Turned to be a bad day for us as Arjun and Matsui also lost their doubles match against experience Chinese pair ... In the match tie-break, Arjun-Matsui had a match point at 9-8 on their own serve.
At $150K+H Pullach Challenger 2018, Germany
[R1] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) l Sander Gille (BEL)/ Joran Vliegen (BEL) 57 46
Another early loss for Bala and Vishnu against Belgian pair ... I think they will sooner move to the hard courts in US or Asia after completing their training by playing in European challengers.
At $60K ITF Women's Tournament 2018, Jinan, China
[R1] (7) Ankita Raina (IND,195) bt Jia-Qi Kang (CHN,597) 76(8) 75
[R2] (7) Ankita Raina (IND,195) vs En Shuo Liang (TPE,287)
Doubles
[R1] Anastasia Gasanova (RUS)/ Ankita Raina (IND) bt Hanyu Guo (CHN)/ Ying Zhang (CHN) 64 76(6)
[QF] Anastasia Gasanova (RUS)/ Ankita Raina (IND) vs (2) Chen Liang (CHN)/ Qiu Yu Ye (CHN)
Ankita scored a win in the tight two sets against Jia-Qi Kang in the first round ... Next, she is facing young Taiwani top-300 teenager En Shuo Liang.
In the doubles also Ankita started with a win partnering Gasanova ... They defeated Chinese pair in close straight sets ... Next, they r having a tough match against the 2nd seeds Chinese pair.
At $25K ITF Women's Tournament 2018, Nonthaburi, Thailand
[R1] (1) Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,200) bt Yuuki Tanaka (JPN,500) 63 62
[R1] (Q) Mihika Yadav (IND,1041) l (7) Ling Zhang (HKG,331) 76(6) 16 46
[R2] (1) Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,200) vs Xiyu Wang (CHN,384)
Karman started with a comfortable win over Tanaka ... Next, she is facing Chinese teenager Xiyu Wang ... Mihika gave a fighting performance against the 7th seed Ling Zhang ... Mihika won the first set in the tight tie-break but after that Zhang took control for winning the match.
Monday, August 06, 2018
Tennis News
At $150K Jinan Challenger 2018, China
[Q3] Manish Sureshkumar (IND,584) bt Rubin Statham (NZL,507) 06 62 64
[R1] (Q) Manish Sureshkumar (IND,584) vs Duck Hee Lee (KOR,239)
[R1] Arjun Kadhe (IND,346) bt (7) Pedja Krstin (SRB,207) 76(6) 3-0 retd.
Manish scored an excellent comeback win over former top-300 and Davis Cup veteran Rubin Statham after losing the first set 0-6 ... He will face Korean Duck Hee Lee in the first round.
Arjun started with an upset win after his #207 Serbian opponent, Pedja Krstin, retired from the match in the second set ... The first set was very close as Arjun kept matching Krstin ... Arjun saved a set point before winning the first set in the tie-break ... When Krstin was broken in the second, he retired from the match.
At $100K Aptos Challenger 2018, California, USA
[R1] (8) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,171) bt (WC) Brandon Holt (USA,1196) 46 64 62
[R2] (8) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,171) vs JC Aragone (USA,276)
Doubles
[R1] (3) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt (WC) Hunter Johnson (USA)/ Yates Johnson (USA) 62 64
A slow start for Prajnesh against USC player, Holt ... But after losing the first set Prajnesh recovered for winning next two sets ... Next, he is facing JC Aragone.
An expected comfortable winning start for Jeevan and Purav against Johnson brothers.
At $60K ITF Women's Tournament 2018, Jinan, China
[R1] (7) Ankita Raina (IND,195) vs Jia-Qi Kang (CHN,597)
Doubles
[R1] Anastasia Gasanova (RUS)/ Ankita Raina (IND) vs Hanyu Guo (CHN)/ Ying Zhang (CHN)
Ankita is facing Jia-Qi Kang in the first round ... In the doubles, she is partnering Gasanova and they r facing Chinese pair.
At $25K ITF Women's Tournament 2018, Nonthaburi, Thailand
[R1] Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,419) bt Moyuka Uchijima (JPN,370) 62 46 64
[R1] Rutuja Bhosale (IND,388) l Shiho Akita (JPN,459) 46 61 26
[R2] Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,419) vs (Q) Hua-Chen Lee (TPE,609)
Doubles
[R1] (3) Rutuja Bhosale (IND)/ Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND) bt Destanee Aiava (AUS)/ Karman Kaur Thandi (IND) 63 75
Pranjala scored a good win against higher ranked talented 16 yrs. old Moyuka Uchijima in three sets ... Next, she is facing a Taiwani qualifier, Hua-Chen Lee ... Rutuja lost against former top-300 Akita in three sets, Rutuja needs to win these matches.
In the doubles also Pranjala started with a win partnering Rutuja ... They defeated Karman and her partner Aiava in straight sets.
[Q3] Manish Sureshkumar (IND,584) bt Rubin Statham (NZL,507) 06 62 64
[R1] (Q) Manish Sureshkumar (IND,584) vs Duck Hee Lee (KOR,239)
[R1] Arjun Kadhe (IND,346) bt (7) Pedja Krstin (SRB,207) 76(6) 3-0 retd.
Manish scored an excellent comeback win over former top-300 and Davis Cup veteran Rubin Statham after losing the first set 0-6 ... He will face Korean Duck Hee Lee in the first round.
Arjun started with an upset win after his #207 Serbian opponent, Pedja Krstin, retired from the match in the second set ... The first set was very close as Arjun kept matching Krstin ... Arjun saved a set point before winning the first set in the tie-break ... When Krstin was broken in the second, he retired from the match.
At $100K Aptos Challenger 2018, California, USA
[R1] (8) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,171) bt (WC) Brandon Holt (USA,1196) 46 64 62
[R2] (8) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,171) vs JC Aragone (USA,276)
Doubles
[R1] (3) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt (WC) Hunter Johnson (USA)/ Yates Johnson (USA) 62 64
A slow start for Prajnesh against USC player, Holt ... But after losing the first set Prajnesh recovered for winning next two sets ... Next, he is facing JC Aragone.
An expected comfortable winning start for Jeevan and Purav against Johnson brothers.
At $60K ITF Women's Tournament 2018, Jinan, China
[R1] (7) Ankita Raina (IND,195) vs Jia-Qi Kang (CHN,597)
Doubles
[R1] Anastasia Gasanova (RUS)/ Ankita Raina (IND) vs Hanyu Guo (CHN)/ Ying Zhang (CHN)
Ankita is facing Jia-Qi Kang in the first round ... In the doubles, she is partnering Gasanova and they r facing Chinese pair.
At $25K ITF Women's Tournament 2018, Nonthaburi, Thailand
[R1] Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,419) bt Moyuka Uchijima (JPN,370) 62 46 64
[R1] Rutuja Bhosale (IND,388) l Shiho Akita (JPN,459) 46 61 26
[R2] Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,419) vs (Q) Hua-Chen Lee (TPE,609)
Doubles
[R1] (3) Rutuja Bhosale (IND)/ Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND) bt Destanee Aiava (AUS)/ Karman Kaur Thandi (IND) 63 75
Pranjala scored a good win against higher ranked talented 16 yrs. old Moyuka Uchijima in three sets ... Next, she is facing a Taiwani qualifier, Hua-Chen Lee ... Rutuja lost against former top-300 Akita in three sets, Rutuja needs to win these matches.
In the doubles also Pranjala started with a win partnering Rutuja ... They defeated Karman and her partner Aiava in straight sets.
Sunday, August 05, 2018
Badminton News
At TOTAL BWF World Championships 2018, Nanjing, China (Grade 1 - Individual Tournaments)
Women's Singles Final
(3) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,3) l (7) Carolina Marin (ESP.8) 19-21 10-21
Another World Championships final loss for Sindhu ... Marin repeated her Rio Olympics 2016 performance to win the title against Sindhu ... Marin used her all-attack tactics against Sindhu, which helped her again Saina also ... In the beginning, Sindhu managed to nullify and Marin committed a lot of unforced errors ... Sindhu was leading 15-11 but after that, it was all Marin's show as she won 31 points from next 45 points ... She caught Sindhu at 15-all and took 18-20 lead ... She converted the 2nd game point for winning the first game ... In the second game, Sindhu failed to challenge Marin's attacking game ... She was down 0-5 and 2-11 at the break, so after that, it was an impossible task for Sindhu to crawl back ... Marin convincingly won the second game for her third World Championship ... Still, a really good World Championship for Sindhu as she becomes most successful Indian player to win four medals in this marque tournament, 2 silvers and 2 bronzes.
Women's Singles Final
(3) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,3) l (7) Carolina Marin (ESP.8) 19-21 10-21
Another World Championships final loss for Sindhu ... Marin repeated her Rio Olympics 2016 performance to win the title against Sindhu ... Marin used her all-attack tactics against Sindhu, which helped her again Saina also ... In the beginning, Sindhu managed to nullify and Marin committed a lot of unforced errors ... Sindhu was leading 15-11 but after that, it was all Marin's show as she won 31 points from next 45 points ... She caught Sindhu at 15-all and took 18-20 lead ... She converted the 2nd game point for winning the first game ... In the second game, Sindhu failed to challenge Marin's attacking game ... She was down 0-5 and 2-11 at the break, so after that, it was an impossible task for Sindhu to crawl back ... Marin convincingly won the second game for her third World Championship ... Still, a really good World Championship for Sindhu as she becomes most successful Indian player to win four medals in this marque tournament, 2 silvers and 2 bronzes.
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