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At $7M The CIMB Classic 2018, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (PGA Tour 2019)

T10 Shubhankar Sharma (IND) 67 64 66 72 -19 $175,000.00
T27 Gaganjeet Bhullar (IND) 69 70 71 65 -13 $50,120.00
T63 Anirban Lahiri (IND) 72 74 68 70 -4 $13,160.00
T75 Rahil Gangjee (IND) 77 71 73 72 +5 $11,480.00

Shubhankar had a terrific 1st three rounds and he was tied for the top spot ... But had a bad day, he scored 5 birdies and 5 bogeys to remain 19-under and finished on the tied 10th place ... Gaganjeet scored an excellent final round of 7-under to finish inside the top-30 ... Anirban and Rahil struggled on the course.

Youth Olympic Games 2018

At Youth Olympic Games 2018, Buenos Aires, Argentina

P.C. to SAIMedia twitter handle

Wrestling - Girls' freestyle 43 kg Gold Medal match
Simran (IND) l Emily Shilson (USA) 6-11

Group A
[M1] Simran (IND) bt Ella Derry (NZL) w/o
[M2] Simran (IND) bt Maria Leorda (MDA) 8-0
[M3] Simran (IND) bt Sara Mahmoud (EGY) 14-2
[M4] Simran (IND) bt Enkhzul Batbaatar (MGL) 2-1

Simran wins the 5th Silver medal for India ... She lost the final against American wrestler in the Girls' freestyle 43 kg final ... Before that, she won all her 4 group matches to qualify for the final.

Our boys' and girls' hockey 5s teams r in the final ... Both teams defeated favorite's Argentina and China in the semis.
The boy's' team defeated host Argentina 3-1 and facing Malaysia for the Gold.
The girls' team defeated China 3-0 and facing host Argentina for the Gold.

So India r in the 8th position with 3 Gold and 5 Silver medals.

Tennis News

At € 686K European Open 2018, Antwerp, Belgium

[R1] Yuki Bhambri (IND,97) vs Roberto Carballes Baena (ESP,90)

Doubles
[R1] (4) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Artem Sitak (NZL) vs Leander Paes (IND)/ Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX)

Yuki is back on the court after long injury break and playing the European Cup at Antwerp, Belgium ... In the fist round, he is facing similar ranked Spanish opponent, Roberto Carballes Baena.

In the doubles, Divij and Artem r the 4th seeds but facing Lee and Miguel in the first round.

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At $150K Ningbo Challenger 2018, China

[Q2] Saketh Myneni (IND,328) bt Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,483) 63 75
[Q2] (4) Arjun Kadhe (IND,355) bt Jie Cui (CHN,815) 46 76(4) 76(4)

[Q3] Saketh Myneni (IND,328) vs Ryota Tanuma (JPN,520)
[Q3] (4) Arjun Kadhe (IND,355) vs (8) Yusuke Takahashi (JPN,446)

Doubles
[R1] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Saketh Myneni (IND) vs Hiroki Moriya (JPN)/ Rubin Statham (NZL)
[R1] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,169)/ Arjun Kadhe (IND) vs (3) Enrique Lopez Perez (ESP)/ Goncalo Oliveira (POR)
[R1] Sumit Nagal (IND)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) vs Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (ESP)/ Federico Gaio (ITA)

A surprisingly tough match for Arjun ... After losing the first set he needed to dig deep for winning next two sets in the tie-breaks ... Next, he is facing Japanese Yusuke Takahashi ... Saki joined Arjun with straight sets win over Mukund ... Next, he is also facing Japanese challenge of Ryota Tanuma.

In the doubles, good to see that our all players pairing with each other ... Vishnu has skipped this tournament so Bala is partnering Saki ... Prajnesh is playing with Arjun and RamK is partnering Sumit ... Our all pairs r in the bottom draw.

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At $75K Ortisei Challenger 2018, Italy

[QF] (3) Purav Raja (IND)/ Antonio Sancic (CRO) bt Lukas Lacko (SVK)/ Sergey Stakhovsky (UKR) w/o
[SF] (3) Purav Raja (IND)/ Antonio Sancic (CRO) bt (2) Kevin Kravietz (GER)/ Andreas Mes (GER) 75 76(2)

[F] (3) Purav Raja (IND)/ Antonio Sancic (CRO) l (4) Sander Gille (BEL)/ Joran Vilegan (BEL) 63 36 3-10

Purav and Sancic lost against the Belgian pair in the final ... Overall, good week for Purav but he needs some strong finish in coming weeks to remain inside top-100 in the doubles ranking.

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At the FIFA International Friendlies 2018, Suzhou, China

India vs China 0-0 (0-0)

A defensively solid Indian team held China to a goalless draw ... The Chinese team was superior on the field but Gurpreet Singh Sandhu was exceptional in-front of the goal and creditable performance by Sandesh Jhingan in the defense ... We defended really well as our players putting body in-between ball ... We also had a chances but in end this goalless draw was right result ... We faced China after 21 yrs. in this historic match.

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At $125K+H Santo Domingo Open 2018, Dominican Republic (clay)

Doubles Final
(2) Leander Paes (IND)/ Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX) bt Ariel Behar (URU)/ Roberto Quiroz (ECU) 46 63 10-5

Lee and Miguel lifted the Santo Domingo challenger title ... In the final, they scored a comeback win after losing the first set against South American pairing of Behar and Quiroz ... This was Leander's 26th Challenger title.

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At $25K+H ITF Women Tournament 2018, Lagos, Nigeria

P.C. to Impact Tennis Academy FB page

Singles Final
(6) Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,449) bt (1) Conny Perrin (SUI,142) 61 76(2)

[SF] Riya Bhatia (IND,716) l (1) Conny Perrin (SUI,142) 76(4) 67(4) 46

Pranjala lifts back to back $25K title beating top-150 Swiss player, Conny Perrin ... She showed her last week's title win wasn't fluke and this time, defeated Conny in straight sets ... Before that, Conny won the third set against Riya for entering inthe final, Riya must cursed herself for missing two match points in the second set on her serve.

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At $150K Ningbo Challenger 2018, China

[Q1] Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,483) bt Runhao Hua (CHN,978) 46 61 63
[Q1] (2) Saketh Myneni (IND,328) bye
[Q1] (4) Arjun Kadhe (IND,355) bye
[Q1] Sidharth Rawat (IND,601) l Rio Niguchi (JPN,478) 57 67(6)

[Q2] Saketh Myneni (IND,328) vs Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,483)
[Q2] (4) Arjun Kadhe (IND,355) vs Jie Cui (CHN,815)

[R1] (4) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,127) vs Yunseong Chung (KOR,294)
[R1] (7) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,169) vs Mohamed Safwat (EGY,198)
[R1] Sumit Nagal (IND,316) vs (3) Thomas Fabbiano (ITA,122)

In the first qualifying round, Mukund scored a comeback win over a local player and next, he will be facing Saki ... Sid lost in tight two sets against top-500 Japanese opponent ... Arjun is facing a local player in the second qualifying.

RamK and Prajnesh r seeded in the singles ... But both r in the same draw and can meet in the quarters ... Sumit is facing top-125 ranked Italian, Thomas Fabbiano.

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At $15K Thailand F6 Futures 2018, Hua Hin

[R1] (2) Manish Sureshkumar (IND,567) bt Kelsey Stevenson (CAN,1076) 62 retd.
[R1] (2) Manish Sureshkumar (IND,567) bt Congsup Congcar (THA,968) 26 75 61
[R1] (2) Manish Sureshkumar (IND,567) bt Felix Corwin (USA,823) 36 64 64
[R1] (2) Manish Sureshkumar (IND,567) bt (4) Shalva Dzhanashiya (RUS,592) 63 62

Singles Final
(2) Manish Sureshkumar (IND,567) l Ajeet Rai (NZL,1034) 36 64 46

Doubles Final
Ajeet Rai (NZL)/ Karunuday Singh (IND) l (1) Francis Casey Alcantara (PHI)/ Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA) 16 61 6-10

Manish missed an opportunity of lifting Thai futures title ... He was leading 4-2 in the third, Ajeet won last 4 games for a title win.
In the doubles, Karunuday lost the doubles final pairing Ajeet, they lost against the top-seeds in the match tie-break.

Youth Olympic Games 2018

At Youth Olympic Games 2018, Buenos Aires, Argentina

P.C. to OGQ_India twitter handle

Badminton - Boys' singles Gold Medal match
(4) Lakshya Sen (IND) l (5) Li Shifeng (CHN) 15-21 19-21

[SF] (4) Lakshya Sen (IND) bt (2) Kodai Naraoka (JPN) 14-21 21-15 24-22
[QF] (4) Lakshya Sen (IND) bt (6) Ikhsan Leonardo Imanuel Rumbay (INA) 21-17 21-19

Lakshya Sen lifts a Silver in the Boys' singles ... The tired Lakshya lost in the final against the 5th seed Chinese opponent, Li Shifeng, in straight games ... Lakshya was a very tired after his comeback win over Japanese opponent, Kodai Naraoka, in the semis ... In that match, one rally in the 3rd game was 79 shots ... Before that, he defeated Indonesian opponent in the quarters ... He qualified for the knock-out stage with 3 wins in his group.

So India r in the 7th position with 3 Gold and 4 Silver medals.

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At $125K+H Santo Domingo Open 2018, Dominican Republic

[SF] (2) Leander Paes (IND)/ Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX) bt Tomas Lipovsek Puches (ARG)/ Juan Ignacio Londero (ARG) 64 76(3)

[F] (2) Leander Paes (IND)/ Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX) vs Ariel Behar (URU)/ Roberto Quiroz (ECU)

Lee and Miguel scored straight sets win over the Argentine pair ... In the final, they r facing another South American pairing of Behar and Quiroz, who defeated Jeevan and Marcelo in the quarters.

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At $25K+H ITF Women Tournament 2018, Lagos, Nigeria

[SF] Riya Bhatia (IND,716) vs (1) Conny Perrin (SUI,142) 76(4) 67(4) match interrupted
[SF] (6) Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,449) bt (8) Julia Terziyska (BUL,421) 62 63

Pranjala enters into the another final with a comfortable win over Julia Terziyska ... Riya is giving a tough fight to the top-150 Swiss girl, Conny Perrin ... Riya won the first set in the tie-break but lost the second in the tie-break before the match interrupted due to rain.

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At $750K Tianjin Open 2018, China

[QF] Jacqueline Cako (USA)/ Prarthana Thombare (IND) l Natela Dzalamidze (RUS)/ Veronika Kudermetova (RUS) 46 46

Prarthana and Cako lost in straight sets against Russian pair.

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At $125K+H Santo Domingo Open 2018, Dominican Republic

[R1] (3) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Marcelo Arevalo (ESA) bt (WC) Jose Olivares (DOM)/ Cristian Rodriguez (COL) 63 76(2)
[R1] (2) Leander Paes (IND)/ Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX) bt Gastao Elias (POR)/ Pedja Krstin (SRB) 63 60

[QF] (3) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Marcelo Arevalo (ESA) l Ariel Behar (URU)/ Roberto Quiroz (ECU) 75 46 7-10
[QF] (2) Leander Paes (IND)/ Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX) bt Gerald Melzer (AUT)/ Jurgen Melzer (AUT) 75 76(7)

[SF] (2) Leander Paes (IND)/ Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX) vs Tomas Lipovsek Puches (ARG)/ Juan Ignacio Londero (ARG)

Lee and Miguel in the semis and facing the Argentine pair ... They r only the seeded pair remaining in the draw ... After winning the first round comfortably Lee and Miguel played a close match against Melzer brothers ... In the second set tie-break, they saved a couple of set point at 4-6 before completing the win.

After winning the first round Jeevan and Marcelo lost in the quarters in the match tie-break against South American pair.

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At $25K+H Nigeria F5 Futures 2018, Lagos

[QF] (7) Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha (IND,694) l (1) Tom Jomby (FRA,422) 57 26
[QF] (8) Aryan Goveas (IND,760) vs (3) Arthur Rinderknech (FRA,469) 57 57

Doubles
[SF] Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha (IND)/ Shahbaaz Khan (IND) l (3) Tom Jomby (FRA)/ Alexis Klegou (BEN) 16 26

Niki and Aryan gave a decent fight in their respective losses against higher ranked French opponents ... In the doubles, Niki and Shahbaaz loa st one-sided match against the 3rd seeds.

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At $25K+H ITF Women Tournament 2018, Lagos, Nigeria

[QF] Riya Bhatia (IND,716) bt (5) Nastja Kolar (SLO,370) 62 63
[QF] (6) Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,449) bt (2) Deniz Khazaniuk (ISR,210) 63 64

[SF] Riya Bhatia (IND,716) vs (1) Conny Perrin (SUI,142)
[SF] (6) Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,449) vs (8) Julia Terziyska (BUL,421)

Pranjala and Riya enter into the semis with impressive wins ... Pranjala showed her last week's win over Deniz Khazaniuk wasna 't fluke ... She scored a comfortable win and in the semis, she is facing Bulgarian girl, Julia Terziyska ... Riya scored a dominating win over higher ranked Slovenia's Nastja Kolar ... Next, she is having a tough match against the top-seed Swiss girl, Conny Perrin.

Youth Olympic Games 2018

At Youth Olympic Games 2018, Buenos Aires, Argentina

P.C. to ISSF twitter handle

Shooting - Boys' 10 Metre Air Pistol
Gold - Saurabh Chaudhary (IND) 244.2 pts.
Silver - Sung Yunho (KOR) 236.7 pts.
Bronze - Jason Solari (SUI) 215.6 pts.

Saurabh Chaudhary destroyed field to win most deserving Gold in the Boys' 10 Metre Air Pistol ... He had a 7.5 pts. advantage on a Silver medalist Korean Sung in the final standing ... Before that he qualified for the final with 580 pts. score ... In the final, he was on the top of the board from the start and kept increasing his advantage after every shot ... Really, what a talent! What a year for 16 yrs. old Saurabh ... Asian Games Champion, Junior World Champion and now, Youth Olympic Games Champion.

So India r in the 6th position with 3 Gold and 3 Silver medals.

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At $169K Women's US Open 2018, Philadelphia, USA

[R3] (16) Joshna Chinappa (IND,14) l (8) Sarah-Jane Perry (ENG,8) 5-11, 8-11, 10-12 (28m)

Joshna lost in straight games against Sarah-Jane Perry.

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At $7.1M Shanghai Masters 2018, China

[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) l Ben McLachlan (JPN)/ Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) 67(4) 36

[R2] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Artem Sitak (NZL) l (3) Lukasz Kubot (AUT)/ Marcelo Melo (BRA) 36 46

Divij and Artem lost in straight sets against the 3rd seeds Kubot and Melo.
Rohan and Artem lost in the first round against last week's Tokyo open champions Struff and McLachlan.

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At $75K Tashkent Challenger 2018, Uzbekistan

[QF] (1) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) l Sanjar Fayziev (UZB)/ Jurabek Karimov (UZB) 67(4) 67(3)

A bad loss for Bala and Vishu against local wild-card pair ... Our top-seeds pair lost in the two tie-breaks.

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At $25K+H Nigeria F5 Futures 2018, Lagos

[R2] (7) Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha (IND,694) bt Alexis Klegou (BEN,946) 75 62
[R2] (8) Aryan Goveas (IND,760) bt Aziz Ouakaa (TUN,975) 76(1) 61
[R2] (Q) Shahbaaz Khan (IND,1924) l (2) Benjamin Lock (ZIM,451) 16 46

[QF] (7) Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha (IND,694) vs (1) Tom Jomby (FRA,422)
[QF] (8) Aryan Goveas (IND,760) vs (3) Arthur Rinderknech (FRA,469)

Niki and Aryan r in the singles quarters with straight sets win ... This week also they r facing higher ranked French opponents for a place in the semis ... Shahbaaz lost in straight sets against Lock.

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At $25K+H ITF Women Tournament 2018, Lagos, Nigeria

[R2] (6) Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,449) bt (Q) Jasmine Jebawy (GER,UNR) 3-0 retd.
[R2] Riya Bhatia (IND,716) bt Fiona Codino (FRA,811) 63 75

[QF] Riya Bhatia (IND,716) vs (5) Nastja Kolar (SLO,370)
[QF] (6) Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,449) vs (2) Deniz Khazaniuk (ISR,210)

Doubles
[QF] Riya Bhatia (IND)/ Mihaela Djakovic (SRB) l (2) Julia Terziyska (BUL)/ Rosalie Van Der Hoek (NED) 46 26

Pranjala and Riya enter into the quarters ... Pranjala's German opponent retired after losing first 3 games and Riya scored straight sets win over Codino ... Next, Riya is facing Slovenia's Nastja Kolar and Pranjala is having a rematch against Israeli Deniz Khazaniuk.

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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament 2018, Toowoomba, Australia

[R1] Rutuja Bhosale (IND,381) l Naiktha Bains (AUS,320) 76(6) 26 16

Rutuja lost after winning the first set tie-break against Naiktha Bains in the first round ... I think, she must be tired after the last two weeks exploit in the singles and the doubles.

Youth Olympic Games 2018

At Youth Olympic Games 2018, Buenos Aires, Argentina

P.C. to ISSF twitter handle

Shooting - Girls' 10 Metre Air Pistol
Gold - Manu Bhaker (IND) 236.5 pts.
Silver - Iana Enina (RUS) 235.9 pts.
Bronze - Nino Khutsiberidze (GEO) 214.6 pts.

Manu Bhaker wins the second Gold for India in the Girls' 10 Metre Air Pistol ... She did not have the best shooting final but she managed to keep the lead throughout to give herself another big medal on the big stage ... Before that, she qualified for the final on the top position with 576 pts ... This performance will rebuild her confidence and we will expect much more solid performance from Manu in 2019.

So India r in the 4th position with 2 Gold and 3 Silver medals.

Tennis News

At $750K Tianjin Open 2018, China

[R1] Jacqueline Cako (USA)/ Prarthana Thombare (IND) bt (WC) Hanyu Guo (CHN)/ Lin Zhu (CHN) 75 63

Prarthana is playing with Jacqueline Cako in the Tianjin Open ... They started with a win over the local wild-card pair in straight sets.

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At $75K Tashkent Challenger 2018, Uzbekistan

[R1] (1) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt Uladzimir Ignatik (BLR)/ Kamil Majchrzak (POL) 26 63 10-3

[QF] (1) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs Sanjar Fayziev (UZB)/ Jurabek Karimov (UZB)

After losing the first set Bala and Vishu made a strong comeback against Ignatik and Majchrzak ... Next, they r facing local wild-card pair.

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At $75K Ortisei Challenger 2018, Italy

[R1] (3) Purav Raja (IND)/ Antonio Sancic (CRO) bt Daniele Bracciali (ITA)/ Andrea Vavassori (ITA) 76(2) 63

Purav and his Croatian partner, Antonio Sancic started with straight sets win over the Italian pair.

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At $25K+H Nigeria F5 Futures 2018, Lagos

[R1] (7) Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha (IND,694) bt Sylvester Emmanuel (NGR,UNR) 61 64
[R1] (8) Aryan Goveas (IND,760) bt William Bushamuka (USA,1554) 63 76(3)
[R1] (Q) Shahbaaz Khan (IND,1924) bt Courtney John Lock (ZIM, 1392) 76(6) 64

[R2] (7) Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha (IND,694) vs Alexis Klegou (BEN,946)
[R2] (8) Aryan Goveas (IND,760) vs Aziz Ouakaa (TUN,975)
[R2] (Q) Shahbaaz Khan (IND,1924) vs (2) Benjamin Lock (ZIM,451)

Doubles
[R1] (4) Aryan Goveas (IND)/ Tyler Lu (USA) l Skander Mansouri (TUN)/ Arthur Rinderknech (FRA) 36 46
[R1] Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha (IND)/ Shahbaaz Khan (IND) bt Paul Emmanuel (NGR)/ Emmanuel Idoko (NGR) 63 75

[QF] Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha (IND)/ Shahbaaz Khan (IND) bt (2) Danylo Kalenichenko (UKR)/ Diego Matos (BRA) 16 75 10-8

[SF] Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha (IND)/ Shahbaaz Khan (IND) vs (3) Tom Jomby (FRA)/ Alexis Klegou (BEN)

Good to see Shahbaaz scored a win in the first round, but facing the top-450 Zimbabwean Lock in the second round ... Expected wins for Niki and Aryan, they r having the winnable second round.

In the doubles, Niki and Shahbaaz r in the semis with win over the 2nd seeds pair in the quarters.

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At $25K+H ITF Women Tournament 2018, Lagos, Nigeria

[R1] Jennifer Luikham (IND,1031) l Chiraz Bechri (TUN,672) 67(4) 75 46
[R1] (6) Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,449) bt (WC) Aanu Ayegbusi (NGR,UNR) 60 60
[R1] Riya Bhatia (IND,716) bt Claudia Coppola (ITA,967) 62 76(4)

[R2] (6) Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,449) vs (Q) Jasmine Jebawy (GER,UNR)
[R2] Riya Bhatia (IND,716) vs Fiona Codino (FRA,811)

Doubles
[R1] Riya Bhatia (IND)/ Mihaela Djakovic (SRB) bt Clothilde De Bernardi (FRA)/ Diana Maria Mihail (ROU) 62 63
[R1] Emerald Able (USA)/ Jennifer Luikham (IND) l Ange Oby Kajuru (JPN)/ Adesuwa Osabuohien (USA) 46 26

[QF] Riya Bhatia (IND)/ Mihaela Djakovic (SRB) vs (2) Julia Terziyska (BUL)/ Rosalie Van Der Hoek (NED)

Pranjala won her match inside 30 mins, next, she is facing German qualifier ... Riya also started with straight sets win ... Next, she is facing a French girl, Fiona Codin ... In the doubles also, Riya in the quarters with her Serbian partner.

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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament 2018, Toowoomba, Australia

[R1] Rutuja Bhosale (IND,381) vs Naiktha Bains (AUS,320)

Rutuja is facing Aussie Naiktha Bains in the first round and this week, she has skipped the doubles ... A good decision.

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At $169K Men's US Open 2018, Philadelphia, USA

[R3] Saurav Ghosal (IND,11) l (1) Mohamed Elshorbagy (EGY,1) 5-11, 14-16, 9-11 (51m)

Saurav lost in straight games but after giving a tough fight to WR #1 Mohamed Elshorbagy ... But on other note, he is still searching for his first win against Elshorbagy since 2008.

Youth Olympic Games 2018

At Youth Olympic Games 2018, Buenos Aires, Argentina

P.C. to news18.com site

Weightlifting - Boys' 62 kg
Gold - Jeremy Lalrinnunga (IND) (124+150) 274 kg
Silver - Caner Toptas (TUR) (122+141) 263 kg
Bronze - Estiven Jose Villar Manjarrés (COL) (115+145) 260 kg

P.C. to ISSF twitter handle

Shooting - Girls' 10 Metre Air Rifle
Gold - Stephanie Laura Grundsoee (DEN) 248.7 pts.
Silver - Mehuli Ghosh (IND) 248.0 pts.
Bronze - Marija Malic (SRB) 226.2 pts.

The 15 yrs. old Jeremy Lalrinnunga becomes the first ever Gold medallist for us at the Youth Olympic Games as he successfully lifts a combined weight of 274kgs in Men's 62kg Weightlifting ... After Snatch he was only 2 kg ahead of Turkish lifter, Caner Toptas ... Jeremy lifted 142 kg on the first attempt of Clean and Jerk but failed on the second attempt of 147 kg ... He raised the weight to 150 kg for the final lift and lifted comfortably for dominating win.

Mehuli Ghosh missed a Gold in the Girls' 10 Metre Air Rifle event ... In the final, she was in a control from the start and his 10.2 pts. or above ... On the last shot, she managed only 9.1 pts and missed an opportunity of winning the gold ... The 9.9 pts. can give her gold medal ... Before that, Mehuli qualified for the final on the top spot scoring 628.1 pts.

India is on the 8th position with 1 Gold and 3 Silver medals.

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At $7.1M Shanghai Masters 2018, China

[R1] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Artem Sitak (NZL) bt (WC) Mao-Xin Gong (CHN)/ Ze Zhang (CHN) 63 64

[R2] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Artem Sitak (NZL) vs (3) Lukasz Kubot (AUT)/ Marcelo Melo (BRA)

I think, this is Divij's first Masters so happy to see his first win ... Divij and Artem took advantage of weaker draw and move into the second round ... Next, they r facing the 3rd seeds Kubot and Melo.

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At $125K+H Santo Domingo Open 2018, Dominican Republic

[R1] (3) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Marcelo Arevalo (ESA) vs (WC) Jose Olivares (DOM)/ Cristian Rodriguez (COL)
[R1] (2) Leander Paes (IND)/ Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX) vs Gastao Elias (POR)/ Pedja Krstin (SRB)

This week, Jeevan and Lee r playing in the Santo Domingo Open with their respective partners.

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At $169K Women's US Open 2018, Philadelphia, USA

[R1] (16) Joshna Chinappa (IND,14) bye

[R2] Dipika Pallikal Karthik (IND,23) l (3) Nour El Tayeb (EGY,3) 6-11, 5-11, 9-11 (23m)
[R2] (16) Joshna Chinappa (IND,14) bt Julianne Courtice (ENG,46) 󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 6-11, 11-9, 8-11, 12-10, 11-3 (52m)

[R3] (16) Joshna Chinappa (IND,14) vs (8) Sarah-Jane Perry (ENG,8)

Joshna needed to dig deep for a comeback win in five games over her British opponent ... Julianne was 2-1 up and had match ball in the fourth game before Joshna made a strong comeback in the match ... Next, she is facing WR #8 British player, Sarah-Jane Perry.
Dipika lost in straight games against WR #3 Nour El Tayeb.

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At $169K Men's US Open 2018, Philadelphia, USA

[R2] Saurav Ghosal (IND,11) bt Tom Richards (ENG,30) 11-4, 11-8, 11-3 (42m)

[R3] Saurav Ghosal (IND,11) vs (1) Mohamed Elshorbagy (EGY,1)

Saurav scored straight games win in a longish match over Britisher Tom Richards ... Next, he is having a really tough one against WR #1 Mohamed Elshorbagy.

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At $11K Men's Texas Open 2018, Houston, USA

Final
(4) Vikram Malhotra (IND,72) bt (87) Daniel Mekbib (CZE,119) 11-6, 2-11, 5-11, 15-13, 1-11

Vikram lifted back to back the title after saving a match-ball against Daniel Mekbib ... This is Vikram's the 8th PSA title.

Youth Olympic Games 2018

At Youth Olympic Games 2018, Buenos Aires, Argentina

P.C. to ISSF twitter handle

Shooting - Boys' 10 Metre Air Rifle
Gold - Grigorii Shamakov (RUS) 249.2 pts.
Silver - Shahu Tushar Mane (IND) 247.5 pts.
Bronze - Aleksa Mitrović (SRB) 227.9 pts.

P.C. to SAIMedia twitter handle

Judo - Girls' 44 kg Gold Medal match
Tababi Devi (IND) l María Giménez (VEN) 0 0 1 - 1 1 0

[SF] Tababi Devi (IND) bt Ana Viktorija Puljiz (CRO) 1 0 0 - 0 0 1
[QF] Tababi Devi (IND) bt Erza Muminoviq (KOS) 0 0 2 - 0 0 0
[R16] Tababi Devi (IND) bt Yangchen Wangmo (BHU) 1 0 0 - 0 0 0

India won two Silver medals on day 1 ... Shahu Mane won a Silver in the Boys' 10 Metre Air Rifle behind Russian shooter, Grigorii Shamakov ... Shahu shot his last two shots under pressure of Gold medal and Grigorii shot coolly to win it ... Before that, Shahu qualified for the final on the 3rd place with 623.7 points.
The 16 yrs. old Tababi Devi gave the second Silver in the Girl's 44 kg Judo ... She lost the final against Venezuelan Judoist, María Giménez.

India is the tied 9th position with 2 Silver medals.

Tennis News

At $7.1M Shanghai Masters 2018, China

[Q2] (Alt) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,123) l Hubert Hurkacz (POL,94) 76(4) 46 57

A very close loss for RamK ... In this match, RamK failed to break Hubert ... RamK won the first set in the tie-break and Hubert won next two sets with a single break advantage.

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At $750K Tianjin Open 2018, China

[Q2] Ankita Raina (IND,203) l (7) Yuxuan Zhang (CHN,222) 75 06 36

Ankita failed to qualify for the main draw ... After winning the first set she failed to keep the pressure on Zhang and lost the next two sets easily.

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At $150K+H Monterrey Challenger 2018, Mexico

P.C. to Kamesh Srinivasan's FB page

Doubles Final
(3) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Marcelo Arevalo (ESA) bt (1) Leander Paes (IND)/ Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX) 61 64

Jeevan lifted his fourth challenger title of the year partnering Marcelo Arevalo ... They scored a comfortable win over the top-seeds Lee and Miguel ... After winning the first set comfortably they took a crucial break on Lee's serve in the 9th game and then held their service game for straight sets victory.

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At $75K Tashkent Challenger 2018, Uzbekistan

[Q2] N. Sriram Balaji (IND,660) l (2) Fredrico Ferrero Silva (POR,291) 26 75 67(2)

Doubles
[R1] (1) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs Uladzimir Ignatik (BLR)/ Kamil Majchrzak (POL)

Bala gave fighting performance against the top-300 Portuguese player in his loss ... After losing the first set easily Bala fought hard in the next two sets.

Bala and Vishu r the top-seeds and facing Ignatik and Majchrzak.

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At $75K Ortisei Challenger 2018, Italy

[R1] (3) Purav Raja (IND)/ Antonio Sancic (CRO) vs Daniele Bracciali (ITA)/ Andrea Vavassori (ITA)

Purav is playing Italy with the Croatian partner, Antonio Sancic and they r facing the Italian pair.

Squash News

At $169K Women's US Open 2018, Philadelphia, USA

[R1] Dipika Pallikal Karthik (IND,23) bt Danielle Letourneau (CAN,41) 11-6, 11-13, 11-6, 9-11, 11-4 (47m)

[R2] Dipika Pallikal Karthik (IND,23) vs (3) Nour El Tayeb (EGY,3)

Dipika required five games to overcome the challenge of her Canadian opponent, Danielle Letourneau ... In the second round, she is facing WR #3 Nour El Tayeb.

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At $169K Men's US Open 2018, Philadelphia, USA

[R1] Saurav Ghosal (IND,11) bye

[R2] Saurav Ghosal (IND,11) vs Tom Richards (ENG,30)

Saurav received a bye in the first round and next, he is facing Britisher Tom Richards.