Tennis News

At $75K+H Shenzhen-2 Challenger 2018, China

[QF] (Q) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,494) l Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (ESP,268) 46 26

Doubles
[SF] (1) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) bt Arjun Kadhe (IND)/ Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA) 67(4) 64 10-6
[SF] Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) l (2) Cheng Peng Hsieh (TPE)/ Christopher Rungkat (INA) 46 46

[F] (1) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) vs (2) Cheng Peng Hsieh (TPE)/ Christopher Rungkat (INA)

Mukund failed to challenge Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the quarters ... Still, he had a good week as a qualifier he reached into the quarters.

Bala and Jeevan scored a comeback win over Arjun and Sanchai Ratiwatana ... Next, they r facing the 2nd seeds Rungkat and Hsieh, who defeated RamK and Saki in straight sets.

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At $75 Charlottesville Challenger 2018, Virginia, USA

[QF] (1) Leander Paes (IND)/ Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX) l Darian King (BAR)/ Evan King (USA) 61 46 7-10

The Kings proved better pair than Lee and Miguel ... Lee and Miguel started well after convincingly winning the first set but they failed to keep momentum after that.

Badminton News

At $75K SaarLorLux Open 2018 2018, Saarbrucken, Germany (BWF Tour Super 100)

[R1] Subhankar Dey (IND,64) bt Elias Bracke (BEL,301) 21-19 15-21 21-7
[R1] (8) Parupalli Kashyap (IND,59) bye

[R2] Subhankar Dey (IND,64) bt Fabio Caponio (ITA,172) 21-18 21-18
[R2] (8) Parupalli Kashyap (IND,59) bt Luís Enrique Penalver (ESP,86) 21-17 19-21 21-16
[R1] Saili Rane (IND,114) bt Natalya Voytsekh (UKR,143) 21-19 21-16

[R3] Subhankar Dey (IND,64) bt (1) Lin Dan (CHN,13) 22-20 21-19
[R3] (8) Parupalli Kashyap (IND,59) bt Alexander Roovers (GER,84) 21-14 21-12
[R2] Saili Rane (IND,114) bt Anastasiia Semenova (RUS,164) 21-12 21-8

[QF] Subhankar Dey (IND,64) vs (7) Toby Penty (ENG,43)
[QF] (8) Parupalli Kashyap (IND,59) vs Toma Junior Popov (FRA,61)
[QF] Saili Rane (IND,114) vs (5) Line Højmark Kjaersfeldt (DEN,21)

Subhankar scored an impressive win over Lin Dan for entering into the quarters ... Kashyap and Saili also enter into the quarters with easy wins.

Tennis News

At € 5.4M Rolex Paris Masters 2018, France

[R2] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) l (1) Oliver Marach (AUT)/ Mate Pavic (CRO) 67(9) 36

After losing the first set in a long tie-break Rohan and Edouard lost in straight sets against the top-seeds Pavic and Marach.

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At $125K Mumbai Open 2018, India

[R2] Ankita Raina (IND,195) l Danka Kovinic (MNE,194) 26 57

Doubles
[QF] Rutuja Bhosale (IND)/ Hiroko Kuwata (JPN) l (1) Dalila Jakupovic (SLO)/ Irina Khromacheva (RUS) 36 36

Ankita failed to raise her game against similar ranked Danka Kovinic ... After losing the first set easily Ankita tried fightback but Kovinic completed the win in straight sets.

Rutuja and Hiroko had a tough match against the top-seeds pair ... They gave a decent performance against the favorite.

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At $75K+H Shenzhen-2 Challenger 2018, China

[R2] (Q) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,494) bt (8) Filip Peliwo (CAN,183) 64 57 63

[QF] (Q) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,494) vs Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (ESP,268)

Doubles
[QF] (1) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) bt Miomir Kecmanovic (SRB)/ Zhe Li (CHN) 76(4) 63
[QF] Arjun Kadhe (IND)/ Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA) bt (4) Hsien-Yin Peng (TPE)/ Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA) 67(7) 75 10-2
[QF] Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) bt (WC) Rigele Te (CHN)/ Di Wu (CHN) 64 63

[SF] (1) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) vs Arjun Kadhe (IND)/ Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA)
[SF] Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) vs (2) Cheng Peng Hsieh (TPE) / Christopher Rungkat (INA)

An excellent upset win by Mukund against the top-200 Canadian ... Mukund started well and took the first set with a break advantage ... In the second set also, he took a break in the 6th game to lead 4-2 but while serving for the match at 5-3 he failed to hold ... He lost next 4 games to lose the set ... In the final set, he again broke Peliwo in the 6th game to lead 4-2 ... This time he held his service game in the 9th game for a big win ... Next, he is facing talented Spanish youngster, Alejandro Davidovich Fokina

In the doubles, RamK and Saki move into the semis with straight sets win over the local wild-card pair ... Next, they r facing the 2nd seeds Hsieh and Rungkat.
The top-seeds Bala and Jeevan also scored straight sets win over Li and Kecmanovic ... Next, they r facing Arjun and Sanchai Ratiwatana, who scored a comeback upset win over the 4th seeds Hsien-Yin Peng and Sonchat Ratiwatana.

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At $75 Charlottesville Challenger 2018, Virginia, USA

[R1] (1) Leander Paes (IND)/ Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX) bt (Q) Evgeny Karlovskiy (RUS)/ Nino Serdarusic (CRO) 46 76(0) 13-11

[R1] (1) Leander Paes (IND)/ Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX) vs Darian King (BAR)/ Evan King (USA)

Lee and Miguel needed to fight back against the qualifiers for completing win in extra points of the match tie-break ... Next, they r facing Kings for a place in the quarters.

Tennis News

At € 5.4M Rolex Paris Masters 2018, France

[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) bt Robin Haase (NED)/ Matwe Middelkoop (NED) 76(3) 57 10-5

[R2] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) vs (1) Oliver Marach (AUT)/ Mate Pavic (CRO)
[R2] (Alt) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Artem Sitak (NZL) l (2) Mike Bryan (USA)/ Jack Sock (USA) 46 36

Rohan and Edouard move into the second round with a hard-fought win over the Dutch pair ... Next, they r facing the top-seeds Pavic and Marach.

Divij and Artem lost in the second round against the 2nd seeds Bryan and Sock in straight sets ... With this, Divij has finished with a season and taking longish off-season for working on his game and fitness ... In the off-season, he and Artem will also take a call on their partnership for 2019.

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At $125K Mumbai Open 2018, India

[R1] Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,215) l (1) Saisai Zheng (CHN,47) 26 46
[R1] (Q) Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,280) l (5) Luksika Kumkhum (THA,103) 63 57 16
[R1] Ankita Raina (IND,195) bt (WC) Rutuja Bhosale (IND,368) 46 62 76(5)

[R2] Ankita Raina (IND,195) vs Danka Kovinic (MNE,194)

Doubles
[R1] (WC) Mahak Jain (IND)/ Mihika Yadav (IND) l (3) Natela Dzalamidze (RUS)/ Veronika Kudermetova (RUS) 16 16

What a match between Rutuja and Ankita ... Ankita prevailed over Rutuja using her experience ... Rutuja started well and won the first set with a break ... Ankita fought back in the second to win it with a double break ... In the third, Rutuja started positively and was up 3-0, but again Ankita showed her fighting quality and made a comeback in the match ... In the tie-break, Ankita took a 5-2 lead, Rutuja tried hard to make it 5-all but Ankita kept her cool and completed victory after winning next two points ... In the second round, she is facing similar ranked Danka Kovinic, who scored an upset win over the 4th seed.
A tough loss for Pranjala as she was 5-2 and 5-3 up in the second set, just two points away from her biggest win ... After winning the first set Pranjala broke Kumkhum in the 4th game to lead 3-1 but failed to hold her serve in the next game, 3-2 ... Pranjala again broke Kumkhum in the 6th game, 4-2 and then held her serve to lead 5-2 ... In the 8th game she was 30-30 on Kumkhum's serve and while serving for the match she saved six break points but failed to hold ... After that, it was one-way traffic in favor of Kumkhum as Pranjala made a lot of unforced errors under pressure ... A big learning experience for Pranjala.
Karman failed to challenge the top-50 Zheng but managed to decent score.

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At $75K+H Shenzhen-2 Challenger 2018, China

[R2] (3) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,121) l Mohamed Safwat (EGY,202) 67(3) 46

Doubles
[R1] (1) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) bt Aleksandr Nedovyesov (KAZ)/ Mohamed Safwat (EGY) 75 26 10-7
[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) bt (3) Mao-Xin Gong (CHN)/ Ze Zhang (CHN) 63 36 10-8

[QF] (1) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) vs Miomir Kecmanovic (SRB)/ Zhe Li (CHN)
[QF] Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) vs (WC) Rigele Te (CHN)/ Di Wu (CHN)

Disappointing Chinese challengers for RamK ... In these three weeks, he managed to win a single match, which was against Sumit ... He needs to regroup before Indian challengers leg.

In the doubles, RamK and Saki scored an impressive win over the last week's Liuzhou challenger winners, Gong and Zhang ... They defeated the top Chinese pair in the match tie-break ... Next, they r facing the local wild-card pair.
The top-seeds Bala and Jeevan needed the match tie-break for completing their win over Nedo and Safwat ... Next, they r facing Li and Kecmanovic.

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At $50K+H Eckental Challenger 2018, Germany

[QF] Purav Raja (IND)/ Antonio Sancic (CRO) l (2) Hugo Nys (FRA)/ Jonny O'Mara (GBR) 76(4) 57 7-10

Purav and Sancic lost in the match tie-break against the 2nd seeds ... After winning the first set tie-break they failed to keep momentum to lose this match.

Squash News

At $177K Men's Qatar Classic 2018, Doha, Qatar (PSA World Tour Platinum)

[R1] (9/16) Saurav Ghosal (IND,11) bye
[R2] (9/16) Saurav Ghosal (IND,11) bt Leo Au (HKG,22) 11-2, 11-3, 11-5 (29m)

[R3] (9/16) Saurav Ghosal (IND,11) l (2) Ali Farag (EGY,2) 10-12, 4-11, 6-11 (39m)

Saurav continued with his consistent performance... He defeated the top-25 Leo Au in straight games ... In the third round, he gave a decent fight to the WR #2 Ali Farag.

Tennis News

At € 5.4M Rolex Paris Masters 2018, France

[R1] (Alt) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Artem Sitak (NZL) bt Feliciano Lopez (ESP)/ Marc Lopez (ESP) 64 63

[R2] (Alt) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Artem Sitak (NZL) vs (2) Mike Bryan (USA)/ Jack Sock (USA)

Divij and Artem entered in the Paris Masters as an alternate pair and started with a victory over Spanish pair in straight sets ... Next, they r having a tough match against the in-form pairing of Sock and Bryan.

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At $75K+H Shenzhen-2 Challenger 2018, China

[R1] (3) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,121) bt (Q) Sumit Nagal (IND,311) 36 64 76(2)
[R1] (4) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,146) l Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (ESP,268) 36 46
[R1] (Q) Saketh Myneni (IND,316) l Johan Tatlot (FRA,254) 06 retd.
[R1] (Q) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,494) bt (WC) Yibing Wu (CHN,328) 76(4) 62

[R2] (3) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,121) vs Mohamed Safwat (EGY,202)
[R2] (Q) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,494) vs (8) Filip Peliwo (CAN,183)

Doubles
[R1] Arjun Kadhe (IND)/ Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA) bt Mikhail Elgin (RUS)/ Yaraslav Shyla (BLR) 63 64

[QF] Arjun Kadhe (IND)/ Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA) vs (4) Hsien-Yin Peng (TPE)/ Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA)

Mukund continues with his good run as he defeated the local higher ranked, Yibing Wu ... In the second round, he is facing the top-200 Canadian, Filip Peliwo
RamK scored a comeback win over Sumit after losing the first set ... RamK won the third set in the tie-break ... Next, he is facing the Egyptian, Mohamed Safwat.
Prajnesh lost in straight sets against the Spanish youngster, may be due to tiredness after going deep in the last two challengers ... Saki conceded the match after losing the first set 6-0 due to a blister on the right foot.

Arjun started with straight sets win over Shyla and Elgin partnering Sanchai Ratiwatana ... Next, they r facing other Ratiwatana and Hsien-Yin Peng.

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At $125K Mumbai Open 2018, India

[R1] Rutuja Bhosale (IND)/ Hiroko Kuwata (JPN) bt Tereza Mrdeza (CRO)/ Ankita Raina (IND) 75 36 11-9
[R1] Luksika Kumkhum (THA)/ Prarthana Thombare (IND) l Shu-Ying Hsieh (TPE)/ Natalija Kostic (SRB) 26 62 7-10

Rutuja and Hiroka started with hard fought win in the match tie-break against Ankita and Tereza ... But Prarthana with Kumkhum lost in the match tie-break against Hsieh and Kostic..

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At $50K+H Eckental Challenger 2018, Germany

[R1] Purav Raja (IND)/ Antonio Sancic (CRO) bt Simone Bolelli (ITA)/ Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) 67(4) 76(6) 10-0

[QF] Purav Raja (IND)/ Antonio Sancic (CRO) vs (2) Hugo Nys (FRA)/ Jonny O'Mara (GBR)

Purav and Sancic started with a tough win against an experienced players, Stakhovsky and Bolelli ... After losing the first set tie-break they needed to dig deep in the second ... After saving match points they won the second set tie-break but then surprisingly dominated the match tie-break, which they won without losing a single point ... Next, they r facing the 2nd seeds Nys and O'Mara.

Tennis News

At $75K+H Shenzhen-2 Challenger 2018, China

[Q3] (2) Sumit Nagal (IND,312) bt (6) Arjun Kadhe (IND,356) 64 76(4)
[Q3] (3) Saketh Myneni (IND,316) bt Sidharth Rawat (IND,623) 63 36 76(5)
[Q3] Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,494) bt Yaraslav Shyla (BLR,567) 64 75

[R1] (3) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,121) vs (Q) Sumit Nagal (IND,311)
[R1] (Q) Saketh Myneni (IND,316) vs Johan Tatlot (FRA,254)
[R1] (Q) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,494) vs (WC) Yibing Wu (CHN,328)

Mukund qualifies for the main draw with straight sets win over Shyla ... He is facing the local youngster in the first round.
Sid stretched Saki in the final qualifying ... Saki completed huffing and puffing victory in the third set tie-break ... Next, he is facing Frenchman Tatlot.
This week also Sumit defeated Arjun to qualify for the main draw ... He is facing RamK in the main draw.

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At $75 Charlottesville Challenger 2018, Virginia, USA

[R1] (1) Leander Paes (IND)/ Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX) vs qualifiers

Leander is traveling all over the world with Miguel ... They r back in the US and playing the Charlottesville Challenger.

Billiard News

At WBL World Open Billiards Championship - Timed 2018, Leeds, England

P.C. to Sourav Kothari FB handle

Final
Sourav Kothari (IND) bt Peter Gilchrist (SIN) (63, 65, 105, 305, 76, 163, 51, 93) 1134 - 944 (83, 216, 63, 110, 59, 79)

[SF] Sourav Kothari (IND) bt David Causier (ENG) (76, 89, 88, 169, 194, 128, 338, 54, 85) 1317 - 1256 (181, 53, 308, 58, 91, 161, 90, 83)
[QF] Sourav Kothari (IND) bt Martin Goodwill (ENG) (53, 98, 210, 378, 52) 933 - 551 (54, 172, 77, 51, 82)
[R2] Sourav Kothari (IND) bt Ryan Mears (ENG) (110, 169, 97) 532 - 375 (53)
[R1] Sourav Kothari (IND) bt Jonathan Marwood (ENG) (196, 59) 480 - 196

Saurav Kothari lifted his first World Billiards Championship beating the multiple times World Champion and a legend Peter Gilchrist in the final ... His one break over 300+ helped him to take the lead, which he maintained with the consistency on the board ... Before that, he fought back from more than 500+ points deficit to beat another ex-World Champion David Causier in well-contested semi-final match ... After falling behind he scored few 100+ breaks including one 338 pts. break.

Golf News

At $10M WGC HSBC Championship 2018, Shanghai, China

T46 Gaganjeet Bhullar (IND) 72 72 81 71 +8 $59,000.00
T69 Shubhankar Sharma (IND) 80 80 72 72 +16 $45,750.00

Shubhankar and Gaganjeet played in the WGC tournament in China ... Shubhankar started with back to back 8-over rounds and that ended his chance of any decent finish ... Gaganjeet scored a couple of PAR round but his third 9-over round ended his chance of the top-25 finish.

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At $2.2M LPGA Taiwan Championship 2018, Taoyuan City, Taiwan (LPGA Tour)

T20 Aditi Ashok (IND) 75 69 73 71 PAR $23,436.00

After 3-over first-round Aditi played consistent rounds to finish inside the top-20.

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At $400K Panasonic Open India 2018, New Delhi, India (Asian Tour)

P.C. to Asian tour site

1 Khalin Joshi (IND) 71 68 64 68 -17 $72,000.00
T3 Ajeetesh Sandhu (IND) 67 67 70 70 -14 $22,600.00
5 Aman Raj (IND) 70 68 68 69 -13 $16,400.00
T6 Kshitij Naveed Kaul (IND) 72 66 70 68 -12 $11,506.00
T10 M Dharma (IND) 70 67 70 71 -10 $6,592.00
T10 Mukesh Kumar (IND) 71 67 72 68 -10 $6,592.00

Khalin Joshi lifted the India Open title with an excellent 4-under final round ... This was his first title on Asian tour ... He won by a stroke but his third round of 8-under put him on course of this victory ... I have posted only the top-10 Indian results.

Tennis News

At $125K+H Brest Challenger 2018, France

Doubles Final
(1) Leander Paes (IND)/ Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX) l Sander Gille (BEL)/ Joran Vliegen (BEL) 63 46 2-10

The Belgian pair proved a better in the final as Lee and Miguel lost the match after winning the first set.

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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament 2018, Nanning, China

P.C. to Virat Kohli Foundation FB page

Singles Final
Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,215) l (4) Xinyun Han (CHN,167) 46 62 46

Karman lost in a close match against Han ... After losing the first set she tried to fight back after winning the second comfortably ... But Han used her experience to pull victory as she played key points better ... Still, a good week for Karman.

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At $125K Mumbai Open 2018, India

[Q2] (3) Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,280) bt Oksana Kalashnikova (GEO,UNR) 63 63
[Q2] (WC) Mahak Jain (IND,658) l (2) Hiroko Kuwata (JPN,272) 36 46

[R1] (Q) Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,280) vs Luksika Kumkhum (THA,102)

Doubles
[R1] Rutuja Bhosale (IND)/ Hiroko Kuwata (JPN) vs Tereza Mrdeza (CRO)/ Ankita Raina (IND)
[R1] (WC) Mahak Jain (IND)/ Mihika Yadav (IND) vs (3) Natela Dzalamidze (RUS)/ Veronika Kudermetova (RUS)
[R1] Luksika Kumkhum (THA)/ Prarthana Thombare (IND) vs Shu-Ying Hsieh (TPE)/ Natalija Kostic (SRB)

Pranjala qualifies for the main draw with a convincing win over Kalashnikova ... In the maindraw, Pranjala is facing Thai the top-100 type girl, Luksika Kumkhum ... Mahak gave decent performance against the top-275 ranked Kuwata in her loss.

The doubles draw is out, again Rutuja and Ankita playing against each other with their respective partners ... Prarthana is playing with Kumkhum ... Mahak is playing with Mihika as a wild-card pair.

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At $75K+H Shenzhen-2 Challenger 2018, China

[Q2] (2) Sumit Nagal (IND,312) bt Xin Gao (CHN,706) 64 62
[Q2] (6) Arjun Kadhe (IND,356) bt Wishaya Trongcharoenchaikul (THA,455) 76(1) 64
[Q2] (3) Saketh Myneni (IND,316) bt Khumoyun Sultanov (UZB,562) 75 62
[Q2] Sidharth Rawat (IND,623) bt Zsombor Piros (HUN,374) 75 75
[Q2] Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,494) bt Matej Sabanov (CRO,1068) 63 75

[Q3] (2) Sumit Nagal (IND,312) vs (6) Arjun Kadhe (IND,356)
[Q3] (3) Saketh Myneni (IND,316) vs Sidharth Rawat (IND,623)
[Q3] Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,494) vs Yaraslav Shyla (BLR,567)

Doubles
[R1] (1) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) vs Aleksandr Nedovyesov (KAZ)/ Mohamed Safwat (EGY)
[R1] Arjun Kadhe (IND)/ Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA) vs Mikhail Elgin (RUS)/ Yaraslav Shyla (BLR)
[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) vs (3) Mao-Xin Gong (CHN)/ Ze Zhang (CHN)

Another good outing for Indians in the Shenzhen-2 Challenger ... Sid scored an impressive win over the top-375 ranked Hungarian ... So, our two players have guaranteed their places in the main-draw ... Saki is facing Sid and Arjun is facing Sumit ... Mukund is also having a chance as he is facing Shyla.

In the doubles, Bala and Jeevan r the top-seeds and they r facing Nedo and Safwat ... Arjun is playing Sanchai Ratiwatana and they r facing Shyla and Elgin ... Saki is playing with RamK and they r having a tough match against the local favorites.

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At $50K+H Eckental Challenger 2018, Germany

[R1] Purav Raja (IND)/ Antonio Sancic (CRO) vs Simone Bolelli (ITA)/ Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR)

Purav keeps playing in Germany with Sancic and they r facing Stakhovsky abd Bolelli in the first round.

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At $15K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2018, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt

[R1] (Q) Vaidehi Chaudhari (IND,UNR) bt (5) Jelena Stojanovic (AUS,767) 63 26 60
[R2] (Q) Vaidehi Chaudhari (IND,UNR) bt (LL) Yu Shan (CHN,UNR) 61 26 63
[QF] (Q) Vaidehi Chaudhari (IND,UNR) bt (3) Linnea Malmqvist (SWE,781) 76(2) 63

[SF] (Q) Vaidehi Chaudhari (IND,UNR) l (1) Anna Morgina (RUS,607) 16 46

Really a good run for Vaidehi Chaudhari as a qualifier ... She scored couple of good wins over the top-800 players before losing in the semis against the top-seed.

Badminton News

At $750K YONEX French Open 2018, Paris, France (HSBC BWF World Tour Super 750)

[SF] Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (IND)/ Chirag Shetty (IND) l (1) Marcus Fernaldi Gideon (INA)/ Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo (INA) 12-21 24-26

Satwik and Chirag's run ended in the semis against the WR #1 Indonesian pair ... After losing the first game easily our pair gave fighting performance in the second ... Both pairs were neck to neck through out the game ... The Indonesian had a match point at 19-20, which our pair saved ... Then, our pair failed to convert a couple of game points at 21-20 and 22-21 ... Our pair saved two more match points but the Indonesian pair converted the 4th one to complete the victory.

Tennis News

At € 2.4M Swiss Indoors 2018, Basel, Switzerland

[SF] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Artem Sitak (NZL) l Alexander Zverev (GER)/ Mischa Zverev (GER) 16 36

Zverev brothers proved too strong for Divij and Artem ... They targeted Divij's serve and succeeded ... Still, good to see Divij reached his first ATP500 semi-final.

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At $50K+H Liuzhou Challenger 2018, China

[SF] (7) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,146) l (1) Radu Albot (MDA,89) 36 36

Prajnesh lost in straight sets against the top-90 player, Radu Albot ... In the first set, Prajnesh was an early break 2-0 up, Radu broke him the 3rd and 5th game to lead 2-3 ... Prajnesh also tried to fight and immediately broke him in the next game, 3-all ... After that Radu proved consistent and Prajnesh struggled with his game as made lots of unforced errors ... Still, another good week for Prajnesh, who has cemented his the top-150 rankings.

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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament 2018, Nanning, China

[SF] Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,215) bt (2) Julia Glushko (ISR,123) 63 63

[F] Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,215) vs (4) Xinyun Han (CHN,167)

Karman is in a terrific form and that she showed her straight sets win over the former top-80 Israeli player, Julia Glushko ... Karman played her powerful style of game and Julia struggled to adjust with that ... After winning the first set Karman was serving for the match at 5-2 ... She lost her serve but immediately broke Julia in the next for a win ... So this is her 2nd $25K final ... In the final, she is facing the current top-75 doubles player and the former top-105 singles ranked Xinyun Han.

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At $125K Mumbai Open 2018, India

[Q1] (3) Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,280) bt (WC) Mihika Yadav (IND,998) 63 60
[Q1] (WC) Mahak Jain (IND,658) bt (6) Yana Sizikova (RUS,374) 36 63 75
[Q1] (WC) Sowjanya Bavisetti (IND,918) l (2) Hiroko Kuwata (JPN,272) 36 16
[Q1] (WC) Ashmitha Easwaramurthi (IND,1167) l (7) Sofia Shapatava (GEO,484) 06 36

[Q2] (3) Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,280) vs Oksana Kalashnikova (GEO,UNR)
[Q2] (WC) Mahak Jain (IND,) vs (2) Hiroko Kuwata (JPN,272)

[R1] Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,215) vs (1) Saisai Zheng (CHN,47)
[R2] Ankita Raina (IND,195) vs (WC) Rutuja Bhosale (IND,368)

A crappy draw for Karman in the Mumbai open ... She is facing the top-50 Chinese girl, Saisai Zheng ... Ankita is facing Rutuja in the first round.

In the qualifying, Mahak Jain scored an excellent upset win over the top-375 Russian Sizikova ... After losing the first set Mahak made a strong comeback to win next two sets ... In the final qualifying, she is facing the top-275 Japanese girl, Hiroko Kuwata, who had an easy match against Sowjanya Bavisetti.
An expected dominating win for Pranjala against Mihika Yadav ... In the final qualifying, she is facing the WR #76 doubles player, Oksana Kalashnikova.

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At $75K+H Shenzhen-2 Challenger 2018, China

[Q1] N. Sriram Balaji (IND,680) l Fajing Sun (CHN,646) 36 46
[Q1] (2) Sumit Nagal (IND,312) bt (WC) Hanyi Liu (CHN,1293) 62 60
[Q1] (6) Arjun Kadhe (IND,356) bt (Alt) Mikhail Elgin (RUS,1142) 76(1) 1-1 retd.
[Q1] (3) Saketh Myneni (IND,316) bt Natthasith Kunsuwan (THA,1316) 64 75
[Q1] Sidharth Rawat (IND,623) bt (WC) Jianhui Li (CHN,1432) 63 63
[Q1] Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,494) bt (4) Emil Ruusuvuori (FIN,318) 67(13) 76(3) 64

[Q2] (2) Sumit Nagal (IND,312) vs Xin Gao (CHN,706)
[Q2] (6) Arjun Kadhe (IND,356) vs Wishaya Trongcharoenchaikul (THA,455)
[Q2] (3) Saketh Myneni (IND,316) vs Khumoyun Sultanov (UZB,562)
[Q2] Sidharth Rawat (IND,623) vs Zsombor Piros (HUN,374)
[Q2] Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,494) vs Matej Sabanov (CRO,1068)

[R1] (3) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,127) vs Qualifier
[R1] (4) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,146) vs Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (ESP,268)

Prajnesh is facing the Spanish youngster, Alejandro Davidovich Fokina and RamK is facing a qualifier in the first round.

In the qualifying, expected results for Indians ... Only Mukund scored a hard-fought upset win over the top-325 Finnish player, Emil Ruusuvuori.

Badminton News

At $750K YONEX French Open 2018, Paris, France (HSBC BWF World Tour Super 750)

[QF] (5) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,6) l (1) Kento Momota (JPN,1) 16-21 19-21

[QF] Saina Nehwal (IND,9) l (1) Tzu Ying Tai (TPE,1) 20-22 11-21
[QF] (3) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,2) l (7) Bingjiao He (CHN,7) 13-21 16-21

[QF] Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (IND)/ Chirag Shetty (IND) bt Manu Attri (IND)/ B. Sumeeth Reddy (IND) 21-17 21-11

[SF] Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (IND)/ Chirag Shetty (IND) vs (1) Marcus Fernaldi Gideon (INA)/ Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo (INA)

Srikanth gave a decent fight to the in-form WR #1 Kento Momota, but lost in straight games.

Saina missed an opportunity against the WR #1 Tzu Ying Tai ... In the first game, Saina opened 12-6 lead which increased to 16-9, but from here Tai started fightback ... Tai reduced lead to 16-15 but still, Saina kept control and had a 4 game points at 20-16 ... Tai won next 6 points in a row for winning this game ... Saina never came out of these missed opportunity and Tai took advantage of it after winning the second game comfortably.

A disappointing loss for Sindhu against Bingjiao He ... Sindhu failed to raise her game against He.

Considering their current form and consistency I was expecting win for Manu and Sumeeth ... But Satwik and Chirag played an excellent match to complete win in straight games little over a half hour ... Next, they r facing the WR #1 Indonesian pair.

Tennis News

At € 2.4M Swiss Indoors 2018, Basel, Switzerland

[QF] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Artem Sitak (NZL) bt (WC) Marc-Andrea Huesler (SUI)/ Sem Verbeek (AUT) 16 76(8) 10-5

[SF] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Artem Sitak (NZL) vs Alexander Zverev (GER)/ Mischa Zverev (GER)

Divij and Artem needed to dig deep to beat the wild-card pairing of Huesler and Verbeek ... After losing the first set they saved the match points in the second set long tie-break ... After that, they dominated the match tie-break ... In the semis, they r facing Sascha and Mischa Zverev.

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At $125K+H Brest Challenger 2018, France

[SF] (1) Leander Paes (IND)/ Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX) bt Simone Bolelli (ITA)/ Daniele Bracciali (ITA) 75 76(5)
[SF] (2) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Austin Krajicek (USA) l Sander Gille (BEL)/ Joran Vliegen (BEL) 26 46

[F] (1) Leander Paes (IND)/ Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX) vs Sander Gille (BEL)/ Joran Vliegen (BEL)

Lee and Miguel scored hard-fought straight sets win over an experienced Italian pairing of Simone Bolelli and Daniele Bracciali ... Next, they r facing Belgian pair, who surprisingly defeated Jeevan and Austin with ease.

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At $50K+H Liuzhou Challenger 2018, China

[QF] (7) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,146) bt (3) Thomas Fabbiano (ITA,106) 67(4) 61 63

[SF] (7) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,146) vs (1) Radu Albot (MDA,89)

Doubles
[SF] (4) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Saketh Myneni (IND) l (2) Mao-Xin Gong (CHN)/ Ze Zhang (CHN) 75 06 5-10

Prajnesh scored an impressive comeback win over the last week's winner Fabbiano ... In the first set, both players exchanged a break, in the tie-break, Fabbiano took a 2-6 lead and Prajnesh saved 3 set points but Fabbiano converted the 4th set point ... From the second set, Fabbiano played a loose game and Prajnesh took full advantage of it ... He comfortably won the second set ... In the decider, both players held their respective service games till the 7th game, in that Prajnesh saved 3 break points in the 7th game ... Prajnesh broke Fabbiano in the 8th game to lead 5-3 and then served big to hold his serve and completing the win ... In the semis, he is facing the top-90 player, Radu Albot.

Bala and Saki lost in the match tie-break after winning the first set against the 2nd seeds Chinese pair.

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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament 2018, Nanning, China

[QF] Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,215) bt (3) Katie Swan (GBR,163) 63 76(4)

[SF] Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,215) vs (2) Julia Glushko (ISR,123)

Doubles
[SF] Katie Swan (GBR)/ Karman Kaur Thandi (IND) l (4) Na Ri Kim (KOR)/ Qiu Yu Ye (CHN) w/o

Karman continues with her terrific run and scored an upset win over the WR #164 Katie Swan in straight sets ... After losing the first set Katie tried hard in the second but Karman kept her composure to win the match after winning the tie-break ... Next, a tough match against the former top-100 Israeli player, Julia Glushko.
In the doubles, Karman and Katie gave a walkover to their opponents.

Wrestling News

At 2018 World Wrestling Championships, Budapest, Hungary

Women's Freestyle 57 kg - Bronze Medal match
Pooja Dhanda (IND) bt Grace Bullen (NOR) 10-7

[Repechage R2] Pooja Dhanda (IND) bt Alyona Kolesnik (AZE) 9-8

[QF] Pooja Dhanda (IND) l Rong Ningning (CHN) 3-4
[R16] Pooja Dhanda (IND) bt Odunayo Adekuoroye (NGR) 7-6
[R32] Pooja Dhanda (IND) bt Olga Khoroshavtseva (RUS) 10-4

Women's Freestyle 50 kg - Bronze Medal match
Ritu Phogat (IND) l Oksana Livach (UKR) 5-10

[Repechage R2] Ritu Phogat (IND) bt Alina Vuc (ROU) 8-8

[QF] Ritu Phogat (IND) l Yui Susaki (JPN) 0-11
[R16] Ritu Phogat (IND) bt Nguyễn Thị Xuân (VIE) 10-0

In Women's Freestyle 57 kg, young Pooja Dhanda won a Bronze beating the Norwegian wrestler, Grace Bullen, in a close bout ... Before that, she won the very close bout against Alyona Kolesnik in the repechage round ... Pooja had a tough draw as she defeated Russian and Nigerian wrestlers in first 2 rounds before losing to eventual Gold medalist Chinese wrestler, Rong Ningning, in the quarters.

Ritu Phogat lost a Bronze medal match to the Ukrainian wrestler, Oksana Livach ... Before that in repechage round, she was 2-8 down against Alina Vuc ... Ritu fought back and won next 6 points to win this match ... In the quarters, she lost against an eventual Gold medalist Yui Susaki.

India wins 1 Silver and 1 Bronze medals in this World Wrestling Championships.

Badminton News

At $750K YONEX French Open 2018, Paris, France (HSBC BWF World Tour Super 750)

[R2] (5) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,6) bt Dong Keun Lee (KOR,29) 12-21 21-16 21-18
[R2] Sai Praneeth B. (IND,26) l Jonatan Christie (INA,13) 16-21 14-21

[R2] Saina Nehwal (IND,11) bt (8) Nozomi Okuhara (JPN,7) 10-21 21-14 21-17
[R2] (3) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,3) bt Sayaka Sato (JPN,17) 21-17 21-16

[R2] Manu Attri (IND)/ B. Sumeeth Reddy (IND) bt (3) Cheng Liu (CHN)/ Nan Zhang (CHN) 21-14 21-16
[R2] Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (IND)/ Chirag Shetty (IND) bt Jiting He (CHN)/ Qiang TAN (CHN) 21-13 21-19

[R2] Jakkampudi Meghana (IND)/ Poorvisha S Ram (IND) l (4) Greysia Polii (INA)/ Apriyani Rahayu (INA) 15-21 13-21

[QF] (5) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,6) vs (1) Kento Momota (JPN,1)

[QF] Saina Nehwal (IND,9) vs (1) Tzu Ying Tai (TPE,1)
[QF] (3) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,2) vs (7) Bingjiao He (CHN,7)

[QF] Manu Attri (IND)/ B. Sumeeth Reddy (IND) vs Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (IND)/ Chirag Shetty (IND)

A good comeback win for Srikanth against the Korean, Dong Keun Lee ... Srikanth lost against him in their previous two meetings ... So here, after losing the first game he fought back to win the next two games ... In the quarters, he is again facing in-form WR #1 Kento Momota.
Sai failed to challenge Jonathan in his straight games loss.

Saina continued with her newfound upper hand against her Japanese opponents ... She scored another comeback win over Okuhara after losing the first game easily ... She is also again facing the WR #1 Tzu Ying Tai.
Sindhu scored straight games win over an experienced Japanese opponent, Sayaka Sato ... Next, she is facing a Chinese challenge of Bingjiao He.

What a day for the Indian doubles ... Our two pairs scored impressive wins over higher ranked Chinese pairs ... Manu and Sumeeth scored a huge win over the WR #5 Chinese pair, Liu and Zhang, in straight games ... Also, Satwik and Chirag defeated WR #16 Chinese pair in straight games to book the quarter-final match against fellow countrymen ... Our both pairs won their matches inside 40 minutes.
Meghana and Poorvisha lost in straight games against the 4th seeds Indonesian pair.

Tennis News

At $125K+H Brest Challenger 2018, France

[QF] (1) Leander Paes (IND)/ Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX) bt (WC) Elliot Benchetrit (FRA)/ Geoffrey Blancaneaux (FRA) 76(3) 61
[QF] (2) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Austin Krajicek (USA) bt Tomislav Brkic (BIH)/ Ante Pavic (CRO) 57 63 10-5

[SF] (1) Leander Paes (IND)/ Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX) vs Simone Bolelli (ITA)/ Daniele Bracciali (ITA)
[SF] (2) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Austin Krajicek (USA) vs Sander Gille (BEL)/ Joran Vliegen (BEL)

Lee and Miguel scored straight sets win over the local French pair ... In the semis, they r having a tricky match against an experienced Italian pairing of Simone Bolelli and Daniele Bracciali.
Jeevan and Austin scored a comeback win after losing the first set against Pavic and Brkic ... Next, they r facing the Belgian pair.

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At $50K+H Liuzhou Challenger 2018, China

[QF] Aleksandr Nedovyesov (KAZ)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) l (1) Cheng Peng Hsieh (TPE)/ Christopher Rungkat (INA) 26 26
[QF] (4) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Saketh Myneni (IND) bt Arjun Kadhe (IND)/ Yaraslav Shyla (BLR) 76(5) 61

[SF] (4) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Saketh Myneni (IND) vs (2) Mao-Xin Gong (CHN)/ Ze Zhang (CHN)

Bala and Saki r in the semis with straight sets win over Arjun and Shyla ... In the semis, they r facing the 2nd seeds Chinese pair.
RamK and Nedo lost easily against the top-seeds pair.

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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament 2018, Nanning, China

[R2] Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,215) bt Yue Yuan (CHN,403) 61 62

[QF] Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,215) vs (3) Katie Swan (GBR,163)

Doubles
[QF] Katie Swan (GBR)/ Karman Kaur Thandi (IND) bt So-Ra Lee (KOR)/ Nudnida Luangnam (THA) 62 61

[SF] Katie Swan (GBR)/ Karman Kaur Thandi (IND) vs (4) Na Ri Kim (KOR)/ Qiu Yu Ye (CHN)

Karman crushed the Chinese challenge of Yue Yuan in the second round ... In the quarters, she is facing her doubles partner Katie Swan
In the doubles, Karman and Katie comfortably defeated Lee and Luangnam ... In the semis, they r facing the 4th seeds Korean and Chinese pair.

Wrestling News

At 2018 World Wrestling Championships, Budapest, Hungary

Women's Freestyle 65 kg - Bronze Medal match
Ritu Malik (IND) l Ayana Gempei (JPN) 3-7

[Repechage R2] Ritu Malik (IND) bt Sofiya Georgieva (BUL) 9-8

[QF] Ritu Malik (IND) l Petra Olli (FIN) 26
[R16] Ritu Malik (IND) bt Ilona Prokopevniuk (UKR) 5-4

In Women's Freestyle 65 kg, Ritu Malik lost a Bronze medal bout against the superior Japanese wrestler, Ayana Gempei ... Ritu lost the quarter-final against the World champion, Petra Olli ... In the repechage, she won the close bout against the Bulgarian wrestler before losing to Gempei..

Tennis News

At € 2.4M Swiss Indoors 2018, Basel, Switzerland

[R1] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Artem Sitak (NZL) bt Matthew Ebden (AUS)/ Daniil Medvedev (RUS) 64 67(3) 10-7

[QF] (4) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Marcel Granollers (ESP) l Dominic Inglot (GBR)/ Franko Skugor (CRO) 62 67(6) 3-10
[QF] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Artem Sitak (NZL) vs (WC) Marc-Andrea Huesler (SUI)/ Sem Verbeek (AUT)

Divij and Artem completed a win in the match tie-break against Ebden and Medvedev ... Next, they r facing the wild-card pairing of Huesler and Verbeek.

A bad loss for Rohan and Marcel ... After winning the first set comfortably they were cruising in the second and were up 4-1 ... From this position, they lost this match in the match tie-break.

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At $125K+H Brest Challenger 2018, France

[R1] (2) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Austin Krajicek (USA) bt Stefano Travaglia (ITA)/ Luca Vanni (ITA) 63 62

[QF] (2) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Austin Krajicek (USA) vs Tomislav Brkic (BIH)/ Ante Pavic (CRO)

Jeevan and Austin scored a comfortable win against the Italian pair ... In the quarters, they r facing Pavic and Brkic.

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At $50K+H Liuzhou Challenger 2018, China

[R2] (7) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,146) bt Mohamed Safwat (EGY,205) 64 64

[QF] (7) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,146) vs (3) Thomas Fabbiano (ITA,106)

Doubles
[R1] Aleksandr Nedovyesov (KAZ)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) bt (WC) Xin Gao (CHN)/ Fajing Sun (CHN)

[QF] Aleksandr Nedovyesov (KAZ)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) vs (1) Cheng Peng Hsieh (TPE)/ Christopher Rungkat (INA)

Prajnesh is in the quarters with another victory over Safwat ... In both sets, Safwat was a break-up but both times Prajnesh roared back to win the sets ... Next, he is facing the last week's winner Fabbiano ... Let's see how Prajnesh performs.

RamK and Nedo won in the match tie-break against a local wild-card pair ... Next, they r facing the top-seeds pair.

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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament 2018, Nanning, China

[R2] Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,215) vs Yue Yuan (CHN,403)

Doubles
[R1] Katie Swan (GBR)/ Karman Kaur Thandi (IND) bt (Alt) Jiahui Chen (CHN)/ Yuqi Sheng (CHN) 46 61 10-5

[QF] Katie Swan (GBR)/ Karman Kaur Thandi (IND) vs So-Ra Lee (KOR)/ Nudnida Luangnam (THA)

In the singles, Karman will be facing Yue Yuan ... In the doubles, Karman and Katie started with a comeback win over the local alternate pair ... Next, they r facing Lee and Luangnam.

Badminton News

At $750K YONEX French Open 2018, Paris, France (HSBC BWF World Tour Super 750)

[R1] (5) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,6) bt Wing Ki Vincent Wong (HKG,22) 21-19 21-13
[R1] Sai Praneeth B. (IND,26) bt Ygor Coelho (BRA,38) 21-13 21-17
[R1] Sameer Verma (IND,23) l Jonatan Christie (INA,13) 21-16 17-21 15-21

[R1] Saina Nehwal (IND,11) bt Saena Kawakami (JPN,37) 21-11 21-11
[R1] (3) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,3) bt Beiwen Zhang (USA,11) 21-17 21-8

[R1] Manu Attri (IND)/ B. Sumeeth Reddy (IND) bt Min Hyuk Kang (KOR)/ Won Ho Kim (KOR) 21-18 21-17
[R1] Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (IND)/ Chirag Shetty (IND) bt Jones Ralfy Jansen (GER)/ Josche Zurwonne (GER) 21-13 21-15
[R1] Arjun M.R. (IND)/ Ramchandran Shlok (IND) l (2) Junhui Li (CHN)/ Yuchen Liu (CHN) 14-21 17-21

[R1] Jakkampudi Meghana (IND)/ Poorvisha S Ram (IND) bt Lise Jaques (BEL)/ Flore Vandenhoucke (BEL) 21-12 21-12

[R1] Rohan Kapoor (IND)/ Kuhoo Garg (IND) l (1) Siwei Zheng (CHN)/ Yaqiong Huang (CHN) 5-21 10-21
[R1] Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) l Chris AdCock (ENG)/ Gabrielle AdCock (ENG) 22-24 21-18 19-21

[R2] (5) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,6) vs Dong Keun Lee (KOR,29)
[R2] Sai Praneeth B. (IND,26) vs Jonatan Christie (INA,13)

[R2] Saina Nehwal (IND,11) vs (8) Nozomi Okuhara (JPN,7)
[R2] (3) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,3) vs Sayaka Sato (JPN,17)

[R2] Manu Attri (IND)/ B. Sumeeth Reddy (IND) vs (3) Cheng Liu (CHN)/ Nan Zhang (CHN)
[R2] Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (IND)/ Chirag Shetty (IND) vs Jiting He (CHN)/ Qiang TAN (CHN)

[R2] Jakkampudi Meghana (IND)/ Poorvisha S Ram (IND) vs (4) Greysia Polii (INA)/ Apriyani Rahayu (INA)

Sindhu took a revenge of her last week's loss against Zhang ... After winning the first game Sindhu dominated the second ... Next, she is facing Sayaka Sato.
A comfortable win for Saina against Kawakami ... Next, she is facing Okuhara.
Srikanth and Sai started with straight games wins ... Next, Srikanth is facing Korean Dong Keun Lee and Sai is facing Jonatan Christie ... This week, Sameer failed to repeat the last week's winning performance against Christie ... He lost after winning the first game.

Manu-Sumeeth and Satwik-Chirag started with a win ... Next, both pairs r facing the Chinese pairs ... Arjun and Shlok played a decent match against the WR #2 Chinese pair.
Meghana and Poorvisha scored a dominating win over the Belgian pair ... Next, they r facing the 4th seeds Indonesian pair.
In MXD, Satwik-Ashwini lost a close match in 80 mins against AdCocks and the Chinese WR #1 pair proved too strong to Rohan-Kuhoo.