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At $54K+H Milan Challenger 2019, Italy

[SF] (8) Sumit Nagal (IND,224) l Danilo Petrovic (SRB,285) 57 26

Sumit lost his fifth semi-final of this season ... He failed to put pressure on a Serbian big-serving giant ... In the first set, Sumit tried to match Petrovic but he struggled with his serve ... Petrovic returning game was better and he dominated the second set ... Still, this semi-final appearance will push Sumit's ranking to his career best.

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At Wimbledon 2019, London, Great Britain

[R1] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,94) vs (15) Milos Raonic (CAN,17)

Doubles
[R1] Marcelo Demoliner (BRA)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs (13) Kevin Krawietz (GER)/ Andreas Mies (GER)
[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Pablo Cuevas (URU) vs Marcus Daniell (NZL)/ Wesley Koolhof (NED)
[R1] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Lleyton Hewitt (AUS)/ Jordan Thompson (AUS)
[R1] Leander Paes (IND)/ Benoit Paire (FRA) vs Alexander Bublik (KAZ)/ Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ)

A tough match for Prajnesh, but Milos Raonic also coming out of long injury break ... He missed all clay season and played last 2 weeks on the grass ... He had good results, with wins over Tsonga and Cecchinato ... If Prajnesh manages to take Raonic to the 5th set then anything can happen considering Raonic's fitness issue ... A tall ask from me.

The doubles draw is out ... Tough matches for Divij, Jeevan and Purav ... Divij and Marcelo r facing a current French Open champions German pairing of Kevin Krawietz and Andreas Mies ... Purav and Jeevan r facing an Aussie pairing of Lleyton Hewitt and Jordan Thompson ... Rohan and Pablo r facing a pairing of Marcus Daniell and Wesley Koolhof ... Lee and Benoit r facing the Kazakh pair.

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At $54K+H Milan Challenger 2019, Italy

[QF] (8) Sumit Nagal (IND,224) bt Aslan Karatsev (RUS,343) 64 76(4)

[SF] (8) Sumit Nagal (IND,224) vs Danilo Petrovic (SRB,285)

A tight two sets win for Sumit against Aslan ... Sumit won the first set, he was a break up at 4-1 but Aslan broke back to make it 4-all ... Sumit again broke him in the 10th game for winning the set ... In the second set, Sumit was a break down at 2-3 but he broke Aslan in the 6th game for 3-all ... Sumit again got broken in the 7th game and he fought back from 3-5 down ... He broke Aslan in the 10th game, when he was serving for the set, to make it 5-all ... Both players held their respective service games to take into the tie-break ... Sumit played control game for completing the win in two sets after comfortably winning the tie-break ... In the semis, Sumit is facing a Serbian giant, Danilo Petrovic.

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At $54K+H Milan Challenger 2019, Italy

[R3] (8) Sumit Nagal (IND,224) bt Martin Cuevas (URU,329) 63 2-1 retd.

[QF] (8) Sumit Nagal (IND,224) vs Aslan Karatsev (RUS,343)

Sumit comfortably moves into the quarters as Martin Cuevas retired in the middle of the second set after losing the first set ... Next, he is facing a Russian Karatsev.

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At Wimbledon 2019, London, Great Britain

[Q2] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,154) l (11) Kamil Majchrzak (POL,111) 67(5) 36

[Q2] Ankita Raina (IND,171) l (WC) Sabine Lisicki (GER,283) 16 67(4)

Ram lost in straight sets against the higher-ranked Majchrzak ... Ram stretched Majchrzak to the first set tie-break but after losing it he failed to keep the same level of play.
After losing the first set easily Ankita gave fighting performance in the second against the former Wimbledon finalist ... Ankita was break up and serving for the set at 5-3, but she failed to hold her serve ... Lisicki completed the victory after winning the tie-break.

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At € 507K Turkish Airlines Open 2019, Antalya, Turkey

[QF] Leander Paes (IND)/ Benoit Paire (FRA) l (4) Roman Jebavy (CZE)/ Philipp Oswald (AUT) 67(11) 46
[QF] (2) Marcelo Demoliner (BRA)/ Divij Sharan (IND) l Denys Molchanov (UKR)/ Igor Zelenay (SVK) 26 57

The 2nd seed Divij and Marcelo lost in straight sets against Molchanov and Zelenay.
Lee and Benoit also lost in straight sets against the 4th seeds ... They missed 6 set points in the long tie-break and Oswald-Jebavy took a crucial break on Lee's serve in the 9th game of the 2nd set.

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At € 745K Nature Valley International 2019, Eastbourne, Great Britain

[QF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Pablo Cuevas (URU) l (2) Maximo Gonzalez (ARG)/ Horacio Zeballos (ARG) 36 36

Rohan and Pablo failed to challenge their 2nd seed Argentine opponents in straight sets loss.

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At Wimbledon 2019, London, Great Britain

[Q1] Ankita Raina (IND,171) bt Cagla Buyukakcay (TUR,247) 64 63

[Q2] Ankita Raina (IND,171) vs (WC) Sabine Lisicki (GER,283)

Ankita starts with straight sets win over Buyukakcay ... Ankita gave a clinical performance in her win and will face the former Wimbledon finalist, Sabine Lisicki.

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At € 507K Turkish Airlines Open 2019, Antalya, Turkey

[R2] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,94) l Lorenzo Sonego (ITA,75) 76(3) 06 57

Doubles
[R1] Leander Paes (IND)/ Benoit Paire (FRA) bt Sander Arends (NED)/ Matwe Middelkoop (NED) 63 64

[QF] Leander Paes (IND)/ Benoit Paire (FRA) vs (4) Roman Jebavy (CZE)/ Philipp Oswald (AUT)
[QF] (2) Marcelo Demoliner (BRA)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs Denys Molchanov (UKR)/ Igor Zelenay (SVK)

Prajnesh lost in the second round against Sonego ... I would say this loss was, the blessing in disguise before Wimbledon, as he is recovering from 2 months long injury ... Prajnesh won the first set in the tie-break, Sonego bageled him in the second losing only 3 points ... In the third set, both players held their service games till 10th game ... Prajnesh lost his serve in the 11th game and Sonego held his serve in the 12th for a win.

In the doubles, Lee and Benoit start their campaign with straight sets win over a Dutch pair ... Next, they r facing the 4th seed Jebavy and Oswald ... Divij and Marcelo r facing Zelenay and Molchanov.

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At € 745K Nature Valley International 2019, Eastbourne, Great Britain

[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Pablo Cuevas (URU) bt Marco Cecchinato (ITA)/ Dusan Lajovic (SRB) 62 75

[QF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Pablo Cuevas (URU) vs (2) Maximo Gonzalez (ARG)/ Horacio Zeballos (ARG)

The reunited pairing of Rohan and Cuevas started with straight sets win over Lajovic and Cecchinato ... Next, they r facing the 2nd seed Argentine pair.

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At $54K+H Milan Challenger 2019, Italy

[R2] (8) Sumit Nagal (IND,224) bt Laurynas Grigelis (LTU,293) 62 63

[R3] (8) Sumit Nagal (IND,224) vs Martin Cuevas (URU,329)

Sumit enters into the third round with an easy straight sets win over Grigelis ... Next, he is facing Martin Cuevas.

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At Wimbledon 2019, London, Great Britain

[Q1] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,154) bt Lukas Lacko (SLO,144) 63 62
[Q1] Saketh Myneni (IND,249) l Guillermo Garcia Lopez (ESP,152) 46 64 57

[Q1] Ankita Raina (IND,171) vs Cagla Buyukakcay (TUR,247)

[Q2] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,154) vs (11) Kamil Majchrzak (POL,111)

Ram scored a comfortable win over a similar ranked Lacko ... This year, Lacko had good results on the grass but Ram played well ... In the second qualifying, he is facing a Polish youngster, Kamil Majchrzak.
Saki lost in a close match against a veteran Spaniard, Guillermo Garcia Lopez ... After losing the first set Saki fought back to win the second ... In the third set, both players tried but Lopez managed to win.
In the women's qualifying, Ankita is facing a Turkish girl, Cagla Buyukakcay.

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At € 507K Turkish Airlines Open 2019, Antalya, Turkey

[R1] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,94) bt (PR) Janko Tipsarevic (SRB,286) 60 76(6)

[R2] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,94) vs Lorenzo Sonego (ITA,75)

Doubles
[R1] (2) Marcelo Demoliner (BRA)/ Divij Sharan (IND) bt (WC) Tuna Altuna (TUR)/ Cem Ilkel (TUR) 75 62

Prajnesh scored straight sets win over the former top-10 Tipsarevic ... After winning the first set easily Prajnesh failed a challenge in the second, but he won the close tie-break for completing victory ... Next, he is facing an Italian youngster, Sonego.

An expected winning start for Divij and Marcelo against a local pair.

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At the FIH Hockey Series Final 2019, Hiroshima, Japan

Final
India bt Japan 3-1 (1-1)
Goal Scorers - Rani Rampal (IND) 3', Gurjit Kaur (IND) 45' PC and 60' PC and Kanon Mori (JPN) 11'

The Indian women overcame a stiff challenge from the Asian champions to lift the title ... Rani gave a perfect start after scoring in the 3rd minute, the Japanese team equalized in the first half through Kanon Mori ... After that, both teams failed to score in the next 30 minutes ... Gurjit gave a lead through the penalty corner at the end of the third quarter ... She scored another in the last minute of the game, which gave us hard-fought win over the Japanese women.

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At Wimbledon 2019, London, Great Britain

Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Pablo Cuevas (URU)
Marcelo Demoliner (BRA)/ Divij Sharan (IND)
Leander Paes (IND)/ Benoit Paire (FRA)
Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND)

The doubles direct entries r announced ... Purav and Jeevan r the last pair to make as a direct entry ... Lee is playing with Benoit Paire and Rohan is back with Pablo Cuevas.

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At € 507K Turkish Airlines Open 2019, Antalya, Turkey

[Q1] (8) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,281) l Roberto Ortega-Olmedo (ESP,283) 26 16

[R1] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,95) vs (PR) Janko Tipsarevic (SRB,289)

Doubles
[R1] Leander Paes (IND)/ Benoit Paire (FRA) vs Sander Arends (NED)/ Matwe Middelkoop (NED)
[R1] (2) Marcelo Demoliner (BRA)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs (WC) Tuna Altuna (TUR)/ Cem Ilkel (TUR)

Mukund had a bad loss against a similar ranked Ortega-Olmedo.

Prajnesh is playing in Turkey and facing the former top-10 Tipsarevic ... In the doubles, Divij and Marcelo r the 2nd seed and facing a local pair ... Lee is playing with Benoit and they r facing a Dutch pair.

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At € 745K Nature Valley International 2019, Eastbourne, Great Britain

[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Pablo Cuevas (URU) vs Marco Cecchinato (ITA)/ Dusan Lajovic (SRB)

Rohan is playing with Cuevas and they r facing a pairing of Cecchinato and Lajovic.

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At €137K+H Ilkley Challenger 2019, Great Britain

Doubles Final
(2) Marcus Daniell (NZL)/ Leander Paes (IND) l (1) Santiago Gonzalez (MEX)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) 36 46

Lee and Marcus lost in straight sets in the Ilkley Challenger final against Aisam and Santiago.

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At € 69K+H Bratislava Challenger 2019, Slovakia

[SF] (16) Sumit Nagal (IND,251) l (8) Norbert Gombos (SVK,202) 16 64 26

Sumit's terrific run ended in the semis against Norbert ... After losing the first set easily Sumit tried fightback and won the second set ... But Norbert overpowered him in the third ... Still another good week for Sumit.

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At $54K+H Milan Challenger 2019, Italy

[R1] (8) Sumit Nagal (IND,251) bye

Next week, Sumit is having a bye as a seeded player in the Milan Challenger.

Hockey News

At the FIH Hockey Series Final 2019, Hiroshima, Japan

Semi Finals
India bt Chile 4-2 (1-1)
Goal Scorers - Gurjit Kaur (IND) 22' PC and 37' PC, Navneet Kaur (IND) 31', Rani Rampal (IND) 57' and Carolina Garcia (CHI) 18', Manuela Urroz (CHI) 43'

The Indian women’s hockey team confirmed their place in the final round of Tokyo Olympic qualifiers after beating lower-ranked Chile 4-2 in the semifinals of FIH Series Finals ... The Chile women team gave a surprisingly tough fight to the Indians ... The Chilean women took a lead in the 18th minutes but our women managed parity within five minutes ... In the third quarter, we scored 2 goals but the Chilean scored their 2nd goal late in the quarter ... Rani scored the fourth goal for India to avoid any tense end ... In the final, they r facing a host Japan.

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At €137K+H Ilkley Challenger 2019, Great Britain

[SF] (2) Marcus Daniell (NZL)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt (4) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) 63 76(4)

[F] (2) Marcus Daniell (NZL)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs (1) Santiago Gonzalez (MEX)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK)

Lee and Marcus r in the final with a straight-sets win over Jeevan and Purav ... In the final, they r facing the top-seeds.

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At € 69K+H Bratislava Challenger 2019, Slovakia

[QF] (16) Sumit Nagal (IND,251) bt (5) Andrej Martin (SLO,126) 64 62

[SF] (16) Sumit Nagal (IND,251) vs (8) Norbert Gombos (SVK,202)

Sumit is in the semis with another exciting win over an in-form Martin in straight sets, who had a good clay court season with a couple of title on the Challengers ... In the first set, Sumit didn't face a single break point and converted an opportunity on Martin's serve for winning the set ... In the second set, both players exchanged break but Sumit was in the control ... He completed win breaking Martin 3rd time while he was serving for staying in the set ... With this dominating win, Sumit has booked his place for the US qualifying ... Next, he is facing another Slovakian Norbert Gombos.

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At €137K+H Ilkley Challenger 2019, Great Britain

[QF] (4) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt Sander Arends (NED)/ David Pel (NED) 64 26 10-4
[QF] (2) Marcus Daniell (NZL)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt Matt Reid (AUS)/ John-Patrick Smith (AUS) 67(4) 76(3) 10-7

Jeevan and Purav r in the semis and will face Lee and Marcus ... They defeated a Dutch pair in the match tie-break.
Lee and Marcus scored a hard-fought comeback win over a tricky Aussie pair in the match tie-break.

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At € 69K+H Bratislava Challenger 2019, Slovakia

[R3] (16) Sumit Nagal (IND,251) bt (1) Martin Klizan (SVK,56) 16 61 76(3)

[QF] (16) Sumit Nagal (IND,251) vs (5) Andrej Martin (SLO,126)

Sumit scores his biggest career win and first top-100 win ... He made a superb comeback to beat a WR #56 and a local favorite Martin Klizan ... In the first set, Sumit failed to hold his serve, he broke Klizan's serve once but got broken 4 times to lose the set ... Sumit made an excellent comeback in the second set ... After losing the 1st game he won next 6 games to win the set, breaking Klizan in the 3rd, 5th, and 7th games ... In the third set, he lost his serve in the 3rd game, 1-2, but broke Klizan in the next game, 2-all ... After that, both players held their respective service games ... Sumit controlled the tie-break from the start and completed an excellent win after winning it comfortably ... Next, he is facing an in-form Andrej Martin.

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At $54K+H Fergana Challenger 2019, Uzbekistan

[QF] Arjun Kadhe (IND)/ N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) l (2) Nikola Cacic (SRB)/ Tsung-Hua Yang (TPE) 57 36

Arjun and VSP lost in straight sets against the 2nd seeds.

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At €137K+H Ilkley Challenger 2019, Great Britain

[R1] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Jamie Cerretani (USA) l Marius Copil (ROU)/ Ugo Humbert (FRA) 16 57
[R1] (2) Marcus Daniell (NZL)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt (WC) Jan Choinski (GBR)/ Evan Hoyt (GBR) 62 36 10-7

[QF] (4) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Sander Arends (NED)/ David Pel (NED)
[QF] (2) Marcus Daniell (NZL)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs Matt Reid (AUS)/ John-Patrick Smith (AUS)

Lee and Marcus required a match tie-break for completing win against a local wild card pair ... Next, they r facing an Aussie pairing of Reid and Smith.
But bad loss for Bala with Cerretani against Humbert and Copil.

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At € 69K+H Bratislava Challenger 2019, Slovakia

[R2] (16) Sumit Nagal (IND,251) bt Gerard Granollers (ESP,445) 63 61

[R3] (16) Sumit Nagal (IND,251) vs (1) Martin Klizan (SVK,56)

Sumit scored a comfortable win over his Spanish opponent ... Next, he is having a tough match against the top-60 local player, Martin Klizan.

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At $54K+H Fergana Challenger 2019, Uzbekistan

[R2] Sidharth Rawat (IND,492) l (7) Pavel Kotov (RUS,286) 46 36

Doubles
[R1] Arjun Kadhe (IND)/ N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) bt Pavel Kotov (RUS)/ Alexander Pavlioutchenkov (RUS) 62 76(2)

[QF] Arjun Kadhe (IND)/ N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) vs (2) Nikola Cacic (SRB)/ Tsung-Hua Yang (TPE)

Sid lost in the second round against Kotov.

Arjun and VSP started with straight sets win over their Russian opponents ... Next, they r facing the 2nd seeds Cacic and Yang.

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At € 2.2M Halle Open 2019, Germany

[R1] (Q) Marcelo Demoliner (BRA)/ Divij Sharan (IND) l Oliver Marach (AUT)/ Jurgen Melzer (AUT) 57 67(5)

A very close loss in straight sets for Divij and Marcelo against an experienced Austrian pair.

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At €137K+H Ilkley Challenger 2019, Great Britain

[R1] (4) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt (WC) Liam Broady (GBR)/ Scott Clayton (GBR) 76(6) 63

Jeevan and Purav scored their first win in the grass court season against a British pair ... Next, they r facing the Dutch pair.

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At $54K+H Fergana Challenger 2019, Uzbekistan

[R1] Sidharth Rawat (IND,492)< bt Vladyslav Manafov (UKR,527) 76(2) 62

[R2] (5) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,282) l Altug Celikbilek (TUR,480) 63 67(2) 26
[R2] Sidharth Rawat (IND,492) vs (7) Pavel Kotov (RUS,286)

Sid is in the second round with a win over Manafov in straight sets ... Next, he is facing the top-300 Russian, Pavel Kotov.

Mukund had a surprising loss against a lowly-ranked Celikbilek ... Mukund won the first set but failed to capitalize on that ... He lost the second set in the tie-break and after that, it was a downfall for him.

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At the FIH Hockey Series Final 2019, Hiroshima, Japan

Pool A
India bt Fiji 11-0 (8-0)
Goal Scorers - Lalremsiami (IND) 4', Rani Rampal (IND) 10' PC, Monika (IND) 11' and 33', Vandana Katariya (IND) 12', Gurjant Kaur (IND) 15' PC, 19' PC, 21' PC and 22' PC, Lilima Minz (IND) 51', Navneet Kaur (IND) 57'

A dominating performance by Indian girls against lowly-ranked Fijian girls to qualify for the semis ... The stats show the dominance, Fiji managed only one circle entry in the entire 60 minutes, other hand Indians made 74 entries into the opposition’s striking area ... In the first half, we scored 8 goals but in the second half, our conversion rate was low.

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At $54K+H Fergana Challenger 2019, Uzbekistan

[R1] Arjun Kadhe (IND,401) l Khumoyun Sultanov (UZB,433) 26 46
[R1] (Alt) N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,610) l Altug Celikbilek (TUR,480) 36 46

[R2] (5) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,282) vs Altug Celikbilek (TUR,480)

Arjun's struggle continues as he lost in straight sets against a lower ranked Uzbek opponent ... VSP also lost in straight sets against Celikbilek ... Mukund will be facing Celikbilek in the second round.

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At $2M Meijer LPGA Classic 2019, Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.A.

T36 Aditi Ashok (IND) 71 65 74 70 -8 $11,689

The third round cost Aditi for a strong finish in the Meijer LPGA Classic.

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At 119th U.S. Open Championship 2019, Pebble Beach, California

----------- Cut @ +2 ----------
Anirban Lahiri (IND) 74 77 +9

Anirban failed to make a cut and his struggle in the U.S. Open continues.

Archery News

At the 2019 Hyundai World Archery Championships, s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands

P.C. to OGQ India twitter handle

Recurve Men’s Team Final
India l China 2-6 (53-53, 51-58, 56-56, 52-57

Indian Men's Recurve Archery Team of Atanu Das, Pravin Jadhav & Tarundeep Rai won the Silver medal at the 2019 Archery World Championships ... The last time Indian men's team had won a medal at World Championships was a Silver in 2005 ... In the final, our archers struggled against the young Chinese archers in the windy condition.

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At the FIH Hockey Series Final 2019, Hiroshima, Japan

Pool A
India bt Poland 5-0 (3-0)
Goal Scorers - Jyoti (IND) 21', Vandana Katariya (IND) 26' PC, Gurjant Kaur (IND) 28' PC and 35' PS, Navneet Kaur (IND) 56'

A comfortable win for Indian women ... They started slowly but afterward control the match ... Gurjant scored a brace to give Indians a dominating win.

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At € 754K Mercedes Cup 2019, Stuttgart, Germany (Grass)

Doubles Final
Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Denis Shapovalov (CAN) l (1) John Peers (AUS)/ Bruno Soares (BRA) 57 36

Rohan and Shapo lose the final against the top-seed Peers and Soares ... Still, a good week for Rohan.

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At € 2.2M Halle Open 2019, Germany

[Q2] (1) Marcelo Demoliner (BRA)/ Divij Sharan (IND) bt (2) Matthew Ebden (AUS)/ Denis Kudla (USA) 64 64

[R1] (Q) Marcelo Demoliner (BRA)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs Oliver Marach (AUT)/ Jurgen Melzer (AUT)

A straight sets win for Divij and Marcelo against Ebden and Kudla ... In the main draw, they r facing an experienced Austrian pair.

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At $1M Nature Valley Classic 2019, Birmingham, Great Britain (Grass)

[Q1] Ankita Raina (IND,173) l (3) Jessica Pegula (USA,75) 16 06

Not a good preparation for Wimbledon qualifying for Ankita.

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At €137K+H Nottingham Challenger 2019, Great Britain

[SF] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Jamie Cerretani (USA) l (1) Santiago Gonzalez (MEX)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) 64 16 7-10

Bala and Cerretani gave a decent fighting performance against the top-seeds, Aisam and Santiago.

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At €137K+H Ilkley Challenger 2019, Great Britain

[R1] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Jamie Cerretani (USA) vs Marius Copil (ROU)/ Ugo Humbert (FRA)
[R1] (4) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs (WC) Liam Broady (GBR)/ Scott Clayton (GBR)
[R1] (2) Marcus Daniell (NZL)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs (WC) Jan Choinski (GBR)/ Evan Hoyt (GBR)

Our no players in the singles ... In the doubles, Lee is the 2nd seed with Marcus Daniell and they r facing a local pair ... Jeevan and Purav r the 4th seed and they r also facing a local pair ... Bala is again playing with Cerretani and they r facing Copil and Humbert.

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At € 69K+H Bratislava Challenger 2019, Slovakia

[R1] (16) Sumit Nagal (IND,272) bye

Sumit is playing in Slovakia and receives a bye as a seeded player.

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At $54K+H Fergana Challenger 2019, Uzbekistan

[R1] Sidharth Rawat (IND,492) vs Vladyslav Manafov (UKR,527)
[R1] Arjun Kadhe (IND,401) vs Khumoyun Sultanov (UZB,433)
[R1] (5) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,282) bye
[R1] (Alt) N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,610) vs Altug Celikbilek (TUR,480)

Doubles
[R1] Arjun Kadhe (IND)/ N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) vs Pavel Kotov (RUS)/ Alexander Pavlioutchenkov (RUS)

Our lot of players r playing in the Uzbek challenger.

Hockey News

At the FIH Hockey Series Final 2019, Bhubaneswar, India

Final
India bt South Africa 5-1 (3-0)
Goal Scorers - Varun Kumar (IND) 2' PC and 49' PC, Harmanpreet Singh (IND) 11' PC and 25' PS, Vivek Sagar Prasad (IND) 35' and Richard Pautz (RSA) 53' PC

As expected the Indians completed dominant performance in this tournament and wins the title ... They were untested in this 8-nations tournament ... In the final, they converted 3 of 5 penalty corners ... We need a lot of improvement in our performance like; the goal scoring ability of our forwarders, the sloppy defending and getting basic right.

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At the FIH Hockey Series Final 2019, Hiroshima, Japan

Pool A
India bt Uruguay 4-1 (2-0)
Goal Scorers - Rani Rampal (IND) 10', Gurjant Kaur (IND) 21' PC, Jyoti (IND) 40', Lalremsiami (IND) 56' and Maria Teresa Viana Ache (URU) 51'

Indian women started their campaign with a comfortable win over the Uruguayan girls ... The South American team pressed hard but our players held them and completed the win in a good game.