Tennis News

At $162.5K+H Jinan Challenger 2019, China

[R2] (1) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,89) bt (Q) Renta Tokuda (JPN,471) 62 62

[R3] (1) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,89) vs Tung-Lin Wu (TPE,269)

Doubles
[R1] (3) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Saketh Myneni (IND) bt Shintaro Imai (JPN)/ Toshihide Matsui (JPN) 64 63
[R1] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) l Hiroki Moriya (JPN)/ Goncalo Oliveira (POR) 63 67(2) 7-10

[QF] (3) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Saketh Myneni (IND) vs Hiroki Moriya (JPN)/ Goncalo Oliveira (POR)

Prajnesh started with a confident win over a Japanese qualifier ... Next, he is facing Tung-Lin Wu.

Saki was on the court for the doubles match ... He and Jeevan started with a straight-sets win over their Japanese opponents ... Next, they r facing Oliveira and Moriya, who scored an upset win over Bala and Vishnu in their previous match.

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At €46K+H Cassis Challenger 2019, France

[R2] (12) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,177) l Daniel Masur (GER,318) 36 26

Another disappointing loss for Ram against the 300+ ranked Daniel Masur.

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At $60K ITF Women's Tournament 2019, Changsha, China

[R1] Rutuja Bhosale (IND,452) bt (Q) Meiqi Guo (CHN,523) 64 36 63

[R2] Rutuja Bhosale (IND,452) vs (1) Nina Stojanovic (SRB,165)

Doubles
[R1] Jessy Rompies (INA)/ Prarthana G. Thombare (IND) bt Mei Xu Wu (CHN)/ Wushuang Zheng (CHN) 46 62 10-6
[R1] (2) Rutuja Bhosale (IND)/ Erika Sema (JPN) bt Ziyue Sun (CHN)/ Qianqian Zhao (CHN) 64 63

[QF] Jessy Rompies (INA)/ Prarthana G. Thombare (IND) vs (4) Hanyu Guo (CHN)/ Aldila Sutjiadi (INA)
[QF] (2) Rutuja Bhosale (IND)/ Erika Sema (JPN) bt Fatma Al Nabhani (OMA)/ Angelina Gabueva (RUS) w/o

This week also Rutuja is playing in China ... She started with 3 sets win over a Chinese qualifier ... Next, she is having a tough match against the top-seed Nina Stojanovic.

In the doubles, Rutuja is the 2nd seed with Erika Sema ... They r in the semis as after winning the first round they received a walkover in the quarters ... Prarthana is playing with Jessy Rompies and they started with a comeback win ... Next, they r facing the 4th seed pair.

Tennis News

At $162.5K+H Jinan Challenger 2019, China

[R1] Sasikumar Mukund (IND,285) l Shuichi Sekiguchi (JPN,304) 36 36

[R2] (1) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,89) vs (Q) Renta Tokuda (JPN,471)

Doubles
[R1] (1) Matthew Ebden (AUS)/ Divij Sharan (IND) bt Steven Diez (CAN)/ Enrique Lopez Perez (ESP) 62 67(6) 11-9

[QF] (1) Matthew Ebden (AUS)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs Pedja Krstin (SRB)/ Akira Santillan (AUS)

Mukund lost in straight sets against Sekiguchi in the first round ... Saki withdrew from the singles ... Prajnesh is facing a Japanese qualifier in the second round.

The top-seed Divij and Matthew Ebden started with a hard-fought win over Diez and Lopez Perez in the match tie-break ... Next, they r facing Pedja Krstin and Akira Santillan.

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At €46K+H Cassis Challenger 2019, France

[R2] (12) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,177) vs Daniel Masur (GER,318)

Doubles
[R1] Evgeny Karlovskiy (RUS)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) bt (4) Ivan Sabanov (CRO)/ Matej Sabanov (CRO) 64 61

[QF] Evgeny Karlovskiy (RUS)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) vs Quentin Halys (FRA)/ Tristan Lamasine (FRA)

Ram faces a German, Daniel Masur in the second round.
In the doubles, he and Karlovskiy started with a dominating upset win over the seeded Sabanov twins ... Next, they r facing a French pair.

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At €137.5K+H Genova Challenger 2019, Italy

[R1] Rameez Junaid (AUS)/ Purav Raja (IND) l Attila Balazs (HUN)/ Fernando Romboli (BRA) 67(2) 67(3)

Purav and Rameez lost in the two tie-breaks against Balazs and Romboli in the first round.

Shooting News

At ISSF World Cup Rifle / Pistol 2019, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

P.C. to Kamesh Srinivasan FB Page

10m Air Pistol Mixed Team
Gold - Manu Bhaker (IND)/ Saurabh Chaudhary (IND)
Silver - Yashaswini Singh Deswal (IND)/ Abhishek Verma (IND)
Bronze - Ranxin Jiang (CHN)/ Wei Pang (CHN)

10m Air Pistol Mixed Team - Gold medal match
Manu Bhaker (IND 2)/ Saurabh Chaudhary (IND 2) bt Yashaswini Singh Deswal (IND 1)/ Abhishek Verma (IND 1) 17-15

P.C. to Kamesh Srinivasan FB Page

10m Air Rifle Mixed Team
Gold - Apurvi Chandela (IND)/ Deepak Kumar (IND)
Silver - Qian Yang (CHN)/ Haonan Yu (CHN)
Bronze - Anjum Moudgil (IND)/ Divyansh Singh Panwar (IND)

10m Air Rifle Mixed Team - Gold medal match
Apurvi Chandela (IND 1)/ Deepak Kumar (IND 1) bt Qian Yang (CHN 1)/ Haonan Yu (CHN 1) 16-6

10m Air Rifle Mixed Team - Bronze medal match
Anjum Moudgil (IND 2)/ Divyansh Singh Panwar (IND 2) bt Eszter Meszaros (HUN 1)/ Peter Sidi (HUN 1) 16-10

As expected, Indian shooters lifted both gold medals in the 10m Air pistol and the 10m Air rifle mixed team events ... Manu and Saurabh won their 4th consecutive mixed team gold medal in the 10th Air rifle mixed team event ... They defeated their compatriots Yashaswini and Abhishek in a close match ... Apurvi with Deepak Kumar won gold beating the Chinese pair comfortably ... Our second pair, Anjum and Divyansh Singh won bronze beating the Hungarian pair.

Another strong finish by Indian Rifle and Pistol shooters in this last World Cup of 2019 ... We topped the standing with a dominating show and won 5 gold, 2 silver, and 2 bronze medals.

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At 1.3M Cambia Portland Classic 2019, Portland, Oregon

T57 Aditi Ashok (IND) 70 70 73 72 -3 $3,423

Aditi had a so-so tournament as she finished below-50 in the final standing.

Tennis News

At €137.5K+H Genova Challenger 2019, Italy

[R1] Sumit Nagal (IND,190) l (WC) Giulio Zeppieri (ITA,470) 16 57

Sumit faced a tough loss after his terrific US Open performance ... He lost in a straight-sets against an Italian junior player, Zeppieri.

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At €46K+H Cassis Challenger 2019, France

[R1] (12) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,177) bye

Doubles
[R1] Evgeny Karlovskiy (RUS)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) vs (4) Ivan Sabanov (CRO)/ Matej Sabanov (CRO)

Ram has received a bye as a seeded player ... In the doubles, he is playing with Karlovskiy and they r facing Sabanov twins.

Tennis News

At US Open 2019, New York, U.S.A.

Doubles
[R3] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Denis Shapovalov (CAN) l (15) Jamie Murray (GBR)/ Neal Skupski (GBR) 36 46

Mixed Doubles
[R2] Abigail Spears (USA)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) l Raquel Atawo (USA)/ Fabrice Martin (FRA) 57 67(4)

Rohan lost his both matches and with that Indian challenge got over from this US Open ... In the doubles, Murray and Skupski scored a comfortable win over Rohan and Shapo ... In mixed doubles, Rohan with Abigail lost in a close match against Martin and Atawo.

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At $54K+H Baotou Challenger 2019, China

Singles Final
(13) Sasikumar Mukund (IND,285) l (1) James Duckworth (AUS,131) 46 36

Doubles Final
Teymuraz Gabashvili (RUS)/ Sasikumar Mukund (IND) l (2) Ji Sung Nam (KOR)/ Min-Kyu Song (KOR) 67(3) 26

Mukund ended runner-up in the singles and the doubles ... Still, a terrific performance from him in this challenger ... This performance will help him to enter first-time in the top-250 in the singles ranking.

In the singles final, Duckworth gave a clinical performance as taking crucial breaks in both sets ... In the first set, he broke Mukund in the 10th game for winning the set ... In the second set also, he took an early break and kept that advantage for winning the match ... In the doubles final, Mukund and Gabashvili lost the first set in tie-break ... Afterward, Mukund must be tired after playing so many matches as he and Gabashvili lost the second set easily.

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At $162.5K+H Jinan Challenger 2019, China

[R1] (1) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,89) bye
[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND,249) vs Tak Khunn Wang (FRA,333)
[R1] Sasikumar Mukund (IND,285) vs Shuichi Sekiguchi (JPN,304)

Doubles
[R1] (1) Matthew Ebden (AUS)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs Steven Diez (CAN)/ Enrique Lopez Perez (ESP)
[R1] (3) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Saketh Myneni (IND) vs Shintaro Imai (JPN)/ Toshihide Matsui (JPN)
[R1] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs Hiroki Moriya (JPN)/ Goncalo Oliveira (POR)

Prajnesh is playing in a big Chinese challenger ... He is the top-seed and can meet Saki in the second round if Saki wins his first-round match ... Mukund is facing Sekiguchi in the first round.

In the doubles, all Indians r in the top-draw ... Divij is the top-seed with his Australian partner, Matthew Ebden ... They r playing Diez and Lopez Perez ... Jeevan and Saki r the 3rd seeds and they r playing against a Japanese pair ... Bala and Vishnu r facing Moriya and Oliveira.

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At €137.5K+H Genova Challenger 2019, Italy

[R1] Sumit Nagal (IND,190) vs (WC) Giulio Zeppieri (ITA,470)

Doubles
[R1] Rameez Junaid (AUS)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Attila Balazs (HUN)/ Fernando Romboli (BRA)

After his terrific performance in the US Open, Sumit is back on the challenger grinding ... He plays a big Genova challenger and facing a local wild-card teenager.
In the doubles, Purav is playing with Rameez and they r facing Balazs and Romboli in the first round.

Shooting News

At ISSF World Cup Rifle / Pistol 2019, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

P.C. to Kamesh Srinivasan FB page

10m Air Pistol Women
Gold - Yashaswini Singh Deswal (IND) 236.7 pts.
Silver - Olena Kostevych (UKR) 234.8 pts
Bronze - Jasmina Milovanovic (SRB) 215.7 pts

Yashaswini Singh Deswal wins gold in the 10m Air Pistol Women event and secures Olympic quota for us ... This is our 9th Olympic quota ... Yashaswini dominated the event and comfortably won a gold ... In the qualifying also, she topped with 582 pts, 4 more points from the 2nd place Chinese shooter, Qian Wang ... The second Olympic quota in women’s air pistol meant that India can now field two teams in the mixed pairs competition in Tokyo ... Manu Bhaker was being fielded in MQS section to enable others to fight for the quota, and in the absence of two-time Olympian Heena Sidhu who lost her place in the team.

Tennis News

At US Open 2019, New York, U.S.A.

Doubles
[R2] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Denis Shapovalov (CAN) bt Marco Cecchinato (ITA)/ Andreas Seppi (ITA) w/o

Mixed Doubles
[R1] Abigail Spears (USA)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) bt Alicja Rosolska (POL)/ Nikola Mektic (CRO) 63 62

[R2] Abigail Spears (USA)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) vs Raquel Atawo (USA)/ Fabrice Martin (FRA)

In the doubles, Rohan and Shapo received a walkover from Cecchinato and Seppi.
A comfortable wining start for Rohan and Abigail ... Next, they r facing Atawo and Martin.

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At $54K+H Baotou Challenger 2019, China

[SF] (13) Sasikumar Mukund (IND,285) bt (8) Tung-Lin Wu (TPE,265) 75 63

[F] (13) Sasikumar Mukund (IND,285) vs (1) James Duckworth (AUS,131)

Doubles
[SF] Teymuraz Gabashvili (RUS)/ Sasikumar Mukund (IND) bt (1) Goncalo Oliveira (POR)/ Luke Saville (AUS) 63 36 13-11

[F] Teymuraz Gabashvili (RUS)/ Sasikumar Mukund (IND) vs (2) Ji Sung Nam (KOR)/ Min-Kyu Song (KOR)

Mukund enters into his first Challenger final and he will be facing the top-seed, James Duckworth ... In the semis, Mukund scored a straight-sets win over a higher-ranked Wu ... In the first set, Mukund broke Wu when he served for staying in the set in 12th game ... In the second set from 3-all, Mukund won next 3 games for a win, breaking Wu in the 8th game.

Mukund with Gabashvili scored a hard-fought upset win over the top-seed pair, Oliveira and Saville ... In the final, they r facing the 2nd seed Korean pair.

Shooting News

At ISSF World Cup Rifle / Pistol 2019, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

In the 10m Air Rifle Men event, Deepak Kumar qualified for the final on the 8th position with 627.9 pts ... And 2 quota placed were on offer with 3 guys including him were eligible, but Deepak Kumar missed that chance as he eliminated 2nd with 143.6 pts ... Some impressive performances by our youngsters; a 16 yrs. old Yash Vardhan missed the final with whisker, he finished on the 9th position with 627.7 pts ... Also, Kiran Jadhav finished on the 11th position with 627.5 pts.

Tennis News

At US Open 2019, New York, U.S.A.

[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Denis Shapovalov (CAN) bt (4) Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA)/ Nicolas Mahut (FRA) 63 61
[R1] Guillermo Duran (ARG)/ Leander Paes (IND) l Miomir Kecmanovic (SRB)/ Casper Ruud (NOR) 57 26

[R2] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Denis Shapovalov (CAN) vs Marco Cecchinato (ITA)/ Andreas Seppi (ITA)

Junior Qualifying
[Q1] Mann Shah (IND,114) l (10) Lorenzo Rottoli (ITA,85) 36 63 46

Rohan and Shapo started with a dominating win over the top-5 French pair losing only 4 games ... Next, they r facing an Italian pairing of Seppi and Cecchinato.
A straight-sets loss for Lee and Duran against Ruud and Kecmanovic.
In the junior qualifying, Mann Shah lost in 3 sets against a higher-ranked Italian Rottoli.

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At $54K+H Baotou Challenger 2019, China

[QF] (13) Sasikumar Mukund (IND,285) bt (15) Harry Bourchier (AUS,356) 46 61 76(3)

[SF] (13) Sasikumar Mukund (IND,285) vs (8) Tung-Lin Wu (TPE,265)

Doubles
[QF] Teymuraz Gabashvili (RUS)/ Sasikumar Mukund (IND) bt Chun-hsin Tseng (TPE)/ Tung-Lin Wu (TPE) 36 63 10-4

[SF] Teymuraz Gabashvili (RUS)/ Sasikumar Mukund (IND) vs (1) Goncalo Oliveira (POR)/ Luke Saville (AUS)

After losing the first set Mukund made a strong comeback in the match against Bourchier ... He won the second set comfortably and was break-up at 3-1 ... Bourchier broke back but Mukund again broke him in the 9th game to lead 5-4, but when serving for the match, Mukund missed 3 match points from 40-0 and got broken ... Mukund recovered and won the tie-break ... Next, he is facing the 8th seed, Tung-Lin Wu.

Mukund and Gabashvili enter into the semis after a comeback win over the Taiwani pair ... Next, they r facing the top-seed pair.

Shooting News

At ISSF World Cup Rifle / Pistol 2019, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

P.C. to .issf-sports.org

10m Air Rifle Women
Gold - Elavenil Valarivan (IND) 251.7 pts
Silver - Seonaid Mcintosh (GBR) 250.6 pts
Bronze - Ying-Shin Lin (TPE) 229.9 pts
6. Anjum Moudgil (IND) 166.8 pts

P.C. to Kamesh Srinivasan FB page

10m Air Pistol Men
Gold - Abhishek Verma (IND) 244.2 pts
Silver - Ismail Keles (TUR) 243.1 pts
Bronze - Saurabh Chaudhary (IND) 221.9 pts

P.C. to Kamesh Srinivasan FB page

50m Rifle 3 Positions Men
Gold - Petar Gorsa (CRO) 462.2 pts
Silver - Sanjeev Rajput (IND) 462.0 pts
Bronze - Changhong Zhang (CHN) 449.2 pts

The first Gold at the Rio de Janeiro World Cup goes to India ... But no quota for us, as we already have a full quota of 2 in women’s air rifle ... A young Elavenil Valarivan won the 10m Air Rifle Women’s Final at the 2019 ISSF World Cup in Rio de Janeiro, this was her first senior World Cup medal ... Anjum Moudgil also was in the final, but she finished on the 6th position ... Elavenil qualified for the final on the 4th position with 629.4 pts and Anjum qualified on the 4th position with 629.1 pts ... Our current WR #1 Apurvi Chandela failed to qualify for the final, as she finished on the 11th position with 627.7 pts.

Sanjeev Rajput won a silver in the Men’s 50m Rifle 3 position in Rio and wins an Olympic quota ... He showed consistent shooting in the qualifying and in the final to win silver ... With this, he becomes the 8th Indian and 1st in this event to win Olympic quota in the shooting ... In the qualifying, he qualified on the 2nd position with 1180 pts.

In 10m Air Pistol Men event, we already have a full quota of 2 ... But again Abhishek Verma and Saurabh Chaudhary showed dominance ... Before this World Cup, Saurabh won 2 golds and Abhishek won 1 ... Abhishek won his 2nd gold medal of the year from the four World Cup ... Abhishek won a yellow medal with 244.2 pts and Saurabh struggled with his shooting but still managed to win bronze with 221.9 pts ... In the qualifying, Sourabh qualified on the 4th position with 584 pts. and Abhishek qualified on the 5th position with 582 pts.

Tennis News

At US Open 2019, New York, U.S.A.

[R1] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Hugo Nys (MON) l Roberto Carballes Baena (ESP)/ Federico Delbonis (ARG) 46 46

A straight-sets loss for Divij with Hugo Nys against Delbonis and Carballes Baena.

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At $54K+H Baotou Challenger 2019, China

[R3] (13) Sasikumar Mukund (IND,285) bt (6) Kaichi Uchida (JPN,259) 76(3) 62

[QF] (13) Sasikumar Mukund (IND,285) vs (15) Harry Bourchier (AUS,356)

Doubles
[R1] Teymuraz Gabashvili (RUS)/ Sasikumar Mukund (IND) bt (3) John Paul Fruttero (USA)/ Arjun Kadhe (IND) 63 63

Another solid performance by Mukund against the 6th seed Japanese, Kaichi Uchida ... Mukund scored a straight-sets win and enters into the quarters ... Next, he is facing Harry Bourchier.

In the doubles also, Mukund started with a win with Gabashvili ... They defeated the 3rd seed Arjun and Fruttero convincingly.

Squash News

At $12K Men's SRFI Indian Tour 2019, Greater Noida, India (Challenger Tour 10)

[R1] (1) Vikram Malhotra (IND,63) bye
[R1] (WC) Velavan Senthilkumar (IND,500) bt Varun Johnny (IND,497) 11-1, 11-1, 11-0
[R1] Yash Fadte (IND,560) bt Ravi Dixit (IND,432) 11-3, 11-3, 11-8
[R1] (2) Aditya Jagtap (IND,85) bye

[R2] (1) Vikram Malhotra (IND,63) bt Sandeep Ramachandran (IND,298) 11-7, 11-8, 11-5 (29m)
[R2] (WC) Velavan Senthilkumar (IND,500) bt (4) Aadit Zaveri (IND,183) 11-7, 12-10, 11-8 (39m)
[R2] Yash Fadte (IND,560) bt (5) Abhishek Pradhan (IND,220) 11-6, 6-11, 11-9, 11-4 (52m)
[R2] (2) Aditya Jagtap (IND,85) bt Hasanain Dakheel (IRQ,436) 11-7, 3-11, 11-6, 11-6 (39m)

[QF] (1) Vikram Malhotra (IND,63) bt (8) Robert Garcia (PHI,258) 11-5, 11-2, 11-7 (24m)
[QF] (WC) Velavan Senthilkumar (IND,500) bt (WC) Rutvik Rau (IND,452) 11-5, 11-3, 11-7 (28m)
[QF] Yash Fadte (IND,560) bt (3) Ammar Altamimi (KUW) 10-12, 11-7, 11-9, 11-7 (46m)
[QF] (2) Aditya Jagtap (IND,85) bt (6) Abhishek Agarwal (IND,242) 12-10, 11-6, 11-5 (38m)

[SF] (1) Vikram Malhotra (IND,63) bt (WC) Velavan Senthilkumar (IND,500) 11-9, 10-12, 11-9, 11-3 (39m)
[SF] (2) Aditya Jagtap (IND,85) bt Yash Fadte (IND,560) 11-9, 11-9, 11-9 (47m)

[F] (1) Vikram Malhotra (IND,63) bt (2) Aditya Jagtap (IND,85) 11-6, 6-11, 11-6, 11-6 (42m)

An expected final between Vikram and Aditya, and a win for Vikram ... But impressive performances by our youngsters, Yash and Velavan, who reached in the semis before losing to their more experienced countrymen.

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At $6K Women's SRFI Indian Tour 2019, Greater Noida, India (Challenger Tour 5)

[R1] (4) Sunayna Kuruvilla (IND,80) bye
[R2] (4) Sunayna Kuruvilla (IND,80) bt Aishwarya Khubchandani (IND,215) 11-8, 11-3, 11-6 (19m)
[QF] (4) Sunayna Kuruvilla (IND,80) bt (6) Sachika Balvani (IND,136) 11-1, 11-5, 11-6 (17m)
[SF] (4) Sunayna Kuruvilla (IND,80) bt (2) Salma Youssef (EGY,65) 11-9, 6-11, 11-7, 11-6 (34m)

[F] (4) Sunayna Kuruvilla (IND,80) l (3) Menna Hamed (EGY,67) 9-11, 4-11, 6-11 (29m)

Sunayna Kuruvilla lost in the final against higher-ranked Egyptian opponent ... But before that, she scored an impressive win against another higher-ranked Egyptian, Salma Youssef, in the semis.

Tennis News

At $54K+H Baotou Challenger 2019, China

[R2] (13) Sasikumar Mukund (IND,285) bt Jumpei Yamasaki (JPN,517) 60 62

[R3] (13) Sasikumar Mukund (IND,285) vs (6) Kaichi Uchida (JPN,259)

A crushing victory by Mukund over Jumpei Yamasaki ... Next, he is facing the 6th seed Japanese, Kaichi Uchida.

Tennis News

At US Open 2019, New York, U.S.A.

Mixed Doubles
[R1] Abigail Spears (USA)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) vs Alicja Rosolska (POL)/ Nikola Mektic (CRO)

Only Rohan is playing in the mixed doubles with an American partner, Abigail Spears ... They r facing Rosolska and Mektic.

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At $54K+H Baotou Challenger 2019, China

[R2] Arjun Kadhe (IND,618) l (14) Ji Sung Nam (KOR,298) 36 36
[R2] Sidharth Rawat (IND,558) l (15) Harry Bourchier (AUS,356) 57 26
[R2] (13) Sasikumar Mukund (IND,285) vs Jumpei Yamasaki (JPN,517)

Arjun and Sid failed to challenge their higher-ranked opponents in their respective matches ... Mukund is facing a Japanese opponent, Jumpei Yamasaki.

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At $60K ITF Women's Tournament 2019, Jinan, China

[R1] Rutuja Bhosale (IND)/ Ying Zhang (CHN) l (3) Xinyu Jiang (CHN)/ Qianhui Tang (CHN) 26 46

Rutuja lost in the final qualifying round of the singles ... In the doubles also, she lost in straight sets with her partner Zhang against the 3rd seed Chinese pair.

Tennis News

At US Open 2019, New York, U.S.A.

[R1] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,89) l (5) Daniil Medvedev (RUS,5) 46 16 26
[R1] (Q) Sumit Nagal (IND,190) l (3) Roger Federer (SUI,3) 64 16 26 46

Doubles
[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Denis Shapovalov (CAN) vs (4) Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA)/ Nicolas Mahut (FRA)
[R1] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Hugo Nys (MON) vs Roberto Carballes Baena (ESP)/ Federico Delbonis (ARG)
[R1] Guillermo Duran (ARG)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs Miomir Kecmanovic (SRB)/ Casper Ruud (NOR)

Medvedev wasn't playing his best tennis but Prajnesh failed to take advantage of it as he hampered by twisted ankle ... Prajnesh started aggressively but lost his serve in the 1st game, he fought back to break Medvedev in the 4th game for 2-all ... At that time, Prajnesh ankle rolled and that affected his mobility on the court ... Medvedev again broke him and kept that advantage for winning the first set ... In the second set also, Medvedev broke him in the 1st game and again in the 3rd game ... He broke Prajnesh in the 7th game for winning the set comfortably ... The third set also went on the same script, but it would be a great experience for Prajnesh of playing against the top-5 player in the grand slam on the show court.

A creditable performance by Sumit against the 20 grand slam winner legend, Roger Federer, in his first grand slam main-draw match ... Sumit had a dream match against Federer in the night session but he didn't overwhelm by that and throughout the match kept control on his nerves ... Federer was an outright favorite for the match, he broke Sumit in the 2nd game and take a 2-0 lead but Sumit broke him in the next game as Federer committed a couple of double faults and troubled with Sumit's deep returns ... After that, both players held their service games till 4-all ... Sumit broke Federer in the 9th game when Federer struggled with 1st serve and then surprised him after holding his serve to take one set lead ... In the second set, Sumit took Federer to deuce on his serve but failed to break ... Sumit missed 4 game points and saved a couple of breakpoints but got broken, 0-2 ... Federer again broke him in the 4th game to lead 5-0 ... Sumit saved 6 set points in the 7th game and had a breakpoint also, but Federer converted the 7th setpoint for 1 set-all ... Federer broke Sumit in the 1st game to lead 2-0 ... He again broke Sumit in the 5th game to lead 4-1 ... Federer kept the advantage for winning the third set ... Federer again broke Sumit in the 1st game for 1-0, but Sumit kept fighting and broke Federer in the 4th game for 2-all ... In the 5th game, Sumit played lose service game and Federer again broke him to lead 3-2 ... After that, both players held their respective service game till 5-4 ... Sumit had 3 break point chances at 0-40 when Federer was serving for the match, but Federer showing his experience with hitting a couple of aces to make it deuce ... Sumit created another break point chance which he failed to convert ... Federer converted a first match point for completing a win in 2 hours and 30 minutes.

In the doubles, Rohan is playing with Shapo and they r having a tough match against the 4th seed French pair ... Divij is playing with Hugo Nys and they r facing the pairing of Carballes Baena and Delbonis ... Lee is playing with a new partner, Guillermo Duran ... They r facing youngsters Kecmanovic and Ruud.

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At $54K+H Baotou Challenger 2019, China

[R1] Arjun Kadhe (IND,618) bt (WC) Huixin Wang (CHN,1075) 63 76(3)
[R1] (13) Sasikumar Mukund (IND,285) bye
[R1] Sidharth Rawat (IND,558) bt Jie Cui (CHN,634) 75 75

[R2] Arjun Kadhe (IND,618) vs (14) Ji Sung Nam (KOR,298)
[R2] Sidharth Rawat (IND,558) vs (15) Harry Bourchier (AUS,356)

Doubles
[R1] (3) John Paul Fruttero (USA)/ Arjun Kadhe (IND) vs Teymuraz Gabashvili (RUS)/ Sasikumar Mukund (IND)

Arjun and Sid started with a straight-sets win over local players ... Next, they r facing respective seeded opponents in the second round.

Golf News

At $2.25M CP Women's Open 2019, Aurora, Ontario, Canada (LPGA Tour)

T13 Aditi Ashok (IND) 70 69 66 71 -12 $31,704

A much needed the top-15 finish for Aditi after a long time ... Well played.

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At €1.5M Scandinavian Invitation 2019, Gothenburg, Sweden

T53 Gaganjeet Bhullar (IND) 71 69 69 66 -5 € 5,400

Gaganjeet produced 4-under final round to finish around the top-50 in the final standing.

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At $1M Nationwide Children's Hospital Championship 2019, Columbus, Ohio

T7 Anirban Lahiri (IND) 67 71 68 70 -8
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Shubhankar Sharma (IND) 75 79 +12

Anirban Lahiri is playing the Korn Ferry Tour Finals – a series of 3 tournaments from which the top-25 players based on accumulated points will gain PGA tour playing rights for 2019-20 season ... In the first tournament, Anirban finished on the creditable tied 7th position ... But Shubhankar failed to make the cut as he scored 12-over in two rounds.

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At $1M Albertsons Boise Open presented by Kraft Nabisco 2019, Boise, Idaho

T5 Anirban Lahiri (IND) 68 65 69 66 -16
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Shubhankar Sharma (IND) 75 73 +6

Another terrific performance by Anirban in the second Korn Ferry Tour Finals ... He finished in the top-5 and now almost secure the PGA tour playing rights for 2019-20 season ... He is on the 7th position after two tournaments ... Other hands, Shubhankar struggled and missed another cut.

Badminton News

At TOTAL BWF World Championships 2019, Basel, Switzerland (Grade 1 - Individual Tournaments)

P.C. to ndtv.com

Women's Singles Final
(5) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,5) bt (3) Nozomi Okuhara (JPN,4) 21-7 21-7

P.V. Sindhu becomes the first Indian World Championships winner, but technically she is our second world champion ... Prakash Padukone won the World Cup in 1981, at that time the World Cup considered as a World Championships.

Sindhu dominated the final and comfortably won her match against the former World Champion Nozomi Okuhara inside 40 minutes losing only 14 points.
Match highlights from BWF page

Badminton News

At TOTAL BWF World Championships 2019, Basel, Switzerland (Grade 1 - Individual Tournaments)

[SF] (5) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,5) bt (4) Yu Fei Chen (CHN,3) 21-7 21-14

[SF] (16) Sai Praneeth B. (IND,19) l (1) Kento Momota (JPN,1) 13-21 8-21

[F] (5) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,5) vs (3) Nozomi Okuhara (JPN,4)

Sindhu scored a dominating win over Yu Fei for entering the third consecutive World Championships final ... Sindhu controlled the match from the start and didn't give any chance to Yu Fei ... In the final, she is facing her regular nemesis Nozomi Okuhara ... Okuhara defeated her for the World Championships title in 2017, but last year, Sindhu defeated her in the semi-final.

Sai Praneeth ended with a bronze at the World Championship as in the semis, Momota proved too strong for Sai Praneeth ... Still, a creditable performance by Sai Praneeth to win a bronze.

Tennis News

At US Open 2019, New York, U.S.A.

[Q3] Sumit Nagal (IND,190) bt Joao Menezes (BRA,210) 57 64 63

[R1] (Q) Sumit Nagal (IND,190) vs (3) Roger Federer (SUI,3)

Wow, what a great milestone for Indian tennis as two Indians in the US Open main-draw! And he has a dream match against a legendary Federer in the first round.
Sumit showed a fighting spirit in this nervy match ... There were a lot of ups and downs in this match, in the first set at 5-all, Sumit had 4 break-points on Menezes's serve but he failed to convert ... In the next service game, while serving for staying in the set, he lost his serve from 40-15 to lose the set ... In the second set, Sumit was 0-3 down as Menezes broke him in the 2nd game ... Sumit fought back to 3-all and from 3-4 he won next 7 games ... He won the second set 6-4 and took a 4-0 lead in the third set ... Menezes tried fightback to make it 4-3, but Sumit held his service game and broke Menezes when he was serving for staying in the match for a memorable win ... He becomes a youngest Indian male player in the last 25 yrs to make the US Open main-draw, with age of 22 yrs and a week old ... Before that, Leander qualified in 1994 when he was 21 yrs old ... Sumit draws against THE Roger Federer, but it will be a terrific experience to play against a legend which Sumit can cherish in his lifetime.