Tennis News

At $25K ITF Women's Tournament 2020, Nonthaburi, Thailand

[QF] (3) Ankita Raina (IND,171) bt Simona Waltert (SUI,279) 64 46 64

[SF] (3) Ankita Raina (IND,171) vs Leonie Kung (SUI,324)

Doubles
[SF] (1) Ankita Raina (IND)/ Bibiane Schoofs (NED) bt (4) Akgul Amanmuradova (UZB)/ Nicoleta-Catalina Dascalu (ROU) 62 64

[F] (1) Ankita Raina (IND)/ Bibiane Schoofs (NED) vs Supapitch Kuearum (THA)/ Mananchaya Sawangkaew (THA)

Ankita is in the semis with three sets win over a 19-yrs old Simona Waltert ... Next, she is facing another Swiss teenager Leonie Kung.
In the doubles, Ankita and Bibiane Schoofs r in the final with a dominating win over the 4th seed Dascalu and Amanmuradova ... In the final, they r facing a Thai pair.

Tennis News

At the Australian Open 2020, Melbourne

Mixed Doubles
[QF] Nadiia Kichenok (UKR)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) l (5) Nikola Mektić (CRO)/ Barbora Krejčíková (CZE) 06 26

Rohan and Nadiia were blown away by the 5th seeded Mektić and Krejčíková.

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At €46.6K+H Quimper Challenger 2020, France

[R1] (3) Purav Raja (IND)/ Adil Shamasdin (CAN) bt (Alt) Altug Celikbilek (TUR)/ Cem Ilkel (TUR) 64 57 11-9
[QF] (3) Purav Raja (IND)/ Adil Shamasdin (CAN) bt Zdenek Kolar (CZE)/ Szymon Walkow (POL) 64 75

[SF] (3) Purav Raja (IND)/ Adil Shamasdin (CAN) vs Ivan Sabanov (CRO)/ Matej Sabanov (CRO)

Purav and Adil r in the semis with a straight-sets win over Walkow and Kolar and will face Sabanov twins ... Before that in the first round, an alternate Turkish pair stretched Purav and Adil to the match tie-break.

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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament 2020, Nonthaburi, Thailand

[R1] (3) Ankita Raina (IND,171) bt Channel Simmonds (RSA,351) 61 61
[R1] Riya Bhatia (IND,369) l (Q) Kai-Chen Chang (TPE,601) 26 16

[R2] (3) Ankita Raina (IND,171) bt Nicoleta-Catalina Dascalu (ROM,280) 76(1) 62

[QF] (3) Ankita Raina (IND,171) vs Simona Waltert (SUI,279)

Doubles
[R1] (1) Ankita Raina (IND)/ Bibiane Schoofs (NED) bt Miyabi Inoue (JPN)/ Jia-Qi Kang (CHN) 64 75
[QF] (1) Ankita Raina (IND)/ Bibiane Schoofs (NED) bt Moyuka Uchijima (JPN)/ Ying Zhang (CHN) 63 26 10-7

[SF] (1) Ankita Raina (IND)/ Bibiane Schoofs (NED) vs (4) Akgul Amanmuradova (UZB)/ Nicoleta-Catalina Dascalu (ROU)

Ankita is playing in Thailand, she started with back to back wins over good players ... In the quarters, she is facing a Swiss girl, Simona Waltert.
In the doubles, Ankita is playing with a Dutch partner, Bibiane Schoofs ... They scored a couple of wins over Chinese-Japanese pairs ... Next, they r facing the 4th seed Dascalu and Amanmuradova.

Athletics News

At the Athletics Central Nort East League Meet 2020, Potchesfrom, South Africa

1. Neeraj Chopra (IND) 87.86m (qualified for Tokyo Olympic, as qualification mark is 85m)

Our star Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra made a comeback after a gap of of 15 months, due to injury-operation-rehab, in style ... He qualified for Tokyo Olympics with a throw of 87.86m in a competition held in Potchesfrom, South Africa, after crossing benchmark of 85m..

Tennis News

At the Australian Open 2020, Melbourne

Mixed Doubles
[R2] (WC) Jelena Ostapenko (LAT)/ Leander Paes (IND) l Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA)/ Jamie Murray (GBR) 26 57

Lee's journey in the Australian Open ended with a straight-sets loss against Mattek-Sands and Murray ... He and Jelena were leading 5-3 in the second set, but they lost next 4 games to lose the match.

Squash News

At $52.5K Men's Pittsburgh Open 2020, Pittsburgh, USA (World Tour Bronze)

Final
(2) Saurav Ghosal (IND,13) l (1) Fares Dessouky (EGY,11) 7-11, 4-11, 9-11 (34m)

Saurav failed to challenge the top-seed Fares Dessouky in his straight games loss.

Tennis News

At the Australian Open 2020, Melbourne

Junior
[R1] Gustavo Heide (BRA)/ Dev Javia (IND) l Egor Agafonov (RUS)/ Evgeny Philippov (RUS) 36 36

Dev Javia and his Brazilian partner, Heide, lost in straight sets against a Russian pair.

Golf News

At $3.25M Omega Dubai Desert Classic 2020, Emirates GC, Dubai, UAE (European Tour)

T50 Gaganjeet Bhullar (IND) 73 71 74 75 +5 €11,767.90

Gaganjeet struggled on the course and managed 3 over par rounds to finish on the tied-50th position.

Squash News

At $52.5K Men's Pittsburgh Open 2020, Pittsburgh, USA (World Tour Bronze)

[R1] (9/16) Ramit Tandon (IND,46) l Nathan Lake (ENG,55) 3-11 1-6 retd. (12m)
[R1] (2) Saurav Ghosal (IND,13) bye

[R2] (2) Saurav Ghosal (IND,13) bt Nathan Lake (ENG,55) 11-13, 14-12, 11-6, 11-9 (66m)
[QF] (2) Saurav Ghosal (IND,13) bt (6) Cesar Salazar (MEX,23) 11-8, 11-6, 11-8 (40m)
[SF] (2) Saurav Ghosal (IND,13) bt (5) Omar Mosaad (EGY,16) 11-6, 16-18, 11-7, 12-10 (73m)

[F] (2) Saurav Ghosal (IND,13) vs (1) Fares Dessouky (EGY,11)

Saurav reaches to the final of the Pittsburgh Open ... He scored a couple of impressive wins over the top-25 Salazar and the WR #16 Omar Mosaad ... In the final, he is facing the top-seed Fares Dessouky.

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At $51.25K Women's Carol Weymuller Open 2020, New York, USA (World Tour Bronze)

[R1] (6) Joshna Chinappa (IND,12) bye

[R2] (6) Joshna Chinappa (IND,12) l (9/16) Mariam Metwally (EGY,30) 9-11, 6-11, 12-10 11-9, 9-11 (62m)

Joshna lost a close long match against an Egyptian Metwally ... After losing the first 2 games she tried fightback winning next 2 games but failed to complete the win.

Tennis News

At the Australian Open 2020, Melbourne

Mixed Doubles
[R1] (WC) Jelena Ostapenko (LAT)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt (WC) Storm Sanders (AUS)/ Marc Polmans (AUS) 67(4) 63 10-6

[R2] (WC) Jelena Ostapenko (LAT)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA)/ Jamie Murray (GBR)
[R2] Nadiia Kichenok (UKR)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) bt Nicole Melichar (USA)/ Bruno Soares (BRA) 64 76(4)

Lee and Jelena scored a comeback victory over a local wild-card pair ... After losing the first set they fought back and won the next 2 sets comfortably ... Next, they r facing a tough challenge of Mattek-Sands and Murray.
Rohan and Nadiia enter into the quarters with a straight-sets win over Soares and Melichar.

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At €46.6K+H Quimper Challenger 2020, France

[R1] (3) Purav Raja (IND)/ Adil Shamasdin (CAN) vs (WC) Manuel Guinard (FRA)/ Arthur Rinderknech (FRA)

This week, Purav and Adil r facing a local wild-card pair.

Table Tennis News

At ITTF World Olympic Team Qualification - Tokyo 2020, Gondomar, Portugal

Men's Teams - Stage 2 Quarter-Final
(5) India l (16) Czech Republic 1-3
[M1] Harmeet Desai (IND)/ Sharath Kamal Achanta (IND) l Tomas Polansky (CZE)/ Lubomir Jancarik (CZE) 1-3 (14-12, 5-11, 9-11, 9-11)
[M2] Sathiyan Gnanasekaran (IND,30) l Pavel Sirucek (CZE,45) 0-3 (10-12, 11-13, 9-11)
[M3] Sharath Kamal Achanta (IND,33) bt Lubomir Jancarik (CZE,89) 3-1 (6-11, 11-7, 11-8, 11-8)
[M4] Sathiyan Gnanasekaran (IND,30) l Tomas Polansky (CZE,166) 2-3 (16-14, 10-12, 14-12, 8-11, 9-11)

Women's Teams - Stage 2 Quarter Final
(17) India l (18) France 2-3
[M1] Sutirtha Mukherjee (IND)/ Ayhika Mukherjee (IND) bt Stephanie Loeuillette (FRA)/ Jia Nan Yuan (FRA) 3-2 (11-7, 6-11, 10-12, 11-4, 11-8)
[M2] Manika Batra (IND,61) l Marie Migot (FRA,195) 2-3 (7-11, 11-3, 9-11, 11-3, 7-11)
[M3] Sutirtha Mukherjee (IND,157) l Jia Nan Yuan (FRA,161) 0-3 (7-11, 8-11, 6-11)
[M4] Manika Batra (IND,61) bt Stephanie Loeuillette (FRA,99) 3-0 (11-7, 12-10, 11-4)
[M5] Ayhika Mukherjee (IND,121) l Marie Migot (FRA,195) 2-3 (11-6, 8-11, 11-5, 9-11, 9-11)

Our men's team lost their match against the Czech Republic team ... In the first doubles match, a Czech pair defeated Sharath and Harmeet in 4 games ... Sathiyan's poor run continued, he lost the second match against Sirucek in straight games and afterward, lost against a lowly ranked Tomas Polansky in 5 games ... Sathiyan's erratic form cost a place for the Indian team in Tokyo Olympic ... Sharath scored a comeback win after losing the first game and gave India their only point of the tie.

Our women's team challenge got over with a loss against the French team ... Again we lost our singles matches against lower-ranked French girls... Marie Migot defeated Manika Batra and Ayhika Mukherjee in 5 games for a thrilling win.

Tennis News

At the Australian Open 2020, Melbourne

Mixed Doubles
[R1] Nadiia Kichenok (UKR)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) bt (Alt) Lyudmyla Kichenok (UKR)/ Austin Krajicek (USA) 75 46 10-6

[R2] Nadiia Kichenok (UKR)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) vs Nicole Melichar (USA)/ Bruno Soares (BRA)

Junior
[R1] Dev Javia (IND,60) l Luca Nardi (IND,50) 36 36

[R1] Gustavo Heide (BRA)/ Dev Javia (IND) vs Egor Agafonov (RUS)/ Evgeny Philippov (RUS)

Rohan and Nadiia in the second round with a match tie-break win over an alternate pairing of Nadiia's twin sister Lyudmyla and Austin Krajicek ... Next, they r facing Soares and Malichar.

Dev Javia played in the junior singles and lost in straight sets against an Italian boy, Nardi ... He is playing doubles with a Brazilian Heide and they r facing a Russian pair.

Table Tennis News

At ITTF World Olympic Team Qualification - Tokyo 2020, Gondomar, Portugal

Men's Teams - Round of 16
(5) India l (11) Slovenia 1-3
[M1] Harmeet Desai (IND)/ Sharath Kamal Achanta (IND) bt Deni Kozul (SLO)/ Bojan Tokic (SLO) 3-0 (11-9, 11-7, 11-5)
[M2] Sathiyan Gnanasekaran (IND,30) l Darko Jorgic (SLO,40) 0-3 (9-11, 10-12, 3-11)
[M3] Harmeet Desai (IND,86) l Bojan Tokic (SLO,62) 2-3 (11-5, 10-12, 11-6, 5-11, 6-11)
[M4] Sharath Kamal Achanta (IND,33) l Darko Jorgic (SLO,40) 1-3 (12-10, 7-11, 10-12, 8-11)

Women's Teams - Round of 32
(17) India l (5) Romania 2-3
[M1] Sutirtha Mukherjee (IND)/ Ayhika Mukherjee (IND) l Daniela Monteiro Dodean (ROU)/ Elizabeta Samara (ROU) 2-3 (12-10 10-12, 11-7, 5-11, 6-11)
[M2] Manika Batra (IND,61) bt Bernadette Szocs (ROU,19) 3-1 (7-11, 12-10, 11-9, 11-7)
[M3] Ayhika Mukherjee (IND,121) l Elizabeta Samara (ROU,31) 1-3 (10-12, 11-5, 2-11, 7-11)
[M4] Sutirtha Mukherjee (IND,157) bt Bernadette Szocs (ROU,19) 3-2 (8-11, 11-7, 11-9, 3-11, 11-4)
[M5] Manika Batra (IND,61) l Daniela Monteiro Dodean (ROU,134) 1-3 (8-11, 4-11, 11-3, 2-11)

Both Indian teams need to win the ITTF Olympic Team Qualification tournaments stage 2 for the qualification of Tokyo 2020 after their round of 16 losses.

Our men's team faced a surprising loss against the #11 seeded Slovenia men's team ... After winning the doubles match, Sathiyan and Sharath lost their singles matches against Darko Jorgic and Harmeet lost against Bojan Tokic ... In Stage 2 quarter-final, they r facing the Czech Republic team.

Our women's team missed a big chance of scoring an upset win over the #5 seeded Romanian women's team ... Manika and Sutirtha defeated the top-20 Bernadette Szocs and increased our chances ... But in the last match, Manika lost one-sided against a lower-ranked Daniela Montiro Dodean ... In Stage 2 quarter-final, they r facing a French team.

Tennis News

At the Australian Open 2020, Melbourne

Doubles
[R2] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Artem Sitak (NZL) l (10) Mate Pavic (CRO)/ Bruno Soares (BRA) 67(2) 36

An early end of the doubles challenge for us, Divij and Artem failed to overcome a challenge of the 10th seeds, Pavic and Soares ... Now, only Lee and Rohan r remaining in the mixed doubles.

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At $54K+H Bangkok 2 Challenger 2020, Thailand

[QF] (15) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,185) l (10) Robin Haase (NED,161) 67(5) 26

Ram also failed to take advantage and lost in straight sets against Robin Haase.

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At €46.6K+H Rennes Challenger 2020, France

[QF] (2) Purav Raja (IND)/ Adil Shamasdin (CAN) l Teymuraz Gabashvili (RUS)/ Lukas Lacko (SVK) 67(5) 46

I always feel that Purav and Adil partnership is a weak partnership ... Here, they lost in straight sets against Gaba and Lacko.

Table Tennis News

At ITTF World Olympic Team Qualification - Tokyo 2020, Gondomar, Portugal

Men's Teams - Round of 32
(5) India bt (32) Luxembourg 3-0
[M1] Harmeet Desai (IND)/ Sharath Kamal Achanta (IND) bt Gilles Michely (LUX)/ Eric Glod (LUX) 3-0 (11-9, 16-14, 11-6)
[M2] Sathiyan Gnanasekaran (IND,30) bt Luka Mladenovic (LUX,211) 3-2 (8-11, 9-11, 11-3, 13-11, 11-6)
[M3] Sharath Kamal Achanta (IND,33) bt Eric Glod (LUX,209) 3-1 (11-3, 11-3, 12-14, 11-5)

Women's Teams - Round of 32
(17) India bt (16) Sweden 3-2
[M1] Archana Girish Kamath (IND)/ Ayhika Mukherjee (IND) l Christina Kallberg (SWE)/ Matilda Ekholm (SWE) 0-3 (7-11, 10-12 15-17)
[M2] Manika Batra (IND,61) bt Linda Bergstrom (SWE,75) 3-1 (11-4, 6-11, 11-7, 11-7)
[M3] Ayhika Mukherjee (IND,121) l Matilda Ekholm (SWE,35) 1-3 (5-11, 13-11, 6-11, 7-11)
[M4] Manika Batra (IND,61) bt Christina Kallberg (SWE,197) 3-2 (10-12, 11-7, 9-11, 11-4, 11-7)
[M5] Archana Girish Kamath (IND,135) bt Linda Bergstrom (SWE,75) 3-2 (11-8, 8-11, 9-11, 11-7, 13-11)

Both Indian teams are playing in the ITTF Olympic Team Qualification tournaments ... The top 9 teams will be qualified for Olympic, so every team needs to win 2 matches for the qualification.

Our men's team is the 5th seed, they started with a win over #32 seeded Luxembourg ... Sathiyan started slowly as he lost the first 2 games but he fought back to win the next 3 games ... For Olympic qualifications, Indian men are facing #11 seeded Slovenia men's team.

Our women's team scored an upset win over the higher-seeded Swedish women's team ... Manika Batra won her both matches and our young paddler, Archana Girish Kamat, scored a comeback win over a top-75 ranked Linda Bergstrom in the final match ... Archana saved a couple of tie points (match points) before winning the tie for India ... Qualifying for Olympic, our women need to beat the #5 seeded Romanian women's team.

Tennis News

At the Australian Open 2020, Melbourne

Doubles
[R1] Nadiia Kichenok (UKR)/ Sania Mirza (IND) l Xinyun Han (CHN)/ Lin Zhu (CHN) 26 0-1 retd.
[R1] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Artem Sitak (NZL) bt Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP)/ Joao Sousa (POR) 64 75
[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Yasutaka Uchiyama (JPN) l (13) Bob Bryan (USA)/ Mike Bryan (USA) 16 63 36

[R2] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Artem Sitak (NZL) vs (10) Mate Pavic (CRO)/ Bruno Soares (BRA)

Mixed Doubles
[R1] (WC) Jelena Ostapenko (LAT)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs (WC) Storm Sanders (AUS)/ Marc Polmans (AUS)
[R1] Nadiia Kichenok (UKR)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) vs (2) Shuai Zhang (CHN)/ Nicolas Mahut (FRA)

Divij and Artem started with a straight-sets win over Carreno Busta and Sousa ... Next, they r facing the 10th seeds, Pavic and Soares ... But Rohan with Uchiyama lost in three sets against Bryans.
Sania retired in the second set due to calf injury, which happened during practice, Sania struggled on the court to move freely against a Chinese pair.
In MXD, Lee has received a wild-card with a Latvian Jelena Ostapenko and they r facing a local wild-card pair ... Sania decided to skip the mixed event, so Rohan is partnering her doubles partner Nadiia Kichenok ... They r facing the 2nd seeds, Mahut and Zhang.

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At $54K+H Bangkok 2 Challenger 2020, Thailand

[R3] Sasikumar Mukund (IND,250) l (14) Dmitry Popko (KAZ,184) 57 46
[R3] (15) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,185) bt (2) Go Soeda (JPN,110) 75 75

[QF] (15) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,185) vs (10) Robin Haase (NED,161)

Doubles
[QF] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) l (2) Gonzalo Escobar (ECU)/ Miguel Angel Reyes-Verela (MEX) 67(4) 63

Ram scored an impressive hard-fought win over a 110-ranked Go Soeda ... Ram completed the win in 100 mins in a close match, though he struggled with his 1st-serve percentage, 47% ... Next, he is facing another experienced player, Robin Haase.
I was hoping for a good run for Mukund after his big second-round win ... But he lost in straight sets against Dmitry Popko.
Bala and Jeevan lost in straight sets against the 2nd seed South American pair.

Badminton News

At $270K Princess Sirivannavari Thailand Masters 2020, Bangkok (HSBC BWF World Tour Super 300)

[R1] Prannoy H. S. (IND,27) l Daren Liew (MAS,41) 17-21 22-20 19-21
[R1] Sameer Verma (IND,29) l (7) Zii Jia Lee (MAS,13) 16-21 15-21
[R1] (5) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,14) l Shesar Hiren Rhustavito (INA,20) 21-12 14-21 11-21

[R1] (5) Saina Nehwal (IND,18) l Line Højmark Kjaersfeldt (DEN,29) 13-21 21-17 15-21

[R1] Venkat Gaurav Prasad (IND)/ Juhi Dewangan (IND) l Kyohei Yamashita (JPN)/ Naru Shinoya (JPN) 10-21 10-21

Terrible performance by Indians in the Thai Masters ... Our players' performance shows in their drop in the rankings.

Tennis News

At the Australian Open 2020, Melbourne

[R1] (LL) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,122) l (WC) Tatsuma Ito (JPN,145) 46 26 57

A very lackluster performance by Prajnesh against a 31-year-old, Ito ... In the first 2 sets, he played a loose game and didn't fight much on the court ... He tried little more in the third but that wasn't enough ... Disappointed by Prajnesh efforts in this match.

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At $54K+H Bangkok 2 Challenger 2020, Thailand

[R1] Sasikumar Mukund (IND,267) bt Duckhee Lee (KOR,233) 61 63

[R2] Sasikumar Mukund (IND,267) bt (3) Paolo Lorenzi (ITA,114) 63 62
[R2] (15) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,185) bt JC Aragone (USA,262) 76(5) 10 retd.

[R3] (15) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,185) vs (2) Go Soeda (JPN,110)

Doubles
[R1] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) bt Sadio Doumbia (FRA)/ Fabien Reboul (FRA) 64 75

Terrific performance from Mukund as he comfortably defeated a former top-35 Italian player, Paolo Lorenzi ... Before that, Mukund started with a dominating win over Duckhee in the first round.
Ram got a lucky-break as his opponent Aragone retired at the beginning of the second set ... Next, he is facing an experienced Go Soeda.

Bala and Jeevan started with a straight-sets win over a French pair.

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At €46.6K+H Rennes Challenger 2020, France

[R1] (2) Purav Raja (IND)/ Adil Shamasdin (CAN) bt (WC) Quentin Gueydan (FRA)/ Mathis Moysan (FRA) 75 61

[QF] (2) Purav Raja (IND)/ Adil Shamasdin (CAN) vs Teymuraz Gabashvili (RUS)/ Lukas Lacko (SVK)

Purav with Adil started with a straight-sets win over a local wild-card pair ... Next, they r facing Gaba and Lacko.

Hockey News

At the FIH Hockey Pro League 2020, Bhubaneswar, India

India bt The Netherlands 3-3 (HT 1-3) (3-1 shoot-out)
Goal Scorers - Lalit Upadhyay (IND) 25', Mandeep Singh (IND) 51' PC, Rupinder Pal Singh (IND) 55' PC and Mink van der Weerden (NED) 23' PC, Jeroen Hertzberger (NED) 26', Bjorn Kellerman (NED) 27'

India made it 5 points from a possible 6 points on the opening weekend of the men’s FIH Hockey Pro League, with our team fighting back from 3-1 down against the Netherlands to tie the match before winning the shoot-out in another superb match ... At the half-time, the Dutch side took 3-1 lead and we played almost all 3rd quarter with 10 players only due to yellow-card ten-minute suspension for captain Manpreet Singh ... We avoided to concede more and scored 2 goals in the final quarter for drawing the match ... Vivek Prasad, Gurjant Singh, and Akashdeep Singh successfully converted their opportunities in the one-on-ones, giving India a 3-1 shoot-out victory.

Golf News

At $7M Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship 2020, Abu Dhabi, UAE

T59 Shubhankar Sharma (IND) 71 70 69 75 -3 €17,602.16

Shubhankar had a poor 3-over final round to finished outside the top-50 in the final standing.

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At $1M Singapore Open 2020, Sentosa Golf Club, Serapong Course

T8 Rashid Khan (IND) 70 66 69 70 -9 $21,666.67
T32 SSP Chawrasia (IND) 72 71 69 71 -1 $7,400.00
T37 Rahil Gangjee (IND) 71 70 72 71 PAR $6,500.00
T48 Khalin Joshi (IND) 70 73 72 72 +3 $4,800.00
63 Shiv Kapur (IND) 72 71 74 73 +6 $3,000.00

Rashid Khan misses a direct qualification for the British Open but gave another good performance for the top-10 finish.

Tennis News

At the Australian Open 2020, Melbourne

[R1] (LL) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,122) vs (WC) Tatsuma Ito (JPN,145)

The best possible draw for Prajnesh as he is facing a wild-card Tatsuma Ito, who also trains at the Schüttler Waske Tennis-University ... The winner will be facing DJoker in the second round, so a big opportunity of playing on the show court, the Rod Laver Arena or the Margaret Court Arena.

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At $252K Hobart International 2020, Australia

P.C. to WTA twitter page
Doubles Final
Nadiia Kichenok (UKR)/ Sania Mirza (IND) bt (2) Shuai Peng (CHN)/ Shuai Zhang (CHN) 64 64

What a memorable comeback for Sania!
After 27 months away on maternity leave for her son Izhaan (who is now 18 months), Saina made a title-winning comeback with her new partner, Nadiia Kichenok ... They defeated the 2nd seed Chinese pair in straight-sets to win the Hobart International title ... This is her 42nd WTA doubles title from 62 finals, a true legend.

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At $54K+H Bangkok 2 Challenger 2020, Thailand

[R1] Sasikumar Mukund (IND,250) vs Duckhee Lee (KOR,233)
[R1] (15) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,185) bye

Doubles
[R1] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) vs Sadio Doumbia (FRA)/ Fabien Reboul (FRA)

Ram is seeded and Mukund is playing against Duckhee.

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At €46.6K+H Rennes Challenger 2020, France

[R1] (2) Purav Raja (IND)/ Adil Shamasdin (CAN) vs (WC) Quentin Gueydan (FRA)/ Mathis Moysan (FRA)

Purav with Adil playing in the French challenger.