Squash News

At $250K Women's Windy City Open 2020, Chicago, USA (PSA World Tour Platinum)

[R2] (11) Joshna Chinappa (IND,12) l Donna Lobban (AUS,37) 6-11, 11-7, 8-11, 8-11 (39m)

Hoping for a better outing for Joshna as she lost in 4 games against Lobban.

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At $250K Men's Windy City Open 2020, Chicago, USA (PSA World Tour Platinum)

[R2] (9/16) Saurav Ghosal (IND,13) l Mathieu Castagnet (FRA,27) 9-11, 11-8, 16-14, 13-15, 10-12 (100m)

Saurav played another marathon match of his career against a Frenchman Mathieu Castagnet, but this was another close loss for him ... The match duration was an exact 100 minutes and Saurav had his chances in the match ... He missed match-balls in the final 2 games and Castagnet took full advantage of it for completing the win.

Squash News

At $250K Women's Windy City Open 2020, Chicago, USA (PSA World Tour Platinum)

[R1] (11) Joshna Chinappa (IND,12) bye

[R2] (11) Joshna Chinappa (IND,12) vs Donna Lobban (AUS,37)

Joshna is facing an Aussie girl, Donna Lobban.

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At $250K Men's Windy City Open 2020, Chicago, USA (PSA World Tour Platinum)

[R1] Ramit Tandon (IND,52) l Omar Mosaad (EGY,17) 10-12 10-12 3-11 (41m)
[R1] (9/16) Saurav Ghosal (IND,13) bye
[R1] Vikram Malhotra (IND,57) l Cesar Salazar (MEX,23) 11-6, 11-13, 13-11, 6-11 4-11 (53m)

[R2] (9/16) Saurav Ghosal (IND,13) vs Mathieu Castagnet (FRA,27)

Fighting performances from Ramit and Vikram against their respective higher ranked opponents ... Saurav is facing a former top-10 French guy, Mathieu Castagnet.

Tennis News

At $2.95M Dubai Duty-Free Tennis Championships 2020, UAE

[QF] (WC) Matthew Ebden (AUS)/ Leander Paes (IND) l (Q) Henri Kontinen (FIN)/ Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) 36 36

Lee's Dubai Open journey eneded with a straight-sets loss against Kontinen and Struff.

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At $54K+H Columbus Challenger 2020, Ohio, USA

[QF] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)l (4) Treat Huey (PHI)/ Nathaniel Lammons (USA) 36 26

Bala and Jeevan failed to challenge Lammons and Huey in their one-sided loss.

Tennis News

At $674K Chile Dove Men+Care Open 2020, Santiago, Chile (Clay)

[QF] (3) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Artem Sitak (NZL) l Roberto Carballes Baena (ESP)/ Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (ESP) 36 63 4-10

A Spanish pair proved better on the clay as Divij and Artem lost in the match tie-break.

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At €92K+H Pau Challenger 2020, France

[R1] Purav Raja (IND)/ Adil Shamasdin (CAN) l Antonio Sancic (CRO)/ Tristan-Samuel Weissborn (AUT) 16 57

Purav and Adil lost in the first round against Weissborn and Sancic.

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At $54K+H Columbus Challenger 2020, Ohio, USA

[R2] (9) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,180) l (Q) Zhe Li (CHN,208) 67(7) 67(3)

Doubles
[R1] (WC) N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) l (4) Treat Huey (PHI)/ Nathaniel Lammons (USA) 57 46

Ram lost in 2 tie-break against Li ... Ram served well but Li played important points lot better for a win ... Ram missed 4 set points in the first set and also missed a break-point in the second set.

Ram and VSP also lost their doubles match in straight sets against Huey and Lammons.

Tennis News

At $2.95M Dubai Duty-Free Tennis Championships 2020, UAE

[R1] (Q) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,134) l (Q) Dennis Novak (AUT,95) 46 36

Doubles
[R1] (WC) Matthew Ebden (AUS)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt (2) Ivan Dodig(CRO)/ Filip Polasek (SVK) 64 63

[QF] (WC) Matthew Ebden (AUS)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs (Q) Henri Kontinen (FIN)/ Jan-Lennard Struff (GER)

I was hoping better results from Prajnesh as he lost in straight-sets against Novak.

Other hands, an excellent upset win from Lee and Ebden against the 2nd seed Dodig and Polasek ... Next, they r having a tricky match against Kontinen and Struff.

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At $2.9M Qatar Total Open 2020, Doha, Qatar

[R1] (WC) Caroline Garcia (FRA)/ Sania Mirza (IND) l (WC) Cagla Buyukakcay (TUR)/ Laura Siegemund (GER) 46 57

Sania and Caroline lost in straight sets against another wildcard pair.

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At $674K Chile Dove Men+Care Open 2020, Santiago, Chile (Clay)

[R1] (3) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Artem Sitak (NZL) bt Thiago Monteiro (BRA)/ Fernando Romboli (BRA) 76(5) 76(2)

[QF] (3) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Artem Sitak (NZL) vs Roberto Carballes Baena (ESP)/ Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (ESP)

Divij and Artem required 2 tie-breaks to beat a Brazilian pair ... Next, they r facing the Spanish pair for a place in the semis.

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At €92K+H Pau Challenger 2020, France

[R2] (3) Sumit Nagal (IND,122) l Hugo Grenier (FRA,250) 16 62 36
[R2] Sasikumar Mukund (IND,279) l (8) Lukas Lacko (SVK,168) 46 67(3)

A very lackluster performance by Sumit in this loss ... He played error-prone game and gave easy points to Grenier ... After a really bad first set Sumit controlled his unforced errors to win the second set ... But he again struggled in the third to lose this match.

MuKund gave a decent fighting performance against Lacko in his straight sets loss.

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At $54K+H Columbus Challenger 2020, Ohio, USA

[R1] (9) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,180) vs (Q) Zhe Li (CHN,208)

Doubles
[R1] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) bt Alexander Cozbinov (MDA)/ Denis Istomin (UZB) 63 64

Ram is facing Zhe Li in the second round.
Bala and Jeevan scored straight sets win over Istomin and Cozbinov.

Squash News

At $79.5K Men's Canada Cup 2020, Toronto, Canada (World Tour Silver)

[R1] Ramit Tandon (IND,52) bt (9/16) Campbell Grayson (NZL,25) 8-11, 11-4, 11-5, 11-4 (44m)

[R2] Ramit Tandon (IND,52) l (6) Daryl Selby (ENG,25) 11-6, 6-11, 7-11, 7-11 (46m)

Ramit played in this big Canada Cup ... In the first round, he scored an upset win over the top-25 Grayson in 4 games ... Next, he lost against the top-25 Britisher Selby in 4 games.

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At $51.25K Women's Cincinnati Cup 2020, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA (World Tour Bronze)

[R1] Sunayna Kuruvilla (IND,67) l (9/16) Nada Abbas (EGY,27) 11-8, 5-11, 6-11, 11-9, 6-11 (41m)

Sunayna played in this bronze tournament level Cincinnati Cup ... She lost in the first round but gave a fighting performance against the top-30 Egyptian Nada Abbas.

Tennis News

At €92K+H Pau Challenger 2020, France

[R1] Sasikumar Mukund (IND,279) bt (PR) Arthur De Greef (BEL,288) 67(5) 76(3) 76(2)

[R2] (3) Sumit Nagal (IND,122) vs Hugo Grenier (FRA,250)
[R2] Sasikumar Mukund (IND,279) vs (8) Lukas Lacko (SVK,168)

Mukund scored an impressive and a gritty win over a solid former top-200 player, who was out due to injury ... The match was very close as all 3 sets went to the tie-breaks ... Mukund lost the first set tie-break but he fought back to win the next 2 sets in the tie-breaks and completed win in almost 2 hours and 50 mins ... Next, he is facing the top-175 and 8th seed Lukas Lacko ... Sumit is facing a Frenchman Hugo Grenier.

This week, the first-time Sumit becomes India's #1 singles player as Prajnesh failed to defend his points and slides to #134.

Golf News

At €240K Geoff King Motors Australian Ladies Classic 2020, Bonville, Australia (Ladies European Tour)

T24 Aditi Ashok (IND) 69 75 69 72 -3 € 3,072.00
T32 Diksha Dagar (IND) 73 72 71 71 -1 € 2,094.86
T57 Tvesa Malik (IND) 74 68 74 76 +4 € 804.00

Aditi managed the top-25 finish in Australia ... Diksha and Tvesa also managed to make cut.

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At $3M Puerto Rico Open 2020, Rio Grande, Puerto Rico (PGA Tour)

T44 Anirban Lahiri (IND) 70 70 70 70 -8 $9,220
T50 Arjun Atwal (IND) 73 67 72 69 -7 $7,620

Anirban and Arjun played in the Puerto Rico Open but failed to give desired result.

Tennis News

At $2.9M Qatar Total Open 2020, Doha, Qatar

[R1] (WC) Caroline Garcia (FRA)/ Sania Mirza (IND) vs (WC) Cagla Buyukakcay (TUR)/ Laura Siegemund (GER)

Sania has received a wildcard with her French partner Caroline Garcia in Doha ... They r facing another wildcard pairing of Cagla Buyukakcay and Laura Siegemund.

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At $2.95M Dubai Duty-Free Tennis Championships 2020, UAE

[R1] (Q) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,125) vs (Q) Dennis Novak (AUT,95)

Doubles
[F-Q] (2) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP) l (1) Henri Kontinen (FIN)/ Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) 36 63 6-10

Prajnesh is facing the top-100 Austrian player, Dennis Novak ... A decent draw considering this big tournament.

Rohan and Pablo lost in the match tie-break against Kontinen and Struff in the final qualifying.

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At $674K Chile Dove Men+Care Open 2020, Santiago, Chile (clay)

[R1] (3) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Artem Sitak (NZL) vs Thiago Monteiro (BRA)/ Fernando Romboli (BRA)

Divij and Artem r playing in Chile and they r facing a Brazilian pair in the first round.

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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament 2020, Jodhpur, India

Singles Final
(1) Ankita Raina (IND,176) bt (7) Berfu Cengiz (TUR,451) 75 61

As expected, Ankita lifted the singles title beating a Turkish girl Berfu Cengiz in straight sets ... This was her 7th $25K title and the 2nd title of the year.

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At €92K+H Pau Challenger 2020, France

[R1] (3) Sumit Nagal (IND,126) bye
[R1] Sasikumar Mukund (IND,282) vs (PR) Arthur De Greef (BEL,288)

Doubles
[R1] Purav Raja (IND)/ Adil Shamasdin (CAN) vs Antonio Sancic (CRO)/ Tristan-Samuel Weissborn (AUT)

Sumit and Mukund r playing in the French challenger ... Sumit is the 3rd seed and Mukund is playing against Arthur De Greef.

In the doubles, Purav and Adil r facing Weissborn and Sancic.

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At $54K+H Columbus Challenger 2020, Ohio, USA

[R1] (9) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,179) bye

Doubles
[R1] (WC) N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) vs (4) Treat Huey (PHI)/ Nathaniel Lammons (USA)
[R1] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) vs Alexander Cozbinov (MDA)/ Denis Istomin (UZB)

Ram is playing in the Columbus Challenger and he is the 9th seed ... In the doubles, he is partnering VSP and they r facing the 4th seed Huey and Lammons ... Bala and Jeevan r facing Istomin and Cozbinov.

Table Tennis News

At $170K ITTF World Tour Hungarian Open 2020, Budapest, Hungary

Men's Doubles Final
Sharath Kamal Achanta (IND)/Sathiyan Gnanasekaran (IND) l (2) Benedikt Duda (GER)/ Patrick Franziska (GER) 1-3 (5-11, 9-11, 11-8, 9-11)

Sathiyan and Sharath ended with silver, but they became a first Indian pair to reach the final of such big ITTF World Tour tournament ... After losing the first game easily our pair gave a fighting performance and stretched the 2nd seed German pair ... Our pair tried to fight back but the German pair used their experience to complete win in 4 games.

Hockey News

At the FIH Hockey Pro League 2020, Bhubaneswar, India

India bt Australia 2-2 (HT 2-1) (3-1 shoot-out)
Goal Scorers - Rupinder Pal Singh (IND) 25' PC, Harmanpreet Singh (IND) 27' PC and Trent Mitton (AUS) 23', Aran Zalewski (AUS) 46'

A good win for us in the shoot-out against a strong Australian team ... Sreejesh was a hero of the match, he conceded 2 penalty strokes in the shoot-out but saved 3 shots also ... We played a lot better hockey than yesterday, though we were making a lot of defensive errors ... We conceded 9 penalty corners but Aussie players failed to convert, on other hands we scored 2 goals from 4 penalty corners ... In this match, we played the pressing game and managed to keep the pressure on the Aussie team ... After conceding the goal we scored 2 goals in 2 minutes from 2 penalty corners to lead at the half-time ... Tim Brand missed a penalty stroke in an early 3rd quarter but the Aussie team equalized on the 1st minute of the 4th quarter ... After that, both teams tried to score, we conceded a penalty corner in the final seconds but managed to save it to end match 2-all ... Again we showed mastery in the shoot-out to earn a bonus point from this match.

Badminton News

At $170K Barcelona Spain Masters 2020, Spain (HSBC BWF World Tour Super 300)

[SF] Ajay Jayaram (IND,68) l Kunlavut Vitidsarn (THA,32) 20-22 12-21

Ajay matched Vitidsarn in the first game but after that Vitidsarn didn't give much chance to him.

Tennis News

At $2.95M Dubai Duty-Free Tennis Championships 2020, UAE

[R1] (WC) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,125) vs Qualifier

Doubles
[Q1] (2) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP) bt (WC) Lukas Rosol (CZE)/ Viktor Troicki (SRB) 64 75

[F-Q] (2) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP) vs (1) Henri Kontinen (FIN)/ Jan-Lennard Struff (GER)

[R1] (WC) Matthew Ebden (AUS)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs (2) Ivan Dodig(CRO)/ Filip Polasek (SVK)

Prajnesh has received a wildcard for the singles main-draw and he is facing a qualifier in the first round ... Lee also has received the doubles main-draw wildcard with Matthew Ebden ... They r having a tough match against the 2nd seed Dodig and Polasek.

Rohan is playing in the doubles qualifying with his Spanish partner Pablo Carreno Busta ... They started with a straight-sets win over Troicki and Rosol ... In the final qualifying, they r facing a tough match against the in-form pairing of Henri Kontinen and Jan-Lennard Struff.

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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament 2020, Jodhpur, India

[SF] (1) Ankita Raina (IND,176) bt (4) Nudnida Luangnam (THA,347) 63 62

[F] (1) Ankita Raina (IND,176) vs (7) Berfu Cengiz (TUR,451)

Doubles Final
(1) Rutuja Bhosale (IND)/ Miyabi Inoue (JPN) bt (4) Snehal Mane (IND)/ Ankita Raina (IND) 46 64 10-8

Ankita is in the final with a comfortable win over her Thai opponent, Luangnam ... In the final, Ankita is facing the 7th seed Turkish girl, Berfu Cengiz.

Ankita missed a chance of double crown but she really helped a young Snehal Mane to earn a load of points to push her doubles ranking ... Ankita and Snehal lost the final against Rutuja and her Japanese partner Inoue after winning the first set.

Table Tennis News

At $170K ITTF World Tour Hungarian Open 2020, Budapest, Hungary

Women's Singles
[R16] Manika Batra (IND,67) l (4) Miu Hirano (JPN,11) 0-4 (9-11, 1-11, 7-11, 7-11)

Men's Singles
[R16] Sathiyan Gnanasekaran (IND,30) l (1) Tomokazu Harimoto (JPN,5) 0-4 (8-11, 5-11, 4-11, 8-11)

Men's Doubles
[PR2] Sharath Kamal Achanta (IND)/Sathiyan Gnanasekaran (IND) bt Ibrahim Gunduz (TUR)/ Abdullah Yigenler (TUR) 3-1 (9-11, 11-4, 11-8, 11-4)

[R16] Sharath Kamal Achanta (IND)/Sathiyan Gnanasekaran (IND) bt Shunsuke Togami (JPN)/ Yukiya Uda (JPN) 3-2 (11-6, 11-8, 8-11, 9-11 11-9)
[QF] Sharath Kamal Achanta (IND)/Sathiyan Gnanasekaran (IND) bt (4) Nandor Ecseki (HUN)/ Adam Szudi (HUN) 3-0 (11-8, 11-7, 11-8)
[SF] Sharath Kamal Achanta (IND)/Sathiyan Gnanasekaran (IND) bt (1) Kwan Kit Ho (HKG)/ Chun Ting Wong (HKG) 3-2 (11-7, 12-10, 4-11, 4-11, 11-9)

[F] Sharath Kamal Achanta (IND)/Sathiyan Gnanasekaran (IND) vs (2) Benedikt Duda (GER)/ Patrick Franziska (GER)

Mixed Doubles
[PR2] Sharath Kamal Achanta (IND)/ Manika Batra (IND) bt Aliaksandr Khanin (BLR)/ Daria Trigolos (BLR) 3-1 (11-4, 9-11, 11-7, 13-11)

[R16] Sharath Kamal Achanta (IND)/ Manika Batra (IND) bt Adam Szudi (HUN)/ Szandra Pergel (HUN) 3-2 (11-8, 9-11, 6-11, 11-9, 11-7)
[QF] Sharath Kamal Achanta (IND)/ Manika Batra (IND) bt Jun Mizutani (JPN)/ Mima Ito (JPN) w/o

[SF] Sharath Kamal Achanta (IND)/ Manika Batra (IND) l Patrick Franziska (GER)/ Petrissa Solja (GER) 0-3 (6-11, 8-11, 6-11)

Expected losses of Manika and Sathiyan in the singles against their respective superior Japanese opponents.

In the doubles, Sathiyan and Sharath reach into the final ... They scored a couple of exciting wins over higher ranked Japanese and Hong Kong pairs ... In the final, they r facing a German pair.

In MXD, Sharat and Manika lost in the semis against the German pair ... Before that, they received a walkover in the quarters from a higher-ranked Japanese pair.

Hockey News

At the FIH Hockey Pro League 2020, Bhubaneswar, India

India l Australia 3-4 (HT 0-2)
Goal Scorers - Raj Kumar Pal (IND) 36' PC and 42', Rupinder Pal Singh (IND) 52' PC and Dylan Wotherspoon (AUS) 6', Tom Wickham (AUS) 18', Lachlan Sharp (AUS) 41', Jacob Anderson (AUS) 42'

After struggling in the first 3 quarters we managed to play our game in the final quarters ... We scored 2 goals and Rupinder missed a chance in the final minute to equalize so we lost by a goal ... In the first 3 quarters, Australians were in control and was dictating the game ... In the 4th quarter, our team played a more organize game and were putting pressure on the Aussie team ... For tomorrow's match, we need to play good hockey in all quarters and show improvement in the defense.

Badminton News

At $170K Barcelona Spain Masters 2020, Spain (HSBC BWF World Tour Super 300)

[QF] Ajay Jayaram (IND,68) bt Thomas Rouxel (FRA,62) 21-14 21-15
[QF] Sameer Verma (IND,30) l Kunlavut Vitidsarn (THA,32) 21-17 17-21 12-21

[QF] (5) Saina Nehwal (IND,18) l (3) Busanan Ongbamrungphan (THA,15) 20-22 19-21

[SF] Ajay Jayaram (IND,68) vs Kunlavut Vitidsarn (THA,32)

Ajay is in the semis with a comfortable win over Frenchman Rouxel ... Next, he is facing a young Thai challenge of Vitidsarn, who defeated Sameer after losing the first game.
Saina lost in two tight games against Busanan Ongbamrungphan ... Saina missed a game point in the first game.

Tennis News

At $673K Delray Beach Open 2020, U.S.A.

[QF] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Artem Sitak (NZL) l (1) Bob Bryan (USA)/ Mike Bryan (USA) 62 46 3-10

Divij and Artem lost in the quarters against Bryans ... After losing the first set they tried to fight back and won the second set ... But our pair failed to cope with Bryans in the match tie-break.

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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament 2020, Jodhpur, India

[QF] (1) Ankita Raina (IND,176) bt (6) Riya Bhatia (IND,349) 61 61
[QF] (8) Rutuja Bhosale (IND,458) l (4) Nudnida Luangnam (THA,347) 67(4) 67(1)

[SF] (1) Ankita Raina (IND,176) vs (4) Nudnida Luangnam (THA,347)

Ankita scored a dominating win over Riya for entering into the semis ... Next, she is facing a Thai challenge of Luangnam ...Rutuja gave a fighting performance against Luangnam before losing in the two tie-breaks.

Table Tennis News

At $170K ITTF World Tour Hungarian Open 2020, Budapest, Hungary

Women's Singles
[PR1] Manika Batra (IND,67) bt Margo Degraef (BEL,156) 4-0 (11-6, 11-5, 11-4, 11-9)
[PR2] Manika Batra (IND,67) bt Jamila Laurenti (ITA,196) 4-1 (9-11, 11-2, 11-7, 11-3, 11-4)
[PR3] Manika Batra (IND,67) bt Aikaterini Toliou (GRE,180) 4-0 (11-6, 11-8, 11-9, 11-7)

[R32] Manika Batra (IND,67) bt Szu-Yu Chen (TPE,26) 4-3 (9-11, 4-11, 7-11, 12-10, 11-9, 11-7, 14-12)

[R16] Manika Batra (IND,67) vs (4) Miu Hirano (JPN,11)

Men's Singles
[R32] Sathiyan Gnanasekaran (IND,30) bt Noshad Alamiyan (IRI,61) 4-0 (11-6, 11-6, 11-9, 11-2)

[R16] Sathiyan Gnanasekaran (IND,30) vs (1) Tomokazu Harimoto (JPN,5)

Our players r playing in the Hungarian Open to qualify for Tokyo Olympics ... Manika Batra produced the biggest win of her career when she defeated the top-30 Taipei player, Szu-Yu Chen ... She was facing a defeat after losing the first 3 games and faced a match-point ... From here, she made a remarkable comeback in the match ... She saved a match point and won the next 3 games ... And completed win after a closely fought final game ... Next, she is facing the WR #11 Miu Hirano.

Sathiyan also started with a comfortable win over his Iranian opponent, Noshad Alamiyan ... Next, Sathiyan is having a real tough match against the WR #5 Tomokazu Harimoto.

Tennis News

At €46.6K+H Koblenz Challenger 2020, Germany

[R3] (Q) Sasikumar Mukund (IND,282) l (2) Yannick Hanfmann (GER,149) 57 46

Another commendable performance by Mukund against a top-150 Yannick Hanfmann in his 2 sets loss.

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At €46.6K+H Bergamo Challenger 2020, Italy

[QF] (1) Purav Raja (IND)/ Adil Shamasdin (CAN) l Zdenek Kolar (CZE)/ Julian Ocleppo (ITA) 36 57

A disappointing loss of Purav and Adil against Ocleppo and Kolar in straight sets.

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At $54K+H Morelos Open Credito Real 2020, Mexico

[QF] Harry Bourchier (AUS)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) l (1) Luke Saville (AUS)/ John-Patrick Smith (AUS) 36 46

The top-seed Aussie pair defeated Ram and Harry in straight sets.

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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament 2020, Jodhpur, India

[R2] (1) Ankita Raina (IND,176) bt Sakura Hondo (JPN,562) 62 63
[R2] (6) Riya Bhatia (IND,349) bt (WC) Mihika Yadav (IND,937) 64 67(3) 64
[R2] (8) Rutuja Bhosale (IND,458) bt Anchisa Chanta (THA,731) 64 61
[R2] Sowjanya Bavisetti (IND,626) l Miyabi Inoue (JPN,592) 36 16
[R2] Sathwika Sama (IND,892) l (2) Jodie Anna Burrage (GBR,306) 06 57

[QF] (1) Ankita Raina (IND,176) vs (6) Riya Bhatia (IND,349)
[QF] (8) Rutuja Bhosale (IND,458) vs (4) Nudnida Luangnam (THA,347)

The results were as per their rankings, so our 3 seeded players r in the quarters ... Ankita is facing Riya and Rutuja having a tough match against Luangnam.

Badminton News

At $170K Barcelona Spain Masters 2020, Spain (HSBC BWF World Tour Super 300)

[R2] Sameer Verma (IND,30) bt Kai Schaefer (GER,77) 21-14 16-21 21-15
[R2] Ajay Jayaram (IND,68) bt (3) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,12) 21-6 21-17

[R2] (5) Saina Nehwal (IND,18) bt Maria Ulitina (UKR,101) 21-10 21-19

[R2] Ashwini Ponnappa (IND)/ N. Sikki Reddy (IND) l (3) Gabriela Stoeva (BUL)/ Stefani Stoeva (BUL) 18-21 14-21

[R2] Pranaav Jerry Chopra (IND)/ N. Sikki Reddy (IND) l (1) Soon Huat Goh (MAS)/ Shevon Jemie Lai (MAS) 16-21 21-17 11-21

[QF] Ajay Jayaram (IND,68) vs Thomas Rouxel (FRA,62)
[QF] Sameer Verma (IND,30) vs Kunlavut Vitidsarn (THA,32)

[QF] (5) Saina Nehwal (IND,18) vs (3) Busanan Ongbamrungphan (THA,15)

Ajay scored a thumping win over Srikanth for entering into the quarters ... He is facing a similar ranked Frenchman Rouxel.
Sameer also joins him with 3 games win over his German opponent ... Next, he is facing a former junior World Champion Vitidsarn.
Saina scored straight games win over Ulitina ... Next, she is facing a Thai girl, Busanan Ongbamrungphan.

Pranaav and Sikki gave a fighting performance against their top-seed Malaysian opponents in 3 games loss ... Stoeva sisters proved a better pair on the court than Ashwini and Sikki.