Prajwal goes down fighting to Czech Republic’s Gengel
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Prajwal goes down fighting to Czech Republic’s Gengel

The Hindu  

Prajwal Dev went down fighting to Czech Republic’s Marek Gengel 7-6, 3-6, 3-6 in an opening round singles match at the dafaNEWS Bengaluru Open here at the KLSTA courts on Monday. However, Prajwal’s 29-year-old opponent reeled off four straight games – including the eighth, a long-drawn multiple-deuce affair – to emerge victorious. Mukund Sasikumar, however, bit the dust in the final round of the qualifying, falling to Czech Republic’s Hynek Barton in three sets. Prajwal Dev 6-7, 6-3, 6-3; Nicolas Mejia bt Elmer Moller 6-3, 6-4; Blake Ellis bt Michael Geerts 6-7, 6-4, 7-6; Rio Noguchi bt Justin Engel 7-5, 6-2.

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Bengaluru Open ATP Challenger 2025: Indian challenge ends in opening round
3 weeks, 3 days ago

Bengaluru Open ATP Challenger 2025: Indian challenge ends in opening round

The Hindu  

The hopes of a feel good story in Indian men’s singles tennis were extinguished on Tuesday at the Bengaluru Open as Ramkumar Ramanathan, Karan Singh and Manas Dhamne all lost their first-round matches at the KSLTA courts. The defeats meant that only one Indian player – Mukund Sasikumar – out of the six who competed in the singles main draws …

Bengaluru Open ATP Challenger 2025: Wildcard Prajwal Dev goes down fighting to Gengel in opening round
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Bengaluru Open ATP Challenger 2025: Wildcard Prajwal Dev goes down fighting to Gengel in opening round

The Hindu  

Prajwal Dev went down fighting to Czech Republic’s Marek Gengel 7-6, 3-6, 3-6 in an opening round singles match at the Bengaluru Open ATP Challenger at the KLSTA courts on Monday. However, Prajwal’s 29-year-old opponent reeled off four straight games – including the eighth, a long-drawn multiple-deuce affair – to emerge victorious. READ | WTA Rankings: Mirra Andreeva becomes first …

Indian sports wrap, February 23: GM Iniyan finishes runner-up in La Grande International Open Chess Tournament
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Indian sports wrap, February 23: GM Iniyan finishes runner-up in La Grande International Open Chess Tournament

The Hindu  

CHESS GM Iniyan loses to French IM Mahel in tiebreak Indian Grandmaster P. Iniyan finished runner-up in the 41st Cappelle La Grande International Open Tournament after losing to IM Mahel of France in the tiebreaks in Dunkirk. - PTI TENNIS Bengaluru Open ATP Challenger 2025: Davis Cuppers Karan, Mukund reach final round of qualifiers S. Mukund celebrates after beating compatriot …

Chennai Open ATP Challenger 2025: Kirkin gets walkover after Vesely retires in first round
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Chennai Open ATP Challenger 2025: Kirkin gets walkover after Vesely retires in first round

The Hindu  

Jiri Vesely had a brief bout of nausea, took a pill, and was squeezed for effort, by his opponent Ergi Kirkin, as he walked out, seemingly because of dehydration, to concede a walkover win, 7-6, 6-7, in the first round of the Chennai Open ATP Challenger at the SDAT tennis stadium here on Wednesday. Kirkin rallied from 2-5 to draw …

Australian Open: Iga Swiatek is in total control during a 6-1, 6-0 rout of Emma Raducanu
2 months ago

Australian Open: Iga Swiatek is in total control during a 6-1, 6-0 rout of Emma Raducanu

Associated Press  

MELBOURNE, Australia — Everything came so easily for Iga Swiatek during a 6-1, 6-0 victory over Emma Raducanu on Saturday in the only Australian Open women’s third-round match between two past Grand Slam champions — if you thought that meant it would be close, you’d have been rather wrong — that this was how she described it: “I felt like …

Indian sports wrap, January 17: ITF W50: Ankita-Naiktha duo eases past Riya-Vaidehi to reach women’s doubles final
2 months ago

Indian sports wrap, January 17: ITF W50: Ankita-Naiktha duo eases past Riya-Vaidehi to reach women’s doubles final

The Hindu  

TENNIS ITF W50: Ankita-Naiktha duo eases past Riya-Vaidehi to reach women’s doubles final The Second seed Panna Udvardy overcame a slow start to beat Laura Samson of the Czech Republic 4-6, 6-1, 6-4 in the quarterfinals of the $40,000 ITF women’s tennis tournament at the DLTA Complex on Friday. -Team Sportstar ATHLETICS Bugatha, Man Singh bank on high-altitude training for …

Indian sports wrap, November 16: Hitaashee doubles lead to six shots in Hero WPGT
4 months ago

Indian sports wrap, November 16: Hitaashee doubles lead to six shots in Hero WPGT

The Hindu  

GOLF Hitaashee doubles lead to six shots in Hero WPGT Hitaashee Bakshi added a 2-under 70 to her first-round card of 67 to double her three-shot lead to six with one more round to go in the 14th Leg of the Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour in Vikarabad on Saturday. - Team Sportstar ITF: Riya Bhatia-Polina pair beats Aneta-Martha duo …

Indian sports wrap, August 9: Bopanna-Ebden lose in Canada Open pre-quarterfinals
7 months, 1 week ago

Indian sports wrap, August 9: Bopanna-Ebden lose in Canada Open pre-quarterfinals

The Hindu  

TENNIS Canada Open: Rohan Bopanna-Ebden lose in pre-quarterfinals Rohan Bopanna in partnership with Olympic champion Matthew Ebden of Australia was beaten 4-6, 6-3, by Hugo Nys and Jan Zielinski in the doubles pre-quarterfinals of the $8,122,428 ATP tennis tournament in Montreal, Canada. -Team Sportstar HPCL Mittal AITA tournament: Neeraj Yashpaul beats Parv Nage in final Top seed Neeraj Yashpaul outplayed …

Sindhu, Prannoy enter second round, Lakshya loses in Singapore Open
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Sindhu, Prannoy enter second round, Lakshya loses in Singapore Open

The Hindu  

Prannoy progressed to the second round but Lakshya Sen went down fighting to World No. 21 Line Hojmark Kjaersfeldt of Denmark, the Indian registered a 21-12, 22-20 win in a 44-minute opening round encounter to set up a mouth-watering battle against familiar foe Carolina Marin of Spain. Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand notched up a 21-7, 21-14 win over Cheng …

IPL-2024 Qualifier 1: Mitchell the ‘Starc’ difference as Kolkata Knight Riders blows away Sunrisers Hyderabad
10 months ago

IPL-2024 Qualifier 1: Mitchell the ‘Starc’ difference as Kolkata Knight Riders blows away Sunrisers Hyderabad

The Hindu  

When Kolkata Knight Riders paid a record ₹24.75 crore for Mitchell Starc at the player auction last year, not many were convinced it was a wise purchase for a bowler returning to the IPL for the first time since 2015. SCOREBOARD SUNRISERS HYDERABAD Travis Head b Starc 0, Abhishek Sharma c Russell b Vaibhav 3, Rahul Tripathi run out 55, …

KKR vs SRH Qualifier 1, IPL 2024 Dream11 Prediction: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad predicted playing XI, fantasy team, squads
10 months ago

KKR vs SRH Qualifier 1, IPL 2024 Dream11 Prediction: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad predicted playing XI, fantasy team, squads

The Hindu  

Kolkata Knight Riders and Sunrisers Hyderabad will face each other in the Indian Premier League 2024 Qualifier 1 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Tuesday for a place in the final. PLAYING XIs KKR: Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Sunil Narine, Rinku Singh, Shreyas Iyer, Andre Russell, Venkatesh Iyer, Ramandeep Singh, Vaibhav Arora, Mitchell Starc, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarthy. Sunrisers Hyderabad …

IPL-17 | KKR vs RCB | Kolkata Knight Riders hold nerve to squeeze narrow win over Royal Challengers Bengaluru
11 months ago

IPL-17 | KKR vs RCB | Kolkata Knight Riders hold nerve to squeeze narrow win over Royal Challengers Bengaluru

The Hindu  

In a high-scoring encounter dotted with heart-stopping moments, Kolkata Knight Riders rode on skipper Shreyas Iyer’s half-century and Andre Russell’s excellent all-round showing to manage an exciting one-run win over Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the Indian Premier League at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on April 21. Scoreboard Kolkata Knight Riders innings: Phil Salt c Patidar b Siraj 48 Sunil …

Candidates Chess 2024: D Gukesh Draws With Ian Nepomniachtchi to Stay in Joint Lead
11 months ago

Candidates Chess 2024: D Gukesh Draws With Ian Nepomniachtchi to Stay in Joint Lead

News 18  

Indian Grandmaster D Gukesh held on to the joint top spot with Russian Ian Nepomniachtchi after they played out an easy draw in the 10th round of the Candidates chess tournament in Toronto. The all-Indian duel between R Praggnanandhaa and Vidit Gujrathi also ended in a draw while Fabiano Caruana and Hikaru Nakamura defeated Firouza Alireza and Nijat Abasov respectively …

Praggnanandhaa, Gukesh, Vidit, Vaishali, Humpy at Candidates 2024: Round 6 - Schedule, pairing, colour
11 months, 1 week ago

Praggnanandhaa, Gukesh, Vidit, Vaishali, Humpy at Candidates 2024: Round 6 - Schedule, pairing, colour

The Hindu  

The Indian challenge at the FIDE Candidates 2024 tournament will continue on Thursday, with the sixth round action starting at 12 AM in Toronto, Canada. D. Gukesh joined the leaderboard alongside Ian Nepomniachtchi after beating Nijat Abasov in the fifth round, while the other four Indians played out a draw in their respective matches. HIGHLIGHTS | FIDE CANDIDATES 2024 ROUND …

Candidates Chess: Indians in hunt, but Nepomniachtchi clear favourite on first rest day
11 months, 1 week ago

Candidates Chess: Indians in hunt, but Nepomniachtchi clear favourite on first rest day

The Hindu  

The great Viswnathan Anand felt Indians were "a long shot" in the Candidates Chess Tournament but the duo of D Gukesh and R Praggnanandhaa have done surprisingly well to withstand the early storm as the prestigious event took its first rest day of the ongoing edition. Indian performance satisfactory so far, say GMs Barua and Thipsay Indian Grandmasters Dibyendu Barua …

FIDE Candidates 2024: Indians in action in Round 3 - Schedule, pairing, colour
11 months, 2 weeks ago

FIDE Candidates 2024: Indians in action in Round 3 - Schedule, pairing, colour

The Hindu  

The Indian challenge at FIDE Candidates 2024 tournament will continue on Sunday, with the Round 3 action starting at 12 AM in Toronto, Canada. In the women’s category Koneru Humpy will be up against China’s Tan Zhongyi, who has taken an early lead in the tournament. Indian Round 3 Schedule D. Gukesh vs Ian Nepomniachtchi Vidit Gujrathi vs R. Praggnanandhaa …

Indian sports news wrap, December 27
1 year, 2 months ago

Indian sports news wrap, December 27

The Hindu  

TENNIS Chirag Duhan advances to quarterfinals in men’s ITF tournament in Tunisia Chirag Duhan in partnership with Nicolas Tepmahc of France beat Jonas Keck and Aryan Jit Singh 6-4, 6-2 in the doubles pre-quarterfinals of the $15,000 ITF men’s tennis tournament in Monastir, Tunisia. The results: $15,000 ITF men, Monastir, Tunisia Singles : Ilia Simakin bt Chirag Duhan 6-1, 7-6; …

Indian sports news wrap, September 13
1 year, 6 months ago

Indian sports news wrap, September 13

The Hindu  

CHESS Asian junior chess: Gebnev joined in lead by Rohith, Aswath; Tejaswini, Bristy still at top in girls’ event Top seed Aleksey Gebnev from Russia was joined at the top by two Indians on Wednesday at the Asian junior chess championship. Girls: Mrittika Mallick 5 lost to G. Tejaswini 6; Bristy Mukherjee 6 bt Shubhi Gupta 4.5; Keerti Reddy 4.5 …

Indian sports news wrap, August 10
1 year, 7 months ago

Indian sports news wrap, August 10

The Hindu  

MOTORSPORT Honda Racing India riders ready for Indonesian challenge After a decent show in the third round in Japan, the Idemitsu Honda Racing India riders are better prepared and confident to take on the best in the fourth round of the FIM Asia Road Racing Championship at the Mandalika International Street Circuit in Indonesia this weekend. - Kamesh Srinivasan Meerbusch …

Indian sports news wrap, July 21
1 year, 8 months ago

Indian sports news wrap, July 21

The Hindu  

Get all the major updates, scores and results from Indian sports on Friday, July 21. Sameer Ghulia, Mahesh Pasupathy and Rajkanwar Singh Sandhu with the team silver in rapid fire pistol in the Junior World Championship. $25,000 ITF women, Roehampton, Britain Doubles : Rutuja Bhosale & Sarah Beth Grey bt Madeleine Brooks & Holly Hutchinson 0-6, 6-4, ; Semifinals: Rutuja …

Indian sports news wrap, May 26
1 year, 9 months ago

Indian sports news wrap, May 26

The Hindu  

GOLF Superb start for Shubhankar, lying fifth in Dutch Open; Gandas 44th Shubhankar Sharma shrugged off his recent disappointments with a stunning 5-under 67 in the first round of the KLM Dutch Open, placing him inside the top-5 at the DP World Tour event. Steve Stricker, who won the season’s first PGA TOUR Champions major two weeks ago with his …

Indian sports news wrap, March 29
1 year, 11 months ago

Indian sports news wrap, March 29

The Hindu  

MOTORSPORTS TVS Racing creates a new top speed record in the first round of 2023 TVS Asia One Make Championship With a 40-year heritage of racing, TVS Racing, the flagbearer of One Make Championship in India rung in the 2 nd edition of TVS Asia One Make Championship 2023 in a thrilling manner by breaking its last year records at …

Sasikumar Mukund loses to Russia's Evgeny Donskoy in Lucknow ITF event semis
1 year, 11 months ago

Sasikumar Mukund loses to Russia's Evgeny Donskoy in Lucknow ITF event semis

Hindustan Times  

India’s Sasikumar Mukund played one of his best matches of the season before losing to Russia’s Evgeny Donskoy in the semi-finals of the ITF $25,000 Men’s Open hardcourt tennis tournament in Lucknow on Saturday. File photo of Sasikumar Mukund Mukund, 26, had his moments in both sets before the Indian ranked 401 in the world saw the experienced Russian, who …

Bengaluru Open 2023: Prajnesh marches ahead, Sasikumar goes down fighting
2 years, 1 month ago

Bengaluru Open 2023: Prajnesh marches ahead, Sasikumar goes down fighting

The Hindu  

India had a mixed day in the second round of Bengaluru Open 2023 qualifying matches at the KSLTA Stadium on Monday. Prajnesh Gunneswaran breezed past Carlos Sanchez Jover of Spain by registering a 6-4, 6-3 victory while M Sasikumar went down to Jason Jung in straight sets 5-7, 4-6. The second set started in a rather bizarre manner with both …

Bengaluru Open 2023: Prajnesh Gunneswaran Moves Into Main Draw, Mukund Sasikumar Ousted
2 years, 1 month ago

Bengaluru Open 2023: Prajnesh Gunneswaran Moves Into Main Draw, Mukund Sasikumar Ousted

News 18  

Top-seed Chun-Hsin Tseng of Taipei and Australias Marc Polmans advanced to the Round of 16 of the Bengaluru Open 2023 with comprehensive wins on Monday. There was some good news for local tennis fans as India’s Pranjesh Gunneswaran qualified for the main draw by winning his final qualifying round match. In the other Round of 32 match of the day, …

Bengaluru Open Challenger: Prajnesh Gunneswaran, Mukund Sasikumar reach final qualifying round
2 years, 1 month ago

Bengaluru Open Challenger: Prajnesh Gunneswaran, Mukund Sasikumar reach final qualifying round

The Hindu  

Mukund Sasikumar and Prajnesh Gunneswaran made their way into the final qualifying round at the 2023 Bengaluru Open ATP Challenger after registering contrasting victories on Sunday. 1 Gunneswaran, on the other hand, faced some tough challenge from Zimbabwean Benjamin Lock in the first set, which went into a tie-breaker, but managed to keep things under control to secure a 7-5, …

Indian sports news wrap, October 25: Prajnesh loses in first round of Challenger event
2 years, 4 months ago

Indian sports news wrap, October 25: Prajnesh loses in first round of Challenger event

The Hindu  

TENNIS Prajnesh loses in opening round of Playford Challenger Prajnesh Gunneswaran was beaten 7-5, 6-1 by second seed James Duckworth in the $53,120 Challenger tennis tournament in Playford, Australia, on Tuesday. RESULTS $53,120 Challenger, Playford, Australia Singles : Yu Hsiou Hsu bt Sasikumar Mukund 6-4, 6-2; James Duckworth bt Prajnesh Gunneswaran 7-5, 6-1. - Kamesh Srinivasan SHOOTING ISSF World Championships: …

September 27, Indian sports news wrap
2 years, 5 months ago

September 27, Indian sports news wrap

The Hindu  

HOCKEY Delhi to host 28th Nehru Girls Hockey tournament The 28th Nehru Girls Hockey tournament 2022 will be held at the Shivaji Stadium from September 28 to October 9. -Kamesh Srinivasan Advit Tiwari in Asian U-16 tennis tournament quarterfinal Advit Tiwari recovered from a tough start to beat sixth seed Aazaan Assiz 6-7, 6-0, 6-4 in the boys pre-quarterfinals of …

German Open: Ishaan-Sai Pratheek pair advance to second round but other Indians suffer defeat
3 years ago

German Open: Ishaan-Sai Pratheek pair advance to second round but other Indians suffer defeat

Firstpost  

Ishaan and Sai Pratheek took just 30 minutes to get the better of English duo of Callum Hemming and Steven Stalwood 21-15 21-16 in their tournament- opener. Muelheim An Der Ruhr: Unheralded Indian men’s doubles pair of Ishaan Bhatnagar and Sai Pratheek K moved into the second round even as majority of their compatriots suffered defeats at the German Open …

Bengaluru Open: Arjun Kadhe-Alexander Erler Lift Doubles Title
3 years, 1 month ago

Bengaluru Open: Arjun Kadhe-Alexander Erler Lift Doubles Title

News 18  

India’s Arjun Khade joined hands with Austrian Alexander Erler to win the doubles title in the Bengaluru Open 2 ATP Challenger here on Saturday. In the title clash, the Australian will meet Bulgarian Dimitar Kuzmanov, who scripted an epic comeback victory against third-seeded Frenchman Enzo Couacaud, winning 4-6, 7-5, 6-3. Kuzmanov not only saved two match points but came back …

Bengaluru Open 2: Myneni, Ramanathan beat compatriots Bhambri and Sharan to advance to quarters
3 years, 1 month ago

Bengaluru Open 2: Myneni, Ramanathan beat compatriots Bhambri and Sharan to advance to quarters

Firstpost  

Saketh and Ramkumar, who had won the doubles title at the Bengaluru Open 1 last week, saw off Yuki and Divij 6-1 7-5 in the Round of 16 at the KSLTA Courts. Bengaluru: The Indian pair of Saketh Myneni and Ramkumar Ramanathan beat compatriots Yuki Bhambri and Divij Sharan in straight sets to advance to the quarter-finals of the Bengaluru …

Bengaluru Open: Saketh Myneni Loses in First Round, Arjun Kadhe Qualifies for Main Draw
3 years, 1 month ago

Bengaluru Open: Saketh Myneni Loses in First Round, Arjun Kadhe Qualifies for Main Draw

News 18  

It was a mixed day for India at the ATP Bengaluru Open I with Arjun Kadhe bringing cheers by storming into the main round while wild card entrant Saketh Myneni went down without a whimper against Italian Gian Marco Moroni in the opening round. Myneni lost 1-6, 1-6 to Moroni in a first round match, Khade got the better of …

Tata Open Maharashtra: Myneni-Sasikumar cruise into second round, beat Sharan and Bhambri
3 years, 1 month ago

Tata Open Maharashtra: Myneni-Sasikumar cruise into second round, beat Sharan and Bhambri

The Hindu  

India’s Saketh Myneni and Sasikumar Mukund kickstarted their campaign at the 2022 Tata Open Maharashtra with a resounding 6-3, 6-4 win over compatriots Divij Sharan and Yuki Bhambri in the doubles opening round match at the Balewadi Stadium here on Wednesday. In another doubles opening round match played earlier in the day, Jiri Vesely and Alexander Erler defeated French duo …

Syed Modi International: HS Prannoy Enters Second Round, Sourabh Verma Stunned
3 years, 2 months ago

Syed Modi International: HS Prannoy Enters Second Round, Sourabh Verma Stunned

News 18  

India’s HS Prannoy entered the second round of the men’s singles competition at the Syed Modi International badminton tournament after registering a straight-game win over Ukraine’s Danylo Bosniuk but seventh seed Sourabh Verma was stunned by Azerbaijan’s Ade Resky Dwicahyo here on Tuesday. A former top-10 player, Prannoy, who gave a good account of himself before being stopped by 20-year-old …

World Table Tennis Contender | Manika surmounts Sreeja’s challenge, enters semifinals
3 years, 7 months ago

World Table Tennis Contender | Manika surmounts Sreeja’s challenge, enters semifinals

The Hindu  

Manika Batra had to dig deep to outlast Sreeja Akula 7-11, 11-1, 8-11, 13-11, 11-6 in the women’s singles quarterfinals of the World Table Tennis Contender Budapest here on Thursday. Sathiyan-Manika in final G. Sathiyan and Manika outclassed the Belarussian pair of Aleksandr Khanin and Daria Trigolos, seeded fourth, 11-6, 11-5, 11-4 to enter the mixed doubles final — the …

Ramkumar progresses to second round of French Open Qualifiers, Prajnesh bows out
3 years, 9 months ago

Ramkumar progresses to second round of French Open Qualifiers, Prajnesh bows out

The Hindu  

India's Ramkumar Ramanathan advanced to the men's singles second round of the French Open Qualifiers but Prajnesh Gunneswaran crashed out following his first-round defeat, here on Tuesday. Ramkumar erased a one-set deficit to beat American Michael Mmoh 2-6, 7-6, 6-3 in his opening round that lasted one hour and 54 minutes. Bopanna beaten in Serbia Rohan Bopanna, seeded No.1 with …

Julius Baer Challengers: Praggnanandhaa stuns Nihal, shares lead
3 years, 11 months ago

Julius Baer Challengers: Praggnanandhaa stuns Nihal, shares lead

The Hindu  

Prodigious R. Praggnanandhaa made light of his opening round loss to win the next four games and lead with two others in the Polgar Challenge, the first leg of the online Julius Baer Challengers Tour on Thursday. After a shock loss to Russian talent Volodar Murzin, third seed Praggnanandhaa scored over Gunay Mammadzada, second seed Nihal Sarin, Olga Badelka and …

All England Open 2021: Saina Nehwal retires due to injury; four Indians in Round 2 of men's singles
4 years ago

All England Open 2021: Saina Nehwal retires due to injury; four Indians in Round 2 of men's singles

Firstpost  

Birmingham: Four Indian male shuttlers, including Olympic hopeful B Sai Praneeth, advanced to the second round but former World no 1 Saina Nehwal was forced to concede her opening women’s singles match after suffering an injury at the All England Championships here. In men’s singles, World No 15 Praneeth saw off France’s Toma Junior Popov 21-18 22-20, while HS Prannoy, …

Bopanna-Middelkoop advance at European Open, Prajnesh in Wolffkran Open semis
4 years, 4 months ago

Bopanna-Middelkoop advance at European Open, Prajnesh in Wolffkran Open semis

The Hindu  

Rohan Bopanna in partnership with Matwe Middelkoop of the Netherlands beat Alex De Minaur and Matt Reid of Australia 6-3, 4-6, 10-4 to move into the doubles semifinals of the European Open in Antwerp, Belgium. RELATED| In the Wolffkran Open challenger in Germany, seventh seed Prajnesh Gunneswaran continued with his good run as he earned a hard-fought 7-5, 6-7, 6-3 …

Prajnesh Gunneswaran advances to Wolffkran Open quarters
4 years, 4 months ago

Prajnesh Gunneswaran advances to Wolffkran Open quarters

The Hindu  

Prajnesh Gunneswaran beat Lukas Lacko of Sovakia 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 to move into the quarterfinal of the Wolffkran Open challenger tournament in Ismaning, Germany. RELATED| The results: Wolffkran Open - Ismaning, Germany Singles : Prajnesh Gunneswaran bt Lukas Lacko 6-4, 5-7, 6-4; Botic Van de Zandschulp bt Ramkumar Ramanathan 6-2, 6-2. Doubles : Sebastian Korda & Brandon Nakashima bt Luca …

Prajnesh Gunneswaran advances, Sumit Nagal exits from French Open Qualifiers
4 years, 6 months ago

Prajnesh Gunneswaran advances, Sumit Nagal exits from French Open Qualifiers

India TV News  

Prajnesh Gunneswaran advances, Sumit Nagal exits from French Open Qualifiers Seeded 16th Sumit loses 6-7, 5-7 to Germany's seasoned player Dustin Brown while Prajnesh gets the better of Turkey's Cem Ilkel 6-3, 6-1. Indian tennis player Prajnesh Gunneswaran overcame a sluggish start to advance to the second round of the French Open men's singles qualifying event but country's top player …

Bengaluru Open 2020: Prajnesh Gunneswaran, Sumit Nagal suffer loss in pre-quarter-finals; Leander Paes-Matthew Ebden enter semis
5 years, 1 month ago

Bengaluru Open 2020: Prajnesh Gunneswaran, Sumit Nagal suffer loss in pre-quarter-finals; Leander Paes-Matthew Ebden enter semis

Firstpost  

Country’s ace players Prajnesh Gunneswaran and Sumit Nagal lost in the pre-quarterfinals, ending India’s challenge in the men’s singles event of the Bengaluru Open. Bengaluru: Country’s ace players Prajnesh Gunneswaran and Sumit Nagal lost in the pre-quarter-finals, ending India’s challenge in the men’s singles event of the Bengaluru Open on Thursday. While the seventh seed Prajnesh threw in the towel …

Chennai schoolboy Harshavardhan stuns Georgian GM
5 years, 2 months ago

Chennai schoolboy Harshavardhan stuns Georgian GM

The Hindu  

Chennai schoolboy G B Harshavardhan stunned Georgia’s Grand Master Mikheil Mchedlishvili in the fourth round of the 12th Chennai Open International GM chess tournament 2020 here on Monday. With the win, Harshavardhan moved into joint lead with GMs Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara, Stanislav Bogdanovich, N R Visakh and IMs Muhammad Khusenkhojaev and Indian Sayantan Das with four points. Important results …

KPIT-MSTLA Challenger: Prajnesh Gunneswaran, Sumit Nagal enter pre-quarterfinals with straight sets wins; Saketh Myneni eliminated
5 years, 4 months ago

KPIT-MSTLA Challenger: Prajnesh Gunneswaran, Sumit Nagal enter pre-quarterfinals with straight sets wins; Saketh Myneni eliminated

Firstpost  

India number one and top seed Prajnesh needed just 49 minutes to demolish Chandril Sood 6-1, 6-3 while third seed Sumit Nagal quelled a late challenge from Aryan Goveas to emerge a 6-3, 7-6 winner in one hour and 16 minutes Pune: Led by Prajnesh Gunneswaran, India’s top singles players progressed to the pre-quarterfinals with contrasting victories, but Saketh Myneni …

Pune Challenger: Prajnesh, Nagal, in pre-quarters, Myneni out
5 years, 4 months ago

Pune Challenger: Prajnesh, Nagal, in pre-quarters, Myneni out

The Hindu  

India number one singles player Prajnesh Gunneswaran, Sumit Nagal, Ramkumar Ramanathan, and Sasikumar Mukund bagged straight-set wins in their respective outings, on Wednesday, to move into the KPIT MSLTA Challenger Series pre-quarterfinals alongside Manish Sureshkumar, at the Balewadi Sports Complex in Pune. READ: Federer relishing Djokovic clash in ATP Finals Wildcard entry Aryan Goveas stretched Sumit in one of the …

Pune ATP Challenger: Wildcards Goveas and Sureshkumar taste defeat in opening round
6 years, 4 months ago

Pune ATP Challenger: Wildcards Goveas and Sureshkumar taste defeat in opening round

The Hindu  

India’s two wild card recipients — Aryan Goveas and Manish Sureshkumar — found out that superior and ranked opponents are hard nuts to crack on the opening day of the $50,000 KPIT-MSLTA Challenger tennis tournament here on Monday. Even as unfolding events at the Centre Court threw up a grim chance of his survival, Goveas pounded three aces in the …

Hyderabad Open: Pranaav, Sikki Reddy enter semifinal
6 years, 6 months ago

Hyderabad Open: Pranaav, Sikki Reddy enter semifinal

The Hindu  

India's premier mixed doubles pair of Pranaav J Chopra and N. Sikki Reddy lived up to the billing as top-seeds to down a fighting Hong Kong duo of Yeung Ming Nok and Ng Tsz Yau with a 22-20, 14-21, 21-17 win to enter the semifinal of the Hyderabad Open badminton championship at the Gachibowli Indoor Stadium on Friday. Guru Sai …

NZ Open: Sameer, Praneeth move into quarterfinals
6 years, 10 months ago

NZ Open: Sameer, Praneeth move into quarterfinals

The Hindu  

Youngster Lakshya Sen reaffirmed his status as one of India’s rising talent as he gave legendary Lin Dan a scare before losing in three games at the Auckland Open Badminton Championship, here on Thursday. The Chinese calmly clawed back into the game to win the encounter 15-21, 21-15, 21-12 in a marathon second round men’s singles match that lasted one …

India Open 2018: Sai Praneeth, Sameer Verma light up opening day; HS Prannoy knocked out after suffering injury
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India Open 2018: Sai Praneeth, Sameer Verma light up opening day; HS Prannoy knocked out after suffering injury

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Kidambi Srikanth, seeded second at this India Open, could not afford to relax for even a second against Lee Cheuk Yiu in what was their first-ever meeting. Former Indian national champion B Sai Praneeth’s fighting 21-11, 17-21, 21-17 victory in 61 minutes over Kerala-born Englishman Rajiv Ouseph, and qualifier Riya Mukherjee’s gallant but infructuous 47-minute long 22-20, 18-21, 12-21 battle …

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