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Yes, as of now she has only justified her seeding.

At ITF W15 in Antalya, TUR (Clay)

[QF] (5) Vaishnavi Adkar (IND,628) vs. Amelie Van Impe (BEL,831)

2 Indian boys- Arnav Paparkar and Hitesh Chauhan are thru to the QF of J300 in Malaysia. Arnav with an easy 61 61 win over Japanese who had upset Kriish Tyagi yesterday and Hitesh with an excellent upset win 36 64 62 over third seed Ty Host (AUS,51).

However, 4th seed Rethin Pranav got upset by ...

Yes, looks like he is injured, played only 1 tournament since India challengers in early March and than not played anywhere. As of now, he is in the entry list of M25 in Bataou, China in May 5 week. But, he has been entering and withdrawing from tournaments. So, let us see if he is ready to play in ...

Couple of shocking results for us in J300 in Kuching, Malaysia in second round.

Third seed Maaya Rajeswaran Revarhi got upset by 14 year old Korean Yeri Hong ranked 264, 64 36 46. This is a surprising loss for Maaya, her worst one in some time. Diya Ramesh lost in first round. So, Indian challenge ...

Sahaja lost in straight sets in Q2.

At the ITF W100 in Charlottesville, VA (Clay)

[Q2] (3) Sahaja Yamalapalli (IND,320) l. (11) Maria Kozyreva (RUS,556) 46 16

Karan needs to pull of these kind of wins to move ahead in rankings.

Aryan plays the 6th seed tomorrow.

[R2] Aryan Shah (IND,467) vs. (6) Ergi Kirkin (TUR,321)

Arya Borse-Rudranksh Patil win silver in mens 10M rifle mixed team and Simranpreet Kaur Brar won silver in womens 25M pistol where Manu Bhaker finished 4th and Esha Singh 6th.

We ended up with 2 golds, 4 silvers and 1 bronze, a total of 7 medals with third place behind China and USA at this Lima ...

Yes, he turns 18 only at the end of the year. So, being in top 500 at 18 would be good. That would keep him within top 5-7 players among under 19 player group. Hopefully, he will get physically stronger in a year and adds some power in his shots which will make a lot of difference in these close ...

Aryan gets his first challenger main draw win.

[R1] Aryan Shah (IND,467) d. (WC) Taha Baadi (MAR,591) 76(5) 62

This is a good win for Aryan against Baadi who had beaten #323 last week.

Aryan's second round opponent to be decided between winner of 6th seed Ergi Kirkin and qualifier Nicolas ...

Manas went a break up 3-1 in the second set but could not sustain that and got broken in next game and again in 9th game to lose the match.

At Madrid ATP 1000, Spain (Clay)

[Q1] (WC) Manas Dhamne (IND,760) l. (15) Luca Nardi (ITA,100) 46 46

Pretty competitive match by Manas against world #100 ...

Manas just lost the first set 4-6 with only 1 break of serve in 5th game. He is being competitive but Nardi just carrying a lot more power in shots.

SDPD lost in Q2.

[Q2] (10) S D Prajwal Dev (IND,733) l. Yanki Erel (TUR,621) 16 46

So, only Aryan and Karan in main draw for us. Aryan's match is last match on central court today.

^^^ Ramkumar has been ranked in top 125 before, so even though he was not ranked at that level when he played Nardi in Bengaluru challenger, on a given day he can pull off an upset of this level. He also has a big serve which helps in that.

As of now, Manas in only 17 and his career best win is ...

Wow, a Brazilian beating Chinese and Japanese to win a title at a high level Table Tennis tournament. When will an Indian do this ?

Manas gets a wild card for qualifying draw for Madrid ATP 100.

At Madrid ATP 1000, Spain (Clay)

[Q1] (WC) Manas Dhamne (IND,775) vs. (15) Luca Nardi (ITA,102)

Probably a step up for Manas but hope he is competitive.