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This was likely what we would have done previously but it gets harder with Sreeja in the top-40 now. Sreeja is now new India #1 at #38 , 1 spot ahead of Manika who is at #39. That makes selection of our womens team even more difficult, we will have to see if Manika along with one of the Mukherjees ...

Another disappointing one sided loss for Ankita in first round of W50 in Georgia, She lost Catherine Harrison (USA,485) 26 06.

Her game seems to be totally off right now.

Disappointing loss for RamK in Q2.

At the Challenger 75 in Shenzen Louhou,CHN (Hard)

[Q1] (9) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,358) l. (3) Rio Noguchi (JPN,323) 26 67(5)

He lost in Q1.

At Challenger 75 in Shenzen, China (Hard)

[Q1] (ALT) Mukund Sasikumar (IND,448) l. (WC) Linang Xiao (CHN,723) 75 46 46

Yes, earlier they had decided to field same wrestlers for the final qualifying scores. But, now taken aback by results in mens freestyle, they have decided to hold fresh trials. Mens freestyle gave us 2 medals last time, so not even getting a wrestler qualified with only 1 chance left is appalling. ...

Both the ties ended in draws in last round and Gukesh becomes the youngest ever candidates winner.

They win the final and first title together. Second ATP title for Yuki.

At Munich ATP 250 (clay)

[F] Yuki Bhambri (IND) / Albano Olivetti (ITA) d. (WC) Andreas Mies (GER) /Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) 76(5) 76(5)

New career high ranking of 56 for Yuki.

rajitghosh wrote: ↑Sun Apr 21, 2024 4:07 pm Can he qualify for the Olympics?

Only if Bops agrees to team up with him. No other Indian has the ranking to make a pair with Yuki which will be good enough for Olympics.

Olivetti serve got broken after they were a break up and he also served a double fault at 5-3 in tie break. But, Yuki had a fantastic lob at 5-6 on opponent serve to win it for them.

Priyanka Goswami and Akshdeep Singh earn India a Paris Olympics 2024 quota in Mixed Marathon Race Walking Relay!!

Indian duo clocked 3:05:03s to finish 18th at the World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships.

Looks like a new event introduced in this olympics.

Arnav won the title beating top seed from Turkey 64 46 61 in the final of the J30 in Istanbul, Turkey. That will help him move up to around #430 un the ITF junior rankings.

No quota in Greco Roman. Only Sunil Kumar won a round and lost in QF against Asian games champion from Uzbekistan.

Yes, mens freestyle is a worry. Do not see those 2 medals of last time getting repeated. Nobody has even qualified as yet. Need to make up for those in womens wrestling;

^^^ Rithvik never played singles on pro tour. He was decent in singles in juniors but went to US college at 17 and than disappeared from singles. Did not hear much about him in college tennis but came back and straightway became a doubles specialist. Along with Niki Poonacha, formed a formidable pai...

This week at bigger challenger in Acapulco, last week's winners Jeevan and Arjun lost in first round but Niki and Arjun went on to upset top 2 seeds to win the title. At Acapulco Challenger 125, Mexico (Hard) [R1] Rithvik Choudary Bollipalli (IND) /Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha (IND) d. Juan Pablo Ficovic...

In Kazakhstan M15, Karan and Dev won their matches and made it to the QF. Than, in QF Karan upset top seed top seed #403 Vanshelboim 64 63 while Dev lost in 3 sets against second seed. In the SF though, Karan lost against Russian qualifier in straight sets. Overall, still a decent week for our playe...