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It seems Ramit is going through a purple patch in this ongoing CCI International ... After his first-round upset win over top-50 player Ramit created huge upset beating top-20 experienced Spanish player, Borja Golan ... He started winning the first game but Borja fought back for winning next two ... After 1-2 down Ramit kept fighting and won the fourth game comfortably ... In the final game, both players were neck to neck but Ramit kept his nerve on big points for winning the match ... Next, he is playing Swiss player, Nicolas Müller.

Saurav also reached into the semis beating Makin in four games ... Next, he is facing Omar Mosaad, who scored a comeback win over Harry ... Harry won the first 2 games but after that Omar made a strong comeback for winning next three games.

At $50K Men's CCI International 2017, Mumbai, India

[QF] (WC) Ramit Tandon (IND,201) bt (1) Borja Golan (ESP,18) 11-8, 7-11, 6-11, 11-6, 11-9 (89m)
[QF] (3) Saurav Ghosal (IND,21) bt Joel Makin (WAL,42) 11-6, 11-8, 6-11, 11-2 (59m)
[QF] (Q) Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND,69) l (2) Omar Mosaad (EGY,20) 11-6, 12-10, 2-11, 8-11, 2-11 (71m)

[SF] (WC) Ramit Tandon (IND,201) vs (5) Nicolas Müller (SUI,27)
[SF] (3) Saurav Ghosal (IND,21) vs (2) Omar Mosaad (EGY,20)

Saurav continued with his recent terrific form ... He defeated former WR #3 Omar Mosaad in four games ... After losing the first game he made a strong comeback for winning next game ... Omar tried hard in the third and the fourth but Saurav won both games playing solid on important points ... In the final, he is facing Müller, who defeated Ramit.

Ramit was tired after playing the long match against Golan and Müller took full advantage of it after beating him in the straight games.

At $50K Men's CCI International 2017, Mumbai, India

[SF] (WC) Ramit Tandon (IND,201) l (5) Nicolas Müller (SUI,27) 6-11, 8-11, 7-11 (32m)
[SF] (3) Saurav Ghosal (IND,21) bt (2) Omar Mosaad (EGY,20) 5-11, 11-4, 11-8, 11-7 (67m)

[F] (3) Saurav Ghosal (IND,21) vs (5) Nicolas Müller (SUI,27)

Saurav lifted his biggest PSA title beating Swiss player, Nicolas Müller, in the CCI International final ... Müller gave a fighting performance but Saurav kept control of the match playing important points better.



At $50K Men's CCI International 2017, Mumbai, India

Final match
(3) Saurav Ghosal (IND,21) bt (5) Nicolas Müller (SUI,27) 11-6, 11-8, 11-8 (44m)

Congratulations to Saurav Ghoshal.

I expected a better result from Saurav with his recent form but he lost in the straight games against British qualifier ... Harry qualified for the main draw with back to back upset wins over higher ranked Egyptian players and in the main draw he took WR #9 Paul Coll to four games.

At $165K Men's Hong Kong Open 2017, Hong Kong China

[Q1] Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND,69) bt (4) Karim Ali Fathi (EGY,33) 18-16, 11-5, 11-3 (51m)
[Q2] Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND,69) bt Youssef Soliman (EGY,56) 11-8, 11-8, 3-11, 11-5 (59m)

[R1] (Q) Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND,69) l Paul Coll (NZL,9) 11-9, 3-11, 5-11, 1-11 (44m)
[R1] Saurav Ghosal (IND,21) l (Q) Declan James (ENG,35) 9-11, 6-11,9-11 (49m)

Joshna stretched WR #5 Nouran Gohar to five games in the second round ... Before that, she needed five games to beat Canadian qualifier ... Dipika failed to challenge El Tayeb in a one-sided loss.

At $140K Women's Hong Kong Open 2017, Hong Kong China

[R1] (11) Joshna Chinappa (IND,14) bt (Q) Hollie Naughton (CAN,32) 11-5, 8-11, 11-5, 8-11, 11-6 (46m)
[R1] Dipika Pallikal Karthik (IND,20) l (13) Nour El Tayeb (EGY,8) 4-11, 4-11, 8-11 (17m)

[R2] (11) Joshna Chinappa (IND,14) l Nouran Gohar (EGY,5) 8-11, 11-7, 8-11, 11-9, 1-11 (50m)

This loss will hurt Saurav's recent efforts to improve his ranking. Every loss counts.

Harry and Mahesh qualified for the main-draw of the Worlds but lost in the first round ... Harry lost against similar ranked Coleman in four games and Mahesh lost against former top-10 Selby in straight games.

At $325K Men's AJ Bell PSA World Championship 2017, Manchester, England

[Q1] Vikram Malhotra (IND,69) bt Charlie Lee (ENG,116) 11-8, 11-5, 13-11 (35m)
[Q1] Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,73) bt Reiko Peter (SUI,152) 11-6, 7-11, 11-9, 11-4 (49m)
[Q1] Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND,52) bt Miles Jenkins (ENG,171) 11-7, 11-8, 12-14, 11-5 (49m)

[Q2] Vikram Malhotra (IND,69) l Karim El Hammamy (EGY,74) 11-13, 6-11, 6-11 (43m)
[Q2] Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,73) bt Mohamed Elsherbini (EGY,84) 11-7, 8-11, 11-9, 11-3 (62m)
[Q2] Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND,52) bt Andrew Schnell (CAN,83) 12-14, 11-2, 11-4, 13-11 (49m)

[R1] (Q) Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,73) l (13) Daryl Selby (ENG,15) 8-11, 5-11, 5-11 (36m)
[R1] (Q) Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND,52) l Ben Coleman (ENG,53) 4-11, 6-11, 6-11 (43m)

Joshna and Dipika failed to cross first hurdle of the Worlds ... Joshna lost in four games against young Egyptian Salma Hany ... Dipika lost in a close match against WR #12 Blatchford ... Dipika saved match-balls in the fourth before winning it but failed to keep momentum in the fifth.

At $279K Women's AJ Bell PSA World Championship 2017, Manchester, England

[R1] (14) Joshna Chinappa (IND,15) l Salma Hany (EGY,19) 9-11, 13-11, 5-11, 9-11 (44m)
[R1] Dipika Pallikal Karthik (IND,20) l (13) Olivia Blatchford (USA,12) 7-11, 11-5, 9-11, 14-12, 8-11 (56m)

Harry and Mahesh gave good performance in just concluded Indian Open ... Both lost in the quarters after giving decent performance.

At $35K Men's Indian Open 2018, Mumbai, India

[R1] Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND,49) bt (8) Nathan Lake (ENG,53) 11-7, 12-10, 5-11, 11-8 (51m)
[R1] (WC) Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,64) bt (6) Lucas Serme (FRA,37) 11-6, 12-10, 11-8

[QF] Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND,49) l (3) Greg Lobban (SCO,33) 11-9, 5-11, 9-11 7-11 (53m)
[QF] (WC) Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,64) l (2) Nicolas Müller (SUI,24) 9-11, 11-5, 9-11, 9-11 (49m)

Ramit Tandon defeated top-seed Omar Meguid in four games to lift the title ... In the first 2 games Ramit managed to run Omar all over the court to be tired ... In last two games Omar failed to challenge Ramit.

At $10K Men's Abu Dhabi Open 2018, UAE

[R1] (3) Ramit Tandon (IND,65) bt Abdullah Al Muzayen (KUW,119) 11-4, 2-0 ret. (20m)
[QF] (3) Ramit Tandon (IND,65) bt (8) Robert Downer (ENG,155) 11-6, 11-4, 11-3 (31m)
[SF] (3) Ramit Tandon (IND,65) bt (5) Shehab Essam (EGY,77) 17-15, 6-11, 11-7, 11-2 (52m)

Final
(3) Ramit Tandon (IND,65) bt (1) Omar Abdel Meguid (EGY,41) 11-6, 6-11, 11-3, 11-2 (58m)

Aditya won this lower level tournament in USA as a qualifier ... In the first round, he defeated top-110 ranked Hosny and in the quarters, he defeated higher ranked local player in closely fought match.

At $5K Men's Men's CityView Open 2018, New York, USA

[Q1] Aditya Jagtap (IND,206) bt Kush Mahan (KEN,UNR) 11-5, 11-6, 11-7 (28m)
[Q2] Aditya Jagtap (IND,206) bt Ahad Raza (CAN,313) 11-7, 11-7, 11-9 (37m)

[R1] (Q) Aditya Jagtap (IND,206) bt (3) Ahmed Hosny (EGY,109) 11-9, 4-11, 12-10, 11-9 (47m)
[QF] (Q) Aditya Jagtap (IND,206) bt (6) Spencer Lovejoy (USA,183) 12-10, 8-11, 11-6, 5-11, 11-6
[SF] (Q) Aditya Jagtap (IND,206) bt (8) Hugo Varela (ESP,198) 11-9, 4-11, 11-2, 11-2

Final
(Q) Aditya Jagtap (IND,206) bt (5) Alister Walker (BOT,181) 11-8, 11-5, 11-6

In British Open qualifying, our both players Ramit and Harry lost against Britisher Adrian Waller in the first and the second round respectively.

At $165K Men's Allam British Open 2018, Hull, England

[Q1] Ramit Tandon (IND,65) l Adrian Waller (ENG,44) 4-11, 8-11, 11-4, 11-6, 2-11 (52m)
[Q1] Harinder Pal Sandhu (IND,48) bt Nick Wall (ENG,264) 11-4, 11-7, 11-6 (21m)

[Q2] Harinder Pal Sandhu (IND,48) l Adrian Waller (ENG,44) 8-11, 5-11, 5-11 (35m)

Vikram won his 7th PSA title in Canada ... In the final, he defeated the 17 yrs. old and current junior World Champion Egyptian Mostafa Asal in four games.

At $11K Men's Aspin Cup 2018, Charlottetown, Canada

[R1] (4) Vikram Malhotra (IND,72) bye
[R2] (4) Vikram Malhotra (IND,72) bt Jamie Ruggiero (USA,287) 11-5, 11-6, 11-0 (23m)
[QF] (4) Vikram Malhotra (IND,72) bt (8) Reiko Peter (SUI,104) 11-9, 9-11, 11-5, 11-7 (47m)
[SF] (4) Vikram Malhotra (IND,72) bt (2) Alfredo Avila (MEX,68) 11-5, 11-7, 10-12, 11-3 (50m)

Final
(4) Vikram Malhotra (IND,72) bt (3) Mostafa Asal (EGY,62) 11-3, 11-9, 9-11, 11-9

Vikram started with straight games win over the former top-100 British player, Chris Fuller ... Next, he is facing the top-50 Campbell Grayson.

At $28K Men's Chicago Open 2018, USA

[R1] (9/16) Vikram Malhotra (IND,72) bt (WC) Chris Fuller (ENG,319) 11-5, 11-8, 11-4 (49m)

[R2] (9/16) Vikram Malhotra (IND,72) vs (3) Campbell Grayson (NZL,41)