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All England: Lakshya and Sindhu in last eight

Lakshya Sen on Thursday became the youngest Indian male shuttler to reach the All England Championship quarterfinals, where Olympic silver medallist P.V. Sindhu joined him with an easy win in the second round.Sindhu, the reigning World…

Karman loses a marathon – The Hindu

Karman Kaur Thandi battled for three hours and 38 minutes before losing 6-7(3), 7-6(5), 6-4 to Salma Djoubri of France in the $15,000 ITF women’s tennis tournament in Monastir, Tunisia.Karman Kaur served eight aces and converted six of 12…

Prithvi makes the semifinals – The Hindu

Prithvi Sekhar got past defending champion and second seed Niki Poonacha in the men’s quarterfinals of the National hard court championship at the Tennis Project, Baliawas, on Friday.Prithvi led 6-4, 3-0 when Niki retired. The latter…

Maiden National titles for Arjun Kadhe and Shrivalli

Arjun Kadhe prevailed over Prithvi Sekar 6-3, 6-4 to clinch the men’s title in the National hard court tennis championship at the Tennis Project, Baliawas, on Sunday.In the women’s final, second seed Shrivalli Bhamidipaty downed top seed…

Rohan Narayan advances – The Hindu

Rohan Narayan beat Akash Kulhary 6-3, 6-3 to set up a pre-quarterfinal against top seed Aditya Khanna in the ITF seniors tennis tournament at the DLTA Complex on Monday.The results (first round):Over-35: Rohan Narayan bt Akash Kulhary 6-3,…

Zane Khan starts as favourite

It might sound odd but eighth seed Zane Khan of the US will start as the favourite in the $15,000 ITF men’s tennis tournament to be played at the Deccan Gymkhana from Tuesday. The 19-year-old Zane has dropped only one set while winning…

Yuki to lead Binny’s Brigade’s challenge

Yuki Bhambri will spearhead Delhi Binny’s Brigade in the third edition of the Tennis Premier League, to be staged in Mumbai later in the season. In the auction, Yuki got the third best price of ₹4.20 lakh, while Ramkumar Ramanathan (₹4.5…

Gritty Manish in semi finals

Sixth seed Manish Sureshkumar bounced back from the brink to beat qualifier Henry Patten of Britain 3-6, 7-6(3), 6-4 in the KPIT $15,000 ITF men’s tennis tournament quarterfinals at the Deccan Gymkhana on Friday.In a battle of wits that…