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Unseeded Anusha Kutumbale extends fairytale run to semis

Unseeded Anusha Kutumbale extends fairytale run to semis

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Unseeded Indian paddler Anusha Kutumbale continued her impressive run at the WTT Feeder Series 2026 in Vadodara, reaching the women’s singles semifinals with a composed win over fourth seed Yashaswini Ghorpade on Saturday. Competing at the SAMA Indoor Sports Complex, Anusha prevailed 11-9, 8-11, 11-3, 11-7 in a 32-minute quarterfinal encounter. The Vadodara leg marks the inaugural edition of the WTT Feeder Series in the city and is presented by the Sports Authority of Gujarat, hosted by the Table Tennis Association of Baroda and implemented by UTT. Anusha’s latest victory followed her second-round upset of sixth seed Lee Zion, underlining her growing confidence against higher-ranked opponents. Anusha will now face Olympian Sutirtha Mukherjee in the semifinals. Sutirtha advanced after defeating top seed Yang Ha Eun in four games in the quarterfinals. The other women’s singles semifinal will feature Korea Republic’s Ryu Hanna against eighth seed Syndrela Das. Indians dominate knockout stages across events Sutirtha, partnering Ayhika Mukherjee, also progressed to the women’s doubles final, where the Indian pair will take on top seeds Yoo Yerin …

‘It was horrible’: Novak Djokovic stunned again by unseeded Tabilo in Monte Carlo defeat | Tennis News

‘It was horrible’: Novak Djokovic stunned again by unseeded Tabilo in Monte Carlo defeat | Tennis News

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Unseeded Alejandro Tabilo beat twice champion Novak Djokovic 6-3 6-4 in the second round of the Monte Carlo Masters on Wednesday to maintain a remarkable 100% record win record over the 24-times major winner. Djokovic, who suffered a shock defeat in the Miami Open final last month, had received a bye into the last-32 but came up short against the Chilean who had also beaten him in Rome last year. “It has been a tough year, so a little bit of the nerves were there,” Tabilo said in an on-court interview. Story continues below this ad “I remembered last time what I did well and thankfully I served well today and it helped me a lot. It was an unreal match.” Tabilo has yet to drop a set against Djokovic as the 27-year-old registered back-to-back wins over the Serbian on clay. Marat Safin and Jiri Vesely are the only other players to have faced Djokovic more than once and not lost, with both having 2-0 records. Djokovic was chasing his 100th Tour level title while …

0-6 Down To Victory: Unseeded Indian Tennis Pair Make Dramatic Comeback

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India’s Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan, Vijay Sundar Prashanth and Yuki Bhambri reached the men’s doubles finals in two different ATP 250 meets in China on Monday. At the Hangzhou Open, the unseeded Indian pair of Jeevan and Vijay staged a remarkable comeback to upset the third-seeded duo of Ariel Behar (Uruguay) and Robert Galloway (USA). They overcame a first-set drubbing to win 0-6, 6-2, 10-4 in a gripping one-hour and 11-minute contest. Jeevan and Vijay will next meet the unseeded German team of Constantin Frantzen and Hendrik Jebens, who advanced to the final after receiving a walkover from Rinky Hijikata (Australia) and Mackenzie McDonald (USA). Meanwhile at the Chengdu Open, the third seeded Indo-French pair Yuki and Albano Olivettl edged out Ivan Dodig of Croatia and Rafael Matos of Brazil 6-3, 7-6 in a fiercely- contested match lasting one hour and 31 minutes to book their spot in the final. Yuki and Albano will be up against the top-seeded French pair Sadio Doumbia and Fabien Reboul in the title clash. Doumbia-Reboul got the better of Mexican-Australian pair …

US Open: Carlos Alcaraz dumped out of US Open second round by unseeded Botic van de Zandschulp | Tennis News

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Carlos Alcaraz never recovered from a shaky start and made unforced errors throughout as Van de Zandschulp ended the French Open and Wimbledon champion’s 15-match winning run at the majors. Former champion Carlos Alcaraz’s Grand Slam winning streak came to a screeching halt at the US Open on Thursday as the Spaniard was beaten 6-1 7-5 6-4 by unseeded Dutchman Botic van de Zandschulp in the second round. Alcaraz never recovered from a shaky start and made unforced errors throughout as Van de Zandschulp ended the French Open and Wimbledon champion’s 15-match winning run at the majors. The 21-year-old was on the back foot early on as Van de Zandschulp claimed the opening three games with some resolute defending from the back of the court, and the Dutchman broke again in the sixth game en route to taking the first set. Alcaraz produced a stunning forehand pass to hold serve in the first game of the next set but the four-times major winner’s struggles to close out points resurfaced as Van de Zandschulp broke for …

Satwik-Chirag ousted in first round by unseeded Daniel-Mads

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World no. 1 Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty suffered one of their biggest defeats of recent times as they went down to unseeded Daniel Lungaard and Mads Vestegaard of Denmark in straight games (20-22, 18-21) in the first round of Singapore Open Super 750 in Singapore on Tuesday. The world no. 34, playing the Indian duo for the first time, looked in control from the onset of the first game. The right-handed combination broke away to an 11-6 lead at the opening game interval, with Chirag struggling at the net and hitting his return to the net several times. Yet, after the break, Satwik and Chirag fought back and drew level at 17-17 before reaching game point at 20-18. Showing their sheer mental strength, Daniel and Mads saved two game points before sealing the game 22-20. In the second game, a neck-to-neck battle prevailed with the game poised at 7-7. The Dane’s crisscrossing game and ability to control the frontcourt, with Daniel playing closer to the cord, drew errors from Chirag and Satwik as they …