Dominant Swiatek wins second straight Doha title
DOHA : World number one Iga Swiatek defeated American Jessica Pegula 6-3 6-0 in just over an hour to defend her Qatar Open title on Saturday.
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India In Asia Mixed Team Badminton Quarterfinals As Group Topper
Star shuttlers P V Sindhu and H S Prannoy won their respective singles matches as India made it to the quarterfinals of the Asia Mixed Team Badminton Championships as group toppers after defeating Malaysia in Dubai on Thursday. Prannoy began the proceedings for India in their final Group B match and had to fight hard against world no.4 Zii Jia Lee before stunning his rival 18-21 21-13 25-23 in the men's singles match that lasted one hour and 10 minutes.
India Go Down Fighting To China In Badminton Asian Mixed Team Championship
India's campaign in the Badminton Asian Mixed Team Championship ended with a 2-3 loss to China in the semi-finals, but not before the doubles teams -- men's and mixed -- came up with inspired performances to give their opponents a tough time on Saturday. Though India lost the keenly contested rubber, they will return home with a first-ever medal -- a bronze -- from the continental tournament, as both losing semi-finalists are awarded medals.
India Suffer First Defeat In Women's T20 World Cup, Lose To England By 11 Runs
Medium pacer Renuka Singh's fifer and vice-captain Smriti Mandhana's fine half-century went in vain as India lost to England by 11 runs to suffer their first defeat in the ICC Women's T20 World Cup on Saturday. Renuka Singh registered her best bowling figures (5/15) to help India restrict England to 151 for seven after Harmanpreet Kaur opted to bowl. Renuka did the early damage, picking up the first three wickets to peg England back and then returned to take two more towards the fag end of the innings.
South Africa vs Australia, Women's T20 World Cup Live Score Updates
SA vs AUS, Women's T20 World Cup Live Updates: Australia captain Meg Lanning won the toss and opted to against South Africa in a crunch Group A encounter at the St Geroge's Park in Gqeberha. Alyssa Healy is out injured due a quad strain and is replaced by Annabel Sutherland in the playing XI. With three wins out of as many outings, Australia sit top of Group A, while South Africa, following their shock defeat to Sri Lanka in the tournament opener, are third with two points so far. Earlier in the day, England defeated India by 11 runs in a possible group-deciding game at the same venue. (LIVE SCORECARD)
Women's T20 World Cup, India vs England Highlights: India suffer their first defeat, lose to England by 11 runs
Chasing a 152-run target, Mandhana (52 off 41 balls) and Ghosh (47* off 34) added a valuable 43 runs for the fourth wicket to keep India in the hunt. Ghosh even scored 19 runs in the last over, bowled by Katherine Sciver Brunt, hitting a four and a six, but failed to take India home. As it happened: India vs EnglandIndia finished at 140 for 5 in their 20 overs, 11 runs short of the target.
Indian Super League: Hyderabad go down fighting against Jamshedpur
Ritwik Das (22nd minute), Jay Emmanuel Thomas (27th, penalty) and Daniel Chukwu (29th) scored in the space of 10 minutes to edge out Hyderabad for whom Bartholomew Ogbeche (12th, 79th) scored a brace, while Joao Victor missed a penalty.Hyderabad FC manager Manolo Marquez rang in changes, naming debutant Lalbiakhlua Jongte in the goal and an all-Indian backline.His side started the game in fine fashion and took the lead through a Bart Ogbeche header from a Borja Herrera corner.
"They Are Not Lower-Order Batters...": Australia Star Lauds Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin's Show
Had Nathan Lyon been an India skipper, he would have issued a quick rebuttal if someone had dared to refer Axar Patel and Ravichandran Ashwin as lower-order batters. On an interesting second day, Ashwin (37) and Axar (74) added 114 runs for the eighth wicket after India had slumped to 139/7, with Lyon taking his 22nd five-wicket haul in Test cricket. The Australian spinner complimented the two India players for their gritty batting display, saying the duo could easily bat at No.6 for any Test-playing team.