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Manika Batra Loses Baggage, Sports Equipment On Flight, Seeks Government's Help

Ace Indian table tennis player Manika Batra has lost her baggage containing sports equipment, while returning home from a tournament in Peru in a KLM Airlines flight and she has sought help from the government to recover it. Seeking help of Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, world number 35 Batra said she was travelling in business class in the Dutch flag carrier and never expected to lose baggage with priority tag.

No.1s Carlos Alcaraz, Iga Swiatek Named Top Seeds At Cincinnati Masters

World number ones Carlos Alcaraz and Iga Swiatek, the reigning US Open champions, were named on Monday as the top seeds for next week's WTA and ATP Cincinnati Masters tournament. The tournament is the last major hardcourt tuneup event for this year's US Open, the final Grand Slam showdown of the year that begins on August 28. The top 16 players in the men's and women's world rankings were named Cincinnati seeds with the top eight receiving byes into the second round.

Karolina Pliskova, Victoria Azarenka Win WTA Openers At Rain-Hit Montreal

Former world number ones Karolina Pliskova and Victoria Azarenka advanced after rain delays on Monday's first day of the WTA Montreal Open hardcourt tournament. Czech standout Pliskova beat China's Zhu Lin to book a second-round berth against current world number one Iga Swiatek of Poland, the reigning US and French Open champion. Pliskova, the runner-up at Montreal in 2021, needed two hours and 22 minutes to eliminate Zhu 6-3, 6-7 (8/10), 6-2.