Somdev Devvarman made it to the last eight as his second round opponent, top seed Yen-Hsun Lu of Chinese Taipei retired with an injury from the Vancouver Challenger.
Somdev Devvarman entered the second round of the US $1,00,000 Vancouver Open after a fighting victory over Cecil Mamitt of the Philippines. Devvarman had to dig deep into his reserves to dump the lucky loser 6-4, 2-6, 7-6(4) in the first round of the hard court event and set up a second round clash against top seed Yen-Hsun Lu of Chinese Taipei.
James Blake will face defending champion Dmitry Tursunov next, as all top four seeds have advanced to the semis.
Top seed Achanta Sharath Kamal advanced to the second round of men's singles in the NCC Indian Open ITTF Pro Tour tournament after an easy win over Ji Min Han of Korea in Delhi on Friday. The Indian ace defeated Ji Min 11-9, 11-6, 5-11, 11-8, 11-4 at the Yamuna Sports Complex.
Top seed Kidambi Srikanth stormed into the semi-finals of the US $120,000 Swiss Grand Prix Gold badminton championship after a straight games victory over Takuma Ueda of Japan in the men's singles quarter-finals in Basel on Friday. The Indian beat the eighth seed 21-11, 21-12 in 31 minutes.
Young Manipuri forward Sushil Kumar Singh, defender Anwar Ali and midfielder Kuttimani figure in India's 20-member squad for the June 3-14 SAFF Cup football tournament in Maldives and Sri Lanka. All the 17 players that featured in India's historic Nehru Cup triumph last August and the subsequent World Cup qualifier in October were retained.
The Indian pair of Harsh Mankad and Ashutosh Singh beat the top seeded Indo-American pair of Mustafa Ghouse and Brendan Evans 7-5, 6-3 to clinch the men's doubles title in the ATP Challenger tennis tournament at the DLTA Complex, in Delhi, on Friday.
Digvijay Singh's steady four-under 68 earned him the best finish among Indians as he signed off tied 37th, while Gaganjeet Bhullar and Rahil Gangjee turned in identical final-round cards of 69 to rise to 44th spot in the Asian Tour International Chonburi (Thailand) on Sunday.
V Raghunath slammed in five goals as India beat Chinese Taipei 12-1 in the Asian Games hockey classification match.
Men's quartet of Gaganjeet Bhullar, Anirban Lahiri, Chiragh Kumar and Joseph Chakola won the silver medal at the golf team event.
Divij Sharan displayed a good serve and volley game to knock his opponent out while Rohan Gajjar outplayed his fifth seed Italian opponent to advance to the second round of the $ 15000 ITF Futures tournament in New Delhi on Tuesday.
Deepika Kumari and Atanu Das on Monday won a bronze medal in the mixed team recurve at the Asian Archery Championships.
This was the third title for the Indian duo -- they had clinched the Abu Dhabi Masters Super 100 and Nantes International Challenge this year.
The Indian chess team totalled nine points, to finish behind China (11) and ahead of Vietnam (8), in the team event at the second Asian Indoor Games in Macau.
Thailand's rising star Chapchai Nirat and Chinese Taipei's Chang Tse-peng jointly lead the field in the Hero Honda Indian Open golf tournament.
The top seeded Indo-Swiss pair stormed into the final of the China Open, beating the wild card Chinese duo of Chen Liang and Yafan Wang 6-2, 6-3 in the semi-finals, in Beijing, on Friday.
Olympic bronze medallist Saina beat Tunjung 21-11, 21-12 in a one-sided semifinal match that lasted just 30 minutes.
Sania Mirza and Shikha Uberoi will launch India's Fed Cup campaign in the Asia-Oceania zonal qualifying tie.
They beat Australia's Todd Perry and Chia-Jung Chuang of Chinese Taipei 7-5, 7-5 to enter the last eight stage at Wimbledon.
The top seed was taken the distance by Navdeep Singh before making the semi-finals in the Delhi ITF Futures tournament.
The top seed was extended by Aditya Madkekar in the pre-quarter-finals of the ITF Futures Men's Tennis Tournament in Delhi.
Wild card entrant P Kashyap notched up an easy win over Iranian Ali Shahhosseini to keep the tri-colour fluttering as India had a mixed day in the World Badminton Championship at the Gachibowli stadium in Hyderabad on Tuesday.
Stephen Amrtiraj and Mustafa Ghouse won the doubles title at the Dehradun Futures.
Pankaj Advani, Alok Kumar and Yasin Merchant scored their third straight victories make it to the knock-out phase in the Asian Snooker Championship.
Indian shuttlers had a disappointing day at the Asian Badminton Championships in Johar Baru, Malaysia, on Thursday, most of them bowing out of the competition in various categories.
India posted a comfortable 10-0 win over Bangladesh, while South Korea beat Chinese Taipei 8-2 in the Junior Asia Cup hockey tournament.
The biggest shocker came earlier in the day in the men's compound team event when the Indian trio of Abhishek, Aman and Rajat defeated USA in a one-sided quarter-final.
The Indian ace and Italy's Mara Santangelo got the better of Neha and Shikha Uberoi 6-3, 6-1 at the Bangalore Open.
India's Parul Chaudhary and Priti secured silver and bronze medals respectively in the women's 3000m steeplechase, unheralded Ancy Sojan made a grand entry on the big stage.
The Indian Davis Cup team, whitewashed by formidable Spain in the World Group Play-off tie, were seeded second behind Kazakhstan in the Asia/Oceania Group 1.
Immediately after winning the Asian Games doubles gold medal, Mahesh Bhupathi announced the end of his partnership with Leander Paes.
India's Anirban Lahiri is tied sixth at the end of the first round in the men's golf competition at the 15th Asian Games.
Leander Paes questioned partner Mahesh Bhupathi's commitment after the duo's loss in the tennis team event at the Asian Games.
Jyoti Randhawa blasted a flawless five-under 65 in the final round to cruise to a comfortable two-stroke victory over Rhys Davies of Wales at the US $500,000 Thailand Open in Phuket on Sunday. The 36-year-old Indian golfer sank as many as five birdies to take his tally to 17-under 263 to pip Davies, who hit three-under 67 at the Laguna Phuket Golf Club.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday
India were on Saturday relegated to Group II of the Asia/Oceania zone after their humiliating 0-3 defeat against Chinese Taipei in the Fed Cup play-off tie here.
On a comeback trail, Saina Nehwal made a resounding start to her campaign at the Hong Kong Super Series, advancing to the second round of women's singles with a hard-fought win over Thailand's Porntip Buranaprasertsuk.
Japan won the gold and Iran the bronze atthe Asian Junior Volleyball Championship.
Kidambi Srikanth and H S Prannoy sailed into the pre-quarter-finals, but it was heartbreak for Parupalli Kashyap in the men's singles at the World Badminton Championships in Jakarta on Wednesday.
Top seed Chin-Wei Chan of Chinese Taipei beat second seed Montinee Tangphong of Thailand 6-2, 6-3.
