Saina withdraws from Swiss Open
NEW DELHI : Saina Nehwal pulled out of the ongoing Swiss Open with stomach ache, the world No 9 revealed it on her Instagram account on Wednesday.
“So some sad news .. was really going through acute stomach pain from last Monday.. managed to play few matches in All England with lot of pain ... and decided to skip swiss open and come back to India and find out the issue and I found out it’s Acute Gastroenteritis with mild pancreatitis and the doctors have recommended me to get admitted and hopefully I recover soon out of it ...,” (sic) Saina wrote.
The two-time Swiss Open winner had lost in the quarter-finals of the All-england last week in Birmingham following a bout of diarrhea which affected her performance.
In the matches on Wenesday, India’s Subhankar Dey beat France’s Lucas Claerbout 21-19, 21-17 but Vaishnavi Reddy lost to Estonia’s Kristin Kuuba 12-21, 23-21, 9-21.
JOSHNA ENTERS QUARTERS IN EGYPT
CAIRO: Joshna Chinappa extended her impressive run in the Women’s Black Ball Squash Open with a fighting win over sixth seed Sarah-jane Perry.
After downing the legendary Nicol David in the first round, she wore down the English player 11-4, 6-11, 14-12, 11-9 to storm into quarter-finals. It was Joshna’s first win over Sarah in since the 2012 Chennai Open.
It was a match of over four games but on this occasion, the Indian seemed in greater control and nothing displayed that better than the first game. Though the higher-ranked Sarah came back strongly in the next, Joshna was ready for the fight. In the last eight, Joshna plays third Joelle King of New Zealand.
LAHIRI EYES COMEBACK AT PLAYERS C’SHIP
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, US: Anirban Lahiri will be looking to put behind his last three forgettable performances at the Players Championship when this year’s tournament tees off on Thursday.
He has never needed a good result like he does in these next few weeks. The Players Championship has not been good to him in the past three starts.
UPPAL OUSTS SHAKEEL TO ENTER ROUND FOUR
MUMBAI:DELHI’S Anuj Uppal upset the Kolkata-based seasoned Railways cueist Shakeel Ahmed 3-0 in a third round clash of the CCI All India Open Snooker Championship here. Uppal won 71-25, 58-52, 61-23 in the best-of-five clash.
MEN BACK TO JOINT SECOND SPOT IN CHESS
ASTANA,KAZAKHSTAN:GRANDMASTER B Adhiban salvaged half a point as Indian men secured a 2-2 draw to regain their joint second spot after the end of the ninth and penultimate round of the World Teams Chess Championship.