Earlier, the former world No. 6 had defeated world No. 159 Rohan Midha of Canada 21-19, 21-17 in his first match of the qualifiers but he pulled out from the match against world No. 85 Koo Takahashi of Japan in middle due to his injury, as pwewr Olympics.com.
The series was already lost for Sri Lanka heading in the final game but the hosts had pride to play for as they set to avoid a whitewash against New Zealand in the T20I series. The Lankans thus produced a spirited performance, first with the ball to restrict New Zealand to 140 and then chasi
Eubanks defeated the Greek 3-6, 7-6(4), 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 in a match controlled by serves and short, crisp rallies to secure his ninth straight tour-level victory.
In the 50kg category, Nikhil of Chandigarh ousted Roushan Kumar of Bihar in a hard-fought 4-1 victory. Contrary to Nikhil's result, Ronit (66kg) of Delhi hardly had to break a sweat as he defeated Anantha Krishna of Kerala by the referee stopping the contest (RSC) verdict in round 1.
After a defeat in the 3rd Ashes Test by England, Australian captain Pat Cummins keeps all options open for the 4th Test match at Manchester beginning on July 19.