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Top seeds Jia/Zhang among Chinese first round winners at Australian Badminton Open

Sydney, June 9 (UNI) Chinese top seeds Jia Yifan and Zhang Shuxian advanced to the second round of the women's doubles with a dominant win on the opening day of the Australian Badminton Open here on Tuesday.
Jia and Zhang, the women's doubles champions at the Singapore Open in May, defeated Australian duo Sydney and Victoria Tjonadi 21-7, 21-5 in 22 minutes on Tuesday evening at Sydney's State Sports Centre.
They will be joined in the second round of the women's doubles draw by compatriots Wang Tingge and Luo Yi, who beat eighth seeds Yang Ching-Tun and Chang Ching-Hui of Chinese Taipei 21-14, 16-21, 21-17.
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London, July 9 (UNI) Linda Noskova announced her arrival among the elite of women's tennis by storming into her maiden Grand Slam final with a commanding 6-4, 6-4 victory over Ukraine's Marta Kostyuk on Thursday, setting up a historic first all-Czech women's singles final at Wimbledon.

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Sai Kishore returns to county cricket with Gloucestershire

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India opt to bat first in must-win match against England

09 Jul 2026 | 10:06 PM

Bristol, July 9 (UNI) India captain Shreyas Iyer won the toss and elected to bat first in the fourth T20 International against England on Thursday, making two injury-forced changes as the visitors seek to keep the five-match series alive.

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