Andy Murray blows seven match points in losing opener

Paris

Andy Murray blew seven match points and lost his Paris Masters opener to lucky loser Dominik Koepfer 6-4 5-7 7-6(9). Cameron Norrie beat Federico Delbonis 6-2 6-1. In doubles, Serbia’s Novak Djokovic and Filip Krajinovic rallied past Australians Alex de Minaur and Luke Saville.

Riga (Latvia)

Indian GM Sasikiran among leaders after sixth round

Indian Grandmaster K Sasikiran defeated Alexandr Predke of Russia in the sixth round to grab a share of the lead. Sasikiran joined Alireza Firouzja, Alexei Shirov, Evgeniy Najer and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave as co-leader on 4.5 points. In the women’s event, India’s D Harika is in joint third place with six others on 4 points. Agencies

Saarbrucken (Germany)

HYLO Open: Lakshya Sen enters second round

Lakshya Sen stormed into the second round of the HYLO Open Super 500 badminton tournament with a straight-game win over Thomas Rouxel of France here today. Lakshya took 36 minutes to beat Rouxel 21-17 21-14. Ajay Jayaram lost his first round match 14-21 21-19 16-21 to fifth seed Rasmus Gemke of Denmark. The mixed doubles pair of B Sumeeth Reddy and Ashwini Ponnappa crashed out in the opening round. Sumeeth and Ashwini suffered a straight-set defeat against Denmark’s Niclas Nohr and Amalie Magelund. PTI