General Awareness March 2016: Sports

Sports

BADMINTON
Malaysia Masters Grand Prix Gold, Penang
Men’s Singles
Winner: Lee Chong Wei (Malaysia)
Runner-up: Iskandar Z. Zainuddin (Malaysia)
Women’s Singles
Winner: P. V. Sindhu (India)
Runner-up: Kirsty Gilmour (Scotland)


Syed Modi International Badminton Championships
Men’s Singles
Winner: K. Srikanth (India)
Runner-up: Yuxiang Huang (China)
Women’s Singles
Winner: Ji Hyun Sung (South Korea)
Runner-up: Sayaka Sato (Japan)


CRICKET
India in Australia
ODI Series Result: Australia trounce India 4-1 to win the five-match series.
Player of the Series: Rohit Sharma (India)
T20 Series Result: India blank Australia 3-0 to win the three-match series.
Player of the Series: Virat Kohli (India)


TENNIS
2016 Australian Open, Melbourne
Men’s Singles
Winner: Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
Runner-up: Andy Murray (G. Britain)
Women’s Singles
Winner: Angelique Kerber (Germany)
Runner-up: Serena Williams (U.S.)
Men’s Doubles
Winners: Bruno Soares (Brazil)/Jamie Murray (G. Britain)
Runners-up: Daniel Nestor (Canada)/Radek Stepanek (Czech Republic)
Women’s Doubles
Winners: Martina Hingis (Switzerland)/Sania Mirza (India)
Runners-up: Andrea Hlavackova/Lucie Hradecka (Czech Republic)
Mixed Doubles
Winners: Bruno Soares (Brazil)/Elena Vesnina (France)
Runners-up: Coco Vandeweghe (U.S.)/Horia Tecau (Romania)


2016 Hopman Cup, Perth
Winner: Australia Green
Runner-up: Ukraine