Tennis News -
At LTA International Junior Championships - Roehampton ( Grade 1 ) - Grass

[SF] (4) Sanam Singh (IND,11) l Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP,73), 46 75 36
-----------------------------------------
Wimbledon

[R1] (7) Martin Damm (CZE)/Leander Paes (IND) bt Janko Tipsarevic (SCG)/ Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) 76(4) 63 Retired.

[R1] Michaella Krajicek (NED)/Sania Mirza (IND) bt Stephanie Foretz (FRA)/ Antonella Serra Zanetti (ITA) 63 46 62

Mixed Doubles Draw -
[R1] (11) Mahesh Bhupathi / Zi Yan (CHN) bye
[R2] Bob Bryan (USA)/Venus Williams (USA) or Jeff Coetzee (RSA)/Ai Sugiyama (JPN)

[R1] (4) Leander Paes/Samantha Stosur (AUS) bye
[R2] Graydon Oliver (USA)/Meilen Tu (USA) or. Paul Hanley (AUS)/Tatiana Perebiynis (UKR)

[R1] Pavel Vizner (CZE)/Sania Mirza (IND) vs Fernando Verdasco (ESP)/Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP)
----------------------------------------------------------------
Golf News -
Buick Championship - First Round

T101 Arjun Atwal 72 +2
---------------------------------------
Amandeep found tough to cope with demanding JPGA course and missed the cut ... Today he scored 7 over round with 2 birdies, 3 bogeys and 3 double bogeys.
Jeev had mediocre day in eventful round ... He managed 2 over, which had 4 birdies and 6 bogeys.
Other hand Dinesh Chand scored superb round of 3 under with 3 birdies only.

UBS Japan Golf Tour Championship ShishidoHills 2006 - Second Round

1 Toru Taniguchi 67 66 -7

T20 Dinesh Chand 75 67 +2
T20 Jeev Milkha Singh 70 72 +2

------------ Cut @ +6 ------------
T92 Amandeep Johl 72 77 +9

Golf News -
This week JPGA tour moves to Shishido Hills.

Jeev finished his first round on PAR and remained in top 10 ... He had 3 birdies, a bogey and a double bogey in his round.
Amandeep had 2 birdies, 2 bogeys and a last hole double bogey to finished 2 over.
Dinesh Chand couldn't continued his form from last week and scored 5 over round, which consisted 1 birdie and 6 bogeys.

UBS Japan Golf Tour Championship ShishidoHills 2006 - First Round

1 Kiyoshi Murota 65 -5

T9 Jeev Milkha Singh 70 Even
T39 Amandeep Johl 72 +2
T85 Dinesh Chand 75 +5
-------------------------------
Jyoti Randhawa failed to make the field for the British Open when he finished tied for 39th place on Monday June 26th. He needed a score of -2 or better to qualify.

T39 RANDHAWA, Jyoti 72 69 141 +1
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Wimbledon

[R1] Sania Mirza (IND) l (7) Elena Dementieva (RUS) 67(4) 57

[R1] (13) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)]/Alexander Waske (GER) l Frederic Niemeyer (CAN)/Glenn Weiner (USA) 67(2) 36 67(7)
-------------------------------
At $10K Getxo,Spain (Clay) -

[R1] Anastasia KONTRATEVIDI (GRE,837) bt (3) Sandhya NAGARAJ (IND,531) 76(4) 75
-------------------------------
At LTA International Junior Championships - Roehampton ( Grade 1 ) - Grass

[PQF] Rupesh ROY (IND,61) bt (6) Ivan SERGEYEV (UKR,12) 46 63 64
[PQF] (5) Sanam SINGH (IND,11) bt (10) Artur CHERNOV (RUS,16) 63 76(6)

[QF] Rupesh ROY (IND,61) l Thiemo De Bakker (NED,1) 46 46
[QF] (5) Sanam SINGH (IND,11) bt Stephen Donald (AUS,46) 61 62

[SF] (5) Sanam SINGH (IND,11) vs R. Bautista Agut (ESP,73)

Golf News -
Daniel placed tied for 9th at Booz Allen and won $140,000 for his effort. His total earning for 2006 is now $668,978 and puts him in 75th position.
----------------------------------------------
Tennis News -
At LTA International Junior Championships - Roehampton ( Grade 1 ) - Grass

[R1] Rupesh ROY (IND,61) bt Joel LINDNER (AUS,98) 64 76(2)
[R1] (12) Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND,17) bt Hans PODLIPNIK-CASTILLO (CHI,27) 76(2) 63
[R1] (5) Sanam SINGH (IND,11) bt Faisal AIDIL (INA,55) 64 64

[R2] Rupesh ROY (IND,61) bt Nikola MEKTIC (CRO,26) 63 26 62
[R2] (12) Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND,17) l XU, Jun-Chao (CHN,51) 64 57 46
[R2] (5) Sanam SINGH (IND,11) bt Wael KILANI (TUN,87) 64 57 63

[PQF] Rupesh ROY (IND,61) vs (6) Ivan SERGEYEV (UKR,12)
[PQF] (5) Sanam SINGH (IND,11) vs (10) Artur CHERNOV (RUS,16)
---------------------------------
Wimbledon

Court 13 - (3rd Match)
[R1] Sania Mirza (IND) vs (7) Elena Dementieva (RUS)

Cricket News -

As expected test ended in timid draw ... So now all 3 tests r drawn ... :(

West Indies - 581
India - 362
West Indies - 172/6d
India - 298/4 ( Dravid 68 no, Sehwag 65, Laxman 63, Jaffar 54 and Collins 2/66)

Golf News -
JPGA Tour -

Mizuno Open 2006 - Final Standing

T6 Jeev Milkha Singh 66 73 72 69 -8 ￥3,192,500
T16 Dinesh Chand 68 68 70 77 -5 ￥1,390,000
--------------------------------------------
USPGA Tour -

Stromy weather affected in finishing final round, which will completed today ... And currently Ben Curtis is running away with title with leading Booz Allen Classic by 8 strokes from Padraig Harrington ... Daniel is 1 over after 12 holes and currently tied for 11th position.
--------------------------------------------
EPGA Tour -

Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles - Final Standing

1 CASEY Paul ENG 67 71 66 72 -16 € 341667.46

T47 RANDHAWA Jyoti IND 72 71 74 73 -2 € 9635.16
--------------------------------------------------------------
Cricket News -

West Indies - 581
India - 362 (Laxman 100, Jaffer 60, Kumble 43, Harbhajan 38 no and Collymore 3/63, Taylor 3/118)
West Indies - 113/4 (Ganga 41 and Sreesanth 2/19 , Kumble 2/36)
---------------------------------------------------------------
Motor Sports -
At Asia Formula Renault V6 motorsports championship in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Results - Round 3:
1. Hammad Al Fardan (Bahrain), 2. Seth Ingham (USA), 3. Karun Chandhok (India).
Round 4:
1. Matt Halliday (New Zealand), Karun Chandhok (India), Seth Ingham (USA).

Championship positions -

Hammad Al Fardan – 46 points
Karun Chandhok – 38 points
Seth Ingham – 36 points
----------------------------------------------------------------
Table Tennis News -

Achanta Sharat Kamal becomes first Indian to reach semi-finals of Pro Tour event. But,

[SF] Achanta Sharat Kamal (IND) l Jin Kwon Lee of (KOR) 11-7 9-11 6-11 11-8 8-11 9-11

Before that Kamal had impresive victory in QF against French man.

[QF] Achanta Sharat Kamal (IND) bt Christophe Bertin (FRA) 11-8 7-11 11-9 12-10 11-3
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Hockey News -
At the 15th Sultan Azlan Shah hockey tournament, Malaysia

Bronze Medal Match -
India bt New Zeland 3-2 (Hari Prasad 2, Sandeep Singh (PC) 1 )

This is India's 1st podium finish after year 2003 in any tournament and also 1st podium finish in Azlan Shah hockey tournament after year 2000, when incidently Baskaran was our coach.

Golf News -
EPGA Tour -

Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles - 3rd Round
1 CASEY , Paul ENG 67 71 66 -15
2 MONTGOMERIE , Colin SCO 68 68 69 -14

T37 RANDHAWA, Jyoti IND 72 71 74 -2
----------------------------------------------
At Booz Allen Classic, (USPGA Tour)

1 Ben Curtis 62 65 67 -19
2 Brett Quigley 69 63 67 -14
T3 Steve Stricker 68 67 66 -12
T3 Daniel Chopra 69 65 67 -12
-----------------------------------------------
JPGA Tour -
At Mizuno Open,

Jeev is T9 with -7 after playing 16th holes on 4th round.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Cricket News -

India started strongly to reply Windies huge total ... Laxman and Dravid r on the crease ... Test heading towards draw if our batsmen stick to basic becoz there is still nothing helpful for bowlers from this pitch.

West Indies - 581(Gayle 83, Ganga 135, Sarwan 116, Samuels 87, Chanderpaul 97 no and Munaf Patel 3/134, Harbhajan Singh 5/147)

India - 150/2 (Jaffer 60 and Bravo 1/15, Collymore 1/19)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tennis News -
At Ordina Open,

[F] (1)Martin Damm/Leander Paes (CZE/IND) bt Arnaud Clement/Chris Haggard (FRA/RSA) 61 76(3)

This is first title of the year for Lee and Martin ... But what a way to end the title drought! Now they will enter into Wimbledon in the perfect frame of mind.

Golf News -
At Booz Allen Classic, (USPGA Tour)

Arjun missed cut by 1 stroke ... His 1st round of 3 over gave him huge task to scored good round for making cut ... He tried his best and score 4 under second round but cut was made on -2.

Booz Allen Classic - Round 2
1 Ben Curtis 62 65 -15
2 Jose Coceres 64 64 -14
3 Jeff Gove 63 68 -11

8 Daniel Chopra 69 65 -8
------------ The Cut -2 -------------
T74 Arjun Atwal 74 67 -1
-------------------------------------------------
EPGA Tour -

So like Arjun at USPGA tour, Shiv Kapur also failed to make cut with one stroke.
Yesterday Shiv managed to scored PAR round, but remained one over for the tournament and cut was made on PAR ... Tough luck.

Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles -2nd Round
1 MONTGOMERIE, Colin * SCO 68 68 -10
2 CASEY, Paul ENG 67 71 -8

T22 RANDHAWA, Jyoti IND 72 71 -3
------------- The Cut PAR ------------
T74 KAPUR, Shiv * IND 74 73 +1
----------------------------------------
JPGA Tour -

Jeev had another so-so day at Mizuno Open ... Today he managed to score PAR round with 3 birdies and 3 bogeys and slipped to tied 14th position with -5 score ... Dinesh Chand tied for 2nd position with -10, but he still having last 2 holes to finsih the round ... Currently leader is at -13.
-------------------------------------------------------------
Cricket News -
3rd Test at Basseterre - After 2 days

West Indies - 420/5 (Gayle 83, Ganga 135, Sarwan 116 and Munaf Patel 3/120, Sreesant 1/67, Harbhajan Singh 1/96)
-------------------------------------------------------------
Tennis News -
Indian Futures - (June 19th)

I know after our challenge ended in singles, nobody is that much interested in updating the score ... But Sanaa and Archana wins doubles crown and give something to smile.

Singles semifinals -
(7) Ji Chun-Mei (CHN) bt (Q) Lu Jing-Jing (CHN) 64 61
(4) Ren Jing (CHN) bt Lavinia Tananta (INA) 62 62

Doubles final -
Sanaa Bhambri (IND)/ Archana Venkataraman (IND) bt Wei-Ping Lee (SIN)/ Lu JIng-Jing (CHN) 63 76(4)
--------------------------------------
Thailand F3 -

Doubles Finals -
(1)Vijay Kannan/Ashutosh Singh (IND) bt (2)Stephen Mitchell/Izak van der Merwe (RSA) 63 76(0)
--------------------------------------
At $10K Futures Mountpellier, France

[QF] (8) Sandhya Nagaraj (IND,604) l (2)Emilie Bacquet (FRA,425) 16 26
---------------------------------------
Wimbledon -

Draws r out ... Sania again find tougher draw and facing 7th seed Russian Dementieva in the first round ... Lee and Martin also found tricky match against talented pair.

Womens Singles Draw -
[R1] Sania Mirza (IND) vs (7) Elena Dementieva (RUS)

Womens Doubles Draw -
[R1] Michaela Krajicek (NED)\ Sania Mirza (IND) vs Stephanie Foretz (FRA)\ Antonella Serra zanetti (ITA)

Mens Doubles Draw -
[R1] (13) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)\ Alexander Waske (GER) vs Frederic Niemeyer (CAN)\ Glenn Weiner (USA)
[R1] (7) Martin Damm (CZE)\ Leander Paes (IND) vs Janko Tipsarevic (SCG)\ Mikhail Youzhny (RUS)

Golf News -
Johnnie Walker Championship, Gleneagles - After 1st Round
1 BJÖRN, Thomas * DEN 65 -8
T2 CASEY, Paul * ENG 67 -6
T2 McLARDY, Andrew RSA 67 -6
T2 ROMERO, Andres ARG 67 -6

T41 RANDHAWA, Jyoti * IND 72 -1
T81 KAPUR, Shiv IND 74 +1
------------------------------------------
Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles -2nd Round
1 MONTGOMERIE, Colin * SCO 68 68 -10
2 ROMERO, Andres * ARG 67 -3 -9 After 9 holes
3 CASEY, Paul ENG 67 -2 -8 After 11 holes

T22 RANDHAWA, Jyoti IND 72 71 -3
--------- Projected Cut PAR ----------
T89 KAPUR, Shiv * IND 74 +1 +2 After 13th holes
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tennis News -
At Ordina Open,

[R1] (1)Martin Damm/Leander Paes (CZE/IND) bt Cyril Suk/Robin Vik (CZE) 64 64
[QF] (1)Martin Damm/Leander Paes (CZE/IND) bt Julien Benneteau/Florent Serra (FRA) 64 62
[SF] (1)Martin Damm/Leander Paes (CZE/IND) bt (3)Lukas Dlouhy/Pavel Vizner (CZE) 67(7) 63 10-8

[F] (1)Martin Damm/Leander Paes (CZE/IND) vs Arnaud Clement/Chris Haggard (FRA/RSA)
------------------------------------------------
At $10K Futuers Mountpellier,France (clay)

[R1] (8)Sandhya Nagaraj (IND) bt (Q)Claire Jalade (FRA) 62 57 76(4)
[R2] (8)Sandhya Nagaraj (IND) bt (Q)Cindy Chala (FRA) 63 62

[QF](8)Sandhya Nagaraj (IND,604) vs (2)Emilie Bacquet (FRA,425)
----------------------------------------------
At Gerry Weber Junior Open 2006 ( Grass) -

[R1] Jiri KOSLER (CZE,96) bt (1) Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND,18) 64 26 64
-----------------------------------------------
$10K Indian Futures - (19th June)

Doubles semifinals -
Sanaa Bhambri (IND)/Archana Venkataraman (IND) w/o Rushmi Chakravarthi (IND)/Meghha Vakaria (IND)
Wei-Ping Lee (SIN)/Lu Jing-Jing (CHN) bt Suzanna Anggarkusuma (INA)/Vivien Silfany-Tony (INA) 61 75

Tennis News -
$10K India Futures (19th June)

Quarterfinals -
(7)Chun-Mei Ji (CHN) bt (1)Ankita Bhambri 64 26 63
(Q)Jing-Jing Lu (CHN) bt (3)Rushmi Chakravarthi 62 Ret.
(4)Jing Ren (CHN) bt (5)Sanaa Bhambri 60 62
Lavinia Tananta (INA) bt (6)Sandy Gumulya (INA) 26 62 62
---------------------------------------------------------------
Wimbledon Qualifying -

[Q1] (4) Chin-Wei Chan (TPE)/Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE) bt Shikha Uberoi (IND)/Julia Vakulenko (UKR) 76(8) 64

[Q1] (5) Stephanie Cohen Aloro (FRA)/ Maria Martinez Sanchez (ESP) bt Neha Uberoi (USA) / Camille Pin (FRA) 36 62 62
---------------------------------------------------
Thailand F3

[QF] Ravishankar Pathanjali (IND) l (7) Izak Van der Marwe (RSA) 46 26

Doubles -

[R1] (3) LI Zhe/WANG Yu CHN bt PIYAMONGKOL Philipp/SINGH Navdeep GER/IND 64 64

[QF] (1) KANNAN Vijay/SINGH Ashutosh IND bt GONG Mao-Xin/LIANG Shuang-Qiang CHN 63 62

[SF] (1) KANNAN Vijay/SINGH Ashutosh IND bt (3) LI Zhe/WANG Yu CHN 06 62 64
--------------------------------------------------
$10K India Futures (19th June)

Doubles -
Remaining 1st rounds result -
Suzanna Anggarkusuma (INA)/ Vivien Silfany-Tony (INA) bt Geeta Manohar (IND)/ Sonal Phadke (IND) 62 75
Sandy Gumulya (INA)/ Lavinia Tananta (INA) bt Oormila Ram (IND)/ Poojashree Venkatesh (IND) 62 60

Quarterfinals -
Sanaa Bhambri (IND)/ Archana Venkataraman (IND) bt Po-Kuen Lam (HKG)/ Sagarika Phadke (IND) 60 61
Rushmi Chakravarthi (IND)/ Meghha Vakaria (IND) w/o Shalini Sahoo (IND)/ Vishaka Sheoran (IND)
Wei-Ping Lee (SIN)/ Lu Jing-Jing (CHN) bt Krushmi Chheda (IND)/ Parul Goswami (IND) 16 63 61
Suzanna Anggarkusuma (INA)/ Vivien Silfany-Tony (INA) bt Sandy Gumulya (INA)/ Lavinia Tananta (INA) 63 63

Hockey News -
2006 Azlan Shah tournament - June 18 to 25 2006

India bt South Korea 3-0 (Tejbir Singh, Sandeep Singh, Tushar Khandekar)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tennis News -
Wimbledon Qualifying -

[Q2] Rohan Bopanna (IND) l Robert Kendrick (USA) 46 46
[Q2] Prakash Amritraj (IND) l Benjamin Becker (GER) 57 67(4)
[Q1] Shikha Uberoi (IND) bt Tzipi Obziler (ISR) 64 64

[Q2] Shikha Uberoi (IND) l (7) Zuzana Ondraskova (CZE,108) 36 26

Doubles -
[Q1] (4) Chin-Wei Chan (TPE)/Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE) vs Shikha Uberoi (IND)/Julia Vakulenko (UKR)
[Q1] Neha Uberoi (USA) / Camille Pin (FRA) vs (5) Stephanie Cohen Aloro (FRA)/ Maria Martinez Sanchez (ESP)

Kash had tough opponent, who was qualified for Halle like Rohan last week .. But Rohan lost big opportunity of cashing on his good form ... Inconsistent Rohan came back.
-------------------------------------------
$10K ITF Women Delhi (June 19) - Maindraw
Remaining 1st round singles results -

(1) Ankita Bhambri (IND) bt Li Shan-Shan (Chn) 63 61
Tara IYER (IND) defeated Pichittra THONGDACH (THA) 57 76(4) 32
Poojashree VENKATESHA (IND) defeated Archana VENKATARAMAN (IND) 62 63
(7)Chun-Mei JI (CHN) defeated Oormila RAM (IND) 61 62
(3)Rushmi CHAKRAVARTHI (IND) defeated Krushmi CHHEDA (IND) 61 60
(5)Sanaa BHAMBRI (IND) defeated Asha NANDAKUMAR (IND) 64 61
Shalini SAHOO (IND) defeated Gangothri SANDRI (IND) 62 60
Meghha VAKARIA (IND) defeated (2) Isha LAKHANI (IND) 64 26 64

Doubles remaining 1st round results -
Po-Kuen Lam (HK)/Sagarika Phadke (IND) bt Asha Nandakumar (IND)/Varsha Shivshankar (IND) 63 64
Krushmi Chheda (IND)/Parul Goswami (IND) bt Vishika Chhetri (IND)/Sandri Gangothri (IND) 64 76(5)

Singles Round 2 results -

(1)Ankita Bhambri bt (Q)Tara Iyer 61 67(5) 75
(7)Chun-Mei Ji (CHN) bt (wc)Poojashree Venkatesha 61 63
(3)Rushmi Chakravarthi bt Vivien Silvany-Tony (INA) 62 16 62
(Q)Jing-Jing Lu (CHN) bt (Q)Vishakha Sheoran W/O
(5)Sanaa Bhambri bt Geeta Manohar 62 63
(4)Jing Ren (CHN) bt (wc)Shalini Sahoo 64 61
(6)Sandy Gumulya (INA) bt (Q)Sanjana Kapur 62 60
Lavinia Tananta (INA) bt Meghha Vakharia 62 61
-------------------------------------------
At $15K Woodland Futures,

[R1] Harsh Mankad (IND,394) l (WC) John Isner (USA,956) 26 36
-------------------------------------------
Thailand F3

[R2] Ravishankar Pathanjali (IND) bt (WC) Kirati Siributwong (THA) 46 63 60

[QF] Ravishankar Pathanjali (IND) vs (7) Izak Van der Marwe (RSA)

Tennis News -
Wimbledon -

[Q1] Prakash Amritraj (IND) bt Massimo Dell'Acqua (ITA) 61 76(4)
[Q1] Rohan Bopanna (IND) bt (25) Tomas Cakl (CZE) 63 64
Doubles -
[Q1] (5) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/Johan Landsberg (SWE) l Simone Bolelli (ITA)/Paul Capdeville (CHI) 46 75 46

[Q2] Rohan Bopanna (IND) vs Robert Kenrick (USA)
[Q2] Prakash Amritraj (IND) vs Benjamin Becker (GER)
[Q1] Shikha Uberoi (IND) vs Tzipi Obziler (ISR)
-------------------------------------
$10K ITF Women Delhi (June 19) - Maindraw

Vivien Silfany-Tony (Ina) bt Wei-Ping Lee (Sin) 61 46 63
Vishakha Sheoran bt G.K. Shweta 3-3 (retired)
(Q) Lu Jing-Jing (Chn) bt (8) Parul Goswami 60 64
Geeta Manohar bt Sagarika Phadke 63 75
Ren Jing (Chn) bt (Q) Esha Sanghvi 60 61
(6) Sandy Gumulya (Ina) bt Sonal Phadke 63 63
(Q) Sanjana Kapur bt (Q) Sampada Kanede 26 64 75
Lavinia Tananta (Ina) bt Po-Kuen Lam (Hkg) 75 75

Doubles -
(1) Sanaa Bhambri/ Archana Venkataraman bt Pichittra Thongdach (Tha) and Isha Lakhani 75 26 60
Rushmi Chakravarthi/ Megha Vakaria bt Karina Ahuja/ Jilke Nelord 61 64
Shalini Sahoo/ Vishakha Sheoran bt Rohini Das/ Sanjana Kapur 62 46 62
Wei-Ping Lee (Sin)/ Lu Jing-Jing (Chn) bt Ji Chun-Mei/ Li Shan-Shan (Chn) 62 75
-----------------------------------------
Thailand F3 - Round 1

(1)Yu Wang, Jr. (CHN) bt Navdeep Singh (IND) 63 64
Ravishankar Pathanjali (IND) bt (4)Peng Sun (CHN) 62 64
Philipp Piyamongkol (GER) bt (8)Vivek Shokeen (IND) 75 76(4)
J.Vishnu Vardhan (IND) l (5)Hyung-Kwon Kim (KOR) 36 67(1)
(Q)Nathan Thompson (USA) l Ashutosh Singh (IND) 16 06
(Q)Hoh-Kong So (HKG) l Vijay Kannan (IND) 26 36

[R2] Ravishankar Pathanjali (IND) vs (WC) Kirati Siributwong (THA)

Doubles -
(1) KANNAN Vijay/SINGH Ashutosh IND bt KHAN Aqeel/VARDHAN Vishnu PAK/IND 62 63
LU Hao/SUN Peng CHN bt GOUTHAM Arjun/NANDKUMAR Kiran IND60 63
(4) YU Xin-Yuan/ZENG Shao-Xuan CHN bt PATHANJALI Ravi-Shankar/SHOKEEN Vjvek IND36 62 64
(3) LI Zhe/WANG Yu CHN vs PIYAMONGKOL Philipp/SINGH Navdeep GER/IND

QF -
(1) KANNAN Vijay/SINGH Ashutosh IND vs GONG Mao-Xin/LIANG Shuang-Qiang CHN

Squash News -
ICL Chennai Open Squash -

[Final]
(2) Ritwik Bhattacharya (Ind) bt (3) Dylan Bennett (Ned) 11-4 11-2 11-7
------------------------------------------------------------
Golf News -
The 106th U.S. Open Championship - Final Results

1 Geoff Ogilvy Australia 71 70 72 72 285 - $1,225,000
T2 Jim Furyk USA 70 72 74 70 286 - $501,249
T2 Colin Montgomerie Scotland 69 71 75 71 286 - $501,249
T2 Phil Mickelson USA 70 73 69 74 286 - $501,249

T6 Vijay Singh Fiji 71 74 70 73 288 - $183,255
T59 Jeev Milkha Singh India 73 76 77 76 302 - $16,676
------------------------------------------------------------
Hockey News -
2006 Azlan Shah tournament - June 18 to 25 2006

India l Australia 1-4
India bt Malaysia 5-2 (Goals by Hari Prasad, Gagan (2, PC and PS), Sandeep Singh (PC) and Tushar Khandekar)
------------------------------------------------------------
Tennis News -
Ordina Open -

[R1] Sania Mirza (IND,41) l Iveta Benesova (CZE,51) 67(4) 62 46
---------------------------
$10K ITF Women Delhi (June 19) - Final Qualifying

Lu JIng-Jing (Chn) bt Vishika Chhetri 61 67 (6) 64
G. K. Shweta bt Ragini Vimal 5-0 (retired)
Vishaka Sheoran bt Varsha Shivshankar 63 61
Esha Sanghvi bt Inayat Khosla 2-1 (retired)
Sampada Kanede bt Rohini Das 64 62
Sandri Gangothri bt Apurvika Shukla 61 61
Sagarika Phadke bt Karina Ahuja 64 62
Sanjana Kapur bt Jilke Nelord 61 62
---------------------------------
At $10K Les Franqueses del Valles, Spain,

[F] (1)Sandhya Nagaraj (IND,607) bt Ipek Senoglu ( TUR,851) 64 62

[F] Sandhya Nagaraj (IND)/ Sheila Sorsona Carcas (ESP) bt Nuria Sanchez Garcia (ESP)/ Astrid Waernes Garcia (ESP) 62 63
---------------------------------
The Offenbach clay ITF grade-1 (Clay)

[F] (2) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,36) bt (10) Jurgen Zopp (EST,74) 61 36 64

This must be the first ever clay title in Europe by an Indian boy ... So value of this title is much more greater than simple grade-1 title.
----------------------------
Wimbledon -
Men's Qual. Singles - 1st Rnd.

Massimo Dell'Acqua (ITA) vs Prakash Amritraj (IND)
Rohan Bopanna (IND) vs (25) Tomas Cakl (CZE)

Doubles -
Simone Bolelli (ITA)/Paul Capdeville (CHI) vs [5] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/Johan Landsberg (SWE)

Squash News -ICL Chennai Open Squash 2006
Semies -

[3] Dylan Bennett (Ned) bt Majid Khan (Pak) 11/4 11/8 10/11(1-3) 11/7
[2] Ritwik Bhattacharya (Ind) bt [4] Saurav Ghosal (Ind) 8/11 11/7 11/6 11/7
-----------------------------------------------------------
Golf News -

Jeev Milkha Singh played the third round at seven over par and is +16 after three rounds and at 59th place.

The 2006 U.S. Open Championship - After 3rd Round

T1 MICKELSON, Phil +2 70 73 69 +2
T1 FERRIE, Kenneth 71 70 71 +2
3 OGILVY, Geoff 71 70 72 +3
T4 POULTER, Ian 74 71 70 +5
T4 SINGH, Vijay 71 74 70 +5
T4 MONTGOMERIE, Colin 69 71 75 +5
T4 STRICKER, Steve 70 69 76 +5

T59 SINGH, Jeev Milkha 73 76 77 +16
------------------------------------------------------------
At the $15K Rocklin futures in california,

[SF] (5) Harsh Mankad (IND,366) l Brendan Evans (USA,408) 46 46
--------------------------
USTA International grass courts (Grade-3 ITF)

[SF] (1) Rupesh Roy (IND,56) bt Bradley Cox (USA,210) 75 62
[F] (1) Rupesh Roy (IND,56) bt Austin Krajicek (USA,545) 64 46 62
---------------------------
At the Grade 1 ITF Offenbench , Germany ( Clay)

[F] (2) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,36) v. (10) Jurgen Zopp ( EST,74)
-------------------------------
At $10K Les Franqueses del Valles, Spain

[SF] (1)Sandhya Nagaraj (IND,607) d. Nuria Sanchez-Garcia (ESP,733) 61 61

[F] (1)Sandhya Nagaraj (IND,607) vs Ipek Senoglu ( TUR,851)

Golf News -
US Open Golf Championship.

Jeev Milkha Singh and Vijay Singh manages to play on the weekend at the US Open Golf Championship while Jyoti Randhawa joined golfers like Tiger Woods, defending champion Michael Campbell, Retief Goosen and Sergio Garcia who will head home after missing the cut.

Tiger played consecutive 6 over round to finished 2 days score to 12 over and tied for 82nd place ... Michael Campbell also ended round on 12 over after 7 over 2nd round ... Jyoti had 5 over round to joined company of Tiger wood to finished on 12 over ... Retief Goosen had terrible round of 8 over to ended on tied 121 position with score 15 over ... And Sergio Garcia did much wost with 8 over round to finished on 16 over to tied for 128th position.

Otherhand Jeev had 6 over round to finised 2 round on 9 over to tied for 53rd position to make 2nd time cut in hit 2 particiaption in this prestigeous tournament ... Vijay SIngh also scored 4 over round to tied for 14th place with +5 score.

The 2006 U.S. Open Championship - After 2nd Round

1 STRICKER, Steve 70 69 -1
2 MONTGOMERIE, Colin 69 71 Even
T3 OGILVY, Geoff 71 70 +1
T3 FERRIE, Kenneth 71 70 +1

T14 SINGH, Vijay 71 74 +5
T53 SINGH, Jeev Milkha 73 76 +9
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Badminton News -Malaysia Open 2006

[QF] [R2] SANAVE Thomas/KUMAR Rupesh (IND/IND) l LIN Woon Fui/MOHD TAZARI Mohd Fairuzizuan (MAS/MAS) 10-21 21-13 16-21
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Squash News -
ICL Chennai Open Squash 2006

Majid Khan (Pak) bt (1) Khayal Mohammed (Pak) 11/10(2-0) 8/11 11/3 5/11 11/5
(3) Dylan Bennett (Ned) bt Wai Hang Wong (Hkg) 11/4 11/8 10/11(0-2) 11/7
(4) Saurav Ghosal (Ind) bt (7) Tom Richards (Eng) 6/11 11/7 11/10(7-5) 11/5
(2) Ritwik Bhattacharya (Ind) bt (5) Yasir Butt (Pak) 9/11 11/3 11/7 11/3
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tennis News -At the $15K Rocklin futures in california,

[QF] (5) Harsh Mankad (IND,366) bt (Q) Alberto Francis (USA,579) 64 46 64

Very nice to see Harsh making the SF in his first tournament back after a very long injury layoff (8 weeks exactly).
--------------------------------------
At the Grade 1 ITF Offenbench , Germany ( Clay)

[QF] (2) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,36) bt. (12) Fernando Romboli (BRA,85) 76(4) 63
[SF] (2) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,36) vs (11) Jose-Roberto Velasco (BOL,75) 60 26 62

A first time grade-1 claycourt final for an Indian in Europe. Very good performance considering Vivek reached semi-finals here last year & Karan did likewise in 2003.
--------------------------------------
$10K Les Franqueses del Valles, Spain

[R1] (1)Sandhya Nagaraj (IND) bt (wc)Elena Kazakova (RUS) 61 61
[R2] (1)Sandhya Nagaraj (IND) bt (Q)Daria Petrovic (SCG) 61 75
[QF] (1)Sandhya Nagaraj (IND) bt (Q)Cynthia Prieto-Garcia (ESP) 64 46 62

[SF] (1)Sandhya Nagaraj (IND,607) vs Nuria Sanchez-Garcia (ESP,733)
--------------------------------------
$10K ITF Women Delhi (June 12 )

Final (1)Ankita Bhambri bt (2)Isha Lakhani 63 62
Doubles -Rushmi Chakravarthi (IND)/ Megha Vakaria (IND) bt Isha Lakhani (IND)/ Pichittra Thongdach (THA) 63 64

Badminton News -
Malaysia Open 2006

Arvind produced big upset in 2nd round defeating world no. 7, Kenneth Jonassen, but couldn't continued his good run and lost to german in next round.

Saina and Anup fought hard against their respective very tough opponents ... Now only our doubles pair is remaining in the tournament.

Women -
[R1] NEHWAL Saina (IND,45) l YAO Jie (NED,7) 21-9 19-21 11-21

Men-Doubles-
[R2] SANAVE Thomas/KUMAR Rupesh (IND/IND) bt RAFN Bo/OEDUM Kasper (DEN/DEN) 21-17 21-19

Singles -
[R2] CASTELINO Rohan (IND) l CHAN Yan Kit (HKG) 15-21 12-21
[R2] ANAND Chetan (IND) l SMITH Andrew (ENG) 14-21 10-21
[R2] SRIDHAR Anup (IND) l LEE Chong Wei (MAS,2) 12-21 21-17 13-21
[R2] BHAT Arvind (IND) bt JONASSEN Kenneth (DEN,7) 21-16 23-21

[PQF] BHAT Arvind (IND) l SPITKO Roman (GER) 14-21 17-21

Doubles -
[QF] [R2] SANAVE Thomas/KUMAR Rupesh (IND/IND) vs LIN Woon Fui/MOHD TAZARI Mohd Fairuzizuan (MAS/MAS)
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Tennis News -
DFS CLASSIC -

[R3] (14) Sania Mirza (IND,40) l (Q) Meilen Tu (USA,119) 62 46 67(3)

[R1] Sania MIRZA (IND)/ Francesca SCHIAVONE (ITA) l Elena VESNINA (RUS)/ Zi YAN (CHN) 64 26 26
-------------------------------
At the Grade 1 ITF Offenbench , Germany ( Clay) -

[PQF] (2) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,36) bt William McNamee (AUS,202) 61 63
[QF] (2) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,36) vs (12) Fernando Romboli (BRA,85)
--------------------------------
Rupesh Roy is playing at the USTA International grass courts (Grade-3 ITF) at the Philadelphia cricket club grass courts. He is defending champion and the top seed.

[R1] (1) Rupesh Roy (IND,56) bt Ryan Cheung (USA,780) 61 62
[R2] (1) Rupesh Roy (IND,56) bt Ryan Lipman (USA,1057) 61 64
[QF] (1) Rupesh Roy (IND,56) bt Adam El Mihdawy (USA,509) 63 61
[SF] (1) Rupesh Roy (IND,56) vs Bradley Cox (USA,210)
--------------------------------
$10K ITF Women Delhi (June 12)

Quarter Finals -
Ankita Bhambri (IND) bt Megha Vakaria (IND) 63 62
Rushmi Chakravarthi (IND) bt Sandy Gumulya (INA) 46 75 63
Ji Chun-Mei (CHN) bt Shalini Sahoo (IND) 62 62
Isha Lakhani (IND) bt Parul Goswami (IND) 62 63

Singles Semifinal -
(1)Ankita BHAMBRI (IND) bt (3)Rushmi CHAKRAVARTHI (IND) 64 36 64
(2)Isha LAKHANI (IND) bt Chun-Mei JI (CHN) 63 63

Doubles SF -
Rushmi Chakravarthi (IND)/ Megha Vakaria (IND) bt Ji Chun-Mei (CHN)/ Ren Jing (CHN) 36 63 62
Isha Lakhani (IND)/ Pichittra Thongdach (THA) vs Sandy Gumulya (INA)/ Lavinia Tananta (INA) 57 64 4-2 (stopped due to rain and dust-strom)
----------------------------------
At the $15K Rocklin futures in california,

[R2] (5) Harsh Mankad (IND,366) bt Eduardo Schwank (ARG,507) 26 76(3) 61

[QF] (5) Harsh Mankad (IND,366) vs (Q) Alberto Francis (USA,579)
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Golf News -

US Open -
Only Montgomerie managed to scored sub par round on tough Winged Foot’s West Course ... Tiger is +6, Goosen is +7, Ernie is +4 and Vijay is +1 after first round.

Jeev had a birdie, 2 bogey and a double bogey in his round ... And Jyoti had 2 birdies and 9 bogeys.

The 2006 U.S. Open Championship
1 MONTGOMERIE, Colin 69 -1
T2 FURYK, Jim 70 E
T2 MICKELSON, Phil 70 E
T2 STRICKER, Steve 70 E
T2 JIMENEZ, Miguel Angel 70 E
T2 HOWELL, David 70 E

T28 SINGH, Jeev Milkha 73 +3
T90 RANDHAWA, Jyoti 77 +7

Cricket News -
Match ended in draw an 4th day washed out due to rain.

India - 588/8d
West Indies - 215
West Indies - 294/7 (Brian Lara 120, Chanderpaul 57, Bravo 47 and Kumble 3/98, Pathan 2/50)
---------------------------------------------------------------
Tennis News -
Halle ATP Tournament (Grass)

[R1] (1) Roger Federer (SUI,1) bt (Q) Rohan Bopanna (IND,270) 76(4) 62
-----------------------------------
At Stella Artois champoinships - Queens club -

[R2] Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) / Redak Stepanek (CZE) l (7) Wayne Black (ZIM) / J. Coetzee (RSA) 6-5 (0-40) - Retirement due to injury.
-----------------------------------
DFS CLASSIC -

[R2] (14) Sania Mirza (IND,40) bt Shenay Perry (USA,92) 75 67(7) 63

Very good win against big server Perry, who served 16 aces ... But Sania also had 69% first serves in ... This win will definetly give her more confidence on her ability of handling big server and playing accordingly.

In both matches she won third set convincingly ... That shows Sania learning to change her plan according her opponents game in the match ... Its really good sign ... Now she is having big opportunity to reach QF.

[R3] (14) Sania Mirza (IND,40) vs (Q) Meilen Tu (USA,119)

[R1] Sania MIRZA (IND)/ Francesca SCHIAVONE (ITA) vs Elena VESNINA (RUS)/ Zi YAN (CHN)
-----------------------------------
At the Grade 1 ITF Offenbench , Germany ( Clay) -

[R1] (2) NEDUNCHEZHIYAN Jeevan (IND,33) bt (WC) DEHN Julian (GER,337) 75 62
[R2] (2) NEDUNCHEZHIYAN Jeevan (IND,33) bt ROUMENOV-PAYAKOV Gueorgui (BUL,174) 63 62
[PQF] (2) NEDUNCHEZHIYAN Jeevan (IND,33) vs MCNAMEE William (AUS,199)
-----------------------------------
$10K ITF Women Delhi (June 12)
2nd Round

(1)Ankita BHAMBRI (IND) defeated Oormila RAM (IND) 61 60
(5)Meghha VAKARIA (IND) defeated Jing-Jing LU (CHN) 63 61
(3)Rushmi CHAKRAVARTHI (IND) defeated Pichittra THONGDACH (THA) 63 63
(7)Sandy GUMULYA (INA) defeated Po-Kuen LAM (HKG) 36 61 61
Chun-Mei JI (CHN) defeated Archana VENKATARAMAN (IND) 63 61
Shalini SAHOO (IND) defeated Wei-Ping LEE (SIN) 57 62 61
(8)Parul GOSWAMI (IND) defeated Liza PEREIRA (IND) 26 62 63
(2)Isha LAKHANI (IND) defeated Tara IYER (IND) 16 63 76(3)

Doubles quarterfinals -
Pichittra Thongdach (THA)/ Isha Lakhani (IND) bt Ankita Bhambri (IND)/ Sanaa Bhambri (IND) 76(2) 26 62
Sandy Gumulya (INA)/ Lavinia Tananta (INA) bt Po-Kuen Lam (HKG)/ Sagarika Phadke (IND) 63 61
Ji Chun-Mei (CHN)/ Ren Jing (CHN) bt Krushmi Chheda (IND)/ Parul Goswami (IND) 63 62
Rushmi Chakravarthi (IND)/ Megha Vakaria (IND) bt Vishika Chhetri (IND)/ Sandri Gangothri (IND) 61 61
-----------------------------------
$10k Mens Futures Thailand F2 ( June 12)

[QF] (1) SINGH Ashutosh (IND)/ KANNAN Vijay (IND) bt KUSETA Davor (CRO)/ RUSBY Tom (GBR) 76(6) 63
[SF] (1) SINGH Ashutosh (IND)/ KANNAN Vijay (IND) l (4) YU Xin-Yuan (CHN)/ZENG Shao-Xuan (CHN) 36 46

[R2] PATHANJALI Ravi-Shankar (IND,680) l STECKLEY Robert (CAN,622) 36 06
------------------------------------
At the $15K Rocklin futures in california,

[R2] (2) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Aleksander Vlaski (SCG) l Tres Davis (USA)/ Brandon Davis (USA) 36 46

[R1] (5) Harsh Mankad (IND,366) bt (Q) Carsten Ball (AUS,1054) 64 62
[R2] (5) Harsh Mankad (IND,366) vs Eduardo Schwank (ARG,507)
---------------------------------------------------------
Badminton News -
Malaysia Open 2006

Women -
[Q1] GOKHALE Sayali (IND) bt WENDY Tan (MAS) 21-7 22-24 21-4
[Q1] MUTATKAR Aditi (IND) bt TAN Ann Ching (MAS) 21-4 21-3
[Q1] MISHA Ruth (IND) bt LEE Joo Yiet (MAS) 21-12 21-6

[Q2] GOKHALE Sayali (IND) l RAJ KAUR Anita (MAS) 17-21 19-21
[Q2] MUTATKAR Aditi (IND) l IMABEPPU Kaori (JPN) 18-21 19-21
[Q2] MISHA Ruth (IND) l JUN Jae Youn (KOR) 11-21 11-21

Main draw -
Doubles -
[R1] MUTATKAR Aditi/GOKHALE Sayali (IND/IND) l CHONG Sabrina, Sook Chin/LIM Yin Loo (MAS/MAS) 13-21 10-21
[R1] NEHWAL Saina/ MISHA Ruth (IND/IND) l HAW Chiou Hwee/ KAUR Anita Raj (MAS/MAS) 13-21 19-21

Singles -
[R1] NEHWAL Saina (IND) vs YAO Jie (NED)

Men -
[Q1] VIYADHAR J.B.S. (IND) bt VONG Xiang Wei (MAS) 21-17 21-16

Maindraw -
Doubles -
[R1] SANAVE Thomas/KUMAR Rupesh (IND/IND) bt FUCHS Michael/SPITKO Roman (GER/GER) 21-12 21-19

[R2] SANAVE Thomas/KUMAR Rupesh (IND/IND) vs RAFN Bo/OEDUM Kasper (DEN/DEN)

Singles -
[R1] PAWAR Anand (IND) l YEOH Kay Bin (MAS) 21-13 15-21 14-21
[R1] KASHYAP P. (IND) l KRISHNAN Yogendran (MAS) 14-21 17-21
[R1] (Q) VIYADHAR J.B.S (IND) l AYOB Sairul Amar (MAS) 20-22 17-21
[R1] CASTELINO Rohan (IND) bt (Q) LIM Chen Wei (MAS) 19-21 21-18 21-19
[R1] ANAND Chetan (IND) bt LIEW Daren (MAS) 21-16 17-21 21-16
[R1] BHAT Arvind (IND) bt CHUA James (MAS) 25-27 22-20 21-14
[R1] SRIDHAR Anup (IND) bt LEFORT Jean Michel (FRA) 22-20 21-11

[R2] CASTELINO Rohan (IND) vs CHAN Yan Kit (HKG)
[R2] ANAND Chetan (IND) vs SMITH Andrew (ENG)
[R2] BHAT Arvind (IND) vs JONASSEN Kenneth (DEN)
[R2] SRIDHAR Anup (IND) vs LEE Chong Wei (MAS)

Cricket News -

The fourth day of the test was entirely wiped out by rain ... But Lance Gibbs spent some time advising Harbhajan.
---------------------------------------------------------
Tennis News -
Thailand futures - F2 (12th June)

Sunil withdrew & was replaced by lucky loser.

[R1] PATHANJALI Ravi-Shankar (IND,680) bt (8) VAN DER MERWE Izak (RSA,596) 67(4) 76(6) 76 (5)
[R2] PATHANJALI Ravi-Shankar (IND,680) vs STECKLEY Robert (CAN,622)
-----------------------------------
Indian Futures - Delhi (12th June)

Remaining Doubles pre-quarterfinals Results -
Po-Kuen Lam (Hkg)/Sagarika Phadke w.o. Janaki Gunuganti/ Shalini SahooKrushmi
Chheda/Parul Goswami bt Asha Nandakumar/Varsha Shivshankar 75 62
Ji-Chun-Mei/Ren Jing (Chn) bt Anne-Valerie Evain (Fra)/Neha Rana 62 62
Vishika Chhetri/ Sandri Gangothri bt Tara Iyer/Archana Venkataraman 61 46 63
------------------------------------
Halle ATP Tournament (Grass)

[R1] (3) Leander Paes (IND)/ Martin Damm (CZE) l Jiri Novak (CZE)/ Chris Haggard (RSA) 67(7) 64 8-10

Cricket News -
India was leading 373 and they forced follow-on on Windies ... Again Indian bowlers started well dismissing Gayle in 1st over ... But thundershower and Brian Lara, who elevated himself to No. 3, avoided further damage.

India 588/8d
West Indies - 215 (Gayle 46, Chanderpaul 30, Ramdin 30 and Sehwag 3/33, Kumble 3/57, Patel 3/51)
West Indies - 43/1 (Ganga 24 not out and Pathan 1/24)
-------------------------------------------------------------
Chess News -

Anand again showed his supremacy in rapid chess as he defeated World no. 1 Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria 2.5 - 1.5 margin to lift the 19th Magistral Ciudad de Leon title in Leon, Spain ... This was Anand's 6th title at this tournament.
-------------------------------------------------------------
Tennis News -

DFS CLASSIC -

[R1] (14) Sania Mirza (IND,40) bt Alona Bondarenko (UKR,61) 62 36 63

Match was going on for 1 hr 44 mins ... Sania won 103 pts and Alona 88 pts ... Sania had 4 aces and 4 double faults, other hand Alona had 2 aces and 3 double faults ... In match Sania had 60% 1st serve percentage and Alona had 69% ... But points won on 1st serve counted most, where Sania won 67% to Alona's 51%.

[R2] (14) Sania Mirza (IND,40) vs Shenay PERRY (USA,92)

[R1] Sania MIRZA (IND)/ Francesca SCHIAVONE (ITA) vs Elena VESNINA (RUS)/ Zi YAN (CHN)
------------------------------
At Stella Artois champoinships - Queens club -

[R1]Mahesh Bhupathi (IND.) / Redak Stepanek (CZE) bt Michel Llodra / Nicolas Mahut ( FRA) 46 76(1) 11-9
[R2] Mahesh Bhupathi (IND.) / Redak Stepanek (CZE) vs (7) Wayne Black ( ZIM.) / J. Coetzee (RSA)
_________________
$10K ITF Women Delhi (June 12)

Singles Qualifying Draw
Q1
(1)Vivien Silvany Tony (INA) bt Sanjana Kapur 62 62
Charlotte Machin (GBR) bt (wc)Priyanka Tohan 64 60
(2)Jing-Jing Lu (CHN) bt Shweta Kakhandki 62 62
Anushri Thammanna bt Kanisha Mehta 64 62
Poojashree Venkatesha bt (3)Ragini Vimal 62 60
(wc)Inayat Khosla bt Shashirekha Jallihall 60 60
(4)Varsha Shivashankar bt Sampada Kanede 57 63 64
Shalini Sahoo bt Vishakha Sheoran 63 16 62
Gangothri Sandri bt (wc)Tejaswi Narayana 61 62
Esha Sanghvi bt (wc)Adnya Naik 26 63 64
Vishika Chhetri bt Rohini Das 61 64
Chirashanthi Rajur bt Karina Ahuja 76(5) 64
Anupama Rajur bt (wc)Adithi Jallihall 60 61
Arthi Duraisamy bt Garima Vatwani 75 63
Janaki Gunuganti bt (wc)Shivika Burman 62 26 76(5)
Sagarika Phadke bt Renuka Keshwani 67(3) 61 63

Quali - Final Round
(1)Vivien Silvany Tony (INA) bt Charlotte Machin (GBR) 62 61
(2)Jing-Jing Lu (CHN) bt Anushri Thammanna W/O
Poojashree Venkatesha bt (wc)Inayat Khosla 62 61
Shalini Sahoo bt (4)Varsha Shivashankar 62 60
Gangothri Sandri bt Esha Sanghvi 76(2) 61
Vishika Chhetri bt Chirashanthi Rajur 60 60
Arthi Duraisamy bt Anupama Rajur 16 64 64
Janaki Gunuganti bt Sagarika Phadke 75 26 63

Singles Main Draw - 1st Round

(1)Ankita Bhambri (IND) bt Krushmi Chheda (IND) 60 61
(wc)Oormila Ram (IND) bt (Q)Vishika Chhetri (IND) 75 64

(Q)Jing-Jing Lu (CHN) bt Asha Nandakumar (IND) 64 64
(5)Meghha Vakharia (IND) bt (wc)Geeta Manohar (IND) 64 61

(3)Rushmi Chakravarthi (IND) bt (Q)Poojashree Venkatesha (IND) 60 16 62
Pichittra Thongdach (THA) bt Sonal Phadke (IND) 62 63

Po-Kuen Lam (HKG) bt (Q)Vivien Silvany Tony (INA) 46 64 62
(7)Sandy Gumulya (INA) bt (wc)Neha Rana (IND) 60 61

Chun-Mei Ji (CHN) bt (6)Jing Ren (CHN) 76(4) 61
Archana Venkataraman (IND) bt Anne-Valerie Evain (FRA) 26 64 62

(Q)Shalini Sahoo (IND) bt (Q)Gangothri Sandri (IND) 63 10 Ret.
Wei-Ping Lee (SIN) bt (4)Sanaa Bhambri (IND) 64 67(4) 61

(8)Parul Goswami (IND) bt (Q)Arthi Duraisamy (IND) 61 62
Liza Pereira (IND) bt (Q)Janaki Gunuganti (IND) 63 63

(wc)Tara Iyer (IND) bt Shan-Shan Li (CHN) 61 62
(2)Isha Lakhani (IND) bt Lavinia Tananta (INA) 63 61

Doubles (pre-quarterfinals) -
Ankita Bhambri (IND)/ Sanaa Bhambri (IND) bt Li Shan-Shan/Lu Jing-Jing (Chn) 75 62
Isha Lakhani (IND)/ Pichittra Thongdach (Tha) bt Geeta Manohar (IND)/ Sonal Phadke (IND) 63 61
Sandy Gumulya (IND)/ Lavinia Tananta (Ina) bt Sampada Kanade (IND)/ Kanisha Mehta (IND) 61 60
Rushmi Chakravarthi (IND)/ Megha Vakaria (IND) bt Wei-Ping Lee (Sin)/Vivien Silfany-Tony (Ina) 63 60
----------------------------
$10k Mens Futures Thailand F2 ( June 12)

Q1
NORBERG, Karl SWE d. 12-GOUTHAM, Arjun IND 62 63
3- SINGH, Ashutosh IND d. NANDKUMAR, Kiran IND 61 64
4-KANNAN, Vijay IND d. WC-CHUMPECTH, Pattrakit THA 61 62
WC-MURALI, Mithun (IND) d. WC-GIDE, Rohan (IND) 75 61

Q2
MA, Rong CHN d. 3- SINGH, Ashutosh IND 61 61
AL NABHANI, Mohammed OMA d. 4-KANNAN, Vijay IND 61 61
9- TORRES, Ruben-Dario COL d. WC-MURALI, Mithun (IND) 64 60

Main draw :-
[R1] VARDHAN, Vishnu (IND,802) l NAM, Hyun-Woo (KOR,834) 46 46
[R1] Navdeep Singh (IND,706) l Robert Steckley (CAN,622) 64 26 06
[R1] Vivek Shokeen (IND,790) l Lester Cook (USA,689) 46 16
[R1] (7) SIPAEYA, Sunil-Kumar (IND,593) vs Q-THOMAS, Andrew (AUS, unra.)
[R1] (8) VAN DER MERWE, Izak (RSA,596) vs PATHANJALI, Ravi-Shankar (IND,680)

Doubles First round -
(1) SINGH Ashutosh/KANNAN Vijay IND bt (WC) WACHIRAMANOWONG Kittipong/SIRIBUTWONG Peerakit THA 62 63
(2) MITCHELL Stephen/VAN DER MERWE Izak RSA bt PATHANJALI Ravi-Shankar/SHOKEEN Vivek IND 64 63

PIYAMONGKOL Philipp/SINGH Navdeep GER/IND vs (WC) DOAKMAIKLEE Weerapat/SIRIBUTWONG Kirati THA

[QF] (1) SINGH Ashutosh/KANNAN Vijay IND vs KUSETA Davor/ RUSBY Tom CRO/GBR

Cricket News -

India scored massive total with 23rd century from Dravid and maidan test hundred by Kaif ... And in reply Windies r struggling with good bowling by Munaf and Kumble.

India 588/8d (Sehwag 180, Dravid 146, Kaif 148 not out and Collins 4/116)

West Indies 65/3 (Gayle 34 not out and Munaf Patel 2/20, Kumble 1/10)
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Tennis News -

Halle ATP Tournament (Grass)

[R1] (1) Roger Federer (SUI,1) vs (Q) Rohan Bopanna (IND,270)

Huge match for Rohan ... Rohan has an edge over Federer ... He is well accustomed to the surface and having been playing for last couple of weeks ... With three excellent and quality wins over top 200 players ... Federe need to adapt and come out of emotional loss at French Open ... Last year he had a tough time at the first round of Halle, he saved match points against Robin Soderling ... Match is schedule for wednesday.

Cricket News -
India ended day one on 361/4 ... Sehwag scored magnificent 180 runs from 190 balls with 22 x 4s and 2 x 6s ... Dravid remained not out on 95 with 12 x 4s ... From Windies all wicket taken by Collins, 4/75.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Golf News -

Bangkok Airways Open - Round 3

1 LU Wen-Teh 68 68 72 -5
T2 Mardan MAMAT 70 69 72 -2
T2 Prayad MARKSAENG 67 70 74 -2

T13 S.S.P. CHOWRASIA 73 71 74 +5
T20 Digvijay SINGH 81 67 72 +7
T31 Amandeep JOHL 75 76 72 +10
T37 Amritinder SINGH 75 75 74 +11
T37 Gaurav GHEI 71 75 78 +11
T37 Uttam Singh MUNDY 76 72 76 +11
T70 Jaiveer VIRK 77 74 84 +22

Chowrasia and Digvijay Singh having opportunity to finished in top 10.
-------------------------------------
Our 3 players finished in top 20 ... Chowrasia in top 10, Digvijay Singh in top 15 and Amandeep in top 20 ... :D

Only 6 players managed to remain on even or under par ... And winner's score was -3 ... Plaphol wins play-off against Gibson on 1st playoff hole.

Bangkok Airways Open - Round 4

1 Chawalit PLAPHOL 71 70 73 67 -3
2 Rick GIBSON 69 72 71 69 -3
3 Mardan MAMAT 70 69 72 71 -2
4 LU Wen-Teh 68 68 72 75 -1
T5 Iain STEEL 66 78 72 68 E
T5 Prayad MARKSAENG 67 70 74 73 E

T8 S.S.P. CHOWRASIA 73 71 74 69 +3
T12 Digvijay SINGH 81 67 72 70 +6
T19 Amandeep JOHL 75 76 72 71 +10
T34 Gaurav GHEI 71 75 78 75 +15
T38 Amritinder SINGH 75 75 74 76 +16
T57 Uttam Singh MUNDY 76 72 76 81 +21
67 Jaiveer VIRK 77 74 84 79 +30
-------------------------------------
At Barclays Classic,

Luv to see Arjun atlast managed to break his missing cuts streak.

In third round Arjun started badly scoring 3 consecutive bogeys from hole 2nd to 4th ... Then matter became worst as he scored a double bogey on 6th hole ... But then he showed his real character to began his fight back ... He scored birdies on 8th and 9th hole ... Then another bogey on 10th hole with immediated birdie on 11th ... Another bogey on 15th hole, but end round in style with consecutive birdies on 17th and 18th hole. ( 5 birdies, 5 bogeys and a double bogey) ... Currently Arjun is tied for 59th position with +3 score.
------------------------------------------------------------------
Tennis News -At Tier III DFC classic , Birmingham ,

[Q1] (1)Melinda Czink (HUN) d. (alt)Shikha Uberoi (IND) 76(2) 64
----------------------------------
Halle ATP qualies in Germany ..

Rohan qualified with three consecutive win against top 200 players ... This is terrific result from him and very good practice before Wimbledon qualifying ... In first round he will meet one of these very talented players - Roger Federer, Tomas Berdych, Christophe Rochus and Richard Gasquet.

[Q1] Prakash Amritraj (IND,250) bt (WC) Daniel Brands (GER,572) 63 62
[Q2] Prakash Amritraj (IND) l (3) George Bastl (SUI,145), 46 46

[Q1] Rohan Bopanna (IND,270) bt (5) Evgueni Korolev (RUS,151) 16 63 64
[Q2] Rohan Bopanna (IND,270) bt Simone Bolelli (ITA,173) 76(6) 75
[Q3] Rohan Bopanna (IND,270) bt (2) Kristian Pless (DEN,143) 76(5) 76(3)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Squash News -

Dipika Pallikal won the girls u15 title at the 1st Masonry Asian Junior Squash championship in Singapore. As per report from the start Dipika stamped her authority by playing superb lengths and finishing off with some amazing cross court volley drops.

Dipika Pallikal - I would like to thank Maj. Maniam, consultant coach, Cyrus Poncha, National Coach and the ICL Academy for everything they have done for me to get me where I am today. She paid tribute to a host of others including her sponsors Wilson and Globo Sports.

[F] (3/4) Dipika Pallikal (IND) bt (1) Tong Tsz Wing (HK) 9-2 9-4 9-5

At Bangkok Airways Open,

Bangkok Airways Open - Round 1
1 Iain STEEL 66 -5
2 Prayad MARKSAENG 67 -4
T3 LU Wen Teh 68 -3
T3 Thaworn WIRATCHANT 68 -3

T9 Gaurav GHEI 71 E
T31 Arjun SINGH 73 +2
T31 S.S.P. CHOWRASIA 73 +2
T66 Amandeep JOHL 75 +4
T66 Amritinder SINGH 75 +4
T66 Gurbaaz MANN 75 +4
T76 Uttam Singh MUNDY 76 +5
T85 Jaiveer VIRK 77 +6
T111 Harmeet KAHLON 79 +8
T120 Digvijay SINGH 81 +10
T120 Harinder GUPTA 81 +10
----------------------------
Yesterday Digvijay scored +10 round and was looking to miss cut ... But today he managed to produce best round of the day (-4) to make cut.

Today he scored flawless round with 4 birdies (and yesterday he scored 4 double bogeys ... )

1 LU Wen Teh 68 68 -6
2 Prayad MARKSAENG 67 70 -5
3 Mardan MAMAT 70 69 -3
4 Airil Rizman ZAHARI 72 68 -2

T16 S.S.P. CHOWRASIA 73 71 +2
T25 Gaurav GHEI 71 75 +4
T41 Digvijay SINGH 81 67 +6
T41 Uttam Singh MUNDY 76 72 +6
T52 Amritinder SINGH 75 75 +8
T59 Amandeep JOHL 75 76 +9
T59 Jaiveer VIRK 77 74 +9
------------- Cut +9 ------
T82 31 Arjun SINGH 73 81 +12
T101 66 Gurbaaz MANN 75 83 +16
T101 111 Harmeet KAHLON 79 79 +16
120 Harinder GUPTA 81 +1 WDRW 6
----------------------------------
At Barclays Classic,

Arjun started from back 9, but after 5th hole he was +3 with bogeys on 1st, 3rd and 5th hole ... Then on 6th hole he made his 1st birdie, but made immediate bogey on 8th hole to finished back 9 with +3 ... But on front 9 he played very controlled golf and made 2 birdies on 11th and 14th hole ... With that he ended round with +1.

Daniel started from front 9 and immediately scored a birdie on 3rd hole, buth then made bogeys in next couple of holes ... Again scored birdie on 6th hole, but then managed bogey on 7th hole and finished front 9 with +1 ... On back 9, he made bogey on 11th hole, then birdie on 13th hole ... Again made bogey on 16th hole, but ended round with birdie on 18th hole .. So he also ended his round with +1.
Currently Arjun and Daniel r tied for 68th place ... Tomorrow they need below PAR round to make a cut.
Adam scott is leading with -6 round.
-----------------------------------------------------------
Tennis News -

Thailand Futures 1 -
[SF] (1) SINGH Ashutosh/KANNAN Vijay (IND) l TORRES Ruben-Dario (COL)/ VAN DER MERWE Izak (RSA) 46 46
-----------------------------
At $25K Surbiton Challanger -

[QF] Sunitha RAO (USA)/ Titania Perebiynis (UKR) bt (WC) Katie O'Brien (GBR)/ Melanie South (GBR) 63 76(2)
[SF] Sunitha RAO (USA)/ Titania Perebiynis (UKR) l (1) Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE)/ Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA) 26 46
-----------------------------------------------------------
Badminton News -

At The Aviva Open Singapore 2006 -
[R2] Saina NEHWAL (IND) l Petya NEDELTCHEVA (BUL) 11-21 16-21
[R3] Chetan ANAND (IND) l Saman ISMAIL (MAS) 21-18 11-21 21-15
[R3] Anup SRIDHAR (IND) bt Andrew SMITH (ENG) 21-9 21-16

Chetan's loss against 270th ranked player was shocking ... This was very winnable match ... Chetan's updown performance bring out him top 20 ... He is currently #27 in ranking.

[QF] Anup SRIDHAR (IND,43) l Kenneth JONASSEN (DEN,6) 15-21 15-21
------------------------------------------------------------
Squash News -

Asian Junior Indivisual Championship 2006, Singapore
Boys Under 19 -
[R1] (9/16) Parth Sharma (IND) bt Lee,Se-Hyun (KOR) 9-2 9-2 9-2
[R1] (5/8) Ayyappan Parthiban (IND) bt Nigel Koh (SIN) 9-5 9-4 9-2
[R1] (3/4) Harinderpal Singh (IND) bt Joshua Ang (SIN) 9-0 9-1 9-3
[R1] (3/4) Sandeep Jangra (IND) bt Su Chong Guan (SIN) 9-1 9-0 9-2

[R2] (9/16) Parth Sharma (IND) l (5/8) Leo Au Chun Ming (HK) 3-9 5-9 0-9
[R2] (5/8) Ayyappan Parthiban (IND) l (9/16) Randy Lim (MAS) 7-9 4-9 9-7 9-4 4-9
[R2] (3/4) Harinderpal Singh (IND) bt (9/16) Yuta Fukui (JPN) 9-1 9-3 10-8
[R2] (3/4) Sandeep Jangra (IND) bt (9/16) Shinnosuke Tsukue (JPN) 9-1 9-2 6-9 9-5

[QF] (3/4) Harinderpal Singh (IND) l (5/8) Leo Au Chun Ming (HK) 9-6 9-4 5-9 5-9 3-9
[QF] (3/4) Sandeep Jangra (IND) l (5/8) Ivan Yuen (MAS) 7-9 9-6 9-4 6-9 0-9
-------------------------------------------
Boys Under 15 -
[R1] (9/16) Karm Kumar (IND) bye
[R1] (3/4) Ravi Dixit (IND) bye
[R1] (3/4) Ramit Tandon (IND) bye
[R1] (5/8) Karan Malik (IND) bye

[R2] (9/16) Karm Kumar (IND) l (5/8) Wong King Ngo (HK) 9-7 5-9 9-7 2-9 3-9
[R2] (3/4) Ravi Dixit (IND) bt (9/16) Ryosei Kobayashi (JPN) 9-1 9-0 9-0
[R2] (3/4) Ramit Tandon (IND) bt Biyden Youg (SIN) 9-0 9-1 9-1
[R2] (5/8) Karan Malik (IND) bt (9/16) Gihan Suwaris (SL) 9-3 9-2 9-4

[QF] (3/4) Ramit Tandon (IND) l (5/8) Cheong Kah Wah (MAS) 9-3 9-0 7-9 2-9 6-9
[QF] (5/8) Karan Malik (IND) l (2) Danish Atlas (PAK) 1-9 0-9 0-9
[QF] (3/4) Ravi Dixit (IND) bt (5/8) Marcus Yuen (MAS) 4-9 9-5 9-0 9-2

[SF] (3/4) Ravi Dixit (IND) l (1) Sheikh Salqib (PAK) 2-9 6-9 6-9
-------------------------------------------
Girls Under 19 -
[R1] Sruti Ashok (IND) l (9/16) Nicole Chua (SIN) 1-9 0-9 0-9
[R1] Madhura Paranjpe (IND) bye
[R1] (5/8) Surbhi Misra (IND) bye
[R1] (9/16) Shivangi Paranjpe (IND) bye

[R2] Madhura Paranjpe (IND) l (5/8) Pamela Chua (SIN) 0-9 4-9 3-9
[R2] (5/8) Surbhi Misra (IND) l (9/16) Charlene Neo (SIN) 3-9 5-9 9-2 9-7 7-9
[R2] (9/16) Shivangi Paranjpe (IND) l (9/16) Song, Sun-Mi (KOR) 7-9 1-9 4-9
---------------------------------------
Girls Under 15 -
[R1] (9/16) Anaka Alankamony (IND) bt Nadindi Udangawa (SL) 10-8 9-0 9-1
[R1] (9/16) Harita Omprakash (IND) bye
[R1] (3/4) Anwesha Reddy (IND) bye
[R1] (3/4) Dipika Pallikal (IND) bye

[R2] (9/16) Anaka Alankamony (IND) l (5/8) Carmen Lee Ka Man (HK) 9-3 3-9 7-9 1-9
[R2] (9/16) Harita Omprakash (IND) l (5/8) Nessrine Ariffin (MAS) 2-9 4-9 4-9
[R2] (3/4) Anwesha Reddy (IND) bt (9/16) Jillian Lye (SIN) 9-1 9-0 9-2
[R2] (3/4) Dipika Pallikal (IND) bt (9/16) Mao Shi Hui (SIN) 9-2 9-0 9-1

[QF] (3/4) Anwesha Reddy (IND) bt (5/8) Tan Yan Xin (MAS) 9-3 9-1 9-3
[QF] (3/4) Dipika Pallikal (IND) bt (5/8) Nessrine Ariffin (MAS) 9-4 9-5 9-3

[SF] (3/4) Anwesha Reddy (IND) l (1) Tong Tsz Wing (HK) 7-9 6-9 1-9
[SF] (3/4) Dipika Pallikal (IND) bt (2) Liu Tsz Ling (HK) 9-0 6-9 9-2 9-3

[F] (3/4) Dipika Pallikal (IND) vs (1) Tong Tsz Wing (HK)

Dipika in Girls Under 15 Junior Asian Championship final ... Go Dipika.

French Open News -

Maria Kirilenko (RUS)/ Leander Paes (IND) l (6) Martina Navratilova (USA)/ Bob Bryan (USA) 36 36

That's end of Indian interest from French Open.
----------------------------------------------
At $25K Surbiton Challanger ,

[R2] Sunitha RAO (USA) l (6) Tamarine TANASUGARN (THA) 67(4) 36

Doubles -
[R1] Sunitha RAO (USA)/ Titania Perebiynis (UKR) bt (WC) Rebecca Llewellyn (GBR)/ Karen Paterson (GBR) 64 62
[R1] Shikha Uberoi (IND)/ Kristina Brandi (PUR) l Anne Keothavong (GBR)/ Aiko Nakamura (JPN) 36 61 26

[QF] Sunitha RAO (USA)/ Titania Perebiynis (UKR) vs (WC) Katie O'Brien (GBR)/ Melanie South (GBR)
-------------------------------------------------------------
Badminton News -

At The Aviva Open Singapore 2006 - $170,000 (5-Star)

Saina started her campaign with straight games victory over Chien.
[R1] Saina NEHWAL (IND) bt Yu-Chin CHIEN (TPE) 21-18 21-19

[R2] J B S VIDYADHAR (IND) l Bjoern JOPPIEN (GER) 13-21 16-21
[R2] P KASHYAP (IND) l Shoji SATO (JPN) 15-21 19-21
[R2] Chetan ANAND (IND) bt Jean-Michel LEFORT (FRA) 21-14 21-9
[R2] Anup SRIDHAR (IND) bt Yi LU (CHN) 21-18 21-16

[R2] Saina NEHWAL (IND) vs Petya NEDELTCHEVA (BUL)
[R3] Chetan ANAND (IND) vs Saman ISMAIL (MAS)
[R3] Anup SRIDHAR (IND) vs Andrew SMITH (ENG)

French Open News -

[PQF] Janette Husarova (SVK)/Sania Mirza (IND) l (15) Eleni Daniilidou (GRE)/A. Medina Garrigues (ESP) 06 46
----------------------------------------------------
Thailand Futures 1 -

Sunil is injured and gave walkover to Thompson ... And Vivek lost tamely against Matosevic.

[R2] (3) SIPAEYA Sunil-Kumar IND l THOMPSON Nathan (USA) W/O
[R2] Vivek Shokeen (IND) l (LL) Marinko Matosevic ( AUS) 16 16

Doubles -
[QF] (1) SINGH Ashutosh/KANNAN Vijay (IND) bt CHANG Huai-En/LIU Tai-Wei (TPE) 75 62
[SF] (1) SINGH Ashutosh/KANNAN Vijay (IND) vs TORRES Ruben-Dario (COL)/ VAN DER MERWE Izak (RSA)
-----------------------------------------
At $25K Surbitron Challanger

[R1] (9) Ahsha ROLLE (USA) bt Shikha UBEROI (IND) 63 63
[R1] Sunitha RAO (USA) bt Claire RICKETTS (GBR) 61 62

[R2] Sunitha RAO (USA) v. (6) Tamarine TANASUGARN (THA)
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Cricket News -

Close match .. India wasted chances in the field ... But test cricket at its best in this match ... West Indies earned well deserved draw after fighting until last ball of the match.

India -241
West Indies - 371
India 521/6
West Indies - 298/9 (Gayle 69, Chanderpaul 62, Dave Mohammed 52 - Kumble 4/107, Sehwag 2/39, Sreesanth 2/49)
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Badminton News -

At The Aviva Open Singapore 2006 - $170,000 (5-Star)

Qualifying Rounds -
[R1] J B S VIDYADHAR (IND) bt Rohan CASTELINO (IND) 21-9 21-10
[R1] Jwala P GUTTA (IND) bt Fiona MCKEE (CAN) 21-10 21-5
[R1] Aditi MUTATKAR (IND) l Yoshimi HATAYA (JPN) 30-28 18-21 11-21

[R2] Jwala P GUTTA (IND) l Jiayuan CHEN (SIN) 21-23 12-21
[R2] J B S VIDYADHAR (IND) bt Mohd Hazif Bin SHAHARUDDIN (MAS) 21-7 21-17

Main Draw -

[MXD R1] V DIJU (IND)/ Jwala P GUTTA (IND) l Muhamad RIZAL (INA)/ Gresya POLII (INA) 21-18 14-21 19-21

Women's Doubles -
Aditi MUTATKAR (IND)/ Sayali GOKHALE (IND) l Petya NEDELTCHEVA (BUL)/ Diana DIMOVA (BUL) 8-21 9-21
Saina NEHWAL (IND)/ Ruth MISHA (IND) l Yu Mi HWANG (KOR)/ Min Jung KIM (KOR) 5-21 10-21

Men's Doubles -
[R1] Thomas SANAVE (IND)/ Rupesh KUMAR (IND) l Jonas RASMUSSEN (DEN)/ Peter STEFFENSEN (DEN) 16-21 22-24

Men's Singles -
[R1] Anand PAWAR (IND) l Juergen KOCH (AUT) 17-21 12-21
[R1] Arvind BHAT (IND) l Bjoern JOPPIEN (GER) 19-21 21-16 11-21
[R1] J B S VIDYADHAR (IND) bt Scott EVANS (IRL) 21-15 21-16
[R1] Chetan ANAND (IND) bt Sheng-Shiun LIAO (TPE) 23-25 21-9 21-13
[R1] Anup SRIDHAR (IND) bt Dicky PALYAMA (NED) 30-28 21-17
[R1] P KASHYAP (IND) bt Salim SAMEON (MAS) 21-17 21-16

Golf News -

History is created ... Jeev and Jyoti qualify for prestigeous US Open ... They qualified from US Open Sectional Qualifying Tournament of 2 rounds which held at Surrey, England on June 5th. Shiv Kapur withdrawn from this tournament at last minute.

List of 8 players who qualify for US Open through this event.
Maarten Lafeber Orlando, Fla. 64-66-130
Graeme McDowell England 70-68-138
Jyoti Randhawa India 71-67-138
Graeme Storm England 69-69-138
Richard Green Australia 72-67-139
Jeev M Singh India 70-69-139
Gary Wolstenholme England 72-68-140
Oliver Wilson England 71-69-140

Other hand in US, Arjun Atwal and Daniel Chopra failed to qualify for US Open from US Open Sectional Qualifying Tournament at Ohio, USA on June 5th.

After scoring 1st round of 77, Arjun withdrawn from the tournament ... And Daniel scored rounds of 70 and 71, with that missed qualifying spot by 1 stroke.
-----------------------------------------------------
French Open -

Mahesh hit by badluck after loosing his doubles match Hingis pulled out from MXD.
"She (Hingis) was not feeling well," Bhupathi said after conceding the second round match to Martina Navratilova and Bob Bryan at Roland Garros.

Sanaa Bhambri also faced same fate as Mahesh as her partner withdrew from her doubles 1st round.

[WD R2] Janette Husarova (SVK)/ Sania Mirza (IND) bt (3) Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER)/ Meghann Shaughnessy (USA) 63 64

[MXD R2] Maria Kirilenko (RUS)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt Severine Bremond (FRA)/ Marc Gicquel (FRA) 75 76(3)

Boys' Doubles - [R1] Nikola Mektic (CRO)/ Vedran Siljegovic (CRO) bt (7) Jeevan Neduncherhiyan (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND) 76(2) 64
------------------------------------------
Thailand Futures 1

[R1] SINGH Ashutosh (IND) l (Q) ABDUKHALIKOV Syrym (KAZ) 36 46
[R1] (3) SIPAEYA Sunil-Kumar (IND) bt (WC) WACHIRAMANOWONG Kittipong (THA) 61 36 63
[R1] VARDHAN Vishnu IND l. WC-GODAMAMMA Harshana SRI 61 26 57
[R1] SHOKEEN Vivek IND d. 7- SINGH Navdeep IND 57 62 62

[R2] (3) SIPAEYA Sunil-Kumar IND vs THOMPSON Nathan (USA)
[R2] Vivek Shokeen (IND) vs (LL) Marinko Matosevic ( AUS)

Doubles -
[R1] (1) SINGH Ashutosh/KANNAN Vijay (IND) bt (WC) DOAKMAIKLEE Weerapat/SIRIBUTWONG Kirati (THA) 63 64
[R1] CHANG Huai-En/LIU Tai-Wei (TPE) bt GOUTHAM Arjun/NANDKUMAR Kiran (IND) 62 62
[R1] (3) SIPAEYA Sunil-Kumar (IND)/THOMPSON Nathan (USA) l PEEL Nikki/RUSHBY Tom (GBR) 2-5 (retd. injury)

[R2] (1) SINGH Ashutosh/KANNAN Vijay (IND) vs CHANG Huai-En/LIU Tai-Wei (TPE)
---------------------------------------------
Wimbledon News -

Prakash and Rohan makes cut at Wimbledon qualifying ... So both will try their grass game to qualify for maindraw .. Rohan is already in England to horning his skill on english grass.
---------------------------------------------------------------
Cricket News -

India declared their inning on 521/6 (may be its too late for outright win) and target for Windies is 392 .. Indians had superb batting performance from Jaffer, who scored his maiden double century, and amazing late assult by Dhoni, who scored 69 in 52 balls with 4x4s and 6x6s ... Dravid and Jaffer scored 203 runs partnership for 3rd wicket ... Dhoni and Kaif also scored 102 runs partnership for 6th wicket.
India - 241
West Indies - 371
India - 521/6d (Jaffer 212, Dhoni 69, Dravid 62)
West Indies - 13/0

French Open -
MXD
[R1] Sania Mirza (IND)/ Paul Hanley (AUS) l (6) Martina Navratilova (USA)/ Bob Bryan (USA) 06 46
[R1] Maria Kirilenko (RUS)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt (3) Meghann Shaughnessy (USA)/ Mike Bryan (USA) 63 16 62

Men's Doubles
[PQF] Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Xavier Malisse (BEL) l Yves Allegro (SUI)/ Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) 63 61
[QF] (15) Andrei Pavel (ROM)/ Alexander Waske (GER) bt Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Xavier Malisse (BEL) 26 62 61

Juniors Round 1
Jerome Inzerillo (FRA) l. Jeevan Neduncheziyan (IND) 16 46
(7) Sanam Singh (IND)bt. Guillaume Rufin (FRA) 16 75 62
Anouk Tigu (NED) bt Sanaa Bhambri (IND) 63 57 62

[R2] (1) Thiemo De Bakker (NED) bt Jeevan Neduncherhiyan (IND) 62 62
[R2] (7) Sanam Singh (IND) l Martin Klizan (SVK) 26 57
--------------------------------------------------
Chess News
Indian Men finished disappointing 30th place with 29.5 pts and Women finished on 12th with 23 pts.
--------------------------------------------------
Shooting News -

Gagan Narang shot his personal best score of 595 in the MQS category of men's 50m rifle prone event at the ISSF World Cup in Milan to qualify for the event at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games ... Narang, who earlier grabbed an Olympic quota place in his pet 10 m rifle event by winning the gold medal at the World Cup in China, needed just the minimum quota score (MQS) to qualify for another category after one quota place already under his belt.
--------------------------------------------------
Golf News -

Very good result for Jyoti and Jeev ... Jyoti picked up his game from 3rd round ... But Jeev produced his best in last round, where he reduced bogeys.

The Celtic Manor Wales Open - Final Standing with Prize Money
1 KARLSSON Robert SWE -16 61 63 65 71 260 € 364352.49
2 BROADHURST Paul ENG -13 64 64 67 68 263 € 242891.95
3 LIMA José-Filipe POR -12 69 61 70 64 264 € 136850.80

T14 RANDHAWA Jyoti IND -8 67 70 66 65 268 € 32791.72
T21 SINGH Jeev Milkha IND -6 68 69 69 64 270 € 24375.18
----------------------------------------------------------
Cricket News -

India - 241
West Indies - 371
India - 215/2 (Jaffer 113 no, Dravid 21 no, Sehwag 41, Laxman 31)

Tennis News -

$15K ITF India Futures - Dehradun

Singles -
Semi- Finals -
(3)Nick Monroe (USA) bt (1)Henry Adjei-Darko (GHA) 64 63
(6)Sunil Kumar Sipaeya (IND) bt Vivek Shokeen (IND) 63 63

Final -
(3)Nick Monroe (USA) d. (6)Sunil Kumar Sipaeya (IND) 46 61 63

Doubles -
Final -
Vinod Sridhar (IND)/ Vishaal Uppal (IND) bt Mustafa Ghouse (IND)/ Sunil Kumar (IND) 75 64
-------------------------------------------------
French Open -

Mens Doubles -
[R2] Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) / Xavier Malisse (BEL) bt (12) Jose Acasuso (ARG) / Sebastian Prieto (ARG) 64 63

MX Doubles -
[R1] Martina Hingis (SUI)/ Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) bt Sofia Arvidsson (SWE)/ Stephen Huss (AUS) 75 62
-------------------------------------------------
Golf News -
Jeev managed to joined Jyoti for weekend ... Jeev must be relieved to find himself playing this weekend.

The Celtic Manor Wales Open - Second Round
1 KARLSSON Robert SWE 61 63 -14
T2 ARCHER Phillip ENG 60 68 -10
T2 BROADHURST Paul ENG 64 64 -10
T2 DYSON Simon ENG 66 62 -10

T58 RANDHAWA, Jyoti * IND 67 70 -1
T58 SINGH, Jeev Milkha IND 68 69 -1
-----------------------------------------
Today Jeev had so-so round ... had 2 bogeys and 2 birdies ... Other hand Jyoti had wonderful round of 3 under ... In which he scored 5 birdies and 2 bogeys ... Jyoti having big opportunity to finish in top 20.

The Celtic Manor Wales Open - Third Round

T27 RANDHAWA, Jyoti IND 67 70 66 -4
T47 SINGH, Jeev Milkha IND 68 69 69 -1
--------------------------------------------------------
Chess News -

Indian men's poor performance continue in ongoing Chess Olympiad ... :( Yesterday they lost against Israel 1-3 and now with 25.5 pts they r lying at 26th position.

Other hand our Women continue with their good performance to beat Romania 2-1 and r at 5th position.
--------------------------------------------------------
Hockey News -

Groups for World Cup r declared ... And India has been placed in the relatively easier Pool 'B' ... The groupings were made based on the IHF rankings, in which India is ranked sixth.

Pool 'A'
Australia, Spain, Pakistan, Argentina, New Zealand, Japan

Pool 'B'
Netherlands, Germany, India, South Korea, South Africa, England
-----------------------------------------------------------
Billiard News -
Geet Sethi again show the world where he belongs ... He won his 5th World Pro title in Billiards after 7 years gap ... He defeated England's Lee Lagan by over 1000 points in the five-hour final in 3 balls game.
-----------------------------------------------------------
Cricket News -

India 235/9
Dravid 49, Sehwag 36, Laxman 29 ... Bravo 4/39, Collymore 3/27

Tennis News -

Indonasian Masters -
[F] (4) RAJAGOPALAN, Arun-Prakash (IND)/ PRASANTH, Vijay-Sundar (IND) l (1) SUGIYAMA, Norikazu (JPN)/ WILSON, Brian (USA) 16 61 46

Arun-Prakash and Vijay-Sundar fought hard against these hot players of this ongoing Indonasian satellite, who r also in singles final, but in end couldn't managed to win ... But still creditable performance from them.
------------------------------------
$15K ITF India Futures - Dehradun

Doubles semies -
Vinod Sridhar (IND)/ Vishaal Uppal (IND) bt Aditya Madkekar (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) 75 63
Mustafa Ghouse (IND)/ Sunil Kumar (IND) bt Punna Vishal (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) 67(4) 63 63
------------------------------------
Golf News -

Today Jyoti had so-so round ... He had 3 birdies, 2 bogeys and a doble bogey to record 1 over round .. Currently projected cut is PAR, so Jyoti will make it ... Jeev begins his round and currently 1 under after scoring birdie on 3rd hole.

The Celtic Manor Wales Open - Second Round
T1 LIMA, José-Filipe POR 69 61 -8
T1 MONTGOMERIE, Colin SCO 63 -2 -8 (after 3 holes)
T1 ARCHER, Phillip * ENG 60 +1 -8 (after 2 holes)
T1 KARLSSON, Robert SWE 2 -8 61 Par -8 (after 2 holes)

T40 SINGH, Jeev Milkha IND 68 -1 -2 (after 6 holes)
T49 RANDHAWA, Jyoti * IND 67 70 -1
--------------------------------------------------
Badminton News -

New ranking r out on 1st June 2006 ... And as expected Saina jumped in ranking after her title win at Philippine Open ... Now she is knocking on the door of top 50 ranking ... Go Saina.
Women's Ranking -

53 NEHWAL Saina IND
88 MURGUNDE Trupti IND
89 POPAT Aparna IND
120 MEENAKSHI B R IND

In men's section Chetan Anand making entry in top 20.
Men's Ranking -
20 ANAND Chetan IND
58 SRIDHAR Anup IND
61 BHAT Arvind IND
131 KANETKAR Nikhil IND
146 PAWAR Anand IND

Tennis News -

$ 15K ITF Indian futures 2, Dehra Dun - Singles Quarterfinals

(1)Henry Adjei-Darko (GHA) bt (WC)Aqeel Khan (PAK) 60 64
(3)Nick Monroe (USA) bt (8)Vinod Sridhar (IND) 63 61
Vivek Shokeen (IND) bt (4)Karan Rastogi (IND) 63 75
(6)Sunil Kumar Sipaeya (IND) bt (2)Alexey Kedriouk (KAZ) 62 36 62
---------------------------------------------------

French Open -

(7) Martin Damm CZE/ Leander Paes IND l Janko Tipsarevic SCG/ Mikhail Youzhny RUS 16 67(4)
---------------------------------------------------

Indian pair in final at Indonesia Masters leg ... :)

[SF] (4) RAJAGOPALAN, Arun-Prakash (IND)/ PRASANTH, Vijay-Sundar (IND) bt (2) CHARROIN, Olivier (FRA)/ SADECKY, Alexander (SUI) 64 64

[F] (4) RAJAGOPALAN, Arun-Prakash (IND)/ PRASANTH, Vijay-Sundar (IND) vs (1) SUGIYAMA, Norikazu (JPN)/ WILSON, Brian (USA)
---------------------------------------------------

At the grade-1 Astrid Bowl on clay at Charleroi, Belgium

[PQF] Sanam Singh (IND, 8) bt Greg Jones ( AUS,53) 75 75
[PQF] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND, 31) l Kellen Damico (USA,25) 46 36

[QF] Sanam Singh (IND, 8) vs Daniel Silva ( BRA, 44)

Chess News -

Indian men's team poor performance continues ... After loosing against Ukrain 1.5-2.5, they consecutively draw 2 matches with low rank teams, Uzbekistan and Cuba .. Currently they r 13th place with 24.5 pts.

Indian Women r having on and off matches ... Lost with Armenia 1-2, but won against Kazhakstan 2-1 ... And defeated Mongolia 3-0 ... With 19.5 pts they move to 5th position.
-------------------------------------------------

Badminton News -

Former All England Badminton Champion Pullela Gopichand is to take over as India's chief badminton coach for a four-year period after Vimal Kumar finished his 3 years stint.

"In view of the major competitions coming up in the next few years, Badminton Association of India has decided to make Gopichand the chief coach till 2010," BAI Official.