Thursday, October 04, 2007

Tennis News -
At $175K Japan Open Tennis Championships,

[QF] (2) Sania Mirza (IND,29) l (8) Flavia Pennetta (ITA,53) 46 46

Doubles -
[QF] Sania Mirza (IND)/ Christina Fusano (USA) l (2) Tiantian Sun (CHN)/ Zi Yan (CHN) W/O (due to Abdominal strain)
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At $50K Troy Challanger, USA

[R1] (7) RAO Sunitha (IND,196) bt KLASCHKA Carmen (GER,215) 60 76(1)

[R2] (7) RAO Sunitha (IND,196) vs GLATCH Alexa (USA,299)
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Badminton News -
At $5K Czech International 2007,

[Q1] Arvind Bhat (IND,174) bt Rafal Skrzek (POL,UNR) 21-8 21-7
[Q2] Arvind Bhat (IND,174) bt Erwin Fang (AUT,556) 21-4 21-15
[Q3] Arvind Bhat (IND,174) bt Vitaliy Konov (UKR,202) 21-14 21-17

[R1] (Q) Arvind Bhat (IND,174) bt Koen Ridder (NED,118) 21-13 22-20
[R1] (2) Chetan Anand (IND,36) bt (Q) Vladimir Malkov (RUS,162) 21-9 21-7

[R2] (Q) Arvind Bhat (IND,174) bt (6) Jan O Jorgensen (DEN,52) 21-9 22-20
[R2] (2) Chetan Anand (IND,36) bt (Q) Rafal Hawel (POL,179) 21-16 21-18

[QF] (Q) Arvind Bhat (IND,174) bt (2) Chetan Anand (IND,36) 14-21 21-15 21-18
[SF] (Q) Arvind Bhat (IND,174) bt Nathan Rice (ENG,79) 22-20 21-9
[F] (Q) Arvind Bhat (IND,174) bt (7) Jurgen Koch (AUT,55) 11-21 24-22 21-19

So Arvind's dream comeback continues from long injury break ... In this futures event he also managed to beat Chetan Anand ... This title win help Arvind to bring back his ranking inside top 150, ie 132.
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At $170K Chinese Taipei Grand Prix Gold 2007, (18th Sept to 23rd Sept)

[R1] Kashyap P (INd,106) l Sheng Shiun Liao (TPE,146) 13-21 14-21
[R1] Saina Nehwal (IND,29) l (2) Hongyan Pi (FRA,6) 14-21 11-21
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At $70K Bitburger Open 2007, Luxembourg

[Q1] Jwala P Gutta (IND) bt Dominique Schummer (LUX) 21-9 21-6
[Q1] Shruti S Kurian (IND) bt Thamar Peters (NED) 21-14 21-19

[Q2] Jwala P Gutta (IND) bt Eefje Muskens (NED) 21-13 21-16
[Q2] Shruti S Kurian (IND) l Monika Fischer (SUI) 14-21 RETD

[Q3] Jwala P Gutta (IND) l Patty Stolzenbach (NED) 23-21 19-21 14-21

Maindraw -
[R1] Nikhil Kanetkar (IND,102) l Rune Ulsing (DEN,90) 20-22 10-21
[R1] Kashyap P. (IND,101) bt (Q) Alexander Roovers (GER,611) 21-13 21-9
[R1] Anand Pawar (IND,99) bt Scott Evans (IRL,47) 21-10 21-18
[R1] (8) Chetan Anand (IND,36) Bye
[R1] (3) Anup Shridhar (IND,28) Bye

[R1] Aditi Mutakar (IND,117) bt Ana Moura (POR,68) 21-12 21-14
[R1] Trupti Murgunde (IND,83) bt Akvile Stapusaitryte (LTU,108) 21-17 21-12
[R1] (LL) Shruti S Kurian (IND,140) l (Q) Katja Michalowsky (GER,349) 14-21 19-21

[R1] (4) Shruti S Kurian (IND)/ Jwala P Gutta (IND) bt Eefje Muskens (NED)/ Iris Tabeling (NED) 21-17 21-11

[R2] (8) Chetan Anand (IND,36) vs Endra Kurniawan (INA,276)
[R2] (3) Anup Shridhar (IND,28) vs Dharma Gunawi (GER,266)
[R2] Kashyap P. (IND,101) vs Jan O Jorgensen (DEN,52)
[R2] Anand Pawar (IND,99) vs Luka Petric (SLO,95)

[R2] Aditi Mutakar (IND,117) vs (4) Ella Diehl (RUS,17)
[R2] Trupti Murgunde (IND,83) vs Nanna Brosolat Jensen (DEN,78)

[R2] (4) Shruti S Kurian (IND)/ Jwala P Gutta (IND) vs Marie Roepke (DEN)/ Helle Nielsen (DEN)
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At $120K MACAU Grand Prix Gold 2007, (2nd Oct to 10th Oct)

[R1] Saina Nehwal (IND,29) bt Maria Febe Kusumastuti (INA,81) 21-11 21-11

[R2] Saina Nehwal (IND,29) vs Rosaria Yusfin Pungkasari (INA,96)
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Squash News -
At Nordic Junior Open 2007, Malmö, Sweden

[R1] (4) Dipika Pallikal (IND) Bye
[R2] (4) Dipika Pallikal (IND) bt Eira Mooney (SWE) 3-0 (9-0 9-0 9-1)
[QF] (4) Dipika Pallikal (IND) bt (6) Carrie Ramsey (ENG) 3-0 (9-6 9-3 9-4)
[SF] (4) Dipika Pallikal (IND) bt (5) Sarah Barnes (FRA) 3-0 (9-2 9-5 9-4)

[F] (4) Dipika Pallikal (IND) bt (2) Robyn Hodgson (SCO) 3-0 (9-0 9-2 9-0)

Very dominating performance in her age group by Dipika ... She won her all matches quite one-sidedly.

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