Monday, January 07, 2008

Golf News -
At Mercedes-Benz Championship, Kapalua, Hawaii - Final Standing

1 Daniel Chopra 69 72 67 66 -18
2 Steve Stricker 73 69 68 64 -18
3 Stephen Ames 72 67 70 66 -17
4 Mike Weir 71 67 68 70 -16
T12 Vijay Singh 74 70 67 70 -11

Indian-Swidish Daniel Chopra scored playoff victory on Sunday, he two-putted for birdie on the par-5 ninth to beat Steve Stricker in fourth extra hole ... Daniel Chopra, who only qualified for this winners-only tournament with his first PGA TOUR victory in the second-to-last event of last year ... Chopra entered in this tournament ranked 120 in the world – the lowest in the field in 2008.

The Indian-Swede earned $1.1 million and a Mercedes-Benz sports car... And more importantly, his victory earned him his first trip to the Masters.

With this win he also joins Tiger Woods and Sergio Garcia as a winner of the PGA Tour's winners-only field in the first try.
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Squash News -
At British Junior Open 2008,

Girl's Under 17 -
[R1] (5/8) Dipika Pallikal (IND) Bye
[R1] (9/16) Anwesha Reddy (IND) Bye

[R2] (5/8) Dipika Pallikal (IND) bt (17/32) Simone Sahd (SAF) 9-0 9-4 9-1 (14m)
[R2] (9/16) Anwesha Reddy (IND) bt (17/32) Tesni Evans (WAL) 9-3 6-9 9-0 9-1 (28m)

[PQF] (5/8) Dipika Pallikal (IND) bt (9/16) Katherine Quarterman (ENG) 9-2 9-0 9-4 (18m)
[PQF] (9/16) Anwesha Reddy (IND) bt (5/8) Millie Tomlinson (ENG) 9-3 9-1 7-9 9-3 (30m)

[QF] (5/8) Dipika Pallikal (IND) bt (2) Laura Gemmell (CAN) 9-10 9-4 10-9 10-9 (68m)
[QF] (9/16) Anwesha Reddy (IND) l (1) Heba Alaa El Torky (EGY) 0-9 10-8 5-9 1-9 (35m)

[SF] (5/8) Dipika Pallikal (IND) bt (9/16) Salma Nassar 9-10 9-7 9-1 9-6 (48m)

[Final] (5/8) Dipika Pallikal (IND) bt (1) Heba Alaa El Torky (EGY) 9-6 5-9 9-6 1-9 9-5

This is repeat performance by Dipika what Joshna achieved ... Dipika defeated top 2 seeds to won British Open Under 17 title in style ... So coaching under Egyptian Amir Wagih started to produce result for Dipika ... Anwesha Reddy also finished 6th in Under 17 championship.

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