Friday, May 30, 2008

Tennis News -
At French Open 2008,

[R2] (9) Lukas Dlouhy (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt Jose Acasuso (ARG)/ Sebastian Prieto (ARG) 64 64

Another clinical display by Lee and Lukas against Argentinians to move into 3rd round of FO ... They scored victory in just 58 mins, Lee and Lukas broke Argentine's serve 3 times and their service broken 1 time ... Now they have 2 days break before their next match.
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At $15K Kuwait F2, Meshref

[SF] (WC) (5) RASTOGI Karan (IND,441) l (6) ARMSTRONG Miles (AUS,460) W/O due to back injury

Hopefully he gets recovered in next 15 days as his next planned assignment is Iran futures from 16th June.
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Badminton News -
At $15K Open Volant d'Or de Toulouse, France

[Q1] Ankush Jadhav (IND,328) bt Jean Brice Montagnon (FRA,352) 21-17 21-18
[Q2] Ankush Jadhav (IND,328) bt Arthur Cheung (ENG,593) 24-22 21-13
[Q3] Ankush Jadhav (IND,328) l (6) Maxime Mora (FRA,330) 16-21 14-21

Maindraw -
[R1] Ajay Jayaram (IND,184) bt (Q) Yoann Turlan (FRA,UNR) 21-9 21-10
[R1] (5) Chetan Anand (IND,41) bt (Q) Jordy Hilbink (NED,UNR) 21-13 21-10
[R1] (8) Aditi Mutatkar (IND,63) bt Laura Molina (ESP,78) 21-14 21-14
[R1] Neha Pandit (IND,159) l Patty Stolzenbach (NED,93) 16-21 11-21
[R1] Gayatri Varatak (IND,102) l Weny Rahmawati (FRA,85) 15-21 15-21

[R2] Ajay Jayaram (IND,184) bt Henrik Toth (HUN,158) 21-15 21-8
[R2] (5) Chetan Anand (IND,41) bt Kasper Oedum (DEN,92)
[R1] (8) Aditi Mutatkar (IND,63) bt Patty Stolzenbach (NED,93) 21-8 21-16

[QF] Ajay Jayaram (IND,184) vs Christian Lind Thomsen (DEN,102)
[QF] (5) Chetan Anand (IND,41) vs (3) Andre Kurniawan Tedjono (INA,38)
[QF] (8) Aditi Mutatkar (IND,63) vs Elisa Chanteur (FRA,110)

Chetan is on roll ... He is assure of his re-entry in top-40 WR after this tournament ... In quarters he is facing higer ranked Tedjono, whom he defeated last week in semis.
Ajay and Aditi also showing consistency to move into quarters.

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