Beijing Olympics 2008
Day 6 (13th August 2008)

Archery -
Men's Individual 1/32 Eliminations

Mangal Singh Champia (IND) bt Vaezi Hojjatolah (IRI) 112-98

Men's Individual 1/16 Eliminations

Mangal Singh Champia (IND) l Bair Badenov (RUS) 108-109

We had big hopes from Mangal Singh Champia after his 2nd finish in qualifying ... He started well with winning first match easily ... But against Russian two 7 pts arrows costed him match.
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Badminton -
Women's Singles Quarterfinal 3

Saina Nehwal (IND,15) l Maria Kristin Yulianti (INA,21) 28-26 14-21 15-21 (59m)

Saina had great opportunity to move into medal match ... After winning closely fought first game in 28 mins she struggled with stamina in 2nd game ... But suddenly she found touch in begining of 3rd game and take lead 11-3 before change-over ... But after that Indonasian player didn't give any chance to Saina ... Saina's UFEs also helped lot in Yulianti's favour ... After change-over Saina managed to win only 4 pts and that tell us all story.
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Tennis -
Men's Doubles Second Round
(7) Leander Paes (IND)/ Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) bt Marcelo Melo (BRA)/ Andre Sa (BRA) 64 62
(7) Leander Paes (IND)/ Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) vs (4) Roger Federer (SUI)/ Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI)

Another easy victory by Indian Express over tricky Brazilian pair, who r capable of upsetting top pairs with their game ... But our pair scored solid victory in 69 mins to move in quarter-finals of Olympics.

Women's Doubles Second Round
Sania Mirza (IND)/ Sunitha Rao (IND) l (1) Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS)/ Dinara Safina (RUS) 46 46

Our pair was up 3-0 but from their Russian top-seed tighten the screw, we fought back after 3-4 down to break back but Russians again break to win first set ... In second set also they were break down early but our pair break back but lost serve in 10th game to lost the match.
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Rowing -
Men's Single Sculls Semifinal C/D 1 (2000m)

4 Bajranglal TAKHAR (IND) 7:23.00

So that means Bajranglal will race for Final D in minor standing.
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Sailing -
Finn - Race 07

18 Nachhatar Singh JOHAL (IND) 18 pts