Football News
At I-League 2008/09 - 29th September
Mohammedan Sporting dw Air-India 1-1
Goal Scored - Theodore Sunday Wrobeh (MS) 59' and Surojit Roy (AI) 23'
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Squash News
At $8K Enschede Open, Netherlands
[R1] (5) Joshna Chinappa (IND,37) bt Dagmar Vermuelen (NED,95) 16-14 11-5 11-6 (36m)
[QF] (5) Joshna Chinappa (IND,37) l Sarah Kippax (ENG,31) 11-9 12-14 3-11 11-4 3-11 (42m)
Last week Joshna participated in tournament in Netherlands ... She lost in the quarters against Kippax, who won the title there.
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Tennis News
At $50K Troy Challenger, AL, USA
[R1] (8) RAO Sunitha (IND,186) vs (WC) PERRY Shenay (USA,422)
Doubles -
[R1] (2) HAYNES Angela (USA)/ RAO Sunitha (IND) vs GUMULYA Sandy (INA)/ LUZHANSKA Tetiana (UKR)
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At $15K+H France F17 Futures, Nevers
[R1] SANON Valentin (CIV)/ SINGH Navdeep (IND) l MILLOT Vincent (FRA)/ YSERN Pierrick (FRA) 26 06
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Monday, September 29, 2008
Tennis News
At Junior Davis Cup Finals 2008 (Boys 16), San Luis Potosi, Mexico
For 3rd position -
(2) India l (1) Russia 1-2
Saurabh Singh (IND) l Richard Muzaev (RUS) 16 06
Yuki Bhambri (IND) bt Mikhail Biryukov (RUS) 60 64
Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Saurabh Singh (IND) l Mikhail Biryukov (RUS)/ Richard Muzaev (RUS) 64 57 36
Saurabh lost easily against Muzaev in one-sided match ... But Yuki also tamed Russian No. 1 Biryukov before making tie 1-all ... But in decider doubles rubber India lost chance after winning first set ... Russian produced fighting comeback to capture 3rd position in this Junior Davis Cup finals ... This year USA completed dominance in age group team events, becoming first and only team winning all four of the ITF’s junior team competitions in one season.
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At $15K+H France F17 Futures, Nevers
[Q1] (4) SINGH Navdeep (IND,818) Bye
[Q2] (4) SINGH Navdeep (IND,818) bt KOSTRO Thomas (AUT,UNR) 46 62 63
[R1] (Q) SINGH Navdeep (IND,818) vs (8) SABAU Razvan (ROU,408)
Doubles -
[R1] SANON Valentin (CIV)/ SINGH Navdeep (IND) vs MILLOT Vincent (FRA)/ YSERN Pierrick (FRA)
At Junior Davis Cup Finals 2008 (Boys 16), San Luis Potosi, Mexico
For 3rd position -
(2) India l (1) Russia 1-2
Saurabh Singh (IND) l Richard Muzaev (RUS) 16 06
Yuki Bhambri (IND) bt Mikhail Biryukov (RUS) 60 64
Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Saurabh Singh (IND) l Mikhail Biryukov (RUS)/ Richard Muzaev (RUS) 64 57 36
Saurabh lost easily against Muzaev in one-sided match ... But Yuki also tamed Russian No. 1 Biryukov before making tie 1-all ... But in decider doubles rubber India lost chance after winning first set ... Russian produced fighting comeback to capture 3rd position in this Junior Davis Cup finals ... This year USA completed dominance in age group team events, becoming first and only team winning all four of the ITF’s junior team competitions in one season.
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At $15K+H France F17 Futures, Nevers
[Q1] (4) SINGH Navdeep (IND,818) Bye
[Q2] (4) SINGH Navdeep (IND,818) bt KOSTRO Thomas (AUT,UNR) 46 62 63
[R1] (Q) SINGH Navdeep (IND,818) vs (8) SABAU Razvan (ROU,408)
Doubles -
[R1] SANON Valentin (CIV)/ SINGH Navdeep (IND) vs MILLOT Vincent (FRA)/ YSERN Pierrick (FRA)
Badminton News
At $15K Czech International 2008,
[R1] (1) Chetan Anand (IND,33) bt (Q) Kristian Midtgaard (DEN,182) 21-14 21-10
[R2] (1) Chetan Anand (IND,33) bt Christian Lind Thomsen (DEN,92) 21-16 21-16
[QF] (1) Chetan Anand (IND,33) bt (Q) Ivan Sozonov (RUS,172) 19-21 21-10 21-15
[SF] (1) Chetan Anand (IND,33) bt (4) Rajiv Ouseph (ENG,54) 21-23 22-20 21-19
[F] (1) Chetan Anand (IND,33) bt Carl Baxter (ENG,78) 21-15 21-14
Excellent result for Chetan as he entered into this tournament as top-seed ... But importantly he performed as top-seed to won this International Challenger event ... But match of the tournament was his semi-final against British 4th seed Rajiv Ouseph, who created tough situation for Chetan before he showed superb comeback in that match to clinch that 45 mins thriller.
At $15K Czech International 2008,
[R1] (1) Chetan Anand (IND,33) bt (Q) Kristian Midtgaard (DEN,182) 21-14 21-10
[R2] (1) Chetan Anand (IND,33) bt Christian Lind Thomsen (DEN,92) 21-16 21-16
[QF] (1) Chetan Anand (IND,33) bt (Q) Ivan Sozonov (RUS,172) 19-21 21-10 21-15
[SF] (1) Chetan Anand (IND,33) bt (4) Rajiv Ouseph (ENG,54) 21-23 22-20 21-19
[F] (1) Chetan Anand (IND,33) bt Carl Baxter (ENG,78) 21-15 21-14
Excellent result for Chetan as he entered into this tournament as top-seed ... But importantly he performed as top-seed to won this International Challenger event ... But match of the tournament was his semi-final against British 4th seed Rajiv Ouseph, who created tough situation for Chetan before he showed superb comeback in that match to clinch that 45 mins thriller.
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Tennis News
At Junior Davis Cup Finals 2008 (Boys 16), San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Semi-final -
(2) India l (3) USA 0-3
Saurabh Singh (IND) l Evan King (USA) 26 06
Yuki Bhambri (IND) l Denis Kudla (USA) 46 76(6) 46
S.V. Abhishek (IND)/ Saurabh Singh (IND) l Evan King (USA)/ Raymond Sarmiento (USA) 36 63 46
I was also hoping win from Yuki and doubles as a deciding rubber ... But it looks Kudla played out of skin to turn table on Yuki after down 0-3 in the third set ... So now we will face top-seed Russia for 3rd position.
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At $576K Bangkok ATP Open, Thailand
[F] (1) Leander Paes (IND)/ Lukas Dlouhy (CZE) bt Scott Lipsky (USA)/ David Martin (USA) 64 76(4)
Lee and Lukas grabbed this opportunity to win their first title as team ... And now I think we will definetly see many more titles from this duo.
Match was lot more closer than our pair thought ... Lee & Lukas won 71 pts to 60 pts to Scott & David ... Our pair converted 2 break-points from 4 chances and other hand saved 3 break-points from 4 break-points they faced.
Leander Paes - "It’s always special stepping on the court with Lukas because not only does he complement my style of playing but he’s also teaching me things. It’s interesting that, after playing for so many years, to have a partner who’s also teaching me a few things is really beautiful."
On winning 40 titles, Paes said: "It is special and I think that one of the things I like to do is see my partner win a lot more. This is the challenge for me because I know if he’s winning I’m winning too. I’m trying to step up Lukas, this is the fifth one that he’s won, so now I’m trying to step up his wins because then mine will go up automatically."
Lukas Dlouhy - "It’s a great feeling to win the whole thing and I think if we keep working like this we can win more tournaments. I think we played high-level tennis and when they came back in the second set we just stepped it up and we just focused on the basic things. I hope that we can keep it like this and we can enjoy the rest of the year and we are looking forward to playing the Masters Series events."
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At € 370K Metz ATP Open, France
[Q1] Prakash Amritraj (IND,224) bt Lovro Zovko (CRO,501) 64 63
[Q2] Prakash Amritraj (IND,224) l Romain Jouan (FRA,460) 64 46 67(5)
Another lost opportunity for Kash, who again failed to take advantage of weak draw.
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Golf News
At British Masters, West Midlands, England - Final Standing
T5 Jeev Milkha Singh 69 71 69 73 -6 € 88610.31
T59 Shiv Kapur 72 71 78 74 +7 € 6411.08
Another top-5 finish for Jeev on tough European tour ... On last day he managed 1 over but still he finished inside top 5 as today course was playing tough.
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Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open 2008 - Final Standing (Japan Tour)
T36 Arjun Atwal 70 66 69 73 -2 ￥1,140,000
Arjun started badly scoring double bogey on the first hole and then never recovered ... He scored 3 more bogeys on 4th, 11th & 14th holes ... And only managed 2 birdies on 10th & 12th holes.
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Football News
At I-LEAGUE 2008/09 - 28th September
Dempo SC l JCT, Phagwara 1-2
Goal Scored - Nicolau Borges (DSC) 77' and Eduardo da Silva Escobar (JCT) 17', Balwant Singh (JCT) 64'
JCT upset last year's winner Dempo in their den ... But Dempo already declared this year's their first target is AFC cup.
At Junior Davis Cup Finals 2008 (Boys 16), San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Semi-final -
(2) India l (3) USA 0-3
Saurabh Singh (IND) l Evan King (USA) 26 06
Yuki Bhambri (IND) l Denis Kudla (USA) 46 76(6) 46
S.V. Abhishek (IND)/ Saurabh Singh (IND) l Evan King (USA)/ Raymond Sarmiento (USA) 36 63 46
I was also hoping win from Yuki and doubles as a deciding rubber ... But it looks Kudla played out of skin to turn table on Yuki after down 0-3 in the third set ... So now we will face top-seed Russia for 3rd position.
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At $576K Bangkok ATP Open, Thailand
[F] (1) Leander Paes (IND)/ Lukas Dlouhy (CZE) bt Scott Lipsky (USA)/ David Martin (USA) 64 76(4)Lee and Lukas grabbed this opportunity to win their first title as team ... And now I think we will definetly see many more titles from this duo.
Match was lot more closer than our pair thought ... Lee & Lukas won 71 pts to 60 pts to Scott & David ... Our pair converted 2 break-points from 4 chances and other hand saved 3 break-points from 4 break-points they faced.
Leander Paes - "It’s always special stepping on the court with Lukas because not only does he complement my style of playing but he’s also teaching me things. It’s interesting that, after playing for so many years, to have a partner who’s also teaching me a few things is really beautiful."
On winning 40 titles, Paes said: "It is special and I think that one of the things I like to do is see my partner win a lot more. This is the challenge for me because I know if he’s winning I’m winning too. I’m trying to step up Lukas, this is the fifth one that he’s won, so now I’m trying to step up his wins because then mine will go up automatically."
Lukas Dlouhy - "It’s a great feeling to win the whole thing and I think if we keep working like this we can win more tournaments. I think we played high-level tennis and when they came back in the second set we just stepped it up and we just focused on the basic things. I hope that we can keep it like this and we can enjoy the rest of the year and we are looking forward to playing the Masters Series events."
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At € 370K Metz ATP Open, France
[Q1] Prakash Amritraj (IND,224) bt Lovro Zovko (CRO,501) 64 63
[Q2] Prakash Amritraj (IND,224) l Romain Jouan (FRA,460) 64 46 67(5)
Another lost opportunity for Kash, who again failed to take advantage of weak draw.
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Golf News
At British Masters, West Midlands, England - Final Standing
T5 Jeev Milkha Singh 69 71 69 73 -6 € 88610.31
T59 Shiv Kapur 72 71 78 74 +7 € 6411.08
Another top-5 finish for Jeev on tough European tour ... On last day he managed 1 over but still he finished inside top 5 as today course was playing tough.
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Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open 2008 - Final Standing (Japan Tour)
T36 Arjun Atwal 70 66 69 73 -2 ￥1,140,000
Arjun started badly scoring double bogey on the first hole and then never recovered ... He scored 3 more bogeys on 4th, 11th & 14th holes ... And only managed 2 birdies on 10th & 12th holes.
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Football News
At I-LEAGUE 2008/09 - 28th September
Dempo SC l JCT, Phagwara 1-2
Goal Scored - Nicolau Borges (DSC) 77' and Eduardo da Silva Escobar (JCT) 17', Balwant Singh (JCT) 64'
JCT upset last year's winner Dempo in their den ... But Dempo already declared this year's their first target is AFC cup.
Saturday, September 27, 2008
Tennis News
At Junior Davis Cup Finals 2008 (Boys 16), San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Group D
(2) India bt Brazil 2-1
Saurabh Singh (IND) bt Henrique Tsukamoto (BRA) 46 62 61
Yuki Bhambri (IND) bt Guilherme Clezar (BRA) 36 61 61
S.V. Abhishek (IND)/ Saurabh Singh (IND) l Henrique Tsukamoto (BRA)/ Tiago Fernandes (BRA) 67(6) 67(6)
Yuki & Saurabh scored comeback victories to book India's place in the Junior Davis Cup semi-final ... In semis they r having tough challenge against 3rd seed USA.
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At $576K Bangkok ATP Open, Thailand
[SF] (1) Leander Paes (IND)/ Lukas Dlouhy (CZE) bt Fabrice Santoro (FRA)/ Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) 64 62
[F] (1) Leander Paes (IND)/ Lukas Dlouhy (CZE) vs Scott Lipsky (USA)/ David Martin (USA)
Lee and Lukas converted 3 of 7 break points to reach their third doubles final this season ... In the final they r meeting unseeded American pair to grab their first title as a pair.
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At AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships
[Q1] UBEROI Shikha (IND,757) l NAMIGATA Junri (JPN,232) 57 63 26
Lot more better performance than last week.
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At $869K AIG Japan open Tennis Championship, Tokyo
[Q1] (10) BOPANNA Rohan (IND,355) l (WC) KONDO Hiroki (JPN,593) 36 64 67(4)
Bad loss for Rohan against local player.
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Badminton News
At $200K China Masters Super Series 2008, Changzhou
[SF] (7) Saina Nehwal (IND,12) l (6) Mi Zhou (HKG,6) 4-21 19-21
Mi Zhou again proved too strong to Saina ... Saina tried fightback in second game but Zhou didn't lose grip and finished match in 26 minutes.
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Football News
At I-LEAGUE 2008/09 - 27th September
Churchill Brothers SC bt Mahindra United 2-1
Goal Scored - Odafe Onyeka Okolie (CB) 61' & 88' and Sushil Kumar Singh (MU) 83'
Churchill scored closely fought victory against Mahindra in entertaining match with 2 goals from Odafe Onyeka Okolie.
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Mohun Bagan l Mumbai FC 1-2
Goal Scored - Pachau Lalam Puia (MB) 77' and Abel Hammond (MFC) 9', Kalia Kulothungan (MFC) 24'
Newly promoted Mumbai FC scored first upset of this I-League beating title contender Mohun Bagan.
At Junior Davis Cup Finals 2008 (Boys 16), San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Group D
(2) India bt Brazil 2-1
Saurabh Singh (IND) bt Henrique Tsukamoto (BRA) 46 62 61
Yuki Bhambri (IND) bt Guilherme Clezar (BRA) 36 61 61
S.V. Abhishek (IND)/ Saurabh Singh (IND) l Henrique Tsukamoto (BRA)/ Tiago Fernandes (BRA) 67(6) 67(6)
Yuki & Saurabh scored comeback victories to book India's place in the Junior Davis Cup semi-final ... In semis they r having tough challenge against 3rd seed USA.
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At $576K Bangkok ATP Open, Thailand
[SF] (1) Leander Paes (IND)/ Lukas Dlouhy (CZE) bt Fabrice Santoro (FRA)/ Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) 64 62
[F] (1) Leander Paes (IND)/ Lukas Dlouhy (CZE) vs Scott Lipsky (USA)/ David Martin (USA)
Lee and Lukas converted 3 of 7 break points to reach their third doubles final this season ... In the final they r meeting unseeded American pair to grab their first title as a pair.
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At AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships
[Q1] UBEROI Shikha (IND,757) l NAMIGATA Junri (JPN,232) 57 63 26
Lot more better performance than last week.
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At $869K AIG Japan open Tennis Championship, Tokyo
[Q1] (10) BOPANNA Rohan (IND,355) l (WC) KONDO Hiroki (JPN,593) 36 64 67(4)
Bad loss for Rohan against local player.
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Badminton News
At $200K China Masters Super Series 2008, Changzhou
[SF] (7) Saina Nehwal (IND,12) l (6) Mi Zhou (HKG,6) 4-21 19-21
Mi Zhou again proved too strong to Saina ... Saina tried fightback in second game but Zhou didn't lose grip and finished match in 26 minutes.
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Football News
At I-LEAGUE 2008/09 - 27th September
Churchill Brothers SC bt Mahindra United 2-1
Goal Scored - Odafe Onyeka Okolie (CB) 61' & 88' and Sushil Kumar Singh (MU) 83'
Churchill scored closely fought victory against Mahindra in entertaining match with 2 goals from Odafe Onyeka Okolie.
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Mohun Bagan l Mumbai FC 1-2
Goal Scored - Pachau Lalam Puia (MB) 77' and Abel Hammond (MFC) 9', Kalia Kulothungan (MFC) 24'
Newly promoted Mumbai FC scored first upset of this I-League beating title contender Mohun Bagan.
Friday, September 26, 2008
Badminton News
At $200K China Masters Super Series 2008, Changzhou
[QF] (7) Saina Nehwal (IND,12) bt (3) Lin Zhu (CHN,6) 21-16 21-23 21-18
[SF] (7) Saina Nehwal (IND,12) vs Mi Zhou (HKG,)
Another upset win from Saina, this time it was on last year's World Champion and WR #6 Lin Zhu ... Exceptional performance from Saina to beat top-10 player ... What I liked the most that Saina managed to win this match playing an hour long and in 3 games ... This definitely shows her improve fitness ... Remarkable achievement beating Chinese opponent in China.
In semis Saina is playing against Mi Zhou, with whom she lost in the first round of the Japan super series ...Mi Zhou is world No.7 and in excellent form in the last few weeks ... Here in the quarterfinals she defeated world No.2 and top seed Lan Lu ... Last week she was runnerup at Japan super series ... C'mon Saina, now time to solve Zhou puzzle.
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Tennis News
At $576K Bangkok ATP Open, Thailand
[QF] (1) Leander Paes (IND)/ Lukas Dlouhy (CZE) bt Tomas Berdych (CZE)/ Simone Bolelli (ITA) 61 62
[SF] (1) Leander Paes (IND)/ Lukas Dlouhy (CZE) vs Fabrice Santoro (FRA)/ Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA)
Very Dominating performance by Lee & Lukas against Berdych & Bolelli ... They won this match in 45 minutes ... Didn't face single break-point, other hand broke opponent's serve 4 times in 5 opportunities ... In this match they won 54 pts to 31 pts by their opponents.
In semis they r facing unseeded French pair ... Lee & Lukas r only seeded pair remaining in the draw.
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At $50K Lubbock Challenger, TX, USA
[QF] (5) RAM Rajeev (USA,182) l (4) Frank Dancevic (CAN,144) 62 36 46
Rajeev started well with Dancevic but couldn't continue in remaining sets.
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Football News
At I-LEAGUE 2008/09 - 26th September
Vasco SC l Sporting Clube de Goa 0-1
Goal Scored - Elijah Obagbemiro Junior 90+'
In the first match of 2nd season of I-League Sporting defeated Vasco scoring in injury time.
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East Bengal bt Chirag United SC 3-1
Goal Scored - Irungbam Surkumar Singh (EB) 10', Yakubu Yusif (EB) 19', Sunil Chetri (EB) 28' and Shankar Oraon (CU) 79'
East Bengal also produced positive start.
At $200K China Masters Super Series 2008, Changzhou
[QF] (7) Saina Nehwal (IND,12) bt (3) Lin Zhu (CHN,6) 21-16 21-23 21-18
[SF] (7) Saina Nehwal (IND,12) vs Mi Zhou (HKG,)
Another upset win from Saina, this time it was on last year's World Champion and WR #6 Lin Zhu ... Exceptional performance from Saina to beat top-10 player ... What I liked the most that Saina managed to win this match playing an hour long and in 3 games ... This definitely shows her improve fitness ... Remarkable achievement beating Chinese opponent in China.
In semis Saina is playing against Mi Zhou, with whom she lost in the first round of the Japan super series ...Mi Zhou is world No.7 and in excellent form in the last few weeks ... Here in the quarterfinals she defeated world No.2 and top seed Lan Lu ... Last week she was runnerup at Japan super series ... C'mon Saina, now time to solve Zhou puzzle.
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Tennis News
At $576K Bangkok ATP Open, Thailand
[QF] (1) Leander Paes (IND)/ Lukas Dlouhy (CZE) bt Tomas Berdych (CZE)/ Simone Bolelli (ITA) 61 62
[SF] (1) Leander Paes (IND)/ Lukas Dlouhy (CZE) vs Fabrice Santoro (FRA)/ Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA)
Very Dominating performance by Lee & Lukas against Berdych & Bolelli ... They won this match in 45 minutes ... Didn't face single break-point, other hand broke opponent's serve 4 times in 5 opportunities ... In this match they won 54 pts to 31 pts by their opponents.
In semis they r facing unseeded French pair ... Lee & Lukas r only seeded pair remaining in the draw.
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At $50K Lubbock Challenger, TX, USA
[QF] (5) RAM Rajeev (USA,182) l (4) Frank Dancevic (CAN,144) 62 36 46
Rajeev started well with Dancevic but couldn't continue in remaining sets.
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Football News
At I-LEAGUE 2008/09 - 26th September
Vasco SC l Sporting Clube de Goa 0-1
Goal Scored - Elijah Obagbemiro Junior 90+'
In the first match of 2nd season of I-League Sporting defeated Vasco scoring in injury time.
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East Bengal bt Chirag United SC 3-1
Goal Scored - Irungbam Surkumar Singh (EB) 10', Yakubu Yusif (EB) 19', Sunil Chetri (EB) 28' and Shankar Oraon (CU) 79'
East Bengal also produced positive start.
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Badminton News
At $200K China Masters Super Series 2008, Changzhou
[R2] (7) Saina Nehwal (IND,12) bt Ai Goto (JPN,114) 21-12 21-10
[QF] (7) Saina Nehwal (IND,12) vs (3) Lin Zhu (CHN,6)
As expected very easy victory for Saina ... She won this match without losing much sweat in 21 mins ... Now in quarters she is facing tough challenge from local player & WR #6 Lin Zhu.
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Tennis News
At $576K Bangkok ATP Open, Thailand
[R1] (1) Leander Paes (IND)/ Lukas Dlouhy (CZE) bt Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) 76(3) 46 10(7)
[QF] (1) Leander Paes (IND)/ Lukas Dlouhy (CZE) vs Tomas Berdych (CZE)/ Simone Bolelli (ITA)
Lee and Lukas win this match on their experienced ... In first set both players broke their services twice ... But Lee and Lukas won tie-break easily.
In second set Rohan and Aisam broke top-seed's serve in first game and won second set on this break ... In super tie-break Lee and Lukas were up by mini-break, 4-2, but Lukat double faulted and lost this advantage ... Then most important mini-break came when both pair were 7-all ... After that Lee and Lukas served out to win this match ... In this match Lee & Lukas won 71 pts against 75 pts won by Bops & Aisam.
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At $35K+H Bucharest Challenger II, Romania (Red clay)
[R2] Somdev Devvarman (IND,244) l (Q) Gero Kretschmer (GER,490) 16 26
Very surprising loss with such score against 500 around player ... Moreover we know Somi as fighter, who never give up in the match ... Did this Kretschmer show similar game like Hanescu? Or some injury issue with Somi?
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At $50K Grenoble Challenger, France
[QF] Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Richard Bloomfield (GBR) l (3) Martin Fischer (AUT)/ Philipp Oswald (AUT) 16 16
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At $50K Lubbock Challenger, TX, USA
[R2] (5) RAM Rajeev (USA,182) bt Jesse Witten (USA,278) 36 75 76(5)
[QF] (5) RAM Rajeev (USA,182) vs (4) Frank Dancevic (CAN,144)
Rajeev scored exciting comeback victory over fellow American in tight match.
At $200K China Masters Super Series 2008, Changzhou
[R2] (7) Saina Nehwal (IND,12) bt Ai Goto (JPN,114) 21-12 21-10
[QF] (7) Saina Nehwal (IND,12) vs (3) Lin Zhu (CHN,6)
As expected very easy victory for Saina ... She won this match without losing much sweat in 21 mins ... Now in quarters she is facing tough challenge from local player & WR #6 Lin Zhu.
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Tennis News
At $576K Bangkok ATP Open, Thailand
[R1] (1) Leander Paes (IND)/ Lukas Dlouhy (CZE) bt Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) 76(3) 46 10(7)
[QF] (1) Leander Paes (IND)/ Lukas Dlouhy (CZE) vs Tomas Berdych (CZE)/ Simone Bolelli (ITA)
Lee and Lukas win this match on their experienced ... In first set both players broke their services twice ... But Lee and Lukas won tie-break easily.
In second set Rohan and Aisam broke top-seed's serve in first game and won second set on this break ... In super tie-break Lee and Lukas were up by mini-break, 4-2, but Lukat double faulted and lost this advantage ... Then most important mini-break came when both pair were 7-all ... After that Lee and Lukas served out to win this match ... In this match Lee & Lukas won 71 pts against 75 pts won by Bops & Aisam.
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At $35K+H Bucharest Challenger II, Romania (Red clay)
[R2] Somdev Devvarman (IND,244) l (Q) Gero Kretschmer (GER,490) 16 26
Very surprising loss with such score against 500 around player ... Moreover we know Somi as fighter, who never give up in the match ... Did this Kretschmer show similar game like Hanescu? Or some injury issue with Somi?
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At $50K Grenoble Challenger, France
[QF] Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Richard Bloomfield (GBR) l (3) Martin Fischer (AUT)/ Philipp Oswald (AUT) 16 16
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At $50K Lubbock Challenger, TX, USA
[R2] (5) RAM Rajeev (USA,182) bt Jesse Witten (USA,278) 36 75 76(5)
[QF] (5) RAM Rajeev (USA,182) vs (4) Frank Dancevic (CAN,144)
Rajeev scored exciting comeback victory over fellow American in tight match.
Tennis News
At Junior Davis Cup Finals 2008 (Boys 16), San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Group D
(2) India vs (8) Great Britain 1-1
Saurabh Singh (IND) l Ashley Hewitt (GBR) 46 76(5) 46
Yuki Bhambri (IND) bt Fernando Larrea (MEX) 61 60
Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Saurabh Singh (IND) bt Ashley Hewitt (GBR)/ George Morgan (GBR) 64 76(6)
Saurabh gave his best but couldn't win the match ... So now after Yuki's win all is depend upon doubles.
Yuki again helped Indian team to win this tie with winning singles and doubles ... Now today they r facing Brazil and winner will be move into semis.
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Squash News
At $64K Internationaux de France, Paris
[R1] (Q) Saurav Ghosal (IND,45) l (3) Thierry Lincou (FRA,6) 2-11 5-11 9-11 (35m)
This was expected result ... Happy to see that after game by game Saurav managed to give more fight to WR #6.
At Junior Davis Cup Finals 2008 (Boys 16), San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Group D
(2) India vs (8) Great Britain 1-1
Saurabh Singh (IND) l Ashley Hewitt (GBR) 46 76(5) 46
Yuki Bhambri (IND) bt Fernando Larrea (MEX) 61 60
Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Saurabh Singh (IND) bt Ashley Hewitt (GBR)/ George Morgan (GBR) 64 76(6)
Saurabh gave his best but couldn't win the match ... So now after Yuki's win all is depend upon doubles.
Yuki again helped Indian team to win this tie with winning singles and doubles ... Now today they r facing Brazil and winner will be move into semis.
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Squash News
At $64K Internationaux de France, Paris
[R1] (Q) Saurav Ghosal (IND,45) l (3) Thierry Lincou (FRA,6) 2-11 5-11 9-11 (35m)
This was expected result ... Happy to see that after game by game Saurav managed to give more fight to WR #6.
Tennis News
At $50K Ashland Challenger, KY, USA
[R1] Sunitha Rao (IND,186) l (2) Julie Ditty (USA,116) 67(3) 67(2)
Good fighting performance by Sunitha.
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At $50K Grenoble Challenger, France
[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND,224) l Gary Lugassy (FRA,279) 75 26 46
Doubles -
[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Richard Bloomfield (GBR) bt Gary Lugassy (FRA)/ Vincent Millot (FRA) 63 61
[QF] Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Richard Bloomfield (GBR) vs (3) Martin Fischer (AUT)/ Philipp Oswald (AUT)
Kash need to win these singles matches to move into top-200 ... He and Bloomfield started well in doubles.
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At $50K Lubbock Challenger, TX, USA
[QF] AMRITRAJ Stephen (IND)/ MCCLUNE Michael (USA) l (2) BATTISTONE Brian (USA)/ BATTISTONE Dann (USA) 46 26
Can't produced fight against Battistone brothers.
At $50K Ashland Challenger, KY, USA
[R1] Sunitha Rao (IND,186) l (2) Julie Ditty (USA,116) 67(3) 67(2)
Good fighting performance by Sunitha.
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At $50K Grenoble Challenger, France
[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND,224) l Gary Lugassy (FRA,279) 75 26 46
Doubles -
[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Richard Bloomfield (GBR) bt Gary Lugassy (FRA)/ Vincent Millot (FRA) 63 61
[QF] Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Richard Bloomfield (GBR) vs (3) Martin Fischer (AUT)/ Philipp Oswald (AUT)
Kash need to win these singles matches to move into top-200 ... He and Bloomfield started well in doubles.
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At $50K Lubbock Challenger, TX, USA
[QF] AMRITRAJ Stephen (IND)/ MCCLUNE Michael (USA) l (2) BATTISTONE Brian (USA)/ BATTISTONE Dann (USA) 46 26
Can't produced fight against Battistone brothers.
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Tennis News
At Junior Davis Cup Finals 2008 (Boys 16), San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Group D
(2) India bt Mexico 2-1
Saurabh Singh (IND) l Alexis Carlos (MEX) 46 26
Yuki Bhambri (IND) bt Fernando Larrea (MEX) 75 60
Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Saurabh Singh (IND) bt Alexis Carlos (MEX)/ Daniel Fernandez (MEX) 61 64
So as expected tough fight from South American team ... But Yuki winning all his matches helped us to score fighting win over host Mexico.
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Squash News
At $64K Internationaux de France, Paris
[Q2] Saurav Ghosal (IND,45) bt Mathieu Castagnet (FRA,80) 11-3 11-7 11-7 (50m)
[R1] (Q) Saurav Ghosal (IND,45) vs (3) Thierry Lincou (FRA,6)
Match was lot more closer than what score suggest ... Both players gave their all but Saurav was more quicker and precise on shots making than his opponent Mathieu ... So this win give opportunity to Saurav to play against world top-10 player in the maindraw ... This experiance will be very useful for Saurav before World Open in October.
At Junior Davis Cup Finals 2008 (Boys 16), San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Group D
(2) India bt Mexico 2-1
Saurabh Singh (IND) l Alexis Carlos (MEX) 46 26
Yuki Bhambri (IND) bt Fernando Larrea (MEX) 75 60
Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Saurabh Singh (IND) bt Alexis Carlos (MEX)/ Daniel Fernandez (MEX) 61 64
So as expected tough fight from South American team ... But Yuki winning all his matches helped us to score fighting win over host Mexico.
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Squash News
At $64K Internationaux de France, Paris
[Q2] Saurav Ghosal (IND,45) bt Mathieu Castagnet (FRA,80) 11-3 11-7 11-7 (50m)
[R1] (Q) Saurav Ghosal (IND,45) vs (3) Thierry Lincou (FRA,6)
Match was lot more closer than what score suggest ... Both players gave their all but Saurav was more quicker and precise on shots making than his opponent Mathieu ... So this win give opportunity to Saurav to play against world top-10 player in the maindraw ... This experiance will be very useful for Saurav before World Open in October.
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Tennis News
At $35K+H Bucharest Challenger II, Romania (Red clay)
[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND,244) bt (7) Dominik Meffert (GER,179) 64 62
[R2] Somdev Devvarman (IND,244) vs (Q) Gero Kretschmer (GER,490)
Davis Cup is over and Somi is back to business on ATP circuit ... He produce expected result ... He defeated top-180 player with ease ... And now facing German qualifier in the second round.
Somi showed his mental toughness ... After his bad performance in Davis cup from his own standard he showed his powress on the court in his next match ... This should learn by our other young players.
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At $50K Lubbock Challenger, TX, USA
[R1] (5) RAM Rajeev (USA,182) bt (Q) LA PORTE Shane (USA,601) 63 60
Doubles -
[R1] AMRITRAJ Stephen (IND)/ MCCLUNE Michael (USA) bt (WC) BRELER Michael (SWE)/ MARKOVIC Sinisa (BIH) 64 64
[QF] AMRITRAJ Stephen (IND)/ MCCLUNE Michael (USA) vs (2) BATTISTONE Brian (USA)/ BATTISTONE Dann (USA)
Stephen won his match in straight sets with his new partner .. But now second seed unorthodox pair of Battistones.
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At $50K Ashland Challenger, KY, USA
[R1] Angela Haynes (USA)/ Sunitha Rao (IND) l Liga Dekmeijere (LAT)/ Jelena Pandzic (CRO) 36 75 (10)12
So another close loss for Sunitha in doubles.
At $35K+H Bucharest Challenger II, Romania (Red clay)
[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND,244) bt (7) Dominik Meffert (GER,179) 64 62
[R2] Somdev Devvarman (IND,244) vs (Q) Gero Kretschmer (GER,490)
Davis Cup is over and Somi is back to business on ATP circuit ... He produce expected result ... He defeated top-180 player with ease ... And now facing German qualifier in the second round.
Somi showed his mental toughness ... After his bad performance in Davis cup from his own standard he showed his powress on the court in his next match ... This should learn by our other young players.
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At $50K Lubbock Challenger, TX, USA
[R1] (5) RAM Rajeev (USA,182) bt (Q) LA PORTE Shane (USA,601) 63 60
Doubles -
[R1] AMRITRAJ Stephen (IND)/ MCCLUNE Michael (USA) bt (WC) BRELER Michael (SWE)/ MARKOVIC Sinisa (BIH) 64 64
[QF] AMRITRAJ Stephen (IND)/ MCCLUNE Michael (USA) vs (2) BATTISTONE Brian (USA)/ BATTISTONE Dann (USA)
Stephen won his match in straight sets with his new partner .. But now second seed unorthodox pair of Battistones.
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At $50K Ashland Challenger, KY, USA
[R1] Angela Haynes (USA)/ Sunitha Rao (IND) l Liga Dekmeijere (LAT)/ Jelena Pandzic (CRO) 36 75 (10)12
So another close loss for Sunitha in doubles.
Football News
At AFC Cup 2008 - Quarterfinals 2nd Leg (23rd September 2008)
Home United (SIN) l Dempo SC (IND) 3-4
Goal Scored - Peres de Oliveira (HU) 13', Indra Sahdan Daud (HU) 36' & 38' and Mboyo Iyomi (DSC) 1', Climax Lawrence (DSC) 45', Roberto Mendes Silva (DSC) 25' & 84'
YES!!! Dempo scored aggregate win 5-4 ... Dempo qualified for the semis of AFC Cup 2008 with away win after 1-1 draw at home ... Dempo take lead after first minute but Oliveira equalled in next 12 mins but Dempo's Silva again gave lead in 25 mins ... Then Home United's Valery Hiek recieved red card in 29th minute ... So with extra man advantage Dempo was looking strong but Home United's Indra Sahdan Daud had different ideas ... He scored 2 goals in 2 mins and gave a goal advantage to his side ... Climax Lawrence scored equalizer before half-time ... And Roberto Silva scored winner in 84th minute to produced bigges win for Dempo.
At AFC Cup 2008 - Quarterfinals 2nd Leg (23rd September 2008)
Home United (SIN) l Dempo SC (IND) 3-4
Goal Scored - Peres de Oliveira (HU) 13', Indra Sahdan Daud (HU) 36' & 38' and Mboyo Iyomi (DSC) 1', Climax Lawrence (DSC) 45', Roberto Mendes Silva (DSC) 25' & 84'
YES!!! Dempo scored aggregate win 5-4 ... Dempo qualified for the semis of AFC Cup 2008 with away win after 1-1 draw at home ... Dempo take lead after first minute but Oliveira equalled in next 12 mins but Dempo's Silva again gave lead in 25 mins ... Then Home United's Valery Hiek recieved red card in 29th minute ... So with extra man advantage Dempo was looking strong but Home United's Indra Sahdan Daud had different ideas ... He scored 2 goals in 2 mins and gave a goal advantage to his side ... Climax Lawrence scored equalizer before half-time ... And Roberto Silva scored winner in 84th minute to produced bigges win for Dempo.
Tennis News
Davis Cup 2009
As per davis cup site , following are the seeds for Asia Oceania group I -
1. Australia
2. Korea, Rep.
3. India
4. Japan
2009 Asia/Oceania Zone Group I draw - top-half
First round ties
(1) Australia BYE
Thailand BYE
Kazakhstan vs Chinese Taipei
(3) India BYE
Second round ties ( 8th - 10th May 2009)
Thailand (c) vs (1) Australia
(3) India vs Kazakhstan or Chinese Taipei
We r in same draw of Australia with whom mostly we will play for the place in World Group play-off tie.
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At Junior Davis Cup Finals 2008 (Boys 16), San Luis Potosi, Mexico
By winning Asia - Oceania title and Yuki is the highest ranked player in this tournament helped us to be get seeded in top 4 ... We r 2nd seeds behind top-seed Russia.
So now its upto our boys to justify seedings and take advantage of good draw due to top-4 seedings ... But we r facing South American teams in our group on their home clay courts ... But with Yuki's experience and Saurabh Singh's game we should prevail over them.
Indian team - Yuki Bhambri, Saurabh Singh & S.V. Abhishek
Capt - Kawaljeet Singh
Group D
(2) India
(8) Great Britain
Mexico
Brazil
Davis Cup 2009
As per davis cup site , following are the seeds for Asia Oceania group I -
1. Australia
2. Korea, Rep.
3. India
4. Japan
2009 Asia/Oceania Zone Group I draw - top-half
First round ties
(1) Australia BYE
Thailand BYE
Kazakhstan vs Chinese Taipei
(3) India BYE
Second round ties ( 8th - 10th May 2009)
Thailand (c) vs (1) Australia
(3) India vs Kazakhstan or Chinese Taipei
We r in same draw of Australia with whom mostly we will play for the place in World Group play-off tie.
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At Junior Davis Cup Finals 2008 (Boys 16), San Luis Potosi, Mexico
By winning Asia - Oceania title and Yuki is the highest ranked player in this tournament helped us to be get seeded in top 4 ... We r 2nd seeds behind top-seed Russia.
So now its upto our boys to justify seedings and take advantage of good draw due to top-4 seedings ... But we r facing South American teams in our group on their home clay courts ... But with Yuki's experience and Saurabh Singh's game we should prevail over them.
Indian team - Yuki Bhambri, Saurabh Singh & S.V. Abhishek
Capt - Kawaljeet Singh
Group D
(2) India
(8) Great Britain
Mexico
Brazil
Squash News
At $64K Internationaux de France, Paris
[Q1] Saurav Ghosal (IND,45) bt Jesse Engelbrecht (RSA,59) 11-8 7-11 9-11 11-3 11-9 (68m)
[Q2] Saurav Ghosal (IND,45) vs Mathieu Castagnet (FRA,80)
This week Saurav is playing in Paris Open, which is higher ranked tournament ... After winning closely fought first qualifying match Saurav having good chance to qualify for this prestigious tournament.
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Tennis News
At $576K Bangkok ATP Open, Thailand
[R1] (Q) Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK,206) l (6) Robin Soderling (SWE,34) 26 46
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At $145K Hansol Korea Open , Seoul
[R1] OLARU Ioana Raluca (ROU)/ UBEROI Shikha (IND,757) l (4) CRAYBAS Jill (USA)/ ERAKOVIC Marina (NZL) 26 46
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At $50K Ashland Challenger, KY, USA
[R1] Sunitha Rao (IND,186) vs (2) Julie Ditty (USA,116)
Doubles -
[R1] Angela Haynes (USA)/ Sunitha Rao (IND) vs Liga Dekmeijere (LAT)/ Jelena Pandzic (CRO)
Sunitha having tough draw against 2nd seed Ditty.
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At $50K Grenoble Challenger, France
[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND,224) vs Gary Lugassy (FRA,279)
Doubles -
[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Richard Bloomfield (GBR) vs Gary Lugassy (FRA)/ Vincent Millot (FRA)
Interestingly Bucharest Challenger II draw showing that Prakash is in 2nd round in doubles after a WO ... :D
At $64K Internationaux de France, Paris
[Q1] Saurav Ghosal (IND,45) bt Jesse Engelbrecht (RSA,59) 11-8 7-11 9-11 11-3 11-9 (68m)
[Q2] Saurav Ghosal (IND,45) vs Mathieu Castagnet (FRA,80)
This week Saurav is playing in Paris Open, which is higher ranked tournament ... After winning closely fought first qualifying match Saurav having good chance to qualify for this prestigious tournament.
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Tennis News
At $576K Bangkok ATP Open, Thailand
[R1] (Q) Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK,206) l (6) Robin Soderling (SWE,34) 26 46
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At $145K Hansol Korea Open , Seoul
[R1] OLARU Ioana Raluca (ROU)/ UBEROI Shikha (IND,757) l (4) CRAYBAS Jill (USA)/ ERAKOVIC Marina (NZL) 26 46
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At $50K Ashland Challenger, KY, USA
[R1] Sunitha Rao (IND,186) vs (2) Julie Ditty (USA,116)
Doubles -
[R1] Angela Haynes (USA)/ Sunitha Rao (IND) vs Liga Dekmeijere (LAT)/ Jelena Pandzic (CRO)
Sunitha having tough draw against 2nd seed Ditty.
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At $50K Grenoble Challenger, France
[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND,224) vs Gary Lugassy (FRA,279)
Doubles -
[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Richard Bloomfield (GBR) vs Gary Lugassy (FRA)/ Vincent Millot (FRA)
Interestingly Bucharest Challenger II draw showing that Prakash is in 2nd round in doubles after a WO ... :D
Monday, September 22, 2008
Tennis News
At $576K Bangkok ATP Open, Thailand
[Q2] Rohan Bopanna (IND,349) l (3) Lukas Dlouhy (CZE,167) 26 62 46
[Q2] (4) Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK,206) bt (6) Luka Gregorc (SLO,237) 67(0) 62 76(4)
This was winnable match for Rohan but I think these days lack of singles participation hurted his chances ... In third set crucial break came into 7th game but when Lukas was serving for the match Rohan had break point which he couldn't manage to convert it ... In match Bops had 9 break-point chances but converted only 2, other hand Lukas had 7 break-point chances and he converted 3.
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At $145K Hansol Korea Open , Seoul
[R1] OLARU Ioana Raluca (ROU)/ UBEROI Shikha (IND,757) vs (4) CRAYBAS Jill (USA)/ ERAKOVIC Marina (NZL)
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At $50K Lubbock Challenger, TX, USA
[R1] (5) RAM Rajeev (USA,182) vs (Q) LA PORTE Shane (USA,601)
Doubles -
[R1] AMRITRAJ Stephen (IND)/ MCCLUNE Michael (USA) vs (WC) BRELER Michael (SWE)/ MARKOVIC Sinisa (BIH)
This week Rajeev playing in singles only ... Stephen having better draw in doubles than previous weeks but main problem is how much that going to help him when he is playing with different partner every week.
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Interestingly Prakash is also shown in the singles main draw of Grenobale Challanger in France playing against Gary Lugasssy in round one ... This is quite strange as he also shown in doubles draw of Bucharest Challenger II ... How can he play singles at one place & doubles at another?
So I think most probably Kash will be playing in France and by mistake his name put in Bucharest Challenger II doubles draw.
Golf News
At Oregon Classic - Final Standing (Nationwide Tour)
T14 Arjun Atwal 71 69 67 70 -11 $7,511.12
These finishes really not helping Arjun as he required strong finish inside top-5 to grab PGA tour card for 2009 ... After this tournament he slide down to #34 in Nationwide Money Leaders list.
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Tennis News
World Group Play-offs 2008, Bucharest, Romania (Red clay)
India l Romania 1-4
Rubber 4 -
Prakash Amritraj (IND,222) vs Victor Hanescu (ROU,67) 62 63 61
Hanescu grabbed this match and tie for Romania in 100 mins ... In this match Hanescu faced 1 bp in 6th game of 2nd set ... I think thats only once Hanescu gave chance to opponent in this Davis cup tie ... So with this dominating performance from Hanescu Romania won this tie easily to move into World group.
Rubber 5 -
Somdev Devvarman (IND,242) l Victor Crivoi (ROU,158) 64 57 36
Crivoi fought back into this match after down 1-5 in the first set ... He saved 4 set points but lost set 6-4 ... But that turnaround in first set helped him ahead in this match ... In seond set Somi broke Crivoi's serve in 5th game then he was serving for that match at 5-4 ... But Crivoi had other ideas, he broke Somi's serve twice to win set 7-5 ... Crivoi continued his upperhand in third set winning next 5 games ... Crivoi won consecutive 8 games, after that Somi hold twice and broke Crivoi's serve once ... Bu that wasn't enough and Crivoi won set 6-3 ... This match was going on for 2 hrs 33 min, 105 pts to Crovoi and 99 to Somi.
For me our performance in this tie was average ... 1-4 loss was majority people were expecting but Somi lost chance of making 2-3 and importnatly scoring his first Davis cup win.
This tie turned into very hard learning curve for Somi ... He reached early for preparation, played well in couple of tournaments and so we all were having expectations from him as this tie was on clay ... But playing under Davis cup pressure in away tie is total different proposition altogether without patriot crowd support ... I m only hoping that Somi learn from this tie and improve ... Somi need to improve his middle court game, he learn to dominate and kill ball from there ... So now we r back to Asia-Oceania zone.
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At $576K Bangkok ATP Open, Thailand
[Q1] Rohan Bopanna (IND,349) bt (7) Mikhail Ledovskikh (RUS,260) 76(5) 67(2) 75
[Q1] (4) Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK,206) bt Peter Gojowczyk (GER,322) 67(8) 76(4) 64
[Q2] Rohan Bopanna (IND,349) vs (3) Lukas Dlouhy (CZE,167)
[Q2] (4) Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK,206) vs (6) Luka Gregorc (SLO,237)
Doubles -
[R1] (1) Leander Paes (IND)/ Lukas Dlouhy (CZE) vs Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK)
Very close match as Russian was also very big server ... In last game Rohan found a wayto break Ledovskikh first serve to win the match in 2 hrs 16 mins ... Both plyers had 21 aces ... Russian won more points 111 to 107 but lost in the end.
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At $145K Hansol Korea Open , Seoul
[Q1] UBEROI Shikha (IND,757) l NAMIGATA Junri (JPN,230) 16 16
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At $35K+H Bucharest Challenger II, Romania (Red clay)
[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND,242) vs (7) Dominik Meffert (GER,180)
Doubles -
[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Richard Bloomfield (GBR) vs Matteo Marrai (ITA)/ Simone Vagnozzi (ITA)
Again Somi facing tough first round against seeded player ... This week Prakash also decided to play on red clay though in doubles with Richard Bloomfield.
World Group Play-offs 2008, Bucharest, Romania (Red clay)
India l Romania 1-4
Rubber 4 -
Prakash Amritraj (IND,222) vs Victor Hanescu (ROU,67) 62 63 61
Hanescu grabbed this match and tie for Romania in 100 mins ... In this match Hanescu faced 1 bp in 6th game of 2nd set ... I think thats only once Hanescu gave chance to opponent in this Davis cup tie ... So with this dominating performance from Hanescu Romania won this tie easily to move into World group.
Rubber 5 -
Somdev Devvarman (IND,242) l Victor Crivoi (ROU,158) 64 57 36
Crivoi fought back into this match after down 1-5 in the first set ... He saved 4 set points but lost set 6-4 ... But that turnaround in first set helped him ahead in this match ... In seond set Somi broke Crivoi's serve in 5th game then he was serving for that match at 5-4 ... But Crivoi had other ideas, he broke Somi's serve twice to win set 7-5 ... Crivoi continued his upperhand in third set winning next 5 games ... Crivoi won consecutive 8 games, after that Somi hold twice and broke Crivoi's serve once ... Bu that wasn't enough and Crivoi won set 6-3 ... This match was going on for 2 hrs 33 min, 105 pts to Crovoi and 99 to Somi.
For me our performance in this tie was average ... 1-4 loss was majority people were expecting but Somi lost chance of making 2-3 and importnatly scoring his first Davis cup win.
This tie turned into very hard learning curve for Somi ... He reached early for preparation, played well in couple of tournaments and so we all were having expectations from him as this tie was on clay ... But playing under Davis cup pressure in away tie is total different proposition altogether without patriot crowd support ... I m only hoping that Somi learn from this tie and improve ... Somi need to improve his middle court game, he learn to dominate and kill ball from there ... So now we r back to Asia-Oceania zone.
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At $576K Bangkok ATP Open, Thailand
[Q1] Rohan Bopanna (IND,349) bt (7) Mikhail Ledovskikh (RUS,260) 76(5) 67(2) 75
[Q1] (4) Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK,206) bt Peter Gojowczyk (GER,322) 67(8) 76(4) 64
[Q2] Rohan Bopanna (IND,349) vs (3) Lukas Dlouhy (CZE,167)
[Q2] (4) Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK,206) vs (6) Luka Gregorc (SLO,237)
Doubles -
[R1] (1) Leander Paes (IND)/ Lukas Dlouhy (CZE) vs Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK)
Very close match as Russian was also very big server ... In last game Rohan found a wayto break Ledovskikh first serve to win the match in 2 hrs 16 mins ... Both plyers had 21 aces ... Russian won more points 111 to 107 but lost in the end.
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At $145K Hansol Korea Open , Seoul
[Q1] UBEROI Shikha (IND,757) l NAMIGATA Junri (JPN,230) 16 16
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At $35K+H Bucharest Challenger II, Romania (Red clay)
[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND,242) vs (7) Dominik Meffert (GER,180)
Doubles -
[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Richard Bloomfield (GBR) vs Matteo Marrai (ITA)/ Simone Vagnozzi (ITA)
Again Somi facing tough first round against seeded player ... This week Prakash also decided to play on red clay though in doubles with Richard Bloomfield.
Saturday, September 20, 2008
Tennis News
World Group Play-offs 2008, Bucharest, Romania (Red clay)
India vs Romania 1-2
Rubber 3 -
Leander Paes (IND)/ Mahesh Bhuphathi (IND) bt Adrian Cruciat (ROU)/ Horia Tecau (ROU) 64 76(0) 64
Leander and Mahesh scored straight sets victory but Cruciat and Tecau stretched this formidable pair ... They were a break up against Indians but good comeback by our pair ... So now back to reverse singles ... Tomorrow in the first match Kash will meet Hanescu and Somi will meet Crivoi.
Tough proposition for our singles players against formidable Romanian players.
Friday, September 19, 2008
Tennis News
World Group - Play-offs 2008, Bucharest, Romania (Red clay)
LIVE SCORE
India vs Romania 0-2
Rubber 1 -
Prakash Amritraj (IND,222) l Victor Crivoi (ROU,158) 57 75 26 26
Yesterday Davis cup site made a mistake publishing Adrian Cruciat name in the first singles instead of Crivoi.
In first set, Kash was up with break and leading 5-2 but from their he lost control over the match ... From here Victor Crivoi dominated this set and won first set winning 5 games breaking Kash's serve twice.
In second set, Victor broke Kash's serve in 3rd game but Kash had different plan ... From 3-5 down he also broke Victor's serve twice to won 2nd set 7-5.
But in third set Crivoi blown off Kash's challenge around 20 odd minutes after winning 4 consecutive games after 2-2.
Crivoi didn't loose grip from the match after winning third set ... He broke Kash's serve in 3rd and 7th game ... While serving for the match he saved 3 break points and converted first match point.
Some match stats -
Kash won 105 pts and Crivoi won 130 pts ... Kash made 51 UFEs and Crivoi did only 34 ... Crivoi breaks Kash's serve 7 times in 14 chances other hand Kash managed to break 3 times in 12 opportuniites.
So now Somi need to do unbelievable in his 2nd Davis Cup tie.
Rubber 2 -
Somdev Devvarman (IND,242) l Victor Hanescu (ROU,67) 36 16 06
This match score gave true picture of the match ... From 3-3 in first set Victor Hanescu won 15 of next 16 games and won 56 pts to 17 pts ... In first set Victor Hanescu lost only 1 pt on his serve, that’s also unforced error from him ... Somdev couldn't produce fight in this 83 mins match ... As Victor Hanescu didn't face single break point on his serve.
This was very hard lesson for Somi from Victor Hanescu on Somi's favorite surface, clay ... Victor Hanescu dominated proceeding and make sure that Somi kept running all over the court in this match.
Frankly I was expecting much better performance from Somi but now 0-2 down we don't have realistic chance to move in to World group as we need to win next 3 matches.
Badminton News
Top 10 Indian Badminton Ranking on September 18 2008 -
Womens -
12 NEHWAL Saina 44611
50 MUTATKAR Aditi 20643
74 MURGUNDE Trupti 16246
110 PANDIT Neha 10020
127 VARTAK Gayatri 8930
177 KURIAN Shruti 5080
188 GUTTA Jwala 4530
199 BASUMATARY Bibari 4020
205 Ruth MISHA 3810
206 BALAN Aparna 3720
Mens -
33 ANAND Chetan 30614
35 SRIDHAR Anup 28612
39 BHAT Arvind 27287
57 KASHYAP P 19481
62 PAWAR Anand 18770
99 JAYARAM Ajay 12460
156 VIDYADHAR J B S 6790
173 JADHAV Ankush 5730
198 KANETKAR Nikhil 4590
224 JOLLY Prakash 3500
Saina climbed to her best individual ranking, #12 ... She is now around 9,500 pts away from entering into top 10 badminton players ... Aditi also first time enters into top-50 BWR ... Good performance in New Zealand helped Neha to become India's No. 4 shuttler, #110 her personal best ranking.
In Mens top-3 remained at same position but difference between them is very less so anyone from top-3 can be India's top shuttler with one good performance ... Kashyap and Anand Pawar also climbed to their personal best ranking ... As a winner and a finalist in back to back tournaments in New Zealand helped Ajay to break into top-100 ... Prakash Jolly also impressed in his first 2 internationals and enters into ranking as India's 10th shuttler.
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Tennis News
At $75K Albuquerque Challenger, NM, USA
[R2] RAO Sunitha (IND,178) l (3) DUQUE-MARINO Mariana (COL,108) 63 46 64
Good fighting performance by Sunitha against higher rank opponent.
Top 10 Indian Badminton Ranking on September 18 2008 -
Womens -
12 NEHWAL Saina 44611
50 MUTATKAR Aditi 20643
74 MURGUNDE Trupti 16246
110 PANDIT Neha 10020
127 VARTAK Gayatri 8930
177 KURIAN Shruti 5080
188 GUTTA Jwala 4530
199 BASUMATARY Bibari 4020
205 Ruth MISHA 3810
206 BALAN Aparna 3720
Mens -
33 ANAND Chetan 30614
35 SRIDHAR Anup 28612
39 BHAT Arvind 27287
57 KASHYAP P 19481
62 PAWAR Anand 18770
99 JAYARAM Ajay 12460
156 VIDYADHAR J B S 6790
173 JADHAV Ankush 5730
198 KANETKAR Nikhil 4590
224 JOLLY Prakash 3500
Saina climbed to her best individual ranking, #12 ... She is now around 9,500 pts away from entering into top 10 badminton players ... Aditi also first time enters into top-50 BWR ... Good performance in New Zealand helped Neha to become India's No. 4 shuttler, #110 her personal best ranking.
In Mens top-3 remained at same position but difference between them is very less so anyone from top-3 can be India's top shuttler with one good performance ... Kashyap and Anand Pawar also climbed to their personal best ranking ... As a winner and a finalist in back to back tournaments in New Zealand helped Ajay to break into top-100 ... Prakash Jolly also impressed in his first 2 internationals and enters into ranking as India's 10th shuttler.
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Tennis News
At $75K Albuquerque Challenger, NM, USA
[R2] RAO Sunitha (IND,178) l (3) DUQUE-MARINO Mariana (COL,108) 63 46 64
Good fighting performance by Sunitha against higher rank opponent.
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Tennis News
World Group, Play-offs 2008, Bucharest, Romania (Red clay)
India vs Romania
Rubber 1 -
Prakash Amritraj (IND,222) vs Adrian Cruciat (ROU,170)
Rubber 2 -
Somdev Devvarman (IND,242) vs Victor Hanescu (ROU,67)
Rubber 3 -
Leander Paes (IND)/ Mahesh Bhuphathi (IND) vs Adrian Cruciat (ROU)/ Horia Tecau (ROU)
Rubber 4 -
Prakash Amritraj (IND,222) vs Victor Hanescu (ROU,67)
Rubber 5 -
Somdev Devvarman (IND,242) vs Victor Crivoi (ROU,158)
This is really unpleasant schedule for us ... I was hoping Buji playing first match on day 1 and day 3 without much pressure but that didn't happen ... Still considering Buji's huge experience of playing college tennis on higher level with such type of crunch situation can be handy ... Agree Davis cup is altogether different cup of tea and lot more pressurised situation but I feel Buji can handle this pressure.
What I surprised most seeing alternate Victor Crivoi's name already in the schedule against Buji ... How come Romanians already knows that Adrian Cruciat will be injured or exhausted .. Is this permitted to declare alternate player in schedule itself? I don't remember seeing this before.
That also means Romanian must be planning fresh legs against Buji in the final rubber ... And I also hope that creates doubt in Adrian Cruciat's mind against Prakash in the first rubber as his Captain is not keeping faith on him for complete tie.
----------------------------------------------------------What I surprised most seeing alternate Victor Crivoi's name already in the schedule against Buji ... How come Romanians already knows that Adrian Cruciat will be injured or exhausted .. Is this permitted to declare alternate player in schedule itself? I don't remember seeing this before.
That also means Romanian must be planning fresh legs against Buji in the final rubber ... And I also hope that creates doubt in Adrian Cruciat's mind against Prakash in the first rubber as his Captain is not keeping faith on him for complete tie.
At $50K+H Todi Challenger, Italy (Red Clay)
[QF] Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) l (4) Paolo Lorenzi (ITA)/ Giancarlo Petrazzuolo (ITA) 62 46 (4)10
Harsh & Purav started well with winning first set against 4th seed pair but couldn't managed to win this match.
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At $25K Karshi Challenger, Uzbekistan
[QF] Ankita Bhambri (IND,563) l Lesya Tsurenko (UKR,458) 46 67(2)
Reaching quarters at challenger level was creditable one from Ankita ... Hopefully she will build on this performance to move inside top-400.
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Tennis News
At $1.34M Pan PAcific Open, Tokyo, Japan
[R1] Shikha Uberoi (IND)/ Aravane Rezai (FRA) l (2) Lisa Raymond (USA)/ Samantha Stosur (AUS) 36 46
So this week Shikha paired with Rezai but had tough match up against 2nd seed pair.
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At $75K Albuquerque Challenger, NM, USA
[R1] RAO Sunitha (IND,178) bt JOZAMI Betina (ARG,186) 76(6) 64
[R2] RAO Sunitha (IND,178) vs (3) DUQUE-MARINO Mariana (COL,108)
Good start for Sunitha against similar rank player but now tough match against #100 around player.
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At $25K Karshi Challenger, Uzbekistan
[R2] (3) Isha Lakhani (IND,333) l Lesya Tsurenko (UKR,458) 26 36
[R2] Ankita Bhambri (IND,563) bt Ekaterina Dranets (RUS,512) 36 61 63
[R2] Sanaa Bhambri (IND, 523) l Nicole Clerico (ITA,503) 36 16
[R2] (Q) Parija Maloo (IND,708) l (2) Pemra Ozgen (TUR,326) 57 16
[QF] Ankita Bhambri (IND,563) vs Lesya Tsurenko (UKR,458)
Doubles -
[QF] Prerana-Mythri Appineni (IND) / Parija Maloo (IND) l (1) Nicole Clerico (ITA)/ Ksenia Palkina (KGZ) 46 36
[QF] Sanaa Bhambri (IND) / Ankita Bhambri (IND) l Albina Khabibulina (UZB)/ Alexandra Kolesnichenko (UZB) 16 26
Only Ankita managed to surprise me with another win over higher ranked opponent ... Other hand Isha disappointed.
Badminton News
At $200K Yonex Japan Super Series 2008
[R1] Saina Nehwal (IND,14) l (7) Mi Zhou (HKG,10) 18-21 16-21 (30')
Saina couldn't repeat her last week's performance and lost in 30 mins but after this loss she will be more determined for China Super Series.
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[R1] (7) Saina Nehwal (IND,12) Bye
As per Chinese Masters Super Series draw, Saina is 7th seed and having first round bye ... In second round Saina will face winner between Japanese WR #111 Ai Goto and WR #50 Canadian Charmaine Reid ... And can meet 3rd seed and WR #6 Chinese Lin Zhu in quarters.
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Tennis News
At $50K+H Todi Challenger, Italy (Red Clay)
[R1] Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt (WC) Farrukh Dustov (UZB)/ Niko Karagiannis (GRE) 26 75 10(6)
[QF] Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs (4) Paolo Lorenzi (ITA)/ Giancarlo Petrazzuolo (ITA)
Nice comeback victory by Harsh and Purav, in quarters they r having tougher challenge of Italian 4th seed pair on clay.
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At $75K Albuquerque Challenger, NM, USA
[R1] LUZHANSKA Tetiana (UKR)/ RAO Sunitha (IND) l ALVES Maria-Fernanda (BRA)/ LEPORE Agustina (ARG) 46 67(4)
Not a great start in doubles after break.
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At $50K Waco Challenger, TX, USA
[R1] (8) RAM Rajeev (USA,182) l MONROE Nicholas (USA,289) 26 61 36
Doubles -
[R1] (2) RAM Rajeev (USA)/ WIDOM Todd (USA) l OUDSEMA Scott (USA)/ SMYCZEK Tim (USA) 36 63 (10)12
So poor outing for Rajeev in Waco Challenger.
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At $15K Great Britain F15 Futures, Nottingham
[R1] Navdeep Singh (IND,833) l Joshua Milton (GBR,942) 36 16
Doubles -
[QF] (3) Navdeep Singh (IND)/ Adil Shamasdin (CAN) l David Rice (GBR)/ Sean Thornley (GBR) 75 16 (5)10
Early end of the week for Navdeep.
At $50K+H Todi Challenger, Italy (Red Clay)
[R1] Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt (WC) Farrukh Dustov (UZB)/ Niko Karagiannis (GRE) 26 75 10(6)
[QF] Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs (4) Paolo Lorenzi (ITA)/ Giancarlo Petrazzuolo (ITA)
Nice comeback victory by Harsh and Purav, in quarters they r having tougher challenge of Italian 4th seed pair on clay.
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At $75K Albuquerque Challenger, NM, USA
[R1] LUZHANSKA Tetiana (UKR)/ RAO Sunitha (IND) l ALVES Maria-Fernanda (BRA)/ LEPORE Agustina (ARG) 46 67(4)
Not a great start in doubles after break.
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At $50K Waco Challenger, TX, USA
[R1] (8) RAM Rajeev (USA,182) l MONROE Nicholas (USA,289) 26 61 36
Doubles -
[R1] (2) RAM Rajeev (USA)/ WIDOM Todd (USA) l OUDSEMA Scott (USA)/ SMYCZEK Tim (USA) 36 63 (10)12
So poor outing for Rajeev in Waco Challenger.
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At $15K Great Britain F15 Futures, Nottingham
[R1] Navdeep Singh (IND,833) l Joshua Milton (GBR,942) 36 16
Doubles -
[QF] (3) Navdeep Singh (IND)/ Adil Shamasdin (CAN) l David Rice (GBR)/ Sean Thornley (GBR) 75 16 (5)10
Early end of the week for Navdeep.
Football News
At AFC Cup 2008 - Quarterfinals (16th September 2008)
First Leg -
Dempo SC (IND) dw Home United (SIN) 1-1
Goal Scored - Rosman Sulaiman (HU) 37' and Mboyo Iyomi (DSC) 78'
Dempo managed draw against Home United ... But now in return leg Home United having advantage as here they scored a goal, now they only need goalless draw to move in next round ... Other hand Dempo needs win in next week's match.
At AFC Cup 2008 - Quarterfinals (16th September 2008)
First Leg -
Dempo SC (IND) dw Home United (SIN) 1-1
Goal Scored - Rosman Sulaiman (HU) 37' and Mboyo Iyomi (DSC) 78'
Dempo managed draw against Home United ... But now in return leg Home United having advantage as here they scored a goal, now they only need goalless draw to move in next round ... Other hand Dempo needs win in next week's match.
Monday, September 15, 2008
Tennis News
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(LL) Prerana-Mythri Appineni (IND,685) l Nicole Clerico (ITA,503) 46 36
[R2] (3) Isha Lakhani (IND,333) vs Lesya Tsurenko (UKR,458)
[R2] Ankita Bhambri (IND,563) vs Ekaterina Dranets (RUS,512)
[R2] Sanaa Bhambri (IND, 523) vs Nicole Clerico (ITA,503)
[R2] (Q) Parija Maloo (IND,708) vs (2) Pemra Ozgen (TUR,326)
Doubles -
[R1] Prerana-Mythri Appineni (IND) / Parija Maloo (IND) bt (WC) Nigina Rakhmonova (UZB)/ Diera Saidmukhamedova (UZB) 75 63
[R1] Sanaa Bhambri (IND) / Ankita Bhambri (IND) bt Alisa Ogorodova (UZB)/ Anastasiya Vasylyeva (UKR) 60 62
[R1] Ima Bohush (BLR) / Lesya Tsurenko (UKR) bt (2) Isha Lakhani (IND)/ Pemra Ozgen (TUR) 76(5) 63
[QF] Prerana-Mythri Appineni (IND) / Parija Maloo (IND) vs (1) Nicole Clerico (ITA)/ Ksenia Palkina (KGZ)
[QF] Sanaa Bhambri (IND) / Ankita Bhambri (IND) vs Albina Khabibulina (UZB)/ Alexandra Kolesnichenko (UZB)
Doubles -
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At $15K Great Britain F15 Futures, Nottingham
[R1] Navdeep Singh (IND,833) vs Joshua Milton (GBR,942)
Doubles -
[R1] (3) Navdeep Singh (IND)/ Adil Shamasdin (CAN) Bye
[QF] (3) Navdeep Singh (IND)/ Adil Shamasdin (CAN) vs David Rice (GBR)/ Sean Thornley (GBR)
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At $50K Waco Challenger, TX, USA
[R1] (8) RAM Rajeev (USA,182) vs MONROE Nicholas (USA,289)
Doubles -
[R1] AMRITRAJ Stephen (IND)/ POLANSKY Peter (CAN) l (4) FRANCIS Alberto (USA)/ MONROE Nicholas (USA) 64 36 (9)11
[R1] (1) RAM Rajeev (USA)/ WIDOM Todd (USA) vs OUDSEMA Scott (USA)/ SMYCZEK Tim (USA)
For Stephen close loss against 4th seed pair.
At $1,340,000 Tier 1 Toray Pan Pacific Open Tennis Tournament, Tokyo, Japan
[Q1] UBEROI, Shikha (IND,772) l (WC) MIYAMURA, Miki (JPN,581) 61 46 25 retd.
[Q1] UBEROI, Shikha (IND,772) l (WC) MIYAMURA, Miki (JPN,581) 61 46 25 retd.
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At $25K Karshi Challenger, Uzbekistan
First Round -
Ankita Bhambri (IND,566) bt Ima Bohush (BLR,516) 63 75
Sanaa Bhambri (IND, 523) bt Sabina Sharipova (UZB,UNR) 60 63
(Q) Parija Maloo (IND,708) bt (Q) Shahdozaxon Hatamova (UZB,UNR) 64 26 64
Isha Lakhani (IND,333) bt (Q) Diana Narzikulova (UZB,UNR) 61 62(LL) Prerana-Mythri Appineni (IND,685) l Nicole Clerico (ITA,503) 46 36
[R2] (3) Isha Lakhani (IND,333) vs Lesya Tsurenko (UKR,458)
[R2] Ankita Bhambri (IND,563) vs Ekaterina Dranets (RUS,512)
[R2] Sanaa Bhambri (IND, 523) vs Nicole Clerico (ITA,503)
[R2] (Q) Parija Maloo (IND,708) vs (2) Pemra Ozgen (TUR,326)
Doubles -
[R1] Prerana-Mythri Appineni (IND) / Parija Maloo (IND) bt (WC) Nigina Rakhmonova (UZB)/ Diera Saidmukhamedova (UZB) 75 63
[R1] Sanaa Bhambri (IND) / Ankita Bhambri (IND) bt Alisa Ogorodova (UZB)/ Anastasiya Vasylyeva (UKR) 60 62
[R1] Ima Bohush (BLR) / Lesya Tsurenko (UKR) bt (2) Isha Lakhani (IND)/ Pemra Ozgen (TUR) 76(5) 63
[QF] Prerana-Mythri Appineni (IND) / Parija Maloo (IND) vs (1) Nicole Clerico (ITA)/ Ksenia Palkina (KGZ)
[QF] Sanaa Bhambri (IND) / Ankita Bhambri (IND) vs Albina Khabibulina (UZB)/ Alexandra Kolesnichenko (UZB)
Good start for our girls, as after longtime I m seeing Ankita's win over higher ranked opponent.
Overall very good start for Indian contingent ... In doubles Prerana-Mythri and Parija having tough quarters again top-seed ... Bhambri sis having good chance to move into doubles semis.
Its interesting to see how our girls perform against these higher ranked opponents in second round ... I m really surprised to see so many Uzbek 16 to 18 yrs old girls in this challenger ... Uzbek must have proper talent scouting and training.
Overall very good start for Indian contingent ... In doubles Prerana-Mythri and Parija having tough quarters again top-seed ... Bhambri sis having good chance to move into doubles semis.
Its interesting to see how our girls perform against these higher ranked opponents in second round ... I m really surprised to see so many Uzbek 16 to 18 yrs old girls in this challenger ... Uzbek must have proper talent scouting and training.
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At $50K+H Todi Challenger, Italy (Red Clay)
[Q1] (8) MANKAD Harsh (IND,550) l KATLIAROU Pavel (BLR,945) 3-3 Ret. (ankle rollover)
[R1] MANKAD Harsh (IND)/ RAJA Purav (IND) vs (WC) DUSTOV Farrukh (UZB)/ KARAGIANNIS Niko (GRE)
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At $50K Waco Challenger, TX, USA
[Q1] (6) GIDE Rohan (IND,1322) l (WC) BRUCHE Marc (GER,UNR) 63 67(2) 36
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At $15K Great Britain F15 Futures, Nottingham
[R1] Navdeep Singh (IND,833) vs Joshua Milton (GBR,942)
Doubles -
[R1] (3) Navdeep Singh (IND)/ Adil Shamasdin (CAN) Bye
[QF] (3) Navdeep Singh (IND)/ Adil Shamasdin (CAN) vs David Rice (GBR)/ Sean Thornley (GBR)
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At $50K Waco Challenger, TX, USA
[R1] (8) RAM Rajeev (USA,182) vs MONROE Nicholas (USA,289)
Doubles -
[R1] AMRITRAJ Stephen (IND)/ POLANSKY Peter (CAN) l (4) FRANCIS Alberto (USA)/ MONROE Nicholas (USA) 64 36 (9)11
[R1] (1) RAM Rajeev (USA)/ WIDOM Todd (USA) vs OUDSEMA Scott (USA)/ SMYCZEK Tim (USA)
For Stephen close loss against 4th seed pair.
Squash News
At $15k Ornano International 2008, Bordeaux, France
[R1] (6) Saurav Ghosal (IND,45) bt David Vidal (ESP,122) 11-9 11-8 11-5 (38m)
[R1] (7) Ritwik Bhattacharya (IND,58) bt (Q) Lewis Walters (ENG,130) 11-3 12-10 11-8 (25m)
[QF] (6) Saurav Ghosal (IND,45) bt (1) Renan Lavigne (FRA,27) 7-11 15-13 11-5 11-5
[QF] (7) Ritwik Bhattacharya (IND,58) l (3) Davide Bianchetti (ITA,30) 8-11 3-11 8-11
[SF] (6) Saurav Ghosal (IND,45) bt (5) Amr Swelim (EGY,41) 10-12 11-2 11-2 3-11 14-12 (74m)
Final -
(6) Saurav Ghosal (IND,45) bt (3) Davide Bianchetti (ITA,30) 11-6 11-6 9-11 11-9
Saurav Ghosal won the biggest title of his career by winning the inaugural $15K Ornano International Open, defeating 3rd seed Italian Davide Bianchetti in the final at Bordeaux ... While winning title he scored 3 upsets win and in that 2 over top-30 players ... When last time Ghosal & Bianchetti met that time Saurav lost 1-3 against Davide, but this time he managed to turn table on this experianced player with smart game ... For Saurav this turned out to be good build up tournament for the World Open next month.
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Golf News
At Mercedes-Benz Championship, Cologne, Germany - Final Standing
T11 Jeev Milkha Singh 73 70 73 68 - 4 €34466.67
T73 S S P Chowrasia 79 76 79 79 +25 €3050.00
77 Jyoti Randhawa 77 83 79 81 +32 €2600.00
Jyoti scored another disastrous round, he managed 9 over in the last round … He finished on last position scoring +32 ... I don't remember last time when Jyoti take more than 300 shots to complete his 4 rounds.
SSP also joined Jyoti for 300+ club in this Mercedes-Benz Championship ... He scored 7 over last round ... Interestingly 20 golfers finished with 300 or + score ... In this list u will find players like Retief Goosen and Bernhard Langer.
Jeev scored unblemish round scoring birdies on 5th, 13, 14th & 15th holes ... Jeev finished on 4 under to scored very good result in this tough condition ... This 4 under helped Jeev to move into top 15.
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At Albertsons Boise Open, Boise, Idaho - Final Standing (Nationwide Tour)
T18 Arjun Atwal 66 68 73 68 -9 $9,787.50
After first 2 rounds Arjun was in top 5 but again 3rd round let him down and he lost another opportunity of solid finish and entering into top-25 Nationwide Money leaders.
At Mercedes-Benz Championship, Cologne, Germany - Final Standing
T11 Jeev Milkha Singh 73 70 73 68 - 4 €34466.67
T73 S S P Chowrasia 79 76 79 79 +25 €3050.00
77 Jyoti Randhawa 77 83 79 81 +32 €2600.00
Jyoti scored another disastrous round, he managed 9 over in the last round … He finished on last position scoring +32 ... I don't remember last time when Jyoti take more than 300 shots to complete his 4 rounds.
SSP also joined Jyoti for 300+ club in this Mercedes-Benz Championship ... He scored 7 over last round ... Interestingly 20 golfers finished with 300 or + score ... In this list u will find players like Retief Goosen and Bernhard Langer.
Jeev scored unblemish round scoring birdies on 5th, 13, 14th & 15th holes ... Jeev finished on 4 under to scored very good result in this tough condition ... This 4 under helped Jeev to move into top 15.
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At Albertsons Boise Open, Boise, Idaho - Final Standing (Nationwide Tour)
T18 Arjun Atwal 66 68 73 68 -9 $9,787.50
After first 2 rounds Arjun was in top 5 but again 3rd round let him down and he lost another opportunity of solid finish and entering into top-25 Nationwide Money leaders.
Badminton News
At $170K Yonex Chinese Taipei Grand Prix Gold 2008, Sinhuang
Final -
(2) Saina Nehwal (IND,14) bt Lydia Li Ya Cheah (MAS,72) 21-8 21-19
Saina becomes the first Indian woman to win a golden grand prix tournament ... With this victory Saina will climbed upto her best singles ranking, #12.
Saina won in 2 straight games ... After winning first game easily, 21-8, Saina was down by 6 pts in second game but then she showed spirited comback to catch her opponent at 16-16 and then won her first Gold GP title with winning second game 21-19 ... In first game Saina was a totally dominating stuff ... Once she won the first game, she relied more upon the inconsistent Lydia to make mistakes.
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At $5K Waikato International 2008, Hamilton, New Zealand
Final -
(2) Ajay Jayaram (IND,144) l (1) John Moody (NZL,84) 16-21 20-22
Ajay couldn't repeat last week's title winning performance but still creditable performance by Ajay to reached the final.
At $170K Yonex Chinese Taipei Grand Prix Gold 2008, Sinhuang
Final -
(2) Saina Nehwal (IND,14) bt Lydia Li Ya Cheah (MAS,72) 21-8 21-19
Saina becomes the first Indian woman to win a golden grand prix tournament ... With this victory Saina will climbed upto her best singles ranking, #12.
Saina won in 2 straight games ... After winning first game easily, 21-8, Saina was down by 6 pts in second game but then she showed spirited comback to catch her opponent at 16-16 and then won her first Gold GP title with winning second game 21-19 ... In first game Saina was a totally dominating stuff ... Once she won the first game, she relied more upon the inconsistent Lydia to make mistakes.
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At $5K Waikato International 2008, Hamilton, New Zealand
Final -
(2) Ajay Jayaram (IND,144) l (1) John Moody (NZL,84) 16-21 20-22
Ajay couldn't repeat last week's title winning performance but still creditable performance by Ajay to reached the final.
Tennis News
At $50K Tulsa Challenger, Oklahoma, USA
[F] (1) RAM Rajeev (USA)/ REYNOLDS Bobby (USA) l (2) FISHER Ashley (AUS)/ HUSS Stephen (AUS) 67(4) 36
Rajeev and Bobby los against 2nd seed.
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At $50K+H Todi Challenger, Italy (Red Clay)
[Q1] RAJA Purav (IND,865) l TORRONI Giulio(ITA,886) 26 57
[Q1] (8) MANKAD Harsh (IND,550) vs KATLIAROU Pavel (BLR,945)
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At $25K Karshi Challenger, Uzbekistan
[Q1] (2) Prerana Appineni (IND,683) l Diera Saidmukhamedova (UZB,UNR) 57 57
[Q1] (3) Parija Maloo (IND,708) bt Daria Tuaeva (UZB,UNR) 60 60
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At $50K Waco Challenger, TX, USA
[Q1] (6) GIDE Rohan (IND,1322) vs (WC) BRUCHE Marc (GER,UNR)
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Golf News
At Mercedes-Benz Championship, Cologne, Germany - Third Round (European Tour)
T25 Jeev Milkha Singh 73 70 73 PAR
T73 S S P Chowrasia 79 76 79 +18
T76 Jyoti Randhawa 77 83 79 +23
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At Albertsons Boise Open, Boise, Idaho - Third Round (Nationwide Tour)
T25 Arjun Atwal 66 68 73 -6
At $50K Tulsa Challenger, Oklahoma, USA
[F] (1) RAM Rajeev (USA)/ REYNOLDS Bobby (USA) l (2) FISHER Ashley (AUS)/ HUSS Stephen (AUS) 67(4) 36
Rajeev and Bobby los against 2nd seed.
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At $50K+H Todi Challenger, Italy (Red Clay)
[Q1] RAJA Purav (IND,865) l TORRONI Giulio(ITA,886) 26 57
[Q1] (8) MANKAD Harsh (IND,550) vs KATLIAROU Pavel (BLR,945)
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At $25K Karshi Challenger, Uzbekistan
[Q1] (2) Prerana Appineni (IND,683) l Diera Saidmukhamedova (UZB,UNR) 57 57
[Q1] (3) Parija Maloo (IND,708) bt Daria Tuaeva (UZB,UNR) 60 60
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At $50K Waco Challenger, TX, USA
[Q1] (6) GIDE Rohan (IND,1322) vs (WC) BRUCHE Marc (GER,UNR)
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Golf News
At Mercedes-Benz Championship, Cologne, Germany - Third Round (European Tour)
T25 Jeev Milkha Singh 73 70 73 PAR
T73 S S P Chowrasia 79 76 79 +18
T76 Jyoti Randhawa 77 83 79 +23
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At Albertsons Boise Open, Boise, Idaho - Third Round (Nationwide Tour)
T25 Arjun Atwal 66 68 73 -6
Chess News
At €400K Grand Slam Chess Final Masters, Bilbao, Spain
(Category XXII tournament)
Tenth Round -
Veselin Topalov - Vassily Ivanchuk 1-0
Levon Aronian - Teimour Radjabov 0-1
Magnus Carlsen - Viswanathan Anand ½-½
Final Standing -
1 Veselin Topalov 6½ pts
2 Magnus Carlsen 5 pts
3 Levon Aronian 5 pts
4 Vassily Ivanchuk 5 pts
5 Teimur Radjabov 4½ pts
6 Viswanathan Anand 4 pts
In this tournament only Anand remained winless ... Poor performance here will cost him around 14 ELO pts and in unofficial live rating Anand is dropped to 5th in standing with 2783.2 ELO pts ... Veselin Topalov is leading with 2790.6 ELO pts, 7 pts ahead Anand.
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Motor Sports
At Formula1 2008, Monza
Fisichella delievered what he promised ... He helped Force India to qualify first-time for 2nd qualifying stage ... He is qualified on 12th position ahead of Kimi, who r qualified on 14th position, and Lewis Hamilton, who r qualified for on 15th.
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At GP2 Series 2008, Monza
In qualifying Karun qualified on 10th and Senna on 12th ... But in Feature race he finished on 11th position and Senna on 5th position.
On the last race of the season Karun's race got over in the first lap ... Karun finished season on 10th position with 31 pts.
iSports International finished on 2nd position in team standing behind Barwa Campos Team, who ended on 105 pts ... In driver standing Bruno Senna also finished on 2nd position behind Giorgio Pantano of Racing Engineering, who finished on 76 pts ... In both championships iSports team and driver fall short by 8 pts.
At €400K Grand Slam Chess Final Masters, Bilbao, Spain
(Category XXII tournament)
Tenth Round -
Veselin Topalov - Vassily Ivanchuk 1-0
Levon Aronian - Teimour Radjabov 0-1
Magnus Carlsen - Viswanathan Anand ½-½
Final Standing -
1 Veselin Topalov 6½ pts
2 Magnus Carlsen 5 pts
3 Levon Aronian 5 pts
4 Vassily Ivanchuk 5 pts
5 Teimur Radjabov 4½ pts
6 Viswanathan Anand 4 pts
In this tournament only Anand remained winless ... Poor performance here will cost him around 14 ELO pts and in unofficial live rating Anand is dropped to 5th in standing with 2783.2 ELO pts ... Veselin Topalov is leading with 2790.6 ELO pts, 7 pts ahead Anand.
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Motor Sports
At Formula1 2008, Monza
Fisichella delievered what he promised ... He helped Force India to qualify first-time for 2nd qualifying stage ... He is qualified on 12th position ahead of Kimi, who r qualified on 14th position, and Lewis Hamilton, who r qualified for on 15th.
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At GP2 Series 2008, Monza
In qualifying Karun qualified on 10th and Senna on 12th ... But in Feature race he finished on 11th position and Senna on 5th position.
On the last race of the season Karun's race got over in the first lap ... Karun finished season on 10th position with 31 pts.
iSports International finished on 2nd position in team standing behind Barwa Campos Team, who ended on 105 pts ... In driver standing Bruno Senna also finished on 2nd position behind Giorgio Pantano of Racing Engineering, who finished on 76 pts ... In both championships iSports team and driver fall short by 8 pts.
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Badminton News
At $170K Yonex Chinese Taipei Grand Prix Gold 2008
[SF] (2) Saina Nehwal (IND,14) bt Pia Zebadiah Bernadet (INA,76) 21-7 21-14
Final -
(2) Saina Nehwal (IND,14) vs Lydia Li Ya Cheah (MAS,72)
Saina scored very easy victory over Pia to move into her first GP Gold final ... Now she is facing Malaysian Lydia in the final to win her first GP Gold tournament title.
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At $5K Waikato International 2008, Hamilton, New Zealand
Womens Singles -
[QF] Neha Pandit (IND,148) bt Leanne Choo (AUS,199) 21-16 21-12
[SF] Neha Pandit (IND,148) l Misaki Matsutomo (JPN,203) 18-21 18-21
Mens Singles -
[QF] Prakash Jolly (IND,UNR) l Shu Wada (JPN,233) 19-21 21-12 9-21
[QF] (2) Ajay Jayaram (IND,144) bt Delius Tang (NZL,UNR) 21-8 21-10
[SF] (2) Ajay Jayaram (IND,144) bt (3/4) Joe Wu (NZL,150) 21-14 21-15
Final -
(2) Ajay Jayaram (IND,144) vs (1) John Moody (NZL,84)
Neha couldn't cross another Japanese hurdle but Ajay is in position to win back to back title at New Zealand.
At $170K Yonex Chinese Taipei Grand Prix Gold 2008
[SF] (2) Saina Nehwal (IND,14) bt Pia Zebadiah Bernadet (INA,76) 21-7 21-14
Final -
(2) Saina Nehwal (IND,14) vs Lydia Li Ya Cheah (MAS,72)
Saina scored very easy victory over Pia to move into her first GP Gold final ... Now she is facing Malaysian Lydia in the final to win her first GP Gold tournament title.
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At $5K Waikato International 2008, Hamilton, New Zealand
Womens Singles -
[QF] Neha Pandit (IND,148) bt Leanne Choo (AUS,199) 21-16 21-12
[SF] Neha Pandit (IND,148) l Misaki Matsutomo (JPN,203) 18-21 18-21
Mens Singles -
[QF] Prakash Jolly (IND,UNR) l Shu Wada (JPN,233) 19-21 21-12 9-21
[QF] (2) Ajay Jayaram (IND,144) bt Delius Tang (NZL,UNR) 21-8 21-10
[SF] (2) Ajay Jayaram (IND,144) bt (3/4) Joe Wu (NZL,150) 21-14 21-15
Final -
(2) Ajay Jayaram (IND,144) vs (1) John Moody (NZL,84)
Neha couldn't cross another Japanese hurdle but Ajay is in position to win back to back title at New Zealand.
Tennis News
At $50K Tulsa Challenger, Oklahoma, USA
[SF] (1) RAM Rajeev (USA)/ REYNOLDS Bobby (USA) bt MONROE Nicholas (USA)/ WARBURG Sam (USA) 62 76(11)
[SF] (4) AMRITRAJ Stephen (IND)/ SIRIANNI Joseph (AUS) l (2) FISHER Ashley (AUS)/ HUSS Stephen (AUS) 36 46
[F] (1) RAM Rajeev (USA)/ REYNOLDS Bobby (USA) vs (2) FISHER Ashley (AUS)/ HUSS Stephen (AUS)
Rajeev with Bobby reached in the final But Stephen challenge got over in the semis.
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At $15K India F7, New Delhi
Singles Final -
(1) Peter GOJOWCZYK (GER,346) bt (7) Aqeel KHAN (PAK,741) 61 76(1)
At $50K Tulsa Challenger, Oklahoma, USA
[SF] (1) RAM Rajeev (USA)/ REYNOLDS Bobby (USA) bt MONROE Nicholas (USA)/ WARBURG Sam (USA) 62 76(11)
[SF] (4) AMRITRAJ Stephen (IND)/ SIRIANNI Joseph (AUS) l (2) FISHER Ashley (AUS)/ HUSS Stephen (AUS) 36 46
[F] (1) RAM Rajeev (USA)/ REYNOLDS Bobby (USA) vs (2) FISHER Ashley (AUS)/ HUSS Stephen (AUS)
Rajeev with Bobby reached in the final But Stephen challenge got over in the semis.
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At $15K India F7, New Delhi
Singles Final -
(1) Peter GOJOWCZYK (GER,346) bt (7) Aqeel KHAN (PAK,741) 61 76(1)
Friday, September 12, 2008
Badminton News
At $170K Yonex Chinese Taipei Grand Prix Gold 2008
[R3] P Kashyap (IND,66) l Tommy Sugiarto (INA,58) 14-21 14-21
[QF] (2) Saina Nehwal (IND,14) bt Porntip Buranaprasertsuk (THA,43) 21-19 16-21 21-16
[SF] (2) Saina Nehwal (IND,14) vs Pia Zebadiah Bernadet (INA,76)
Kashyap couldn't manage to build on his top-20 win ... But other hand Saina continue her march towards her first-ever Grand Prix Gold title.
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At $5K Waikato International 2008, Hamilton, New Zealand
Womens Singles -
[R2] Ruth Misha (IND,UNR) l (2) Rachel Hindley (NZL,96) 7-21 22-24
[R2] Neha Pandit (IND,148) bt (3/4) Yu Wakita (JPN,117) 21-17 21-14
[QF] Neha Pandit (IND,148) vs Leanne Choo (AUS,199)
Mens Singles -
[R3] (2) Ajay Jayaram (IND,144) bt Rei Sato (JPN,UNR) 16-21 21-18 21-18
[R3] (5/8) Ankush Jadhav (IND,222) l Bjorn Seguin (NZL,317) 17-21 20-22
[R3] Prakash Jolly (IND,UNR) bt (3/4) Ethan Haggo (NZL,167) 22-20 21-16
[QF] Prakash Jolly (IND,UNR) vs Shu Wada (JPN,233)
[QF] (2) Ajay Jayaram (IND,144) vs Delius Tang (NZL,UNR)
Neha scored good win over higher ranked Japanese player ... Other hand Prakash also scored good win over higher seed opponent.
At $170K Yonex Chinese Taipei Grand Prix Gold 2008
[R3] P Kashyap (IND,66) l Tommy Sugiarto (INA,58) 14-21 14-21
[QF] (2) Saina Nehwal (IND,14) bt Porntip Buranaprasertsuk (THA,43) 21-19 16-21 21-16
[SF] (2) Saina Nehwal (IND,14) vs Pia Zebadiah Bernadet (INA,76)
Kashyap couldn't manage to build on his top-20 win ... But other hand Saina continue her march towards her first-ever Grand Prix Gold title.
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At $5K Waikato International 2008, Hamilton, New Zealand
Womens Singles -
[R2] Ruth Misha (IND,UNR) l (2) Rachel Hindley (NZL,96) 7-21 22-24
[R2] Neha Pandit (IND,148) bt (3/4) Yu Wakita (JPN,117) 21-17 21-14
[QF] Neha Pandit (IND,148) vs Leanne Choo (AUS,199)
Mens Singles -
[R3] (2) Ajay Jayaram (IND,144) bt Rei Sato (JPN,UNR) 16-21 21-18 21-18
[R3] (5/8) Ankush Jadhav (IND,222) l Bjorn Seguin (NZL,317) 17-21 20-22
[R3] Prakash Jolly (IND,UNR) bt (3/4) Ethan Haggo (NZL,167) 22-20 21-16
[QF] Prakash Jolly (IND,UNR) vs Shu Wada (JPN,233)
[QF] (2) Ajay Jayaram (IND,144) vs Delius Tang (NZL,UNR)
Neha scored good win over higher ranked Japanese player ... Other hand Prakash also scored good win over higher seed opponent.
Chess News
At the Women's World Championship 2008, Nalchik, Russia
Semi-Finals -
Humpy Koneru (IND,2622) l Yifan Hou (CHN,2557) 2-4
In first game Yifan Hou won in 39 moves playing with whites ... But in second game tie-break Humpy again showed her resistance to beat Hou ... But 14 yrs old Hou Yifan won both Blitz games to gave heart-breaking loss to Humpy.
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At €400K Grand Slam Chess Final Masters, Bilbao, Spain
(Category XXII tournament)
Ninth Round -
Vassily Ivanchuk - Levon Aronian ½-½
Teimour Radjabov - Magnus Carlsen ½-½
Viswanathan Anand - Veselin Topalov ½-½
Another disappointing result for Anand ... Topalov managed draw with blacks with Anand.
At the Women's World Championship 2008, Nalchik, Russia
Semi-Finals -
Humpy Koneru (IND,2622) l Yifan Hou (CHN,2557) 2-4
In first game Yifan Hou won in 39 moves playing with whites ... But in second game tie-break Humpy again showed her resistance to beat Hou ... But 14 yrs old Hou Yifan won both Blitz games to gave heart-breaking loss to Humpy.
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At €400K Grand Slam Chess Final Masters, Bilbao, Spain
(Category XXII tournament)
Ninth Round -
Vassily Ivanchuk - Levon Aronian ½-½
Teimour Radjabov - Magnus Carlsen ½-½
Viswanathan Anand - Veselin Topalov ½-½
Another disappointing result for Anand ... Topalov managed draw with blacks with Anand.
Tennis News
At $15K India F7, New Delhi
Singles Semi Finals -
(1) Peter GOJOWCZYK (GER,346) bt (6) Hsin-Han LEE (TPE,727) 62 61
(7) Aqeel KHAN (PAK,741) bt Prajnesh GUNNESWARAN (IND,1295) 63 62
Doubles Final -
(1) Ashutosh SINGH (IND)/ Sunil-Kumar SIPAEYA (IND) bt Divij SHARAN (IND)/ Vishnu VARDHAN (IND) 62 62
Prajnesh terrific run ended by Aqeel but still creditable performance by Prajnesh to reached semis ... In doubles final this time Ashutosh and Sunil managed to turn table on Divij and Vishnu with very easy victory.
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At $50K Tulsa Challenger, Oklahoma, USA
[QF] (1) RAM Rajeev (USA)/ REYNOLDS Bobby (USA) bt BRUGUES-DAVI Arnau (ESP)/ STEPHENS Philip (GBR) 62 62
[QF] (4) AMRITRAJ Stephen (IND)/ SIRIANNI Joseph (AUS) bt (WC) GRAY Will (USA)/ ROWE Ryan (USA) 76(5) 46 12(10)
[SF] (1) RAM Rajeev (USA)/ REYNOLDS Bobby (USA) vs MONROE Nicholas (USA)/ WARBURG Sam (USA)
[SF] (4) AMRITRAJ Stephen (IND)/ SIRIANNI Joseph (AUS) vs (2) FISHER Ashley (AUS)/ HUSS Stephen (AUS)
Stephen and his Australian partner pulled very close match to move into semis ... Rajeev and Bobby had easy passage in semis.
At $15K India F7, New Delhi
Singles Semi Finals -
(1) Peter GOJOWCZYK (GER,346) bt (6) Hsin-Han LEE (TPE,727) 62 61
(7) Aqeel KHAN (PAK,741) bt Prajnesh GUNNESWARAN (IND,1295) 63 62
Doubles Final -
(1) Ashutosh SINGH (IND)/ Sunil-Kumar SIPAEYA (IND) bt Divij SHARAN (IND)/ Vishnu VARDHAN (IND) 62 62
Prajnesh terrific run ended by Aqeel but still creditable performance by Prajnesh to reached semis ... In doubles final this time Ashutosh and Sunil managed to turn table on Divij and Vishnu with very easy victory.
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At $50K Tulsa Challenger, Oklahoma, USA
[QF] (1) RAM Rajeev (USA)/ REYNOLDS Bobby (USA) bt BRUGUES-DAVI Arnau (ESP)/ STEPHENS Philip (GBR) 62 62
[QF] (4) AMRITRAJ Stephen (IND)/ SIRIANNI Joseph (AUS) bt (WC) GRAY Will (USA)/ ROWE Ryan (USA) 76(5) 46 12(10)
[SF] (1) RAM Rajeev (USA)/ REYNOLDS Bobby (USA) vs MONROE Nicholas (USA)/ WARBURG Sam (USA)
[SF] (4) AMRITRAJ Stephen (IND)/ SIRIANNI Joseph (AUS) vs (2) FISHER Ashley (AUS)/ HUSS Stephen (AUS)
Stephen and his Australian partner pulled very close match to move into semis ... Rajeev and Bobby had easy passage in semis.
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Chess News
At the Women's World Championship 2008, Nalchik, Russia
Semi-Finals -
Humpy Koneru (IND,2622) - Yifan Hou (CHN,2557) 1-0 (1-1)
Pia Cramling (SWE,2544) - Alexsandra Kosteniuk (RUS,2510) ½-½ (½-1½)
Today Humpy played with vengeance and defeated Yifan Hou ... Excellent performnace by Humpy under pressure ... Now definitely advantage Humpy in tie-break ... Russian Alexsandra Kosteniuk reached final drawing second game.
Tennis News
At $15K India F7, New Delhi
Singles Quarter Finals -
(1) Peter GOJOWCZYK (GER,346) bt Rupesh ROY (IND,1102) 62 62
(6) Hsin-Han LEE (TPE,727) bt (4) Sunil-Kumar SIPAEYA (IND,502) 61 62
(7) Aqeel KHAN (PAK,741) bt (WC) Vignesh PERANAMALLUR-CHANDRASEKHAR (IND,1813) 67(8) 64 75
Prajnesh GUNNESWARAN (IND,1295) bt (2) Yuichi SUGITA (JPN,467) 76(4) 64
Doubles Semi Finals -
(1) Ashutosh SINGH (IND)/ Sunil-Kumar SIPAEYA (IND) bt (3) Peter GOJOWCZYK (GER)/ Yuichi SUGITA (JPN) 75 63
Divij SHARAN (IND)/ Vishnu VARDHAN (IND) bt (WC) Mithun MURALI (IND)/ Yannick NELORD (IND) 46 62 10(5)
Shockingly one-sided lost for Sunil, agree he wasn't in good form but still very disturbing score.
Prajnesh keep impressing with his performance from his Spain stint ... Today he scored his best win from his small career.
At $15K India F7, New Delhi
Singles Quarter Finals -
(1) Peter GOJOWCZYK (GER,346) bt Rupesh ROY (IND,1102) 62 62
(6) Hsin-Han LEE (TPE,727) bt (4) Sunil-Kumar SIPAEYA (IND,502) 61 62
(7) Aqeel KHAN (PAK,741) bt (WC) Vignesh PERANAMALLUR-CHANDRASEKHAR (IND,1813) 67(8) 64 75
Prajnesh GUNNESWARAN (IND,1295) bt (2) Yuichi SUGITA (JPN,467) 76(4) 64
Doubles Semi Finals -
(1) Ashutosh SINGH (IND)/ Sunil-Kumar SIPAEYA (IND) bt (3) Peter GOJOWCZYK (GER)/ Yuichi SUGITA (JPN) 75 63
Divij SHARAN (IND)/ Vishnu VARDHAN (IND) bt (WC) Mithun MURALI (IND)/ Yannick NELORD (IND) 46 62 10(5)
Shockingly one-sided lost for Sunil, agree he wasn't in good form but still very disturbing score.
Prajnesh keep impressing with his performance from his Spain stint ... Today he scored his best win from his small career.
Badminton News
At $170K Yonex Chinese Taipei Grand Prix Gold 2008
[R1] P Kashyap (IND,66) Bye
[R2] P Kashyap (IND,66) bt (2) Sairul Amar Ayob (MAS,20) 18-21 23-21 21-14
[R1] (2) Saina Nehwal (IND,14) bt Mingtian Fu (SIN,70) 21-19 21-19
[R3] P Kashyap (IND,66) vs Tommy Sugiarto (INA,58)
[R2] (2) Saina Nehwal (IND,14) bt Kwan Yi Mong (HKG,99) 21-8, 21-12
[QF] (2) Saina Nehwal (IND,14) VS Porntip Buranaprasertsuk (THA,43)
Saina and P Kashyap r playing at Chinese Taipei Grand Prix Gold ... Saina is showing newly gained confidence in her game ... She is in quarters and in chance of another match with Indonesian Yulianti ...Yesterday Kashyap scored biggest victory of his small career defeating top-20 Malaysian player, Sairul Amar Ayob ... After losing first game Kashyap played superb match to won next game with little margin and then easily over-powered his opponent in the next.
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At $5K Waikato International 2008, Hamilton, New Zealand
Womens Singles -
[R1] Ruth Misha (IND,UNR) bt Anna Rankin (NZL,363) 21-18 21-5
[R1] Neha Pandit (IND,148) bt Melissa Yin (NZL,UNR) 21-4 21-6
[R2] Ruth Misha (IND,UNR) vs (2) Rachel Hindley (NZL,96)
[R2] Neha Pandit (IND,148) vs (3/4) Yu Wakita (JPN,117)
Mens Singles -
[R1] (2) Ajay Jayaram (IND,144) Bye
[R1] Prakash Jolly (IND,UNR) bt Praveen Tayalan (NZL,) 21-15 21-8
[R1] (5/8) Ankush Jadhav (IND,222) Bye
[R2] (2) Ajay Jayaram (IND,144) bt Jeremy Liu (NZL,) 21-6 21-8
[R2] (5/8) Ankush Jadhav (IND,222) bt Evan Lee (NZL,) 21-14 23-21
[R2] Prakash Jolly (IND,UNR) bt Simon Koo (NZL,) 22-20 21-16
[R3] (2) Ajay Jayaram (IND,144) vs Rei Sato (JPN,UNR)
[R3] (5/8) Ankush Jadhav (IND,222) vs Bjorn Seguin (NZL,317)
[R3] [R2] Prakash Jolly (IND,UNR) vs (3/4) Ethan Haggo (NZL,167)
Chess News
At the Women's World Championship 2008, Nalchik, Russia
Semi-Finals -
Yifan Hou (CHN,2557) - Humpy Koneru (IND,2622) 1-0
Alexsandra Kosteniuk (RUS,2510) - Pia Cramling (SWE,2544) 1-0
Yifan Hou continued her giant killing in this World Championship ... Yesterday she defeated Humpy, who played closed Ruy Lopez, in 55 moves playing with whites ... Now top-seed Humpy having big task to win next game playing with black to give her chance in tie-break.
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At €400K Grand Slam Chess Final Masters, Bilbao, Spain
(Category XXII tournament)
Eighth Round -
Vassily Ivanchuk - Teimour Radjabov 1-0
Viswanathan Anand - Levon Aronian 0-1
Veselin Topalov - Magnus Carlsen 1-0
Anand messed a perfectly good white game with a terrible blunder immediately after the first time control and lost after a 75-move struggle to survive ... Veselin Topalov defeated Magnus Carlsen's Sicilian Modern Dragon in 48 moves ... Vassily Ivanchuk pulled of win against Teimour Radjabov after a terrible time scramble.
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Billiards News
At 2008 IBSF World Billiards Championship, Banglore, India (Time Format)
Final -
Pankaj Advani (IND) bt Devendra Joshi (IND) 2368 - 2020
Session 1 - Pankaj 1274 and Devendra 154
Session 2 - Pankaj 538 and Devendra 879
Session 3 - Pankaj 556 and Devendra 987
Breaks
Pankaj - 219, 327, 219, 219, 289, 153, 100
Devendra - 338, 364, 557, 208, 103
After first session Devendra was down by more than 1000 pts but then in next 2 sessions he fought hard ... But his first session poor performance costed him the World title ... So with that Pankaj retained World Billiards (time format) title third time in a row.
Highest breaks in this World Championship scored by Geet Sethi in group stage, 885 & 750 in first 2 matches.
Tennis News
At $225K Commonwealth Bank Tennis Classic, Bali, Indonesia
Shikha Uberoi (IND)/ Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN) l Nadia Petrova (RUS)/ Marta Domachowska (POL) 63 16 (4)10
After winning first set Shikha and her Canadian partner could,'t manage to take advantage.
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At $50K Tulsa Challenger, Oklahoma, USA
[R1] RAM Rajeev (USA,181) l RUSSELL Michael (USA,301) 62 57 36
Doubles -
[R1] (4) AMRITRAJ Stephen (IND)/ SIRIANNI Joseph (AUS) bt BAKER Jamie (GBR)/ MARRAY Jonathan (GBR) 75 67(4) 10(6)
At $15K India F7, New Delhi
Singles First Round -
(1) Peter GOJOWCZYK (GER,346) bt Rohan GAJJAR (IND,822) 46 75 62
Vishnu VARDHAN (IND,922) bt Shivang MISHRA (IND,1551) 61 61
(Q) Abhijeet TIWARI (IND,UNR) bt (Q) I-Ta CHEN (TPE,UNR) 62 60
Rupesh ROY (IND,1102) bt (8) Divij SHARAN (IND,804) 75 63
(4) Sunil-Kumar SIPAEYA (IND,502) bt (Q) Suresh KRISHNA (IND,UNR) 64 60
Tushar LIBERHAN (IND,1066) bt (Q) Prateek BHAMBRI (IND,UNR) 63 62
Yasir KHAN (PAK,1551) bt (WC) Navinder Pal SINGH (IND,UNR) 63 46 60
(6) Hsin-Han LEE (TPE,727) bt Vijayant MALIK (IND,1477) 76(5) 61
(7) Aqeel KHAN (PAK,741) bt (Q) Whit LIVINGSTON (USA,1717) 76(11) 61
(Q) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,UNR) bt (WC) Karunuday SINGH (IND,UNR) 63 64
(WC) Vignesh PERANAMALLUR-CHANDRASEKHAR (IND,1813) bt (Q) Mithun MURALI (IND,UNR) 63 62
Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,942) bt (3) Hyun-Woo NAM (KOR,499) 63 75
Prajnesh GUNNESWARAN (IND,1295) bt (5) Ashutosh SINGH (IND,648) 76(5) 46 76(7)
(WC) Ronak MANUJA (IND,UNR) bt Vaja UZAKOV (UZB,825) 76(6) 63
(Q) Nikunj SIWACH (IND,UNR) bt Yannick NELORD (IND,1627) 26 75 64
(2) Yuichi SUGITA (JPN,467) bt Rahil MAKHARIA (IND,1627) 61 62
Quarter Finals -
(1) Peter GOJOWCZYK (GER,346) bt Vishnu VARDHAN (IND,922) 64 64
Rupesh ROY (IND,1102) bt (Q) Abhijeet TIWARI (IND,UNR) 63 64
(4) Sunil-Kumar SIPAEYA (IND,502) bt Tushar LIBERHAN (IND,1066) 36 64 64
(6) Hsin-Han LEE (TPE,727) bt Yasir KHAN (PAK,1551) 62 63
(7) Aqeel KHAN (PAK,741) bt (Q) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,UNR) 62 64
(WC) Vignesh PERANAMALLUR-CHANDRASEKHAR (IND,1813) bt Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,942) 76(3) 46 3-2 Retd
Prajnesh GUNNESWARAN (IND,1295) bt (WC) Ronak MANUJA (IND,UNR) 64 62
(2) Yuichi SUGITA (JPN,467) bt (Q) Nikunj SIWACH (IND,UNR) 63 63
Doubles First Round -
(1) Ashutosh SINGH (IND)/ Sunil-Kumar SIPAEYA (IND) bt Anshuman DUTTA (IND)/ Yasir KHAN (PAK) 60 62
Rahil MAKHARIA (IND)/ Vaja UZAKOV (UZB) bt (WC) Prateek BHAMBRI (IND)/ Abhijeet TIWARI (IND) 64 46 10(8)
(3) Peter GOJOWCZYK (GER)/ Yuichi SUGITA (JPN) bt Vignesh PERANAMALLUR-CHANDRASEKHAR (IND)/ Ajai SELVARAJ (IND) 61 62
Vijayant MALIK (IND)/ Ronak MANUJA (IND) bt (WC) Ankit SACHDEVA (IND)/ Palash TIWARI (IND) 63 64
(WC) Mithun MURALI (IND)/ Yannick NELORD (IND) bt Prajnesh GUNNESWARAN (IND)/ Karunuday SINGH (IND) 64 26 13(11)
(4) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND)/ Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) bt Whit LIVINGSTON (USA)/ Shivang MISHRA (IND) 64 62
Divij SHARAN (IND)/ Vishnu VARDHAN (IND) bt Aqeel KHAN (PAK)/ Rupesh ROY (IND) 63 63
(2) Tushar LIBERHAN (IND)/ Rohan GAJJAR (IND) bt I-Ta CHEN (TPE)/ Hsin-Han LEE (TPE) 76(5) 75
Quarter Finals -
(1) Ashutosh SINGH (IND)/ Sunil-Kumar SIPAEYA (IND) bt Rahil MAKHARIA (IND)/ Vaja UZAKOV (UZB) 61 61
(3) Peter GOJOWCZYK (GER)/ Yuichi SUGITA (JPN) bt Vijayant MALIK (IND)/ Ronak MANUJA (IND) 61 63
(WC) Mithun MURALI (IND)/ Yannick NELORD (IND) bt (4) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND)/ Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) 64 63
Divij SHARAN (IND)/ Vishnu VARDHAN (IND) bt (2) Tushar LIBERHAN (IND)/ Rohan GAJJAR (IND) 75 62
Ranjeet scored solid upset win over Korean Hyun-Woo Nam, mostly Ranjeet's first win over top-500 player ... Prajnesh scored also best win of his career beating fellow seeded player, Ashutosh Singh in a very long match ... Exciting stuff from both.
Other hand Sunil winning matches but not convincing performance from him ... Rupesh also managed after long time back to back win after upset win over Divij.
In doubles Divij Sharan and Vishnu Vardhan having purple patch in these Indian futures.
At $225K Commonwealth Bank Tennis Classic, Bali, Indonesia
Shikha Uberoi (IND)/ Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN) l Nadia Petrova (RUS)/ Marta Domachowska (POL) 63 16 (4)10
After winning first set Shikha and her Canadian partner could,'t manage to take advantage.
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At $50K Tulsa Challenger, Oklahoma, USA
[R1] RAM Rajeev (USA,181) l RUSSELL Michael (USA,301) 62 57 36
Doubles -
[R1] (4) AMRITRAJ Stephen (IND)/ SIRIANNI Joseph (AUS) bt BAKER Jamie (GBR)/ MARRAY Jonathan (GBR) 75 67(4) 10(6)
[R1] (1) RAM Rajeev (USA)/ REYNOLDS Bobby (USA) bt FRANCIS Alberto (USA)/ KIM Kevin (USA) 62 62
[QF] (1) RAM Rajeev (USA)/ REYNOLDS Bobby (USA) vs BRUGUES-DAVI Arnau (ESP)/ STEPHENS Philip (GBR)
[QF] (4) AMRITRAJ Stephen (IND)/ SIRIANNI Joseph (AUS) vs (WC) GRAY Will (USA)/ ROWE Ryan (USA)Rajeev had winnable match but lost in 3 sets ... Stephen and Austalian scored very fighting win against experianced Britishers.
----------------------------------------------------------At $15K India F7, New Delhi
Singles First Round -
(1) Peter GOJOWCZYK (GER,346) bt Rohan GAJJAR (IND,822) 46 75 62
Vishnu VARDHAN (IND,922) bt Shivang MISHRA (IND,1551) 61 61
(Q) Abhijeet TIWARI (IND,UNR) bt (Q) I-Ta CHEN (TPE,UNR) 62 60
Rupesh ROY (IND,1102) bt (8) Divij SHARAN (IND,804) 75 63
(4) Sunil-Kumar SIPAEYA (IND,502) bt (Q) Suresh KRISHNA (IND,UNR) 64 60
Tushar LIBERHAN (IND,1066) bt (Q) Prateek BHAMBRI (IND,UNR) 63 62
Yasir KHAN (PAK,1551) bt (WC) Navinder Pal SINGH (IND,UNR) 63 46 60
(6) Hsin-Han LEE (TPE,727) bt Vijayant MALIK (IND,1477) 76(5) 61
(7) Aqeel KHAN (PAK,741) bt (Q) Whit LIVINGSTON (USA,1717) 76(11) 61
(Q) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,UNR) bt (WC) Karunuday SINGH (IND,UNR) 63 64
(WC) Vignesh PERANAMALLUR-CHANDRASEKHAR (IND,1813) bt (Q) Mithun MURALI (IND,UNR) 63 62
Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,942) bt (3) Hyun-Woo NAM (KOR,499) 63 75
Prajnesh GUNNESWARAN (IND,1295) bt (5) Ashutosh SINGH (IND,648) 76(5) 46 76(7)
(WC) Ronak MANUJA (IND,UNR) bt Vaja UZAKOV (UZB,825) 76(6) 63
(Q) Nikunj SIWACH (IND,UNR) bt Yannick NELORD (IND,1627) 26 75 64
(2) Yuichi SUGITA (JPN,467) bt Rahil MAKHARIA (IND,1627) 61 62
Quarter Finals -
(1) Peter GOJOWCZYK (GER,346) bt Vishnu VARDHAN (IND,922) 64 64
Rupesh ROY (IND,1102) bt (Q) Abhijeet TIWARI (IND,UNR) 63 64
(4) Sunil-Kumar SIPAEYA (IND,502) bt Tushar LIBERHAN (IND,1066) 36 64 64
(6) Hsin-Han LEE (TPE,727) bt Yasir KHAN (PAK,1551) 62 63
(7) Aqeel KHAN (PAK,741) bt (Q) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,UNR) 62 64
(WC) Vignesh PERANAMALLUR-CHANDRASEKHAR (IND,1813) bt Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,942) 76(3) 46 3-2 Retd
Prajnesh GUNNESWARAN (IND,1295) bt (WC) Ronak MANUJA (IND,UNR) 64 62
(2) Yuichi SUGITA (JPN,467) bt (Q) Nikunj SIWACH (IND,UNR) 63 63
Doubles First Round -
(1) Ashutosh SINGH (IND)/ Sunil-Kumar SIPAEYA (IND) bt Anshuman DUTTA (IND)/ Yasir KHAN (PAK) 60 62
Rahil MAKHARIA (IND)/ Vaja UZAKOV (UZB) bt (WC) Prateek BHAMBRI (IND)/ Abhijeet TIWARI (IND) 64 46 10(8)
(3) Peter GOJOWCZYK (GER)/ Yuichi SUGITA (JPN) bt Vignesh PERANAMALLUR-CHANDRASEKHAR (IND)/ Ajai SELVARAJ (IND) 61 62
Vijayant MALIK (IND)/ Ronak MANUJA (IND) bt (WC) Ankit SACHDEVA (IND)/ Palash TIWARI (IND) 63 64
(WC) Mithun MURALI (IND)/ Yannick NELORD (IND) bt Prajnesh GUNNESWARAN (IND)/ Karunuday SINGH (IND) 64 26 13(11)
(4) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND)/ Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) bt Whit LIVINGSTON (USA)/ Shivang MISHRA (IND) 64 62
Divij SHARAN (IND)/ Vishnu VARDHAN (IND) bt Aqeel KHAN (PAK)/ Rupesh ROY (IND) 63 63
(2) Tushar LIBERHAN (IND)/ Rohan GAJJAR (IND) bt I-Ta CHEN (TPE)/ Hsin-Han LEE (TPE) 76(5) 75
Quarter Finals -
(1) Ashutosh SINGH (IND)/ Sunil-Kumar SIPAEYA (IND) bt Rahil MAKHARIA (IND)/ Vaja UZAKOV (UZB) 61 61
(3) Peter GOJOWCZYK (GER)/ Yuichi SUGITA (JPN) bt Vijayant MALIK (IND)/ Ronak MANUJA (IND) 61 63
(WC) Mithun MURALI (IND)/ Yannick NELORD (IND) bt (4) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND)/ Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) 64 63
Divij SHARAN (IND)/ Vishnu VARDHAN (IND) bt (2) Tushar LIBERHAN (IND)/ Rohan GAJJAR (IND) 75 62
Ranjeet scored solid upset win over Korean Hyun-Woo Nam, mostly Ranjeet's first win over top-500 player ... Prajnesh scored also best win of his career beating fellow seeded player, Ashutosh Singh in a very long match ... Exciting stuff from both.
Other hand Sunil winning matches but not convincing performance from him ... Rupesh also managed after long time back to back win after upset win over Divij.
In doubles Divij Sharan and Vishnu Vardhan having purple patch in these Indian futures.
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