Badminton News
At $200K French Super Series 2009, Paris
[QF] (6) Diju Valiyaveetil (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) l (2) Nova Widianto (INA)/ Liliyana Natsir (INA) 21-6 20-22 10-21
[QF] (8) Saina Nehwal (IND,8) l (1) Lin Wang (CHN,3) 21-15 11-21 15-21
Saina started positively against Lin Wang taking 5-0 early lead and managed to kept 2/3 points lead through out game ... Saina won first game comfortably in just 15 mins.
But second game was different story as Lin take control from the start and Saina was trying to catch her ... Soon Lin take 10-2 lead and won second game in 14 mins.
Lin kept her momentum in third game and take early lead from 2-all ... At turn over Lin take control of the game with 11-6 lead ... Saina tried but Lin Wang was too strong showing why she was WR #1 and she finished match in her favor in 49 mins.
Diju and Jwala started strongly winning first game without losing much sweat ... They had chance in second game after leading 6-2 but Indonasian pair came back strongly to won this closely fought game ... In third game they didn't give any chance to Indian pair to win match in 42 mins.
Friday, October 30, 2009
Golf News
At €3.25M Volvo World Match Play 2009, Finca Cortesin
This week Jeev was playing a prestigious Volvo World Match play in a group of 16 golfers ... 16 golfers were divided into 4 groups ... Jeev was in group D and he needed to win his group to move to the semifinal.
GROUP D
SEED PLAYER WGR
2 Lee WESTWOOD 5
7 Camilo VILLEGAS 18
10 Ross FISHER 26
15 Jeev Milkha SINGH 54
In Match 1, Jeev defeated WR #5 Lee Westwood by 6 holes ... In this match he didn't lose single hole ... After this he needed only 1 win to qualify for semi-final but that didn't happen ... Jeev didn't found same form in remaining matches ... In Match 2, Camilo Villegas defeated Jeev by 3 holes and in Match 3, Ross Fisher defeated Jeev by 1 hole ... Unlucky Jeev if he managed to win 1 more hole then he would be in semis ... Ross Fisher qualify for semi-final from Group D with this win.
Still Jeev recieved big prize money finishing last in the group, €120,000.
At €3.25M Volvo World Match Play 2009, Finca Cortesin
This week Jeev was playing a prestigious Volvo World Match play in a group of 16 golfers ... 16 golfers were divided into 4 groups ... Jeev was in group D and he needed to win his group to move to the semifinal.
GROUP D
SEED PLAYER WGR
2 Lee WESTWOOD 5
7 Camilo VILLEGAS 18
10 Ross FISHER 26
15 Jeev Milkha SINGH 54
In Match 1, Jeev defeated WR #5 Lee Westwood by 6 holes ... In this match he didn't lose single hole ... After this he needed only 1 win to qualify for semi-final but that didn't happen ... Jeev didn't found same form in remaining matches ... In Match 2, Camilo Villegas defeated Jeev by 3 holes and in Match 3, Ross Fisher defeated Jeev by 1 hole ... Unlucky Jeev if he managed to win 1 more hole then he would be in semis ... Ross Fisher qualify for semi-final from Group D with this win.
Still Jeev recieved big prize money finishing last in the group, €120,000.
Tennis News
At $125K+H Seoul Challenger, Korea
[QF] (4) Somdev Devvarman (IND,121) l Dusan Lojda (CZE,283) 46 26
Lojda defeated Somi convincingly ... After winning first set he dominated match breaking Somi's serve twice ... I m disappointed with this result as Somi lost big opportunity to garnering ranking points which can helped him to achieve his aim of breaking inside top-100 before December ... More over he was highest seeded player remaining in top draw.
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At $10K Vietnam F1 Futures, Bin Duong
[SF] (8) Yannick NELORD (IND,942) l (3) Amir WEINTRAUB (ISR,705) 46 46
Though Yannick lost against Amir in straight sets still this was good tournament where he reached in semis.
At $125K+H Seoul Challenger, Korea
[QF] (4) Somdev Devvarman (IND,121) l Dusan Lojda (CZE,283) 46 26
Lojda defeated Somi convincingly ... After winning first set he dominated match breaking Somi's serve twice ... I m disappointed with this result as Somi lost big opportunity to garnering ranking points which can helped him to achieve his aim of breaking inside top-100 before December ... More over he was highest seeded player remaining in top draw.
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At $10K Vietnam F1 Futures, Bin Duong
[SF] (8) Yannick NELORD (IND,942) l (3) Amir WEINTRAUB (ISR,705) 46 46
Though Yannick lost against Amir in straight sets still this was good tournament where he reached in semis.
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Badminton News
At $200K French Super Series 2009, Paris
[R2] (8) Saina Nehwal (IND,9) bt Pui Yin Yip (HKG,15) 21-15 21-14
[R2] (6) Diju Valiyaveetil (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) bt Dean George (ENG)/ Samantha Ward (ENG) 19-21 21-10 21-16
[R2] Rupesh Kumar (IND)/ Sanave Thomas (IND) l (3) Mathias Boe (DEN)/ Carsten Mogensen (DEN) 21-15 13-21 12-21
[R2] Jwala Gutta (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) l (5) Jin Ma (CHN)/ Xiaoli Wang (CHN) 18-21 20-22
[QF] (8) Saina Nehwal (IND,9) vs (1) Lin Wang (CHN,1)
[QF] (6) Diju Valiyaveetil (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) vs (2) Nova Widianto (INA)/ Liliyana Natsir (INA)
Saina produced very comfortable straight games victory over Hong Kong's top-15 Pui Yin Yip ... She controlled this 31 mins match from the start .. In second game Yip was with her until 11-all but then Yip managed to won only 3 points ... So in quarters Saina will mostly face Chinese WR #1 Lin Wang.
Diju and Jwala produced solid performance to win second game after losing closely fought first game ... In third game Jwala and Diju take 12-10 lead but their British opponent's take lead winning next 4 points ... After 13-15 down Jwala and Diju take control and scored win in 46 mins ... From overall score it look our pair is struggling and playing well in patches ... Next they r facing #2 Indonesian pair.
Also in doubles our both pairs produced fighting performance against their seeded opponents.
At $200K French Super Series 2009, Paris
[R2] (8) Saina Nehwal (IND,9) bt Pui Yin Yip (HKG,15) 21-15 21-14
[R2] (6) Diju Valiyaveetil (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) bt Dean George (ENG)/ Samantha Ward (ENG) 19-21 21-10 21-16
[R2] Rupesh Kumar (IND)/ Sanave Thomas (IND) l (3) Mathias Boe (DEN)/ Carsten Mogensen (DEN) 21-15 13-21 12-21
[R2] Jwala Gutta (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) l (5) Jin Ma (CHN)/ Xiaoli Wang (CHN) 18-21 20-22
[QF] (8) Saina Nehwal (IND,9) vs (1) Lin Wang (CHN,1)
[QF] (6) Diju Valiyaveetil (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) vs (2) Nova Widianto (INA)/ Liliyana Natsir (INA)
Saina produced very comfortable straight games victory over Hong Kong's top-15 Pui Yin Yip ... She controlled this 31 mins match from the start .. In second game Yip was with her until 11-all but then Yip managed to won only 3 points ... So in quarters Saina will mostly face Chinese WR #1 Lin Wang.
Diju and Jwala produced solid performance to win second game after losing closely fought first game ... In third game Jwala and Diju take 12-10 lead but their British opponent's take lead winning next 4 points ... After 13-15 down Jwala and Diju take control and scored win in 46 mins ... From overall score it look our pair is struggling and playing well in patches ... Next they r facing #2 Indonesian pair.
Also in doubles our both pairs produced fighting performance against their seeded opponents.
Tennis News
At $10K Vietnam F1 Futures, Bin Duong
[QF] (8) Yannick NELORD (IND,942) bt Pongsiri NIROJ (THA,1670) 62 62
[SF] (8) Yannick NELORD (IND,942) vs (3) Amir WEINTRAUB (ISR,705)
Doubles
[SF] Karunuday SINGH (IND)/ Adam JAYA (MAS) l (4) Kirati SIRIBUTWONG (THA)/ Jose STATHAM (NZL) 06 67(4)
Yannick scored comfortable win over Malaysian ... In semis he is facing 3rd seed Israeli ... In doubles Karunuday and his partner produced good fight in second set after poor first set.
At $10K Vietnam F1 Futures, Bin Duong
[QF] (8) Yannick NELORD (IND,942) bt Pongsiri NIROJ (THA,1670) 62 62
[SF] (8) Yannick NELORD (IND,942) vs (3) Amir WEINTRAUB (ISR,705)
Doubles
[SF] Karunuday SINGH (IND)/ Adam JAYA (MAS) l (4) Kirati SIRIBUTWONG (THA)/ Jose STATHAM (NZL) 06 67(4)
Yannick scored comfortable win over Malaysian ... In semis he is facing 3rd seed Israeli ... In doubles Karunuday and his partner produced good fight in second set after poor first set.
Badminton News
At $200K French Super Series 2009, Paris
[R1] Rupesh Kumar (IND)/ Sanave Thomas (IND) bt (Q) Maxime Renault (FRA)/ Sylvain Ternon (FRA) 21-14 21-15
[R1] (6) Diju Valiyaveetil (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) bt Baptise Careme (FRA)/ Laura Choinet (FRA) 21-19 21-15
[R2] Rupesh Kumar (IND)/ Sanave Thomas (IND) vs (3) Mathias Boe (DEN)/ Carsten Mogensen (DEN)
[R2] Jwala Gutta (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) vs (5) Jin Ma (CHN)/ Xiaoli Wang (CHN)
[R2] (6) Diju Valiyaveetil (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) vs Dean George (ENG)/ Samantha Ward (ENG)
Winning start for our pairs in mens doubles and mixed doubles.
At $200K French Super Series 2009, Paris
[R1] Rupesh Kumar (IND)/ Sanave Thomas (IND) bt (Q) Maxime Renault (FRA)/ Sylvain Ternon (FRA) 21-14 21-15
[R1] (6) Diju Valiyaveetil (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) bt Baptise Careme (FRA)/ Laura Choinet (FRA) 21-19 21-15
[R2] Rupesh Kumar (IND)/ Sanave Thomas (IND) vs (3) Mathias Boe (DEN)/ Carsten Mogensen (DEN)
[R2] Jwala Gutta (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) vs (5) Jin Ma (CHN)/ Xiaoli Wang (CHN)
[R2] (6) Diju Valiyaveetil (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) vs Dean George (ENG)/ Samantha Ward (ENG)
Winning start for our pairs in mens doubles and mixed doubles.
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Badminton News
At $200K French Super Series 2009, Paris
[R1] (Q) Anup Sridhar (IND,38) l (1) Dan Lin (CHN,2) 13-21 9-21
[R1] Chetan Anand (IND,17) l (6) Joachim Persson (DEN,11) 21-15 20-22 16-21
[R1] Arvind Bhat (IND,24) l Dicky Palyama (NED,19) 14-21 19-21
[R1] (8) Saina Nehwal (IND,9) bt Juliane Schenk (GER,11) 21-18 19-21 21-13
[R1] Aditi Mutatkar (IND,55) l Anu Nieminen (FIN,49) 19-21 21-23
[R1] Akshay Dewalkar (IND)/ Jishnu Sanyal (IND) l Chris Langridge (ENG)/ Robin Middleton (ENG) 21-18 8-21 14-21
[R1] Rupesh Kumar (IND)/ Sanave Thomas (IND) vs Qualifier
[R1] Jwala Gutta (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) bt Line Damkjaer Kruse (DEN)/ Mie Schjott-Kristensen (DEN) 21-17 21-18
[R1] (6) Diju Valiyaveetil (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) vs Baptise Careme (FRA)/ Laura Choinet (FRA)
[R2] (8) Saina Nehwal (IND,9) vs Pui Yin Yip (HKG,15)
Saina was behind in the first game but she caught her German opponent from 11-17 down to leading 20-17 winning 9 points on trot ... Exactly opposite happened in second game as Saina take early lead ... But Juliane caught with her at 13-all ... Then Saina take next 2 points to lead 15-13 but again Juliane won next 5 points to lead 15-18 ... Again Saina won next 4 points to lead 19-18, this time also Juliane came back strongly winning next 3 points to captured second game ... In third game after 2-all Saina take control of the match and kept atleast 3 points lead to won this game easily at 21-13 ... Saina needed 53 minutes to win this match.
This week Saina having tough draw as in second round she is playing another top-15 Hong Long player and can face WR #1 Lin Wang in quarter.
After winning first game easily controlling from the start Chetan saved 2 game points in second game but Joachim take it on extra point ... In third game Joachim take control from 2-all and then didn't lose control over the match to won it in 45 mins ... Interestingly last week Guru defeated same Joachim Persson.
Anup lost in 27 mins against Chinese Dan Lin in one-sided match ... In first game he managed to win points in double figure but in second game Lin didn't give him that pleasure.
In first game Arvind take early 6-4 lead but Dicky won next 6 points to take control of the game ... Then he kept pressure on Arvind to won first game easily ... In second game also Dicky take initiative from 3-all ... But from 6-9 down Arvind won next 6 points to take lead but again Dicky caught him at 13-all ... From 15-all Dicky won next 4 points and converted 4th match point to won it in 34 mins.
Also good straight games win by Jwala and Ashwini against Danish pair.
At $200K French Super Series 2009, Paris
[R1] (Q) Anup Sridhar (IND,38) l (1) Dan Lin (CHN,2) 13-21 9-21
[R1] Chetan Anand (IND,17) l (6) Joachim Persson (DEN,11) 21-15 20-22 16-21
[R1] Arvind Bhat (IND,24) l Dicky Palyama (NED,19) 14-21 19-21
[R1] (8) Saina Nehwal (IND,9) bt Juliane Schenk (GER,11) 21-18 19-21 21-13
[R1] Aditi Mutatkar (IND,55) l Anu Nieminen (FIN,49) 19-21 21-23
[R1] Akshay Dewalkar (IND)/ Jishnu Sanyal (IND) l Chris Langridge (ENG)/ Robin Middleton (ENG) 21-18 8-21 14-21
[R1] Rupesh Kumar (IND)/ Sanave Thomas (IND) vs Qualifier
[R1] Jwala Gutta (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) bt Line Damkjaer Kruse (DEN)/ Mie Schjott-Kristensen (DEN) 21-17 21-18
[R1] (6) Diju Valiyaveetil (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) vs Baptise Careme (FRA)/ Laura Choinet (FRA)
[R2] (8) Saina Nehwal (IND,9) vs Pui Yin Yip (HKG,15)
Saina was behind in the first game but she caught her German opponent from 11-17 down to leading 20-17 winning 9 points on trot ... Exactly opposite happened in second game as Saina take early lead ... But Juliane caught with her at 13-all ... Then Saina take next 2 points to lead 15-13 but again Juliane won next 5 points to lead 15-18 ... Again Saina won next 4 points to lead 19-18, this time also Juliane came back strongly winning next 3 points to captured second game ... In third game after 2-all Saina take control of the match and kept atleast 3 points lead to won this game easily at 21-13 ... Saina needed 53 minutes to win this match.
This week Saina having tough draw as in second round she is playing another top-15 Hong Long player and can face WR #1 Lin Wang in quarter.
After winning first game easily controlling from the start Chetan saved 2 game points in second game but Joachim take it on extra point ... In third game Joachim take control from 2-all and then didn't lose control over the match to won it in 45 mins ... Interestingly last week Guru defeated same Joachim Persson.
Anup lost in 27 mins against Chinese Dan Lin in one-sided match ... In first game he managed to win points in double figure but in second game Lin didn't give him that pleasure.
In first game Arvind take early 6-4 lead but Dicky won next 6 points to take control of the game ... Then he kept pressure on Arvind to won first game easily ... In second game also Dicky take initiative from 3-all ... But from 6-9 down Arvind won next 6 points to take lead but again Dicky caught him at 13-all ... From 15-all Dicky won next 4 points and converted 4th match point to won it in 34 mins.
Also good straight games win by Jwala and Ashwini against Danish pair.
Tennis News
At $663,750K St. Petersburg Open, Russia
[R1] (3) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Travis Parrott l Colin Fleming (GBR)/ Ken Skupski (GBR) 67(5) 63 (7)10
Surprising loss against British pair.
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At $125K+H Seoul Challenger, Korea
[R2] (4) Somdev Devvarman (IND,121) bt Pavol Cervanak (SVK,261) 36 63 64
[R2] Prakash Amritraj (IND,232) l (2) Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE,118) 16 36
[QF] (4) Somdev Devvarman (IND,121) vs Dusan Lojda (CZE,283)
Doubles
[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Marinko Matosevic (AUS) l (1) Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA)/ Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA) 46 46
[R1] Purav Raja (IND)/ Sadik Kadir (AUS) l Hiroki Kondo (JPN)/ Go Soeda (JPN) 57 62 (8)10
Good comeback win by Somi but surprised to see he lost first set against Cervanak ... From scoreline it looks match was close as in last 2 sets also Somi won with a single break in each set ... Next Somi is facing Czech Dusan Lojda ... Today Dusan defeated Danai Udomchoke and this was his second upset win in this challenger so he looks in good nick.
Prakash couldn't produce much fight against Lu ... In whole match he was struggling with holding his serve.
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At $10K Vietnam F1 Futures, Bin Duong
[R2] (8) Yannick NELORD (IND,942) bt Karunuday SINGH (IND,1061) 62 16 64
[QF] (8) Yannick NELORD (IND,942) vs Pongsiri NIROJ (THA,1670)
Doubles
[QF] Karunuday SINGH (IND)/ Adam JAYA (MAS) bt Thanh-Trung HOANG (VIE)/ Askold KUZNETSOV (UKR) 63 62
[SF] Karunuday SINGH (IND)/ Adam JAYA (MAS) vs (4) Kirati SIRIBUTWONG (THA)/ Jose STATHAM (NZL)
Karunuday stretched his senior partner to 3 sets and in doubles he is in semis with his Malaysian partner.
At $663,750K St. Petersburg Open, Russia
[R1] (3) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Travis Parrott l Colin Fleming (GBR)/ Ken Skupski (GBR) 67(5) 63 (7)10
Surprising loss against British pair.
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At $125K+H Seoul Challenger, Korea
[R2] (4) Somdev Devvarman (IND,121) bt Pavol Cervanak (SVK,261) 36 63 64
[R2] Prakash Amritraj (IND,232) l (2) Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE,118) 16 36
[QF] (4) Somdev Devvarman (IND,121) vs Dusan Lojda (CZE,283)
Doubles
[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Marinko Matosevic (AUS) l (1) Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA)/ Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA) 46 46
[R1] Purav Raja (IND)/ Sadik Kadir (AUS) l Hiroki Kondo (JPN)/ Go Soeda (JPN) 57 62 (8)10
Good comeback win by Somi but surprised to see he lost first set against Cervanak ... From scoreline it looks match was close as in last 2 sets also Somi won with a single break in each set ... Next Somi is facing Czech Dusan Lojda ... Today Dusan defeated Danai Udomchoke and this was his second upset win in this challenger so he looks in good nick.
Prakash couldn't produce much fight against Lu ... In whole match he was struggling with holding his serve.
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At $10K Vietnam F1 Futures, Bin Duong
[R2] (8) Yannick NELORD (IND,942) bt Karunuday SINGH (IND,1061) 62 16 64
[QF] (8) Yannick NELORD (IND,942) vs Pongsiri NIROJ (THA,1670)
Doubles
[QF] Karunuday SINGH (IND)/ Adam JAYA (MAS) bt Thanh-Trung HOANG (VIE)/ Askold KUZNETSOV (UKR) 63 62
[SF] Karunuday SINGH (IND)/ Adam JAYA (MAS) vs (4) Kirati SIRIBUTWONG (THA)/ Jose STATHAM (NZL)
Karunuday stretched his senior partner to 3 sets and in doubles he is in semis with his Malaysian partner.
Football News
At I League 2009-10, India - Round V
Viva Kerala bt Sporting Clube de Goa 4-2
Goal Scored - Reuben Senyo (VK) 17' & 90+', Sirajudeen (VK) 31', Anish (VK) 63', and Bibiano Fernandes (SCG) 4', Michael Tayo (SCG) 86'
Viva scored their first league victory.
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Shillong Lajong FC l Mohan Bagan 1-2
Goal Scored - Aibor Khongee (SL) 52' P and Chidi Edeh (MB) 62', Marcos Pereira (MB) 65
Marcos Pereira scored excellent goal converting free kick from 30 yards to helped Bagan for away victory.
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East Bengal dw Salgaocar SC 1-1
Goal Scored - Abel Hammond (EB) 12' and Eneke Ikenwa (SSC) 89'
Salgaocar scored equalizer in dying minutes to hold East Bengal.
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Churchill Brothers dw Pune FC dw 1-1
Goal Scored - Odafe Onkeya Okolie (CB) 44' P and Edmar Figueira (PFC 76'
Pune FC managed to hold defending champion Churchill Brothers in away match.
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Mumbai FC dw Air India 2-2
Goal Scored - N.D. Opara (AI) 37' & 83' and Dane Lloyd Pereira (MFC) 70', Noel Anthony Wilson (MFC) 90' P
Mumbai FC was lucky to escape with draw ... In final minute Air India's Harpreet Singh hand-ball inside box and Mumbai FC capitalized on that mistake to score equalizer through penalty.
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JCT Phagwara l Dempo SC 1-2
Goal Scored - Baljit Singh Sahni (JCT) 72' and Joaquim Abranches (DSC) 42', Sunil Chettri (DSC) 70' P
With this away win Dempo take lead in standing.
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Mahindra United dw Chirag United SC 2-2
Goal Scored - Mohammmad Rafi (MU) 35' & 59' and Josimar Dasilwa Martins (CU) 56', Malswamtulunga (CU) 78'
Chirag United came from behind to share point in away match.
At I League 2009-10, India - Round V
Viva Kerala bt Sporting Clube de Goa 4-2
Goal Scored - Reuben Senyo (VK) 17' & 90+', Sirajudeen (VK) 31', Anish (VK) 63', and Bibiano Fernandes (SCG) 4', Michael Tayo (SCG) 86'
Viva scored their first league victory.
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Shillong Lajong FC l Mohan Bagan 1-2
Goal Scored - Aibor Khongee (SL) 52' P and Chidi Edeh (MB) 62', Marcos Pereira (MB) 65
Marcos Pereira scored excellent goal converting free kick from 30 yards to helped Bagan for away victory.
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East Bengal dw Salgaocar SC 1-1
Goal Scored - Abel Hammond (EB) 12' and Eneke Ikenwa (SSC) 89'
Salgaocar scored equalizer in dying minutes to hold East Bengal.
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Churchill Brothers dw Pune FC dw 1-1
Goal Scored - Odafe Onkeya Okolie (CB) 44' P and Edmar Figueira (PFC 76'
Pune FC managed to hold defending champion Churchill Brothers in away match.
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Mumbai FC dw Air India 2-2
Goal Scored - N.D. Opara (AI) 37' & 83' and Dane Lloyd Pereira (MFC) 70', Noel Anthony Wilson (MFC) 90' P
Mumbai FC was lucky to escape with draw ... In final minute Air India's Harpreet Singh hand-ball inside box and Mumbai FC capitalized on that mistake to score equalizer through penalty.
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JCT Phagwara l Dempo SC 1-2
Goal Scored - Baljit Singh Sahni (JCT) 72' and Joaquim Abranches (DSC) 42', Sunil Chettri (DSC) 70' P
With this away win Dempo take lead in standing.
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Mahindra United dw Chirag United SC 2-2
Goal Scored - Mohammmad Rafi (MU) 35' & 59' and Josimar Dasilwa Martins (CU) 56', Malswamtulunga (CU) 78'
Chirag United came from behind to share point in away match.
Football News
AIFF announced 2 list of players to attend the National Football camp in Goa commencing on 15th Nov.
This list is in preparation for World cup qualifiers and AFC Asian cup.
Goal Keepers
Subrata Pal (Pune FC), Subhashish Roy Choudhary (Mahindra United)
Defenders
Surukumar Singh (Mohun Bagan), Gourmangi Singh (Churchill Brothers), Anwar (Dempo SC), Mahesh Gawli (Dempo SC), Deepak Mondal (Mohun Bagan), Rakesh Masih (Mohun Bagan), N. S.Manju (Mohun Bagan), Samir Naik (Dempo SC)
Midfielders
Steven Dias (Mahindra United), Climax Lawrence (Dempo SC), N. P.Pradeep (Mahindra United), Anthony Periira (Dempo SC), Rennedy Singh (East Bengal), Mehrajuddin Wadoo (East Bengal), Syed Nabi Rahim (East Bengal), Clifford Mirinda (Dempo SC)
Forwards
Baichung Bhutia (East Bengal), Sunil Chhetri (Dempo SC), Abhishek Yadav (Mumbai FC), Mohd. Rafi (Mahindra United)
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And this is in preparation for SAFF Cup and AFC Challenge Cup 2010 and Asian Games.
Goalkeepers
Arindam Bhattacharya (Churchill Brothers), Laxmikant Kattimani (Dempo SC), Gurpreet Singh (Haryana)
Defenders
Denzil Franco (Mahindra United), Govin Singh (East Bengal), Nirmal Chetri (East Bengal), N Mohan Raj (Mohun Bagan), Noaba Singh (Churchill Brothers), Rowlison Rodrigues (Churchill Brothers), Raju Eknath Gaikwad (TFA), Robert Lalthlamuana (Churchill Brothers), Survinder Singh (Air India)
Midfielders
Jagpreet Singh (JCT), Baldip Singh (JCT), Baljit (JCT), Balwant Singh (JCT), Jibbon Singh (TFA), Jewel Raja (Dempo SC), Joaquim Abranches (Dempo SC)
Forwards
C. S. Sabeeth (Viva Kerala), Sushil Kumar Singh (Mahindra United), Jagtar Singh (TFA), Subhash Singh (East Bengal), Jeje Lalpeklua (Pune FC)
AIFF announced 2 list of players to attend the National Football camp in Goa commencing on 15th Nov.
This list is in preparation for World cup qualifiers and AFC Asian cup.
Goal Keepers
Subrata Pal (Pune FC), Subhashish Roy Choudhary (Mahindra United)
Defenders
Surukumar Singh (Mohun Bagan), Gourmangi Singh (Churchill Brothers), Anwar (Dempo SC), Mahesh Gawli (Dempo SC), Deepak Mondal (Mohun Bagan), Rakesh Masih (Mohun Bagan), N. S.Manju (Mohun Bagan), Samir Naik (Dempo SC)
Midfielders
Steven Dias (Mahindra United), Climax Lawrence (Dempo SC), N. P.Pradeep (Mahindra United), Anthony Periira (Dempo SC), Rennedy Singh (East Bengal), Mehrajuddin Wadoo (East Bengal), Syed Nabi Rahim (East Bengal), Clifford Mirinda (Dempo SC)
Forwards
Baichung Bhutia (East Bengal), Sunil Chhetri (Dempo SC), Abhishek Yadav (Mumbai FC), Mohd. Rafi (Mahindra United)
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And this is in preparation for SAFF Cup and AFC Challenge Cup 2010 and Asian Games.
Goalkeepers
Arindam Bhattacharya (Churchill Brothers), Laxmikant Kattimani (Dempo SC), Gurpreet Singh (Haryana)
Defenders
Denzil Franco (Mahindra United), Govin Singh (East Bengal), Nirmal Chetri (East Bengal), N Mohan Raj (Mohun Bagan), Noaba Singh (Churchill Brothers), Rowlison Rodrigues (Churchill Brothers), Raju Eknath Gaikwad (TFA), Robert Lalthlamuana (Churchill Brothers), Survinder Singh (Air India)
Midfielders
Jagpreet Singh (JCT), Baldip Singh (JCT), Baljit (JCT), Balwant Singh (JCT), Jibbon Singh (TFA), Jewel Raja (Dempo SC), Joaquim Abranches (Dempo SC)
Forwards
C. S. Sabeeth (Viva Kerala), Sushil Kumar Singh (Mahindra United), Jagtar Singh (TFA), Subhash Singh (East Bengal), Jeje Lalpeklua (Pune FC)
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Tennis News
At $125K+H Seoul Challenger, Korea
[R1] (4) Somdev Devvarman (IND,121) bt Rik De Voest (RSA,209) 62 2-0 Retd
[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND,232) bt Kyu Tae Im (KOR,161) 63 61
[R2] (4) Somdev Devvarman (IND,121) vs Pavol Cervanak (SVK,261)
[R2] Prakash Amritraj (IND,232) vs (2) Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE,118)
Prakash scored upset win over local player Im very comfortably to moved into second round ... But in second round he has tough challenge of Taiwani Yen-Hsun Lu.
Somi had tricky match against his hitting partner, as both share same coach, Rik De Voest ... He won first set breaking Rik's serve twice and in second set was up with a break ... At that time Rik decided to retire from the match due to injury ... Next Buji is playing against Slovakian Pavol Cervanak, on paper winnable match.
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At $10K Vietnam F1 Futures, Bin Duong
[R1] (8) Yannick NELORD (IND,942) bt Hyung-Chan LIM (KOR,1684) 76(2) 2-1 Retd
[R1] Karunuday SINGH (IND,1061) bt Quang-Huy NGO (VIE,UNR) 64 63
[R2] (8) Yannick NELORD (IND,942) vs Karunuday SINGH (IND,1061)
Doubles
[QF] Karunuday SINGH (IND)/ Adam JAYA (MAS) vs Thanh-Trung HOANG (VIE)/ Askold KUZNETSOV (UKR)
Winning start for Yannick and Karunuday, next they r facing eachother.
At $125K+H Seoul Challenger, Korea
[R1] (4) Somdev Devvarman (IND,121) bt Rik De Voest (RSA,209) 62 2-0 Retd
[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND,232) bt Kyu Tae Im (KOR,161) 63 61
[R2] (4) Somdev Devvarman (IND,121) vs Pavol Cervanak (SVK,261)
[R2] Prakash Amritraj (IND,232) vs (2) Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE,118)
Prakash scored upset win over local player Im very comfortably to moved into second round ... But in second round he has tough challenge of Taiwani Yen-Hsun Lu.
Somi had tricky match against his hitting partner, as both share same coach, Rik De Voest ... He won first set breaking Rik's serve twice and in second set was up with a break ... At that time Rik decided to retire from the match due to injury ... Next Buji is playing against Slovakian Pavol Cervanak, on paper winnable match.
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At $10K Vietnam F1 Futures, Bin Duong
[R1] (8) Yannick NELORD (IND,942) bt Hyung-Chan LIM (KOR,1684) 76(2) 2-1 Retd
[R1] Karunuday SINGH (IND,1061) bt Quang-Huy NGO (VIE,UNR) 64 63
[R2] (8) Yannick NELORD (IND,942) vs Karunuday SINGH (IND,1061)
Doubles
[QF] Karunuday SINGH (IND)/ Adam JAYA (MAS) vs Thanh-Trung HOANG (VIE)/ Askold KUZNETSOV (UKR)
Winning start for Yannick and Karunuday, next they r facing eachother.
Badminton News
At $200K French Super Series 2009, Paris
[Q1] (2) Anup Sridhar (IND,38) bt Tomas Kopriva (CZE,206) 1-1 Retd
[Q1] Ajay Jayaram (IND,105) bt (4) Mathieu Lo Ying Ping (FRA,40) 21-7 21-15
[Q2] (2) Anup Sridhar (IND,38) bt Henri Hurskainen (SWE,61) 21-19 15-11 Retd
[Q2] Ajay Jayaram (IND,105) l Christian Lind-Thomsen (DEN,53) 24-26 14-21
[R1] Chetan Anand (IND,17) vs (6) Joachim Persson (DEN,11)
[R1] Arvind Bhat (IND,24) vs Dicky Palyama (NED,19)
[R1] (8) Saina Nehwal (IND,9) vs Juliane Schenk (GER,11)
[R1] Aditi Mutatkar (IND,55) vs Anu Nieminen (FIN,49)
[R1] Akshay Dewalkar (IND)/ Jishnu Sanyal (IND) vs Chris Langridge (ENG)/ Robin Middleton (ENG)
[R1] Rupesh Kumar (IND)/ Sanave Thomas (IND) vs Qualifier
[R1] Jwala Gutta (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) vs Line Damkjaer Kruse (DEN)/ Mie Schjott-Kristensen (DEN)
[R1] (6) [IND] Diju Valiyaveetil (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) vs Baptise Careme (FRA)/ Laura Choinet (FRA)
Tough matches for Indian players at French Super series .. Anand Pawar withdraw citing injury, at Denmark Super series he conceded his second round match due to injury.
In first qualifying round Anup's opponent retired in the match due to injury and in second qualifying round also his opponent retired citing injury ... Now in maindraw he will mostly facing WR #2 Dan Lin.
Ajay Jayaram started with good upset win over top-40 Frenchman but he didn't manage to continue his good performance against Danish player in final qualifying round.
At $200K French Super Series 2009, Paris
[Q1] (2) Anup Sridhar (IND,38) bt Tomas Kopriva (CZE,206) 1-1 Retd
[Q1] Ajay Jayaram (IND,105) bt (4) Mathieu Lo Ying Ping (FRA,40) 21-7 21-15
[Q2] (2) Anup Sridhar (IND,38) bt Henri Hurskainen (SWE,61) 21-19 15-11 Retd
[Q2] Ajay Jayaram (IND,105) l Christian Lind-Thomsen (DEN,53) 24-26 14-21
[R1] Chetan Anand (IND,17) vs (6) Joachim Persson (DEN,11)
[R1] Arvind Bhat (IND,24) vs Dicky Palyama (NED,19)
[R1] (8) Saina Nehwal (IND,9) vs Juliane Schenk (GER,11)
[R1] Aditi Mutatkar (IND,55) vs Anu Nieminen (FIN,49)
[R1] Akshay Dewalkar (IND)/ Jishnu Sanyal (IND) vs Chris Langridge (ENG)/ Robin Middleton (ENG)
[R1] Rupesh Kumar (IND)/ Sanave Thomas (IND) vs Qualifier
[R1] Jwala Gutta (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) vs Line Damkjaer Kruse (DEN)/ Mie Schjott-Kristensen (DEN)
[R1] (6) [IND] Diju Valiyaveetil (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) vs Baptise Careme (FRA)/ Laura Choinet (FRA)
Tough matches for Indian players at French Super series .. Anand Pawar withdraw citing injury, at Denmark Super series he conceded his second round match due to injury.
In first qualifying round Anup's opponent retired in the match due to injury and in second qualifying round also his opponent retired citing injury ... Now in maindraw he will mostly facing WR #2 Dan Lin.
Ajay Jayaram started with good upset win over top-40 Frenchman but he didn't manage to continue his good performance against Danish player in final qualifying round.
Monday, October 26, 2009
Tennis News
At $50K Calabasas Pro Tennis Championships, USA
Final
(3) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Treat Huey (PHI) l Santiago Gonzalez (MEX)/ Simon Stadler (GER) 26 75 (4)10
So Harsh and Treat failed to won their 2nd title in two weeks ... But very creditable performance by this pair in last few weeks ... In this final also they fought back after losing first set but Gonzalez and Stadler were too strong in super tie-break.
This week Harsh rise to his career best doubles ranking, #102 ... This year is turning out best year of his career, where he won 3 doubles titles in 8 challenger finals ... With Treat also he is having very good results, 2 titles in 5 finals.
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At $125K+H Seoul Challenger, Korea
[R1] (4) Somdev Devvarman (IND,121) vs Rik De Voest (RSA,209)
[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND,232) vs Im Kyu Tae Im (KOR,161)
Doubles
[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Marinko Matosevic (AUS) vs (1) Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA)/ Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA)
[R1] Purav Raja (IND)/ Sadik Kadir (AUS) vs Hiroki Kondo (JPN)/ Go Soeda (JPN)
[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Todd Widom (USA) l (2) Amir Hadad (ISR)/ Harel Levy (ISR) 16 67
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At $15K Senegal F1 Futures, Dakar
[R1] (6) Rupesh ROY (IND,529) vs Valentin SANON (CIV,684)
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At $10K Vietnam F1 Futures, Bin Duong
[R1] (8) Yannick NELORD (IND,942) vs Hyung-Chan LIM (KOR,1684)
[R1] Karunuday SINGH (IND,1061) vs Quang-Huy NGO (VIE,UNR)
Doubles
[R1] (3) Divij SHARAN (IND)/ Yannick NELORD (IND) l Minh-Quan DO (VIE)/ Quoc-Khanh LE (VIE) 67(4) 46
[R1] Karunuday SINGH (IND)/ Adam JAYA (MAS) bt Quang-Huy NGO (VIE)/ Bui-Tri NGUYEN (VIE) 62 60
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At Nigeria F2 Futures, Lagos
[SF] (4) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,518) l (2) Reda EL AMRANI (MAR,392) 26 06
At $50K Calabasas Pro Tennis Championships, USA
Final
(3) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Treat Huey (PHI) l Santiago Gonzalez (MEX)/ Simon Stadler (GER) 26 75 (4)10
So Harsh and Treat failed to won their 2nd title in two weeks ... But very creditable performance by this pair in last few weeks ... In this final also they fought back after losing first set but Gonzalez and Stadler were too strong in super tie-break.
This week Harsh rise to his career best doubles ranking, #102 ... This year is turning out best year of his career, where he won 3 doubles titles in 8 challenger finals ... With Treat also he is having very good results, 2 titles in 5 finals.
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At $125K+H Seoul Challenger, Korea
[R1] (4) Somdev Devvarman (IND,121) vs Rik De Voest (RSA,209)
[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND,232) vs Im Kyu Tae Im (KOR,161)
Doubles
[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Marinko Matosevic (AUS) vs (1) Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA)/ Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA)
[R1] Purav Raja (IND)/ Sadik Kadir (AUS) vs Hiroki Kondo (JPN)/ Go Soeda (JPN)
[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Todd Widom (USA) l (2) Amir Hadad (ISR)/ Harel Levy (ISR) 16 67
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At $15K Senegal F1 Futures, Dakar
[R1] (6) Rupesh ROY (IND,529) vs Valentin SANON (CIV,684)
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At $10K Vietnam F1 Futures, Bin Duong
[R1] (8) Yannick NELORD (IND,942) vs Hyung-Chan LIM (KOR,1684)
[R1] Karunuday SINGH (IND,1061) vs Quang-Huy NGO (VIE,UNR)
Doubles
[R1] (3) Divij SHARAN (IND)/ Yannick NELORD (IND) l Minh-Quan DO (VIE)/ Quoc-Khanh LE (VIE) 67(4) 46
[R1] Karunuday SINGH (IND)/ Adam JAYA (MAS) bt Quang-Huy NGO (VIE)/ Bui-Tri NGUYEN (VIE) 62 60
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At Nigeria F2 Futures, Lagos
[SF] (4) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,518) l (2) Reda EL AMRANI (MAR,392) 26 06
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Tennis News
At $ 1,080,500 Kremlin Cup, Moscow, Russia
[SF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) l Frantisek Cermak (CZE)/ Michal Mertinak (SVK) 76(5) 67(5) (6)10
This match was as much close as one can guessed ... Bops and Tipsarevic saved 11 break points but in super tie-break top-seed pair was too strong to won it in 1 hour 49 minutes.
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Hockey News
At the India-Canada 7-test Super Series , Canada
India bt Canada 3-2
Goal Scored - Prabhjot Singh (IND) 21', Gurwinder Chandi (IND) 31', Tushar Khandker (IND) 49' and Wayne Fernandes (CAN) 26' & 46'
India was leading 2-1 at half time and in end managed to win this match ... With this Indians won series 6-0 ... I think Indians didn't show any great improvement but atleast we can say we r starting towards right direction.
At $ 1,080,500 Kremlin Cup, Moscow, Russia
[SF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) l Frantisek Cermak (CZE)/ Michal Mertinak (SVK) 76(5) 67(5) (6)10
This match was as much close as one can guessed ... Bops and Tipsarevic saved 11 break points but in super tie-break top-seed pair was too strong to won it in 1 hour 49 minutes.
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Hockey News
At the India-Canada 7-test Super Series , Canada
India bt Canada 3-2
Goal Scored - Prabhjot Singh (IND) 21', Gurwinder Chandi (IND) 31', Tushar Khandker (IND) 49' and Wayne Fernandes (CAN) 26' & 46'
India was leading 2-1 at half time and in end managed to win this match ... With this Indians won series 6-0 ... I think Indians didn't show any great improvement but atleast we can say we r starting towards right direction.
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Tennis News
At $50K Calabasas Pro Tennis Championships, USA
[QF] (WC) Prakash Amritraj (IND,249) l Michael Yani (USA,189) 26 26
Doubles
[SF] (3) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Treat Huey (PHI) bt (LL) Gustavo Sanchez (VEN)/ Graig Schwartz (USA) 64 60
[F] (3) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Treat Huey (PHI) vs Santiago Gonzalez (MEX)/ Simon Stadler (GER)
Expected easy victory for Harsh and Treat against lucky loser pair ... But surprisingly one-sided loss for Kash.
In the final Harsh and Treat facing Mexican-German pair ... Go guys make it 2 titles in 2 weeks.
At $50K Calabasas Pro Tennis Championships, USA
[QF] (WC) Prakash Amritraj (IND,249) l Michael Yani (USA,189) 26 26
Doubles
[SF] (3) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Treat Huey (PHI) bt (LL) Gustavo Sanchez (VEN)/ Graig Schwartz (USA) 64 60
[F] (3) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Treat Huey (PHI) vs Santiago Gonzalez (MEX)/ Simon Stadler (GER)
Expected easy victory for Harsh and Treat against lucky loser pair ... But surprisingly one-sided loss for Kash.
In the final Harsh and Treat facing Mexican-German pair ... Go guys make it 2 titles in 2 weeks.
Friday, October 23, 2009
Badminton News
At $200K Denmark Open Super Series 2009, Odense
[QF] (Q) Gurusaidutt R. M. V. (IND,67) l (5) Simon Santoso (INA,14) 17-21 15-21
[QF] (6) Chetan Anand (IND,18) l (2) Sony Dwi Kuncoro (INA,9) 17-21 14-21
[QF] (4) Saina Nehwal (IND,9) l Eriko Hirose (JPN,41) 11-21 13-21
After yesterday's good performance today we started on bad note ... Saina had one-sided loss in 30 minutes against her Japanese opponent and then Chetan also lost against top-10 Indonasian.
Other hand 19 yrs old qualifier Guru produced crditable fighting performance against Indonasian Santoso.
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Hockey News
At the India-Canada 7-test Super Series , Canada
India bt Canada 3-1
Goal Scored - Shivendra Singh (IND) 20' & 65', Sarwanjit Singh (IND) 54' and Gabbar Singh (CAN) 48' PS
India continued with their winning run ... In first half Canada controlling in mid-field but Indians take early lead ... In second half Canada drew with penalty stroke ... But we again scored 2 goals to won match ... In this match India didn't concede single penalty corner but they also didn't score a single goal from 6 penalty corners they got.
At $200K Denmark Open Super Series 2009, Odense
[QF] (Q) Gurusaidutt R. M. V. (IND,67) l (5) Simon Santoso (INA,14) 17-21 15-21
[QF] (6) Chetan Anand (IND,18) l (2) Sony Dwi Kuncoro (INA,9) 17-21 14-21
[QF] (4) Saina Nehwal (IND,9) l Eriko Hirose (JPN,41) 11-21 13-21
After yesterday's good performance today we started on bad note ... Saina had one-sided loss in 30 minutes against her Japanese opponent and then Chetan also lost against top-10 Indonasian.
Other hand 19 yrs old qualifier Guru produced crditable fighting performance against Indonasian Santoso.
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Hockey News
At the India-Canada 7-test Super Series , Canada
India bt Canada 3-1
Goal Scored - Shivendra Singh (IND) 20' & 65', Sarwanjit Singh (IND) 54' and Gabbar Singh (CAN) 48' PS
India continued with their winning run ... In first half Canada controlling in mid-field but Indians take early lead ... In second half Canada drew with penalty stroke ... But we again scored 2 goals to won match ... In this match India didn't concede single penalty corner but they also didn't score a single goal from 6 penalty corners they got.
Tennis News
At $ 1,080,500 Kremlin Cup, Moscow, Russia
[QF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) bt Andrey Golubev (KAZ)/ Evgeny Korolev (RUS) 76(1) 75
[SF] (2) Rajeev Ram (USA)/ Eric Butorac (USA) l (3) Pablo Cuevas (URU)/ Marcel Granollers (ESP) 46 36
[SF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) vs Frantisek Cermak (CZE)/ Michal Mertinak (SVK)
Rohan and Janko scored very tight win over another unseeded pair ... In first set both pair broke eachother's serve once but Bops and Tipsarevic dominated in tie-break ... In second set also Bops and Tipsarevic lost their serve but they broke oppenent's serve twice to completed win in 1 hour 12 minutes ... Now they will face top-seed pair.
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At $50K Calabasas Pro Tennis Championships, USA
Doubles
[QF] (3) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Treat Huey (PHI) bt Dann Battistone (USA)/ Brian Battistone (USA) 62 62
[QF] (4) Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Alex Kuznetsov (USA) l Raven Klaasen (RSA)/ Izak Van Der Merwe (RSA) 26 36
[SF] (3) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Treat Huey (PHI) vs (LL) Gustavo Sanchez (VEN)/ Graig Schwartz (USA)
Excellent stuff from Harsh and Treat to scored this comfortable win over Battistones ... From their recent performance it looks Harsh and Treat r gelled well.
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At Nigeria F2 Futures, Lagos
[SF] (4) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,518) vs (2) Reda EL AMRANI (MAR,392)
Doubles
[SF] Srirambalaji NARAYANASWAMY (IND)/ Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) l Komlavi LOGLO (TOG)/ Valentin SANON (CIV) 63 0-3 Retd
At $ 1,080,500 Kremlin Cup, Moscow, Russia
[QF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) bt Andrey Golubev (KAZ)/ Evgeny Korolev (RUS) 76(1) 75
[SF] (2) Rajeev Ram (USA)/ Eric Butorac (USA) l (3) Pablo Cuevas (URU)/ Marcel Granollers (ESP) 46 36
[SF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) vs Frantisek Cermak (CZE)/ Michal Mertinak (SVK)
Rohan and Janko scored very tight win over another unseeded pair ... In first set both pair broke eachother's serve once but Bops and Tipsarevic dominated in tie-break ... In second set also Bops and Tipsarevic lost their serve but they broke oppenent's serve twice to completed win in 1 hour 12 minutes ... Now they will face top-seed pair.
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At $50K Calabasas Pro Tennis Championships, USA
Doubles
[QF] (3) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Treat Huey (PHI) bt Dann Battistone (USA)/ Brian Battistone (USA) 62 62
[QF] (4) Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Alex Kuznetsov (USA) l Raven Klaasen (RSA)/ Izak Van Der Merwe (RSA) 26 36
[SF] (3) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Treat Huey (PHI) vs (LL) Gustavo Sanchez (VEN)/ Graig Schwartz (USA)
Excellent stuff from Harsh and Treat to scored this comfortable win over Battistones ... From their recent performance it looks Harsh and Treat r gelled well.
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At Nigeria F2 Futures, Lagos
[SF] (4) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,518) vs (2) Reda EL AMRANI (MAR,392)
Doubles
[SF] Srirambalaji NARAYANASWAMY (IND)/ Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) l Komlavi LOGLO (TOG)/ Valentin SANON (CIV) 63 0-3 Retd
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Badminton News
At $200K Denmark Open Super Series 2009, Odense
[R2] Anand Pawar (IND,42) l (1) Peter Hoeg Gade (DEN,3) 2-5 Retd
[R2] (Q) Gurusaidutt R. M. V. (IND,67) bt (3) Joachim Persson (DEN,11) 17-21 21-12 21-19
[R2] Aravind Bhat (IND,25) l (5) Simon Santoso (INA,14) 17-21 12-21
[R2] (6) Chetan Anand (IND,18) bt (Q) Sune Gavnholt (DEN,136) 21-19 15-21 21-9
[R2] (4) Saina Nehwal (IND,9) bt Camilla Sorensen (DEN,58) 21-15 21-14
[R2] Aditi Mutatkar (IND,50) l (6) Petya Nedelcheva (BUL,14) 17-21 8-21
[R2] Jwala Gutta (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) l (5) Miyuki Maeda (JPN)/ Satoko Suetsuna (JPN) 21-18 14-21 19-21
[R2] (4) Diju Valiyaveeti (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) l Chris Adcock (ENG)/ Gabrielle White (ENG) 21-11 20-22 19-21
[QF] (Q) Gurusaidutt R. M. V. (IND,67) vs (5) Simon Santoso (INA,14)
[QF] (6) Chetan Anand (IND,18) vs (2) Sony Dwi Kuncoro (INA,9)
[QF] (4) Saina Nehwal (IND,9) vs Eriko Hirose (JPN,41)
Expected losses for our players but surprisingly Chetan was struggling against local qualifier ... But in third game he came back strongly ... It looks today Saina played controlled game to score straigh games victory to moved into quarters ... In ladies doubles Jwala and Ashwini started well winning first game but lost in three games producing valiant effort.
Anand Pawar retired in first game ... After winning first game easily somehow 4th seed Diju and Jwala lost the plot ... In next 2 games they were up, in decider they were up by 4 points 16-12 then 17-13 after that by 2 points 18-16 but still they lost against British pair.
Huge upset by Guru ... After losing first game Guru came back strongly winning second game easily ... In decider bot players were going neck to neck but from down 10-11 Persson won 6 points on a row to take 16-11 lead but Guru kept fighting he also draw level to 17-all from 13-17 ... At 19-all Guru earned first match point and converted to script biggest victory of his career in 54 minutes ... His another first victory over top-10 type player.
At $200K Denmark Open Super Series 2009, Odense
[R2] Anand Pawar (IND,42) l (1) Peter Hoeg Gade (DEN,3) 2-5 Retd
[R2] (Q) Gurusaidutt R. M. V. (IND,67) bt (3) Joachim Persson (DEN,11) 17-21 21-12 21-19
[R2] Aravind Bhat (IND,25) l (5) Simon Santoso (INA,14) 17-21 12-21
[R2] (6) Chetan Anand (IND,18) bt (Q) Sune Gavnholt (DEN,136) 21-19 15-21 21-9
[R2] (4) Saina Nehwal (IND,9) bt Camilla Sorensen (DEN,58) 21-15 21-14
[R2] Aditi Mutatkar (IND,50) l (6) Petya Nedelcheva (BUL,14) 17-21 8-21
[R2] Jwala Gutta (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) l (5) Miyuki Maeda (JPN)/ Satoko Suetsuna (JPN) 21-18 14-21 19-21
[R2] (4) Diju Valiyaveeti (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) l Chris Adcock (ENG)/ Gabrielle White (ENG) 21-11 20-22 19-21
[QF] (Q) Gurusaidutt R. M. V. (IND,67) vs (5) Simon Santoso (INA,14)
[QF] (6) Chetan Anand (IND,18) vs (2) Sony Dwi Kuncoro (INA,9)
[QF] (4) Saina Nehwal (IND,9) vs Eriko Hirose (JPN,41)
Expected losses for our players but surprisingly Chetan was struggling against local qualifier ... But in third game he came back strongly ... It looks today Saina played controlled game to score straigh games victory to moved into quarters ... In ladies doubles Jwala and Ashwini started well winning first game but lost in three games producing valiant effort.
Anand Pawar retired in first game ... After winning first game easily somehow 4th seed Diju and Jwala lost the plot ... In next 2 games they were up, in decider they were up by 4 points 16-12 then 17-13 after that by 2 points 18-16 but still they lost against British pair.
Huge upset by Guru ... After losing first game Guru came back strongly winning second game easily ... In decider bot players were going neck to neck but from down 10-11 Persson won 6 points on a row to take 16-11 lead but Guru kept fighting he also draw level to 17-all from 13-17 ... At 19-all Guru earned first match point and converted to script biggest victory of his career in 54 minutes ... His another first victory over top-10 type player.
Tennis News
At $50K Calabasas Pro Tennis Championships, USA
[R2] (WC) Prakash Amritraj (IND,249) bt (3) Jesse Levine (USA,97) W/O (hip injury)
[QF] (WC) Prakash Amritraj (IND,249) vs Michael Yani (USA,189)
Doubles
[R1] (3) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Treat Huey (PHI) bt Roko Karanusic (CRO)/ Grega Zemlja (SLO) 76(5) 46 10(4)
[QF] (3) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Treat Huey (PHI) vs Dann Battistone (USA)/ Brian Battistone (USA)
Close call for Harsh and Treat but they mananged to win in super tie-break against tricky pair ... Now interesting match against Battistone brothers.
Prakash got lucky to move into quarters without playing match.
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At Nigeria F2 Futures, Lagos
[SF] (4) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,518) vs (2) Reda EL AMRANI (MAR,392)
[QF] (4) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,518) bt (8) Valentin SANON (CIV,684) 63 64
[QF] Srirambalaji NARAYANASWAMY (IND,1082) l (2) Reda EL AMRANI (MAR,392) 46 26
[R2] (4) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,518) bt Sunday EMMANUEL (NGR,1157) 60 61
[R2] Srirambalaji NARAYANASWAMY (IND,1082) bt Anas FATTAR (MAR,723) 64 63
[QF] (4) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,518) vs (8) Valentin SANON (CIV,684)
[QF] Srirambalaji NARAYANASWAMY (IND,1082) vs (2) Reda EL AMRANI (MAR,392)
Doubles
[QF] Srirambalaji NARAYANASWAMY (IND)/ Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) bt Tal EROS (ISR)/ Almog MASHIACH (ISR) 61 61
[SF] Srirambalaji NARAYANASWAMY (IND)/ Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) vs Komlavi LOGLO (TOG)/ Valentin SANON (CIV)
Ranjeet and Srirambalaji moved into singles quarters and Ranjeet managed to move into semis ... In doubles also they moved into semis with comfortable win over Israeli pair.
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At $10K Thailand F6 Futures, Nonthaburi
[R2] Yannick NELORD (IND,968) l (5) Kento TAKEUCHI (JPN,560) 67(4) 36
[QF] Karan RASTOGI (IND,1255) l Perakiat SIRILUETHAIWATTANA (THA,906) 16 16
So with Karan's loss Indian challenge got over in this Thai futures.
At $50K Calabasas Pro Tennis Championships, USA
[R2] (WC) Prakash Amritraj (IND,249) bt (3) Jesse Levine (USA,97) W/O (hip injury)
[QF] (WC) Prakash Amritraj (IND,249) vs Michael Yani (USA,189)
Doubles
[R1] (3) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Treat Huey (PHI) bt Roko Karanusic (CRO)/ Grega Zemlja (SLO) 76(5) 46 10(4)
[QF] (3) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Treat Huey (PHI) vs Dann Battistone (USA)/ Brian Battistone (USA)
Close call for Harsh and Treat but they mananged to win in super tie-break against tricky pair ... Now interesting match against Battistone brothers.
Prakash got lucky to move into quarters without playing match.
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At Nigeria F2 Futures, Lagos
[SF] (4) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,518) vs (2) Reda EL AMRANI (MAR,392)
[QF] (4) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,518) bt (8) Valentin SANON (CIV,684) 63 64
[QF] Srirambalaji NARAYANASWAMY (IND,1082) l (2) Reda EL AMRANI (MAR,392) 46 26
[R2] (4) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,518) bt Sunday EMMANUEL (NGR,1157) 60 61
[R2] Srirambalaji NARAYANASWAMY (IND,1082) bt Anas FATTAR (MAR,723) 64 63
[QF] (4) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,518) vs (8) Valentin SANON (CIV,684)
[QF] Srirambalaji NARAYANASWAMY (IND,1082) vs (2) Reda EL AMRANI (MAR,392)
Doubles
[QF] Srirambalaji NARAYANASWAMY (IND)/ Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) bt Tal EROS (ISR)/ Almog MASHIACH (ISR) 61 61
[SF] Srirambalaji NARAYANASWAMY (IND)/ Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) vs Komlavi LOGLO (TOG)/ Valentin SANON (CIV)
Ranjeet and Srirambalaji moved into singles quarters and Ranjeet managed to move into semis ... In doubles also they moved into semis with comfortable win over Israeli pair.
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At $10K Thailand F6 Futures, Nonthaburi
[R2] Yannick NELORD (IND,968) l (5) Kento TAKEUCHI (JPN,560) 67(4) 36
[QF] Karan RASTOGI (IND,1255) l Perakiat SIRILUETHAIWATTANA (THA,906) 16 16
So with Karan's loss Indian challenge got over in this Thai futures.
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Tennis News
At $ 1,080,500 Kremlin Cup, Moscow, Russia
[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) bt James Cerretani (USA)/ Victor Hanescu (ROU) 76(2) 62
[QF] (2) Rajeev Ram (USA)/ Eric Butorac (USA) bt Martin Vassallo Arguello (ARG)/ Horacio Zeballos (ARG) 64 75
[QF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) vs Andrey Golubev (KAZ)/ Evgeny Korolev (RUS)
Pair of Bops and Tipsarevic started with win ... After winning first set in tie-break they won second set easily ... Their next round opponents defeated 4th seed pair in first round.
And Rajeev with his partner is in semis with close straight sets victory.
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At $10K Thailand F6 Futures, Nonthaburi
[R2] (PR) Karan RASTOGI (IND,1255) bt (8) Kornel BARDOCZKY (HUN,620) 63 64
[R2] Yannick NELORD (IND,968) vs (5) Kento TAKEUCHI (JPN,560)
[QF] Karan RASTOGI (IND,1255) vs Perakiat SIRILUETHAIWATTANA (THA,906)
Upset win by Karan but I called this win was expected ... In Pune he was hitting balls really well so his lack of match practice will be more visible against top-400 player otherwise he should win these matches.
At $ 1,080,500 Kremlin Cup, Moscow, Russia
[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) bt James Cerretani (USA)/ Victor Hanescu (ROU) 76(2) 62
[QF] (2) Rajeev Ram (USA)/ Eric Butorac (USA) bt Martin Vassallo Arguello (ARG)/ Horacio Zeballos (ARG) 64 75
[QF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) vs Andrey Golubev (KAZ)/ Evgeny Korolev (RUS)
Pair of Bops and Tipsarevic started with win ... After winning first set in tie-break they won second set easily ... Their next round opponents defeated 4th seed pair in first round.
And Rajeev with his partner is in semis with close straight sets victory.
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At $10K Thailand F6 Futures, Nonthaburi
[R2] (PR) Karan RASTOGI (IND,1255) bt (8) Kornel BARDOCZKY (HUN,620) 63 64
[R2] Yannick NELORD (IND,968) vs (5) Kento TAKEUCHI (JPN,560)
[QF] Karan RASTOGI (IND,1255) vs Perakiat SIRILUETHAIWATTANA (THA,906)
Upset win by Karan but I called this win was expected ... In Pune he was hitting balls really well so his lack of match practice will be more visible against top-400 player otherwise he should win these matches.
Badminton News
At $200K Denmark Open Super Series 2009, Odense
[R1] Anand Pawar (IND,42) bt Matthieu Lo Ying Ping (FRA,39) 21-18 22-20
[R1] (Q) Gurusaidutt R. M. V. (IND,67) bt Przemyslaw Wacha (POL,20) 21-17 21-17
[R1] Aravind Bhat (IND,25) bt Carl Baxter (ENG,35) 18-21 23-21 21-11
[R1] Anup Sridhar (IND,40) l Kenichi Tago (JPN,29) 17-21 16-21
[R1] Kashyap Parupalli (IND,30) l (8) Long Chen (CHN,16) 10-21 13-21
[R1] (6) Chetan Anand (IND,18) bt Peter Mikkelsen (DEN,51) 21-18 21-16
[R1] (4) Saina Nehwal (IND,9) bt Ella Diehl (RUS,23) 19-21 21-15 21-16
[R1] Aditi Mutatkar (IND,50) bt Michelle Chan Ky (NZL,76) 21-14 21-18
[R1] Rupesh Kumar (IND)/ Sanave Thomas (IND) l Kasper Henriksen (DEN)/ Anders Kristiansen (DEN) 18-21 12-21
[R1] Akshay Dewalkar (IND)/ Jishnu Sanyal (IND) l Junjie Sun (CHN)/ Jiaming Tao (CHN) 11-21 10-21
[R1] Rupesh Kumar (IND)/ Sanave Thomas (IND) vs Kasper Henriksen (DEN)/ Anders Kristiansen (DEN)
[R1] Jwala Gutta (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) bt Jenny Wallwork (ENG)/ Gabrielle White (ENG) 21-15 19-21 21-11
[R1] (4) Diju Valiyaveeti (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) bt Robin Middleton (ENG)/ Mariana Agathangelou (ENG) 22-20 21-10
[R2] Anand Pawar (IND,42) vs (1) Peter Hoeg Gade (DEN,3)
[R2] (Q) Gurusaidutt R. M. V. (IND,67) vs (3) Joachim Persson (DEN,11)
[R2] Aravind Bhat (IND,25) vs (5) Simon Santoso (INA,14)
[R2] (6) Chetan Anand (IND,18) vs (Q) Sune Gavnholt (DEN,136)
[R2] (4) Saina Nehwal (IND,9) vs Camilla Sorensen (DEN,58)
[R2] Aditi Mutatkar (IND,50) vs (6) Petya Nedelcheva (BUL,14)
[R2] (4) Diju Valiyaveeti (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) vs Chris Adcock (ENG)/ Gabrielle White (ENG)
Impressive start for Indian players in Danish Super Series ... Guru continued with his giant killing with biggest victory of his small career beating top-20 player first time ... He managed to win in straight games against Przemyslaw Wacha in only 34 minutes ... Baxter pushed Arvind Bhat to fullest in second game ... Arvind was 2 points away from losing match but he kept cool to win important points in second game and in third game he dominated to script victory in 1 hour 3 minutes ... Anand Pawar also started with win against similar ranked French player in straight games ... Aditi also take advantage of her weaker opponent to moved into second round.
Jwala and Ashwini started with win in ladies doubles ... It looks Jwala and Diju take time to adjust but after winning close first game they dominated second to move into second round ... Where thry r facing another British pair.
Saina stretched to third game by her Russian opponents ... Saina must be rusty after taking such long break ... In this match she needed comeback victory but hopefully from next match she finds her touch ... Chetan scored straight game victory and he is again facing local player in next round.
Tomorrow our 4 out of 6 players facing seeded opponents so very tough matches for them.
At $200K Denmark Open Super Series 2009, Odense
[R1] Anand Pawar (IND,42) bt Matthieu Lo Ying Ping (FRA,39) 21-18 22-20
[R1] (Q) Gurusaidutt R. M. V. (IND,67) bt Przemyslaw Wacha (POL,20) 21-17 21-17
[R1] Aravind Bhat (IND,25) bt Carl Baxter (ENG,35) 18-21 23-21 21-11
[R1] Anup Sridhar (IND,40) l Kenichi Tago (JPN,29) 17-21 16-21
[R1] Kashyap Parupalli (IND,30) l (8) Long Chen (CHN,16) 10-21 13-21
[R1] (6) Chetan Anand (IND,18) bt Peter Mikkelsen (DEN,51) 21-18 21-16
[R1] (4) Saina Nehwal (IND,9) bt Ella Diehl (RUS,23) 19-21 21-15 21-16
[R1] Aditi Mutatkar (IND,50) bt Michelle Chan Ky (NZL,76) 21-14 21-18
[R1] Rupesh Kumar (IND)/ Sanave Thomas (IND) l Kasper Henriksen (DEN)/ Anders Kristiansen (DEN) 18-21 12-21
[R1] Akshay Dewalkar (IND)/ Jishnu Sanyal (IND) l Junjie Sun (CHN)/ Jiaming Tao (CHN) 11-21 10-21
[R1] Rupesh Kumar (IND)/ Sanave Thomas (IND) vs Kasper Henriksen (DEN)/ Anders Kristiansen (DEN)
[R1] Jwala Gutta (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) bt Jenny Wallwork (ENG)/ Gabrielle White (ENG) 21-15 19-21 21-11
[R1] (4) Diju Valiyaveeti (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) bt Robin Middleton (ENG)/ Mariana Agathangelou (ENG) 22-20 21-10
[R2] Anand Pawar (IND,42) vs (1) Peter Hoeg Gade (DEN,3)
[R2] (Q) Gurusaidutt R. M. V. (IND,67) vs (3) Joachim Persson (DEN,11)
[R2] Aravind Bhat (IND,25) vs (5) Simon Santoso (INA,14)
[R2] (6) Chetan Anand (IND,18) vs (Q) Sune Gavnholt (DEN,136)
[R2] (4) Saina Nehwal (IND,9) vs Camilla Sorensen (DEN,58)
[R2] Aditi Mutatkar (IND,50) vs (6) Petya Nedelcheva (BUL,14)
[R2] (4) Diju Valiyaveeti (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) vs Chris Adcock (ENG)/ Gabrielle White (ENG)
Impressive start for Indian players in Danish Super Series ... Guru continued with his giant killing with biggest victory of his small career beating top-20 player first time ... He managed to win in straight games against Przemyslaw Wacha in only 34 minutes ... Baxter pushed Arvind Bhat to fullest in second game ... Arvind was 2 points away from losing match but he kept cool to win important points in second game and in third game he dominated to script victory in 1 hour 3 minutes ... Anand Pawar also started with win against similar ranked French player in straight games ... Aditi also take advantage of her weaker opponent to moved into second round.
Jwala and Ashwini started with win in ladies doubles ... It looks Jwala and Diju take time to adjust but after winning close first game they dominated second to move into second round ... Where thry r facing another British pair.
Saina stretched to third game by her Russian opponents ... Saina must be rusty after taking such long break ... In this match she needed comeback victory but hopefully from next match she finds her touch ... Chetan scored straight game victory and he is again facing local player in next round.
Tomorrow our 4 out of 6 players facing seeded opponents so very tough matches for them.
Tennis News
At $ 1,080,500 Kremlin Cup, Moscow, Russia
[R1] (2) Rajeev Ram (USA)/ Eric Butorac (USA) bt Igor Kunitsyn (RUS)/ Marat Safin (RUS) 62 64
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At $50K Calabasas Pro Tennis Championships, USA
[R1] (WC) Prakash Amritraj (IND,249) bt Ilija Bozoljac (SRB,182) 63 3-2 Retd
[R2] (WC) Prakash Amritraj (IND,249) vs (3) Jesse Levine (USA,97)
After winning first set Prakash was up with break when Bozoljac retired from the match ... Next he is facing 3rd seed Jesse Levine.
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At Nigeria F2 Futures, Lagos
[R1] (4) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,518) bt Yassine IDMBAREK (MAR,708) 61 62
[R2] (4) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,518) vs Sunday EMMANUEL (NGR,1157)
[R2] Srirambalaji NARAYANASWAMY (IND,1082) vs Anas FATTAR (MAR,723)
Doubles
[R1] Srirambalaji NARAYANASWAMY (IND)/ Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) bt (1) Antal VAN DER DUIM (NED)/ Boy WESTERHOF (NED) 62 2-1 Retd
[QF] Srirambalaji NARAYANASWAMY (IND)/ Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) vs Tal EROS (ISR)/ Almog MASHIACH (ISR)
Expected easy victory for Ranjeet and in dobles they again faced top-seed Dutch pair but this time they managed to overcome the challenge though Dutch opponent retired in second set.
At $ 1,080,500 Kremlin Cup, Moscow, Russia
[R1] (2) Rajeev Ram (USA)/ Eric Butorac (USA) bt Igor Kunitsyn (RUS)/ Marat Safin (RUS) 62 64
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At $50K Calabasas Pro Tennis Championships, USA
[R1] (WC) Prakash Amritraj (IND,249) bt Ilija Bozoljac (SRB,182) 63 3-2 Retd
[R2] (WC) Prakash Amritraj (IND,249) vs (3) Jesse Levine (USA,97)
After winning first set Prakash was up with break when Bozoljac retired from the match ... Next he is facing 3rd seed Jesse Levine.
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At Nigeria F2 Futures, Lagos
[R1] (4) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,518) bt Yassine IDMBAREK (MAR,708) 61 62
[R2] (4) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,518) vs Sunday EMMANUEL (NGR,1157)
[R2] Srirambalaji NARAYANASWAMY (IND,1082) vs Anas FATTAR (MAR,723)
Doubles
[R1] Srirambalaji NARAYANASWAMY (IND)/ Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) bt (1) Antal VAN DER DUIM (NED)/ Boy WESTERHOF (NED) 62 2-1 Retd
[QF] Srirambalaji NARAYANASWAMY (IND)/ Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) vs Tal EROS (ISR)/ Almog MASHIACH (ISR)
Expected easy victory for Ranjeet and in dobles they again faced top-seed Dutch pair but this time they managed to overcome the challenge though Dutch opponent retired in second set.
Badminton News
At $200K Denmark Open Super Series 2009, Odense
[Q1] Gurusaidutt R. M. V. (IND,67) bt Ajay Jayaram (IND,110) 21-7 21-19
[Q2] Gurusaidutt R. M. V. (IND,67) bt (1) Raul Must (EST,53) 21-14 21-23 21-17
[R1] Anand Pawar (IND,42) vs Matthieu Lo Ying Ping (FRA,39)
[R1] (Q) Gurusaidutt R. M. V. (IND,67) vs Przemyslaw Wacha (POL,20)
[R1] Aravind Bhat (IND,25) vs Carl Baxter (ENG,35)
[R1] Anup Sridhar (IND,40) vs Kenichi Tago (JPN,29)
[R1] Kashyap Parupalli (IND,30) vs (8) Long Chen (CHN,16)
[R1] (6) Chetan Anand (IND,18) vs Peter Mikkelsen (DEN,51)
[R1] (4) Saina Nehwal (IND,9) vs Ella Diehl (RUS,23)
[R1] Aditi Mutatkar (IND,50) vs Michelle Chan Ky (NZL,76)
[R1] Akshay Dewalkar (IND)/ Jishnu Sanyal (IND) vs Junjie Sun (CHN)/ Jiaming Tao (CHN)
[R1] Rupesh Kumar (IND)/ Sanave Thomas (IND) vs Kasper Henriksen (DEN)/ Anders Kristiansen (DEN)
[R1] Jwala Gutta (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) vs Jenny Wallwork (ENG)/ Gabrielle White (ENG)
[R1] (4) Diju Valiyaveeti (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) vs Robin Middleton (ENG)/ Mariana Agathangelou (ENG)
Good 3 games win over top-seed Estonian in qualifying by Guru to qualified for main draw of Super Series ... In this Danish Super Series big Indian contingent participating.
At $200K Denmark Open Super Series 2009, Odense
[Q1] Gurusaidutt R. M. V. (IND,67) bt Ajay Jayaram (IND,110) 21-7 21-19
[Q2] Gurusaidutt R. M. V. (IND,67) bt (1) Raul Must (EST,53) 21-14 21-23 21-17
[R1] Anand Pawar (IND,42) vs Matthieu Lo Ying Ping (FRA,39)
[R1] (Q) Gurusaidutt R. M. V. (IND,67) vs Przemyslaw Wacha (POL,20)
[R1] Aravind Bhat (IND,25) vs Carl Baxter (ENG,35)
[R1] Anup Sridhar (IND,40) vs Kenichi Tago (JPN,29)
[R1] Kashyap Parupalli (IND,30) vs (8) Long Chen (CHN,16)
[R1] (6) Chetan Anand (IND,18) vs Peter Mikkelsen (DEN,51)
[R1] (4) Saina Nehwal (IND,9) vs Ella Diehl (RUS,23)
[R1] Aditi Mutatkar (IND,50) vs Michelle Chan Ky (NZL,76)
[R1] Akshay Dewalkar (IND)/ Jishnu Sanyal (IND) vs Junjie Sun (CHN)/ Jiaming Tao (CHN)
[R1] Rupesh Kumar (IND)/ Sanave Thomas (IND) vs Kasper Henriksen (DEN)/ Anders Kristiansen (DEN)
[R1] Jwala Gutta (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) vs Jenny Wallwork (ENG)/ Gabrielle White (ENG)
[R1] (4) Diju Valiyaveeti (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) vs Robin Middleton (ENG)/ Mariana Agathangelou (ENG)
Good 3 games win over top-seed Estonian in qualifying by Guru to qualified for main draw of Super Series ... In this Danish Super Series big Indian contingent participating.
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Football News
I don't know if it's boon for Indian football or not but some change in AIFF ... Another politician Praful Patel elected as new president of the All India Football Federation (AIFF) ... Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi, who is ill, was appointed as the honorary president of the AIFF.
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At I League 2009-10, India - Round IV
Mohun Bagan bt East Bengal 5-3
Goal Scored - Edeh Chidi (MB) 17', 33', 46' & 65' Manish Mathani (MB) 22' and Nirmal Chhetri (EB) 8', Yusif Yakubu (EB) 35' & 44'
Mohun Bagan scored entertaining victory in Kolkatta derby ... Edeh Chidi helped them with scoring 4 goals.
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Salgaocar SC bt Sporting Clube de Goa 3-2
Goal Scored - Beevan D’Mello (SSC) 12', Ekene M Ikenwa (SSC) 22' & 30' and Nathaniel Amos (SCG) 10', Joseph Pereira (SCG) 51'
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Pune FC dw Mumbai FC 1-1
Goal Scored - Shanmugam Venkatesh (PFC) 12' and Darren Calderia (MFC) 21'
Another draw for Pune FC.
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Shillong Lajong FC bt Air India
Goal Scored - Daniel Bidemi (SL) 1', Seikhohau Tuboi (SL) 28', James Gbillee (SL) 75'
Shillong Lajong trashed Airmen to scored important win.
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Dempo SC dw Mahindra United 2-2
Goal Scored - Ranty Martins (DSC) 12' P, Climax Lawrence (DSC) 90+ and Svetozar Mijin (MU) 61', Steven Sias (MU) 64'
Climax Lawrence saved day for Dempo scoring goal in injury time ... Mahindra United dominated match despite playing more than 55 minutes with 10 men.
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JCT Phagwara dw Churchill Brothers 1-1
Goal Scored - Baljit Singh Sahni (JCT) 68' and Reisangi Vashum (CB) 84'
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Viva Kerala l Chirag United SC 0-1
Goal Scored - Edmilson Marquez (CU) 3'
I don't know if it's boon for Indian football or not but some change in AIFF ... Another politician Praful Patel elected as new president of the All India Football Federation (AIFF) ... Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi, who is ill, was appointed as the honorary president of the AIFF.
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At I League 2009-10, India - Round IV
Mohun Bagan bt East Bengal 5-3
Goal Scored - Edeh Chidi (MB) 17', 33', 46' & 65' Manish Mathani (MB) 22' and Nirmal Chhetri (EB) 8', Yusif Yakubu (EB) 35' & 44'
Mohun Bagan scored entertaining victory in Kolkatta derby ... Edeh Chidi helped them with scoring 4 goals.
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Salgaocar SC bt Sporting Clube de Goa 3-2
Goal Scored - Beevan D’Mello (SSC) 12', Ekene M Ikenwa (SSC) 22' & 30' and Nathaniel Amos (SCG) 10', Joseph Pereira (SCG) 51'
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Pune FC dw Mumbai FC 1-1
Goal Scored - Shanmugam Venkatesh (PFC) 12' and Darren Calderia (MFC) 21'
Another draw for Pune FC.
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Shillong Lajong FC bt Air India
Goal Scored - Daniel Bidemi (SL) 1', Seikhohau Tuboi (SL) 28', James Gbillee (SL) 75'
Shillong Lajong trashed Airmen to scored important win.
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Dempo SC dw Mahindra United 2-2
Goal Scored - Ranty Martins (DSC) 12' P, Climax Lawrence (DSC) 90+ and Svetozar Mijin (MU) 61', Steven Sias (MU) 64'
Climax Lawrence saved day for Dempo scoring goal in injury time ... Mahindra United dominated match despite playing more than 55 minutes with 10 men.
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JCT Phagwara dw Churchill Brothers 1-1
Goal Scored - Baljit Singh Sahni (JCT) 68' and Reisangi Vashum (CB) 84'
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Viva Kerala l Chirag United SC 0-1
Goal Scored - Edmilson Marquez (CU) 3'
Tennis News
At $50K Calabasas Pro Tennis Championships, USA
Doubles
[R1] (4) Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Alex Kuznetsov (USA) bt Kaes Van't Hof (USA)/ Rylan Rizza (USA) 67(1) 62 10(8)
[QF] (4) Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Alex Kuznetsov (USA) vs Raven Klaasen (RSA)/ Izak Van Der Merwe (RSA)
Prakash started with tight comeback win in doubles with Kuznetsov against tricky American pair ... Next they r facing South Africans.
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At $10K Thailand F6 Futures, Nonthaburi
[R1] Karunuday SINGH (IND,1169) l (7) Roman JEBAVY (CZE,639) 36 46
[R1] (Q) Shivang MISHRA (IND,UNR) l Yaoki ISHII (JPN,890) 26 36
[R1] Yannick NELORD (IND,968) bt Peerakit SIRIBUTWONG (THA,867) 16 64 4-1 Retd
[R2] (PR) Karan RASTOGI (IND,UNR) vs (8) Kornel BARDOCZKY (HUN,620)
[R2] Yannick NELORD (IND,968) vs (5) Kento TAKEUCHI (JPN,560)
So only Nelord managed to join Karan in second round.
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At Nigeria F2 Futures, Lagos
[R1] (4) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,518) vs Yassine IDMBAREK (MAR,708)
[R1] Srirambalaji NARAYANASWAMY (IND,1082) bt Alexei FILENKOV (RUS,956) 64 63
Doubles
[R1] Srirambalaji NARAYANASWAMY (IND)/ Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) vs (1) Antal VAN DER DUIM (NED)/ Boy WESTERHOF (NED)
Good little upset from Srirambalaji.
At $50K Calabasas Pro Tennis Championships, USA
Doubles
[R1] (4) Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Alex Kuznetsov (USA) bt Kaes Van't Hof (USA)/ Rylan Rizza (USA) 67(1) 62 10(8)
[QF] (4) Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Alex Kuznetsov (USA) vs Raven Klaasen (RSA)/ Izak Van Der Merwe (RSA)
Prakash started with tight comeback win in doubles with Kuznetsov against tricky American pair ... Next they r facing South Africans.
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At $10K Thailand F6 Futures, Nonthaburi
[R1] Karunuday SINGH (IND,1169) l (7) Roman JEBAVY (CZE,639) 36 46
[R1] (Q) Shivang MISHRA (IND,UNR) l Yaoki ISHII (JPN,890) 26 36
[R1] Yannick NELORD (IND,968) bt Peerakit SIRIBUTWONG (THA,867) 16 64 4-1 Retd
[R2] (PR) Karan RASTOGI (IND,UNR) vs (8) Kornel BARDOCZKY (HUN,620)
[R2] Yannick NELORD (IND,968) vs (5) Kento TAKEUCHI (JPN,560)
So only Nelord managed to join Karan in second round.
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At Nigeria F2 Futures, Lagos
[R1] (4) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,518) vs Yassine IDMBAREK (MAR,708)
[R1] Srirambalaji NARAYANASWAMY (IND,1082) bt Alexei FILENKOV (RUS,956) 64 63
Doubles
[R1] Srirambalaji NARAYANASWAMY (IND)/ Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) vs (1) Antal VAN DER DUIM (NED)/ Boy WESTERHOF (NED)
Good little upset from Srirambalaji.
Monday, October 19, 2009
Tennis News
At $ 1,080,500 Kremlin Cup, Moscow, Russia
[Q3] Rohan Bopanna (IND,416) l (5) Illya Marchenko (UKR,190) 16 06
Today Bops was total off color ... Frankly he didn't manage anything in this 44 minutes match ... Illya broke Bops serve 6 times in the match and saved 1 break point he faced.
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At $10K Thailand F6 Futures, Nonthaburi
[R1] (PR) Karan RASTOGI (IND,UNR) bt (WC) Grittaboon PRAHMANEE (THA,UNR) 63 62
[R1] Karunuday SINGH (IND,1169) vs (7) Roman JEBAVY (CZE,639)
[R1] (Q) Shivang MISHRA (IND,UNR) vs Yaoki ISHII (JPN,890)
[R1] Yannick NELORD (IND,968) vs Peerakit SIRIBUTWONG (THA,867)
Good winning start for Karan.
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Hockey News
At the India-Canada 7-test Super Series , Canada
India bt Canada 3-1
Goal Scored - Gurwinder Chandi (IND) 29', Sandeep Singh (IND) 35' & 67' and David Jameson (CAN) 41'
India won this match to take winning lead in the series ... In this match Indian forwardline struggled but Sandeep Singh was on mark from dragflick to helped our side to won match.
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Motorsport News
At 2009 Formula 1 Brazilian Race,
But Sutil got hit by Trulli, and exited the race in accident ... Liuzzi finished on 12th position.
At $ 1,080,500 Kremlin Cup, Moscow, Russia
[Q3] Rohan Bopanna (IND,416) l (5) Illya Marchenko (UKR,190) 16 06
Today Bops was total off color ... Frankly he didn't manage anything in this 44 minutes match ... Illya broke Bops serve 6 times in the match and saved 1 break point he faced.
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At $10K Thailand F6 Futures, Nonthaburi
[R1] (PR) Karan RASTOGI (IND,UNR) bt (WC) Grittaboon PRAHMANEE (THA,UNR) 63 62
[R1] Karunuday SINGH (IND,1169) vs (7) Roman JEBAVY (CZE,639)
[R1] (Q) Shivang MISHRA (IND,UNR) vs Yaoki ISHII (JPN,890)
[R1] Yannick NELORD (IND,968) vs Peerakit SIRIBUTWONG (THA,867)
Good winning start for Karan.
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Hockey News
At the India-Canada 7-test Super Series , Canada
India bt Canada 3-1
Goal Scored - Gurwinder Chandi (IND) 29', Sandeep Singh (IND) 35' & 67' and David Jameson (CAN) 41'
India won this match to take winning lead in the series ... In this match Indian forwardline struggled but Sandeep Singh was on mark from dragflick to helped our side to won match.
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Motorsport News
At 2009 Formula 1 Brazilian Race,
But Sutil got hit by Trulli, and exited the race in accident ... Liuzzi finished on 12th position.
Tennis News
At $ 1,080,500 Kremlin Cup, Moscow, Russia
[Q2] Rohan Bopanna (IND,358) bt Alexander Lobkov (RUS,529) 76(5) 46 62
[Q3] Rohan Bopanna (IND,416) vs (5) Illya Marchenko (UKR,190)
Doubles
[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) vs James Cerretani (USA)/ Victor Hanescu (ROU)
[R1] (2) Rajeev Ram (USA)/ Eric Butorac (USA) vs Igor Kunitsyn (RUS)/ Marat Safin (RUS)
In this second qualifying round Rohan struggled with his serve though he served 10 aces but also committed 6 double faults ... But Rohan still managed to pull victory in 1 hour 56 minutes.
Next Bops facing Ukrainian opponent for place in maindraw.
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At $50K Tiburon Challenger, CA, USA
Final
(3) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Treat Huey (PHI) bt (2) Ilija Bozoljac (SRB)/ Dusan Vemic (SRB) 64 64
Harsh lifted third doubles challenger title of the year and as a pair Harsh and Treat lifted their second title ... This was good win against tough Serbian pair and that also in straight sets.
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Badminton News
At $50K Yonex Dutch Open GP 2009, Netherlands
Final
(2) Chetan Anand (IND,18) bt (6) Eric Pang (NED,24) 21-12 21-15
Chetan lifted Dutch Open title and became only 2nd Indian to lift this title after Prakash Padukone' title win in 1982 ... Last year Chetan lost final but this time he won final in 33 mins dominating the match.
At $ 1,080,500 Kremlin Cup, Moscow, Russia
[Q2] Rohan Bopanna (IND,358) bt Alexander Lobkov (RUS,529) 76(5) 46 62
[Q3] Rohan Bopanna (IND,416) vs (5) Illya Marchenko (UKR,190)
Doubles
[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) vs James Cerretani (USA)/ Victor Hanescu (ROU)
[R1] (2) Rajeev Ram (USA)/ Eric Butorac (USA) vs Igor Kunitsyn (RUS)/ Marat Safin (RUS)
In this second qualifying round Rohan struggled with his serve though he served 10 aces but also committed 6 double faults ... But Rohan still managed to pull victory in 1 hour 56 minutes.
Next Bops facing Ukrainian opponent for place in maindraw.
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At $50K Tiburon Challenger, CA, USA
Final
(3) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Treat Huey (PHI) bt (2) Ilija Bozoljac (SRB)/ Dusan Vemic (SRB) 64 64
Harsh lifted third doubles challenger title of the year and as a pair Harsh and Treat lifted their second title ... This was good win against tough Serbian pair and that also in straight sets.
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Badminton News
At $50K Yonex Dutch Open GP 2009, Netherlands
Final
(2) Chetan Anand (IND,18) bt (6) Eric Pang (NED,24) 21-12 21-15
Chetan lifted Dutch Open title and became only 2nd Indian to lift this title after Prakash Padukone' title win in 1982 ... Last year Chetan lost final but this time he won final in 33 mins dominating the match.
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Tennis News
At $50K Tiburon Challenger, CA, USA
[SF] (3) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Treat Huey (PHI) bt (WC) Vince Spadea (USA)/ Will Grace (USA) 61 46 10(3)
[F] (3) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Treat Huey (PHI) vs (2) Ilija Bozoljac (SRB)/ Dusan Vemic (SRB)
Another final for pairning of Harsh and Treat ... They scored win in super tie-break against American wild card pair ... After losing second set they dominated match tie-break like first set ... In the final they r facing 2nd seed Serbian pair.
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Badminton News
At $50K Yonex Dutch Open GP 2009, Netherlands
[SF] (2) Chetan Anand (IND,18) bt (3) Dicky Palyama (NED,19) 21-14 21-6
[F] (2) Chetan Anand (IND,18) vs (6) Eric Pang (NED,24)
Chetan is in the final, he scored dominating win against fellow top-20 players ... He won his one sided semi final in just 27 minutes to reached final, where he is facing another local player.
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Motorsport News
At 2009 Formula 1 Brazilian Race,
Again excellent performance from Force India team that helped Adrian Sutil to finished third in qualifying.
Vitantonio Liuzzi qualified on 15th position in between title contenders Jenson Button and Sebastian Vettel ... Rubens Barrichello qualified on top position.
At $50K Tiburon Challenger, CA, USA
[SF] (3) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Treat Huey (PHI) bt (WC) Vince Spadea (USA)/ Will Grace (USA) 61 46 10(3)
[F] (3) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Treat Huey (PHI) vs (2) Ilija Bozoljac (SRB)/ Dusan Vemic (SRB)
Another final for pairning of Harsh and Treat ... They scored win in super tie-break against American wild card pair ... After losing second set they dominated match tie-break like first set ... In the final they r facing 2nd seed Serbian pair.
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Badminton News
At $50K Yonex Dutch Open GP 2009, Netherlands
[SF] (2) Chetan Anand (IND,18) bt (3) Dicky Palyama (NED,19) 21-14 21-6
[F] (2) Chetan Anand (IND,18) vs (6) Eric Pang (NED,24)
Chetan is in the final, he scored dominating win against fellow top-20 players ... He won his one sided semi final in just 27 minutes to reached final, where he is facing another local player.
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Motorsport News
At 2009 Formula 1 Brazilian Race,
Again excellent performance from Force India team that helped Adrian Sutil to finished third in qualifying.
Vitantonio Liuzzi qualified on 15th position in between title contenders Jenson Button and Sebastian Vettel ... Rubens Barrichello qualified on top position.
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Tennis News
At $ 1,080,500 Kremlin Cup, Moscow, Russia
[Q1] Rohan Bopanna (IND,358) bt (1) Rajeev Ram (USA,100) 76(4) 62
[Q2] Rohan Bopanna (IND,358) vs Alexander Lobkov (Rus,529)
Terrific win!!! I luv his second set stats ... He lost only 1 point on serve in second set ... Overall 19 aces in the match which finished in exact one hour ... Now hopefully he will continue to perform well against his next round local opponent, Lobkov.
At $ 1,080,500 Kremlin Cup, Moscow, Russia
[Q1] Rohan Bopanna (IND,358) bt (1) Rajeev Ram (USA,100) 76(4) 62
[Q2] Rohan Bopanna (IND,358) vs Alexander Lobkov (Rus,529)
Terrific win!!! I luv his second set stats ... He lost only 1 point on serve in second set ... Overall 19 aces in the match which finished in exact one hour ... Now hopefully he will continue to perform well against his next round local opponent, Lobkov.
Tennis News
At $220K Japan HP Open International 2009, Osaka
[SF] Sania Mirza (IND,61) l (4) Francesca Schiavone (ITA,26) 26 16
Schiavone didn't give any chance to Sania in this match ... She won inside an hour breaking Sania's serve 4 times and didn't face a single break point on her serve.
I think Sania would be still happy after this one sided loss, she managed couple of good wins which cn give her confidence for next season.
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Hockey News
At the India-Canada 7-test Super Series , Canada
India bt Canada 2-0
Goal Scored - Vikram Pillay (IND) 22' Ps, Rajpal Singh (IND) 38'
India scored comfortable win to secured 3-0 lead in ongoing test series against Canada ... Indians scored a goal in each half and their defence was very good.
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Badminton News
At $50K Yonex Dutch Open GP 2009, Netherlands
[QF] (1) Rupesh Kumar (IND)/ Sanave Thomas (IND) l (6) Kristoff Hopp (GER)/ Johannes Schoettler (GER) 9-21 21-23
[QF] (4) Arvind Bhat (IND,26) l (6) Eric Pang (NED,24) 10-21 19-21
[QF] (2) Chetan Anand (IND,18) bt (8) Kashyap Parupalli (IND,29) 23-21 21-14
[SF] (2) Chetan Anand (IND,18) vs (3) Dicky Palyama (NED,19)
Only Chetan managed to win his match but others lost against lower ranked opponents.
At $220K Japan HP Open International 2009, Osaka
[SF] Sania Mirza (IND,61) l (4) Francesca Schiavone (ITA,26) 26 16
Schiavone didn't give any chance to Sania in this match ... She won inside an hour breaking Sania's serve 4 times and didn't face a single break point on her serve.
I think Sania would be still happy after this one sided loss, she managed couple of good wins which cn give her confidence for next season.
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Hockey News
At the India-Canada 7-test Super Series , Canada
India bt Canada 2-0
Goal Scored - Vikram Pillay (IND) 22' Ps, Rajpal Singh (IND) 38'
India scored comfortable win to secured 3-0 lead in ongoing test series against Canada ... Indians scored a goal in each half and their defence was very good.
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At $50K Yonex Dutch Open GP 2009, Netherlands
[QF] (1) Rupesh Kumar (IND)/ Sanave Thomas (IND) l (6) Kristoff Hopp (GER)/ Johannes Schoettler (GER) 9-21 21-23
[QF] (4) Arvind Bhat (IND,26) l (6) Eric Pang (NED,24) 10-21 19-21
[QF] (2) Chetan Anand (IND,18) bt (8) Kashyap Parupalli (IND,29) 23-21 21-14
[SF] (2) Chetan Anand (IND,18) vs (3) Dicky Palyama (NED,19)
Only Chetan managed to win his match but others lost against lower ranked opponents.
Friday, October 16, 2009
Tennis News
At $220K Japan HP Open International 2009, Osaka
[QF] Sania Mirza (IND,61) bt (2) Marion Bartoli (FRA,12) 64 2-0 Retd (right shoulder injury)
[SF] Sania Mirza (IND,61) vs (4) Francesca Schiavone (ITA,26)
Both players had 8 break point chances but Marion converted only 1 and other hand Sania converted 2 ... In 10th game when Sania was serving for the set Marion had break point but she failed to convert it ... Sania won first set in 48 minutes.
In second set Sania broke Marion's serve in first game ... Then after Sania hold her serve in second game Marion decided to quit match due to injury.
In semis Sania is facing Italian Francesca Schiavone.
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At Shanghai ATP Masters 1000, China
[SF] (3) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Mark Knowles (BAH) l Julien Benneteau (FRA)/ Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) 67(2) 26
So French pair continued with their upset win beating our pair in straight sets.
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At $50K Tiburon Challenger, CA, USA
[QF] (3) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Treat Huey (PHI) bt (Q) Matt Reid (AUS)/ Lgor Sijsling (NED) 61 64
Another easy victory for Harsh and Treat against qualifier to moved into semis.
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At $10K India ITF Womens Tournament, Pune
Semi Finals
(6) Elodie ROGGE-DIETRICH (FRA) bt Prerna BHAMBRI (IND) 63 76(5)
(4) Miki MIYAMURA (JPN) bt (WC) Ankita RAINA (IND) 61 60
Final
(4) Miki MIYAMURA (JPN) bt (6) Elodie ROGGE-DIETRICH (FRA) 63 63
Overall good performance by our young girls, Prerna and Ankita Raina.
At $220K Japan HP Open International 2009, Osaka
[QF] Sania Mirza (IND,61) bt (2) Marion Bartoli (FRA,12) 64 2-0 Retd (right shoulder injury)
[SF] Sania Mirza (IND,61) vs (4) Francesca Schiavone (ITA,26)
Both players had 8 break point chances but Marion converted only 1 and other hand Sania converted 2 ... In 10th game when Sania was serving for the set Marion had break point but she failed to convert it ... Sania won first set in 48 minutes.
In second set Sania broke Marion's serve in first game ... Then after Sania hold her serve in second game Marion decided to quit match due to injury.
In semis Sania is facing Italian Francesca Schiavone.
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At Shanghai ATP Masters 1000, China
[SF] (3) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Mark Knowles (BAH) l Julien Benneteau (FRA)/ Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) 67(2) 26
So French pair continued with their upset win beating our pair in straight sets.
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At $50K Tiburon Challenger, CA, USA
[QF] (3) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Treat Huey (PHI) bt (Q) Matt Reid (AUS)/ Lgor Sijsling (NED) 61 64
Another easy victory for Harsh and Treat against qualifier to moved into semis.
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At $10K India ITF Womens Tournament, Pune
Semi Finals
(6) Elodie ROGGE-DIETRICH (FRA) bt Prerna BHAMBRI (IND) 63 76(5)
(4) Miki MIYAMURA (JPN) bt (WC) Ankita RAINA (IND) 61 60
Final
(4) Miki MIYAMURA (JPN) bt (6) Elodie ROGGE-DIETRICH (FRA) 63 63
Overall good performance by our young girls, Prerna and Ankita Raina.
Badminton News
At $50K Yonex Dutch Open GP 2009, Netherlands
[R2] (1) Rupesh Kumar (IND) / Sanave Thomas (IND) bt Chris Langridge (ENG)/ Robin Middleton (ENG) 23-21 15-21 21-17
[R2] Akshay Dewalkar (IND)/ Jishnu Sanyal (IND) l (4) Michael Fuchs (GER)/ Ingo Kindervater (GER) 16-21 19-21
[R3] (13) Anand Pawar (IND,42) l (1) Choong Hann Wong (MAS,11) 14-21 18-21
[R3] (4) Arvind Bhat (IND,26) bt (11) Anup Sridhar (IND,41) 21-17 23-25 23-21
[R3] (8) Kashyap Parupalli (IND,29) bt Dieter Domke (GER,97) 21-18 18-21 21-17
[R3] (2) Chetan Anand (IND,19) bt Ajay Jayaram (IND,73) 21-13 21-12
[R2] (5) Aditi Mutatkar (IND,44) l Karin Schnaase (GER,79) 16-21 21-19 15-21
[QF] (1) Rupesh Kumar (IND) / Sanave Thomas (IND) vs (6) Kristoff Hopp (GER)/ Johannes Schoettler (GER)
[QF] (4) Arvind Bhat (IND,26) vs (6) Eric Pang (NED,24)
[QF] (2) Chetan Anand (IND,19) vs (8) Kashyap Parupalli (IND,29)
What a match between Arvind and Anup ... Both didn't give up any time of the match and fought hard until end in this 1 hour 12 mins match ... All other results were expected only exception was Aditi's loss against European player.
At $50K Yonex Dutch Open GP 2009, Netherlands
[R2] (1) Rupesh Kumar (IND) / Sanave Thomas (IND) bt Chris Langridge (ENG)/ Robin Middleton (ENG) 23-21 15-21 21-17
[R2] Akshay Dewalkar (IND)/ Jishnu Sanyal (IND) l (4) Michael Fuchs (GER)/ Ingo Kindervater (GER) 16-21 19-21
[R3] (13) Anand Pawar (IND,42) l (1) Choong Hann Wong (MAS,11) 14-21 18-21
[R3] (4) Arvind Bhat (IND,26) bt (11) Anup Sridhar (IND,41) 21-17 23-25 23-21
[R3] (8) Kashyap Parupalli (IND,29) bt Dieter Domke (GER,97) 21-18 18-21 21-17
[R3] (2) Chetan Anand (IND,19) bt Ajay Jayaram (IND,73) 21-13 21-12
[R2] (5) Aditi Mutatkar (IND,44) l Karin Schnaase (GER,79) 16-21 21-19 15-21
[QF] (1) Rupesh Kumar (IND) / Sanave Thomas (IND) vs (6) Kristoff Hopp (GER)/ Johannes Schoettler (GER)
[QF] (4) Arvind Bhat (IND,26) vs (6) Eric Pang (NED,24)
[QF] (2) Chetan Anand (IND,19) vs (8) Kashyap Parupalli (IND,29)
What a match between Arvind and Anup ... Both didn't give up any time of the match and fought hard until end in this 1 hour 12 mins match ... All other results were expected only exception was Aditi's loss against European player.
Tennis News
At $125K+H Tashkent Challenger, Uzbekistan
[SF] (2) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE) l Murad Inoyatov (UZB)/ Denis Istomin (UZB) 63 16 (5)10
After winning first set they lost plot against local pair.
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At $15K+H Nigeria F1 Futures, Lagos
[R2] (4) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,531) l Komlavi LOGLO (TOG,809) 36 46
Doubles
(1) Antal VAN DER DUIM (NED)/ Boy WESTERHOF (NED) bt Srirambalaji NARAYANASWAMY (IND)/ Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) 62 64
Surprising loss for Ranjeet.
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At $10K Thailand F5, Nakhon Ratchasima
[Q1] (1) Karunuday SINGH (IND,1169) bt Apichat RUANGLAPANAN (THA,NR) 62 62
[Q2] (1) Karunuday SINGH (IND,1169) bt Sorachet UAYPORN (THA,NR) 63 60
[R1] (Q) Karunuday SINGH (IND,1169) bt Faris AKHAZZAN (GBR,UNR) 60 62
[R1] Yannick NELORD (IND,968) l (4) Nathan THOMPSON (USA,403) 26 26
[R2] (Q) Karunuday SINGH (IND,1169) l (3)Adam KELLNER (HUN,377) 26 57
Good to see Karunuday qualified 2nd week on a row and winning first round match.
At $125K+H Tashkent Challenger, Uzbekistan
[SF] (2) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE) l Murad Inoyatov (UZB)/ Denis Istomin (UZB) 63 16 (5)10
After winning first set they lost plot against local pair.
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At $15K+H Nigeria F1 Futures, Lagos
[R2] (4) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,531) l Komlavi LOGLO (TOG,809) 36 46
Doubles
(1) Antal VAN DER DUIM (NED)/ Boy WESTERHOF (NED) bt Srirambalaji NARAYANASWAMY (IND)/ Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) 62 64
Surprising loss for Ranjeet.
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At $10K Thailand F5, Nakhon Ratchasima
[Q1] (1) Karunuday SINGH (IND,1169) bt Apichat RUANGLAPANAN (THA,NR) 62 62
[Q2] (1) Karunuday SINGH (IND,1169) bt Sorachet UAYPORN (THA,NR) 63 60
[R1] (Q) Karunuday SINGH (IND,1169) bt Faris AKHAZZAN (GBR,UNR) 60 62
[R1] Yannick NELORD (IND,968) l (4) Nathan THOMPSON (USA,403) 26 26
[R2] (Q) Karunuday SINGH (IND,1169) l (3)Adam KELLNER (HUN,377) 26 57
Good to see Karunuday qualified 2nd week on a row and winning first round match.
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Tennis News
At Shanghai ATP Masters 1000, China
[QF] (3) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Mark Knowles (BAH) bt (8) Lukas Kubot (POL)/ Oliver Marach (AUT) 46 63 10(5)
Mahesh and Mark scored comeback victory over 8th seed pair in another super tie-break to moved into semis ... I think they r making mastery in super tie-break matches ... ;-)
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At $220K Japan HP Open International 2009, Osaka
[QF] (2) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Vania King (USA) l Julie Coin (FRA)/ Mathilde Johansson (FRA) 46 26
Surprisingly one sided loss against French pair for 2nd seeds.
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At $10K India ITF Womens Tournament, Pune
Quarter Finals
(6) Elodie ROGGE-DIETRICH (FRA) bt (1) Poojashree VENKATESHA (IND) 36 62 62
Prerna BHAMBRI (IND) bt (Q) Aishwarya AGRAWAL (IND) 75 63
(4) Miki MIYAMURA (JPN) bt (8) Shivika BURMAN (IND) 62 61
(WC) Ankita RAINA (IND) bt (2) Rushmi CHAKRAVARTHI (IND) 75 16 60
As expected Prerna moved into semis ... But 15 yrs old Ankita scored biggest upset of her small career ... She defeated seasoned Rushmi Chakravarthi and that's also winning last set 6-0.
Poojashree's loss against Frenchwoman Rogge-Dietrich was surprising one .. Mostly back to back so many weeks Poojashree was reaching deep in all tournaments take toll on her.
Tomorrow I m rooting for our young girls to make another all Indian final.
At Shanghai ATP Masters 1000, China
[QF] (3) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Mark Knowles (BAH) bt (8) Lukas Kubot (POL)/ Oliver Marach (AUT) 46 63 10(5)
Mahesh and Mark scored comeback victory over 8th seed pair in another super tie-break to moved into semis ... I think they r making mastery in super tie-break matches ... ;-)
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At $220K Japan HP Open International 2009, Osaka
[QF] (2) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Vania King (USA) l Julie Coin (FRA)/ Mathilde Johansson (FRA) 46 26
Surprisingly one sided loss against French pair for 2nd seeds.
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At $10K India ITF Womens Tournament, Pune
Quarter Finals
(6) Elodie ROGGE-DIETRICH (FRA) bt (1) Poojashree VENKATESHA (IND) 36 62 62
Prerna BHAMBRI (IND) bt (Q) Aishwarya AGRAWAL (IND) 75 63
(4) Miki MIYAMURA (JPN) bt (8) Shivika BURMAN (IND) 62 61
(WC) Ankita RAINA (IND) bt (2) Rushmi CHAKRAVARTHI (IND) 75 16 60
As expected Prerna moved into semis ... But 15 yrs old Ankita scored biggest upset of her small career ... She defeated seasoned Rushmi Chakravarthi and that's also winning last set 6-0.
Poojashree's loss against Frenchwoman Rogge-Dietrich was surprising one .. Mostly back to back so many weeks Poojashree was reaching deep in all tournaments take toll on her.
Tomorrow I m rooting for our young girls to make another all Indian final.
Hockey News
At the India-Canada 7-test Super Series , Canada
India dw Canada 4-4
Goal Scored - Sandeep Singh (IND) 9' PC, 18' PC, 31' PC & 45' PC and Rob Short (CAN) 2' PC & 66' PC, Mark Pearson 68' & 70'
Due to defensive lapse our boys lost control over the match where they conceded three goals in last 3 minutes ... At half-time India were leading 3-1 on Sandeep Singh's hat-trick ... In second half India increased lead to 3 goals from another dragflick from Sandeep Singh ... But then they played disoriented and Canadian team take full advantage to draw this test ... Still India leads 2-0 in test series.
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At $50K Yonex Dutch Open 2009, Netherlands
[R1] (1) Rupesh Kumar (IND) / Sanave Thomas (IND) bt Remco Muyris (NED)/ Jurgen Wouters (NED) 21-14 21-17
[R1] Akshay Dewalkar (IND)/ Jishnu Sanyal (IND) bt Alexander Roovers (GER)/ Gregory Schneider (GER) 21-12 21-9
[R2] (1) Rupesh Kumar (IND) / Sanave Thomas (IND) vs Chris Langridge (ENG)/ Robin Middleton (ENG)
[R2] Akshay Dewalkar (IND)/ Jishnu Sanyal (IND) vs (4) Michael Fuchs (GER)/ Ingo Kindervater (GER)
Winning start for our both pairs.
At the India-Canada 7-test Super Series , Canada
India dw Canada 4-4
Goal Scored - Sandeep Singh (IND) 9' PC, 18' PC, 31' PC & 45' PC and Rob Short (CAN) 2' PC & 66' PC, Mark Pearson 68' & 70'
Due to defensive lapse our boys lost control over the match where they conceded three goals in last 3 minutes ... At half-time India were leading 3-1 on Sandeep Singh's hat-trick ... In second half India increased lead to 3 goals from another dragflick from Sandeep Singh ... But then they played disoriented and Canadian team take full advantage to draw this test ... Still India leads 2-0 in test series.
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At $50K Yonex Dutch Open 2009, Netherlands
[R1] (1) Rupesh Kumar (IND) / Sanave Thomas (IND) bt Remco Muyris (NED)/ Jurgen Wouters (NED) 21-14 21-17
[R1] Akshay Dewalkar (IND)/ Jishnu Sanyal (IND) bt Alexander Roovers (GER)/ Gregory Schneider (GER) 21-12 21-9
[R2] (1) Rupesh Kumar (IND) / Sanave Thomas (IND) vs Chris Langridge (ENG)/ Robin Middleton (ENG)
[R2] Akshay Dewalkar (IND)/ Jishnu Sanyal (IND) vs (4) Michael Fuchs (GER)/ Ingo Kindervater (GER)
Winning start for our both pairs.
Tennis News
At Shanghai ATP Masters 1000, China
[R1] (3) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Mark Knowles (BAH) bt Travis Parrott (USA)/ Filip Polasek (SVK) 75 36 10(4)
[QF] (3) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Mark Knowles (BAH) vs (8)Lukas Kubot (POL)/ Oliver Marach (AUT)
Mahesh and Mark needed super tie-break to pulled first round victory ... In quarters they r facing 8th seed pair.
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At $125K+H Tashkent Challenger, Uzbekistan
[QF] (2) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE) bt Inigo Cervantes-Huegun (ESP)/ Guillermo Olaso (ESP) 63 64
[SF] (2) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE) vs Murad Inoyatov (UZB)/ Denis Istomin (UZB)
Rohan and Lu scored straight sets victory to moved into semis to face local favorite pair.
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At $50K Tiburon Challenger, CA, USA
[R1] (3) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Treat Huey (PHI) bt Marcel Felder (URU)/ Carlos Salamanca (COL) 63 62
[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Kevin Kim (USA) l (WC) Vince Spadea (USA)/ Will Grace (USA) 64 26 (5)10
[QF] (3) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Treat Huey (PHI) vs (Q) Matt Reid (AUS)/ Lgor Sijsling (NED)
Harsh and Treat keeping their consistent performance with easy victory against South American pair ... In quarters they will face qualifiers.
But Prakash and Kim lost after winning first set against American pair.
At Shanghai ATP Masters 1000, China
[R1] (3) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Mark Knowles (BAH) bt Travis Parrott (USA)/ Filip Polasek (SVK) 75 36 10(4)
[QF] (3) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Mark Knowles (BAH) vs (8)Lukas Kubot (POL)/ Oliver Marach (AUT)
Mahesh and Mark needed super tie-break to pulled first round victory ... In quarters they r facing 8th seed pair.
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At $125K+H Tashkent Challenger, Uzbekistan
[QF] (2) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE) bt Inigo Cervantes-Huegun (ESP)/ Guillermo Olaso (ESP) 63 64
[SF] (2) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE) vs Murad Inoyatov (UZB)/ Denis Istomin (UZB)
Rohan and Lu scored straight sets victory to moved into semis to face local favorite pair.
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At $50K Tiburon Challenger, CA, USA
[R1] (3) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Treat Huey (PHI) bt Marcel Felder (URU)/ Carlos Salamanca (COL) 63 62
[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Kevin Kim (USA) l (WC) Vince Spadea (USA)/ Will Grace (USA) 64 26 (5)10
[QF] (3) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Treat Huey (PHI) vs (Q) Matt Reid (AUS)/ Lgor Sijsling (NED)
Harsh and Treat keeping their consistent performance with easy victory against South American pair ... In quarters they will face qualifiers.
But Prakash and Kim lost after winning first set against American pair.
Badminton News
At $50K Yonex Dutch Open 2009, Netherlands
[R1] (13) Anand Pawar (IND,42) bt Taufiq Akbar Hidayat (ITA,150) 23-21 21-13
[R1] Gurusaidutt R.M.V. (IND,68) l (5) Rajiv Ouseph (ENG,22) 15-21 12-21
[R1] (4) Arvind Bhat (IND,26) bt Saber Afif (NED,149) 21-17 21-18
[R1] (11) Anup Sridhar (IND,41) bt Rune Massing (NED,100) 21-10 21-8
[R1] (8) Kashyap Parupalli (IND,29) bt Sebastian Rduch (GER,266) 21-17 21-16
[R1] Ajay Jayaram (IND,73) bt (10) Ville Lang (FIN,33) 21-11 21-16
[R1] (2) Chetan Anand (IND,19) bt Julien Warnotte (BEL,546) 21-9 21-14
[R2] (13) Anand Pawar (IND,42) bt Jamie Bonsels (ENG,127) 21-8 21-6
[R2] (4) Arvind Bhat (IND,26) bt Sven-Eric Kastens (GER,86) 18-21 21-19 21-10
[R2] (11) Anup Sridhar (IND,41) bt Stephen Wojcikiewicz (CAN,57) 22-20 21-12
[R2] (8) Kashyap Parupalli (IND,29) bt Lester Oey (NED,145) 21-14 21-15
[R2] Ajay Jayaram (IND,73) bt (Q) Kai Waldenberger (GER,589) 21-14 21-18
[R2] (2) Chetan Anand (IND,19) bt Misha Zilberman (ISR,93) 21-7 21-10
[R1] (5) Aditi Mutatkar (IND,44) bt Elena Prus (UKR,62) 22-20 21-17
[R1] (1) Rupesh Kumar (IND) / Sanave Thomas (IND) vs Remco Muyris (NED)/ Jurgen Wouters (NED)
[R1] Akshay Dewalkar (IND)/ Jishnu Sanyal (IND) vs Alexander Roovers (GER)/ Gregory Schneider (GER)
[R3] (13) Anand Pawar (IND,42) vs (1) Choong Hann Wong (MAS,11)
[R3] (4) Arvind Bhat (IND,26) vs (11) Anup Sridhar (IND,41)
[R3] (8) Kashyap Parupalli (IND,29) vs Dieter Domke (GER,97)
[R3] (2) Chetan Anand (IND,19) vs Ajay Jayaram (IND,73)
[R2] (5) Aditi Mutatkar (IND,44) vs Karin Schnaase (GER,79)
Good outing for Indian players ... Ajay Jayaram scored upset win over WR top-35 player in first round.
At $50K Yonex Dutch Open 2009, Netherlands
[R1] (13) Anand Pawar (IND,42) bt Taufiq Akbar Hidayat (ITA,150) 23-21 21-13
[R1] Gurusaidutt R.M.V. (IND,68) l (5) Rajiv Ouseph (ENG,22) 15-21 12-21
[R1] (4) Arvind Bhat (IND,26) bt Saber Afif (NED,149) 21-17 21-18
[R1] (11) Anup Sridhar (IND,41) bt Rune Massing (NED,100) 21-10 21-8
[R1] (8) Kashyap Parupalli (IND,29) bt Sebastian Rduch (GER,266) 21-17 21-16
[R1] Ajay Jayaram (IND,73) bt (10) Ville Lang (FIN,33) 21-11 21-16
[R1] (2) Chetan Anand (IND,19) bt Julien Warnotte (BEL,546) 21-9 21-14
[R2] (13) Anand Pawar (IND,42) bt Jamie Bonsels (ENG,127) 21-8 21-6
[R2] (4) Arvind Bhat (IND,26) bt Sven-Eric Kastens (GER,86) 18-21 21-19 21-10
[R2] (11) Anup Sridhar (IND,41) bt Stephen Wojcikiewicz (CAN,57) 22-20 21-12
[R2] (8) Kashyap Parupalli (IND,29) bt Lester Oey (NED,145) 21-14 21-15
[R2] Ajay Jayaram (IND,73) bt (Q) Kai Waldenberger (GER,589) 21-14 21-18
[R2] (2) Chetan Anand (IND,19) bt Misha Zilberman (ISR,93) 21-7 21-10
[R1] (5) Aditi Mutatkar (IND,44) bt Elena Prus (UKR,62) 22-20 21-17
[R1] (1) Rupesh Kumar (IND) / Sanave Thomas (IND) vs Remco Muyris (NED)/ Jurgen Wouters (NED)
[R1] Akshay Dewalkar (IND)/ Jishnu Sanyal (IND) vs Alexander Roovers (GER)/ Gregory Schneider (GER)
[R3] (13) Anand Pawar (IND,42) vs (1) Choong Hann Wong (MAS,11)
[R3] (4) Arvind Bhat (IND,26) vs (11) Anup Sridhar (IND,41)
[R3] (8) Kashyap Parupalli (IND,29) vs Dieter Domke (GER,97)
[R3] (2) Chetan Anand (IND,19) vs Ajay Jayaram (IND,73)
[R2] (5) Aditi Mutatkar (IND,44) vs Karin Schnaase (GER,79)
Good outing for Indian players ... Ajay Jayaram scored upset win over WR top-35 player in first round.
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Tennis News
At $220K Japan HP Open International 2009, Osaka
[R2] Sania Mirza (IND,61) bt (Q) Viktoriya Kutuzova (UKR,89) 64 63
[QF] Sania Mirza (IND,61) vs (2) Marion Bartoli (FRA,12)
Doubles
[R1] (2) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Vania King (USA) bt Ayumi Oka (JPN)/ Tomoko Yonemura (JPN) 60 76(5)
[QF] (2) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Vania King (USA) vs Julie Coin (FRA)/ Mathilde Johansson (FRA)
Though Sania had poor service games still she managed to win it in 1 hour 23 minutes ... Sania's serve was broken 4 times but she broke Kutuzova's serve 7 times in the match ... In quarters Sania is facing WR #12 Frenchwoman Marion Bartoli.
In doubles also Sania and Vania started with win ... After winning first set easily rookie Japanese pair stretched them into tie-break in second set.
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At $125K+H Tashkent Challenger, Uzbekistan
[R2] (7) Somdev Devvarman (IND,131) l Alexandre Kudraytsev (RUS,208) 36 46
Somewhat expected loss ... Somi struggled with player like Kudraytsev, who having similar style like Som but also having good service ... After Lu's loss in second round this draw was open for Som but he failed to take advantage ... So with this loss his Asian tour is over and he will be back to US from next week.
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At $15K+H Nigeria F1 Futures, Lagos
[R1] Srirambalaji NARAYANASWAMY (IND,1134) l John-Paul FRUTTERO (USA,903) 57 26
[R1] (4) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,531) bt Candy IDOKO (NGR,1379) 60 62
[R2] (4) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,531) vs Komlavi LOGLO (TOG,809)
Doubles
(1) Antal VAN DER DUIM (NED)/ Boy WESTERHOF (NED) vs Srirambalaji NARAYANASWAMY (IND)/ Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND)
As expected Ranjeet started with easy win against local player but Srirambalaji failed to join him in second round.
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At $10K India ITF Womens Tournament, Pune
Second Round
(1) Poojashree VENKATESHA (IND) bt Soon-Mi SEO (KOR) 61 61
(6) Elodie ROGGE-DIETRICH (FRA) bt (Q) Sheethal GOUTHAM (IND) 61 63
(Q) Aishwarya AGRAWAL (IND) bt (3) Sanaa BHAMBRI (IND) 46 75 63
Prerna BHAMBRI (IND) bt (7) Jung-Yoon SHIN (KOR) 62 63
(8) Shivika BURMAN (IND) bt Khristina KAZIMOVA (UKR) 62 76(6)
(4) Miki MIYAMURA (JPN) bt (Q) Nimisha MOHAN (IND) 62 60
(WC) Ankita RAINA (IND) bt (5) Kumari-Sweta SOLANKI (IND) 61 4-2 Retd
(2) Rushmi CHAKRAVARTHI (IND) bt Rashmi TELTUMBDE (IND) 36 61 62
Prerna continued her giant killing from last week with win over seeded Korean player ... But day's biggest upset scored by young Aishwarya, who upset 3rd seed Sanaa in 3 sets comeback victory ... Also 15 yrs old Ankita moved into quarters.
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Football News
At 2009 AFC Under-16 Championship Qualifiers, Abu Dhabi, UAE
India l UAE 3-6
Goal scored - Jayabrata Dhar (IND) 10', Brandon Fernandes (IND) 54' P, Lanba Luwang (IND) 80' and Johar Ahmed (UAE) 18', Saeed Ali Rawahi (UAE) 25', Majid Shahin (UAE) 26' P, Yousif Saeed (UAE) 45', Khaled Khamis Rashid (UAE) 64', Ahmed Barman (UAE) 81' P
India ended on disappointing note after losing to host UAE in final league match ... Again lapses in defence cost Indian side ... Overall disappointing outing in this u-16 AFC qualifier.
At $220K Japan HP Open International 2009, Osaka
[R2] Sania Mirza (IND,61) bt (Q) Viktoriya Kutuzova (UKR,89) 64 63
[QF] Sania Mirza (IND,61) vs (2) Marion Bartoli (FRA,12)
Doubles
[R1] (2) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Vania King (USA) bt Ayumi Oka (JPN)/ Tomoko Yonemura (JPN) 60 76(5)
[QF] (2) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Vania King (USA) vs Julie Coin (FRA)/ Mathilde Johansson (FRA)
Though Sania had poor service games still she managed to win it in 1 hour 23 minutes ... Sania's serve was broken 4 times but she broke Kutuzova's serve 7 times in the match ... In quarters Sania is facing WR #12 Frenchwoman Marion Bartoli.
In doubles also Sania and Vania started with win ... After winning first set easily rookie Japanese pair stretched them into tie-break in second set.
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At $125K+H Tashkent Challenger, Uzbekistan
[R2] (7) Somdev Devvarman (IND,131) l Alexandre Kudraytsev (RUS,208) 36 46
Somewhat expected loss ... Somi struggled with player like Kudraytsev, who having similar style like Som but also having good service ... After Lu's loss in second round this draw was open for Som but he failed to take advantage ... So with this loss his Asian tour is over and he will be back to US from next week.
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At $15K+H Nigeria F1 Futures, Lagos
[R1] Srirambalaji NARAYANASWAMY (IND,1134) l John-Paul FRUTTERO (USA,903) 57 26
[R1] (4) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,531) bt Candy IDOKO (NGR,1379) 60 62
[R2] (4) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,531) vs Komlavi LOGLO (TOG,809)
Doubles
(1) Antal VAN DER DUIM (NED)/ Boy WESTERHOF (NED) vs Srirambalaji NARAYANASWAMY (IND)/ Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND)
As expected Ranjeet started with easy win against local player but Srirambalaji failed to join him in second round.
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At $10K India ITF Womens Tournament, Pune
Second Round
(1) Poojashree VENKATESHA (IND) bt Soon-Mi SEO (KOR) 61 61
(6) Elodie ROGGE-DIETRICH (FRA) bt (Q) Sheethal GOUTHAM (IND) 61 63
(Q) Aishwarya AGRAWAL (IND) bt (3) Sanaa BHAMBRI (IND) 46 75 63
Prerna BHAMBRI (IND) bt (7) Jung-Yoon SHIN (KOR) 62 63
(8) Shivika BURMAN (IND) bt Khristina KAZIMOVA (UKR) 62 76(6)
(4) Miki MIYAMURA (JPN) bt (Q) Nimisha MOHAN (IND) 62 60
(WC) Ankita RAINA (IND) bt (5) Kumari-Sweta SOLANKI (IND) 61 4-2 Retd
(2) Rushmi CHAKRAVARTHI (IND) bt Rashmi TELTUMBDE (IND) 36 61 62
Prerna continued her giant killing from last week with win over seeded Korean player ... But day's biggest upset scored by young Aishwarya, who upset 3rd seed Sanaa in 3 sets comeback victory ... Also 15 yrs old Ankita moved into quarters.
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Football News
At 2009 AFC Under-16 Championship Qualifiers, Abu Dhabi, UAE
India l UAE 3-6
Goal scored - Jayabrata Dhar (IND) 10', Brandon Fernandes (IND) 54' P, Lanba Luwang (IND) 80' and Johar Ahmed (UAE) 18', Saeed Ali Rawahi (UAE) 25', Majid Shahin (UAE) 26' P, Yousif Saeed (UAE) 45', Khaled Khamis Rashid (UAE) 64', Ahmed Barman (UAE) 81' P
India ended on disappointing note after losing to host UAE in final league match ... Again lapses in defence cost Indian side ... Overall disappointing outing in this u-16 AFC qualifier.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Tennis News
At $125K+H Tashkent Challenger, Uzbekistan
[R2] (7) Somdev Devvarman (IND,131) vs Alexandre Kudraytsev (RUS,208)
Doubles
[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) l Inigo Cervantes-Huegun (ESP)/ Guillermo Olaso (ESP) 63 36 (4)10
[R1] (2) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE) bt (WC) Vaja Uzakov (UZB)/ Deniss Pavlovs (LAT) 64 67(3) 12(10)
Somi will face Russian Kudraytsev in second round.
In doubles Somi and Purav lost in super tie-break against Spanish pair ... But other hand Bops and Lu scored tight win in super tie-break ... They saved a match point trailing 10-9 in the match tiebreak.
At $125K+H Tashkent Challenger, Uzbekistan
[R2] (7) Somdev Devvarman (IND,131) vs Alexandre Kudraytsev (RUS,208)
Doubles
[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) l Inigo Cervantes-Huegun (ESP)/ Guillermo Olaso (ESP) 63 36 (4)10
[R1] (2) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE) bt (WC) Vaja Uzakov (UZB)/ Deniss Pavlovs (LAT) 64 67(3) 12(10)
Somi will face Russian Kudraytsev in second round.
In doubles Somi and Purav lost in super tie-break against Spanish pair ... But other hand Bops and Lu scored tight win in super tie-break ... They saved a match point trailing 10-9 in the match tiebreak.
Football News
At I League 2009-10, India - Round III
Sporting Clube de Goa dw Pune FC 2-2
Goal Scored - Junior Obagbemiro (SCG) 27', Anthony D’Souza (SCG) 40' and Jeje Lalpekhlua (PFC) 10', Asim Hasan (PFC) 48'
Sporting dominated first half but young Pune FC fought hard to earned draw.
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Churchill Brothers dw SMumbai Football Club 1-1
Goal Scored - Reisangmi Vashum (CB) 26' and Abhishek Yadav (MFC) 87'
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Mohun Bagan bt Viva Kerala 2-0
Goal Scored - Snehashish Chakraborty (MB) 52', Manish Mathani (MB) 90+'
Mohun Bagan opened their account beating Viva Kerala.
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East Bengal dw JCT Phagwara 0-0
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Dempo SC bt Shillong Lajong FC 4-1
Goal Scored - Anthony Fernandes(DSC) 5', Roberto d’Silva(DSC) 12', Sunil Chhetri (DSC) 42' & 55' and James Gbillee (SL) 53'
Dempo scored dominating win against Shillong Lajong.
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Chirag United SC dw Air India 3-3
Goal Scored - Jayanta Sen (CU) 12', Gouranga Dutta (CU) 67', Joshimar (CU) 75' and Dada Nabeel (AI) 18', ND Opara (AI) 43' & 49'
Excellent match for Chirag United, who came back into match after down by 2 goals ... Well deserved single point for them from this match.
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Churchill Brothers SC vs Mumbai FC 1-0
Goal Scored - R.Vasum (CB) 25'
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Salgaocar SC l Mahindra United 1-4
Goal Scored - Cajeton Fernandes (SSC) 20' and Steven Dias (MU) 24', Muritala Ali (MU) 50', 67' & 81'
At I League 2009-10, India - Round III
Sporting Clube de Goa dw Pune FC 2-2
Goal Scored - Junior Obagbemiro (SCG) 27', Anthony D’Souza (SCG) 40' and Jeje Lalpekhlua (PFC) 10', Asim Hasan (PFC) 48'
Sporting dominated first half but young Pune FC fought hard to earned draw.
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Churchill Brothers dw SMumbai Football Club 1-1
Goal Scored - Reisangmi Vashum (CB) 26' and Abhishek Yadav (MFC) 87'
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Mohun Bagan bt Viva Kerala 2-0
Goal Scored - Snehashish Chakraborty (MB) 52', Manish Mathani (MB) 90+'
Mohun Bagan opened their account beating Viva Kerala.
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East Bengal dw JCT Phagwara 0-0
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Dempo SC bt Shillong Lajong FC 4-1
Goal Scored - Anthony Fernandes(DSC) 5', Roberto d’Silva(DSC) 12', Sunil Chhetri (DSC) 42' & 55' and James Gbillee (SL) 53'
Dempo scored dominating win against Shillong Lajong.
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Chirag United SC dw Air India 3-3
Goal Scored - Jayanta Sen (CU) 12', Gouranga Dutta (CU) 67', Joshimar (CU) 75' and Dada Nabeel (AI) 18', ND Opara (AI) 43' & 49'
Excellent match for Chirag United, who came back into match after down by 2 goals ... Well deserved single point for them from this match.
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Churchill Brothers SC vs Mumbai FC 1-0
Goal Scored - R.Vasum (CB) 25'
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Salgaocar SC l Mahindra United 1-4
Goal Scored - Cajeton Fernandes (SSC) 20' and Steven Dias (MU) 24', Muritala Ali (MU) 50', 67' & 81'
Tennis News
At $50K Tiburon Challenger, CA, USA
[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND,223) l Alex Kuznetsov (USA,199) 67(1) 67(4)
Doubles
[R1] (3) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Treat Huey (PHI) vs Marcel Felder (URU)/ Carlos Salamanca (COL)
[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Kevin Kim (USA) vs (WC) Vince Spadea (USA)/ Will Grace (USA)
Prakash had numerous opportunities in the match but again inconsistent performance costed him match ... After losing opportunities in first set he also had winning second set with holding his serve at 6-5 but he lost hise serve and then lost another tie-break to lose match.
This week Harsh is at a career-high doubles ranking of 117.
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At $10K India ITF Womens Tournament, Pune
First Round
(1) Poojashree VENKATESHA (IND) bt (Q) Arantxa ANDRADY (IND) 62 61
Soon-Mi SEO (KOR) bt Chika TERASAWA (JPN) 60 63
(Q) Sheethal GOUTHAM (IND) bt Moe KAWATOKO (JPN) 76(4) 63
(6) Elodie ROGGE-DIETRICH (FRA) bt (WC) Ashvarya SHRIVASTAVA (IND) 62 60
(3) Sanaa BHAMBRI (IND) bt (Q) Prathana PRATHAP (IND) 62 61
(Q) Aishwarya AGRAWAL (IND) bt (Q) Garima VATWANI (IND) 64 64
Prerna BHAMBRI (IND) bt Treta BHATTACHARYYA (IND) 64 64
(7) Jung-Yoon SHIN (KOR) bt (WC) Tanvi SHAH (IND) 61 63
(8) Shivika BURMAN (IND) bt (Q) Sonya DAYAL (IND) 63 67(8) 62
Khristina KAZIMOVA (UKR) bt (WC) Nova PATEL (IND) 63 62
(Q) Nimisha MOHAN (IND) bt Nupur KAUL (IND) 62 61
(4) Miki MIYAMURA (JPN) bt Sophia MULSAP (THA) 61 61
(5) Kumari-Sweta SOLANKI (IND) bt (Q) Sowjanya BAVISETTI (IND) 62 26 64
(WC) Ankita RAINA (IND) bt Yang PANG (CHN) 46 63 64
Rashmi TELTUMBDE (IND) bt Natchanok SAENYAUKHOT (THA) 60 75
(2) Rushmi CHAKRAVARTHI (IND) bt Alena GERASIMOVA (BLR) 62 60
Rashmi had good win against Thai opponent in first round ... Sheethal Goutham and Ankita Raina scored excellent upset wins against their higher ranked foreign opponents.
At $50K Tiburon Challenger, CA, USA
[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND,223) l Alex Kuznetsov (USA,199) 67(1) 67(4)
Doubles
[R1] (3) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Treat Huey (PHI) vs Marcel Felder (URU)/ Carlos Salamanca (COL)
[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Kevin Kim (USA) vs (WC) Vince Spadea (USA)/ Will Grace (USA)
Prakash had numerous opportunities in the match but again inconsistent performance costed him match ... After losing opportunities in first set he also had winning second set with holding his serve at 6-5 but he lost hise serve and then lost another tie-break to lose match.
This week Harsh is at a career-high doubles ranking of 117.
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At $10K India ITF Womens Tournament, Pune
First Round
(1) Poojashree VENKATESHA (IND) bt (Q) Arantxa ANDRADY (IND) 62 61
Soon-Mi SEO (KOR) bt Chika TERASAWA (JPN) 60 63
(Q) Sheethal GOUTHAM (IND) bt Moe KAWATOKO (JPN) 76(4) 63
(6) Elodie ROGGE-DIETRICH (FRA) bt (WC) Ashvarya SHRIVASTAVA (IND) 62 60
(3) Sanaa BHAMBRI (IND) bt (Q) Prathana PRATHAP (IND) 62 61
(Q) Aishwarya AGRAWAL (IND) bt (Q) Garima VATWANI (IND) 64 64
Prerna BHAMBRI (IND) bt Treta BHATTACHARYYA (IND) 64 64
(7) Jung-Yoon SHIN (KOR) bt (WC) Tanvi SHAH (IND) 61 63
(8) Shivika BURMAN (IND) bt (Q) Sonya DAYAL (IND) 63 67(8) 62
Khristina KAZIMOVA (UKR) bt (WC) Nova PATEL (IND) 63 62
(Q) Nimisha MOHAN (IND) bt Nupur KAUL (IND) 62 61
(4) Miki MIYAMURA (JPN) bt Sophia MULSAP (THA) 61 61
(5) Kumari-Sweta SOLANKI (IND) bt (Q) Sowjanya BAVISETTI (IND) 62 26 64
(WC) Ankita RAINA (IND) bt Yang PANG (CHN) 46 63 64
Rashmi TELTUMBDE (IND) bt Natchanok SAENYAUKHOT (THA) 60 75
(2) Rushmi CHAKRAVARTHI (IND) bt Alena GERASIMOVA (BLR) 62 60
Rashmi had good win against Thai opponent in first round ... Sheethal Goutham and Ankita Raina scored excellent upset wins against their higher ranked foreign opponents.
Monday, October 12, 2009
Tennis News
At $220K Japan HP Open International 2009, Osaka
[R1] Sania Mirza (IND,61) bt (5) Shahar Peer (ISR,38) 36 63 64
[R2] Sania Mirza (IND,61) vs Viktoriya Kutuzova (UKR,89)
Sania scored good comeback victory over her friend Shahar Peer ... This win is suppsed to her best win in recent days ... After long time we r seeing Sania scoring upset win over top-40 player .. Next round she is facing Ukrainian qualifier.
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At $125K+H Tashkent Challenger, Uzbekistan
[R1] (WC) Rohan Bopanna (IND,358) l (1) Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE,70) 46 26
[R1] (7) Somdev Devvarman (IND,131) bt Guillermo Olaso (ESP,281) 63 62
[R1] (6) Rajeev Ram (USA,100) l Tatsuma Ito (JPN,233) 5-6 Retd (due to lower back injury)
Very clinical display by both seeded players ... Somi won it without losing much sweat ... Lu also scored easy victory breaking Bops once in first set and twice in second.
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Hockey News
At the India-Canada 7-test Super Series , Canada
India bt Canada 4-3
Goal Scored - Mohd Amir Khan (IND) 4', Shivendra Singh (IND) 21', Dhananjay Mahadik (IND) 32' & 66' and Wayne Fernandes (CAN) 20' & 35', Rob Short (CAN) 23'
India take 2-0 lead in test series after this close victory ... Dhananjay Mahadik scored winner when 5 minutes were remaining before that both teams were locked 3-all at half time.
At $220K Japan HP Open International 2009, Osaka
[R1] Sania Mirza (IND,61) bt (5) Shahar Peer (ISR,38) 36 63 64
[R2] Sania Mirza (IND,61) vs Viktoriya Kutuzova (UKR,89)
Sania scored good comeback victory over her friend Shahar Peer ... This win is suppsed to her best win in recent days ... After long time we r seeing Sania scoring upset win over top-40 player .. Next round she is facing Ukrainian qualifier.
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At $125K+H Tashkent Challenger, Uzbekistan
[R1] (WC) Rohan Bopanna (IND,358) l (1) Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE,70) 46 26
[R1] (7) Somdev Devvarman (IND,131) bt Guillermo Olaso (ESP,281) 63 62
[R1] (6) Rajeev Ram (USA,100) l Tatsuma Ito (JPN,233) 5-6 Retd (due to lower back injury)
Very clinical display by both seeded players ... Somi won it without losing much sweat ... Lu also scored easy victory breaking Bops once in first set and twice in second.
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Hockey News
At the India-Canada 7-test Super Series , Canada
India bt Canada 4-3
Goal Scored - Mohd Amir Khan (IND) 4', Shivendra Singh (IND) 21', Dhananjay Mahadik (IND) 32' & 66' and Wayne Fernandes (CAN) 20' & 35', Rob Short (CAN) 23'
India take 2-0 lead in test series after this close victory ... Dhananjay Mahadik scored winner when 5 minutes were remaining before that both teams were locked 3-all at half time.
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Golf News
At $1.25mn Hero Honda Indian Open, Gurgaon, India - Final Standing
1 C. MUNIYAPPA IND 66 69 71 70 -12 $198,125.00
T3 Anirban LAHIRI IND 72 71 71 64 -10 $63,041.67
T6 Ashok KUMAR IND 71 71 68 70 -8 $39,375.00
T6 Digvijay SINGH IND 68 68 71 73 -8 $39,375.00
T8 Harendra GUPTA IND 68 72 67 75 -6 $26,500.00
T12 Mukesh KUMAR IND 71 68 70 74 -5 $19,343.75
T16 Gaganjeet BHULLAR IND 73 71 68 72 -4 $16,500.00
T21 Shamim KHAN IND 70 73 74 69 -2 $13,312.50
T21 Daniel CHOPRA SWE 67 72 75 72 -2 $13312.50
T27 Gaurav GHEI IND 70 72 68 77 -1 $11,062.50
T27 Amandeep JOHL IND 70 71 69 77 -1 $11,062.50
T33 Vikrant CHOPRA IND 73 72 72 71 PAR $9,625.00
T33 Arjun ATWAL IND 75 66 70 77 PAR $9,625.00
T36 S.S.P. CHOWRASIA IND 73 71 73 72 +1 $8,250.00
T36 Karanjit S SANDHU IND 72 69 74 74 +1 $8,250.00
T36 Vinod KUMAR IND 70 71 71 77 +1 $8,250.00
T44 Rahul GANAPATHY IND 69 74 74 73 +2 $6,875.00
T44 Raju ALI IND 69 71 73 77 +2 $6,875.00
T50 Manav JAINI IND 73 72 74 73 +4 $4,982.14
T57 Ranjit SINGH IND 76 69 74 74 +5 $4,187.50
T61 Rashid KHAN [A] IND 70 72 75 77 +6
T63 A.S. LEHAL IND 74 70 71 80 +7 $3,625.00
T66 Arjun SINGH IND 68 75 75 78 +8 $3,375.00
Muniyappa was deserving winner of Indian Open, who was leading Indian Open after 2nd round ... But Lee Sung take it to wire and finished tied at the top of the leaderboard with 12 under ... On first playoff hole Muniyappa birdied the par 5 18th hole after both missed the fairway ... Muniyappa played excellent 2nd shot from a difficult position over the trees and then 3rd short gave him a 4 feets birdie chance and he made it ... Other hand Lee missed his 2 metres birdie.
Young Anirban Lahiri produced unblemish best round of the day, 8 under, to finished on tied 3rd position ... Impressive performance by young lad ... Arjun Atwal was aiming for top 5 finish after 3rd round but had very poor 5 over round to finished outside top-30.
At $1.25mn Hero Honda Indian Open, Gurgaon, India - Final Standing
1 C. MUNIYAPPA IND 66 69 71 70 -12 $198,125.00
T3 Anirban LAHIRI IND 72 71 71 64 -10 $63,041.67
T6 Ashok KUMAR IND 71 71 68 70 -8 $39,375.00
T6 Digvijay SINGH IND 68 68 71 73 -8 $39,375.00
T8 Harendra GUPTA IND 68 72 67 75 -6 $26,500.00
T12 Mukesh KUMAR IND 71 68 70 74 -5 $19,343.75
T16 Gaganjeet BHULLAR IND 73 71 68 72 -4 $16,500.00
T21 Shamim KHAN IND 70 73 74 69 -2 $13,312.50
T21 Daniel CHOPRA SWE 67 72 75 72 -2 $13312.50
T27 Gaurav GHEI IND 70 72 68 77 -1 $11,062.50
T27 Amandeep JOHL IND 70 71 69 77 -1 $11,062.50
T33 Vikrant CHOPRA IND 73 72 72 71 PAR $9,625.00
T33 Arjun ATWAL IND 75 66 70 77 PAR $9,625.00
T36 S.S.P. CHOWRASIA IND 73 71 73 72 +1 $8,250.00
T36 Karanjit S SANDHU IND 72 69 74 74 +1 $8,250.00
T36 Vinod KUMAR IND 70 71 71 77 +1 $8,250.00
T44 Rahul GANAPATHY IND 69 74 74 73 +2 $6,875.00
T44 Raju ALI IND 69 71 73 77 +2 $6,875.00
T50 Manav JAINI IND 73 72 74 73 +4 $4,982.14
T57 Ranjit SINGH IND 76 69 74 74 +5 $4,187.50
T61 Rashid KHAN [A] IND 70 72 75 77 +6
T63 A.S. LEHAL IND 74 70 71 80 +7 $3,625.00
T66 Arjun SINGH IND 68 75 75 78 +8 $3,375.00
Muniyappa was deserving winner of Indian Open, who was leading Indian Open after 2nd round ... But Lee Sung take it to wire and finished tied at the top of the leaderboard with 12 under ... On first playoff hole Muniyappa birdied the par 5 18th hole after both missed the fairway ... Muniyappa played excellent 2nd shot from a difficult position over the trees and then 3rd short gave him a 4 feets birdie chance and he made it ... Other hand Lee missed his 2 metres birdie.
Young Anirban Lahiri produced unblemish best round of the day, 8 under, to finished on tied 3rd position ... Impressive performance by young lad ... Arjun Atwal was aiming for top 5 finish after 3rd round but had very poor 5 over round to finished outside top-30.
Tennis News
At $220K Japan HP Open International 2009, Osaka
[R1] Sania Mirza (IND,61) vs Shahar Peer (ISR,34)
Tough first round for Sania in her mostly last (?) tournament of the year
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At $125K+H Tashkent Challenger, Uzbekistan
[R1] (WC) Rohan Bopanna (IND,358) vs (1) Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE,76)
[R1] (7) Somdev Devvarman (IND,129) vs Guillermo Olaso (ESP,286)
[R1] (6) Rajeev Ram (USA,103) vs Tatsuma Ito (JPN,237)
Doubles
[R1] Stephen Amritraj (IND)/ Rajeev Ram (USA) vs (4) Michail Elgin (RUS)/ Evgeny Kirillov (RUS)
[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Inigo Cervantes-Huegun (ESP)/ Guillermo Olaso (ESP)
[R1] (2) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE) vs (WC) Vaja Uzakov (UZB)/ Deniss Pavlovs (LAT)
Rohan received wildcard but facing top-seed Lu ... But we can expect upset from him on these fast courts.
Som is 7th seed and facing Spanish opponent ... Purav will joined these 2 in doubles.
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At $50K Tiburon Challenger, CA, USA
[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND,229) vs Alex Kuznetsov (USA,202)
At $220K Japan HP Open International 2009, Osaka
[R1] Sania Mirza (IND,61) vs Shahar Peer (ISR,34)
Tough first round for Sania in her mostly last (?) tournament of the year
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At $125K+H Tashkent Challenger, Uzbekistan
[R1] (WC) Rohan Bopanna (IND,358) vs (1) Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE,76)
[R1] (7) Somdev Devvarman (IND,129) vs Guillermo Olaso (ESP,286)
[R1] (6) Rajeev Ram (USA,103) vs Tatsuma Ito (JPN,237)
Doubles
[R1] Stephen Amritraj (IND)/ Rajeev Ram (USA) vs (4) Michail Elgin (RUS)/ Evgeny Kirillov (RUS)
[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Inigo Cervantes-Huegun (ESP)/ Guillermo Olaso (ESP)
[R1] (2) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE) vs (WC) Vaja Uzakov (UZB)/ Deniss Pavlovs (LAT)
Rohan received wildcard but facing top-seed Lu ... But we can expect upset from him on these fast courts.
Som is 7th seed and facing Spanish opponent ... Purav will joined these 2 in doubles.
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At $50K Tiburon Challenger, CA, USA
[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND,229) vs Alex Kuznetsov (USA,202)
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Hockey News
At the India-Canada 7-test Super Series , Canada
India bt Canada 2-0
Goal Scored - Tuhar Khandker (IND) 27', Sandeep Singh (IND) 66' PC
Indians take time to adjust to Canadian cold weather but they managed to convert couple of chances to win first set.
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Tennis News
At $10K India ITF Tournament, Noida
Final
(1) Poojashree VENKATESHA (IND) bt Moe KAWATOKO (JPN) 64 60
Poojashree lifted another ITF $10K title in India with very convincing win over her unseeded Japanese opponent.
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At $15K India F11 Futures, Pune
Final
(1) Daniel KING-TURNER (NZL) bt (2) Alexander SATSCHKO (GER) 67(3) 64 62
Dan scored comeback victory to win his first title in India.
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Football News
At 2009 AFC Under-16 Championship Qualifiers, Abu Dhabi, UAE
India l Oman 0-2
Goal scored - Khalid Khalifa Salim Al Hajri (OMA) 55' & 59'
With this loss India's hope of qualifying for u-16 World Cup r over ... As per report our boys wasted too many chances in early of the match ... Match was evenly contested but in second half Oman converted their chances to scored crucial win.
At the India-Canada 7-test Super Series , Canada
India bt Canada 2-0
Goal Scored - Tuhar Khandker (IND) 27', Sandeep Singh (IND) 66' PC
Indians take time to adjust to Canadian cold weather but they managed to convert couple of chances to win first set.
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Tennis News
At $10K India ITF Tournament, Noida
Final
(1) Poojashree VENKATESHA (IND) bt Moe KAWATOKO (JPN) 64 60
Poojashree lifted another ITF $10K title in India with very convincing win over her unseeded Japanese opponent.
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At $15K India F11 Futures, Pune
Final
(1) Daniel KING-TURNER (NZL) bt (2) Alexander SATSCHKO (GER) 67(3) 64 62
Dan scored comeback victory to win his first title in India.
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Football News
At 2009 AFC Under-16 Championship Qualifiers, Abu Dhabi, UAE
India l Oman 0-2
Goal scored - Khalid Khalifa Salim Al Hajri (OMA) 55' & 59'
With this loss India's hope of qualifying for u-16 World Cup r over ... As per report our boys wasted too many chances in early of the match ... Match was evenly contested but in second half Oman converted their chances to scored crucial win.
Friday, October 09, 2009
Football News
At 2009 AFC Under-16 Championship Qualifiers, Abu Dhabi, UAE
India dw Kyrgyzstan 0-0
Indian boys still have a chance to reach knock out round but now they need to win their last 2 matches.
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Tennis News
At $50K Sacramento Challenger, CA, USA
Doubles
[QF] (4) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Treat Huey (PHI) l Alex Kuznetsov (USA)/ Todd Widom (USA) 67(3) 57
[QF] Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Kevin Kim (USA) l Lester Cook (USA)/ David Martin (USA) 36 36
So not a good day for our players in doubles.
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At $15K India F11 Futures, Pune
Semi Finals
(1) Daniel KING-TURNER (NZL) bt (4) Young-Jun KIM (KOR) 63 76(3)
(2) Alexander SATSCHKO (GER) bt (6) Rohan GAJJAR (IND) 64 36 63
After losing first set Rohan came back in the match strongly against experienced Satschko ... But in third set he lost concentration when Satschko used time wasting tactics like checking spot where ball fall ... That was more specific when Rohan had 2 break points in 5th game when Rohan was up 15-40 but before every point Satschko used this time wasting tactics and Rohan made couple of unforced errors on Satschko's second serve ... After match Rohan was upset with chair umpire who didn't give any warning to Satschko for this time wasting tactics.
In doubles Vishnu and Divij won title beating Purav and Raja, 75 63.
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At $10K India ITF Tournament, Noida
Semi Finals
(1) Poojashree VENKATESHA (IND) bt Prerna BHAMBRI (IND) 67(5) 63 63
Moe KAWATOKO (JPN) bt (4) Sanaa BHAMBRI (IND) 46 64 61
Poojashree reached another final in India but she needed to overcome tough challenge from Prerna who won first set against top-seed ... But Sanaa lost her match after winning first set against unseeded Japanese opponent.
At 2009 AFC Under-16 Championship Qualifiers, Abu Dhabi, UAE
India dw Kyrgyzstan 0-0
Indian boys still have a chance to reach knock out round but now they need to win their last 2 matches.
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Tennis News
At $50K Sacramento Challenger, CA, USA
Doubles
[QF] (4) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Treat Huey (PHI) l Alex Kuznetsov (USA)/ Todd Widom (USA) 67(3) 57
[QF] Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Kevin Kim (USA) l Lester Cook (USA)/ David Martin (USA) 36 36
So not a good day for our players in doubles.
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At $15K India F11 Futures, Pune
Semi Finals
(1) Daniel KING-TURNER (NZL) bt (4) Young-Jun KIM (KOR) 63 76(3)
(2) Alexander SATSCHKO (GER) bt (6) Rohan GAJJAR (IND) 64 36 63
After losing first set Rohan came back in the match strongly against experienced Satschko ... But in third set he lost concentration when Satschko used time wasting tactics like checking spot where ball fall ... That was more specific when Rohan had 2 break points in 5th game when Rohan was up 15-40 but before every point Satschko used this time wasting tactics and Rohan made couple of unforced errors on Satschko's second serve ... After match Rohan was upset with chair umpire who didn't give any warning to Satschko for this time wasting tactics.
In doubles Vishnu and Divij won title beating Purav and Raja, 75 63.
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At $10K India ITF Tournament, Noida
Semi Finals
(1) Poojashree VENKATESHA (IND) bt Prerna BHAMBRI (IND) 67(5) 63 63
Moe KAWATOKO (JPN) bt (4) Sanaa BHAMBRI (IND) 46 64 61
Poojashree reached another final in India but she needed to overcome tough challenge from Prerna who won first set against top-seed ... But Sanaa lost her match after winning first set against unseeded Japanese opponent.
Thursday, October 08, 2009
Tennis News
At $15K India F11 Futures, Pune
Quarter Finals
(1) Daniel KING-TURNER (NZL) bt (WC) Karan RASTOGI (IND) 63 62
(4) Young-Jun KIM (KOR) bt (8) Rupesh ROY (IND) 26 62 63
(6) Rohan GAJJAR (IND) bt Vijayant MALIK (IND) 60 63
(2) Alexander SATSCHKO (GER) bt (5) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) 61 63
As per report, Rupesh lost his focus after winning first set and Kim take full advantage of it.
Vijayant Malik played casually losing first 9 game to Rohan to seal fate of the match ... German Alexander Satschko looks very strong in this futures, he didn't give any chance to his opponent in all 3 matches.
Dan won 1st game with 3 aces and other hand Karan committed 2 double faults to lose his first game ... After that Dan never lost control over the match.
Happy with Karan's performance in his first tournament after 14 months break ... And I think he will be back in top-400 in few months if he remain injury free.
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At $10K ITF Women Tournament, Noida
Quarter Finals
(1) Poojashree VENKATESHA (IND) bt (5) Miki MIYAMURA (JPN) 62 60
(WC) Prerna BHAMBRI (IND) bt (3) Kyung-Yee CHAE (KOR) 75 63
(4) Sanaa BHAMBRI (IND) bt Alena GERASIMOVA (BLR) 62 62
Moe KAWATOKO (JPN) bt Soon-Mi SEO (KOR) 60 64
Very exciting performance by 16 yrs old Prerna ... Back to back win against seeded players and that also on Chinese and Korean opponents! Well done.
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At $10K Thailand F4, Bangkok
[QF] Karunuday SINGH (IND,1249) l (7) Kornel BARDOCZKY (HUN,660) 36 26
So Karunuday'd good run ended in quarters.
At $15K India F11 Futures, Pune
Quarter Finals
(1) Daniel KING-TURNER (NZL) bt (WC) Karan RASTOGI (IND) 63 62
(4) Young-Jun KIM (KOR) bt (8) Rupesh ROY (IND) 26 62 63
(6) Rohan GAJJAR (IND) bt Vijayant MALIK (IND) 60 63
(2) Alexander SATSCHKO (GER) bt (5) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) 61 63
As per report, Rupesh lost his focus after winning first set and Kim take full advantage of it.
Vijayant Malik played casually losing first 9 game to Rohan to seal fate of the match ... German Alexander Satschko looks very strong in this futures, he didn't give any chance to his opponent in all 3 matches.
Dan won 1st game with 3 aces and other hand Karan committed 2 double faults to lose his first game ... After that Dan never lost control over the match.
Happy with Karan's performance in his first tournament after 14 months break ... And I think he will be back in top-400 in few months if he remain injury free.
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At $10K ITF Women Tournament, Noida
Quarter Finals
(1) Poojashree VENKATESHA (IND) bt (5) Miki MIYAMURA (JPN) 62 60
(WC) Prerna BHAMBRI (IND) bt (3) Kyung-Yee CHAE (KOR) 75 63
(4) Sanaa BHAMBRI (IND) bt Alena GERASIMOVA (BLR) 62 62
Moe KAWATOKO (JPN) bt Soon-Mi SEO (KOR) 60 64
Very exciting performance by 16 yrs old Prerna ... Back to back win against seeded players and that also on Chinese and Korean opponents! Well done.
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At $10K Thailand F4, Bangkok
[QF] Karunuday SINGH (IND,1249) l (7) Kornel BARDOCZKY (HUN,660) 36 26
So Karunuday'd good run ended in quarters.
Football News
At I League 2009-10, India - Round II
Dempo SC dw Salgaocar SC 1-1
Goal Scored - Beto (DSC) 48' and Ekene Ikenwa (SSC)
Salgaocar take early lead through their Nigerian striker but Dempo fought back in second half to managed draw.
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Mahindra United bt East Bengal 3-2
Goal Scored - Muritala Ali (MU) 34'& 43', N P Pradeep (MU) 75'and Alvito D’Cunha (EB) 29', Yusuf Yakubu (EB) 64'
In well fought match Mhindra scored their first victory of this season I-League with win over East Bengal.
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Churchill Brothers bt Viva Kerala 2-0
Goal Scored - Reisangmi Vashum (CB) 5', Odafa Okolie (CB) 28'
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Pune FC l Air India 0-1
Goal Scored - Ravinder Singh (AI) 11'
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Sporting clube de Goa l Shillong Lajong FC 0-1
Goal Scored - Baithang Haokip (SL) 15'
Shillong Lajong scored first victory through free kick from Haokip.
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Mohun Bagan l JCT Phagwara 1-2
Goal Scored - Branco Cardozo (MB) 84' and Baljit Singh Sahni (JCT) 56', Penn Orji (JCT) 46'
Young JCT side upset favorite Mohun Bagan.
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Chirag United SC bt Mumbai FC 2-1
Goal Scored - Edmilson Marques (CU) & 14' and Kayne Vincent (MFC) 65' P
At I League 2009-10, India - Round II
Dempo SC dw Salgaocar SC 1-1
Goal Scored - Beto (DSC) 48' and Ekene Ikenwa (SSC)
Salgaocar take early lead through their Nigerian striker but Dempo fought back in second half to managed draw.
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Mahindra United bt East Bengal 3-2
Goal Scored - Muritala Ali (MU) 34'& 43', N P Pradeep (MU) 75'and Alvito D’Cunha (EB) 29', Yusuf Yakubu (EB) 64'
In well fought match Mhindra scored their first victory of this season I-League with win over East Bengal.
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Churchill Brothers bt Viva Kerala 2-0
Goal Scored - Reisangmi Vashum (CB) 5', Odafa Okolie (CB) 28'
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Pune FC l Air India 0-1
Goal Scored - Ravinder Singh (AI) 11'
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Sporting clube de Goa l Shillong Lajong FC 0-1
Goal Scored - Baithang Haokip (SL) 15'
Shillong Lajong scored first victory through free kick from Haokip.
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Mohun Bagan l JCT Phagwara 1-2
Goal Scored - Branco Cardozo (MB) 84' and Baljit Singh Sahni (JCT) 56', Penn Orji (JCT) 46'
Young JCT side upset favorite Mohun Bagan.
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Chirag United SC bt Mumbai FC 2-1
Goal Scored - Edmilson Marques (CU) & 14' and Kayne Vincent (MFC) 65' P
Wednesday, October 07, 2009
Tennis News
At $50K Sacramento Challenger, CA, USA
[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND,229) l (4) Jesse Levine (USA,109) 61 36 57
After winning first set easily Kash somehow lost focus ... In next 2 sets he had many break point chances but couldn't convert it ... I think he also had 3 match points at 5-4 which he failed to convert.
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At $15K India F11 Futures, Pune
Second Round
(1) Daniel KING-TURNER (NZL) bt Vignesh PERANAMALLUR-CHANDRASEKHAR (IND) 64 61
(WC) Karan RASTOGI (IND) bt (WC) Mithun MURALI (IND) 63 64
(4) Young-Jun KIM (KOR) bt (Q) Vinod SRIDHAR (IND) 63 62
(8) Rupesh ROY (IND) bt Yannick NELORD (IND) 63 75
(6) Rohan GAJJAR (IND) bt Gilles DE SOUSA (FRA) 63 63
Vijayant MALIK (IND) bt Purav RAJA (IND) 64 64
(5) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) bt Srirambalaji NARAYANASWAMY (IND) 63 60
(2) Alexander SATSCHKO (GER) bt (Q) Christopher MARQUIS (IND) 61 60
Karan's good run after comeback continued ... Young Vijayant Malik scored straight sets victory over senior and experienced Purav Raja who yesterday produced biggest upset beating 3rd seed Vishnu Vardhan.
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At $10K Thailand F4, Bangkok
[R2] Karunuday SINGH (IND,1249) bt Liang-Chi HUANG (TPE,1233) 63 76(3)
[QF] Karunuday SINGH (IND,1249) vs (7) Kornel BARDOCZKY (HUN,660)
Good to see Karunuday winning these matches outside India.
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At $10K India ITF Tournament, Noida
Second Round
(1) Poojashree VENKATESHA (IND) bt Jung-Yoon SHIN (KOR) 61 63
(5) Miki MIYAMURA (JPN) bt Treta BHATTACHARYYA (IND) 61 75
(3) Kyung-Yee CHAE (KOR) bt Natchanok SAENYAUKHOT (THA) 64 61
Prerna BHAMBRI (IND) bt (6) Chun-Yan HE (CHN) 46 63 61
Alena GERASIMOVA (BLR) bt (8) Kumari-Sweta SOLANKI (IND) 75 61
(4) Sanaa BHAMBRI (IND) bt Rishika SUNKARA (IND) 26 62 60
Soon-Mi SEO (KOR) bt (7) Parul GOSWAMI (IND) 76(2) 4-2 Retd.
Moe KAWATOKO (JPN) bt Ashvarya SHRIVASTAVA (IND) 61 61
Good win by young Prerna over seeded Chinese opponent.
At $50K Sacramento Challenger, CA, USA
[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND,229) l (4) Jesse Levine (USA,109) 61 36 57
After winning first set easily Kash somehow lost focus ... In next 2 sets he had many break point chances but couldn't convert it ... I think he also had 3 match points at 5-4 which he failed to convert.
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At $15K India F11 Futures, Pune
Second Round
(1) Daniel KING-TURNER (NZL) bt Vignesh PERANAMALLUR-CHANDRASEKHAR (IND) 64 61
(WC) Karan RASTOGI (IND) bt (WC) Mithun MURALI (IND) 63 64
(4) Young-Jun KIM (KOR) bt (Q) Vinod SRIDHAR (IND) 63 62
(8) Rupesh ROY (IND) bt Yannick NELORD (IND) 63 75
(6) Rohan GAJJAR (IND) bt Gilles DE SOUSA (FRA) 63 63
Vijayant MALIK (IND) bt Purav RAJA (IND) 64 64
(5) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) bt Srirambalaji NARAYANASWAMY (IND) 63 60
(2) Alexander SATSCHKO (GER) bt (Q) Christopher MARQUIS (IND) 61 60
Karan's good run after comeback continued ... Young Vijayant Malik scored straight sets victory over senior and experienced Purav Raja who yesterday produced biggest upset beating 3rd seed Vishnu Vardhan.
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At $10K Thailand F4, Bangkok
[R2] Karunuday SINGH (IND,1249) bt Liang-Chi HUANG (TPE,1233) 63 76(3)
[QF] Karunuday SINGH (IND,1249) vs (7) Kornel BARDOCZKY (HUN,660)
Good to see Karunuday winning these matches outside India.
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At $10K India ITF Tournament, Noida
Second Round
(1) Poojashree VENKATESHA (IND) bt Jung-Yoon SHIN (KOR) 61 63
(5) Miki MIYAMURA (JPN) bt Treta BHATTACHARYYA (IND) 61 75
(3) Kyung-Yee CHAE (KOR) bt Natchanok SAENYAUKHOT (THA) 64 61
Prerna BHAMBRI (IND) bt (6) Chun-Yan HE (CHN) 46 63 61
Alena GERASIMOVA (BLR) bt (8) Kumari-Sweta SOLANKI (IND) 75 61
(4) Sanaa BHAMBRI (IND) bt Rishika SUNKARA (IND) 26 62 60
Soon-Mi SEO (KOR) bt (7) Parul GOSWAMI (IND) 76(2) 4-2 Retd.
Moe KAWATOKO (JPN) bt Ashvarya SHRIVASTAVA (IND) 61 61
Good win by young Prerna over seeded Chinese opponent.
Tuesday, October 06, 2009
Tennis News
At $50K Sacramento Challenger, CA, USA
[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND229) vs (4) Jesse Levine (USA,109)
Doubles
[R1] (4) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Treat Huey (PHI) bt Scoville Jenkings (USA)/ Nick Lindahl (AUS) 64 64
[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Kevin Kim (USA) bt Roko Karanusic (CRO)/ Grega Zemlja (SLO) 46 62 10(8)
Winning start for our both pairs in Sacramento Challenger ... Prakash and Kevin Kim produced tight comeback victory after losing first set.
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At $10K Thailand F4, Bangkok
[Q1] Shivang MISHRA (IND,UNR) bt Sakarin JATURONG (THA,UNR) 64 61
[Q2] Shivang MISHRA (IND,UNR) bt Askold KUZNETSOV (UKR,UNR) 6-0 6-1
[R1] (Q) Shivang MISHRA (IND,NR) l Yaoki ISHII (JPN,904) 36 36
[R1] Karunuday SINGH (IND,1249) bt (Q) Adam JAYA (MAS,1747) 62 60
[R2] Karunuday SINGH (IND,1249) vs Liang-Chi HUANG (TPE,1233)
Karunuday started with easy victory against qualifier.
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At 2009 AFC Under-16 Championship Qualifiers, Abu Dhabi, UAE
India bt Turkmenistan 2-1
Goal scored - Shankar (IND) 4', Anuj Negi (IND) 17' and Sultanov (TRK) 38' P
As per report yesterday our boys showed excellent performance and played like unit which was missing in their last match against Jordan ... Against Turkmenistan they were unlucky to scored less goals as their many shots hit crossbars or saved by Turkmenistan goalkeeper ... In this match our boys managed to get 11 corner kicks, that showed how much we were dominating.
At $50K Sacramento Challenger, CA, USA
[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND229) vs (4) Jesse Levine (USA,109)
Doubles
[R1] (4) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Treat Huey (PHI) bt Scoville Jenkings (USA)/ Nick Lindahl (AUS) 64 64
[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Kevin Kim (USA) bt Roko Karanusic (CRO)/ Grega Zemlja (SLO) 46 62 10(8)
Winning start for our both pairs in Sacramento Challenger ... Prakash and Kevin Kim produced tight comeback victory after losing first set.
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At $10K Thailand F4, Bangkok
[Q1] Shivang MISHRA (IND,UNR) bt Sakarin JATURONG (THA,UNR) 64 61
[Q2] Shivang MISHRA (IND,UNR) bt Askold KUZNETSOV (UKR,UNR) 6-0 6-1
[R1] (Q) Shivang MISHRA (IND,NR) l Yaoki ISHII (JPN,904) 36 36
[R1] Karunuday SINGH (IND,1249) bt (Q) Adam JAYA (MAS,1747) 62 60
[R2] Karunuday SINGH (IND,1249) vs Liang-Chi HUANG (TPE,1233)
Karunuday started with easy victory against qualifier.
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Football News
At 2009 AFC Under-16 Championship Qualifiers, Abu Dhabi, UAE
India bt Turkmenistan 2-1
Goal scored - Shankar (IND) 4', Anuj Negi (IND) 17' and Sultanov (TRK) 38' P
As per report yesterday our boys showed excellent performance and played like unit which was missing in their last match against Jordan ... Against Turkmenistan they were unlucky to scored less goals as their many shots hit crossbars or saved by Turkmenistan goalkeeper ... In this match our boys managed to get 11 corner kicks, that showed how much we were dominating.
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