Tennis News
At $619.5K Farmers Classic, Los Angeles, USA

[SF] Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Treat Conrad Huey (PHI) bt (4) Jonathan Erlicj (ISR)/ Andy Ram (ISR) 76(6) 67(8) 10-4

[F] Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Treat Conrad Huey (PHI) vs (3) Mark Knowles (BAH)/ Xavier Malisse (BEL)

Terrific hard fought win over very experienced Israeli pair ... Sommy and Treat really clicking on US hard courts can get chance of playing together at US Open.
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At $220K College Park WTA International, USA

[SF] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) bt (4) Shahar Peer (ISR)/ Sloane Stephens (USA) 60 61

[F] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) vs (2) Olga Govortsova (BLR)/ Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS)

Sania and Yaroslava demolished their opponents losing a single game ... They looks in the terrific form.
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At $1.17M Legg Mason Tennis Classic, Washington DC, USA

[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND,65) vs Denis Gremelmayr (GER,160)

[Q1] (ALT) Rohan Bopanna (IND,554) l (10) Jesse Witten (USA,293) 67(2) 06

Doubles
[R1] (4) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) vs Mark Knowles (BAH)/ Xavier Malisse (BEL)

Rohan played qualies but lack of singles practice cost him the match.
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At $721K Mercury Insurance Open, Carlsbad, USA

[R1] Sania Mirza (IND,64) vs (15) Sara Errani (ITA,35)

Doubles
[R1] (4) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Elena Vesnina (RUS) vs Elena Bovina (RUS)/ Jie Zheng (CHN)

Sania having tricky first round match.
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At $35K+H Recanati Challenger, Italy

[F] Purav Raja (IND)/ Federico Gaio (ITA) l (1) Frederik Nielsen (DEN)/ Ken Skupski (GBR) 46 57

Despite loss this was really good performance with one-time partner to reached the final.
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At $35K+H Trani Challenger, Italy

[R1] (2) Purav Raja (IND)/ Sadik Kadir (AUS) vs Cesar Ramirez (MEX)/ Manuel Sanchez (MEX)

This week he is back with Sadik in Trani Challenger.
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At $75K+H Beijing Challenger, China

[Q1] Divij Sharan (IND,805) bt Yi-Feng Li (CHN,1393) 26 75 76(5)

[Q2] Divij Sharan (IND,805) l (2) Junn Mitsuhashi (JPN,405) 16 46

Doubles
[R1] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Junn Mitsuhashi (JPN) vs Denis Matsukevich (RUS)/ Marek Semjan (SVK)

Another week Divij is playing without Vishnu in doubles ... Vishnu failed to get direct entry in singles main-draw.

Tennis News
At $619.5K Farmers Classic, Los Angeles, USA

[QF] Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Treat Conrad Huey (PHI) bt Gilles Muller (LUX)/ Jamie Murray (GBR) 62 64

[SF] Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Treat Conrad Huey (PHI) vs (4) Jonathan Erlicj (ISR)/ Andy Ram (ISR)

Another solid performance by Sommy and Treat against experienced doubles players ... They broke thrice their opponents in the first set and got broken once but in the second set they didn't face a single break point and take a single break to win the set and match ... Next in the semis they r having repeat match of the last week against Israeli pair ... Interesting to see if they make it 2-0 perfect win record against them.
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At $220K College Park WTA International, USA

[SF] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) vs (4) Shahar Peer (ISR)/ Sloane Stephens (USA)

Sania and Yaroslava r facing their real first set against 4th seed Peer and Stephens in the semis.
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At $35K+H Recanati Challenger, Italy

[SF] Purav Raja (IND)/ Federico Gaio (ITA) bt (3) Kenny De Schepper (FRA)/ Fabrice Martin (FRA) 64 75

[F] Purav Raja (IND)/ Federico Gaio (ITA) vs Frederik Nielsen (DEN)/ Ken Skupski (GBR)

Another good win for Purav and Federico against 3rd seed French pair ... Now the final against top-seed Nielsen and Skupski.

Athletics News

Shot putter Om Prakash Singh Karhana qualified for World Championships and London Olympics when he threw 20.04 mtrs. throw to win Gold at international meeting at Szombathely, Hungary ... 20 mtrs was a B Standard qualification for the World Championships and 2012 Olympics.

Tennis News
At $220K College Park WTA International, USA

[QF] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) bt Lindsay Lee-Waters (USA)/ Megan Moulton-Levy (USA) 63 64

Sania and Shvedova moved into the semis with straight sets victory.
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At $35K+H Recanati Challenger, Italy

[SF] Purav Raja (IND)/ Federico Gaio (ITA) vs (3) Kenny De Schepper (FRA)/ Fabrice Martin (FRA)

Purav and Federico will face 3rd seed French pair in the semis.
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At Turkey F21 Futures, Izmir

[R2] (6) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,625) l Francois-Arthur VIBERT (FRA,792) 46 76(4) 36

So turned tough one for Vijay Sundar against Frenchman on the clay.

Football News
At World Cup 2014 Qualification (Asia), New Delhi, India

India dw UAE 2-2
Goal Scored - Jeje Lalpekhlua (IND) 74', Gouramangi Moirangthem (IND) 90' and Mohamed Saeed Rashed Saiwed Al Shehhi (UAE) 40′, Ali Al-Wehaibi (UAE) 71'

It was big task of coming out of 0-3 deficit but today our boys played for pride and I m proudly announcing that they delivered ... Today our 2 key players were out due to red card but still we kept fighting ... Both teams were struggling on waterlogged pitch but UAE take 1-0 lead at half-time from header ... Then they increased lead to 2-0 after 70 minutes ... Our boys kept fighting and Jeje scored a goal in 74 mins and Gouramangi scored equalizer in dying mins to gave respectable draw ... Today we had a lot better possession game and I impressed with the long balls ... Despite 5-2 aggregate loss we r showing improvements.

Tennis News
At $619.5K Farmers Classic, Los Angeles, USA

[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Treat Conrad Huey (PHI) bt (1) Marcelo Melo (BRA)/ Bruno Soares (BRA) 63 64

[QF] Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Treat Conrad Huey (PHI) vs Gilles Muller (LUX)/ Jamie Murray (GBR)

Sommy and Treat scored upset win over top-seed Brazilian pair Melo and Soares ... Really good win over top 10 ATP ranked Brazilian pair ... They can give trouble to some pairs at US Open.

Next they r facing Muller and Murray.
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At $220K College Park WTA International, USA

[QF] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) vs Lindsay Lee-Waters (USA)/ Megan Moulton-Levy (USA)

Sania and Yaroslava r facing another American pair in quarter-final.

Tennis News
At $125K+H Astana Challenger, Kazakhstan

[QF] (4) Vishnu Vardhan (IND)/ Sergey Betov (BLR) l Marco Chiudinelli (SUI)/ Lars Uebel (GER) 67(5) 46

In the first set both pair hold their serves but in tie-break Chiudinelli and Uebel take important mini-break to won it ... In the second set also Chiudinelli and Uebel take important break to won this match.
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At $35K+H Recanati Challenger, Italy

[QF] Purav Raja (IND)/ Federico Gaio (ITA) bt Carlos Gomez-Herrera (ESP)/ Pablo Martin-Adalia (ESP) 63 62

Purav and his Italian partner Gaio moved into semis with very comfortable win over Spanish pair.
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At $35K+H Wuhai Challenger, China

[R1] Divij SHARAN (IND)/ Danai UDOMCHOKE (THA) l (1) Mao-Xin GONG (CHN)/ Zhe LI (CHN) 36 46
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At Turkey F21 Futures, Izmir (clay)

[R1] (6) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,625) bt Anil YUKSEL (TUR,1127)

[R2] (6) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,625) vs Francois-Arthur VIBERT (FRA,816)

Doubles
[R1] (3) BORGO (ITA)/ PROPOGGIA (AUS) bt ANAND (IND)/ SOLOMON (RSA) 64 61

Winning start for Vijay Sundar at Turkey.

Swimming News
At 14th FINA World Championship, Shanghai, China

Virdhawal Khade joined Sandeep Sejwal to qualify for the 2012 London Olympics ... He clocked 50.34 seconds in Men's 100m Freestyle at the FINA World Championships in Shanghai ... The Olympic invitation time was set at 50.53 seconds.

Tennis News
At $220K College Park WTA International, USA

[R1] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) bt Beatrice Capra (USA)/ Asia Muhammed (USA) 61 62

Expected winning start in doubles for Sania and Yaroslava.
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At $125K+H Astana Challenger, Kazakhstan

[R1] Vishnu Vardhan (IND,322) l (WC) Denis Yevseyev (KAZ,1045) 46 36

Doubles
[R1] (4) Vishnu Vardhan (IND)/ Sergey Betov (BLR) bt Alexey Kedryuk (KAZ)/ Dmitriy Makeyev (KAZ) 76(3) 62

[QF] (4) Vishnu Vardhan (IND)/ Sergey Betov (BLR) vs Marco Chiudinelli (SUI)/ Lars Uebel (GER)

So bad day in singles for Indians but Vishnu must be rusty and cautious on the court after this long injury break ... But in doubles he had a winning start with his Belarusian partner.
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At $100K Astana Challenger, Kazakhstan

[R1] (LL) Prerna Bhambri (IND,667) l (8) Junri Namigata (JPN,135) 26 36

Doubles
[R1] Prerna Bhambri (IND)/ Anastasia Kluyeva (RUS) l (1) Vitalia Diatchenko (RUS)/ Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ) 16 16

Prerna earned 5 pts playing here ... In doubles also she and her partner lost easily against top-seeds.
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At $35K+H Recanati Challenger, Italy

[R1] Purav Raja (IND)/ Federico Gaio (ITA) bt (2) Federico Delbonis (ARG)/ Gerard Granollers (ESP) 26 64 10-6

[QF] Purav Raja (IND)/ Federico Gaio (ITA) vs Carlos Gomez-Herrera (ESP)/ Pablo Martin-Adalia (ESP)

Purav and his Italian partner Gaio scored huge upset comeback win over 2nd seed pair of Granollers and Delbonis ... Next they r facing Spanish pair for place in the semis.
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At $10K Spain F26, Denia (clay)

[R1] Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND,938) l (4) Matt REID (AUS,443) 16 36
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At Turkey F21 Futures, Izmir

[R1] (6) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,625) vs Anil YUKSEL (TUR,1127)

Doubles
[R1] ABDEL NOUR (SYR)/ ABDULNOUR (SYR) bt ELANGOVAN (IND)/ MANUJA (IND) 61 67(4) 10-6
[R1] (3) BORGO (ITA)/ PROPOGGIA (AUS) vs ANAND (IND)/ SOLOMON (RSA)

Tennis News
At $619.5K Farmers Classic, Los Angeles, USA

[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND,62) l Ryan Sweeting (USA,65) 46 67(6)

Sweeting broke Sommy in 1st game but Sommy immediately broke back as Sweeting made 2 double faults ... Sommy again failed to hold serve in 3rd and 5th games ... Sommy broke Sweeting in 7th game on luv but was a break down ... Sweeting hold his serves to won the first set ... In the second set also same old story repeated Sommy lost his serve in 3rd game ... Sommy fought back breaking Sweeting in 4th and 6th games to lead 4-2 ... In 7th game Sommy lost 40-15 cushion on his serve to lost it but again Sommy broke Sweeting to lead 5-3 ... While serving for the set Sommy failed to hold his serve ... In tie-break Sweeting take early lead but Sommy saved 2 match points at 4-6 but Sweeting converted 3rd to won this match ... So poor outing for Sommy who played well in patches and had bad day at the office while serving.
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At $220K College Park WTA International, USA

[R1] (7) Sania Mirza (IND,62) l Stephanie Dubois (CAN,117) 57 46

Doubles
[R1] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) vs Beatrice Capra (USA)/ Asia Muhammed (USA)

Sania was struggling with her serve .. Dubois broke her in 6th game and 8th games but both time Sani broke back in next game ... Dubois take crucial break in 12th game to won the first set ... In the second set both players traded breaks early ... Sania take a lead with breaking Dubois in 5th game, 4-2, but Dubois broke her in 8th game to bring the set back on serve ... Dubois broke Sania in 10th game to won this match ... So this turned out to be bad serving day for Indians.
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At $10K Spain F26, Denia (clay)

Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND,938) vs (4) Matt REID (AUS,443)

Doubles
[R1] Eduard ESTEVE LOBATO (ESP)/ Marc VARGAS (ESP) bt Marc GARCIA-ROMAN (ESP)/ Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND) 64 62

Swimming News
At 14th FINA World Championship, Shanghai, China

Sandeep Sejwal became the first Indian swimmer to qualify for the 2012 London Olympics on Sunday ... He clocked 1:02.62 seconds in Men's 100m Breaststroke at the FINA World Championships in Shanghai ... The Olympic invitation time was set at 1:02.92 seconds.

Virdhawal Khade finished the 50m butterfly in 24.65 seconds but failed to qualify for this event.

Now Sandeep Sejwal will try to qualify in the 50m and 200m breaststroke events for the London Olympics ... Virdhawal will try the 50m and 100m freestyle events to make the Olympic qualification.

Tennis News
At $619.5K Farmers Classic, Los Angeles, USA

[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND,68) vs Ryan Sweeting (USA,66)

Doubles
[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Treat Conrad Huey (PHI) vs (1) Marcelo Melo (BRA)/ Bruno Soares (BRA)

This week also Sommy is facing Sweeting in the first round.
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At $220K College Park WTA International, USA

[R1] (7) Sania Mirza (IND,64) vs Stephanie Dubois (CAN,118)

Sania is also back on the court after Wimbledon.
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At $125K+H Astana Challenger, Kazakhstan

[R1] Vishnu Vardhan (IND,322) vs (WC) Denis Yevseyev (KAZ,1045)

Doubles
[R1] (4) Vishnu Vardhan (IND)/ Sergey Betov (BLR) vs Alexey Kedryuk (KAZ)/ Dmitriy Makeyev (KAZ)

Vishnu is playing his first tournament after 10 weeks injury break.
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At $35K+H Wuhai Challenger, China

[Q1] (7) Divij SHARAN (IND,786) bye
[Q2] (7) Divij SHARAN (IND,786) bt Bowen OUYANG (CHN,1009) 61 67(4) 76(5)
[Q3] (7) Divij SHARAN (IND,786) l (2) Hsin-Han LEE (TPE,561) 36 06

Doubles
[R1] Divij SHARAN (IND)/ Danai UDOMCHOKE (THA) vs (1) Mao-Xin GONG (CHN)/ Zhe LI (CHN)

Divij find good partner in Udomchoke but they r facing top-seed local pair in the first round.
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At $100K Astana Challenger , Kazakhstan

[Q1] (5) Prerna BHAMBRI (IND,667) bye
[Q2] (5) Prerna BHAMBRI (IND,667) bt Karina ISAYAN (RUS,1145) 63 60
[Q3] (5) Prerna BHAMBRI (IND,667) bt (4) Maria ZHARKOVA (RUS,527) 26 76(5) 06

[R1] (LL) Prerna Bhambri (IND,667) vs (8) Junri Namigata (JPN,135)

Doubles
[R1] Prerna Bhambri (IND)/ Anastasia Kluyeva (RUS) vs (1) Vitalia Diatchenko (RUS)/ Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ)

Good to see Prerna played in big Astana challenger qualifying ... She is entering into maindraw as lucky loser, it will be a valuable experience for Prerna of playing against top-150 player though match is very tough ... In doubles also she is having tough match against top-seed pair.
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At $35K+H Recanati Challenger, Italy

[R1] Purav Raja (IND)/ Federico Gaio (ITA) vs (2) Federico Delbonis (ARG)/ Gerard Granollers (ESP)

This week also Purav is playing with different partner and having tough first round in Recanati Challenger against second seed pair.

Football News
At World Cup 2014 Qualification (Asia), Al Ain City, UAE

UAE bt India 3-0
Goal Scored - Hamdan Ismaeel Mohemad Al Kamali (UAE) 20' P, Mohamed Saeed Rashed Saiwed Al Shehhi (UAE) 29'P, Ismail Salem Ismail Saeed Al Hammadi (UAE) 81'

Some controversial decisions by Qatari referee cost match for India ... Our team gave decent performance on the field but Qatari referee gave 2 red-cards to our players ... Debabrata Roy pulled back Wehaibi from behind to earn himself a red card and UAE scored from penalty ... Then Qatari referee Banjar Al Doasry gave most controversial decision as he sent-off Subrata Paul for an alleged foul on Ismail Hammadi three minutes later ... At that time Paul collected the ball on a second attempt and with Hammadi closed in and Subrata had knee up ... Our bench verbally protested decision and match was stopped for 6 mins ... After down to 9 men our players fought hard and UAE managed only another goal in late of the match ... Our team had big task of 3 goals difference in the second leg at New Delhi.

Tennis News
At $531K Atlanta Tennis Championships ,

[QF] (8) Somdev Devvarman (IND,68) l (1) Mardy Fish (USA,9) 46 36

Though score looks decent still very clinical performance by Mardy Fish against Sommy ... He didn't give any chance to Sommy on his serve and take important breaks to won this match ... Sommy need to add more weapons in his game to trouble these top-10 players ... Still overall good performance from Sommy in this tournament, where he performed as per his seeding.

Tennis News
At $531K Atlanta Tennis Championships ,

[R2] (8) Somdev Devvarman (IND,68) bt Tatsuma Ito (JPN,106) 61 63

[QF] (8) Somdev Devvarman (IND,68) vs (1) Mardy Fish (USA,9)

Doubles
[QF] Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Treat Conrad Huey (PHI) l Richard Berankis (LTU)/ Xavier Malisse (BEL) 16 67(5)

Sommy scored very dominating win in the singles inside 1 hr and 1 min ... He didn't face a single break point in the match and broke Ito 4 times in the match ... Next he is facing top-seed Fish, against him Sommy struggled in the past.

Squash News
At $60K Malaysian Open 2011, Kuala Lumpur

[R1] (Q) Dipika Pallikal (IND,26) l (5) Kasey Brown (AUS,6) 11-6 4-11 11-13 11-7 3-11 (76m)

[Q] Dipika Pallikal (IND,26) bt (1) Jacklyn Hawkes (NZL,17) 11-7 9-11 11-3 11-7 (51m)

This week in prestigious Malaysian Open tournament, Dipika qualified for main-draw upsetting WR #17 Hawkes in 4 games ... In the main-draw she stretched Aussie WR #6 Kasey Brown to 5 games before losing the match ... Good performance by Dipika.
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At $26K WISPA des Pyramides 2011, Port Marly, France

[SF] (3) Dipika Pallikal (IND,26) l (1) Camille Serme (FRA,10) 6-11 4-11 9-11 (42m)
[SF] (6) Joshna Chinappa (IND,34) l (2) Natalie Grinham (NED,16) 10-12 4-11 2-11 (29m)

[QF] (3) Dipika Pallikal (IND,26) bt (8) Tenille Swartz (RSA,49) 11-9 11-3 11-9 (18m)
[QF] (6) Joshna Chinappa (IND,34) bt (4) Aisling Blake (IRL,24) 11-9 11-7 9-11 11-3 (47m)

[R1] (3) Dipika Pallikal (IND,26) bt Dominique Lloyd-Walter (ENG,53) 11-2 15-13 11-2 (45m)
[R1] (6) Joshna Chinappa (IND,34) bt Emily Whitlock (ENG,55) 4-11 11-4 11-5 11-8 (41m)

Dipika played at French tournament and performed as per her ranking.

Joshna also played in French tournament and scored upset win to reached into semis ... Overall decent performance.

Tennis News
At $531K Atlanta Tennis Championships ,

[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Treat Conrad Huey (PHI) bt (3) Jonathan Erlich (ISR)/ Andy Ram (ISR) 64 75

Terrific victory by ex-UVa pair over experienced and former top-5 doubles Israeli pair of Erlich and Ram ... In the first set our pair saved 5 break points and converted 1 from 3 chances to won this set ... In the second set our pair lost serve once but managed to break opponents twice to won this set ... In this match our pair's 1st serve percentage were above 70%, other hand Israeli pair were struggling with their 1st serve which was only 47% ... Sommy and Treat had 2 aces with 2 DFs and Israelis had 7 DFs.
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At $50K Lexington Challenger, USA

[R1] (2) Purav Raja (IND)/ Pierre-Ludovic Duclos (CAN) l James Ward (GBR)/ Michael Yani (USA) 62 16 5-10

Purav and his Canadian partner lost after winning the first set ... Purav need to find regular partner to perform and I think Divij is good candidate for that.

Tennis News
At $531K Atlanta Tennis Championships ,

[R1] (8) Somdev Devvarman (IND,68) bt Ryan Sweeting (USA,66) 64 36 64

[R2] (8) Somdev Devvarman (IND,68) vs Tatsuma Ito (JPN,106)

Somdev started with breaking Ryan's serve in 1st game ... Then he again broke Ryan in 3rd game to lead 4-0 ... But again he lost focus and lost his serve in 6th game but after that hold his serves to won the first set ... In the second set Sommy was up with early break at 3-2 but then Ryan broke him in 6th and 8th game to won this set ... In the third set again Sommy was up with early break but while serving for the match at 5-3 he again lost his focus ... Wasted 3 match points to lose the service but immediately he broke Ryan's serve in 10th game to win this match.

Next he is facing Japanese Tatsuma Ito ... So this will be dress rehearsal match for Davis cup tie against Ito.
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At $10K Spain F25 Futures 2011, Gandia (clay)

[Q3] (2) Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND) l Jean-Marc WERNER (GER,1727) 36 61 36

Ramkumar facing tough time on the clay and again failed to qualify for the main-draw.

Football News

At FIFA International Friendly, Doha, Qatar

Qatar l India 1-2
Goal Scored - Hamid Ismaeil Khaleefa Hamid (QAT) 74' and Sunil Chhetri (IND) 16′ P, Sushil Kumar Singh (IND) 73′

India have created history by beating FIFA top 100 ranked Qatar team, who r ranked 53 places higher than us, #94 ... Before this Indian senior team won an international match away from home was back in 2004 against Kuwait ... This was definitely confidence boosting performance before the 2014 World Cup Qualifiers against UAE.

As per report, importantly we played well on the field ... Sunil Chhetri gave lead through the penalty kick after Debabrata Roy was brought down inside the box by Qatar skipper Bilal Mohamed ... Sushil Kumar doubled the lead in 73rd min before Qatar reduced margin in the next minute ... But our side managed to keep lead to produced proud victory.

Tennis News
At $531K Atlanta Tennis Championships ,

[R1] (8) Somdev Devvarman (IND,68) vs Ryan Sweeting (USA,66)

Doubles
[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Treat Conrad Huey (PHI) vs (3) Jonathan Erlich (ISR)/ Andy Ram (ISR)

Sommy having tricky first round match against similar ranked Sweeting ... Both r tied 1-all in their face-off.

Sommy is playing doubles with his college partner Treat Huey and they r facing 3rd seed very experienced Israeli pair.
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At $50K Lexington Challenger, USA

[R1] (2) Purav Raja (IND)/ Pierre-Ludovic Duclos (CAN) vs James Ward (GBR)/ Michael Yani (USA)

This week Purav is playing with Canadian partner Pierre-Ludovic Duclos and they r 2nd seeds at Lexington Challenger.
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At $10K Spain F25 Futures 2011, Gandia (clay)

[Q1] (2) Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND) bt Ho Hin PAK (HKG,UNR) 62 60
[Q2] (2) Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND) bt Emilio SANCHIS-HERNANDEZ (ESP,UNR) 64 26 63

[Q3] (2) Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND) vs Jean-Marc WERNER (GER,1727)

Table Tennis News
At 2011 Morocco Open Hassan II - ITTF Pro Tour, Rabat

[SF] (4) ACHANTA Sharath Kamal (IND,74) l (2) SAIVE Jean-Michel (BEL,36) 2-4 (11-7 7-11 7-11 10-12 11-1 7-11)

Sharath Kamal plaed good match against experienced Jean-Michel Saive ... But Jean-Michel played important points well ... In the third game Sharath Kamal had 2 game points at 10-8 but he failed to convert it ... Overall good performance by Sharath.

Table Tennis News
At 2011 Morocco Open Hassan II - ITTF Pro Tour, Rabat

[SF] (4)ACHANTA Sharath Kamal (IND,74) vs (2) SAIVE Jean-Michel (BEL,36)

[QF] (4)ACHANTA Sharath Kamal (IND,74) bt LEBESSON Emmanuel (FRA,78) 4-3 (8-11 6-11 11-3 4-11 11-9 11-4 12-10)
[R2] (4)ACHANTA Sharath Kamal (IND,74) bt PETIOT Jeremy (FRA,300) 4-2 (7-11 11-9 11-6 5-11 11-8 11-6)
[R1] (4)ACHANTA Sharath Kamal (IND,74) bt KHEROUF Sami (ALG,1106) 4-0 (11-7 11-7 11-6 11-7)

Sharath Kamal is participating in Morocco open ... He is 4th seed, he is in the semis to performing as per his seedings ... He had tough quarter-final match against similar ranked Frenchman ... He was down 0-2 and 1-3 before winning last 3 games to moved into semis ... He is facing Top-40 ranked Belgian player Jean-Michel Saive.

Tennis News

Maharashtra State Lawn Tennis Association (MSLTA) r sending young Arjun Kadhe, Rutuja Bhosale and Prarthana Thombare for 5 weeks an intensive tennis training programme at the Tennis Vaal Academy in Valencia, Spain from the next week ... MSLTA sponsoring their camp expenses and their expenses of travel will be sponsored by Bharat Forge-Lakshya ... Ankita Raina is also joining them as her complete trip will be sponsored by Lakshya's Gujarat division ... They will get chance to train under coaches like, Altur and Alvareno.

MSLTA also decided to sponsor 4 players trip to the US Open junior in September - Arjun Kadhe, Rakshay Thakkar, Rutuja Bhosale and Prarthana Thombare ... After US Open Arjun and Prarthana will play in Tunisia and then go for further training in Europe ... Rutuja and Ankita will be playing tournaments in Tunisia and Istanbul.

Good initiative by MSLTA and Bharat Forge-Lakshya.

Tennis News
At $15K Chinese Taipei F2,

[R2] (Q) Sanam SINGH (IND,UNR) l (2) Ti CHEN (TPE,358) 46 63 46

Doubles
[QF] Sanam SINGH (IND)/ Rupesh ROY (IND) l (2) Cheng-Peng HSIEH (TPE)/ Hsin-Han LEE (TPE) 16 16

Another fighting performance by Sanam against top-350 type Ti Chen ... After losing the first set he fought back winning the second before losing the third set.

Badminton News
At $120K 2011 Yonex OCBC US Open Grand Prix Gold, Los Angeles

[R3] Chetan Anand (IND,92) vs (1) Taufik Hidayat (INA,4) 16-21
[R3] (12) P Kashyap (IND,30) l (3) Tien Minh Nguyen (VIE,9) 18-21 10-21

I was hoping little better performance from Kashyap against Nguyen ... After playing decent in the first game Chetan was bulldozed by Taufik in the second game.

Tennis News
At Davi Cup World Group Play-Offs 2011,

India is facing Japan in away match ... Tricky away match considering Japan is always tough in their own den ... We had close matches with them though we r having 18-3 win-loss record against them ... They will choose hard (acrylic) court but interesting to see if it will be indoor or outdoor, they r having numerous options for selecting venue for the tie.

They r having good team in Kei Nishikori (50), Tatsuma Ito (110), Go Soeda (135) and Hiroki Kondo (410).

Somdev has never played against Nishikori ... He defeated Tatsuma Ito in 2009 Washington qualifying, 63 63 ... Sommy having 1-1 record against Soeda on the hard court ... He defeated Soeda at 2008 Washington qualifying, 75 75 and lost at Vancouver qualifying, 46 67(6), in 2008.

Rohan defeated Nishikori in the last tie at New Delhi, 76(2) 36 64 26 63 ... Rohan has never played against Ito ... Surprisingly Rohan has never played against Go Soeda.
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At $15K Chinese Taipei F2,

[R1] (Q) Sanam SINGH (IND,UNR) bt (WC) I-Ta CHEN (TPE,1676) 61 61
[R1] Rupesh ROY (IND,721) l (5) Christopher RUNGKAT (INA,478) 36 26

[R2] (Q) Sanam SINGH (IND,UNR) vs (2) Ti CHEN (TPE,358)

Sanam scored very comfortable win but Rupesh lost easily against Rungkat ... Next Sanam having tough match against 2nd seed experienced local player Ti Chen.

Ranjeet withdrew from doubles so may be he is still injured.
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At $10K Spain F24, Elche

[R1] Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND,927) l (WC) Albert ALCARAZ IVORRA (ESP,1578) 46 46

Ramkumar got chance as luckyloser but lost against Spanish wildcard player on the clay.

Badminton News
At $120K 2011 Yonex OCBC US Open Grand Prix Gold, Los Angeles

[R2] Chetan Anand (IND,92) bt (13) Brice Leverdez (FRA,29) 21-18 21-19
[R2] R.M.V Gurusai Datt (IND,77) l (6) Marc Zwiebler (GER,17) 14-21 22-20 16-21
[R2] (12) P Kashyap (IND,30) bt David Obernosterer (AUT,156) 21-16 21-12

[R1] Pranav Chopra (IND)/ Tarun Kona (IND) l Anthony Clark (ENG)/ Chris Langridge (ENG) 17-21 19-21

[R3] Chetan Anand (IND,92) vs (1) Taufik Hidayat (INA,4)
[R3] (12) P Kashyap (IND,30) vs (3) Tien Minh Nguyen (VIE,9)

Really good win for Chetan, I think his first win over top-30 player after coming out of injury ... Expected easy win for Kashyap ... Guru need to convert these performances into victory.

Chetan having very tough match against top-seed Taufik Hidayat and Kashyap will also face top-10 player Tien Minh Nguyen.

Shooting News
At ISSF World Cup Maribor 2011, Slovenia

Men Double Trap final
Gold - Peter Rober Russell Wilson (GBR) (49 49 48) 146 + 49 = 195
Silver - Hu Binyuan (CHN) (49 50 47) 146 + 48 = 194 (+2)
Bronze - Ronjan Sodhi (IND) (48 49 48) 145 + 49 = 194 (+1)

Ronjan Sodhi continued with his good form in double trap ... He won bronze in ISSF World Cup at Maribor, he secured the quota for London Olympics when he won silver at Bejing world cup in April.

Today he lost high scoring final ... He qualified for final with tied for 3rd position, 145 hits ... Despite scoring 49 hits out of 50 he finished tied for 2nd position and lost to China’s Hu Binyuan, who scored total score of 194+2 targets, after shooting-off Ronjan Sodhi 2 to 1 hits.

Tennis News
At $15K Chinese Taipei F2,

[R1] (8) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,548) l (WC) Chieh-Fu WANG (TPE,UNR) 36 26

Doubles
[R1] Sanam SINGH (IND)/ Rupesh ROY (IND) bt (WC) Fei Yun LIAO (TPE)/ Hao-Chen LIAO (TPE) 67(6) 63 10-3

[QF] Sanam SINGH (IND)/ Rupesh ROY (IND) vs (2) Cheng-Peng HSIEH (TPE)/ Hsin-Han LEE (TPE)

Poor loss for Ranjeet against unranked Taiwani player ... In doubles Sanam and Rupesh needed comeback after a set down to move into quarters.

Badminton News
At $120K 2011 Yonex OCBC US Open Grand Prix Gold, Los Angeles

[R1] Chetan Anand (IND,92) bt Jarolim Vicen (SVK,250) 21-18 18-21 21-11
[R1] R.M.V Gurusai Datt (IND,77) bt Charles Pyne (JAM,205) 21-7 21-17
[R1] (12) P Kashyap (IND,30) bt Alex Yuwan Tjong (BRA,168) 21-10 21-9

[R2] Chetan Anand (IND,92) vs (13) Brice Leverdez (FRA,29)
[R2] R.M.V Gurusai Datt (IND,77) vs (6) Marc Zwiebler (GER,17)
[R2] (12) P Kashyap (IND,30) vs David Obernosterer (AUT,156)

[R1] Pranav Chopra (IND)/ Tarun Kona (IND) vs Anthony Clark (ENG)/ Chris Langridge (ENG)

This week our men players r playing in US GP Gold ... Expected winning start for our shuttlers though Chetan had a tough time against Vicen.

Tennis News
At $15K Chinese Taipei F2,

[Q1] (WC) Sanam SINGH (IND,UNR) bt Yu Hsiang CHIU (TPE,UNR) 61 60
[Q2] (WC) Sanam SINGH (IND,UNR) bt Tzu-Yang LIN (TPE,UNR) 64 62

[R1] (Q) Sanam SINGH (IND,UNR) vs (WC) I-Ta CHEN (TPE,1676)
[R1] Rupesh ROY (IND,721) vs (5) Christopher RUNGKAT (INA,478)
[R1] (8) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,548) vs (WC) Chieh-Fu WANG (TPE,UNR)

Doubles
[R1] Perakiat SIRILUETHAIWATTANA (THA)/ Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) vs (WC) Yu-Chi CHANG (TPE)/ Hao-Hsiang LIAO (TPE)
[R1] Sanam SINGH (IND)/ Rupesh ROY (IND) vs (WC) Fei Yun LIAO (TPE)/ Hao-Chen LIAO (TPE)

As expected Sanam qualified for main-draw and facing local wild-card player ... His second round opponent can be local 2d seed experienced player Ti Chen ... Ranjeet is also facing local wild-card player but Rupesh having tough match against 5th seed young Indonesian Christopher Rungkat.

In doubles our both pairs r facing local wild-card pairs in the first round.
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At $10K Spain F24, Elche

[Q1] (2) Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND,957) bt (WC) Oleksandr KAZAKOV (UKR,UNR) 60 63
[Q2] (2) Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND,957) bt James ALLEMBY (GBR,UNR) 63 64

[Q3] (2) Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND,957) l (16) Amerigo CONTINI (ITA,1737) 46 26

Doubles
[R1] Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND)/ Alex BOLT (AUS) l Joep DIETEREN (NED)/ Roberto RODRIGUEZ-ALONSO (ESP) 36 36

Not a great week for Ramkumar as he lost in singles final qualifying and doubles first round.

Football News
At FIFA International Friendly, Male

Maldives dw India 1-1
Goal Scored - Sunil Chhetri (IND) 18' and Naseer Mukhtar (MAL) 45'

Poor result for Indian side against lower ranked Maldives ... Sunil Chhetri gave the early lead after 18 minutes but Mukhtar Naseer equalized just before the break and Armando Colaco's debut as India coach ended in a boring draw.

Archery News
At 2011 World Archery Championships, Turin, Italy

Recurve Women Team Final
(4) India l (3) Italy 207-210

In the final both teams were nervous ... After the first end of 6 shots both teams score were low, we were leading 51-50 ... After 12 shots we managed to keep 1 pt lead 103-102 (52-52) ... But our archers had poor scoring in the third ... They managed only 50 pts and Italians managed 55 pts to take 4 pts lead, 153-157 (50-55) ... In the final end our archers performed better than previous 3 ... They scored 54 pts but Italian archers managed to keep lead with 53 to won the match.

So our women finished with the Silver ... This is their best result.

Athletics News
At 13th Asian Athletic Championship, Kobe, Japan

India finished with 1 Gold, 2 Silver and 8 Bronze Medals.

Mayookha Johny won the long jump gold with 6.56m, but failed to qualify World Championship and Olympics where qualifying mark was 6.65m ... She also won the bronze in the Women Triple Jump with 14.11m jump a new national record ... With that jump Mayookha Johny has qualifed for the London Olympics and the World championships in the Triple Jump for Group B.

Vikas Gowda won the Silver in the Men's Discuss Throw with 61.58m ... Sudha Singh won the Silver in Women 3000 M Steeplechase with timing 10:08.52

Preeja Sreedharan won the bronze in 10,000m with 33:15.55 and Kavita Raut finished on 6th ... Bharat Singh won the bronze in Decathlon with 7358 points ... Harwant Kaur won the bronze in Discuss Throw Women with 57.99m and Krishna Poona finished on 4th ... In 1500m Women race OP Jaisha won the bronze with 4:21.41 ... Tintu Luka won the Bronze Women 800m with 2:02.55 ... Om Prakash won the Bronze in Men Shot put with 19.47m throw ... Ghamanda Ram gave personal best timing of 1:46.46 to won the Bronze in Men 800m.

Susmita Roy in Heptathlon and Joseph Abraham in Men 400m hurdles won 4th positions.

Archery News
At World Archery Championships, Turin, Italy

Recurve Men Individual
[PQF] (5) Jayanta Talukdar (IND) l (44) JefF Henckels (LUX) 5-6 (26-26, 27-25, 28-28, 26-28, 28-28 T9-T10)

[R3] (5) Jayanta Talukdar (IND) bt (28) Antti Tekoniemi (FIN) 6-4 (28-27, 24-28, 26-28, 27-26, 28-26)
[R3] (62) Tarundeep Rai (IND) l (19) Marco Galiazzo (ITA) 5-6 (25-27, 27-27, 29-28, 29-28, 22-27 T10-T10*)

[R2] (5) Jayanta Talukdar (IND) bye
[R2] (62) Tarundeep Rai (IND) bt (14) Crispin Duenas (CAN) 7-1 (27-27, 29-28, 28-26, 27-25)

[R1] (72) Rahul Banerjee (IND) l (41) Hideki Kikuchi (JPN) 4-6 (29-28, 27-29, 28-28, 27-28, 28-28)
[R1] (5) Jayanta Talukdar (IND) bye
[R1] (62) Tarundeep Rai (IND) bt (51) Mitch Dielemans (NED) 6-2 (28-25, 26-26, 28-27, 27-27)

Recurve Women Individual
[R3] (9) Deepika Kumari (IND) l (41) Natalia Lesniak (POL) 5-6 (28-28, 29-27, 26-27, 26-29, 28-27 T10-T10*)
[R3] (15) Laishram Bombayla Devi (IND) l (15) Miranda Leek (USA) 3-7 (28-25, 26-27, 27-27, 24-27, 26-28)

[R2] (9) Deepika Kumari (IND) bt (56) Carrie Wegh (NED) 6-0 (27-26, 29-27, 28-26)
[R2] (26) Chekrovolu Swuro (IND) l (39) Kristine Esebua (GEO) 2-6 (23-26, 27-27, 25-26, 24-24)
[R2] (15) Laishram Bombayla Devi (IND) bt (50) Leidys Brito (VEN) 6-4 (26-26, 26-26, 26-29, 27-24, 27-26)

[R1] (9) Deepika Kumari (IND) bt (104) Panumard Sukdee (THA) 6-0 (28-25, 27-24, 30-28)
[R1] (26) Chekrovolu Swuro (IND) bt (87) Thin Khaing Thin (MYA) 7-3 (26-23, 27-26, 25-28, 26-26, 28-24)
[R1] (15) Laishram Bombayla Devi (IND) bt (98) Ida Andersson (SWE) 6-0 (25-24, 26-23, 29-25)

Oops, I messed up while updating scores ... Jayanta captured Olympic quota!
Updated - Jayanta Talukdar grabbed direct entry for individual quota for London Olympics 2012 reaching pre-quarterfinal of World championship ... There were 8 spots available for the individual archers from among the teams who had not qualified in the team event ... So Jayanta Talukdar qualified despite finishing outside top 8 ... He lost pre-quarterfinal match against Luxembourg's archer in tie-break shot ... Both tied 5-5 after completion of 5 sets but in one shot tie-break JefF Henckels managed perfect 10 pts and Jayanta managed only 9.

Tarundeep Rai and Deepika Kumari lost in the third round ... They were also tied 5-5 after completion of 5 sets with their respective opponents ... In tiebreak shot all archers shot 10 pts but their opponents shot lot closer to the bulls-eye so declared winners.

Tennis News
At $15K Chinese Taipei F1,

[QF] (Q) Sanam SINGH (IND,UNR) l (1) Tsung-Hua YANG (TPE,327) 63 46 06

Top-seed Tsung-Hua Yang defeated Sanam in 3 sets ... Sanam started well winning the opening set but Tsung-Hua take control from the second ... Surprised to see Sanam failing to won a single game in the third.

Tennis News
At $15K Chinese Taipei F1,

[R2] (Q) Sanam SINGH (IND,UNR) bt Rupesh ROY (IND,721) 75 61

[QF] (Q) Sanam SINGH (IND,UNR) vs (1) Tsung-Hua YANG (TPE,327)

Doubles
[QF] Rupesh ROY (IND)/ Sanam SINGH (IND) l (2) Yuichi ITO (JPN)/ Chu-Huan YI (TPE) 57 36

This was really expected result considering Sanam's better overall game ... Now in quarters Sanam is facing real test against young talented top-300 type local player, Tsung-Hua Yang.

Archery News
At World Archery Championships, Turin, Italy

Recurve Women Team
[R1] (4) India bt France 216-213
[QF] (4) India bt Denmark 203-197
[SF] (4) India bt (1) Korea 216-212

[F] (4) India vs (3) Italy

As top 8 teams were going to receive direct entry in 2012 London Olympics our women Recurve team take that in style beating France in the first round ... But they continued with their good run beating Denmark in quarters and scored huge upset beating World champion Korean team in the semis ... Now in the final they will meet host Italian team.

So with grabbing Olympics quota as a team - Deepika Kumari, Laishram Bombayla Devi and Chekrovolu Swuro - also earned 3 individual quota places.

Other hand our Recurve men team again failed on the big stage ... Due to poor qualification they seeded 10th and faced another Asian powerhouse China in the first round and lost by a point, 215-216 ... Then they had abnother chance as as a host Great Britain has a direct entry in Olympics, so after their qualification for the quarter-final one spot was available ... Play-off played between 8 losing first round nations ... Here also our men lost in the second round against Malaysian team, who grabbed Olympic quota place ... Luckily this time our Recurve men team will get another chance in June 2012, where all the teams who fail to qualify from World Championship will play and top 3 teams will qualify for Olympics.

Tennis News
At $15K Chinese Taipei F1,

[R1] (Q) Sanam SINGH (IND,UNR) bt (7) Jae-Sung AN (KOR,592) 46 76(5) 63
[R1] Rupesh ROY (IND,721) bt (Q) Hsien-Yin PENG (TPE,UNR) 76(3) 36 64
[R1] (4) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,539) l (Q) Meng-Hua LEE (TPE,UNR) 62 36 0-3 Retd.

[R2] (Q) Sanam SINGH (IND,UNR) vs Rupesh ROY (IND,721)

Doubles
[QF] Rupesh ROY (IND)/ Sanam SINGH (IND) vs (2) Yuichi ITO (JPN)/ Chu-Huan YI (TPE)

Sanam scored superb comeback win after losing the first set ... He won the second set in tie-break before winning the third more comfortably ... Rupesh stretched to 3 sets against local un-ranked player ... But sad to see Ranjeet retired from his match.

Next Sanam and Rupesh r facing each other.

Tennis News
At $15K Chinese Taipei F1,

[Q1] (WC) Sanam SINGH (IND,UNR) bt Yao-Cheng WANG (TPE,UNR) 61 60
[Q2] (WC) Sanam SINGH (IND,UNR) bt Yu-Chi CHANG (TPE,UNR) 63 63

[R1] (Q) Sanam SINGH (IND,UNR) vs (7) Jae-Sung AN (KOR,592)
[R1] Rupesh ROY (IND,721) vs (Q) Hsien-Yin PENG (TPE,UNR)
[R1] (4) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,539) vs (Q) Meng-Hua LEE (TPE,UNR)

Doubles
[R1] Rupesh ROY (IND)/ Sanam SINGH (IND) bt Meng-Hua LEE (TPE)/ Tzu-Yang LIN (TPE) 36 76(4) 10-4

Sanam restarting his professional career after college degree ... So his first test against experienced Korean An at Chinese Taipei.

Good fighting win for Rupesh and Sanam in doubles.

Tennis News
At Wimbledon 2011, London, Great Britain

Mixed Doubles
[F] (4) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Elena Vesnina (RUS) l (9) Jurgen Melzer (AUT)/ Iveta Benesova (CZE) 36 26
[SF] (4) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Elena Vesnina (RUS) bt Paul Hanley (AUS)/ Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE) 62 36 75

After winning tight semi-final against Hanley and Hsieh in 3 sets Mahesh and Elena couldn't produce much fight in the final ... Melzer and Benesova dominated from the start and won it comfortably.

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In latest ranking updates Sania is dropped to #63 in singles but climbed her career best #11 in doubles WTA rankings.


Somdev is climbed to his career best #63 in ATP singles ranking ... In doubles Mahesh has remained on #5, Lee climbed to #8 and Rohan dropped to #10 after the Wimbledon.

Tennis News
At Wimbledon 2011, London, Great Britain

Doubles
[SF] (4) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Elena Vesnina (RUS) l (2) Kveta Peschke (CZE)/ Katarina Srebotnik (SLO) 36 16

Mixed Doubles
[QF] (4) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Elena Vesnina (RUS) bt Jonathan Erlich (ISR)/ Shahar Peer (ISR) 64 61
[QF] (6) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Sania Mirza (IND) l Paul Hanley (AUS)/ Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE) 61 26 26
[QF] (14) Leander Paes (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) l (8) Daniel Nestor (CAN)/ Yung-Jan Chan (TPE) 36 26

[SF] (4) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Elena Vesnina (RUS) vs Paul Hanley (AUS)/ Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE)

Our pair saved a break point in the first game but Peschke and Srebotnik broke Vesnina's serve in 5ht game ... Then they again broke Vesnina in 9th game to won the first set ... Vesnina was struggling on the court with her game and 2nd seed pair take full advantage of it ... In the second set also Peschke and Srebotnik take early break in 2nd and 4th games to lead 4-0 ... And then easily hold their serves to complete very dominating victory ... This match was over in 1 hr and 5 mins ... Peschke and Srebotnik didn't face a single break point on their serves and other hand they created 11 opportunities converting 4 of them ... Sania and Elena must be very disappointed by their lack of efforts.

In MXD also our 2 pairs lost in quarters ... Rohan and Sania started well breaking Su-Wei Hsieh twice and Paul Hanley once after 1-all to won the first set ... But Hanley and Hsieh fought back ... They broke Sania's serve in 1st game of the second set and then never lost the control to won this match ... Defending champion Lee and Cara didn't produce any fight to Nestor and Chan.

Other hand Mahesh reached another semi-final of MXD with Elena ... They defeated Israeli pair in straight sets ... After winning the first set with a single break our pair dominated to won the second.