Badminton News
At $120K Kumpoo Macau Open Badminton GP Gold 2012

[QF] Srikanth K. (IND,109) bt Nan WEI (HKG,90) 16-21 21-19 21-19
[QF] Gurusaidutt R. M. V. (IND,51) bt Yan Kit CHAN (HKG,55) 21-11 21-14

[QF] Pradnya GADRE (IND)/ Ashwini PONNAPPA (IND) l Komala DEWI (INA)/ Jenna GOZALI (INA) 16-21. 21-12 15-21
[QF] Tarun KONA (IND)/ Ashwini PONNAPPA (IND) l (1) Tontowi AHMAD (INA)/ Liliyana NATSIR (INA) 9-21 13-21

[SF] Srikanth K. (IND,109) vs Huan GAO [CHN,69)I
[SF] Gurusaidutt R. M. V. (IND,51) vs Yuekun CHEN (CHN,65)

Another terrific performance from young Srikanth to qualify for the semis with win over higher ranked Hong Kong player Wei ... He lost the first game from 15-all losing 5 points in a row ... In the second game he started with 8-3 lead but Wei caught with him at 8-all ... Then Wei take 17-13 lead this time Srikanth caught with him at 18-all ... Srikanth won 3 points in a row from 18-19 to win this game ... In the final game Wei take early 3 points lead but Srikanth caught with him at 9-all ... Wei again take lead 14-11 lead again Srikanth caught with him at 15-all ... In this game also Srikanth won final 3 points from 18-19 to completed victory in 62 minutes.

Other hand Guru scored very comfortable win against similar ranked Chan in 34 minutes ... He didn't give any chance to Chan in both games.

Ashwini lost in women,s doubles and mixed doubles in contrasting matches .... Still creditable performance from her with new partners..

Tennis News
At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Kolkata, India

[SF] Katherine IP (HKG,UNR) bt (8) Shweta RANA (IND,939) 76(4) 61
[SF] (3) Rishika SUNKARA (IND,570) bt (7) Prarthana G. THOMBARE (IND,925) 75 61

Rishika scored straight sets victory over Prarthana and she will face Hong Kong player Ip who scored another upset win win over Rana.
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At $10K Cambodia F2 futures, Phnom Penh

[F] (2) Wan GAO (CHN) / Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND) l (4) Marcus DANIELL (NZL) / Richard GABB (GBR) 16 67(5)

Jeevan lost in the doubles final with his Chinese partner Wan.

Squash News
At $150K Men's Hong Kong Open 2012

[R2] Saurav Ghosal (IND,22) l (5) Ramy Ashour (EGY,4) 1-3 (7-11 5-11 12-10 10-12 (61m))

Ramy won the first 2 games easily but Saurav fought back to win the next game in extra points ... Saurav tried hard in the next game but this time Ramy won it in extra points and completed victory.
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At $77K Women's Hong Kong Open 2012

[R2] Dipika Pallikal (IND,13) vs (3) Jenny Duncalf (ENG,6) 1-3 (9-11 11-7 12-14 7-11 (60m))
[R2] (Q) Joshana Chinappa (IND,32) vs Rachael Grinham (AUS,16) 1-3 (4-11 12-10 10-12 15-17 (65m))

Our both players gave terrific performance against higher ranked opponents but they lost ... Dipika won the second game after losing the first game but after losing the third game in extra points Dipika failed to put extra pressure against WR #6.

Joshna lost the first game easily then she fought back and won the second game in extra points ... After that Joshna matched with Rachel but Rachel take next 2 games in extra points for hard fought victory.

Badminton News
At $120K Kumpoo Macau Open Badminton GP Gold 2012,

[R3] Srikanth K. (IND,109) bt Choong Hann WONG (KOR,209) 21-17 15-21 21-12
[R3] (12) Gurusaidutt R. M. V. (IND,51) bt (7) Dionysius Hayom RUMBAKA (INA,25) 21-13 21-18

[R2] Tarun KONA (IND)/ Arun VISHNU (IND) l Ronel ESTANISLAO (PHI)/ Paul Jefferson VIVAS (PHI) 21-15 19-21 22-24
[R2] Pradnya GADRE (IND)/ Ashwini PONNAPPA (IND) bt Rodjana CHUTHABUNDITKUL (THA)/ Chanida JULRATTANAMANEE (THA) 25-23 21-19
[R2] Tarun KONA (IND)/ Ashwini PONNAPPA (IND) bt Chi-Lin WANG (TPE)/ Hsiao Ma PAI (TPE) 21-17 22-20

[QF] Srikanth K. (IND,109) vs Nan WEI (HKG,90)
[QF] Gurusaidutt R. M. V. (IND,51) vs Yan Kit CHAN (HKG,55)

[QF] Pradnya GADRE (IND)/ Ashwini PONNAPPA (IND) vs Komala DEWI (INA)/ Jenna GOZALI (INA)
[QF] Tarun KONA (IND)/ Ashwini PONNAPPA (IND) vs (1) Tontowi AHMAD (INA)/ Liliyana NATSIR (INA)

Srikanth continued with his good run and scored three games victory over Malaysian for entering into the quarters ... Next he is facing higher ranked unseeded Hong Kong player Nan Wei.

Ashwini and Tarun also enter into MXD quarters with straight games victory over Taiwani pair ... Next they r having tough challenge of top-seed Indonesian pair.

Ashwini enter into the women's doubles quarter-final with Pradnya with fighting win against against Thai pair ... They r facing another unseeded Indonesian pair.

After winning the first game Tarun and Arun missed chance of finishing match in the second game ... They were 19-17 up put Filipinos won next 4 points for winning this game ... In the final game Tarun and Arun fought back after falling behind but failed to convert a match point and Filipinos converted 3rd match point for the victory.

Guru started well against Rumbaka winning the first game ... Rumbaka take early big lead but Guru kept fighting back and played excellent in later stage of the game ... He completed upset win in straight games ... Next he is facing Hong Kong player Yan Kit Chan, against him Guru having 1-2 win-loss record.

Tennis News
At $10K Cambodia F2 futures, Phnom Penh

[R2] (2) Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND,380) bt (Q) Maxi PONGRATZ (AUT,UNR) 63 62

[QF] (2) Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND,380) l Artem SITAK (NZL,714) 46 26

Doubles
[R1] (2) Wan GAO (CHN)/ Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND) bt Pannhara MAM (CAM)/ Phalkun MAM (CAM) 60 60
[QF] (2) Wan GAO (CHN)/ Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND) bt Ting Yu CHUANG (TPE)/ Chieh-Fu WANG (TPE) 76(6) 61
[SF] (2) Wan GAO (CHN)/ Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND) bt Antoine ESCOFFIER (FRA)/ Alexander WARD (GBR) 64 64

In the singles poor loss for Jeevan against New Zealand's lower ranked Davis cupper ... He need to win these matches overseas to move on next ladder in the ranking.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Kolkata, India

[QF] Katherine IP (HKG) bt Eetee MAHETA (IND) 62 75
[QF] (8) Shweta RANA (IND) bt (4) Ankita RAINA (IND) 64 46 64
[QF] (3) Rishika SUNKARA (IND,570) bt (5) Prerna BHAMBRI (IND,666) 64 60
[QF] (7) Prarthana G. THOMBARE (IND,925) bt (2) Rutuja BHOSALE (IND,551) 57 64 62

[R2] Eetee MAHETA (IND) bt (1) Kyra SHROFF (IND) 64 61
[R2] Katherine IP (HKG) bt (Q) Chun-Yan HE (CHN) 63 60
[R2] (4) Ankita RAINA (IND) bt Manya NAGPAL (IND) 63 63
[R2] (8) Shweta RANA (IND) bt Adnya NAIK (IND) 64 62
[R2] (5) Prerna BHAMBRI (IND) bt Sharon Sanchana PAUL (IND) 62 57 63
[R2] (3) Rishika SUNKARA (IND) bt Amrita MUKHERJEE (IND) 60 63
[R2] (7) Prarthana G. THOMBARE (IND) bt Spurti SHIVALINGAIAH (IND) 2-0 retd.
[R2] (2) Rutuja BHOSALE (IND) bt Rushmi CHAKRAVARTHI (IND) 64 62

Rishika take full advantage of error prone Prerna for comfortable win ... Prarthana fought back after losing the first set against 2nd seed Rutuja for upset win ... Good run of Eetee Maheta ended in the quarters against Hong Kong player ... Shweta defeated higher ranked Ankita in 3 sets and facing only non-Indian girl in the semis.

Before that in the second round Eetee Maheta scored surprising and comfortable win over top-seed Kyra ... Rutuja also defeated very experienced Olympian Rushmi Chakravarthi in straight sets ... Prerna needed 3 sets for victory.

Squash News
At $150K Men's Hong Kong Open 2012

[Q1] Siddarth Suchde (IND,50) bt Alex Lau (HKG,78) 3-0 (11-6 11-2 11-5 (30m))

[Q2] Siddarth Suchde (IND,50) l Ryan Cuskelly (AUS,34) 0-3 (6-11 4-11 6-11 (39m))

[R1] Saurav Ghosal (IND,22) bt (Q) Max Lee (HKG,32) 3-0 (3-11 5-11 4-11 (42m))

[R2] Saurav Ghosal (IND,22) vs (5) Ramy Ashour (EGY,4)

Winning start for Saurav in this big Hong Kong Open ... Next he is facing WR #4 Ramy Ashour.

Siddarth failed to qualify for the main-draw of Hong Kong open ... He lost in the final qualifying round against Australian.
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At $77K Women's Hong Kong Open 2012

[Q1] Joshana Chinappa (IND,32) bt Sin Kei Tsang (HKG,UNR) 3-0 (11-2 11-8 11-5 (20m))
[Q2] Joshana Chinappa (IND,32) bt Siti Munirah Jusoh (MAS,36) 3-0 (11-9 11-7 11-7 (29m))

[R1] Dipika Pallikal (IND,13) bt Liu Tsz-Ling (HKG,37) 3-1 (7-11 11-6 11-1 11-5 (34m))
[R1] (Q) Joshana Chinappa (IND,32) bt (4) Annie Au (HKG,9) 3-2 (5-11 11-8 6-11 11-7 11-5 (55m))

[R2] Dipika Pallikal (IND,13) vs (3) Jenny Duncalf (ENG,6)
[R2] (Q) Joshana Chinappa (IND,32) vs Rachael Grinham (AUS,16)

Joshana contined with his recent good run ... After comfortably qualifying for the main-draw of Hong Kong Open she started with huge upset against local top player and WR #9 Annie Au ... Joshana fought back after 1-2 games down winning last 2 games ... Next she is facing WR #16 Australian Rachael Grinham.

Surprisingly tough match for Dipika against lower ranked local player in the first round ... Next she is facing British top-10 player Jenny Duncalf.

Badminton News
At $120K Kumpoo Macau Open Badminton GP Gold 2012

[R1] Srikanth K. (IND,108) bt (9) Alamsyah YUNUS (INA,34) 21-10 21-18
[R1] (6) Kashyap PARUPALLI (IND,20) l Hock Lai LEE (USA,226) 3-4 Retired
[R1] Prannoy H. S. (IND,92) l Min Ki KIM (KOR,473) 18-21 21-10 20-22
[R1] (12) Gurusaidutt R. M. V. (IND,52) bt Yuki KANEKO (JPN,455) 17-21 21-17 21-19
[R1] Tanvi LAD (IND,98) l (5) Hsiao Ma PAI (TPE,26) 11-21 17-21
[R1] Arundhati PANTAWANE (IND,115) l (8) Adrianti FIRDASARI (INA,37)
[R1] Thulasi P. C. (IND,120) l (3) Li HAN (CHN,18) 13-21 7-21

[R2] Srikanth K. (IND,108) bt Min Ki KIM (KOR,473) 21-13 21-11
[R2] (12) Gurusaidutt R. M. V. (IND,52) bt Po Wei CHENG (TWN,183) 21-10 21-14

[R1] Pranaav Jerry CHOPRA (IND)/ Akshay DEWALKAR (IND) l (7) Gideon Markus FERNALDI (INA)/ Agripinna Prima Rahmanto PUTRA (INA) 8-21 16-21
[R1] Tarun KONA (IND)/ Arun VISHNU (IND) bt Evgenij DREMIN (RUS)/ Sergey LUNEV (RUS) 12-21 21-18 21-17
[R1] Aparna BALAN (IND)/ Siki Reddy N. (IND) l (6) Vivian Kah Mun HOO (MAS)/ Khe Wei WOON (MAS) 11-21 18-21
[R1] Pradnya GADRE (IND)/ Ashwini PONNAPPA (IND) bt (2) Lok Yan POON (HKG)/ Ying Suet TSE (HKG) 21-19 21-19
[R1] Tarun KONA (IND)/ Ashwini PONNAPPA (IND) bt Thitipong LAPOE (THA)/ Peeraya MUNKITAMORN (THA) 21-18 21-17
[R1] Arun VISHNU (IND)/ Aparna BALAN (IND) l Min Chun LIAO (TPE)/ Hsiao Huan CHEN (TPE) 21-16 21-23 20-22
[R1] Pranaav Jerry CHOPRA (IND)/ Siki Reddy N. (IND) l Yen Jui LIN (TPE)/ Chi Ya CHENG (TPE) 19-21 21-11 19-21
[R1] Akshay DEWALKAR (IND)/ Pradnya GADRE (IND) l Joe WU (NZL)/ Ya Lan CHANG (TPE) 3-4 Retd.

[R3] Srikanth K. (IND,108) vs Choong Hann WONG (KOR,208)
[R3] (12) Gurusaidutt R. M. V. (IND,52) vs (7) Dionysius Hayom RUMBAKA (INA,25)

[R2] Tarun KONA (IND)/ Arun VISHNU (IND) vs Ronel ESTANISLAO (PHI)/ Paul Jefferson VIVAS (PHI)
[R2] Pradnya GADRE (IND)/ Ashwini PONNAPPA (IND) vs Rodjana CHUTHABUNDITKUL (THA)/ Chanida JULRATTANAMANEE (THA)
[R2] Tarun KONA (IND)/ Ashwini PONNAPPA (IND) vs Chi-Lin WANG (TPE)/ Hsiao Ma PAI (TPE)

Kashyap again retired from his match ... In the first round after losing the first game Guru needed to dig deep to win next two games ... He showed dominance to win the second round ... Next he is facing top-25 Indonesian player ... 19 yrs old Srikanth K. started with upset win over top-35 and experienced Indonesian Alamsyah Yunus ... He continued with good run and won the second round.

In the doubles Ashwini scored upset win over 2nd seed Hong Kong pair with her new partner Pradnya Gadre ... In MXD doubles also Ashwini had a winning start with Tarun Kona ... In men's doubles Tarun and Arun reached into the second round with win over Russian pair from one game down.

Tennis News
At $10K Cambodia F2 futures, Phnom Penh

[R1] (2) Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND,380) bt Chieh-Fu WANG (TPE,1138) 63 61

[R2] (2) Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND,380) vs (Q) Maxi PONGRATZ (AUT,UNR)

Winning start for Jeevan
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Kolkata, India

[R1] (1) Kyra SHROFF (IND) bt BHATIA (IND) 75 62
[R1] Eetee MAHETA (IND) bt Tarrannum HANDA (IND) 75 62
[R1] (Q) Chun-Yan HE (CHN) bt (Q) Sneha PADAMATA (IND) 60 63
[R1] Katherine IP (HKG) bt (6) Nidhi CHILUMULA (IND) 60 61
[R1] (4) Ankita RAINA (IND) bt (WC) Sahan SHETTY (IND) 62 61
[R1] Manya NAGPAL (IND) bt (WC) Megha SEHRAWAT (IND) 62 60
[R1] Adnya NAIK (IND) bt (Q) Snigdha PADAMATA (IND) 60 60
[R1] (8) Shweta RANA (IND) bt (Q) Bhuvana KALVA (IND) 75 67(6) 76(4)
[R1] (5) Prerna BHAMBRI (IND) bt Shreya PASRICHA (IND) 64 62
[R1] Sharon Sanchana PAUL (IND) bt (Q) Tanvee BOSE (IND) 60 61
[R1] Amrita MUKHERJEE (IND) bt (Q) Natasha KANVINDE (GBR) 61 60
[R1] (3) Rishika SUNKARA (IND) bt (Q) Victoria CHEHAL 60 60
[R1] (7) Prarthana G. THOMBARE (IND) bt (WC) Arantxa ANDRADY (IND) 61 61
[R1] Spurti SHIVALINGAIAH (IND) bt (Q) Nikita DESHMUKH (IND) 60 60
[R1] Rushmi CHAKRAVARTHI (IND) bt Treta BHATTACHARYYA (IND) 64 63
[R1] (2) Rutuja BHOSALE (IND) bt Anushka BHARGAVA (IND) 63 64

Surprising loss of Nidhi.

Chess News
At Women’s World Chess Cup 2012, Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia

Semi Final
G2 - Dronavalli Harika (IND) dw Antoaneta Stefanova (BUL) ½-½ (½-½1)

In the second match Harika needed victory to keep her challenge in this World Chess Cup but Stefanova used her all experience for comfortable draw ... After 12th move Harika tried variations but Stefanova didn't try anything stupid and defended well ... Match ended in a draw after 36 moves ... Still creditable performance by Harika in this tough tournament where she was seeded 12th..

Chess News
At Women’s World Chess Cup 2012, Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia

Semi Final
G1 - Antoaneta Stefanova (BUL) bt Dronavalli Harika (IND) 1-0

Bad start in the semi-final for Harika playing with then Black ... Antoaneta Stefanova defeated Harika in 39 moves taking advantage of mistakes from her ... Now Stefanova is favorite for the final ... Tomorrow Harika will play must-win match.

Tennis News
At $35K+H Toyota Challenger, Japan

[SF] (PR) Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ James Cerretani (USA) l (4) Philipp Oswald (AUT)/ Mate Pavic (CRO) 67(1) 46

Prakash and James lost in well fought match against 4th seed Oswald and Pavic in the semi-final ... So with this mostly end of the season for Prakash as challenger season is over this week ... Hoping for much more stronger and fitter Prakash in 2013 season.

Chess News
At Women’s World Chess Cup 2012, Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia

Quarter Final
TB1 - (4) Xue Zhao (CHN) l Dronavalli Harika (IND) 0-1 (1-2)
TB2 - Dronavalli Harika (IND) dw (4) Xue Zhao (CHN) ½-½ (2½-1½)

After amazing escape yesterday Harika take advantage of that to upset 4th seed Chinese Xue Zhao in the quarter-final ... In the first tie-break game she defeated Xue Zhao in 33 moves playing with the Black ... In the second tie-break game Xue Zhao tried hard for comeback but Harika hold her after marathon game which ended in draw after 85 moves ... In the semis Harika is facing former women's world champion Bulgarian Antoaneta Stefanova.

Badminton News
At $350K Yonex Sunrise Hong Kong Open 2012, Kowloon (Superseries)

[R2] Ajay Jayaram (IND,27) l (1) Chong Wei Lee (MAS,1) 18-21 19-21
[R2] Kashyap Parupalli (IND,23) l Tommy Sugiarto (INA,29) 6-11 Retd.
[R2] (3) Saina Nehwal (IND,3) l (Q) Lin Wang (CHN,72) 19-21 15-21

[R2] Pranaav Jerry Chopra (IND)/ Akshay Dewalkar (IND) l (2) Yun Cai (CHN)/ Haifeng Fu (CHN) 21-23 21-19 6-21
[R2] Pradnya Gadre (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) l Duanganong Aroonkesorn (THA)/ Kunchala Voravichitchaikul (THA) 17-21 18-21
[R2] Pranaav Jerry Chopra (IND)/ Siki Reddy N. (IND) l (1) Chen Xu (CHN)/ Jin Ma (CHN) 16-21 10-21

Ashwini and Pradnya Gadre lost against Thai pair in the second round ... Decent performance by Pranaav and Siki in MXD against WR #1 Chinese pair ... Pranaav and Akshay gave tremendous fighting performance against WR #2 Chinese pair before melt-down in the third ... In the first game they missed 2 game points against Chinese pair at 20-19 and 21-20 if they converted that then result could be different.

In the singles we had terrible days as our all players lost against their respective opponents ... Kashyap retired against Sugiarto in the first game ... In both games Ajay matched his game with Lee but in the end Lee played crucial points better than Ajay ... Saina agains failed to overcome challenge of Wang, this time Lin Wang ... After little resistant in the first game Lin won the second game comfortably.

Chess News
At Women’s World Chess Cup 2012, Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia

Quarter Final
G2 - Dronavalli Harika (IND) dw (4) Xue Zhao (CHN) ½-½ (1-1)

Amazing escape for Harika against Zhao after early blunders in 70 moves ... Harika managed draw from hopeless situation but she played excellent defensive game in the end and created multiple traps for the Black ... Today they will play Tie-breaker.

At $35K+H Toyota Challenger, Japan

[QF] (PR) Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ James Cerretani (USA) bt Jamie Baker (GBR)/ Henri Laaksonen (SUI) 60 63

Prakash with his American partner Cerretani scored very dominating win in 43 minutes in the quarter-final ... They won the first 8 games in a row before giving chance to their opponents to hold their serve ... In the first set they broke opponents thrice and in the second set they broke opponents serve in 1st and 9th games for remarkable victory.
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At $10K Cambodia F1 futures, Phnom Penh

[R1] (1) Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND,330) l Wan GAO (CHN,984) 36 26

Very poor result for top-seed Jeevan in Cambodian futures losing to Chinese in the first round.

Badminton News
At $350K Yonex Sunrise Hong Kong Open 2012, Kowloon (Superseries)

[R1] Ajay Jayaram (IND,27) bt Zhengming Wang (CHN,17) 22-20 23-21
[R1] Kashyap Parupalli (IND,23) bt (7) Jan O Jorgensen (DEN,10) 24-22 20-22 22-20
[R1] (3) Saina Nehwal (IND,3) bt Aprilla Yuswandari (INA,34) 22-20 21-8
[R1] Sindhu P.V. (IND,25) l (Q) Belaetrix Manuputi (INA,40) 12-21 21-18 15-21

[R1] Tarun Kona (IND)/ Arun Vishnu (IND) l Chris Adcock (ENG)/ Andrew Ellis (ENG) 18-21 14-21
[R1] (Q) Manu Attri (IND)/ Sumeeth Reddy B. (IND) l Alvent Yulianto Chandra (INA)/ Markis Kido (INA) 21-11 11-21 15-21
[R1] Pranaav Jerry Chopra (IND)/ Akshay Dewalkar (IND) bt Hafiz Faisal (INA)/ Purta Eka Rhoma (INA) 21-16 21-23 21-17
[R1] Pradnya Gadre (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) bt Audrey Fontaine (FRA)/ Emilie Lefel (FRA) 21-10 21-16)
[R1] Aparna Balan (IND)/ Siki Reddy N. (IND) l (2) Xiaoli Wang (CHN)/ Yang (F) Yu (CHN) 3-21 7-21
[R1] Tarun Kona (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) l (1) Chen Xu (CHN)/ Jin Ma (CHN) 15-21 16-21
[R1] Pranaav Jerry Chopra (IND)/ Siki Reddy N. (IND) bt Philip Chew (USA)/ Jamie Subandhi (USA) 21-19 21-15
[R1] Akshay Dewalkar (IND)/ Pradnya Gadre (IND) l (6) Fran Kurniawan (INA)/ Shendy Puspa Irawati (INA) 18-21 21-23
[R1] Arun Vishnu (IND)/ Aparna Balan (IND) l Riky Widianto (INA)/ Puspita Richi Dili (INA) 13-21 11-21

[R2] Ajay Jayaram (IND,27) vs (1) Chong Wei Lee (MAS,1)
[R2] Kashyap Parupalli (IND,23) vs Tommy Sugiarto (INA,29)
[R2] (3) Saina Nehwal (IND,3) vs (Q) Lin Wang (CHN,72)

[R2] Pranaav Jerry Chopra (IND)/ Akshay Dewalkar (IND) vs (2) Yun Cai (CHN)/ Haifeng Fu (CHN)
[R2] Pradnya Gadre (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) vs Duanganong Aroonkesorn (THA)/ Kunchala Voravichitchaikul (THA)
[R2] Pranaav Jerry Chopra (IND)/ Siki Reddy N. (IND) vs (1) Chen Xu (CHN)/ Jin Ma (CHN)

Saina was stretched in the first game by Indonesian Aprilla Yuswandari ... From 8-all Saina take couple of points lead which she maintained till 20-17 ... Aprilla saved 3 game points , 20-all, but Saina won next 2 points to win this game ... In the second game Saina was 0-3 and 1-4 down but after that Saina didn't give chance to Aprilla winning 20 points from next 24 points ... From 1-4 Saina won 8 points in a row to lead 9-4 then she lost couple of points before winning next 10 points to lead 19-6 ... Saina converted 2nd match point for victory in 33 minutes.

Superb upset win by Ajay against higher ranked Chinese Zhengming Wang in 36 minutes, Wang was finalist in last week's Superseries Premier tournament Li Ning China Open ... Both games went to extra points but Ajay kept his cool to win this match ... In the first game Ajay take early lead from 7-all after winning 7 points in a row ... Wang tried fight back from 8-15 and he saved 4 game points from 16-20 to catch Ajay but Ajay won next 2 points to win this game ... Somewhat similar story repeated in the second game ... Ajay take early 9-5 lead but Wang caught him at 14-all ... Again Ajay take 18-15 lead but this time also Wang caught with him at 19-all ... After that Wand had couple of game points at 2019 and 21-20 but both game points saved by Ajay ... He won next 2 points from 21-all for excellent win.

Kashyap scored another excellent win against top 10 Danish player in 68 minutes in closely fought match ... In the first game Jan take early 6-4 and 9-5 lead but Kashyap caught with him at 13-all ... Then Kashyap opened the lead of 17-15 and 20-17 but Jan scored all 3 game points ... Jan saved 4th game point at 20-21 and he had a game point at 22-21 but this time Kashyap saved and converted 5th game point for winning this game ... In the second game from 6-all Jan opened lead of 3 points but whenever Jan opened lead Kashyap caught with him ... Like from 7-10 Kashyap made 10-all then from 11-14 to 14-all ... After this Jan opened 3 points lead but Kashyap tried fight back from 18-20 ... He saved couple of game points but this time Jan converted 3rd game point and won this game ... This see-saw battle continued in the decider ... Jan take 5-2 lead but Kashyap caught with him at 7-all ... At 13-all Kashyap opened 2 points lead which he increased to 19-15 ... Jan won next 5 points and gave himself a match point ... Kashyap saved this match point and won 3 points in a row for hard fought victory.

Ashwini and Tarun gave creditable performance against WR #1 Chinese pair ... Pranaav and Siki Reddy scored straight games victory over American pair ... Next they r facing WR #1 Chinese pair ... Akshay Dewalkar and Pradnya Gadre gave fighting performance against 6th seed Indonesian pair.

Young Pranaav Jerry Chopra and Akshay Dewalkar scored their first win in Superseries main-draw.

Ashwini started with win against French pair with her new partner Pradnya Gadre in women's doubles ... Next they r facing Thai pair who upset 8th seed Singaporean pair in the first round.

Ajay having very tough match against Malaysian WR #1 Chong Wei Lee ... Saina is facing tricky match against her old nemesis, former WR #1 Lin Wang ... Saina is sharing 2-3 win-loss record against her but won their last match in 2011.

Chess News
At Women’s World Chess Cup 2012, Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia

Quarter Final
G1 - (4) Zhao Xue (CHN) dw Dronavalli Harika (IND) ½-½

Good result for Harika against higher rated Chinese opponent in the quarter-final ... Playing with Black she managed to hold Xue after 35 moves.

Tennis News
At $35K+H Toyota Challenger, Japan

[R1] (PR) Prakash Amritraj (IND,806) l (Q) Julien Obry (FRA,421) 62 36 57

Kash lost after winning the first set easily ... After losing the second set in decider at 5-all Kash was leading 40-15 on his serve ... He lost 4 points in a row to lost his serve and then Obry hold comfortably for a win ... I was hoping win for Kash after his good performances in recent weeks.

Badminton News
At $350K Yonex Sunrise Hong Kong Open 2012, Kowloon (Superseries)

[Q1] Sai Praneeth B. (IND,65) bt Chun Hei Tam (HKG,280) 21-15 21-16
[Q1] (3) Gurusaidutt R. M. V. (IND,44) bt Po Wei Cheng (TPE,172) 21-15 21-16
[Q1] Manu Attri (IND)/ Sumeeth Reddy B. (IND) bt Chien Cheng Lai (TPE)/ Joe Wu (AUS) 21-11 21-14

[Q2] Sai Praneeth B. (IND,65) l Ka Long Ng (HKG,237) 17-21 21-12 15-21
[Q2] (3) Gurusaidutt R. M. V. (IND,44) l Yan Kit Chan (HKG,55) 18-21 19-21
[Q2] Manu Attri (IND)/ Sumeeth Reddy B. (IND) bt (3) Chun Hei Lee (HKG)/ Ka Long Ng (HKG) 21-13 13-21 21-15

[R1] Ajay Jayaram (IND,27) vs Zhengming Wang (CHN,17)
[R1] Kashyap Parupalli (IND,23) vs (7) Jan O Jorgensen (DEN,10)
[R1] (3) Saina Nehwal (IND,3) vs Aprilla Yuswandari (INA,34)
[R1] Sindhu P.V. (IND,25) vs (Q) Belaetrix Manuputi (INA,40)

[R1] Tarun Kona (IND)/ Arun Vishnu (IND) vs Chris Adcock (ENG)/ Andrew Ellis (ENG)
[R1] (Q) Manu Attri (IND)/ Sumeeth Reddy B. (IND) vs Alvent Yulianto Chandra (INA)/ Markis Kido (INA)
[R1] Pranaav Jerry Chopra (IND)/ Akshay Dewalkar (IND) vs Hafiz Faisal (INA)/ Purta Eka Rhoma (INA)
[R1] Pradnya Gadre (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) vs Audrey Fontaine (FRA)/ Emilie Lefel (FRA)
[R1] Aparna Balan (IND)/ Siki Reddy N. (IND) vs (2) Xiaoli Wang (CHN)/ Yang (F) Yu (CHN)
[R1] Tarun Kona (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) vs (1) Chen Xu (CHN)/ Jin Ma (CHN)
[R1] Pranaav Jerry Chopra (IND)/ Siki Reddy N. (IND) vs Philip Chew (USA)/ Jamie Subandhi (USA)
[R1] Akshay Dewalkar (IND)/ Pradnya Gadre (IND) vs (6) Fran Kurniawan (INA)/ Shendy Puspa Irawati (INA)
[R1] Arun Vishnu (IND)/ Aparna Balan (IND) vs Riky Widianto (INA)/ Puspita Richi Dili (INA)

As expected big Indian contingent at the Yonex Sunrise Hongkong open ... Saina is back on circuit after knee injury break ... Guru and Sai Praneeth lost against local players in the final qualifying, in that Sai Praneeth's loss was shocking against doubles specialist ... But Manu Attri and Sumeeth Reddy qualified for main-draw upsetting local 3rd seed pair in the qualifying.

In the singles Ajay and Kashyap having tough opening matches but Sindhu and Saina facing weaker Indonesian opponents.

Happy to see Ashwini is playing doubles with Pradnya ... Jwala Gutta is still out due to her sabbatical after the Olympics.

Tennis News
At $35K+H Toyota Challenger, Japan

[R1] (PR) Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ James Cerretani (USA) bt (WC) Bumpei Sato (JPN)/ Shota Tagawa (JPN) 64 63
[R1] (2) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) l Jamie Baker (GBR)/ Henri Laaksonen (SUI) 57 67(6)

[QF] (PR) Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ James Cerretani (USA) vs Jamie Baker (GBR)/ Henri Laaksonen (SUI)

Sad to see 2 wasted weeks for Purav and Divij ... Missed good opportunity of cementing their respective doubles rankings before year-end.

Other hand Prakash is showing excellent touch, this week with experienced American James Cerretani.

Chess News
At Women’s World Chess Cup 2012, Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia

Round Three
G1 - Lela Javakhishvili (GEO) dw Dronavalli Harika (IND) ½-½
G2 - Dronavalli Harika (IND) bt Lela Javakhishvili (GEO) 1-0 (1½-½)

Yesterday Harika drew playing with Black after 31 moves against Lela ... Again this time Harika scored crucial victory playing with White in the second game after 47 moves ... With this win Harika enters into the quarter-final ... She will face Chinese 4th seed Zhao Xue.

Hockey News
At 2nd Sultan of Johar Cup, Malaysia

Final
India l Germany 2-3
Goal Scorers - Satbir Singh (IND) 24', Akashdeep Singh (IND) 67' and Jonas Gomoll (GER) 11' PC, Joshua Delarber (GER) 30' PC, Florian Adrians (GER) 49'

Indians were undefeated in this tournament but lost match which matter the most ... Germany defeated us in the final ... We conceded 6 penalty corners and Germany scored 2 goals from that ... We were unlucky as ball hit to German post and German goalkeeper Victor was excellent under the post, who saved few ... Disappointing result for us but today German were better team on the field.

Tennis News
At $35K+H Toyota Challenger, Japan

[Q2] Purav Raja (IND,909) l (WC) Kaichi Uchida (JPN,1768) 26 46

[R1] (PR) Prakash Amritraj (IND,806) vs (Q) Julien Obry (FRA,421)

Doubles
[R1] (PR) Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ James Cerretani (USA) vs (WC) Bumpei Sato (JPN)/ Shota Tagawa (JPN)
[R1] (2) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Jamie Baker (GBR)/ Henri Laaksonen (SUI)

Purav lost in the second qualifying against talented Japanese youngster ... In main-draw Prakash having tricky match against former top-275 type 21 yrs old French qualifier.

In the doubles this week Prakash is playing with American partner, James Cerretani ... They can face Indian pair is both pair wins the first round.

Squash News
At Women's World Team Champs 2012, Nimes, France

For 5th Position
(10) India bt (7) Ireland 2-1

Joshana Chinappa (IND,32) bt Aisling Blake (IRL,26) 3-1 (10-12 11-8 11-7 11-9)
Dipika Pallikal (IND,13) l Madeline Perry (IRL,10) 0-3 (7-11 5-11 13-15)
Anaka Alankamony (IND,64) bt Laura Mylotte (IRL,UNR) 3-0 (11-8 11-7 11-8)

Indian girls managed to repeat their win over Ireland and finished on 5th position their best-ever finish in World Team Champs ... Creditable performance by our team who were seeded 10th in this tournament.

Last time Dipika scored upset win over Madeline Perry but this time Madeline Perry scored straight games victory ... Dipika managed to stretch her only in 3rd game ... Other hand Joshana take revenge win over Aisling Blake ... After losing the first game she won next three games ... Anaka again scored straight games win over Laura Mylotte for team win.

Hockey News
At 2nd Sultan of Johar Cup, Malaysia

Saturday 17 November 2012
India dw Malaysia 3-3
Goal Scorers - Akashdeep (IND) 19', ?, Gurmail Singh (IND) 63' and Mohd Noor Faeez Ibrahim (MAL) 28' PC and 69', Firhan Ashaari (MAL) 45',

In the last match against host Malaysia we managed 3-3 draw ... Indians take lead 3 times in the match and all 3 times Malaysians equalized, last goal they scored in 69 minutes.

In the final we r facing Germany, who defeated Pakistan 3-0 in other match.

Tennis News
At $50K Yokohama Challenger, Japan

Doubles Final
(PR) Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Philipp Oswald (AUT) bt (1) Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA)/ Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA) 63 64

Good straight sets victory for Prakash with Philipp Oswald against top-seed Ratiwatanas, who won 8 challengers title this year ... This is terrific result for Prakash, who won the $50K challenger doubles title in his 2nd doubles tournament after long injury break.
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At $35K+H Toyota Challenger, Japan

[Q1] Purav RAJA (IND,909) bt (3) Mate PAVIC (CRO,419) 64 46 62 [Q1] Divij SHARAN (IND,1009) l Dane PROPOGGIA (AUS,508) 36 57
Good win by Purav against talented young Croatian.

Squash News
At Women's World Team Champs 2012, Nimes, France

For 5th-8th Position
(10) India bt (4) Hong Kong 2-0

Dipika Pallikal (IND,13) bt Annie Au (HKG,9) 3-2 (11-5 11-8 5-11 9-11 11-5)
Anaka Alankamony (IND,64) bt Tong Tsz-Wing (HKG,55) 3-0 (11-5 11-7 11-9)

Indian women scored upset win over higer ranked Hong Kong women ... They will face Ireland for 5th place position.

Dipika started well against top-10 player Annie Au winning first 2 games ... Annie Au fought back winning next 2 games but Dipika brought back her composure to win the decider ... Anaka scored straight games victory over Tong Tsz-Wing in other match.

Badminton News
At $400K Li Ning China Open 2012, Shanghai, China (Superseries Premier)

[QF] Kashyap Parupalli (IND,23) l Zhengming Wang (CHN,17) 17-21 7-21

Kashyap tried hard in the first game but after winning the first game Wang proved too strong for Kashyap.

Tennis News
At $50K Yokohama Challenger, Japan

[SF] (PR) Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Philipp Oswald (AUT) bt Andrea Arnaboldi (ITA)/ Matteo Viola (ITA) 61 64

[F] (PR) Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Philipp Oswald (AUT) vs (1) Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA)/ Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA)

Prakash and Philipp scored comfortable win over unseeded Italian pair in the semis ... In the final they r facing Thai top-seeds Ratiwatana brothers.

Squash News
At Women's World Team Champs 2012, Nimes, France

[QF] (10) India l (2) Egypt 0-3
Dipika Pallikal (IND,13) l Raneem El Weleily (EGY,2) 0-3 (14-16 4-11 7-11)
Joshana Chinappa (IND,32) l Nour El Sherbini (EGY,8) 0-3 (7-11 6-11 9-11)
Anaka Alankamony (IND,68) l Nour El Tayeb (EGY,24) 0-2 (6-11 3-11)

Egyptian girls defeated our girls without losing a single game in the quarter-final ... Though our top 2 players gave decent performance against top-10 players and Dipika managed to stretch WR #2 Raneem El Weleily to extra points in the first game ... For 5 yo 8th placing our girls will be playing against Hong Kong.

Badminton News
At $400K Li Ning China Open 2012, Shanghai, China (Superseries Premier)

[QF] Kashyap Parupalli (IND,23) vs Zhengming Wang (CHN,17)

[R2] Kashyap Parupalli (IND,23) bt (7) Tien Minh Nguyen (VIE,11) 12-21 22-20 21-14

[R2] Tarun Kona (IND)/ Arun Vishnu (IND) l (1) Mathias Boe (DEN)/ Carsten Mogensen (DEN) 10-21 8-21
[R2] Pranaav Jerry Chopra (IND)/ Siki Reddy N. (IND) l Riky Widianto (INA)/ Puspita Richi Dili (INA) 11-21 15-21

[R1] Kashyap Parupalli (IND,23) bt Henri Hurskainen (SWE,42) 21-15 21-15
[R1] Gurusaidutt R. M. V. (IND,) l Takuma Ueda (JPN) 21-11 13-21 11-21
[R1] Sindhu P. V. (IND,25) l Eriko Hirose (JPN,14) 20-22 21-14 19-21

[R1] Tarun Kona (IND)/ Arun Vishnu (IND) bt (Q) Erdenebayar Enkhbold (MGL)/ Zolzaya Munkhbaatar (MGL) 21-2 21-4
[R1] (Q) Manu Attri (IND)/ Sumeeth Reddy B. (IND) l Alvent Yulianto Chandra (INA)/ Markis Kido (INA) 17-21 21-13 11-21
[R1] Pranaav Jerry Chopra (IND)/ Akshay Dewalkar (IND) l Xiaolong Liu (CHN)/ Zihan Qiu (CHN) 25-27 17-21
[R1] Aparna Balan (IND)/ Siki Reddy N. (IND) l Eva Lee (USA)/ Paula Lynn Obanana (USA) 18-21 21-18 22-24
[R1] Akshay Dewalkar (IND)/ Pradnya Gadre (IND) l (1) Chen Xu (CHN)/ Jin Ma (CHN) 5-21 17-21
[R1] Arun Vishnu (IND)/ Aparna Balan (IND) l Mads Pieler Kolding (DEN)/ Kamilla Rytter Juhl (DEN) 8-21 19-21
[R1] Pranaav Jerry Chopra (IND)/ Siki Reddy N. (IND) bt (2) Nan Zhang (CHN)/ Yunlei Zhao (CHN) walkover

Really good win by Kashyap ... Happy to see he managed to repeat this win after the Olympics against Nguyen ... After losing the first game easily ... Kasyap take control of the second game from 7-9 and was leading 14-9 then 15-10 ... But Nguyen caught with him at 17-all and Nguyen had a match point at 20-19 but Kashyap saved that and won this game ... In the third game Kashyap take control from 6-8 after winning 5 points in a row ... Nguyen reduced it to 10-11 but Kashyap won next 5 points to lead 17-11 ... After that Kashyap didn't give a chance and enter into the quarters in 68 minutes ... In the quarters he is facing Chinese Zhengming Wang.

Hockey News
At 2nd Sultan of Johar Cup, Malaysia

Thursday 15 November 2012
India bt New Zealand 3-1
Goal Scorers - Mandeep Singh (IND) 18', Harjeet Singh (IND) 27', Manpreet Singh (IND) 33' and Benedict van Woerkom (NZL) 48'

Wednesday 14 November 2012
India dw Pakistan 0-0

Monday 12 November 2012
India bt Germany 3-1
Goal Scorers - Mandeep Singh (IND) 8' and 9', Akashdeep Singh (IND) 42' and Alexander Schollkopf (GER) 40' PC

Sunday 11 November 2012
India bt Australia 2-0
Goal Scorers - Sukhmanjit Singh (IND) 49' PC, Tirkey Amon Mirash (IND) 70'

Our u-21 team is performing really well in ongoing Sultan of Johar Cup ... They started with win against inexperienced Australian side scoring 2 goals in the second half ... In their second match they defeated 5 times Junior World champion Germany ... From start our boys kept pressure and scored 2 goals through Mandeep Singh in the first 10 minutes ... Germany failed to recover from early set-back ... They reduced margin through penalty corner in the second half but our boys scored another goal for comfortable win ... In the third match we managed only boring draw against Pakistan team ... In this match our forwards failed to win a single penalty corner ... In 4th match we defeated New Zealand comfortably ... From the start our boys dominated the match and scored 3 goals in the first half ... In the second half our team used unnecessary defensive tactics ... They missed numerous chances also and in between New Zealand managed to score but this win guarantee India's place in the final on the Sunday.

Squash News
At Women's World Team Champs 2012, Nimes, France

[R16] (10) India bt (8) Netherlands 2-1
Anaka Alankamony (IND,68) bt Milou van der Heijden (NED,57) 3-0 (11-8 11-6 11-5) (30m)
Dipika Pallikal (IND,13) l Natalie Grinham (NED,11) 0-3 (8-11 4-11 3-11) (20m)
Joshana Chinappa (IND,32) bt Orla Noom (NED,64) 3-2 (5-11 11-9 8-11 11-2 11-3) (51m)

Pool G
(10) India bt (17) Argentina 3-0
Anaka Alankamony (IND,68) bt Maria Eugenia Bonilla (ARG,UNR) 3-0 (11-4 11-4 11-7)
Joshana Chinappa (IND,32) bt Cecilia Cerquetti (ARG,UNR) 3-0 (11-6 11-3 11-4)
Dipika Pallikal (IND,13) bt Antonella Falcione (ARG,229) 3-0 (11-8 11-7 11-8)

(10) India bt (7) Ireland 2-1
Dipika Pallikal (IND,13) bt Madeline Perry (IRL,10) 3-1 (11-9 11-8 7-11 11-8)
Joshana Chinappa (IND,32) l Aisling Blake (IRL,26) 2-3 (9-11 11-7 11-6 8-11 9-11)
Anaka Alankamony (IND,68) bt Laura Mylotte (IRL,UNR) 3-0 (12-10 11-3 11-7)

Indian girls upset higher ranked Ireland in the Pool stage when Dipika scored 4 games victory over WR #10 Perry ... In the knockout stage our girls scored another upset win, this time it was against 8th seed Dutch team ... In this match Dipika shocking loss in 20 minutes without much fight against Dutch WR #11 Natalie Grinham ... But Anaka scored convincing win against her higher ranked Dutch opponent and then Joshana fought back from 1-2 games to win last 2 games convincingly ... In the quarters our girls r facing 2nd seed Egyptian girls.

Chess News
At Women’s World Chess Cup 2012, Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia

Round One
G1 - Denise Frick (RSA) l Humpy Koneru (IND) 0-1
G2 - Humpy Koneru (IND) bt Denise Frick (RSA) 1-0 (2-0)

G1 - Swaminathan Soumya (IND) dw Dronavalli Harika (IND) ½-½
G2 - Dronavalli Harika (IND) bt Swaminathan Soumya (IND) 1-0 (1½-½)

Round Two
G1 - Humpy Koneru (IND) l Natalia Zhukova (UKR) 0-1
G2 - Natalia Zhukova (UKR) bt Humpy Koneru (IND) 1-0 (2-0)

G1 - Dronavalli Harika (IND) bt Elina Danielian (ARM) 1-0
G2 - Elina Danielian (ARM) dw Dronavalli Harika (IND) ½-½ (½-1½)

Soumya was unlucky to face Harika in the first round ... After drawing the first game playing with White Somya lost the second game with Black against more experienced Harika ... Harika continued with her good form in the second round and won against her teammate of Armenian club “Mika” Elina Danielian ... Harika won the first game with white and then drew the second game.

Humpy started with convincing win over South African Denise Frick in the first round ... But lower rated Ukrainian Natalia Zhukova upset her in the second round ... Playing with White Humpy made blunders in the middle of the game and lost 1st game in 37 moves ... In the second game Humpy take too much risk for a win playing with Black but Natalia kept her focus and won this game also in 43 moves.

Tennis News

Rohan Bopanna announced that he will be partnering American WR #44 Rajeev Ram in 2013 season ... I think this will be a good pairing as Rajeev is very good doubles players with nice touch near the net ... Other hand Mahesh Bhupathi will be partnering Canadian WR #5 Daniel Nestor.
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At $50K Yokohama Challenger, Japan

[R1] (PR) Prakash Amritraj (IND,806) l (5) Hiroki Moriya (JPN,186) 67(3) 63 06

Doubles
[R1] (PR) Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Philipp Oswald (AUT) bt Ti Chen (TPE)/ Alexander Kudryavtsev (RUS) 60 62
[R1] (3) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) l Hiroki Kondo (JPN)/ Chu-Huan Yi (TPE) 36 67(4)

[QF] (PR) Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Philipp Oswald (AUT) bt Hiroki Kondo (JPN)/ Chu-Huan Yi (TPE) 57 64 10-6

[SF] (PR) Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Philipp Oswald (AUT) vs Andrea Arnaboldi (ITA)/ Matteo Viola (ITA)

Prakash played excellent match against top-300 Moriya ... He was unlucky to lost the tie-break of the first set but Prakash fought back to win the second ... In the third set Moriya take advantage of Prakash's tiredness.

But in doubles Prkash is in the semis with his Austrian partner Philipp Oswald ... After comfortably winning the first round they needed fightback in the quarters after a set down against Kondo and Yi, who upset 3rd seed Indian pair Divij and Purav in the first round ... After winning the second set they won match tie-break with double mini-break ... In the semis they r facing unseeded Italian pair who upset 2nd seed in the quarters.

Tennis News
At 2012 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, London, England

Doubles Final
(5) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) l (6) Marcel Granollers (ESP)/ Marc Lopez (ESP) 57 63 3-10

Poor result for Mahesh and Rohan against Spanish team in the final ... In the first set Spanish team broke Mahesh's serve in 3rd game when Rohan hit 3 backhand volleys in the net but Indians broke back in next Lopez's service game ... In 11th game Mahesh made 4 unforced errors to gift the break and this time Lopez hold his serve after saving break point to win the set ... In the second set Indians broke Granollers in 8th game to win this set ... In match tie-break Spanish pair opened 4-0 lead which extended to 6-1 ... Indians failed to counter-attack and lost the final.

Tennis News
At 2012 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, London, England

Doubles - Semi Finals
(5) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) bt (3) Radek Stepanek (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) 64 16 10-12

In emotional match Rohan and Mahesh scored win over Leander and Radek after saving 1 match point in 1 hour 25 minutes to book their place in the final ... In the final they will play sixth seeds Marcel Granollers and Marc Lopez ... Mahesh is a four-time runner-up in this tournament ... Three of his runner-up finishes came with Paes in 1997, 1999 and 2000 ... He also finished runner-up with Max Mirnyi in 2010 ... Other hand Lee need to wait for his first title in this year end tournament.

In the first set Lee and Radek take break in 7th game on Mahesh's serve converting 4th break point ... They kept this break advantage to win the first set ... In the second set Mahesh and Radek put pressure on Lee and Radek's serve ... They broke Lee's serve in 4th game and Radek's serve in 6th game to win this set ... In this set Lee and Radek managed to win only 12 points ... In match tie-break Lee and Radek take first mini-break on 6th point on Mahesh's serve ... Lee and Radek were leading 3-7 and 5-8 ... Suddenly Lee and Radek came under pressure and both missed easy volleys ans scored back on 8-all ... At 8-9 Maesh saved a match point with backhand volley on Rohan's serve ... At 9-10 Lee saved a match point with forehand volley but Radek gave Indians 2nd match point after putting backhand volley in the net ... Mahesh and Rohan converted this point with easy volley winner after good middle serve by Mahesh.

Mahesh Bhupathi - “We wouldn’t mind a few more weeks on tour. We have got one match to go and get back into focus, after celebrating for the next two hours. We’d like to finish with the title here.”

“It was enjoyable at the end. In this format, things change very quickly. We just had to keep our heads down and fight, because things can change at any second. From 3-7 and 5-8 down in the tie-break, made a few shots and the next thing you know we’re up match point.”

Rohan Bopanna - “We just wanted to make sure that we kept aggressive on the court. They came up with a couple of good volleys to be ahead in the tie-break. We didn’t play any bad points as such. We just kept the same strategy and it paid off.”

“After winning Paris, we took that momentum here. After that first match loss here against Marray and Nielsen, which we lost in the Match tie-break, I think it helped us to realise that it isn’t over until the last point. I think that got us through today.”
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At $50K Yokohama Challenger, Japan

[R1] (PR) Prakash Amritraj (IND,806) bt (WC) Toshihide Matsui (JPN,468) 62 76(3)

Doubles
[R1] (PR) Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Philipp Oswald (AUT) vs Ti Chen (TPE)/ Alexander Kudryavtsev (RUS)
[R1] (3) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Hiroki Kondo (JPN)/ Chu-Huan Yi (TPE)

Prakash is playing with protected ranking in this Yokohama Challenger ... Prakash started with win over experienced Japanese Toshihide Matsui and take advantage of weak draw ... After winning the first set easily Prakash needed tie-break in the second for the victory.

Also happy to see Prakash is playing doubles with singles in Japanese challenger.

Tennis News
At 2012 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, London, England

Doubles - Group A
(3) Radek Stepanek (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt (1) Bob Bryan (USA)/ Mike Bryan (USA) 64 67(6) 10-7

Another solid performance by Lee and Radek in this match to beat top-seed Bryans in match tie-break ... In this match Lee and Radek lost their serve once and that was in the first set but they broke Bryans twice to win this set ... In the second set Lee and Radek missed 4 break points and Bryans take advantage of it winning in tie-break ... Radek and Lee played solid match tie-break ... They only lost a single point on their serve due to double fault but won 2 points on Bryans serve helped them to win this match ... So Lee and Radek win this Group A winning all matches and in the semis they will face Rohan and Mahesh.
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At $50K Loughborough Challenger, Great Britain

Doubles Final
[R1] (4) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) l (3) James Cerretani (USA)/ Adil Shamasdin (CAN) 46 57

Divij and Purav failed to lift title after exciting wins in previous round ... Cerretani and Shamasdin won this final in straight sets ... In the first set they take a single break to win it ... In the second set Divij and Purav broke them but they broke Indians serve twice to win it.

Tennis News
At 2012 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, London, England

Doubles - Group B
(6) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) bt (2) Max Mirnyi (BLR)/ Daniel Nestor (CAN) 76(5) 67(5) 10-5

Mahesh and Rohan scored important win in 1 hour 55 minutes against 2nd seed Nestor and Mirnyi to qualify for the semis ... They will mostly face Lee and Radek for the place in the final.

Both pair failed to break opponent's serve though our pair saved 7 break points ... Both pairs traded tie-breaks on similar score but in match tie-break our pair proved strong for Nestor and Mirnyi.
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At $50K Loughborough Challenger, Great Britain

[SF] (4) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt Josh Goodall (GBR)/ Jamie Murray (GBR) 76(3) 26 12-10

[F] (4) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt (3) James Cerretani (USA)/ Adil Shamasdin (CAN)

Divij and Purav scored close win over unseeded British pair, who upset top-seed in the quarters ... In the first set they were 0-3 down before they fought back to win it in the tie-break ... In the second set our pair lost momentum which British pair won it comfortably ... In closely fought match tie-break our pair kept their focus to win it in extra points but they needed 3rd match point ... Our pair was up 9-7 then they saved a match point at 9-10 ... In the final they r facing 3rd seed Canadian-American pair.

Tennis News
At 2012 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, London, England

Doubles - Group A
(3) Radek Stepanek (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt (5) Marcel Granollers (ESP)/ Marc Lopez (ESP) 75 64

Lee and Radek enter into the semis of ATP World Tour Finals with straight sets win over Spanish pair ... In the first set Lee and Radek take a break of serve in 12th game to win it ... In the second set Lee and Radek were trailing 2-4 before our pair won last 4 games to win this match.

Tennis News
At 2012 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, London, England

Doubles - Group B
(6) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) bt (4) Robert Lindstedt (SWE)/ Horia Tecau (ROU) 63 57 10-5

Mahesh and Rohan scored much needed win against Lindstedt and Tecau in match tie-break ... This was their first win in Group B ... In their last group match they r facing 2nd seed Nestor and Mirnyi ... Winner between them will qualify for the semis.
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At $125K Royal Indian Open, Pune, India

[R2] (WC) Rutuja Bhosale (IND,708) l (7) Elina Svitolina (UKR,156) 36 06

Doubles
[R1] (WC) Anushka Bhargava (IND)/ Sofia Shapatava (GEO) l Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN)/ Kurumi Nara (JPN) 26 16
[R1] Rutuja Bhosale (IND)/ Prarthana Thombare (IND) l (2) Nina Bratchikova (RUS)/ Oksana Kalashnikova (GEO) 36 36

[QF] Prerna Bhambri (IND)/ Rishika Sunkara (IND) l (4) Julia Glushko (ISR)/ Noppawan Lertcheewakarn (THA) 16 36

As expected tough outing for Rutuja ... Happy to see when she managed to win 3 games in the first set against talented Ukrainian but Svitolina proved too strong for Rutuja in the second.

Indian challenge got over with our doubles pairs losses in their respective matches ... Rutuja's win over top-400 type Korean So-Ra Lee was highlight of the tournament for us.
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At $50K Loughborough Challenger, Great Britain

[QF] (4) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt Niels Desein (BEL)/ Peter Torebko (GER) 63 63

Another straight sets comfortable win for Divij and Purav ... With this win they r in the semis.
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At $10K Thailand F5, Phuket

[R2] (2) N Sriram Balaji (IND,327) l Chuhan Wang (CHN,782) 46 26

Poor loss for Bala ... He need to take break from the tour and regroup his game.

Tennis News
At 2012 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, London, England

Doubles - Group A
(3) Radek Stepanek (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt (7) Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK)/ Jean-Julien Rojer (NED) 64 75

Doubles - Group B
(6) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) l (8) Jonathan Marray (GBR)/ Frederik Nielsen (DEN) 46 76(1) 10-12

Mahesh and Rohans had a losing start in match tie-break ... After losing the first set with a single break and our pair managed to win a tie-break of the second set ... In match tie-break our pair was leading 5-1 and then wasted 2 match points at 9-8 and 10-9 before losing in extra points.

Other hand straight sets win for Lee and Radek in Group A ... After winning the first set Lee and Radek stretched to 12th game in the second but they take crucial game in the same game for their victory.
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At $125K Royal Indian Open, Pune, India

[R1] (Q) Nidhi Chilumula (IND,804) l Cagla Buyukakcay (TUR,186) 26 16
[R1] (Q) Rishika Sunkara (IND,574) l (5) Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN,146) 06 36
[R1] (WC) Prerna Bhambri (IND,671) l (2) Misaki Doi (JPN,97) 06 26

Doubles
[R1] Nidhi Chilumula (IND)/ Wing-Yau Chan (HKG) l (4) Julia Glushko (ISR)/ Noppawan Lertcheewakarn (THA) 26 26
[R1] Rushmi Chakravarthi (IND)/ Ankita Raina (IND) l (3) Monique Adamczak (AUS)/ Stephanie Bengson (AUS) 67(4) 46

Expected one-sided losses for our players against higher ranked and very experienced opponents ... After losing the first set on luv Rishika broke Kimiko's serve in 1st and 3rd games in the second set but both times she failed to hold that advantage ... Rishika managed to break Kimiko's serve third time in the match but failed to hold her serve once in a whole match.

In the doubles Rushmi and Ankita gave fighting performance against 3rd seeds.
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At $50K Loughborough Challenger, Great Britain

[R1] (4) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt James Cluskey (IRL)/ Marcus Daniell (NZL) 64 64

[QF] (4) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Niels Desein (BEL)/ Peter Torebko (GER)

Winning start for Indian pair ... Next they r facing German-Belgian pair in the quarters.
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At $10K Thailand F5,

[R1] (2) N Sriram Balaji (IND,327) bt (Q) Evgeny Karlovskiy (RUS,1018) 75 76(5)

[R2] (2) N Sriram Balaji (IND,327) vs Chuhan Wang (CHN,782)

Doubles
[R1] N Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Evgeny Karlovskiy (RUS) l (1) Brydan Klein (AUS)/ Dane Propoggia (AUS) 26 16

Tougher match than expected against his doubles partner but happy to see Bala started with win.

Tennis News
At $125K Royal Indian Open, Pune, India

[R1] (WC) Prarthana Thombare (IND,956) l Chang Liu (CHN,382) 63 26 46
[R1] (WC) Rutuja Bhosale (IND,708) bt So-Ra Lee (KOR,409) 36 76(4) 64

[R2] (WC) Rutuja Bhosale (IND,708) vs (7) Elina Svitolina (UKR,156)

Doubles
[R1] Prerna Bhambri (IND)/ Rishika Sunkara (IND) bt Arantxa Andrady (IND)/ Shivika Burman (IND) 64 60

Heartening to see Rutuja take advantage of home court for upset win over top-400 type Korean ... After losing the first set she adjust her game to the condition ... These courts r slow so powerful serve and big shots r less effective ... Rutuja managed to keep ball in the play and show patience in long rallies ... Huge confidence boosting win for Rutuja ... Winning last 3 games after losing 4 games in a row show her improved metal toughness.

In the first set Rutuja broke So-Ra in 1st game but after that she lost next 5 games in that So-Ra broke her 3 times ... From 1-5 down Rutuja won next 2 games but lost the first set ... In the second set Rutuja was 2-0 up with early break but again lost next 4 games ... But this time Rutuja broke back to make it 5-all ... In tie-break both players traded early mini-break but after 3-all Rutuja take next 3 points to lead 6-3 and then converted 2nd set point for winning this set ... In the third set Rutuja broke So-Ra twice to lead 3-0 but So-Ra fought back winning next 4 games to lead ... Again Rutuja showed her fighting spirit and won next 3 games to complete big victory of her career ... This win earned her 22 ranking points and $2000 ... Next is big test for Rutuja against 7th seed and 18 yrs old Ukrainian Elina Svitolina.

Prarthana Thombare started positively and won the first set against Liu ... From the second set Liu take control ... She broke Prarthana twice to win the second set ... In the third set Liu take early break in 1st game and kept that advantage to win this match despite big efforts from Prarthana ... Good match for Prarthana but failed to upset in this 2 hours 30 mins match.

Prerna Bhambri and Rishika Sunkara started with expected win over Indian wild-card pair.

Athletics News

11 Indian athletes banned for two years ... Urine samples of all the 11 athletes had returned positive for methylhexaneamine (MHA) during dope tests conducted before the 2010 CWG by NADA.

Multiple national record holders Richa Mishra - Swimming
Guangzhou Asiad bronze medalist Mausam Khatri - Wrestling
Beijing Olympian Rajiv Tomar - Wrestling
Amar Muralidharan - Swimming
Gursharan Preet Kaur - Wrestling
Joginder Singh - Wrestling
Rahul Maan - Wrestling
Sumit Sehrawat - Wrestling
Saurabh Vij - Shot put
Akash Antil - Athletics
Jyotsna Pansare - Swimming

Golf News
At $7M WGC-HSBC Champions, Dongguan, China

Final Results
T18 Gaganjeet Bhullar (IND) 73 68 63 72 -12 $75,000.00
T46 Jeev Milkha Singh (IND) 72 71 73 71 -1 $40,000.00

After excellent 9 under in the third round Gaganjeet was in position for top 5 finish but in the final round he struggled with his putting ... He needed 32 putts in his PAR final round but still creditable performance by Gaganjeet in this tough tournament.

With his considtent performance for the first time Gaganjeet breaks into top-100 World Golf Ranking ... He is on 98th place only 3 positions behind our top ranked golfer Jeev Milkha Singh, #95.

Tennis News
At €2.95M BNP Paribas Masters, Paris, France

Doubles Final
(5) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) bt (7) Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK)/ Jean-Julien Rojer (NED) 76(6) 63

Mahesh and Rohan lifted their first Masters title together when they defeated 7th seeds Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi and Jean-Julien Rojer in 85 minutes in the final of the BNP Paribas Masters in Paris ... This is Mahesh 50th tour level title and 16th Masters title ... Other hand Rohan win his 7th tour level title and 2nd Masters title.

In the final our pair had couple of set points in 10th game on Aisam's serve then again they had 4 set points on Rojer's serve in 12th game but they failed to convert any of those break points ... In the tie-break Rohan and Aisam were 2-5 down but they recovered to make it 5-all ... Our pair saved a set point at 5-6 and then coverted 7th set point on Rojer's serve ... Our pair dominated the second set ... From 3-all they broke Rojer's in 7th and then Aisam in 9th games to win the final.

Mahesh Bhupathi - “The match could have gone either way, but I felt we played really well on the big points. At this level, at this stage of any big event, that is what counts. We have been very consistent at the Masters 1000s. It has been a little disappointing in the Grand Slams, but we have made up for it here. I am so relieved and happy to have qualified for London."

Rohan Bopanna - “It is definitely the best week we have played all season. We are very happy with the way we played and I hope we can take this form to London. The Barclays ATP World Tour Finals is one of the best events we have in tennis, especially being in England with the public appreciating tennis so much. Hopefully momentum can carry us on to do well next week.
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At 2012 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, London, England

Doubles - Group A
(1) Bob Bryan (USA)/ Mike Bryan (USA)
(3) Radek Stepanek (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND)
(5) Marcel Granollers (ESP)/ Marc Lopez (ESP)
(7) Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK)/ Jean-Julien Rojer (NED)

Doubles - Group B
(2) Max Mirnyi (BLR)/ Daniel Nestor (CAN)
(4) Robert Lindstedt (SWE)/ Horia Tecau (ROU)
(6) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND)
(8) Jonathan Marray (GBR)/ Frederik Nielsen (DEN)

Lee and Radek r in the group A with Bryans ... Mahesh and Rohan r in the group B with Nestor and Mirnyi.
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At $125K Royal Indian Open, Pune, India

[Q1] Anushka Bhargava (IND,1158) bt (8) Shivika Burman (IND,829) 75 63
[Q1] (7) Nidhi Chilumula (IND,804) bt (WC) Zainab Ali Sajjad (IND,UNR) 60 61
[Q1] (4) Rishika Sunkara (IND,574) bye
[Q1] (5) Ankita Raina (IND,604) bye

[Q2] Anushka Bhargava (IND,1158) l (1) Andreja Klepac (SLO,446) 16 36
[Q2] (7) Nidhi Chilumula (IND,804) bt (2) Emily Webley-Smith (GBR,447) W/O
[Q2] (4) Rishika Sunkara (IND,574) bt (5) Ankita Raina (IND,604) 62 76(9)

[R1] (WC) Prarthana Thombare (IND,956) vs Chang Liu (CHN,382)
[R1] (WC) Rutuja Bhosale (IND,708) vs So-Ra Lee (KOR,409)
[R1] (Q) Nidhi Chilumula (IND,804) vs Cagla Buyukakcay (TUR,186)
[R1] (Q) Rishika Sunkara (IND,574) vs (5) Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN,146)
[R1] (WC) Prerna Bhambri (IND,671) vs (2) Misaki Doi (JPN,97)

Doubles
[R1] (WC) Anushka Bhargava (IND)/ Sofia Shapatava (GEO) vs Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN)/ Kurumi Nara (JPN)
[R1] Nidhi Chilumula (IND)/ Wing-Yau Chan (HKG) vs (4) Julia Glushko (ISR)/ Noppawan Lertcheewakarn (THA)
[R1] Prerna Bhambri (IND)/ Rishika Sunkara (IND) vs (WC) Arantxa Andrady (IND)/ Shivika Burman (IND)
[R1] Rushmi Chakravarthi (IND)/ Ankita Raina (IND) vs (3) Monique Adamczak (AUS)/ Stephanie Bengson (AUS)
[R1] Rutuja Bhosale (IND)/ Prarthana Thombare (IND) vs (2) Nina Bratchikova (RUS)/ Oksana Kalashnikova (GEO)

Good to see our couple of players qualified for main-draw taking advantage of weak draw .. In main-draw our all players facing tough challenge.
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At $50K Loughborough Challenger, Great Britain

[R1] (4) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs James Cluskey (IRL)/ Marcus Daniell (NZL)

This week Purav is playing with Divij in British challenger.
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At $10K Thailand F5,

[R1] (2) N Sriram Balaji (IND,327) vs (Q) Evgeny Karlovskiy (RUS,1018)

Doubles
[R1] N Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Evgeny Karlovskiy (RUS) vs (1) Brydan Klein (AUS)/ Dane Propoggia (AUS)

Bala is playing in $10K Thai futures.

Tennis News
At €2.95M BNP Paribas Masters, Paris, France

[SF] (5) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) bt Paul Hanley (AUS)/ Jonathan Marray (GBR) 75 63

[F] (5) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) vs (7) Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK)/ Jean-Julien Rojer (NED)

Rohan and Mahesh scored straight sets win over Hanley and Marray and enter into the final ... Rohan and Mahesh saved all 5 break points faced on serve but converted 2 of their 5 opportunities on opponents serve ... In the final they r facing Aisam and Rojer.
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At $15K India F14 Futures, Pune

Singles Final
Prakash AMRITRAJ (IND,806) bt (4) Saketh MYNENI (IND,374) 64 62

Prkash scored comfortable win over Saketh for deserving $15K futures title win ... He was better player on the court and Saketh was struggling to match with him ... In the first set Prakash broke Saketh early and kept that advantage to win it ... In the second set Prakash broke Saketh twice to lead 4-1 and won this match comfortably.

Tennis News
At €2.95M BNP Paribas Masters, Paris, France

[QF] (5) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) bt (4) Mariusz Fyrstenberg (POL)/ Marcin Matkowski (POL) 67(5) 63 10-4

Mahesh and Rohan raised their game when it was matter most to win this match and qualifying for the ATP Tour Finals ... They needed victory against Poles for qualifying and after losing the first set in tie-break they regrouped to win the second ... In match tie-break they were in control form the start.
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At $75K Charlottesville Challenger, USA

[QF] (WC) Somdev DevVarman (IND,733) l (8) Denis Kudla (USA,164) 26 06

After excellent performance in last 2 matches where Somi needed comeback to win it ... Somi produced really flat performance to lose against Kudla ... May be Somi was tired after first 2 rounds matches.
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At $15K India F14 Futures, Pune

[SF] (4) Saketh MYNENI (IND,374) bt (1) Christopher RUNGKAT (INA,299) 63 63
[SF] Prakash AMRITRAJ (IND,806) bt (8) Nicolas REISSIG (AUT,504) 64 64

Doubles Final
[SF] (1) Saket Myneni (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt (2) N Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Arun Prakash Rajagopalan (IND) 75 67(3) 10-5

Very solid wins by Saketh and Prakash against their higher ranked opponents ... Saketh defeated top-seed young Indonesian convincingly ... Prakash win was expected despite his lower ranked considering his huge experience ... He will be favorite for the final.

Saketh and Purav won back to back title again beating Balaji and Arun Prakash in the final ... This time match was very close one as both sets stretched to fullest but Purav and Saketh dominated match tie-break for the victory.

Snooker News
At International Championship 2012, Chengdu, China

[R2] (72) Aditya Mehta (IND) l (3) Judd Trump (ENG) 0-6

[R1] (72) Aditya Mehta (IND) bt (13) Stuart Bingham (ENG) 6-4
[Wild-card Round] (72) Aditya Mehta (IND) bt (A) Zhu Yinghui (CHN) 6-5

Aditya Mehta won wild-card round against local Chinese player and entered in the main-draw.

Aditya scored upset first round win over 13th ranked Stuart Bingham but in the second round 3 rd ranked Britisher Judd Trump proved too strong ... But still very creditable start of professional career for Aditya.

Tennis News
At €2.95M BNP Paribas Masters, Paris, France

[R2] (6) Jurgen Melzer (AUT)/ Leander Paes (IND) l (WC) Josselin Ouanna (FRA)/ Nicolas Renavand (FRA) 67(5) 46
[R2] (5) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) bt (WC) Julien Benneteau (FRA)/ Adrian Mannarino (FRA) 60 64

[QF] (5) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) vs (4) Mariusz Fyrstenberg (POL)/ Marcin Matkowski (POL)

Mahesh and Rohan scored comfortable win over French wild-card pair and keep their hopes alive for qualifying in ATP Tour Finals ... In the quarters they r facing Poles and winner will qualify for ATP Tour Finals grabbing last spot.

Lee lost against French wild-card pair with Jurgen Melzer.
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At $75K Charlottesville Challenger, USA

[R2] (WC) Somdev Devvarman (IND,733) bt (Q) Taro Daniel (JPN,337) 46 75 61

[QF] (WC) Somdev DevVarman (IND,733) vs (8) Denis Kudla (USA,164)

Another excellent comeback win by Somi in 2+ hours match ... After losing the first set Somi was a break down in the second before excellent fight back ... Like the way he dominated the final set against young Japanese ... Next Somi is facing 8th seed American Denis Kudla, last year here Somi retired in the third set against same opponent before his long injury/ rehab break.
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At $15K India F14 Futures, Pune

[QF] (1) Christopher RUNGKAT (INA,299) bt (7) Mate PAVIC (CRO,467) 62 61
[QF] (4) Saketh MYNENI (IND,374) bt (5) Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND,398) 76(5) 62
[QF] Prakash AMRITRAJ (IND,806) bt (3) Liang-Chi HUANG (TPE,368) 76(4) 61
[QF] (8) Nicolas REISSIG (AUT,504) bt (2) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND,328) 64 26 64

Doubles
[SF] (1) Saket Myneni (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt (3) N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND)/ Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND) 64 76(5)
[SF] (2) N Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Arun Prakash Rajagopalan (IND) bt (4) Mate Pavic (CRO)/ Nicolas Reissig (AUT) 76(7) 76(3)

Prakash continued with his good run and is in the semis ... Saketh showed his upperhand against Jeevan with another win, he is 4-0 up against him in win-loss record ... Balaji failed to overcome challenge from Austrian.

Last week's repeat final in the doubles.