Badminton News

At $120K Macau Open 2014, Macau (Grand prix Gold)

Women's Singles Final
(2) P. V. Sindhu (IND,10) bt Kim Hyo Min (KOR,91) 21-12 21-17

[SF] (3) H. S. Prannoy (IND,25) l (6) Wong Wing Ki Vincent (HKG,34) 16-21 21-16 12-21
[SF] (2) P. V. Sindhu (IND,10) bt Busanan Ongbumrungpan (THA,23) 21-14 21-15

[QF] (3) H. S. Prannoy (IND,25) bt (13) Sony Dwi Kuncero (INA,125) 21-19 21-17
[QF] (2) P. V. Sindhu (IND,10) bt (5) Han Li (CHN,17) 21-17 19-21 21-16

[R3] (3) H. S. Prannoy (IND,25) bt Lin Hu Hsien(TPE,127) 17-21 21-19 21-14
[R3] (8) B. Sai Praneeth (IND,40) l (13) Sony Dwi Kuncero (INA,125) 16-21 21-19 17-21
[R3] (2) P. V. Sindhu (IND,10) bt Lindaweni Fanetri (INA,33) 21-16 16-21 21-19

[R2] (3) H. S. Prannoy (IND,25) bt Andre Marteen (INA,169) 21-18 21-16
[R2] (7) Sourabh VARMA (IND,37) l Suppanyu Avihingsanon (THA,75) 21-17 17-21 20-22
[R2] (8) B. Sai Praneeth (IND,40) bt Ronald Susilo (SIN,277) 21-15 21-18
[R1] (2) P. V. Sindhu (IND,10) bt Shih Han Hung (TPE,113) 21-19 21-15
[R1] P. C. Thulasi (IND,36) l Ya Ching Hsu (TPE,26) 12-21 17-21

[R1] (7) Sourabh VARMA (IND,37) bt Chih Chieh Yang (TPE,284) 21-14 21-15
[R1] (14) Ajay JAYARAM (IND,71) l Kazumasa Sakai (JPN,62) 15-21 11-21
[R1] Arvind BHAT (IND,79) l Yuqi Shi (CHN,409) 15-21 5-21
[R1] (8) B. Sai Praneeth (IND,40) bt Kok Hong Woon (MAS,206) 11-5 retd.
[R1] (3) H. S. Prannoy (IND,25) bt Kuei Chun Shih (TPE,86) 21-12 21-18

Sindhu defend her Macau grand prix title beating lowly ranked Korean girl Kim Hyo Min comfortably ... Considering her recent form this is confidence boosting performance by Sindhu ... Prannoy missed chance of playing final as he lost in the semis due to poor shot making.

In newly updated ranking Srikanth climb to his career high ranking of WR #8.

Golf News

At $500K King's Cup, Khon Koen, Thailand

T2 Anirban Lahiri (IND) 65 67 68 70 -18 $43,250.00
T13 Rashid Khan (IND) 71 69 71 66 -11 $7,241.67
T31 SSP Chowrasia (IND) 65 71 70 72 -10 $5,867.86
T54 Arjun Atwal (IND) 72 67 71 75 -3 $1,800.00
T63 Chikka S (IND) 69 68 78 72 -1 $1,425.00

Anirban fail to win title as in the final round he managed only 2 under but eventual winner Thailand’s Thaworn Wiratchant score 6 under to win by 2 strokes ... Anirban was leading 1st three rounds but last round let him down.

Snooker News

At £755K UK Championship 2014, York, England

[R2] Aditya Mehta (IND,54) l Judd Trump (ENG,11) 1-6 (47-67, 6-76(72), 32-61, 73-2, 0-110(110), 1-71, 0-92(62))

Judd Trump prove too strong for Aditya in this one-sided match ... Aditya only managed to win 4th frame otherwise this was Judd's show.

Tennis News

At 2015 Asia Pacific Australian Open Wildcard Playoff, Shenzhen, China

[QF] (Q) Purav Raja (IND,1079) bt Di Wu (CHN,284) 64 46 63
[QF] Yuki Bhambri (IND,228) l (4) Ze Zhang (CHN,183) 26 16

[SF] (Q) Purav Raja (IND,1079) l (4) Ze Zhang (CHN,183) 36 36

Doubles
[SF] (2) Ruben Gonzales (PHI)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt (3) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Zhe Li (CHN) 67(4) 76(5) 10-8

[F] (2) Ruben Gonzales (PHI)/ Purav Raja (IND) l (4) Hsin Han Lee (TPE)/ Ze Zhang (CHN) 62 16 8-10

In end this doesn't become one of the best week of Purav's career ... In singles quarter-final he scored upset win over defending champion Di Wu but as expected he lost against Ze Zhang in the semis, who before this match trashed Yuki in the quarters.

In the doubles Purav-Ruben scored comeback win in the semi-final against Yuki-Zhe Li in match tie-break but in the final Purav-Ruben face heartbreaking loss after winning the first set ... In this match Ruben let down Purav with his poor shot seletions.

Tennis News

At 2015 Asia Pacific Australian Open Wildcard Playoff, Shenzhen, China

[R1] (Q) Ankita Raina (IND,311) l (2) Eri Hozumi (JPN,146) 26 16

Doubles
[QF] (3) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Zhe Li (CHN) bt (WC) Sergey Belov (NZL)/ Wesley Whitehouse (NZL) 61 62
[QF] (2) Ruben Gonzales (PHI)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt Sho Katayama (JPN)/ Bumpei Sato (JPN) 76 63

[SF] (2) Ruben Gonzales (PHI)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs (3) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Zhe Li (CHN)

In the doubles winning start for our pairs but they r facing each other in the semis ... Other hand disappointing loss for Ankita in the singles against Hozumi.
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At $10K Cambodia F2 Futures, Phnom Penh

[QF] (7) Karunuday Singh (IND,522) l Dekel Bar (ISR,821) 67(5) 1-4 retd.

Hopefully not a recurrence of injury ... KU please stay fit.

Tennis News

At 2015 Asia Pacific Australian Open Wildcard Playoff, Shenzhen, China

[R1] (Q) Purav Raja (IND,1079) bt (1) Hiroki Moriya (JPN,146) 76(3) 64
[R1] Yuki Bhambri (IND,228) bt (Q) Wesley Whitehouse (NZL,1711) 76(1) 63

[R1] (Q) Ankita Raina (IND,311) vs (2) Eri Hozumi (JPN,146)

[QF] (Q) Purav Raja (IND,1079) vs Di Wu (CHN,284)
[QF] Yuki Bhambri (IND,228) vs (4) Ze Zhang (CHN,183)

Doubles
[R1] (3) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Zhe Li (CHN) bye
[R1] (2) Ruben Gonzales (PHI)/ Purav Raja (IND) bye

[QF] (3) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Zhe Li (CHN) vs (WC) Sergey Belov (NZL)/ Wesley Whitehouse (NZL)
[QF] (2) Ruben Gonzales (PHI)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Sho Katayama (JPN)/ Bumpei Sato (JPN)

Purav and Ankita qualify for main-draw with ease but had tough first round matches ... Purav score biggest upset of the tournament when he beat top-seed Moriya in two sets ... Yuki also start with win but surprise by his struggle to win ... Next both having tough matches against local players ... In doubles our both pairs r in same draw and they r on course on facing eachother in the semis.
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At $10K Cambodia F2 Futures, Phnom Penh

[R2] (7) Karunuday Singh (IND,522) bt (Q) Chu-Huan Yi (TPE,1839) 64 76(4)

[QF] (7) Karunuday Singh (IND,522) vs Dekel Bar (ISR,821)

Good tight win by KU against decent player ... Next he is facing Israeli Bar, who score upset win over 3rd seed Japanese.

Snooker News

At £755K UK Championship 2014, York, England

[R1] Aditya Mehta (IND,54) bt Alex Davies (ENG,75) 6-4 (67-6, 29-76, 79(79)-26, 62-25, 63-54, 0-97(97), 15-71, 54-38, 31-77(73), 110(67)-9)

[R2] Aditya Mehta (IND,54) vs Judd Trump (ENG,11)

Aditya start with win against Britisher Alex Davies in tight match ... But overall encouraging performance by Aditya, who is showing improvement in his game ... But next he is having tough task against top-10 type another Britisher Judd Trump.

Tennis News

At $10K Cambodia F2 Futures, Phnom Penh

[R1] (7) Karunuday Singh (IND,522) bt (Q) Ho-Min Kang (KOR,1245) 62 62

[R2] (7) Karunuday Singh (IND,522) vs (Q) Chu-Huan Yi (TPE,1839)

KU start with comfortable win against Korean qualifier ... Next he is facing another qualifier but this time Taipei's former top-500 player Chu-Huan Yi, who is also making comeback after very long injury break.

Chess News

At 2014 World Chess Championship, Sochi, Russia (November 7– November 28, 2014)

GM Viswanathan Anand (IND,2792) l GM Magnus Carlsen (NOR,2863) 4½-6½

23.11.2014 - Game Eleven
GM Magnus Carlsen (NOR,2863) - GM Viswanathan Anand (IND,2792) 1-0

Magnus Carlsen retaines World championship after completing victory in 11th game ... As everyone predicted Carlsen go for a win in 11th game playing with White ... In this game also Anand opted for Berlin defense ... Anand tried to surprise Carlsen with c5 on 12th move ... And after that Anand take control but again like 6th game Anand made a blunder on 27th move, Rb4 ... Again Anand lost his patience and played self destructed moves from 26th to 28th, those were Rdb8, then Rb4, and cxb4 ... Carlsen kept playing perfect moves after that and Anand resigned after 45th move ... In my view this was the last match Anand played in World championship as I doubt he will ever recover from his blunders from 6th and 11th games, though he gave brilliant fight in this championship matches.

Snooker News

At European Tour Event Four 2014, Mülheim, Germany

[R1] Aditya Mehta (IND,54) bt (A) Kishan Hirani (WAL) 4-2 (14-65, 67-1, 70-27, 63-58, 48-63, 93-21)

[R2] Aditya Mehta (IND,54) l Dominic Dale (WAL,29) 3-4 (17-73, 1-74(74), 87-28, 76-24, 71-66(66), 26-84(54), 1-89(83)

Aditya lose in the second round of Euro Tour 4 against Wales player Dominic Dale ... Aditya was 0-2 frames down but he fought back well for winning next three frames ... After that Aditya failed to keep momentum and Dale produced timely 2 fifty over breaks for winning this match ... Before this Aditya won against an amature player ... Next week he is playing in UK championship.

Badminton News

At $350K Yonex-Sunrise Hong Kong Open 2014, Kowloon, Hong Kong (Superseries)

[SF] Srikanth Kidambi (IND,10) l (1) Chen Long (CHN,2) 17-21 21-19 6-21

Srikanth lose his match against Chen long but he gives fighting performance in this match ... After losing the first game Srikanth kept fighting to win the second game ... Chen proved too strong in the third but considering this was Srikanth's 9th match in 10 days this was good performance ... This performance will help Srikanth to solidify his place in top-10.

Tennis News

At $10K Cambodia F1 Futures,

Singles Final
(3) Karunuday Singh (IND,526) l (4) Yong-Kyu Lim (KOR,621) 64 36 26

KU started well after winning the first set against Lim but fail to keep momentum ... Kim win next two sets convincingly to lift the title ... Still creditable performance by KU after long injury break.

Chess News

At 2014 World Chess Championship, Sochi, Russia (November 7– November 28, 2014)

GM Viswanathan Anand (IND,2792) - GM Magnus Carlsen (NOR,2863) 4½-5½

21.11.2014 - Game Ten
GM Viswanathan Anand (IND,2792) - GM Magnus Carlsen (NOR,2863) ½-½

World champion Carlsen show amazing skill of defending in 10th game to hold Anand after 32 moves ... In this match Carlsen employed the Gruenfeld defense but in end Anand failed to crack it despite having advantage in middle of the game ... Crucial 11th game for Anand, where he is playing with Black pieces.

Badminton News

At $350K Yonex-Sunrise Hong Kong Open 2014, Kowloon, Hong Kong (Superseries)

[QF] Srikanth Kidambi (IND,10) bt Wei Nan (HKG,21) 21-14 21-15
[QF] (3) Saina Nehwal (IND,4) l (6) Tai Tzu Ying (TPE,9) 15-21 19-21

[SF] Srikanth Kidambi (IND,10) vs (1) Chen Long (CHN,2)

Srikanth continues with his terrific form ... He beats Wei Nan convincingly in 36 minutes ... He is facing real test against WR #2 Chinese Chen Long in the semis.

Other hand shocking loss of Saina in straight games against her Taipei opponent Tai Tzu Ying ... On paper this was winnable match but Saina struggled with her game to lose it in 39 minutes.

Tennis News

At $10K Cambodia F1 Futures,

[SF] (3) Karunuday Singh (IND,526) bt Dylan Seong-Kwan Kim (KOR,898) 63 62

[F] (3) Karunuday Singh (IND,526) vs (4) Yong-Kyu Lim (KOR,621)

KU score comfortable win for entering in the final ... Next he is facing Yong-Kyu Lim, who is also coming out of long injury break and he is former top-250 player.

Chess News

At 2014 World Chess Championship, Sochi, Russia (November 7– November 28, 2014)

GM Viswanathan Anand (IND,2792) - GM Magnus Carlsen (NOR,2863) 4-5

20.11.2014 - Game Nine
GM Magnus Carlsen (NOR,2863) - GM Viswanathan Anand (IND,2792) ½-½

Carlsen surprise everyone with quick draw after 20 moves and that also draw by repetition! In this game also Anand selected Berlin defense but without novelty it was drawish game ... So now Anand is playing with White in two of remaining three games.

Golf News

At European Tour 2015 Final Qualifying Stage, Girona, Spain (Final Standing)

T16 Anirban Lahiri (IND) -9 65 68 66 73 75 72

Anirban Lahiri earn European Tour card for 2015 with final round of PAR ... This was tough tournament as players needed to play six rounds for securing the card and top 25 players get 2015 crad ... In the final round Anirban struggled ... He was +2 for the day after 13th hole and was just outside qualifying score ... Anirban kept his cool and scored birdies on 14th and 16ht holes for securing card comfortably.

Badminton News

At $350K Yonex-Sunrise Hong Kong Open 2014, Kowloon, Hong Kong (Superseries)

[R2] Srikanth Kidambi (IND,10) bt Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk (THA,29) 21-19 23-21
[R2] (3) Saina Nehwal (IND,4) bt Beiwen Zhang (USA,14) 21-16 21-13
[R2] (7) P V Sindhu (IND,10) l Nozomi Okuhara (JPN,48) 17-21 21-13 11-21

[QF] Srikanth Kidambi (IND,10) vs Wei Nan (HKG,21)
[QF] (3) Saina Nehwal (IND,4) vs (6) Tai Tzu Ying (TPE,9)

After last week's China Superseries title win help Srikanth for entering into top-10 world ranking for the first time ... Saina also climb one place on #4 position.

Srikanth face tough fight from Thai Saensomboonsuk before winning in straight games ... In the first game Srikanth was leading 14-5 before Saensomboonsuk made a comeback and take 16-15 lead ... After that Srikanth recovered and won the first game after converting 3rd game point ... Similar story happened in the second game, Srikanth take 18-13 lead but again Saensomboonsuk tried comeback and had a game point at 20-19 ... Srikanth saved another game point at 21-20 before converting first match point ... In the quarter final he is facing Wei Nan.

Other hand Saina score comfortable straight games win over American top-15 player Beiwen Zhang ... In the quarter she is facing top-10 Taipei player Ying ... But surprising loss for Sindhu against very lowly ranked Japanese player Okuhara ... Sindhu made lots of unforced errors in this match.

Tennis News

At $10K Cambodia F1 Futures,

[QF] (3) Karunuday Singh (IND,526) bt (6) Min-Kyu Song (KOR,764) 46 61 63

[SF] (3) Karunuday Singh (IND,526) vs Dylan Seong-Kwan Kim (KOR,898)

KU score comeback win against Korean opponent Song ... In the semis he is facing another Korean.

Badminton News

At $350K Yonex-Sunrise Hong Kong Open 2014, Kowloon, Hong Kong (Superseries)

[R1] (Q) Ajay Jayaram (IND,63) l (1) Chen Long (CHN,2) 13-21 7-21
[R1] Srikanth Kidambi (IND,16) bt (7) Chou Tien Chen (TPE,8) 18-21 22-20 21-16
[R1] Kashyap Parupalli (IND,17) l Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk (THA,32) 21-16 17-21 14-21
[R1] Gurusaidutt R. M. V (IND,52) l Sho Sasaki (JPN,19) 15-21 21-15 20-22
[R1] (3) Saina Nehwal (IND,5) bt Jamie Subandhi (MAS,52) 21-17 21-11
[R1] (7) P V Sindhu (IND,10) bt Busanan Ongbumrungpan (THA,20) 21-15 16-21 21-19

[R1] Manu Attri (IND)/ Sumeeth Reddy B. (IND) l (2) Mohammad Ahsan (INA)/ Hendra Setiawan (INA) 15-21 17-21
[R2] Ashwini Ponnappa (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) l Yin Loo Lim (MAS)/ Meng Yean Lee (MAS) 21-16 14-21 21-23

[R2] Srikanth Kidambi (IND,16) vs Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk (THA,32)
[R2] (3) Saina Nehwal (IND,5) vs Beiwen Zhang (USA,13)
[R2] (7) P V Sindhu (IND,10) vs Nozomi Okuhara (JPN,37)

Srikanth score fighting win over in-form Chou Tien Chen in comeback win ... In the second game Chen saved two game points but Srikanth converted third ... After that Srikanth comfortably won the third game ... Other hand Kashyap lose his match after winning the first game ... So Srikanth is next meeting Saensomboonsuk ... Guru tried hard in the third game he saved three match point but failed to save fourth match point ... Ajay failed to give decent performance against Long.

Saina score comfortable win but Sindhu need three games ... Saina is meeting American girl in the second round ... And Sindhu is missing Japanese girl.

Jwala-Ashwini failed to convert two match points in third game before losing their match.

Tennis News

At $50K ITF Women's Tournament, New Delhi, India

[R2] Ankita Raina (IND) l (3) Marina Melnikova (RUS,210) 46 46
[R2] (Q) Rishika Sunkara (IND,612) l Nicha Lerrtpitaksinchai (THA,372) 64 16 06
[R2] (WC) Prerna Bhambri (IND) l (2) Anastasiya Vasylyeva (UKR,176) 26 46

Indians fail to raise their game and our challenge get over in the second round only.
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At $10K Cambodia F1 Futures,

[R2] (3) Karunuday Singh (IND,526) bt (Q) Hiroki Horikiri (JPN,UNR) 61 62

[QF] (3) Karunuday Singh (IND,526) vs (6) Min-Kyu Song (KOR,764)

KU score comfortable win against Japanese qualifier ... Next he is facing top-800 Korean for place in the semi-final.

Squash News

At $325K Men's Qatar PSA World Championship 2014 (World Open), Doha

[R3] (14) Saurav Ghosal (IND,17) l (3) Nick Matthew (ENG,3) 1-3 (11-4, 11-5, 6-11, 11-9) (52m)

Saurav gives fighting performance against defending champion Matthew ... After losing first 2 games cheaply Saurav raised his game ... He won the third game and Matthew needed extra hard-work for winning fourth game.

Chess News

At 2014 World Chess Championship, Sochi, Russia (November 7– November 28, 2014)

GM Viswanathan Anand (IND,2792) - GM Magnus Carlsen (NOR,2863) 3½-4½

18.11.2014 - Game Eighth
GM Viswanathan Anand (IND,2792) - GM Magnus Carlsen (NOR,2863) ½-½

After boring last long game Anand-Carlsen play safe and agree draw after 41st move ... This game played with Queen's Gambit opening ... Both players played safe moves to avoid any complication and agreed draw quickly considering last game.

Badminton News

At $350K Yonex-Sunrise Hong Kong Open 2014, Kowloon, Hong Kong (Superseries)

[Q1] Ajay Jayaram (IND,63) bt Mohamad Arif Abdul Latif (MAS,53) 21-12 22-20
[Q1] (3) Sourabh Varma (IND,38) l Gao Huan (CHN,43) 15-21 18-21
[Q1] Vountus Indra Mawan (MAS)/ Prajakta Sawant (IND) bt (3) Gideon Markus Fernaldi (INA)/ Rizki Amelia Pradipta (INA)

[Q2] Ajay Jayaram (IND,63) bt Shih Kuei Chun (TPE,85) 23-21 21-7
[Q2] Vountus Indra Mawan (MAS)/ Prajakta Sawant (IND) l Yoo Yeon Seong (KOR)/ Eom Hye Won (KOR) 15-21 12-21

[R1] (Q) Ajay Jayaram (IND,63) vs (1) Chen Long (CHN,2)
[R1] Srikanth Kidambi (IND,16) vs (7) Chou Tien Chen (TPE,8)
[R1] Kashyap Parupalli (IND,17) vs Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk (THA,32)
[R1] Gurusaidutt R. M. V (IND,52) vs Sho Sasaki (JPN,19)
[R1] (3) Saina Nehwal (IND,5) vs Jamie Subandhi (MAS,52)
[R1] (7) P V Sindhu (IND,10) vs Busanan Ongbumrungpan (THA,20)

[R1] Manu Attri (IND)/ Sumeeth Reddy B. (IND) vs (2) Mohammad Ahsan (INA)/ Hendra Setiawan (INA)
[R2] Ashwini Ponnappa (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) vs Yin Loo Lim (MAS)/ Meng Yean Lee (MAS)

Good to see Ajay winning matches to qualify for main-draw ... He is having tough match against WR #2 Chen Long ...Last week's winner Srikanth is facing another in-form player Chou Tien Chen, who also win couple of titles in last three weeks ... Kashyap and Guru are facing tricky opponents.

Tennis News

At $50K ITF Women's Tournament, New Delhi, India

[R1] Ankita Raina (IND) bt Fatma Al Nabhani (OMA) 62 62
[R1] (WC) Natasha Palha (IND,520) l Maria Sakkari (GRE,298) 16 36
[R1] Prarthana G. Thombare (IND) l (6) Sabina Sharipova (UZB) 26 16
[R1] (LL) Vaniya Dangwal (IND,1149) l Nicha Lerrtpitaksinchai (THA,372) 26 16
[R1] (WC) Bhuvana Kalva (IND,UNR) l (2) Anastasiya Vasylyeva (UKR,176) 36 67(5)

[R2] Ankita Raina (IND) vs (3) Marina Melnikova (RUS,210)
[R2] (Q) Rishika Sunkara (IND,612) vs Nicha Lerrtpitaksinchai (THA,372)
[R2] (WC) Prerna Bhambri (IND) vs (2) Anastasiya Vasylyeva (UKR,176)

Only Ankita wins on the second day ... Next our all three players having tough matches.
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At $10K Cambodia F1 Futures,

[R1] (3) Karunuday Singh (IND,526) bt Sebastien Wagner (GER,910) 60 26 64

KU start with win in three sets ... He was totally off in the second set before recovering but this rustiness is expected after his long injury break comeback.

Squash News

At $325K Men's Qatar PSA World Championship 2014 (World Open), Doha

[R2] (14) Saurav Ghosal (IND,17) bt Nasir Iqbal (PAK,44) 3-1 (11-7, 5-11, 11-9, 11-4) (51m)
[R2] Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,49) l (2) Mohamed Elshorbagy (EGY,1) 3-0 (6-11, 4-11, 1-11) (29m)

[R3] (14) Saurav Ghosal (IND,17) vs (3) Nick Matthew (ENG,3)

Saurav score win in four games against Nasir ... In pre-quarter final he is facing defending champion Nick Matthew.

Mahesh gives decent performance in first 2 games against WR #1 before losing one-sided third game.

Chess News

At 2014 World Chess Championship, Sochi, Russia (November 7– November 28, 2014)

GM Viswanathan Anand (IND,2792) - GM Magnus Carlsen (NOR,2863) 3-4

17.11.2014 - Game Seven
GM Magnus Carlsen (NOR,2863) - GM Viswanathan Anand (IND,2792) ½-½

Anand manages to hold Carlsen after marathon game which lasted for 122 moves ... So in end mission successful for Carlsen who tired Anand before next game where Anand is playing with White ... This was crucial game for Anand after his blunder in the last game ... Anand choose Berlin defense but made dangerous 28th move Ne5 ... After that Anand defended well playing accurate moves not giving any chance to Carlsen, other hand it took so many moves for inevitable draw ... Carlsen extended game and waited for any mistake from Anand.

Tennis News

At $50K ITF Women's Tournament, New Delhi, India

[R1] Ankita Raina (IND) vs Fatma Al Nabhani (OMA)
[R1] (WC) Natasha Palha (IND) vs Maria Sakkari (GRE)
[R1] (Q) Rishika Sunkara (IND) bt (Q) Shweta Rana (IND) 62 60
[R1] Prarthana G. Thombare (IND) vs (6) Sabina Sharipova (UZB)
[R1] (WC) Prerna Bhambri (IND) bt (WC) Sharon Sanchana Paul (IND) 64 62
[R1] (WC) Bhuvana Kalva (IND) vs (2) Anastasiya Vasylyeva (UKR)

Expected wins for Rishika and Prerna ... Hopefully Ankita and at least another one Indian player join them in the second round.
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At $10K Cambodia F1 Futures,

[R1] (3) Karunuday Singh (IND,526) vs Sebastien Wagner (GER,910)

KU is coming back on the court after long injury break ... Lets see how he perform.

Badminton News

At $700K Thaihot China Open 2014, Fuzhou, China (Superseries Premier)


Men's Singles Final
Srikanth Kidambi (IND,16) bt Lin Dan (CHN,14) 21-19 21-17

Women's Singles Final
(6) Saina Nehwal (IND,5) bt Akane Yamaguchi (JPN,35) 21-12 22-20

Srikanth beats two time (current) Olympic champion and five time World champion Lin Dan to win China Open ... This is his first Superseries title and that also Superseries Premier title which having big winner cheque of $52,500 (approx. Rs. 32.5 lacs) ... Saina also win her maiden China open title beating 17 yrs old and current junior World champion Akane Yamaguchi in the final.

Srikanth played amazing match against 'Super' Dan in a final, early he take 9-5 lead but Dan catch with him at 15-all ... It was neck-and-neck till 19-all but Srikanth held his nerves to take the next two points and bag his first ever game against Dan ... The second game was more closely fought but Srikanth matched with greatest player for 15-all ... After that Srikanth raised his game for winning six of the next eight points and earn the biggest win of his career in 46 mins.

In women's final Saina dominated the first game against Akane for winning it comfortably ... Akane fought hard in the second gam she was leading 11-9 and 16-14 but Saina kept pressure on it ... Akane had a game point at 20-19 but Saina kept her nerves and win next three points for winning her second Superseries title of year in 42 mins ... In June she won the Australian Open Super Series title.

Golf News

At $700K Chiangmai Golf Classic, Thailand

1 Rashid Khan (IND) 68 69 66 68 -17 $135,000
2 Jyoti Randhawa (IND) 68 65 70 69 -16 $64,875
T16 Chikka S (IND) 69 72 71 69 -7 $8,537.78
T31 Chiragh Kumar (IND) 69 75 69 71 -4 $5,715
T46 Shubhankar Sharma (IND) 71 70 72 74 -1 $3,900
T60 M. Dharma (IND) 70 74 74 74 +4 $2,325
63 Abhijit Chadha (IND) 71 74 73 75 +5 $2,175

Rashid Khan produce a gutsy performance to win Chiangmai Classic by a stoke over his experienced compatriot Jyoti Randhawa ... In the final round both players started on T2 position but in end they fought for a title and finish 1 and 2.

Squash News

At $325K Men's Qatar PSA World Championship 2014 (World Open), Doha

[R1] (14) Saurav Ghosal (IND,18) bt Steven Finitsis (AUS,57) 3-0 (11-5, 11-4, 11-6) (35m)
[R1] Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,49) bt (Q) Lance Beddoes (NZL,141) 3-1 (11-9, 11-3, 11-13, 11-9) (54m)

[R2] (14) Saurav Ghosal (IND,17) vs Nasir Iqbal (PAK,44)
[R2] Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,49) vs (2) Mohamed Elshorbagy (EGY,1)

Saurav start with comfortable win over Aussie Finitsis in straight games in World championship ... Next he is facing Pakistani Nasir Iqbal.

Mahesh score tight win over New Zealand's qualifier Lance Beddoes for his first win in Men't World championship ... But in the second round he is facing WR #1 Mohamed Elshorbagy.

Chess News

At 2014 World Chess Championship, Sochi, Russia (November 7– November 28, 2014)

GM Viswanathan Anand (IND,2792) - GM Magnus Carlsen (NOR,2863) 2½-3½

15.11.2014 - Game Six
GM Magnus Carlsen (NOR,2863) - GM Viswanathan Anand (IND,2792) 1-0

Despite making blunder on 26th move Carlsen wins 6th game to take lead in World championship ... In this game Anand again selected Sicilian defense ... Carlsen had small advantage early but Anand defended skillfully ... And suddenly Carlsen committed a blunder on the move 26, Kd2, giving Anand a chance to deliver a simple tactical blow with Nxe5 27 move ... Anand failed to notice this chance and made an indifferent A4 move fairly quickly ... And then Anand realized their mutual errors, and it was a tough mental blow for him ... After the blunder he never recovered and resigned game after 38 moves ... Now after rest day Carlsen will again play with White so big testing time for Anand ... This blunder will haunt him and I am really hoping this is not going to cost him World championship match.

Badminton News

At $700K Thaihot China Open 2014, Fuzhou, China (Superseries Premier)

[SF] Srikanth K. (IND,16) bt Marc Zwiebler (GER,25) 21-11 13-7 Retd.
[SF] (6) Saina Nehwal (IND,5) bt Liu Xin (CHN,17) 21-17 21-17

[F] Srikanth K. (IND,16) vs Lin Dan (CHN,14)
[F] (6) Saina Nehwal (IND,5) vs Akane Yamaguchi (JPN,35)

Saina play patient and control game with mixture of attacking, defending and smart net game to beat Chinese girl Liu Xin in straight games ... In both games Xin took early small lead but Saina coolly made a comeback to take control from middle of the game for winning both games ... In the final she is facing junior World champion Japanese giant-killer Akane Yamaguchi ... Interestingly this is a first Superseries ladies final of 2014 where not a single Chinese player is playing.

Srikanth enter into his first Superseries final when his German opponent Zwiebler retired from semi-final match ... That time Srikanth was dominating the match ... In the final Srikanth is facing Chinese living legend and undoubtedly most successful badminton player Lin Dan.

Chess News

At 2014 World Chess Championship, Sochi, Russia (November 7– November 28, 2014)

GM Viswanathan Anand (IND,2792) - GM Magnus Carlsen (NOR,2863) 2½-2½

14.11.2014 - Game Five
GM Viswanathan Anand (IND,2792) - GM Magnus Carlsen (NOR,2863) ½-½

Anand and Carlsen play cautious game and accepted draw after 39 moves ... In this game Carlsen opted for the Queen's Indian defense but Anand showed his preparation for that and play near perfect game ... Next two games are crucial for Anand as Carlsen is playing with White in 6th and 7th games.

Badminton News

At $700K Thaihot China Open 2014, Fuzhou, China (Superseries Premier)

[QF] Kashyap Parupalli (IND,17) l Marc Zwiebler (GER,25) 18-21 21-18 21-13
[QF] Srikanth K. (IND,16) bt Kento Momota (JPN,12) 21-17 23-21
[QF] (6) Saina Nehwal (IND,5) bt Di Suo (CHN,179) 21-13 17-21 21-5

[SF] Srikanth K. (IND,16) vs Marc Zwiebler (GER,25)
[SF] (6) Saina Nehwal (IND,5) vs Liu Xin (CHN,17)

Huge upset win for Srikanth against Momota in straight games ... In their last two meetings Momota defeated Srikanth so he started in this match as favorite ... In thew first game both players were neck to neck till 17-all but from here Srikanth won next 4 points for winning this game ... The second game was also very close as both players were together till 19-all ... Momota had a game point at 20-19 but Srikanth saved that and then converted 2nd match point for winning this match ... In the semis he is facing German Zwiebler, who scored comeback win over Kashyap.

Saina wins her match in three games against Di Suo ... After winning the first game comfortably Saina lost her focus and concentration ... After losing the second game Saina crushed Suo losing only 5 points in the final game ... Next she is having another Chinese challenge Liu Xin.

Kashyap always face trouble against Zwiebler and that again prove here ... He started well after winning the first game but after that failed to keep momentum ... Other hand Zwiebler dominated the third game after losing the second.

Tennis News

At $50K Champaign Challenger, USA

[QF] (4) Purav Raja (IND)/ Ruben Gonzales (PHI) l Gastao Elias (POR)/ Sean Thornley (GBR) 46 46

Disappointing loss for Purav-Ruben ... This was winnable match for them but they failed to capitalize ... Overall not an encouraging performance from them in their last few weeks partnership ... Next they r playing big Australian open wild card tournament in China, hoping for their qualification for Australian open.
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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament, Mumbai, India

[QF] (8) Ankita RAINA (IND,315) l (2) Anastasiya VASYLYEVA (UKR,174) 46 36

Doubles
[R1] (4) Jia-Jing LU (CHN)/ Ankita RAINA (IND) bt Ivana JOROVIC (SRB)/ Sofiya KOVALETS (UKR) 62 62
[QF] (4) Jia-Jing LU (CHN)/ Ankita RAINA (IND) bt Prerna BHAMBRI (IND)/ Karman Kaur THANDI (IND) 61 63
[SF] (4) Jia-Jing LU (CHN)/ Ankita RAINA (IND) bt (2) Elise MERTENS (BEL)/ Anastasiya VASYLYEVA (UKR) 61 64

Final
(4) Jia-Jing LU (CHN)/ Ankita RAINA (IND) bt (1) Nicha LERTPITAKSINCHAI (THA)/ Peangtarn PLIPUECH (THA) 64 16 11-9

Ankita play decent match in her loss against top-175 Ukrainian player ... Ankita is looking well settled player around her 300 ranking ... Now she need to take next step to push her ranking towards 250 and then top 200.

Ankita win her first $25K tournament title though in the doubles with Jia-Jing Lu ... In the final and semi-final they defeated top two seeds pairs ... In the final after winning the first set they struggled against Thai pair, who dominated the second set ... In match tie-break Ankita-Lu recovered and won it in extra points.

Badminton News

At $700K Thaihot China Open 2014, Fuzhou, China (Superseries Premier)

[R2] Kashyap Parupalli (IND,17) bt Song Xue (CHN,53) 11-21 21-11 21-13
[R2] Srikanth K. (IND,16) bt Huan Gao (CHN,44) 21-17 19-21 21-14
[R2] (6) Saina Nehwal (IND,5) bt Jinjing Qin (CHN,239) 21-18 21-18

[QF] Kashyap Parupalli (IND,17) vs Marc Zwiebler (GER,25)
[QF] Srikanth K. (IND,16) vs Kento Momota (JPN,12)
[QF] (6) Saina Nehwal (IND,5) vs Di Suo (CHN,179)

Terrific performance by our players to reach in the quarter finals after scoring win against Chine players ... Saina scored straight sets win over Qin and in the quarters she is facing another Chinese Di Suo ... Kashyap needed comeback win after losing the first game against her lowly ranked Chinese opponent ... In the quarter he is facing German Zwiebler ... But most impressive win was from Srikanth ... He defeated top-50 ranked Gao in three games ... In their previous meeting Gao defeated Srikanth so this was sweet revenge for him ... Next he is facing Japanese Kento Momota.

Chess News

At 2014 World Chess Championship, Sochi, Russia (November 7– November 28, 2014)

GM Viswanathan Anand (IND,2792) - GM Magnus Carlsen (NOR,2863) 2-2

12.11.2014 - Game Four
GM Magnus Carlsen (NOR,2863) - GM Viswanathan Anand (IND,2792) ½-½

After yesterday's win Anand play perfect a Sicilian defense against Carlsen's King's Indian Attack ... Carlsen tried to shake Anand with moves but Anand played rock-solid game ... Carlsen accepted draw after 47 moves ... So favorable result before rest day for Anand.

Tennis News

At $50K Yoklahoma Challenger, Japan

[R2] Yuki Bhambri (IND,232) l (2) Go Soeda (JPN,116) 16 26

Doubles
[R1] (2) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Hiroki Moriya (JPN) l Addam Hubble (AUS)/ John-Patrick Smith (AUS) 67(2) 36

Surprisingly one-sided loss for Yuki against Go Soeda in the singles ... In the doubles also he and Moriya lose their match in straight sets.
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At $50K Champaign Challenger, USA

[R1] (4) Purav Raja (IND)/ Ruben Gonzales (PHI) bt (Q) Jared Donaldson (USA)/ Farris Fathi Gosea (GBR) 64 62

[QF] (4) Purav Raja (IND)/ Ruben Gonzales (PHI) vs Gastao Elias (POR)/ Sean Thornley (GBR)

Comfortable winning start for Purav-Ruben against qualifiers ... Next they r facing Elias-Thornley.
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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament, Mumbai, India

[R2] (Q) Bhuvana KALVA (IND,NR) l (1) Patricia MAYR-ACHLEITNER (AUT,107) 67(3) 75 26
[R2] Natasha PALHA (IND,526) l (4) Tadeja MAJERIC (SLO,216) 46 76(8) 36
[R2] (8) Ankita RAINA (IND,315) bt Ivana JOROVIC (SRB,449) 26 75 76(5)

[QF] (8) Ankita RAINA (IND,315) vs (2) Anastasiya VASYLYEVA (UKR,174)

Ankita need to dig deep for this tight win against Ivana ... After losing the first set easily Ankita show terrific fighting spirit and won next two sets which were stretch to fullest ... Next she is facing 2nd seed Anastasiya Vasylueva.

Bhuvana and Natasha lose their respective matches but showed fighting quality in their matches ... Both players stretched their senior and seeded opponents to three sets.

Badminton News

At $700K Thaihot China Open 2014, Fuzhou, China (Superseries Premier)

[R1] Kashyap Parupalli (IND,17) bt Nan Wei (HKG,21) 24-22 19-21 21-15
[R1] Srikanth K. (IND,16) bt (Q) Gurusaidutt R. M. V (IND,54) 21-11 9-21 21-15
[R1] H. S. Prannoy (IND,27) l Viktor Axelsen (DEN,13) 10-21 21-19 18-21
[R1] (6) Saina Nehwal (IND,5) bt Sayaka Takahashi (JPN,15) 21-14 19-21 21-17

[R1] Manu Attri (IND)/ Sumeeth Reddy B. (IND) l (7) Xiaolong Liu (CHN)/ Zihan Qiu (CHN) 12-21 15-21
[R1] (Q) Vountus Indra Mawan (MAS)/ Prajakta Sawant (IND) vs (8) Cheng Liu (CHN)/ Yixin Bao (CHN)

[R2] Kashyap Parupalli (IND,17) vs Song Xue (CHN,53)
[R2] Srikanth K. (IND,16) vs Huan Gao (CHN,44)
[R2] (6) Saina Nehwal (IND,5) vs Jinjing Qin (CHN,239)

Kashyap, Srikanth and Saina win their respected matches but all matches went to three games ... In the second round our all players facing lower ranked Chinese players so tricky matches against local players in their own den.

Chess News

At 2014 World Chess Championship, Sochi, Russia (November 7– November 28, 2014)

GM Viswanathan Anand (IND,2792) - GM Magnus Carlsen (NOR,2863) 1½-1½

11.11.2014 - Game Three
GM Viswanathan Anand (IND,2792) - GM Magnus Carlsen (NOR,2863) 1-0

After losing the second game I wasn't expected such a strong response by Anand ... He prove everyone wrong (including me) with his tactical and aggressive moves ... Carlsen was shocked with Anand's sharp game and lose this game on time trouble ... Anand is definitely putting extra pressure on Carlsen with this win.

This game moved on Queen's Gambit Declined opening ... Till 15 moves both players were on bookish moves ... Anand surprised Carlsen with his aggressive Ng5 move ... Carlsen take more than half hour for his next move, Ndf6 ... Anand used very sharp f3 move on 19th move ... Due to Anand's aggressiveness Carlsen found himself in time trouble as he was taking lot more time to think his next move ... Only 7 minutes were remaining for 12 moves for Carlsen ... And in that Carlsen made mistake and then resigned after 34 moves.

Tennis News

At $50K Champaign Challenger, USA

[R1] (4) Purav Raja (IND)/ Ruben Gonzales (PHI) vs (Q) Jared Donaldson (USA)/ Farris Fathi Gosea (GBR)

In the first round Purav-Ruben are facing British-American qualifiers.
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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament, Mumbai, India

[R1] (Q) Bhuvana Kalva (IND) bt Barbara Haas (AUT) 64 16 64
[R1] (Q) Rishika Sunkara (IND) l Nicha Lertpitaksinchai (THA) 46 46
[R1] (Q) Shweta Rana (IND) l (Q) Ho Ching Wu (HKG) 62 46 16
[R1] (Q) Karman Kaur Thandi (IND) l (6) Sofiya Kovalets (UKR) 46 46
[R1] Prarthana G. Thombare (IND) l (4) Tadeja Majeric (SLO) 46 26
[R1] (WC) Prerna Bhambri (IND) l (JE) Ivana Jorovic (SRB) 26 75 26

[R2] Natasha PALHA (IND,526) vs (4) Tadeja MAJERIC (SLO,216)
[R2] (8) Ankita RAINA (IND,315) vs Ivana JOROVIC (SRB,449)
[R2] (Q) Bhuvana KALVA (IND,NR) vs (1) Patricia MAYR-ACHLEITNER (AUT,107)

Bhuvana score upset win over top-400 Austrian player in three sets ... Next she is facing top-seed and top-100 type Austrian player Patricia.

Badminton News

At Thaihot China Open 2014, Fuzhou, China

[Q1] (1) Gurusaidutt R. M. V (IND,54) bye

[Q2] (1) Gurusaidutt R. M. V (IND,54) bt Siyuan Zhu (CHN,585) 18-21 21-19 24-22
[Q1] (3) Vountus Indra Mawan (MAS)/ Prajakta Sawant (IND) bt Chi-Lin Wang (TPE)/ Chi Ya Cheng (TPE) 21-18 18-21 21-17

[R1] Kashyap Parupalli (IND,17) vs Nan Wei (HKG,21)
[R1] Srikanth K. (IND,16) vs (Q) Gurusaidutt R. M. V (IND,54)
[R1] H. S. Prannoy (IND,27) vs Viktor Axelsen (DEN,13)
[R1] (6) Saina Nehwal (IND,5) vs Sayaka Takahashi (JPN,15)

[R1] Manu Attri (IND)/ Sumeeth Reddy B. (IND) vs (7) Xiaolong Liu (CHN)/ Zihan Qiu (CHN)
[R1] (Q) Vountus Indra Mawan (MAS)/ Prajakta Sawant (IND) vs (8) Cheng Liu (CHN)/ Yixin Bao (CHN)

Saina having terrific chance of going deep in this China Superseries as top-seed withdrawn from her draw ... Guru qualify for main-draw with hard fought win but he is facing Srikanth in the first round ... Kashyap is having winnable match but Prannoy is facing top-15 Danish player ... In the doubles our both pairs facing Chinese seded pairs in the first round.

Tennis News

At $50K Yoklahoma Challenger, Japan

[R1] Yuki Bhambri (IND,232) bt Jason Jung (USA,313) 63 62

[R2] Yuki Bhambri (IND,232) vs (2) Go Soeda (JPN,116)

Doubles
[R1] (2) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Hiroki Moriya (JPN) vs Addam Hubble (AUS)/ John-Patrick Smith (AUS)

Yuki start with straight sets win against Jung ... Next he is facing 2nd seed Go Soeda.
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At $50K Champaign Challenger, USA

[R1] (4) Purav Raja (IND)/ Ruben Gonzales (PHI) vs Qualifiers

Purav-Ruben r 4th seed and facing qualifiers.
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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament, Mumbai, India

[R1] (Q) Sai Samhitha CHAMARTHI (IND) l Emily WEBLEY-SMITH (GBR) 06 06
[R1] Snehadevi S REDDY (IND) l (3) Marina MELNIKOVA (RUS) 16 36
[R1] (WC) Rashmi TELTUMBDE (IND) l Ching-Wen HSU (TPE) 16 46
[R1] Natasha PALHA (IND) bt Harmony TAN (FRA) 63 64
[R1] (8) Ankita RAINA (IND) bt Peangtarn PLIPUECH (THA) 63 64
[R1] (WC) Nidhi CHILUMULA (IND) l Daiana NEGREANU (ROU) 61 46 57
[R1] (Q) Bhuvana Kalva (IND) vs Barbara Haas (AUT)
[R1] (Q) Rishika Sunkara (IND) vs Nicha Lertpitaksinchai (THA)
[R1] (Q) Shweta Rana (IND) vs (Q) Ho Ching Wu (HKG)
[R1] (Q) Karman Kaur Thandi (IND) vs (6) Sofiya Kovalets (UKR)
[R1] Prarthana G. Thombare (IND) vs (4) Tadeja Majeric (SLO)
[R1] (WC) Prerna Bhambri (IND) vs (JE) Ivana Jorovic (SRB)

Good win by Ankita and Natasha against tricky players.

Chess News

At 2014 World Chess Championship, Sochi, Russia (November 7– November 28, 2014)

GM Viswanathan Anand (IND,2792) vs GM Magnus Carlsen (NOR,2863) ½-1½

09.11.2014 - Game Two
GM Magnus Carlsen (NOR,2863) - GM Viswanathan Anand (IND,2792) 1-0

Carlsen takes advantage of Anand's mistake to win the second game ... In the second game Anand decided to stick with his favorite Berlin ... Early on Magnus tried to disturb with variation but Anand played safely ... Anand allowed himself to be in trouble again with his 20th move to give advantage to Magnus ... Magnus built on that to complete win after 35th move ... So bad start for Anand, who is already full point down after two games ... This will be really tough task for him to comeback in the match.

Hockey News

Australia-India Test Series 2014, Australia

India win series 3-1 against Australia.

Test One
India l Australia 0-4
Goal Scorers - Jeremy Hayward (IND) PC 15', Jake Whetton (IND) 30', Jeremy Edwards (IND) 34', Glenn Simpson (IND) PC 39'

Test Two
India bt Australia 2-1
Goal Scorers - Ramandeep Singh (IND) 33', Sunil Sowmarpet (IND) 34' and Matt Gohdes (AUS) 30'

Test Three
India bt Australia 1-0
Goal Scorers - Sunil Sowmarpet (IND) 34'

Test Four
India bt Australia 3-1
Goal Scorers - Akashdeep Singh (IND) PC 13' and 50', SK Uthappa (IND) 53' and Thomas Craig (IND) PC 36'

Though World champion Australia play in this series with their experimental side but still this is huge moral boosting performance by Indian side ... Beating them in three matches in their own den after losing the first match ... After losing the first match lopsidedly our side fought back in remaining matches ... In this our defense and goal-keeping stand-out with their performance ... Other hand we manage to penetrate Aussie defense but our strikers still struggle with finishing touches inside opposition D ... Defense shows huge improvement and hopefully they will keep improving under Walsh ... After longtime we are seeing some positives against top-side of hockey ... Now hopefully our team build on this performance in coming Champions trophy.

Chess News

At 2014 World Chess Championship, Sochi, Russia (November 7– November 28, 2014)

08.11.2014 - Game One
GM Viswanathan Anand (IND,2792) - GM Magnus Carlsen (NOR,2863) ½-½

The World Chess Championship math between Anand and Carlsen begins at Sochi ... In their last match Carlsen embarrassed Anand with his solid preparation and he defeated Anand convincingly at Chennai ... Anand qualified for Championship match after winning Candidate tournament ... This year Anand is looking in good nick and playing more sharp games ... So hoping for close match.

The first game end in draw but this game gives us glimpse what we can expect in next games ... Bold moves from Anand and Carlsen's ability of playing long game to create chances from opponent's mistake ... The first game's analysis - 'What a save by Anand and what a miss by Magnus' ... In the first game Anand played with white ... Carlsen tried to surprise him with the Grunfeld, which he rarely played ... In this match Anand started out well but slowly faltered ... And around 40th move Anand made his position unpleasant for no reason but Carlsen played inaccurate move on 43rd move, Re2 ... Anand take advantage of it drawing game after 48 moves.

Squash News

At $25K Women's Monte Carlo Classic 2014, Stade Louis II, Monte Carlo, Monaco (Silver 25)

[R1] (2) Dipika Pallikal (IND,16) bt bt Tesni Evans (WAL,27) 3-0 (11-2, 11-6 13-11) (36m)

[QF] (2) Dipika Pallikal (IND,16) bt bt Aisling Blake (IRL,37) 3-0 (11-6, 11-4, 11-2) (24m)

[SF] (2) Dipika Pallikal (IND,16) l (8) Nouran Gohar (EGY,22) 2-3 (9-11, 10-12, 11-8, 11-8, 11-2) (70m)

Dipika lose against eventual champion 17 yrs old Egyptian Gohar after winning first 2 games ... Before her loss Dipika won her first 2 matches comfortably ... In the semis also she started confidently after winning first 2 tight games but after that Dipika played error-prone game ... Gohar take full advantage of it and beat Dipika after winning next three games .. Big missed opportunity for Dipika to lit the title.

Tennis News

At $50K Knoxville Challenger, USA

[QF] (3) Purav Raja (IND)/ Ruben Gonzales (PHI) l Edward Corrie (GBR)/ Alex Kuznetsov (USA) 36 46

Raja-Gonzales fail to take advantage of weaken draw and lose in straight sets against unseeded pair.

Tennis News

At $50K Knoxville Challenger, USA

[R1] (3) Purav Raja (IND)/ Ruben Gonzales (PHI) bt Malek Jaziri (TUN)/ Dean O'Brien (RSA) 60 62

[QF] (3) Purav Raja (IND)/ Ruben Gonzales (PHI) vs Edward Corrie (GBR)/ Alex Kuznetsov (USA)

Good to see Purav is still playing on challenger tour and winning start for him and Ruben ... Next they r facing British-American pair.

Badminton News

At $120K Bitburger Badminton Open 2014 (GP Gold), Saarlandhalle, Germany

[SF] (7) H. S. Prannoy (IND,32) l (11) Scott Evans (IRL,35) 16-21 10-21

Surprise by this one-sided loss of Prannoy against Scott Evans ... Prannoy was favorite in this match but Scott didn't gave him chance in this match ... Missed opportunity of reaching in the final for Prannoy.