Hockey News

At Men's Hockey World League - Finals 2015, Raipur, India

Pool B
India l Netherlands 0-0 (1-3)
Goal Scorers - Chinglensana Kangujam (IND) 47' PC and Mink van der Weerden (NED) 36' PC, Mirco Pruijser (NED) 43', Roel Bovendeert (NED) 54'

The Netherlands sealed top spot in Pool B after comfortable 3-1 win over India ... Dutch side were better on the field though we managed to hold them goalless till half-time ... We finishes on the fourth place that means we will have tough match against Pool A group winner.

Snooker News

At £732K 2015 UK Championship, York, England

[R2] Aditya Mehta (IND,64) l (3) Neil Robertson (AUS,3) 2-6 (67-58, 0-84 (51), 51-65, 0-114(114), 11-96(51), 5-93(93), 88-0, 0-120 (120))

Aditya lose his match in 8 frames against WR #3 Neil Robertson ... Aditya had really tough match against regaining Champion of Champions tournament winner Australian Neil Robertson ... Aditya started well after winning tight first frame but afterwards Niel took control of the match ... He won next five frames scoring one 100+, one 90+ and two 50+ breaks in that ... Aditya won 7th frame but against Niel scored 100+ break for completing victory in style.

Badminton News

At $120K 2015 Macau Open,

Women's Singles Final
(5) P.V. Sindhu (IND,12) bt (6) Minatsu Mitani (JPN,18) 21-9 21-23 21-14

Sindhu completes hat-trick of Macau title after final win in 66 minutes against Japanese girl Minatsu Mitani ... In ther only previous meeting Mitani defeated Sindhu so this was tough final ... In the first game Sindhu opened 5-1 lead which she increased to 16-5 ... Sindhu kept that advantage for winning this game comfortably ... In the second game both players were neck to neck and were exchanging lead ... Sindhu had 2 match points at 20-19 and then 21-20 but she missed both and Mitani won 3 points in a row for taking match into the decider ... Sindhu recovered in the third and again took early lead 5-2 and then 9-3 ... Mitani came close to 7-10 but Sindhu didn't gave her any chance ... Mitani saved 3 match points but Sindhu had big lead as she converted 4th match point.

Hockey News

At Men's Hockey World League - Finals 2015, Raipur, India

Pool B
India dw Germany 1-1 (0-1)
Goal Scorers - Akashdeep Singh (IND) 47' and Niklas Wellen (GER) 6'

Lot more improved performance by us against Olympic champion Germany ... But other hand we missed too many chances which could converted this draw in a win ... Germany scored early goal but we kept attacking and got equalizer by Akashdeep in the fourth quarter ... We need to remove deadwood from the team if we want to see consistent performance from this team ... Still we r in danger of finishing bottom of the group and facing mighty Aussie in the quarter-final.

Badminton News

At $120K 2015 Macau Open,

[SF] (5) P.V. Sindhu (IND,12) bt (2) Akane Yamaguchi (JPN,10) 21-8 15-21 21-15

Sindhu scores three games win over top-10 Japanese opponent Akane Yamaguchi in 63 minutes ... In the first game from 5-2 Sindhu won 12 points in a row to lead 17-2 ... Sindhu kept that advantage for winning it ... In the second game Sindhu opened 6-2 lead but Yamaguchi caught her at 11-all after winning 3 points in a row from 8-11 ... Sindhi again took 14-11 lead but this time also Yamaguchi caught her at 14-all ... In that time unforced errors were creeping in Sindhu's game ... And Sindhu lost 7 points in a row from 15-14 to lose the game ... In the decider from 4-2 Sindhu opened 14-5 lead ... After that Yamaguchi tried comeback and she reduced Sindhu's lead to 14-17 ... This time Sindhu kept her cool and converted 2nd match point for important win.

Hockey News

At Men's Hockey World League - Finals 2015, Raipur, India

Pool B
India l Argentina 0-3 (0-2)
Goal Scorers - Gonzalo Peillat (ARG) 3' PC and 60' PC, Joaquin Menini (ARG) 24' PC

Men's Hockey World League Final is started at Raipur ... India are in tough group with Netherlands, Germany and Argentina.

Indians has terrible start as they lose convincingly against Argentine team ... In the match we played poorly and Argentina took advantage of it ... Our players failed to defend which earned 9 penalty corners for Argentina and we managed to earn only single penalty corner ... Argentinian team converted 3 of those for easy win.

Badminton News

At $120K 2015 Macau Open,

[QF] (15) B. Sai Praneeth (IND,34) l Soon Huat Goh (MAS,82) 16-21 23-21 12-21
[QF] (7) H. S. Prannoy (IND,19) l Ihsan Maulana Mustofa (INA,40) 21-18 19-21 11-21

[QF] (5) P.V. Sindhu (IND,12) bt Yufei Chen (CHN,91) 21-13 18-21 21-14

[SF] (5) P.V. Sindhu (IND,12) vs (2) Akane Yamaguchi (JPN,10)

Sindhu needs three games to beat lower ranked her Chinese opponent ... After losing the second game Sindhu came back strongly to beat Chinese ... Next she is facing top-10 Japanese opponent Yamaguchi.

Other hand Sai and Prannoy perform as per their seeding but lose in the quarters against lower ranked opponents ... Prannoy was up with a game before losing next two games.

Snooker News

At £732K 2015 UK Championship, York, England

[R1] Aditya Mehta (IND,64) bt Sam Baird (ENG,67) 6-5 (20-81(81), 12-112(112), 24-68(58), 32-61, 91(90)-2, 72-68, 67(51)-26, 116(87)-0, 70(50)-51, 22-79(74), 97-31)

Much needed moral boosting win for Aditya in this difficult season ... In this match he was 0-4 frames down before making comeback ... He won next five games before losing 10th game ... But Aditya recovered for winning the decider 11th frame.

Badminton News

At $120K 2015 Macau Open,

[R3] (15) B. Sai Praneeth (IND,34) bt Andre Kurniawan TEDJONO (INA,64) 21-15 21-6
[R3] (7) H. S. Prannoy (IND,19) bt Bin QIAO (CHN,81) 12-21 21-11 21-19

[R2] (5) P.V. Sindhu (IND,12) bt Lindaweni FANETRI (INA,26) 21-17 21-18

[QF] (15) B. Sai Praneeth (IND,34) vs Soon Huat GOH (MAS,82)
[QF] (7) H. S. Prannoy (IND,19) vs Ihsan Maulana MUSTOFA (INA,40)

[QF] (5) P.V. Sindhu (IND,12) vs Yufei CHEN (CHN,91)

Terrific convincing win by Prannoy against his tricky opponent Andre Kurniawan Tedjono, who was also former top 20 player ... Sai also scores excellent comeback win against his Chinese opponent ... Sindhu also overcome tricky challenge of Indonesian Fanetri in straight games.

Tennis News

At $75K+H ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2015, Toyota, Japan

[QF] Elise MERTENS (BEL) / Ankita RAINA (IND) l Akiko OMAE (JPN) / Peangtarn PLIPUECH (THA) w/o

Ankita and her partner give walkover to their opponents.

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At $15K Thailand F8 Futures,

[QF] (3) Sumit NAGAL (IND,463) l (8) Puriwat CHATPATCHAROEN (THA,783) 46 67(3)

Doubles
[SF] (3) Sumit NAGAL (IND)/ Mick LESCURE (FRA) l (1) Pruchya ISAROW (THA)/ Nuttanon KADCHAPANAN (THA) 26 36

Bad loss in straight sets for Sumit against lower ranked Thai opponent ... Sumit needs to improve his overall game for succeed on higher level ... In the doubles also Sumit and his French partner lose against top-seed Thai pair.

Badminton News

At $120K 2015 Macau Open,

[R2] (15) B. Sai Praneeth (IND,34) bt Artyom SAVATYUGIN (UZB,205) 21-11 21-8
[R1] (7) H. S. Prannoy (IND,19) bt Chia Hsuan LIN (TPE,299) 21-19 21-15
[R1] (9) Ajay JAYARAM (IND,24) l Guipu LIN (CHN,149) 11-21 17-21

[R1] (5) P.V. Sindhu (IND,12) bt Hyo Min KIM (KOR,25)

[R1] (2) Jwala GUTTA (IND)/ Ashwini PONNAPPA (IND) l Yuki FUKUSHIMA (JPN)/ Sayaka HIROTA (JPN) 16-21 15-21

[R3] (15) B. Sai Praneeth (IND,34) vs Andre Kurniawan TEDJONO (INA,64)
[R3] (7) H. S. Prannoy (IND,19) vs Bin QIAO (CHN,81)

[R2] (5) P.V. Sindhu (IND,12) vs Lindaweni FANETRI (INA,26)

Disappointing loss of Jwala and Ashwini against lowly ranked Japanese pair in straight games ... They need to pick up their game so preparing on right track for Rio Olympic ... Also disappoint by Ajya's loss against lowly ranked Chinese player ... He need to remove inconsistency from his performance for keeping his Rio dream alive.

Tennis News

At $75K+H ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2015, Toyota, Japan

[R1] Ankita RAINA (IND,253) l (3) Stefanie VOEGELE (SUI,120) 26 46

Expected loss of Ankita but I also feel she need to play one or two $10K easy tournaments for boosting her confidence and earning enough points to remain in top 300.

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At $75K Toyota Challenger, Japan

[R1] John Paul Fruttero (USA)/ Purav Raja (IND) l (1) Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA)/ Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA) 57 36

So with this loss Purav's 2015 season get over ... He will remains in 90s and hopefully with regular partner move into top 50 in 2016 season.

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At $15K Thailand F8 Futures,

[R2] (3) Sumit NAGAL (IND,463) bt (Q) Maksim MALYSHEV (UKR,1992) 61 60

[QF] (3) Sumit NAGAL (IND,463) vs (8) Puriwat CHATPATCHAROEN (THA,783)

Doubles
[QF] (3) Sumit NAGAL (IND)/ Mick LESCURE (FRA) bt Punn BODHIDATTA (THA)/ Suthinan TANTHASERANEEWAT (THA) 61 63

Another dominating performance by Sumit ... He literally demolished his Ukrainian opponent losing a single game ... In the doubles also he is in the semis ... In the singles quarter next he is facing local top 800 player Puriwat.

Badminton News

At $120K 2015 Macau Open,

[R1] (1) K. Srikanth (IND,7) l Christie JONATAN (INA,40) 16-21 21-23
[R1] (15) B. Sai Praneeth (IND,34) bt Fikri Ihsandi HADMADI (INA,147) 21-18 23-21
[R1] (7) H. S. Prannoy (IND,19) bt Sukamta EVERT (INA,179) 21-15 16-21 21-18
[R1] (9) Ajay JAYARAM (IND,24) bt Chun Hei TAM (HKG,394) 21-6 25-23

[R2] (15) B. Sai Praneeth (IND,34) vs Artyom SAVATYUGIN (UZB,205)
[R1] (7) H. S. Prannoy (IND,19) vs Chia Hsuan LIN (TPE,299)
[R1] (9) Ajay JAYARAM (IND,24) vs Guipu LIN (CHN,149)

[R1] (5) P.V. Sindhu (IND,12) vs Hyo Min KIM (KOR,25)

[R1] (2) Jwala GUTTA (IND)/ Ashwini PONNAPPA (IND) vs Yuki FUKUSHIMA (JPN)/ Sayaka HIROTA (JPN)

Shocking loss of Srikanth in straight games ... He really need to take break and come out of injuries to improve his game.

Tennis News

At $75K+H ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2015, Toyota, Japan

[R1] Ankita RAINA (IND,253) vs (3) Stefanie VOEGELE (SUI,120)

Doubles
[R1] Elise MERTENS (BEL)/ Ankita RAINA (IND) bt (4) Ksenia LYKINA (RUS)/ Sofia SHAPATAVA (GEO) 62 64

tough first round match against top-125 player in the singles but in the doubles she and her Belgian partner start with upset win over 4th seed pair.

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At $75K Toyota Challenger, Japan

[R1] John Paul Fruttero (USA)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs (1) Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA)/ Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA)

Tough match for Purav and John in the first round.

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At $15K Thailand F8 Futures,

[R1] (3) Sumit NAGAL (IND,463) bt (Q) Punn BODHIDATTA (THA,1719) 60 62

[R2] (3) Sumit NAGAL (IND,463) vs (Q) Maksim MALYSHEV (UKR,1992)

Doubles
[R1] (3) Sumit NAGAL (IND)/ Mick LESCURE (FRA) bt Kazuma KAWACHI (JPN)/ Issei OKAMURA (JPN) 63 46 10-3

[QF] (3) Sumit NAGAL (IND)/ Mick LESCURE (FRA) vs Punn Bodhidatta (THA)/ Suthinan Tanthaseraneewat (THA)

Dominating winning start in the singles for Sumit against local qualifier ... Next he is facing another qualifier ... In the doubles also Sumit and his French partner start with the win.

Tennis News

At $7M Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, London, Great Britain

Final
(8) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Florin Meargea (ROM) l (2) Jean-Julien Rojer (FRA)/ Horia Tecau (ROU) 46 36

Rohan-Florin fail to repeat their earlier matches performance in the final against new #1 pair Tecau and Rojer for losing the final in straight sets ... Still overall creditable performance for Rohan-Florin as they qualified for Tour Finals at last place.

Hockey News

At the 8th Junior Asia Cup 2015, Kuantan, Malaysia

Final
India bt Pakistan 6-2 (3-1)
Goal Scorers - Harmanpreet Singh (IND) 10' PC, 15' PC, 30' PC and 53' PC, Armaan Qureshi (IND) 44', Manpreet Singh (Jr.) 50' and Muhammad Yaqoob (PAK) 28', Muhammad Dilber (PA) 68'

Matching its meticulous planning and methodical approach, India boys won the 8th Junior Asia Cup majestically, thumping Pakistan down to 6-2 at Kuantan ... Our boys dominated match throughout the period .. Again Harmanpreet showed his penalty corner supremacy scoring four goals.

Tennis News

At $7M Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, London, Great Britain

[SF] (8) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Florin Meargea (ROM) bt (3) Ivan Dodig (CRO)/ Marcelo Melo (BRA) 64 62

Rohan-Florin r in their first ATP World Tour Finals final with convincing win over 3rd seed Melo-Dodig ... After winning the first with single break advantage Rohan-Florin dominated the second ... From 2-all they broke Melo in 5th and Dodig in 7th for winning this set and the atch comfortably ... Rohan was very good with his serve and returning and Florin matches him with his shot making ... Almost perfect match for our pair.

Tennis News

At $7M Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, London, Great Britain

Ashe/ Smith Group
(8) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Florin Meargea (ROM) l (5) Simone Bolelli (ITA)/ Fabio Fognini (ITA) 46 61 5-10

In their last group match Rohan-Florin lose against 5th seed Italian pair ... After losing the first set Rohan-Florin made strong comeback for winning the second set comfortably ... But they failed to keep momentum in super tie-break ... Still Rohan-Florin will qualify for the semi-final with topping this group as Italian pair was already out of semi-final contention.

Badminton News

At $350K Yonex Sunrise Hong Kong Open 2015, Kowloon (Superseries)

[R1] (6) K. Srikanth (IND,5) l Houwei Tian (CHN,10) 16-21 21-15 22-24
[R1] Ajay Jayaram (IND,25) l (1) Chen Long (CHN,1) 17-21 12-21
[R1] H. S. Prannoy (IND,21) l Kento Nishimoto (JPN,59) 15-21 21-18 6-21

[R1] PV. Sindhu (IND,13) l (1) Carolina Marin (ESP,1) 17-21 9-21

[R1] Jwala Gutta (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) l (8) Kyun Eun Jung (KOR)/ Seung Chan Shin (KOR) 12-21 15-21

These were tough matches for our players in Hong Kong but wasn't expected all lose their first round matches.

Another heart breaking loss for Srikanth, who is in danger of soon finding himself outside top-10 ... In the first game from 10-all Houwei took control for winning it ... In the second game Srikanth took 4-1 lead and throughout maintained that advantage for winning it ... The third game was close one ...Srikanth was 0-4 down but crawl back to 3-4 and then from 8-10 Srikanth won next 6 points for sizable 14-10 lead ... After that Houwei came back to catch Srikanth on 14-all ... After that both players exchanged lead ... Srikanth save 1 match point at 19-20 and then Srikanth had match point at 21-20 but he failed to convert ... Srikanth saved another at 21-22 but failed to save third match point for losing this match in 73 minutes.

Sindhu and Ajay loses one-sided matches against their respective WR #1 opponents ... Prannoy had realistic chance but he also flattered in the third.

Another disappointing one sided loss for Jwala and Ashwini against Korean pair.

Squash News

At $325K Men's World Squash Championships 2015, Bellevue, Washington, USA

[R2] (16) Saurav Ghosal (IND,17) l James Willstrop (ENG,24) 7-11, 7-11, 7-11 (41m)

Saurav lose in straight game against his training partner and former WR #1 James Willstrop ... I was hoping Saurav's first win over James as he lost all 8 matches which they played previously ... James is coming out of surgery and now 32 yrs old but he had different idea ... The first game was closely fought but James took control after making Saurav run around and keeping him on the back foot ... After winning first game James were control in next two ... He was leading 10-4 when Saurav saved 3 game balls before losing the second ... In the third also James took 10-4 lead and this time also Saurav saved 3 match balls before losing the match..