French Open -

I know that no Indian players were playing yesterday .. But couldn't resist to put comments about couple of matches.

Yesterday Roger Federer had tough time against qualifier Diego Hartfield ... He defeated him 75 76 (2) 62 ... Roger Federer wasn't pleased to be playing, although his attitude was more akin to someone called in to work when he expected to relax on a day off.... Maria Sharapova also had her reservation about playing on Sunday due to injury where she saved three match points to beat Mashona Washington ... Sharapova was struggling with her game and ankle injury ... In decider she fought back from 2-5 to won this match ... Final score was 62 57 75.

Juan Antonio Marin career mark at grandslams dropped to 0-17 on Sunday, when he lost 75 63 63 to 1998 champion Carlos Moya in the first round of the French Open ... No man has ever lost that many Grand Slam matches without winning one.

Also this week Rafa is ATP's official blogger .at French Open .. After reading Dima's funny posts, Rafa looks more serious ..
http://www.atptennis.com/en/blog/nadal.asp
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Golf News -

This week Jeev joined Jyoti on European tour for BMW Championship at Wentworth Club ... Jeev missed the cut with miserable +5 second round ... Jyoti had so so tournament to finished on tied 58th position.

BMW Championship, Wentworth Club - Final Standing
1 HOWELL David ENG -17 68 65 69 69 271 € 708330.00
2 KHAN Simon ENG -12 70 68 70 68 276 € 472220.00
3 JIMÉNEZ Miguel Angel ESP -11 71 69 65 72 277 € 266050.00
4 RUMFORD Brett AUS -9 72 73 69 65 279 € 212500.00
5 BLAND Richard ENG -8 73 68 71 68 280 € 180200.00

T58 RANDHAWA Jyoti IND +4 71 72 76 73 292 € 12112.50
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T99 SINGH Jeev Milkha 73 77 +6

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Many players struggled on tough condition at The 90th Philippine Open on APGA tour ... Indian had mixed luck.

The 90th Philippine Open - Round 4
1 Scott STRANGE 68 70 72 70 -8
2 PARK Jun-won 75 74 69 67 -3
T3 LU Wei-lan 69 74 72 71 -2
T3 YEH Chang-ting 69 69 73 75 -2
T3 Chris RODGERS 70 69 75 72 -2

T12 S.S.P. CHOWRASIA 74 72 71 73 +2
T26 Uttam Singh MUNDY 75 74 69 76 +6
T31 Gurbaaz MANN 73 73 72 77 +7
T56 Digvijay SINGH 75 70 78 76 +11
T62 Harmeet KAHLON 75 73 75 78 +13
***** PROJECTED CUT +6 *****
T73 Jaiveer VIRK 75 76 +7
T73 Gaurav GHEI 76 75 +7
T87 Harinder GUPTA 75 77 +8
T87 Amritinder SINGH 79 73 +8
T138 Arjun SINGH 79 79 +14
Amandeep JOHL RETD
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Chess News -

India had miserable round 7 where our men lost to Ukraine 1.5-2.5 with three draws and one loss (Hari) ... And our women lost to USA 0.5-2.5 with Harika picking up the half point with a draw on the top board.

Round 8: Our men play Bulgaria and our women play Armenia.
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