Thursday, October 23, 2008

Badminton News
At $200K Denmark Open Super Series 2008,

[R2] Chetan Anand (IND,25) bt (4) Sony Dwi Kuncoro (INA,5) 21-18 21-18

[R2] Diju V (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) l (4) Anthony Clark (ENG)/ Donna Kellogg (ENG) 16-21 17-21

[R2] Jwala Gutta (IND)/ Shruti Kurian (IND) l (4) Eei Hui Chin (MAS)/ Pei Tty Wong (MAS) 15-21 15-21

[QF] Chetan Anand (IND,20) vs (5) Kenneth Jonassen (DEN,6)

Chetan scored huge upset over WR Nr. 5 Indonesian Sony Dwi Kuncoro in 36 mins ... Very calculating performance by Chetan to won in straight games ... In first game they were eual until 18-all, but from their Chetan won next 3 points to won first game ... In second game Chetan caught his opponent at 13-all and from their he kept nose ahead to won this game to produced biggest victory in his career ... Chetan showing his recent performance wasn't fluke with this victory.

In next round Chetan facing another tough challenge of local WR Nr. 6 Kenneth Jonassen, who is playing well in this tournament winning first 2 matches inside 30 mins ... In updated ranking Chetan move to #20 in BWF ranking as finalist at last week's Dutch Open.

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Tennis News
At € 891K Swiss Indoors ATP Tournament, Basel, Switzerland

[R1] (2) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Mark Knowles (BAH) bt Marcel Granollers (ESP)/ Feliciano Lopez (ESP) 64 61

[QF] (3) Leander Paes (IND)/ Lukas Dlouhy (CZE) l Christopher Kas (GER)/ Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) 36 06
[QF] (2) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Mark Knowles (BAH) vs Jordan Kerr (AUS)/ Jarkko Nieminen (FIN)

Lee and Lukas r struggling on indoor courts ... Here they struggled in the first match but today they lost against German pair in one-sided match ... In this match Lee and Lukas managed to win 30 pts and other hand their German opponent's won 53.

In first round doubles match Hesh and Mark scored easy victory against Spanish opponents ... They saved all 4 break-points on their serve but break opponent's serve thrice in six chances ... Hesh and Mark r only seeded pair remaining in the draw.

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At $10K Pakistan F2, Islamabad 

[SF] (4) KHAN Aqeel (PAK)/ SIPAEYA Sunil-Kumar (IND) l (2) ABDUKHALIKOV Syrym (KAZ)/ VASILIEV Mikhail (RUS) 26 16

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