Friday, October 10, 2008

Tennis News
At € 674K Vienna ATP Open, Austria

[QF] (2) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Mark Knowles (BAH) bt Martin Damm (CZE)/ Pavel Vizner (CZE) 76(1) 76(6)

In the first set both pair traded breaks one time but in tie break Hesh and Mark were too powerful for Czech pair ... In second set also Hesh and Mark were leading with early break but Czech pair fought back with back to back breaks ... But Hesh and Mark again broke opponent's serve to bring set back on the serve ... In tie-break both pair traded multiple mini-breaks, Hesh and Mark got 1st match-point on 6-5 but Czech pair saved that on their serve ... But with another mini-break Hesh and Mark got their 2nd match point and this time they converted to win this close match.
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At $50K Sacramento Challenger, Northern California, USA

[QF] (4) Stephen Amritraj (IND)/ Daniel King-Turner (NZL) bt Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Ashutosh Singh (USA) 26 63 10(6)
[QF] (1) John Isner (USA)/ Rajeev Ram (USA) bt (Q) Matthew Ebden (AUS)/ Brydan Klein (AUS) 63 61

[SF] Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Frank Dancevic (CAN) vs (WC) Brian Battistone (USA)/ Dann Battistone (USA)
[SF] (4) Stephen Amritraj (IND)/ Daniel King-Turner (NZL) vs (1) John Isner (USA)/ Rajeev Ram (USA)

Harsh and Ashutosh lost match after winning the first set.
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Football News
At AFC U16 Championship, Uzbekistan

Group B
India bt Indonesia 1-0

Goal Scored - Manandeep (IND) 43'

So our U-16 boys managed consolation win against Indonesian to finished 3rd in group standing ... This tournament turned into very crucial learning experiance for our boys.

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