Friday, March 13, 2009

Badminton News
At $200K Wilson Swiss Super Series 2009, Basel

[R2] Chetan Anand (IND,13) l Yu Hsin Hsieh (TPE,19) 21-9 20-22 17-21
[R2] Saina Nehwal (IND,10) bt (6) Lin Zhu (CHN,7) 22-20 11-21 21-11

[R2] Saina Nehwal (IND)/ Anna Rice (CAN) l (2) Eei Hui Chin (MAS)/ Pei Tty Wong (MAS) 16-21 12-21

[QF] Saina Nehwal (IND,10) vs (3) Lan Lu (CHN,3)

Super win by Saina against WR #7 Chinese opponent in 56 mins battle ... In first game Saina was in cotrol after 9-all but Lin won 3 consecutive points from 19-16 to make 19-all .. Saina controlled her nerve to won first game in extra points ... In second game Lin won 10 consecutive points from 11-all to capture second game easily ... In third game Saina take control from 3-all to lead 10-4 and then never gave any chance to Lin for comeback in to the match ... In quarters she is facing another Chinese opponent WR # 3 Lan Lu.

Another loss for Chetan after winning first game easily ... In second game Chetan was doing catching game as Yu Hsin Hsieh take early lead and Yu won game in extra points ... Third game also went same way, Chetan couldn't manage to came out of Yu hold and lost match in 48 mins.

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Golf News
At the WGC-CA Championship, Doral, Florida
T1 Jeev Milkha Singh 65 -7
T1 Retief Goosen 65 -7
T1 Prayad Marksaeng 65 -7
T1 Phil Mickelson 65 -7
T5 Padraig Harrington 66 -6
T9 Camilo Villegas 67 -5
T9 Sean O'Hair 67 -5
T14 Jim Furyk 68 -4
T17 Vijay Singh 69 -3
T17 Ian Poulter 69 -3
T27 Ernie Els 70 -2
T27 Kenny Perry 70 -2
T40 Tiger Woods 71 -1
T54 Sergio Garcia 72 E

Amazing round by Jeev to lead after first round ... He started from back 9 scoring a birdie on first hole but had bogey on next round ... Jeev had some different plan from hole 15 to 5th hole (on front 9) he scored 7 birdies in those 9 holes to joined lead ... He is in company of 2 major champions Retief Goosen and Phil Mickelson with another Asian Thai Prayad Marksaeng.

Jeev Milkha Singh - "It gives me a lot of confidence. It gives me the trust that I can do well at the world stage. I've won on every tour, nearly, in the world. I've won in Europe, I've won in Asia, I've won in Japan. It would be nice to win in the U.S., too."

“I hit the ball pretty well and I think it comes down to putting at the end of the day. I rolled it well so I am pretty pleased with the 65. Honestly, I love this golf course! I think it suits my eye."

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