Monday, August 03, 2009

Tennis News
At Legg Mason Classic ATP Tournament, Washington, USA

[Q1] (9)Somdev Devvarman (IND,152) bt Josselin Ouanna (FRA,110) 26 61 75

Doubles
[R1] (3) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Mark Knowles (BAH) vs Max Mirnyi (BLR)/ Andy Ram (ISR)

Ouanna started positively breaking Somi's serve in 2nd game and then again broke Somi's serve in 8th game to won first set 2-6 ... In first set Somi was struggling scoring point on Ouanna's first serve ... But in second set Somi figured out Ouanna's serve ... Somi broke Ouanna's serve thrice to captured second set 6-1 ... Third set started on serve, Somi had 2 break points in 6th game but he failed to convert ... In next game Ouanna jumpe 0-40 lead and converted third break poin to take lead ... But Somi roared back breaking Ouanna's serve to make it 4-all ... Then again both players hold their respective serves ... But in 12th game Somi showed urgency to finished match and he broke Ouanna's serve at 30 to won match in 1 hour and 55 minutes.

So Congrats to Somi for qualifying for Washington ATP maindraw with comeback win against #110 Frenchman.
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At $50K Vancouver Challenger, Canada

[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND) vs Ivan Dodig (CRO)
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At $50K Brazil Challenger, Campos do Jordão

[Q1] Vishnu VARDHAN (IND) bt Ashutosh SINGH (IND) 63 63
[Q1] Rodrigo GUIDOLIN (BRA) bt Divij SHARAN (IND) 64 62

[Q2] Vishnu VARDHAN (IND,444) vs (7) Guido Pella (ARG,419)

It was unlucky for Ashutosh to faced Vishnu in first round.
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Golf News
At the US$300K Brunei Open - Final Standing

T2 Gaganjeet Bhullar 67 71 64 69 -13 $25,425.00
T13 C. Muniyappa 69 72 62 72 - 9 $ 4,617.00
T18 Anirban Lahiri 67 73 70 67 - 7 $ 3,485.00
T29 Chiragh Kumar 72 68 68 71 - 5 $ 2,422.50
T49 Gaurav Ghei 68 73 72 70 - 1 $ 1,320.00

Gaganjeet came close to winning his second title in a row in the regular play but missed the birdie putt on the 18th hole. In playoff, Darren Beck captured the victory from Bhullar in the 3rd playoff hole.

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