Tennis News
2010 World Group Draw

We r having tough possible away World Group draw ... We r playing tie against Russia on 5th to 7th March 2010 ... Mostly their court choice will be indoor clay court.

Other interesting ties in draw r Spain vs Switzerland and Serbia vs USA ... And usual rivalry between Germany and France.

Russia (s)(c) vs India
Spain (s)(c) vs Switzerland
Germany (s) vs France (c)
Argentina (s) vs Sweden (c)
Ecuador vs Croatia (s)(*)
Serbia (*) vs USA (s)
Chile (c) vs Israel (s)
Belgium (c) vs Czech Republic (s)
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Badminton News
At $200K Yonex Open Japan Super Series 2009, Tokyo

[R1] Kashyap Parupalli (IND,34) bt (Q) Takuma Ueda (JPN,177) 21-17 12-21 21-11
[R1] (8) Saina Nehwal (IND,8) l Yanjiao Jiang (CHN,10) 15-21 23-21 14-21

[R1] Rupesh K. T. Kumar (IND)/ Sanave Thomas (IND) l Sung Hyun Ko (KOR)/ Yi Goo Kwon (KOR) 12-21 16-21
[R1] Jwala Gutta (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) l (7) Miyuki Maeda (JPN)/ Satoko Suetsuna (JPN) 15-21 21-19 18-21
[R1] (7) Diju Valiyaveetil (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) l Sudket Prapakamol (THA)/ Saralee Thungthongkam (THA) 18-21 12-21

[R2] Kashyap Parupalli (IND,34) vs (3) Peter Hoeg Gade (DEN,3)

Other than Kashyap all others lost in first round ... :damn: Had hopes from MXD pairing of Jwala and Diju but they lost match against their Thai opponents without giving much fight ... As I mentioned Saina had worst possible draw for seeded player ... She tried fight back after loosing first game but her Chinese opponent scored dominating win in third game.

In second round Kashyap facing WR #3 Peter Gade.