Badminton News
At BWF World Super Series Masters Finals 2009, Malaysia

Mixed Doubles Final
V Diju (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) l Joachim Fischer Nielsen (DEN)/ Christinna Pedersen (DEN) 14-21 18-21

In first game Danish pair take early lead wining 5 points from 1-2 and those lead was enough for them to grab first game ... Second game was lot closer than first one ... Danish pair take early lead 4-6 but Diju and Jwala managed to catch them at 8-all ... But again Danish pair take lead to 9-12, this time also Diju and Jwala caught them and take lead at 13-12 ... Then first time our pair take lead and were leading 16-14 but Danish pair made it 16-all and then won 3 points from 18-all to captured title in 37 mins.

Still creditable performance by Diju and Jwala. who reached final in their first appearance at World Super Series Masters.
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Golf News
At Golf Nippon Series JT Cup 2009, Japan - Final Standing

6 Jeev Milkha Singh 71 69 65 70 -5 ￥4,768,291

Shigeki Maruyama won in extra hole with 9 under score ... But today Jeev had so-so day, on front-9 he scored birdie on 5th hole ... On back-9 he started with back to back bogeys on 10th and 11th holes ... Then managed to birdie on 16th hole to finished on sole 6th position.

Jeev must be disappointed with his performance where he had chance of finishing in top 3 ... After excellent 5 under third round Jeev was in contention for the title but last PAR round let down for Jeev ... He was expecting much here as he won 2 titles here and another title win could help him to re-enter in top 50 GWR.

Golf News
At Omega Mission Hills World Cup, China - Final Standing (Foursomes)

1 Italy 64 66 61 68 -29
T2 Ireland 58 68 64 70 -28
T2 Sweden 64 65 62 69 -28
4 England 66 69 63 64 -26
5 Japan 62 71 64 69 -22

T14 India 67 68 65 72 -16

Jeev and Jyoti helped India to produce their best finish at World Cup team event ... They must be disappointed with finish as they were in chance of top 5 or atleast top 10 finish but in last round they only managed PAR round ... They had 3 birdies and 3 bogeys.
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Tennis News
At ATP World Tour Finals, London, England

Semi Finals
Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Mark Knowles (BAH) l Mike Bryan (USA)/ Bob Bryan (USA) 46 46

Bryans defeated Mahesh and Mark in straight sets to moved into the final ... So with that Mahesh and Mark's 2 yrs doubles partnership got over ... As in 2010 Mahesh is decided to partner Max Mirnyi.
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At $125K Helsinki Challenger, Finland

Doubles Final
(3) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul_Haq Qureshi (PAK) vs (WC) Henri Kontinen (FIN)/ Jarkko Nieminen (FIN)

Tricky match against Finland's doubles Davis Cup pair.

Tennis News
At ATP World Tour Finals, London, England

Group B
Lukas Dlouhy (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) l Max Mirnyi (BLR)/ Andy Ram (ISR) 67(1) 46

Semi Finals
Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Mark Knowles (BAH) vs Mike Bryan (USA)/ Bob Bryan (USA)
Max Mirnyi (BLR)/ Andy Ram (ISR) vs Frantisek Cermak (CZE)/ Michal Mertinak (SVK)

So Lee and Lukas lost all 6 sets they played at ATP World Tour Finals ... After US Open they didn't play together for 2 months and I feel that costed them ... In other group match Bryans won to moved into semis.
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At $125K Helsinki Challenger, Finland

Doubles
[SF] (3) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul_Haq Qureshi (PAK) bt Karol Beck (SVK)/ Jiri Krkoska (CZE) 36 75 10(3)

Really good comeback win by Rohan and Aisam to moved into final ... They earning good ranking points in this big event.
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Golf News
At Omega Mission Hills World Cup, China - Third Round Four-balls

1 Ireland 58 68 64 -26
T2 Italy 64 66 61 -25
T2 Sweden 64 65 62 -25

T9 India 67 68 65 -16

Today Jeev and Jyoti scored 8 birdies and a bogey in first 12 holes but in last 6 holes they managed PAR ... After scoring their best round of team World Cup, 7 under, they still dropped down to T9 in standing ... Now leader Ireland having only 1 stroke lead over 2nd place Italy.

Golf News
At Omega Mission Hills World Cup, China - Second Round Foursomes (one ball)

1 Ireland 58 68 -18
2 Sweden 64 65 -15
3 Italy 64 66 -14
4 Japan 62 71 -11

T7 India 67 68 -9

Today Jeev and Jyoti performed well in tough format, Foursomes ... They managed 4 under with 7 birdies and 3 bogeys ... Which helped them to move inside top 10 standing ... But leader Ireland is still 9 shots ahead.
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Badminton News
At $15K Yonex Welsh International 2009,

[R1] (5) Sayali Gokhale (IND,61) vs Carissa Turner (WAL,340) 13-21 21-8 17-21

Very surprising loss of Sayali against local doubles specialist.
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Tennis News
At $10K Malaysia F5 Futures, Kuala Lumpur

Doubles
[F] (2) GAJJAR (IND)/ O'BRIEN (IRL) l (4) BETAU (BLR)/ ZHYRMONT (BLR) 46 36

Gajjar and his Irish partner lost in the final against Belarus pair.

Tennis News
At ATP World Tour Finals, London, England

Group A
Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Mark Knowles (BAH) l Daniel Nestor (CAN)/ Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) 46 67(9)

Nestor and Zimo scored their first victory at ATP World Tour Finals beating Mahesh and Mark ... But Mahesh and Mark already qualified for semis with top spot in the group.
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At $125K Helsinki Challenger, Finland

Doubles
[SF] (3) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul_Haq Qureshi (PAK) vs Karol Beck (SVK)/ Jiri Krkoska (CZE)

Rohan and Aisam r only seeded pair remaining in the draw.
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Golf News
At Omega Mission Hills World Cup, China - First Round (Fourballs)

1 Ireland 58 -14
2 Argentina 61 -11
3 Japan 62 -10

T15 India 67 -5

Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell combined to score brilliant 14 under par 58 in the opening round in fourballs ... With that Ireland opened up a good three shot lead over Argentina ... India is T15 with 5 under with USA and Thailand.

Jeev and Jyoti scored bogey in 2nd hole and scored 6 birdies at 3rd, 7th, 10th, 14th, 15th and 18th holes.

Tennis News
At ATP World Tour Finals, London, England

Group A
Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Mark Knowles (BAH) bt Frantisek Cermak (CZE)/ Michal Mertinak (SVK) 63 63

Good start for Mahesh and Mark at ATP World Tour Finals with very convincing win over 5th seed pair ... In other Group A match Polish team, Fyrstenberg and Matkowski, defeated top-seed Nestor and Zimonjic.

Today in Group B match Lee and Lukas will face Kubot and Marach.
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At $10K Malaysia F5 Futures, Kuala Lumpur

[R1] (1) Vishnu VARDHAN (IND,368) bt Barry KING (IRL, 606) 63 64
[R1] (4) Rohan GAJJAR (IND,487) l Colin O'BRIEN (IRL,642) 57 57
[R1] Divij SHARAN (IND, 764) vs Marin BRADARIC (CRO, 671)
[R1] (3) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND, 483) vs Juan Antonio LOS SANTOS (MAS, UNR)

Doubles
[R1] (1) SHARAN (IND)/ VARDHAN (IND) bt DOBSON (USA)/ RAWI (MAS) W/O
[R1] DOAKMAIKLEE (THA)/ WACHIRAMANOWONG (THA) bt PRASHANTH (IND)/ VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) 26 63 10(8)
[R1] HAENLE (GER)/ SHOKEEN (IND) bt (3) KING (IRL)/ MCGEE (IRL) 64 64
[R1] (2) GAJJAR (IND)/ O'BRIEN (IRL) bt BORODKIN (KAZ)/ KHUSAINOV (KAZ) 60 62

Surprising loss of Gajjar ... Otherwise expected start for our players.
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Golf News
At Dubai World Championship, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

T13 Jeev Milkha Singh 70 72 68 70 -8 € 89712.92

Jeev finished on creditable tied 13th position in this prestigious European tour season ending tournament.

Tennis News
At $50K+H Aachen Challenger, Germany

[SF] (1) (WC) Rajeev RAM (USA,97) bt (3) Daniel Brands (GER,106) 63 46 76(6)

[F] (1) (WC) Rajeev RAM (USA,97) bt Dustin Brown (JAM,180) 76 67 76(2)

Doubles Final
(2) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam Qureshi (PAK) bt (3) Philipp Marx (GER)/ Igor Zelenay (SVK) 64 76(6)

For me expected win by Rohan and Aisam against 3rd seed pair ... Really happy for them as they again lifted title playing together ... After winning first set they were stretched in second set but importantly they managed to finish match in 2 sets ... Congrats Bops and Aisam.

Rajeev lifted title in very tight match where all 3 sets went into tie-break.
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At $10K Malaysia F4 Futures, Kuala Lumpur

[Q1] Sudanwa SITARAM (IND,1280) l (16) Kirati SIRIBUTWONG (THA,1253) 46 26
[Q1] (9) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,999) bye
[Q1] (5) Vivek SHOKEEN (IND,888) bye
[Q1] Ankit SACHDEVA (IND,NR) l Jae-Won CHOI (KOR,1310) 46 06
[Q1] (12)Ronak MANUJA (IND,1127) bt Adirek KHUNDARNPINITVON (THA,1532) 60 75

[Q2] (9) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,999) bt Sang-Woo NOH (KOR,NR) 75 61
[Q2] (5) Vivek SHOKEEN (IND,888) bt Tomislav BRKIC (BIH,1313) 76(1) 76(12)
[Q2] (12)Ronak MANUJA (IND,1127) bt Wan-Yong PARK (KOR,NR) 76(5) 06 64

[Q3] (9) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,999) bt (4) Ante PAVIC (CRO,884) 67(5) 40 Retired
[Q3] (5) Vivek SHOKEEN (IND,888) bt Yao-Lun CHANG (TPE,1714) 63 67(5) 63
[Q3] (12)Ronak MANUJA (IND,1127) l (7) Matheson KLEIN (AUS,934) 46 16

[R1] (Q) Vivek SHOKEEN (IND,888) vs (WC) Adam JAYA (MAS,1488)
[R1] (4) Rohan GAJJAR (IND,494) vs Raphael LUSTENBERGER (SUI,1360)
[R1] (Q) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,999) vs (WC) Razlan RAWI (MAS,NR)
[R1] Divij SHARAN (IND,777) vs Jaan-Frederik BRUNKEN (GER,595)
[R1] (3) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,483) vs Sun-Yong KIM (KOR,818)
[R1] Karan RASTOGI (IND,1137) vs Yew-Ming SI (MAS,1515)

A big Indian contingent is playing next 3 weeks in Malaysia ... Vivek and Vijay Sundar qualified for main draw ... They joined Gajjar, Ranjeet, Divij and Karan in main draw.
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Golf News
At UBS Hong Kong Open, Fanling, Hong Kong

T22 S S P Chowrasia 65 69 73 65 -8 € 17427.91
T22 Jyoti Randhawa 66 69 67 70 -8 € 17427.91
T36 Rahil Gsngjee 67 70 68 69 -6 € 10892.44
T36 Jeev Milkha Singh 71 67 70 66 -6 € 10892.44
T48 Shiv Kapur 68 68 72 68 -4 € 7876.07

SSP and Jeev produced better rounds from Indians in final round which helped them to finished inside top-25 and top-40 respectively ... Shiv also scored under par round to finished inside top-50.
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Football News
At AFC Under 19 Qualification 2009, Arbil

India u-19 bt Kuwait u-19 3-0

Goal Scored - Malsawmfela (IND) 45' & 60', Jeje Lalpekhlua (IND) 6'

Indian boys ended their campaign on positive note beating Kuwaiti side easily ... With this Indian boys finished 4th in Group C ... Only top 2 teams, Iraq and Saudi Arabia, moved to final round.

Golf News
At €3.25M Volvo World Match Play 2009, Finca Cortesin

This week Jeev was playing a prestigious Volvo World Match play in a group of 16 golfers ... 16 golfers were divided into 4 groups ... Jeev was in group D and he needed to win his group to move to the semifinal.

GROUP D
SEED PLAYER WGR
2 Lee WESTWOOD 5
7 Camilo VILLEGAS 18
10 Ross FISHER 26
15 Jeev Milkha SINGH 54

In Match 1, Jeev defeated WR #5 Lee Westwood by 6 holes ... In this match he didn't lose single hole ... After this he needed only 1 win to qualify for semi-final but that didn't happen ... Jeev didn't found same form in remaining matches ... In Match 2, Camilo Villegas defeated Jeev by 3 holes and in Match 3, Ross Fisher defeated Jeev by 1 hole ... Unlucky Jeev if he managed to win 1 more hole then he would be in semis ... Ross Fisher qualify for semi-final from Group D with this win.

Still Jeev recieved big prize money finishing last in the group, €120,000.

Golf News
At $1.25mn Hero Honda Indian Open, Gurgaon, India - Final Standing

1 C. MUNIYAPPA IND 66 69 71 70 -12 $198,125.00
T3 Anirban LAHIRI IND 72 71 71 64 -10 $63,041.67
T6 Ashok KUMAR IND 71 71 68 70 -8 $39,375.00
T6 Digvijay SINGH IND 68 68 71 73 -8 $39,375.00
T8 Harendra GUPTA IND 68 72 67 75 -6 $26,500.00
T12 Mukesh KUMAR IND 71 68 70 74 -5 $19,343.75
T16 Gaganjeet BHULLAR IND 73 71 68 72 -4 $16,500.00
T21 Shamim KHAN IND 70 73 74 69 -2 $13,312.50
T21 Daniel CHOPRA SWE 67 72 75 72 -2 $13312.50
T27 Gaurav GHEI IND 70 72 68 77 -1 $11,062.50
T27 Amandeep JOHL IND 70 71 69 77 -1 $11,062.50
T33 Vikrant CHOPRA IND 73 72 72 71 PAR $9,625.00
T33 Arjun ATWAL IND 75 66 70 77 PAR $9,625.00
T36 S.S.P. CHOWRASIA IND 73 71 73 72 +1 $8,250.00
T36 Karanjit S SANDHU IND 72 69 74 74 +1 $8,250.00
T36 Vinod KUMAR IND 70 71 71 77 +1 $8,250.00
T44 Rahul GANAPATHY IND 69 74 74 73 +2 $6,875.00
T44 Raju ALI IND 69 71 73 77 +2 $6,875.00
T50 Manav JAINI IND 73 72 74 73 +4 $4,982.14
T57 Ranjit SINGH IND 76 69 74 74 +5 $4,187.50
T61 Rashid KHAN [A] IND 70 72 75 77 +6
T63 A.S. LEHAL IND 74 70 71 80 +7 $3,625.00
T66 Arjun SINGH IND 68 75 75 78 +8 $3,375.00

Muniyappa was deserving winner of Indian Open, who was leading Indian Open after 2nd round ... But Lee Sung take it to wire and finished tied at the top of the leaderboard with 12 under ... On first playoff hole Muniyappa birdied the par 5 18th hole after both missed the fairway ... Muniyappa played excellent 2nd shot from a difficult position over the trees and then 3rd short gave him a 4 feets birdie chance and he made it ... Other hand Lee missed his 2 metres birdie.

Young Anirban Lahiri produced unblemish best round of the day, 8 under, to finished on tied 3rd position ... Impressive performance by young lad ... Arjun Atwal was aiming for top 5 finish after 3rd round but had very poor 5 over round to finished outside top-30.

Golf News
At $6M Turning Stone Resort Championship, Verona, New York - Final Standing (PGA Tour)

T7 Jeev Milkha Singh 70 72 68 64 -14 $174,600
T40 Arjun Atwal 71 69 72 69 -7 $ 21,000.00

Jeev improved on his earlier best PGA tour performance of T17 at Wyndham Championship with finishing T7 at Turning Stone Resort Championship ... I think he mostly secure his PGA 2010 card after gaining STM, i.e. Special Temporary Membership, for 2009 season.

Yesterday Jeev produced second best round of the day, -8 ... In last 4 holes he had couple of birdie chances but couldn't make it but still very good perfromance by him to finished in top 10 ... Also happy for Arjun he made cut after long time, this performance give him confidence to perform better in future.
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Tennis News
At U-16 Junior Davis Cup Finals, San Luis Potosi, Mexico

For 11th position
India bt Uzbekistan 2-0

Sai Katik NAKKIREDDI bt Abduvoris SAITMUKHAMEDOV 64 75
Saurabh SINGH bt Jakhongir JALALOV 64 46 63
Doubles not played.

We finished our outing with win over Uzbekistan to finished on 11th position ... Not great but still decent performance by our boys ... In this match also our #1 Saurabh Singh struggled to score his first win against Uzbek #2 Jalalov.

Football News
Nehru Cup Football Tournament 2009, New Delhi, India

India bt Kyrgyzstan 2-1

Goal Scored - Bhaichung Bhutia (IND) 43', Sunil Chhetri (IND) 57' P and Murzaev Mirlan (KYR)

India scored victory against Kyrgyzstan and bounced back in contention for the final ... This was Bhaichung Bhutia's 100th match and he showed his class scoring one goal and setting up another goal ... After Bhutia scored in first-half, then Sunil scored on penalty when Bhaichung brought down in by Kyrgyz goal-keeper inside the box ... Indians dominated this match and our forwards were making tough time to Kyrgyz defence ... Overall inspiring performance by Indian side.
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Golf News
At Wyndham Championship, USA (PGA Tour)

T17 Jeev M. Singh 69 64 68 69 -10 $ 68,045.71
T54 Daniel Chopra 67 69 68 70 - 6 $ 11,960.00
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Arjun Atwal 73 67

This was Jeev's best performance on PGA tour to finished inside top-20 ... His 6 under second round was his best round in US ... He failed to finish in top-10 but overall satisfying performance from him after coming out of injury.

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.

Golf News
At the US$400K Indonesia President Invitational, Jakarta - Final Standing
1 Gaganjeet Bhullar 69 68 62 67 -22 $63,400.00
T25 Rahil Gangjee 70 73 69 67 - 9 $ 3,552.00
T35 Amandeep Johl 70 70 70 70 - 8 $ 2,880.00
T47 Anirban Lahiri 71 67 76 69 - 5 $ 1,920.00

21 yrs old Gaganjeet Bhullar won his maiden Asian Tour title with two-stroke victory at the Indonesia President Invitational and showed he is really star in making ... His experience of playing on big stage like British Open definetely helped him here which he acknowledged after win ... Gaganjeet take lead from third round and played flawless 5 under to scored comfortable win ... How solidly he performed this week shows from he dropped only one bogey all week.

Gaganjeet Bhullar - (from Asiatour site)
"Well to be honest I got no words to describe how happy I'm. I've been waiting for this for the past two years and I played really well today and I had a very good finish with a good score today. Playing with the big boys has definitely helped with my confidence and the experience definitely helped me. I started playing well on the Asian Tour, haven't been playing well the last two years and I'm pretty happy. I started well with three top 10s and played the British Open. I was sitting in the clubhouse and I knew what happened to me two years back and Juvic played really well two years back and Adam also played really well but it is a relief now. My goal now is totally different. My goal a few months back was to win on the tour now it is totally different. Now I'm getting to all the co-sanctions and given me a lot of confidence in my coming years and definitely after this victory, many things are going to change in my life. And yes definitely I will be gunning to be the top Indian golfer now. My experience from last week playing with the big boys where Tiger, Ernie Else and Sergio Garcia has certainly helped me a lot. Mentally I'm ready and I played the course last time where I played well, so I had good memories in my mind so that was one key factor. Throughout the week I drove the ball really well. I think I missed about three to four fairways for the four rounds, and made one bogey in four days. I missed a few putts today but that's fine."

Tennis News
At $75K Aptos Challenger, USA

[QF] (2) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ David Martin (USA) bt Alex Bogomolov Jr. (USA)/ Samuel Groth (AUS) 63 62

[SF] (2) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ David Martin (USA) vs (3) Carsten Ball (AUS)/ Chris Guccione (AUS)

Another easy victory for 2nd seed Harsh and David Martin in quarter-final ... Next they r facing 3rd seed Australian pair.
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Golf News
At the 138th Open Championship, Ailsa Course, Turnberry - Second Round

T127 Gaganjeet Bhullar 71 77

Today luck deserted for Gaganjeet ... Who carded a single birdie, 2 double bogeys and 4 bogeys in his +7 round .. So with that his first major participation was over as currently cut is around even and Gaganjeet is lying T127 with +8.

But Gaganjeet gave us snip of his golfing skill in this major and we r definitely going to hear more about him in future.

Tennis News
At $35+K Manchester Challenger, Great Britain

[R2] (5) Prakash Amritraj (IND,254) l Martin Fischer (AUT,212) 46 36

Doubles
[QF] Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Dustin Brown (JAM) l (4) Joshua Goodall (GBR)/ Jonathan Marray (GBR) 36 57

This was unexpected loss for Kash considering he play well on grass ... In second set after 3rd game there was rain delay so I was expecting comeback performance from kash but that never happened and Kash lost in straight sets.

In doubles also partnering Brown he lost in straight sets against seeded British pair.
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Golf News
At the 138th Open Championship, Ailsa Course, Turnberry - First Round

T72 Gaganjeet Bhullar 71

Excellent comeback by Gaganjeet Bhullar, who was +4 after first 3 holes ... He must be nervous in the begining but Gaganjeet controlled his nerve well and played attacking golfing round which showed from 7 birdies, a triple bogey, a double bogey and 3 bogeys ... If tomorrow he manages to make cut then it would be a big achievement for 21 yrs old Bhullar ... And I think he will make the cut.

Gaganjeet having company like Tiger Woods, Adam Scott, Luke Donald, Darren Clarke, Colin Montgomerie etc at 1 over.

Archery News
At World Cup Stage 3, Antalya, Turkey 2-7 June 2009

Recurve Men's Individual Eliminations
For Bronze Medal
Jayanta Talukdar (IND) bt Amedeo Tonelli (ITA) 106-101

[SF] Jayanta Talukdar (IND) l Simon Terry (GBR) 107-112

[QF] Jayanta Talukdar (IND) bt Bair Badenov (RUS) 109-105
[QF] Kapil (IND) l Amedeo Tonelli (ITA) 102-108

Recurve Women's Individual Eliminations
[QF] Rimil Buriuly (IND) l Ruyu Ouyang (CHN) 100-104

Kapil and Rimil couldn't continued their good run and lost into the quarters .. But Jayanta won his quarter-final and almost secure his place for final stage of World cup in Denmark ... Though he lost in the semis but he won bronze medal defeating Italian archer.
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Golf News
At The Celtic Manor Wales Open, Newport, Wales - Final Standing

T6 Jeev Milkha Singh 69 68 73 69 -5 € 57844.30
T49 Jyoti Randhawa 72 72 74 71 +5 € 9057.47
T59 Shiv Kapur 73 67 74 77 +7 € 5249.22

Another top-10 finish for Jeev ... Jeev is showing his consistency and showing he is near to grab another title on tour ... Otherhand Jyoti and Shiv Kapur making cut but their performance was so-so to found them in bottom half of the standing ... They needs to lift their game for strong finishes.

Tennis News
At French Open 2009,

[R3] (4) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Mark Knowles (BAH) l Jose Acasuso (ARG)/ Fernando Gonzalez (CHI) 57 64 46

Mahesh and Mark lost in third round against South Americans in 3 sets ... It always feel bad when doubles specialist pair lost against singles players ... So only Lee is remaining in doubles.
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At $50K Carson Challenger II, California, USA

[F] Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Frederik Nielsen (DEN) bt (2) Carsten Ball (AUS)/ Travis Rettenmaier (USA) 64 64

And this week harsh lifted doubles challenger title after losing last couple of finals ... He and Nielsen scored straight sets victory over 2nd seed pair ... This was Harsh's 4th challenger level doubles title, he won first title in 2003 at Donetsk Challenger, Ukraine and then last year won 2 titles in New Delhi challengers ... This win gives 75 ranking points so guranteed Harsh will re-enter into top-150 in next ranking updates.
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At $50K Nottingham Challenger, Great Britain (on grass)

[Q1] Rohan Bopanna (IND,284) bt Colin O'Brien (IRL,622) 61 62

[Q2] Rohan Bopanna (IND,284) vs Joshua Milton (GBR,703)

[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND,161) vs (WC) Daniel Evans (GBR,316)
[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND,135) vs Qualifier

So our top 3 singles players playing first grass court event of grass season ... Prakash and Som r in maindraw, Rohan is playing qualifying ... Expecting good rsults from Kash and Rohan on their favourite surface but as such no expectation from Som as he is playing first-time on grass in UK.

As expected easy start for Rohan against Irish player, next he is facing British player ... This match can be tricky.
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Golf News
At The European Open 2009, Ash, Kent, England

T5 Jeev Milkha Singh 67 69 71 76 -5 € 73294.06
T46 Shiv Kapur 67 74 75 76 +4 € 9212.94
T46 Jyoti Randhawa 66 73 79 74 +4 € 9212.94

Jeev must be disappointed with his performance as he was leading in 2nd and 3rd rounds ... Today Par round also gave him title as winner won with -7 score.

Archery News
At World Cup Stage 2, Porec, Croatia - 4th to 9th May 2009

Jayanta Talukdar repeated his 2006 performance after winning Recurve Men individual final, he won the first ever World Cup Stage in Porec in 2006 and also participated in the 2006 World Cup Final in Mexico.

Jayanta Talukdar won his second gold medal with Rahul Banerjee and Mangal Singh Champia ... They defeated Russian team to lift gold medal in Recurve Team Final.

Individual Recurve Men Final
Jayanta Talukdar (IND) bt Marco Galiazzo (ITA) 110 - 108

Recurve Men Team Final
(1) India bt (3) Russia 220 - 218

Recurve Women Team Bronze Medal
(9) India l (3) Ukraine 197 - 212
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Golf News
THE PLAYERS Championship - Final Standing

T64 Jeev Milkha Singh 68 74 76 76 +6 $20,045.00

After excellent first round Jeev struggled in remaining 3 rounds to finished bottom half of standing.
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Hockey News
At Asia Cup 2009, Kuantan, Malaysia

India l Pakistan 2-3

Goal Scored - Prabjot Singh (IND0 15' PC, Rajpal Singh (IND) 45' and Hasneem Khan (PAK) 33', Rehan Butt (PAK) 36', Sohail Abbas (PAK) 55' PC

Disastrous start for defending champion Indian team ... They were disarray on the field and Pakistani team take full advantage of it ... Captain Sandeep Singh was off-color and wasted 3 penalty corners in last 10 minutes ... Now Indians having big task of beating chinese team to book their place in semi-final.

Golf News

Jeev Milkha Singh is just a few thousand dollars short of qualifying for the PGA Tour's Special Temporary Membership (STM)... The membership becomes available to non-PGA Tour members once they have earned more in a year than the 150th-placed player on the money list the previous year ... Last year Todd Hamilton earned $537,958

Jeev has earned $477,120 on the Tour so far and needs $60,838 more, he will accept STM if he qualifies.

Jeev is currently playing in the Verizon Heritage at Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, he is currently T26 with 2 under and if he manages a two-way tied-22 at least then he will receive the membership.

Hockey News
At the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup 2009, Ipoh, Malaysia

12th April
India bt Pakistan 2-1

Goal Scored - Sandeep Singh (IND) 28' PS & 60' PC and Mohamed Saqlain (PAK) 50'

Malaysia dw New Zealand 1-1

India entered into the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup final with hard fought well deserved victory against Pakistan ... Sandeep Singh was hero again, who scored both goals ... India defeated them in their game plan as per our coach Harendra Singh.

In the final they r facing Malaysia, who drew with New Zealand.
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Golf News
At the Augusta Masters, Augusta, Georgia

Jeev Milkha Singh 71 75 +2

First-time ever Jeev missed cut at the Augusta Masters ... In second round he scored 3 over and missed cut by 1 stroke ... In second round Jeev struggled with putting, he had only 2 birdies and 5 bogeys.