Formula1 News
At Formula 1 Grand Prix De Monaco 2010,
Both Force India's drivers finished in the points at Monaco ... Sutil finished on 8th and Liuzzi on 9 after stewards demoted Schumacher for chicky ovetaking on Alonso on last lap when safety car was running.
Jarno Trulli tried to overtke Karun Chandhok and ended in scary accident on 74th lap ... But luckily both drivers were uninjured.
Webber and Vettel finished 1-2 for RBR-Renault.
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Hockey News
At 2010 Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey Tournament, Ipoh, Malaysia
Saturday 15th May 2010
India bt Egypt 7-1
Goal Scored - Dhananjay Mahadik (IND) 33' PC, 39' PC & 42' PC, Rajpal Singh (IND) 44' PC, Rupinder Pal Singh (IND) 46' PC, Tushar Khandekar (IND) 49', Sarwanjit Singh (IND) 70' and Hakim Ahmad (EGY) 67'
Indians played excellent second half to scored comfortable win over Egyptian side to booked place in the final against Koreans ... After missing many chances in first half our players played almost perfect hockey to scored big win ... They converted 5 penalty corners from 10, Dhananjay scored hat-trick in that.
At 2010 Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey Tournament, Ipoh, Malaysia
Saturday 15th May 2010
India bt Egypt 7-1
Goal Scored - Dhananjay Mahadik (IND) 33' PC, 39' PC & 42' PC, Rajpal Singh (IND) 44' PC, Rupinder Pal Singh (IND) 46' PC, Tushar Khandekar (IND) 49', Sarwanjit Singh (IND) 70' and Hakim Ahmad (EGY) 67'
Indians played excellent second half to scored comfortable win over Egyptian side to booked place in the final against Koreans ... After missing many chances in first half our players played almost perfect hockey to scored big win ... They converted 5 penalty corners from 10, Dhananjay scored hat-trick in that.
Tennis News
At € 2.835M Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open, Spain
[QF] (3) Lukas Dlouhy (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt Nicolas Almagro (ESP)/ Marc Lopez (ESP) 26 75 10-3
[SF] (3) Lukas Dlouhy (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) l (1) Daniel Nestor (CAN) / Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) 36 46
Produced good comeback victory in super tie-break in quarter-final against Spanish pair ... But in semis Nestor and Zimo were strong ... But this was Lee and Lukas's best performance on the clay in 2010.
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At $50K Sarasota Challenger, Florida, USA (Clay)
[SF] (1) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Treat Huey (PHI) l (4) Brian Battistone (USA)/ Ryler DeHeart (USA) 36 75 5-10
Consecutive 3rd match in super tie-break but this time Harsh and treat lost ... They started well winning first set but Battistone and DeHeart came back to won second set and then match in super tie-break ... So another disappointing week for Harsh and Treat.
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At $75K+H Busab Challenger, Korea
[SF] (4) Sadik Kadir (AUS)/ Purav Raja (IND) l (2) Rameez Junaid (AUS)/ Alexander Peya (AUT) 61 36 5-10
Purav and Sadik started strongly against 2nd seed winning first set easily but then Junaid and Peya take control of the match to won it in super tie-break.
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At $50K Zagreb Challenger, Croatia (Red clay)
[SF] Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Ryan Harrison (USA) l (1) Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo (ESP)/ Santiago Ventura (ESP) 36 57
Top-seed Spanish team turned strong for Somi and Ryan but they gave creditable performance.
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At $50K Raleigh Challanger,
[SF] Dominika Dieskova (SVK)/ Shikha Uberoi (IND) l Kristie Ahn (USA)/ Nicole Gibbs (USA) 16 36
Shikha's good run ended in doubles semis.
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At $15K India F5, New Delhi
Singles Final
(1) Rik de Voest (RSA) bt (7) Karan Rastogi (IND) 75 62
Singles Semi Finals
(1) Rik de Voest (RSA) bt (3) Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND) 61 60
(7) Karan Rastogi (IND) bt Chang Yu (CHN) 63 64
Doubles Final
(4) Xin-Yuan Yu (Chn)/ V.M. Ranjeet (IND) bt (3) Weerapat Doakmaiklee (THA)/ Kittiphong Wachiramanowong (THA) 36 61 11-9
Back to back final for Karan but again he settled for runner-up ... He performed lot better against Rik, due to bad service game Karan lost first game of the match but he kept pressure on Rik's serve and managed to broke him in 6th game ... In first set Karan was matching Rik with his all court game but Rik take crucial break in 11th game and hold his serve to won first set ... After that Rik played aggressive tennis and won second set with 2 breaks.
But positive performance from Karan, who is showing that he is coming back to the level of game before his injury.
At € 2.835M Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open, Spain
[QF] (3) Lukas Dlouhy (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt Nicolas Almagro (ESP)/ Marc Lopez (ESP) 26 75 10-3
[SF] (3) Lukas Dlouhy (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) l (1) Daniel Nestor (CAN) / Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) 36 46
Produced good comeback victory in super tie-break in quarter-final against Spanish pair ... But in semis Nestor and Zimo were strong ... But this was Lee and Lukas's best performance on the clay in 2010.
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At $50K Sarasota Challenger, Florida, USA (Clay)
[SF] (1) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Treat Huey (PHI) l (4) Brian Battistone (USA)/ Ryler DeHeart (USA) 36 75 5-10
Consecutive 3rd match in super tie-break but this time Harsh and treat lost ... They started well winning first set but Battistone and DeHeart came back to won second set and then match in super tie-break ... So another disappointing week for Harsh and Treat.
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At $75K+H Busab Challenger, Korea
[SF] (4) Sadik Kadir (AUS)/ Purav Raja (IND) l (2) Rameez Junaid (AUS)/ Alexander Peya (AUT) 61 36 5-10
Purav and Sadik started strongly against 2nd seed winning first set easily but then Junaid and Peya take control of the match to won it in super tie-break.
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At $50K Zagreb Challenger, Croatia (Red clay)
[SF] Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Ryan Harrison (USA) l (1) Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo (ESP)/ Santiago Ventura (ESP) 36 57
Top-seed Spanish team turned strong for Somi and Ryan but they gave creditable performance.
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At $50K Raleigh Challanger,
[SF] Dominika Dieskova (SVK)/ Shikha Uberoi (IND) l Kristie Ahn (USA)/ Nicole Gibbs (USA) 16 36
Shikha's good run ended in doubles semis.
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At $15K India F5, New Delhi
Singles Final
(1) Rik de Voest (RSA) bt (7) Karan Rastogi (IND) 75 62
Singles Semi Finals
(1) Rik de Voest (RSA) bt (3) Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND) 61 60
(7) Karan Rastogi (IND) bt Chang Yu (CHN) 63 64
Doubles Final
(4) Xin-Yuan Yu (Chn)/ V.M. Ranjeet (IND) bt (3) Weerapat Doakmaiklee (THA)/ Kittiphong Wachiramanowong (THA) 36 61 11-9
Back to back final for Karan but again he settled for runner-up ... He performed lot better against Rik, due to bad service game Karan lost first game of the match but he kept pressure on Rik's serve and managed to broke him in 6th game ... In first set Karan was matching Rik with his all court game but Rik take crucial break in 11th game and hold his serve to won first set ... After that Rik played aggressive tennis and won second set with 2 breaks.
But positive performance from Karan, who is showing that he is coming back to the level of game before his injury.
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Tennis News
At € 2.835M Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open, Spain
[R2] (3) Lukas Dlouhy (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt (ALT) Juan Ignacio Chela (ARG)/ Eduardo Schwank (ARG) 64 62
[QF] (3) Lukas Dlouhy (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs Nicolas Almagro (ESP)/ Marc Lopez (ESP)
Easy win against Argentine pair but in quarters facing Spanish pair.
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At $100K+H Bordeaux Challenger, France (Red clay)
[QF] (4) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) l Karol Beck (SVK)/ Leos Friedl (CZE) 67(4) 26
They were up with break in the first set 4-2 but from there they lost meekly ... Rohan was struggling to hold his serves.
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At $50K Sarasota Challenger, Florida, USA (Clay)
[QF] (1) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Treat Huey (PHI) bt Victor Estrella (DOM)/ Bruno Rodriguez (MEX) 63 26 15-13
[SF] (1) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Treat Huey (PHI) vs (4) Brian Battistone (USA)/ Ryler DeHeart (USA)
Another very tight win for Harsh and Treat ... Today also they survived against unseeded pair ... Still not able to find the form they r looking.
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At $50K Zagreb Challenger, Croatia (Red clay)
[QF] Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Ryan Harrison (USA) bt (3) Nicolas Massu (CHI)/ Lukas Rosol (CZE) 61 60
[SF] Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Ryan Harrison (USA) vs (1) Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo (ESP)/ Santiago Ventura (ESP)
Surprisingly very easy and dominating victory over 3rd seed clay court specialists by Somi and his partner ... In semis they r facing top-seed Spanish pair.
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At $50K Raleigh Challanger,
[R2] (Q) Shikha Uberoi (IND,626) l (8) Carly Gullickson (USA,180) 67(3) 26
Doubles
[QF] Dominika Dieskova (SVK)/ Shikha Uberoi (IND) bt (2) Alina Jidkova (RUS)/ Tetiana Luzhanska (UKR) 16 64 10-4
[SF] Dominika Dieskova (SVK)/ Shikha Uberoi (IND) vs Kristie Ahn (USA)/ Nicole Gibbs (USA)
Shikha gave fighting performance against top-200 player in singles and in doubles she upset 2nd seed pair with her partner to moved in to semis.
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At $15K India F5, New Delhi
Singles Quarter Finals
(1) Rik de Voest (RSA) bt (6) Murad Inoyatov (UZB) 61 60
(3) Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND) bt (5) Kittiphong Wachiramanowong (THA) 63 75
Chang Yu (CHN) bt (Q) Liang-Chi Huang (TPE) 36 61 61
(7) Karan Rastogi (IND) bt (2) Yuki Bhambri (IND) 63 0-3
Doubles Semi Finals
(3) Weerapat Doakmaiklee (THA)/ Kittiphong Wachiramanowong (THA) bt Liang Chi Huang (CHN)/ Ouyang Bowen (CHN) 64 62
(4) Xin-Yuan Yu (Chn)/ V.M. Ranjeet (IND) bt (2) Vivek Shokeen (IND)/ Ashutosh Singh (IND) 64 36 10-4
Much anticipated match between Karan and Yuki ended when Yuki twisted his right ankle, he was leading with the break in second set after losing first set ... Ranjeet also joined Karan in the semis but facing top-seed Rik de Voest in the semis.
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At u14 World Junior Tennis (Girl) - Asia/Oceania Final Qualifying, Anqing, China
Quarter Finals
(4) India l (3) China 0-2
Rutuja Bhosale l Qiuyu Ye 16 57
Sneha Devi Reddy l Yihong Li 62 67(3) 36
Indian girls lost their match against higher ranked Chinese team ... Rutuja lost her singles match easily but Sneha had a chance to make it 1-all but after winning first set she lost control of the match in second set tie-break and then lost match after more than 2 1/2 hrs ... So with this loss India's chances of reaching World group of u-14 World Junior Tennis Championship got over.
At € 2.835M Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open, Spain
[R2] (3) Lukas Dlouhy (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt (ALT) Juan Ignacio Chela (ARG)/ Eduardo Schwank (ARG) 64 62
[QF] (3) Lukas Dlouhy (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs Nicolas Almagro (ESP)/ Marc Lopez (ESP)
Easy win against Argentine pair but in quarters facing Spanish pair.
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At $100K+H Bordeaux Challenger, France (Red clay)
[QF] (4) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) l Karol Beck (SVK)/ Leos Friedl (CZE) 67(4) 26
They were up with break in the first set 4-2 but from there they lost meekly ... Rohan was struggling to hold his serves.
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At $50K Sarasota Challenger, Florida, USA (Clay)
[QF] (1) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Treat Huey (PHI) bt Victor Estrella (DOM)/ Bruno Rodriguez (MEX) 63 26 15-13
[SF] (1) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Treat Huey (PHI) vs (4) Brian Battistone (USA)/ Ryler DeHeart (USA)
Another very tight win for Harsh and Treat ... Today also they survived against unseeded pair ... Still not able to find the form they r looking.
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At $50K Zagreb Challenger, Croatia (Red clay)
[QF] Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Ryan Harrison (USA) bt (3) Nicolas Massu (CHI)/ Lukas Rosol (CZE) 61 60
[SF] Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Ryan Harrison (USA) vs (1) Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo (ESP)/ Santiago Ventura (ESP)
Surprisingly very easy and dominating victory over 3rd seed clay court specialists by Somi and his partner ... In semis they r facing top-seed Spanish pair.
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At $50K Raleigh Challanger,
[R2] (Q) Shikha Uberoi (IND,626) l (8) Carly Gullickson (USA,180) 67(3) 26
Doubles
[QF] Dominika Dieskova (SVK)/ Shikha Uberoi (IND) bt (2) Alina Jidkova (RUS)/ Tetiana Luzhanska (UKR) 16 64 10-4
[SF] Dominika Dieskova (SVK)/ Shikha Uberoi (IND) vs Kristie Ahn (USA)/ Nicole Gibbs (USA)
Shikha gave fighting performance against top-200 player in singles and in doubles she upset 2nd seed pair with her partner to moved in to semis.
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At $15K India F5, New Delhi
Singles Quarter Finals
(1) Rik de Voest (RSA) bt (6) Murad Inoyatov (UZB) 61 60
(3) Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND) bt (5) Kittiphong Wachiramanowong (THA) 63 75
Chang Yu (CHN) bt (Q) Liang-Chi Huang (TPE) 36 61 61
(7) Karan Rastogi (IND) bt (2) Yuki Bhambri (IND) 63 0-3
Doubles Semi Finals
(3) Weerapat Doakmaiklee (THA)/ Kittiphong Wachiramanowong (THA) bt Liang Chi Huang (CHN)/ Ouyang Bowen (CHN) 64 62
(4) Xin-Yuan Yu (Chn)/ V.M. Ranjeet (IND) bt (2) Vivek Shokeen (IND)/ Ashutosh Singh (IND) 64 36 10-4
Much anticipated match between Karan and Yuki ended when Yuki twisted his right ankle, he was leading with the break in second set after losing first set ... Ranjeet also joined Karan in the semis but facing top-seed Rik de Voest in the semis.
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At u14 World Junior Tennis (Girl) - Asia/Oceania Final Qualifying, Anqing, China
Quarter Finals
(4) India l (3) China 0-2
Rutuja Bhosale l Qiuyu Ye 16 57
Sneha Devi Reddy l Yihong Li 62 67(3) 36
Indian girls lost their match against higher ranked Chinese team ... Rutuja lost her singles match easily but Sneha had a chance to make it 1-all but after winning first set she lost control of the match in second set tie-break and then lost match after more than 2 1/2 hrs ... So with this loss India's chances of reaching World group of u-14 World Junior Tennis Championship got over.
Tennis News
At $50K Zagreb Challenger, Croatia (Red clay)
[R1] (5) Somdev Devvarman (IND,109) l Yuri Schukin (KAZ,221) 67(3) 61 16
Somi's struggle on the clay continued ... Last 2 months he is struggling with bad planning, some injury issues and performance ... Not a right preparation for French Open qualifying.
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At $50K Raleigh Challanger,
[R1] (Q) Shikha Uberoi (IND,626) bt (Q) Chieh-Yu Hsu (USA,455) 64 60
[R2] (Q) Shikha Uberoi (IND,626) vs (8) Carly Gullickson (USA,180)
Doubles
[R1] Dieskova (SVK)/ Uberoi (IND) bt (wc) Kandinata (INA)/ Kay (USA) 62 61
[QF] Dieskova (SVK)/ Uberoi (IND) vs (2) Jidkova (RUS)/ Luzhanska (UKR)
Remarkable win by Shikha, after long time she scored main-draw win that also with such ease.
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At $50K Sarasota Challenger, Florida, USA (Clay)
[R1] (1) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Treat Huey (PHI) bt Daniel Garza (MEX)/ Vasek Pospisil (CAN) 26 75 10-8
[QF] (1) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Treat Huey (PHI) vs Victor Estrella (DOM)/ Bruno Rodriguez (MEX)
Another closs call for harsh and Treat ... This year they r still searching the form which they had in last season.
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At $75K+H Busab Challenger, Korea
[QF] (4) Sadik Kadir (AUS)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt (WC) Jae-Sung An (KOR)/ Yong-Kyu Lim (KOR) 62 63
Good to see Purav and Sadik reached in semis of this big challenger with easy win over local wild-card pair.
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At u14 World Junior Tennis (Girl) - Asia/Oceania Final Qualifying, Anqing, China
Group 2 - 10th May
(4) India l (6) Thailand 1-2
Rutuja BHOSALE bt Apiramon NAKHORANKAN 64 61
Sneha Devi REDDY l Praewpisuti CHINSAKCHAI 16 26
Rutuja BHOSALE/ Iska TEERTHA l Apiramon NAKHORANKAN/ Praewpisuti CHINSAKCHAI 76 16 57
They r still not learning from the mistakes wrong combination ... These girls had good opportunity to become group leader ... Instead of playing Rutuja against Thai #1, we played Sneha ... Now tough match against #3 China in quarter-finals.
At $50K Zagreb Challenger, Croatia (Red clay)
[R1] (5) Somdev Devvarman (IND,109) l Yuri Schukin (KAZ,221) 67(3) 61 16
Somi's struggle on the clay continued ... Last 2 months he is struggling with bad planning, some injury issues and performance ... Not a right preparation for French Open qualifying.
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At $50K Raleigh Challanger,
[R1] (Q) Shikha Uberoi (IND,626) bt (Q) Chieh-Yu Hsu (USA,455) 64 60
[R2] (Q) Shikha Uberoi (IND,626) vs (8) Carly Gullickson (USA,180)
Doubles
[R1] Dieskova (SVK)/ Uberoi (IND) bt (wc) Kandinata (INA)/ Kay (USA) 62 61
[QF] Dieskova (SVK)/ Uberoi (IND) vs (2) Jidkova (RUS)/ Luzhanska (UKR)
Remarkable win by Shikha, after long time she scored main-draw win that also with such ease.
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At $50K Sarasota Challenger, Florida, USA (Clay)
[R1] (1) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Treat Huey (PHI) bt Daniel Garza (MEX)/ Vasek Pospisil (CAN) 26 75 10-8
[QF] (1) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Treat Huey (PHI) vs Victor Estrella (DOM)/ Bruno Rodriguez (MEX)
Another closs call for harsh and Treat ... This year they r still searching the form which they had in last season.
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At $75K+H Busab Challenger, Korea
[QF] (4) Sadik Kadir (AUS)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt (WC) Jae-Sung An (KOR)/ Yong-Kyu Lim (KOR) 62 63
Good to see Purav and Sadik reached in semis of this big challenger with easy win over local wild-card pair.
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At u14 World Junior Tennis (Girl) - Asia/Oceania Final Qualifying, Anqing, China
Group 2 - 10th May
(4) India l (6) Thailand 1-2
Rutuja BHOSALE bt Apiramon NAKHORANKAN 64 61
Sneha Devi REDDY l Praewpisuti CHINSAKCHAI 16 26
Rutuja BHOSALE/ Iska TEERTHA l Apiramon NAKHORANKAN/ Praewpisuti CHINSAKCHAI 76 16 57
They r still not learning from the mistakes wrong combination ... These girls had good opportunity to become group leader ... Instead of playing Rutuja against Thai #1, we played Sneha ... Now tough match against #3 China in quarter-finals.
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Hockey News
At 2010 Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey Tournament, Ipoh, Malaysia
Wednesday 12th May 2010
India l Malaysia 2-5
Goal Scored - Danish Mujtaba (IND) 43', Ravi Pal Singh (IND) 68' and Amin Rahim (MAS) 27' PC & 46', Tenghu Ahmad Tajuddin (MAS) 39', Abd Rahim Muhammad Razie (MAS) 40', Nasir Azreen Rizal (MAS) 60'
After excellent wins in last 3 matches against solid opponents today we played like newbie ... Made lots of mistakes on field, very hard tackle and gave unnecessary penalty corners .. We conceded 5 and earned 7 ... Our players mostly relaxed after last 3 wins, so hopefully this will turned to be wake up call for them.
This is our one of worst loss against Malaysian side and first of this year's tournament.
At 2010 Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey Tournament, Ipoh, Malaysia
Wednesday 12th May 2010
India l Malaysia 2-5
Goal Scored - Danish Mujtaba (IND) 43', Ravi Pal Singh (IND) 68' and Amin Rahim (MAS) 27' PC & 46', Tenghu Ahmad Tajuddin (MAS) 39', Abd Rahim Muhammad Razie (MAS) 40', Nasir Azreen Rizal (MAS) 60'
After excellent wins in last 3 matches against solid opponents today we played like newbie ... Made lots of mistakes on field, very hard tackle and gave unnecessary penalty corners .. We conceded 5 and earned 7 ... Our players mostly relaxed after last 3 wins, so hopefully this will turned to be wake up call for them.
This is our one of worst loss against Malaysian side and first of this year's tournament.
Badminton News
At BWF Thomas Uber Cup Finals 2010, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Thomas Cup - Quarter Finals
India l Indonesia 0-3
Kashyap Parupalli (IND,33) l Taufik Hidayat (INA,5) 12-21 21-10 17-21
Sanave Thomas (IND)/ Akshay Dewalkar (IND) l Markis Kido (INA)/ Hendra Setiawan (INA) 16-21 17-21
Arvind Bhat (IND,36) l Simon Santoso (INA,12) 8-21 10-21
Uber Cup - Quarter Finals
India l China 0-3
Saina Nehwal (IND,6) l Yihan Wang (CHN,1) 21-14 11-21 18-21
Jwala Gutta (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) l Jin Ma (CHN)/ Xiaoli Wang (CHN) 8-21 11-21
Sayali Ghokale (IND,58) l Xin Wang (CHN,2) 10-21 14-21
Don't know how draw made for quarter-finals, in Thomas Cup quarter-final we again faced Indonesia ... This time also Kashyap stretched Hidayat to 3 games ... That was only notable performance from our player in that tie.
Saina started well against WR #1 Yihan Wang, she won first game but Yihan came back strongly to won second ... In third game Saina was fighting neck to neck but Yihan kept slimmer lead to won this match ... So Chinese women won next 2 matches easily to moved into semis.
At BWF Thomas Uber Cup Finals 2010, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Thomas Cup - Quarter Finals
India l Indonesia 0-3
Kashyap Parupalli (IND,33) l Taufik Hidayat (INA,5) 12-21 21-10 17-21
Sanave Thomas (IND)/ Akshay Dewalkar (IND) l Markis Kido (INA)/ Hendra Setiawan (INA) 16-21 17-21
Arvind Bhat (IND,36) l Simon Santoso (INA,12) 8-21 10-21
Uber Cup - Quarter Finals
India l China 0-3
Saina Nehwal (IND,6) l Yihan Wang (CHN,1) 21-14 11-21 18-21
Jwala Gutta (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) l Jin Ma (CHN)/ Xiaoli Wang (CHN) 8-21 11-21
Sayali Ghokale (IND,58) l Xin Wang (CHN,2) 10-21 14-21
Don't know how draw made for quarter-finals, in Thomas Cup quarter-final we again faced Indonesia ... This time also Kashyap stretched Hidayat to 3 games ... That was only notable performance from our player in that tie.
Saina started well against WR #1 Yihan Wang, she won first game but Yihan came back strongly to won second ... In third game Saina was fighting neck to neck but Yihan kept slimmer lead to won this match ... So Chinese women won next 2 matches easily to moved into semis.
Tennis News
At $75K+H Busab Challenger, Korea
[R2] Vishnu Vardhan (IND,382) l Rameez Junaid (IND,378) 36 67(3)
Expecting better performance from Vishnu against similar ranked opponent.
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At $50K Raleigh Challanger,
[Q1] (8) Shikha Uberoi (IND,626) bt Tori Kinard (USA,1057) 64 75
[Q2] (8) Shikha Uberoi (IND,626) bt Gabriela dabrowski (CAN,881) 61 63
[Q3] (8) Shikha Uberoi (IND,626) bt Aleksandrina Naydenova (BUL,839) 61 62
[R1] (Q) Shikha Uberoi (IND,626) vs (Q) Chieh-Yu Hsu (USA,455)
Doubles
[R1] Dieskova (SVK)/ Uberoi (IND) v (wc) Kandinata (INA)/ Kay (USA)
Shikha is showing some improvent in her performance last few weeks.
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At $15K India F5, New Delhi
Singles Second Round
(1) Rik DE VOEST (RSA) bt Xin-Yuan YU (CHN) 61 62
(6) Murad INOYATOV (UZB) bt Weerapat DOAKMAIKLEE (THA) 64 62
(3) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) bt (Q) Peng GAO (CHN) 64 62
(5) Kittiphong WACHIRAMANOWONG (THA) bt (LL) Akash WAGH (IND) 62 64
(Q) Liang-Chi HUANG (TPE) bt Yannick NELORD (IND) 76(4) 64
Yu CHANG (CHN) bt (Q) Bowen OUYANG (CHN) 61 63
(7) Karan RASTOGI (IND) bt Vijayant MALIK (IND) 63 63
(2) Yuki BHAMBRI (IND) bt (Q) Wan GAO (CHN) 63 61
Doubles Quarter Finals
HUANG (TPE)/ OUYANG (CHN) bt (1) GAJJAR (IND)/ INOYATOV (UZB) 26 75 10-6
(3) DOAKMAIKLEE (THA)/ WACHIRAMANOWONG (THA) bt (WC) ATHARE (IND)/ RAWAT (IND) 61 63
(4) VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND)/ YU (CHN) bt MALIK (IND)/ NELORD (IND) 75 62
(2) SHOKEEN (IND)/ SINGH (IND) bt TIWARI (IND)/ WAGH (IND) 61 75
So Nelord couldn't continue with his good run against qualifier ... So tomorrow Yuki against Karan in quarter-final.
At $75K+H Busab Challenger, Korea
[R2] Vishnu Vardhan (IND,382) l Rameez Junaid (IND,378) 36 67(3)
Expecting better performance from Vishnu against similar ranked opponent.
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At $50K Raleigh Challanger,
[Q1] (8) Shikha Uberoi (IND,626) bt Tori Kinard (USA,1057) 64 75
[Q2] (8) Shikha Uberoi (IND,626) bt Gabriela dabrowski (CAN,881) 61 63
[Q3] (8) Shikha Uberoi (IND,626) bt Aleksandrina Naydenova (BUL,839) 61 62
[R1] (Q) Shikha Uberoi (IND,626) vs (Q) Chieh-Yu Hsu (USA,455)
Doubles
[R1] Dieskova (SVK)/ Uberoi (IND) v (wc) Kandinata (INA)/ Kay (USA)
Shikha is showing some improvent in her performance last few weeks.
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At $15K India F5, New Delhi
Singles Second Round
(1) Rik DE VOEST (RSA) bt Xin-Yuan YU (CHN) 61 62
(6) Murad INOYATOV (UZB) bt Weerapat DOAKMAIKLEE (THA) 64 62
(3) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) bt (Q) Peng GAO (CHN) 64 62
(5) Kittiphong WACHIRAMANOWONG (THA) bt (LL) Akash WAGH (IND) 62 64
(Q) Liang-Chi HUANG (TPE) bt Yannick NELORD (IND) 76(4) 64
Yu CHANG (CHN) bt (Q) Bowen OUYANG (CHN) 61 63
(7) Karan RASTOGI (IND) bt Vijayant MALIK (IND) 63 63
(2) Yuki BHAMBRI (IND) bt (Q) Wan GAO (CHN) 63 61
Doubles Quarter Finals
HUANG (TPE)/ OUYANG (CHN) bt (1) GAJJAR (IND)/ INOYATOV (UZB) 26 75 10-6
(3) DOAKMAIKLEE (THA)/ WACHIRAMANOWONG (THA) bt (WC) ATHARE (IND)/ RAWAT (IND) 61 63
(4) VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND)/ YU (CHN) bt MALIK (IND)/ NELORD (IND) 75 62
(2) SHOKEEN (IND)/ SINGH (IND) bt TIWARI (IND)/ WAGH (IND) 61 75
So Nelord couldn't continue with his good run against qualifier ... So tomorrow Yuki against Karan in quarter-final.
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Chess News
At World Championship Match 2010, Sofia, Bulgaria
Indian Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand defeated Bulgarian Grandmaster Veselin Topalov playing with Black in 12th game to successfully defending the World Chess Championship title!!!
Viswanathan Anand (2787) bt Veselin Topalov (2805) 6½-5½
Game Twelve - 11th May
Veselin Topalov (2805) - Viswanathan Anand (2787) 1-0
GM Viswanathan Anand (India,2787) 0 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 - 6½
GM Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria,2805) 1 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 - 5½
Anand used Queen's Gambit declined for the first time in this championship match ... This is supposed to safe opening for Black ... Match was moving as per text book moves until 27 moves, Anand played interesting 28 move, Ba8 ... Topalov made bad moves on 31 and 32, those were exf5 and fxe4 ... He walked into Anand's trap ... After that Topalov had no practical chances to hold but he kept fighting on because this was the final game of the world championship ... After 56 moves Topalov resigned and Anand scripted memorable victory.
Game 12 moves
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Be2 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nd7 13. 0-0 b6 14. Bd3 c5 15. Be4 Rb8 16. Qc2 Nf6 17. dxc5 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 bxc5 19. Qc2 Bb7 20. Nd2 Rfd8 21. f3 Ba6 22. Rf2 Rd7 23. g3 Rbd8 24. Kg2 Bd3 25. Qc1 Ba6 26. Ra3 Bb7 27. Nb3 Rc7 28. Na5 Ba8 29. Nc4 e5 30. e4 f5 31. exf5 e4 32. fxe4 Qxe4 33. Kh3 Rd4 34. Ne3 Qe8 35. g4 h5 36. Kh4 g5+ 37. fxg6 Qxg6 38. Qf1 Rxg4+ 39. Kh3 Re7 40. Rf8+ Kg7 41. Nf5+ Kh7 42. Rg3 Rxg3+ 43. hxg3 Qg4+ 44. Kh2 Re2+ 45. Kg1 Rg2+ 46. Qxg2 Bxg2 47. Kxg2 Qe2+ 48. Kh3 c4 49. a4 a5 50. Rf6 Kg8 51. Nh6+ Kg7 52. Rb6 Qe4 53. Kh2 Kh7 54. Rd6 Qe5 55. Nf7 Qxb2+ 56. Kh3 Qg7 = 0-1
At World Championship Match 2010, Sofia, Bulgaria
Viswanathan Anand (2787) bt Veselin Topalov (2805) 6½-5½
Game Twelve - 11th May
Veselin Topalov (2805) - Viswanathan Anand (2787) 1-0
GM Viswanathan Anand (India,2787) 0 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 - 6½
GM Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria,2805) 1 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 - 5½
Anand used Queen's Gambit declined for the first time in this championship match ... This is supposed to safe opening for Black ... Match was moving as per text book moves until 27 moves, Anand played interesting 28 move, Ba8 ... Topalov made bad moves on 31 and 32, those were exf5 and fxe4 ... He walked into Anand's trap ... After that Topalov had no practical chances to hold but he kept fighting on because this was the final game of the world championship ... After 56 moves Topalov resigned and Anand scripted memorable victory.
Game 12 moves
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Be2 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nd7 13. 0-0 b6 14. Bd3 c5 15. Be4 Rb8 16. Qc2 Nf6 17. dxc5 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 bxc5 19. Qc2 Bb7 20. Nd2 Rfd8 21. f3 Ba6 22. Rf2 Rd7 23. g3 Rbd8 24. Kg2 Bd3 25. Qc1 Ba6 26. Ra3 Bb7 27. Nb3 Rc7 28. Na5 Ba8 29. Nc4 e5 30. e4 f5 31. exf5 e4 32. fxe4 Qxe4 33. Kh3 Rd4 34. Ne3 Qe8 35. g4 h5 36. Kh4 g5+ 37. fxg6 Qxg6 38. Qf1 Rxg4+ 39. Kh3 Re7 40. Rf8+ Kg7 41. Nf5+ Kh7 42. Rg3 Rxg3+ 43. hxg3 Qg4+ 44. Kh2 Re2+ 45. Kg1 Rg2+ 46. Qxg2 Bxg2 47. Kxg2 Qe2+ 48. Kh3 c4 49. a4 a5 50. Rf6 Kg8 51. Nh6+ Kg7 52. Rb6 Qe4 53. Kh2 Kh7 54. Rd6 Qe5 55. Nf7 Qxb2+ 56. Kh3 Qg7 = 0-1
Badminton News
At BWF Thomas Uber Cup Finals 2010, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Thomas Cup - Group D
India bt Australia 4-1
Kashyap Parupalli (IND,33) bt Jeff Tho (AUS,169) 21-8 21-10
Arvind Bhat (IND,36) bt Chad Whitehead (AUS,348) 21-6 21-12
Gurusaidutt R.M.V (IND,58) bt Stuart Gomez (AUS,UNR) 21-15 21-13
Sanave Thomas (IND)/ Rupesh Kumar (IND) l Glenn Warfe (AUS)/ Ross Smith (AUS) 20-22 18-21
Diju Viliyaveetil (IND) / Akshay Dewalkar (IND) bt Raj Veeran (AUS)/ Chad Whitehead (AUS) 21-12 21-17
Uber Cup - Group D
India l South Korea 1-4
Saina Nehwal (IND,6) bt Seung Hee Bae (KOR,16) 20-22 21-18 21-17
Jwala Gutta (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) l Hyo Jung Lee (KOR)/ Min Jung Kim (KOR) 11-21 13-21
Aditi Mutatkar (IND,38) l Ji Hyun Sung (KOR,26) 23-21 11-21 14-21
Shruti Kurian (IND)/ Aparna Balan (IND) l Kyung Won Lee (KOR)/ Jung Eun Ha (KOR) 13-21 11-21
Sayali Ghokale (IND,58) l Yun Hwa Lee (KOR,196) 10-21 21-19 12-21
Expected win against Australia to moved into quarter-final but shocking defeat of our WR #18 pair, Rupesh and Sanave, against WR #100 pair, Glenn Warfe and Ross Smith.
Crucial match to decide group winner and little weaker opponent in the semis ... Saina needed to play her best game to beat Korean after losing first game ... Match duration was 67 mins, so it also showing improvement in Saina's physical condition ... Koreans showed their dominance in doubles dismissing Jwala/Ashwini in 21 mins ... Aditi won first game after saving 1 game point ... Aditi was up 10-6 in second game but Korean won 13 points in a row to won second game easily ... In decider Aditi tried her best, after down early in the game she caught up with Korean at 13-all but again Korean show her superiority winning next 7 points ... Aditi saved 1 match point before losing in 54 mins ... Another comfortable win by Korean pair in second doubles rubber to secured the tie.
At BWF Thomas Uber Cup Finals 2010, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Thomas Cup - Group D
India bt Australia 4-1
Kashyap Parupalli (IND,33) bt Jeff Tho (AUS,169) 21-8 21-10
Arvind Bhat (IND,36) bt Chad Whitehead (AUS,348) 21-6 21-12
Gurusaidutt R.M.V (IND,58) bt Stuart Gomez (AUS,UNR) 21-15 21-13
Sanave Thomas (IND)/ Rupesh Kumar (IND) l Glenn Warfe (AUS)/ Ross Smith (AUS) 20-22 18-21
Diju Viliyaveetil (IND) / Akshay Dewalkar (IND) bt Raj Veeran (AUS)/ Chad Whitehead (AUS) 21-12 21-17
Uber Cup - Group D
India l South Korea 1-4
Saina Nehwal (IND,6) bt Seung Hee Bae (KOR,16) 20-22 21-18 21-17
Jwala Gutta (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) l Hyo Jung Lee (KOR)/ Min Jung Kim (KOR) 11-21 13-21
Aditi Mutatkar (IND,38) l Ji Hyun Sung (KOR,26) 23-21 11-21 14-21
Shruti Kurian (IND)/ Aparna Balan (IND) l Kyung Won Lee (KOR)/ Jung Eun Ha (KOR) 13-21 11-21
Sayali Ghokale (IND,58) l Yun Hwa Lee (KOR,196) 10-21 21-19 12-21
Expected win against Australia to moved into quarter-final but shocking defeat of our WR #18 pair, Rupesh and Sanave, against WR #100 pair, Glenn Warfe and Ross Smith.
Crucial match to decide group winner and little weaker opponent in the semis ... Saina needed to play her best game to beat Korean after losing first game ... Match duration was 67 mins, so it also showing improvement in Saina's physical condition ... Koreans showed their dominance in doubles dismissing Jwala/Ashwini in 21 mins ... Aditi won first game after saving 1 game point ... Aditi was up 10-6 in second game but Korean won 13 points in a row to won second game easily ... In decider Aditi tried her best, after down early in the game she caught up with Korean at 13-all but again Korean show her superiority winning next 7 points ... Aditi saved 1 match point before losing in 54 mins ... Another comfortable win by Korean pair in second doubles rubber to secured the tie.
Tennis News
At Davis Cup World Group Playoffs - Sept 2010
Draw is out we r having home tie against Brazil.
Here is complete draw of World Group Playoffs in September -
India vs Brazil
Colombia vs USA
Israel vs Austria
Germany vs South Africa
Sweden vs Italy
Australia vs Belgium
Kazakhstan vs Switzerland
Romania vs Ecuador
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At $100K+H Bordeaux Challenger, France (Red clay)
[R1] (4) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) bt (WC) Adrian Mannarino (FRA)/ Xavier Pujo (FRA) 76(4) 62
Rohan and Aisam started with win against wild-card pair.
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At $75K+H Busab Challenger, Korea
Doubles
[R1] SHARAN Divij (IND)/ VARDHAN Vishnu (IND) l (WC) JEONG Suk-Young (KOR)/ NAM Ji Sung (KOR) 46 46
[R1] (4) KADIR Sadik (AUS)/ RAJA Purav (IND) bt ITO Tatsuma (JPN)/ IWAMI Tasuku (JPN) 46 63 10-3
Surprising loss for Vishnu and Divij against unheard Koreans ... Purav and Sadik won their first round match in super tie-break against tricky Japanese pair.
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At $50K Zagreb Challenger, Croatia (Red clay)
[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND,266) l (6) Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo (ESP,120) 36 16
Doubles
[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Roko Karanusic (CRO) l Attila Balazs (HUN)/ David Savic (SRB) 46 63 8-10
[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Ryan Harrison (USA) bt (WC) Ilija Cuic (CRO)/ Kresimir Ritz (CRO) 76(3) 62
[QF] Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Ryan Harrison (USA) vs (3) Nicolas Massu (CHI)/ Lukas Rosol (CZE)
Good start in doubles for Somi but Prakash lost in super tie-break with his Croatian partner.
Early end of week for Kash with one-sided loss in singles against Spanish player.
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At u14 World Junior Tennis (Girl) - Asia/Oceania Final Qualifying, Anqing, China
Group 2 - 11th May
(4) India bt New Zeland 3-0
Rutuja BHOSALE bt Paige HOURIGAN 64 61
Sneha Devi REDDY bt Pang SUWANAPOSEE 60 62
Rutuja BHOSALE/ Iska TEERTHA bt Pang SUWANAPOSEE/ Claudia WILLIAMS 63 63
Group 2 - 10th May
(4) India bt Singapore 3-0
Rutuja BHOSALE bt Geraldine ANG 61 62
Sneha Devi REDDY bt Ming Ming Joy CHIA 60 63
Rutuja BHOSALE/ Iska TEERTHA bt Geraldine ANG/ Sabrina Hui Ling TAN 61 61
Good solid start for Indian girls ... Now tomorrow match against 6th seed Thai girls to decide group winner.
At Davis Cup World Group Playoffs - Sept 2010
Draw is out we r having home tie against Brazil.
Here is complete draw of World Group Playoffs in September -
India vs Brazil
Colombia vs USA
Israel vs Austria
Germany vs South Africa
Sweden vs Italy
Australia vs Belgium
Kazakhstan vs Switzerland
Romania vs Ecuador
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At $100K+H Bordeaux Challenger, France (Red clay)
[R1] (4) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) bt (WC) Adrian Mannarino (FRA)/ Xavier Pujo (FRA) 76(4) 62
Rohan and Aisam started with win against wild-card pair.
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At $75K+H Busab Challenger, Korea
Doubles
[R1] SHARAN Divij (IND)/ VARDHAN Vishnu (IND) l (WC) JEONG Suk-Young (KOR)/ NAM Ji Sung (KOR) 46 46
[R1] (4) KADIR Sadik (AUS)/ RAJA Purav (IND) bt ITO Tatsuma (JPN)/ IWAMI Tasuku (JPN) 46 63 10-3
Surprising loss for Vishnu and Divij against unheard Koreans ... Purav and Sadik won their first round match in super tie-break against tricky Japanese pair.
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At $50K Zagreb Challenger, Croatia (Red clay)
[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND,266) l (6) Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo (ESP,120) 36 16
Doubles
[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Roko Karanusic (CRO) l Attila Balazs (HUN)/ David Savic (SRB) 46 63 8-10
[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Ryan Harrison (USA) bt (WC) Ilija Cuic (CRO)/ Kresimir Ritz (CRO) 76(3) 62
[QF] Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Ryan Harrison (USA) vs (3) Nicolas Massu (CHI)/ Lukas Rosol (CZE)
Good start in doubles for Somi but Prakash lost in super tie-break with his Croatian partner.
Early end of week for Kash with one-sided loss in singles against Spanish player.
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At u14 World Junior Tennis (Girl) - Asia/Oceania Final Qualifying, Anqing, China
Group 2 - 11th May
(4) India bt New Zeland 3-0
Rutuja BHOSALE bt Paige HOURIGAN 64 61
Sneha Devi REDDY bt Pang SUWANAPOSEE 60 62
Rutuja BHOSALE/ Iska TEERTHA bt Pang SUWANAPOSEE/ Claudia WILLIAMS 63 63
Group 2 - 10th May
(4) India bt Singapore 3-0
Rutuja BHOSALE bt Geraldine ANG 61 62
Sneha Devi REDDY bt Ming Ming Joy CHIA 60 63
Rutuja BHOSALE/ Iska TEERTHA bt Geraldine ANG/ Sabrina Hui Ling TAN 61 61
Good solid start for Indian girls ... Now tomorrow match against 6th seed Thai girls to decide group winner.
Monday, May 10, 2010
Hockey News
At 2010 Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey Tournament, Ipoh, Malaysia
Monday 10th May 2010
India bt Australia 4-3
Goal Scored - Tushar Khandekar (IND) 19' and 32', Rajpal Singh (IND) 21', Shivendra Singh (IND) 61' and Trent Mitton (AUS) 36', Christopher Ciriello (AUS) 37' PC, Mark Paterson (AUS) 70'
In the beginning Australia penetrated Indian circle few times , India were lucky as once ball hit the post but our defenders and goalie were not giving much space for Australians in the circle ... Then Indians started with counter-attacks and were controlling the pace of the match ... We scored 2 goals in 3 minutes to take control then Tushar scored another opportunist goal in dying minutes of first half ... Sarwanjit Singh missed couple of sitter otherwise we would take much bigger lead ... But after long time we take 3-0 lead at end of the first half ... In second half Australians started attack from first minute ... Mitton scored field goal in second minute and on next minute Australians earned their first penalty corner and scored their 2nd goal through Ciriello ... After that Australians were continuously attacking Indian goal ... How much they were controlling the match at that time simply show from stats that we first-time managed to penetrate Australian circle in second half after 21 mins ... We scored fourth field goal from Tushar and Shivendra combination in 61 mins ... Australians kept attacking and scored last goal when 33 seconds were remaining.
This is our first win over Australia in last seven year ... Tushar Khandkar declared Man of the match but Sreejesh was also very good at goal-line ... Spirited performance from us to beat Aussies ... We need to improve on controlling the game/ ball after taking big lead ... We almost awarded match to Australia in first 20-25 mins of second half ... Both teams earned 3 penalty corners each, we still struggling with variations but good to see our players scoring lots of opportunist goals.
At 2010 Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey Tournament, Ipoh, Malaysia
Monday 10th May 2010
India bt Australia 4-3
Goal Scored - Tushar Khandekar (IND) 19' and 32', Rajpal Singh (IND) 21', Shivendra Singh (IND) 61' and Trent Mitton (AUS) 36', Christopher Ciriello (AUS) 37' PC, Mark Paterson (AUS) 70'
In the beginning Australia penetrated Indian circle few times , India were lucky as once ball hit the post but our defenders and goalie were not giving much space for Australians in the circle ... Then Indians started with counter-attacks and were controlling the pace of the match ... We scored 2 goals in 3 minutes to take control then Tushar scored another opportunist goal in dying minutes of first half ... Sarwanjit Singh missed couple of sitter otherwise we would take much bigger lead ... But after long time we take 3-0 lead at end of the first half ... In second half Australians started attack from first minute ... Mitton scored field goal in second minute and on next minute Australians earned their first penalty corner and scored their 2nd goal through Ciriello ... After that Australians were continuously attacking Indian goal ... How much they were controlling the match at that time simply show from stats that we first-time managed to penetrate Australian circle in second half after 21 mins ... We scored fourth field goal from Tushar and Shivendra combination in 61 mins ... Australians kept attacking and scored last goal when 33 seconds were remaining.
This is our first win over Australia in last seven year ... Tushar Khandkar declared Man of the match but Sreejesh was also very good at goal-line ... Spirited performance from us to beat Aussies ... We need to improve on controlling the game/ ball after taking big lead ... We almost awarded match to Australia in first 20-25 mins of second half ... Both teams earned 3 penalty corners each, we still struggling with variations but good to see our players scoring lots of opportunist goals.
Badminton News
At BWF Thomas Uber Cup Finals 2010, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Thomas Cup - Group D
India l Indonesia 1-4
Kashyap Parupalli (IND,33) l Taufik Hidayat (INA,5) 21-14 19-21 18-21
Sanave Thomas (IND)/ Akshay Dewalkar (IND) l Markis Kido (INA)/ Hendra Setiawan (INA) 11-21 13-21
Arvind Bhat (IND,36) bt Sony Dwi Kuncoro (INA,11) 19-21 21-9 Retd.
Rupesh Kumar (IND)/ Diju Viliyaveetil (IND) l Alvent Yulianto Chandra (INA)/ Hendra Aprida Gunawan (INA) 21-14 13-21 11-21
Anup Sridhar (IND,42) l Simon Santoso (INA,12) 8-21 17-21
Uber Cup - Group D
India bt South Africa 5-0
Saina Nehwal (IND,6) bt Kerry-Lee Harrington (RSA,179) 21-8 21-8
Adit Mutatkar (IND,38) bt Stacey Doubell (RSA,198) 21-5 21-6
Trupti Murgunde (IND,60) bt Jade Morgan (RSA,296) 21-10 21-9
Shruti Kurian (IND)/ Aparna Balan (IND) bt Stacey Doubell (RSA)/ Kerry-Lee Harrington (RSA) 21-13 21-10
Jwala Gutta (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) bt Michelle Edwards (RSA)/ Jade Morgan (RSA) 21-8 21-12
Wasn't surprised by this loss against this solid Indonesian team ... But good fighting performance by Kashyap against WR #5.
Now tomorrow our men has to win their match against Australia to qualify for quarter-finals.
Indian women scored expected dominating win over South African women ... So with this win they secured their place in quarter-final ... Tomorrow their match against Korea will decide group winner.
At BWF Thomas Uber Cup Finals 2010, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Thomas Cup - Group D
India l Indonesia 1-4
Kashyap Parupalli (IND,33) l Taufik Hidayat (INA,5) 21-14 19-21 18-21
Sanave Thomas (IND)/ Akshay Dewalkar (IND) l Markis Kido (INA)/ Hendra Setiawan (INA) 11-21 13-21
Arvind Bhat (IND,36) bt Sony Dwi Kuncoro (INA,11) 19-21 21-9 Retd.
Rupesh Kumar (IND)/ Diju Viliyaveetil (IND) l Alvent Yulianto Chandra (INA)/ Hendra Aprida Gunawan (INA) 21-14 13-21 11-21
Anup Sridhar (IND,42) l Simon Santoso (INA,12) 8-21 17-21
Uber Cup - Group D
India bt South Africa 5-0
Saina Nehwal (IND,6) bt Kerry-Lee Harrington (RSA,179) 21-8 21-8
Adit Mutatkar (IND,38) bt Stacey Doubell (RSA,198) 21-5 21-6
Trupti Murgunde (IND,60) bt Jade Morgan (RSA,296) 21-10 21-9
Shruti Kurian (IND)/ Aparna Balan (IND) bt Stacey Doubell (RSA)/ Kerry-Lee Harrington (RSA) 21-13 21-10
Jwala Gutta (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) bt Michelle Edwards (RSA)/ Jade Morgan (RSA) 21-8 21-12
Wasn't surprised by this loss against this solid Indonesian team ... But good fighting performance by Kashyap against WR #5.
Now tomorrow our men has to win their match against Australia to qualify for quarter-finals.
Indian women scored expected dominating win over South African women ... So with this win they secured their place in quarter-final ... Tomorrow their match against Korea will decide group winner.
Tennis News
At $75K+H Busab Challenger, Korea
[R1] VARDHAN Vishnu (IND,370) bt (WC) NAM Ji Sung (KOR,UNR) 63 62
Expected easy start against 16 yrs unseedd Korean for Vishnu to moved into second round.
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At $50K Sarasota Challenger, Florida, USA (Clay)
[R1] (1) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Treat Huey (PHI) vs Daniel Garza (MEX)/ Vasek Pospisil (CAN)
This week also Harsh and Treat r top-seed.
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At $15K India F5, New Delhi
Singles First Round
(1) Rik DE VOEST (RSA) bt N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND) 61 36 61
Xin-Yuan YU (CHN) bt (WC) Vaidik MUNSHAW (IND) 62 64
Weerapat DOAKMAIKLEE (THA) bt (WC) Ronit Singh BISHT (IND) 63 67(5) 61
(6) Murad INOYATOV (UZB) bt Vignesh PERANAMALLUR-CHANDRASEKHAR (IND) 62 61
(3) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) bt (WC) Sai Kartik NAKIREDDI (IND) 60 64
(Q) Peng GAO (CHN) bt (Q) Ronak MANUJA (IND) 76(5) 61
(LL) Akash WAGH (IND) bt Perakiat SIRILUETHAIWATTANA (THA) 63 75
(5) Kittiphong WACHIRAMANOWONG (THA) bt Peerakit SIRIBUTWONG (THA) 62 63
Yannick NELORD (IND) bt (8) Hsin-Han LEE (TPE) 60 46 63
(Q) Liang-Chi HUANG (TPE) bt Vivek SHOKEEN (IND) 64 61
(Q) Bowen OUYANG (CHN) bt (Q) Abhijeet TIWARI (IND) 63 64
Yu CHANG (CHN) bt (4) Rohan GAJJAR (IND) 76(4) 26 63
(7) Karan RASTOGI (IND) bt (Q) Sudanwa SITARAM (IND) 62 76(3)
Vijayant MALIK (IND) bt Vaja UZAKOV (UZB) 62 76(6)
(Q) Wan GAO (CHN) bt (WC) Saurabh SINGH (IND) 62 75
(2) Yuki BHAMBRI (IND) bt (Q) Kaza Vinayak SHARMA (IND) 62 60
Doubles First Round
(1) GAJJAR (IND)/ INOYATOV (UZB) bt (WC) BISHT (IND)/ NAKIREDDI (IND) 63 64
HUANG (TPE)/ OUYANG (CHN) bt CHANG (CHN)/ ZHOU (CHN) 62 67(5) 12-10
(3) DOAKMAIKLEE (THA)/ WACHIRAMANOWONG (THA) bt KANNAN (IND)/ PRASHANTH (IND) 64 64
(WC) ATHARE (IND)/ RAWAT (IND) bt MANUJA (IND)/ SITARAM (IND) 63 63
MALIK (IND)/ NELORD (IND) bt PERANAMALLUR-CHANDRASEKHAR (IND)/ SHARMA (IND) 61 63
(4) VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND)/ YU (CHN) bt SIRIBUTWONG (THA)/ SIRILUETHAIWATTANA (THA) 63 64
TIWARI (IND)/ WAGH (IND) bt (WC) ANAND (IND)/ SINGH (IND) 61 62
(2) SHOKEEN (IND)/ SINGH (IND) bt GAO (CHN)/ GAO (CHN) 64 62
Nelord scored upset win over 8th ranked Taiwani ... Vijayant Malik also scored good win over Uzbek Vaja Uzakov.
Not so good second day for Indians as only Akash Wagh scored upset win as lucky-loser ... Other hand 4th seed Gajjar lost against Chinese player and Vivek lost against Taiwanese qualifier.
At $75K+H Busab Challenger, Korea
[R1] VARDHAN Vishnu (IND,370) bt (WC) NAM Ji Sung (KOR,UNR) 63 62
Expected easy start against 16 yrs unseedd Korean for Vishnu to moved into second round.
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At $50K Sarasota Challenger, Florida, USA (Clay)
[R1] (1) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Treat Huey (PHI) vs Daniel Garza (MEX)/ Vasek Pospisil (CAN)
This week also Harsh and Treat r top-seed.
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At $15K India F5, New Delhi
Singles First Round
(1) Rik DE VOEST (RSA) bt N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND) 61 36 61
Xin-Yuan YU (CHN) bt (WC) Vaidik MUNSHAW (IND) 62 64
Weerapat DOAKMAIKLEE (THA) bt (WC) Ronit Singh BISHT (IND) 63 67(5) 61
(6) Murad INOYATOV (UZB) bt Vignesh PERANAMALLUR-CHANDRASEKHAR (IND) 62 61
(3) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) bt (WC) Sai Kartik NAKIREDDI (IND) 60 64
(Q) Peng GAO (CHN) bt (Q) Ronak MANUJA (IND) 76(5) 61
(LL) Akash WAGH (IND) bt Perakiat SIRILUETHAIWATTANA (THA) 63 75
(5) Kittiphong WACHIRAMANOWONG (THA) bt Peerakit SIRIBUTWONG (THA) 62 63
Yannick NELORD (IND) bt (8) Hsin-Han LEE (TPE) 60 46 63
(Q) Liang-Chi HUANG (TPE) bt Vivek SHOKEEN (IND) 64 61
(Q) Bowen OUYANG (CHN) bt (Q) Abhijeet TIWARI (IND) 63 64
Yu CHANG (CHN) bt (4) Rohan GAJJAR (IND) 76(4) 26 63
(7) Karan RASTOGI (IND) bt (Q) Sudanwa SITARAM (IND) 62 76(3)
Vijayant MALIK (IND) bt Vaja UZAKOV (UZB) 62 76(6)
(Q) Wan GAO (CHN) bt (WC) Saurabh SINGH (IND) 62 75
(2) Yuki BHAMBRI (IND) bt (Q) Kaza Vinayak SHARMA (IND) 62 60
Doubles First Round
(1) GAJJAR (IND)/ INOYATOV (UZB) bt (WC) BISHT (IND)/ NAKIREDDI (IND) 63 64
HUANG (TPE)/ OUYANG (CHN) bt CHANG (CHN)/ ZHOU (CHN) 62 67(5) 12-10
(3) DOAKMAIKLEE (THA)/ WACHIRAMANOWONG (THA) bt KANNAN (IND)/ PRASHANTH (IND) 64 64
(WC) ATHARE (IND)/ RAWAT (IND) bt MANUJA (IND)/ SITARAM (IND) 63 63
MALIK (IND)/ NELORD (IND) bt PERANAMALLUR-CHANDRASEKHAR (IND)/ SHARMA (IND) 61 63
(4) VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND)/ YU (CHN) bt SIRIBUTWONG (THA)/ SIRILUETHAIWATTANA (THA) 63 64
TIWARI (IND)/ WAGH (IND) bt (WC) ANAND (IND)/ SINGH (IND) 61 62
(2) SHOKEEN (IND)/ SINGH (IND) bt GAO (CHN)/ GAO (CHN) 64 62
Nelord scored upset win over 8th ranked Taiwani ... Vijayant Malik also scored good win over Uzbek Vaja Uzakov.
Not so good second day for Indians as only Akash Wagh scored upset win as lucky-loser ... Other hand 4th seed Gajjar lost against Chinese player and Vivek lost against Taiwanese qualifier.
Sunday, May 09, 2010
Chess News
At World Championship Match 2010, Sofia, Bulgaria
Viswanathan Anand (2787) - Veselin Topalov (2805) 5½-5½
Game Eleven - 9th May
Viswanathan Anand (2787) - Veselin Topalov (2805) ½-½
So this time Anand used different opening, 1. c4 e5, English for the first time in this World championship match ... But both players played very cautiously and in middle of the game match was heading towards boring draw ... But suddenly Anand played gutsy move on 49th move, Rd2 with giving a pawn ... Then game became complicated but Topalov smartly avoided falling into the trap and hold Anand to draw after 65 moves.
I was hoping more attacking game from Anand as playing with White, so now Topalov having advantage of playing last game with White ... Now last game will be played after a day rest on Tuesday.
At World Championship Match 2010, Sofia, Bulgaria
Viswanathan Anand (2787) - Veselin Topalov (2805) 5½-5½
Game Eleven - 9th May
Viswanathan Anand (2787) - Veselin Topalov (2805) ½-½
So this time Anand used different opening, 1. c4 e5, English for the first time in this World championship match ... But both players played very cautiously and in middle of the game match was heading towards boring draw ... But suddenly Anand played gutsy move on 49th move, Rd2 with giving a pawn ... Then game became complicated but Topalov smartly avoided falling into the trap and hold Anand to draw after 65 moves.
I was hoping more attacking game from Anand as playing with White, so now Topalov having advantage of playing last game with White ... Now last game will be played after a day rest on Tuesday.
Hockey News
At 2010 Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey Tournament, Ipoh, Malaysia
Sunday 9th May 2010
India bt Korea 3-2
Goal Scored - Arjun Halappa (IND) 9', Tushar Khandekar (IND) 45', Shivender Singh (IND) 60' and Nam Hyun Woo (KOR) 12' PC & 70' PC
India and Korea played excellent attacking game ... Both were continuously attacked eachother goals ... Indians defended really well at goal-line ... We were lucky to survive as today we conceded 11 penalty corners but Korean managed to score from two ... Korean earned 5 penalty corners in last 8 minutes ... Other hand we earned 7 but couldn't score from single penalty corner.
Very creditable performance by our forwards ... Today Shivendra Singh declared man of the match with his performance ... Important win for us against one of top team ... Tomorrow again important match against Australia.
At 2010 Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey Tournament, Ipoh, Malaysia
Sunday 9th May 2010
India bt Korea 3-2
Goal Scored - Arjun Halappa (IND) 9', Tushar Khandekar (IND) 45', Shivender Singh (IND) 60' and Nam Hyun Woo (KOR) 12' PC & 70' PC
India and Korea played excellent attacking game ... Both were continuously attacked eachother goals ... Indians defended really well at goal-line ... We were lucky to survive as today we conceded 11 penalty corners but Korean managed to score from two ... Korean earned 5 penalty corners in last 8 minutes ... Other hand we earned 7 but couldn't score from single penalty corner.
Very creditable performance by our forwards ... Today Shivendra Singh declared man of the match with his performance ... Important win for us against one of top team ... Tomorrow again important match against Australia.
Football News
At I League 2009-10, India - Round XXV
Mumbai FC dw Churchill Brother 0-0
Mumbai FC hold mighty Churchill goal-less draw and moved out of relegation zone on goal difference.
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Viva Kerala dw Mohun Bagan 1-1
Goal Scored - Karma T. (VK) 22', Jose Ramirez Barreto (MB) 53'
Viva hold Mohun Bagan to earned important point in their battle of avoiding relegation zone, I think which will help them to remain in I-League for 2010-11 season.
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Mahindra United l Salgaocar SC 1-2
Goal Scored - Muritala Ali (MU) 28' and Ekene Ikenwa (SSC) 15', Manjit Singh 90+'
Manjit Singh's injury time strike helped Salgaocar to score victory over Mahindra to come out of relegation zone.
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Shillong Lajong FC l Dempo SC 0-1
Goal Scored - Anthony Pereira (DSC) 37'
Dempo scored away win against Shillong to officially lifting 2009-10 I League title ... Congratulation to Dempo.
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Pune FC bt Sporting Clube de Goa 4-0
Goal Scored - Edmar Figueira (PFC) 17' & 64, Arata Izumi (PFC) 46', Douhou Pierre (PFC) 65'
Pune FC scored huge win to guranteed their top 4 finish but this loss hurt Sporting Clube de Goa's chances to avoid relegation.
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Air India bt Chirag United 3-1
Goal Scored - Vijith Sheety (AI) 18' & 45+', N.D.Opara (AI) 54' and Edmilson Marques (CU) 26'
Air men scored importnt win to lift themselves outside relegation zone.
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JCT FC dw East Bengal 1-1
Goal Scored - Penn Orji (JCT) 74' and Abel Hammond (EB) 65'
East Bengal earned important point.
At I League 2009-10, India - Round XXV
Mumbai FC dw Churchill Brother 0-0
Mumbai FC hold mighty Churchill goal-less draw and moved out of relegation zone on goal difference.
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Viva Kerala dw Mohun Bagan 1-1
Goal Scored - Karma T. (VK) 22', Jose Ramirez Barreto (MB) 53'
Viva hold Mohun Bagan to earned important point in their battle of avoiding relegation zone, I think which will help them to remain in I-League for 2010-11 season.
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Mahindra United l Salgaocar SC 1-2
Goal Scored - Muritala Ali (MU) 28' and Ekene Ikenwa (SSC) 15', Manjit Singh 90+'
Manjit Singh's injury time strike helped Salgaocar to score victory over Mahindra to come out of relegation zone.
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Shillong Lajong FC l Dempo SC 0-1
Goal Scored - Anthony Pereira (DSC) 37'
Dempo scored away win against Shillong to officially lifting 2009-10 I League title ... Congratulation to Dempo.
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Pune FC bt Sporting Clube de Goa 4-0
Goal Scored - Edmar Figueira (PFC) 17' & 64, Arata Izumi (PFC) 46', Douhou Pierre (PFC) 65'
Pune FC scored huge win to guranteed their top 4 finish but this loss hurt Sporting Clube de Goa's chances to avoid relegation.
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Air India bt Chirag United 3-1
Goal Scored - Vijith Sheety (AI) 18' & 45+', N.D.Opara (AI) 54' and Edmilson Marques (CU) 26'
Air men scored importnt win to lift themselves outside relegation zone.
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JCT FC dw East Bengal 1-1
Goal Scored - Penn Orji (JCT) 74' and Abel Hammond (EB) 65'
East Bengal earned important point.
Tennis News
At € 2.835M Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open, Spain
[R1] (3) Lukas Dlouhy (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) bye
Lee and Lukas r in top draw ... They will face winner between Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP)/ Albert Montanes (ESP) and Johan Brunstrom (SWE)/ Jean-Julien Rojer (AHO) in second round.
Mahesh (or Max) looks injured as they r skipping this Madrid Master.
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At $100K+H Bordeaux Challenger, France (Red clay)
[R1] (4) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) vs (WC) Adrian Mannarino (FRA)/ Xavier Pujo (FRA)
This week Rohan and Aisam r playing in big Bordeaux Challenger in preparation for French Open.
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At $75K+H Busab Challenger, Korea
[Q1] SHARAN Divij (IND,848) Walkover
[Q1] RAJA Purav (IND,961) bt LEE Chul-Hee (KOR,1089) 57 62 76(3)
[Q2] SHARAN Divij (IND,848) l NA Jung-Woong (KOR,UNR) 64 36 36
[Q2] RAJA Purav (IND,961) l (7) TAKEUCHI Kento (JPN,522) 46 64 26
[R1] VARDHAN Vishnu (IND,370) vs (WC) NAM Ji Sung (KOR,UNR)
Doubles
[R1] SHARAN Divij (IND)/ VARDHAN Vishnu (IND) vs (WC) JEONG Suk-Young (KOR)/ NAM Ji Sung (KOR)
[R1] (4) KADIR Sadik (AUS)/ RAJA Purav (IND) vs ITO Tatsuma (JPN)/ IWAMI Tasuku (JPN)
So good first round draw for Vishnu in singles and doubles as he is facing wild card local players.
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At $50K Zagreb Challenger, Croatia (Red clay)
[R1](5) Somdev Devvarman (IND,109) vs Yuri Schukin (KAZ,197)
[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND,255) vs Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo (ESP,119)
Doubles
[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Roko Karanusic (CRO) vs Attila Balazs (HUN)/ David Savic (SRB)
[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Ryan Harrison (USA) vs (WC) Ilija Cuic (CRO)/ Kresimir Ritz (CRO)
Prakash having tough mtch and Somi having tricky match against Kazak player, who likes to play on the clay.
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At $15K India F5, New Delhi
Singles First Round
(1) Rik DE VOEST (RSA) Vs N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND)
Xin-Yuan YU (CHN) VS (WC) Vaidik MUNSHAW (IND)
Weerapat DOAKMAIKLEE (THA) Vs (WC) Ronit Singh BISHT (IND)
(6) Murad INOYATOV (UZB) VS Vignesh PERANAMALLUR-CHANDRASEKHAR (IND)
(3) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) Vs (WC) Sai Kartik NAKIREDDI (IND)
(Q) Peng GAO (CHN) Vs (Q) Ronak MANUJA (IND)
(LL) Akash WAGH (IND) Vs Perakiat SIRILUETHAIWATTANA (THA)
(5) Kittiphong WACHIRAMANOWONG (THA) VS Peerakit SIRIBUTWONG (THA)
(8) Hsin-Han LEE (TPE) Vs Yannick NELORD (IND)
Vivek SHOKEEN (IND) Vs (Q) Liang-Chi HUANG (TPE)
(Q) Bowen OUYANG (CHN) VS (Q) Abhijeet TIWARI (IND)
(4) Rohan GAJJAR (IND) VS Yu CHANG (CHN)
(7) Karan RASTOGI (IND) Vs (Q) Sudanwa SITARAM (IND)
Vaja UZAKOV (UZB) Vs Vijayant MALIK (IND)
(Q) Wan GAO (CHN) Vs (WC) Saurabh SINGH (IND)
(2) Yuki BHAMBRI (IND) VS (Q) Kaza Vinayak SHARMA (IND)
Doubles First Round
(1) GAJJAR (IND)/ INOYATOV (UZB) vs (WC) BISHT (IND)/ NAKIREDDI (IND)
CHANG (CHN)/ ZHOU (CHN) vs HUANG (TPE)/ OUYANG (CHN)
(3) DOAKMAIKLEE (THA)/ WACHIRAMANOWONG (THA) vs KANNAN (IND)/ PRASHANTH (IND)
MANUJA (IND)/ SITARAM (IND) vs (WC) ATHARE (IND)/ RAWAT (IND)
PERANAMALLUR-CHANDRASEKHAR (IND)/ SHARMA (IND) vs MALIK (IND)/ NELORD (IND)
(4) VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND)/ YU (CHN) vs SIRIBUTWONG (THA)/ SIRILUETHAIWATTANA (THA)
TIWARI (IND)/ WAGH (IND) vs (WC) ANAND (IND)/ SINGH (IND)
(2) SHOKEEN (IND)/ SINGH (IND) vs GAO (CHN)/ GAO (CHN)
Qualifying Final Round
(1) Peng GAO (CHN) bt Mansingh ATHARE (IND) 75 61
(2) Wan GAO (CHN) bt Kunal ANAND (IND) 63 62
(3) Liang-Chi HUANG (TPE) bt Sidharth RAWAT (IND) 63 60
(4) Ronak MANUJA (IND) bt Cheng-Peng HSIEH (TPE) 57 62 63
(5) Bowen OUYANG (CHN) bt Shahbaaz KHAN (IND) 67(3) 60 63
(6) Kaza Vinayak SHARMA (IND) bt Akash WAGH (IND) 63 62
(9) Sudanwa SITARAM (IND) bt (7) Zhuo-Qing ZHOU (CHN) 64 63
(8) Abhijeet TIWARI (IND) bt (11) Kamala KANNAN (IND) 57 63 60
Qualifying First Round
(1) Peng GAO (CHN) bt Prateek GHOSH (IND) 60 60
Mansingh ATHARE (IND) bt Maninder SINGH (IND) 60 63
(2) Wan GAO (CHN) bt Prashant SAWANT (IND) 60 60
Kunal ANAND (IND) bt Vedant KAPOOR (IND) 63 64
(3) Liang-Chi HUANG (TPE) bt Maxim KHOMUTOV (RUS) 60 61
Sidharth RAWAT (IND) bt Amrit NARASIMHAN (USA) 36 63 Retd
(4) Ronak MANUJA (IND) bt Dinesh Chandra SUYAL (IND) 60 60
Cheng-Peng HSIEH (TPE) bt I-Ta CHEN (TPE) 60 63
(5) Bowen OUYANG (CHN) bt Kelsey STEVENSON (CAN) 63 64
Shahbaaz KHAN (IND) bt Rakshay THAKKAR (IND) 76(5) 36 75
(6) Kaza Vinayak SHARMA (IND) bt Ajai SELVARAJ (IND) 62 76(3)
(10) Akash WAGH (IND) bt Aaditya TEWARI (IND) 60 62
(7) Zhuo-Qing ZHOU (CHN) bt Jitin BISHNOI (IND) 61 61
(9) Sudanwa SITARAM (IND) bt Bharat BHARDWAJ (IND) 62 61
(8) Abhijeet TIWARI (IND) bt Muddappa APPANERVANDA (IND) 61 61
(11) Kamala KANNAN (IND) bt Chetan PANDITI (IND) 75 62
Good decision by organisers to give wild cards to youngsters ... Also heartening to see our promising players qualified to maindraw ... I m thinking little ahead but mouth watering quarter-final between Yuki and Karan.
At € 2.835M Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open, Spain
[R1] (3) Lukas Dlouhy (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) bye
Lee and Lukas r in top draw ... They will face winner between Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP)/ Albert Montanes (ESP) and Johan Brunstrom (SWE)/ Jean-Julien Rojer (AHO) in second round.
Mahesh (or Max) looks injured as they r skipping this Madrid Master.
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At $100K+H Bordeaux Challenger, France (Red clay)
[R1] (4) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) vs (WC) Adrian Mannarino (FRA)/ Xavier Pujo (FRA)
This week Rohan and Aisam r playing in big Bordeaux Challenger in preparation for French Open.
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At $75K+H Busab Challenger, Korea
[Q1] SHARAN Divij (IND,848) Walkover
[Q1] RAJA Purav (IND,961) bt LEE Chul-Hee (KOR,1089) 57 62 76(3)
[Q2] SHARAN Divij (IND,848) l NA Jung-Woong (KOR,UNR) 64 36 36
[Q2] RAJA Purav (IND,961) l (7) TAKEUCHI Kento (JPN,522) 46 64 26
[R1] VARDHAN Vishnu (IND,370) vs (WC) NAM Ji Sung (KOR,UNR)
Doubles
[R1] SHARAN Divij (IND)/ VARDHAN Vishnu (IND) vs (WC) JEONG Suk-Young (KOR)/ NAM Ji Sung (KOR)
[R1] (4) KADIR Sadik (AUS)/ RAJA Purav (IND) vs ITO Tatsuma (JPN)/ IWAMI Tasuku (JPN)
So good first round draw for Vishnu in singles and doubles as he is facing wild card local players.
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At $50K Zagreb Challenger, Croatia (Red clay)
[R1](5) Somdev Devvarman (IND,109) vs Yuri Schukin (KAZ,197)
[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND,255) vs Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo (ESP,119)
Doubles
[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Roko Karanusic (CRO) vs Attila Balazs (HUN)/ David Savic (SRB)
[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Ryan Harrison (USA) vs (WC) Ilija Cuic (CRO)/ Kresimir Ritz (CRO)
Prakash having tough mtch and Somi having tricky match against Kazak player, who likes to play on the clay.
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At $15K India F5, New Delhi
Singles First Round
(1) Rik DE VOEST (RSA) Vs N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND)
Xin-Yuan YU (CHN) VS (WC) Vaidik MUNSHAW (IND)
Weerapat DOAKMAIKLEE (THA) Vs (WC) Ronit Singh BISHT (IND)
(6) Murad INOYATOV (UZB) VS Vignesh PERANAMALLUR-CHANDRASEKHAR (IND)
(3) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) Vs (WC) Sai Kartik NAKIREDDI (IND)
(Q) Peng GAO (CHN) Vs (Q) Ronak MANUJA (IND)
(LL) Akash WAGH (IND) Vs Perakiat SIRILUETHAIWATTANA (THA)
(5) Kittiphong WACHIRAMANOWONG (THA) VS Peerakit SIRIBUTWONG (THA)
(8) Hsin-Han LEE (TPE) Vs Yannick NELORD (IND)
Vivek SHOKEEN (IND) Vs (Q) Liang-Chi HUANG (TPE)
(Q) Bowen OUYANG (CHN) VS (Q) Abhijeet TIWARI (IND)
(4) Rohan GAJJAR (IND) VS Yu CHANG (CHN)
(7) Karan RASTOGI (IND) Vs (Q) Sudanwa SITARAM (IND)
Vaja UZAKOV (UZB) Vs Vijayant MALIK (IND)
(Q) Wan GAO (CHN) Vs (WC) Saurabh SINGH (IND)
(2) Yuki BHAMBRI (IND) VS (Q) Kaza Vinayak SHARMA (IND)
Doubles First Round
(1) GAJJAR (IND)/ INOYATOV (UZB) vs (WC) BISHT (IND)/ NAKIREDDI (IND)
CHANG (CHN)/ ZHOU (CHN) vs HUANG (TPE)/ OUYANG (CHN)
(3) DOAKMAIKLEE (THA)/ WACHIRAMANOWONG (THA) vs KANNAN (IND)/ PRASHANTH (IND)
MANUJA (IND)/ SITARAM (IND) vs (WC) ATHARE (IND)/ RAWAT (IND)
PERANAMALLUR-CHANDRASEKHAR (IND)/ SHARMA (IND) vs MALIK (IND)/ NELORD (IND)
(4) VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND)/ YU (CHN) vs SIRIBUTWONG (THA)/ SIRILUETHAIWATTANA (THA)
TIWARI (IND)/ WAGH (IND) vs (WC) ANAND (IND)/ SINGH (IND)
(2) SHOKEEN (IND)/ SINGH (IND) vs GAO (CHN)/ GAO (CHN)
Qualifying Final Round
(1) Peng GAO (CHN) bt Mansingh ATHARE (IND) 75 61
(2) Wan GAO (CHN) bt Kunal ANAND (IND) 63 62
(3) Liang-Chi HUANG (TPE) bt Sidharth RAWAT (IND) 63 60
(4) Ronak MANUJA (IND) bt Cheng-Peng HSIEH (TPE) 57 62 63
(5) Bowen OUYANG (CHN) bt Shahbaaz KHAN (IND) 67(3) 60 63
(6) Kaza Vinayak SHARMA (IND) bt Akash WAGH (IND) 63 62
(9) Sudanwa SITARAM (IND) bt (7) Zhuo-Qing ZHOU (CHN) 64 63
(8) Abhijeet TIWARI (IND) bt (11) Kamala KANNAN (IND) 57 63 60
Qualifying First Round
(1) Peng GAO (CHN) bt Prateek GHOSH (IND) 60 60
Mansingh ATHARE (IND) bt Maninder SINGH (IND) 60 63
(2) Wan GAO (CHN) bt Prashant SAWANT (IND) 60 60
Kunal ANAND (IND) bt Vedant KAPOOR (IND) 63 64
(3) Liang-Chi HUANG (TPE) bt Maxim KHOMUTOV (RUS) 60 61
Sidharth RAWAT (IND) bt Amrit NARASIMHAN (USA) 36 63 Retd
(4) Ronak MANUJA (IND) bt Dinesh Chandra SUYAL (IND) 60 60
Cheng-Peng HSIEH (TPE) bt I-Ta CHEN (TPE) 60 63
(5) Bowen OUYANG (CHN) bt Kelsey STEVENSON (CAN) 63 64
Shahbaaz KHAN (IND) bt Rakshay THAKKAR (IND) 76(5) 36 75
(6) Kaza Vinayak SHARMA (IND) bt Ajai SELVARAJ (IND) 62 76(3)
(10) Akash WAGH (IND) bt Aaditya TEWARI (IND) 60 62
(7) Zhuo-Qing ZHOU (CHN) bt Jitin BISHNOI (IND) 61 61
(9) Sudanwa SITARAM (IND) bt Bharat BHARDWAJ (IND) 62 61
(8) Abhijeet TIWARI (IND) bt Muddappa APPANERVANDA (IND) 61 61
(11) Kamala KANNAN (IND) bt Chetan PANDITI (IND) 75 62
Good decision by organisers to give wild cards to youngsters ... Also heartening to see our promising players qualified to maindraw ... I m thinking little ahead but mouth watering quarter-final between Yuki and Karan.
Formula One News
At Spanish GP, Barcelona
Adrian Sutil drove a great race for Force India to claim seventh after resisting huge pressure from Renault’s Robert Kubica after qualifying on eleventh position.
Karun was unlucky after mistake from Toro Rosso’s Jaime Alguersuari which ended his race.
As per report
Toro Rosso’s Jaime Alguersuari claimed a point at home despite a drive-through penalty for clobbering Karun Chandhok’s HRT in an odd accident in which the Spaniard passed the Indian but turned in well before he’d cleared his car. Chandhok subsequently lost his front wing but retired with associated damage after pitting for a replacement. With HRT’s Bruno Senna crashing in Turn Four on the opening lap, it wasn’t a great outing for the Spanish team.
At Spanish GP, Barcelona
Adrian Sutil drove a great race for Force India to claim seventh after resisting huge pressure from Renault’s Robert Kubica after qualifying on eleventh position.
Karun was unlucky after mistake from Toro Rosso’s Jaime Alguersuari which ended his race.
As per report
Toro Rosso’s Jaime Alguersuari claimed a point at home despite a drive-through penalty for clobbering Karun Chandhok’s HRT in an odd accident in which the Spaniard passed the Indian but turned in well before he’d cleared his car. Chandhok subsequently lost his front wing but retired with associated damage after pitting for a replacement. With HRT’s Bruno Senna crashing in Turn Four on the opening lap, it wasn’t a great outing for the Spanish team.
Saturday, May 08, 2010
Tennis News
At At $50K Savannah Challenger, GA, USA
[SF] (1) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Treat Huey (PHI) l Jamie Baker (GBR)/ James Ward (GBR) 64 67(5) 4-10
Another disappointing loss for Harsh and Treat in super tie-break after winning first set.
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At $15K India F4, Kolkata
Singles Final
(6) Karan RASTOGI (IND) l (5) Murad INOYATOV (UZB) 46 46
In first set Murad won on single break ... Karan had few break point chances but he failed to take ... In second set Murad was tired and Karan had 4-1 lead with break ... But Karan played very casual seventh game to lose it and in 9th game he started with 2 double faults to gave match on platter to Murad.
Karan was playing well but on important points he was making errors mostly from forehand side ... Other hand Murad was looking very solid with deep powerful shots but after he tired Karan lost the plot due to his casual game in last few games.
At At $50K Savannah Challenger, GA, USA
[SF] (1) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Treat Huey (PHI) l Jamie Baker (GBR)/ James Ward (GBR) 64 67(5) 4-10
Another disappointing loss for Harsh and Treat in super tie-break after winning first set.
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At $15K India F4, Kolkata
Singles Final
(6) Karan RASTOGI (IND) l (5) Murad INOYATOV (UZB) 46 46
In first set Murad won on single break ... Karan had few break point chances but he failed to take ... In second set Murad was tired and Karan had 4-1 lead with break ... But Karan played very casual seventh game to lose it and in 9th game he started with 2 double faults to gave match on platter to Murad.
Karan was playing well but on important points he was making errors mostly from forehand side ... Other hand Murad was looking very solid with deep powerful shots but after he tired Karan lost the plot due to his casual game in last few games.
Friday, May 07, 2010
Chess News
At World Championship Match 2010, Sofia, Bulgaria
Viswanathan Anand (2787) - Veselin Topalov (2805) 5-5
Game Ten - 7th May
Veselin Topalov (2805) - Viswanathan Anand (2787) ½-½
This time Anand chosen the Gruenfeld playing with the Black ... And had relatively easy draw after 60 moves considering last few games ... Anand would be happy with this result before rest day.
Topalov was also played cautiously as nobody wanted to make any mistake with three games r remaining ... Still he was pressing with White but Anand defended calmly without giving any chance to Topalov.
At World Championship Match 2010, Sofia, Bulgaria
Viswanathan Anand (2787) - Veselin Topalov (2805) 5-5
Game Ten - 7th May
Veselin Topalov (2805) - Viswanathan Anand (2787) ½-½
This time Anand chosen the Gruenfeld playing with the Black ... And had relatively easy draw after 60 moves considering last few games ... Anand would be happy with this result before rest day.
Topalov was also played cautiously as nobody wanted to make any mistake with three games r remaining ... Still he was pressing with White but Anand defended calmly without giving any chance to Topalov.
Hockey News
At 2010 Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey Tournament, Ipoh, Malaysia
Friday 7 May 2010
India bt Pakistan 4-2
Goal Scored - Sardar Singh (IND) 25' PC, Mandeep Antil (IND) 46', Gurbaj Singh (IND) 53', Tushar Khandekar (IND) 55' and Imran Muhammad (PAK) 37' PS, Kasif Ali (PAK) 67' PC
In this match also we had 6 penalty corners but scored from one on rebound, other hand Pakistan got 3 penalty corners ... As per report today we were excellent on passing and managed to penetrate Pakistan goal circle many times ... Overall improved performance but we need to score goals on penalty corners against top teams.
At 2010 Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey Tournament, Ipoh, Malaysia
Friday 7 May 2010
India bt Pakistan 4-2
Goal Scored - Sardar Singh (IND) 25' PC, Mandeep Antil (IND) 46', Gurbaj Singh (IND) 53', Tushar Khandekar (IND) 55' and Imran Muhammad (PAK) 37' PS, Kasif Ali (PAK) 67' PC
In this match also we had 6 penalty corners but scored from one on rebound, other hand Pakistan got 3 penalty corners ... As per report today we were excellent on passing and managed to penetrate Pakistan goal circle many times ... Overall improved performance but we need to score goals on penalty corners against top teams.
Tennis News
At $50K Savannah Challenger, GA, USA
[QF] (1) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Treat Huey (PHI) bt Greg Jones (AUS)/ Jose (rubin) Statham (NZL) 26 64 10-7
[SF] (1) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Treat Huey (PHI) vs Jamie Baker (GBR)/ James Ward (GBR)
Good comeback win by Harsh and Treat after losing first set easily.
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At $100K Ramat Hasharon Challenger, Israel
[QF] (2) Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Harel Levy (ISR) l Amir Hadad (ISR)/ Stefan Koubek (AUT) 36 26
Surprising easy loss in quarters.
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At $15K India F4, Kolkata
Singles Semi Finals
(1) Yuki BHAMBRI (IND) l (5) Murad INOYATOV (UZB) 64 16 57
(6) Karan RASTOGI (IND) bt Weerapat DOAKMAIKLEE (THA) 63 62
Doubles Final
(2) SHOKEEN (IND)/ SINGH (IND) bt INOYATOV (UZB)/ NELORD (IND) 64 76(3)
Doubles Semi Finals
INOYATOV (UZB)/ NELORD (IND) bt CHANG (CHN)/ ZHOU (CHN) 63 36 10-6
(2) SHOKEEN (IND)/ SINGH (IND) bt (3) DOAKMAIKLEE (THA)/ WACHIRAMANOWONG (THA) 64 67(2) 11-9
Karan scored comfortable win beating unseeded Thai player but Yuki got shocking defeat from Uzbek Davis cupper ... After winning first set Yuki lost focus and lost second set ... In third he was a break down but he broke back to make it 5-all ... Again Inoyatov broke him in 11th game and hold his service to win this match ... Disappointing performance by top-seed Yuki, may be lack of match practice can be the reason.
I m rooting for Karan to lift his first title after coming out of career threatening injury.
In doubles Vivek and Ashtosh lifted title.
At $50K Savannah Challenger, GA, USA
[QF] (1) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Treat Huey (PHI) bt Greg Jones (AUS)/ Jose (rubin) Statham (NZL) 26 64 10-7
[SF] (1) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Treat Huey (PHI) vs Jamie Baker (GBR)/ James Ward (GBR)
Good comeback win by Harsh and Treat after losing first set easily.
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At $100K Ramat Hasharon Challenger, Israel
[QF] (2) Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Harel Levy (ISR) l Amir Hadad (ISR)/ Stefan Koubek (AUT) 36 26
Surprising easy loss in quarters.
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At $15K India F4, Kolkata
Singles Semi Finals
(1) Yuki BHAMBRI (IND) l (5) Murad INOYATOV (UZB) 64 16 57
(6) Karan RASTOGI (IND) bt Weerapat DOAKMAIKLEE (THA) 63 62
Doubles Final
(2) SHOKEEN (IND)/ SINGH (IND) bt INOYATOV (UZB)/ NELORD (IND) 64 76(3)
Doubles Semi Finals
INOYATOV (UZB)/ NELORD (IND) bt CHANG (CHN)/ ZHOU (CHN) 63 36 10-6
(2) SHOKEEN (IND)/ SINGH (IND) bt (3) DOAKMAIKLEE (THA)/ WACHIRAMANOWONG (THA) 64 67(2) 11-9
Karan scored comfortable win beating unseeded Thai player but Yuki got shocking defeat from Uzbek Davis cupper ... After winning first set Yuki lost focus and lost second set ... In third he was a break down but he broke back to make it 5-all ... Again Inoyatov broke him in 11th game and hold his service to win this match ... Disappointing performance by top-seed Yuki, may be lack of match practice can be the reason.
I m rooting for Karan to lift his first title after coming out of career threatening injury.
In doubles Vivek and Ashtosh lifted title.
Thursday, May 06, 2010
Chess News
At World Championship Match 2010, Sofia, Bulgaria
Viswanathan Anand (2787) - Veselin Topalov (2805) 4½-4½
Game Nine - 6th May
Viswanathan Anand (2787) - Veselin Topalov (2805) ½-½
Atlast some novelty in the game ... Today they started with the Nimzo!!!
They played safe game without any surprising move till 17 moves ... But Anand surprised with his 18 mives, Nh3 ... Topalov matched Anand's game making more complicated but he did mistake on 46th move with gxh5 ... But Anand missed opportunity on 62 move, he played Rc5+ instead of Rdd7 and Topalov take that small opportunity to draw this game ... In end 9 checks from Topalov to 3 repeat moves to offer draw.
Hurting draw for Anand, so now Topalov is in driving seat with 2 games he will start with white of 3 remaining games.
Game 9 moves
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 0-0 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. 0-0 cxd4 8. exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Re1 Nbd7 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Bd3 Re8 14. Qe2 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Qc7 16. Bh4 Nh5 17. Ng5 g6 18. Nh3 e5 19. f3 Qd6 20. Bf2 exd4 21. Qxe8+ Rxe8 22. Rxe8+ Nf8 23. cxd4 Nf6 24. Ree1 Ne6 25. Bc4 Bd5 26. Bg3 Qb4 27. Be5 Nd7 28. a3 Qa4 29. Bxd5 Nxe5 1 Rh7+30. Bxe6 Qxd4+ 31. Kh1 fxe6 32. Ng5 Qd6 33. Ne4 Qxa3 34. Rc3 Qb2 35. h4 b5 36. Rc8+ Kg7 37. Rc7+ Kf8 38. Ng5 Ke8 39. Rxh7 Qc3 40 Rh8+ Kd7 41. Rh7+ Kc6 42. Re4 b4 43. Nxe6 Kb6 44. Nf4 Qa1+ 45. Kh2 a5 46. h5 gxh5 47. Rxh5 Nc6 48 Nd5+ kb7 49. Rh7+ Ka6 50. Re6 Kb5 51. Rh5 Nd4 52. Nb6+ Ka6 53. Rd6 Kb7 54. Nc4 Nxf3+ 55. gxf3 Qa2+ 56. Nd2 Kc7 57. Rhd5 b3 58. Rd7+ Kc8 59. Rd8+ Kc7 60. R8d7+ Kc8 61. Rg7 a4 62. Rc5+ Kb8 63. Rd5 Kc8 64. Kg3 Qa1 65. Rg4 b2 66. Rc4+ Kb7 67. Kf2 b1=Q 68. Nxb1 Qxb1 69. Rdd4 Qa2+ 70. Kg3 a3 71. Rc3 Qa1 72. Rb4+ Ka6 73. Ra4+ Kb5 74. Rcxa3 Qg1+ 75. Kf4 Qc1+ 76. Kf5 Qc5+ 77. Ke4 Qc2+ 78. Ke3 Qc1+ 79. Kf2 Qd2+ 80. Kg3 Qe1+ 81. Kf4 Qc1+ 82. Kg3 Qg1+ 83. Kf4
At World Championship Match 2010, Sofia, Bulgaria
Viswanathan Anand (2787) - Veselin Topalov (2805) 4½-4½
Game Nine - 6th May
Viswanathan Anand (2787) - Veselin Topalov (2805) ½-½
Atlast some novelty in the game ... Today they started with the Nimzo!!!
They played safe game without any surprising move till 17 moves ... But Anand surprised with his 18 mives, Nh3 ... Topalov matched Anand's game making more complicated but he did mistake on 46th move with gxh5 ... But Anand missed opportunity on 62 move, he played Rc5+ instead of Rdd7 and Topalov take that small opportunity to draw this game ... In end 9 checks from Topalov to 3 repeat moves to offer draw.
Hurting draw for Anand, so now Topalov is in driving seat with 2 games he will start with white of 3 remaining games.
Game 9 moves
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 0-0 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. 0-0 cxd4 8. exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Re1 Nbd7 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Bd3 Re8 14. Qe2 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Qc7 16. Bh4 Nh5 17. Ng5 g6 18. Nh3 e5 19. f3 Qd6 20. Bf2 exd4 21. Qxe8+ Rxe8 22. Rxe8+ Nf8 23. cxd4 Nf6 24. Ree1 Ne6 25. Bc4 Bd5 26. Bg3 Qb4 27. Be5 Nd7 28. a3 Qa4 29. Bxd5 Nxe5 1 Rh7+30. Bxe6 Qxd4+ 31. Kh1 fxe6 32. Ng5 Qd6 33. Ne4 Qxa3 34. Rc3 Qb2 35. h4 b5 36. Rc8+ Kg7 37. Rc7+ Kf8 38. Ng5 Ke8 39. Rxh7 Qc3 40 Rh8+ Kd7 41. Rh7+ Kc6 42. Re4 b4 43. Nxe6 Kb6 44. Nf4 Qa1+ 45. Kh2 a5 46. h5 gxh5 47. Rxh5 Nc6 48 Nd5+ kb7 49. Rh7+ Ka6 50. Re6 Kb5 51. Rh5 Nd4 52. Nb6+ Ka6 53. Rd6 Kb7 54. Nc4 Nxf3+ 55. gxf3 Qa2+ 56. Nd2 Kc7 57. Rhd5 b3 58. Rd7+ Kc8 59. Rd8+ Kc7 60. R8d7+ Kc8 61. Rg7 a4 62. Rc5+ Kb8 63. Rd5 Kc8 64. Kg3 Qa1 65. Rg4 b2 66. Rc4+ Kb7 67. Kf2 b1=Q 68. Nxb1 Qxb1 69. Rdd4 Qa2+ 70. Kg3 a3 71. Rc3 Qa1 72. Rb4+ Ka6 73. Ra4+ Kb5 74. Rcxa3 Qg1+ 75. Kf4 Qc1+ 76. Kf5 Qc5+ 77. Ke4 Qc2+ 78. Ke3 Qc1+ 79. Kf2 Qd2+ 80. Kg3 Qe1+ 81. Kf4 Qc1+ 82. Kg3 Qg1+ 83. Kf4
Hockey News
At 2010 Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey Tournament, Ipoh, Malaysia
Thursday 6 May 2010
India dw China 1-1
Goal Scored - Ravi Pal Singh (IND) 70' and Sun Tianjun (CHN) 13'
In the start we were tentative and Chinese team take advatage of that scoring goal through their forward Sun Tianjun ... After that Indians started to play well but again poor finishing and not scoring on penalty corners hurt our side ... We had 5 penalty corners chances and only 2 conceded ... In end only 17 seconds were remaining when Ravi Pal Singh scored goal in chaose near Chinese post and helped his side to avoid defeat ... But not promising start from this young team.
At 2010 Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey Tournament, Ipoh, Malaysia
Thursday 6 May 2010
India dw China 1-1
Goal Scored - Ravi Pal Singh (IND) 70' and Sun Tianjun (CHN) 13'
In the start we were tentative and Chinese team take advatage of that scoring goal through their forward Sun Tianjun ... After that Indians started to play well but again poor finishing and not scoring on penalty corners hurt our side ... We had 5 penalty corners chances and only 2 conceded ... In end only 17 seconds were remaining when Ravi Pal Singh scored goal in chaose near Chinese post and helped his side to avoid defeat ... But not promising start from this young team.
Tennis News
At € 450,000 Estoril Open, Portugal
[QF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) l (WC) Pedro Sousa (POR)/ Leonardo Tavares (POR) 46 67(2)
Lost against local wild-card pair .. In second set they were early break down but made mini comeback to take set in tie-break ... Local pair was too strong in tie-break.
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At $50K Savannah Challenger, GA, USA
[QF] (1) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Treat Huey (PHI) vs Greg Jones (AUS)/ Jose (rubin) Statham (NZL)
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At $100K Ramat Hasharon Challenger, Israel
[R1] (2) Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Harel Levy (ISR) bt Dudi Sela (ISR)/ Saar Steele (ISR) 63 62
[QF] (2) Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Harel Levy (ISR) vs Amir Hadad (ISR)/ Stefan Koubek (AUT)
Nice easy victory for Kash and Levy.
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At $15K India F4, Kolkata
Singles Quarter Finals
(1) Yuki BHAMBRI (IND) bt Xin-Yuan YU (CHN) 62 64
(5) Murad INOYATOV (UZB) bt (4) Kittiphong WACHIRAMANOWONG (THA) 64 60
(6) Karan RASTOGI (IND) bt (3) Rohan GAJJAR (IND) 61 75
Weerapat DOAKMAIKLEE (THA) bt (8) Perakiat SIRILUETHAIWATTANA (THA) 63 63
Three times in a row Karan defeated Rohan in their last 3 meetings ... So good win for Karan and Yuki, they can make all Indian final.
At € 450,000 Estoril Open, Portugal
[QF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) l (WC) Pedro Sousa (POR)/ Leonardo Tavares (POR) 46 67(2)
Lost against local wild-card pair .. In second set they were early break down but made mini comeback to take set in tie-break ... Local pair was too strong in tie-break.
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At $50K Savannah Challenger, GA, USA
[QF] (1) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Treat Huey (PHI) vs Greg Jones (AUS)/ Jose (rubin) Statham (NZL)
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At $100K Ramat Hasharon Challenger, Israel
[R1] (2) Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Harel Levy (ISR) bt Dudi Sela (ISR)/ Saar Steele (ISR) 63 62
[QF] (2) Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Harel Levy (ISR) vs Amir Hadad (ISR)/ Stefan Koubek (AUT)
Nice easy victory for Kash and Levy.
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At $15K India F4, Kolkata
Singles Quarter Finals
(1) Yuki BHAMBRI (IND) bt Xin-Yuan YU (CHN) 62 64
(5) Murad INOYATOV (UZB) bt (4) Kittiphong WACHIRAMANOWONG (THA) 64 60
(6) Karan RASTOGI (IND) bt (3) Rohan GAJJAR (IND) 61 75
Weerapat DOAKMAIKLEE (THA) bt (8) Perakiat SIRILUETHAIWATTANA (THA) 63 63
Three times in a row Karan defeated Rohan in their last 3 meetings ... So good win for Karan and Yuki, they can make all Indian final.
Wednesday, May 05, 2010
Tennis News
At € 450,000 Estoril Open, Portugal
[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) bt (4) Colin Fleming (GBR)/ Ken Skupski (GBR) 26 63 10-5
Good comeback victory by Rohan and Aisam against seeded British pair and also nice to see small revenge by Rohan of his loss in singles qualifying against Colin Fleming.
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At $15K India F4, Kolkata
Singles Second Round
(1) Yuki BHAMBRI (IND) bt Vaja UZAKOV (UZB) 62 64
Xin-Yuan YU (CHN) bt (7) Yu CHANG (CHN) 63 61
(4) Kittiphong WACHIRAMANOWONG (THA) bt (WC) Akash WAGH (IND) 63 61
(5) Murad INOYATOV (UZB) bt (Q) Kamala KANNAN (IND) 61 60
(6) Karan RASTOGI (IND) bt (Q) Sudanwa SITARAM (IND) 63 62
(3) Rohan GAJJAR (IND) bt Vivek SHOKEEN (IND) 63 75
(8) Perakiat SIRILUETHAIWATTANA (THA) bt Peng GAO (CHN) 76(1) 16 63
Weerapat DOAKMAIKLEE (THA) bt (Q) Wan GAO (CHN) 62 63
Doubles Quarter Finals
CHANG (CHN)/ ZHOU (CHN) bt GAO (CHN)/ YU (CHN) 64 63
INOYATOV (UZB)/ NELORD (IND) bt REDDY B (IND)/ SITARAM (IND) 61 64
(3) DOAKMAIKLEE (THA)/ WACHIRAMANOWONG (THA) bt PERANAMALLUR-CHANDRASEKHAR (IND)/ SHARMA (IND) 62 64
(2) SHOKEEN (IND)/ SINGH (IND) bt SIRIBUTWONG (THA)/ SIRILUETHAIWATTANA (THA) Walkover
So only our 3 seeded players in semis ... Karan and Rohan r facing each other in quarters ... In doubles also our only one pair in semis and Nelord with his Uzbek partner ... So our other players failed to take advantage of weaker draw.
At € 450,000 Estoril Open, Portugal
[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) bt (4) Colin Fleming (GBR)/ Ken Skupski (GBR) 26 63 10-5
Good comeback victory by Rohan and Aisam against seeded British pair and also nice to see small revenge by Rohan of his loss in singles qualifying against Colin Fleming.
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At $15K India F4, Kolkata
Singles Second Round
(1) Yuki BHAMBRI (IND) bt Vaja UZAKOV (UZB) 62 64
Xin-Yuan YU (CHN) bt (7) Yu CHANG (CHN) 63 61
(4) Kittiphong WACHIRAMANOWONG (THA) bt (WC) Akash WAGH (IND) 63 61
(5) Murad INOYATOV (UZB) bt (Q) Kamala KANNAN (IND) 61 60
(6) Karan RASTOGI (IND) bt (Q) Sudanwa SITARAM (IND) 63 62
(3) Rohan GAJJAR (IND) bt Vivek SHOKEEN (IND) 63 75
(8) Perakiat SIRILUETHAIWATTANA (THA) bt Peng GAO (CHN) 76(1) 16 63
Weerapat DOAKMAIKLEE (THA) bt (Q) Wan GAO (CHN) 62 63
Doubles Quarter Finals
CHANG (CHN)/ ZHOU (CHN) bt GAO (CHN)/ YU (CHN) 64 63
INOYATOV (UZB)/ NELORD (IND) bt REDDY B (IND)/ SITARAM (IND) 61 64
(3) DOAKMAIKLEE (THA)/ WACHIRAMANOWONG (THA) bt PERANAMALLUR-CHANDRASEKHAR (IND)/ SHARMA (IND) 62 64
(2) SHOKEEN (IND)/ SINGH (IND) bt SIRIBUTWONG (THA)/ SIRILUETHAIWATTANA (THA) Walkover
So only our 3 seeded players in semis ... Karan and Rohan r facing each other in quarters ... In doubles also our only one pair in semis and Nelord with his Uzbek partner ... So our other players failed to take advantage of weaker draw.
Hockey News
At 2010 Women's Hockey World Cup, Rosario, Argentina
Grouping is declared for 2010 women's hockey World Cup to be held in Argentina from Aug 29 to Sep 11 ... Indian women r in tough group with Olympic champions Netherlands, 2006 finalists Australia, Germany, New Zealand and Japan.
Pool A
The Netherlands, Germany, Australia, Japan, New Zealand, India
Pool B
Argentina, China, Spain, England, South Korea, South Africa
At 2010 Women's Hockey World Cup, Rosario, Argentina
Grouping is declared for 2010 women's hockey World Cup to be held in Argentina from Aug 29 to Sep 11 ... Indian women r in tough group with Olympic champions Netherlands, 2006 finalists Australia, Germany, New Zealand and Japan.
Pool A
The Netherlands, Germany, Australia, Japan, New Zealand, India
Pool B
Argentina, China, Spain, England, South Korea, South Africa
Tuesday, May 04, 2010
Chess News
At World Championship Match 2010, Sofia, Bulgaria
Viswanathan Anand (2787) - Veselin Topalov (2805) 4-4
Game Eight - 4th May
Veselin Topalov (2805) - Viswanathan Anand (2787) 1-0
Again both side decided to play the Slav ... But Topalov was looking more prepared than Anand and played attacking chess with complication ... He kept Anand under pressure from middle of the game ... Anand needed to play with precision and hope Topalov made mistake somewhere but that never happened ... Topalov kept pressing and Anand resigned after 56 move.
Now advantage is clear with Topalov in this World Championship match ... After game 4, Topalov was under pressure mentally and emotionally ... As he lost 2 matches with Black after winning opening game ... But after holding the first Black game (in game 6) with ease, he went all out for the win with Black in game 7 ... So even though Topalov is down by 1 point, he was slowly gaining momentum and most importantly, his self confidence ... Now tough situation for Anand as he knows that Topalov having ability of finishing strong.
At World Championship Match 2010, Sofia, Bulgaria
Viswanathan Anand (2787) - Veselin Topalov (2805) 4-4
Game Eight - 4th May
Veselin Topalov (2805) - Viswanathan Anand (2787) 1-0
Again both side decided to play the Slav ... But Topalov was looking more prepared than Anand and played attacking chess with complication ... He kept Anand under pressure from middle of the game ... Anand needed to play with precision and hope Topalov made mistake somewhere but that never happened ... Topalov kept pressing and Anand resigned after 56 move.
Now advantage is clear with Topalov in this World Championship match ... After game 4, Topalov was under pressure mentally and emotionally ... As he lost 2 matches with Black after winning opening game ... But after holding the first Black game (in game 6) with ease, he went all out for the win with Black in game 7 ... So even though Topalov is down by 1 point, he was slowly gaining momentum and most importantly, his self confidence ... Now tough situation for Anand as he knows that Topalov having ability of finishing strong.
Boxing News
At AIBA Youth World Championships 2010, Baku, Azerbaijan
Krishan Vikas created history winning Gold medal at Youth World Championships beating Lithuanian boxer in closely fought final bout ... He recently won Asian Youth Championship so showed his performance there wasn't fluke ... Shiva Thapa also reached the final but Cuban boxer was too strong for him in the final ... So good result for Indians as they won one Gold and one Silver.
After reaching in semi-finals both boxers already secured place in first-ever Youth Olympics which be held in Singapore in August.
Lightweight (57–60 kgs)
[R1] Krishan VIKAS (IND) bt Hamidreza ROOMIANI (IRI) 8-0
[R2] Krishan VIKAS (IND) bt Patrik RAJCSANYI (SVK) 7-0
[R3] Krishan VIKAS (IND) bt Eduards GUTMANS (LAT) 8-3
[QF] Krishan VIKAS (IND) bt Michael O' REILLY (IRL) 8-0
[SF] Krishan VIKAS (IND) bt Thomas VAHRENHOLT(GER) 8-0
[F] Krishan VIKAS (IND) bt Evaldas PETRAUSKAS (LTU) 4-3
Bantamweight (52-54 kgs)
[R1] Shiva THAPA (IND) bt Qais Dad ASHFAQ (ENG) 4-1
[R2] Shiva THAPA (IND) bt Rejen Raza ABDULRAHMAN (SWE)11-0
[QF] Shiva THAPA (IND) bt Vadim SEMIN (RUS) 13-3
[SF] Shiva THAPA (IND) bt Alexandru MARIN (ROU) 10-3
[F] Shiva THAPA (IND) l Robeisy Eloy RAMIREZ CARRAZANA (CUB) 1-14
At AIBA Youth World Championships 2010, Baku, Azerbaijan
Krishan Vikas created history winning Gold medal at Youth World Championships beating Lithuanian boxer in closely fought final bout ... He recently won Asian Youth Championship so showed his performance there wasn't fluke ... Shiva Thapa also reached the final but Cuban boxer was too strong for him in the final ... So good result for Indians as they won one Gold and one Silver.
After reaching in semi-finals both boxers already secured place in first-ever Youth Olympics which be held in Singapore in August.
Lightweight (57–60 kgs)
[R1] Krishan VIKAS (IND) bt Hamidreza ROOMIANI (IRI) 8-0
[R2] Krishan VIKAS (IND) bt Patrik RAJCSANYI (SVK) 7-0
[R3] Krishan VIKAS (IND) bt Eduards GUTMANS (LAT) 8-3
[QF] Krishan VIKAS (IND) bt Michael O' REILLY (IRL) 8-0
[SF] Krishan VIKAS (IND) bt Thomas VAHRENHOLT(GER) 8-0
[F] Krishan VIKAS (IND) bt Evaldas PETRAUSKAS (LTU) 4-3
Bantamweight (52-54 kgs)
[R1] Shiva THAPA (IND) bt Qais Dad ASHFAQ (ENG) 4-1
[R2] Shiva THAPA (IND) bt Rejen Raza ABDULRAHMAN (SWE)11-0
[QF] Shiva THAPA (IND) bt Vadim SEMIN (RUS) 13-3
[SF] Shiva THAPA (IND) bt Alexandru MARIN (ROU) 10-3
[F] Shiva THAPA (IND) l Robeisy Eloy RAMIREZ CARRAZANA (CUB) 1-14
Football News
At I League 2009-10, India - Round XXIV
Churchill Brothers bt Mohun Bagan 4-0
Goal Scored - Odafe Onyeka Okolie (CB) 20' & 52', Felix Chimaokwu (CB) 26', Obga Kalu Nanna (CB) 32'
Churchill thrashed Mohun Bagan giving solid performance.
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Salgaocar SC bt Mumbai FC 1-0
Goal Scored - Ekene Ikenwa (SSC) 15'
Salgaocar scored huge victory in their bid of avoiding relegation.
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Dempo SC bt Air India 2-0
Goal Scored - Joaquim Abranches (DSC) 63', Ranty Martins (DSC) 67'P
Dempo scored win over Air men and now only a point away from officially getting declare winner of 2009-10 I-League Champion.
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Sporting Clube de Goa bt Mahindra United 3-2
Goal Scored - Nathaniel Amos (SCG) 37', Elijah Junior (SCG) 75', Adil Khan (SCG) 81' and Sushil Kumar Singh (MU) 22'P, Mohammed Rafi (MU) 43'
Sporting Clube de Goa is in scintillating form in last period of I-League, today they scored upset win over Mahindra United, whose players must be low of confidence after hearing closure of club at end of the season.
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East Bengal bt Chirag United 2-1
Goal Scored - Beingaichho Beokhokhai (EB) 31' & 67' and Jisimar Da Silva Martins (CU) 69'
East Bengal also scored much needed victory.
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Viva Kerala bt Shillong Lajong FC 2-1
Goal Scored - Rahul. P (VK) 35', Sabeeth CS (VK) 53' and James Giblee (SL) 55'
Viva scored important win over Shillong.
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Pune FC bt JCT Mills FC 2-0
Goal Scored - Edmar Figueira (PFC) 10', Arata Izumi (PFC) 45'
Pune FC scored two goals in the first-half to scored victory and moved to 4th position on the standing.
At I League 2009-10, India - Round XXIV
Churchill Brothers bt Mohun Bagan 4-0
Goal Scored - Odafe Onyeka Okolie (CB) 20' & 52', Felix Chimaokwu (CB) 26', Obga Kalu Nanna (CB) 32'
Churchill thrashed Mohun Bagan giving solid performance.
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Salgaocar SC bt Mumbai FC 1-0
Goal Scored - Ekene Ikenwa (SSC) 15'
Salgaocar scored huge victory in their bid of avoiding relegation.
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Dempo SC bt Air India 2-0
Goal Scored - Joaquim Abranches (DSC) 63', Ranty Martins (DSC) 67'P
Dempo scored win over Air men and now only a point away from officially getting declare winner of 2009-10 I-League Champion.
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Sporting Clube de Goa bt Mahindra United 3-2
Goal Scored - Nathaniel Amos (SCG) 37', Elijah Junior (SCG) 75', Adil Khan (SCG) 81' and Sushil Kumar Singh (MU) 22'P, Mohammed Rafi (MU) 43'
Sporting Clube de Goa is in scintillating form in last period of I-League, today they scored upset win over Mahindra United, whose players must be low of confidence after hearing closure of club at end of the season.
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East Bengal bt Chirag United 2-1
Goal Scored - Beingaichho Beokhokhai (EB) 31' & 67' and Jisimar Da Silva Martins (CU) 69'
East Bengal also scored much needed victory.
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Viva Kerala bt Shillong Lajong FC 2-1
Goal Scored - Rahul. P (VK) 35', Sabeeth CS (VK) 53' and James Giblee (SL) 55'
Viva scored important win over Shillong.
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Pune FC bt JCT Mills FC 2-0
Goal Scored - Edmar Figueira (PFC) 10', Arata Izumi (PFC) 45'
Pune FC scored two goals in the first-half to scored victory and moved to 4th position on the standing.
Tennis News
At $50K Savannah Challenger, GA, USA
[R1] (1) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Treat Huey (PHI) bt Lester Cook (USA)/ Tim Smyczek (USA) 61 64
Good solid victory by Harsh and Treat on US clay ... Hopefully they will go deep in this tournament.
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At $100K Ramat Hasharon Challenger, Israel
[R1] Praksh Amritraj (IND,255) l Nick Lindahl (AUS,192) 16 36
Disappointing one sided loss for Kash.
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At $15K India F4, Kolkata
Singles First Round
(1) Yuki BHAMBRI (IND) bt N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND) 62 62
Vaja UZAKOV (UZB) bt (Q) Cheng-Peng HSIEH (TPE) 36 64 63
Xin-Yuan YU (CHN) bt Yannick NELORD (IND) 64 61
(7) Yu CHANG (CHN) bt (Q) Shahbaaz KHAN (IND) 61 63
(4) Kittiphong WACHIRAMANOWONG (THA) bt Liang-Chi HUANG (TPE) 76(3) 63
(WC) Akash WAGH (IND) bt Victor KOZIN (RUS) 76(0) Retd?
(Q) Kamala KANNAN (IND) bt (Q) Zhuo-Qing ZHOU (CHN) 76(6) 63
(5) Murad INOYATOV (UZB) bt (WC) Vikram REDDY B (IND) 63 64
(6) Karan RASTOGI (IND) bt (WC) Christopher MARQUIS (IND) 75 60
(Q) Sudanwa SITARAM (IND) bt (Q) Kaza Vinayak SHARMA (IND) 62 26 64
Vivek SHOKEEN (IND) bt Vignesh PERANAMALLUR-CHANDRASEKHAR (IND) 62 63
(3) Rohan GAJJAR (IND) bt (Q) Abhijeet TIWARI (IND) 61 62
(8) Perakiat SIRILUETHAIWATTANA (THA) bt Ronak MANUJA (IND) 63 62
Peng GAO (CHN) bt (WC) Saurav SUKUL (IND) 61 64
(Q) Wan GAO (CHN) bt Peerakit SIRIBUTWONG (THA) 64 57 2-0 Retd
Weerapat DOAKMAIKLEE (THA) bt (2) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) 60 62
Doubles First Round
CHANG (CHN)/ ZHOU (CHN) bt (1) GAJJAR (IND)/ RAJA (IND) 64 62
GAO (CHN)/ YU (CHN) bt HSIEH (TPE)/ HUANG (TPE) 26 64 12-10
REDDY B (IND)/ SITARAM (IND) bt (4) KOZIN (RUS)/ UZAKOV (UZB) Walkover
INOYATOV (UZB)/ NELORD (IND) bt MANUJA (IND)/ MARQUIS (IND) 64 75
PERANAMALLUR-CHANDRASEKHAR (IND)/ SHARMA (IND) bt TIWARI (IND)/ WAGH (IND) 61 64
(3) DOAKMAIKLEE (THA)/ WACHIRAMANOWONG (THA) bt KANNAN (IND)/ PRASHANTH (IND) 75 63
SIRIBUTWONG (THA)/ SIRILUETHAIWATTANA (THA) bt BHATTACHARYA (IND)/ SINGH (IND) 63 63
(2) SHOKEEN (IND)/ SINGH (IND) bt KHAN (IND)/ SUKUL (IND) 62 75
Today ITF site changed result ... :-( Shahbaaz Khan lost against Yu Chang with same score.
Thai Doakmaiklee defeated 2nd seed Ranjeet in very one-sided match.
At $50K Savannah Challenger, GA, USA
[R1] (1) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Treat Huey (PHI) bt Lester Cook (USA)/ Tim Smyczek (USA) 61 64
Good solid victory by Harsh and Treat on US clay ... Hopefully they will go deep in this tournament.
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At $100K Ramat Hasharon Challenger, Israel
[R1] Praksh Amritraj (IND,255) l Nick Lindahl (AUS,192) 16 36
Disappointing one sided loss for Kash.
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At $15K India F4, Kolkata
Singles First Round
(1) Yuki BHAMBRI (IND) bt N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND) 62 62
Vaja UZAKOV (UZB) bt (Q) Cheng-Peng HSIEH (TPE) 36 64 63
Xin-Yuan YU (CHN) bt Yannick NELORD (IND) 64 61
(7) Yu CHANG (CHN) bt (Q) Shahbaaz KHAN (IND) 61 63
(4) Kittiphong WACHIRAMANOWONG (THA) bt Liang-Chi HUANG (TPE) 76(3) 63
(WC) Akash WAGH (IND) bt Victor KOZIN (RUS) 76(0) Retd?
(Q) Kamala KANNAN (IND) bt (Q) Zhuo-Qing ZHOU (CHN) 76(6) 63
(5) Murad INOYATOV (UZB) bt (WC) Vikram REDDY B (IND) 63 64
(6) Karan RASTOGI (IND) bt (WC) Christopher MARQUIS (IND) 75 60
(Q) Sudanwa SITARAM (IND) bt (Q) Kaza Vinayak SHARMA (IND) 62 26 64
Vivek SHOKEEN (IND) bt Vignesh PERANAMALLUR-CHANDRASEKHAR (IND) 62 63
(3) Rohan GAJJAR (IND) bt (Q) Abhijeet TIWARI (IND) 61 62
(8) Perakiat SIRILUETHAIWATTANA (THA) bt Ronak MANUJA (IND) 63 62
Peng GAO (CHN) bt (WC) Saurav SUKUL (IND) 61 64
(Q) Wan GAO (CHN) bt Peerakit SIRIBUTWONG (THA) 64 57 2-0 Retd
Weerapat DOAKMAIKLEE (THA) bt (2) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) 60 62
Doubles First Round
CHANG (CHN)/ ZHOU (CHN) bt (1) GAJJAR (IND)/ RAJA (IND) 64 62
GAO (CHN)/ YU (CHN) bt HSIEH (TPE)/ HUANG (TPE) 26 64 12-10
REDDY B (IND)/ SITARAM (IND) bt (4) KOZIN (RUS)/ UZAKOV (UZB) Walkover
INOYATOV (UZB)/ NELORD (IND) bt MANUJA (IND)/ MARQUIS (IND) 64 75
PERANAMALLUR-CHANDRASEKHAR (IND)/ SHARMA (IND) bt TIWARI (IND)/ WAGH (IND) 61 64
(3) DOAKMAIKLEE (THA)/ WACHIRAMANOWONG (THA) bt KANNAN (IND)/ PRASHANTH (IND) 75 63
SIRIBUTWONG (THA)/ SIRILUETHAIWATTANA (THA) bt BHATTACHARYA (IND)/ SINGH (IND) 63 63
(2) SHOKEEN (IND)/ SINGH (IND) bt KHAN (IND)/ SUKUL (IND) 62 75
Today ITF site changed result ... :-( Shahbaaz Khan lost against Yu Chang with same score.
Thai Doakmaiklee defeated 2nd seed Ranjeet in very one-sided match.
Monday, May 03, 2010
Chess News
At World Championship Match 2010, Sofia, Bulgaria
Viswanathan Anand (2787) - Veselin Topalov (2805) 4-3
Game Seven - 3rd May
Viswanathan Anand (2787) - Veselin Topalov (2805) ½-½
Again Anand started with Catalan but with different deviation ... This time Topalov and his team were well prepared, Topalov slowly tried to take control of the game from 13th move, Nd5 ... But Anand played excellent middle game and complicated the game ... So after 58 moves game ended in a draw after 3 times repetition, so Anand keep his 1 point advantage.
At World Championship Match 2010, Sofia, Bulgaria
Viswanathan Anand (2787) - Veselin Topalov (2805) 4-3
Game Seven - 3rd May
Viswanathan Anand (2787) - Veselin Topalov (2805) ½-½
Again Anand started with Catalan but with different deviation ... This time Topalov and his team were well prepared, Topalov slowly tried to take control of the game from 13th move, Nd5 ... But Anand played excellent middle game and complicated the game ... So after 58 moves game ended in a draw after 3 times repetition, so Anand keep his 1 point advantage.
Tennis News
At € 398,250 BMW Open, Munich, Germany
[Q3] (2) Somdev Devvarman (IND,109) l Alexandre Sidorenko (FRA,253) 16 26
Disappointing result for Somi, again lost opportunity of qualifying for main-draw ... Though Somi rised to his personal best in singles ranking, his result remain inconsistent.
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At $50K Savannah Challenger, GA, USA
[R1] (1) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Treat Huey (PHI) vs Lester Cook (IND)/ Tim Smyczek (USA)
Hopefully Harsh and Treat perform well on US clay.
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At $100K Ramat Hasharon Challenger, Israel
[R1] Praksh Amritraj (IND,255) vs Nick Lindahl (AUS,192)
Doubles
[R1] (2) Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Harel Levy (ISR) vs Dudi Sela (ISR)/ Saar Steele (ISR)
In doubles Kash is 2nd seed with Levy ... In singles Kash is out of top-250.
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At $15K India F4, Kolkata
Singles First Round
(1) Yuki BHAMBRI (IND) bt N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND) 62 62
(Q) Cheng-Peng HSIEH (TPE) vs Vaja UZAKOV (UZB)
Yannick NELORD (IND) vs Xin-Yuan YU (CHN)
(Q) Shahbaaz KHAN (IND) bt (7) Yu CHANG (CHN) 61 63
(4) Kittiphong WACHIRAMANOWONG (THA) vs Liang-Chi HUANG (TPE)
Victor KOZIN (RUS) vs (WC) Akash WAGH (IND)
(Q) Kamala KANNAN (IND) bt (Q) Zhuo-Qing ZHOU (CHN) 76(6) 63
(5) Murad INOYATOV (UZB) vs (WC) Vikram REDDY B (IND)
(6) Karan RASTOGI (IND) vs (WC) Christopher MARQUIS (IND)
(Q) Sudanwa SITARAM (IND) bt (Q) Kaza Vinayak SHARMA (IND) 62 26 64
Vivek SHOKEEN (IND) vs Vignesh PERANAMALLUR-CHANDRASEKHAR (IND)
(3) Rohan GAJJAR (IND) vs (Q) Abhijeet TIWARI (IND)
(8) Perakiat SIRILUETHAIWATTANA (THA) vs Ronak MANUJA (IND)
Peng GAO (CHN) vs (WC) Saurav SUKUL (IND)
(Q) Wan GAO (CHN) Vs Peerakit SIRIBUTWONG (THA)
(2) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) vs Weerapat DOAKMAIKLEE (THA)
Doubles First Round
(1) GAJJAR (IND)/ RAJA (IND) vs CHANG (CHN)/ ZHOU (CHN)
GAO (CHN)/ YU (CHN) bt HSIEH (TPE)/ HUANG (TPE) 26 64 12-10
(4) KOZIN (RUS)/ UZAKOV (UZB) vs REDDY B (IND)/ SITARAM (IND)
MANUJA (IND)/ MARQUIS (IND) vs INOYATOV (UZB)/ NELORD (IND)
PERANAMALLUR-CHANDRASEKHAR (IND)/ SHARMA (IND) bt TIWARI (IND)/ WAGH (IND) 61 64
(3) DOAKMAIKLEE (THA)/ WACHIRAMANOWONG (THA) bt KANNAN (IND)/ PRASHANTH (IND) 75 63
SIRIBUTWONG (THA)/ SIRILUETHAIWATTANA (THA) bt BHATTACHARYA (IND)/ SINGH (IND) 63 63
(2) SHOKEEN (IND)/ SINGH (IND) bt KHAN (IND)/ SUKUL (IND) 62 75
Good start for Indians on first day ... Our 2 players scored win over Chinese opponents, in that qualifier Shahbaaz Khan defeated 7th seed Yu Chang very convincingly.
At € 398,250 BMW Open, Munich, Germany
[Q3] (2) Somdev Devvarman (IND,109) l Alexandre Sidorenko (FRA,253) 16 26
Disappointing result for Somi, again lost opportunity of qualifying for main-draw ... Though Somi rised to his personal best in singles ranking, his result remain inconsistent.
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At $50K Savannah Challenger, GA, USA
[R1] (1) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Treat Huey (PHI) vs Lester Cook (IND)/ Tim Smyczek (USA)
Hopefully Harsh and Treat perform well on US clay.
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At $100K Ramat Hasharon Challenger, Israel
[R1] Praksh Amritraj (IND,255) vs Nick Lindahl (AUS,192)
Doubles
[R1] (2) Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Harel Levy (ISR) vs Dudi Sela (ISR)/ Saar Steele (ISR)
In doubles Kash is 2nd seed with Levy ... In singles Kash is out of top-250.
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At $15K India F4, Kolkata
Singles First Round
(1) Yuki BHAMBRI (IND) bt N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND) 62 62
(Q) Cheng-Peng HSIEH (TPE) vs Vaja UZAKOV (UZB)
Yannick NELORD (IND) vs Xin-Yuan YU (CHN)
(Q) Shahbaaz KHAN (IND) bt (7) Yu CHANG (CHN) 61 63
(4) Kittiphong WACHIRAMANOWONG (THA) vs Liang-Chi HUANG (TPE)
Victor KOZIN (RUS) vs (WC) Akash WAGH (IND)
(Q) Kamala KANNAN (IND) bt (Q) Zhuo-Qing ZHOU (CHN) 76(6) 63
(5) Murad INOYATOV (UZB) vs (WC) Vikram REDDY B (IND)
(6) Karan RASTOGI (IND) vs (WC) Christopher MARQUIS (IND)
(Q) Sudanwa SITARAM (IND) bt (Q) Kaza Vinayak SHARMA (IND) 62 26 64
Vivek SHOKEEN (IND) vs Vignesh PERANAMALLUR-CHANDRASEKHAR (IND)
(3) Rohan GAJJAR (IND) vs (Q) Abhijeet TIWARI (IND)
(8) Perakiat SIRILUETHAIWATTANA (THA) vs Ronak MANUJA (IND)
Peng GAO (CHN) vs (WC) Saurav SUKUL (IND)
(Q) Wan GAO (CHN) Vs Peerakit SIRIBUTWONG (THA)
(2) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) vs Weerapat DOAKMAIKLEE (THA)
Doubles First Round
(1) GAJJAR (IND)/ RAJA (IND) vs CHANG (CHN)/ ZHOU (CHN)
GAO (CHN)/ YU (CHN) bt HSIEH (TPE)/ HUANG (TPE) 26 64 12-10
(4) KOZIN (RUS)/ UZAKOV (UZB) vs REDDY B (IND)/ SITARAM (IND)
MANUJA (IND)/ MARQUIS (IND) vs INOYATOV (UZB)/ NELORD (IND)
PERANAMALLUR-CHANDRASEKHAR (IND)/ SHARMA (IND) bt TIWARI (IND)/ WAGH (IND) 61 64
(3) DOAKMAIKLEE (THA)/ WACHIRAMANOWONG (THA) bt KANNAN (IND)/ PRASHANTH (IND) 75 63
SIRIBUTWONG (THA)/ SIRILUETHAIWATTANA (THA) bt BHATTACHARYA (IND)/ SINGH (IND) 63 63
(2) SHOKEEN (IND)/ SINGH (IND) bt KHAN (IND)/ SUKUL (IND) 62 75
Good start for Indians on first day ... Our 2 players scored win over Chinese opponents, in that qualifier Shahbaaz Khan defeated 7th seed Yu Chang very convincingly.
Tennis News
At € 398,250 BMW Open, Munich, Germany
[Q2] (2) Somdev Devvarman (IND,111) bt Scott Lipsky (USA,UNR) 62 63
[Q3] (2) Somdev Devvarman (IND,111) vs Alexandre Sidorenko (FRA,228)
Expected comfortable win for Somi against doubles specialist.
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At $15K India F4, Kolkata
Singles First Round
(1) Yuki BHAMBRI (IND) vs N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND)
(Q) Cheng-Peng HSIEH (TPE) vs Vaja UZAKOV (UZB)
Yannick NELORD (IND) vs Xin-Yuan YU (CHN)
(7) Yu CHANG (CHN) vs (Q) Shahbaaz KHAN (IND)
(4) Kittiphong WACHIRAMANOWONG (THA) vs Liang-Chi HUANG (TPE)
Victor KOZIN (RUS) vs (WC) Akash WAGH (IND)
(Q) Zhuo-Qing ZHOU (CHN) vs (Q) Kamala KANNAN (IND)
(5) Murad INOYATOV (UZB) vs (WC) Vikram REDDY B (IND)
(6) Karan RASTOGI (IND) vs (WC) Christopher MARQUIS (IND)
(Q) Sudanwa SITARAM (IND) vs (Q) Kaza Vinayak SHARMA (IND)
Vivek SHOKEEN (IND) vs Vignesh PERANAMALLUR-CHANDRASEKHAR (IND)
(3) Rohan GAJJAR (IND) vs (Q) Abhijeet TIWARI (IND)
(8) Perakiat SIRILUETHAIWATTANA (THA) vs Ronak MANUJA (IND)
Peng GAO (CHN) vs (WC) Saurav SUKUL (IND)
(Q) Wan GAO (CHN) Vs Peerakit SIRIBUTWONG (THA)
(2) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) vs Weerapat DOAKMAIKLEE (THA)
At € 398,250 BMW Open, Munich, Germany
[Q2] (2) Somdev Devvarman (IND,111) bt Scott Lipsky (USA,UNR) 62 63
[Q3] (2) Somdev Devvarman (IND,111) vs Alexandre Sidorenko (FRA,228)
Expected comfortable win for Somi against doubles specialist.
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At $15K India F4, Kolkata
Singles First Round
(1) Yuki BHAMBRI (IND) vs N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND)
(Q) Cheng-Peng HSIEH (TPE) vs Vaja UZAKOV (UZB)
Yannick NELORD (IND) vs Xin-Yuan YU (CHN)
(7) Yu CHANG (CHN) vs (Q) Shahbaaz KHAN (IND)
(4) Kittiphong WACHIRAMANOWONG (THA) vs Liang-Chi HUANG (TPE)
Victor KOZIN (RUS) vs (WC) Akash WAGH (IND)
(Q) Zhuo-Qing ZHOU (CHN) vs (Q) Kamala KANNAN (IND)
(5) Murad INOYATOV (UZB) vs (WC) Vikram REDDY B (IND)
(6) Karan RASTOGI (IND) vs (WC) Christopher MARQUIS (IND)
(Q) Sudanwa SITARAM (IND) vs (Q) Kaza Vinayak SHARMA (IND)
Vivek SHOKEEN (IND) vs Vignesh PERANAMALLUR-CHANDRASEKHAR (IND)
(3) Rohan GAJJAR (IND) vs (Q) Abhijeet TIWARI (IND)
(8) Perakiat SIRILUETHAIWATTANA (THA) vs Ronak MANUJA (IND)
Peng GAO (CHN) vs (WC) Saurav SUKUL (IND)
(Q) Wan GAO (CHN) Vs Peerakit SIRIBUTWONG (THA)
(2) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) vs Weerapat DOAKMAIKLEE (THA)
Sunday, May 02, 2010
Tennis News
At € 398,250 BMW Open, Munich, Germany
[Q1] (2) Somdev Devvarman (IND,111) bye
[Q2] (2) Somdev Devvarman (IND,111) vs Scott Lipsky (USA,UNR)
Winnable match for Somi in second qualifying.
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At € 450,000 Estoril Open, Portugal
[Q1] Rohan Bopanna (IND,410) l Colin Fleming (GBR,735) 26 57
Doubles
[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) vs (4) Colin Fleming (GBR)/ Ken Skupski (GBR)
Surprising loss in singles for Rohan, now he has chance of taking revenge in doubles with Aisam
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At $100K Ramat Hasharon Challenger, Israel ,
[R1] Praksh Amritraj (IND,216) vs Nick Lindahl (AUS,190)
Tricky match up for Kash.
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At $15K India F4, Kolkata
Final Qualifying
(1) Wan GAO (CHN) bye
(2) Kaza Vinayak SHARMA (IND) bt Kelsey STEVENSON (CAN) 62 76(7)
(3) Zhuo-Qing ZHOU (CHN) bt Prashant SAWANT (IND) 60 62
(4) Abhijeet TIWARI (IND) bt Dinesh Chandra SUYAL (IND) 60 60
(5) Kamala KANNAN (IND) bt Chinmay PRADHAN (IND) 61 63
(6) Sudanwa SITARAM (IND) bt Pulok BHATTACHARYA (IND) 62 61
Shahbaaz KHAN (IND) bt Arvind SINGH (IND) 75 60
Cheng-Peng HSIEH (TPE) bt Rohit RAMPURIA (IND) 61 60
This week very few players turned up for qualifying ... So only final qualifying round played ... 5 Indians qualified for main-draw.
At € 398,250 BMW Open, Munich, Germany
[Q1] (2) Somdev Devvarman (IND,111) bye
[Q2] (2) Somdev Devvarman (IND,111) vs Scott Lipsky (USA,UNR)
Winnable match for Somi in second qualifying.
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At € 450,000 Estoril Open, Portugal
[Q1] Rohan Bopanna (IND,410) l Colin Fleming (GBR,735) 26 57
Doubles
[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) vs (4) Colin Fleming (GBR)/ Ken Skupski (GBR)
Surprising loss in singles for Rohan, now he has chance of taking revenge in doubles with Aisam
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At $100K Ramat Hasharon Challenger, Israel ,
[R1] Praksh Amritraj (IND,216) vs Nick Lindahl (AUS,190)
Tricky match up for Kash.
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At $15K India F4, Kolkata
Final Qualifying
(1) Wan GAO (CHN) bye
(2) Kaza Vinayak SHARMA (IND) bt Kelsey STEVENSON (CAN) 62 76(7)
(3) Zhuo-Qing ZHOU (CHN) bt Prashant SAWANT (IND) 60 62
(4) Abhijeet TIWARI (IND) bt Dinesh Chandra SUYAL (IND) 60 60
(5) Kamala KANNAN (IND) bt Chinmay PRADHAN (IND) 61 63
(6) Sudanwa SITARAM (IND) bt Pulok BHATTACHARYA (IND) 62 61
Shahbaaz KHAN (IND) bt Arvind SINGH (IND) 75 60
Cheng-Peng HSIEH (TPE) bt Rohit RAMPURIA (IND) 61 60
This week very few players turned up for qualifying ... So only final qualifying round played ... 5 Indians qualified for main-draw.
Football News
At I League 2009-10, India
In shocking development Mahindra United annonced that they r disbanding team from the next season ... So after 48 yrs Mahindra r shutting down the team.
Mahindra is currently seating second in I League ... They have 27 players in senior squad, 25 of those players didn't have contract beyond this season so they can directly sign for other clubs ... Team also having 19 plyers in u-19 group and around 16 in u-16 group, these all players will be released by the team.
The I-League is supposed to have 16 teams next season ... Now Mahindra United is out then interesting to see how AIFF maintins that number ... AIFF said it will hold a meeting to decide on next year's line-up for the league.
At I League 2009-10, India
In shocking development Mahindra United annonced that they r disbanding team from the next season ... So after 48 yrs Mahindra r shutting down the team.
Mahindra is currently seating second in I League ... They have 27 players in senior squad, 25 of those players didn't have contract beyond this season so they can directly sign for other clubs ... Team also having 19 plyers in u-19 group and around 16 in u-16 group, these all players will be released by the team.
The I-League is supposed to have 16 teams next season ... Now Mahindra United is out then interesting to see how AIFF maintins that number ... AIFF said it will hold a meeting to decide on next year's line-up for the league.
Saturday, May 01, 2010
Chess News
At World Championship Match 2010, Sofia, Bulgaria
Viswanathan Anand (2787) - Veselin Topalov (2805) 3½-2½
Game Six - 1st May
Viswanathan Anand (2787) - Veselin Topalov (2805) ½-½
Anand third time played with White using Catalan opening ... In last 2 Catalan opening matches he won comfortably but today Topalov came out with preparation.
Topalov played to the safer variation that he already tried in the 2nd game of the match but this time with lot perfection ... Anand played excellent game showing depth and flexibility of variation ... Other hand Topalov showed wonderful counterplay ... The repetition of moves stopped game on move 58.
At World Championship Match 2010, Sofia, Bulgaria
Viswanathan Anand (2787) - Veselin Topalov (2805) 3½-2½
Game Six - 1st May
Viswanathan Anand (2787) - Veselin Topalov (2805) ½-½
Anand third time played with White using Catalan opening ... In last 2 Catalan opening matches he won comfortably but today Topalov came out with preparation.
Topalov played to the safer variation that he already tried in the 2nd game of the match but this time with lot perfection ... Anand played excellent game showing depth and flexibility of variation ... Other hand Topalov showed wonderful counterplay ... The repetition of moves stopped game on move 58.
Friday, April 30, 2010
Chess News
At World Championship Match 2010, Sofia, Bulgaria
Viswanathan Anand (2787) - Veselin Topalov (2805) 3-2
Game Five - 30th April
Viswanathan Anand (2787) - Veselin Topalov (2805) ½-½
Anand again hold Topalov in 5th game after 44 moves playing with Black ... Again the draw was reached by repetition of moves.
This game was looking drawish from the start but Anand made few interesting moves to keep viewers interst ... In end good result for Anand.
At World Championship Match 2010, Sofia, Bulgaria
Viswanathan Anand (2787) - Veselin Topalov (2805) 3-2
Game Five - 30th April
Viswanathan Anand (2787) - Veselin Topalov (2805) ½-½
Anand again hold Topalov in 5th game after 44 moves playing with Black ... Again the draw was reached by repetition of moves.
This game was looking drawish from the start but Anand made few interesting moves to keep viewers interst ... In end good result for Anand.
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Tennis News
At €2.75M Internazionali BNL d'Italia, Rome
[R2] (4) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Max Mirnyi (BLR) l John Isner (USA)/Sam Querrey (USA) 26 76(5) 6-10
[R2] (3) Lukas Dlouhy (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt Ivan Ljubicic (CRO)/ Michael Llodra (FRA) W/o
[QF] (3) Lukas Dlouhy (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs (7) Lukasz Kubot (POL)/ Oliver Marach (AUT)
After losing first set easily Hesh and Mad Max tried comeback winning second set in tie-break but it looks big server Americans were too tough to handle in super tie-break.
Lee and Lukas received walkover as Ljubicic and Llodra gave them walkover due to injury to Ljubicic (left side strain) ... Next they r facing Polish-Austrian pair in quarters.
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At $15K Uzbekistan F2 Futures, Namangan
[QF] (5) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,359) l (1) Alexander Kudryavtsev (RUS,267) 26 36
[QF] (8) Rohan Gajjar (IND,456) l (Q) Andrei Vasilevski (BLR,906) 36 46
Doubles
[F] GAJJAR (IND)/ RASTOGI (IND) l (1) ELGIN (RUS)/ KEDRYUK (KAZ) 46 67(3)
So Rohan and Vishnu lost comfortably against their respective opponents.
Karan and Rohan lost in the final, so their good run ended without title.
At €2.75M Internazionali BNL d'Italia, Rome
[R2] (4) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Max Mirnyi (BLR) l John Isner (USA)/Sam Querrey (USA) 26 76(5) 6-10
[R2] (3) Lukas Dlouhy (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt Ivan Ljubicic (CRO)/ Michael Llodra (FRA) W/o
[QF] (3) Lukas Dlouhy (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs (7) Lukasz Kubot (POL)/ Oliver Marach (AUT)
After losing first set easily Hesh and Mad Max tried comeback winning second set in tie-break but it looks big server Americans were too tough to handle in super tie-break.
Lee and Lukas received walkover as Ljubicic and Llodra gave them walkover due to injury to Ljubicic (left side strain) ... Next they r facing Polish-Austrian pair in quarters.
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At $15K Uzbekistan F2 Futures, Namangan
[QF] (5) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,359) l (1) Alexander Kudryavtsev (RUS,267) 26 36
[QF] (8) Rohan Gajjar (IND,456) l (Q) Andrei Vasilevski (BLR,906) 36 46
Doubles
[F] GAJJAR (IND)/ RASTOGI (IND) l (1) ELGIN (RUS)/ KEDRYUK (KAZ) 46 67(3)
So Rohan and Vishnu lost comfortably against their respective opponents.
Karan and Rohan lost in the final, so their good run ended without title.
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Chess News
At World Championship Match 2010, Sofia, Bulgaria
ANAND WON FOURTH GAME!!!
Viswanathan Anand (2787) - Veselin Topalov (2805) 2½-1½
Game Four - 28th April
Viswanathan Anand (2787) - Veselin Topalov (2805) 1-0
Anand again opted for Catalan opening with that he defeated challenger Topalov in second round ... And this time also Anand defeated with truly spectacular victory in just 32 moves.
What a start for this World Championship where 3 decisive games in first 4 games ... With today's loss Topalov come under pressure.
Match moves
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 a5 7.Qc2 Bxd2+ 8.Qxd2 c6 9.a4 b5 10.Na3 Bd7 11.Ne5 Nd5 12.e4 Nb4 13.0-0 0-0 14.Rfd1 Be8 15.d5 Qd6 16.Ng4 Qc5 17.Ne3 N8a6 18.dxc6 bxa4 19.Naxc4 Bxc6 20.Rac1 h6 21.Nd6 Qa7 22.Ng4 Rad8 23.Nxh6+ gxh6 24.Qxh6 f6 25.e5 Bxg2 26.exf6 Rxd6 27.Rxd6 Be4 28.Rxe6 Nd3 29.Rc2 Qh7 30.f7+ Qxf7 31.Rxe4 Qf5 32.Re7 1-0.
At World Championship Match 2010, Sofia, Bulgaria
ANAND WON FOURTH GAME!!!
Viswanathan Anand (2787) - Veselin Topalov (2805) 2½-1½
Game Four - 28th April
Viswanathan Anand (2787) - Veselin Topalov (2805) 1-0
Anand again opted for Catalan opening with that he defeated challenger Topalov in second round ... And this time also Anand defeated with truly spectacular victory in just 32 moves.
What a start for this World Championship where 3 decisive games in first 4 games ... With today's loss Topalov come under pressure.
Match moves
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 a5 7.Qc2 Bxd2+ 8.Qxd2 c6 9.a4 b5 10.Na3 Bd7 11.Ne5 Nd5 12.e4 Nb4 13.0-0 0-0 14.Rfd1 Be8 15.d5 Qd6 16.Ng4 Qc5 17.Ne3 N8a6 18.dxc6 bxa4 19.Naxc4 Bxc6 20.Rac1 h6 21.Nd6 Qa7 22.Ng4 Rad8 23.Nxh6+ gxh6 24.Qxh6 f6 25.e5 Bxg2 26.exf6 Rxd6 27.Rxd6 Be4 28.Rxe6 Nd3 29.Rc2 Qh7 30.f7+ Qxf7 31.Rxe4 Qf5 32.Re7 1-0.
Football News
At I League 2009-10, India - Round XXIII
Churchill Brothers bt Salgaocar SC 3-1
Goal Scored - Felix Chimaokwu (CB) 28'P & 55', Odafe Onyeka Okolie (CB) 53'P and Rocus Lamare (SSC) 90+'
Churchill scored a comfortable win over Salgaocar.
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Viva Kerala l Mumbai FC 0-1
Goal Scored - Evans Quao (MFC) 27'
This Mumbai FC win guranteed more turn and twist in relegation battle.
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East Bengal dw Sporting Clube de Goa 1-1
Goal Scored - Syed Rahim Nabi (EB) 39' and Joseph Pereira (SCG) 11'
Sporting hold East Bengal to 1-all draw.
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Air India l JCT Mills 0-1
Goal Scored - Emmanuel Okoro (JCT) 66'
JCT won with solitary goal from Okoro in second half ... This loss keeps Airmen in battle of relegation positions.
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Mohun Bagan l Dempo SC 1-4
Goal Scored - N.S.Manju (MB) 7' and Beto (DSC) 47' & 64', Ranty Martins (DSC) 55', Joaquim Abranches (DSC) 61'
Mohun Bagan started well scoring early goal and were leading after first half ... But Dempo started second half with goal from Beto and then they scored 3 goals in 10 minutes to finished Bagan challenge.
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Mahindra United dw Pune FC 1-1
Goal Scored - Steven Dias (MU) 39' and Arata Izumi (PFC) 58'
Pune FC hold Mahindra and almost ended Mahindra's chance of winning 2009-10 I League.
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Shillong Lajong FC dw Chirag United 1-1
Goal Scored - Daniel Bademi (SL) 38' and Edmilson Marques (CU) 83'
Chirag maanged to hold Shillong after late equalizer by Marques.
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At AFC Cup 2010,
Group B
Kuwait SC bt Churchill Brothers (IND) 7-1
Goal Scored - Khaled Ajab (KSC) 9', 30', 50' & 57' , Rodrigo Vergilio (KSC) 28', Rogerio Coutinho (KSC) 76' & 90' and Nascimento Silveira (CB) 48'
Yesterday I made blunder, Churchill wasn't leading as I mentioned ... Kuwait SC gave humiliating defeat to Churchill Brothers to top Group B ... With this loss Churchill finished on second place.
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Group D
East Bengal (IND) l Al Nejmeh (LEB) 0-4
Goal Scored - Abbas Atwi (AlN) 3' & 41', Pape Cisse (AlN) 30', Bilal Najjarine (AlN) 68'
East Bengal lost 6th game in 6 matches ... They conceded 20 goals in these defeats in forgetable AFC cup.
At I League 2009-10, India - Round XXIII
Churchill Brothers bt Salgaocar SC 3-1
Goal Scored - Felix Chimaokwu (CB) 28'P & 55', Odafe Onyeka Okolie (CB) 53'P and Rocus Lamare (SSC) 90+'
Churchill scored a comfortable win over Salgaocar.
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Viva Kerala l Mumbai FC 0-1
Goal Scored - Evans Quao (MFC) 27'
This Mumbai FC win guranteed more turn and twist in relegation battle.
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East Bengal dw Sporting Clube de Goa 1-1
Goal Scored - Syed Rahim Nabi (EB) 39' and Joseph Pereira (SCG) 11'
Sporting hold East Bengal to 1-all draw.
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Air India l JCT Mills 0-1
Goal Scored - Emmanuel Okoro (JCT) 66'
JCT won with solitary goal from Okoro in second half ... This loss keeps Airmen in battle of relegation positions.
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Mohun Bagan l Dempo SC 1-4
Goal Scored - N.S.Manju (MB) 7' and Beto (DSC) 47' & 64', Ranty Martins (DSC) 55', Joaquim Abranches (DSC) 61'
Mohun Bagan started well scoring early goal and were leading after first half ... But Dempo started second half with goal from Beto and then they scored 3 goals in 10 minutes to finished Bagan challenge.
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Mahindra United dw Pune FC 1-1
Goal Scored - Steven Dias (MU) 39' and Arata Izumi (PFC) 58'
Pune FC hold Mahindra and almost ended Mahindra's chance of winning 2009-10 I League.
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Shillong Lajong FC dw Chirag United 1-1
Goal Scored - Daniel Bademi (SL) 38' and Edmilson Marques (CU) 83'
Chirag maanged to hold Shillong after late equalizer by Marques.
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At AFC Cup 2010,
Group B
Kuwait SC bt Churchill Brothers (IND) 7-1
Goal Scored - Khaled Ajab (KSC) 9', 30', 50' & 57' , Rodrigo Vergilio (KSC) 28', Rogerio Coutinho (KSC) 76' & 90' and Nascimento Silveira (CB) 48'
Yesterday I made blunder, Churchill wasn't leading as I mentioned ... Kuwait SC gave humiliating defeat to Churchill Brothers to top Group B ... With this loss Churchill finished on second place.
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Group D
East Bengal (IND) l Al Nejmeh (LEB) 0-4
Goal Scored - Abbas Atwi (AlN) 3' & 41', Pape Cisse (AlN) 30', Bilal Najjarine (AlN) 68'
East Bengal lost 6th game in 6 matches ... They conceded 20 goals in these defeats in forgetable AFC cup.
Tennis News
At $125K+H Tunis Challanger, Tunisia (Clay)
[QF] (1) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) l Frederico Gil (POR)/ Marcelo Melo (BRA) 57 63 9-11
Was hoping title from this pair.
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At $15K Uzbekistan F2 Futures, Namangan
[R2] (5) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,359) bt (Q) Michal Konecny (CZE,1367) 76(5) 64
[R2] (8) Rohan Gajjar (IND,456) bt (LL) Ervand Gasparyan (RUS,1250) 63 62
[QF] (5) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,359) vs (1) Alexander Kudryavtsev (RUS,267)
[QF] (8) Rohan Gajjar (IND,456) vs (Q) Andrei Vasilevski (BLR,906)
Doubles
[QF] GAJJAR (IND)/ RASTOGI (IND) bt (3) SHARAN (IND)/ VARDHAN (IND) bt 67(2) 61 13-11
[SF] GAJJAR (IND)/ RASTOGI (IND) bt KONECNY (CZE)/ VOGELI (CZE) W/O
Excellent wins by Rohan and Vishnu ... But big test for Vishnu in quarters against Kudryavtsev, who was in top 100 only 6 months back.
In doubles Rohan and Karan scored hard fought victory in super tie-break against their seeded country men ... In semis they recieved walkover from Czech pair, so they r in the final.
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At $50K Charlottesville Challanger, USA
[R1] (LL) Shikha Uberoi (IND,630) l Alexandra Stevenson (USA,253) 57 06
Doubles
[R1] (2) Uberoi (IND)/ Voskoboeva (KAZ) l Couts (USA)/ Luzhanska (UKR) 57 06
Wasn't expected early loss in doubles.
At $125K+H Tunis Challanger, Tunisia (Clay)
[QF] (1) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) l Frederico Gil (POR)/ Marcelo Melo (BRA) 57 63 9-11
Was hoping title from this pair.
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At $15K Uzbekistan F2 Futures, Namangan
[R2] (5) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,359) bt (Q) Michal Konecny (CZE,1367) 76(5) 64
[R2] (8) Rohan Gajjar (IND,456) bt (LL) Ervand Gasparyan (RUS,1250) 63 62
[QF] (5) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,359) vs (1) Alexander Kudryavtsev (RUS,267)
[QF] (8) Rohan Gajjar (IND,456) vs (Q) Andrei Vasilevski (BLR,906)
Doubles
[QF] GAJJAR (IND)/ RASTOGI (IND) bt (3) SHARAN (IND)/ VARDHAN (IND) bt 67(2) 61 13-11
[SF] GAJJAR (IND)/ RASTOGI (IND) bt KONECNY (CZE)/ VOGELI (CZE) W/O
Excellent wins by Rohan and Vishnu ... But big test for Vishnu in quarters against Kudryavtsev, who was in top 100 only 6 months back.
In doubles Rohan and Karan scored hard fought victory in super tie-break against their seeded country men ... In semis they recieved walkover from Czech pair, so they r in the final.
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At $50K Charlottesville Challanger, USA
[R1] (LL) Shikha Uberoi (IND,630) l Alexandra Stevenson (USA,253) 57 06
Doubles
[R1] (2) Uberoi (IND)/ Voskoboeva (KAZ) l Couts (USA)/ Luzhanska (UKR) 57 06
Wasn't expected early loss in doubles.
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Chess News
At World Championship Match 2010, Sofia, Bulgaria
Viswanathan Anand (2787) - Veselin Topalov (2805) 1½-1½
Game Three - 27th April
Veselin Topalov (2805) - Viswanathan Anand (2787) ½-½
In game 3 Anand responded with solid Slav defence ... Anand played excellent game and didn't give any chance to Topalov, who agreed to draw after 46 moves.
At World Championship Match 2010, Sofia, Bulgaria
Viswanathan Anand (2787) - Veselin Topalov (2805) 1½-1½
Game Three - 27th April
Veselin Topalov (2805) - Viswanathan Anand (2787) ½-½
In game 3 Anand responded with solid Slav defence ... Anand played excellent game and didn't give any chance to Topalov, who agreed to draw after 46 moves.
Tennis News
At €2.75M Internazionali BNL d'Italia, Rome
[R2] (3) Lukas Dlouhy (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs Ivan Ljubicic (CRO)/Michael Llodra(FRA)
[R2] (4) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Max Mirnyi (BLR) vs John Isner (USA)/Sam Querrey (USA)
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At $125K+H Tunis Challanger, Tunisia (Clay)
[R1] (1) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) bt Thierry Ascione (FRA)/ Arnaud Clement (FRA) W/O
[QF] (1) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) vs Frederico Gil (POR)/ Marcelo Melo (BRA)
Recieved walkover due to right elbow injury to Clement.
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At $15K Uzbekistan F2 Futures, Namangan
[Q2] (1) SHARAN, Divij (IND,847) bt (16) STRELKOV, Sergey (RUS,1659) W/o
[R1] (5) VARDHAN Vishnu (IND,359) bt RESHETNIKOV Vitali (RUS,809) 63 64
[R1] RASTOGI Karan (IND,649) l (4) KEDRYUK Alexey (KAZ,349) 46 46
[R1] (8) GAJJAR Rohan (IND,456) bt (Q) SHARAN, Divij (IND,847) 61 75
[R2] (5) VARDHAN Vishnu (IND,359) vs (Q) KONECNY Michal (CZE,1367)
[R2] (8) GAJJAR Rohan (IND,456) vs (LL) GASPARYAN Ervand (RUS,1250)
Doubles
[R1] (3) SHARAN (IND)/ VARDHAN (IND) bt KHAYDAROV (UZB)/ TARASOV (UZB) 63 62
[R1] GAJJAR (IND)/ RASTOGI (IND) bt JALALOV (UZB)/ SHIPILOV (UZB) 64 63
[QF] (3) SHARAN (IND)/ VARDHAN (IND) vs GAJJAR (IND)/ RASTOGI (IND)
Good to see Vishnu scoring win against Russians.
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At $50K Charlottesville Challanger, USA
[Q1] Shikha Uberoi (IND,630) bt (1) Jennifer Elie (USA,357) 46 63 63
[Q2] Shikha Uberoi (IND,630) bt Stephanie Theiler (SUI,UNR) 60 60
[Q3] Shikha Uberoi (IND,630) l (5) Chieh-Yu Hsu (USA,460) 46 63 46
[R1] (LL) Shikha Uberoi (IND,630) vs Alexandra Stevenson (USA,253)
Shikha produced noticeable performance after longtime ... Good top-350 type win for her.
At €2.75M Internazionali BNL d'Italia, Rome
[R2] (3) Lukas Dlouhy (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs Ivan Ljubicic (CRO)/Michael Llodra(FRA)
[R2] (4) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Max Mirnyi (BLR) vs John Isner (USA)/Sam Querrey (USA)
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At $125K+H Tunis Challanger, Tunisia (Clay)
[R1] (1) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) bt Thierry Ascione (FRA)/ Arnaud Clement (FRA) W/O
[QF] (1) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) vs Frederico Gil (POR)/ Marcelo Melo (BRA)
Recieved walkover due to right elbow injury to Clement.
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At $15K Uzbekistan F2 Futures, Namangan
[Q2] (1) SHARAN, Divij (IND,847) bt (16) STRELKOV, Sergey (RUS,1659) W/o
[R1] (5) VARDHAN Vishnu (IND,359) bt RESHETNIKOV Vitali (RUS,809) 63 64
[R1] RASTOGI Karan (IND,649) l (4) KEDRYUK Alexey (KAZ,349) 46 46
[R1] (8) GAJJAR Rohan (IND,456) bt (Q) SHARAN, Divij (IND,847) 61 75
[R2] (5) VARDHAN Vishnu (IND,359) vs (Q) KONECNY Michal (CZE,1367)
[R2] (8) GAJJAR Rohan (IND,456) vs (LL) GASPARYAN Ervand (RUS,1250)
Doubles
[R1] (3) SHARAN (IND)/ VARDHAN (IND) bt KHAYDAROV (UZB)/ TARASOV (UZB) 63 62
[R1] GAJJAR (IND)/ RASTOGI (IND) bt JALALOV (UZB)/ SHIPILOV (UZB) 64 63
[QF] (3) SHARAN (IND)/ VARDHAN (IND) vs GAJJAR (IND)/ RASTOGI (IND)
Good to see Vishnu scoring win against Russians.
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At $50K Charlottesville Challanger, USA
[Q1] Shikha Uberoi (IND,630) bt (1) Jennifer Elie (USA,357) 46 63 63
[Q2] Shikha Uberoi (IND,630) bt Stephanie Theiler (SUI,UNR) 60 60
[Q3] Shikha Uberoi (IND,630) l (5) Chieh-Yu Hsu (USA,460) 46 63 46
[R1] (LL) Shikha Uberoi (IND,630) vs Alexandra Stevenson (USA,253)
Shikha produced noticeable performance after longtime ... Good top-350 type win for her.
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Chess News
At World Championship Match 2010, Sofia, Bulgaria
Viswanathan Anand (2787) - Veselin Topalov (2805) 1-1
Game Two - 25th April
Viswanathan Anand (2787) - Veselin Topalov (2805) 1-0
YES!!! Anand strike back in second game ... This is huge moral boosting win for him after bad first game.
Anand opened with a popular Catalan setup, in which White aims for the initiative and long-term pressure ... Topalov responded with an early 4...dxc4 which creates imbalances in the position ... Topalov made real mistake on 25th move allowing Anand to seize a nice positional advantage and collect Black queenside pawns ... After that Anand kept pressure until Topalov resigns on 43rd move.
Tomorrow is the rest day, so both players team will re-analize their strategy.
Nice commentary by GM Anish Giri on Chessbase.com
1.d4. Anand decides to open the game with the d-pawn, as he did in his World Championship match against Kramnik in Bonn 2008. 1...Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3. No Nimzo today. Against Kramnik Anand used Nimzo and it brought him a point and a good position in game 2. 3...d5. Topalov doesn't go for the safe Queen's Indian, but rather for a sharp Ragozin or Vienna. 4.g3. No! Anand goes for a calm Catalan, which was and still is a great weapon of another world champion – Kramnik. 4...dxc4 5.Bg2 a6!?
The idea of this line is to save the pawn by any means. 6.Ne5. 6.0-0 is another main line, which is a real pawn sacrifice. 6...c5 7.Na3. 7.Be3 Nd5 8.dxc5 Was played recently by other Catalan players, Bacrot and Wang Yue. 7...cxd4 8.Naxc4 Bc5. 8...Ra7 is another possibility, with the idea b6. I remember it from the game Wang Yue-Van Wely from Corus 2009, where black equalised without problems. But I guess Anand had an improvement there.
9.0-0 0-0 10.Bd2 Nd5 11.Rc1 Nd7 12.Nd3 Ba7
So far both players played logical moves, but from here White has a big and wide choice. 13.Ba5. A questionable decision. 13.Qb3!? Made sense, since later on Black was threatening b6, attacking the bishop on a5. But perhaps Anand has analyzed this position deeply and came to conclusion that it is better to include Ba5 Qe7. If 13...Nc5 then simple 14.Nxc5 Bxc5 15.Ne5 and White keeps up the pressure. (15.Ba5!?) 13...Qe7 14.Qb3 Rb8. Preparing b6. Now white had a big choice and I am afraid Anand chose not the best move, though later it worked out well for him. After 14...b6 White has 15.Bb4 Nc5 16.Qa3 Bb7 17.Bxd5! Bxd5 18.Nxb6! Bxb6 19.Bxc5 Bxc5 20.Rxc5 With some pressure and edge.
15.Qa3?! As I said, later it worked out well for Anand. At the time I doubted the objective evaluation of the move, but after seeing the whole game I was wondering – maybe it was pure genius, from a psychological point of view!? 15.Rfd1! Is the move I like most. Now Black doesn't have a very useful move, since 15...b6 falls into (15...Nc5 16.Nxc5 Bxc5 17.Ne5 should also be slightly better.; 15...Re8!? or; 15...h6 are maybe the best moves, but White can then try Qa3 or improve slowly with let's say Rc2.) 16.Bb4! Nc5 17.Qa3 Bb7 (17...Nxb4 18.Nxb4 Bb7 19.Bxb7 Qxb7 20.Rxd4) 18.Bxd5! Bxd5 19.Nxb6! Bxb6 20.Rxc5! Bxc5 21.Bxc5 Qb7 22.Bxf8 Rxf8 23.Qb4 With advantage for White. 15...Qxa3 16.bxa3
16...N7f6?! logical, but the more logical 16...Nc5! was the move. I think White would have to fight for the draw, and I am curious what Anand wanted to play here and what Topalov was afraid of. 17.Nce5! Now I liked the white position again, though I think he has no objective advantage. 17...Re8! preparing b6 and Bd7. 17...b6 18.Bb4!; 17...Bd7 18.Nxd7 Nxd7 19.Bxd5 exd5 20.Rc7+/=. 18.Rc2. 18.g4!? looks interesting too. 18...b6?! objectively must be okay, but I think if there is no need to weaken the c6 square, then why to do it?! I prefer 18...Bd7! not weakening c6. Now the best white can do is 19.Nxd7 Nxd7 20.Rfc1 N7f6 21.Ne5 which should be around equal. White has two bishops and good pieces, while black has an extra pawn and a solid position with no weaknesses. 19.Bd2 Bb7 20.Rfc1. Stronger than the immedeate Nc6. In general Anand plays very well from now on, without forcing things too much, just improving the position, no caring that he is a pawn down. 20...Rbd8 21.f4 Bb8 22.a4 a5 23.Nc6
Now that White has made all the useful moves, it is time for this exchange. 23...Bxc6 24.Rxc6 h5?! A strange, impulsive and weakening move, although again, objectively it is not a mistake. 24...h6 would be played by a more patient defender. 25.R1c4
25.Bf3!? Immediately pointing at the h5 pawn. 25...Ne3? Now the real mistake comes. I think Topalov got tired of making moves without any idea. He wanted to force things. However there was another way... 25...Ng4! Fits perfectly with h5. If Topalov could have played it, I would have to give h5 an exclamation mark! 26.Bf3 (26.Rxd4 Ba7! is the point. Now White would be in trouble.) 26...e5! (26...Ba7!? is not human, but not a bad move either.) 27.fxe5 Nxe5 28.Nxe5 Bxe5 29.Kf1 should be aroung equal, with Black having no problems after (29.Bxh5 d3! 30.exd3 Ne7-/+) 29...h4! 26.Bxe3 dxe3 27.Bf3!?
27.Rxb6 Was of course another option, but Anand is trying to confuse Topalov, offering him a difficult choice between giving up the h5 and b6 pawn. And he also perhaps didn't like 27...e5!? 27...g6? 27...Nd7 was I think better, but White had a pleasant advantage there as well. Still it was way better than what Topalov go in the game. 28.Bxh5 e5! being the idea. 28.Rxb6. Now there is no e5, and the a5 pawn is extremely weak. 28...Ba7 28...Re7 Trying to defend a5 with Bc7 was better. Surprisingly White is unable to win the pawn by force, but obviously he still has a big advantage. 29.Rb3! So that Topalov can forget about any Rxd3. 29...Rd4 30.Rc7 Bb8 31.Rc5!
The pawn on a4 is untouchable due to Bc6 and White wins the a5 pawn. 31...Bd6 32.Rxa5 Rc8. Black is getting active, but it won't give him anything. White has a good protection of the key d3 and e2 squares and the a-pawn (supported by a long-sighted bishop who keeps on looking at a8, the promotion square) should decide the game in White's favour. 33.Kg2. I love these moves. I can imagine how disgusted Topalov must be with his position now. 33...Rc2 34.a3. The mean World Champion, who already gave the pawn once in the opening, doesn't want to give it now anymore. And he is right... this will be the decisive pawn! 34...Ra2?! 34...Nd5 It was necessary to still try to complicate the matter a bit, but White is winning anyway. 35.Nb4!
All suporters of Anand were now very relieved when they saw the black king standing on g8, not g7... 35...Bxb4 [35...Rxa3 36.Rxa3 Bxb4 37.Ra8+! is what I meant with my previous comment.] 36.axb4 Nd5 37.b5! The a4 pawn doesn't matter anymore, while it's colleague runs! 37...Raxa4 38.Rxa4 Rxa4 39.Bxd5! Killing the knight. The arising ending is the most winning rook ending I ever saw in my life. 39...exd5 40.b6 Ra8 41.b7 Diagram
At the end the decisive factor is – the a-pawn! The little a-pawn that was standing on a2 at the beginning of the game. 41...Rb8 42.Kf3 d4 43.Ke4
A great comeback by the World Champion, though I must add that it was obviously not without help from Topalov. 1-0.
At World Championship Match 2010, Sofia, Bulgaria
Viswanathan Anand (2787) - Veselin Topalov (2805) 1-1
Game Two - 25th April
Viswanathan Anand (2787) - Veselin Topalov (2805) 1-0
YES!!! Anand strike back in second game ... This is huge moral boosting win for him after bad first game.
Anand opened with a popular Catalan setup, in which White aims for the initiative and long-term pressure ... Topalov responded with an early 4...dxc4 which creates imbalances in the position ... Topalov made real mistake on 25th move allowing Anand to seize a nice positional advantage and collect Black queenside pawns ... After that Anand kept pressure until Topalov resigns on 43rd move.
Tomorrow is the rest day, so both players team will re-analize their strategy.
Nice commentary by GM Anish Giri on Chessbase.com
1.d4. Anand decides to open the game with the d-pawn, as he did in his World Championship match against Kramnik in Bonn 2008. 1...Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3. No Nimzo today. Against Kramnik Anand used Nimzo and it brought him a point and a good position in game 2. 3...d5. Topalov doesn't go for the safe Queen's Indian, but rather for a sharp Ragozin or Vienna. 4.g3. No! Anand goes for a calm Catalan, which was and still is a great weapon of another world champion – Kramnik. 4...dxc4 5.Bg2 a6!?
The idea of this line is to save the pawn by any means. 6.Ne5. 6.0-0 is another main line, which is a real pawn sacrifice. 6...c5 7.Na3. 7.Be3 Nd5 8.dxc5 Was played recently by other Catalan players, Bacrot and Wang Yue. 7...cxd4 8.Naxc4 Bc5. 8...Ra7 is another possibility, with the idea b6. I remember it from the game Wang Yue-Van Wely from Corus 2009, where black equalised without problems. But I guess Anand had an improvement there.
9.0-0 0-0 10.Bd2 Nd5 11.Rc1 Nd7 12.Nd3 Ba7
So far both players played logical moves, but from here White has a big and wide choice. 13.Ba5. A questionable decision. 13.Qb3!? Made sense, since later on Black was threatening b6, attacking the bishop on a5. But perhaps Anand has analyzed this position deeply and came to conclusion that it is better to include Ba5 Qe7. If 13...Nc5 then simple 14.Nxc5 Bxc5 15.Ne5 and White keeps up the pressure. (15.Ba5!?) 13...Qe7 14.Qb3 Rb8. Preparing b6. Now white had a big choice and I am afraid Anand chose not the best move, though later it worked out well for him. After 14...b6 White has 15.Bb4 Nc5 16.Qa3 Bb7 17.Bxd5! Bxd5 18.Nxb6! Bxb6 19.Bxc5 Bxc5 20.Rxc5 With some pressure and edge.
15.Qa3?! As I said, later it worked out well for Anand. At the time I doubted the objective evaluation of the move, but after seeing the whole game I was wondering – maybe it was pure genius, from a psychological point of view!? 15.Rfd1! Is the move I like most. Now Black doesn't have a very useful move, since 15...b6 falls into (15...Nc5 16.Nxc5 Bxc5 17.Ne5 should also be slightly better.; 15...Re8!? or; 15...h6 are maybe the best moves, but White can then try Qa3 or improve slowly with let's say Rc2.) 16.Bb4! Nc5 17.Qa3 Bb7 (17...Nxb4 18.Nxb4 Bb7 19.Bxb7 Qxb7 20.Rxd4) 18.Bxd5! Bxd5 19.Nxb6! Bxb6 20.Rxc5! Bxc5 21.Bxc5 Qb7 22.Bxf8 Rxf8 23.Qb4 With advantage for White. 15...Qxa3 16.bxa3
16...N7f6?! logical, but the more logical 16...Nc5! was the move. I think White would have to fight for the draw, and I am curious what Anand wanted to play here and what Topalov was afraid of. 17.Nce5! Now I liked the white position again, though I think he has no objective advantage. 17...Re8! preparing b6 and Bd7. 17...b6 18.Bb4!; 17...Bd7 18.Nxd7 Nxd7 19.Bxd5 exd5 20.Rc7+/=. 18.Rc2. 18.g4!? looks interesting too. 18...b6?! objectively must be okay, but I think if there is no need to weaken the c6 square, then why to do it?! I prefer 18...Bd7! not weakening c6. Now the best white can do is 19.Nxd7 Nxd7 20.Rfc1 N7f6 21.Ne5 which should be around equal. White has two bishops and good pieces, while black has an extra pawn and a solid position with no weaknesses. 19.Bd2 Bb7 20.Rfc1. Stronger than the immedeate Nc6. In general Anand plays very well from now on, without forcing things too much, just improving the position, no caring that he is a pawn down. 20...Rbd8 21.f4 Bb8 22.a4 a5 23.Nc6
Now that White has made all the useful moves, it is time for this exchange. 23...Bxc6 24.Rxc6 h5?! A strange, impulsive and weakening move, although again, objectively it is not a mistake. 24...h6 would be played by a more patient defender. 25.R1c4
25.Bf3!? Immediately pointing at the h5 pawn. 25...Ne3? Now the real mistake comes. I think Topalov got tired of making moves without any idea. He wanted to force things. However there was another way... 25...Ng4! Fits perfectly with h5. If Topalov could have played it, I would have to give h5 an exclamation mark! 26.Bf3 (26.Rxd4 Ba7! is the point. Now White would be in trouble.) 26...e5! (26...Ba7!? is not human, but not a bad move either.) 27.fxe5 Nxe5 28.Nxe5 Bxe5 29.Kf1 should be aroung equal, with Black having no problems after (29.Bxh5 d3! 30.exd3 Ne7-/+) 29...h4! 26.Bxe3 dxe3 27.Bf3!?
27.Rxb6 Was of course another option, but Anand is trying to confuse Topalov, offering him a difficult choice between giving up the h5 and b6 pawn. And he also perhaps didn't like 27...e5!? 27...g6? 27...Nd7 was I think better, but White had a pleasant advantage there as well. Still it was way better than what Topalov go in the game. 28.Bxh5 e5! being the idea. 28.Rxb6. Now there is no e5, and the a5 pawn is extremely weak. 28...Ba7 28...Re7 Trying to defend a5 with Bc7 was better. Surprisingly White is unable to win the pawn by force, but obviously he still has a big advantage. 29.Rb3! So that Topalov can forget about any Rxd3. 29...Rd4 30.Rc7 Bb8 31.Rc5!
The pawn on a4 is untouchable due to Bc6 and White wins the a5 pawn. 31...Bd6 32.Rxa5 Rc8. Black is getting active, but it won't give him anything. White has a good protection of the key d3 and e2 squares and the a-pawn (supported by a long-sighted bishop who keeps on looking at a8, the promotion square) should decide the game in White's favour. 33.Kg2. I love these moves. I can imagine how disgusted Topalov must be with his position now. 33...Rc2 34.a3. The mean World Champion, who already gave the pawn once in the opening, doesn't want to give it now anymore. And he is right... this will be the decisive pawn! 34...Ra2?! 34...Nd5 It was necessary to still try to complicate the matter a bit, but White is winning anyway. 35.Nb4!
All suporters of Anand were now very relieved when they saw the black king standing on g8, not g7... 35...Bxb4 [35...Rxa3 36.Rxa3 Bxb4 37.Ra8+! is what I meant with my previous comment.] 36.axb4 Nd5 37.b5! The a4 pawn doesn't matter anymore, while it's colleague runs! 37...Raxa4 38.Rxa4 Rxa4 39.Bxd5! Killing the knight. The arising ending is the most winning rook ending I ever saw in my life. 39...exd5 40.b6 Ra8 41.b7 Diagram
At the end the decisive factor is – the a-pawn! The little a-pawn that was standing on a2 at the beginning of the game. 41...Rb8 42.Kf3 d4 43.Ke4
A great comeback by the World Champion, though I must add that it was obviously not without help from Topalov. 1-0.
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