Cricket News -
India was leading 373 and they forced follow-on on Windies ... Again Indian bowlers started well dismissing Gayle in 1st over ... But thundershower and Brian Lara, who elevated himself to No. 3, avoided further damage.

India 588/8d
West Indies - 215 (Gayle 46, Chanderpaul 30, Ramdin 30 and Sehwag 3/33, Kumble 3/57, Patel 3/51)
West Indies - 43/1 (Ganga 24 not out and Pathan 1/24)
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Chess News -

Anand again showed his supremacy in rapid chess as he defeated World no. 1 Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria 2.5 - 1.5 margin to lift the 19th Magistral Ciudad de Leon title in Leon, Spain ... This was Anand's 6th title at this tournament.
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Tennis News -

DFS CLASSIC -

[R1] (14) Sania Mirza (IND,40) bt Alona Bondarenko (UKR,61) 62 36 63

Match was going on for 1 hr 44 mins ... Sania won 103 pts and Alona 88 pts ... Sania had 4 aces and 4 double faults, other hand Alona had 2 aces and 3 double faults ... In match Sania had 60% 1st serve percentage and Alona had 69% ... But points won on 1st serve counted most, where Sania won 67% to Alona's 51%.

[R2] (14) Sania Mirza (IND,40) vs Shenay PERRY (USA,92)

[R1] Sania MIRZA (IND)/ Francesca SCHIAVONE (ITA) vs Elena VESNINA (RUS)/ Zi YAN (CHN)
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At Stella Artois champoinships - Queens club -

[R1]Mahesh Bhupathi (IND.) / Redak Stepanek (CZE) bt Michel Llodra / Nicolas Mahut ( FRA) 46 76(1) 11-9
[R2] Mahesh Bhupathi (IND.) / Redak Stepanek (CZE) vs (7) Wayne Black ( ZIM.) / J. Coetzee (RSA)
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$10K ITF Women Delhi (June 12)

Singles Qualifying Draw
Q1
(1)Vivien Silvany Tony (INA) bt Sanjana Kapur 62 62
Charlotte Machin (GBR) bt (wc)Priyanka Tohan 64 60
(2)Jing-Jing Lu (CHN) bt Shweta Kakhandki 62 62
Anushri Thammanna bt Kanisha Mehta 64 62
Poojashree Venkatesha bt (3)Ragini Vimal 62 60
(wc)Inayat Khosla bt Shashirekha Jallihall 60 60
(4)Varsha Shivashankar bt Sampada Kanede 57 63 64
Shalini Sahoo bt Vishakha Sheoran 63 16 62
Gangothri Sandri bt (wc)Tejaswi Narayana 61 62
Esha Sanghvi bt (wc)Adnya Naik 26 63 64
Vishika Chhetri bt Rohini Das 61 64
Chirashanthi Rajur bt Karina Ahuja 76(5) 64
Anupama Rajur bt (wc)Adithi Jallihall 60 61
Arthi Duraisamy bt Garima Vatwani 75 63
Janaki Gunuganti bt (wc)Shivika Burman 62 26 76(5)
Sagarika Phadke bt Renuka Keshwani 67(3) 61 63

Quali - Final Round
(1)Vivien Silvany Tony (INA) bt Charlotte Machin (GBR) 62 61
(2)Jing-Jing Lu (CHN) bt Anushri Thammanna W/O
Poojashree Venkatesha bt (wc)Inayat Khosla 62 61
Shalini Sahoo bt (4)Varsha Shivashankar 62 60
Gangothri Sandri bt Esha Sanghvi 76(2) 61
Vishika Chhetri bt Chirashanthi Rajur 60 60
Arthi Duraisamy bt Anupama Rajur 16 64 64
Janaki Gunuganti bt Sagarika Phadke 75 26 63

Singles Main Draw - 1st Round

(1)Ankita Bhambri (IND) bt Krushmi Chheda (IND) 60 61
(wc)Oormila Ram (IND) bt (Q)Vishika Chhetri (IND) 75 64

(Q)Jing-Jing Lu (CHN) bt Asha Nandakumar (IND) 64 64
(5)Meghha Vakharia (IND) bt (wc)Geeta Manohar (IND) 64 61

(3)Rushmi Chakravarthi (IND) bt (Q)Poojashree Venkatesha (IND) 60 16 62
Pichittra Thongdach (THA) bt Sonal Phadke (IND) 62 63

Po-Kuen Lam (HKG) bt (Q)Vivien Silvany Tony (INA) 46 64 62
(7)Sandy Gumulya (INA) bt (wc)Neha Rana (IND) 60 61

Chun-Mei Ji (CHN) bt (6)Jing Ren (CHN) 76(4) 61
Archana Venkataraman (IND) bt Anne-Valerie Evain (FRA) 26 64 62

(Q)Shalini Sahoo (IND) bt (Q)Gangothri Sandri (IND) 63 10 Ret.
Wei-Ping Lee (SIN) bt (4)Sanaa Bhambri (IND) 64 67(4) 61

(8)Parul Goswami (IND) bt (Q)Arthi Duraisamy (IND) 61 62
Liza Pereira (IND) bt (Q)Janaki Gunuganti (IND) 63 63

(wc)Tara Iyer (IND) bt Shan-Shan Li (CHN) 61 62
(2)Isha Lakhani (IND) bt Lavinia Tananta (INA) 63 61

Doubles (pre-quarterfinals) -
Ankita Bhambri (IND)/ Sanaa Bhambri (IND) bt Li Shan-Shan/Lu Jing-Jing (Chn) 75 62
Isha Lakhani (IND)/ Pichittra Thongdach (Tha) bt Geeta Manohar (IND)/ Sonal Phadke (IND) 63 61
Sandy Gumulya (IND)/ Lavinia Tananta (Ina) bt Sampada Kanade (IND)/ Kanisha Mehta (IND) 61 60
Rushmi Chakravarthi (IND)/ Megha Vakaria (IND) bt Wei-Ping Lee (Sin)/Vivien Silfany-Tony (Ina) 63 60
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$10k Mens Futures Thailand F2 ( June 12)

Q1
NORBERG, Karl SWE d. 12-GOUTHAM, Arjun IND 62 63
3- SINGH, Ashutosh IND d. NANDKUMAR, Kiran IND 61 64
4-KANNAN, Vijay IND d. WC-CHUMPECTH, Pattrakit THA 61 62
WC-MURALI, Mithun (IND) d. WC-GIDE, Rohan (IND) 75 61

Q2
MA, Rong CHN d. 3- SINGH, Ashutosh IND 61 61
AL NABHANI, Mohammed OMA d. 4-KANNAN, Vijay IND 61 61
9- TORRES, Ruben-Dario COL d. WC-MURALI, Mithun (IND) 64 60

Main draw :-
[R1] VARDHAN, Vishnu (IND,802) l NAM, Hyun-Woo (KOR,834) 46 46
[R1] Navdeep Singh (IND,706) l Robert Steckley (CAN,622) 64 26 06
[R1] Vivek Shokeen (IND,790) l Lester Cook (USA,689) 46 16
[R1] (7) SIPAEYA, Sunil-Kumar (IND,593) vs Q-THOMAS, Andrew (AUS, unra.)
[R1] (8) VAN DER MERWE, Izak (RSA,596) vs PATHANJALI, Ravi-Shankar (IND,680)

Doubles First round -
(1) SINGH Ashutosh/KANNAN Vijay IND bt (WC) WACHIRAMANOWONG Kittipong/SIRIBUTWONG Peerakit THA 62 63
(2) MITCHELL Stephen/VAN DER MERWE Izak RSA bt PATHANJALI Ravi-Shankar/SHOKEEN Vivek IND 64 63

PIYAMONGKOL Philipp/SINGH Navdeep GER/IND vs (WC) DOAKMAIKLEE Weerapat/SIRIBUTWONG Kirati THA

[QF] (1) SINGH Ashutosh/KANNAN Vijay IND vs KUSETA Davor/ RUSBY Tom CRO/GBR

Cricket News -

India scored massive total with 23rd century from Dravid and maidan test hundred by Kaif ... And in reply Windies r struggling with good bowling by Munaf and Kumble.

India 588/8d (Sehwag 180, Dravid 146, Kaif 148 not out and Collins 4/116)

West Indies 65/3 (Gayle 34 not out and Munaf Patel 2/20, Kumble 1/10)
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Tennis News -

Halle ATP Tournament (Grass)

[R1] (1) Roger Federer (SUI,1) vs (Q) Rohan Bopanna (IND,270)

Huge match for Rohan ... Rohan has an edge over Federer ... He is well accustomed to the surface and having been playing for last couple of weeks ... With three excellent and quality wins over top 200 players ... Federe need to adapt and come out of emotional loss at French Open ... Last year he had a tough time at the first round of Halle, he saved match points against Robin Soderling ... Match is schedule for wednesday.

Cricket News -
India ended day one on 361/4 ... Sehwag scored magnificent 180 runs from 190 balls with 22 x 4s and 2 x 6s ... Dravid remained not out on 95 with 12 x 4s ... From Windies all wicket taken by Collins, 4/75.
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Golf News -

Bangkok Airways Open - Round 3

1 LU Wen-Teh 68 68 72 -5
T2 Mardan MAMAT 70 69 72 -2
T2 Prayad MARKSAENG 67 70 74 -2

T13 S.S.P. CHOWRASIA 73 71 74 +5
T20 Digvijay SINGH 81 67 72 +7
T31 Amandeep JOHL 75 76 72 +10
T37 Amritinder SINGH 75 75 74 +11
T37 Gaurav GHEI 71 75 78 +11
T37 Uttam Singh MUNDY 76 72 76 +11
T70 Jaiveer VIRK 77 74 84 +22

Chowrasia and Digvijay Singh having opportunity to finished in top 10.
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Our 3 players finished in top 20 ... Chowrasia in top 10, Digvijay Singh in top 15 and Amandeep in top 20 ... :D

Only 6 players managed to remain on even or under par ... And winner's score was -3 ... Plaphol wins play-off against Gibson on 1st playoff hole.

Bangkok Airways Open - Round 4

1 Chawalit PLAPHOL 71 70 73 67 -3
2 Rick GIBSON 69 72 71 69 -3
3 Mardan MAMAT 70 69 72 71 -2
4 LU Wen-Teh 68 68 72 75 -1
T5 Iain STEEL 66 78 72 68 E
T5 Prayad MARKSAENG 67 70 74 73 E

T8 S.S.P. CHOWRASIA 73 71 74 69 +3
T12 Digvijay SINGH 81 67 72 70 +6
T19 Amandeep JOHL 75 76 72 71 +10
T34 Gaurav GHEI 71 75 78 75 +15
T38 Amritinder SINGH 75 75 74 76 +16
T57 Uttam Singh MUNDY 76 72 76 81 +21
67 Jaiveer VIRK 77 74 84 79 +30
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At Barclays Classic,

Luv to see Arjun atlast managed to break his missing cuts streak.

In third round Arjun started badly scoring 3 consecutive bogeys from hole 2nd to 4th ... Then matter became worst as he scored a double bogey on 6th hole ... But then he showed his real character to began his fight back ... He scored birdies on 8th and 9th hole ... Then another bogey on 10th hole with immediated birdie on 11th ... Another bogey on 15th hole, but end round in style with consecutive birdies on 17th and 18th hole. ( 5 birdies, 5 bogeys and a double bogey) ... Currently Arjun is tied for 59th position with +3 score.
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Tennis News -At Tier III DFC classic , Birmingham ,

[Q1] (1)Melinda Czink (HUN) d. (alt)Shikha Uberoi (IND) 76(2) 64
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Halle ATP qualies in Germany ..

Rohan qualified with three consecutive win against top 200 players ... This is terrific result from him and very good practice before Wimbledon qualifying ... In first round he will meet one of these very talented players - Roger Federer, Tomas Berdych, Christophe Rochus and Richard Gasquet.

[Q1] Prakash Amritraj (IND,250) bt (WC) Daniel Brands (GER,572) 63 62
[Q2] Prakash Amritraj (IND) l (3) George Bastl (SUI,145), 46 46

[Q1] Rohan Bopanna (IND,270) bt (5) Evgueni Korolev (RUS,151) 16 63 64
[Q2] Rohan Bopanna (IND,270) bt Simone Bolelli (ITA,173) 76(6) 75
[Q3] Rohan Bopanna (IND,270) bt (2) Kristian Pless (DEN,143) 76(5) 76(3)
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Squash News -

Dipika Pallikal won the girls u15 title at the 1st Masonry Asian Junior Squash championship in Singapore. As per report from the start Dipika stamped her authority by playing superb lengths and finishing off with some amazing cross court volley drops.

Dipika Pallikal - I would like to thank Maj. Maniam, consultant coach, Cyrus Poncha, National Coach and the ICL Academy for everything they have done for me to get me where I am today. She paid tribute to a host of others including her sponsors Wilson and Globo Sports.

[F] (3/4) Dipika Pallikal (IND) bt (1) Tong Tsz Wing (HK) 9-2 9-4 9-5

At Bangkok Airways Open,

Bangkok Airways Open - Round 1
1 Iain STEEL 66 -5
2 Prayad MARKSAENG 67 -4
T3 LU Wen Teh 68 -3
T3 Thaworn WIRATCHANT 68 -3

T9 Gaurav GHEI 71 E
T31 Arjun SINGH 73 +2
T31 S.S.P. CHOWRASIA 73 +2
T66 Amandeep JOHL 75 +4
T66 Amritinder SINGH 75 +4
T66 Gurbaaz MANN 75 +4
T76 Uttam Singh MUNDY 76 +5
T85 Jaiveer VIRK 77 +6
T111 Harmeet KAHLON 79 +8
T120 Digvijay SINGH 81 +10
T120 Harinder GUPTA 81 +10
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Yesterday Digvijay scored +10 round and was looking to miss cut ... But today he managed to produce best round of the day (-4) to make cut.

Today he scored flawless round with 4 birdies (and yesterday he scored 4 double bogeys ... )

1 LU Wen Teh 68 68 -6
2 Prayad MARKSAENG 67 70 -5
3 Mardan MAMAT 70 69 -3
4 Airil Rizman ZAHARI 72 68 -2

T16 S.S.P. CHOWRASIA 73 71 +2
T25 Gaurav GHEI 71 75 +4
T41 Digvijay SINGH 81 67 +6
T41 Uttam Singh MUNDY 76 72 +6
T52 Amritinder SINGH 75 75 +8
T59 Amandeep JOHL 75 76 +9
T59 Jaiveer VIRK 77 74 +9
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T82 31 Arjun SINGH 73 81 +12
T101 66 Gurbaaz MANN 75 83 +16
T101 111 Harmeet KAHLON 79 79 +16
120 Harinder GUPTA 81 +1 WDRW 6
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At Barclays Classic,

Arjun started from back 9, but after 5th hole he was +3 with bogeys on 1st, 3rd and 5th hole ... Then on 6th hole he made his 1st birdie, but made immediate bogey on 8th hole to finished back 9 with +3 ... But on front 9 he played very controlled golf and made 2 birdies on 11th and 14th hole ... With that he ended round with +1.

Daniel started from front 9 and immediately scored a birdie on 3rd hole, buth then made bogeys in next couple of holes ... Again scored birdie on 6th hole, but then managed bogey on 7th hole and finished front 9 with +1 ... On back 9, he made bogey on 11th hole, then birdie on 13th hole ... Again made bogey on 16th hole, but ended round with birdie on 18th hole .. So he also ended his round with +1.
Currently Arjun and Daniel r tied for 68th place ... Tomorrow they need below PAR round to make a cut.
Adam scott is leading with -6 round.
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Tennis News -

Thailand Futures 1 -
[SF] (1) SINGH Ashutosh/KANNAN Vijay (IND) l TORRES Ruben-Dario (COL)/ VAN DER MERWE Izak (RSA) 46 46
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At $25K Surbiton Challanger -

[QF] Sunitha RAO (USA)/ Titania Perebiynis (UKR) bt (WC) Katie O'Brien (GBR)/ Melanie South (GBR) 63 76(2)
[SF] Sunitha RAO (USA)/ Titania Perebiynis (UKR) l (1) Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE)/ Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA) 26 46
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Badminton News -

At The Aviva Open Singapore 2006 -
[R2] Saina NEHWAL (IND) l Petya NEDELTCHEVA (BUL) 11-21 16-21
[R3] Chetan ANAND (IND) l Saman ISMAIL (MAS) 21-18 11-21 21-15
[R3] Anup SRIDHAR (IND) bt Andrew SMITH (ENG) 21-9 21-16

Chetan's loss against 270th ranked player was shocking ... This was very winnable match ... Chetan's updown performance bring out him top 20 ... He is currently #27 in ranking.

[QF] Anup SRIDHAR (IND,43) l Kenneth JONASSEN (DEN,6) 15-21 15-21
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Squash News -

Asian Junior Indivisual Championship 2006, Singapore
Boys Under 19 -
[R1] (9/16) Parth Sharma (IND) bt Lee,Se-Hyun (KOR) 9-2 9-2 9-2
[R1] (5/8) Ayyappan Parthiban (IND) bt Nigel Koh (SIN) 9-5 9-4 9-2
[R1] (3/4) Harinderpal Singh (IND) bt Joshua Ang (SIN) 9-0 9-1 9-3
[R1] (3/4) Sandeep Jangra (IND) bt Su Chong Guan (SIN) 9-1 9-0 9-2

[R2] (9/16) Parth Sharma (IND) l (5/8) Leo Au Chun Ming (HK) 3-9 5-9 0-9
[R2] (5/8) Ayyappan Parthiban (IND) l (9/16) Randy Lim (MAS) 7-9 4-9 9-7 9-4 4-9
[R2] (3/4) Harinderpal Singh (IND) bt (9/16) Yuta Fukui (JPN) 9-1 9-3 10-8
[R2] (3/4) Sandeep Jangra (IND) bt (9/16) Shinnosuke Tsukue (JPN) 9-1 9-2 6-9 9-5

[QF] (3/4) Harinderpal Singh (IND) l (5/8) Leo Au Chun Ming (HK) 9-6 9-4 5-9 5-9 3-9
[QF] (3/4) Sandeep Jangra (IND) l (5/8) Ivan Yuen (MAS) 7-9 9-6 9-4 6-9 0-9
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Boys Under 15 -
[R1] (9/16) Karm Kumar (IND) bye
[R1] (3/4) Ravi Dixit (IND) bye
[R1] (3/4) Ramit Tandon (IND) bye
[R1] (5/8) Karan Malik (IND) bye

[R2] (9/16) Karm Kumar (IND) l (5/8) Wong King Ngo (HK) 9-7 5-9 9-7 2-9 3-9
[R2] (3/4) Ravi Dixit (IND) bt (9/16) Ryosei Kobayashi (JPN) 9-1 9-0 9-0
[R2] (3/4) Ramit Tandon (IND) bt Biyden Youg (SIN) 9-0 9-1 9-1
[R2] (5/8) Karan Malik (IND) bt (9/16) Gihan Suwaris (SL) 9-3 9-2 9-4

[QF] (3/4) Ramit Tandon (IND) l (5/8) Cheong Kah Wah (MAS) 9-3 9-0 7-9 2-9 6-9
[QF] (5/8) Karan Malik (IND) l (2) Danish Atlas (PAK) 1-9 0-9 0-9
[QF] (3/4) Ravi Dixit (IND) bt (5/8) Marcus Yuen (MAS) 4-9 9-5 9-0 9-2

[SF] (3/4) Ravi Dixit (IND) l (1) Sheikh Salqib (PAK) 2-9 6-9 6-9
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Girls Under 19 -
[R1] Sruti Ashok (IND) l (9/16) Nicole Chua (SIN) 1-9 0-9 0-9
[R1] Madhura Paranjpe (IND) bye
[R1] (5/8) Surbhi Misra (IND) bye
[R1] (9/16) Shivangi Paranjpe (IND) bye

[R2] Madhura Paranjpe (IND) l (5/8) Pamela Chua (SIN) 0-9 4-9 3-9
[R2] (5/8) Surbhi Misra (IND) l (9/16) Charlene Neo (SIN) 3-9 5-9 9-2 9-7 7-9
[R2] (9/16) Shivangi Paranjpe (IND) l (9/16) Song, Sun-Mi (KOR) 7-9 1-9 4-9
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Girls Under 15 -
[R1] (9/16) Anaka Alankamony (IND) bt Nadindi Udangawa (SL) 10-8 9-0 9-1
[R1] (9/16) Harita Omprakash (IND) bye
[R1] (3/4) Anwesha Reddy (IND) bye
[R1] (3/4) Dipika Pallikal (IND) bye

[R2] (9/16) Anaka Alankamony (IND) l (5/8) Carmen Lee Ka Man (HK) 9-3 3-9 7-9 1-9
[R2] (9/16) Harita Omprakash (IND) l (5/8) Nessrine Ariffin (MAS) 2-9 4-9 4-9
[R2] (3/4) Anwesha Reddy (IND) bt (9/16) Jillian Lye (SIN) 9-1 9-0 9-2
[R2] (3/4) Dipika Pallikal (IND) bt (9/16) Mao Shi Hui (SIN) 9-2 9-0 9-1

[QF] (3/4) Anwesha Reddy (IND) bt (5/8) Tan Yan Xin (MAS) 9-3 9-1 9-3
[QF] (3/4) Dipika Pallikal (IND) bt (5/8) Nessrine Ariffin (MAS) 9-4 9-5 9-3

[SF] (3/4) Anwesha Reddy (IND) l (1) Tong Tsz Wing (HK) 7-9 6-9 1-9
[SF] (3/4) Dipika Pallikal (IND) bt (2) Liu Tsz Ling (HK) 9-0 6-9 9-2 9-3

[F] (3/4) Dipika Pallikal (IND) vs (1) Tong Tsz Wing (HK)

Dipika in Girls Under 15 Junior Asian Championship final ... Go Dipika.

French Open News -

Maria Kirilenko (RUS)/ Leander Paes (IND) l (6) Martina Navratilova (USA)/ Bob Bryan (USA) 36 36

That's end of Indian interest from French Open.
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At $25K Surbiton Challanger ,

[R2] Sunitha RAO (USA) l (6) Tamarine TANASUGARN (THA) 67(4) 36

Doubles -
[R1] Sunitha RAO (USA)/ Titania Perebiynis (UKR) bt (WC) Rebecca Llewellyn (GBR)/ Karen Paterson (GBR) 64 62
[R1] Shikha Uberoi (IND)/ Kristina Brandi (PUR) l Anne Keothavong (GBR)/ Aiko Nakamura (JPN) 36 61 26

[QF] Sunitha RAO (USA)/ Titania Perebiynis (UKR) vs (WC) Katie O'Brien (GBR)/ Melanie South (GBR)
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Badminton News -

At The Aviva Open Singapore 2006 - $170,000 (5-Star)

Saina started her campaign with straight games victory over Chien.
[R1] Saina NEHWAL (IND) bt Yu-Chin CHIEN (TPE) 21-18 21-19

[R2] J B S VIDYADHAR (IND) l Bjoern JOPPIEN (GER) 13-21 16-21
[R2] P KASHYAP (IND) l Shoji SATO (JPN) 15-21 19-21
[R2] Chetan ANAND (IND) bt Jean-Michel LEFORT (FRA) 21-14 21-9
[R2] Anup SRIDHAR (IND) bt Yi LU (CHN) 21-18 21-16

[R2] Saina NEHWAL (IND) vs Petya NEDELTCHEVA (BUL)
[R3] Chetan ANAND (IND) vs Saman ISMAIL (MAS)
[R3] Anup SRIDHAR (IND) vs Andrew SMITH (ENG)

French Open News -

[PQF] Janette Husarova (SVK)/Sania Mirza (IND) l (15) Eleni Daniilidou (GRE)/A. Medina Garrigues (ESP) 06 46
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Thailand Futures 1 -

Sunil is injured and gave walkover to Thompson ... And Vivek lost tamely against Matosevic.

[R2] (3) SIPAEYA Sunil-Kumar IND l THOMPSON Nathan (USA) W/O
[R2] Vivek Shokeen (IND) l (LL) Marinko Matosevic ( AUS) 16 16

Doubles -
[QF] (1) SINGH Ashutosh/KANNAN Vijay (IND) bt CHANG Huai-En/LIU Tai-Wei (TPE) 75 62
[SF] (1) SINGH Ashutosh/KANNAN Vijay (IND) vs TORRES Ruben-Dario (COL)/ VAN DER MERWE Izak (RSA)
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At $25K Surbitron Challanger

[R1] (9) Ahsha ROLLE (USA) bt Shikha UBEROI (IND) 63 63
[R1] Sunitha RAO (USA) bt Claire RICKETTS (GBR) 61 62

[R2] Sunitha RAO (USA) v. (6) Tamarine TANASUGARN (THA)
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Cricket News -

Close match .. India wasted chances in the field ... But test cricket at its best in this match ... West Indies earned well deserved draw after fighting until last ball of the match.

India -241
West Indies - 371
India 521/6
West Indies - 298/9 (Gayle 69, Chanderpaul 62, Dave Mohammed 52 - Kumble 4/107, Sehwag 2/39, Sreesanth 2/49)
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Badminton News -

At The Aviva Open Singapore 2006 - $170,000 (5-Star)

Qualifying Rounds -
[R1] J B S VIDYADHAR (IND) bt Rohan CASTELINO (IND) 21-9 21-10
[R1] Jwala P GUTTA (IND) bt Fiona MCKEE (CAN) 21-10 21-5
[R1] Aditi MUTATKAR (IND) l Yoshimi HATAYA (JPN) 30-28 18-21 11-21

[R2] Jwala P GUTTA (IND) l Jiayuan CHEN (SIN) 21-23 12-21
[R2] J B S VIDYADHAR (IND) bt Mohd Hazif Bin SHAHARUDDIN (MAS) 21-7 21-17

Main Draw -

[MXD R1] V DIJU (IND)/ Jwala P GUTTA (IND) l Muhamad RIZAL (INA)/ Gresya POLII (INA) 21-18 14-21 19-21

Women's Doubles -
Aditi MUTATKAR (IND)/ Sayali GOKHALE (IND) l Petya NEDELTCHEVA (BUL)/ Diana DIMOVA (BUL) 8-21 9-21
Saina NEHWAL (IND)/ Ruth MISHA (IND) l Yu Mi HWANG (KOR)/ Min Jung KIM (KOR) 5-21 10-21

Men's Doubles -
[R1] Thomas SANAVE (IND)/ Rupesh KUMAR (IND) l Jonas RASMUSSEN (DEN)/ Peter STEFFENSEN (DEN) 16-21 22-24

Men's Singles -
[R1] Anand PAWAR (IND) l Juergen KOCH (AUT) 17-21 12-21
[R1] Arvind BHAT (IND) l Bjoern JOPPIEN (GER) 19-21 21-16 11-21
[R1] J B S VIDYADHAR (IND) bt Scott EVANS (IRL) 21-15 21-16
[R1] Chetan ANAND (IND) bt Sheng-Shiun LIAO (TPE) 23-25 21-9 21-13
[R1] Anup SRIDHAR (IND) bt Dicky PALYAMA (NED) 30-28 21-17
[R1] P KASHYAP (IND) bt Salim SAMEON (MAS) 21-17 21-16

Golf News -

History is created ... Jeev and Jyoti qualify for prestigeous US Open ... They qualified from US Open Sectional Qualifying Tournament of 2 rounds which held at Surrey, England on June 5th. Shiv Kapur withdrawn from this tournament at last minute.

List of 8 players who qualify for US Open through this event.
Maarten Lafeber Orlando, Fla. 64-66-130
Graeme McDowell England 70-68-138
Jyoti Randhawa India 71-67-138
Graeme Storm England 69-69-138
Richard Green Australia 72-67-139
Jeev M Singh India 70-69-139
Gary Wolstenholme England 72-68-140
Oliver Wilson England 71-69-140

Other hand in US, Arjun Atwal and Daniel Chopra failed to qualify for US Open from US Open Sectional Qualifying Tournament at Ohio, USA on June 5th.

After scoring 1st round of 77, Arjun withdrawn from the tournament ... And Daniel scored rounds of 70 and 71, with that missed qualifying spot by 1 stroke.
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French Open -

Mahesh hit by badluck after loosing his doubles match Hingis pulled out from MXD.
"She (Hingis) was not feeling well," Bhupathi said after conceding the second round match to Martina Navratilova and Bob Bryan at Roland Garros.

Sanaa Bhambri also faced same fate as Mahesh as her partner withdrew from her doubles 1st round.

[WD R2] Janette Husarova (SVK)/ Sania Mirza (IND) bt (3) Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER)/ Meghann Shaughnessy (USA) 63 64

[MXD R2] Maria Kirilenko (RUS)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt Severine Bremond (FRA)/ Marc Gicquel (FRA) 75 76(3)

Boys' Doubles - [R1] Nikola Mektic (CRO)/ Vedran Siljegovic (CRO) bt (7) Jeevan Neduncherhiyan (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND) 76(2) 64
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Thailand Futures 1

[R1] SINGH Ashutosh (IND) l (Q) ABDUKHALIKOV Syrym (KAZ) 36 46
[R1] (3) SIPAEYA Sunil-Kumar (IND) bt (WC) WACHIRAMANOWONG Kittipong (THA) 61 36 63
[R1] VARDHAN Vishnu IND l. WC-GODAMAMMA Harshana SRI 61 26 57
[R1] SHOKEEN Vivek IND d. 7- SINGH Navdeep IND 57 62 62

[R2] (3) SIPAEYA Sunil-Kumar IND vs THOMPSON Nathan (USA)
[R2] Vivek Shokeen (IND) vs (LL) Marinko Matosevic ( AUS)

Doubles -
[R1] (1) SINGH Ashutosh/KANNAN Vijay (IND) bt (WC) DOAKMAIKLEE Weerapat/SIRIBUTWONG Kirati (THA) 63 64
[R1] CHANG Huai-En/LIU Tai-Wei (TPE) bt GOUTHAM Arjun/NANDKUMAR Kiran (IND) 62 62
[R1] (3) SIPAEYA Sunil-Kumar (IND)/THOMPSON Nathan (USA) l PEEL Nikki/RUSHBY Tom (GBR) 2-5 (retd. injury)

[R2] (1) SINGH Ashutosh/KANNAN Vijay (IND) vs CHANG Huai-En/LIU Tai-Wei (TPE)
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Wimbledon News -

Prakash and Rohan makes cut at Wimbledon qualifying ... So both will try their grass game to qualify for maindraw .. Rohan is already in England to horning his skill on english grass.
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Cricket News -

India declared their inning on 521/6 (may be its too late for outright win) and target for Windies is 392 .. Indians had superb batting performance from Jaffer, who scored his maiden double century, and amazing late assult by Dhoni, who scored 69 in 52 balls with 4x4s and 6x6s ... Dravid and Jaffer scored 203 runs partnership for 3rd wicket ... Dhoni and Kaif also scored 102 runs partnership for 6th wicket.
India - 241
West Indies - 371
India - 521/6d (Jaffer 212, Dhoni 69, Dravid 62)
West Indies - 13/0

French Open -
MXD
[R1] Sania Mirza (IND)/ Paul Hanley (AUS) l (6) Martina Navratilova (USA)/ Bob Bryan (USA) 06 46
[R1] Maria Kirilenko (RUS)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt (3) Meghann Shaughnessy (USA)/ Mike Bryan (USA) 63 16 62

Men's Doubles
[PQF] Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Xavier Malisse (BEL) l Yves Allegro (SUI)/ Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) 63 61
[QF] (15) Andrei Pavel (ROM)/ Alexander Waske (GER) bt Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Xavier Malisse (BEL) 26 62 61

Juniors Round 1
Jerome Inzerillo (FRA) l. Jeevan Neduncheziyan (IND) 16 46
(7) Sanam Singh (IND)bt. Guillaume Rufin (FRA) 16 75 62
Anouk Tigu (NED) bt Sanaa Bhambri (IND) 63 57 62

[R2] (1) Thiemo De Bakker (NED) bt Jeevan Neduncherhiyan (IND) 62 62
[R2] (7) Sanam Singh (IND) l Martin Klizan (SVK) 26 57
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Chess News
Indian Men finished disappointing 30th place with 29.5 pts and Women finished on 12th with 23 pts.
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Shooting News -

Gagan Narang shot his personal best score of 595 in the MQS category of men's 50m rifle prone event at the ISSF World Cup in Milan to qualify for the event at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games ... Narang, who earlier grabbed an Olympic quota place in his pet 10 m rifle event by winning the gold medal at the World Cup in China, needed just the minimum quota score (MQS) to qualify for another category after one quota place already under his belt.
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Golf News -

Very good result for Jyoti and Jeev ... Jyoti picked up his game from 3rd round ... But Jeev produced his best in last round, where he reduced bogeys.

The Celtic Manor Wales Open - Final Standing with Prize Money
1 KARLSSON Robert SWE -16 61 63 65 71 260 € 364352.49
2 BROADHURST Paul ENG -13 64 64 67 68 263 € 242891.95
3 LIMA José-Filipe POR -12 69 61 70 64 264 € 136850.80

T14 RANDHAWA Jyoti IND -8 67 70 66 65 268 € 32791.72
T21 SINGH Jeev Milkha IND -6 68 69 69 64 270 € 24375.18
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Cricket News -

India - 241
West Indies - 371
India - 215/2 (Jaffer 113 no, Dravid 21 no, Sehwag 41, Laxman 31)

Tennis News -

$15K ITF India Futures - Dehradun

Singles -
Semi- Finals -
(3)Nick Monroe (USA) bt (1)Henry Adjei-Darko (GHA) 64 63
(6)Sunil Kumar Sipaeya (IND) bt Vivek Shokeen (IND) 63 63

Final -
(3)Nick Monroe (USA) d. (6)Sunil Kumar Sipaeya (IND) 46 61 63

Doubles -
Final -
Vinod Sridhar (IND)/ Vishaal Uppal (IND) bt Mustafa Ghouse (IND)/ Sunil Kumar (IND) 75 64
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French Open -

Mens Doubles -
[R2] Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) / Xavier Malisse (BEL) bt (12) Jose Acasuso (ARG) / Sebastian Prieto (ARG) 64 63

MX Doubles -
[R1] Martina Hingis (SUI)/ Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) bt Sofia Arvidsson (SWE)/ Stephen Huss (AUS) 75 62
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Golf News -
Jeev managed to joined Jyoti for weekend ... Jeev must be relieved to find himself playing this weekend.

The Celtic Manor Wales Open - Second Round
1 KARLSSON Robert SWE 61 63 -14
T2 ARCHER Phillip ENG 60 68 -10
T2 BROADHURST Paul ENG 64 64 -10
T2 DYSON Simon ENG 66 62 -10

T58 RANDHAWA, Jyoti * IND 67 70 -1
T58 SINGH, Jeev Milkha IND 68 69 -1
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Today Jeev had so-so round ... had 2 bogeys and 2 birdies ... Other hand Jyoti had wonderful round of 3 under ... In which he scored 5 birdies and 2 bogeys ... Jyoti having big opportunity to finish in top 20.

The Celtic Manor Wales Open - Third Round

T27 RANDHAWA, Jyoti IND 67 70 66 -4
T47 SINGH, Jeev Milkha IND 68 69 69 -1
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Chess News -

Indian men's poor performance continue in ongoing Chess Olympiad ... :( Yesterday they lost against Israel 1-3 and now with 25.5 pts they r lying at 26th position.

Other hand our Women continue with their good performance to beat Romania 2-1 and r at 5th position.
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Hockey News -

Groups for World Cup r declared ... And India has been placed in the relatively easier Pool 'B' ... The groupings were made based on the IHF rankings, in which India is ranked sixth.

Pool 'A'
Australia, Spain, Pakistan, Argentina, New Zealand, Japan

Pool 'B'
Netherlands, Germany, India, South Korea, South Africa, England
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Billiard News -
Geet Sethi again show the world where he belongs ... He won his 5th World Pro title in Billiards after 7 years gap ... He defeated England's Lee Lagan by over 1000 points in the five-hour final in 3 balls game.
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Cricket News -

India 235/9
Dravid 49, Sehwag 36, Laxman 29 ... Bravo 4/39, Collymore 3/27

Tennis News -

Indonasian Masters -
[F] (4) RAJAGOPALAN, Arun-Prakash (IND)/ PRASANTH, Vijay-Sundar (IND) l (1) SUGIYAMA, Norikazu (JPN)/ WILSON, Brian (USA) 16 61 46

Arun-Prakash and Vijay-Sundar fought hard against these hot players of this ongoing Indonasian satellite, who r also in singles final, but in end couldn't managed to win ... But still creditable performance from them.
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$15K ITF India Futures - Dehradun

Doubles semies -
Vinod Sridhar (IND)/ Vishaal Uppal (IND) bt Aditya Madkekar (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) 75 63
Mustafa Ghouse (IND)/ Sunil Kumar (IND) bt Punna Vishal (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) 67(4) 63 63
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Golf News -

Today Jyoti had so-so round ... He had 3 birdies, 2 bogeys and a doble bogey to record 1 over round .. Currently projected cut is PAR, so Jyoti will make it ... Jeev begins his round and currently 1 under after scoring birdie on 3rd hole.

The Celtic Manor Wales Open - Second Round
T1 LIMA, José-Filipe POR 69 61 -8
T1 MONTGOMERIE, Colin SCO 63 -2 -8 (after 3 holes)
T1 ARCHER, Phillip * ENG 60 +1 -8 (after 2 holes)
T1 KARLSSON, Robert SWE 2 -8 61 Par -8 (after 2 holes)

T40 SINGH, Jeev Milkha IND 68 -1 -2 (after 6 holes)
T49 RANDHAWA, Jyoti * IND 67 70 -1
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Badminton News -

New ranking r out on 1st June 2006 ... And as expected Saina jumped in ranking after her title win at Philippine Open ... Now she is knocking on the door of top 50 ranking ... Go Saina.
Women's Ranking -

53 NEHWAL Saina IND
88 MURGUNDE Trupti IND
89 POPAT Aparna IND
120 MEENAKSHI B R IND

In men's section Chetan Anand making entry in top 20.
Men's Ranking -
20 ANAND Chetan IND
58 SRIDHAR Anup IND
61 BHAT Arvind IND
131 KANETKAR Nikhil IND
146 PAWAR Anand IND

Tennis News -

$ 15K ITF Indian futures 2, Dehra Dun - Singles Quarterfinals

(1)Henry Adjei-Darko (GHA) bt (WC)Aqeel Khan (PAK) 60 64
(3)Nick Monroe (USA) bt (8)Vinod Sridhar (IND) 63 61
Vivek Shokeen (IND) bt (4)Karan Rastogi (IND) 63 75
(6)Sunil Kumar Sipaeya (IND) bt (2)Alexey Kedriouk (KAZ) 62 36 62
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French Open -

(7) Martin Damm CZE/ Leander Paes IND l Janko Tipsarevic SCG/ Mikhail Youzhny RUS 16 67(4)
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Indian pair in final at Indonesia Masters leg ... :)

[SF] (4) RAJAGOPALAN, Arun-Prakash (IND)/ PRASANTH, Vijay-Sundar (IND) bt (2) CHARROIN, Olivier (FRA)/ SADECKY, Alexander (SUI) 64 64

[F] (4) RAJAGOPALAN, Arun-Prakash (IND)/ PRASANTH, Vijay-Sundar (IND) vs (1) SUGIYAMA, Norikazu (JPN)/ WILSON, Brian (USA)
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At the grade-1 Astrid Bowl on clay at Charleroi, Belgium

[PQF] Sanam Singh (IND, 8) bt Greg Jones ( AUS,53) 75 75
[PQF] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND, 31) l Kellen Damico (USA,25) 46 36

[QF] Sanam Singh (IND, 8) vs Daniel Silva ( BRA, 44)

Chess News -

Indian men's team poor performance continues ... After loosing against Ukrain 1.5-2.5, they consecutively draw 2 matches with low rank teams, Uzbekistan and Cuba .. Currently they r 13th place with 24.5 pts.

Indian Women r having on and off matches ... Lost with Armenia 1-2, but won against Kazhakstan 2-1 ... And defeated Mongolia 3-0 ... With 19.5 pts they move to 5th position.
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Badminton News -

Former All England Badminton Champion Pullela Gopichand is to take over as India's chief badminton coach for a four-year period after Vimal Kumar finished his 3 years stint.

"In view of the major competitions coming up in the next few years, Badminton Association of India has decided to make Gopichand the chief coach till 2010," BAI Official.

Tennis News -
French Open -

Sania won her doubles match easily ...
Janette Husarova (SVK)/ Sania Mirza (IND) bt Catalina Castano (COL)/C. Martinez Granados (ESP) 61 63

And Mahesh also won his first round match with new partner ...
[R1] Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/Xavier Malisse (BEL) bt Gilles Muller (LUX)/ Christophe Rochus (BEL) 62 62
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Indonesia Masters Leg -

[R1] RAJAGOPALAN, Arun-Prakash (IND) l KATO, Toshiharu (JPN) 36 46
[R1] MURALI, Mithun (IND) bt SIRIBUTWONG, Kirati (THA) 76(7) 63

[R2] MURALI, Mithun (IND) l (7) THOMPSON, Nathan (USA) 62 64

Doubles -
[QF] SIMPATIAJI, Prima (INA)/ SINGH, Ashutosh (IND) l (1) SUGIYAMA, Norikazu (JPN)/ WILSON, Brian (USA) 76(5) 16 67(11)
[QF] (4) RAJAGOPALAN, Arun-Prakash (IND)/ PRASANTH, Vijay-Sundar (IND) bt MATOSEVIC, Marinko (AUS)/ ROBERTS, Andrew (AUS) 76(5) 61

[SF] (4) RAJAGOPALAN, Arun-Prakash (IND)/ PRASANTH, Vijay-Sundar (IND) vs (2) CHARROIN, Olivier (FRA)/ SADECKY, Alexander (SUI)
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At the grade-1 Astrid Bowl on clay at Charleroi, Belgium

[R1] Sanam Singh (IND,8) BYE
[R1] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND, 31) BYE
[R1] Sanaa Bhambri (IND) BYE

[R2] Sanaa Bhambri (IND) l Victoria Larriere (FRA) 67(3) 60 61

[R2] Sanam Singh (IND, 8) bt Alejandro Gonzales (COL,74) 36 64 75
[R2] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND, 31) bt Jean-Michel Durango (ECU,57) 16 63 62

[PQF] Sanam Singh (IND, 8) vs Greg Jones ( AUS,53)
[PQF] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND, 31) vs Kellen Damico (USA,25)
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$ 15K ITF Indian futures 2, Dehra Dun - 2nd round results -

(1)Henry ADJEI-DARKO (GHA) bt Vijay PAUL (USA) 62 64
Aqeel KHAN (PAK) bt (5)Vishal UPPAL (IND) 62 63
(4)Nick MONROE (USA) bt Aditya MADKEKAR (IND) 64 61
(8)Vinod SRIDHAR (IND) bt Purav RAJA (IND) 62 63
Vivek SHOKEEN (IND) bt Sumit-Prakash GUPTA (IND) 64 62
(4)Karan RASTOGI (IND) bt Nitin KIRTANE (IND) 46 60 60
(6)Sunil-Kumar SIPAEYA (IND) bt Yaoki ISHII (JPN) 64 67(4) 75
(2)Alexey KEDRIOUK (KAZ) bt Mustafa GHOUSE (IND) 75 64

Doubles Quarterfinals -
Vinod Sridhar (IND)/Vishaal Uppal (IND) bt Sandeep Kirtane (IND)/Varun Walia (IND) 63 61
Aditya Madkekar (IND)/Purav Raja (IND) bt Tushar Liberhan (IND)/Navdeep Singh (IND) 75 61
Punna Vishal (IND)/Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt Sumit Prakash Gupta (IND)/Vivek Shokeen (IND) 26 76(5) 64
Mustafa Ghouse (IND)/Sunil Kumar (IND) bt Alon Moses (IND)/Vijit Sehgal (IND) 62 64

Tennis News - French Open

Sania lost her match in straight sets ... Her match was completed in 56 mins, where she made 37 UFEs and only 9 winners .. :( Definetly poor performance, I was expecting good fight from her.

(10) Anastasia Myskina (RUS) bt Sania Mirza (IND) 64 61

Sania's doubles draw is out ... Her partner is Slovakian Janette Husarova ... If they win 1st round then in 2nd they can face 3rd seed pair.
(3) Anna-Lena Groenefeld GER/ Meghann Shaughnessy USA vs Michaella Krajicek NED/ Agnes Szavay HUN
Janette Husarova SVK/ Sania Mirza IND vs Catalina Castano COL/ C. Martinez Granados ESP
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At the Busan challenger

[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND,250) l (3) Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE,123) 67 46
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$ 15K ITF Indian futures 2, Dehra Dun -
Complete Main draw Singles Result -

(1)Henry Adjei-Darko (GHA) bt (WC)Sriram Narayanaswami (IND) 60 62
Rahil Makharia (IND) l (q)Vijay Paul (USA) 57 06
(WC)Aqeel Khan (PAK) bt (q)Kamala Kannan (IND) 63 63
(5)Vishal Uppal (IND) bt (q) Michel Leong (SOL) 64 76(4)

(3)Nick Monroe (USA) bt Tai-Wei Liu (TPE) 64 61
Aditya Madkekar (IND) bt J. Vishnu Vardhan (IND) 61 64
Tushar Liberhan (IND) l Purav Raja (IND) 06 16
(8)Vinod Sridhar (IND) bt (q) Mathew Taylor (GBR) 64 64

(7)Navdeep Singh (IND) l Vivek Shokeen (IND) 26 76(4) 36
(WC)Sumit Prakash Gupta (IND) vs (q) Yannik Nelord ( IND) 16 61 76(3)
Nitin Kirtane (IND) bt Shivang Mishra (IND) 63 75
(4)Karan Rastogi (IND) bt Juan Langton ( SAM) 61 62

(6)Sunil Kumar Sipaeya (IND) bt (q) Sandeep Choudhary (IND) 64 76(4)
Yaoki Ishii (JPN) bt (q) Divyanshu Singh (IND) 62 61
Mustafa Ghouse (IND) bt (WC)Varun Walia (IND) 62 60
(2)Alexey Kedriouk (KAZ) bt Dmitriy Makeev (KAZ) 76(6) 76(5)

Remaing Doubles result -
Mustafa Ghouse (IND) /Sunil Kumar (IND) bt Tai-Wei Liu (Tpe)/Nitin Kirtane (IND) 36 61 76(0)
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Badminton News -

Saina Nehwal lost in the second qualifying round at Indonesian Open to 210th ranked Kartika Yuan of Indonesia 21-17 23-21... Fairytale endede mostly due to fatigue ... 16 year old had her spectacular peformance at the Philippines Open, where she played a series of marathon matches registering 4 upsets in as many rounds.

At NCAA national championship, Somdev Devvarman making big waves ... He become first Indian to reach final of NCAA national championship ... Devvarman is just the second Cavalier to reach the finals of the NCAA Tournament, joining Brian Vahaly, who reached the final in 2001.

[R1] (14) Somdev Devvarman, Virginia bt Matko Maravic, Michigan 64 60
[R2] (14) Somdev Devvarman, Virginia bt Martin Sayer, Radford 63 64
[PQF] (14) Somdev Devvarman, Virginia bt (5) Ludovic Walter, Duke 62 63
[QF] (14) Somdev Devvarman, Virginia bt Sheeva Parbhu, Omaha, NE 61 63
[SF] (14) Somdev Devvarman, Virginia bt (25) KC Corkery, Stanford 64 57 63

[F] (14) Somdev Devvarman, Virginia vs (1) Benjamin Kohlloeffel, UCLA

Go Somdev.
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At $15K ITF India futures F2 at Dehra Dun

The results (third and final qualifying round) -
Kamala Kannan bt Yuda Shieh (Tpe) 61 62
Juan Langton (Sam) bt P. C. Vignesh 64 62
Michael Leong (Sol) bt Dai-Chiao Lin (Tpe) 76 (5) 61
Divyanshu Singh bt Avinash Kunwar 62 63
Mathew Taylor (GBR) bt Praveen Henry (IND) 61 61
Vijay Paul (US) bt Vijit Sehgal (IND) 62 61
Sandeep Choudhary (IND) bt Fariz Mohammed (IND) 63 62
Yannick Nelord (IND) bt Gajapathy Pillai (IND) 76(4) 62

Only 3 of the 1st round singles matches were played today.

Main draw -
(1)Henry Adjei-Darko (GHA) vs (WC)Sriram Narayanaswami (IND)
Rahil Makharia (IND) vs (q)Vijay Paul (USA)
(WC)Aqeel Khan (PAK) bt (q)Kamala Kannan (IND) 63 63
(5)Vishal Uppal (IND) vs (q) Michel Leong (SOL)
(3)Nick Monroe (USA) vs Tai-Wei Liu (TPE)
Aditya Madkekar (IND) bt J. Vishnu Vardhan (IND) 61 64
Tushar Liberhan (IND) vs Purav Raja (IND)
(8)Vinod Sridhar (IND) vs (q) Mathew Taylor (GBR)
(7)Navdeep Singh (IND) vs Vivek Shokeen (IND)
(WC)Sumit Prakash Gupta (IND) vs (q) Yannik Nelord ( IND)
Nitin Kirtane (IND) bt Shivang Mishra (IND) 63 75
(4)Karan Rastogi (IND) vs Juan Langton ( SAM)
(6)Sunil Kumar Sipaeya (IND) vs (q) Sandeep Choudhary (IND)
Yaoki Ishii (JPN) vs (q) Divyanshu Singh (IND)
Mustafa Ghouse (IND) vs (WC)Varun Walia (IND)
(2)Alexey Kedriouk (KAZ) vs Dmitriy Makeev (KAZ)
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Doubles (pre-quarterfinals) -
Vinod Sridhar (IND)/Vishaal Uppal (IND) bt Vishal Gaur (IND)/Kavan Sejpal (IND) 61 60
Sandeep Kirtane (IND)/Varun Walia (IND) bt Aqeel Khan (Pak)/Arindam Datta (IND) 62 75
Tushar Liberhan (IND)/Navdeep Singh (IND) bt Sandeep Kumar (IND)/Honey Rana (IND) 61 60
Aditya Madkekar (IND)/Purav Raja (IND) bt P.C. Vignesh (IND)/Pavan Polavarapu (IND) 63 64
Sumit Prakash Gupta (IND)/Vivek Shokeen (IND) w/o Burnham Arlidge(GBR)/Mathew Taylor (GBR)
Punna Vishal (IND)/Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt Alexey Kedriouk(Kaz)/Dmitri Makeyev (Kaz) 62 62
Alon Moses (IND)/Vijit Sehgal (IND) bt Vijay Paul (US)/Rahil Makharia (IND) 75 63

French Open -

I know that no Indian players were playing yesterday .. But couldn't resist to put comments about couple of matches.

Yesterday Roger Federer had tough time against qualifier Diego Hartfield ... He defeated him 75 76 (2) 62 ... Roger Federer wasn't pleased to be playing, although his attitude was more akin to someone called in to work when he expected to relax on a day off.... Maria Sharapova also had her reservation about playing on Sunday due to injury where she saved three match points to beat Mashona Washington ... Sharapova was struggling with her game and ankle injury ... In decider she fought back from 2-5 to won this match ... Final score was 62 57 75.

Juan Antonio Marin career mark at grandslams dropped to 0-17 on Sunday, when he lost 75 63 63 to 1998 champion Carlos Moya in the first round of the French Open ... No man has ever lost that many Grand Slam matches without winning one.

Also this week Rafa is ATP's official blogger .at French Open .. After reading Dima's funny posts, Rafa looks more serious ..
http://www.atptennis.com/en/blog/nadal.asp
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Golf News -

This week Jeev joined Jyoti on European tour for BMW Championship at Wentworth Club ... Jeev missed the cut with miserable +5 second round ... Jyoti had so so tournament to finished on tied 58th position.

BMW Championship, Wentworth Club - Final Standing
1 HOWELL David ENG -17 68 65 69 69 271 € 708330.00
2 KHAN Simon ENG -12 70 68 70 68 276 € 472220.00
3 JIMÉNEZ Miguel Angel ESP -11 71 69 65 72 277 € 266050.00
4 RUMFORD Brett AUS -9 72 73 69 65 279 € 212500.00
5 BLAND Richard ENG -8 73 68 71 68 280 € 180200.00

T58 RANDHAWA Jyoti IND +4 71 72 76 73 292 € 12112.50
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T99 SINGH Jeev Milkha 73 77 +6

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Many players struggled on tough condition at The 90th Philippine Open on APGA tour ... Indian had mixed luck.

The 90th Philippine Open - Round 4
1 Scott STRANGE 68 70 72 70 -8
2 PARK Jun-won 75 74 69 67 -3
T3 LU Wei-lan 69 74 72 71 -2
T3 YEH Chang-ting 69 69 73 75 -2
T3 Chris RODGERS 70 69 75 72 -2

T12 S.S.P. CHOWRASIA 74 72 71 73 +2
T26 Uttam Singh MUNDY 75 74 69 76 +6
T31 Gurbaaz MANN 73 73 72 77 +7
T56 Digvijay SINGH 75 70 78 76 +11
T62 Harmeet KAHLON 75 73 75 78 +13
***** PROJECTED CUT +6 *****
T73 Jaiveer VIRK 75 76 +7
T73 Gaurav GHEI 76 75 +7
T87 Harinder GUPTA 75 77 +8
T87 Amritinder SINGH 79 73 +8
T138 Arjun SINGH 79 79 +14
Amandeep JOHL RETD
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Chess News -

India had miserable round 7 where our men lost to Ukraine 1.5-2.5 with three draws and one loss (Hari) ... And our women lost to USA 0.5-2.5 with Harika picking up the half point with a draw on the top board.

Round 8: Our men play Bulgaria and our women play Armenia.
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Badminton News -

Our Men and Women teams r participating in major Asian tournaments started with Philippines Open ... Saina Nehwal created history to become the first Indian woman to won a four star tournament.

Men's Team - Chetan Anand, Anup Sridhar, Arvind Bhatt, Sanave Thomas, Anand Pawar, Rupesh Kumar, V Diju Jaseel Ismail, P Kashyap and Rohan Castelino

Women's Team - Saina Nehwal, Aditi Mutatkar, Sayali Gokhale and Ruth Misa

Philippines Open badminton championship
Women - Singles -
[R1] Saina Nehwal (IND,86) bt Sutheaswari Mudukasan (MAL,31) 21-16 21-19
[R1] Sayali Gokhale (IND,?) bt Ana Rice (CAN,29) 16-21 22-20 21-16
[R1] Ruth Misa (IND) l Anita Raj Kaur (MAL) 15-21 14-21
[R1] Aditi Mutatkar l (5) Julia Xian Pei Wong (MAL) 13-21 11-21

[PQF] Saina Nehwal (IND) bt Imai Sachiyo (JPN) 21-15 21-14
[PQF] Sayali Gokhale (IND) l Ai Goto (JPN) 14-21 13-21

[QF] Saina Nehwal (IND,86) bt (1) Xu Huaiwen (GER,4) 12-21 21-17 21-17

[SF] Saina Nehwal (IND) bt Ai Goto (JPN) 21-19 20-22 21-14

[F] Saina Nehwal (IND) bt (5) Pei Xian Julia Wong (MAS) 21-15 22-20

Doubles -
[R1] Aditi Mutatkar (IND)/Sayali Gokhale (IND) l Yasuyo Imabeppu (JPN)/Imai Sachiyo (JPN) 8-21 9-21
[R1] Saina Nehwal (IND)/Ruth Misa (IND) l Lim Siah Pek (MAL)/Joanna Swe Ling (MAL) 17-21 12-21

Men - Singles -
[R1] Chetan Anand (IND) bt Jun Takemura (JPN) 21-19 21-13
[R1] Anup Sridhar (IND) bt Rodel Bartolome (PHI) -21 21-8 22-20
[R1] Arvind Bhat (IND) bt Chung Wei Pei (MAL) 22-20 21-17
[R1] Anand Pawar (IND) bt Arolas Amahit Jr (PHI) 23-25 21-14 21-8
[R1] P Kashyap (IND) bt Alfredo Mailon (PHI) 21-13 21-12
[R1] Rohan Castelino (IND) l Poompat Sapkulchananart (THA) 5-21 14-21

[R2] Chetan Anand (IND) bt Ismail Saman (MAL) 19-21 21-7 21-17
[R2] Arvind Bhat (IND) bt Junio Jamie (PHI) 21-3 21-4
[R2] Anup Sridhar (IND) l Lee Yen Hui Kendrick (SIN) 22-20 19-21 19-21
[R2] Anand Pawar (IND) l (3) Boonsak Ponsana (THA) 15-21 20-22
[R2] P Kashyap (IND) l Beng Hong Kuan (MAL) 11-21 16-21

[PQF] Chetan Anand (IND) l M. Roslin Hashim (MAL) 9-21 21-18 15-21
[PQF] Arvind Bhat (IND) l Wei Ng (HKG) 13-21 11-21

Doubles -
[R1] Rupesh Kumar (IND)/ Sanave Thomas (IND) bye

[PQF] Rupesh Kumar (IND)/ Sanave Thomas (IND) bt Anukritayawan Songpol (THA)/ Nakatong Nattapon (THA) 21-17 21-18

[QF] Rupesh Kumar (IND)/ Sanave Thomas (IND) l Hendra A GUNAWAN (INA) /Joko RIYADI (INA) 9-21 21-12 11-21

Sorry for missing from the scene for 15 days.

Last few weeks some good results I missed to post ... Here r some of them.

Chess -

Vishy had very so so MTEL Masters chess tournament, where he finished 3rd.

Mtel Masters Sofia BUL (BUL), 11-21 v 2006 cat. XX (2745)
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2804 ** 11 01 =0 =1 =1 6.5 2842
2 Kamsky, Gata g USA 2671 00 ** 1= 1= 1= =1 6.0 2831
3 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2803 10 0= ** == 1= 1= 5.5 2768
4 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2743 =1 0= == ** == 10
5.0 2744 5 Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2708 =0 0= 0= == ** == 3.5 2641
6 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2738 =0 =0 0= 01 == ** 3.5 2635
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In Chess olympid our 2nd seed men's team started poorly, they lost against 74th rank Morocco 1-3 and then in midways split points with lowly ranked Chinese team (2-2) ... After 6 rounds our team is at position 8th with 16.5 pts.

Other hand our Women team performing well ... After 6 rounds they r on 6th position with 13 pts.

7th round pairing -

Men - India Vs Ukrain
Women - India Vs USA
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Tennis News -

This week Sania participated in 3 tier Istanbul Cup, where she was participating after long injury break.

Singles -
[R1] Sania Mirza (IND,38) bt Ipek Senoglu (TUR, 889) 63 61
[R2] Sania Mirza (IND,38) l Michaela Krajicek (HOL,54) 64 16 26

Doubles -
[R1] Sania Mirza (IND)/ Alicia Molik (AUS) bt (1) Anna-lena Groenefeld (GER)/Meghann Shaughnessy (USA) w/o (Shaughnessy: right ankle sprain)
[QF] Sania Mirza (IND)/ Alicia Molik (AUS) bt Jelena Kostanic (CRO)/Angelique Widjaja (INA) 63 63
[SF] Sania Mirza (IND)/ Alicia Molik (AUS) bt Yuliana Fedak (UKR)/ Eva Hrdinova (CZE) 36 63 76 (3)
[F] Sania Mirza (IND)/ Alicia Molik (AUS) l Alyona Bondarenko (UKR)/Anastasia Yakimova (BLR) 26 46
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At French Open Qualies -
Men -
[Q1] Rohan Bopanna (IND,266) l Michael Lammer (SUI,244) 46 67(0)

Women -
[Q1] Shikha Uberoi (IND) bt Maria Jose Argeri (ARG) 26 62 61
[Q1] Sunitha Rao (USA) bt Claudine Schaul (LUX) 63 63

[Q2] Shikha Uberoi (IND) l (14) Galina Voskoboeva (RUS) 57 26
[Q2] Sunitha Rao (USA) l (24) Edina Gallovits (ROM) 46 64 46

[R1] Sania Mirza (IND,38) vs (10) Anastasia Myskina (RUS,12)
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And at $ 15 K ITF Indian Futures 1, Delhi , Indians had good outing ... Karan and Vivek played exceptionally well ... Karan won his 1st futures title to become India's #3 player.

1st round results -
(1) Henry ADJEI-DARKO (GHA) defeated Vishnu VARDHAN (IND) 76(4) 57 75
Mustafa GHOUSE (IND) defeated Nitin KIRTANE (IND) 63 16 61
Vijay PAUL (USA) defeated Purav RAJA (IND) 36 61 63
(7)Sunil-Kumar SIPAEYA (IND) defeated Tushar LIBERHAN (IND) 64 63
(3)Karan RASTOGI (IND) defeated Tai-Wei LIU (TPE) 76(7) 64
Amir WEINTRAUB (ISR) defeated Kamala KANNAN (IND) 75 67(2) 62
Yaoki ISHII (JPN) defeated Divij SHARAN (IND) 64 36 63
Aditya MADKEKAR (IND) defeated (5) Murad INOYATOV (UZB) 63 67(4) 61
(8) Vinod SRIDHAR (IND) defeated Rishi BEHL (IND) 64 63
Dmitri MAKEYEV (KAZ) defeated Nishank MISHRA (IND) 63 64
Navdeep SINGH (IND) defeated Varun WALIA (IND) 62 64
(4) Nick MONROE (USA) defeated Yu-Da SHIEH (TPE) 62 63
(6)Vishal UPPAL (IND) defeated Shivang MISHRA (IND) 46 64 76(8)
Vivek SHOKEEN (IND) defeated Sumit-Prakash GUPTA (IND) 64 61
Srirambalaji NARAYANASWAMY (IND) defeated Rohan GIDE (IND) 75 63
Aqeel KHAN (PAK) defeated (2) Alexey KEDRIOUK (KAZ) 76(5) 16 63

Second round results -
(1) Henry ADJEI-DARKO (GHA) bt Mustafa GHOUSE (IND) 75 62
(7)Sunil-Kumar SIPAEYA (IND) bt Vijay PAUL (USA) 63 61
(3)Karan RASTOGI (IND) bt Amir WEINTRAUB (ISR) 61 64
Yaoki ISHII (JPN) bt Aditya MADKEKAR (IND) 61 61
Dmitri MAKEYEV (KAZ) bt (8) Vinod SRIDHAR (IND) 75 61
(4) Nick MONROE (USA) bt Navdeep SINGH (IND) 60 75
Vivek SHOKEEN (IND) bt (6)Vishal UPPAL (IND) 61 61
(WC) Aqeel KHAN (PAK) bt Srirambalaji NARAYANASWAMY (IND) 36 62 61

Quarterfinals -
(1)Henry ADJEI-DARKO (GHA) defeated (7)Sunil-Kumar SIPAEYA (IND) 64 75
(3)Karan RASTOGI (IND) defeated Yaoki ISHII (JPN) 63 57 64
(4)Nick MONROE (USA) defeated Dmitri MAKEYEV (KAZ) 06 63 62
Vivek SHOKEEN (IND) defeated Aqeel KHAN (PAK) 64 36 63

Semifinals -
(3)Karan RASTOGI (IND) bt (1)Henry ADJEI-DARKO (GHA) 46 76(6) 64
(4)Nick MONROE (USA) bt Vivek SHOKEEN (IND) 75 46 62

Final -
(3)Karan RASTOGI (IND) bt (4)Nick MONROE (USA) 26 62 61

Doubles final -
Henry Adjei-Darko (GHA) / Sunil Kumar (IND) bt Mustafa Ghouse (IND)/ Kamala Kannan (IND) 76(5) 64

Golf News -

On JPGA Tour at PGA Championship 2006,

Jeev lost opportunity move ahead and reducing the gap between him and leaders ... Today he scored PAR round which had 3 birdies and 3 bogeys ... Other hand Dinesh Chand had wonderful round of -4 to moved ahead in standing.

PGA Championship - After second round
T1 Norihiko Nakata -8
T1 Toru Taniguchi -8
3 Keng-Chi Lin -7

T15 Dinesh Chand -4
T46 Jeev Milkha Singh -1
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On APGA Tour event at Aamby Valley -

I know its early to write about Aamby Valley Asian Masters, but Ashok Kumar poised to grab opportunity to seal APGA tour card with victory here ... Today he scored superb and best round of the day -6 on this tough course, which consisted 7 birdies and a bogey ... That helped him to take healthy 4 strokes lead over his nearest oppenent.

Total 20 Indians make cut ... But in missing cut r Harmeet Kahlon and Arjun Singh, who r regular on Asian tour events .

Aamby Valley Asian Masters - Round 2
1 Ashok KUMAR 67 66 -11
2 Simon HURD 67 70 -7
T3 Firoz ALI 67 73 -4
T3 Simon GRIFFITHS 68 72 -4

T9 Rahil GANGJEE 73 69 -2 (142)
T14 Gaurav GHEI 74 69 -1 (143)
T14 Rahul GANAPATHY 74 69 -1 (143)*
T14 Mukesh KUMAR 69 74 -1 (143)
T27 Ranjit SINGH 72 72 E (144)*
T27 S.S.P. CHOWRASIA 70 74 E (144)*
T27 Uttam Singh MUNDY 69 75 E (144)*
T37 JUMMAN 74 71 +1 (145)
T37 Ali SHER 72 73 +1 (145)
T37 Gurbaaz MANN 71 74 +1 (145)
T42 Harinder GUPTA 74 72 +2 (146)
T42 Amandeep JOHL 71 75 +2 (146)
T47 D.S. RAGHUVANSHI 79 68 +3 (147)
T47 Vikrant CHOPRA 76 71 +3 (147)*
T54 Binod PANDEY 75 73 +4 (148)
T54 C. MUNIYAPPA 72 76 +4 (148)*
T54 Shiv PRAKASH 74 74 +4 (148)*
T54 Digvijay SINGH 73 75 +4 (148)*
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T68 PAPPAN 72 77 +5 (149)
T68 Dinesh KUMAR 70 79 +5 (149)*
T68 Vivek BHANDARI 74 75 +5 (149)*
T76 Amardip MALIK 74 76 +6 (150)*
T76 Jaiveer VIRK 76 74 +6 (150)*
T76 Rafiq ALI 73 77 +6 (150)
T76 Shamim KHAN 76 74 +6 (150)
T76 Arjun SINGH 76 74 +6 (150)
T76 Amritinder SINGH 74 76 +6 (150)*
T90 Amit DUBE 76 75 +7 (151)
T92 Suleman ALI 76 76 +8 (152)*
T92 Sujjan SINGH 79 73 +8 (152)
T92 Ajai GUPTA 79 73 +8 (152)
T92 Naman DAWER 80 72 +8 (152)*
T92 Harmeet KAHLON 77 75 +8 (152)*
T102 Vinod KUMAR 79 74 +9 (153)
T102 Mohd ISLAM 76 77 +9 (153)*
T111 Vijay KUMAR 77 77 +10 (154)
T111 A.S. LEHAL 76 78 +10 (154)*
T115 Gast RAM 77 78 +11 (155)
T115 Mohd SALIM 78 77 +11 (155)
T115 G.S. SETHI 76 79 +11 (155)*
T120 Mandaar SADDI 80 76 +12 (156)
T126 Nabin MONDAL 75 82 +13 (157)
T127 Roop SINGH 81 77 +14 (158)
T127 Rohtas SINGH 82 76 +14 (158)*
T130 Vishal SINGH 83 77 +16 (160)
T130 Rajiv Niranjan DATAR 81 79 +16 (160)
T132 Sanjay KUMAR 80 81 +17 (161)*
T132 Randhir GHOTRA 80 81 +17 (161)
T134 Mohd NAWAB 76 88 +20 (164)*
T135 P.S. GULERIA 86 85 +27 (171)*
T136 Bhoop SINGH 82 91 +29 (173)

86 S. MADAIAH 76 RETD
133 Yusuf ALI 82 DQ
112 Sandeep SYAL 78 +4 WDRW 6
133 Gurki SHERGILL 82 WDRW
141 Basad ALI 85 WDRW
Jaideep Patwardhan WDRW
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On EPGA Tour - British Masters

Very rocky round by Shiv ... Who scored 4 birdies, 4 bogeys and a double bogey ... 16th hole double bogey, 17th hole birdie and 18th hole a bogey ... Jyoti also had 3 birdies and equal number of bogeys in his round.

It looks Shiv will managed to squeeze in for remaining rounds.

Current positon -
T23 RANDHAWA, Jyoti IND 70 72 -2
T53 KAPUR, Shiv * IND 70 74 Even

Shooting News -

Manavjit Singh Sandhu earned himself an Olympic quota place when he shot 144 to win the silver in the men's trap event on the last day of the World Cup at Kerrville, United States ... Today in final day in qualifying round he shot 23 in hist 1st of the day, but 3rd of the tournament ... And then he secured place in final with last 2 rounds of perfect 25 .

In final he scored 23 to win silver and grab Olympic quota place, becoz Alexey Alipov of Russia already won quota place for himself at the last year's World Cup in Americana, Brazil.

Our other shooters diappointed with their performance ... Anwer Sultan finishing 46th with a score of 109 (21, 22, 20, 22, 24) and Bireendeep Sodhi finishing 53rd with 107 (22, 19, 19, 23, 24)
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At the ISSF World Cup at Kerrville, USA, Manavjit Singh Sandhu shot a score of 48 to be placed sixth on the first day of the qualification rounds in men's trap event ... Our other two participants r struggling and r way behind, Anwer Sultan shot 43 (21+22) for 50th position while Birendeep Sodhi scored 41 (22+19) to be placed 64th.

Today three more rounds of 25 targets each will be shot before final.