Badminton News
At $400K Li Ning China Open 2012, Shanghai, China (Superseries Premier)

[QF] Kashyap Parupalli (IND,23) vs Zhengming Wang (CHN,17)

[R2] Kashyap Parupalli (IND,23) bt (7) Tien Minh Nguyen (VIE,11) 12-21 22-20 21-14

[R2] Tarun Kona (IND)/ Arun Vishnu (IND) l (1) Mathias Boe (DEN)/ Carsten Mogensen (DEN) 10-21 8-21
[R2] Pranaav Jerry Chopra (IND)/ Siki Reddy N. (IND) l Riky Widianto (INA)/ Puspita Richi Dili (INA) 11-21 15-21

[R1] Kashyap Parupalli (IND,23) bt Henri Hurskainen (SWE,42) 21-15 21-15
[R1] Gurusaidutt R. M. V. (IND,) l Takuma Ueda (JPN) 21-11 13-21 11-21
[R1] Sindhu P. V. (IND,25) l Eriko Hirose (JPN,14) 20-22 21-14 19-21

[R1] Tarun Kona (IND)/ Arun Vishnu (IND) bt (Q) Erdenebayar Enkhbold (MGL)/ Zolzaya Munkhbaatar (MGL) 21-2 21-4
[R1] (Q) Manu Attri (IND)/ Sumeeth Reddy B. (IND) l Alvent Yulianto Chandra (INA)/ Markis Kido (INA) 17-21 21-13 11-21
[R1] Pranaav Jerry Chopra (IND)/ Akshay Dewalkar (IND) l Xiaolong Liu (CHN)/ Zihan Qiu (CHN) 25-27 17-21
[R1] Aparna Balan (IND)/ Siki Reddy N. (IND) l Eva Lee (USA)/ Paula Lynn Obanana (USA) 18-21 21-18 22-24
[R1] Akshay Dewalkar (IND)/ Pradnya Gadre (IND) l (1) Chen Xu (CHN)/ Jin Ma (CHN) 5-21 17-21
[R1] Arun Vishnu (IND)/ Aparna Balan (IND) l Mads Pieler Kolding (DEN)/ Kamilla Rytter Juhl (DEN) 8-21 19-21
[R1] Pranaav Jerry Chopra (IND)/ Siki Reddy N. (IND) bt (2) Nan Zhang (CHN)/ Yunlei Zhao (CHN) walkover

Really good win by Kashyap ... Happy to see he managed to repeat this win after the Olympics against Nguyen ... After losing the first game easily ... Kasyap take control of the second game from 7-9 and was leading 14-9 then 15-10 ... But Nguyen caught with him at 17-all and Nguyen had a match point at 20-19 but Kashyap saved that and won this game ... In the third game Kashyap take control from 6-8 after winning 5 points in a row ... Nguyen reduced it to 10-11 but Kashyap won next 5 points to lead 17-11 ... After that Kashyap didn't give a chance and enter into the quarters in 68 minutes ... In the quarters he is facing Chinese Zhengming Wang.

Hockey News
At 2nd Sultan of Johar Cup, Malaysia

Thursday 15 November 2012
India bt New Zealand 3-1
Goal Scorers - Mandeep Singh (IND) 18', Harjeet Singh (IND) 27', Manpreet Singh (IND) 33' and Benedict van Woerkom (NZL) 48'

Wednesday 14 November 2012
India dw Pakistan 0-0

Monday 12 November 2012
India bt Germany 3-1
Goal Scorers - Mandeep Singh (IND) 8' and 9', Akashdeep Singh (IND) 42' and Alexander Schollkopf (GER) 40' PC

Sunday 11 November 2012
India bt Australia 2-0
Goal Scorers - Sukhmanjit Singh (IND) 49' PC, Tirkey Amon Mirash (IND) 70'

Our u-21 team is performing really well in ongoing Sultan of Johar Cup ... They started with win against inexperienced Australian side scoring 2 goals in the second half ... In their second match they defeated 5 times Junior World champion Germany ... From start our boys kept pressure and scored 2 goals through Mandeep Singh in the first 10 minutes ... Germany failed to recover from early set-back ... They reduced margin through penalty corner in the second half but our boys scored another goal for comfortable win ... In the third match we managed only boring draw against Pakistan team ... In this match our forwards failed to win a single penalty corner ... In 4th match we defeated New Zealand comfortably ... From the start our boys dominated the match and scored 3 goals in the first half ... In the second half our team used unnecessary defensive tactics ... They missed numerous chances also and in between New Zealand managed to score but this win guarantee India's place in the final on the Sunday.

Squash News
At Women's World Team Champs 2012, Nimes, France

[R16] (10) India bt (8) Netherlands 2-1
Anaka Alankamony (IND,68) bt Milou van der Heijden (NED,57) 3-0 (11-8 11-6 11-5) (30m)
Dipika Pallikal (IND,13) l Natalie Grinham (NED,11) 0-3 (8-11 4-11 3-11) (20m)
Joshana Chinappa (IND,32) bt Orla Noom (NED,64) 3-2 (5-11 11-9 8-11 11-2 11-3) (51m)

Pool G
(10) India bt (17) Argentina 3-0
Anaka Alankamony (IND,68) bt Maria Eugenia Bonilla (ARG,UNR) 3-0 (11-4 11-4 11-7)
Joshana Chinappa (IND,32) bt Cecilia Cerquetti (ARG,UNR) 3-0 (11-6 11-3 11-4)
Dipika Pallikal (IND,13) bt Antonella Falcione (ARG,229) 3-0 (11-8 11-7 11-8)

(10) India bt (7) Ireland 2-1
Dipika Pallikal (IND,13) bt Madeline Perry (IRL,10) 3-1 (11-9 11-8 7-11 11-8)
Joshana Chinappa (IND,32) l Aisling Blake (IRL,26) 2-3 (9-11 11-7 11-6 8-11 9-11)
Anaka Alankamony (IND,68) bt Laura Mylotte (IRL,UNR) 3-0 (12-10 11-3 11-7)

Indian girls upset higher ranked Ireland in the Pool stage when Dipika scored 4 games victory over WR #10 Perry ... In the knockout stage our girls scored another upset win, this time it was against 8th seed Dutch team ... In this match Dipika shocking loss in 20 minutes without much fight against Dutch WR #11 Natalie Grinham ... But Anaka scored convincing win against her higher ranked Dutch opponent and then Joshana fought back from 1-2 games to win last 2 games convincingly ... In the quarters our girls r facing 2nd seed Egyptian girls.

Chess News
At Women’s World Chess Cup 2012, Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia

Round One
G1 - Denise Frick (RSA) l Humpy Koneru (IND) 0-1
G2 - Humpy Koneru (IND) bt Denise Frick (RSA) 1-0 (2-0)

G1 - Swaminathan Soumya (IND) dw Dronavalli Harika (IND) ½-½
G2 - Dronavalli Harika (IND) bt Swaminathan Soumya (IND) 1-0 (1½-½)

Round Two
G1 - Humpy Koneru (IND) l Natalia Zhukova (UKR) 0-1
G2 - Natalia Zhukova (UKR) bt Humpy Koneru (IND) 1-0 (2-0)

G1 - Dronavalli Harika (IND) bt Elina Danielian (ARM) 1-0
G2 - Elina Danielian (ARM) dw Dronavalli Harika (IND) ½-½ (½-1½)

Soumya was unlucky to face Harika in the first round ... After drawing the first game playing with White Somya lost the second game with Black against more experienced Harika ... Harika continued with her good form in the second round and won against her teammate of Armenian club “Mika” Elina Danielian ... Harika won the first game with white and then drew the second game.

Humpy started with convincing win over South African Denise Frick in the first round ... But lower rated Ukrainian Natalia Zhukova upset her in the second round ... Playing with White Humpy made blunders in the middle of the game and lost 1st game in 37 moves ... In the second game Humpy take too much risk for a win playing with Black but Natalia kept her focus and won this game also in 43 moves.

Tennis News

Rohan Bopanna announced that he will be partnering American WR #44 Rajeev Ram in 2013 season ... I think this will be a good pairing as Rajeev is very good doubles players with nice touch near the net ... Other hand Mahesh Bhupathi will be partnering Canadian WR #5 Daniel Nestor.
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At $50K Yokohama Challenger, Japan

[R1] (PR) Prakash Amritraj (IND,806) l (5) Hiroki Moriya (JPN,186) 67(3) 63 06

Doubles
[R1] (PR) Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Philipp Oswald (AUT) bt Ti Chen (TPE)/ Alexander Kudryavtsev (RUS) 60 62
[R1] (3) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) l Hiroki Kondo (JPN)/ Chu-Huan Yi (TPE) 36 67(4)

[QF] (PR) Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Philipp Oswald (AUT) bt Hiroki Kondo (JPN)/ Chu-Huan Yi (TPE) 57 64 10-6

[SF] (PR) Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Philipp Oswald (AUT) vs Andrea Arnaboldi (ITA)/ Matteo Viola (ITA)

Prakash played excellent match against top-300 Moriya ... He was unlucky to lost the tie-break of the first set but Prakash fought back to win the second ... In the third set Moriya take advantage of Prakash's tiredness.

But in doubles Prkash is in the semis with his Austrian partner Philipp Oswald ... After comfortably winning the first round they needed fightback in the quarters after a set down against Kondo and Yi, who upset 3rd seed Indian pair Divij and Purav in the first round ... After winning the second set they won match tie-break with double mini-break ... In the semis they r facing unseeded Italian pair who upset 2nd seed in the quarters.

Tennis News
At 2012 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, London, England

Doubles Final
(5) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) l (6) Marcel Granollers (ESP)/ Marc Lopez (ESP) 57 63 3-10

Poor result for Mahesh and Rohan against Spanish team in the final ... In the first set Spanish team broke Mahesh's serve in 3rd game when Rohan hit 3 backhand volleys in the net but Indians broke back in next Lopez's service game ... In 11th game Mahesh made 4 unforced errors to gift the break and this time Lopez hold his serve after saving break point to win the set ... In the second set Indians broke Granollers in 8th game to win this set ... In match tie-break Spanish pair opened 4-0 lead which extended to 6-1 ... Indians failed to counter-attack and lost the final.

Tennis News
At 2012 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, London, England

Doubles - Semi Finals
(5) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) bt (3) Radek Stepanek (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) 64 16 10-12

In emotional match Rohan and Mahesh scored win over Leander and Radek after saving 1 match point in 1 hour 25 minutes to book their place in the final ... In the final they will play sixth seeds Marcel Granollers and Marc Lopez ... Mahesh is a four-time runner-up in this tournament ... Three of his runner-up finishes came with Paes in 1997, 1999 and 2000 ... He also finished runner-up with Max Mirnyi in 2010 ... Other hand Lee need to wait for his first title in this year end tournament.

In the first set Lee and Radek take break in 7th game on Mahesh's serve converting 4th break point ... They kept this break advantage to win the first set ... In the second set Mahesh and Radek put pressure on Lee and Radek's serve ... They broke Lee's serve in 4th game and Radek's serve in 6th game to win this set ... In this set Lee and Radek managed to win only 12 points ... In match tie-break Lee and Radek take first mini-break on 6th point on Mahesh's serve ... Lee and Radek were leading 3-7 and 5-8 ... Suddenly Lee and Radek came under pressure and both missed easy volleys ans scored back on 8-all ... At 8-9 Maesh saved a match point with backhand volley on Rohan's serve ... At 9-10 Lee saved a match point with forehand volley but Radek gave Indians 2nd match point after putting backhand volley in the net ... Mahesh and Rohan converted this point with easy volley winner after good middle serve by Mahesh.

Mahesh Bhupathi - “We wouldn’t mind a few more weeks on tour. We have got one match to go and get back into focus, after celebrating for the next two hours. We’d like to finish with the title here.”

“It was enjoyable at the end. In this format, things change very quickly. We just had to keep our heads down and fight, because things can change at any second. From 3-7 and 5-8 down in the tie-break, made a few shots and the next thing you know we’re up match point.”

Rohan Bopanna - “We just wanted to make sure that we kept aggressive on the court. They came up with a couple of good volleys to be ahead in the tie-break. We didn’t play any bad points as such. We just kept the same strategy and it paid off.”

“After winning Paris, we took that momentum here. After that first match loss here against Marray and Nielsen, which we lost in the Match tie-break, I think it helped us to realise that it isn’t over until the last point. I think that got us through today.”
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At $50K Yokohama Challenger, Japan

[R1] (PR) Prakash Amritraj (IND,806) bt (WC) Toshihide Matsui (JPN,468) 62 76(3)

Doubles
[R1] (PR) Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Philipp Oswald (AUT) vs Ti Chen (TPE)/ Alexander Kudryavtsev (RUS)
[R1] (3) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Hiroki Kondo (JPN)/ Chu-Huan Yi (TPE)

Prakash is playing with protected ranking in this Yokohama Challenger ... Prakash started with win over experienced Japanese Toshihide Matsui and take advantage of weak draw ... After winning the first set easily Prakash needed tie-break in the second for the victory.

Also happy to see Prakash is playing doubles with singles in Japanese challenger.

Tennis News
At 2012 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, London, England

Doubles - Group A
(3) Radek Stepanek (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt (1) Bob Bryan (USA)/ Mike Bryan (USA) 64 67(6) 10-7

Another solid performance by Lee and Radek in this match to beat top-seed Bryans in match tie-break ... In this match Lee and Radek lost their serve once and that was in the first set but they broke Bryans twice to win this set ... In the second set Lee and Radek missed 4 break points and Bryans take advantage of it winning in tie-break ... Radek and Lee played solid match tie-break ... They only lost a single point on their serve due to double fault but won 2 points on Bryans serve helped them to win this match ... So Lee and Radek win this Group A winning all matches and in the semis they will face Rohan and Mahesh.
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At $50K Loughborough Challenger, Great Britain

Doubles Final
[R1] (4) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) l (3) James Cerretani (USA)/ Adil Shamasdin (CAN) 46 57

Divij and Purav failed to lift title after exciting wins in previous round ... Cerretani and Shamasdin won this final in straight sets ... In the first set they take a single break to win it ... In the second set Divij and Purav broke them but they broke Indians serve twice to win it.

Tennis News
At 2012 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, London, England

Doubles - Group B
(6) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) bt (2) Max Mirnyi (BLR)/ Daniel Nestor (CAN) 76(5) 67(5) 10-5

Mahesh and Rohan scored important win in 1 hour 55 minutes against 2nd seed Nestor and Mirnyi to qualify for the semis ... They will mostly face Lee and Radek for the place in the final.

Both pair failed to break opponent's serve though our pair saved 7 break points ... Both pairs traded tie-breaks on similar score but in match tie-break our pair proved strong for Nestor and Mirnyi.
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At $50K Loughborough Challenger, Great Britain

[SF] (4) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt Josh Goodall (GBR)/ Jamie Murray (GBR) 76(3) 26 12-10

[F] (4) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt (3) James Cerretani (USA)/ Adil Shamasdin (CAN)

Divij and Purav scored close win over unseeded British pair, who upset top-seed in the quarters ... In the first set they were 0-3 down before they fought back to win it in the tie-break ... In the second set our pair lost momentum which British pair won it comfortably ... In closely fought match tie-break our pair kept their focus to win it in extra points but they needed 3rd match point ... Our pair was up 9-7 then they saved a match point at 9-10 ... In the final they r facing 3rd seed Canadian-American pair.

Tennis News
At 2012 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, London, England

Doubles - Group A
(3) Radek Stepanek (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt (5) Marcel Granollers (ESP)/ Marc Lopez (ESP) 75 64

Lee and Radek enter into the semis of ATP World Tour Finals with straight sets win over Spanish pair ... In the first set Lee and Radek take a break of serve in 12th game to win it ... In the second set Lee and Radek were trailing 2-4 before our pair won last 4 games to win this match.

Tennis News
At 2012 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, London, England

Doubles - Group B
(6) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) bt (4) Robert Lindstedt (SWE)/ Horia Tecau (ROU) 63 57 10-5

Mahesh and Rohan scored much needed win against Lindstedt and Tecau in match tie-break ... This was their first win in Group B ... In their last group match they r facing 2nd seed Nestor and Mirnyi ... Winner between them will qualify for the semis.
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At $125K Royal Indian Open, Pune, India

[R2] (WC) Rutuja Bhosale (IND,708) l (7) Elina Svitolina (UKR,156) 36 06

Doubles
[R1] (WC) Anushka Bhargava (IND)/ Sofia Shapatava (GEO) l Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN)/ Kurumi Nara (JPN) 26 16
[R1] Rutuja Bhosale (IND)/ Prarthana Thombare (IND) l (2) Nina Bratchikova (RUS)/ Oksana Kalashnikova (GEO) 36 36

[QF] Prerna Bhambri (IND)/ Rishika Sunkara (IND) l (4) Julia Glushko (ISR)/ Noppawan Lertcheewakarn (THA) 16 36

As expected tough outing for Rutuja ... Happy to see when she managed to win 3 games in the first set against talented Ukrainian but Svitolina proved too strong for Rutuja in the second.

Indian challenge got over with our doubles pairs losses in their respective matches ... Rutuja's win over top-400 type Korean So-Ra Lee was highlight of the tournament for us.
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At $50K Loughborough Challenger, Great Britain

[QF] (4) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt Niels Desein (BEL)/ Peter Torebko (GER) 63 63

Another straight sets comfortable win for Divij and Purav ... With this win they r in the semis.
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At $10K Thailand F5, Phuket

[R2] (2) N Sriram Balaji (IND,327) l Chuhan Wang (CHN,782) 46 26

Poor loss for Bala ... He need to take break from the tour and regroup his game.

Tennis News
At 2012 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, London, England

Doubles - Group A
(3) Radek Stepanek (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt (7) Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK)/ Jean-Julien Rojer (NED) 64 75

Doubles - Group B
(6) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) l (8) Jonathan Marray (GBR)/ Frederik Nielsen (DEN) 46 76(1) 10-12

Mahesh and Rohans had a losing start in match tie-break ... After losing the first set with a single break and our pair managed to win a tie-break of the second set ... In match tie-break our pair was leading 5-1 and then wasted 2 match points at 9-8 and 10-9 before losing in extra points.

Other hand straight sets win for Lee and Radek in Group A ... After winning the first set Lee and Radek stretched to 12th game in the second but they take crucial game in the same game for their victory.
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At $125K Royal Indian Open, Pune, India

[R1] (Q) Nidhi Chilumula (IND,804) l Cagla Buyukakcay (TUR,186) 26 16
[R1] (Q) Rishika Sunkara (IND,574) l (5) Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN,146) 06 36
[R1] (WC) Prerna Bhambri (IND,671) l (2) Misaki Doi (JPN,97) 06 26

Doubles
[R1] Nidhi Chilumula (IND)/ Wing-Yau Chan (HKG) l (4) Julia Glushko (ISR)/ Noppawan Lertcheewakarn (THA) 26 26
[R1] Rushmi Chakravarthi (IND)/ Ankita Raina (IND) l (3) Monique Adamczak (AUS)/ Stephanie Bengson (AUS) 67(4) 46

Expected one-sided losses for our players against higher ranked and very experienced opponents ... After losing the first set on luv Rishika broke Kimiko's serve in 1st and 3rd games in the second set but both times she failed to hold that advantage ... Rishika managed to break Kimiko's serve third time in the match but failed to hold her serve once in a whole match.

In the doubles Rushmi and Ankita gave fighting performance against 3rd seeds.
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At $50K Loughborough Challenger, Great Britain

[R1] (4) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt James Cluskey (IRL)/ Marcus Daniell (NZL) 64 64

[QF] (4) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Niels Desein (BEL)/ Peter Torebko (GER)

Winning start for Indian pair ... Next they r facing German-Belgian pair in the quarters.
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At $10K Thailand F5,

[R1] (2) N Sriram Balaji (IND,327) bt (Q) Evgeny Karlovskiy (RUS,1018) 75 76(5)

[R2] (2) N Sriram Balaji (IND,327) vs Chuhan Wang (CHN,782)

Doubles
[R1] N Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Evgeny Karlovskiy (RUS) l (1) Brydan Klein (AUS)/ Dane Propoggia (AUS) 26 16

Tougher match than expected against his doubles partner but happy to see Bala started with win.

Tennis News
At $125K Royal Indian Open, Pune, India

[R1] (WC) Prarthana Thombare (IND,956) l Chang Liu (CHN,382) 63 26 46
[R1] (WC) Rutuja Bhosale (IND,708) bt So-Ra Lee (KOR,409) 36 76(4) 64

[R2] (WC) Rutuja Bhosale (IND,708) vs (7) Elina Svitolina (UKR,156)

Doubles
[R1] Prerna Bhambri (IND)/ Rishika Sunkara (IND) bt Arantxa Andrady (IND)/ Shivika Burman (IND) 64 60

Heartening to see Rutuja take advantage of home court for upset win over top-400 type Korean ... After losing the first set she adjust her game to the condition ... These courts r slow so powerful serve and big shots r less effective ... Rutuja managed to keep ball in the play and show patience in long rallies ... Huge confidence boosting win for Rutuja ... Winning last 3 games after losing 4 games in a row show her improved metal toughness.

In the first set Rutuja broke So-Ra in 1st game but after that she lost next 5 games in that So-Ra broke her 3 times ... From 1-5 down Rutuja won next 2 games but lost the first set ... In the second set Rutuja was 2-0 up with early break but again lost next 4 games ... But this time Rutuja broke back to make it 5-all ... In tie-break both players traded early mini-break but after 3-all Rutuja take next 3 points to lead 6-3 and then converted 2nd set point for winning this set ... In the third set Rutuja broke So-Ra twice to lead 3-0 but So-Ra fought back winning next 4 games to lead ... Again Rutuja showed her fighting spirit and won next 3 games to complete big victory of her career ... This win earned her 22 ranking points and $2000 ... Next is big test for Rutuja against 7th seed and 18 yrs old Ukrainian Elina Svitolina.

Prarthana Thombare started positively and won the first set against Liu ... From the second set Liu take control ... She broke Prarthana twice to win the second set ... In the third set Liu take early break in 1st game and kept that advantage to win this match despite big efforts from Prarthana ... Good match for Prarthana but failed to upset in this 2 hours 30 mins match.

Prerna Bhambri and Rishika Sunkara started with expected win over Indian wild-card pair.

Athletics News

11 Indian athletes banned for two years ... Urine samples of all the 11 athletes had returned positive for methylhexaneamine (MHA) during dope tests conducted before the 2010 CWG by NADA.

Multiple national record holders Richa Mishra - Swimming
Guangzhou Asiad bronze medalist Mausam Khatri - Wrestling
Beijing Olympian Rajiv Tomar - Wrestling
Amar Muralidharan - Swimming
Gursharan Preet Kaur - Wrestling
Joginder Singh - Wrestling
Rahul Maan - Wrestling
Sumit Sehrawat - Wrestling
Saurabh Vij - Shot put
Akash Antil - Athletics
Jyotsna Pansare - Swimming

Golf News
At $7M WGC-HSBC Champions, Dongguan, China

Final Results
T18 Gaganjeet Bhullar (IND) 73 68 63 72 -12 $75,000.00
T46 Jeev Milkha Singh (IND) 72 71 73 71 -1 $40,000.00

After excellent 9 under in the third round Gaganjeet was in position for top 5 finish but in the final round he struggled with his putting ... He needed 32 putts in his PAR final round but still creditable performance by Gaganjeet in this tough tournament.

With his considtent performance for the first time Gaganjeet breaks into top-100 World Golf Ranking ... He is on 98th place only 3 positions behind our top ranked golfer Jeev Milkha Singh, #95.

Tennis News
At €2.95M BNP Paribas Masters, Paris, France

Doubles Final
(5) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) bt (7) Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK)/ Jean-Julien Rojer (NED) 76(6) 63

Mahesh and Rohan lifted their first Masters title together when they defeated 7th seeds Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi and Jean-Julien Rojer in 85 minutes in the final of the BNP Paribas Masters in Paris ... This is Mahesh 50th tour level title and 16th Masters title ... Other hand Rohan win his 7th tour level title and 2nd Masters title.

In the final our pair had couple of set points in 10th game on Aisam's serve then again they had 4 set points on Rojer's serve in 12th game but they failed to convert any of those break points ... In the tie-break Rohan and Aisam were 2-5 down but they recovered to make it 5-all ... Our pair saved a set point at 5-6 and then coverted 7th set point on Rojer's serve ... Our pair dominated the second set ... From 3-all they broke Rojer's in 7th and then Aisam in 9th games to win the final.

Mahesh Bhupathi - “The match could have gone either way, but I felt we played really well on the big points. At this level, at this stage of any big event, that is what counts. We have been very consistent at the Masters 1000s. It has been a little disappointing in the Grand Slams, but we have made up for it here. I am so relieved and happy to have qualified for London."

Rohan Bopanna - “It is definitely the best week we have played all season. We are very happy with the way we played and I hope we can take this form to London. The Barclays ATP World Tour Finals is one of the best events we have in tennis, especially being in England with the public appreciating tennis so much. Hopefully momentum can carry us on to do well next week.
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At 2012 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, London, England

Doubles - Group A
(1) Bob Bryan (USA)/ Mike Bryan (USA)
(3) Radek Stepanek (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND)
(5) Marcel Granollers (ESP)/ Marc Lopez (ESP)
(7) Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK)/ Jean-Julien Rojer (NED)

Doubles - Group B
(2) Max Mirnyi (BLR)/ Daniel Nestor (CAN)
(4) Robert Lindstedt (SWE)/ Horia Tecau (ROU)
(6) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND)
(8) Jonathan Marray (GBR)/ Frederik Nielsen (DEN)

Lee and Radek r in the group A with Bryans ... Mahesh and Rohan r in the group B with Nestor and Mirnyi.
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At $125K Royal Indian Open, Pune, India

[Q1] Anushka Bhargava (IND,1158) bt (8) Shivika Burman (IND,829) 75 63
[Q1] (7) Nidhi Chilumula (IND,804) bt (WC) Zainab Ali Sajjad (IND,UNR) 60 61
[Q1] (4) Rishika Sunkara (IND,574) bye
[Q1] (5) Ankita Raina (IND,604) bye

[Q2] Anushka Bhargava (IND,1158) l (1) Andreja Klepac (SLO,446) 16 36
[Q2] (7) Nidhi Chilumula (IND,804) bt (2) Emily Webley-Smith (GBR,447) W/O
[Q2] (4) Rishika Sunkara (IND,574) bt (5) Ankita Raina (IND,604) 62 76(9)

[R1] (WC) Prarthana Thombare (IND,956) vs Chang Liu (CHN,382)
[R1] (WC) Rutuja Bhosale (IND,708) vs So-Ra Lee (KOR,409)
[R1] (Q) Nidhi Chilumula (IND,804) vs Cagla Buyukakcay (TUR,186)
[R1] (Q) Rishika Sunkara (IND,574) vs (5) Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN,146)
[R1] (WC) Prerna Bhambri (IND,671) vs (2) Misaki Doi (JPN,97)

Doubles
[R1] (WC) Anushka Bhargava (IND)/ Sofia Shapatava (GEO) vs Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN)/ Kurumi Nara (JPN)
[R1] Nidhi Chilumula (IND)/ Wing-Yau Chan (HKG) vs (4) Julia Glushko (ISR)/ Noppawan Lertcheewakarn (THA)
[R1] Prerna Bhambri (IND)/ Rishika Sunkara (IND) vs (WC) Arantxa Andrady (IND)/ Shivika Burman (IND)
[R1] Rushmi Chakravarthi (IND)/ Ankita Raina (IND) vs (3) Monique Adamczak (AUS)/ Stephanie Bengson (AUS)
[R1] Rutuja Bhosale (IND)/ Prarthana Thombare (IND) vs (2) Nina Bratchikova (RUS)/ Oksana Kalashnikova (GEO)

Good to see our couple of players qualified for main-draw taking advantage of weak draw .. In main-draw our all players facing tough challenge.
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At $50K Loughborough Challenger, Great Britain

[R1] (4) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs James Cluskey (IRL)/ Marcus Daniell (NZL)

This week Purav is playing with Divij in British challenger.
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At $10K Thailand F5,

[R1] (2) N Sriram Balaji (IND,327) vs (Q) Evgeny Karlovskiy (RUS,1018)

Doubles
[R1] N Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Evgeny Karlovskiy (RUS) vs (1) Brydan Klein (AUS)/ Dane Propoggia (AUS)

Bala is playing in $10K Thai futures.

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At €2.95M BNP Paribas Masters, Paris, France

[SF] (5) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) bt Paul Hanley (AUS)/ Jonathan Marray (GBR) 75 63

[F] (5) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) vs (7) Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK)/ Jean-Julien Rojer (NED)

Rohan and Mahesh scored straight sets win over Hanley and Marray and enter into the final ... Rohan and Mahesh saved all 5 break points faced on serve but converted 2 of their 5 opportunities on opponents serve ... In the final they r facing Aisam and Rojer.
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At $15K India F14 Futures, Pune

Singles Final
Prakash AMRITRAJ (IND,806) bt (4) Saketh MYNENI (IND,374) 64 62

Prkash scored comfortable win over Saketh for deserving $15K futures title win ... He was better player on the court and Saketh was struggling to match with him ... In the first set Prakash broke Saketh early and kept that advantage to win it ... In the second set Prakash broke Saketh twice to lead 4-1 and won this match comfortably.

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At €2.95M BNP Paribas Masters, Paris, France

[QF] (5) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) bt (4) Mariusz Fyrstenberg (POL)/ Marcin Matkowski (POL) 67(5) 63 10-4

Mahesh and Rohan raised their game when it was matter most to win this match and qualifying for the ATP Tour Finals ... They needed victory against Poles for qualifying and after losing the first set in tie-break they regrouped to win the second ... In match tie-break they were in control form the start.
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At $75K Charlottesville Challenger, USA

[QF] (WC) Somdev DevVarman (IND,733) l (8) Denis Kudla (USA,164) 26 06

After excellent performance in last 2 matches where Somi needed comeback to win it ... Somi produced really flat performance to lose against Kudla ... May be Somi was tired after first 2 rounds matches.
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At $15K India F14 Futures, Pune

[SF] (4) Saketh MYNENI (IND,374) bt (1) Christopher RUNGKAT (INA,299) 63 63
[SF] Prakash AMRITRAJ (IND,806) bt (8) Nicolas REISSIG (AUT,504) 64 64

Doubles Final
[SF] (1) Saket Myneni (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt (2) N Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Arun Prakash Rajagopalan (IND) 75 67(3) 10-5

Very solid wins by Saketh and Prakash against their higher ranked opponents ... Saketh defeated top-seed young Indonesian convincingly ... Prakash win was expected despite his lower ranked considering his huge experience ... He will be favorite for the final.

Saketh and Purav won back to back title again beating Balaji and Arun Prakash in the final ... This time match was very close one as both sets stretched to fullest but Purav and Saketh dominated match tie-break for the victory.

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At International Championship 2012, Chengdu, China

[R2] (72) Aditya Mehta (IND) l (3) Judd Trump (ENG) 0-6

[R1] (72) Aditya Mehta (IND) bt (13) Stuart Bingham (ENG) 6-4
[Wild-card Round] (72) Aditya Mehta (IND) bt (A) Zhu Yinghui (CHN) 6-5

Aditya Mehta won wild-card round against local Chinese player and entered in the main-draw.

Aditya scored upset first round win over 13th ranked Stuart Bingham but in the second round 3 rd ranked Britisher Judd Trump proved too strong ... But still very creditable start of professional career for Aditya.

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At €2.95M BNP Paribas Masters, Paris, France

[R2] (6) Jurgen Melzer (AUT)/ Leander Paes (IND) l (WC) Josselin Ouanna (FRA)/ Nicolas Renavand (FRA) 67(5) 46
[R2] (5) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) bt (WC) Julien Benneteau (FRA)/ Adrian Mannarino (FRA) 60 64

[QF] (5) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) vs (4) Mariusz Fyrstenberg (POL)/ Marcin Matkowski (POL)

Mahesh and Rohan scored comfortable win over French wild-card pair and keep their hopes alive for qualifying in ATP Tour Finals ... In the quarters they r facing Poles and winner will qualify for ATP Tour Finals grabbing last spot.

Lee lost against French wild-card pair with Jurgen Melzer.
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At $75K Charlottesville Challenger, USA

[R2] (WC) Somdev Devvarman (IND,733) bt (Q) Taro Daniel (JPN,337) 46 75 61

[QF] (WC) Somdev DevVarman (IND,733) vs (8) Denis Kudla (USA,164)

Another excellent comeback win by Somi in 2+ hours match ... After losing the first set Somi was a break down in the second before excellent fight back ... Like the way he dominated the final set against young Japanese ... Next Somi is facing 8th seed American Denis Kudla, last year here Somi retired in the third set against same opponent before his long injury/ rehab break.
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At $15K India F14 Futures, Pune

[QF] (1) Christopher RUNGKAT (INA,299) bt (7) Mate PAVIC (CRO,467) 62 61
[QF] (4) Saketh MYNENI (IND,374) bt (5) Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND,398) 76(5) 62
[QF] Prakash AMRITRAJ (IND,806) bt (3) Liang-Chi HUANG (TPE,368) 76(4) 61
[QF] (8) Nicolas REISSIG (AUT,504) bt (2) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND,328) 64 26 64

Doubles
[SF] (1) Saket Myneni (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt (3) N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND)/ Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND) 64 76(5)
[SF] (2) N Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Arun Prakash Rajagopalan (IND) bt (4) Mate Pavic (CRO)/ Nicolas Reissig (AUT) 76(7) 76(3)

Prakash continued with his good run and is in the semis ... Saketh showed his upperhand against Jeevan with another win, he is 4-0 up against him in win-loss record ... Balaji failed to overcome challenge from Austrian.

Last week's repeat final in the doubles.