Badminton News

At $600K Yonex Denmark Open 2014 (Superseries Premier), Odense

[Q1] Vladimir Ivanov (RUS)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) bt Jeppe Ludvigsen (DEN)/ Mai Surrow (DEN) 21-18 retd.
[Q2] Vladimir Ivanov (RUS)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) bt Mathias Christiansen (DEN)/ Lena Grebak (DEN) 21-13 21-17

[R1] Srikanth K. (IND,23) vs Xue Song (CHN,59)
[R1] Kashyap Parupalli (IND,27) vs Rajiv Ouseph (ENG,29)
[R1] P V Sindhu (IND,10) vs Pui Yin Yip (HKG,22)
[R1] (7) Saina Nehwal (IND,7) vs Karin Schnaase (GER,31)

[R1] Ashwini Ponnappa (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) vs Eefje Muskens (NED)/ Selena Piek (NED)
[R1] (Q) Vladimir Ivanov (RUS)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) vs Yun Lung Chan (HKG)/ Ying Suet Tse (HKG)

Ashwini playing with her Russian partner Ivanov qualify for main-draw beating two Danish pairs ... In main-draw they r facing Hong Kong pair ... In the singles Srikanth having tough match against lower ranked Chinese Xue Song, against whom Srikanth lost in their last meeting at Indian open ... Other three having winnable matches.

Tennis News

At $50K Indore Challenger, India

[R1] (WC) Sidharth Rawat (IND,1201) l (Q) Riccardo Ghedin (ITA,699) 36 46
[R1] (3) Somdev Devvarman (IND,142) bt (WC) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,630) 61 63
[R1] (WC) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,915) l Adam Pavlasek (CZE,242) 46 16
[R1] N.Sriram BALAJI (IND,326) l (8) Stefano Travaglia (ITA,215) 46 64 67(7)
[R1] (6) Yuki Bhambri (IND,184) bt (WC) Ronit Singh Bisht (IND,1108) 64 60
[R1] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,262) bt Gianluigi Quinzi (ITA,360) 61 64
[R1] (Q) Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND,945) l Ti Chen (TPE,236) 26 16
[R1] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,325) l (7) Kimmar Coppejans (BEL,193) 57 26
[R1] (Q) N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,760) bt Karunuday Singh (IND,525) 64 62

[R2] (3) Somdev Devvarman (IND,142) vs Liang-Chi Huang (TPE,)
[R2] (6) Yuki Bhambri (IND,184) vs Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,262)
[R2] Saketh Myneni (IND,453) vs (7) Kimmar Coppejans (BEL,193)
[R2] Sanam Singh (IND,393) vs (Q) N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,760)

Doubles
[R1] (3) Purav Raja (IND)/ Ruben Gonzales (PHI) bt Alexander Kudryavtsev (RUS)/ Gianluigi Quinzi (ITA) 1-1 retd.

[QF] (3) Purav Raja (IND)/ Ruben Gonzales (PHI) vs (WC) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND)

Expected comfortable wins for Yuki and Buji against Ronit and Vishnu respectively ... Vijay Sundar beat rusty Karunuday in straight sets ... RamK score his first win of challenger beating Italian Quinzi comfortably ... Other hand Bala miss opportunity of scoring upset against 8th seed Italian ... Next Yuki is facing RamK, Sanam is facing Vijay Sundar, Saki is facing 7th seed talented Coppejans and Buji is facing Taipei player Liang-Chi Huang.
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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament, Bangkok, Thailand

[R1] Ankita RAINA (IND,309) vs (1) Misa EGUCHI (JPN,127)

Doubles
[R1] Ankita RAINA (IND)/ Irina RAMIALISON (FRA) l Varatchaya WONGTEANCHAI (THA)/ Varunya WONGTEANCHAI (THA) 67(10) 63 5-10

Ankita is facing top-130 Japanese Misa Eguchi in the second round ... In the doubles Ankita and her French partner Irina lose against Wongteanchai sisters in close match.

Tennis News

At $50K Indore Challenger, India

[R1] (Q) Lakshit Sood (IND,2046) l (1) Aleksandr Nedovyesov (KAZ,121) 36 26
[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND,453) bt Danai Udomchoke (THA,290) 60 62
[R1] Sanam Singh (IND,393) bt (2) Alexander Kudryavtsev (RUS,129) 75 63

Doubles
[R1] (WC) Vinayak Sharma Kaza (IND)/ Vignesh Peranamallur (IND) l Hsin-Han Lee (TPE)/ Danai Udomchoke (THA) 63 16 6-10
[R1] (WC) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt N.Sriram BALAJI (IND)/ Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND) 63 61
[R1] (2) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) bt Riccardo Ghedin (ITA)/ Stefano Travaglia (ITA) 64 64

[QF] (2) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs Hiroki Moriya (JPN)/ Yasutaka Uchiyama (JPN)

What a dominating win by Saketh over top-300 Udomchoke ... He won the first set inside 20 minutes and kep that form to win the second set comfortably ... Lakshit play decent match against top-seed Nedovyesov in his loss ... Sanam score huge upset win over 2nd seed and top-130 Russian Alexander Kudryavtsev in straight sets ... Surprisingly in this match Sanam didn't face a single break point in his serve and after winning the first set he kept upper-hand with early break in second set to lead 4-1 and in end that was enough for winning the match.

Yuki-Divij start with straight sets win over Italian pair in the doubles ... Vishu and Ramk score dominating upset win over Ranjeet and Bala.
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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament, Bangkok, Thailand

[R1] Ankita RAINA (IND,309) bt Viktoriya TOMOVA (BUL,306) 36 64 63

Impressive comeback win by Ankita over similar ranked Bulgarian opponent Tomova in the first round.

Squash News

At $115K Men's US Open 2014 (World Series Gold), Philadelphia

[R1] (8) Saurav Ghosal (IND,17) l Fares Dessouki (EGY,30) 2-3 (8-11, 11-4, 11-5, 10-12, 7-11)

Egyptian Dessouki score upset win over Saurav in this Gold tournament ... Dessouki won the first set but after that Saurav made a comeback and won next two sets ... But again from fourth Saurav struggled with his game and Dessouki won that in extra points ... Dessouki kept momentum for wining the fifth for upset win.

Badminton News

At $50K Yonex Dutch Open 2014 (GP Tournament), Almere, The Netherlands

[R1] (13) Ajay Jayaram (IND,66) bt Erik Meijs (NED,91) 3-1 (11-10 11-7 9-11 11-1)
[R1] (15) Arvind Bhat (IND,76) bt Kieran Merrilees (SCO,97) 3-0 (11-7 11-9 11-8)

[R2] (13) Ajay Jayaram (IND,66) bt Eetu Heino (FIN,86) 3-0 (11-4 11-9 11-6)
[R2] (15) Arvind Bhat (IND,) l Yan Kit Chan (HKG,89) 1-3 (6-11, 6-11, 11-5, 3-11)

[R3] (13) Ajay Jayaram (IND,66) bt Chun Hei Tam (HKG,78) 3-0 (11-5 11-6 11-4)

[QF] (13) Ajay Jayaram (IND,66) bt (3) Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka (INA,26) 3-2 (9-11 9-11 11-6 11-7 11-5)

[SF] (13) Ajay Jayaram (IND,66) bt (1) Rajiv Ouseph (ENG,29) 3-0 (11-8 11-7 11-5)

Final
(13) Ajay Jayaram (IND,66) bt Ihsan Maulana Mustofa (INA,290) 3-2 (10-11 11-6 11-7 1-11 11-9)

Ajay Jayaram lifts Dutch GP title beating talented Indonesian Ihsan Maulana Mustofa in closely fought match ... This was firs tournament which played under new 11 points rule with best of 5 games ... In the quarter-final Ajay defeated top-25 Indonesian player Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka in comeback win ... After losing first 2 games Ajay fought back to win last three games ... In the final also after losing first game Ajay won next two games ... Ihsan take advantage of Ajay'e error-prone game to won the fourth but Ajay recovered in the decider to win this title.

Tennis News

At $50K Indore Challenger, India

[Q2] Jatin Dahiya (IND,1510) l (1) Riccardo Ghedin (ITA,699) 06 26
[Q2] (2) N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,760) bt (5) Vinayak Sharma Kaza (IND,992) 64 63
[Q2] Lakshit Sood (IND,2046) bt (6) Akash Wagh (IND,1083) 62 63
[Q2] (4) Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND,945) bt (7) Chandril Sood (IND,1350) 75 63

[R1] (Q) Lakshit Sood (IND,2046) vs (1) Aleksandr Nedovyesov (KAZ,121)
[R1] (WC) Sidharth Rawat (IND,1201) vs (Q) Riccardo Ghedin (ITA,699)
[R1] (3) Somdev Devvarman (IND,142) vs (WC) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,630)
[R1] (WC) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,915) vs Adam Pavlasek (CZE,242)
[R1] N.Sriram BALAJI (IND,326) vs (8) Stefano Travaglia (ITA,215)
[R1] (6) Yuki Bhambri (IND,184) vs (WC) Ronit Singh Bisht (IND,1108)
[R1] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,262) vs Gianluigi Quinzi (ITA,360)
[R1] (Q) Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND,945) vs Ti Chen (TPE,236)
[R1] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,325) vs (7) Kimmar Coppejans (BEL,193)
[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND,453) vs Danai Udomchoke (THA,290)
[R1] Karunuday Singh (IND,525) vs (Q) N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,760)
[R1] Sanam Singh (IND,393) vs (2) Alexander Kudryavtsev (RUS,129)

Doubles
[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) vs (1) Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA)/ Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA)
[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND) vs Bhavesh Gaur (IND)/ Aaditya Tewari (IND)
[R1] (WC) Vinayak Sharma Kaza (IND)/ Vignesh Peranamallur (IND) vs Hsin-Han Lee (TPE)/ Danai Udomchoke (THA)
[R1] N.Sriram BALAJI (IND)/ Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND) vs (WC) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND)
[R1] (3) Purav Raja (IND)/ Ruben Gonzales (PHI) vs Alexander Kudryavtsev (RUS)/ Gianluigi Quinzi (ITA)
[R1] (2) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs Riccardo Ghedin (ITA)/ Stefano Travaglia (ITA)

Lakshit Sood shows his win against Ikramov wasn't fluke and he beat Akash comfortably to qualify for main-draw ... But he is having toughest draw as he faces top-seed Aleksandr Nedovyesov ... Buji in top draw and facing Vishnu in the first round ... Yuki in bottom draw and facing Ronit ... Interesting to see how our players perform in the first round.
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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament, Bangkok, Thailand

[R1] Ankita RAINA (IND,309) vs Viktoriya TOMOVA (BUL,306)

Doubles
[R1] Ankita RAINA (IND)/ Irina RAMIALISON (FRA) vs Varatchaya WONGTEANCHAI (THA)/ Varunya WONGTEANCHAI (THA)

Hoping for better week for Ankita.

Tennis News

At $4.2M Shanghai Rolex Masters, China

[SF] Florin Mergea (ROU)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) l (1) Mike Bryan (USA)/ Bob Bryan (USA) 67(5) 46

Rohan-Florin give fighting performance in their loss against WR #1 Bryans ... It will be great if Rohan and Florin play few more tournaments together to improve their performance.
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At $50K Indore Challenger, India

[Q1] (WC) Tejas Chaukulkar (IND,UNR) l (1) Riccardo Ghedin (ITA,699) 26 06
[Q1] Jatin Dahiya (IND,1510) bt (8) Chaleechan Tanasugarn (THA,1401) 63 62
[Q1] (2) N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,760) bt Kunal Anand (IND,1654) 61 62
[Q1] (5) Vinayak Sharma Kaza (IND,992) bt Suraj R. Prabodh (IND,1672) 62 63
[Q1] Lakshit Sood (IND,2046) bt (3) Sarvar Ikramov (UZB,893) 63 64
[Q1] (6) Akash Wagh (IND,1083) bt (WC) Jan Perutka (CZE,UNR) 63 62
[Q1] (4) Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND,945) bt Sai Saran Reddy (IND,1849) 63 75
[Q1] (7) Chandril Sood (IND,1350) bt (WC) Jaluporn Na Lamphun (THA,UNR) 4-1 retd.

Good to see our lower ranked players taking advantage of weaker qualifying draw of Indore challenger ... In that most impressive win was from Lakshit against top-900 Uzbek Sarvar Ikramov.

Tennis News

At $4.2M Shanghai Rolex Masters, China

[QF] Florin Mergea (ROU)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) bt (4) Ivan Dodig(CRO)/ Marcelo Melo (BRA) 64 36 10-7

[SF] Florin Mergea (ROU)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) vs (1) Mike Bryan (USA)/ Bob Bryan (USA)

Rohan-Florin continue with their excellent run with another win in super tie-break against Dodig-Melo ... In the semis they r facing truly WR #1 pair Bryans.

Tennis News

At $4.2M Shanghai Rolex Masters, China

[R2] Leander Paes (IND)/ Marcin Matkowski (POL) l (5) Julien Benneteau (FRA)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) 26 46
[R2] Florin Mergea (ROU)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) bt (7) Vasek Pospisil (CAN)/ Jack Sock (USA) 26 63 11-9

Rohan scores huge win with his new partner Florin against Pospisil-Sock ... Pospisil-Sock is vry powerful pair in super tie-break ... This was only her 3rd super tie-break loss against 16 STB wins in this season ... Other hand Lee-Marcin fail to raise their game against French pair.
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At $125K+H Tashkent Challenger, Uzbekistan

[QF] Purav Raja (IND)/ Fabrice Martin (FRA) l Adrian Menendez-Maceiras (ESP)/ Alexander Nedvoyesov (KAZ) 75 67(4) 7-10

Purav-Fabrice lose close match against Spanish-Kazakh pair ... After winning the first set they lose next two tie-breaks.

Tennis News

At $4.2M Shanghai Rolex Masters, China

[R1] Florin Mergea (ROU)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) bt Fabio Fognini (ITA)/ Rajeev Ram (USA) 62 retd.

[R2] Florin Mergea (ROU)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) vs (7) Vasek Pospisil (CAN)/ Jack Sock (USA)

Rohan-Florin start their partnership with win ... Their opponents retired after losing the first set ... In the second round Rohan-Florin r facing 7th seed Pospisil-Sock.
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At $125K+H Tashkent Challenger, Uzbekistan

[R1] Purav Raja (IND)/ Fabrice Martin (FRA) bt (WC) Shonigmatjon Shofayziyev (UZB)/ Vaja Uzakov (UZB) 60 64

[QF] Purav Raja (IND)/ Fabrice Martin (FRA) vs Adrian Menendez-Maceiras (ESP)/ Alexander Nedvoyesov (KAZ)

Purav and Fabrice start with win against local wild-card pair ... Next they r facing Spanish-Kazakh pair, who score upset win over 4th seed Taipei pair.
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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament, Bangkok, Thailand

[R1] Ankita RAINA (IND,296) l Ipek SOYLU (TUR,307) 62 26 36
[R1] (Q) Natasha PALHA (IND,501) l (WC) Olga FRIDMAN (UKR,750) 46 57

Doubles
[R1] Ankita Raina (IND)/ Prarthana G. Thombare (IND) l (1) Nicha Lertpitaksinchai (THA)/ Peangtarn Plipuech (THA) 26 06

Early end for Ankita and company as they all their respective matches ... Disappointing losses for Ankita and Natasha against top-20 junior players.

Tennis News

At $4.2M Shanghai Rolex Masters, China

[R1] Leander Paes (IND)/ Marcin Matkowski (POL) bt (WC) Mao-Xin Gong (CHN)/ Li Zhe (CHN) 63 75

[R2] Leander Paes (IND)/ Marcin Matkowski (POL) vs (5) Julien Benneteau (FRA)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA)

Lee-Marcin start with straight sets win over Chinese wild-card pair .. In next round they r facing 5th seed French pair of Julien Benneteau and Edouard Roger-Vasselin.

Football News

At FIFA International Friendly 2014, Siliguri, India

India l Palestine 2-3 (2-1)
Goals Scored - Sunil Chhetri (IND) 31', Francis Fernandes (IND) 45' and Ashraf N.O Alfawaghra (PAL) 9', Hatham S.M Theeb (PAL) 52' Khader Youssef (PAL) 72'

India lost a 2-3 to Palestine in closely fought an international friendly after going into the break 2-1 up ... Overall fighting performance by our players but they again failed to convert in a win..

Tennis News

At $4.2M Shanghai Rolex Masters, China

[R1] Leander Paes (IND)/ Marcin Matkowski (POL) vs (WC) Mao-Xin Gong (CHN)/ Li Zhe (CHN)
[R1] Florin Mergea (ROU)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) vs Fabio Fognini (ITA)/ Rajeev Ram (USA)

This week Rohan is playing with new Romanian partner Florin Mergea and they r facing Fognini-Ram ... Lee is again partnering Polish Marcin Matkowski and they r facing local wild-card pair.
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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament, Bangkok, Thailand

[Q1] Nidhi CHILUMULA (IND) l (6) Pei-Chi LEE (TPE) 36 61 46
[Q1] (10) Natasha PALHA (IND) bt Yulia BRYZGALOVA (RUS) 64 67(2) 63

[Q2] (10) Natasha PALHA (IND,501) bt (6) Pei-Chi LEE (TPE,439) 64 76(4)

[R1] Ankita RAINA (IND,296) vs Ipek SOYLU (TUR,307)
[R1] (Q) Natasha PALHA (IND,501) vs (WC) Olga FRIDMAN (UKR,750)

Natasha score couple of fighting win for qualifying for main-draw ... But Natasha and Ankita having tough matches against talented junior players ... Natasha is playing against current top-20 Ukrainian junior player and Ankita is playing against talented Turkish 18 year player who was former top-15 in juniors.

Tennis News

At $6.5M Shanghai Rolex Masters, China

[Q1] Somdev Devvarman (IND,137) l (1) Teymuraz Gabashvili (RUS,55) 26 16

Instead of playing here Somi should try challenger for getting more match practice ... Here he failed to do anything against Teymuraz Gabashvili.
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At $5.4M China Open, Beijing (WTA Premier)

Doubles Final
(2) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) l (5) Andrea Hlavackova (CZE)/ Shuai Peng (CHN) 46 46

Sania-Cara fail to raise their game in the final and lose in straight sets against Peng-Hlavackova ... Big missed opportunity for Sania-Cara.

Asian Games News

At 17th Incheon Asian Games 2014, South Korea

Men's Kabaddi Gold Medal Match
India bt Iran 27-25 (13-21)

Gold - India
Silver - Iran
Bronze -

Women's Kabaddi Gold Medal Match
India bt Iran 31-21 (15-11)

Gold - India
Silver - Iran
Bronze -

Men's Volleyball - for 5th position
India bt Qatar 3-2 (25-21, 20-25, 25-22, 20-25, 15-10)

After Day 14 India has eleven Gold, nine Silver and thirty seven Bronze medals.

The Indian men's kabaddi team win their seventh successive gold medal at the Asian Games after coming from behind to beat a spirited Iran 27-25 ... Indians managed to take a lead only in the 37th minute of the match, that's tell us story of how much this match was tough ... From beginning Iranians played very discipline game ... They were defending and attacking precisely other hand Indians made some silly mistakes to gave points to opponents ... At one time Iranians were leading by 10 points in the first half, 7-17, at half-time Indians were behind by 8 points, 13-21 ... At that time Iranians cruising towards their historical first Gold ... But everything changed in the second half ... Indians raised their game and played perfectly without taking any risk ... They won 8 points in a row to make it 21-all ... Iranian again take 21-24 lead but again Indian won 5 points in a row to first time taking led in this match 26-24 ... This time Indians hold their lead for historic win ... In the second half Indians managed to score 14 points and Iranian only managed 4 points.

In another well fought match Indian women's team beat Iran 31-21 for its second successive kabaddi gold medal at the Asian Games ... A neck-and-neck start saw both teams defend extremely well ... At one time Iranians were only 2 points behind 10-12 but the Indian defence came out on top to give them a 15-11 lead after the first half ... In the second half our women showed supremacy and didn't gave much chance to Iranians ... In end they won by 10 points margin.

Indian Volleyball men's team finishes on 5th position beating Qatar 3-2 ... Though match stretched to five sets still Indians were looking in a control ... Good performance by our team to finish in 5th position.

Tennis News

At $5.4M China Open, Beijing (WTA Premier)

[SF] (2) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) bt Kristina Mladenovic (FRA)/ Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) 57 61 10-6

[F] (2) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) vs (5) Andrea Hlavackova (CZE)/ Shuai Peng (CHN)

Sania-Cara need comeback for beating French-Russian pair in the semis ... After losing the first set they made strong comeback and won the second set comfortably ... In match tie-break they kept that momentum to win it comfortably ... In the final they r facing 5th seed Hlavackova-Peng, who defeated WR #1 Italian pair in the semis.
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At $10K Turkey F33 Futures , Antalya

[QF] (1) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,311) l Takashi Saito (JPN,683) 62 06 46

So at last tiredness catch with RamK ... After winning the first set RamK failed to keep momentum and Saito take advantage to win next two sets.

Asian Games News

At 17th Incheon Asian Games 2014, South Korea

Men's Hockey

Gold Medal Match
India bt Pakistan 1-1 (4-2)
Goal Scored - Kothajit Singh (IND) 28' and Mohammad Rizwan Sr (PAK) 4'

Gold - India
Silver - Pakistan
Bronze - Korea

Athletics - Women's 4x400m Relay
Gold - India (Priyanka Pawar, Tintu Lukka, Mandeep Kaur and Raju Machettira Poovamma) 3:28.68s (GR)
Silver - Japan 3:30.80s
Bronze - China 3:32.02s

Men's Shot Put
Gold - Sultan Abdulmajeed Alhebshi (KSA) 19.99m
Silver - Chang Ming Huang (TPE) 19.97m
Bronze - Inderjeet Singh (IND) 19.63m

Men's Kabaddi
[SF] India bt Korea 36-25

Women's Kabaddi
[SF] India bt Thailand 41-28

After Day 13 India has nine Gold, nine Silver and thirty seven Bronze medals.

In closely contested match India beat Pakistan 4-2 in penalty-shootout to win the hockey gold at the Asian Games in Incheon after 16 years ... This win also ensures the Indian hockey team a berth at the 2016 Rio Olympics.

Indian team started slowly and Pakistan take advantage scoring early lead ... In the first period Indians failed to enter in Pakistan D till end of the period ... At that time SV Sunil missed sitter in front of goal ... In the second period Indians were increasing pressure on Pakistan goal and equalized through Kothajit Singh ... In next two periods both teams played keenly contested match but failed to score despite creating numerous chances ... In the one-on-one shoot-off, our goal-keeper P R Sreejesh produced breathtaking saves to deny Pakistan's Abdul Haseem Khan and Muhammad Umar Butta ... Muhammad Waqas and Shafqat Rasool scored the goals for Pakistan ... For India Akashdeep Singh, Rupinder Pal Singh, Birendra Lakra and Dhramvir Singh scored and Manpreet Singh failed to convert.

In Women's 4x400m Relay, Indian girls comfortably win the Gold bettering game record ... This is our 4th Asian Gold in a row in Women's 4x400m Relay ... In Men's shot-put Inderjeet Singh wins Bronze medal with throw of 19.63m

Indian boxers ended their campaign with five medals as Vikas Krishan and Satish Kumar settled for bronze medals after losing their semi-final bouts against respective opponents ... In the Superheavyweight (+91 kg) category, Satish was no match for 6ft 9 inch Kazakh giant Ivan Dychko, who won with a clear 3-0 verdict in all the rounds ... In the middleweight (75 kg) category Vikas lost against current World Champion Zhanibek Alimkhanuly of Kazakhstan by split verdict of 2-1 ... Putting an end to the status of the bronze medal won by Indian boxer Sarita Devi, the Olympic Council of Asia on Thursday reinstated her medal in the 60kg category after a hearing with India's Asian Games contingent officials in Incheon.

Indian Kabaddi teams are on course of defending their Gold medals ... Both teams r facing Iranian team for Gold medal.

Tennis News

At $5.4M China Open, Beijing (WTA Premier)

[QF] (2) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) bt Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP)/ Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) 63 61

[SF] (2) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) vs Kristina Mladenovic (FRA)/ Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS)

Sania-Cara score very comfortable win over 7th seed Spanish pair losing only 4 games ... In the semis they r facing unseeded French-Russian pair of Mladenovic-Pavlyuchenkova, who scored upset win over 4th seed pair.
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At $1.22M Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships, Tokyo

[QF] Leander Paes (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) l (2) Ivan Dodig (CRO)/ Marcelo Melo (BRA) 36 26

2nd seed Dodig-Melo prove too strong for Lee-Rohan in their one sided loss.
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At $10K Kazakhstan F12 Futures, Shymkent

[QF] (2) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,318) l Ivan Gakhov (RUS,911) 46 64 67(4)

Shocking loss of Jeevan against 900+ ranked Russian in three sets.
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At $10K Turkey F33 Futures , Antalya

[R2] (1) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,311) bt Nicolas Rosenzweig (FRA,1096) 16 63 62

[QF] (1) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,311) vs Takashi Saito (JPN,683)

Looks like tiredness is catching up with RamK ... He wins two singles titles in two weeks so this week he is playing without much rest ... In the second round he was slow starter against 1100 ranked Frenchman ... But after losing the first set RamK fought back with vengence and won next two sets comfortably ... In the quarter final he is facing Japanese Saito.

Asian Games News

At 17th Incheon Asian Games 2014, South Korea

Boxing - 51kg Flyweight

51kg Flyweight Gold Medal match
M C Mary Kom (IND) bt Zhaina Shekerbekova (KAZ) 2-0

Gold - M C Mary Kom (IND)
Silver - Zhaina Shekerbekova (KAZ)

Athletics - Women's 800m
Gold - Margarita Mukasheva (KAZ) 1:59.02s
Silver - Tintu Lukka (IND) 1:59:19s
Bronze - Zhao Jing (CHN) 1:59.48s

Women's Javelin Throw
Gold - Li Zhang (CHN) 65.47m (GR)
Silver - Lingwei Li (CHN) 61.43m
Bronze - Annu Rani (IND) 59.53m (PB)

Hockey - Women's
Gold -
Silver -
Bronze - India

Bronze Medal match
India bt Japan 2-1
Goal Scored - Jaspreet Kaur (IND) 23' PC, Vandana Kataria (IND) 42' and Akane Shibata (JPN) 41'

Men's Volleyball Quarter Final
India l Japan 2-3 (25-20, 19-25, 25-23, 20-25, 13-15)

After twelfth day India has seven Gold, nine Silver and thirty four Bronze medals.

MC Mary Kom became the first Indian woman boxer to clinch a gold medal at the Asian Games, staging a strong fightback to beat Kazakhstan's Zhaina Shekerbekova in the flyweight (51kg) final ... Amaze by mother of three children ... Hats off Mary ... Distraught after losing a controversial semi-final bout at the Incheon Asian Games, L Sarita Devi stunned officials and spectators on Wednesday by refusing to accept the bronze medal, which is now in the custody of organisers.

Tintu clocked her best time of year to win Silver, which was better that previous record ... In Javelin throw Annu Rani gives us surprising Bronze with her personal best throw behind Chinese girls.

India score big upset win over higher ranked Japan for winning Bronze ... Terrific win by our Women team with goals from Jaspreet Kaur and Vandana Kataria.

Indian volleyball team was very near to upset defending champion Japan in quarter final ... This will really boost confidence of our players to perform better against these top teams.

Tennis News

At $5.4M China Open, Beijing (WTA Premier)

[R1] (2) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) bye
[R2] (2) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) bt Casey Dellacqua (AUS)/ Lisa Raymond (USA) w/o

Without hitting ball Sania-Cara r in quarter final of this Premier event.
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At $1.22M Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships, Tokyo

[R1] Leander Paes (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) bt (WC) Tatsuma Ito (JPN)/ Go Soeda (JPN) 61 76(6)

[QF] Leander Paes (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) vs (2) Ivan Dodig (CRO)/ Marcelo Melo (BRA)

Lee-Rohan start with straight sets win over Japanese pair though they were stretched in the second set ... Next they r facing 2nd seed Melo-Dodig.
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At $125K+H Mons Challenger, Belgium

[R1] Purav Raja (IND)/ Rameez Junaid (AUS) l Marc Gicquel (FRA)/ Nicolas Mahut (FRA) 16 46

Purav-Rameez fail to challenge French experienced pair.
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At $10K Kazakhstan F12 Futures, Shymkent

[R1] (2) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,318) bt (LL) Anton Djamalov (UZB,1858) 61 64
[R2] (2) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,318) bt Sagadat Ayap (KAZ,1733)

[QF] (2) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,318) vs Ivan Gakhov (RUS,911)

Jeevan is playing Kazakh futures ... He start with comfortable wins against lowly ranked local players in first 2 rounds.
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At $10K Turkey F33 Futures , Antalya

[R1] (1) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,311) bt Young Seok Kim (KOR,943) 76(4) 64

[R2] (1) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,311) vs Nicolas Rosenzweig (FRA,1096)

RamK wins tight match in two sets against Korean opponent ... Next he is facing French journeyman.