Beijing Olympics 2008
Day 3 (10th August 2008)
Badminton -
[R32] Saina Nehwal (IND,15) bt Larysa Gryga (UKR,27) 21-18 21-10 (30m)
[R16] Saina Nehwal (IND,15) vs (4) Chen Wang (HKG,6)
Saina move to R16 and her opponent will be WR #6 Chen Wang of Hong Kong, who r 4th seed in this Olympics.
[R64] Anup Sridhar (IND,29) bt Marco Vasconcelos (POR,89) 21-16 21-14
[R32] Anup Sridhar (IND,29) vs Shoji Sato (JPN,16)
In R32 Anup will meet WR #16 Japanese Shoji Sato ... He need to cut down UFEs and give more consistent perforance.
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Shooting -
Men's Trap Qualification - Day 2 (Final Standing)
8 Mansher SINGH (69 + 48) 117 pts
12 Manavjit Singh SANDHU (70 + 46) 116 pts
Disappointing result for our trap shooters,as they were consider as medal contenders.
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Archery -
Women's Team 1/4 Eliminations
India l China 206-211
Poor individual rounds put tough task for our girls in team event ... They lost in quarter-finals against China.
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Rowing -
Lightweight Men's Double Sculls Heat 2
5 Devender Kumar KHANDWAL (IND)/ Manjeet SINGH (IND) 6:37.13 mins
Finished on last position on their heat, more than 18 sec behind 4th Cuba team.
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Sailing -
Finn - Race 03
23 Nachhatar Singh JOHAL 23 pts
Finn - Race 04
24 Nachhatar Singh JOHAL 24 pts
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Swimming -
Men's 200m Freestyle - Heat 4
7 Virdhawal KHADE 1:51.86 mins
Nothing extrodinary performance by Virdhawal.
Sunday, August 10, 2008
Tennis News -
At $508 Legg Mason Tennis Classic, Washington DC, USA
[Q1] (WC) Somdev Devvarman (IND,320) bt (5) Sam Warburg (USA,139) 46 60 63
[Q2] (WC) Somdev Devvarman (IND,320) bt Jamie Baker (GBR,302) 61 75
[Q3] (WC) Somdev Devvarman (IND,320) vs (2) Go Soeda (JPN,119)
Doubles -
[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ QURESHI, Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) vs (3) Rik De Voest (RSA)/ Ashley Fisher (AUS)
In first match Somi scored superb comeback victory over Sam Warburg in 1 hour 38 min ... In this match Somi hit 7 aces and SW with 6 .. SKD with 2 DFs, SW with 4 ... 82 points to 69 pts .. 6 of 8 break points converted by Somdev ... 2 of 3 converted by Warburg, and SKD did not face any BPs after the first set. 66% first serves by Somi .. He won 63% of first serve pts and 64% of second serve pts, while SW won only 64% and 39% ... The difference in the second serve winning percentage tell us story of the match ... Now in 3rd qualifying round Somi is meeting Go Soedo, with whom he lost at Vancouver Challenger.
Match report thesabre.com -
Warburg is a giant. He's probably got at least 6 inches on Sommie and is a power player through and through. Som had a lot of trouble with his serve early on but hung in there in the first set. Warburg also tried a lot of drop shots, but Som was way too quick for that strategy. When Somdev got his first break, he eased up the intensity a bit and promply lost 3 straight. Somdev got up about 3-0 or 4-0 in a hurry for the second set and Warburg mailed the rest of the set in. The third set was more hard fought than the final score may suggest. Sommie came through in the clutch though, winning his first match
point to claim victory.
Baker plays a similar style to Somdev in a lot of ways. They're about the same height and aren't real powerhouses. Somdev was a lot more consistent in the first set and really walked all over him, but Baker recovered pretty nicely in the second set. Somdev was up 6-5 on serve in the 2nd set when Baker started cramping up. After an injury timeout, Som took 3 of the next 4 points to take the match. Even without the cramps, I really think that Somdev takes the match in the tiebreaker; Baker seemed very fatigued both physically and mentally by that point.
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At $475K Los Angeles ATP Tournament, USA
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Golf News -
At the 90th PGA Championship, Bloomfield Township, Michigan - Third Round
T7 Jeev Milkha Singh 68 74 70 + 2
After rain greens were firmer so expecting under par round from Jeev ... But he still remain inside top 10.
At $508 Legg Mason Tennis Classic, Washington DC, USA
[Q1] (WC) Somdev Devvarman (IND,320) bt (5) Sam Warburg (USA,139) 46 60 63
[Q2] (WC) Somdev Devvarman (IND,320) bt Jamie Baker (GBR,302) 61 75
[Q3] (WC) Somdev Devvarman (IND,320) vs (2) Go Soeda (JPN,119)
Doubles -
[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ QURESHI, Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) vs (3) Rik De Voest (RSA)/ Ashley Fisher (AUS)
In first match Somi scored superb comeback victory over Sam Warburg in 1 hour 38 min ... In this match Somi hit 7 aces and SW with 6 .. SKD with 2 DFs, SW with 4 ... 82 points to 69 pts .. 6 of 8 break points converted by Somdev ... 2 of 3 converted by Warburg, and SKD did not face any BPs after the first set. 66% first serves by Somi .. He won 63% of first serve pts and 64% of second serve pts, while SW won only 64% and 39% ... The difference in the second serve winning percentage tell us story of the match ... Now in 3rd qualifying round Somi is meeting Go Soedo, with whom he lost at Vancouver Challenger.
Match report thesabre.com -
Warburg is a giant. He's probably got at least 6 inches on Sommie and is a power player through and through. Som had a lot of trouble with his serve early on but hung in there in the first set. Warburg also tried a lot of drop shots, but Som was way too quick for that strategy. When Somdev got his first break, he eased up the intensity a bit and promply lost 3 straight. Somdev got up about 3-0 or 4-0 in a hurry for the second set and Warburg mailed the rest of the set in. The third set was more hard fought than the final score may suggest. Sommie came through in the clutch though, winning his first match
point to claim victory.
Baker plays a similar style to Somdev in a lot of ways. They're about the same height and aren't real powerhouses. Somdev was a lot more consistent in the first set and really walked all over him, but Baker recovered pretty nicely in the second set. Somdev was up 6-5 on serve in the 2nd set when Baker started cramping up. After an injury timeout, Som took 3 of the next 4 points to take the match. Even without the cramps, I really think that Somdev takes the match in the tiebreaker; Baker seemed very fatigued both physically and mentally by that point.
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At $475K Los Angeles ATP Tournament, USA
[SF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Eric Butorac (USA) bt Juan Martin Del Porto (ARG)/ Fabio Fognini (ITA) 76(4) 46 10(5)
[F] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Eric Butorac (USA) vs Travis Parrott (USA)/ Dusan Vemic (SRB)
This is Rohan's 5th doubles final but he is still searching for his first doubles title ... In the final they will face another unseed pair of Travis Parrott and Dusan Vemic.
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At the 18th World Junior Tennis Finals, TK Prostejov, Czech Republic (Red Clay)
For 3rd Position -
India bt Canada 2-1
Digvijaysingh Mehta (IND) bt Filip Peuwo (CAN) 76(4) 46 61
Ronit Bisht (IND) bt Edward Nguyen (CAN) 76(5) 64
Ronit Bisht (IND)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) l Tomasz Bara (CAN)/ Edward Nguyen (CAN) 26 46
Congratulations to Ronit, Divijay, Ramkumar and Captain Sunil Yajaman for finishing 3rd at the 18th World Junior Tennis Finals ... Very creditable performance by our boys on Red Clay.
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At $50K New Delhi Challenger IV, India
First Qualifying Round -
(1) Greg Jones AUS bt (WC) Jeevan Neduncherhiyan IND 63 2-1 Retd.
Vijay Sundar Prashanth IND bt Mithun Murali IND 61 64
Prateek Bhambri IND bt (WC) Vidhan Vyas IND 64 63
(8) Hsin-Han Lee TPE bt Ravjeet Singh IND 60 60
(2) Kyu-Tae Im KOR bt (WC) Akash Wagh IND 36 60 61
Ranjeet Virali Murugesan IND bt Christopher Marquis IND 75 61
Vignesh Perananallur Chandrasekhar IND bt Vedant Kapoor IND 62 63
(6) Hiroki Kondo JPN bt (WC) Srirambalaji Narayanaswamy IND 75 63
(3) Tasuku Iwami JPN bt Tushar Liberhan IND 61 62
Vikram B. Reddy IND bt Geoff Gehrke USA 62 61
Faris Akhazzan GBR bt Ajai Selvaraj IND 63 63
(7) Tsung-Hua Yang TPE bt Rahil Makharia IND 64 75
(4) Ashutosh Singh IND bt Rubal Shandilya IND 62 61
(WC) Karunuday Singh IND bt Palash Tiwari IND 75 62
Divij Sharan IND bt (WC) Sudarwa Sitaram IND 63 76(5)
(5) Aqeel Khan PAK bt Monal Chhillar IND 61 62
Second Qualifying Round -
(1) Greg Jones AUS bt Vijay Sundar Prashanth IND 63 76(3)
(8) Hsin-Han Lee TPE bt Prateek Bhambri IND 63 75
(2) Kyu-Tae Im KOR bt Ranjeet Virali Murugesan IND 63 62
(6) Hiroki Kondo JPN bt Vignesh Perananallur Chandrasekhar IND 62 63
(3) Tasuku Iwami JPN bt Vikram B. Reddy IND 62 63
(7) Tsung-Hua Yang TPE bt. Faris Akhazzan GBR 62 63
(4) Ashutosh Singh IND bt (WC) Karunuday Singh IND 75 63
(5) Aqeel Khan PAK bt Divij Sharan IND 46 76(3) 75
Final Qualifying Round -
(1) Greg Jones AUS bt (8) Hsin-Han Lee TPE 75 64
(6) Hiroki Kondo JPN bt (2) Kyu-Tae Im KOR 64 64
(7) Tsung-Hua Yang TPE bt (3) Tasuku Iwami JPN 06 63 64
(5) Aqeel Khan PAK bt (4) Ashutosh Singh IND 63 63
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Golf News -
At the 90th PGA Championship, Bloomfield Township, Michigan - Third Round
T7 Jeev Milkha Singh 68 74 70 + 2
After rain greens were firmer so expecting under par round from Jeev ... But he still remain inside top 10.
Saturday, August 09, 2008
Beijing Olympics 2008
Day 2
Swimming -
Men's 100m Breaststroke - Heat 3
2 SEJWAL Sandeep 1:02.19 mins
Sandeep broke his own National record of 1:03:58 mins, but failed to qualify for next stage ... In final standing he finished on 28 position but overall very creditable performnace in his first Olympics.
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Boxing -
Men's Middle (75kg) Round of 32
[R32] Vijender KUMAR (IND) bt JACK Badou G J (GAM) 13-2 pts
[R16] Vijender KUMAR (IND) vs Angkhan CHOMPHUPHUANG (THA)
Vijender scored victory but little unconvincing ... Now he will meet Thai Angkhan Chomphuphuang, with whom Vijender lost at 1st AIBA President Cup International Tournament in Taipei 10-15 ... So this is great opportunity to take revenge on biggest stage.
Men's Light Heavy (81kg) Round of 32
[R32] KUMAR Dinesh (IND) l BENCHABLA Abdelhafid (ALG) 3-23 RSCOS Round 3 1:42 mins
Algerian boxer outperformed Dinesh Kumar to scored one-sided victory.
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Badminton -
[R64] Saina Nehwal (IND,15) bt Ella Karachkova (RUS,30) 21-9 21-8 (24m)
[R32] Saina Nehwal (IND,15) vs Larysa Gryga (UKR,27)
Very dominating performance by Saina, who played all court game to register easy victory.
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Rowing -
Men's Single Sculls Heat 4
3 Bajranglal TAKHAR 7:39.91 (Q)
With finishing 3rd in his heat Bajranglal Takhar qualified for next round ... Congrats to Bajranglal.
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Archery -
Men's Individual Ranking Round
2 Mangal Singh CHAMPIA 678 pts
Excellent archery round by Champia to finished 2nd ... With this performance he is created big opportunity for himself to be in medal contention.
Women's Individual Ranking Round
22 Laishram Bombayla DEVI 637 pts
31 Dola BANERJEE 633 pts
37 Pranitha VARDHINENI 627 pts
In womens qualifying event our not a single archer finished inside top 20 ... That means they will having tough opponents in Individuals event, like Dola will faced Korean in second round if she wins her first round match ... But they finished on 6th position in team ranking and recieve first round bye in team event.
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Sailing -
Finn - Race 01
4 Nachhatar Singh JOHAL 4 pts
Finn - Race 02
24 Nachhatar Singh JOHAL 24 pts
After excellent first race very poor 2nd race for Nachhatar Singh Johal.
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Shooting -
Men's Trap Qualification - Day 1
12 Manavjit Singh SANDHU 70 pts
21 Mansher SINGH 69 pts
Mansher Singh was 2nd after 2nd round of trap shooting, but had poor 20 in 3rd round which put him outside top-20 ... Both shooters having tough job to qualify for final (top 6 finish).
Men's 10m Air Pistol Qualification
42 Samresh JUNG 570 pts
Another disappointing performance by shooter, this time by Samresh.
Women's 10m Air Rifle Qualification
29 Anjali BHAGWAT 593 pts
39 Avneet Kaur SIDHU 589 pts
Disappointing performance by Anjali and Avneet ... This was Anjali's 3rd Olympics so was expecting better perforance from her.
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Judo -
Women - 48 kg Preliminary
Tombi Khumujam Devi (IND) l Ana Hormigo (POR) in 2:30 mins
Our judoka Tombi Khumujam Devi's participation in Beijing Olympics lasted only for 2 and 1/2 mins.
Day 2
Swimming -
Men's 100m Breaststroke - Heat 3
2 SEJWAL Sandeep 1:02.19 mins
Sandeep broke his own National record of 1:03:58 mins, but failed to qualify for next stage ... In final standing he finished on 28 position but overall very creditable performnace in his first Olympics.
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Boxing -
Men's Middle (75kg) Round of 32
[R32] Vijender KUMAR (IND) bt JACK Badou G J (GAM) 13-2 pts
[R16] Vijender KUMAR (IND) vs Angkhan CHOMPHUPHUANG (THA)
Vijender scored victory but little unconvincing ... Now he will meet Thai Angkhan Chomphuphuang, with whom Vijender lost at 1st AIBA President Cup International Tournament in Taipei 10-15 ... So this is great opportunity to take revenge on biggest stage.
Men's Light Heavy (81kg) Round of 32
[R32] KUMAR Dinesh (IND) l BENCHABLA Abdelhafid (ALG) 3-23 RSCOS Round 3 1:42 mins
Algerian boxer outperformed Dinesh Kumar to scored one-sided victory.
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Badminton -
[R64] Saina Nehwal (IND,15) bt Ella Karachkova (RUS,30) 21-9 21-8 (24m)
[R32] Saina Nehwal (IND,15) vs Larysa Gryga (UKR,27)
Very dominating performance by Saina, who played all court game to register easy victory.
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Rowing -
Men's Single Sculls Heat 4
3 Bajranglal TAKHAR 7:39.91 (Q)
With finishing 3rd in his heat Bajranglal Takhar qualified for next round ... Congrats to Bajranglal.
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Archery -
Men's Individual Ranking Round
2 Mangal Singh CHAMPIA 678 pts
Excellent archery round by Champia to finished 2nd ... With this performance he is created big opportunity for himself to be in medal contention.
Women's Individual Ranking Round
22 Laishram Bombayla DEVI 637 pts
31 Dola BANERJEE 633 pts
37 Pranitha VARDHINENI 627 pts
In womens qualifying event our not a single archer finished inside top 20 ... That means they will having tough opponents in Individuals event, like Dola will faced Korean in second round if she wins her first round match ... But they finished on 6th position in team ranking and recieve first round bye in team event.
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Sailing -
Finn - Race 01
4 Nachhatar Singh JOHAL 4 pts
Finn - Race 02
24 Nachhatar Singh JOHAL 24 pts
After excellent first race very poor 2nd race for Nachhatar Singh Johal.
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Shooting -
Men's Trap Qualification - Day 1
12 Manavjit Singh SANDHU 70 pts
21 Mansher SINGH 69 pts
Mansher Singh was 2nd after 2nd round of trap shooting, but had poor 20 in 3rd round which put him outside top-20 ... Both shooters having tough job to qualify for final (top 6 finish).
Men's 10m Air Pistol Qualification
42 Samresh JUNG 570 pts
Another disappointing performance by shooter, this time by Samresh.
Women's 10m Air Rifle Qualification
29 Anjali BHAGWAT 593 pts
39 Avneet Kaur SIDHU 589 pts
Disappointing performance by Anjali and Avneet ... This was Anjali's 3rd Olympics so was expecting better perforance from her.
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Judo -
Women - 48 kg Preliminary
Tombi Khumujam Devi (IND) l Ana Hormigo (POR) in 2:30 mins
Our judoka Tombi Khumujam Devi's participation in Beijing Olympics lasted only for 2 and 1/2 mins.
Tennis News -
At $475K Los Angeles ATP Tournament, USA
[QF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Eric Butorac (USA) bt (2) LIPSKY Scott (USA)/ MARTIN David (USA) 64 64
[SF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Eric Butorac (USA) vs Juan Martin Del Porto (ARG)/ Fabio Fognini (ITA)
Excellent upset win by Rohand and Eric over 2nd seed ... Good to see Bops getting success with different partners.
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At $508 Legg Mason Tennis Classic, Washington DC, USA
[Q1] (WC) Somdev Devvarman (IND,320) vs (5) Sam Warburg (USA,139)
Somi is in same draw of Go Soeda ... So having tricky matches in qualifying.
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Golf News -
At the 90th PGA Championship, Bloomfield Township, Michigan - Second Round
T7 Jeev Milkha Singh 68 74 + 2
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T87 Daniel Chopra 74 76 +10
T105 Vijay Singh 76 76 +12
T105 Jyoti Randhawa 77 75 +12
Jeev had tough day but still he maintained his position inside top 10 ... He is only 3 strokes behind so we can say he is in striking distance.
But sad to see Daniel, Jyoti and Vijay missed the cut ... Now we need to follow only 'other' singh in this PGA Championship.
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At Wichita Open - Second Round (Nationwide Tour)
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T62 Arjun Atwal 68 71 -3
Arjun is making tougher calculation for himself to grabbing 2009 PGA tour card through top-25 Nationwide tour finish with these disappointing performances.
At $475K Los Angeles ATP Tournament, USA
[QF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Eric Butorac (USA) bt (2) LIPSKY Scott (USA)/ MARTIN David (USA) 64 64
[SF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Eric Butorac (USA) vs Juan Martin Del Porto (ARG)/ Fabio Fognini (ITA)
Excellent upset win by Rohand and Eric over 2nd seed ... Good to see Bops getting success with different partners.
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At $508 Legg Mason Tennis Classic, Washington DC, USA
[Q1] (WC) Somdev Devvarman (IND,320) vs (5) Sam Warburg (USA,139)
Somi is in same draw of Go Soeda ... So having tricky matches in qualifying.
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Golf News -
At the 90th PGA Championship, Bloomfield Township, Michigan - Second Round
T7 Jeev Milkha Singh 68 74 + 2
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T87 Daniel Chopra 74 76 +10
T105 Vijay Singh 76 76 +12
T105 Jyoti Randhawa 77 75 +12
Jeev had tough day but still he maintained his position inside top 10 ... He is only 3 strokes behind so we can say he is in striking distance.
But sad to see Daniel, Jyoti and Vijay missed the cut ... Now we need to follow only 'other' singh in this PGA Championship.
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At Wichita Open - Second Round (Nationwide Tour)
----------- Cut @ -4 -----------
T62 Arjun Atwal 68 71 -3
Arjun is making tougher calculation for himself to grabbing 2009 PGA tour card through top-25 Nationwide tour finish with these disappointing performances.
Friday, August 08, 2008
Golf News -
The 90th PGA Championship, Bloomfield Township, Michigan -First Round
T1 Jeev Milkha Singh 68 -2
T62 Daniel Chopra 74 +4
T92 Vijay Singh 76 +6
T92 Jyoti Randhawa +6 +6 after 15 holes
Jeev had dream start, he is leading PGA Championship after end of first day with other 2 .. Daniel had mix day ... But Vijay and Jyoti need more solid performance to make cut.
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At Wichita Open - First Round (Nationwide Tour)
T45 Arjun Atwal 68 -3
Arjun needs strong finish to complete his bid of finishing inside top-25 to get 2009 PGA tour card.
The 90th PGA Championship, Bloomfield Township, Michigan -First Round
T1 Jeev Milkha Singh 68 -2
T62 Daniel Chopra 74 +4
T92 Vijay Singh 76 +6
T92 Jyoti Randhawa +6 +6 after 15 holes
Jeev had dream start, he is leading PGA Championship after end of first day with other 2 .. Daniel had mix day ... But Vijay and Jyoti need more solid performance to make cut.
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At Wichita Open - First Round (Nationwide Tour)
T45 Arjun Atwal 68 -3
Arjun needs strong finish to complete his bid of finishing inside top-25 to get 2009 PGA tour card.
Thursday, August 07, 2008
Football News -
At 2008 AFC Challenge Cup Football Championship, Hyderabad, India
Semifinals - (7th August 2008)
India bt Myanmar 1-0
Goal Scored - Sunil Chetri (IND) 82'
Tajikistan bt North Korea 1-0
Goal Scored - Dzhomikhon Muhidinov 39'
As per report, due to heavy rain again we played in heavy and soggy condition ... But after reading IndianFootball.com report, it was heartening to see we created multiple chances and raiding Mynmar goal continuously ... We again struggled due to our usual finishing problem ... Before Sunil's goal Myanmar player's header kissed Indian goalpost, so we were sort of lucky ... Anyway important thing is we r in the finals against Tajikistan.
Sunil Chetri comments - I was disappointed for that miss in the first half, but coach and captain said it is okay. Bob told us to go out and don't ever give up. Playing ball in their half for full time was our strategy. (about goal he scored) It was difficult to control the ball and thankfully I scored. We don't care who we will face in the final.
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Squash News -
At Junior Men's Squash World Championships 2008, Zurich, Switzerland (Team Event)
For 3rd Place -
(5) India l (3) Great Britain 1-2
Vikram Malhotra bt Joe Lee 9-6 9-0 0-9 9-3 (37m)
Ravi Dixit l Alex Ingham 9-4 3-9 2-9 6-9 (70m)
Aditya Jagtap l Adrian Waller 0-9 4-9 4-9 (20m)
Vikram Malhotra gave positive start with winning against England No. 1 player ... Then Ravi started well winning first game but then England players didn't gave chance and won 3rd position in this Junior Men's Squash World Championship.
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Tennis News -
At the 18th World Junior Tennis Finals, TK Prostejov, Czech Republic (Red Clay)
Semi-Final -
India l (1) USA 0-3
Digvijaysingh Mehta (IND) l Alexis Halebian (USA) 26 36
Ronit Bisht (IND) l Christian Harrison (USA) 46 36
Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND)/ Ronit Bisht (IND) l Tyler Gardiner (USA)/ Christian Harrison (USA) 06 36
US boys look talented as they r performing as per their ranking ... We r facing Cananda for 3rd position match and try to end this World Junior Tennis Finals on winning note.
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At $10K USA F21 Futures, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
[Q1] Abhaya PRAKASH (IND,UNR) bt Kosuke NISHIMORI (JPN,UNR) 61 61
[Q2] Abhaya PRAKASH (IND,UNR) bt Jose MONCADA (HON,UNR) 63 46 62
[Q3] Abhaya PRAKASH (IND,UNR) bt Connor ROTH (USA,UNR) 75 64
[Q4] Abhaya PRAKASH (IND,UNR) bt (10) Jonathan DAVID (CAN,1722) 64 16 63
[R1] Abhaya PRAKASH (IND,UNR) bt (WC) Jim SLONAC (USA,UNR) 63 63
[R2] Abhaya PRAKASH (IND,NR) vs Daniel YOO (KOR,1361)
Remarkable performance by Abhaya to grab his first ATP point after winning 5 matches in tough US futures.
At 2008 AFC Challenge Cup Football Championship, Hyderabad, India
Semifinals - (7th August 2008)
India bt Myanmar 1-0
Goal Scored - Sunil Chetri (IND) 82'
Tajikistan bt North Korea 1-0
Goal Scored - Dzhomikhon Muhidinov 39'
As per report, due to heavy rain again we played in heavy and soggy condition ... But after reading IndianFootball.com report, it was heartening to see we created multiple chances and raiding Mynmar goal continuously ... We again struggled due to our usual finishing problem ... Before Sunil's goal Myanmar player's header kissed Indian goalpost, so we were sort of lucky ... Anyway important thing is we r in the finals against Tajikistan.
Sunil Chetri comments - I was disappointed for that miss in the first half, but coach and captain said it is okay. Bob told us to go out and don't ever give up. Playing ball in their half for full time was our strategy. (about goal he scored) It was difficult to control the ball and thankfully I scored. We don't care who we will face in the final.
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Squash News -
At Junior Men's Squash World Championships 2008, Zurich, Switzerland (Team Event)
For 3rd Place -
(5) India l (3) Great Britain 1-2
Vikram Malhotra bt Joe Lee 9-6 9-0 0-9 9-3 (37m)
Ravi Dixit l Alex Ingham 9-4 3-9 2-9 6-9 (70m)
Aditya Jagtap l Adrian Waller 0-9 4-9 4-9 (20m)
Vikram Malhotra gave positive start with winning against England No. 1 player ... Then Ravi started well winning first game but then England players didn't gave chance and won 3rd position in this Junior Men's Squash World Championship.
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Tennis News -
At the 18th World Junior Tennis Finals, TK Prostejov, Czech Republic (Red Clay)
Semi-Final -
India l (1) USA 0-3
Digvijaysingh Mehta (IND) l Alexis Halebian (USA) 26 36
Ronit Bisht (IND) l Christian Harrison (USA) 46 36
Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND)/ Ronit Bisht (IND) l Tyler Gardiner (USA)/ Christian Harrison (USA) 06 36
US boys look talented as they r performing as per their ranking ... We r facing Cananda for 3rd position match and try to end this World Junior Tennis Finals on winning note.
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At $10K USA F21 Futures, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
[Q1] Abhaya PRAKASH (IND,UNR) bt Kosuke NISHIMORI (JPN,UNR) 61 61
[Q2] Abhaya PRAKASH (IND,UNR) bt Jose MONCADA (HON,UNR) 63 46 62
[Q3] Abhaya PRAKASH (IND,UNR) bt Connor ROTH (USA,UNR) 75 64
[Q4] Abhaya PRAKASH (IND,UNR) bt (10) Jonathan DAVID (CAN,1722) 64 16 63
[R1] Abhaya PRAKASH (IND,UNR) bt (WC) Jim SLONAC (USA,UNR) 63 63
[R2] Abhaya PRAKASH (IND,NR) vs Daniel YOO (KOR,1361)
Remarkable performance by Abhaya to grab his first ATP point after winning 5 matches in tough US futures.
Tennis News -
Beijing Olympics 2008 - Tennis
Draw is out and Sania get worst possible draw in singles and doubles ... In singles she is facing Czech player Iveta Benesova, with whom she lost all 3 matches ... If Sania wins first round match then she is facing 7th seed Venus Williams in second round.
In womens doubles also Sania and Sunitha having tough draw after first round ... In first round they r playing against French pair of Tatiana Golovin and Pauline Parmentier and if they move to next round then they r facing top-seed Russian Dinara Safina and Svetlana Kuznetsova.
In mens doubles Indian Express got 7th seed ... ITF decided to give equal weightage to singles & doubles ranking so singles specialists pair like Federer/ Wawrinka, Rafa/ Robredo & Ferrer/ Almagro recieved higher seeding than our pair ... Indian Express in same draw of Bryans, whom they can meet in semis ... But before that we can face 4th seed Federer/ Wawrinka in quarters ... In first round Hesh/ Lee facing French pair of Gael Monfils/ Gilles Simon, this match our pair should win ... Second round could be tricky against Czech pair Tomas Berdych/ Radek Stepanek or Brazilian pair of Marcelo Melo/ Andre Sa.
Just for info, Federer having tough first round against Russian Dmitry Tursonov ... But funnily Federer's last 2 Masters conquerors r in his draw, If they wins then Federer can meet Karlovic in 3rd round and Simon in quarters.
Other hand Rafa playing his first round against Italian Potito Starace ... But Rafa's draw is much tougher as in-form players Serbian Novak Djokovic and British Andy Murray r in his draw .. Also in second round Rafa can meet Australian Leyton Hewitt.
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At $475K Los Angeles ATP Tournament, USA
[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Eric Butorac (USA) bt (WC) Johan Brunstrom (SWE)/ Jean-Julien Rojer (AHO) 63 16 10(3)
[QF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Eric Butorac (USA) vs (2) LIPSKY Scott (USA)/ MARTIN David (USA)
After winning first set Rohan and Eric had poor second set where they missed load of shots ... But in super tie-break Rohan was at his best to turn tie to their favour ... In quarters facing 2nd seed American pair.
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At $50K New Delhi Challenger III, India
[SF] (4) GAJJAR Rohan (IND)/ RAJA Purav (IND) l GOODALL Joshua (GBR)/ WARD James (GBR) 46 16
So with this our challenge is over in this challenger.
Beijing Olympics 2008 - Tennis
Draw is out and Sania get worst possible draw in singles and doubles ... In singles she is facing Czech player Iveta Benesova, with whom she lost all 3 matches ... If Sania wins first round match then she is facing 7th seed Venus Williams in second round.
In womens doubles also Sania and Sunitha having tough draw after first round ... In first round they r playing against French pair of Tatiana Golovin and Pauline Parmentier and if they move to next round then they r facing top-seed Russian Dinara Safina and Svetlana Kuznetsova.
In mens doubles Indian Express got 7th seed ... ITF decided to give equal weightage to singles & doubles ranking so singles specialists pair like Federer/ Wawrinka, Rafa/ Robredo & Ferrer/ Almagro recieved higher seeding than our pair ... Indian Express in same draw of Bryans, whom they can meet in semis ... But before that we can face 4th seed Federer/ Wawrinka in quarters ... In first round Hesh/ Lee facing French pair of Gael Monfils/ Gilles Simon, this match our pair should win ... Second round could be tricky against Czech pair Tomas Berdych/ Radek Stepanek or Brazilian pair of Marcelo Melo/ Andre Sa.
Just for info, Federer having tough first round against Russian Dmitry Tursonov ... But funnily Federer's last 2 Masters conquerors r in his draw, If they wins then Federer can meet Karlovic in 3rd round and Simon in quarters.
Other hand Rafa playing his first round against Italian Potito Starace ... But Rafa's draw is much tougher as in-form players Serbian Novak Djokovic and British Andy Murray r in his draw .. Also in second round Rafa can meet Australian Leyton Hewitt.
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At $475K Los Angeles ATP Tournament, USA
[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Eric Butorac (USA) bt (WC) Johan Brunstrom (SWE)/ Jean-Julien Rojer (AHO) 63 16 10(3)
[QF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Eric Butorac (USA) vs (2) LIPSKY Scott (USA)/ MARTIN David (USA)
After winning first set Rohan and Eric had poor second set where they missed load of shots ... But in super tie-break Rohan was at his best to turn tie to their favour ... In quarters facing 2nd seed American pair.
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At $50K New Delhi Challenger III, India
[SF] (4) GAJJAR Rohan (IND)/ RAJA Purav (IND) l GOODALL Joshua (GBR)/ WARD James (GBR) 46 16
So with this our challenge is over in this challenger.
Wednesday, August 06, 2008
Tennis News -
At the 18th World Junior Tennis Finals, TK Prostejov, Czech Republic (Red Clay)
Group B -
India bt Great Britain 2-1
Digvijaysingh Mehta (IND) bt Conor Bunting (GBR) 62 75
Ronit Bisht (IND) bt Liam Broady (GBR) 62 76(4)
Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND)/ Digvijaysingh Mehta (IND) l Jonathan Cornish (GBR)/ Liam Broady (GBR) 16 16
And our U14-Boys created history to become first Indian Junior team to qualify for semi-final of World Junior Tennis Finals ... Another excellent performances by Ronit Bisht and Digvijaysingh Mehta ... Heartily congratulation to Indian Captain Sunil Yajaman for this excellent effort and planning before the match.
Match Report from Indian Captain Sunil Yajaman -
The performance by the two kids reiterates my faith that rankings mean nothing! This British kid Broady is supposed to be ranked high in Tennis Europe Under 14 ranking probably had a learn a lesson or two from Ronit.
As usual, Digvijaysingh gave a tremendous start to India not before having to fight back from being down 2 - 5 in the second set against Conor Bunting. It was poor sportsmanship by the British captain when he called his player out of the court and asked him to take a medical time out (dont know for what) when Digvijay had fought back to make it 5 all and up 30-0 for no injury and called for the trainer. But his move to break Digvijay's rythm wouldn´t bear fruit in the 10 min break that followed as Digvijay kept his focus and just went ahead and finished the match by taking the next 6 points.
Ronit probably played the match of his life to beat Liam Broady in a well contested match especially in the second set. Ronit was down a mini break in the tie break but seemed nothing would stop him. Ronit had answers for every stroke of Broady who generated lot of power. Superb athelticsm, anticipation and ground strokes made the day for Ronit and believe me it was tough match. It just took a little bit of mind games on court to break him.
It is amazing the way these two mischevious (believe me!) kids keep their focus and build on their confidence. All they needed was a bit of motivation which was probably the easiest thing to do for me sitting on court as the captain. These guys cant sit quiet for a minute. After all the warm up I take them inside the players lounge for relaxation and visualisation, after a minute they are behind me playing video games on the machines! I also learnt that probably this is a way of relaxation too and helped them focus. They are small made, look and act like smaller kids but when they are on court, man...these guys just raise themselves up tremendously.
I would be greatly failing in my duty while reporting to you if I don't thank Korean No. 1 player Kim Jae Hwan (left hand player) and their captain Lee (who was kind enough to heed my request) who warmed up Ronit this morning as Ronit was playing Britisher Broady who was a left hander.
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At $50K New Delhi Challenger III, India
[R2] (2) (wc) Prakash Amritraj (IND,222) l Gouichi Motomura (JPN,352) 67(4) 67(3)
[R2] (WC) Sunil Kumar Sipaeya (IND,523) l Toshihide Matsui (JPN,363) 67(7) 46
Doubles -
[QF] SINGH Ashutosh (IND)/ SIPAEYA Sunil Kumar (IND) l CAKL Tomas (CZE)/ KINDLMANN Dieter (GER) 16 75 (4)10
[QF] (4) GAJJAR Rohan (IND)/ RAJA Purav (IND) bt (WC) BHAMBRI Yuki (IND)/ NEDUNCHERHIYAN Jeevan (IND) 64 62
[SF] (4) GAJJAR Rohan (IND)/ RAJA Purav (IND) vs GOODALL Joshua (GBR)/ WARD James (GBR)
Very dusappointing performance by Prkash ... Sunil also didn't take advantage of weak field ... Today I m disappointed with these 2.
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Squash News -
At Junior Men's Squash World Championships 2008, Zurich, Switzerland (Team Event)
Semi-Final -
(5) India l (2) Pakistan 0-3
Vikram Malhotra l Aamir Atlas Khan 0-9 3-9 0-9 (25m)
Aditya Jagtap l Waqar Mehboob 0-9 9-7 8-10 0-9 (43m)
Ravi Dixit l Mohd Shoaib Hassan 1-9 0-9 (16m)
But in semis Pakistan crushed us with very dominating performance ... Only Aditya Jagtap produced decent performance.
Still very creditable performance by our boys to reached Semi-final of Junior World Championship ... Tomorrow they will play for 3rd place (mostly) against England.
At the 18th World Junior Tennis Finals, TK Prostejov, Czech Republic (Red Clay)
Group B -
India bt Great Britain 2-1
Digvijaysingh Mehta (IND) bt Conor Bunting (GBR) 62 75
Ronit Bisht (IND) bt Liam Broady (GBR) 62 76(4)
Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND)/ Digvijaysingh Mehta (IND) l Jonathan Cornish (GBR)/ Liam Broady (GBR) 16 16
And our U14-Boys created history to become first Indian Junior team to qualify for semi-final of World Junior Tennis Finals ... Another excellent performances by Ronit Bisht and Digvijaysingh Mehta ... Heartily congratulation to Indian Captain Sunil Yajaman for this excellent effort and planning before the match.
Match Report from Indian Captain Sunil Yajaman -
The performance by the two kids reiterates my faith that rankings mean nothing! This British kid Broady is supposed to be ranked high in Tennis Europe Under 14 ranking probably had a learn a lesson or two from Ronit.
As usual, Digvijaysingh gave a tremendous start to India not before having to fight back from being down 2 - 5 in the second set against Conor Bunting. It was poor sportsmanship by the British captain when he called his player out of the court and asked him to take a medical time out (dont know for what) when Digvijay had fought back to make it 5 all and up 30-0 for no injury and called for the trainer. But his move to break Digvijay's rythm wouldn´t bear fruit in the 10 min break that followed as Digvijay kept his focus and just went ahead and finished the match by taking the next 6 points.
Ronit probably played the match of his life to beat Liam Broady in a well contested match especially in the second set. Ronit was down a mini break in the tie break but seemed nothing would stop him. Ronit had answers for every stroke of Broady who generated lot of power. Superb athelticsm, anticipation and ground strokes made the day for Ronit and believe me it was tough match. It just took a little bit of mind games on court to break him.
It is amazing the way these two mischevious (believe me!) kids keep their focus and build on their confidence. All they needed was a bit of motivation which was probably the easiest thing to do for me sitting on court as the captain. These guys cant sit quiet for a minute. After all the warm up I take them inside the players lounge for relaxation and visualisation, after a minute they are behind me playing video games on the machines! I also learnt that probably this is a way of relaxation too and helped them focus. They are small made, look and act like smaller kids but when they are on court, man...these guys just raise themselves up tremendously.
I would be greatly failing in my duty while reporting to you if I don't thank Korean No. 1 player Kim Jae Hwan (left hand player) and their captain Lee (who was kind enough to heed my request) who warmed up Ronit this morning as Ronit was playing Britisher Broady who was a left hander.
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At $50K New Delhi Challenger III, India
[R2] (2) (wc) Prakash Amritraj (IND,222) l Gouichi Motomura (JPN,352) 67(4) 67(3)
[R2] (WC) Sunil Kumar Sipaeya (IND,523) l Toshihide Matsui (JPN,363) 67(7) 46
Doubles -
[QF] SINGH Ashutosh (IND)/ SIPAEYA Sunil Kumar (IND) l CAKL Tomas (CZE)/ KINDLMANN Dieter (GER) 16 75 (4)10
[QF] (4) GAJJAR Rohan (IND)/ RAJA Purav (IND) bt (WC) BHAMBRI Yuki (IND)/ NEDUNCHERHIYAN Jeevan (IND) 64 62
[SF] (4) GAJJAR Rohan (IND)/ RAJA Purav (IND) vs GOODALL Joshua (GBR)/ WARD James (GBR)
Very dusappointing performance by Prkash ... Sunil also didn't take advantage of weak field ... Today I m disappointed with these 2.
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Squash News -
At Junior Men's Squash World Championships 2008, Zurich, Switzerland (Team Event)
Semi-Final -
(5) India l (2) Pakistan 0-3
Vikram Malhotra l Aamir Atlas Khan 0-9 3-9 0-9 (25m)
Aditya Jagtap l Waqar Mehboob 0-9 9-7 8-10 0-9 (43m)
Ravi Dixit l Mohd Shoaib Hassan 1-9 0-9 (16m)
But in semis Pakistan crushed us with very dominating performance ... Only Aditya Jagtap produced decent performance.
Still very creditable performance by our boys to reached Semi-final of Junior World Championship ... Tomorrow they will play for 3rd place (mostly) against England.
Squash News -
At Junior Men's Squash World Championships 2008, Zurich, Switzerland (Team Event)
Quarter-Final
(5) India bt (4) France 2-1
Vikram Malhotra l Gregoire Marche 9-1 4-9 0-9 1-9
Aditya Jagtap bt Lucas Vauzelle 9-6 9-2 9-5
Ravi Dixit bt Petrucci Antoine Camille 8-10 2-9 9-7 9-1 9-2 (77m)
Semi-Final -
(5) India vs (2) Pakistan
This is our best performance as first-time our boys reached semis of Junior Squash World Championship ... Vikram lost against top French player, but Aditya showed very strong performance to beat French No.2 ... But match of the tie was 3rd match, as Ravi fought back from 2 games down and was also 2-5 down in third game to create history ... Now we r facing 2nd seed Pakistan in semis.
Indian Coach Cyrus Poncha -
"Vikram Malhotra played a fabulous first game against Gregoire Marche but couldn't keep it up for the next three, and Aditya Jagtap was absolutely brilliant in beating Lucas Vauzelle in straight games.
In the decider Ravi Dixit was 0-2 and 2-5 down to Antoine-Camille Petrucci, but staged a remarkable comeback, levelling then taking the last two games comfortably.
This is our best ever performance at the World Junior Men's Championships - Vikram, Aditya, Ravi and Ramit have done us proud..... It feels great to hear the words 'India in the semi-finals' - for now we're just going to enjoy that!"
At Junior Men's Squash World Championships 2008, Zurich, Switzerland (Team Event)
Quarter-Final(5) India bt (4) France 2-1
Vikram Malhotra l Gregoire Marche 9-1 4-9 0-9 1-9
Aditya Jagtap bt Lucas Vauzelle 9-6 9-2 9-5
Ravi Dixit bt Petrucci Antoine Camille 8-10 2-9 9-7 9-1 9-2 (77m)
Semi-Final -
(5) India vs (2) Pakistan
This is our best performance as first-time our boys reached semis of Junior Squash World Championship ... Vikram lost against top French player, but Aditya showed very strong performance to beat French No.2 ... But match of the tie was 3rd match, as Ravi fought back from 2 games down and was also 2-5 down in third game to create history ... Now we r facing 2nd seed Pakistan in semis.
Indian Coach Cyrus Poncha -
"Vikram Malhotra played a fabulous first game against Gregoire Marche but couldn't keep it up for the next three, and Aditya Jagtap was absolutely brilliant in beating Lucas Vauzelle in straight games.
In the decider Ravi Dixit was 0-2 and 2-5 down to Antoine-Camille Petrucci, but staged a remarkable comeback, levelling then taking the last two games comfortably.
This is our best ever performance at the World Junior Men's Championships - Vikram, Aditya, Ravi and Ramit have done us proud..... It feels great to hear the words 'India in the semi-finals' - for now we're just going to enjoy that!"
Tuesday, August 05, 2008
Tennis News -
At $50K New Delhi Challenger III, India
[R1] (2) (wc) Prakash Amritraj (IND,222) bt Jae-Sung An (KOR,398) 76(9) 64
[R2] (2) (wc) Prakash Amritraj (IND,222) vs Gouichi Motomura (JPN,352)
Doubles -
[R1] SINGH Ashutosh (IND)/ SIPAEYA Sunil Kumar (IND) bt AN Jae Sung (KOR)/ ITO Tatsuma (JPN) 64 62
[R1] (WC) BHAMBRI Yuki (IND)/ NEDUNCHERHIYAN Jeevan (IND) bt GHAREEB Mohammed (KUW)/ MOTOMURA Gouichi (JPN) 76(4) 46 12(10)
[R1] (WC) PRASHANTH Vijay Sundar (IND)/ VIRALI MURUGESAN Ranjeet (IND) l (2) SAVIC David (SRB)/ VALTZER Dekel (ISR) 67(7) 26
[R1] (4) GAJJAR Rohan (IND)/ RAJA Purav (IND) bt GHEDIN Riccardo (ITA)/ MATSUI Toshihide (JPN) 64 64
[QF] SINGH Ashutosh (IND)/ SIPAEYA Sunil Kumar (IND) vs CAKL Tomas (CZE)/ KINDLMANN Dieter (GER)
[QF] (4) GAJJAR Rohan (IND)/ RAJA Purav (IND) vs (WC) BHAMBRI Yuki (IND)/ NEDUNCHERHIYAN Jeevan (IND)
Surprisingly tougher match for Kash than expected ... In second round Kash is playing against 34 yrs old seasoned Japanese player Motomura ... Kash should win this match without much hiccups.
But I m again stunned by excellent fighting win by teenagers Yuki and Jeevan against experianced players Motomura and Ghareeb in super tie-break ... Also good start by Ashutosh/ Sunil and Rohan/Purav in doubles.
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At the 18th World Junior Tennis Finals, TK Prostejov, Czech Republic (Red Clay)
Group B -
India bt Egypt 3-0
Digvijaysingh Mehta (IND) bt Ahmed Abdel Latif (EGY) 62 63
Ronit Bisht (IND) bt Karim Hossam (EGY) 63 61
Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND)/ Ronit Bisht (IND) bt Sherif Abo Habaja (EGY)/ Karim Hossam (EGY) 62 63
Terrific performance by Digvijay and Ronit ... Heartening to see dominating victory by our boys over Egyptian kids ... Congrats to Sunil, Ronit and Digvijay for another excellent result ... So its big step towards semi-final, but still match against Great Britain is important ... Great Britain is also undefeated like us, so match against them is like quarter-final ... Winner will reach semis.
Match report from ITF -
India maintained their 100% record at the tournament with a second victory today. Their opponents today, Egypt, could not contain the Indians in any of the three ties. Diavijay Singh put his team on track with a 62 63 win over Ahmed Abdel latif. India's number one, Rohit Bisht then defeated Egypt's in form number one Karim Hossam, 63 61. Bisht then combined with India's number three Ramkumar Ramanathan to defeat the Egyptian pair of Hossam and Sherif Abo Habaja 62 63 in the dead rubber doulbes match.
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At $10K Indonesian Futures, Jakarta
[R1] BURMAN Shivika (IND,981) l TAIRA Tomoko (JPN,UNR) 16 75 16
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Squash News -
At Junior Men's Squash World Championships 2008, Zurich, Switzerland (Team Event)
Pre-Quarter Finals -
(5) India bt (11) Australia 2-1
Vikram Malhotra bt Matthew Hopkin 9-7 9-6 9-6 (47m)
Aditya Jagtap l Jacob Alexander 3-9 6-9 9-7 4-9 (67m)
Ravi Dixit bt Joshua Larkin 9-2 9-1 9-0 (31m)
Quarter-Final
(5) India vs (4) France
Expected win by Vikram but very timely dominating win by Ravi Dixit to won tie for India ... Aditya Jagtap also fought hard in his loss ... So now we r facing 4th seed France in quarters ... Go boys.
At $50K New Delhi Challenger III, India
[R1] (2) (wc) Prakash Amritraj (IND,222) bt Jae-Sung An (KOR,398) 76(9) 64
[R2] (2) (wc) Prakash Amritraj (IND,222) vs Gouichi Motomura (JPN,352)
Doubles -
[R1] SINGH Ashutosh (IND)/ SIPAEYA Sunil Kumar (IND) bt AN Jae Sung (KOR)/ ITO Tatsuma (JPN) 64 62
[R1] (WC) BHAMBRI Yuki (IND)/ NEDUNCHERHIYAN Jeevan (IND) bt GHAREEB Mohammed (KUW)/ MOTOMURA Gouichi (JPN) 76(4) 46 12(10)
[R1] (WC) PRASHANTH Vijay Sundar (IND)/ VIRALI MURUGESAN Ranjeet (IND) l (2) SAVIC David (SRB)/ VALTZER Dekel (ISR) 67(7) 26
[R1] (4) GAJJAR Rohan (IND)/ RAJA Purav (IND) bt GHEDIN Riccardo (ITA)/ MATSUI Toshihide (JPN) 64 64
[QF] SINGH Ashutosh (IND)/ SIPAEYA Sunil Kumar (IND) vs CAKL Tomas (CZE)/ KINDLMANN Dieter (GER)
[QF] (4) GAJJAR Rohan (IND)/ RAJA Purav (IND) vs (WC) BHAMBRI Yuki (IND)/ NEDUNCHERHIYAN Jeevan (IND)
Surprisingly tougher match for Kash than expected ... In second round Kash is playing against 34 yrs old seasoned Japanese player Motomura ... Kash should win this match without much hiccups.
But I m again stunned by excellent fighting win by teenagers Yuki and Jeevan against experianced players Motomura and Ghareeb in super tie-break ... Also good start by Ashutosh/ Sunil and Rohan/Purav in doubles.
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At the 18th World Junior Tennis Finals, TK Prostejov, Czech Republic (Red Clay)
Group B -
India bt Egypt 3-0
Digvijaysingh Mehta (IND) bt Ahmed Abdel Latif (EGY) 62 63
Ronit Bisht (IND) bt Karim Hossam (EGY) 63 61
Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND)/ Ronit Bisht (IND) bt Sherif Abo Habaja (EGY)/ Karim Hossam (EGY) 62 63
Terrific performance by Digvijay and Ronit ... Heartening to see dominating victory by our boys over Egyptian kids ... Congrats to Sunil, Ronit and Digvijay for another excellent result ... So its big step towards semi-final, but still match against Great Britain is important ... Great Britain is also undefeated like us, so match against them is like quarter-final ... Winner will reach semis.
Match report from ITF -
India maintained their 100% record at the tournament with a second victory today. Their opponents today, Egypt, could not contain the Indians in any of the three ties. Diavijay Singh put his team on track with a 62 63 win over Ahmed Abdel latif. India's number one, Rohit Bisht then defeated Egypt's in form number one Karim Hossam, 63 61. Bisht then combined with India's number three Ramkumar Ramanathan to defeat the Egyptian pair of Hossam and Sherif Abo Habaja 62 63 in the dead rubber doulbes match.
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At $10K Indonesian Futures, Jakarta
[R1] BURMAN Shivika (IND,981) l TAIRA Tomoko (JPN,UNR) 16 75 16
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Squash News -
At Junior Men's Squash World Championships 2008, Zurich, Switzerland (Team Event)
Pre-Quarter Finals -
(5) India bt (11) Australia 2-1
Vikram Malhotra bt Matthew Hopkin 9-7 9-6 9-6 (47m)
Aditya Jagtap l Jacob Alexander 3-9 6-9 9-7 4-9 (67m)
Ravi Dixit bt Joshua Larkin 9-2 9-1 9-0 (31m)
Quarter-Final
(5) India vs (4) France
Expected win by Vikram but very timely dominating win by Ravi Dixit to won tie for India ... Aditya Jagtap also fought hard in his loss ... So now we r facing 4th seed France in quarters ... Go boys.
Squash News -
At Junior Men's Squash World Championships 2008, Zurich, Switzerland
Team Event -
India is 5th seed in the team event of Junior Men's Squash World Championships ... Group stage completed yesterday ... They were in Group E - Winterthur with (12) USA, (17/24) Netherlands and (25/31) Venezuela.
India topped Group E - Winterthur with winning all matches ... Today in pre-quarter finals they r facing (11) Australia.
1. (5) India bt (25/31) Venezuela 3-0
Aditya Jagtap bt Daniel Prato 9-0 9-0 9-0
Ramit Tandon bt Wilfredo Arcia 9-2 9-0 9-0
Ravi Dixit bt Alejandro Saurez 9-1 9-0 9-1
2. (5) India bt (17/24) Netherlands 3-0
Ramit Tandon bt Michael Ernst 9-4 9-1 9-3
Vikram Malhotra bt Rick Penders 9-0 9-0 9-2
Aditya Jagtap bt Tim van der Pluijm 9-3 9-0 9-0
3. (5) India bt (12) USA 2-1
Ravi Dixit bt Thomas Mattsson 9-4 9-6 9-3
Vikram Malhotra l Todd Harrity 1-9 9-6 8-10 6-9 (68m)
Aditya Jagtap bt Alex Domenick 8-10 9-7 6-9 9-5 9-3 (78m)
Individual Event -
Junior Men's Squash World Championships is going on ... Individual event was completed ... Decent performance by our boys.
[PQF] (9/16) Vikram Malhotra (IND) l (2) Mohd. El Shorbagy (EGY) 7-9 7-9 7-9 (34m)
[R5] (9/16) Vikram Malhotra (IND) bt Petrucci Camille (FRA) 9-3 9-7 9-1 (35m )
[R5] (17/32) Aditya Jagtap (IND) l (9/16) Herik Mustonen (FIN) 0-9 0-9 6-9 (32m)
[R4] (17/32) Aditya Jagtap (IND) bt Frederick Reid (CAN) 9-0 9-4 7-9 10-8 (52m)
[R4] (9/16) Vikram Malhotra (IND) bt Joshua Larkin (AUS) 9-4 9-3 9-6 (36m)
[R4] Ravi Dixit (IND) l (9/16) Wael Farag (EGY) 3-9 2-9 6-9 (25m)
[R4] Paramit Singh (IND) l (9/16) Chun Ming Leo Au (HKG) 0-9 1-9 6-9 (31m)
[R4] Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND) l Keagan Burkhart (NZL) 8-10 4-9 6-9 (40m)
[R3] (9/16) Vikram Malhotra (IND) bt Fahad B. Al-Ramezy (KUW) 9-0 9-2 9-1 (20m)
[R3] Ravi Dixit (IND) bt (ECU) 9-0 9-1 9-0 (27m)
[R3] Paramit Singh (IND) bt Fausto Gomez (ESP) 9-2 9-7 9-1 (22m)
[R3] (17/32) Aditya Jagtap (IND) bt Jo Wen Ng (MAS) 9-4 9-5 2-9 9-4 (46m)
[R3] Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND) bt Dimitri Diamadopoulos (ITA) 9-0 9-3 9-1 (19m)
[R3] Karan Malik (IND) l (5/8) Joe Lee (ENG) 0-9 6-9 0-9 (27m)
[R3] Abishek Pradhan (IND) l Joshua Larkin (AUS) 9-4 9-4 8-10 1-9 1-9 (69m)
[R2] Karan Malik (IND) bt Adam Perkiomaki (USA) 9-5 9-6 9-5
[R2] Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND) bt Ryan Mcconvey (CAY) 9-2 9-4 9-0
[R2] Abishek Pradhan (IND) bt Oliver Holland (ENG) 9-5 9-5 9-5
[R1] Karan Malik (IND) bt Luke Sims (AUS) 9-4 9-4 9-2
[R1] Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND) bt Shedara Femi (NGR) w/o
[R1] Abishek Pradhan (IND) bt Alain Mudeen (CAY) w/o
[R1] Ramit Tandon (IND) l Ahmed El Mehelmy (EGY) 6-9 7-9 1-9
At Junior Men's Squash World Championships 2008, Zurich, Switzerland
Team Event -
India is 5th seed in the team event of Junior Men's Squash World Championships ... Group stage completed yesterday ... They were in Group E - Winterthur with (12) USA, (17/24) Netherlands and (25/31) Venezuela.
India topped Group E - Winterthur with winning all matches ... Today in pre-quarter finals they r facing (11) Australia.
1. (5) India bt (25/31) Venezuela 3-0
Aditya Jagtap bt Daniel Prato 9-0 9-0 9-0
Ramit Tandon bt Wilfredo Arcia 9-2 9-0 9-0
Ravi Dixit bt Alejandro Saurez 9-1 9-0 9-1
2. (5) India bt (17/24) Netherlands 3-0
Ramit Tandon bt Michael Ernst 9-4 9-1 9-3
Vikram Malhotra bt Rick Penders 9-0 9-0 9-2
Aditya Jagtap bt Tim van der Pluijm 9-3 9-0 9-0
3. (5) India bt (12) USA 2-1
Ravi Dixit bt Thomas Mattsson 9-4 9-6 9-3
Vikram Malhotra l Todd Harrity 1-9 9-6 8-10 6-9 (68m)
Aditya Jagtap bt Alex Domenick 8-10 9-7 6-9 9-5 9-3 (78m)
Individual Event -
Junior Men's Squash World Championships is going on ... Individual event was completed ... Decent performance by our boys.
[PQF] (9/16) Vikram Malhotra (IND) l (2) Mohd. El Shorbagy (EGY) 7-9 7-9 7-9 (34m)
[R5] (9/16) Vikram Malhotra (IND) bt Petrucci Camille (FRA) 9-3 9-7 9-1 (35m )
[R5] (17/32) Aditya Jagtap (IND) l (9/16) Herik Mustonen (FIN) 0-9 0-9 6-9 (32m)
[R4] (17/32) Aditya Jagtap (IND) bt Frederick Reid (CAN) 9-0 9-4 7-9 10-8 (52m)
[R4] (9/16) Vikram Malhotra (IND) bt Joshua Larkin (AUS) 9-4 9-3 9-6 (36m)
[R4] Ravi Dixit (IND) l (9/16) Wael Farag (EGY) 3-9 2-9 6-9 (25m)
[R4] Paramit Singh (IND) l (9/16) Chun Ming Leo Au (HKG) 0-9 1-9 6-9 (31m)
[R4] Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND) l Keagan Burkhart (NZL) 8-10 4-9 6-9 (40m)
[R3] (9/16) Vikram Malhotra (IND) bt Fahad B. Al-Ramezy (KUW) 9-0 9-2 9-1 (20m)
[R3] Ravi Dixit (IND) bt (ECU) 9-0 9-1 9-0 (27m)
[R3] Paramit Singh (IND) bt Fausto Gomez (ESP) 9-2 9-7 9-1 (22m)
[R3] (17/32) Aditya Jagtap (IND) bt Jo Wen Ng (MAS) 9-4 9-5 2-9 9-4 (46m)
[R3] Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND) bt Dimitri Diamadopoulos (ITA) 9-0 9-3 9-1 (19m)
[R3] Karan Malik (IND) l (5/8) Joe Lee (ENG) 0-9 6-9 0-9 (27m)
[R3] Abishek Pradhan (IND) l Joshua Larkin (AUS) 9-4 9-4 8-10 1-9 1-9 (69m)
[R2] Karan Malik (IND) bt Adam Perkiomaki (USA) 9-5 9-6 9-5
[R2] Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND) bt Ryan Mcconvey (CAY) 9-2 9-4 9-0
[R2] Abishek Pradhan (IND) bt Oliver Holland (ENG) 9-5 9-5 9-5
[R1] Karan Malik (IND) bt Luke Sims (AUS) 9-4 9-4 9-2
[R1] Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND) bt Shedara Femi (NGR) w/o
[R1] Abishek Pradhan (IND) bt Alain Mudeen (CAY) w/o
[R1] Ramit Tandon (IND) l Ahmed El Mehelmy (EGY) 6-9 7-9 1-9
Monday, August 04, 2008
Tennis News -
At the 18th World Junior Tennis Finals, TK Prostejov, Czech Republic (Red Clay)
Group B -
India bt (4) Brazil 2-1
Digvijaysingh Mehta (IND) bt Montiero Tiago (BRA) 63 64
Ronit Bisht (IND) l Dumont Petro (BRA) 26 36
Digvijaysingh Mehta (IND)/ Ronit Bisht (IND) bt Dumont Petro (BRA)/ Pinehro Vitor (BRA) 67(3) 75 62
Huge upset by our boys over 4th seed Brazil on red clay ... The top team from each group moves into the Semifinal to play for positions 1-4 ... So tomorrow's match against Egypt will be important.
Here is match report -
It was a day of nerves for Indian Boys on the opening day of the World Junior Tennis Final at Prostejov, Czech Republic but ultimately came out victorious in style. India created the biggest upset in the opening day beating 4th seed Brazil 2-1 in closely contested tie.
Digvijaysingh Mehta gave a rousing start to India by winning the first singles. Brazil’s No. 1 player was a tough nut when he beat Indian No. 1 Ronit Bisht in the second singles. One all in the tie, the doubles was a dramatic affair with Brazil winning the fist set in a tie break and serving for the tie at 5-4 with two match points at 40-15. One winner from Digvijay and a forced error on Brazil brought India back into the tie and from there it was no stopping for India. We won the set 7-5 and were in complete control of the third set which our boys won 6-2 with two service breaks.
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At $50K New Delhi Challenger III, India
[R1] (WC) Sunil Kumar Sipaeya (IND,523) bt Riccardo Ghedin (ITA,433) 36 63 64
[R1] (WC) Ashutosh Singh (IND,532) l Tatsuma Ito (JPN,334) 57 46
[R1] (Q) Yuki Bhambri (IND,1245) l (6) Alexander Slabinsky (GBR,293) 67(2) 75 26
[R1] (2) (wc) Prakash Amritraj (IND,222) vs Jae-Sung An (KOR,398)
[R2] (WC) Sunil Kumar Sipaeya (IND,523) vs Toshihide Matsui (JPN,363)
Doubles -
[R1] (WC) SHARAN Divij (IND)/ VARDHAN Vishnu (IND) l (3) EBDEN Matthew (AUS)/ KLEIN Brydan (AUS) 36 26
Sunil started with comeback win over higher rank player ... This type of win definetly help him to believe more on himself and his game ... Japanese Toshihide Matsui scored upset win over 4th seed Ivo Klec, so Sunil's draw is wide open ... Now interesting to see if he takes advantage of it.
And another splendid performance by Yuki against almost 1000 higher ranks player ... After losing first set he showed heart to won 2nd but from score in third he mostly struggled with stamina so couldn't produced fight like first 2 sets ... But simply amazing performance by this 16 yrs kid.
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Football News -
At 2008 AFC Challenge Cup Football Championship, Hyderabad, India
Group B - (4th August)
DPR Korea bt Myanmar 1-0
Goal Scored - Ro Hak-Su (PRK) 15'
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Nepal bt Sri Lanka 3-0
Goal Scored - Santosh Shahukhala (NEP) 14', Ju Manu Rai (NEP) 54', Anjan KC (NEP) 68'
North Korea scored win against Myanmar to book their semi-final against Tajikistan ... That means we r playing against Myanmar in first semis.
Semifinals - (7th August 2008)
India vs Myanmar
North Korea vs Tajikistan
At the 18th World Junior Tennis Finals, TK Prostejov, Czech Republic (Red Clay)
Group B -
India bt (4) Brazil 2-1
Digvijaysingh Mehta (IND) bt Montiero Tiago (BRA) 63 64
Ronit Bisht (IND) l Dumont Petro (BRA) 26 36
Digvijaysingh Mehta (IND)/ Ronit Bisht (IND) bt Dumont Petro (BRA)/ Pinehro Vitor (BRA) 67(3) 75 62
Huge upset by our boys over 4th seed Brazil on red clay ... The top team from each group moves into the Semifinal to play for positions 1-4 ... So tomorrow's match against Egypt will be important.
Here is match report -
It was a day of nerves for Indian Boys on the opening day of the World Junior Tennis Final at Prostejov, Czech Republic but ultimately came out victorious in style. India created the biggest upset in the opening day beating 4th seed Brazil 2-1 in closely contested tie.
Digvijaysingh Mehta gave a rousing start to India by winning the first singles. Brazil’s No. 1 player was a tough nut when he beat Indian No. 1 Ronit Bisht in the second singles. One all in the tie, the doubles was a dramatic affair with Brazil winning the fist set in a tie break and serving for the tie at 5-4 with two match points at 40-15. One winner from Digvijay and a forced error on Brazil brought India back into the tie and from there it was no stopping for India. We won the set 7-5 and were in complete control of the third set which our boys won 6-2 with two service breaks.
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At $50K New Delhi Challenger III, India
[R1] (WC) Sunil Kumar Sipaeya (IND,523) bt Riccardo Ghedin (ITA,433) 36 63 64
[R1] (WC) Ashutosh Singh (IND,532) l Tatsuma Ito (JPN,334) 57 46
[R1] (Q) Yuki Bhambri (IND,1245) l (6) Alexander Slabinsky (GBR,293) 67(2) 75 26
[R1] (2) (wc) Prakash Amritraj (IND,222) vs Jae-Sung An (KOR,398)
[R2] (WC) Sunil Kumar Sipaeya (IND,523) vs Toshihide Matsui (JPN,363)
Doubles -
[R1] (WC) SHARAN Divij (IND)/ VARDHAN Vishnu (IND) l (3) EBDEN Matthew (AUS)/ KLEIN Brydan (AUS) 36 26
Sunil started with comeback win over higher rank player ... This type of win definetly help him to believe more on himself and his game ... Japanese Toshihide Matsui scored upset win over 4th seed Ivo Klec, so Sunil's draw is wide open ... Now interesting to see if he takes advantage of it.
And another splendid performance by Yuki against almost 1000 higher ranks player ... After losing first set he showed heart to won 2nd but from score in third he mostly struggled with stamina so couldn't produced fight like first 2 sets ... But simply amazing performance by this 16 yrs kid.
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Football News -
At 2008 AFC Challenge Cup Football Championship, Hyderabad, India
Group B - (4th August)
DPR Korea bt Myanmar 1-0
Goal Scored - Ro Hak-Su (PRK) 15'
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Nepal bt Sri Lanka 3-0
Goal Scored - Santosh Shahukhala (NEP) 14', Ju Manu Rai (NEP) 54', Anjan KC (NEP) 68'
North Korea scored win against Myanmar to book their semi-final against Tajikistan ... That means we r playing against Myanmar in first semis.
Semifinals - (7th August 2008)
India vs Myanmar
North Korea vs Tajikistan
Tennis News -
Sania dropped further in singles ranking, now she is ranked #60 in WTA singles ranking and remained on #26 in WTA doubles ranking.
On ATP, as expected Buji climbed to No. 2 Indian male player in singles after excellent 5 weeks run on Pro tour ... He is on his career best singles ranking.
In doubles Mahesh climb to 9th position ... But he will slide down in the ranking on 18th August ranking list when last year's Masters points will be removed ... Rohan also dropped outside top-50 doubles ranking.
ATP Singles Ranking as on 4th August 2008
222 Amritraj Prakash 172 pts
320 Devvarman Somdev 109 pts
328 Bopanna Rohan 106 pts
523 Sipaeya Sunil Kumar 49 pts
532 Singh Ashutosh 47 pts
ATP Doubles Ranking as on 4th August 2008
9 Bhupathi Mahesh 3200 pts
15 Paes Leander 2435 pts
54 Bopanna Rohan 921 pts
218 Ghouse Mustafa 283 pts
249 Singh Ashutosh 245 pts
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At the 18th World Junior Tennis Finals, TK Prostejov, Czech Republic (Red Clay)
India finished behind China and Korea in regionals so they r not seeded in this event ... We r clubed into tough draw with seeded Brazil and Great Britain ... Today we r playing our first match against Brazil.
Group B -
(4) Brazil
(6) Great Britain
Egypt
India
Brazil will be tough nut to crack but with last few weeks good performances we can hope for upset against Great Britain ... Go Digvijay and Ronit.
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At $10K Indonesian Futures, Jakarta
[Q1] REDDY Harshini (IND,UNR) l CHANTAWANNOP Penporn (THA,UNR) 16 26
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Chess News -
At Mainz Rapid World Championship, Germany
Final -
Vishy Anand (IND) bt Magnus Carlsen (NOR) 3-1
For 3rd Place -
Alexander Morozevich (RUS) bt Judit Polgar (HUN) 2½-1½
Anand won his 11th Mainz title in style ... He destroyed young Carlsen in first 2 games and then draw remaining 2 to scored comfortable victory ... Other hand Morozevich needed 4th game to score victory over Judit Polgar to capture 3rd place.
Anand won first game in 50th move where Carlsen started with Dragon opening ... Second game also ended on 50th move where Carlsen played Kramnik’s favorite opening the Catalan ... Third game played with Sicilian opening, which Anand managed to draw after 56 moves and then thy quickly agreed for draw in 4th game after 11 moves.
Sania dropped further in singles ranking, now she is ranked #60 in WTA singles ranking and remained on #26 in WTA doubles ranking.
On ATP, as expected Buji climbed to No. 2 Indian male player in singles after excellent 5 weeks run on Pro tour ... He is on his career best singles ranking.
In doubles Mahesh climb to 9th position ... But he will slide down in the ranking on 18th August ranking list when last year's Masters points will be removed ... Rohan also dropped outside top-50 doubles ranking.
ATP Singles Ranking as on 4th August 2008
222 Amritraj Prakash 172 pts
320 Devvarman Somdev 109 pts
328 Bopanna Rohan 106 pts
523 Sipaeya Sunil Kumar 49 pts
532 Singh Ashutosh 47 pts
ATP Doubles Ranking as on 4th August 2008
9 Bhupathi Mahesh 3200 pts
15 Paes Leander 2435 pts
54 Bopanna Rohan 921 pts
218 Ghouse Mustafa 283 pts
249 Singh Ashutosh 245 pts
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At the 18th World Junior Tennis Finals, TK Prostejov, Czech Republic (Red Clay)
India finished behind China and Korea in regionals so they r not seeded in this event ... We r clubed into tough draw with seeded Brazil and Great Britain ... Today we r playing our first match against Brazil.
Group B -
(4) Brazil
(6) Great Britain
Egypt
India
Brazil will be tough nut to crack but with last few weeks good performances we can hope for upset against Great Britain ... Go Digvijay and Ronit.
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At $10K Indonesian Futures, Jakarta
[Q1] REDDY Harshini (IND,UNR) l CHANTAWANNOP Penporn (THA,UNR) 16 26
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Chess News -
At Mainz Rapid World Championship, Germany
Final -Vishy Anand (IND) bt Magnus Carlsen (NOR) 3-1
For 3rd Place -
Alexander Morozevich (RUS) bt Judit Polgar (HUN) 2½-1½
Anand won his 11th Mainz title in style ... He destroyed young Carlsen in first 2 games and then draw remaining 2 to scored comfortable victory ... Other hand Morozevich needed 4th game to score victory over Judit Polgar to capture 3rd place.
Anand won first game in 50th move where Carlsen started with Dragon opening ... Second game also ended on 50th move where Carlsen played Kramnik’s favorite opening the Catalan ... Third game played with Sicilian opening, which Anand managed to draw after 56 moves and then thy quickly agreed for draw in 4th game after 11 moves.
Sunday, August 03, 2008
Football News -
At 2008 AFC Challenge Cup Football Championship, Hyderabad, India
Group A - (3rd August)
India bt Turkmenistan 2-1
Goal Scored - Baichung Bhutia (IND) 54' & 80' and Yusup Orazmamedov (TRK) 84'
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Tajikistan bt Afghanitan 4-0
Goal Scored - Yusuf Rabiev (TJK) 14', 44' & 56', Davrondzhon Tukhtasunov (TJK) 39'
Whole match played in rain, but surprisingly our team showed their best performance of the tournament in this muddy condition ... First time I saw our team playing like whole unit, who were supporting each other ... Turkmenistan had their chances in the first half but condition were tough to score and Subarata Pal was as usual excellent.
I was very much impressed with our young defenders ... 22 yrs Gouramangi Singh played his best match ... Superb defending and supporting mid-fielders by him ... Anwar Ali also supported well ... Surkumar Singh was doing usual leg work with feeding forward passes.
B'day boy Sunil Chetri gave superb pass to Baichung in the first goal and in second Baichung scored on acute angle header on Surkumar Singh's corner kick.
With this win India topped the Group A with 7 pts and Tajikistan finished 2nd on 5 pts.
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Tennis News -
At $50K New Delhi Challenger III, India
Qualifying Final Round -
(1) IWAMI Tasuku (JPN) bt VARDHAN Vishnu (IND) 75 63
BHAMBRI Yuki (IND) bt NEDUNCHERHIYAN Jeevan (IND) 64 64
(3) KONDO Hiroki (JPN) bt (5) LEE Hsin-Han (TPE) 63 75
(4) YANG Tsung-Hua (TPE) bt RAJA Purav (IND) 63 62
So with another solid win Yuki qualified for maindraw ... But other couldn't repeat his performance.
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Motor Sports News -
At GP2 Series 2008, Hungary
Karun's race ended in first lap of Sunday's Sprint race ... Other hand Senna captured another poium and he is now only 7 pts behind championship leader Pantano.
At 2008 AFC Challenge Cup Football Championship, Hyderabad, India
Group A - (3rd August)
India bt Turkmenistan 2-1
Goal Scored - Baichung Bhutia (IND) 54' & 80' and Yusup Orazmamedov (TRK) 84'
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Tajikistan bt Afghanitan 4-0
Goal Scored - Yusuf Rabiev (TJK) 14', 44' & 56', Davrondzhon Tukhtasunov (TJK) 39'
Whole match played in rain, but surprisingly our team showed their best performance of the tournament in this muddy condition ... First time I saw our team playing like whole unit, who were supporting each other ... Turkmenistan had their chances in the first half but condition were tough to score and Subarata Pal was as usual excellent.
I was very much impressed with our young defenders ... 22 yrs Gouramangi Singh played his best match ... Superb defending and supporting mid-fielders by him ... Anwar Ali also supported well ... Surkumar Singh was doing usual leg work with feeding forward passes.
B'day boy Sunil Chetri gave superb pass to Baichung in the first goal and in second Baichung scored on acute angle header on Surkumar Singh's corner kick.
With this win India topped the Group A with 7 pts and Tajikistan finished 2nd on 5 pts.
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Tennis News -
At $50K New Delhi Challenger III, India
Qualifying Final Round -
(1) IWAMI Tasuku (JPN) bt VARDHAN Vishnu (IND) 75 63
BHAMBRI Yuki (IND) bt NEDUNCHERHIYAN Jeevan (IND) 64 64
(3) KONDO Hiroki (JPN) bt (5) LEE Hsin-Han (TPE) 63 75
(4) YANG Tsung-Hua (TPE) bt RAJA Purav (IND) 63 62
So with another solid win Yuki qualified for maindraw ... But other couldn't repeat his performance.
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Motor Sports News -
At GP2 Series 2008, Hungary
Karun's race ended in first lap of Sunday's Sprint race ... Other hand Senna captured another poium and he is now only 7 pts behind championship leader Pantano.
Motor Sports News -
At GP2 Series 2008, Hungary
Karun Chandhok qualified on 5th position on starting grid ... With smart pit-stop by his team iSport helped him to finish on 4th position and his team-mate Bruno Senna grabbed last podium finish in feature race.
Today in sprint race Karun is starting from 5th on grid and his team-mate Senna will start from 6th.
Karun Chandhok - "I got too much wheelspin at the start - the clutch map seemed to have reset itself and I just didn't get away as cleanly as I would have liked. I then found myself boxed on the inside at Turn One, but the important thing was to get through the corner without touching anyone so I didn't take any chances.I had a little bit of understeer prior to the tyre stops, but felt I was closing slightly on Bruno, then we fitted fresh rear tyres and the understeer got worse! After the stops I just stroked it home, really. The car was good enough for a top-four finish but I just needed a little bit more if I was to challenge for the podium."
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Tennis News -
At $2.615M Cincinnati Masters, USA
[SF] (4) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Mark Knowles (BAH) l (1) Bob Bryan (USA)/ Mike Bryan (USA) 64 67(7) (8)10
Mahesh and Mark lost big opportunity of reaching Masters series final ... In second set Mark was serving for the match at 5-4 and then they had match point in tie-break at 6-5 ... In match Our guys won 72 points and the Bryans won 71.
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At $100K Vancouver Challenger, BC, Canada
[QF] (SE) Somdev Devvarman (IND,345) l (6) Go Soeda (JPN,124) 46 67(6)
So at last winning streak end ... Congrats to Somi for this excellent run on PRO tour, this was Somi's first singles match loss from February 08, where in a Davis Cup tie at New Delhi he lost against Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan.
Here is Somi's comment on his loss -
"Soeda played pretty well today. He was taking the ball really early on both sides, hitting really clean and deep. He always kept me on the defensive which really hurt me. Definitely it sucks to lose. You always come out every match and give it your best and hope for the best result. I didn’t play as well as I would have liked. Soeda’s a good player and good players take advantage of that. It definitely doesn’t feel great to lose but that’s part of tennis. You lose, you learn and you get better and play the next week."
"I think I’m going to go home for a week and play D.C."
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At $475K Los Angeles ATP Tournament, USA
[Q1] Rohan Bopanna (IND,329) l Woong-Sun Jun (KOR,252) 46 26
Doubles -
[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Eric Butorac (USA) vs (WC) Johan Brunstrom (SWE)/ Jean-Julien Rojer (AHO)
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At $50K New Delhi III Challenger, India
Qualifying First Round -
(1) IWAMI Tasuku (JPN) bt DIMOV Valentin (BUL) 46 63 61
MISHRA Shivang (IND) bt MAKHARIA Rahil (IND) 61 62
VARDHAN Vishnu (IND) bt (WC) MURALI Mithun (IND) 62 60
VIJAYRAGAVAN Ashwin (IND) bt (6) IVANOV Simeon (BUL) 75 64
BHAMBRI Yuki (IND) bt (2) KHAN Aqeel (PAK) 63 62
NARAYANASWAMY Srirambalaji (IND) bt PRASHANTH Vijay Sundar (IND) 46 63 61
(WC) WALIA Varun (IND) bt (WC) VYAS Vidhan (IND) 64 62
NEDUNCHERHIYAN Jeevan (IND) bt (8) SHARAN Divij (IND) 63 57 76(2)
(3) KONDO Hiroki (JPN) bt (WC) SITARAM Sudarnwa (IND) 64 61
SINGH Karunuday (IND) bt KAPOOR Vedant (IND) 75 62
VIRALI MURUGESAN Ranjeet (IND) bt LIBERHAN Tushar (IND) 62 61
(5) LEE Hsin-Han (TPE) bt SELVARAJ Ajai (IND) 63 64
(4) YANG Tsung-Hua (TPE) bt P CHANDRASEKHAR Vignesh (IND) 62 63
(WC) MARQUIS Christopher (IND) bt CHHILLAR Monal (IND) 67(5) 63 63
WAGH Akash (IND) bt GEHRKE Geoff (USA) 61 63
RAJA Purav (IND) bt (7) GAJJAR Rohan (IND) 46 31 Retd.
Qualifying Second Round -
(1) IWAMI Tasuku (JPN) bt MISHRA Shivang (IND) 60 61
VARDHAN Vishnu (IND) bt VIJAYRAGAVAN Ashwin (IND) 61 64
BHAMBRI Yuki (IND) bt NARAYANASWAMY Srirambalaji (IND) 64 20 Ret.
NEDUNCHERHIYAN Jeevan (IND) bt (WC) WALIA Varun (IND) wlakover
(3) KONDO Hiroki (JPN) bt SINGH Karunuday (IND) 64 61
(5) LEE Hsin-Han (TPE) bt VIRALI MURUGESAN Ranjeet (IND) 61 76(2)
(4) YANG Tsung-Hua (TPE) bt (WC) MARQUIS Christopher (IND) 62 62
RAJA Purav (IND) bt WAGH Akash (IND) 64 61
Qualifying Final Round -
(1) IWAMI Tasuku (JPN) vs VARDHAN Vishnu (IND)
BHAMBRI Yuki (IND) vs NEDUNCHERHIYAN Jeevan (IND)
(3) KONDO Hiroki (JPN) vs (5) LEE Hsin-Han (TPE)
(4) YANG Tsung-Hua (TPE) vs RAJA Purav (IND)
So Yuki came out of his lean patch with big win over Aqeel, who is a tough nut to our players on Indian soil ... Also good performance by Jeevan showing improvement in his game with US college experiance ... Vishnu and Purav r also in the final qualifying.
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Football News -
At 2008 AFC Challenge Cup Football Championship, Hyderabad, India
Group B - (2nd August)
DPR Korea bt Nepal 1-0
Goal Scored - Pak Song Chol (PRK) 39'
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Myanmar bt Sri Lanka 3-1
Goal Scored - Soe Myat Min (MYA) 47', Yan Paing (MYA) 70', Si Thu Win (MYA) 85' and Kasun Nadika Weerarathna Jayasuriya (SRI) 51'
So with these wins North Korea and Myanmar booked their ticket to semis.
At GP2 Series 2008, Hungary
Karun Chandhok qualified on 5th position on starting grid ... With smart pit-stop by his team iSport helped him to finish on 4th position and his team-mate Bruno Senna grabbed last podium finish in feature race.
Today in sprint race Karun is starting from 5th on grid and his team-mate Senna will start from 6th.
Karun Chandhok - "I got too much wheelspin at the start - the clutch map seemed to have reset itself and I just didn't get away as cleanly as I would have liked. I then found myself boxed on the inside at Turn One, but the important thing was to get through the corner without touching anyone so I didn't take any chances.I had a little bit of understeer prior to the tyre stops, but felt I was closing slightly on Bruno, then we fitted fresh rear tyres and the understeer got worse! After the stops I just stroked it home, really. The car was good enough for a top-four finish but I just needed a little bit more if I was to challenge for the podium."
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Tennis News -
At $2.615M Cincinnati Masters, USA
[SF] (4) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Mark Knowles (BAH) l (1) Bob Bryan (USA)/ Mike Bryan (USA) 64 67(7) (8)10
Mahesh and Mark lost big opportunity of reaching Masters series final ... In second set Mark was serving for the match at 5-4 and then they had match point in tie-break at 6-5 ... In match Our guys won 72 points and the Bryans won 71.
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At $100K Vancouver Challenger, BC, Canada
[QF] (SE) Somdev Devvarman (IND,345) l (6) Go Soeda (JPN,124) 46 67(6)
So at last winning streak end ... Congrats to Somi for this excellent run on PRO tour, this was Somi's first singles match loss from February 08, where in a Davis Cup tie at New Delhi he lost against Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan.
Here is Somi's comment on his loss -
"Soeda played pretty well today. He was taking the ball really early on both sides, hitting really clean and deep. He always kept me on the defensive which really hurt me. Definitely it sucks to lose. You always come out every match and give it your best and hope for the best result. I didn’t play as well as I would have liked. Soeda’s a good player and good players take advantage of that. It definitely doesn’t feel great to lose but that’s part of tennis. You lose, you learn and you get better and play the next week."
"I think I’m going to go home for a week and play D.C."
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At $475K Los Angeles ATP Tournament, USA
[Q1] Rohan Bopanna (IND,329) l Woong-Sun Jun (KOR,252) 46 26
Doubles -
[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Eric Butorac (USA) vs (WC) Johan Brunstrom (SWE)/ Jean-Julien Rojer (AHO)
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At $50K New Delhi III Challenger, India
Qualifying First Round -
(1) IWAMI Tasuku (JPN) bt DIMOV Valentin (BUL) 46 63 61
MISHRA Shivang (IND) bt MAKHARIA Rahil (IND) 61 62
VARDHAN Vishnu (IND) bt (WC) MURALI Mithun (IND) 62 60
VIJAYRAGAVAN Ashwin (IND) bt (6) IVANOV Simeon (BUL) 75 64
BHAMBRI Yuki (IND) bt (2) KHAN Aqeel (PAK) 63 62
NARAYANASWAMY Srirambalaji (IND) bt PRASHANTH Vijay Sundar (IND) 46 63 61
(WC) WALIA Varun (IND) bt (WC) VYAS Vidhan (IND) 64 62
NEDUNCHERHIYAN Jeevan (IND) bt (8) SHARAN Divij (IND) 63 57 76(2)
(3) KONDO Hiroki (JPN) bt (WC) SITARAM Sudarnwa (IND) 64 61
SINGH Karunuday (IND) bt KAPOOR Vedant (IND) 75 62
VIRALI MURUGESAN Ranjeet (IND) bt LIBERHAN Tushar (IND) 62 61
(5) LEE Hsin-Han (TPE) bt SELVARAJ Ajai (IND) 63 64
(4) YANG Tsung-Hua (TPE) bt P CHANDRASEKHAR Vignesh (IND) 62 63
(WC) MARQUIS Christopher (IND) bt CHHILLAR Monal (IND) 67(5) 63 63
WAGH Akash (IND) bt GEHRKE Geoff (USA) 61 63
RAJA Purav (IND) bt (7) GAJJAR Rohan (IND) 46 31 Retd.
Qualifying Second Round -
(1) IWAMI Tasuku (JPN) bt MISHRA Shivang (IND) 60 61
VARDHAN Vishnu (IND) bt VIJAYRAGAVAN Ashwin (IND) 61 64
BHAMBRI Yuki (IND) bt NARAYANASWAMY Srirambalaji (IND) 64 20 Ret.
NEDUNCHERHIYAN Jeevan (IND) bt (WC) WALIA Varun (IND) wlakover
(3) KONDO Hiroki (JPN) bt SINGH Karunuday (IND) 64 61
(5) LEE Hsin-Han (TPE) bt VIRALI MURUGESAN Ranjeet (IND) 61 76(2)
(4) YANG Tsung-Hua (TPE) bt (WC) MARQUIS Christopher (IND) 62 62
RAJA Purav (IND) bt WAGH Akash (IND) 64 61
Qualifying Final Round -
(1) IWAMI Tasuku (JPN) vs VARDHAN Vishnu (IND)
BHAMBRI Yuki (IND) vs NEDUNCHERHIYAN Jeevan (IND)
(3) KONDO Hiroki (JPN) vs (5) LEE Hsin-Han (TPE)
(4) YANG Tsung-Hua (TPE) vs RAJA Purav (IND)
So Yuki came out of his lean patch with big win over Aqeel, who is a tough nut to our players on Indian soil ... Also good performance by Jeevan showing improvement in his game with US college experiance ... Vishnu and Purav r also in the final qualifying.
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Football News -
At 2008 AFC Challenge Cup Football Championship, Hyderabad, India
Group B - (2nd August)
DPR Korea bt Nepal 1-0
Goal Scored - Pak Song Chol (PRK) 39'
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Myanmar bt Sri Lanka 3-1
Goal Scored - Soe Myat Min (MYA) 47', Yan Paing (MYA) 70', Si Thu Win (MYA) 85' and Kasun Nadika Weerarathna Jayasuriya (SRI) 51'
So with these wins North Korea and Myanmar booked their ticket to semis.
Saturday, August 02, 2008
Tennis News -
At $2.615M Cincinnati Masters, USA
[QF] (6) Lukas Dlouhy (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) l (2) Daniel Nestor (CAN)/ Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) 67(6) 67(5)
So another loss for Lee & Lukas against Zimo & Nestor though this time in tie-breaks.
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Football News -
At 2008 AFC Challenge Cup Football Championship, Hyderabad, India
Group B - (31st July)
DPR Korea bt Sri Lanka 3-0
Goal Scored - Waduge Madushka (SRI) 5'own Goal, Pak Song Chol (PRK) 9',27'
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Myanmar bt Nepal 3-0
Goal Scored - Yaza Win Thein (MYA) 66', Myo Min Tun (MYA) 76', Soe Myat Min (MYA) 86'
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Group A - (1st August)
Turkmenistan bt Afghanitan 5-0
Goal Scored - Guvanchmuhamed Ovekov (TKM) 1',41',77',80', Vyaceslav Krendelev (TKM) 23'
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India dw Tajikistan 1-1
Goal Scored - Yusuf Rabiev (TJK) 11' and Tuvchiev Alisher (TJK) 61' own goal
Chances r high that our group will decide on better goal difference and Turkmenistan already made strong case with huge victory ... So against them we need to win match to secure semis position.
Yesterday we were lucky to escape with draw ... Tajikistan was better team on the field but their goal keeper mistake cost them 2 pts.
At $2.615M Cincinnati Masters, USA
[QF] (6) Lukas Dlouhy (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) l (2) Daniel Nestor (CAN)/ Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) 67(6) 67(5)
So another loss for Lee & Lukas against Zimo & Nestor though this time in tie-breaks.
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Football News -
At 2008 AFC Challenge Cup Football Championship, Hyderabad, India
Group B - (31st July)
DPR Korea bt Sri Lanka 3-0
Goal Scored - Waduge Madushka (SRI) 5'own Goal, Pak Song Chol (PRK) 9',27'
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Myanmar bt Nepal 3-0
Goal Scored - Yaza Win Thein (MYA) 66', Myo Min Tun (MYA) 76', Soe Myat Min (MYA) 86'
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Group A - (1st August)
Turkmenistan bt Afghanitan 5-0
Goal Scored - Guvanchmuhamed Ovekov (TKM) 1',41',77',80', Vyaceslav Krendelev (TKM) 23'
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India dw Tajikistan 1-1
Goal Scored - Yusuf Rabiev (TJK) 11' and Tuvchiev Alisher (TJK) 61' own goal
Chances r high that our group will decide on better goal difference and Turkmenistan already made strong case with huge victory ... So against them we need to win match to secure semis position.
Yesterday we were lucky to escape with draw ... Tajikistan was better team on the field but their goal keeper mistake cost them 2 pts.
Friday, August 01, 2008
Tennis News -
At $2.615M Cincinnati Masters, USA
[QF] (4) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Mark Knowles (BAH) bt (WC) Mardy Fish (USA)/ John Isner (USA) 75 67(5) 12(10)
[SF] (4) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Mark Knowles (BAH) vs (1) Bob Bryan (USA)/ Mike Bryan (USA)
Very closely fought win in super tie-break against American wild-card pair ... So this is their first semi-final since April at Monte-Carlo Masters, where they finished runners-up to Rafael Nadal and Tommy Robredo ... They will meet Bryans in the semis.
As per report, our pair tried hard to lost this match in super tie-break ... ;-)
From 4-4, they got two minibreaks to go up to 8-4 ... Then had three match pts at 9-6 one on our serve ... Even double faulted at the third match point to even it at 9-9 ... Then had a match point on the other guys' serve at 10-9 ... Finally got a 5th match pt at 11-10 and won that on our serve.
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At $100K Vancouver Challenger, BC, Canada
[R2] (SE) Somdev Devvarman (IND,345) bt Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE,72) 0-0 Retd (due to sprained thigh muscle)
Yen-Hsun Lu sprained his thigh muscle in heavy weight training, still he tried to play this match ... But retired in the first game ... So with another lucky break Somi's winning streak on professional tour is continue to extend further.
Match Report from canada.com blog -
Thursday men's play was rained out (except for two early singles matches and a little doubles they played indoors). Top seed Yen-Hsun Lu had to retire 10 points in against Indian Somdev Devvarman due to illness. It's Devvarman's 22nd straight pro win since jumping to the tour from the University of Virginia where he won back-to-back NCAA titles.
At $2.615M Cincinnati Masters, USA
[QF] (4) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Mark Knowles (BAH) bt (WC) Mardy Fish (USA)/ John Isner (USA) 75 67(5) 12(10)
[SF] (4) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Mark Knowles (BAH) vs (1) Bob Bryan (USA)/ Mike Bryan (USA)
Very closely fought win in super tie-break against American wild-card pair ... So this is their first semi-final since April at Monte-Carlo Masters, where they finished runners-up to Rafael Nadal and Tommy Robredo ... They will meet Bryans in the semis.
As per report, our pair tried hard to lost this match in super tie-break ... ;-)
From 4-4, they got two minibreaks to go up to 8-4 ... Then had three match pts at 9-6 one on our serve ... Even double faulted at the third match point to even it at 9-9 ... Then had a match point on the other guys' serve at 10-9 ... Finally got a 5th match pt at 11-10 and won that on our serve.
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At $100K Vancouver Challenger, BC, Canada
[R2] (SE) Somdev Devvarman (IND,345) bt Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE,72) 0-0 Retd (due to sprained thigh muscle)
Yen-Hsun Lu sprained his thigh muscle in heavy weight training, still he tried to play this match ... But retired in the first game ... So with another lucky break Somi's winning streak on professional tour is continue to extend further.
Match Report from canada.com blog -
Thursday men's play was rained out (except for two early singles matches and a little doubles they played indoors). Top seed Yen-Hsun Lu had to retire 10 points in against Indian Somdev Devvarman due to illness. It's Devvarman's 22nd straight pro win since jumping to the tour from the University of Virginia where he won back-to-back NCAA titles.
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Tennis News -
At $145K Nordea Nordic Light Open, Stockholm, Sweden
[R2] (6) Sania Mirza (IND,50) l Iveta Benesova (CZE,59) 64 36 36
This was Sania's consecutive 3rd defeat against Benesova, all 3 matches ended in 3 sets loss for Sania ... Again in this match Sania struggled with her serve and managed only 49% first serve percentage ... She committed 6 aces and 8 doubles faults ... In second set Sania tried comeback after down 1-3 breaking Benesova's serve ... But Benesova broke back at 3-all to won 2nd set ... In third Sania lost her serve in 2nd game and that was the only break in third set ... Benesova played solid on her own service game to win match in 2 hrs 5 mins.
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At $100K Vancouver Challenger, BC, Canada
[R1] (SE) Somdev Devvarman (IND,345) bt (LL) Cecil Mamit (PHI,406) 64 26 76(4)
[R2] (SE) Somdev Devvarman (IND,345) vs Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE,70)
Tough fighting win by Somi after down by break in third set ... Somi showing solid mental toughness and playing with same intensity until end of the match.
Next he is playing against top-seed and Asian No. 1 Yen-Hsun Lu.
Match Report (from Canadian site) - Pretty remarkable that the 23-year-old pulled this one out today. He missed chances to serve out the match at 5-4 and 6-5 (up 40-0!), then was down 4-2 in the tiebreaker. Down 4-3, Devvarman caught a break, perhaps, when a shanked forehand was called out but overruled by the chairwoman. They replayed the point and Devvarman won it to go to 4-4. He hit a beautiful running crosscourt forehand pass, then charged a poor volley from Mamiit and passed again to set up match point. Mamiit's backhand went wide and the run of wins continued.
"The first round is always tough," Devvarman said, "and Cecil played very well. He’s very experienced, very quick and a great counterpuncher. It was a tough match but I’m glad I got through it.
"Maybe I pressed a little too much," he said of the two service games he lost in the third set. "Down 2-4 in the break, basically I just tried to fight through it and stay positive even though things weren't going great and I think that helped me."
Devverman's streak also means he's barely had down time. He said after his grinder-type effort today, though, that fatigue hasn't set in. "I’m feeling pretty good actually. My body feels good. I had two days of rest after my last match [Lexington final] and I’m taking care of my body."
"It obviously feels good," he said of the streak, "but the wins and losses are going to come. I'm realistic about it. It's going to come to an end. It could be tomorrow, it could be the day after that, and it could be next week. But I'm sure I'm going to give my best effort every time."
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At $50K Vancouver Womens Challenger, BC, Canada
[R1] (3) Sunitha Rao (IND)/ Robin Stephenson (USA) l Maria-Fernanda Alves (BRA)/ Ashley Weinhold (USA) 26 46
So Sunitha's challenge over in this Vancouver Womens Challenger.
At $145K Nordea Nordic Light Open, Stockholm, Sweden
[R2] (6) Sania Mirza (IND,50) l Iveta Benesova (CZE,59) 64 36 36
This was Sania's consecutive 3rd defeat against Benesova, all 3 matches ended in 3 sets loss for Sania ... Again in this match Sania struggled with her serve and managed only 49% first serve percentage ... She committed 6 aces and 8 doubles faults ... In second set Sania tried comeback after down 1-3 breaking Benesova's serve ... But Benesova broke back at 3-all to won 2nd set ... In third Sania lost her serve in 2nd game and that was the only break in third set ... Benesova played solid on her own service game to win match in 2 hrs 5 mins.
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At $100K Vancouver Challenger, BC, Canada
[R1] (SE) Somdev Devvarman (IND,345) bt (LL) Cecil Mamit (PHI,406) 64 26 76(4)[R2] (SE) Somdev Devvarman (IND,345) vs Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE,70)
Tough fighting win by Somi after down by break in third set ... Somi showing solid mental toughness and playing with same intensity until end of the match.
Next he is playing against top-seed and Asian No. 1 Yen-Hsun Lu.
Match Report (from Canadian site) - Pretty remarkable that the 23-year-old pulled this one out today. He missed chances to serve out the match at 5-4 and 6-5 (up 40-0!), then was down 4-2 in the tiebreaker. Down 4-3, Devvarman caught a break, perhaps, when a shanked forehand was called out but overruled by the chairwoman. They replayed the point and Devvarman won it to go to 4-4. He hit a beautiful running crosscourt forehand pass, then charged a poor volley from Mamiit and passed again to set up match point. Mamiit's backhand went wide and the run of wins continued.
"The first round is always tough," Devvarman said, "and Cecil played very well. He’s very experienced, very quick and a great counterpuncher. It was a tough match but I’m glad I got through it.
"Maybe I pressed a little too much," he said of the two service games he lost in the third set. "Down 2-4 in the break, basically I just tried to fight through it and stay positive even though things weren't going great and I think that helped me."
Devverman's streak also means he's barely had down time. He said after his grinder-type effort today, though, that fatigue hasn't set in. "I’m feeling pretty good actually. My body feels good. I had two days of rest after my last match [Lexington final] and I’m taking care of my body."
"It obviously feels good," he said of the streak, "but the wins and losses are going to come. I'm realistic about it. It's going to come to an end. It could be tomorrow, it could be the day after that, and it could be next week. But I'm sure I'm going to give my best effort every time."
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At $50K Vancouver Womens Challenger, BC, Canada
[R1] (3) Sunitha Rao (IND)/ Robin Stephenson (USA) l Maria-Fernanda Alves (BRA)/ Ashley Weinhold (USA) 26 46
So Sunitha's challenge over in this Vancouver Womens Challenger.
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Tennis News -
At $2.615M Cincinnati Masters, USA
[R2] (6) Lukas Dlouhy (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt Ivo Karlovic (CRO)/ Rogier Wassen (NED) 64 62
[R2] (4) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Mark Knowles (BAH) bt Tomas Berdych (CZE)/ Radek Stepanek (CZE) W/O
Easy 59 mins win for Lee and Lukas, where they broke opponents service 4 times and lost only single own service game ... They r tuning well with eachother but now mostly they will face their old hurdle of Zimo and Nestor in quarters.
In second week row Hesh and Mark reached quarters without playing match ... Another walkover for them.
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At $145K Nordea Nordic Light Open, Stockholm, Sweden
[R1] (6) Sania Mirza (IND,50) bt Emilie Loit (FRA,101) 63 62
[R2] (6) Sania Mirza (IND,50) vs Iveta Benesova (CZE,59)
Expected easy victory for Sania but her first service percentage was still worrying ... Now in second round she is facing Czech Benesova.
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Football News -
At 2008 AFC Challenge Cup Football Championship, Hyderabad, India
Group A -
Turkmenistan dw Tajikistan 0-0
India bt Afghanistan 1-0
Goal Scored - Climax Lawrence (IND) 90+'
We had poor game ... Definetly LACKLUSTER ... As usual our forwardline was struggling ... Defence was nowhere to see ... Midfielders played good game but undoubtfully hero was Subrato Pal.
We need Steven Dias and Mahesh Gawli playing most part of the match to ignite spark in our performance.
At $2.615M Cincinnati Masters, USA
[R2] (6) Lukas Dlouhy (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt Ivo Karlovic (CRO)/ Rogier Wassen (NED) 64 62
[R2] (4) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Mark Knowles (BAH) bt Tomas Berdych (CZE)/ Radek Stepanek (CZE) W/O
Easy 59 mins win for Lee and Lukas, where they broke opponents service 4 times and lost only single own service game ... They r tuning well with eachother but now mostly they will face their old hurdle of Zimo and Nestor in quarters.
In second week row Hesh and Mark reached quarters without playing match ... Another walkover for them.
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At $145K Nordea Nordic Light Open, Stockholm, Sweden
[R1] (6) Sania Mirza (IND,50) bt Emilie Loit (FRA,101) 63 62
[R2] (6) Sania Mirza (IND,50) vs Iveta Benesova (CZE,59)
Expected easy victory for Sania but her first service percentage was still worrying ... Now in second round she is facing Czech Benesova.
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Football News -
At 2008 AFC Challenge Cup Football Championship, Hyderabad, India
Group A -
Turkmenistan dw Tajikistan 0-0
India bt Afghanistan 1-0
Goal Scored - Climax Lawrence (IND) 90+'
We had poor game ... Definetly LACKLUSTER ... As usual our forwardline was struggling ... Defence was nowhere to see ... Midfielders played good game but undoubtfully hero was Subrato Pal.
We need Steven Dias and Mahesh Gawli playing most part of the match to ignite spark in our performance.
Tennis News -
At $2.615M Cincinnati Masters, USA
[R1] (LL) Rajeev Ram (USA,) l Gilles Simon (FRA,14) 67(5) 46
Rajeev entered as Lucky loser but faced hot player in 2008 US hard court season, Gilles Simon ... Played close match against him.
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$1.34M ROGERS CUP, Montreal, Canada
[R1] Shikha Uberoi (IND)/ Julie Ditty (USA) l Angela Haynes (USA)/ Liga Dekmeijere (LAT) 16 46
Shikha played doubles in Rogers Cup but lost in first round.
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At $145K Nordea Nordic Light Open, Stockholm, Sweden
[R1] (2) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Nathalie Dechy (FRA) l Camille Pin (FRA)/ Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) 61 67(2) (7)10
Sania and Dechy had shocking defeat in doubles in super tie-break.
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At $50K Vancouver Womens Challenger, BC, Canada
[R1] (1) Sunitha Rao (IND,154) l Madison Brengle (USA,279) 64 36 16
Top-seed Sunitha lost her match against Brengle ... As a rhythmic player Sunitha struggled after 2/3 weeks break from the tour.
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At $10K Romania F14, Oradea
[R1] LIBERHAN Tushar (IND,887) l CIUMAC Andrei (MDA,900) 36 57
At $2.615M Cincinnati Masters, USA
[R1] (LL) Rajeev Ram (USA,) l Gilles Simon (FRA,14) 67(5) 46
Rajeev entered as Lucky loser but faced hot player in 2008 US hard court season, Gilles Simon ... Played close match against him.
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$1.34M ROGERS CUP, Montreal, Canada
[R1] Shikha Uberoi (IND)/ Julie Ditty (USA) l Angela Haynes (USA)/ Liga Dekmeijere (LAT) 16 46
Shikha played doubles in Rogers Cup but lost in first round.
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At $145K Nordea Nordic Light Open, Stockholm, Sweden
[R1] (2) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Nathalie Dechy (FRA) l Camille Pin (FRA)/ Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) 61 67(2) (7)10
Sania and Dechy had shocking defeat in doubles in super tie-break.
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At $50K Vancouver Womens Challenger, BC, Canada
[R1] (1) Sunitha Rao (IND,154) l Madison Brengle (USA,279) 64 36 16
Top-seed Sunitha lost her match against Brengle ... As a rhythmic player Sunitha struggled after 2/3 weeks break from the tour.
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At $10K Romania F14, Oradea
[R1] LIBERHAN Tushar (IND,887) l CIUMAC Andrei (MDA,900) 36 57
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