Football News
I-League 2008-09 - 29th November
Mohun Bagan bt Chirag United 2-0
Goal Scored - Jose Ramirez Barreto (MB) 16', Baichung Bhutia (MB) 30'
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Vasco SC bt Air-India 1-0
Goal Scored - Ravshan Teshabaev (VSC) 65'
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30th November
Sporting Clube de Goa bt JCT 2-1
Goal Scored - Elijah Obagbemiro Junior (ScG) 28' & 48', Jagpreet Singh (JCT) 58'
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1st December
East Bengal l Churchill Brothers SC 1-2
Goal Scored - Chitrasen Chandam Singh (CB) 2' (own Goal) and Ogba Kalu Nnanna (CB) 32', Mehrajuddin Wadoo (EB) 65' (own goal)
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Tennis News
At $15K India F9 Futures, Kolkata (clay)
Singles Final
(1) Alexander SATSCHKO (GER) bt (3) David SAVIC (SRB) 63 64
Doubles Final
(4) Rupesh ROY (IND)/ Sunil-Kumar SIPAEYA (IND) bt (2) David SAVIC (SRB)/ Nathan THOMPSON (USA) 76(5) 60
Singles Semi-Finals
(1) Alexander SATSCHKO (GER) bt Vishnu VARDHAN (IND) 3-0 Retd
(3) David SAVIC (SRB) bt (2) Nathan THOMPSON (USA) 61 67(2) 2-1 Retd
This week Rupesh and Sunil kept Indian challenge to win doubles title Vishnu also performed well in singles reaching semis in singles.
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Friday, November 28, 2008
Badminton News
At $200K Yonex Sunrise Hong Kong Super Series 2008,
[QF] Arvind Bhat (IND,41) l Boonsak Ponsana (THA,17) 26-28 22-20 14-21
[QF] Saina Nehwal (IND,11) l Chen Wang (HKG,8) 25-27 21-14 15-21
Arvind wasn't third time lucky ... Arvind produced valiant efforts against top-20 Thai player ... After losing marathon first game, he won second game ... But in third game he mostly went out of steam in this long 65 mins match ... Though good performance from him in this Super Series.
And Saina's challenge also got over in quarter-finals against local girl, who was WR #8 ... After losing closely fought first game Saina won second game easily but then lost this match in 52 mins.
At $200K Yonex Sunrise Hong Kong Super Series 2008,
[QF] Arvind Bhat (IND,41) l Boonsak Ponsana (THA,17) 26-28 22-20 14-21
[QF] Saina Nehwal (IND,11) l Chen Wang (HKG,8) 25-27 21-14 15-21
Arvind wasn't third time lucky ... Arvind produced valiant efforts against top-20 Thai player ... After losing marathon first game, he won second game ... But in third game he mostly went out of steam in this long 65 mins match ... Though good performance from him in this Super Series.
And Saina's challenge also got over in quarter-finals against local girl, who was WR #8 ... After losing closely fought first game Saina won second game easily but then lost this match in 52 mins.
Tennis News
At $15K India F9 Futures, Kolkata (clay)
Singles Quarter-Finals
(1) Alexander SATSCHKO (GER) bt Rupesh ROY (IND) 62 75
Vishnu VARDHAN (IND) bt Rohan GAJJAR (IND) 63 64
(3) David SAVIC (SRB) bt (6) Daniel LUSTIG (CZE) 63 Retd.
(2) Nathan THOMPSON (USA) bt (Q) Rifat BIKTYAKOV (UZB) 63 60
Doubles Semi-Finals
(4) Rupesh ROY (IND)/ Sunil-Kumar SIPAEYA (IND) bt (1) Rohan GAJJAR (IND)/ Purav RAJA (IND) 36 61 10(5)
(2) David SAVIC (SRB)/ Nathan THOMPSON (USA) bt (3) Alexander SATSCHKO (GER)/ Marc-Andre STRATLING (GER) 36 75 10(6)
So Vishnu is keeping Indian interest alive in singles ... In doubles Rupesh and Sunil scored good win over op-ssed pair of Rohan and Purav.
At $15K India F9 Futures, Kolkata (clay)
Singles Quarter-Finals
(1) Alexander SATSCHKO (GER) bt Rupesh ROY (IND) 62 75
Vishnu VARDHAN (IND) bt Rohan GAJJAR (IND) 63 64
(3) David SAVIC (SRB) bt (6) Daniel LUSTIG (CZE) 63 Retd.
(2) Nathan THOMPSON (USA) bt (Q) Rifat BIKTYAKOV (UZB) 63 60
Doubles Semi-Finals
(4) Rupesh ROY (IND)/ Sunil-Kumar SIPAEYA (IND) bt (1) Rohan GAJJAR (IND)/ Purav RAJA (IND) 36 61 10(5)
(2) David SAVIC (SRB)/ Nathan THOMPSON (USA) bt (3) Alexander SATSCHKO (GER)/ Marc-Andre STRATLING (GER) 36 75 10(6)
So Vishnu is keeping Indian interest alive in singles ... In doubles Rupesh and Sunil scored good win over op-ssed pair of Rohan and Purav.
Thursday, November 27, 2008
Badminton News
At $200K Yonex Sunrise Hong Kong Super Series 2008,
[R2] Chetan Anand (IND,14) vs (3) Jin Chen (CHN,3) 11-21
[R2] Arvind Bhat (IND,41) bt Yan Kit Chan (HKG,26) 21-14 21-19
[R2] Saina Nehwal (IND,11) bt (Q) Youn Joo Bae (KOR,78) 21-15 11-21 21-13
[QF] Arvind Bhat (IND,41) vs Boonsak Ponsana (THA,17)
[QF] Saina Nehwal (IND,11) vs Chen Wang (HKG,8)
Surprisingly Saina lost 2nd game against Koream qualifier ... Mostly loss of concentration but then in third game Saina gave dominating performance to move into quarter-final ... With this win Saina assured her first-time entry into BWF top-10 ranking ... :-)
Arvind scored another upset win over top-30 local player in 32 mins .. He showed yesterday's win wasn't fluke in this straight games win to move into Super Series quarter finals.
Chetan had tough time in adjusting his game against WR # 3 Jin Chen lost first game in 13 mins ... In second game also he was doing catching game but in end lost match in 27 mins.
At $200K Yonex Sunrise Hong Kong Super Series 2008,
[R2] Chetan Anand (IND,14) vs (3) Jin Chen (CHN,3) 11-21
[R2] Arvind Bhat (IND,41) bt Yan Kit Chan (HKG,26) 21-14 21-19
[R2] Saina Nehwal (IND,11) bt (Q) Youn Joo Bae (KOR,78) 21-15 11-21 21-13
[QF] Arvind Bhat (IND,41) vs Boonsak Ponsana (THA,17)
[QF] Saina Nehwal (IND,11) vs Chen Wang (HKG,8)
Surprisingly Saina lost 2nd game against Koream qualifier ... Mostly loss of concentration but then in third game Saina gave dominating performance to move into quarter-final ... With this win Saina assured her first-time entry into BWF top-10 ranking ... :-)
Arvind scored another upset win over top-30 local player in 32 mins .. He showed yesterday's win wasn't fluke in this straight games win to move into Super Series quarter finals.
Chetan had tough time in adjusting his game against WR # 3 Jin Chen lost first game in 13 mins ... In second game also he was doing catching game but in end lost match in 27 mins.
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Badminton News
At $200K Yonex Sunrise Hong Kong Super Series 2008,
[R1] Chetan Anand (IND,14) bt Petr Koukal (CZE,40) 21-18 17-21 21-13
[R1] Arvind Bhat (IND,41) bt (6) Joachim Persson (DEN,8) 21-17 21-17
[R1] Saina Nehwal (IND,11) bt Salakjit Ponsana (THA,30) 21-19 22-20
[R1] Saina Nehwal (IND)/ Anna Rice (CAN) l Chiou Hwee Haw (MAS)/ Pek Siah Lim (MAS) 16-21 11-21
[R2] Chetan Anand (IND,14) vs (3) Jin Chen (CHN,3)
[R2] Arvind Bhat (IND,41) vs Yan Kit Chan (HKG,26)
[R2] Saina Nehwal (IND,11) vs Youn Joo Bae (KOR,78)
These days our Indian players r playing exceptionally well ... This time Arvind produced stunning result beating Danish WR #8 Joachim Persson in 29 mins ... Very solid straight games victory in which he controlled match from the start, in second round he is facing local player ... Chetan also scored win in 3 games but having tough Chinese opponent, WR #3, in the next round ... Saina also started well finishing her match in tight 2 games, now she will face Korean qualifier in second round.
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Chess News
Chess Olympiad 2008 Dresden, Germany
Chess Olympiad 2008 ended yesterday, overall our both teams underperformed slightly than their rankings -
In Open Category - Indian Men ended on Rank 16 with 26 points (seeding 13th)
In Women Category - Indian Women ended on Rank 15 with 25 points (seeding 11)
In Women Board 5 category our Mary Ann Gomes won a Silver medal ... This is creditable performance by 19 yrs old Mary Ann Gomes ... She managed to score 6 pts from 8 games and that will help her to gain 21 ELO rating points.
At $200K Yonex Sunrise Hong Kong Super Series 2008,
[R1] Chetan Anand (IND,14) bt Petr Koukal (CZE,40) 21-18 17-21 21-13
[R1] Arvind Bhat (IND,41) bt (6) Joachim Persson (DEN,8) 21-17 21-17
[R1] Saina Nehwal (IND,11) bt Salakjit Ponsana (THA,30) 21-19 22-20
[R1] Saina Nehwal (IND)/ Anna Rice (CAN) l Chiou Hwee Haw (MAS)/ Pek Siah Lim (MAS) 16-21 11-21
[R2] Chetan Anand (IND,14) vs (3) Jin Chen (CHN,3)
[R2] Arvind Bhat (IND,41) vs Yan Kit Chan (HKG,26)
[R2] Saina Nehwal (IND,11) vs Youn Joo Bae (KOR,78)
These days our Indian players r playing exceptionally well ... This time Arvind produced stunning result beating Danish WR #8 Joachim Persson in 29 mins ... Very solid straight games victory in which he controlled match from the start, in second round he is facing local player ... Chetan also scored win in 3 games but having tough Chinese opponent, WR #3, in the next round ... Saina also started well finishing her match in tight 2 games, now she will face Korean qualifier in second round.
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Chess News
Chess Olympiad 2008 Dresden, Germany
Chess Olympiad 2008 ended yesterday, overall our both teams underperformed slightly than their rankings -
In Open Category - Indian Men ended on Rank 16 with 26 points (seeding 13th)
In Women Category - Indian Women ended on Rank 15 with 25 points (seeding 11)
In Women Board 5 category our Mary Ann Gomes won a Silver medal ... This is creditable performance by 19 yrs old Mary Ann Gomes ... She managed to score 6 pts from 8 games and that will help her to gain 21 ELO rating points.
Tennis News
At $15K India F9 Futures, Kolkata (clay)
Singles Second Round
(1) Alexander SATSCHKO (GER) bt Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) 64 63
Rupesh ROY (IND) bt Purav RAJA (IND) 62 76(1)
Vishnu VARDHAN (IND) bt (Q) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND) 46 76(5) 76(4)
Rohan GAJJAR (IND) bt (WC) Vijayant MALIK (IND) 75 76(4)
(6) Daniel LUSTIG (CZE) bt (Q) Mario ECKARDT (GER) 61 57 62
(3) David SAVIC (SRB) bt (WC) Rohan GIDE (IND) 76(1) 60
(Q) Rifat BIKTYAKOV (UZB) bt (Q) Ronak MANUJA (IND) 62 60
(2) Nathan THOMPSON (USA) bt Navdeep SINGH (IND) 63 76(3)
Doubles Quarter-Finals
(1) Rohan GAJJAR (IND)/ Purav RAJA (IND) bt N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND)/ Ranjit VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) 63 3-3 ?
(4) Rupesh ROY (IND)/ Sunil-Kumar SIPAEYA (IND) bt I-Ta CHEN (TPE)/ Perakiat SIRILUETHAIWATTANA (THA) 62 64
(3) Alexander SATSCHKO (GER)/ Marc-Andre STRATLING (GER) Rifat BIKTYAKOV (UZB)/ Vaja UZAKOV (UZB) 62 64
(2) David SAVIC (SRB)/ Nathan THOMPSON (USA) bt (WC) Vijay KANNAN (IND)/ Saurav PANJA (IND) 62 62
Somewhat expected results in singles ... Rupesh scored good win over Purav ... Vijayant Malik produced fighting performance against Rohan Gajjar ... Navdeep also produced decent performance against 2nd seed Nathan Thompson.
But match of the day was between Vishnu Vardhan and Vijay Sundar Prashanth ... From score it looks match was very close, losing some points here and there costed match for Vijay Sundar Prashanth ... But good result for Vishnu Vardhan, who able to scored comeback victory in this tight match.
At $15K India F9 Futures, Kolkata (clay)
Singles Second Round
(1) Alexander SATSCHKO (GER) bt Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) 64 63
Rupesh ROY (IND) bt Purav RAJA (IND) 62 76(1)
Vishnu VARDHAN (IND) bt (Q) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND) 46 76(5) 76(4)
Rohan GAJJAR (IND) bt (WC) Vijayant MALIK (IND) 75 76(4)
(6) Daniel LUSTIG (CZE) bt (Q) Mario ECKARDT (GER) 61 57 62
(3) David SAVIC (SRB) bt (WC) Rohan GIDE (IND) 76(1) 60
(Q) Rifat BIKTYAKOV (UZB) bt (Q) Ronak MANUJA (IND) 62 60
(2) Nathan THOMPSON (USA) bt Navdeep SINGH (IND) 63 76(3)
Doubles Quarter-Finals
(1) Rohan GAJJAR (IND)/ Purav RAJA (IND) bt N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND)/ Ranjit VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) 63 3-3 ?
(4) Rupesh ROY (IND)/ Sunil-Kumar SIPAEYA (IND) bt I-Ta CHEN (TPE)/ Perakiat SIRILUETHAIWATTANA (THA) 62 64
(3) Alexander SATSCHKO (GER)/ Marc-Andre STRATLING (GER) Rifat BIKTYAKOV (UZB)/ Vaja UZAKOV (UZB) 62 64
(2) David SAVIC (SRB)/ Nathan THOMPSON (USA) bt (WC) Vijay KANNAN (IND)/ Saurav PANJA (IND) 62 62
Somewhat expected results in singles ... Rupesh scored good win over Purav ... Vijayant Malik produced fighting performance against Rohan Gajjar ... Navdeep also produced decent performance against 2nd seed Nathan Thompson.
But match of the day was between Vishnu Vardhan and Vijay Sundar Prashanth ... From score it looks match was very close, losing some points here and there costed match for Vijay Sundar Prashanth ... But good result for Vishnu Vardhan, who able to scored comeback victory in this tight match.
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Tennis News
At $15K India F9 Futures, Kolkata (clay)
Singles First Round
(1) Alexander SATSCHKO (GER) bt Vignesh PERANAMALLUR-CHANDRASEKHAR (IND) 60 60
Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) bt (Q) Rahil MAKHARIA (IND) 60 63
Rupesh ROY (IND) bt Prajnesh GUNNESWARAN (IND) 64 64
Purav RAJA (IND) bt (5) Marc-Andre STRATLING (GER) 75 64
(Q) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND) bt (4) Sunil-Kumar SIPAEYA (IND) 76(1) 60
Vishnu VARDHAN (IND) bt (WC) Aditya MADKEKAR (IND) 60 62
(WC) Vijayant MALIK (IND) bt (WC) Abhijeet TIWARI (IND) 62 67(4) 63
Rohan GAJJAR (IND) bt (7) Syrym ABDUKHALIKOV (KAZ) 63 64
(6) Daniel LUSTIG (CZE) bt Perakiat SIRILUETHAIWATTANA (THA) 61 64
(Q) Mario ECKARDT (GER) bt (Q) Srirambalaji NARAYANASWAMY (IND) 46 63 76(2)
(WC) Rohan GIDE (IND) bt (Q) Jakhongir KHAYDAROV (UZB) 63 64
(3) David SAVIC (SRB) bt Pirmin HAENLE (GER) 62 64
(Q) Ronak MANUJA (IND) bt (8) Vaja UZAKOV (UZB) 75 63
(Q) Rifat BIKTYAKOV (UZB) bt (Q) Igor PANIN (RUS) 75 61
Navdeep SINGH (IND) bt Tushar LIBERHAN (IND) 64 63
(2) Nathan THOMPSON (USA) bt I-Ta CHEN (TPE) 75 62
Doubles First Round
(1) Rohan GAJJAR (IND)/ Purav RAJA (IND) bt Vignesh PERANAMALLUR-CHANDRASEKHAR (IND)/ Vishnu VARDHAN (IND) 60 63
N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND)/ Ranjit VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) bt (WC) Kamala KANNAN (IND)/ Vishal PUNNA (IND) 63 60
(4) Rupesh ROY (IND)/ Sunil-Kumar SIPAEYA (IND) bt Mario ECKARDT (GER)/ Pirmin HAENLE (GER) 67(2) 62 10(6)
I-Ta CHEN (TPE)/ Perakiat SIRILUETHAIWATTANA (THA) bt Krishik DIVAKAR (IND)/ Nikunj SIWACH (IND) 60 61
Rifat BIKTYAKOV (UZB)/ Vaja UZAKOV (UZB) bt (ALT) Suresh KRISHNA (IND)/ Ronak MANUJA (IND) 64 62
(3) Alexander SATSCHKO (GER)/ Marc-Andre STRATLING (GER) bt (WC) Aditya MADKEKAR (IND)/ Mithun MURALI (IND) 64 62
(WC) Vijay KANNAN (IND)/ Saurav PANJA (IND) bt Rohan GIDE (IND)/ Vikram B REDDY (IND) 16 63 11(9)
(2) David SAVIC (SRB)/ Nathan THOMPSON (USA) bt Tushar LIBERHAN (IND)/ Navdeep SINGH (IND) 63 62
Very good results for Indians ... With creditable few upsets win 10 players r in second round.
But something terribly wrong with Sunil's game .. He is losing to anybody and on any surface ... This time he lost on clay courts ... In break he needs to work on his basic and mental aspects of game ... Hopefully in 2009 we will see his comeback in company of Karan Rastogi, who will be ready in January to join tour again.
At $15K India F9 Futures, Kolkata (clay)
Singles First Round
(1) Alexander SATSCHKO (GER) bt Vignesh PERANAMALLUR-CHANDRASEKHAR (IND) 60 60
Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) bt (Q) Rahil MAKHARIA (IND) 60 63
Rupesh ROY (IND) bt Prajnesh GUNNESWARAN (IND) 64 64
Purav RAJA (IND) bt (5) Marc-Andre STRATLING (GER) 75 64
(Q) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND) bt (4) Sunil-Kumar SIPAEYA (IND) 76(1) 60
Vishnu VARDHAN (IND) bt (WC) Aditya MADKEKAR (IND) 60 62
(WC) Vijayant MALIK (IND) bt (WC) Abhijeet TIWARI (IND) 62 67(4) 63
Rohan GAJJAR (IND) bt (7) Syrym ABDUKHALIKOV (KAZ) 63 64
(6) Daniel LUSTIG (CZE) bt Perakiat SIRILUETHAIWATTANA (THA) 61 64
(Q) Mario ECKARDT (GER) bt (Q) Srirambalaji NARAYANASWAMY (IND) 46 63 76(2)
(WC) Rohan GIDE (IND) bt (Q) Jakhongir KHAYDAROV (UZB) 63 64
(3) David SAVIC (SRB) bt Pirmin HAENLE (GER) 62 64
(Q) Ronak MANUJA (IND) bt (8) Vaja UZAKOV (UZB) 75 63
(Q) Rifat BIKTYAKOV (UZB) bt (Q) Igor PANIN (RUS) 75 61
Navdeep SINGH (IND) bt Tushar LIBERHAN (IND) 64 63
(2) Nathan THOMPSON (USA) bt I-Ta CHEN (TPE) 75 62
Doubles First Round
(1) Rohan GAJJAR (IND)/ Purav RAJA (IND) bt Vignesh PERANAMALLUR-CHANDRASEKHAR (IND)/ Vishnu VARDHAN (IND) 60 63
N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND)/ Ranjit VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) bt (WC) Kamala KANNAN (IND)/ Vishal PUNNA (IND) 63 60
(4) Rupesh ROY (IND)/ Sunil-Kumar SIPAEYA (IND) bt Mario ECKARDT (GER)/ Pirmin HAENLE (GER) 67(2) 62 10(6)
I-Ta CHEN (TPE)/ Perakiat SIRILUETHAIWATTANA (THA) bt Krishik DIVAKAR (IND)/ Nikunj SIWACH (IND) 60 61
Rifat BIKTYAKOV (UZB)/ Vaja UZAKOV (UZB) bt (ALT) Suresh KRISHNA (IND)/ Ronak MANUJA (IND) 64 62
(3) Alexander SATSCHKO (GER)/ Marc-Andre STRATLING (GER) bt (WC) Aditya MADKEKAR (IND)/ Mithun MURALI (IND) 64 62
(WC) Vijay KANNAN (IND)/ Saurav PANJA (IND) bt Rohan GIDE (IND)/ Vikram B REDDY (IND) 16 63 11(9)
(2) David SAVIC (SRB)/ Nathan THOMPSON (USA) bt Tushar LIBERHAN (IND)/ Navdeep SINGH (IND) 63 62
Very good results for Indians ... With creditable few upsets win 10 players r in second round.
But something terribly wrong with Sunil's game .. He is losing to anybody and on any surface ... This time he lost on clay courts ... In break he needs to work on his basic and mental aspects of game ... Hopefully in 2009 we will see his comeback in company of Karan Rastogi, who will be ready in January to join tour again.
Badminton News
At $200K Yonex Sunrise Hong Kong Super Series 2008,
[R1] Chetan Anand (IND,14) vs Petr Koukal (CZE,40)
[R1] Arvind Bhat (IND,41) (6) Joachim Persson (DEN,8)
[R1] Saina Nehwal (IND,11) vs Salakjit Ponsana (THA,30)
[R1] Saina Nehwal (IND)/ Anna Rice (CAN) vs Chiou Hwee Haw (MAS)/ Pek Siah Lim (MAS)
Saina having good opportunity to break into top 10 with good showing at Hong Kong Open ... She is facing Thai opponent in the first round.
Anup having tough match against world's top-10 Danish player ... Chetan facing Koukal in the first round.
At $200K Yonex Sunrise Hong Kong Super Series 2008,
[R1] Chetan Anand (IND,14) vs Petr Koukal (CZE,40)
[R1] Arvind Bhat (IND,41) (6) Joachim Persson (DEN,8)
[R1] Saina Nehwal (IND,11) vs Salakjit Ponsana (THA,30)
[R1] Saina Nehwal (IND)/ Anna Rice (CAN) vs Chiou Hwee Haw (MAS)/ Pek Siah Lim (MAS)
Saina having good opportunity to break into top 10 with good showing at Hong Kong Open ... She is facing Thai opponent in the first round.
Anup having tough match against world's top-10 Danish player ... Chetan facing Koukal in the first round.
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Squash News
At $8K NSC Super Sat #4 2008, Malaysia
[R1] (1) Joshna Chinappa (IND,38) bt Rachel Goh (MAS,238) 11-6 11-4 11-2 (10m)
[QF] (1) Joshna Chinappa (IND,38) bt (8) Low Wee Nee (MAS,88) 11-6 13-11 11-5 (19m)
[SF] (1) Joshna Chinappa (IND,38) bt (4) Siti Munirah Jusoh (MAS,62) 9-11 11-3 11-2 11-7 (26m)
[F] (1) Joshna Chinappa (IND,38) bt (3) Low Wee Wern (MAS,46) 11-8 11-7 11-6 (22m)
Joshna celebrated her back-to-back second title in the Malaysian capital after winning the NSC Super Squash Satellite #4 trophies at the Bukit Jalil National Squash Centre in Kuala Lumpur ... It was the second WISPA title at KL triumph in seven days for Joshna.
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Golf News
At US$2.5 million UBS Hong Kong Open - Final Standing
T11 Jeev Milkha Singh 71 63 66 69 -11 $41,875.00
T19 Jyoti Randhawa 71 68 66 67 - 8 $29,150.00
T48 Gaurav Ghei 71 69 67 70 - 3 $11,250.00
No magic from Jeev this time around but very creditable finish for him ... But happy to see Jyoti was founding some form before Team World Cup at Mission Hills in China from November 27-30.
At $8K NSC Super Sat #4 2008, Malaysia
[R1] (1) Joshna Chinappa (IND,38) bt Rachel Goh (MAS,238) 11-6 11-4 11-2 (10m)
[QF] (1) Joshna Chinappa (IND,38) bt (8) Low Wee Nee (MAS,88) 11-6 13-11 11-5 (19m)
[SF] (1) Joshna Chinappa (IND,38) bt (4) Siti Munirah Jusoh (MAS,62) 9-11 11-3 11-2 11-7 (26m)
[F] (1) Joshna Chinappa (IND,38) bt (3) Low Wee Wern (MAS,46) 11-8 11-7 11-6 (22m)
Joshna celebrated her back-to-back second title in the Malaysian capital after winning the NSC Super Squash Satellite #4 trophies at the Bukit Jalil National Squash Centre in Kuala Lumpur ... It was the second WISPA title at KL triumph in seven days for Joshna.
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Golf News
At US$2.5 million UBS Hong Kong Open - Final Standing
T11 Jeev Milkha Singh 71 63 66 69 -11 $41,875.00
T19 Jyoti Randhawa 71 68 66 67 - 8 $29,150.00
T48 Gaurav Ghei 71 69 67 70 - 3 $11,250.00
No magic from Jeev this time around but very creditable finish for him ... But happy to see Jyoti was founding some form before Team World Cup at Mission Hills in China from November 27-30.
Football News
At I-League 2008/09 - 23rd November
Mohammedan Sporting l Churchill Brothers 0-1
Goal Scored - Odafe Onyeka Okolie (CB) 70'
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Sporting clube de Goa bt Air India 2-1
Goal Scored - Joseph Pereira (ScG) 24', Nathaniel Amos (ScG) 43' and Singam Subash Singh (AI) 2'
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24th November
Mohun Bagan AC bt Mahindra United 1-0
Goal Scored - Baichung Bhutia (MB) 46'
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25th November
Chirag United SC bt Vasco Sports Club 3-1
Goal Scored - Fulganco Cardozo (CU) 45+' (OG), Snehasish Chakraborty (CU) 54', Subair Muritala Ali (CU) 89' and Sherzod Nazarov (VSC) 90+'
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26th November
Mumbai FC bt JCT 3-2
Goal Scored - Abel Hammond (MFC) 58', Felix Aboagye (MFC) 64', Abhishek Yadav (MFC) 88' and Balwant Singh (JCT) 38', Eduardo de Silva (JCT) 50'
Mumbai FC produced superb comeback win after down 0-2 against JCT.
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Dempo SC bt East Bengal 1-0
Goal Scored - Climax Lawrence (DSC) 80'
At I-League 2008/09 - 23rd November
Mohammedan Sporting l Churchill Brothers 0-1
Goal Scored - Odafe Onyeka Okolie (CB) 70'
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Sporting clube de Goa bt Air India 2-1
Goal Scored - Joseph Pereira (ScG) 24', Nathaniel Amos (ScG) 43' and Singam Subash Singh (AI) 2'
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24th November
Mohun Bagan AC bt Mahindra United 1-0
Goal Scored - Baichung Bhutia (MB) 46'
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25th November
Chirag United SC bt Vasco Sports Club 3-1
Goal Scored - Fulganco Cardozo (CU) 45+' (OG), Snehasish Chakraborty (CU) 54', Subair Muritala Ali (CU) 89' and Sherzod Nazarov (VSC) 90+'
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26th November
Mumbai FC bt JCT 3-2
Goal Scored - Abel Hammond (MFC) 58', Felix Aboagye (MFC) 64', Abhishek Yadav (MFC) 88' and Balwant Singh (JCT) 38', Eduardo de Silva (JCT) 50'
Mumbai FC produced superb comeback win after down 0-2 against JCT.
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Dempo SC bt East Bengal 1-0
Goal Scored - Climax Lawrence (DSC) 80'
Tennis News
Somdev has withdrawn from next week's challanger in Mexico due to injury ... So this is the end of season for him ... Now he will get a one & half moths break before Chennai ATP ... Hopefully he will recover fully and come back strongly in 2009 season.
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At $50K Kolkata Womens Challenger, India
Singles Final
(2) Ayumi Morita (JPN) bt Elora Dabija (ROU) 61 63
Doubles Final
(3) Laura Siegemund (GER)/ Agnes Szatmari (ROU) bt (1) Jing-Jing Lu (CHN)/ Sheng-Nan Sun (CHN) 75 63
Singles Semi-Finals
Elora Dabija (ROU) bt Sophie Ferguson (AUS) 62 76(4)
(2) Ayumi Morita (JPN) bt (Q) Bojana Jovanovski (SRB) 61 63
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At $15K India F8 Futures, Mumbai
Singles Final
(2) Nathan Thompson (USA) bt (LL) Pirmin Haenle (GER) 76(3) 46 60
Doubles Final
(1) Rohan Gajjar (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt (2) David Savic (SRB)/ Nathan Thompson (USA) 62 76(4)
Singles Semi-Finals
(LL) Pirmin Haenle (GER) bt (7) Daniel Lustig (CZE) 76(3) 63
(2) Nathan Thompson (USA) bt (8) Syrym Abdukhalikov (KAZ) 62 75
Rohan Gajjar and Purav Raja won doubles title beating second seed pair ... Nathan continued his succesful run in Indian futures with singles title.
Somdev has withdrawn from next week's challanger in Mexico due to injury ... So this is the end of season for him ... Now he will get a one & half moths break before Chennai ATP ... Hopefully he will recover fully and come back strongly in 2009 season.
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At $50K Kolkata Womens Challenger, India
Singles Final
(2) Ayumi Morita (JPN) bt Elora Dabija (ROU) 61 63
Doubles Final
(3) Laura Siegemund (GER)/ Agnes Szatmari (ROU) bt (1) Jing-Jing Lu (CHN)/ Sheng-Nan Sun (CHN) 75 63
Singles Semi-Finals
Elora Dabija (ROU) bt Sophie Ferguson (AUS) 62 76(4)
(2) Ayumi Morita (JPN) bt (Q) Bojana Jovanovski (SRB) 61 63
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At $15K India F8 Futures, Mumbai
Singles Final
(2) Nathan Thompson (USA) bt (LL) Pirmin Haenle (GER) 76(3) 46 60
Doubles Final
(1) Rohan Gajjar (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt (2) David Savic (SRB)/ Nathan Thompson (USA) 62 76(4)
Singles Semi-Finals
(LL) Pirmin Haenle (GER) bt (7) Daniel Lustig (CZE) 76(3) 63
(2) Nathan Thompson (USA) bt (8) Syrym Abdukhalikov (KAZ) 62 75
Rohan Gajjar and Purav Raja won doubles title beating second seed pair ... Nathan continued his succesful run in Indian futures with singles title.
Friday, November 21, 2008
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Badminton News
At $200K Li Ning China Open Super Series 2008,
[R2] Arvind Bhat (IND,39) bt Petr Koukal (CZE,38) 18-21 21-18 21-15
[R2] Saina Nehwal (IND)/ Anna Rice (CAN) l (4) Jung Eun Ha (KOR)/ Min Jung Kim (KOR) 13-21 11-21
[QF] Arvind Bhat (IND,39) vs Kai Wen (CHN,170)
Arvind scored superb comeback victory over Petr ... After winning first game Petr was leading 18-15 but Arvind take next 6 poits to won second game ... In third game Arvind kept pressure on Petr from the start to won game and match in 62 mins.
At $200K Li Ning China Open Super Series 2008,
[R2] Arvind Bhat (IND,39) bt Petr Koukal (CZE,38) 18-21 21-18 21-15
[R2] Saina Nehwal (IND)/ Anna Rice (CAN) l (4) Jung Eun Ha (KOR)/ Min Jung Kim (KOR) 13-21 11-21
[QF] Arvind Bhat (IND,39) vs Kai Wen (CHN,170)
Arvind scored superb comeback victory over Petr ... After winning first game Petr was leading 18-15 but Arvind take next 6 poits to won second game ... In third game Arvind kept pressure on Petr from the start to won game and match in 62 mins.
Tennis News
At $50K Knoxville Challenger, TN, USA
[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND,204) l (1) Vincent Spadea (USA,75) 67(7) Retd
Doubles -
[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Izak Van Der Merwe (RSA) l (Q) Romano Frantzen (NED)/ Nick Van Der Meer (NED) w/o (due to Somi's injury)
[QF] Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Ashutosh Singh (IND) l (1) Rajeev Ram (USA)/ Bobby Reynolds (USA) 36 36
Somi retired from the match due to (twisted) ankle injury ... He is already decided to skip doubles to give his ankle required rest ... Still not sure about his next week's participation in Cancun challenger at Mexico ... I m hoping nothing serious with this twisted ankle.
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At $50K Kolkata Womens Challenger, India
Singles Quarter-Finals
Elora Dabija (ROU) bt Noppawan Lertcheewakarn (THA) 36 76(5) 75
Sophie Ferguson (AUS) bt (7) Ksenia Palkina (KGZ) 06 61 64
(Q) Bojana Jovanovski (SRB) bt (8) Kai-Chen Chang (TPE) 64 57 76(2)
(2) Ayumi Morita (JPN) bt (Q) Emily Webley-Smith (GBR) 62 62
Doubles Semi-Finals
(1) Jing-Jing Lu (CHN)/ Sheng-Nan Sun (CHN) bt Sophie Ferguson (AUS)/ Alexis Prousis (USA) 63 63
(3) Laura Siegemund (GER)/ Agnes Szatmari (ROU) bt (2) Chin-Wei Chan (TPE)/ Yi Chen (TPE) 46 63 10(6)
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At $15K India F8 Futures, Mumbai
Singles Quarter-Finals
(7) Daniel Lustig (CZE) bt (1) Alexander Satschko (GER) 76(5) 76(6)
(LL) Pirmin Haenle (GER) bt Vaja Uzakov (UZB) 64 64
(8) Syrym Abdukhalikov (KAZ) bt (3) David Savic (SRB) 61 62
(2) Nathan Thompson (USA) bt (Q) David Sodek (CZE) 76(1) 62
Doubles Semi-Finals
(1) Rohan Gajjar (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt Mithun Murali (IND)/ Vignesh Peranamallur (IND) 63 63
(2) David Savic (SRB)/ Nathan Thompson (USA) bt (4) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) 36 61 10(8)
At $50K Knoxville Challenger, TN, USA
[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND,204) l (1) Vincent Spadea (USA,75) 67(7) Retd
Doubles -
[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Izak Van Der Merwe (RSA) l (Q) Romano Frantzen (NED)/ Nick Van Der Meer (NED) w/o (due to Somi's injury)
[QF] Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Ashutosh Singh (IND) l (1) Rajeev Ram (USA)/ Bobby Reynolds (USA) 36 36
Somi retired from the match due to (twisted) ankle injury ... He is already decided to skip doubles to give his ankle required rest ... Still not sure about his next week's participation in Cancun challenger at Mexico ... I m hoping nothing serious with this twisted ankle.
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At $50K Kolkata Womens Challenger, India
Singles Quarter-Finals
Elora Dabija (ROU) bt Noppawan Lertcheewakarn (THA) 36 76(5) 75
Sophie Ferguson (AUS) bt (7) Ksenia Palkina (KGZ) 06 61 64
(Q) Bojana Jovanovski (SRB) bt (8) Kai-Chen Chang (TPE) 64 57 76(2)
(2) Ayumi Morita (JPN) bt (Q) Emily Webley-Smith (GBR) 62 62
Doubles Semi-Finals
(1) Jing-Jing Lu (CHN)/ Sheng-Nan Sun (CHN) bt Sophie Ferguson (AUS)/ Alexis Prousis (USA) 63 63
(3) Laura Siegemund (GER)/ Agnes Szatmari (ROU) bt (2) Chin-Wei Chan (TPE)/ Yi Chen (TPE) 46 63 10(6)
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At $15K India F8 Futures, Mumbai
Singles Quarter-Finals
(7) Daniel Lustig (CZE) bt (1) Alexander Satschko (GER) 76(5) 76(6)
(LL) Pirmin Haenle (GER) bt Vaja Uzakov (UZB) 64 64
(8) Syrym Abdukhalikov (KAZ) bt (3) David Savic (SRB) 61 62
(2) Nathan Thompson (USA) bt (Q) David Sodek (CZE) 76(1) 62
Doubles Semi-Finals
(1) Rohan Gajjar (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt Mithun Murali (IND)/ Vignesh Peranamallur (IND) 63 63
(2) David Savic (SRB)/ Nathan Thompson (USA) bt (4) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) 36 61 10(8)
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Badminton News
At $200K Li Ning China Open Super Series 2008,
[R1] Chetan Anand (IND,14) l Choong Hann Wong (MAS,15) 10-21 14-21
[R1] Arvind Bhat (IND,39) bt Wee Chung Pei (MAS,125) 21-9 21-13
[R1] Saina Nehwal (IND,11) l (5) Lin Zhu (CHN,5) 6-21 21-12 19-21
[R1] Saina Nehwal (IND)/ Anna Rice (CAN) bt Ying Long (MAC)/ Ka lei Mak (MAC) 21-15 21-17
[R2] Arvind Bhat (IND,39) vs Petr Koukal (CZE,38)
[R2] Saina Nehwal (IND)/ Anna Rice (CAN) vs (4) Jung Eun Ha (KOR)/ Min Jung Kim (KOR)
Due to some withdrawals at mens side, including P. Kashyap's, Arvind received weaker opponent and he take full advantage of beating Malaysian player in 26 mins.
Saina played almost an hour long exceptional match against WR #5 ... After losing first game easily she made comeback in the match winning next game easily ... But in third game she lost crucial points to lose game and match ... IMO, knowing biased Chinese coaches and umpires chance of foul games r high in their local event, as Chinese coaches known for such type of manipulating in matches (giving debatable points to their players in close matches).
Saina and Anna had comfortable start in doubles but now they r facing 4th seed Koreans in 2nd round.
At $200K Li Ning China Open Super Series 2008,
[R1] Chetan Anand (IND,14) l Choong Hann Wong (MAS,15) 10-21 14-21
[R1] Arvind Bhat (IND,39) bt Wee Chung Pei (MAS,125) 21-9 21-13
[R1] Saina Nehwal (IND,11) l (5) Lin Zhu (CHN,5) 6-21 21-12 19-21
[R1] Saina Nehwal (IND)/ Anna Rice (CAN) bt Ying Long (MAC)/ Ka lei Mak (MAC) 21-15 21-17
[R2] Arvind Bhat (IND,39) vs Petr Koukal (CZE,38)
[R2] Saina Nehwal (IND)/ Anna Rice (CAN) vs (4) Jung Eun Ha (KOR)/ Min Jung Kim (KOR)
Due to some withdrawals at mens side, including P. Kashyap's, Arvind received weaker opponent and he take full advantage of beating Malaysian player in 26 mins.
Saina played almost an hour long exceptional match against WR #5 ... After losing first game easily she made comeback in the match winning next game easily ... But in third game she lost crucial points to lose game and match ... IMO, knowing biased Chinese coaches and umpires chance of foul games r high in their local event, as Chinese coaches known for such type of manipulating in matches (giving debatable points to their players in close matches).
Saina and Anna had comfortable start in doubles but now they r facing 4th seed Koreans in 2nd round.
Tennis News
At $50K Knoxville Challenger, TN, USA
Doubles -
[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Stephen Amritraj (IND) l Olivier Charroin (FRA)/ Nicolas Tourte (FRA) 36 67(2)
[R1] Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Ashutosh Singh (IND) bt Luka Gregorc (SLO)/ Fritz Wolmarans (RSA) 76(5) 76(4)
[QF] Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Ashutosh Singh (IND) vs (1) Rajeev Ram (USA)/ Bobby Reynolds (USA)
Good to see Harsh and Ashutosh pulled off tie-breaks tight sets victory ... But sad to see Amritraj brothers losing in the first round.
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At $50K Kolkata Womens Challenger, India
Singles Second Round
Noppawan Lertcheewakarn (THA) bt (1) Melanie South (GBR) 26 63 64
Elora Dabija (ROU) bt Leonie Mekel (NED) 26 64 64
Sophie Ferguson (AUS) bt (4) Agnes Szatmari (ROU) 76(5) 64
(7) Ksenia Palkina (KGZ) bt Julia Glushko (ISR) 75 75
(8) Kai-Chen Chang (TPE) bt Suchanun Viratprasert (THA) 60 62
(Q) Bojana Jovanovski (SRB) bt Chia-Jung Chuang (TPE) 63 63
(Q) Emily Webley-Smith (GBR) bt (5) Sunitha Rao (IND) 62 61
(2) Ayumi Morita (JPN) bt (WC) Sanaa Bhambri (IND) 63 61
Doubles Quarter-Finals
(1) Jing-Jing Lu (CHN)/ Sheng-Nan Sun (CHN) bt Sunitha Rao (IND)/ Shikha Uberoi (IND) 46 75 10(5)
Sophie Ferguson (AUS)/ Alexis Prousis (USA) bt (4) Kai-Chen Chang (TPE)/ I-Hsuan Hwang (TPE) 36 76(4) 10(4)
(3) Laura Siegemund (GER)/ Agnes Szatmari (ROU) bt Ankita Bhambri (IND)/ Sanaa Bhambri (IND) 61 46 11(9)
(2) Chin-Wei Chan (TPE)/ Yi Chen (TPE) bt Rushmi Chakravarthi (IND)/ Isha Lakhani (IND) 64 76(3)
Indian challenge got over in singles and doubles ... As per scoreline Sunitha received thrashing from British qualifier ... :-(
Sanaa couldn't produced much fight against 2nd seed Japanese in singles ... But Bhambri sisters had their chances in doubles against 3rd seed pair.
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At $15K India F8 Futures, Mumbai
Singles Second Round
(1) Alexander Satschko (GER) bt (Q) Mario Eckardt (GER) 60 64
(7) Daniel Lustig (CZE) bt Purav Raja (IND) 63 67(3) 64
(LL) Pirmin Haenle (GER) bt Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND) 46 63 76(4)
Vaja Uzakov (UZB) bt (5) Marc-Andre Stratling (GER) 63 67(0) 63
(8) Syrym Abdukhalikov (KAZ) bt Vishnu Vardhan (IND) 76(4) 64
(3) David Savic (SRB) bt (Q) Liang-Chi Huang (TPE) 57 60 62
(Q) David Sodek (CZE) bt (6) Divij Sharan (IND) 76(7) 36 64
(2) Nathan Thompson (USA) bt (Q) Sudanwa Sitaram (IND) 61 61
Doubles Quarter-Finals
(1) Rohan Gajjar (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt Daniel Lustig (CZE)/ David Sodek (CZE) 64 64
Mithun Murali (IND)/ Vignesh Peranamallur (IND) bt (3) Alexander Satschko (GER)/ Marc-Andre Stratling (GER) 57 60 10(4)
(4) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt (WC) Kamala Kannan (IND)/ Vishal Punna (IND) 63 62
(2) David Savic (SRB)/ Nathan Thompson (USA) bt (WC) Arjun Goutham (IND)/ Aditya Madkekar (IND) 64 61
And here also our all players lost in singles second round ... But as usual better performance in doubles as our 3 pairs in the semis.
At $50K Knoxville Challenger, TN, USA
Doubles -
[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Stephen Amritraj (IND) l Olivier Charroin (FRA)/ Nicolas Tourte (FRA) 36 67(2)
[R1] Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Ashutosh Singh (IND) bt Luka Gregorc (SLO)/ Fritz Wolmarans (RSA) 76(5) 76(4)
[QF] Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Ashutosh Singh (IND) vs (1) Rajeev Ram (USA)/ Bobby Reynolds (USA)
Good to see Harsh and Ashutosh pulled off tie-breaks tight sets victory ... But sad to see Amritraj brothers losing in the first round.
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At $50K Kolkata Womens Challenger, India
Singles Second Round
Noppawan Lertcheewakarn (THA) bt (1) Melanie South (GBR) 26 63 64
Elora Dabija (ROU) bt Leonie Mekel (NED) 26 64 64
Sophie Ferguson (AUS) bt (4) Agnes Szatmari (ROU) 76(5) 64
(7) Ksenia Palkina (KGZ) bt Julia Glushko (ISR) 75 75
(8) Kai-Chen Chang (TPE) bt Suchanun Viratprasert (THA) 60 62
(Q) Bojana Jovanovski (SRB) bt Chia-Jung Chuang (TPE) 63 63
(Q) Emily Webley-Smith (GBR) bt (5) Sunitha Rao (IND) 62 61
(2) Ayumi Morita (JPN) bt (WC) Sanaa Bhambri (IND) 63 61
Doubles Quarter-Finals
(1) Jing-Jing Lu (CHN)/ Sheng-Nan Sun (CHN) bt Sunitha Rao (IND)/ Shikha Uberoi (IND) 46 75 10(5)
Sophie Ferguson (AUS)/ Alexis Prousis (USA) bt (4) Kai-Chen Chang (TPE)/ I-Hsuan Hwang (TPE) 36 76(4) 10(4)
(3) Laura Siegemund (GER)/ Agnes Szatmari (ROU) bt Ankita Bhambri (IND)/ Sanaa Bhambri (IND) 61 46 11(9)
(2) Chin-Wei Chan (TPE)/ Yi Chen (TPE) bt Rushmi Chakravarthi (IND)/ Isha Lakhani (IND) 64 76(3)
Indian challenge got over in singles and doubles ... As per scoreline Sunitha received thrashing from British qualifier ... :-(
Sanaa couldn't produced much fight against 2nd seed Japanese in singles ... But Bhambri sisters had their chances in doubles against 3rd seed pair.
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At $15K India F8 Futures, Mumbai
Singles Second Round
(1) Alexander Satschko (GER) bt (Q) Mario Eckardt (GER) 60 64
(7) Daniel Lustig (CZE) bt Purav Raja (IND) 63 67(3) 64
(LL) Pirmin Haenle (GER) bt Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND) 46 63 76(4)
Vaja Uzakov (UZB) bt (5) Marc-Andre Stratling (GER) 63 67(0) 63
(8) Syrym Abdukhalikov (KAZ) bt Vishnu Vardhan (IND) 76(4) 64
(3) David Savic (SRB) bt (Q) Liang-Chi Huang (TPE) 57 60 62
(Q) David Sodek (CZE) bt (6) Divij Sharan (IND) 76(7) 36 64
(2) Nathan Thompson (USA) bt (Q) Sudanwa Sitaram (IND) 61 61
Doubles Quarter-Finals
(1) Rohan Gajjar (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt Daniel Lustig (CZE)/ David Sodek (CZE) 64 64
Mithun Murali (IND)/ Vignesh Peranamallur (IND) bt (3) Alexander Satschko (GER)/ Marc-Andre Stratling (GER) 57 60 10(4)
(4) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt (WC) Kamala Kannan (IND)/ Vishal Punna (IND) 63 62
(2) David Savic (SRB)/ Nathan Thompson (USA) bt (WC) Arjun Goutham (IND)/ Aditya Madkekar (IND) 64 61
And here also our all players lost in singles second round ... But as usual better performance in doubles as our 3 pairs in the semis.
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Football News
At I-League 2008/09 - 18th November 2008
Churchill Brothers dw Air India 1-1
Goal Scored - Felix Chimaokwu (CB) 38' and Michael Tayo (AI) 90+'
Dying minute equalizer from Air-men to managed away draw.
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19th November
Mahindra United dw Sporting clube de Goa 0-0
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20th November
Mohammedan Sporting l Dempo SC 0-2
Goal Scored - Anthony Pereira (DSC) 9', Ranty Martins (DSC) 40'
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Vasco SC l Mohun Bagan 1-2
Goal Scored - Lalnun Puia (VSC) 30' and Rakesh Masih (MB) 33', Lalkamal Bhowmik (MS) 53'
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21st November
Chirag United dw Mumbai FC 1-1
Goal Scored - Shankar Oraon (CU) 12' and Riston Rodrigues (MFC) 60'
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22nd November
JCT bt East Bengal 1-0
Goal Scored - Eduardo da Silva (JCT) 68'
At I-League 2008/09 - 18th November 2008
Churchill Brothers dw Air India 1-1
Goal Scored - Felix Chimaokwu (CB) 38' and Michael Tayo (AI) 90+'
Dying minute equalizer from Air-men to managed away draw.
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19th November
Mahindra United dw Sporting clube de Goa 0-0
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20th November
Mohammedan Sporting l Dempo SC 0-2
Goal Scored - Anthony Pereira (DSC) 9', Ranty Martins (DSC) 40'
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Vasco SC l Mohun Bagan 1-2
Goal Scored - Lalnun Puia (VSC) 30' and Rakesh Masih (MB) 33', Lalkamal Bhowmik (MS) 53'
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21st November
Chirag United dw Mumbai FC 1-1
Goal Scored - Shankar Oraon (CU) 12' and Riston Rodrigues (MFC) 60'
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22nd November
JCT bt East Bengal 1-0
Goal Scored - Eduardo da Silva (JCT) 68'
Tennis News
At $50K Knoxville Challenger, TN, USA
[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND,210) l (WC) John-Patrick Smith (AUS,1148) 64 46 36
So another lost opportunity for Kash, who lost against college top-10 player JP Smith ... JP Smith was runner-up to Somdev in the 2008 NCAA tournament in May.
Prakash Amritraj - "I wasn't terribly happy with my performance but I give him credit. It's good for him to come out in a pro event and get a win."
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At $50K Kolkata Womens Challenger, India
Singles First Round
(1) Melanie South (GBR) bt Jing-Jing Lu (CHN) 75 63
Noppawan Lertcheewakarn (THA) bt Julia Parasyuk (RUS) 64 62
Elora Dabija (ROU) bt Angelika Roesch (GER) 67(5) 62 62
Leonie Mekel (NED) bt (6) Liana-Gabriela Ungur (ROU) 63 Retd.
(4) Agnes Szatmari (ROU) bt (WC) Shivika Burman (IND) 61 61
Sophie Ferguson (AUS) bt Vivian Segnini (BRA) 64 75
Julia Glushko (ISR) bt (Q) Silvia Disderi (ITA) 62 63
(7) Ksenia Palkina (KGZ) bt (WC) Shikha Uberoi (IND) 62 63
(8) Kai-Chen Chang (TPE) bt Ankita Bhambri (IND) 62 62
Suchanun Viratprasert (THA) bt (WC) Rushmi Chakravarthi (IND) 64 61
Chia-Jung Chuang (TPE) bt I-Hsuan Hwang (TPE) 61 62
(Q) Bojana Jovanovski (SRB) bt (3) Chin-Wei Chan (TPE) 61 62
(5) Sunitha Rao (IND) bt Alexis Prousis (USA) 60 62
(Q) Emily Webley-Smith (GBR) bt (Q) Florence Haring (FRA) 75 64
(WC) Sanaa Bhambri (IND) bt Isha Lakhani (IND) 64 75
(2) Ayumi Morita (JPN) bt Laura Siegemund (GER) 61 62
Doubles First Round
(1) Jing-Jing Lu (CHN)/ Sheng-Nan Sun (CHN) bt Ksenia Palkina (KGZ)/ Julia Parasiyuk (RUS) 62 63
Sunitha Rao (IND)/ Shikha Uberoi (IND) bt Julia Glushko (ISR)/ Florence Haring (FRA) 64 62
(4) Kai-Chen Chang (TPE)/ I-Hsuan Hwang (TPE) bt (Q) Prerana-Mythri Appineni (IND)/ Patrycja Sanduska (POL) 64 60
Sophie Ferguson (AUS)/ Alexis Prousis (USA) bt (Q) Iuliia Kiriienko (UKR)/ Inna Kuzmenko (RUS) 63 76(7)
Ankita Bhambri (IND)/ Sanaa Bhambri (IND) bt (WC) Treta Bhattacharya (IND)/ Shalini Sahoo (IND) 62 62
(3) Laura Siegemund (GER)/ Agnes Szatmari (ROU) bt (wc) Parul Goswami (IND)/ Parija Maloo (IND) 60 61
Rushmi Chakravarthi (IND)/ Isha Lakhani (IND) bt Leonie Mekel(NED)/ Varatchay Wongteanchai (THA) 64 26 10(6)
(2) Chin-Wei Chan (TPE)/ Yi Chen (TPE) bt (WC) Shivika Burman (IND)/ Noppawan Lertcheewakarn (IND/THA) 64 60
Only Sanaa managed to upset senior Isha ... Sunitha having promising start.
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At $15K India F8 Futures, Mumbai
Singles First Round
(1) Alexander Satschko (GER) bt Navdeep Singh (IND) 62 61
(Q) Mario Eckardt (GER) bt Rifat Biktyakov (UZB) 75 64
Purav Raja (IND) bt Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND) 63 61
(7) Daniel Lustig (CZE) bt Vignesh Peranamallur (IND) 62 64
Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND) bt (4) Sunil-Kumar Sipaeya (IND) 67(4) 63 62
(LL) Pirmin Haenle (GER) bt (WC) Akash Wagh (IND) 63 62
Vaja Uzakov (UZB) bt Perakiat Siruluethaiwatana (THA) 63 75
(5) Marc-Andre Stratling (GER) bt (WC) Ronak Manuja (IND) 62 61
(8) Syrym Abdukhalikov (KAZ) bt (Q) Mithun Murali (IND) 61 62
Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt (Q) Srirambalaji Narayanaswamy (IND) 67(4) 62 61
(Q) Liang-Chi Huang (TPE) bt (WC) Rohan Gide (IND) 63 76(1)
(3) David Savic (SRB) bt (Q) Aditya Madkekar (IND) 61 63
(6) Divij Sharan (IND) bt (Q) Vishal Punna (IND) 63 36 76(3)
(Q) David Sodek (CZE) bt Rohan Gajjar (IND) 76(7) 75
(Q) Sudanwa Sitaram (IND) bt Maniel Bains (GBR) 64 60
(2) Nathan Thompson (USA) bt (WC) Abhijeet Tiwari (IND) 62 62
Doubles First Round
(1) Rohan Gajjar (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt Mario Eckardt (GER)/ Pirmin Haenle (GER) 62 62
Daniel Lustig (CZE)/ David Sodek (CZE) bt (WC) Ronak Manuja (IND)/ Akash Wagh (IND) 62 63
(3) Alexander Satschko (GER)/ Marc-Andre Stratling (GER) bt Maniel Bains (GBR)/ Sunil-Kumar Sipaeya (IND) 75 64
Mithun Murali (IND)/ Vignesh Peranamallur (IND) bt I-Ta Chen (TPE)/ Perakiat Siruluethaiwatana (THA) 64 62
(WC) Kamala Kannan (IND)/ Vishal Punna (IND) bt N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND)/ Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND) 67(6) 75 10(6)
(4) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt Rohan Gide (IND)/ Nikunj Siwach (IND) 61 63
(WC) Arjun Goutham (IND)/ Aditya Madkekar (IND) bt Rifat Biktyakov (UZB)/ Vaja Uzakov (UZB) 76(4) 76(0)
(2) David Savic (SRB)/ Nathan Thompson (USA) bt Syrym Abdukhalikov (KAZ)/ Igor Panin (RUS) 64 64
Good win by Ranjeet but Sunil's awful form continued in singles ... Akash lost chance of utilising opportunity of facing lucky-loser in the first round ... Divij and Punna had terrific match in-between ... Otherwise expected results.
At $50K Knoxville Challenger, TN, USA
[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND,210) l (WC) John-Patrick Smith (AUS,1148) 64 46 36
So another lost opportunity for Kash, who lost against college top-10 player JP Smith ... JP Smith was runner-up to Somdev in the 2008 NCAA tournament in May.
Prakash Amritraj - "I wasn't terribly happy with my performance but I give him credit. It's good for him to come out in a pro event and get a win."
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At $50K Kolkata Womens Challenger, India
Singles First Round
(1) Melanie South (GBR) bt Jing-Jing Lu (CHN) 75 63
Noppawan Lertcheewakarn (THA) bt Julia Parasyuk (RUS) 64 62
Elora Dabija (ROU) bt Angelika Roesch (GER) 67(5) 62 62
Leonie Mekel (NED) bt (6) Liana-Gabriela Ungur (ROU) 63 Retd.
(4) Agnes Szatmari (ROU) bt (WC) Shivika Burman (IND) 61 61
Sophie Ferguson (AUS) bt Vivian Segnini (BRA) 64 75
Julia Glushko (ISR) bt (Q) Silvia Disderi (ITA) 62 63
(7) Ksenia Palkina (KGZ) bt (WC) Shikha Uberoi (IND) 62 63
(8) Kai-Chen Chang (TPE) bt Ankita Bhambri (IND) 62 62
Suchanun Viratprasert (THA) bt (WC) Rushmi Chakravarthi (IND) 64 61
Chia-Jung Chuang (TPE) bt I-Hsuan Hwang (TPE) 61 62
(Q) Bojana Jovanovski (SRB) bt (3) Chin-Wei Chan (TPE) 61 62
(5) Sunitha Rao (IND) bt Alexis Prousis (USA) 60 62
(Q) Emily Webley-Smith (GBR) bt (Q) Florence Haring (FRA) 75 64
(WC) Sanaa Bhambri (IND) bt Isha Lakhani (IND) 64 75
(2) Ayumi Morita (JPN) bt Laura Siegemund (GER) 61 62
Doubles First Round
(1) Jing-Jing Lu (CHN)/ Sheng-Nan Sun (CHN) bt Ksenia Palkina (KGZ)/ Julia Parasiyuk (RUS) 62 63
Sunitha Rao (IND)/ Shikha Uberoi (IND) bt Julia Glushko (ISR)/ Florence Haring (FRA) 64 62
(4) Kai-Chen Chang (TPE)/ I-Hsuan Hwang (TPE) bt (Q) Prerana-Mythri Appineni (IND)/ Patrycja Sanduska (POL) 64 60
Sophie Ferguson (AUS)/ Alexis Prousis (USA) bt (Q) Iuliia Kiriienko (UKR)/ Inna Kuzmenko (RUS) 63 76(7)
Ankita Bhambri (IND)/ Sanaa Bhambri (IND) bt (WC) Treta Bhattacharya (IND)/ Shalini Sahoo (IND) 62 62
(3) Laura Siegemund (GER)/ Agnes Szatmari (ROU) bt (wc) Parul Goswami (IND)/ Parija Maloo (IND) 60 61
Rushmi Chakravarthi (IND)/ Isha Lakhani (IND) bt Leonie Mekel(NED)/ Varatchay Wongteanchai (THA) 64 26 10(6)
(2) Chin-Wei Chan (TPE)/ Yi Chen (TPE) bt (WC) Shivika Burman (IND)/ Noppawan Lertcheewakarn (IND/THA) 64 60
Only Sanaa managed to upset senior Isha ... Sunitha having promising start.
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At $15K India F8 Futures, Mumbai
Singles First Round
(1) Alexander Satschko (GER) bt Navdeep Singh (IND) 62 61
(Q) Mario Eckardt (GER) bt Rifat Biktyakov (UZB) 75 64
Purav Raja (IND) bt Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND) 63 61
(7) Daniel Lustig (CZE) bt Vignesh Peranamallur (IND) 62 64
Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND) bt (4) Sunil-Kumar Sipaeya (IND) 67(4) 63 62
(LL) Pirmin Haenle (GER) bt (WC) Akash Wagh (IND) 63 62
Vaja Uzakov (UZB) bt Perakiat Siruluethaiwatana (THA) 63 75
(5) Marc-Andre Stratling (GER) bt (WC) Ronak Manuja (IND) 62 61
(8) Syrym Abdukhalikov (KAZ) bt (Q) Mithun Murali (IND) 61 62
Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt (Q) Srirambalaji Narayanaswamy (IND) 67(4) 62 61
(Q) Liang-Chi Huang (TPE) bt (WC) Rohan Gide (IND) 63 76(1)
(3) David Savic (SRB) bt (Q) Aditya Madkekar (IND) 61 63
(6) Divij Sharan (IND) bt (Q) Vishal Punna (IND) 63 36 76(3)
(Q) David Sodek (CZE) bt Rohan Gajjar (IND) 76(7) 75
(Q) Sudanwa Sitaram (IND) bt Maniel Bains (GBR) 64 60
(2) Nathan Thompson (USA) bt (WC) Abhijeet Tiwari (IND) 62 62
Doubles First Round
(1) Rohan Gajjar (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt Mario Eckardt (GER)/ Pirmin Haenle (GER) 62 62
Daniel Lustig (CZE)/ David Sodek (CZE) bt (WC) Ronak Manuja (IND)/ Akash Wagh (IND) 62 63
(3) Alexander Satschko (GER)/ Marc-Andre Stratling (GER) bt Maniel Bains (GBR)/ Sunil-Kumar Sipaeya (IND) 75 64
Mithun Murali (IND)/ Vignesh Peranamallur (IND) bt I-Ta Chen (TPE)/ Perakiat Siruluethaiwatana (THA) 64 62
(WC) Kamala Kannan (IND)/ Vishal Punna (IND) bt N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND)/ Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND) 67(6) 75 10(6)
(4) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt Rohan Gide (IND)/ Nikunj Siwach (IND) 61 63
(WC) Arjun Goutham (IND)/ Aditya Madkekar (IND) bt Rifat Biktyakov (UZB)/ Vaja Uzakov (UZB) 76(4) 76(0)
(2) David Savic (SRB)/ Nathan Thompson (USA) bt Syrym Abdukhalikov (KAZ)/ Igor Panin (RUS) 64 64
Good win by Ranjeet but Sunil's awful form continued in singles ... Akash lost chance of utilising opportunity of facing lucky-loser in the first round ... Divij and Punna had terrific match in-between ... Otherwise expected results.
Monday, November 17, 2008
Badminton News
Good to see our 5 men's players r in top-50 World Badminton Ranking and 2 women's players r in top-50.
#11 Saina Nehwal
#38 Aditi Mutatkar
#14 Chetan Anand
#39 Arvind Bhat
#40 Anup Sridhar
#42 P. Kashyap
#49 Anand Pawar
At $200K Li Ning China Open Super Series 2008,
[R1] Chetan Anand (IND,14) vs Choong Hann Wong (MAS,15)
[R1] P. Kashyap (IND,42) vs Hong Chen (CHN,72)
[R1] Arvind Bhat (IND,39) vs Muhammad Hafiz Hashim (MAS,29)
[R1] Saina Nehwal (IND,11) vs (5) Lin Zhu (CHN,5)
[R1] Saina Nehwal (IND)/ Anna Rice (CAN) vs Ying Long (MAC)/ Ka lei Mak (MAC)
Saina having tough match against WR #5 local girl ... Saina was playing last month in Commonwealth Youth Games and after that World Junior Championship but in that period she missed playing matches against top-10/20 players ... But as we know anything possible when Saina's play so go Saina ... Chetan also having tricky match against similar ranked Malaysian opponent.
Good to see our 5 men's players r in top-50 World Badminton Ranking and 2 women's players r in top-50.
#11 Saina Nehwal
#38 Aditi Mutatkar
#14 Chetan Anand
#39 Arvind Bhat
#40 Anup Sridhar
#42 P. Kashyap
#49 Anand Pawar
At $200K Li Ning China Open Super Series 2008,
[R1] Chetan Anand (IND,14) vs Choong Hann Wong (MAS,15)
[R1] P. Kashyap (IND,42) vs Hong Chen (CHN,72)
[R1] Arvind Bhat (IND,39) vs Muhammad Hafiz Hashim (MAS,29)
[R1] Saina Nehwal (IND,11) vs (5) Lin Zhu (CHN,5)
[R1] Saina Nehwal (IND)/ Anna Rice (CAN) vs Ying Long (MAC)/ Ka lei Mak (MAC)
Saina having tough match against WR #5 local girl ... Saina was playing last month in Commonwealth Youth Games and after that World Junior Championship but in that period she missed playing matches against top-10/20 players ... But as we know anything possible when Saina's play so go Saina ... Chetan also having tricky match against similar ranked Malaysian opponent.
Golf News
As expected Jeev re-enters into top-50 at #46 ... But otherwise hardly other 3 players (including Daniel) in top-200 ... Shiv is now outside top-400 with his dismal form.
Official World Golf Ranking on 16th November 2008 (Top 10 Indians)
46 Jeev Milkha Singh
121 Daniel Chopra
144 Jyoti Randhawa
192 Arjun Atwal
305 SSP Chowrasia
404 Shiv Kapur
447 Gaurav Ghei
650 Digvijay Singh
666 Rahil Gangjee
688 Gaganjeet Bhullar
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Tennis News
At $50K Knoxville Challenger, TN, USA
[Q2] Ashutosh Singh (IND,748) l (3) Nick Van Der Meer (NED,551) 57 67
[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND,204) vs (1) Vincent Spadea (USA,75)
[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND,210) vs (WC) John-Patrick Smith (AUS,1148)
Doubles -
[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Izak Van Der Merwe (RSA) vs (Q) Romano Frantzen (NED)/ Nick Van Der Meer (NED)
[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Stephen Amritraj (IND) vs Olivier Charroin (FRA)/ Nicolas Tourte (FRA)
[R1] Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Ashutosh Singh (IND) vs Luka Gregorc (SLO)/ Fritz Wolmarans (RSA)
Ashutosh against lost close match ... Doubles draw is out and our all players facing unseeded pair in the first round.
As expected Jeev re-enters into top-50 at #46 ... But otherwise hardly other 3 players (including Daniel) in top-200 ... Shiv is now outside top-400 with his dismal form.
Official World Golf Ranking on 16th November 2008 (Top 10 Indians)
46 Jeev Milkha Singh
121 Daniel Chopra
144 Jyoti Randhawa
192 Arjun Atwal
305 SSP Chowrasia
404 Shiv Kapur
447 Gaurav Ghei
650 Digvijay Singh
666 Rahil Gangjee
688 Gaganjeet Bhullar
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Tennis News
At $50K Knoxville Challenger, TN, USA
[Q2] Ashutosh Singh (IND,748) l (3) Nick Van Der Meer (NED,551) 57 67
[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND,204) vs (1) Vincent Spadea (USA,75)
[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND,210) vs (WC) John-Patrick Smith (AUS,1148)
Doubles -
[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Izak Van Der Merwe (RSA) vs (Q) Romano Frantzen (NED)/ Nick Van Der Meer (NED)
[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Stephen Amritraj (IND) vs Olivier Charroin (FRA)/ Nicolas Tourte (FRA)
[R1] Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Ashutosh Singh (IND) vs Luka Gregorc (SLO)/ Fritz Wolmarans (RSA)
Ashutosh against lost close match ... Doubles draw is out and our all players facing unseeded pair in the first round.
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