Football News
At I-League 2008/09 - 31st January
Mohammedan Sporting l Sporting Clube de Goa 0-1
Goal Scored - Joseph Pereira (SCG) 16'
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JCT dw Vasco SC
Goal Scored - Baljit Sahni (JCT) 60' and Agnelo Colaco (VSC) 25'
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Mumbai FC bt East Bengal 2-1
Goal Scored - Abhishek Yadav (MFC) 47', Abel Hammond (MFC) 89' and Yakubu (EB) 13' P
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1st February
Dempo SC dw Churchill Brothers 1-1
Goal Scored - Anthony Pereira (DSC) 20' and Felix Chimaokwu Felix (CB) 68'
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Chirag United l Mahindra United 0-2
Goal Scored - Steven Dias (MU) 51', Chidi Edeh (MU) 72'
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Air India l Mohun Bagan 1-2
Goal Scored - Subhash Singh (AI) 20' and Jose Ramirez Barreto 45' & 69'
Air men and Mohun Bagan had excellent match.
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Hockey News
At the four-nation Punjab Gold Cup Hockey Tournament
India bt New Zealand 2-0
Goal Scored - Sandeep Singh (IND) 18' PC, Shivendra Singh (IND) 64'
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Holland bt Germany 2-0
Goal Scored - Lucas Judge (NED), Jeroen Hertzberger (NED) PC
Good winning start for India and Holland in this 4 nations tournament.
Sunday, February 01, 2009
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Tennis News
At Australian Open 2009, Melbourne
Doubles Final
(3) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Mark Knowles (BAH) l (2) Bob Bryan (USA)/ Mike Bryan (USA) 26 75 60
Today Mahesh failed to add second 2009 Australian Open title for Indians in Mens doubles but tomorrow he and Sania having opportunity to doing that in Mixed doubles title.
Mahesh and Mark started well breaking Bob Bryan's serve in the first game of the final ... They again broke Bob's serve in the fifth game to grabbed first set 6-2 in 27 mins ... Until first set and half Bob Bryan was struggling with his serve and game ... Other hand Mark Knowles was also struggle with his serve from second set ... Bob and Mark saved couple of break-point chances on their respective serves in second set but most crucial and only break came in 12th game when Bryans broke Mark's serve to captured second set ... After that Bryans didn't give any chance to Mark and Mahesh in this final ... They won 8 games on trot to won Australian Open title in the style from 5-all in the second set ... This was Bryans 7th grandslam title.
Mahesh by far was best player on the court in the first 2 sets but Mike Bryan played amazing match from seond set.
At Australian Open 2009, Melbourne
Doubles Final(3) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Mark Knowles (BAH) l (2) Bob Bryan (USA)/ Mike Bryan (USA) 26 75 60
Today Mahesh failed to add second 2009 Australian Open title for Indians in Mens doubles but tomorrow he and Sania having opportunity to doing that in Mixed doubles title.
Mahesh and Mark started well breaking Bob Bryan's serve in the first game of the final ... They again broke Bob's serve in the fifth game to grabbed first set 6-2 in 27 mins ... Until first set and half Bob Bryan was struggling with his serve and game ... Other hand Mark Knowles was also struggle with his serve from second set ... Bob and Mark saved couple of break-point chances on their respective serves in second set but most crucial and only break came in 12th game when Bryans broke Mark's serve to captured second set ... After that Bryans didn't give any chance to Mark and Mahesh in this final ... They won 8 games on trot to won Australian Open title in the style from 5-all in the second set ... This was Bryans 7th grandslam title.
Mahesh by far was best player on the court in the first 2 sets but Mike Bryan played amazing match from seond set.
Tennis News
At Australian Open 2009, Melbourne
YUKI IS 2009 AUSTRALIAN OPEN JUNIOR BOYS' CHAMPION
Junior Boys' Singles Final
(1) Yuki Bhambri (IND,2) bt Alexandros-Ferdinandos Georgoudas (GER,56) 63 61
Special thanks to Getty Images for these photos.
16 years, 6 months and 27 days old Yuki Bhambri become the first Indian to be Junior Australian Open Champion ... After this win Yuki will become Junior WR No. 1 ... But importantly this title win also gives big perk as he also guarantee the wild-card to the 2010 Australian Open maindraw.
Yuki started well breaking Georgoudas serve in the begining, in 9th game he had 2 break-points and set points on 15-40 but Georgoudas fought back saving them but Yuki won next 2 points to won the first set breaking Georgoudas serve.
Second set also started same way like first, Yuki again broke Georgoudas serve in the begining ... In this set Georgoudas only managed to hold his serve in 4th game and got broken in 2nd and 6th games ... While serving for the match he had 2 match-points at 40-15 ... He double faulted on the first point but converted 2nd point to win Championship in only 57 minutes.
Commentrators were ga-ga over Yuki's game ... His serving, baseline game, net game & volleying skill. Commentrators were special comments on Yuki's ability of hitting delicate drop shot from the baseline.
Complete Match Stats
Yuki Bhambri(IND) Georgoudas(GER)
1st Serve % 23 of 42 = 55 % 26 of 49 = 53 %
Aces 4 1
Double Faults 1 0
Winning % on 1st Serve 19 of 23 = 83 % 15 of 26 = 58 %
Winning % on 2nd Serve 13 of 19 = 68 % 10 of 23 = 43 %
Receiving Points Won 24 of 49 = 49 % 10 of 43 = 23 %
Break Point Conversions 4 of 7 = 57 % 0 of 0 = 0 %
Total Points Won 56 35
Interview from Australian Open
Q. You're the first Indian to win the Australian Open juniors. How does that make you feel?
YUKI BHAMBRI: Winning the Australian Open is obviously a very gig achievement, regardless of being the first Indian. I mean, that's actually news to me. But I dreamed of winning it, and it's come true.
Q. How was it to play on the big court today?
YUKI BHAMBRI: Well, I was actually quite nervous in the beginning. That was the first time actually playing on such a huge stadium. I actually got to thank Craig for it. I mean, you don't get opportunities like this to play.
As the game and match progressed I felt much comfortable over there.
Q. What's the difference playing such a big court as opposed to some other courts?
YUKI BHAMBRI: I think the crowd's always backing you up. You're quite motivated to do well on these courts. You obviously enjoy playing in front of a lot of people.
Q. Sometimes are the dimensions a problem?
YUKI BHAMBRI: Not really, no. Because, I mean, you're kind of used to playing ‑‑ you've played so much tennis. But these small adjustments don't make much of a difference.
Q. What was your plan before you went into the match?
YUKI BHAMBRI: Well, actually I hadn't seen or heard of him before. But, I mean, I knew a little bit about him. I had seen him play yesterday in the semis, so I knew a bit about him.
I just wanted to focus on my game. I knew it was a big match, so whoever probably put more balls in the court would probably win the match. That was my aim, and to try and cut down unforced errors.
Q. You played through some pretty hot conditions here this week. Did that affect you at all in the final?
YUKI BHAMBRI: Actually, no. It affected me more in the semis. I was kind of drained out in the semis match and I had to go and play doubles. Being an Indian, in this way it's kind of helpful. You can't really get used to the heat, but you're playing in similar conditions.
Q. Because you won this now, are you going to switch out of junior tennis? What impact is this going to have on your career?
YUKI BHAMBRI: Even if I wouldn't have won it, I had already planned to focus more on men's tournaments, playing more in the men's circuit. I might still just play the Grand Slams.
Q. You had a tough match in the first round. Can you talk a little bit about this match? Did you serve match point, or do you remember?
YUKI BHAMBRI: The first match?
Q. Yes, the first one against the Mexican player.
YUKI BHAMBRI: No, it was ‑‑ I think I was up a break in the third set. Yeah, I broke him at, I think, 6‑All. It was a tough one. I was very nervous in that match because of all the expectations being the top seed.
I lost the first set, so, I mean, it was getting a bit tough. I'm glad I could pull it off.
Q. Did that result give you confidence going through the tournament that you were able to pull that out?
YUKI BHAMBRI: Oh, definitely. I mean, coming back from a set down, especially in the first and playing 8‑6 in the third. I mean, even if I probably lose in the second it couldn't get worse than that.
I actually felt much more comfortable playing all my other matches. I just went for my shots.
Q. Tell us a bit about how you picked up tennis and what was your motivation.
YUKI BHAMBRI: I have two sisters who play tennis as well. I've got courts right next to my house. I mean, you've got about ten courts there. That's how I started at a young age. Everyone in India plays sport, so that's how I really get into tennis.
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At $50K Carson Challenger, California, USA
[SF] (4) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) l (1) Scott Lipsky (USA)/ David Martin (USA) 16 46
This was expected result against top-50 doubles pair ... But its heratening to see how they played close second set ... Harsh and Purav also pairing in next week's Dallas Challenger.
At Australian Open 2009, Melbourne
YUKI IS 2009 AUSTRALIAN OPEN JUNIOR BOYS' CHAMPION
Junior Boys' Singles Final
(1) Yuki Bhambri (IND,2) bt Alexandros-Ferdinandos Georgoudas (GER,56) 63 61
Special thanks to Getty Images for these photos.
16 years, 6 months and 27 days old Yuki Bhambri become the first Indian to be Junior Australian Open Champion ... After this win Yuki will become Junior WR No. 1 ... But importantly this title win also gives big perk as he also guarantee the wild-card to the 2010 Australian Open maindraw.
Yuki started well breaking Georgoudas serve in the begining, in 9th game he had 2 break-points and set points on 15-40 but Georgoudas fought back saving them but Yuki won next 2 points to won the first set breaking Georgoudas serve.
Second set also started same way like first, Yuki again broke Georgoudas serve in the begining ... In this set Georgoudas only managed to hold his serve in 4th game and got broken in 2nd and 6th games ... While serving for the match he had 2 match-points at 40-15 ... He double faulted on the first point but converted 2nd point to win Championship in only 57 minutes.
Commentrators were ga-ga over Yuki's game ... His serving, baseline game, net game & volleying skill. Commentrators were special comments on Yuki's ability of hitting delicate drop shot from the baseline.
Complete Match Stats
Yuki Bhambri(IND) Georgoudas(GER)
1st Serve % 23 of 42 = 55 % 26 of 49 = 53 %
Aces 4 1
Double Faults 1 0
Winning % on 1st Serve 19 of 23 = 83 % 15 of 26 = 58 %
Winning % on 2nd Serve 13 of 19 = 68 % 10 of 23 = 43 %
Receiving Points Won 24 of 49 = 49 % 10 of 43 = 23 %
Break Point Conversions 4 of 7 = 57 % 0 of 0 = 0 %
Total Points Won 56 35
Interview from Australian Open
Q. You're the first Indian to win the Australian Open juniors. How does that make you feel?
YUKI BHAMBRI: Winning the Australian Open is obviously a very gig achievement, regardless of being the first Indian. I mean, that's actually news to me. But I dreamed of winning it, and it's come true.
Q. How was it to play on the big court today?
YUKI BHAMBRI: Well, I was actually quite nervous in the beginning. That was the first time actually playing on such a huge stadium. I actually got to thank Craig for it. I mean, you don't get opportunities like this to play.
As the game and match progressed I felt much comfortable over there.
Q. What's the difference playing such a big court as opposed to some other courts?
YUKI BHAMBRI: I think the crowd's always backing you up. You're quite motivated to do well on these courts. You obviously enjoy playing in front of a lot of people.
Q. Sometimes are the dimensions a problem?
YUKI BHAMBRI: Not really, no. Because, I mean, you're kind of used to playing ‑‑ you've played so much tennis. But these small adjustments don't make much of a difference.
Q. What was your plan before you went into the match?
YUKI BHAMBRI: Well, actually I hadn't seen or heard of him before. But, I mean, I knew a little bit about him. I had seen him play yesterday in the semis, so I knew a bit about him.
I just wanted to focus on my game. I knew it was a big match, so whoever probably put more balls in the court would probably win the match. That was my aim, and to try and cut down unforced errors.
Q. You played through some pretty hot conditions here this week. Did that affect you at all in the final?
YUKI BHAMBRI: Actually, no. It affected me more in the semis. I was kind of drained out in the semis match and I had to go and play doubles. Being an Indian, in this way it's kind of helpful. You can't really get used to the heat, but you're playing in similar conditions.
Q. Because you won this now, are you going to switch out of junior tennis? What impact is this going to have on your career?
YUKI BHAMBRI: Even if I wouldn't have won it, I had already planned to focus more on men's tournaments, playing more in the men's circuit. I might still just play the Grand Slams.
Q. You had a tough match in the first round. Can you talk a little bit about this match? Did you serve match point, or do you remember?
YUKI BHAMBRI: The first match?
Q. Yes, the first one against the Mexican player.
YUKI BHAMBRI: No, it was ‑‑ I think I was up a break in the third set. Yeah, I broke him at, I think, 6‑All. It was a tough one. I was very nervous in that match because of all the expectations being the top seed.
I lost the first set, so, I mean, it was getting a bit tough. I'm glad I could pull it off.
Q. Did that result give you confidence going through the tournament that you were able to pull that out?
YUKI BHAMBRI: Oh, definitely. I mean, coming back from a set down, especially in the first and playing 8‑6 in the third. I mean, even if I probably lose in the second it couldn't get worse than that.
I actually felt much more comfortable playing all my other matches. I just went for my shots.
Q. Tell us a bit about how you picked up tennis and what was your motivation.
YUKI BHAMBRI: I have two sisters who play tennis as well. I've got courts right next to my house. I mean, you've got about ten courts there. That's how I started at a young age. Everyone in India plays sport, so that's how I really get into tennis.
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At $50K Carson Challenger, California, USA
[SF] (4) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) l (1) Scott Lipsky (USA)/ David Martin (USA) 16 46
This was expected result against top-50 doubles pair ... But its heratening to see how they played close second set ... Harsh and Purav also pairing in next week's Dallas Challenger.
Friday, January 30, 2009
Tennis News
At Australian Open 2009, Melbourne
Mixed Doubles
[SF] Sania Mirza (IND)/ Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) bt Iveta Benesova (CZE)/ Lukas Dlouhy (CZE) 64 61
[F] Sania Mirza (IND)/ Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) vs Nathalie Dechy (FRA)/ Andy Ram (ISR)
Junior Boys' Singles
[SF] (1) Yuki Bhambri (IND,2) bt (7) Adrien Puget (FRA,20) 64 64
[F] (1) Yuki Bhambri (IND,2) vs Alexandros-Ferdinandos Georgoudas (GER,56)
Doubles
[SF] (1) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Liang-Chi Huang (TPE) l Mikhal Biryukov (RUS)/ Yasutaka Uchiyama (JPN) 36 16
In the first set both pair traded early breaks but important break came in 9th game ... With that break Mahesh and Sania won first set in 32 mins ... In the second set they broke Czech pair's serve in 1st,5th and 7th games to won match in only 54 mins ... In the final they r facing French-Israeli pair.
Yuki started well breaking Puget's serve in the second game and with that single break he won first set in 37 mins ... In the second set Yuki broke Puget's serve in the first game but Puget immediately break back to made it 1-all ... But Puget surged ahead breaking Yuki's serve in 4th game ... But Yuki turned table from 1-4 to won next 5 games ... Yuki came back strongly after slip up in 2nd set from 1-4 down he allowed Puget to win just 3 points of next 23 points (while he won 20 points) ... He broke Puget's serve in 7th and 9th games to won this match in 1 hr 19 mins to move into Australian Open Junior Boys' Singles final ... So with that he became first Indian player after Leander Paes to reach Junior Grandslam final ... But in doubles semi-final, he and his Taipei partner lost in just 42 mins ... I feel playing so many matches in last 2 weeks take toll on Yuki ... May be its good considering now he can concentrate more to his singles final.
I m still impressed with Yuki ... Yuki is showing how much he talented and improved these days from the way he is dominating this junior section ... May be very few junior players can give him trouble .. But what a display of game and mental toughness by him .. Coming back from 1-4 down and in a such dominating way winning next 20 pts of 23 they played .. Simply amazing .. This kid is awesome!!! Truly THE talent which we r searching at junior level for many years.
In the final he is facing German unseeded player, who defeated 2nd seed player in straight sets.
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At $50K Carson Challenger, California, USA
[R2] Prakash Amritraj (IND,209) l Wayne Odesnik (USA,115) 26 46
Doubles
[QF] (4) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt Luka Gregorc (SCO)/ Andrea Stoppini (ITA) 63 64
[SF] (4) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs (1) Scott Lipsky (USA)/ David Martin (USA)
Good easy straight sets victory for our pair ... With their performance as per seeding will help Harsh to push his ranking towards 175 in doubles ... In semis they r having very tough opponents, who r regular on tour and r in top-50 doubles ranking.
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At $25K Laguna Nigel Challenger, CA, USA
[R1] (8) Sunitha RAO (IND,196) l Alina JIDKOVA (RUS,237) 46 75 46
Doubles
[R1] Sunitha Rao (IND)/ Alexandra Panova (RUS) l (WC) Anne Yelsey (USA)/ Riza Zalameda (USA) 60 67(3) (4)10
Sunitha's disappointing performance continue at challenger level.
At Australian Open 2009, Melbourne
Mixed Doubles
[SF] Sania Mirza (IND)/ Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) bt Iveta Benesova (CZE)/ Lukas Dlouhy (CZE) 64 61
[F] Sania Mirza (IND)/ Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) vs Nathalie Dechy (FRA)/ Andy Ram (ISR)
Junior Boys' Singles
[SF] (1) Yuki Bhambri (IND,2) bt (7) Adrien Puget (FRA,20) 64 64
[F] (1) Yuki Bhambri (IND,2) vs Alexandros-Ferdinandos Georgoudas (GER,56)
Doubles
[SF] (1) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Liang-Chi Huang (TPE) l Mikhal Biryukov (RUS)/ Yasutaka Uchiyama (JPN) 36 16
In the first set both pair traded early breaks but important break came in 9th game ... With that break Mahesh and Sania won first set in 32 mins ... In the second set they broke Czech pair's serve in 1st,5th and 7th games to won match in only 54 mins ... In the final they r facing French-Israeli pair.
Yuki started well breaking Puget's serve in the second game and with that single break he won first set in 37 mins ... In the second set Yuki broke Puget's serve in the first game but Puget immediately break back to made it 1-all ... But Puget surged ahead breaking Yuki's serve in 4th game ... But Yuki turned table from 1-4 to won next 5 games ... Yuki came back strongly after slip up in 2nd set from 1-4 down he allowed Puget to win just 3 points of next 23 points (while he won 20 points) ... He broke Puget's serve in 7th and 9th games to won this match in 1 hr 19 mins to move into Australian Open Junior Boys' Singles final ... So with that he became first Indian player after Leander Paes to reach Junior Grandslam final ... But in doubles semi-final, he and his Taipei partner lost in just 42 mins ... I feel playing so many matches in last 2 weeks take toll on Yuki ... May be its good considering now he can concentrate more to his singles final.
I m still impressed with Yuki ... Yuki is showing how much he talented and improved these days from the way he is dominating this junior section ... May be very few junior players can give him trouble .. But what a display of game and mental toughness by him .. Coming back from 1-4 down and in a such dominating way winning next 20 pts of 23 they played .. Simply amazing .. This kid is awesome!!! Truly THE talent which we r searching at junior level for many years.
In the final he is facing German unseeded player, who defeated 2nd seed player in straight sets.
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At $50K Carson Challenger, California, USA
[R2] Prakash Amritraj (IND,209) l Wayne Odesnik (USA,115) 26 46
Doubles
[QF] (4) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt Luka Gregorc (SCO)/ Andrea Stoppini (ITA) 63 64
[SF] (4) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs (1) Scott Lipsky (USA)/ David Martin (USA)
Good easy straight sets victory for our pair ... With their performance as per seeding will help Harsh to push his ranking towards 175 in doubles ... In semis they r having very tough opponents, who r regular on tour and r in top-50 doubles ranking.
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At $25K Laguna Nigel Challenger, CA, USA
[R1] (8) Sunitha RAO (IND,196) l Alina JIDKOVA (RUS,237) 46 75 46
Doubles
[R1] Sunitha Rao (IND)/ Alexandra Panova (RUS) l (WC) Anne Yelsey (USA)/ Riza Zalameda (USA) 60 67(3) (4)10
Sunitha's disappointing performance continue at challenger level.
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Tennis News
At Australian Open 2009, Melbourne
[SF] (3) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Mark Knowles (BAH) bt Lukasz Kubot (POL)/ Oliver Marach (AUT) 63 61
[SF] (4) Leander Paes (IND)/ Lukas Dlouhy (CZE) l (2) Bob Bryan (USA)/ Mike Bryan (USA) 36 36
[F] (3) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Mark Knowles (BAH) vs (2) Bob Bryan (USA)/ Mike Bryan (USA)
Junior Boys' Singles
[QF] (1) Yuki Bhambri (IND,2) bt Richard Becker (GER,55) 61 75
[SF] (1) Yuki Bhambri (IND,2) vs (7) Adrien Puget (FRA,20)
Doubles
[QF] (1) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Liang-Chi Huang (TPE) bt (5) Julien Obry (FRA)/ Adrien Puget (FRA) 76(4) 64
[SF] (1) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Liang-Chi Huang (TPE) vs Mikhal Biryukov (RUS)/ Yasutaka Uchiyama (JPN)
Very dominating performance by Mahesh and Mark to finished match inside 1 hr mark ... In complete match they didn't face single break point and they converted 4 of 5 break-point chances.
After winning first set in just 22 mins Yuki stretched in 2nd set by Becker ... Becker converted 1 break-point from 2 chances but Yuki converted 5 break-point chances from 7 he generated, 2 of them in 2nd set ... Yuki finished match in 1 hr and 12 mins to move into semis ... Yuki also reached in doubles semis with fighting win over 5th seed French pair, their he and his Taipei partner will face unseeded pair.
Today again Lee and Lukas struggled against Bryans ... They had very poor record against these twins and today Bryans again showed their mastery over pair of Lee and Lukas in 54 mins ... Lee and Lukas converted both break-point chances in this match but other hand Bryans able to create 8 break-point chances and converted 5 of them ... Disappointing performance by Lee and Lukas.
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At $50K Carson Challenger, California, USA
[R1] (4) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt Santiago Gonzalez (MEX)/ Giovanni Lapentti (ECU) 63 36 10(7)
[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Scoville Jenkins (USA) l (WC) Rylan Rizza (USA)/ Kaes Van't Hof (USA) 46 67(4)
[QF] (4) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Luka Gregorc (SCO)/ Andrea Stoppini (ITA)
Good win by Harsh and Purav against experienced players ... But Kash and his partner lost against collegiate players.
At Australian Open 2009, Melbourne
[SF] (3) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Mark Knowles (BAH) bt Lukasz Kubot (POL)/ Oliver Marach (AUT) 63 61
[SF] (4) Leander Paes (IND)/ Lukas Dlouhy (CZE) l (2) Bob Bryan (USA)/ Mike Bryan (USA) 36 36
[F] (3) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Mark Knowles (BAH) vs (2) Bob Bryan (USA)/ Mike Bryan (USA)
Junior Boys' Singles
[QF] (1) Yuki Bhambri (IND,2) bt Richard Becker (GER,55) 61 75
[SF] (1) Yuki Bhambri (IND,2) vs (7) Adrien Puget (FRA,20)
Doubles
[QF] (1) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Liang-Chi Huang (TPE) bt (5) Julien Obry (FRA)/ Adrien Puget (FRA) 76(4) 64
[SF] (1) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Liang-Chi Huang (TPE) vs Mikhal Biryukov (RUS)/ Yasutaka Uchiyama (JPN)
Very dominating performance by Mahesh and Mark to finished match inside 1 hr mark ... In complete match they didn't face single break point and they converted 4 of 5 break-point chances.
After winning first set in just 22 mins Yuki stretched in 2nd set by Becker ... Becker converted 1 break-point from 2 chances but Yuki converted 5 break-point chances from 7 he generated, 2 of them in 2nd set ... Yuki finished match in 1 hr and 12 mins to move into semis ... Yuki also reached in doubles semis with fighting win over 5th seed French pair, their he and his Taipei partner will face unseeded pair.
Today again Lee and Lukas struggled against Bryans ... They had very poor record against these twins and today Bryans again showed their mastery over pair of Lee and Lukas in 54 mins ... Lee and Lukas converted both break-point chances in this match but other hand Bryans able to create 8 break-point chances and converted 5 of them ... Disappointing performance by Lee and Lukas.
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At $50K Carson Challenger, California, USA
[R1] (4) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt Santiago Gonzalez (MEX)/ Giovanni Lapentti (ECU) 63 36 10(7)
[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Scoville Jenkins (USA) l (WC) Rylan Rizza (USA)/ Kaes Van't Hof (USA) 46 67(4)
[QF] (4) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Luka Gregorc (SCO)/ Andrea Stoppini (ITA)
Good win by Harsh and Purav against experienced players ... But Kash and his partner lost against collegiate players.
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Tennis News
At Australian Open 2009, Melbourne
[QF] (4) Leander Paes (IND)/ Lukas Dlouhy (CZE) bt Simone Bolelli (ITA)/ Andreas Seppi (ITA) 61 76(5)
Mixed Doubles
[QF] Sania Mirza (IND)/ Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) bt Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN)/ Daniel Nestor (CAN) 36 64 10(5)
[SF] Sania Mirza (IND)/ Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) vs Iveta Benesova (CZE)/ Lukas Dlouhy (CZE)
Junior Boys' Singles
[R3] (1) Yuki Bhambri (IND,2) bt (13) Dino Marcan (CRO,32) 63 61
Yuki continued with his dominance over other players from second round ... He is looking more and more solid after every match.
Sania and Mahesh scored comeback victory over strong Canadian pair ... Next they r facing Czech pair, who received walkover in quarters.
Leander and Lukas scored straights sets victory against Italians in 1 hr 8 mins ... After losing first set in just 21 mins with 2 breaks Italians produced fighting performance in second set ... Where nobody able to broke opponent's serve, in tie-break both traded few mini-breaks before our pair take decisive break on opponents's serve at 6-5 to won this match.
At Australian Open 2009, Melbourne
[QF] (4) Leander Paes (IND)/ Lukas Dlouhy (CZE) bt Simone Bolelli (ITA)/ Andreas Seppi (ITA) 61 76(5)
Mixed Doubles
[QF] Sania Mirza (IND)/ Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) bt Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN)/ Daniel Nestor (CAN) 36 64 10(5)
[SF] Sania Mirza (IND)/ Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) vs Iveta Benesova (CZE)/ Lukas Dlouhy (CZE)
Junior Boys' Singles
[R3] (1) Yuki Bhambri (IND,2) bt (13) Dino Marcan (CRO,32) 63 61
Yuki continued with his dominance over other players from second round ... He is looking more and more solid after every match.
Sania and Mahesh scored comeback victory over strong Canadian pair ... Next they r facing Czech pair, who received walkover in quarters.
Leander and Lukas scored straights sets victory against Italians in 1 hr 8 mins ... After losing first set in just 21 mins with 2 breaks Italians produced fighting performance in second set ... Where nobody able to broke opponent's serve, in tie-break both traded few mini-breaks before our pair take decisive break on opponents's serve at 6-5 to won this match.
Tennis News
At $50K Carson Challenger, California, USA
[R1] (8) Somdev Devvarman (IND,155) l Scoville Jenkins (USA,215) 16 46
[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND,209) bt (WC) Lester Cook (USA,354) 76(3) 63
Doubles
[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Ashutosh Singh (IND) l Brendan Evans (USA)/ Jesse Levine (USA) 36 57
Good win for Kash but very forgettable outing at Carson Challenger for Som ... Who watched match live commented that Somdev simply had a bad day and Scoville was playing unbelievably well ... Somdev comments to one of my friend after missing his match, "Don't feel bad for missing the match; you didn't miss much. I played pretty badly today".
Kash also had patchy match where both players had numerous breaks ... But in end Kash came out as a winner.
At $50K Carson Challenger, California, USA
[R1] (8) Somdev Devvarman (IND,155) l Scoville Jenkins (USA,215) 16 46
[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND,209) bt (WC) Lester Cook (USA,354) 76(3) 63
Doubles
[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Ashutosh Singh (IND) l Brendan Evans (USA)/ Jesse Levine (USA) 36 57
Good win for Kash but very forgettable outing at Carson Challenger for Som ... Who watched match live commented that Somdev simply had a bad day and Scoville was playing unbelievably well ... Somdev comments to one of my friend after missing his match, "Don't feel bad for missing the match; you didn't miss much. I played pretty badly today".
Kash also had patchy match where both players had numerous breaks ... But in end Kash came out as a winner.
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Tennis News
At Australian Open 2009, Melbourne
[QF] (3) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Mark Knowles (BAH) bt Feliciano Lopez (ESP)/ Fernando Verdasco (ESP) 61 26 64
[SF] (3) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Mark Knowles (BAH) vs Lukasz Kubot (POL)/ Oliver Marach (AUT)
Mixed Doubles
[R2] (1) Cara Black (ZIM)/ Leander Paes (IND) l Patty Schnyder (SUI)/ Wesley Moodie (RSA) 16 57
Junior Boys' Singles
[R2] (1) Yuki Bhambri (IND,2) bt Stephen Hoh (AUS,98) 76(1) 60
[R2] Kaza Vinayak Sharma (IND,79) l Justin Eleveld (NED,46) 16 16
[R3] (1) Yuki Bhambri (IND,2) vs (13) Dino Marcan (CRO,32)
Doubles
[R2] (1) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Liang-Chi Huang (TPE) bt Marco Bortolotti (ITA)/ Vladzimir Kruk (BLR) 63 64
Junior Girls' Doubles
[R2] Eugenie Bouchard (CAN)/ Kyra Shroff (IND) l (6) Christina McHale (USA)/ Ajla Tomljanovic (CRO) 46 16
Yuki scored straight sets victory against local player ... In this match Yuki didn't face any break point on his serve, surprisingly both players didn't face any break point in the first set but from tie-break Yuki shifted gear to score easy victory ... In doubles also Yuki moved into quarter-final with his Taipei partner with straight sets victory in 66 mins.
In doubles, Mahesh and Mark won first set comfortably in 26 mins breaking Spanish pairs serve twice ... But in second set Spanish pair turned table on our pair to won it easily in 27 mins this time they broke our pair service games twice ... In third set both pair managed to hold their serve until 4-all but in 9th game Mahesh and Mark take important break and then served for the match to win it in 1 hr 28 mins.
In MXD, Lee and Cara didn't click in this match ... They easily lost first set in just 21 mins where their opponent broke their service games twice ... In second set they tried comeback breaking Schnyder/ Moodie serve but Schnyder/ Moodie broke their service games twice in a row to finished match in1 hr 4 mins.
At Australian Open 2009, Melbourne
[QF] (3) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Mark Knowles (BAH) bt Feliciano Lopez (ESP)/ Fernando Verdasco (ESP) 61 26 64
[SF] (3) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Mark Knowles (BAH) vs Lukasz Kubot (POL)/ Oliver Marach (AUT)
Mixed Doubles
[R2] (1) Cara Black (ZIM)/ Leander Paes (IND) l Patty Schnyder (SUI)/ Wesley Moodie (RSA) 16 57
Junior Boys' Singles
[R2] (1) Yuki Bhambri (IND,2) bt Stephen Hoh (AUS,98) 76(1) 60
[R2] Kaza Vinayak Sharma (IND,79) l Justin Eleveld (NED,46) 16 16
[R3] (1) Yuki Bhambri (IND,2) vs (13) Dino Marcan (CRO,32)
Doubles
[R2] (1) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Liang-Chi Huang (TPE) bt Marco Bortolotti (ITA)/ Vladzimir Kruk (BLR) 63 64
Junior Girls' Doubles
[R2] Eugenie Bouchard (CAN)/ Kyra Shroff (IND) l (6) Christina McHale (USA)/ Ajla Tomljanovic (CRO) 46 16
Yuki scored straight sets victory against local player ... In this match Yuki didn't face any break point on his serve, surprisingly both players didn't face any break point in the first set but from tie-break Yuki shifted gear to score easy victory ... In doubles also Yuki moved into quarter-final with his Taipei partner with straight sets victory in 66 mins.
In doubles, Mahesh and Mark won first set comfortably in 26 mins breaking Spanish pairs serve twice ... But in second set Spanish pair turned table on our pair to won it easily in 27 mins this time they broke our pair service games twice ... In third set both pair managed to hold their serve until 4-all but in 9th game Mahesh and Mark take important break and then served for the match to win it in 1 hr 28 mins.
In MXD, Lee and Cara didn't click in this match ... They easily lost first set in just 21 mins where their opponent broke their service games twice ... In second set they tried comeback breaking Schnyder/ Moodie serve but Schnyder/ Moodie broke their service games twice in a row to finished match in1 hr 4 mins.
Monday, January 26, 2009
Tennis News
At $50K Carson Challenger, California, USA
[Q1] Ashutosh Singh (IND,875) l Justin O'Neal (USA,612) 16 36
[Q1] Purav Raja (IND,892) bt Brian Battistone (USA,1052) 76(4) 64
[Q2] Purav Raja (IND,892) l (3) Phillip Simmonds (USA,417) 62 36 16
[R1] (8) Somdev Devvarman (IND,155) vs Scoville Jenkins (USA,215)
[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND,209) vs (WC) Lester Cook (USA,354)
Doubles
[R1] (4) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Santiago Gonzalez (MEX)/ Giovanni Lapentti (ECU)
[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Ashutosh Singh (IND) vs Brendan Evans (USA)/ Jesse Levine (USA)
[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Scoville Jenkins (USA) vs (WC) Rylan Rizza (USA)/ Kaes Van't Hof (USA)
Somdev is seeded in this Carson Challenger, our both players having good singles draw ... Also our quite few players participating in doubles.
At $50K Carson Challenger, California, USA
[Q1] Ashutosh Singh (IND,875) l Justin O'Neal (USA,612) 16 36
[Q1] Purav Raja (IND,892) bt Brian Battistone (USA,1052) 76(4) 64
[Q2] Purav Raja (IND,892) l (3) Phillip Simmonds (USA,417) 62 36 16
[R1] (8) Somdev Devvarman (IND,155) vs Scoville Jenkins (USA,215)
[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND,209) vs (WC) Lester Cook (USA,354)
Doubles
[R1] (4) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Santiago Gonzalez (MEX)/ Giovanni Lapentti (ECU)
[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Ashutosh Singh (IND) vs Brendan Evans (USA)/ Jesse Levine (USA)
[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Scoville Jenkins (USA) vs (WC) Rylan Rizza (USA)/ Kaes Van't Hof (USA)
Somdev is seeded in this Carson Challenger, our both players having good singles draw ... Also our quite few players participating in doubles.
Tennis News
At Australian Open 2009, Melbourne
[R3] (4) Leander Paes (IND)/ Lukas Dlouhy (CZE) bt Paul Hanley (AUS)/ Jordan Kerr (AUS) 62 75
[R3] (3) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Mark Knowles (BAH) bt Nicolas Lapentti (ECU)/ Tommy Robredo (ESP) 63 64
[QF] (4) Leander Paes (IND)/ Lukas Dlouhy (CZE) vs Simone Bolelli (ITA)/ Andreas Seppi (ITA)
[QF] (3) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Mark Knowles (BAH) vs Feliciano Lopez (ESP)/ Fernando Verdasco (ESP)
Junior Boys' Singles
[R1] Kaza Vinayak Sharma (IND,79) bt Patrk Brydolf (SWE,71) 64 62
[R1] Sudarwa Sitaram (IND,86) l Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA,54) 36 46
[R2] Kaza Vinayak Sharma (IND,79) vs Justin Eleveld (NED,46)
Doubles
[R1] Ronak Manuja (IND)/ Kaza Vinayak Sharma (IND) l Luke Saville (AUS)/ Jack Schipanski (AUS) 67(1) 06
[R1] (1) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Liang-Chi Huang (TPE) bt Gabriel Dias (BRA)/ German Sanchez Delfin (MEX) 75 63
[R1] Toni Androic (CRO)/ Sudarwa Sitaram (IND) l (7) Francis Casey Alcantara (PHI)/ Cheng-Peng Hsieh (TPE) 36 46
[R2] (1) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Liang-Chi Huang (TPE) vs Marco Bortolotti (ITA)/ Vladzimir Kruk (BLR)
Junior Girls' Singles
[R1] Kyra shroff (IND,87) l Monika Tumova (CZE,53) 06 36
Doubles
[R1] Eugenie Bouchard (CAN)/ Kyra Shroff (IND) bt Ema Burgic (BIH)/ Chanel Simmonds (RSA) 61 Retd.
[R1] Tanvi Shah (IND)/ Rashmi Teltumbde (IND) l Ester Goldfeld (USA)/ Hannah James (GBR) 46 67(5)
[R2] Eugenie Bouchard (CAN)/ Kyra Shroff (IND) vs (6) Christina McHale (USA)/ Ajla Tomljanovic (CRO)
Solid wins by Lee and Mahesh with their respective partners to moved into quarter-fionals of AO ... Mahesh and Mark showed their experience while beating singles specialist ... But Lee and Lukas had tricky match against local pair, they won tight second set to broke Kerr's serve in 12th game where crowd was against them.
In Junior, Kaza Vinayak Sharma scored upset win over higher ranked Swedish boy ... In doubles top-seed Yuki with Liang-Chi Huang had winning start ... Kyra and her Canadian partner also won when their opponents conceded match after losing the first set.
At Australian Open 2009, Melbourne
[R3] (4) Leander Paes (IND)/ Lukas Dlouhy (CZE) bt Paul Hanley (AUS)/ Jordan Kerr (AUS) 62 75
[R3] (3) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Mark Knowles (BAH) bt Nicolas Lapentti (ECU)/ Tommy Robredo (ESP) 63 64
[QF] (4) Leander Paes (IND)/ Lukas Dlouhy (CZE) vs Simone Bolelli (ITA)/ Andreas Seppi (ITA)
[QF] (3) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Mark Knowles (BAH) vs Feliciano Lopez (ESP)/ Fernando Verdasco (ESP)
Junior Boys' Singles
[R1] Kaza Vinayak Sharma (IND,79) bt Patrk Brydolf (SWE,71) 64 62
[R1] Sudarwa Sitaram (IND,86) l Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA,54) 36 46
[R2] Kaza Vinayak Sharma (IND,79) vs Justin Eleveld (NED,46)
Doubles
[R1] Ronak Manuja (IND)/ Kaza Vinayak Sharma (IND) l Luke Saville (AUS)/ Jack Schipanski (AUS) 67(1) 06
[R1] (1) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Liang-Chi Huang (TPE) bt Gabriel Dias (BRA)/ German Sanchez Delfin (MEX) 75 63
[R1] Toni Androic (CRO)/ Sudarwa Sitaram (IND) l (7) Francis Casey Alcantara (PHI)/ Cheng-Peng Hsieh (TPE) 36 46
[R2] (1) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Liang-Chi Huang (TPE) vs Marco Bortolotti (ITA)/ Vladzimir Kruk (BLR)
Junior Girls' Singles
[R1] Kyra shroff (IND,87) l Monika Tumova (CZE,53) 06 36
Doubles
[R1] Eugenie Bouchard (CAN)/ Kyra Shroff (IND) bt Ema Burgic (BIH)/ Chanel Simmonds (RSA) 61 Retd.
[R1] Tanvi Shah (IND)/ Rashmi Teltumbde (IND) l Ester Goldfeld (USA)/ Hannah James (GBR) 46 67(5)
[R2] Eugenie Bouchard (CAN)/ Kyra Shroff (IND) vs (6) Christina McHale (USA)/ Ajla Tomljanovic (CRO)
Solid wins by Lee and Mahesh with their respective partners to moved into quarter-fionals of AO ... Mahesh and Mark showed their experience while beating singles specialist ... But Lee and Lukas had tricky match against local pair, they won tight second set to broke Kerr's serve in 12th game where crowd was against them.
In Junior, Kaza Vinayak Sharma scored upset win over higher ranked Swedish boy ... In doubles top-seed Yuki with Liang-Chi Huang had winning start ... Kyra and her Canadian partner also won when their opponents conceded match after losing the first set.
Golf News
At Qatar Masters, Doha, Qatar - Final Standing
T16 Jeev Milkha Singh 70 72 70 67 -9 € 24485.86
T50 Jyoti Randhawa 71 70 72 73 -2 € 7545.72
Jeev kept his best performance of Qatar Masters for the last round ... He scored 5 under round to finish inside top-20 ... This good performance helped him to keep his #33 WGR.
At Qatar Masters, Doha, Qatar - Final Standing
T16 Jeev Milkha Singh 70 72 70 67 -9 € 24485.86
T50 Jyoti Randhawa 71 70 72 73 -2 € 7545.72
Jeev kept his best performance of Qatar Masters for the last round ... He scored 5 under round to finish inside top-20 ... This good performance helped him to keep his #33 WGR.
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Tennis News
At Australian Open 2009, Melbourne
[R3] Rajeev Ram (USA)/ Bobby Reynolds(USA) l (2) Bob Bryan (USA)/ Mike Bryan (USA) 36 76(5) 36
Mixed Doubles
[R1] (1) Cara Black (ZIM)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER)/ Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) 64 46 10(7)
[R2] Sania Mirza (IND)/ Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) bt Anastasia Rodionova (AUS)/ Stephen Huss (AUS) 61 62
[R2] (1) Cara Black (ZIM)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs Patty Schnyder (SUI)/ Wesley Moodie (RSA)
Junior Boys' Singles
[R1] Ronak Manuja (IND,64) l Jordan Szabo (AUS,181) 67(3) 61 11-13
[R1] (1) Yuki Bhambri (IND,2) bt German Sanchez Delfin (MEX,140) 46 61 8-6
[R2] (1) Yuki Bhambri (IND,2) vs Stephen Hoh (AUS,98)
Junior Girls' Singles
[R1] Rashmi Teltumbde (IND,88) l Nicha Lertpitaksinchai (THA,142) 26 46
Very dominating performance by Sania and Mahesh against local pair to win match in 54 mins to move into quarter-finals ... They faced 7 break point chances but managed to save all of them but converted 4 break points from 7 chances they generated on Aussies serve.
Lee and Cara were facing tricky opponents in the first round ... So match was close as expected ... Lee and Cara mananged to win in super tie-break in 1 hr 25 mins ... In this match Lee/ Cara converted 3 break points from 6 chances and Zimo/ Groenefeld pair converted 3 from 5 chances.
Ronak Manuja had great opportunity to score his first victory at Junior grandslam ... After losing first set in tie-break he tried almost everything but he was unlucky to lose match in 2 hrs 54 mins ... Ronak won more points than his Aussie opponents, 145 pts to 141 pts ... He converted 4 break point chances from 10, other hand his Aussie opponent converted 3 from 9 break point chances ... Their third marathon set was going for 103 mins.
Yuki had suprisingly tough match, which he won in 2 hrs ... Sanchez Delfin converted 4 break-points from 5 chances, other hand Yuki converted 6 from 9 break point chances ... Overall unsatisfying performance from top-seed, he need to improve his performance to go deep in this first grandslam of the year.
At Australian Open 2009, Melbourne
[R3] Rajeev Ram (USA)/ Bobby Reynolds(USA) l (2) Bob Bryan (USA)/ Mike Bryan (USA) 36 76(5) 36
Mixed Doubles
[R1] (1) Cara Black (ZIM)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER)/ Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) 64 46 10(7)
[R2] Sania Mirza (IND)/ Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) bt Anastasia Rodionova (AUS)/ Stephen Huss (AUS) 61 62
[R2] (1) Cara Black (ZIM)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs Patty Schnyder (SUI)/ Wesley Moodie (RSA)
Junior Boys' Singles
[R1] Ronak Manuja (IND,64) l Jordan Szabo (AUS,181) 67(3) 61 11-13
[R1] (1) Yuki Bhambri (IND,2) bt German Sanchez Delfin (MEX,140) 46 61 8-6
[R2] (1) Yuki Bhambri (IND,2) vs Stephen Hoh (AUS,98)
Junior Girls' Singles
[R1] Rashmi Teltumbde (IND,88) l Nicha Lertpitaksinchai (THA,142) 26 46
Very dominating performance by Sania and Mahesh against local pair to win match in 54 mins to move into quarter-finals ... They faced 7 break point chances but managed to save all of them but converted 4 break points from 7 chances they generated on Aussies serve.
Lee and Cara were facing tricky opponents in the first round ... So match was close as expected ... Lee and Cara mananged to win in super tie-break in 1 hr 25 mins ... In this match Lee/ Cara converted 3 break points from 6 chances and Zimo/ Groenefeld pair converted 3 from 5 chances.
Ronak Manuja had great opportunity to score his first victory at Junior grandslam ... After losing first set in tie-break he tried almost everything but he was unlucky to lose match in 2 hrs 54 mins ... Ronak won more points than his Aussie opponents, 145 pts to 141 pts ... He converted 4 break point chances from 10, other hand his Aussie opponent converted 3 from 9 break point chances ... Their third marathon set was going for 103 mins.
Yuki had suprisingly tough match, which he won in 2 hrs ... Sanchez Delfin converted 4 break-points from 5 chances, other hand Yuki converted 6 from 9 break point chances ... Overall unsatisfying performance from top-seed, he need to improve his performance to go deep in this first grandslam of the year.
Saturday, January 24, 2009
Tennis News
At Australian Open 2009, Melbourne
[R2] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) l Nicolas Lapentti (ECU)/ Tommy Robredo (ESP) 46 46
[R2] (3) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Mark Knowles (BAH) bt Igor Kunitsyn (RUS)/ Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) 75 75
Mark and Mahesh moved to third round winning tight sets match in 1 hr and 32 mins ... Mark and Mahesh converted 4 break point chances from 9 ... Other hand Russians only managed to convert 2 from 8 break point chances.
Rohan and Nieminen didn't click in this match ... In the second set they were leadin 4-1 but then lose next 5 games ... In this match they had 16 unforced errrors with 2 double faults ... Rohan and Nieminen only managed to create 2 break-point chances and converted 2, but pair of Lapentti and Robredo created 5 chances and converted 3 in this match over an hour.
Also junior draw is out ... Yuki is top-seed in singles.
Junior Boys' Singles
[R1] Ronak Manuja (IND) vs Jordan Szabo (AUS)
[R1] (1) Yuki Bhambri (IND) vs German Sanchez Delfin (MEX)
[R1] Kaza Vinayak Sharma (IND) vs Patrk Brydolf (SWE)
[R1] Sudarwa Sitaram (IND) vs Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA)
Junior Girls' Singles
[R1] Rashmi Teltumbde (IND) vs Nicha Lertpitaksinchai (THA)
[R1] Kyra shroff (IND) vs Monika Tumova (CZE)
At Australian Open 2009, Melbourne
[R2] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) l Nicolas Lapentti (ECU)/ Tommy Robredo (ESP) 46 46
[R2] (3) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Mark Knowles (BAH) bt Igor Kunitsyn (RUS)/ Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) 75 75
Mark and Mahesh moved to third round winning tight sets match in 1 hr and 32 mins ... Mark and Mahesh converted 4 break point chances from 9 ... Other hand Russians only managed to convert 2 from 8 break point chances.
Rohan and Nieminen didn't click in this match ... In the second set they were leadin 4-1 but then lose next 5 games ... In this match they had 16 unforced errrors with 2 double faults ... Rohan and Nieminen only managed to create 2 break-point chances and converted 2, but pair of Lapentti and Robredo created 5 chances and converted 3 in this match over an hour.
Also junior draw is out ... Yuki is top-seed in singles.
Junior Boys' Singles
[R1] Ronak Manuja (IND) vs Jordan Szabo (AUS)
[R1] (1) Yuki Bhambri (IND) vs German Sanchez Delfin (MEX)
[R1] Kaza Vinayak Sharma (IND) vs Patrk Brydolf (SWE)
[R1] Sudarwa Sitaram (IND) vs Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA)
Junior Girls' Singles
[R1] Rashmi Teltumbde (IND) vs Nicha Lertpitaksinchai (THA)
[R1] Kyra shroff (IND) vs Monika Tumova (CZE)
Friday, January 23, 2009
Football News
At I-League 2008/09 - 23rd January
JCT bt Dempo SC 2-1
Goal Scored - Baljit Singh (JCT) 1' & 16' and Antony Pareira (DSC) 89'
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Mumbai FC l Mohun Bagan 0-3
Goal Scored - Bhaichung Bhutia (MB) 73', Jose Barreto (MB) 80', Pachau Lalwampuia (MB) 90'
Very dominating performance by Mohun Bagan where their all 3 strikers scored goals ... Now they r 1 pt behind Sporting clube de Goa, but Goan team having 1 more match in their hand ... Other hand Dempo is struggling and still trying to find their missing rhythm.
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24th January
Chirag United dw East Bengal 0-0
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Mahindra United l Churchill Brothers 1-3
Goal Scored - Douhou (MU) 89' and Felix Chimaokwu (CB) 39', Odafa Okolie (CB) 63' & 82'
Churchill was leading match at half time with goal scored from Felix Chimaokwu feeded by Odafa ... Odafa scored 2 more goals for Churchill in the second half to secured full points from this game.
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25th January
Air-India dw Mohammedan Sporting 1-1
Goal Scored - Subhash Singh (AI) 19' and Eugene Gray (MS) 61'
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Sporting Clube De Goa l Vasco SC 0-1
Goal Scored - Lester Fernandes (VSC) 67'
Vasco scored huge upset with win over leader Sporting Clube De Goa ... And this loss of league leader wide open I-League 2008/09 season.
At I-League 2008/09 - 23rd January
JCT bt Dempo SC 2-1
Goal Scored - Baljit Singh (JCT) 1' & 16' and Antony Pareira (DSC) 89'
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Mumbai FC l Mohun Bagan 0-3
Goal Scored - Bhaichung Bhutia (MB) 73', Jose Barreto (MB) 80', Pachau Lalwampuia (MB) 90'
Very dominating performance by Mohun Bagan where their all 3 strikers scored goals ... Now they r 1 pt behind Sporting clube de Goa, but Goan team having 1 more match in their hand ... Other hand Dempo is struggling and still trying to find their missing rhythm.
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24th January
Chirag United dw East Bengal 0-0
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Mahindra United l Churchill Brothers 1-3
Goal Scored - Douhou (MU) 89' and Felix Chimaokwu (CB) 39', Odafa Okolie (CB) 63' & 82'
Churchill was leading match at half time with goal scored from Felix Chimaokwu feeded by Odafa ... Odafa scored 2 more goals for Churchill in the second half to secured full points from this game.
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25th January
Air-India dw Mohammedan Sporting 1-1
Goal Scored - Subhash Singh (AI) 19' and Eugene Gray (MS) 61'
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Sporting Clube De Goa l Vasco SC 0-1
Goal Scored - Lester Fernandes (VSC) 67'
Vasco scored huge upset with win over leader Sporting Clube De Goa ... And this loss of league leader wide open I-League 2008/09 season.
Squash News
At $25K Harrow Greenwich Open 2009, Greenwich, USA
[R1] (Q) Joshna Chinappa (IND,37) l (6) Samantha Teran (MEX,16) 6-11 11-6 10-12 8-11
Joshna produced healthy fight against top-20 Mexican but could,'t produce upset.
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Hockey News
4 Matches Test Series, Argentina
22nd January
India bt Argentina 2-4
Goal scored - Bharat Chikara (IND) 6', Sandeep Singh (IND) 35' PC and Matias Vila (ARG) 31', Juan Gilardi (ARG) 37', Facundo Callioni (ARG) 39', Matias Paredes (ARG) 58'
And we lost final match 2-4 becoz of usual poor defending and a profligate forward line let down us ... At half time we were leading 2-1 and then in second half conceded 3 goals to draw the four-match series ... Disappointing end of series which we were dominating in the start ... Still no improvement in our team's performance .. Still silly defending blunders ... Sandeep Singh's selection again under clouds due to his poor defending and as penalty corner specialist his performance in this series wasn't justifiable for the selection.
At $25K Harrow Greenwich Open 2009, Greenwich, USA
[R1] (Q) Joshna Chinappa (IND,37) l (6) Samantha Teran (MEX,16) 6-11 11-6 10-12 8-11
Joshna produced healthy fight against top-20 Mexican but could,'t produce upset.
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Hockey News
4 Matches Test Series, Argentina
22nd January
India bt Argentina 2-4
Goal scored - Bharat Chikara (IND) 6', Sandeep Singh (IND) 35' PC and Matias Vila (ARG) 31', Juan Gilardi (ARG) 37', Facundo Callioni (ARG) 39', Matias Paredes (ARG) 58'
And we lost final match 2-4 becoz of usual poor defending and a profligate forward line let down us ... At half time we were leading 2-1 and then in second half conceded 3 goals to draw the four-match series ... Disappointing end of series which we were dominating in the start ... Still no improvement in our team's performance .. Still silly defending blunders ... Sandeep Singh's selection again under clouds due to his poor defending and as penalty corner specialist his performance in this series wasn't justifiable for the selection.
Tennis News
At Australian Open 2009, Melbourne
[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) bt Marcel Granollers (ESP)/ Santiago Ventura (ESP) 36 64 61
[R1] Rajeev Ram (USA)/ Bobby Reynolds(USA) bt Dusan Vemic(SRB)/ Lovro Zovko(CRO) 46 64 62
[R2] Rajeev Ram (USA)/ Bobby Reynolds(USA) bt (15) Travis Parrot(USA)/ Filip Polasek(SVK) 76(5) 46 64
[R2] (4) Leander Paes (IND)/ Lukas Dlouhy (CZE) bt Fabio Fognini (ITA)/ Ivan Ljubicic (CRO) 63 64
[R1] Sania Mirza (IND)/ Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) bt (6) Kveta Peschke (CZE)/ Pavel Vizner (CZE) 62 64
[R2] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) vs Nicolas Lapentti (ECU)/ Tommy Robredo (ESP)
[R2] Sania Mirza (IND)/ Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) vs Anastasia Rodionova (AUS)/ Stephen Huss (AUS)
Winning start for Bops and Nieminen in AO doubles ... They faced only 1 break-point in this match on their serve and their Spanish opponent converted that to win the first set ... But then it was service dominated match for Bops and Nieminen, who had 8 break-point chances and they converted 3 to win this match in 1 hr 13 mins.
Lee and Lukas moved into 3rd round with straight sets victory ... In 2nd round match, Lee and Lukas started positively breaking opponent's serve twice in 5th and 9th game to won first set in 26 mins ... In second set they had few break point opportunities but they managed to convert it in only 10th game to won this match.
Mahesh and Sania scored exciting win over 6th seed Czech pair in 1 hr and 8 minutes ... Their service were broken 3 times in the match but they broke Czech pair's serve 6 times in 7 break-point chances they received ... In second round they r facing Aussie pair.
Rajeev is also performing well with his doubles partner, they r in the third round with 2 good wins and mostly will play Bryans.
At Australian Open 2009, Melbourne
[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) bt Marcel Granollers (ESP)/ Santiago Ventura (ESP) 36 64 61
[R1] Rajeev Ram (USA)/ Bobby Reynolds(USA) bt Dusan Vemic(SRB)/ Lovro Zovko(CRO) 46 64 62
[R2] Rajeev Ram (USA)/ Bobby Reynolds(USA) bt (15) Travis Parrot(USA)/ Filip Polasek(SVK) 76(5) 46 64
[R2] (4) Leander Paes (IND)/ Lukas Dlouhy (CZE) bt Fabio Fognini (ITA)/ Ivan Ljubicic (CRO) 63 64
[R1] Sania Mirza (IND)/ Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) bt (6) Kveta Peschke (CZE)/ Pavel Vizner (CZE) 62 64
[R2] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) vs Nicolas Lapentti (ECU)/ Tommy Robredo (ESP)
[R2] Sania Mirza (IND)/ Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) vs Anastasia Rodionova (AUS)/ Stephen Huss (AUS)
Winning start for Bops and Nieminen in AO doubles ... They faced only 1 break-point in this match on their serve and their Spanish opponent converted that to win the first set ... But then it was service dominated match for Bops and Nieminen, who had 8 break-point chances and they converted 3 to win this match in 1 hr 13 mins.
Lee and Lukas moved into 3rd round with straight sets victory ... In 2nd round match, Lee and Lukas started positively breaking opponent's serve twice in 5th and 9th game to won first set in 26 mins ... In second set they had few break point opportunities but they managed to convert it in only 10th game to won this match.
Mahesh and Sania scored exciting win over 6th seed Czech pair in 1 hr and 8 minutes ... Their service were broken 3 times in the match but they broke Czech pair's serve 6 times in 7 break-point chances they received ... In second round they r facing Aussie pair.
Rajeev is also performing well with his doubles partner, they r in the third round with 2 good wins and mostly will play Bryans.
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Squash News
At $25K Harrow Greenwich Open 2009, Greenwich, USA
[Q1] Joshna Chinappa (IND,37) bt Alexandra Norman (ENG,68) 8-11 13-11 11-9 19-21 11-6
[Q2] Joshna Chinappa (IND,37) bt Aisling Blake (IRL,32) 12-10 5-11 11-7 11-8
[R1] (Q) Joshna Chinappa (IND,37) vs (6) Samantha teran (MEX,16)
Joshna playing at Greenwich, USA in $25K event ... In the first qualifying round she needed her all experience to pulled off victory against Englishwoman in marathon match ... But in the final qualifying match she scored good win against similar ranked player ... Now in the first round she is facing Mexican WR #16.
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At $117 Tournament of Champions, New York, USA
[Q1] Saurav Ghosal (IND,36) l Yaseer El Halaby (EGY,53) 11-8 8-11 11-6 9-11 4-11 (61m)
Saurav tried to qualify for big tournament but lost in the first qualifying round against lower rank Egyptian ... Saurav was leading 2-1 but lost next 2 games in this an hour long match.
At $25K Harrow Greenwich Open 2009, Greenwich, USA
[Q1] Joshna Chinappa (IND,37) bt Alexandra Norman (ENG,68) 8-11 13-11 11-9 19-21 11-6
[Q2] Joshna Chinappa (IND,37) bt Aisling Blake (IRL,32) 12-10 5-11 11-7 11-8
[R1] (Q) Joshna Chinappa (IND,37) vs (6) Samantha teran (MEX,16)
Joshna playing at Greenwich, USA in $25K event ... In the first qualifying round she needed her all experience to pulled off victory against Englishwoman in marathon match ... But in the final qualifying match she scored good win against similar ranked player ... Now in the first round she is facing Mexican WR #16.
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At $117 Tournament of Champions, New York, USA
[Q1] Saurav Ghosal (IND,36) l Yaseer El Halaby (EGY,53) 11-8 8-11 11-6 9-11 4-11 (61m)
Saurav tried to qualify for big tournament but lost in the first qualifying round against lower rank Egyptian ... Saurav was leading 2-1 but lost next 2 games in this an hour long match.
Hockey News
4 Matches Test Series, Argentina
20th January
India bt Argentina 0-2
Goal scored - Matias Paredes (ARG) 6', Lucas Vila 32' PC
Argentina scored their first victory of this series ... Indian started well but our forward line missed many scoring opportunities ... Other hand Argentine players take full advantage of our defensive mistakes to score victory to bring series on 2-1.
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Badminton News
After 2 super series tournaments new rankings r updated ... After reaching semis into Korean Super series our MXD team of Diju and Jwala first time entered into top-20 MXD team ... Chetan also reached his personal high on #13 ... Saina remain on #10 but now difference between 8th, 9th and 10th players is few hundred points.
Mens Singles
13 Chetan Anand 41640 pts
27 Arvind Bhat 32727 pts
37 Anup Sridhar 27352 pts
44 Anand Pawar 26130 pts
47 P Kashyap 25520 pts
Womens Singles
10 Saina Nehwal 51170 pts
38 Aditi Mutatkar 28400 pts
Mens Doubles
25 Rupesh Kumar/ Sanave Thomas 27866 pts
MXD
17 V Diju/ Jwala Gutta 33260 pts
4 Matches Test Series, Argentina
20th January
India bt Argentina 0-2
Goal scored - Matias Paredes (ARG) 6', Lucas Vila 32' PC
Argentina scored their first victory of this series ... Indian started well but our forward line missed many scoring opportunities ... Other hand Argentine players take full advantage of our defensive mistakes to score victory to bring series on 2-1.
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Badminton News
After 2 super series tournaments new rankings r updated ... After reaching semis into Korean Super series our MXD team of Diju and Jwala first time entered into top-20 MXD team ... Chetan also reached his personal high on #13 ... Saina remain on #10 but now difference between 8th, 9th and 10th players is few hundred points.
Mens Singles
13 Chetan Anand 41640 pts
27 Arvind Bhat 32727 pts
37 Anup Sridhar 27352 pts
44 Anand Pawar 26130 pts
47 P Kashyap 25520 pts
Womens Singles
10 Saina Nehwal 51170 pts
38 Aditi Mutatkar 28400 pts
Mens Doubles
25 Rupesh Kumar/ Sanave Thomas 27866 pts
MXD
17 V Diju/ Jwala Gutta 33260 pts
Tennis News
At Australian Open 2009, Melbourne
[R1] (3) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Mark Knowles (BAH) bt Mikhail Youzhny (RUS)/ Mischa Zverev (GER) 63 62
[R1] Sania Mirza (IND)/ Vania King (USA) l Vera Dushevina (RUS)/ Olga Savchuk (UKR) 64 16 16
[R1] (4) Leander Paes (IND)/ Lukas Dlouhy (CZE) bt Yves Allegro (SUI)/ Fabrice Santoro (FRA) 46 61 62
[R2] (3) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Mark Knowles (BAH) vs Igor Kunitsyn (RUS)/ Dmitry Tursunov (RUS)
[R2] (4) Leander Paes (IND)/ Lukas Dlouhy (CZE) vs Fabio Fognini (ITA)/ Ivan Ljubicic (CRO)
Very dominating performance by 3rd seed pair in 52 mins match, where they broke opponent's serve 5 times and lost their serve only once ... Good start for AO for Mahesh and Mark.
But Sania and Vania lost their long doubles match in 1 hr 51 mins ... In this match they broke oppoent's serve 5 times but lost their own serve 9 times ... Though last 2 sets score r one-sided but they r misleading as in both sets went for longer duration so mostly many service games went to deuce.
Lukas double faulted twice in his first service game to lose it and with that single break Allegro and Santoro won first set ... But in second set Lee and Lukas comeback strongly, they broke opponent's serve twice to won 2nd set easily ... In third set also they broke Allegro and Santoro's serve in 3rd and 7th game to win first round match against this tricky pair.
At Australian Open 2009, Melbourne
[R1] (3) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Mark Knowles (BAH) bt Mikhail Youzhny (RUS)/ Mischa Zverev (GER) 63 62
[R1] Sania Mirza (IND)/ Vania King (USA) l Vera Dushevina (RUS)/ Olga Savchuk (UKR) 64 16 16
[R1] (4) Leander Paes (IND)/ Lukas Dlouhy (CZE) bt Yves Allegro (SUI)/ Fabrice Santoro (FRA) 46 61 62
[R2] (3) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Mark Knowles (BAH) vs Igor Kunitsyn (RUS)/ Dmitry Tursunov (RUS)
[R2] (4) Leander Paes (IND)/ Lukas Dlouhy (CZE) vs Fabio Fognini (ITA)/ Ivan Ljubicic (CRO)
Very dominating performance by 3rd seed pair in 52 mins match, where they broke opponent's serve 5 times and lost their serve only once ... Good start for AO for Mahesh and Mark.
But Sania and Vania lost their long doubles match in 1 hr 51 mins ... In this match they broke oppoent's serve 5 times but lost their own serve 9 times ... Though last 2 sets score r one-sided but they r misleading as in both sets went for longer duration so mostly many service games went to deuce.
Lukas double faulted twice in his first service game to lose it and with that single break Allegro and Santoro won first set ... But in second set Lee and Lukas comeback strongly, they broke opponent's serve twice to won 2nd set easily ... In third set also they broke Allegro and Santoro's serve in 3rd and 7th game to win first round match against this tricky pair.
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Tennis News
At Australian Open 2009, Melbourne
Mixed doubles draw is out ... Lee and Cara r top-seed and facing Zimo and his German partner in the first round ... Mahesh and Sania r in bottom draw and r facing 6th seed Czech pair ... It seems Rohan missed MXD due to his doubles lower ranking.
Mixed Doubles
[R1] (1) Cara Black (ZIM)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER)/ Nenad Zimonjic (SRB)
[R1] Sania Mirza (IND)/ Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) vs (6) Kveta Peschke (CZE)/ Pavel Vizner (CZE)
Singles
[R2] Sania Mirza (IND,107) l (10) Nadia Petrova (RUS,11) 36 26
Sania started well getting first break point on Petrova's serve on 3rd game but couldn't convert it due to excellent services from Petrova ... But Petrova immediately broke Sania in next game to win first set with this single break ... In 4th game of second set Sania had 2 break-points but again she failed to convert it ... But Petrova broke Sania's serve in 5th game on luv and in 7th game after duece ... And served couple of aces in the final 8th game to win match.
Petrova played solid game with very few errors and her serve was also working like magic for her ... First set was lot closer than score suggest and Sania's failue to convert 2 break-points in 4th game of second set gave momentum to Petrova.
It was heartening to see Sania's lethal forehands and cross-court shots with famous powerful backhand cross-court were working ... Many times she missed shot by few centimeters after controlling the points ... As usual her serve was worry, more when her first serve doesn't work then her 'hit-me-winner' second serve come into picture ... I feel she was lacking rhythm due to lack of match practice and so playing more tournaments will definitely bring her ranking in top-50, but need more improvement (defensive shots and in second serve) and consistency in her game to move inside top-25.
At Australian Open 2009, Melbourne
Mixed doubles draw is out ... Lee and Cara r top-seed and facing Zimo and his German partner in the first round ... Mahesh and Sania r in bottom draw and r facing 6th seed Czech pair ... It seems Rohan missed MXD due to his doubles lower ranking.
Mixed Doubles
[R1] (1) Cara Black (ZIM)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER)/ Nenad Zimonjic (SRB)
[R1] Sania Mirza (IND)/ Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) vs (6) Kveta Peschke (CZE)/ Pavel Vizner (CZE)
Singles
[R2] Sania Mirza (IND,107) l (10) Nadia Petrova (RUS,11) 36 26
Sania started well getting first break point on Petrova's serve on 3rd game but couldn't convert it due to excellent services from Petrova ... But Petrova immediately broke Sania in next game to win first set with this single break ... In 4th game of second set Sania had 2 break-points but again she failed to convert it ... But Petrova broke Sania's serve in 5th game on luv and in 7th game after duece ... And served couple of aces in the final 8th game to win match.
Petrova played solid game with very few errors and her serve was also working like magic for her ... First set was lot closer than score suggest and Sania's failue to convert 2 break-points in 4th game of second set gave momentum to Petrova.
It was heartening to see Sania's lethal forehands and cross-court shots with famous powerful backhand cross-court were working ... Many times she missed shot by few centimeters after controlling the points ... As usual her serve was worry, more when her first serve doesn't work then her 'hit-me-winner' second serve come into picture ... I feel she was lacking rhythm due to lack of match practice and so playing more tournaments will definitely bring her ranking in top-50, but need more improvement (defensive shots and in second serve) and consistency in her game to move inside top-25.
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