Tennis News
At $15K India F11 Futures, Pune
First Round
(1) Daniel KING-TURNER (NZL) bt N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND) 46 64 62
Vignesh PERANAMALLUR-CHANDRASEKHAR (IND) bt I-Ta CHEN (TPE) 61 57 62
(WC) Mithun MURALI (IND) bt (Q) Chin-Yu HUANG (TPE) 64 64
(WC) Karan RASTOGI (IND) bt (7) Divij SHARAN (IND) 64 62
(4) Young-Jun KIM (KOR) bt Ronak MANUJA (IND) 64 64
(Q) Vinod SRIDHAR (IND) bt Rohan GIDE (IND) 63 61
Yannick NELORD (IND) bt (WC) Akash WAGH (IND) 76(3) 62
(8) Rupesh ROY (IND) bt Vivek SHOKEEN (IND) 62 60
(6) Rohan GAJJAR (IND) bt Vikram REDDY B (IND) 64 64
Gilles DE SOUSA (FRA) bt (Q) Kaza Vinayak SHARMA (IND) 63 63
Vijayant MALIK (IND) bt (Q) Elwin ANTONY (IND) 62 62
Purav RAJA (IND) bt (3) Vishnu VARDHAN (IND) 57 76(5) 64
(5) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) bt (Q) Cheng-Peng HSIEH (TPE) 64 76(2)
Srirambalaji NARAYANASWAMY (IND) bt (WC) Sumeet SHINDE (IND) 63 62
(Q) Christopher MARQUIS (IND) bt (Q) Abhijeet TIWARI (IND) 62 64
(2) Alexander SATSCHKO (GER) bt (Q) Kamala KANNAN (IND) 61 60
Amazing start for Karan after 16 months injury break, where he had surgery on his back ... As per report he was looking fit and didn't look rusty on the court ... Rupesh hammered Vivek which shows his current good form ... Vijay Sundar Prashanth and Rounak loks impressive though they lost their matches.
Purav scored very impressive but shocking comeback victory against in form Vishnu Vardhan ... Frankly this result I wasn't expected ... Now I only wish Purav go deep in to the draw and for Vishnu this was big lost opportunity to gather more ranking points.
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At $10K India ITF Tournament, Noida
First Round
(1) Poojashree VENKATESHA (IND) bt Dipti SRIVASTAVA (IND) 61 60
Jung-Yoon SHIN (KOR) bt Chika TERASAWA (JPN) 62 60
Treta BHATTACHARYYA (IND) bt Yang PANG (CHN) 63 62
(5) Miki MIYAMURA (JPN) bt Nimisha MOHAN (IND) 60 60
(3) Kyung-Yee CHAE (KOR) bt Sophia MULSAP (THA) 62 76(3)
Natchanok SAENYAUKHOT (THA) bt Nupur KAUL (IND) 63 62
Prerna BHAMBRI (IND) bt Gopika KAPOOR (IND) 61 62
(6) Chun-Yan HE (CHN) bt Aishwarya AGRAWAL (IND) 63 76(9)
(8) Kumari-Sweta SOLANKI (IND) bt Khristina KAZIMOVA (UKR) 76(2) 64
Alena GERASIMOVA (BLR) bt Savi SEHRAWAT (IND) 60 60
Rishika SUNKARA (IND) bt Shweta RANA (IND) 62 63
(4) Sanaa BHAMBRI (IND) bt Jun-Yi ZHENG (CHN) 62 62
(7) Parul GOSWAMI (IND) bt Sowjanya BAVISETTI (IND) 64 63
Soon-Mi SEO (KOR) bt Shivika BURMAN (IND) 60 60
Ashvarya SHRIVASTAVA (IND) bt Sonya DAYAL (IND) 64 26 76(2)
Moe KAWATOKO (JPN) bt (2) Anastasia MALHOTRA (JPN) 62 62
Tuesday, October 06, 2009
Monday, October 05, 2009
Golf News
At $6M Turning Stone Resort Championship, Verona, New York - Final Standing (PGA Tour)
T7 Jeev Milkha Singh 70 72 68 64 -14 $174,600
T40 Arjun Atwal 71 69 72 69 -7 $ 21,000.00
Jeev improved on his earlier best PGA tour performance of T17 at Wyndham Championship with finishing T7 at Turning Stone Resort Championship ... I think he mostly secure his PGA 2010 card after gaining STM, i.e. Special Temporary Membership, for 2009 season.
Yesterday Jeev produced second best round of the day, -8 ... In last 4 holes he had couple of birdie chances but couldn't make it but still very good perfromance by him to finished in top 10 ... Also happy for Arjun he made cut after long time, this performance give him confidence to perform better in future.
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Tennis News
At U-16 Junior Davis Cup Finals, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
For 11th position
India bt Uzbekistan 2-0
Sai Katik NAKKIREDDI bt Abduvoris SAITMUKHAMEDOV 64 75
Saurabh SINGH bt Jakhongir JALALOV 64 46 63
Doubles not played.
We finished our outing with win over Uzbekistan to finished on 11th position ... Not great but still decent performance by our boys ... In this match also our #1 Saurabh Singh struggled to score his first win against Uzbek #2 Jalalov.
At $6M Turning Stone Resort Championship, Verona, New York - Final Standing (PGA Tour)
T7 Jeev Milkha Singh 70 72 68 64 -14 $174,600
T40 Arjun Atwal 71 69 72 69 -7 $ 21,000.00
Jeev improved on his earlier best PGA tour performance of T17 at Wyndham Championship with finishing T7 at Turning Stone Resort Championship ... I think he mostly secure his PGA 2010 card after gaining STM, i.e. Special Temporary Membership, for 2009 season.
Yesterday Jeev produced second best round of the day, -8 ... In last 4 holes he had couple of birdie chances but couldn't make it but still very good perfromance by him to finished in top 10 ... Also happy for Arjun he made cut after long time, this performance give him confidence to perform better in future.
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Tennis News
At U-16 Junior Davis Cup Finals, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
For 11th position
India bt Uzbekistan 2-0
Sai Katik NAKKIREDDI bt Abduvoris SAITMUKHAMEDOV 64 75
Saurabh SINGH bt Jakhongir JALALOV 64 46 63
Doubles not played.
We finished our outing with win over Uzbekistan to finished on 11th position ... Not great but still decent performance by our boys ... In this match also our #1 Saurabh Singh struggled to score his first win against Uzbek #2 Jalalov.
Sunday, October 04, 2009
Badminton News
At Bitburger Saarlorlux Open 2009, Sar-Lox-Lux, Luxembourg
Final
(1) Rupesh Kumar (IND)/ Sanave Thomas (IND) bt (7) Chris Adcock (ENG)/ Andrew Ellis (ENG) 17-21 22-20 24-22
Rupesh and Sanave needed to dig deep to won this match in 67 minutes ... After losing first game they were kept under pressure by British pair ... They had 2 game points but British pair saved those ... Still Rupesh and Sanave kept cool to win next 2 points to captured 2nd game ... In third game also Rupesh and Sanave started well taking early lead but British pair fought back ... Rupesh and Sanave saved couple of match points before winning this title.
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Motorsport News
At 2009 Formula 1 Suzuka Race, Japan
Adrian Sutil got 5 places penalty on starting grid with others due to ignoring yellow flag in qualifying.
In race also Force India struggled with their set of cars and completed race well below on the standing.
At Bitburger Saarlorlux Open 2009, Sar-Lox-Lux, Luxembourg
Final
(1) Rupesh Kumar (IND)/ Sanave Thomas (IND) bt (7) Chris Adcock (ENG)/ Andrew Ellis (ENG) 17-21 22-20 24-22
Rupesh and Sanave needed to dig deep to won this match in 67 minutes ... After losing first game they were kept under pressure by British pair ... They had 2 game points but British pair saved those ... Still Rupesh and Sanave kept cool to win next 2 points to captured 2nd game ... In third game also Rupesh and Sanave started well taking early lead but British pair fought back ... Rupesh and Sanave saved couple of match points before winning this title.
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Motorsport News
At 2009 Formula 1 Suzuka Race, Japan
Adrian Sutil got 5 places penalty on starting grid with others due to ignoring yellow flag in qualifying.
In race also Force India struggled with their set of cars and completed race well below on the standing.
Badminton News
At Bitburger Saarlorlux Open 2009, Sar-Lox-Lux, Luxembourg
[SF] (1) Rupesh Kumar (IND)/ Sanave Thomas (IND) bt (5) Juergen Koch (AUT)/ Peter Zauner (AUT) 21-16 21-19
[F] (1) Rupesh Kumar (IND)/ Sanave Thomas (IND) vs (7) Chris Adcock (ENG)/ Andrew Ellis (ENG)
Rupesh and Sanave kept performing as per their seedings and now they will face British pair in the final.
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Motorsport News
At 2009 Formula 1 Suzuka Race, Japan
After disappointing Singapore race where Adrian Sutil retired, at Suzuka Adrian Sutil finished on fourth in qualifying.
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Football News
At 2009 AFC Under-16 Championship Qualifiers, Abu Dhabi, UAE
India is placed in Group C with Jordan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Oman and United Arab Emirates.
Here is schedule -
- Jordan - 03 October 2009
- Turkmenistan - 05 October 2009
- Kyrgyzstan - 08 October 2009
- Oman - 10 October 2009
- United Arab Emirates - 13 October 2009
India l Jordan 1-6
Goal scored - Meldon D Silva (IND) 88' and Tamer Omar (JOR) 22', 30', 69' & 82' Laith Subhi (JOR) 67' & 74'
Our boys started on disappointing note losing first group tie against Jordan 1-6 ... As report there wer no co-ordination between the strikers, mid fielders and the defenders.
At Bitburger Saarlorlux Open 2009, Sar-Lox-Lux, Luxembourg
[SF] (1) Rupesh Kumar (IND)/ Sanave Thomas (IND) bt (5) Juergen Koch (AUT)/ Peter Zauner (AUT) 21-16 21-19
[F] (1) Rupesh Kumar (IND)/ Sanave Thomas (IND) vs (7) Chris Adcock (ENG)/ Andrew Ellis (ENG)
Rupesh and Sanave kept performing as per their seedings and now they will face British pair in the final.
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Motorsport News
At 2009 Formula 1 Suzuka Race, Japan
After disappointing Singapore race where Adrian Sutil retired, at Suzuka Adrian Sutil finished on fourth in qualifying.
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Football News
At 2009 AFC Under-16 Championship Qualifiers, Abu Dhabi, UAE
India is placed in Group C with Jordan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Oman and United Arab Emirates.
Here is schedule -
- Jordan - 03 October 2009
- Turkmenistan - 05 October 2009
- Kyrgyzstan - 08 October 2009
- Oman - 10 October 2009
- United Arab Emirates - 13 October 2009
India l Jordan 1-6
Goal scored - Meldon D Silva (IND) 88' and Tamer Omar (JOR) 22', 30', 69' & 82' Laith Subhi (JOR) 67' & 74'
Our boys started on disappointing note losing first group tie against Jordan 1-6 ... As report there wer no co-ordination between the strikers, mid fielders and the defenders.
Saturday, October 03, 2009
Tennis News
At $1.2M Japan Open Championships 2009, Tokyo
[Q1] (3) Somdev Devvarman (IND,133) l Yuichi Sugita (JPN,308) 63 57 46
Somdev struggled on these fast courts but as MithuChelu mentioned lost big opportunity of gathering points ... Here 1st qualifying round winner was getting 10 ranking points and final qualifying round winner would get 20.
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At $15K India F10 Futures, Kolkata
Final
(5) Yuki BHAMBRI (IND) bt (8) Rupesh ROY (IND) 63 76(4)
Good fighting performance by Rupesh but congratulating Yuki for his 5th futures title ... In first set Rupesh made numerous errors to lose but in second set he improved ... He matched Yuki and other hand Yuki was struggling with fitness ... At 6-5 he take medical break but managed to finish match in second set tie-break.
Top seeds Rohan and Purav won doubles title beating second seeds Divij and Vishnu 64 75.
Karan Rastogi is playing in singles at Pune futures ... He recieved wild card with Akash Wagh, Summet Shinde and Mithun Murali.
At $1.2M Japan Open Championships 2009, Tokyo
[Q1] (3) Somdev Devvarman (IND,133) l Yuichi Sugita (JPN,308) 63 57 46
Somdev struggled on these fast courts but as MithuChelu mentioned lost big opportunity of gathering points ... Here 1st qualifying round winner was getting 10 ranking points and final qualifying round winner would get 20.
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At $15K India F10 Futures, Kolkata
Final
(5) Yuki BHAMBRI (IND) bt (8) Rupesh ROY (IND) 63 76(4)
Good fighting performance by Rupesh but congratulating Yuki for his 5th futures title ... In first set Rupesh made numerous errors to lose but in second set he improved ... He matched Yuki and other hand Yuki was struggling with fitness ... At 6-5 he take medical break but managed to finish match in second set tie-break.
Top seeds Rohan and Purav won doubles title beating second seeds Divij and Vishnu 64 75.
Karan Rastogi is playing in singles at Pune futures ... He recieved wild card with Akash Wagh, Summet Shinde and Mithun Murali.
Friday, October 02, 2009
Football News
At I League 2009-10, India - Round I
Mahindra United dw Churchill Brothers 1-1
Goal Scored - Svetozar Mijin 26' (MU) and Dan Ito 33' (CB)
In first match of the season Mahindra United managed draw with title contender Churchill Brothers ... Both goals scored by their new foreign recruits.
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Mumbai FC l Dempo SC 1-3
Goal Scored - Peter Siddiqui (MFC) 78' and Beto (DSC) 21', Sunil Chhetri (DSC) 25', Climax Lawrence (DSC) 51'
Mumbai FC started their campaign on disappointing note ... Dempo dominated the match from start for easy victory.
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Pune FC dw East Bengal 0-0
Pune FC opened their account with drawing their game with 3 times champion East Bengal ... After nervous start Pune FC take control of the match but couldn't find net to score remarkable victory.
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JCT bt Shillong Lajong 5-1
Goal Scored - Baljit Sahni (JCT) 10', 24' & 70', Balwant Singh (JCT) 55' & 86' and Michael Bassey (SL) 89'
Disappointing start for young Shillong Lajong in I-League.
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Chirag United bt Mohun Bagan 3-2
Goal Scored - Edmilson (CU) 33' P, Joshimar da Silva Martins (CU) 67' & 71' and Marcos Pereira (MB) 15', Rakesh Masih (MB) 75'
Mohun Bagan's challenge fizzled out after Surkumar Singh red carded against Chirag United.
Some matches canceled due to heavy rain which will be played later.
At I League 2009-10, India - Round I
Mahindra United dw Churchill Brothers 1-1
Goal Scored - Svetozar Mijin 26' (MU) and Dan Ito 33' (CB)
In first match of the season Mahindra United managed draw with title contender Churchill Brothers ... Both goals scored by their new foreign recruits.
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Mumbai FC l Dempo SC 1-3
Goal Scored - Peter Siddiqui (MFC) 78' and Beto (DSC) 21', Sunil Chhetri (DSC) 25', Climax Lawrence (DSC) 51'
Mumbai FC started their campaign on disappointing note ... Dempo dominated the match from start for easy victory.
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Pune FC dw East Bengal 0-0
Pune FC opened their account with drawing their game with 3 times champion East Bengal ... After nervous start Pune FC take control of the match but couldn't find net to score remarkable victory.
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JCT bt Shillong Lajong 5-1
Goal Scored - Baljit Sahni (JCT) 10', 24' & 70', Balwant Singh (JCT) 55' & 86' and Michael Bassey (SL) 89'
Disappointing start for young Shillong Lajong in I-League.
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Chirag United bt Mohun Bagan 3-2
Goal Scored - Edmilson (CU) 33' P, Joshimar da Silva Martins (CU) 67' & 71' and Marcos Pereira (MB) 15', Rakesh Masih (MB) 75'
Mohun Bagan's challenge fizzled out after Surkumar Singh red carded against Chirag United.
Some matches canceled due to heavy rain which will be played later.
Badminton News
At Bitburger Saarlorlux Open 2009, Sar-Lox-Lux, Luxembourg
[QF] (11) Anand Pawar (IND,47) l (5) Eric Pang (NED,29) 10-21 21-16 6-21
[QF] (1) Rupesh Kumar (IND)/ Sanave Thomas (IND) bt (8) Robert Blair (ENG)/ Dean George (ENG) 21-13 23-21
[SF] (1) Rupesh Kumar (IND)/ Sanave Thomas (IND) vs (5) Juergen Koch (AUT)/ Peter Zauner (AUT)
Anand couldn't manage to repeat last round's performance and lost in quarters ... In doubles Rupesh and Sanave reached in semis.
At Bitburger Saarlorlux Open 2009, Sar-Lox-Lux, Luxembourg
[QF] (11) Anand Pawar (IND,47) l (5) Eric Pang (NED,29) 10-21 21-16 6-21
[QF] (1) Rupesh Kumar (IND)/ Sanave Thomas (IND) bt (8) Robert Blair (ENG)/ Dean George (ENG) 21-13 23-21
[SF] (1) Rupesh Kumar (IND)/ Sanave Thomas (IND) vs (5) Juergen Koch (AUT)/ Peter Zauner (AUT)
Anand couldn't manage to repeat last round's performance and lost in quarters ... In doubles Rupesh and Sanave reached in semis.
Tennis News
At $4.5M WTA China Open, Beijing
[Q1] (8) Sania Mirza (IND,65) l (WC) Chun-Mei Ji (CHN,580) 36 62 16
This is a terrible loss ... I don't remember when lasttime Sania lost against such lowly ranked player ... Nothing to say when Sania lost against more than 500 places below player ... Shocking!!!
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At $1.2M Japan Open Championships 2009, Tokyo
[Q1] (3) Somdev Devvarman (IND,133) vs Yuichi Sugita (JPN,308)
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At U-16 Junior Davis Cup Finals, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
9th - 12th position match
India l Poland 0-2
JAYA PRAKASH Mohit Mayur l Maciej ROMANOWICZ 36 36
SINGH Saurabh l Maciej SMOLA 46 26
Doubles not played
But we failed to finish in top 10 after losing to Poland ... Now we will face Uzbekistan for 11th position
India bt Chile 2-1
JAYA PRAKASH Mohit Mayur bt LAMA Gonzalo 64 64
SINGH Saurabh l UGARTE Benjamin 26 16
SINGH Saurabh/ NAKKIREDDI Sai Katik bt VERDUGO Pedro/ UGARTE Benjamin 76(1) 63
At last our boys scored win in the final tie ... This win will helped them to play in 9th to 12 th positions matches ... Today they r facing Poland.
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At $15K India F10 Futures, Kolkata
Semi Finals
(8) Rupesh ROY (IND) bt (1) Daniel KING-TURNER (NZL) 64 62
(5) Yuki BHAMBRI (IND) bt (2) Alexander SATSCHKO (GER) 75 36 61
Quarter Finals
(1) Daniel King-Turner (NZL) bt (7) Rohan Gajjar (IND) 75 67(0) 62
(8) Rupesh Roy (IND) bt (3) Vishnu Vardhan (IND) 64 36 62
(5) Yuki Bhambri (IND) bt (4) Young-Jun Kim (KOR) 76(2) 61
(2) Alexander Satschko (GER) bt Yannick Nelord (IND) 63 61
Yuki defeated Korean Young-Jun Kim in quarters and 2nd seed German Alexander Satschko in semis winning 3rd set easily after losing 2nd set ... But superb performance showed by Rupesh Roy ... He defeated Vishnu Vardhan in quarters and top-seed New Zealander Daniel King-Turner to enter in the final.
At $4.5M WTA China Open, Beijing
[Q1] (8) Sania Mirza (IND,65) l (WC) Chun-Mei Ji (CHN,580) 36 62 16
This is a terrible loss ... I don't remember when lasttime Sania lost against such lowly ranked player ... Nothing to say when Sania lost against more than 500 places below player ... Shocking!!!
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At $1.2M Japan Open Championships 2009, Tokyo
[Q1] (3) Somdev Devvarman (IND,133) vs Yuichi Sugita (JPN,308)
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At U-16 Junior Davis Cup Finals, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
9th - 12th position match
India l Poland 0-2
JAYA PRAKASH Mohit Mayur l Maciej ROMANOWICZ 36 36
SINGH Saurabh l Maciej SMOLA 46 26
Doubles not played
But we failed to finish in top 10 after losing to Poland ... Now we will face Uzbekistan for 11th position
India bt Chile 2-1
JAYA PRAKASH Mohit Mayur bt LAMA Gonzalo 64 64
SINGH Saurabh l UGARTE Benjamin 26 16
SINGH Saurabh/ NAKKIREDDI Sai Katik bt VERDUGO Pedro/ UGARTE Benjamin 76(1) 63
At last our boys scored win in the final tie ... This win will helped them to play in 9th to 12 th positions matches ... Today they r facing Poland.
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At $15K India F10 Futures, Kolkata
Semi Finals
(8) Rupesh ROY (IND) bt (1) Daniel KING-TURNER (NZL) 64 62
(5) Yuki BHAMBRI (IND) bt (2) Alexander SATSCHKO (GER) 75 36 61
Quarter Finals
(1) Daniel King-Turner (NZL) bt (7) Rohan Gajjar (IND) 75 67(0) 62
(8) Rupesh Roy (IND) bt (3) Vishnu Vardhan (IND) 64 36 62
(5) Yuki Bhambri (IND) bt (4) Young-Jun Kim (KOR) 76(2) 61
(2) Alexander Satschko (GER) bt Yannick Nelord (IND) 63 61
Yuki defeated Korean Young-Jun Kim in quarters and 2nd seed German Alexander Satschko in semis winning 3rd set easily after losing 2nd set ... But superb performance showed by Rupesh Roy ... He defeated Vishnu Vardhan in quarters and top-seed New Zealander Daniel King-Turner to enter in the final.
Thursday, October 01, 2009
Badminton News
At Bitburger Saarlorlux Open 2009, Sar-Lox-Lux, Luxembourg
[R1] (1) Rupesh Kumar (IND)/ Sanave Thomas (IND) bt (Q) Andreas Heinz (GER)/ Felix Schoppmann (GER) 21-12 21-18
[R3] (11) Anand Pawar (IND,47) bt (1) Chetan Anand (IND,13) 21-16 21-13
[R3] (4) Arvind Bhat (IND,22) l (14) Dmytro Zavadsky (UKR,51) 18-21 21-9 17-21
[R2] Trupti Murgunde (IND,105) l Olga Konon (POL,193) 10-21 9-21
[R2] Aparna Balan (IND)/ Shruti Kurien (IND) l (1) Helle Nielsen (DEN)/ Marie Roepke (DEN) 19-21 11-21
[R2] (1) Rupesh Kumar (IND)/ Sanave Thomas (IND) bt (Q) Mats Hukriede (GER)/ Josche Zurwonne (GER) 21-9 21-10
Really shocking loss for Trupti, who upset top-40 player in first round ... Polish player crushed her in just 24 minutes.
Anand Pawar scored his first victory over his senior partner Chetan Anand in straight games ... But Arvind Bhat lost against Ukrainean player.
At Bitburger Saarlorlux Open 2009, Sar-Lox-Lux, Luxembourg
[R1] (1) Rupesh Kumar (IND)/ Sanave Thomas (IND) bt (Q) Andreas Heinz (GER)/ Felix Schoppmann (GER) 21-12 21-18
[R3] (11) Anand Pawar (IND,47) bt (1) Chetan Anand (IND,13) 21-16 21-13
[R3] (4) Arvind Bhat (IND,22) l (14) Dmytro Zavadsky (UKR,51) 18-21 21-9 17-21
[R2] Trupti Murgunde (IND,105) l Olga Konon (POL,193) 10-21 9-21
[R2] Aparna Balan (IND)/ Shruti Kurien (IND) l (1) Helle Nielsen (DEN)/ Marie Roepke (DEN) 19-21 11-21
[R2] (1) Rupesh Kumar (IND)/ Sanave Thomas (IND) bt (Q) Mats Hukriede (GER)/ Josche Zurwonne (GER) 21-9 21-10
Really shocking loss for Trupti, who upset top-40 player in first round ... Polish player crushed her in just 24 minutes.
Anand Pawar scored his first victory over his senior partner Chetan Anand in straight games ... But Arvind Bhat lost against Ukrainean player.
Tennis News
At $947,750 Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur
[R2] (Q) Rohan Bopanna (IND,447) l (4) Fernando Gonzalez (CHI,12) 46 63 46
Gonzo won first set in 28 mins with a single break in 5th game and in this set he didn't face a single break point ... In second set Rohan broke Gonzo's serve in 4th game ... He kept pressure in remaining set to won second set with an ace in 24 minutes ... As per viewers Bops was playing some beautifully attacking tennis and lovely returning game ... He was matching Gonzo on this fast surface ... In third both players holding their serves but on 10th game Bops cracked under pressure of staying in the match ... He couldn't put a single first serve in this game and double faulted on match point to lose match in and hour and 24 minutes.
Still creditable performance by Bops against WR #12 Gonzo.
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At $4.5M WTA China Open, Beijing
[Q1] (8) Sania Mirza (IND,65) vs (WC) Chun-Mei Ji (CHN,580)
Sania is having easy first round qualifying against local wild card player.
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At U-16 Junior Davis Cup Finals, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
India l (7) USA 0-3
JAYA PRAKASH Mohit Mayur l GIRON Marcos 46 26
SINGH Saurabh l FRATANGELO Bjorn 26 16
SINGH Saurabh/ NAKKIREDDI Sai Katik l GIRON Marcos/ FRATANGELO Bjorn 57 36
Not surprised by this result but hoping at least tomorrow our players manage to score win against Chile.
At $947,750 Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur
[R2] (Q) Rohan Bopanna (IND,447) l (4) Fernando Gonzalez (CHI,12) 46 63 46
Gonzo won first set in 28 mins with a single break in 5th game and in this set he didn't face a single break point ... In second set Rohan broke Gonzo's serve in 4th game ... He kept pressure in remaining set to won second set with an ace in 24 minutes ... As per viewers Bops was playing some beautifully attacking tennis and lovely returning game ... He was matching Gonzo on this fast surface ... In third both players holding their serves but on 10th game Bops cracked under pressure of staying in the match ... He couldn't put a single first serve in this game and double faulted on match point to lose match in and hour and 24 minutes.
Still creditable performance by Bops against WR #12 Gonzo.
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At $4.5M WTA China Open, Beijing
[Q1] (8) Sania Mirza (IND,65) vs (WC) Chun-Mei Ji (CHN,580)
Sania is having easy first round qualifying against local wild card player.
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At U-16 Junior Davis Cup Finals, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
India l (7) USA 0-3
JAYA PRAKASH Mohit Mayur l GIRON Marcos 46 26
SINGH Saurabh l FRATANGELO Bjorn 26 16
SINGH Saurabh/ NAKKIREDDI Sai Katik l GIRON Marcos/ FRATANGELO Bjorn 57 36
Not surprised by this result but hoping at least tomorrow our players manage to score win against Chile.
Badminton News
At Bitburger Saarlorlux Open 2009, Sar-Lox-Lux, Luxembourg
[R1] (8) Sayali Gokhale (IND,71) l Chloe Magee (IRL,84) 18-21 14-21
[R1] Trupti Murgunde (IND,105) bt (4) Elisabeth Cann (ENG,36) 21-10 21-14
[R1] Neha Pandit (IND,85) l Karin Schnaase (GER,93) 21-23 13-21
[R2] (1) Chetan Anand (IND,13) bt Yuhan Tan (BEL,78) 21-19 21-11
[R2] (11) Anand Pawar (IND,47) bt (Q) Eli Mambwe (ZAM,UNR) 21-13 21-11
[R2] (4) Arvind Bhat (IND,22) bt Jan Frohlich (CZE,212) 21-13 21-9
[R3] (1) Chetan Anand (IND,13) vs (11) Anand Pawar (IND,47)
[R3] (4) Arvind Bhat (IND,22) vs (14) Dmytro Zavadsky (UKR,51)
[R2] Trupti Murgunde (IND,105) vs Olga Konon (POL,193)
Sayali and Neha lost their match which were winnable ... But Trupti started with bang upsetting top-40 British player in one-sided match in just 27 minutes ... Trupti simply showing last week's Czech International series win wasn't fluke.
As expected Chetan, Anand and Arvind moved to third round ... Now Chetan facing Anand in third round, interesting to see how Anand performs against Chetan with whom he never win a match before.
At Bitburger Saarlorlux Open 2009, Sar-Lox-Lux, Luxembourg
[R1] (8) Sayali Gokhale (IND,71) l Chloe Magee (IRL,84) 18-21 14-21
[R1] Trupti Murgunde (IND,105) bt (4) Elisabeth Cann (ENG,36) 21-10 21-14
[R1] Neha Pandit (IND,85) l Karin Schnaase (GER,93) 21-23 13-21
[R2] (1) Chetan Anand (IND,13) bt Yuhan Tan (BEL,78) 21-19 21-11
[R2] (11) Anand Pawar (IND,47) bt (Q) Eli Mambwe (ZAM,UNR) 21-13 21-11
[R2] (4) Arvind Bhat (IND,22) bt Jan Frohlich (CZE,212) 21-13 21-9
[R3] (1) Chetan Anand (IND,13) vs (11) Anand Pawar (IND,47)
[R3] (4) Arvind Bhat (IND,22) vs (14) Dmytro Zavadsky (UKR,51)
[R2] Trupti Murgunde (IND,105) vs Olga Konon (POL,193)
Sayali and Neha lost their match which were winnable ... But Trupti started with bang upsetting top-40 British player in one-sided match in just 27 minutes ... Trupti simply showing last week's Czech International series win wasn't fluke.
As expected Chetan, Anand and Arvind moved to third round ... Now Chetan facing Anand in third round, interesting to see how Anand performs against Chetan with whom he never win a match before.
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Badminton News
At Bitburger Saarlorlux Open 2009, Sar-Lox-Lux, Luxembourg
[R1] (1) Chetan Anand (IND,13) bt Lukas Schmidt (GER,219) 4-2 Retd
[R1] (11) Anand Pawar (IND,47) bt Emil Vind (DEN,103) 21-10 18-21 21-12
[R1] Aditya Prakash (IND,164) l (7) Carl Baxter (ENG,36) 7-21 17-21
[R1] (4) Arvind Bhat (IND,22) bt Gregory Schneider (GER,493) 21-12 21-13
[R1] (8) Sayali Gokhale (IND,71) vs Chloe Magee (IRL,84)
[R1] Trupti Murgunde (IND,105) vs (4) Elisabeth Cann (ENG,36)
[R1] Neha Pandit (IND,85) vs Karin Schnaase (GER,93)
[R1] (1) Rupesh Kumar (IND)/ Sanave Thomas (IND,) vs (Q) Andreas Heinz (GER)/ Felix Schoppmann (GER)
[R1] Aparna Balan (IND)/ Shruti Kurien (IND) bye
[R2] (1) Chetan Anand (IND,13) vs Yuhan Tan (BEL,78)
[R2] (11) Anand Pawar (IND,47) vs (Q) Eli Mambwe (ZAM,UNR)
[R2] (4) Arvind Bhat (IND,22) vs Jan Frohlich (CZE,212)
[R2] Aparna Balan (IND)/ Shruti Kurien (IND) vs (1) Helle Nielsen (DEN)/ Marie Roepke (DEN)
This week our big Indian contingent participating in Bitburger Open at Luxembourg ... Chetan Anand is defending champion in singles.
Expected start for our shuttlers in first round though surprised that Anand Pawar lost a game against below 100 Danish player.
At Bitburger Saarlorlux Open 2009, Sar-Lox-Lux, Luxembourg
[R1] (1) Chetan Anand (IND,13) bt Lukas Schmidt (GER,219) 4-2 Retd
[R1] (11) Anand Pawar (IND,47) bt Emil Vind (DEN,103) 21-10 18-21 21-12
[R1] Aditya Prakash (IND,164) l (7) Carl Baxter (ENG,36) 7-21 17-21
[R1] (4) Arvind Bhat (IND,22) bt Gregory Schneider (GER,493) 21-12 21-13
[R1] (8) Sayali Gokhale (IND,71) vs Chloe Magee (IRL,84)
[R1] Trupti Murgunde (IND,105) vs (4) Elisabeth Cann (ENG,36)
[R1] Neha Pandit (IND,85) vs Karin Schnaase (GER,93)
[R1] (1) Rupesh Kumar (IND)/ Sanave Thomas (IND,) vs (Q) Andreas Heinz (GER)/ Felix Schoppmann (GER)
[R1] Aparna Balan (IND)/ Shruti Kurien (IND) bye
[R2] (1) Chetan Anand (IND,13) vs Yuhan Tan (BEL,78)
[R2] (11) Anand Pawar (IND,47) vs (Q) Eli Mambwe (ZAM,UNR)
[R2] (4) Arvind Bhat (IND,22) vs Jan Frohlich (CZE,212)
[R2] Aparna Balan (IND)/ Shruti Kurien (IND) vs (1) Helle Nielsen (DEN)/ Marie Roepke (DEN)
This week our big Indian contingent participating in Bitburger Open at Luxembourg ... Chetan Anand is defending champion in singles.
Expected start for our shuttlers in first round though surprised that Anand Pawar lost a game against below 100 Danish player.
Tennis News
At $947,750 Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur
Doubles
[QF] (WC) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) l Igor Kunitsyn (RUS)/ Jaroslav Levinsky (CZE) 62 67(4) (11)13
Bops and Aisam won first set easily with 3 breaks and losing their service once ... But in second set both pairs served quite well as both didn't face single break point ... But in tie-break Kunitsyn and Levinsky dominated to won second set ... In super tie-break Bops and Aisam had early lead with couple of mini-breaks but Kunitsyn and Levinsky fought back from 7-4 and bring back on serve at 7-6 ... Our pair had couple of match points at 9-7 but Kunitsyn and Levinsky won next 3 points to make it 9-10 ... This time our pair saved 1st match point but again Kunitsyn and Levinsky take mini-break to created 2nd match point, 10-11 ... Again our pair take mini-break to make it 11-all but again Kunitsyn and Levinsky hold to gave themselves 3rd match point ... And they won this breaking our pair's serve on match point.
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At U-16 Junior Davis Cup Finals, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
We r in Group D with 2nd seed Czech Republic, 7th seed USA and Chile .. We started with loss against 2nd seed.
India l (2) Czech Republic 0-3
JAYA PRAKASH Mohit Mayur l VESELY Jiri 26 36
SINGH Saurabh l RUMLER Robert 26 36
SINGH Saurabh /NAKKIREDDI Sai Katik l VRNAK Lukas/VESELY Jiri 36 46
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At $15K India F10 Futures, Kolkata
Second Round
(1) Daniel KING-TURNER (NZL) bt N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND) 60 26 63
(7) Rohan GAJJAR (IND) bt Mithun MURALI (IND) 62 67(4) 64
(3) Vishnu VARDHAN (IND) bt Vijayant MALIK (IND) 63 64
(8) Rupesh ROY (IND) bt Vignesh PERANAMALLUR-CHANDRASEKHAR (IND) 46 63 62
(5) Yuki BHAMBRI (IND) bt Chin-Yu HUANG (TPE) 64 61
(4) Young-Jun KIM (KOR) bt Karunuday SINGH (IND) 61 63
Yannick NELORD (IND) bt Christopher MARQUIS (IND) 63 64
(2) Alexander SATSCHKO (GER) bt Abhijeet TIWARI (IND) 62 62
Expected results though our some players produced good fight against their higher ranked opponents ... But now in quarters real test for our players ... Yuki is facing Kim who won 2 out of 3 futures in India last month.
At $947,750 Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur
Doubles
[QF] (WC) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) l Igor Kunitsyn (RUS)/ Jaroslav Levinsky (CZE) 62 67(4) (11)13
Bops and Aisam won first set easily with 3 breaks and losing their service once ... But in second set both pairs served quite well as both didn't face single break point ... But in tie-break Kunitsyn and Levinsky dominated to won second set ... In super tie-break Bops and Aisam had early lead with couple of mini-breaks but Kunitsyn and Levinsky fought back from 7-4 and bring back on serve at 7-6 ... Our pair had couple of match points at 9-7 but Kunitsyn and Levinsky won next 3 points to make it 9-10 ... This time our pair saved 1st match point but again Kunitsyn and Levinsky take mini-break to created 2nd match point, 10-11 ... Again our pair take mini-break to make it 11-all but again Kunitsyn and Levinsky hold to gave themselves 3rd match point ... And they won this breaking our pair's serve on match point.
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At U-16 Junior Davis Cup Finals, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
We r in Group D with 2nd seed Czech Republic, 7th seed USA and Chile .. We started with loss against 2nd seed.
India l (2) Czech Republic 0-3
JAYA PRAKASH Mohit Mayur l VESELY Jiri 26 36
SINGH Saurabh l RUMLER Robert 26 36
SINGH Saurabh /NAKKIREDDI Sai Katik l VRNAK Lukas/VESELY Jiri 36 46
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At $15K India F10 Futures, Kolkata
Second Round
(1) Daniel KING-TURNER (NZL) bt N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND) 60 26 63
(7) Rohan GAJJAR (IND) bt Mithun MURALI (IND) 62 67(4) 64
(3) Vishnu VARDHAN (IND) bt Vijayant MALIK (IND) 63 64
(8) Rupesh ROY (IND) bt Vignesh PERANAMALLUR-CHANDRASEKHAR (IND) 46 63 62
(5) Yuki BHAMBRI (IND) bt Chin-Yu HUANG (TPE) 64 61
(4) Young-Jun KIM (KOR) bt Karunuday SINGH (IND) 61 63
Yannick NELORD (IND) bt Christopher MARQUIS (IND) 63 64
(2) Alexander SATSCHKO (GER) bt Abhijeet TIWARI (IND) 62 62
Expected results though our some players produced good fight against their higher ranked opponents ... But now in quarters real test for our players ... Yuki is facing Kim who won 2 out of 3 futures in India last month.
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Tennis News
At $947,750 Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur
[R1] (Q) Rohan Bopanna (IND,447) bt Jose Acasuso (ARG,50) 46 63 64
[R2] (Q) Rohan Bopanna (IND,447) vs (4) Fernando Gonzalez (CHI,12)
In first set Jose Acasuso broke Rohan's service twice and Rohan managed to break Acasuso's serve once ... After losing first set in second set Rohan played almost perect service games without giving single break point ... Other hand he had 4 break point chances and converted break point in 4th game to take crucial break, which helped him to won second set to make it 1 set all ... In third set Rohan saved break point in 4th game ... And take very crucial break in 9th game after Jose Acasuso committed double fault on break point ... While serving for the match Rohan won game @ 15 to scored win in 1 hour 55minutes ... In this match Rohan had 14 aces and 4 double faults, other hand Jose Acasuso had 5 aces and 5 double faults.
This is huge win considering Jose Acasuso's current good form on hard courts ... In 2009 US hard court season Acasuso had consistent results like he reached semi-final at New Heaven and also reached third round at US Open.
Next Bops is facing 4th seed and WR #12 Fernando Gonzalez ... We don't know Bops is capable of doing anything with his form on that day ... ;-)
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At $608.5K PTT Thailand Open, Bangkok
[R1] (WC) Somdev Devvarman (IND,133) l Ernests Gulbis (LAT,101) 67(7) 26
Somdev started positively breaking big server Ernests Gulbis's serve in 2nd game converting 4th break point ... After that Gulbis didn't give any break point opportunity to Somi in this set but he broke Somi in 7th game to bring back set on serve ... In tie-break both traded mini breaks and Somi had set point but Gulbis take crucial mini-break to won tight first set ... After winning first set it was one-way traffic to Gulbis, who broke Somi's serve twice to registered win in 1 hour 36 minutes.
I would say lost opportunities for Somi, who had chances but couldn't delivered it to convert it ... Somtime I feel in these condition playing qualifying can give some advantage as player get used to court condition and importantly having chance of grabbing 12 ranking points for qualifying in main draw.
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At $15K India F10 Futures, Kolkata
First Round
(1) Daniel KING-TURNER (NZL) bt Srirambalaji NARAYANASWAMY (IND) 62 60
N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND) bt Vikas CHAUHAN (IND) 62 62
Mithun MURALI (IND) bt Chandril SOOD (IND) 60 62
(7) Rohan GAJJAR (IND) bt Sudanwa SITARAM (IND) 61 62
(3) Vishnu VARDHAN (IND) bt Vivek SHOKEEN (IND) 36 63 60
Vijayant MALIK (IND) bt Ajai SELVARAJ (IND) 61 62
Vignesh PERANAMALLUR-CHANDRASEKHAR (IND) bt I-Ta CHEN (TPE) 76(2) 61
(8) Rupesh ROY (IND) bt Purav RAJA (IND) 61 76(2)
(5) Yuki BHAMBRI (IND) bt Rohan GIDE (IND) 61 63
Chin-Yu HUANG (TPE) bt Ronak MANUJA (IND) 63 75
Karunuday SINGH (IND) bt Lakshit SOOD (IND) 62 62
(4) Young-Jun KIM (KOR) bt Elwin ANTONY (IND) 62 61
Yannick NELORD (IND) bt (6) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) 57 61 62
Christopher MARQUIS (IND) bt Saurav SUKUL (IND) 63 62
Abhijeet TIWARI (IND) bt Krishananth BALAKRISHNAN (AUS) 26 2-2 Retd
(2) Alexander SATSCHKO (GER) bt Vikram REDDY B (IND) 63 62
At $947,750 Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur
[R1] (Q) Rohan Bopanna (IND,447) bt Jose Acasuso (ARG,50) 46 63 64
[R2] (Q) Rohan Bopanna (IND,447) vs (4) Fernando Gonzalez (CHI,12)
In first set Jose Acasuso broke Rohan's service twice and Rohan managed to break Acasuso's serve once ... After losing first set in second set Rohan played almost perect service games without giving single break point ... Other hand he had 4 break point chances and converted break point in 4th game to take crucial break, which helped him to won second set to make it 1 set all ... In third set Rohan saved break point in 4th game ... And take very crucial break in 9th game after Jose Acasuso committed double fault on break point ... While serving for the match Rohan won game @ 15 to scored win in 1 hour 55minutes ... In this match Rohan had 14 aces and 4 double faults, other hand Jose Acasuso had 5 aces and 5 double faults.
This is huge win considering Jose Acasuso's current good form on hard courts ... In 2009 US hard court season Acasuso had consistent results like he reached semi-final at New Heaven and also reached third round at US Open.
Next Bops is facing 4th seed and WR #12 Fernando Gonzalez ... We don't know Bops is capable of doing anything with his form on that day ... ;-)
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At $608.5K PTT Thailand Open, Bangkok
[R1] (WC) Somdev Devvarman (IND,133) l Ernests Gulbis (LAT,101) 67(7) 26
Somdev started positively breaking big server Ernests Gulbis's serve in 2nd game converting 4th break point ... After that Gulbis didn't give any break point opportunity to Somi in this set but he broke Somi in 7th game to bring back set on serve ... In tie-break both traded mini breaks and Somi had set point but Gulbis take crucial mini-break to won tight first set ... After winning first set it was one-way traffic to Gulbis, who broke Somi's serve twice to registered win in 1 hour 36 minutes.
I would say lost opportunities for Somi, who had chances but couldn't delivered it to convert it ... Somtime I feel in these condition playing qualifying can give some advantage as player get used to court condition and importantly having chance of grabbing 12 ranking points for qualifying in main draw.
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At $15K India F10 Futures, Kolkata
First Round
(1) Daniel KING-TURNER (NZL) bt Srirambalaji NARAYANASWAMY (IND) 62 60
N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND) bt Vikas CHAUHAN (IND) 62 62
Mithun MURALI (IND) bt Chandril SOOD (IND) 60 62
(7) Rohan GAJJAR (IND) bt Sudanwa SITARAM (IND) 61 62
(3) Vishnu VARDHAN (IND) bt Vivek SHOKEEN (IND) 36 63 60
Vijayant MALIK (IND) bt Ajai SELVARAJ (IND) 61 62
Vignesh PERANAMALLUR-CHANDRASEKHAR (IND) bt I-Ta CHEN (TPE) 76(2) 61
(8) Rupesh ROY (IND) bt Purav RAJA (IND) 61 76(2)
(5) Yuki BHAMBRI (IND) bt Rohan GIDE (IND) 61 63
Chin-Yu HUANG (TPE) bt Ronak MANUJA (IND) 63 75
Karunuday SINGH (IND) bt Lakshit SOOD (IND) 62 62
(4) Young-Jun KIM (KOR) bt Elwin ANTONY (IND) 62 61
Yannick NELORD (IND) bt (6) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) 57 61 62
Christopher MARQUIS (IND) bt Saurav SUKUL (IND) 63 62
Abhijeet TIWARI (IND) bt Krishananth BALAKRISHNAN (AUS) 26 2-2 Retd
(2) Alexander SATSCHKO (GER) bt Vikram REDDY B (IND) 63 62
Monday, September 28, 2009
Tennis News
At $2M Toray Pan Pacific open, Tokyo, Japan
[R1] (Q) Sania Mirza (IND,65) l Jie Zheng (CHN,28) 75 26 36
Sania started with breaking Zheng's serve but Zheng immediately broken Sania's serve in next game to make it 1-all ... Sania again broke Zheng's serve in 7th game and hold her serve in 8th game to lead 5-3 ... But Zheng again broke Sania's serve in 10th game after holding her serve to make it 5-all ... Sania take important break in 11th game and hold her serve after saving break point to won first set in 44 minutes.
In second set also Sania started breking Zheng's serve but again Zheng broke Sania's serve to make it 1-all ... From here Zheng take control of the match, she again broke Sania's serve in 4th and 6th game to take 1-5 lead ... Sania broke her in next game but Zheng broke her back to won second set 2-6 ... In third set first break came into 5th game when Sania broke Zheng's serve to lead 3-2 but from here Zheng won next 4 game to won match in 2 hours 5 minutes ... In 7th game Sania had couple of break point chances which she didn't manage to convert it.
Sania had chances in this match but from second set Zheng take returning game to next level where Sania managed winning only 25% point on her first serve, which had high percentage of 62%.
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At $947,750 Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur
[R1] (Q) Rohan Bopanna (IND,452) vs Jose Acasuso (ARG,50)
Doubles
[R1] (WC) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) bt (4) Simon Aspelin (SWE)/ Paul Hanley (AUS) 63 64
Terrific start for pairing of Aisam and Rohan who scored upset win over 4th seed pair ... I always feel they have ability to become great pair, reason is whenever they play together they always show their high potential as a pair.
At $2M Toray Pan Pacific open, Tokyo, Japan
[R1] (Q) Sania Mirza (IND,65) l Jie Zheng (CHN,28) 75 26 36
Sania started with breaking Zheng's serve but Zheng immediately broken Sania's serve in next game to make it 1-all ... Sania again broke Zheng's serve in 7th game and hold her serve in 8th game to lead 5-3 ... But Zheng again broke Sania's serve in 10th game after holding her serve to make it 5-all ... Sania take important break in 11th game and hold her serve after saving break point to won first set in 44 minutes.
In second set also Sania started breking Zheng's serve but again Zheng broke Sania's serve to make it 1-all ... From here Zheng take control of the match, she again broke Sania's serve in 4th and 6th game to take 1-5 lead ... Sania broke her in next game but Zheng broke her back to won second set 2-6 ... In third set first break came into 5th game when Sania broke Zheng's serve to lead 3-2 but from here Zheng won next 4 game to won match in 2 hours 5 minutes ... In 7th game Sania had couple of break point chances which she didn't manage to convert it.
Sania had chances in this match but from second set Zheng take returning game to next level where Sania managed winning only 25% point on her first serve, which had high percentage of 62%.
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At $947,750 Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur
[R1] (Q) Rohan Bopanna (IND,452) vs Jose Acasuso (ARG,50)
Doubles
[R1] (WC) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) bt (4) Simon Aspelin (SWE)/ Paul Hanley (AUS) 63 64
Terrific start for pairing of Aisam and Rohan who scored upset win over 4th seed pair ... I always feel they have ability to become great pair, reason is whenever they play together they always show their high potential as a pair.
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Badminton News
Yonex $5K Czech International 2009, Brno
Final
Trupti Murgunde (IND,105) bt (6) Jeanine Cicognini (SUI,82) 21-17 21-12
[SF] Trupti Murgunde (IND,105) bt Carola Bott (GER,111) 21-13 21-15
Trupti lifted title in this International series tournament ... She won her final and semi-final very easily.
After winning her semi-final in 28 mins she was against seeded Swiss opponent in the final ... In first game both players were going nect to neck ... Cicognini had small opening when she opened lead on Trupti 10-13 but Trupti fought back to winning next 3 points to 13-all ... From 17-all Trupti won next 4 points to won first game ... But second game was different story from 2-all Trupti take control of the game ... Cicognini tried to fight back from 11-5 down but Trupti didn't lose control and won final in 33 minutes.
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Archery News
At World Cup Final 2009, Copenhagen, Denmark
Bronze medal match
Jayanta Talukdar (IND) l Romain Girouille (FRA) 110-113
[SF] Jayanta Talukdar (IND) l Marco Galiazzo (ITA) 103-111
Jayanta lost both matches in Archery World cup final at Copenhagen ... With that he failed to win any medal.
Yonex $5K Czech International 2009, Brno
Final
Trupti Murgunde (IND,105) bt (6) Jeanine Cicognini (SUI,82) 21-17 21-12
[SF] Trupti Murgunde (IND,105) bt Carola Bott (GER,111) 21-13 21-15
Trupti lifted title in this International series tournament ... She won her final and semi-final very easily.
After winning her semi-final in 28 mins she was against seeded Swiss opponent in the final ... In first game both players were going nect to neck ... Cicognini had small opening when she opened lead on Trupti 10-13 but Trupti fought back to winning next 3 points to 13-all ... From 17-all Trupti won next 4 points to won first game ... But second game was different story from 2-all Trupti take control of the game ... Cicognini tried to fight back from 11-5 down but Trupti didn't lose control and won final in 33 minutes.
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Archery News
At World Cup Final 2009, Copenhagen, Denmark
Bronze medal match
Jayanta Talukdar (IND) l Romain Girouille (FRA) 110-113
[SF] Jayanta Talukdar (IND) l Marco Galiazzo (ITA) 103-111
Jayanta lost both matches in Archery World cup final at Copenhagen ... With that he failed to win any medal.
Tennis News
At $947,750 Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur
[Q2] (4) Rohan Bopanna (IND,452) bt Mariusz Fyrstenberg (POL,UNR) 75 61
Doubles
[R1] (WC) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) vs (4) Simon Aspelin (SWE)/ Paul Hanley (AUS)
Rohan qualified for maindraw with straight sets win over Fyrstenberg ... Rohan saved both break points he faced but converted 3 of 9 chances on Fyrstenberg's serve in this 1 hour 9 minutes match.
Rohan is also recieved doubles wild card with Aisam and they r facing fourth seed.
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At $2M Toray Pan Pacific open, Tokyo, Japan
[R1] (Q) Sania Mirza (IND,65) vs Jie Zheng (CHN,28)
At $947,750 Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur
[Q2] (4) Rohan Bopanna (IND,452) bt Mariusz Fyrstenberg (POL,UNR) 75 61
Doubles
[R1] (WC) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) vs (4) Simon Aspelin (SWE)/ Paul Hanley (AUS)
Rohan qualified for maindraw with straight sets win over Fyrstenberg ... Rohan saved both break points he faced but converted 3 of 9 chances on Fyrstenberg's serve in this 1 hour 9 minutes match.
Rohan is also recieved doubles wild card with Aisam and they r facing fourth seed.
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At $2M Toray Pan Pacific open, Tokyo, Japan
[R1] (Q) Sania Mirza (IND,65) vs Jie Zheng (CHN,28)
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Badminton News
At $50K Russian Open Grand Prix 2009, Vladivostok
[SF] Aparna Balan (IND)/ Shruti Kurien (IND) l Valeria Sorokina (RUS)/ Nina Vislova (RUS) 15-21 9-21
Aparna and Shruti lost easily against Russian pair in semis.
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Yonex $5K Czech International 2009, Brno
[QF] Trupti Murgunde (IND,105) bt Camilla Overgaard (DEN,92) 21-10 21-15
[QF] (2) Sayali Gokhale (IND,71) l (6) Jeanine Cicognini (SUI,82) 13-21 18-21
[SF] Trupti Murgunde (IND,105) vs Carola Bott (GER,111)
Very dominating win by Trupti against Danish opponent but surprisingly Sayali lost against Swiss player in straight games.
Trupti will face German Bott, who upset top-seed local player.
At $50K Russian Open Grand Prix 2009, Vladivostok
[SF] Aparna Balan (IND)/ Shruti Kurien (IND) l Valeria Sorokina (RUS)/ Nina Vislova (RUS) 15-21 9-21
Aparna and Shruti lost easily against Russian pair in semis.
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Yonex $5K Czech International 2009, Brno
[QF] Trupti Murgunde (IND,105) bt Camilla Overgaard (DEN,92) 21-10 21-15
[QF] (2) Sayali Gokhale (IND,71) l (6) Jeanine Cicognini (SUI,82) 13-21 18-21
[SF] Trupti Murgunde (IND,105) vs Carola Bott (GER,111)
Very dominating win by Trupti against Danish opponent but surprisingly Sayali lost against Swiss player in straight games.
Trupti will face German Bott, who upset top-seed local player.
Tennis News
At $2M Toray Pan Pacific open, Tokyo, Japan
[Q2] (7) Sania Mirza (IND,65) bt (12) Viktoriya Kutuzova (UKR,87) 46 63 62
Excellent comeback victory by Sania to qualify for this big WTA premier Japan Open ... After slow start Sania picked up her game when required most and that helped her to produce this fighting win.
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At $608.5K PTT Thailand Open, Bangkok
[R1] (WC) Somdev Devvarman (IND,) vs Ernests Gulbis (LAT,101)
Somi recieved maindraw wild card for Thailand Open ... He is facing Latvian opponent ... In he wins first round then he will face top-seed Tsonga.
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At $947,750 Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur
[Q1] (4) Rohan Bopanna (IND,452) bt (WC) Kanagaraj Balakrishnan (MAS,UNR) 62 60
[Q2] (4) Rohan Bopanna (IND,452) vs Mariusz Fyrstenberg (POL,UNR)
Easy expected victory for Rohan ... Next round he is facing doubles specialist Polish player.
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At $10K ITF Womens Tournament, Dehardun, India
Final
(1) Poojashree VENKATESHA (IND) bt (6) Rushmi CHAKRAVARTHI (IND) 63 75
Poojashree won her 2nd futures title in 3 weeks ... Today she played excellent game, very solid and powerful services and matching goundstroke to Rushmi ... In final set she was up with break and Rushmi broke back to make it 4-all ... But again in 11th game Poojashree broke herself and she won final game with couple of aces.
At $2M Toray Pan Pacific open, Tokyo, Japan
[Q2] (7) Sania Mirza (IND,65) bt (12) Viktoriya Kutuzova (UKR,87) 46 63 62
Excellent comeback victory by Sania to qualify for this big WTA premier Japan Open ... After slow start Sania picked up her game when required most and that helped her to produce this fighting win.
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At $608.5K PTT Thailand Open, Bangkok
[R1] (WC) Somdev Devvarman (IND,) vs Ernests Gulbis (LAT,101)
Somi recieved maindraw wild card for Thailand Open ... He is facing Latvian opponent ... In he wins first round then he will face top-seed Tsonga.
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At $947,750 Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur
[Q1] (4) Rohan Bopanna (IND,452) bt (WC) Kanagaraj Balakrishnan (MAS,UNR) 62 60
[Q2] (4) Rohan Bopanna (IND,452) vs Mariusz Fyrstenberg (POL,UNR)
Easy expected victory for Rohan ... Next round he is facing doubles specialist Polish player.
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At $10K ITF Womens Tournament, Dehardun, India
Final
(1) Poojashree VENKATESHA (IND) bt (6) Rushmi CHAKRAVARTHI (IND) 63 75
Poojashree won her 2nd futures title in 3 weeks ... Today she played excellent game, very solid and powerful services and matching goundstroke to Rushmi ... In final set she was up with break and Rushmi broke back to make it 4-all ... But again in 11th game Poojashree broke herself and she won final game with couple of aces.
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Yonex $5K Czech International 2009, Brno
[R2] Aditya Prakash (IND,164) l (5) Jan Vondra (CZE,76) 7-21 9-21
[R2] Trupti Murgunde (IND,105) bt Karina Jorgensen (DEN,125) 21-14 21-19
[R2] (Q) Gayatri Vartak (IND,273) l Camilla Overgaard (DEN,92) 20-22 19-21
[R2] (2) Sayali Gokhale (IND,71) bt (Q) Fontaine Chapman (ENG,317) 21-13 21-13
[QF] Trupti Murgunde (IND,105) vs Camilla Overgaard (DEN,92)
[QF] (2) Sayali Gokhale (IND,71) vs (6) Jeanine Cicognini (SUI,82)
Aditya and Gayatri couldn't repeat their first round performance ... But Trupti and Sayali scored comfortable win to moved into quarters.
Yonex $5K Czech International 2009, Brno
[R2] Aditya Prakash (IND,164) l (5) Jan Vondra (CZE,76) 7-21 9-21
[R2] Trupti Murgunde (IND,105) bt Karina Jorgensen (DEN,125) 21-14 21-19
[R2] (Q) Gayatri Vartak (IND,273) l Camilla Overgaard (DEN,92) 20-22 19-21
[R2] (2) Sayali Gokhale (IND,71) bt (Q) Fontaine Chapman (ENG,317) 21-13 21-13
[QF] Trupti Murgunde (IND,105) vs Camilla Overgaard (DEN,92)
[QF] (2) Sayali Gokhale (IND,71) vs (6) Jeanine Cicognini (SUI,82)
Aditya and Gayatri couldn't repeat their first round performance ... But Trupti and Sayali scored comfortable win to moved into quarters.
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