Tennis News
At $50K Charlottesville Challenger, Virginia, USA

[Q1] (WC) Sanam Singh (IND,UNR) bt (3) Ricardas Berankis (LTU,421) 62 63

[Q2] (WC) Sanam Singh (IND,UNR) vs Adam Hubble (AUS,695)

[R1] (3) Somdev Devvarman (IND,121) vs (WC) Denes Lukacs (HUN,1292)

Excellent upset win by Sanam over 2007 year-end Junior WR #1 Ricardas Berankis ... So it looks true what I heard about him, Sanam improve a lot as a player at UVA ... Next Sanam facing Australian player.
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At $100K+H Chuncheon Challenger, South Korea

[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND,232) vs (5) Kyu Tae Im (KOR, 163)

Doubles
[R1] (4) Purav Raja (IND)/ Sadik Kadir (AUS) vs Kamil Capkovik (SVK)/ Pavol Cervenak (SVK)
[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Alex Kuznetsov (USA) vs (2) Rik De Voest (RSA)/ Frederik Nielsen (DEN)

Prakash having tough first round match against local player but then last week Prakash defeated Kyu Tae Im.
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At $35K+H Eckental Challenger, Germany

[Q1] (7) Rohan Bopanna (IND,418) bt Michal Pazicky (SVK,743) 76(2) 76(3)

[Q2] (7) Rohan Bopanna (IND,418) vs Antal Van Der Duim (NED,634)

Surprisingly tougher match for Rohan, but he managed to pull in 2 tie-breaks ... Next he is facing Dutch player.

Badminton News
At $200K French Super Series 2009, Paris

[QF] (6) Diju Valiyaveetil (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) l (2) Nova Widianto (INA)/ Liliyana Natsir (INA) 21-6 20-22 10-21

[QF] (8) Saina Nehwal (IND,8) l (1) Lin Wang (CHN,3) 21-15 11-21 15-21

Saina started positively against Lin Wang taking 5-0 early lead and managed to kept 2/3 points lead through out game ... Saina won first game comfortably in just 15 mins.

But second game was different story as Lin take control from the start and Saina was trying to catch her ... Soon Lin take 10-2 lead and won second game in 14 mins.

Lin kept her momentum in third game and take early lead from 2-all ... At turn over Lin take control of the game with 11-6 lead ... Saina tried but Lin Wang was too strong showing why she was WR #1 and she finished match in her favor in 49 mins.

Diju and Jwala started strongly winning first game without losing much sweat ... They had chance in second game after leading 6-2 but Indonasian pair came back strongly to won this closely fought game ... In third game they didn't give any chance to Indian pair to win match in 42 mins.

Golf News
At €3.25M Volvo World Match Play 2009, Finca Cortesin

This week Jeev was playing a prestigious Volvo World Match play in a group of 16 golfers ... 16 golfers were divided into 4 groups ... Jeev was in group D and he needed to win his group to move to the semifinal.

GROUP D
SEED PLAYER WGR
2 Lee WESTWOOD 5
7 Camilo VILLEGAS 18
10 Ross FISHER 26
15 Jeev Milkha SINGH 54

In Match 1, Jeev defeated WR #5 Lee Westwood by 6 holes ... In this match he didn't lose single hole ... After this he needed only 1 win to qualify for semi-final but that didn't happen ... Jeev didn't found same form in remaining matches ... In Match 2, Camilo Villegas defeated Jeev by 3 holes and in Match 3, Ross Fisher defeated Jeev by 1 hole ... Unlucky Jeev if he managed to win 1 more hole then he would be in semis ... Ross Fisher qualify for semi-final from Group D with this win.

Still Jeev recieved big prize money finishing last in the group, €120,000.

Tennis News
At $125K+H Seoul Challenger, Korea

[QF] (4) Somdev Devvarman (IND,121) l Dusan Lojda (CZE,283) 46 26

Lojda defeated Somi convincingly ... After winning first set he dominated match breaking Somi's serve twice ... I m disappointed with this result as Somi lost big opportunity to garnering ranking points which can helped him to achieve his aim of breaking inside top-100 before December ... More over he was highest seeded player remaining in top draw.
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At $10K Vietnam F1 Futures, Bin Duong

[SF] (8) Yannick NELORD (IND,942) l (3) Amir WEINTRAUB (ISR,705) 46 46

Though Yannick lost against Amir in straight sets still this was good tournament where he reached in semis.

Badminton News
At $200K French Super Series 2009, Paris

[R2] (8) Saina Nehwal (IND,9) bt Pui Yin Yip (HKG,15) 21-15 21-14

[R2] (6) Diju Valiyaveetil (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) bt Dean George (ENG)/ Samantha Ward (ENG) 19-21 21-10 21-16

[R2] Rupesh Kumar (IND)/ Sanave Thomas (IND) l (3) Mathias Boe (DEN)/ Carsten Mogensen (DEN) 21-15 13-21 12-21
[R2] Jwala Gutta (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) l (5) Jin Ma (CHN)/ Xiaoli Wang (CHN) 18-21 20-22

[QF] (8) Saina Nehwal (IND,9) vs (1) Lin Wang (CHN,1)

[QF] (6) Diju Valiyaveetil (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) vs (2) Nova Widianto (INA)/ Liliyana Natsir (INA)

Saina produced very comfortable straight games victory over Hong Kong's top-15 Pui Yin Yip ... She controlled this 31 mins match from the start .. In second game Yip was with her until 11-all but then Yip managed to won only 3 points ... So in quarters Saina will mostly face Chinese WR #1 Lin Wang.

Diju and Jwala produced solid performance to win second game after losing closely fought first game ... In third game Jwala and Diju take 12-10 lead but their British opponent's take lead winning next 4 points ... After 13-15 down Jwala and Diju take control and scored win in 46 mins ... From overall score it look our pair is struggling and playing well in patches ... Next they r facing #2 Indonesian pair.

Also in doubles our both pairs produced fighting performance against their seeded opponents.

Tennis News
At $10K Vietnam F1 Futures, Bin Duong

[QF] (8) Yannick NELORD (IND,942) bt Pongsiri NIROJ (THA,1670) 62 62

[SF] (8) Yannick NELORD (IND,942) vs (3) Amir WEINTRAUB (ISR,705)

Doubles
[SF] Karunuday SINGH (IND)/ Adam JAYA (MAS) l (4) Kirati SIRIBUTWONG (THA)/ Jose STATHAM (NZL) 06 67(4)

Yannick scored comfortable win over Malaysian ... In semis he is facing 3rd seed Israeli ... In doubles Karunuday and his partner produced good fight in second set after poor first set.

Badminton News
At $200K French Super Series 2009, Paris

[R1] Rupesh Kumar (IND)/ Sanave Thomas (IND) bt (Q) Maxime Renault (FRA)/ Sylvain Ternon (FRA) 21-14 21-15
[R1] (6) Diju Valiyaveetil (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) bt Baptise Careme (FRA)/ Laura Choinet (FRA) 21-19 21-15

[R2] Rupesh Kumar (IND)/ Sanave Thomas (IND) vs (3) Mathias Boe (DEN)/ Carsten Mogensen (DEN)
[R2] Jwala Gutta (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) vs (5) Jin Ma (CHN)/ Xiaoli Wang (CHN)
[R2] (6) Diju Valiyaveetil (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) vs Dean George (ENG)/ Samantha Ward (ENG)

Winning start for our pairs in mens doubles and mixed doubles.

Badminton News
At $200K French Super Series 2009, Paris

[R1] (Q) Anup Sridhar (IND,38) l (1) Dan Lin (CHN,2) 13-21 9-21
[R1] Chetan Anand (IND,17) l (6) Joachim Persson (DEN,11) 21-15 20-22 16-21
[R1] Arvind Bhat (IND,24) l Dicky Palyama (NED,19) 14-21 19-21

[R1] (8) Saina Nehwal (IND,9) bt Juliane Schenk (GER,11) 21-18 19-21 21-13
[R1] Aditi Mutatkar (IND,55) l Anu Nieminen (FIN,49) 19-21 21-23

[R1] Akshay Dewalkar (IND)/ Jishnu Sanyal (IND) l Chris Langridge (ENG)/ Robin Middleton (ENG) 21-18 8-21 14-21
[R1] Rupesh Kumar (IND)/ Sanave Thomas (IND) vs Qualifier
[R1] Jwala Gutta (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) bt Line Damkjaer Kruse (DEN)/ Mie Schjott-Kristensen (DEN) 21-17 21-18
[R1] (6) Diju Valiyaveetil (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) vs Baptise Careme (FRA)/ Laura Choinet (FRA)

[R2] (8) Saina Nehwal (IND,9) vs Pui Yin Yip (HKG,15)

Saina was behind in the first game but she caught her German opponent from 11-17 down to leading 20-17 winning 9 points on trot ... Exactly opposite happened in second game as Saina take early lead ... But Juliane caught with her at 13-all ... Then Saina take next 2 points to lead 15-13 but again Juliane won next 5 points to lead 15-18 ... Again Saina won next 4 points to lead 19-18, this time also Juliane came back strongly winning next 3 points to captured second game ... In third game after 2-all Saina take control of the match and kept atleast 3 points lead to won this game easily at 21-13 ... Saina needed 53 minutes to win this match.

This week Saina having tough draw as in second round she is playing another top-15 Hong Long player and can face WR #1 Lin Wang in quarter.

After winning first game easily controlling from the start Chetan saved 2 game points in second game but Joachim take it on extra point ... In third game Joachim take control from 2-all and then didn't lose control over the match to won it in 45 mins ... Interestingly last week Guru defeated same Joachim Persson.

Anup lost in 27 mins against Chinese Dan Lin in one-sided match ... In first game he managed to win points in double figure but in second game Lin didn't give him that pleasure.

In first game Arvind take early 6-4 lead but Dicky won next 6 points to take control of the game ... Then he kept pressure on Arvind to won first game easily ... In second game also Dicky take initiative from 3-all ... But from 6-9 down Arvind won next 6 points to take lead but again Dicky caught him at 13-all ... From 15-all Dicky won next 4 points and converted 4th match point to won it in 34 mins.

Also good straight games win by Jwala and Ashwini against Danish pair.

Tennis News
At $663,750K St. Petersburg Open, Russia

[R1] (3) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Travis Parrott l Colin Fleming (GBR)/ Ken Skupski (GBR) 67(5) 63 (7)10

Surprising loss against British pair.
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At $125K+H Seoul Challenger, Korea

[R2] (4) Somdev Devvarman (IND,121) bt Pavol Cervanak (SVK,261) 36 63 64
[R2] Prakash Amritraj (IND,232) l (2) Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE,118) 16 36

[QF] (4) Somdev Devvarman (IND,121) vs Dusan Lojda (CZE,283)

Doubles
[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Marinko Matosevic (AUS) l (1) Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA)/ Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA) 46 46
[R1] Purav Raja (IND)/ Sadik Kadir (AUS) l Hiroki Kondo (JPN)/ Go Soeda (JPN) 57 62 (8)10

Good comeback win by Somi but surprised to see he lost first set against Cervanak ... From scoreline it looks match was close as in last 2 sets also Somi won with a single break in each set ... Next Somi is facing Czech Dusan Lojda ... Today Dusan defeated Danai Udomchoke and this was his second upset win in this challenger so he looks in good nick.

Prakash couldn't produce much fight against Lu ... In whole match he was struggling with holding his serve.
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At $10K Vietnam F1 Futures, Bin Duong

[R2] (8) Yannick NELORD (IND,942) bt Karunuday SINGH (IND,1061) 62 16 64

[QF] (8) Yannick NELORD (IND,942) vs Pongsiri NIROJ (THA,1670)

Doubles
[QF] Karunuday SINGH (IND)/ Adam JAYA (MAS) bt Thanh-Trung HOANG (VIE)/ Askold KUZNETSOV (UKR) 63 62

[SF] Karunuday SINGH (IND)/ Adam JAYA (MAS) vs (4) Kirati SIRIBUTWONG (THA)/ Jose STATHAM (NZL)

Karunuday stretched his senior partner to 3 sets and in doubles he is in semis with his Malaysian partner.

Football News
At I League 2009-10, India - Round V

Viva Kerala bt Sporting Clube de Goa 4-2

Goal Scored - Reuben Senyo (VK) 17' & 90+', Sirajudeen (VK) 31', Anish (VK) 63', and Bibiano Fernandes (SCG) 4', Michael Tayo (SCG) 86'

Viva scored their first league victory.
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Shillong Lajong FC l Mohan Bagan 1-2

Goal Scored - Aibor Khongee (SL) 52' P and Chidi Edeh (MB) 62', Marcos Pereira (MB) 65

Marcos Pereira scored excellent goal converting free kick from 30 yards to helped Bagan for away victory.
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East Bengal dw Salgaocar SC 1-1

Goal Scored - Abel Hammond (EB) 12' and Eneke Ikenwa (SSC) 89'

Salgaocar scored equalizer in dying minutes to hold East Bengal.
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Churchill Brothers dw Pune FC dw 1-1

Goal Scored - Odafe Onkeya Okolie (CB) 44' P and Edmar Figueira (PFC 76'

Pune FC managed to hold defending champion Churchill Brothers in away match.
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Mumbai FC dw Air India 2-2

Goal Scored - N.D. Opara (AI) 37' & 83' and Dane Lloyd Pereira (MFC) 70', Noel Anthony Wilson (MFC) 90' P

Mumbai FC was lucky to escape with draw ... In final minute Air India's Harpreet Singh hand-ball inside box and Mumbai FC capitalized on that mistake to score equalizer through penalty.
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JCT Phagwara l Dempo SC 1-2

Goal Scored - Baljit Singh Sahni (JCT) 72' and Joaquim Abranches (DSC) 42', Sunil Chettri (DSC) 70' P

With this away win Dempo take lead in standing.
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Mahindra United dw Chirag United SC 2-2

Goal Scored - Mohammmad Rafi (MU) 35' & 59' and Josimar Dasilwa Martins (CU) 56', Malswamtulunga (CU) 78'

Chirag United came from behind to share point in away match.

Football News

AIFF announced 2 list of players to attend the National Football camp in Goa commencing on 15th Nov.

This list is in preparation for World cup qualifiers and AFC Asian cup.

Goal Keepers
Subrata Pal (Pune FC), Subhashish Roy Choudhary (Mahindra United)

Defenders
Surukumar Singh (Mohun Bagan), Gourmangi Singh (Churchill Brothers), Anwar (Dempo SC), Mahesh Gawli (Dempo SC), Deepak Mondal (Mohun Bagan), Rakesh Masih (Mohun Bagan), N. S.Manju (Mohun Bagan), Samir Naik (Dempo SC)

Midfielders
Steven Dias (Mahindra United), Climax Lawrence (Dempo SC), N. P.Pradeep (Mahindra United), Anthony Periira (Dempo SC), Rennedy Singh (East Bengal), Mehrajuddin Wadoo (East Bengal), Syed Nabi Rahim (East Bengal), Clifford Mirinda (Dempo SC)

Forwards
Baichung Bhutia (East Bengal), Sunil Chhetri (Dempo SC), Abhishek Yadav (Mumbai FC), Mohd. Rafi (Mahindra United)
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And this is in preparation for SAFF Cup and AFC Challenge Cup 2010 and Asian Games.

Goalkeepers
Arindam Bhattacharya (Churchill Brothers), Laxmikant Kattimani (Dempo SC), Gurpreet Singh (Haryana)

Defenders
Denzil Franco (Mahindra United), Govin Singh (East Bengal), Nirmal Chetri (East Bengal), N Mohan Raj (Mohun Bagan), Noaba Singh (Churchill Brothers), Rowlison Rodrigues (Churchill Brothers), Raju Eknath Gaikwad (TFA), Robert Lalthlamuana (Churchill Brothers), Survinder Singh (Air India)

Midfielders
Jagpreet Singh (JCT), Baldip Singh (JCT), Baljit (JCT), Balwant Singh (JCT), Jibbon Singh (TFA), Jewel Raja (Dempo SC), Joaquim Abranches (Dempo SC)

Forwards
C. S. Sabeeth (Viva Kerala), Sushil Kumar Singh (Mahindra United), Jagtar Singh (TFA), Subhash Singh (East Bengal), Jeje Lalpeklua (Pune FC)

Tennis News
At $125K+H Seoul Challenger, Korea

[R1] (4) Somdev Devvarman (IND,121) bt Rik De Voest (RSA,209) 62 2-0 Retd
[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND,232) bt Kyu Tae Im (KOR,161) 63 61

[R2] (4) Somdev Devvarman (IND,121) vs Pavol Cervanak (SVK,261)
[R2] Prakash Amritraj (IND,232) vs (2) Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE,118)

Prakash scored upset win over local player Im very comfortably to moved into second round ... But in second round he has tough challenge of Taiwani Yen-Hsun Lu.

Somi had tricky match against his hitting partner, as both share same coach, Rik De Voest ... He won first set breaking Rik's serve twice and in second set was up with a break ... At that time Rik decided to retire from the match due to injury ... Next Buji is playing against Slovakian Pavol Cervanak, on paper winnable match.
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At $10K Vietnam F1 Futures, Bin Duong

[R1] (8) Yannick NELORD (IND,942) bt Hyung-Chan LIM (KOR,1684) 76(2) 2-1 Retd
[R1] Karunuday SINGH (IND,1061) bt Quang-Huy NGO (VIE,UNR) 64 63

[R2] (8) Yannick NELORD (IND,942) vs Karunuday SINGH (IND,1061)

Doubles
[QF] Karunuday SINGH (IND)/ Adam JAYA (MAS) vs Thanh-Trung HOANG (VIE)/ Askold KUZNETSOV (UKR)

Winning start for Yannick and Karunuday, next they r facing eachother.

Badminton News
At $200K French Super Series 2009, Paris

[Q1] (2) Anup Sridhar (IND,38) bt Tomas Kopriva (CZE,206) 1-1 Retd
[Q1] Ajay Jayaram (IND,105) bt (4) Mathieu Lo Ying Ping (FRA,40) 21-7 21-15

[Q2] (2) Anup Sridhar (IND,38) bt Henri Hurskainen (SWE,61) 21-19 15-11 Retd
[Q2] Ajay Jayaram (IND,105) l Christian Lind-Thomsen (DEN,53) 24-26 14-21

[R1] Chetan Anand (IND,17) vs (6) Joachim Persson (DEN,11)
[R1] Arvind Bhat (IND,24) vs Dicky Palyama (NED,19)

[R1] (8) Saina Nehwal (IND,9) vs Juliane Schenk (GER,11)
[R1] Aditi Mutatkar (IND,55) vs Anu Nieminen (FIN,49)

[R1] Akshay Dewalkar (IND)/ Jishnu Sanyal (IND) vs Chris Langridge (ENG)/ Robin Middleton (ENG)
[R1] Rupesh Kumar (IND)/ Sanave Thomas (IND) vs Qualifier
[R1] Jwala Gutta (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) vs Line Damkjaer Kruse (DEN)/ Mie Schjott-Kristensen (DEN)
[R1] (6) [IND] Diju Valiyaveetil (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) vs Baptise Careme (FRA)/ Laura Choinet (FRA)

Tough matches for Indian players at French Super series .. Anand Pawar withdraw citing injury, at Denmark Super series he conceded his second round match due to injury.

In first qualifying round Anup's opponent retired in the match due to injury and in second qualifying round also his opponent retired citing injury ... Now in maindraw he will mostly facing WR #2 Dan Lin.

Ajay Jayaram started with good upset win over top-40 Frenchman but he didn't manage to continue his good performance against Danish player in final qualifying round.

Tennis News
At $50K Calabasas Pro Tennis Championships, USA

Final
(3) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Treat Huey (PHI) l Santiago Gonzalez (MEX)/ Simon Stadler (GER) 26 75 (4)10

So Harsh and Treat failed to won their 2nd title in two weeks ... But very creditable performance by this pair in last few weeks ... In this final also they fought back after losing first set but Gonzalez and Stadler were too strong in super tie-break.

This week Harsh rise to his career best doubles ranking, #102 ... This year is turning out best year of his career, where he won 3 doubles titles in 8 challenger finals ... With Treat also he is having very good results, 2 titles in 5 finals.
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At $125K+H Seoul Challenger, Korea

[R1] (4) Somdev Devvarman (IND,121) vs Rik De Voest (RSA,209)
[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND,232) vs Im Kyu Tae Im (KOR,161)

Doubles
[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Marinko Matosevic (AUS) vs (1) Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA)/ Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA)
[R1] Purav Raja (IND)/ Sadik Kadir (AUS) vs Hiroki Kondo (JPN)/ Go Soeda (JPN)
[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Todd Widom (USA) l (2) Amir Hadad (ISR)/ Harel Levy (ISR) 16 67
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At $15K Senegal F1 Futures, Dakar

[R1] (6) Rupesh ROY (IND,529) vs Valentin SANON (CIV,684)
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At $10K Vietnam F1 Futures, Bin Duong

[R1] (8) Yannick NELORD (IND,942) vs Hyung-Chan LIM (KOR,1684)
[R1] Karunuday SINGH (IND,1061) vs Quang-Huy NGO (VIE,UNR)

Doubles
[R1] (3) Divij SHARAN (IND)/ Yannick NELORD (IND) l Minh-Quan DO (VIE)/ Quoc-Khanh LE (VIE) 67(4) 46
[R1] Karunuday SINGH (IND)/ Adam JAYA (MAS) bt Quang-Huy NGO (VIE)/ Bui-Tri NGUYEN (VIE) 62 60
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At Nigeria F2 Futures, Lagos

[SF] (4) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,518) l (2) Reda EL AMRANI (MAR,392) 26 06

Tennis News
At $ 1,080,500 Kremlin Cup, Moscow, Russia

[SF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) l Frantisek Cermak (CZE)/ Michal Mertinak (SVK) 76(5) 67(5) (6)10

This match was as much close as one can guessed ... Bops and Tipsarevic saved 11 break points but in super tie-break top-seed pair was too strong to won it in 1 hour 49 minutes.
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Hockey News
At the India-Canada 7-test Super Series , Canada

India bt Canada 3-2

Goal Scored - Prabhjot Singh (IND) 21', Gurwinder Chandi (IND) 31', Tushar Khandker (IND) 49' and Wayne Fernandes (CAN) 26' & 46'

India was leading 2-1 at half time and in end managed to win this match ... With this Indians won series 6-0 ... I think Indians didn't show any great improvement but atleast we can say we r starting towards right direction.

Tennis News
At $50K Calabasas Pro Tennis Championships, USA

[QF] (WC) Prakash Amritraj (IND,249) l Michael Yani (USA,189) 26 26

Doubles
[SF] (3) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Treat Huey (PHI) bt (LL) Gustavo Sanchez (VEN)/ Graig Schwartz (USA) 64 60

[F] (3) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Treat Huey (PHI) vs Santiago Gonzalez (MEX)/ Simon Stadler (GER)

Expected easy victory for Harsh and Treat against lucky loser pair ... But surprisingly one-sided loss for Kash.

In the final Harsh and Treat facing Mexican-German pair ... Go guys make it 2 titles in 2 weeks.

Badminton News
At $200K Denmark Open Super Series 2009, Odense

[QF] (Q) Gurusaidutt R. M. V. (IND,67) l (5) Simon Santoso (INA,14) 17-21 15-21
[QF] (6) Chetan Anand (IND,18) l (2) Sony Dwi Kuncoro (INA,9) 17-21 14-21
[QF] (4) Saina Nehwal (IND,9) l Eriko Hirose (JPN,41) 11-21 13-21

After yesterday's good performance today we started on bad note ... Saina had one-sided loss in 30 minutes against her Japanese opponent and then Chetan also lost against top-10 Indonasian.

Other hand 19 yrs old qualifier Guru produced crditable fighting performance against Indonasian Santoso.
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Hockey News
At the India-Canada 7-test Super Series , Canada

India bt Canada 3-1

Goal Scored - Shivendra Singh (IND) 20' & 65', Sarwanjit Singh (IND) 54' and Gabbar Singh (CAN) 48' PS

India continued with their winning run ... In first half Canada controlling in mid-field but Indians take early lead ... In second half Canada drew with penalty stroke ... But we again scored 2 goals to won match ... In this match India didn't concede single penalty corner but they also didn't score a single goal from 6 penalty corners they got.

Tennis News
At $ 1,080,500 Kremlin Cup, Moscow, Russia

[QF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) bt Andrey Golubev (KAZ)/ Evgeny Korolev (RUS) 76(1) 75

[SF] (2) Rajeev Ram (USA)/ Eric Butorac (USA) l (3) Pablo Cuevas (URU)/ Marcel Granollers (ESP) 46 36
[SF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) vs Frantisek Cermak (CZE)/ Michal Mertinak (SVK)

Rohan and Janko scored very tight win over another unseeded pair ... In first set both pair broke eachother's serve once but Bops and Tipsarevic dominated in tie-break ... In second set also Bops and Tipsarevic lost their serve but they broke oppenent's serve twice to completed win in 1 hour 12 minutes ... Now they will face top-seed pair.
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At $50K Calabasas Pro Tennis Championships, USA

Doubles
[QF] (3) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Treat Huey (PHI) bt Dann Battistone (USA)/ Brian Battistone (USA) 62 62
[QF] (4) Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Alex Kuznetsov (USA) l Raven Klaasen (RSA)/ Izak Van Der Merwe (RSA) 26 36

[SF] (3) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Treat Huey (PHI) vs (LL) Gustavo Sanchez (VEN)/ Graig Schwartz (USA)

Excellent stuff from Harsh and Treat to scored this comfortable win over Battistones ... From their recent performance it looks Harsh and Treat r gelled well.
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At Nigeria F2 Futures, Lagos

[SF] (4) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,518) vs (2) Reda EL AMRANI (MAR,392)

Doubles
[SF] Srirambalaji NARAYANASWAMY (IND)/ Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) l Komlavi LOGLO (TOG)/ Valentin SANON (CIV) 63 0-3 Retd

Badminton News
At $200K Denmark Open Super Series 2009, Odense

[R2] Anand Pawar (IND,42) l (1) Peter Hoeg Gade (DEN,3) 2-5 Retd
[R2] (Q) Gurusaidutt R. M. V. (IND,67) bt (3) Joachim Persson (DEN,11) 17-21 21-12 21-19
[R2] Aravind Bhat (IND,25) l (5) Simon Santoso (INA,14) 17-21 12-21
[R2] (6) Chetan Anand (IND,18) bt (Q) Sune Gavnholt (DEN,136) 21-19 15-21 21-9

[R2] (4) Saina Nehwal (IND,9) bt Camilla Sorensen (DEN,58) 21-15 21-14
[R2] Aditi Mutatkar (IND,50) l (6) Petya Nedelcheva (BUL,14) 17-21 8-21

[R2] Jwala Gutta (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) l (5) Miyuki Maeda (JPN)/ Satoko Suetsuna (JPN) 21-18 14-21 19-21
[R2] (4) Diju Valiyaveeti (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) l Chris Adcock (ENG)/ Gabrielle White (ENG) 21-11 20-22 19-21

[QF] (Q) Gurusaidutt R. M. V. (IND,67) vs (5) Simon Santoso (INA,14)
[QF] (6) Chetan Anand (IND,18) vs (2) Sony Dwi Kuncoro (INA,9)
[QF] (4) Saina Nehwal (IND,9) vs Eriko Hirose (JPN,41)

Expected losses for our players but surprisingly Chetan was struggling against local qualifier ... But in third game he came back strongly ... It looks today Saina played controlled game to score straigh games victory to moved into quarters ... In ladies doubles Jwala and Ashwini started well winning first game but lost in three games producing valiant effort.

Anand Pawar retired in first game ... After winning first game easily somehow 4th seed Diju and Jwala lost the plot ... In next 2 games they were up, in decider they were up by 4 points 16-12 then 17-13 after that by 2 points 18-16 but still they lost against British pair.

Huge upset by Guru ... After losing first game Guru came back strongly winning second game easily ... In decider bot players were going neck to neck but from down 10-11 Persson won 6 points on a row to take 16-11 lead but Guru kept fighting he also draw level to 17-all from 13-17 ... At 19-all Guru earned first match point and converted to script biggest victory of his career in 54 minutes ... His another first victory over top-10 type player.

Tennis News
At $50K Calabasas Pro Tennis Championships, USA

[R2] (WC) Prakash Amritraj (IND,249) bt (3) Jesse Levine (USA,97) W/O (hip injury)
[QF] (WC) Prakash Amritraj (IND,249) vs Michael Yani (USA,189)

Doubles
[R1] (3) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Treat Huey (PHI) bt Roko Karanusic (CRO)/ Grega Zemlja (SLO) 76(5) 46 10(4)

[QF] (3) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Treat Huey (PHI) vs Dann Battistone (USA)/ Brian Battistone (USA)

Close call for Harsh and Treat but they mananged to win in super tie-break against tricky pair ... Now interesting match against Battistone brothers.

Prakash got lucky to move into quarters without playing match.
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At Nigeria F2 Futures, Lagos

[SF] (4) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,518) vs (2) Reda EL AMRANI (MAR,392)

[QF] (4) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,518) bt (8) Valentin SANON (CIV,684) 63 64
[QF] Srirambalaji NARAYANASWAMY (IND,1082) l (2) Reda EL AMRANI (MAR,392) 46 26

[R2] (4) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,518) bt Sunday EMMANUEL (NGR,1157) 60 61
[R2] Srirambalaji NARAYANASWAMY (IND,1082) bt Anas FATTAR (MAR,723) 64 63

[QF] (4) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,518) vs (8) Valentin SANON (CIV,684)
[QF] Srirambalaji NARAYANASWAMY (IND,1082) vs (2) Reda EL AMRANI (MAR,392)

Doubles
[QF] Srirambalaji NARAYANASWAMY (IND)/ Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) bt Tal EROS (ISR)/ Almog MASHIACH (ISR) 61 61

[SF] Srirambalaji NARAYANASWAMY (IND)/ Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) vs Komlavi LOGLO (TOG)/ Valentin SANON (CIV)

Ranjeet and Srirambalaji moved into singles quarters and Ranjeet managed to move into semis ... In doubles also they moved into semis with comfortable win over Israeli pair.
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At $10K Thailand F6 Futures, Nonthaburi

[R2] Yannick NELORD (IND,968) l (5) Kento TAKEUCHI (JPN,560) 67(4) 36

[QF] Karan RASTOGI (IND,1255) l Perakiat SIRILUETHAIWATTANA (THA,906) 16 16

So with Karan's loss Indian challenge got over in this Thai futures.