Tennis News
At Davis Cup World Group, 2010 - Play-Offs, Moscow, Russia
India vs Russia 0-2
5th March - Singles
[R1] Somdev Dev varman (IND,128) l Igor Kunitsyn (RUS,107) 76(6) 67(4) 36 46
[R2] Rohan Bopanna (IND,416) l Mikhail Youzhny (RUS,13) 46 26 36
Russia forced to change their singles player as Igor Andreev sidelined with a left-knee injury ... Igor Kunitsyn take his place in singles against Somi ... On tour Somi faced Igor Kunitsyn twice and lost in straight sets in both occasion.
In first set Kunitsyn was controlling early and take early break ... But at 2-4 down Somi broke Igor Kunitsyn's serve in 7th game ... In tie-break both traded mini-breaks but Somi converted 2nd set point to won first set in 64 minutes.
In second set Somi saved a break point in opening game ... And he broke Kunitsyn's serve in next game to take 2-0 lead ... In 4th game Somi had another break point but this time Kunitsyn saved it and promptly broke Somi's serve in next game to bring set on serve, 3-2 ... But Somi responded well breaking Kunitsyn's serve in 6th game to regain lead, 4-2 ... But while serving for the set Somi lost his serve ... :-(, 5-4 ... Kunitsyn played strong tie-break, he take early mini0break and then again strengthened mini-break to get 3 set points ... He also converted 2nd set point to won second set in 60 minutes .. Somi had opportunity to hold his serve to won second set but he lost and Kunitsyn take full advantage of it.
In third set Somi had a bad start as Kunitsyn broke him in 2nd game, 0-2, to take early lead ... But immediately Somi broke Kunitsyn's serve to brought back set on serve, 1-2 ... Kunitsyn take crucial break in 8th game and hold his serve to won third set in 36 mins.
Last couple of set Somi was struggling with his service games ... In 4th set also he needed to save 3 break point before holding his serve ... But Kunitsyn managed to keep pressure on him to broke Somi's serve in 9th game ... And then Kunitsyn converted 2nd match point to won match in 3 hours 35 mins.
Failed to won second set when Somi had opportunity was turning point of the match.
Rohan's lost against WR #13 Mikhail Youzhny was expected.
U can follow live score from Davis Cup site - Live Score
Friday, March 05, 2010
Squash News
At $53K Women & $25K Men Chennai Open, India
[R1] (WC) Joshna Chinappa (IND,34) l (7) Kasey Brown (AUS,10) 11-8 5-11 7-11 5-11 (37m)
[R1[ (Q) Dipika Pallikal (IND,49) l (1) Nicol David (MAS,1) 6-11 9-11 5-11 (30m)
[R1] (4) Saurav Ghosal (IND,29) bt (Q) Harinder Pal Sandhu (IND,107) 11-7 11-6 11-7 (40m)
[R1] (WC) Ramit Tandon (IND,347) l (3) Mohamed Ali Anwar Reda (EGY,27) 4-11 7-11 4-11 (24m)
[R1] (Q) Ritwik Bhattacharya (IND,115) l Alan Clyne (SCO,69) 7-11 3-11 11-8 9-11
[R1] (Q) Siddharth Suchde (IND,102) l (6) Chris Simpson (ENG,48) 12-14 11-3 10-12 11-8 7-11 (95m)
[QF] (4) Saurav Ghosal (IND,29) vs (6) Chris Simpson (ENG,48)
Dipika and Joshna produced creditable performance against their respective top-10 opponents ... Joshna started with winning first game but then Brown take control of the match and won next three games ... After losing first game in 6 minutes Dipika played well in next 2 games.
Other than expected Saurav win our other players lost their matches but all produced fighting performance against their higher ranked opponents ... 17 yrs old Ramit Tandon learned lot from his match against Reda ... After losing first 2 games Ritwik tried comeback against Clyne but he managed to won third game only ... But Siddharth Suchde had heart-breaking loss where he was in control in all games ... 2 games he lost on extra points and in 5th he was tired and while going for winner made few mistakes to lost this match ... But very good performance from him.
At $53K Women & $25K Men Chennai Open, India
[R1] (WC) Joshna Chinappa (IND,34) l (7) Kasey Brown (AUS,10) 11-8 5-11 7-11 5-11 (37m)
[R1[ (Q) Dipika Pallikal (IND,49) l (1) Nicol David (MAS,1) 6-11 9-11 5-11 (30m)
[R1] (4) Saurav Ghosal (IND,29) bt (Q) Harinder Pal Sandhu (IND,107) 11-7 11-6 11-7 (40m)
[R1] (WC) Ramit Tandon (IND,347) l (3) Mohamed Ali Anwar Reda (EGY,27) 4-11 7-11 4-11 (24m)
[R1] (Q) Ritwik Bhattacharya (IND,115) l Alan Clyne (SCO,69) 7-11 3-11 11-8 9-11
[R1] (Q) Siddharth Suchde (IND,102) l (6) Chris Simpson (ENG,48) 12-14 11-3 10-12 11-8 7-11 (95m)
[QF] (4) Saurav Ghosal (IND,29) vs (6) Chris Simpson (ENG,48)
Dipika and Joshna produced creditable performance against their respective top-10 opponents ... Joshna started with winning first game but then Brown take control of the match and won next three games ... After losing first game in 6 minutes Dipika played well in next 2 games.
Other than expected Saurav win our other players lost their matches but all produced fighting performance against their higher ranked opponents ... 17 yrs old Ramit Tandon learned lot from his match against Reda ... After losing first 2 games Ritwik tried comeback against Clyne but he managed to won third game only ... But Siddharth Suchde had heart-breaking loss where he was in control in all games ... 2 games he lost on extra points and in 5th he was tired and while going for winner made few mistakes to lost this match ... But very good performance from him.
Badminton News
At $80K Yonex German Open 2010 GP, Mulheim an der Ruhr, Germany
[R2] Trupti Murgunde (IND,61) l Megumi Taruno (JPN,34) 22-20 13-21 13-21
[R2] (4) Rupesh K.T. Kumar (IND)/ Sanave Thomas (IND) bt Kristof Hopp (GER)/ Johannes Schöttler (GER) 22-20 14-21 21-15
[R3] (11) Kashyap Parupalli (IND,30) l (3) Choong Hann Wong (MAS,14) 14-21 18-21
[R3] Anand Pawar (IND,50) l (4) Marc Zwiebler (GER,16) 18-21 19-21
[QF] (4) Rupesh K.T. Kumar (IND)/ Sanave Thomas (IND) vs (5) Baio Chai (CHN)/ Nan Zhang (CHN)
Indian players singles challenge got over with Kashyap and Pawar's singles loss in third round ... Rupesh and Sanave having very tough match against Chinese pair.
At $80K Yonex German Open 2010 GP, Mulheim an der Ruhr, Germany
[R2] Trupti Murgunde (IND,61) l Megumi Taruno (JPN,34) 22-20 13-21 13-21
[R2] (4) Rupesh K.T. Kumar (IND)/ Sanave Thomas (IND) bt Kristof Hopp (GER)/ Johannes Schöttler (GER) 22-20 14-21 21-15
[R3] (11) Kashyap Parupalli (IND,30) l (3) Choong Hann Wong (MAS,14) 14-21 18-21
[R3] Anand Pawar (IND,50) l (4) Marc Zwiebler (GER,16) 18-21 19-21
[QF] (4) Rupesh K.T. Kumar (IND)/ Sanave Thomas (IND) vs (5) Baio Chai (CHN)/ Nan Zhang (CHN)
Indian players singles challenge got over with Kashyap and Pawar's singles loss in third round ... Rupesh and Sanave having very tough match against Chinese pair.
Hockey News
At 12th FIH World Cup 2010, New Delhi, India
Group B
Australia bt South Africa 12-0
England bt Pakistan 5-2
India l Spain 2-5
Goal Scored - Sandeep Singh (IND) 39' PC, Gurwinder Singh Chandi (IND) 43' and Albert Sala (ESP) 19', Pablo Amat (ESP) 35', Pau Quemada (ESP) 41' PC & 67' PC, Ramon Alegre (ESP) 42'
India lost their second straight game with same margin ... With that our hope of reaching semis r over ... Now we r struggling to finish 4th in the group to get chance to play matches for 5th to 8th positions.
Against Spain we played lot better than Aussies but again silly mistakes like not marking opponent properly, making unnecessary infringement inside circle to give penalty corners to opponents, instead of quick passing do unnecessary dribbling, fail to intercept or collect passes and poor penalty corner variations.
Deepak Thakur missed numerous chances ... Sandeep Singh did regular stupid things like slapping ball hard at opponent area where no Indian was collect to the pass.
At 12th FIH World Cup 2010, New Delhi, India
Group B
Australia bt South Africa 12-0
England bt Pakistan 5-2
India l Spain 2-5
Goal Scored - Sandeep Singh (IND) 39' PC, Gurwinder Singh Chandi (IND) 43' and Albert Sala (ESP) 19', Pablo Amat (ESP) 35', Pau Quemada (ESP) 41' PC & 67' PC, Ramon Alegre (ESP) 42'
India lost their second straight game with same margin ... With that our hope of reaching semis r over ... Now we r struggling to finish 4th in the group to get chance to play matches for 5th to 8th positions.
Against Spain we played lot better than Aussies but again silly mistakes like not marking opponent properly, making unnecessary infringement inside circle to give penalty corners to opponents, instead of quick passing do unnecessary dribbling, fail to intercept or collect passes and poor penalty corner variations.
Deepak Thakur missed numerous chances ... Sandeep Singh did regular stupid things like slapping ball hard at opponent area where no Indian was collect to the pass.
Thursday, March 04, 2010
Formula1 News
It is officially declared by team Hispania Racing (old name Campos team) that Karun Chandhok as their second race driver ... With that Karun become only second Indian driver after Narain Karthikeyan to race in Formula1 ... Hoping smooth transition in F1 for Karun.
Karun Chandhok - “This is just an unbelievable feeling! I am absolutely thrilled to be able to fulfill a lifelong dream to break into Formula One. We’ve been working for so many years for this opportunity and now that we’ve finally made it, it feels a bit surreal to be honest. Only when I get to Bahrain, I think it will fully sink in that I am going to be on the same grid as World Champions like Schumacher and Alonso."
“My family and I have had a very stressful time this winter and we would especially like to thank Mr. Sunder Mulchandani, Dr. Colin Kolles (Hispania Racing F1 Team Team Principal) and Mr. Bernie Ecclestone without whom all this would have been a distant dream. My dad especially has been working really hard since August last year to make this happen. With an Indian Grand Prix scheduled for 2011, F1 is quickly becoming one of the most popular sports in India and this is a proud moment not only for me but for my country as well.”
It is officially declared by team Hispania Racing (old name Campos team) that Karun Chandhok as their second race driver ... With that Karun become only second Indian driver after Narain Karthikeyan to race in Formula1 ... Hoping smooth transition in F1 for Karun.
Karun Chandhok - “This is just an unbelievable feeling! I am absolutely thrilled to be able to fulfill a lifelong dream to break into Formula One. We’ve been working for so many years for this opportunity and now that we’ve finally made it, it feels a bit surreal to be honest. Only when I get to Bahrain, I think it will fully sink in that I am going to be on the same grid as World Champions like Schumacher and Alonso."
“My family and I have had a very stressful time this winter and we would especially like to thank Mr. Sunder Mulchandani, Dr. Colin Kolles (Hispania Racing F1 Team Team Principal) and Mr. Bernie Ecclestone without whom all this would have been a distant dream. My dad especially has been working really hard since August last year to make this happen. With an Indian Grand Prix scheduled for 2011, F1 is quickly becoming one of the most popular sports in India and this is a proud moment not only for me but for my country as well.”
Tennis News
At Davis Cup World Group, 2010 - Play-Offs, Moscow, Russia
Indian Team - WR #128 Somdev Devvarman, WR #416 Rohan Bopanna, Leander Paes, Mahesh Bhupathi
Captain - Shiv-Prakash Misra
Russian Team - WR #13 Mikhail Youzhny, WR #38 Igor Andreev, WR #107 Igor Kunitsyn, WR #109 Teimuraz Gabashvili
Captain - Shamil Tarpischev
5th March - Singles
[R1] Somdev Devvarman vs Igor Andreev
[R2] Rohan Bopanna vs Mikhail Youzhny
6th March - Doubles
[R3] Leander Paes/ Mahesh Bhupathi vs Igor Kunitsyn/ Teimuraz Gabashvili
7th March - Reverse Singles
[R4] Somdev Devvarman vs Mikhail Youzhny
[R5] Rohan Bopanna vs Igor Andreev
So draw is out for our Davis cup tie against Russia ... We r having best possible draw as Somi is playing first match for us on day 1 and day 3.
Here I m hoping for miracle, like as per ranking Russians r too strong fpr our players ... But in Davis cup, playing for nation, anything can happen when players donning national jersey.
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At $50K+H Cherbourg Challenger, France
[QF] (4) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Adil Shamasdin (CAN) bt Arnaud Clement (FRA)/ David Guez (FRA) W/O
Lucky break for Harsh and Adil as their opponents gave walkover ... So they will get extra day rest before semis.
At Davis Cup World Group, 2010 - Play-Offs, Moscow, Russia
Indian Team - WR #128 Somdev Devvarman, WR #416 Rohan Bopanna, Leander Paes, Mahesh Bhupathi
Captain - Shiv-Prakash Misra
Russian Team - WR #13 Mikhail Youzhny, WR #38 Igor Andreev, WR #107 Igor Kunitsyn, WR #109 Teimuraz Gabashvili
Captain - Shamil Tarpischev
5th March - Singles
[R1] Somdev Devvarman vs Igor Andreev
[R2] Rohan Bopanna vs Mikhail Youzhny
6th March - Doubles
[R3] Leander Paes/ Mahesh Bhupathi vs Igor Kunitsyn/ Teimuraz Gabashvili
7th March - Reverse Singles
[R4] Somdev Devvarman vs Mikhail Youzhny
[R5] Rohan Bopanna vs Igor Andreev
So draw is out for our Davis cup tie against Russia ... We r having best possible draw as Somi is playing first match for us on day 1 and day 3.
Here I m hoping for miracle, like as per ranking Russians r too strong fpr our players ... But in Davis cup, playing for nation, anything can happen when players donning national jersey.
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At $50K+H Cherbourg Challenger, France
[QF] (4) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Adil Shamasdin (CAN) bt Arnaud Clement (FRA)/ David Guez (FRA) W/O
Lucky break for Harsh and Adil as their opponents gave walkover ... So they will get extra day rest before semis.
Badminton News
At $80K Yonex German Open 2010 GP, Mulheim an der Ruhr, Germany
[R1] Trupti Murgunde (IND,61) bt (5) Petya Nedelcheva (BUL,15) 12-21 21-8 21-14
[R1] (11) Kashyap Parupalli (IND,30) bt (Q) Alexander Roovers (GER,356) 21-11 21-18
[R1] Ajay Jayaram (IND,77) l Dieter Domke (GER,73) 16-21 18-21
[R1] Anand Pawar (IND,50) bt Jan Vondra (CZE,70) 20-22 21-15 21-16
[R1] Gurusaidatt R.M.V. (IND,55) l Raul Must (EST,47) 18-21 14-21
[R1] (4) Rupesh K.T. Kumar (IND)/ Sanave Thomas (IND) bt Dave Khodabux (NED)/ Jorrit de Ruiter (NED) 21-19 11-21 21-18
[R2] (11) Kashyap Parupalli (IND,30) bt Henri Hurskainen (SWE,51) 21-10 13-21 23-21
[R2] Anand Pawar (IND,50) bt Taufiq Hidayat Akbar (ITA,203) 21-4 21-17
[R2] Trupti Murgunde (IND,61) vs Megumi Taruno (JPN,34)
[R2] (4) Rupesh K.T. Kumar (IND)/ Sanave Thomas (IND) vs Kristof Hopp (GER)/ Johannes Schöttler (GER)
[R3] (11) Kashyap Parupalli (IND,30) vs (3) Choong Hann Wong (MAS,14)
[R3] Anand Pawar (IND,50) vs (4) Marc Zwiebler (GER,16)
Good upset win by Trupti over WR #15 after losing first game easily ... Next she is facing higher ranked Japanese player.
Our remaining 2 players in Men's draw move into third round with contrasting win.
At $80K Yonex German Open 2010 GP, Mulheim an der Ruhr, Germany
[R1] Trupti Murgunde (IND,61) bt (5) Petya Nedelcheva (BUL,15) 12-21 21-8 21-14
[R1] (11) Kashyap Parupalli (IND,30) bt (Q) Alexander Roovers (GER,356) 21-11 21-18
[R1] Ajay Jayaram (IND,77) l Dieter Domke (GER,73) 16-21 18-21
[R1] Anand Pawar (IND,50) bt Jan Vondra (CZE,70) 20-22 21-15 21-16
[R1] Gurusaidatt R.M.V. (IND,55) l Raul Must (EST,47) 18-21 14-21
[R1] (4) Rupesh K.T. Kumar (IND)/ Sanave Thomas (IND) bt Dave Khodabux (NED)/ Jorrit de Ruiter (NED) 21-19 11-21 21-18
[R2] (11) Kashyap Parupalli (IND,30) bt Henri Hurskainen (SWE,51) 21-10 13-21 23-21
[R2] Anand Pawar (IND,50) bt Taufiq Hidayat Akbar (ITA,203) 21-4 21-17
[R2] Trupti Murgunde (IND,61) vs Megumi Taruno (JPN,34)
[R2] (4) Rupesh K.T. Kumar (IND)/ Sanave Thomas (IND) vs Kristof Hopp (GER)/ Johannes Schöttler (GER)
[R3] (11) Kashyap Parupalli (IND,30) vs (3) Choong Hann Wong (MAS,14)
[R3] Anand Pawar (IND,50) vs (4) Marc Zwiebler (GER,16)
Good upset win by Trupti over WR #15 after losing first game easily ... Next she is facing higher ranked Japanese player.
Our remaining 2 players in Men's draw move into third round with contrasting win.
Tennis News
At $50K+H Cherbourg Challenger, France
[R1] (4) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Adil Shamasdin (CAN) bt (WC) Alexandre Sidorenko (FRA)/ Anthony Thiebot (FRA) 36 63 10(6)
[QF] (4) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Adil Shamasdin (CAN) vs Arnaud Clement (FRA)/ David Guez (FRA)
Was expecting smoother win against wild card pair ... Next match is tough against Arnaud Clement with his partner and with their recent results they need to put lot more efforts to win this match.
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At $10K Turkey F1 Futures, Antalya (Clay)
[R1] Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,471) l Marco SIMONI (ITA,577) 46 57
At $50K+H Cherbourg Challenger, France
[R1] (4) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Adil Shamasdin (CAN) bt (WC) Alexandre Sidorenko (FRA)/ Anthony Thiebot (FRA) 36 63 10(6)
[QF] (4) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Adil Shamasdin (CAN) vs Arnaud Clement (FRA)/ David Guez (FRA)
Was expecting smoother win against wild card pair ... Next match is tough against Arnaud Clement with his partner and with their recent results they need to put lot more efforts to win this match.
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At $10K Turkey F1 Futures, Antalya (Clay)
[R1] Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,471) l Marco SIMONI (ITA,577) 46 57
Squash News
At $53K Women & $25K Men Chennai Open, India
[Q2] Dipika Pallikal (IND,49) bt (2) Aisling Blake (IRL,25) 11-8 11-6 11-5 (31m)
[Q2] Anaka Alankamony (IND,77) l (1) Donna Urquhart (AUS,21) 3-11 10-12 10-12 (26m)
[Q2] Siddharth Suchde (IND,102) bt Vikas Jangra (IND,UNR) 11-7 11-1 11-5 (30m)
[Q2] Ritwik Bhattacharya (IND,115) bt Stuart Crawford (SCO,129) 11-8 8-11 11-2 13-11 (35m)
[Q2] Harinder Pal Sandhu (IND,107) bt Elvinn Keo (MAS,119) 11-7 11-6 13-11 (38m)
[Q2] Gaurav Nandrajog (IND,177) l Kristian Frost Olesen (DEN,100) 11-9 9-11 6-11 8-11 (73m)
[R1] (WC) Joshna Chinappa (IND,34) vs (7) Kasey Brown (AUS,10)
[R1[ (Q) Dipika Pallikal (IND,49) vs (1) Nicol David (MAS,1)
[R1] (5) Saurav Ghosal (IND,29) vs (Q) Harinder Pal Sandhu (IND,107)
[R1] (WC) Ramit Tandon (IND,347) vs (4) Mohamed Ali Anwar Reda (EGY,27)
[R1] (Q) Ritwik Bhattacharya (IND,115) vs Alan Clyne (SCO,69)
[R1] (Q) Siddharth Suchde (IND,102) vs (7) Chris Simpson (ENG,48)
Dipika Pallikal scored her first top-25 win to qualify for main draw of Chennai Open ... She is showing improvement in her game with clinical straight games win ... But having toughest draw in first round as she is facing WR #1 Nicol David ... In other match Anaka Alankamony produced good fighting performance against her top-20 opponent.
In men section our 3 players r qualified for main draw ... But Gaurav Nandrajog also gave creditable performance against Danish player ... Saurav facing Harinder Pal Sandhu in first round.
At $53K Women & $25K Men Chennai Open, India
[Q2] Dipika Pallikal (IND,49) bt (2) Aisling Blake (IRL,25) 11-8 11-6 11-5 (31m)
[Q2] Anaka Alankamony (IND,77) l (1) Donna Urquhart (AUS,21) 3-11 10-12 10-12 (26m)
[Q2] Siddharth Suchde (IND,102) bt Vikas Jangra (IND,UNR) 11-7 11-1 11-5 (30m)
[Q2] Ritwik Bhattacharya (IND,115) bt Stuart Crawford (SCO,129) 11-8 8-11 11-2 13-11 (35m)
[Q2] Harinder Pal Sandhu (IND,107) bt Elvinn Keo (MAS,119) 11-7 11-6 13-11 (38m)
[Q2] Gaurav Nandrajog (IND,177) l Kristian Frost Olesen (DEN,100) 11-9 9-11 6-11 8-11 (73m)
[R1] (WC) Joshna Chinappa (IND,34) vs (7) Kasey Brown (AUS,10)
[R1[ (Q) Dipika Pallikal (IND,49) vs (1) Nicol David (MAS,1)
[R1] (5) Saurav Ghosal (IND,29) vs (Q) Harinder Pal Sandhu (IND,107)
[R1] (WC) Ramit Tandon (IND,347) vs (4) Mohamed Ali Anwar Reda (EGY,27)
[R1] (Q) Ritwik Bhattacharya (IND,115) vs Alan Clyne (SCO,69)
[R1] (Q) Siddharth Suchde (IND,102) vs (7) Chris Simpson (ENG,48)
Dipika Pallikal scored her first top-25 win to qualify for main draw of Chennai Open ... She is showing improvement in her game with clinical straight games win ... But having toughest draw in first round as she is facing WR #1 Nicol David ... In other match Anaka Alankamony produced good fighting performance against her top-20 opponent.
In men section our 3 players r qualified for main draw ... But Gaurav Nandrajog also gave creditable performance against Danish player ... Saurav facing Harinder Pal Sandhu in first round.
Hockey News
At 12th FIH World Cup 2010, New Delhi, India
Group A
Netherlands bt New Zealand 3-1
Korea bt Argentina 2-1
Germany bt Canada 6-0
So yesterday as expected Korea and Argentina match was very close ... Koreans scored last minute goal on penalty corner through Hyun Woo Nam to won their match ... New Zealand take early lead in 1st minute but then Dutch side replied strongly scoring 2 goals in next 6 minutes to take control of the match ... Germany's coach wasn't happy with their team performance as he was expecting much more goals from this German side.
At 12th FIH World Cup 2010, New Delhi, India
Group A
Netherlands bt New Zealand 3-1
Korea bt Argentina 2-1
Germany bt Canada 6-0
So yesterday as expected Korea and Argentina match was very close ... Koreans scored last minute goal on penalty corner through Hyun Woo Nam to won their match ... New Zealand take early lead in 1st minute but then Dutch side replied strongly scoring 2 goals in next 6 minutes to take control of the match ... Germany's coach wasn't happy with their team performance as he was expecting much more goals from this German side.
Wednesday, March 03, 2010
Football News
At I League 2009-10, India - Round XIV
Chirag United SC l Mohun Bagan 1-5
Goal Scored - Josimar Dasilva Martin (CU) 90' and Jose Marcio Barreto Ramirez (MB) 17' P, 33' & 44', Chidi Edeh (MB) 27' & 41'
Mohun Bagan crushed Chirag with dominating win ... They were up 5-0 before this half-time.
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Dempo SC bt Mumbai FC 3-2
Goal Scored - Anwar (DSC) 27', Ranty Martins (DSC) 47' P & 90' and Abhishek Yadav (MFC) 23' P & 90+'
Dempo were a goal down but make expected fight back ... Though couple of goals scored in dying minutes of second half still Dempo emerged as winner and kept their 3 points lead over 2nd place Mohun Bagan.
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Churchill Brothers SC l Mahindra United 1-4
Goal Scored - Mohammed Rafi (MU) 16'P & 70', Muritala Ali (MU) 57' P & 90+' and Naoba Singh (CB) 71'
In crucial match for Churchill and Mahindra, Churchill failed to take home advantage ... They gave a penalty in both half and then Mohammed Rafi and Muritala Ali added another couple of goals to assure Mahindra convincing victory over another title contender ... This Mahindra's win helped Pune FC to move on 4th position in standing on better goal difference.
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Viva Kerala dw Salgaocar SC 1-1
Goal Scored - MP Sakeer (VK) 54' and Eneke Ikenwa (SSC) 14'
Viva and Salgaocar match ended on 1-all.
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Shillong Lajong FC l JCT Mills FC 0-1
Goal Scored - Emmanuel Okoro (JCT) 74'
Shillong Lajong lost another home match this time to JCT, they r now in a big trouble as each loss making their task of avoiding relegation more and more difficult.
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East Bengal l Pune FC 1-2
Goal Scored - Abel Hammond (EB) 75' P and Douhou Pierre (PFC) 46', Edmar Figuiera (PFC) 53'
Another excellent win by Pune FC against East Bengal side in away match ... After first half ended goalless Pune FC scored goal in the 1st minute of second half, they added another goal after another 7 mins through their Brazilian striker ... East Bengal scored goal through penalty but Pune FC side managed to keep lead until end to earned important win ... This win lift them to 5th place in the standing.
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Air India vs Sporting Clube de Goa 1-1
Goal Scored - Allan Dias (AI) 34'and Nicolas Rodrigues (SCG) 45'
Sporting Clube de Goa hold Air men to 1-all draw.
At I League 2009-10, India - Round XIV
Chirag United SC l Mohun Bagan 1-5
Goal Scored - Josimar Dasilva Martin (CU) 90' and Jose Marcio Barreto Ramirez (MB) 17' P, 33' & 44', Chidi Edeh (MB) 27' & 41'
Mohun Bagan crushed Chirag with dominating win ... They were up 5-0 before this half-time.
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Dempo SC bt Mumbai FC 3-2
Goal Scored - Anwar (DSC) 27', Ranty Martins (DSC) 47' P & 90' and Abhishek Yadav (MFC) 23' P & 90+'
Dempo were a goal down but make expected fight back ... Though couple of goals scored in dying minutes of second half still Dempo emerged as winner and kept their 3 points lead over 2nd place Mohun Bagan.
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Churchill Brothers SC l Mahindra United 1-4
Goal Scored - Mohammed Rafi (MU) 16'P & 70', Muritala Ali (MU) 57' P & 90+' and Naoba Singh (CB) 71'
In crucial match for Churchill and Mahindra, Churchill failed to take home advantage ... They gave a penalty in both half and then Mohammed Rafi and Muritala Ali added another couple of goals to assure Mahindra convincing victory over another title contender ... This Mahindra's win helped Pune FC to move on 4th position in standing on better goal difference.
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Viva Kerala dw Salgaocar SC 1-1
Goal Scored - MP Sakeer (VK) 54' and Eneke Ikenwa (SSC) 14'
Viva and Salgaocar match ended on 1-all.
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Shillong Lajong FC l JCT Mills FC 0-1
Goal Scored - Emmanuel Okoro (JCT) 74'
Shillong Lajong lost another home match this time to JCT, they r now in a big trouble as each loss making their task of avoiding relegation more and more difficult.
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East Bengal l Pune FC 1-2
Goal Scored - Abel Hammond (EB) 75' P and Douhou Pierre (PFC) 46', Edmar Figuiera (PFC) 53'
Another excellent win by Pune FC against East Bengal side in away match ... After first half ended goalless Pune FC scored goal in the 1st minute of second half, they added another goal after another 7 mins through their Brazilian striker ... East Bengal scored goal through penalty but Pune FC side managed to keep lead until end to earned important win ... This win lift them to 5th place in the standing.
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Air India vs Sporting Clube de Goa 1-1
Goal Scored - Allan Dias (AI) 34'and Nicolas Rodrigues (SCG) 45'
Sporting Clube de Goa hold Air men to 1-all draw.
Squash News
At $53K Women & $25K Men Chennai Open, India
[Q1] Dipika Pallikal (IND,49) bt Coline Aumard (FRA,72) 11-2 11-8 11-8
[Q1] Surbhi Mishra (IND,128) l Joey Chan (HGK,31) 11-13 4-11 5-11
[Q1] Aparajitha Balamurukan (IND,102) l Sharon Wee (MAS,30) 4-11 7-11 1-11
[Q1] Anaka Alankamony (IND,77) bt Anwesha Reddy (IND,106) 8-11 11-6 11-9 11-7
[Q1] Siddharth Suchde (IND,102) bt Abhishek Pradhan (IND,297) 11-4 11-3 11-7 (21m)
[Q1] Vikas Jangra (IND,UNR) bt Naresh Kumar (IND,154) 9-11 10-12 11-5 11-9 11-6 (55m)
[Q1] Ritwik Bhattacharya (IND,115) bt Sandeep Jangra (IND,384) 11-8 11-9 11-3 (30m)
[Q1] Naveen Jangra (IND,UNR) l Stuart Crawford (SCO,129) 9-11 4-11-4 8-11 (33m)
[Q1] Parthiban Ayyappan (IND,UNR) l Elvinn Keo (MAS,119) 9-11 11-7 6-11 3-11 (35m)
[Q1] Harinder Pal Sandhu (IND,107) bt Ravi Dixit (IND,216) 11-9 8-11 14-12 11-4 (42m)
[Q1] Gaurav Nandrajog (IND,177) bt Kamran Khan (MAS,124) 11-6 7-11 8-11 12-10 11-9 (64m)
[Q1] B. Balamurugan (IND,UNR) l Kristian Frost Olesen (DEN,100) 5-11 7-11 7-11
[Q2] Dipika Pallikal (IND,49) vs Aisling Blake (IRL,25)
[Q2] Anaka Alankamony (IND,77) vs Donna Urquhart (AUS,21)
[Q2] Siddharth Suchde (IND,102) vs Vikas Jangra (IND,UNR)
[Q2] Ritwik Bhattacharya (IND,115) vs Stuart Crawford (SCO,129)
[Q2] Harinder Pal Sandhu (IND,107) vs Elvinn Keo (MAS,119)
[Q2] Gaurav Nandrajog (IND,177) vs Kristian Frost Olesen (DEN,100)
[R1] (WC) Joshna Chinappa (IND,34) vs (7) Kasey Brown (AUS,10)
[R1] (5) Saurav Ghosal (IND,29) vs Qualifier
[R1] (WC) Ramit Tandon (IND,347) vs (4) Mohamed Ali Anwar Reda (EGY,27)
As expected very strong field for Women tournament ... As many top-10 players r participating including top 5 players like WR #1 Nicol David, #3 Jenny Duncalf and #4 Rachael Grinham ... Wild card given to India's #1 and local girl Joshna Chinappa, but she is having tough first round match against WR #10 Australian Kasey Brown.
In Men tournament, Saurav Ghosal is 5th seed and will face an qualifier in first round ... But surprisingly wild card given to very lowly ranked Ramit Tandon and he is facing 4th seed Egyptian Mohamed Ali Anwar Reda in first round.
Pleasantly surprised to see another Indian girl in top 80 and couple of more on verge of entering into top-100 ... In final qualifying round Dipika and Anaka having tough matches against top-25 players.
Good win by Gaurav Nandrajog over higher ranked Malaysian ... So in all final qualifying matches at least 1 Indian is playing so big opportunity for Indians to grab all 4 qualifying places.
At $53K Women & $25K Men Chennai Open, India
[Q1] Dipika Pallikal (IND,49) bt Coline Aumard (FRA,72) 11-2 11-8 11-8
[Q1] Surbhi Mishra (IND,128) l Joey Chan (HGK,31) 11-13 4-11 5-11
[Q1] Aparajitha Balamurukan (IND,102) l Sharon Wee (MAS,30) 4-11 7-11 1-11
[Q1] Anaka Alankamony (IND,77) bt Anwesha Reddy (IND,106) 8-11 11-6 11-9 11-7
[Q1] Siddharth Suchde (IND,102) bt Abhishek Pradhan (IND,297) 11-4 11-3 11-7 (21m)
[Q1] Vikas Jangra (IND,UNR) bt Naresh Kumar (IND,154) 9-11 10-12 11-5 11-9 11-6 (55m)
[Q1] Ritwik Bhattacharya (IND,115) bt Sandeep Jangra (IND,384) 11-8 11-9 11-3 (30m)
[Q1] Naveen Jangra (IND,UNR) l Stuart Crawford (SCO,129) 9-11 4-11-4 8-11 (33m)
[Q1] Parthiban Ayyappan (IND,UNR) l Elvinn Keo (MAS,119) 9-11 11-7 6-11 3-11 (35m)
[Q1] Harinder Pal Sandhu (IND,107) bt Ravi Dixit (IND,216) 11-9 8-11 14-12 11-4 (42m)
[Q1] Gaurav Nandrajog (IND,177) bt Kamran Khan (MAS,124) 11-6 7-11 8-11 12-10 11-9 (64m)
[Q1] B. Balamurugan (IND,UNR) l Kristian Frost Olesen (DEN,100) 5-11 7-11 7-11
[Q2] Dipika Pallikal (IND,49) vs Aisling Blake (IRL,25)
[Q2] Anaka Alankamony (IND,77) vs Donna Urquhart (AUS,21)
[Q2] Siddharth Suchde (IND,102) vs Vikas Jangra (IND,UNR)
[Q2] Ritwik Bhattacharya (IND,115) vs Stuart Crawford (SCO,129)
[Q2] Harinder Pal Sandhu (IND,107) vs Elvinn Keo (MAS,119)
[Q2] Gaurav Nandrajog (IND,177) vs Kristian Frost Olesen (DEN,100)
[R1] (WC) Joshna Chinappa (IND,34) vs (7) Kasey Brown (AUS,10)
[R1] (5) Saurav Ghosal (IND,29) vs Qualifier
[R1] (WC) Ramit Tandon (IND,347) vs (4) Mohamed Ali Anwar Reda (EGY,27)
As expected very strong field for Women tournament ... As many top-10 players r participating including top 5 players like WR #1 Nicol David, #3 Jenny Duncalf and #4 Rachael Grinham ... Wild card given to India's #1 and local girl Joshna Chinappa, but she is having tough first round match against WR #10 Australian Kasey Brown.
In Men tournament, Saurav Ghosal is 5th seed and will face an qualifier in first round ... But surprisingly wild card given to very lowly ranked Ramit Tandon and he is facing 4th seed Egyptian Mohamed Ali Anwar Reda in first round.
Pleasantly surprised to see another Indian girl in top 80 and couple of more on verge of entering into top-100 ... In final qualifying round Dipika and Anaka having tough matches against top-25 players.
Good win by Gaurav Nandrajog over higher ranked Malaysian ... So in all final qualifying matches at least 1 Indian is playing so big opportunity for Indians to grab all 4 qualifying places.
Hockey News
At 12th FIH World Cup 2010, New Delhi, India
Group B
England bt South Africa 6-4
Pakistan bt Spain 2-1
India l Australia 2-5
Goal Scored - Vikram Pillay (IND) 35', Rajpal Singh (IND) 53' and Liam De Young (AUS) 2', Glenn Turner (AUS) 9' PC & 43', Desmond Abbot (AUS) 26', Luke Doerner (AUS) 42' PC
Forgettable performance by Indians in their second match against Australia ... In this match our defense was in total disarray, we were doing stupid mistakes to gave penalty corners to Australians ... Also our goal-keeper Adrian D'Souza had a bad day ... He should at least stop couple goals from Australian but he also had his moments in the match with couple of good savings and also saved penalty stroke by Jaime Dwyer in late of the match.
Today our players did poor marking, played self-centric game, stopping and tapping were poor, no co-ordination between defense or forwards, had poor game plan to counter-attack Australian strategy, poor defending and poor goal-keeping ... Hoping lot more improvement in next important match against Spain.
FIH panel reduced Shivendra Singh's ban to 2 matches from 3, still very harsh penalty for unintentional foul where nobody hurt badly.
At 12th FIH World Cup 2010, New Delhi, India
Group B
England bt South Africa 6-4
Pakistan bt Spain 2-1
India l Australia 2-5
Goal Scored - Vikram Pillay (IND) 35', Rajpal Singh (IND) 53' and Liam De Young (AUS) 2', Glenn Turner (AUS) 9' PC & 43', Desmond Abbot (AUS) 26', Luke Doerner (AUS) 42' PC
Forgettable performance by Indians in their second match against Australia ... In this match our defense was in total disarray, we were doing stupid mistakes to gave penalty corners to Australians ... Also our goal-keeper Adrian D'Souza had a bad day ... He should at least stop couple goals from Australian but he also had his moments in the match with couple of good savings and also saved penalty stroke by Jaime Dwyer in late of the match.
Today our players did poor marking, played self-centric game, stopping and tapping were poor, no co-ordination between defense or forwards, had poor game plan to counter-attack Australian strategy, poor defending and poor goal-keeping ... Hoping lot more improvement in next important match against Spain.
FIH panel reduced Shivendra Singh's ban to 2 matches from 3, still very harsh penalty for unintentional foul where nobody hurt badly.
Tuesday, March 02, 2010
Tennis News
At $50K+H Cherbourg Challenger, France
Doubles
[R1] (4) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Adil Shamasdin (CAN) vs (WC) Alexandre Sidorenko (FRA)/ Anthony Thiebot (FRA)
This week harsh and his partner playing on hard courts, so hoping at least performance as per their ranking.
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At $25K ITF Womens Tournament, Hammond, LA, USA
[Q1] Shikha UBEROI (IND,570) bt (4) Sheng-Nan SUN (CHN,317) 64 62
[Q2] Shikha UBEROI (IND,570) l (16) Heather WATSON (GBR,486) 16 46
Doubles
[R1] Teodora MIRCIC (SRB)/ Shikha UBEROI (IND) Vs Yi-Fan XU (CHN)/ Yi-Miao ZHOU (CHN)
Shikha started well in qualifying beating higher ranked Chinese girl but in next round British girl easily defeated her.
At $50K+H Cherbourg Challenger, France
Doubles
[R1] (4) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Adil Shamasdin (CAN) vs (WC) Alexandre Sidorenko (FRA)/ Anthony Thiebot (FRA)
This week harsh and his partner playing on hard courts, so hoping at least performance as per their ranking.
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At $25K ITF Womens Tournament, Hammond, LA, USA
[Q1] Shikha UBEROI (IND,570) bt (4) Sheng-Nan SUN (CHN,317) 64 62
[Q2] Shikha UBEROI (IND,570) l (16) Heather WATSON (GBR,486) 16 46
Doubles
[R1] Teodora MIRCIC (SRB)/ Shikha UBEROI (IND) Vs Yi-Fan XU (CHN)/ Yi-Miao ZHOU (CHN)
Shikha started well in qualifying beating higher ranked Chinese girl but in next round British girl easily defeated her.
Hockey News
At 12th FIH World Cup 2010, New Delhi, India
In surprise move by tournament Director Australian Ken Read declared three World Cup matches ban on Indian striker Shivendra Singh for "deliberately" hit Fareed Ahmed by lifting his stick in the 39th minute of their match against Pakistan ... But surprisingly field umpires or Pakistani team management did not make any complaint about it ... Read said Shivendra was guilty of breaching FIH Code of Conduct and found guilty of level 2 offense -- physical assault without serious injury ... Read take this decision after viewing video tape of the match ... Indians filed an appeal and depositing the appeal fees of Euro 600 ... If ban remain then Shivendra will miss India's matches against Australia, Spain and against England ... It will be a big blow for India as Shivendra is our main striker.
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Group A
New Zealand bt Canada 3-2
Germany dw Korea 2-2
Netherlands bt Argentina 3-0
Dutch drag-flicker Taeke Taekema scored the first hat-trick of the tournament to help their side comfortable win ... Germany fought hard to drew their match against Korea ... Black-sticks also started their campaign with victory over Canada.
At 12th FIH World Cup 2010, New Delhi, India
In surprise move by tournament Director Australian Ken Read declared three World Cup matches ban on Indian striker Shivendra Singh for "deliberately" hit Fareed Ahmed by lifting his stick in the 39th minute of their match against Pakistan ... But surprisingly field umpires or Pakistani team management did not make any complaint about it ... Read said Shivendra was guilty of breaching FIH Code of Conduct and found guilty of level 2 offense -- physical assault without serious injury ... Read take this decision after viewing video tape of the match ... Indians filed an appeal and depositing the appeal fees of Euro 600 ... If ban remain then Shivendra will miss India's matches against Australia, Spain and against England ... It will be a big blow for India as Shivendra is our main striker.
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Group A
New Zealand bt Canada 3-2
Germany dw Korea 2-2
Netherlands bt Argentina 3-0
Dutch drag-flicker Taeke Taekema scored the first hat-trick of the tournament to help their side comfortable win ... Germany fought hard to drew their match against Korea ... Black-sticks also started their campaign with victory over Canada.
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Hockey News
At FIH World Cup 2010, New Delhi, India
INDIANS HAD WINNING START IN WORLD CUP BEATING PAKISTAN 4-1!!!
Group B
Spain bt South Africa 4-2
England bt Australia 3-2
India bt Pakistan 4-1
Goal Scored - Shivendra Singh (IND) 27' PC, Sandeep Singh (IND) 35' PC & 57' PC, Prabhjot Singh (IND) 37' and Sohail Abbas (PAK) 60' PC
Indian and Pakistani started match in good spirit ... Pakistani were using their fast break strategy ... But Indians were defending smartly and controlling the game in mid-field ... Indian received first penalty corner but Salman made excellent save but on 2nd penalty corner Sandeep Singh shot stopped by Salman by chest, Shivendra Singh jumped on the ball to score first goal of World cup from team India ... After few minutes Pakistan got their 1st penalty corner but Sohail Abbas shot hit crossbar ... Indian received 3rd penalty corner when 5 seconds were remaining of first half and Sandeep Singh scored hitting ball right side of Salman to gave India 2-0 lead at half-time ... In second half Indians had dream start ... They scored field goal through Prabhjot Singh in 2nd minute ... Then Pakistani had 2nd penalty corner and again Sohail's shot hit crossbar of Indian goal ... Indian got 4th penalty corner and again Sandeep Singh scored with powerful hit this time left of Pakistani goal-keeper Salman ... At last Sohail scored converting 4th penalty corner for Pakistan ... After that Pakistani tried to score more goals but Indians defended well ... Pakistan got 6 penalty corners and they converted one but we got 5 and utilised those opportunity scoring 3 goals ... Indian team were definetly better team on the field ... Great start for India, after long time we r getting such good winning start in major tournament.
At FIH World Cup 2010, New Delhi, India
INDIANS HAD WINNING START IN WORLD CUP BEATING PAKISTAN 4-1!!!
Group B
Spain bt South Africa 4-2
England bt Australia 3-2
India bt Pakistan 4-1
Goal Scored - Shivendra Singh (IND) 27' PC, Sandeep Singh (IND) 35' PC & 57' PC, Prabhjot Singh (IND) 37' and Sohail Abbas (PAK) 60' PC
Indian and Pakistani started match in good spirit ... Pakistani were using their fast break strategy ... But Indians were defending smartly and controlling the game in mid-field ... Indian received first penalty corner but Salman made excellent save but on 2nd penalty corner Sandeep Singh shot stopped by Salman by chest, Shivendra Singh jumped on the ball to score first goal of World cup from team India ... After few minutes Pakistan got their 1st penalty corner but Sohail Abbas shot hit crossbar ... Indian received 3rd penalty corner when 5 seconds were remaining of first half and Sandeep Singh scored hitting ball right side of Salman to gave India 2-0 lead at half-time ... In second half Indians had dream start ... They scored field goal through Prabhjot Singh in 2nd minute ... Then Pakistani had 2nd penalty corner and again Sohail's shot hit crossbar of Indian goal ... Indian got 4th penalty corner and again Sandeep Singh scored with powerful hit this time left of Pakistani goal-keeper Salman ... At last Sohail scored converting 4th penalty corner for Pakistan ... After that Pakistani tried to score more goals but Indians defended well ... Pakistan got 6 penalty corners and they converted one but we got 5 and utilised those opportunity scoring 3 goals ... Indian team were definetly better team on the field ... Great start for India, after long time we r getting such good winning start in major tournament.
Badminton News
At SCG Thomas & Uber Cup 2010 Preliminary Asia Zone, Thailand
Uber Cup - For 3rd Position
India l Japan 2-3
Saina Nehwal (IND,7) bt Ai Goto (JPN,24) 21-17 21-16 (30 mins)
Jwala Gutta (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) l Mizuki Fujii (JPN)/ Reika Kakiiwa (JPN) 16-21 15-21 (32 mins)
Sayali Gokhale (IND,59) l Eriko Hirose (JPN,18) 20-22 13-21 (33 mins)
Trupti Murgunde (IND,61) bt Yu Hirayama (JPN,60) 21-8 21-16 (28 mins)
Saina Nehwal (IND)/ Aparna Balan (IND) l Miyuki Maeda (JPN)/ Satoko Suetsuna (JPN) 16-21 10-21 (32 mins)
Indian women lost against Japanese women in Uber Cup 3rd position match, with that they lost opportunity of getting direct entry into Uber Cup Finals ... But as I mentioned earlier they will qualify for Uber Cup Finals as best 4th finished team from Asia and Europe.
Indian women won 2 singles by Saina and Trupti but Japanese doubles pair were very strong to Indians pair and that was difference for final outcome of this match.
At SCG Thomas & Uber Cup 2010 Preliminary Asia Zone, Thailand
Uber Cup - For 3rd Position
India l Japan 2-3
Saina Nehwal (IND,7) bt Ai Goto (JPN,24) 21-17 21-16 (30 mins)
Jwala Gutta (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) l Mizuki Fujii (JPN)/ Reika Kakiiwa (JPN) 16-21 15-21 (32 mins)
Sayali Gokhale (IND,59) l Eriko Hirose (JPN,18) 20-22 13-21 (33 mins)
Trupti Murgunde (IND,61) bt Yu Hirayama (JPN,60) 21-8 21-16 (28 mins)
Saina Nehwal (IND)/ Aparna Balan (IND) l Miyuki Maeda (JPN)/ Satoko Suetsuna (JPN) 16-21 10-21 (32 mins)
Indian women lost against Japanese women in Uber Cup 3rd position match, with that they lost opportunity of getting direct entry into Uber Cup Finals ... But as I mentioned earlier they will qualify for Uber Cup Finals as best 4th finished team from Asia and Europe.
Indian women won 2 singles by Saina and Trupti but Japanese doubles pair were very strong to Indians pair and that was difference for final outcome of this match.
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Tennis News
At $ 1.619M Dubai Tennis Championships, UAE
Doubles Final
(2) Leander Paes (IND)/ Lukas Dlouhy (CZE) l Simon Aspelin (SWE)/ Paul Hanley (AUS) 26 36
Poor performance from second seed pair to lose final this easily ... Lee struggled with holding his serve and other hand Lukas's double faults didn't help their cause.
At $ 1.619M Dubai Tennis Championships, UAE
Doubles Final
(2) Leander Paes (IND)/ Lukas Dlouhy (CZE) l Simon Aspelin (SWE)/ Paul Hanley (AUS) 26 36
Poor performance from second seed pair to lose final this easily ... Lee struggled with holding his serve and other hand Lukas's double faults didn't help their cause.
Badminton News
At SCG Thomas & Uber Cup 2010 Preliminary Asia Zone, Thailand
INDIA gained direct entry for Thoms Cup Final 2010.
Thomas Cup - For 3rd Position
Chetan Anand (IND,15) bt Sho Sasaki (JPN,29) 21-16 23-21 (32 mins)
Sanave Thomas (IND)/ Rupesh Kumar (IND) bt Hirokatsu Hashimoto (JPN)/ Noriyasu Hirata (JPN) 21-19 18-21 21-15 (47 mins)
Arvind Bhatt (IND,33) l Kazushi Yamada (JPN,44) 15-21 21-14 7-21 (47 mins)
V Diju (IND)/ Akshay Dewalkar (IND) l Kenta Kazuno (JPN)/ Kenichi Hayakawa (JPN) 21-17 16-21 19-21 (37 mins)
Anup Sridhar (IND,39) bt Shoji Sato (JPN,UNR) 21-7 19-21 24-22
Uber Cup - Semi Finals
India l Indonesia 0-3
Saina Nehwal (IND,7) l Adriyanti Firdasari (INA,22) 16-21 15-21 (28 mins)
Shruti Kurian (IND)/ Aparna Balan (IND) l Greysia Polii (INA)/ Nitya Krishinda Maheswari (INA) 16-21 15-21 (29 mins)
Sayali Gokhale (IND,59) l Maria Kristin Yulianti (INA,53) 22-24 12-22 (33 mins)
Chetan Anand gave good start for Indian team with winning his match in straight game ... But important win was from our top doubles team ... Rupesh and Sanave scored win in 3 games ... But Japan fought back winning next 2 matches ... Yamada upset Arvind winning third game very easily and in next doubles match Diju and Akshay lost after winning first game ... But in 5th deciding match Japan was playing with top doubles specialist Shoji Sato so Anup had a chance ... Anup dominateed first game winning it easily ... In second game Anup was up by 4 points in the start but Sato take lead from 12-all and was up 13-18, 15-19 ... Anup made it 19-all but Sato won next 2 points to take match into decider ... In third game Sato take early 2/3 points lead and maintained it until Anup caught with him at 17-all ... And first time take lead in deciding game 19-17, he had 2 match points at 20-18 but Sato saved those ... Anup again take lead 21-20, 22-21 but again both time Sato saved it ... But Anup converted 5th match point to secured win and tie for India.
So with that our men team officially qualified for 2010 Thomas cup final, last time we were qualified in 2006.
Indian women lost against Indonasin team in semis ... Was surprise to see Saina losing easily against Adriyanti Firdasari ... Against her Saina having so-so record ... In 2009 she lost against Adriyanti Firdasari at Korea Super Series but at Singapore Super Series Saina take revenge beating her in 3 games ... Today was different story.
Reaching semis in Uber Cup 2010 Preliminary Asia Zone tournament our women also secured their place in 2010 Uber Cup final, which will be played in May at Kuala Lumpur ... Same format like Thomas cup follw here, so top 3 teams will get direct entry from Asia Zone and 4th team from Asian zone and European Zone having toss-up between them on basis of singles ranking of players ... Our players ranking is far too better than Dutch players who finished 4th from European zone.
Interestingly this is the first time we are qualified for Uber Cup final ... Heartily congratulation to our both teams!!!
At SCG Thomas & Uber Cup 2010 Preliminary Asia Zone, Thailand
INDIA gained direct entry for Thoms Cup Final 2010.
Thomas Cup - For 3rd Position
Chetan Anand (IND,15) bt Sho Sasaki (JPN,29) 21-16 23-21 (32 mins)
Sanave Thomas (IND)/ Rupesh Kumar (IND) bt Hirokatsu Hashimoto (JPN)/ Noriyasu Hirata (JPN) 21-19 18-21 21-15 (47 mins)
Arvind Bhatt (IND,33) l Kazushi Yamada (JPN,44) 15-21 21-14 7-21 (47 mins)
V Diju (IND)/ Akshay Dewalkar (IND) l Kenta Kazuno (JPN)/ Kenichi Hayakawa (JPN) 21-17 16-21 19-21 (37 mins)
Anup Sridhar (IND,39) bt Shoji Sato (JPN,UNR) 21-7 19-21 24-22
Uber Cup - Semi Finals
India l Indonesia 0-3
Saina Nehwal (IND,7) l Adriyanti Firdasari (INA,22) 16-21 15-21 (28 mins)
Shruti Kurian (IND)/ Aparna Balan (IND) l Greysia Polii (INA)/ Nitya Krishinda Maheswari (INA) 16-21 15-21 (29 mins)
Sayali Gokhale (IND,59) l Maria Kristin Yulianti (INA,53) 22-24 12-22 (33 mins)
Chetan Anand gave good start for Indian team with winning his match in straight game ... But important win was from our top doubles team ... Rupesh and Sanave scored win in 3 games ... But Japan fought back winning next 2 matches ... Yamada upset Arvind winning third game very easily and in next doubles match Diju and Akshay lost after winning first game ... But in 5th deciding match Japan was playing with top doubles specialist Shoji Sato so Anup had a chance ... Anup dominateed first game winning it easily ... In second game Anup was up by 4 points in the start but Sato take lead from 12-all and was up 13-18, 15-19 ... Anup made it 19-all but Sato won next 2 points to take match into decider ... In third game Sato take early 2/3 points lead and maintained it until Anup caught with him at 17-all ... And first time take lead in deciding game 19-17, he had 2 match points at 20-18 but Sato saved those ... Anup again take lead 21-20, 22-21 but again both time Sato saved it ... But Anup converted 5th match point to secured win and tie for India.
So with that our men team officially qualified for 2010 Thomas cup final, last time we were qualified in 2006.
Indian women lost against Indonasin team in semis ... Was surprise to see Saina losing easily against Adriyanti Firdasari ... Against her Saina having so-so record ... In 2009 she lost against Adriyanti Firdasari at Korea Super Series but at Singapore Super Series Saina take revenge beating her in 3 games ... Today was different story.
Reaching semis in Uber Cup 2010 Preliminary Asia Zone tournament our women also secured their place in 2010 Uber Cup final, which will be played in May at Kuala Lumpur ... Same format like Thomas cup follw here, so top 3 teams will get direct entry from Asia Zone and 4th team from Asian zone and European Zone having toss-up between them on basis of singles ranking of players ... Our players ranking is far too better than Dutch players who finished 4th from European zone.
Interestingly this is the first time we are qualified for Uber Cup final ... Heartily congratulation to our both teams!!!
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