Badminton News

At $120K Macau Open 2013 (GP Gold), Macau City

[SF] (1) Sindhu P. V. (IND,11) bt (Q) Qin Jinjing (CHN,780) 21-13 18-21 21-19

[F] (1) Sindhu P. V. (IND,11) vs (7) Li Michelle (CAN,30)

In the first game Qin take 6-3 early lead but Sindhu caught her at 7-all ... From 13-12 Sindhu gave only a single point to Qin and won the first game comfortably ... In the second game Sindhu started with 4-0 lead but Quin won next 4 points to made it 4-all ... Sindhu opened 3 points lead at 8-5 and kept couple of points lead till 16-14 ... Qin won next 5 points and first time take lead in this game 19-16 ... Then Qin kept that lead and converted 2nd game point for winning this game ... The decider turned to be dog fight as both players continuously changing lead ... Qin take 4-0 lead but Sindhu won next 6 points to take 6-4 lead ... Qin caught her at 7-all and take 9-7 lead ... From 9-10 down Qin won next 4 points to lead 13-10 but again Sindhu caught her at 13-all ... Qin again opened lead 15-13 then 16-14 ... This time also Sindhu fought back winning next 3 points, 17-16 ... Both were neck to neck till 19-all and then Sindhu won last 2 points for very hard fought win in 68 minutes ... Surprisingly tough match for Sindhu against this 17 yrs old Chinese qualifier ... In the final Sindhu is facing Canadian Li Michelle, who upset 3rd seed Pui Yin Yip.

Tennis News

At Asian Tennis Championship 2013, Bangkok, Thailand

[SF] (4) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,721) l (1) Ti Chen (TPE,305) 1-2 retd.

Doubles
[SF] Aqeel Khan (PAK)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) l (1) Hsin Han Lee (TPE)/ Hsien Yin Peng (TPE) 63 26 2-10

And today Vishnu also retired from the singles match playing only three games due to injury.

Vishnu still played the doubles and lost against top-seed Taipei pair after winning the first set.
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At $10K India F11 Futures, Raipur

Singles Final
(6) Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND,696) bt Duck Hee LEE (KOR,897) 46 76(6) 64

Ramkumar lifted his first ITF futures title beating talented 15 yrs old Korean kid in well contested two and half hours match ... Congratulation to Ramkumar for his singles Futures title win.

Ramkumar neweded to dig seep for this win ... In the first set Ramkumar was leading 3-1 but then he lost 5 games in a row for losing this set ... In the second set Lee was leading 5-3 and at 5-4 he served for the match ... Ramkumar broke him and take the set in tie-break ... In the tie-break also Ramkumar was match point down at 5-6 before saving it and then winning the tie-break 8-6 ... In the final set Ramkumar was up with double break, 4-0, but while serving for the match at 5-2 Lee broke him ... Ramkumar kept his nerve in 10th game when he was again serving for the match ... He hold his serve @15 and completed excellent win.

Snooker News

At £700K UK Championship, York, England

[R1] Pankaj Advani (IND,67) l Tian Pengfei (CHN,64) 1-6 (10-76(76), 73-44, 24-78(61), 49-68, 6-65(64), 8-73(54), 30-77)
[R1] Aditya Mehta (IND,63) l Robbie Williams (ENG,70) 2-6 (25-81, 16-53, 65-17, 61-68, 21-73, 10-73, 52-50, 0-66(58))

Pankaj failed to produce challenge to his Chinese opponent ... Tian scored comfortable win against Pankaj losing single frame.

Aditya also lost his match against young Britisher ... In this match Aditya failed to score substantial break and Williams take advantage of it ... I m feeling that our players r still struggling to adjust with speed of cloth in Britain.

Badminton News

At $120K Macau Open 2013 (GP Gold), Macau City

[QF] (1) Sindhu P. V. (IND,11) bt (5) Tsz Ka Chan (HKG,28) 21-17 21-12

[SF] (1) Sindhu P. V. (IND,11) vs (Q) Qin Jinjing (CHN,780)

In this match Sindhu started confidently after winning first 4 points ... Chan won 4 points in a row from 6-11 and reduced Sindhu's lead to 1 point, 10-11 ... But at 10-14 Chan first time take lead in the match after winning next 5 points, 15-14 ... Sindhu recovered from her lapse of concentration and won 6 points in a row from 15-17 to won the first game ... In the second game Sindhu won 6 points in a row from 1-3 to take 7-3 lead .. Chan managed to reduce lead to 1 point, 10-11, from 7-11 ... But after that Sindhu lost only 2 more points before completing victory in 28 minutes ... In the semis Sindhu is facing 17 yrs old Chinese qualifier ... Winnable match for Sindhu.

Tennis News

At Asian Tennis Championship 2013, Bangkok, Thailand

[QF] (2) Sanam Singh (IND,319) l (5) Pruchya Isarow (THA,827) 36 retd.
[QF] (4) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,721) bt (7) Ting-Yu Chuang (TPE,939) 62 36 75

[SF] (4) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,721) vs (1) Ti Chen (TPE,305)

Doubles
[QF] Aqeel Khan (PAK)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt (4) Warit Sornbutnark (THA)/ Kittipong Wachiramanowong (THA) 76(5) 62

[SF] Aqeel Khan (PAK)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs (1) Hsin Han Lee (TPE)/ Hsien Yin Peng (TPE)

Sanam's decision of skipping Thai futures for this tournament backfired ... After losing the first he retired from the match ... I m hoping not a serious injury scare.

Vishnu stretched to three sets by his 900+ ranked Taipei opponent ... In the semi-final he is facing top-seed Ti Chen ... In the doubles also Vishnu in the semi-final with Aqeel after upsetting 4th seed Thai pair ... Here also they r facing top-seed Taipei pair for place in the final.
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At $15K Thailand F4 Futures, Bangkok

[SF] Karunuday Singh (IND,636) l Luke Saville (AUS,445) 36 63 36

Karunuday blew chance of entering in the final beating former junior WR #1 Luke Saville ... After losing the first set Karunuday fought back and was controlling the match ... He won the second set and had a break point in 1st game of the final set ... Karunuday missed that opportunity and after that Luke didn't gave him a chance on his own serve .. Luke broke Karunuday in 8th game and then hold his serve for completing the victory.
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At $10K India F11 Futures, Raipur

Singles Semi Finals
Duck Hee LEE (KOR) bt (3) Jung-Woong NA (KOR) 64 retd.
(6) Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND) bt (4) Tortsen WIETOSKA (GER) 57 75 63

Doubles Final
(1) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND)/ Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) bt Mohit Mayur JAYAPRAKASH (IND)/ Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND) 61 63

Really good comeback win by Ramkumar over his higher ranked German opponent ... Wietoska won the first set but Ramkumar turned his fortune take crucial break in the tight second set ... Ramkumar controlled the final set and completed victory ... In the final he is facing 15 yrs old talented Korean Duck Hee Lee for the title ... Duck Hee Lee is deaf player so his achievement is more remarkable .. Both players r trying for their first futures title.

Bala-Ranjeet lifted the doubles title after convincingly beating Mohit Mayur-Ramkumar after losing only 4 games.

Badminton News

At $120K Macau Open 2013 (GP Gold), Macau City

[R2] (1) Sindhu P. V. (IND,11) bt Salakjit Ponsana (THA,62) 18-21 21-8 21-14
[R2] Sayali Gokhale (IND,127) l Chochuwong Pornpawee (THA,64) 19-21 21-10 15-21
[R2] Thulasi P. C. (IND,72) l Di Suo (CHN,48) 15-21 7-21

[QF] (1) Sindhu P. V. (IND,11) vs (5) Tsz Ka Chan (HKG,28)

Sayali had chance in this 52 mins match ... In the first game Sayali was 6-9 behind but she came back in the game after winning next 6 points to lead 12-9 ... Pornpawee caught Sayali at 14-all but Sayali again opened 18-15 then 19-16 lead ... Pornpawee won next 5 points for winning the first game ... In the second game Sayali take 4-1 lead with Pornpawee reduced to 7-8 but after that Sayali gave her chance to win 3 more points and won this game comfortably ... But in the decider Pornpawee opened 7-1 lead which Sayali failed to overcome and lost this match ... Other hand Thulasi failed to create much challenge to her Chinese opponent Di Suo ... In the first game she tried little much but Suo didn't gave chance to Thulasi in the second game.

In this match also Sindhu started slowly ... From 8-all Sindhu opened 15-10 lead but Ponsana take advantage and fought back ... Ponsana won 5 points in a row from 14-16 to lead 19-16 ... Ponsana won 2nd game point and grabbed the first game ... Sindhu recovered in the second game and from 5-all she gave chance of winning 3 more points to Ponsana before winning it comfortably ... In the third game from 4-all Sindhu won next 9 points to lead 13-4 ... After that Ponsana tried fightback but this gap proved too much for her ... Sindhu completed win in 48 minutes and take revenge of her loss against Ponsana in 2011 ... Next in the quarter final she is facing Hong Kong girl Tsz Ka Chan.

Tennis News

At Asian Tennis Championship 2013, Bangkok, Thailand

[R1] (2) Sanam Singh (IND,319) bt Phassawit Burapharittha (THA,1917) 62 75
[R1] (4) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,721) bt Grittaboon Prammanee (THA,1674) 36 63 62
[R1] Garvit Batra (IND,1365) bt Thanasit Issaraporn (THA,1314) 26 62 61

[R1] Sharmada Balu (IND,829) bt Jitsupang Samrej (THA,UNR) 57 61 61

[R2] (2) Sanam Singh (IND,319) bt Nutthanon Kadchapanan (THA,1237) 61 60
[R2] (4) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,721) bt Pongsiri Nirot (THA,UNR) 76(4) 64
[R2] Garvit Batra (IND,1365) l Trijati Sunu Wahyu (INA,UNR) 16 46

[R2] Sharmada Balu (IND,829) l (7) Ling Zhang (HKG,427) 16 36

[QF] (2) Sanam Singh (IND,319) vs (5) Pruchya Isarow (THA,827)
[QF] (4) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,721) vs (7) Ting-Yu Chuang (TPE,939)

Doubles
[R1] Sharmada Balu (IND)/ Katherine Westbury (THA) bt Plobrung Plipuech (THA)/ Bunyawi Thamchaiwai (THA) 63 75
[R1] Aqeel Khan (PAK)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt (WC) Tanatuch Bonsiri (THA)/ Suthinan Tanthaseraneewat (THA) 75 64

[QF] Sharmada Balu (IND)/ Katherine Westbury (THA) l (2) Chin Wei Chan (TPE)/ Ya Hsuan Lee (TPE) 36 16
[QF] Aqeel Khan (PAK)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs (4) Warit Sornbutnark (THA)/ Kittipong Wachiramanowong (THA)

Sanam take a bizarre decision of playing in this Asian Tennis championship ... He was playing in the fututres event and won first 2 rounds but now he is playing in this tournament which having more prize money but zero ranking points ... The ITF will definitely going to penalized Sanam for his actions ... Surprisingly tough wins for our players in the first round ... After producing little upset Garvit got upset from unranked Indonesian in one-sided match ... Sanam is comfortably in the quarters but Vishnu struggled against local wild-card player ... Next both having winnable matches.
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At $15K Thailand F4 Futures, Bangkok

[QF] (7) Sanam Singh (IND,319) l Luke Saville (AUS,445) w/o
[QF] Karunuday Singh (IND,636) bt (WC) Singekrawee Wattanakul (THA,UNR) 61 64

[SF] Karunuday Singh (IND,636) vs Luke Saville (AUS,445)

Sanam withdrew from this futures as he decided to play in Asian Tennis championship ... Karunuday scored comfortable win over Thai unranked player ... Next Karunuday is facing Aussie Luke Saville.
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At $10K India F11 Futures, Raipur

Singles Quarter Finals
Duck Hee LEE (KOR) bt (5) Ranjit VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) 57 63 63
(3) Jung-Woong NA (KOR) bt Jui-Chen HUNG (TPE) 63 60
(4) Tortsen WIETOSKA (GER) bt (7) Marc KALOVELONIS (GRE) 46 63 75
(6) Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND) bt (2) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND) 62 1-0 retd.

Doubles Semi Finals
(1) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND)/ Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) bt (WC) Ronit Singh BISHT (IND)/ Jatin DAHIYA (IND) 61 60
Mohit Mayur JAYAPRAKASH (IND)/ Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND) bt Vinayak Sharma KAZA (IND)/ Luca MARGAROLI (SUI) 63 64

Bala must be tired in these demanding condition as he was finalists (with the title win last week) in last two weeks futures and more over also he participated in the doubles in all three futures ... In his match against Ramkumar he gave walkover after losing the first set ... Ranjeet won the first set against talented Korean youngster Lee before losing next two sets ... So only Ramkumar is remaining in the singles.

Hockey News

At the Junior Hockey World Cup 2013, New Delhi, India

Indian Squad
Goalkeepers - Sushant Tirkey, Harjot Singh Defenders - Gurjinder Singh, Amit Rohidas (vice-captain), Surender Kumar, Sukhmanjit Singh, Pardeep Mor, Kothajit Singh
Midfielders - Manpreet Singh (captain), Satbir Singh, Harjit Singh, Imran Khan, Prabhdeep Singh
Forwards - Malak Singh, Mandeep Singh, Talwinder Singh, Akashdeep Singh, Ramandeep Singh

Standbys - Jagdeep Dayal (goalkeeper), Lalit Upadhyay and Gurmail Singh (midfielder), Affan Yousuf (forward)

Pool A
Germany, Pakistan, Belgium and Egypt

Pool B
Australia, Spain, Argentina and France

Pool C
India, Netherlands, South Korea and Canada

Pool D
England, New Zealand, South Africa and Malaysia

Our team is announced for junior world cup ... Talented midfielder Manpreet Singh, a veteran of 85 international matches, is named the captain ... Our team is full of talented players, whom HI groomed with playing them in senior team in international matches.

The tournament schedule is set with four pools of four teams of which two from each pool will advance to the quarterfinals ... India is in Pool C with favorite Netherlands, South Korea and Canada.

Tennis News

At $15K Thailand F4 Futures, Bangkok

[R2] (7) Sanam Singh (IND,319) bt (Q) Kaichi Uchida (JPN,946) 61 63
[R2] Karunuday Singh (IND,636) bt (3) Tak Khunn-Wang (FRA,289) 64 64

[QF] (7) Sanam Singh (IND,319) vs Luke Saville (AUS,445)
[QF] Karunuday Singh (IND,636) vs (WC) Singekrawee Wattanakul (THA,UNR)

Excellent upset win by Karunuday against top-300 Frenchman Tak Khunn-Wang in the straight sets ... Next he is facing local wild-card player Wattanakul.

Sanam also scored dominating win over young Japanese and former junior world #3 Kaichi Uchida ... Next he is facing young Aussie and former junior world #1 Aussies Luke Saville who defeated 2nd seed Spanish in the second round.
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At $10K India F11 Futures, Raipur

Singles Second Round
Duck Hee LEE (KOR) bt (1) Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND) 67(5) 64 retd.
(5) Ranjit VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) bt Ashwin VIJAYRAGAVAN (IND) 62 61
(3) Jung-Woong NA (KOR) bt Ronit Singh BISHT (IND) 75 3-0 retd.
Jui-Chen HUNG (TPE) bt (8) N. Vijay Sunder PRASHANTH (IND) 62 76(6)
(7) Marc KALOVELONIS (GRE) bt (WC) Abhijeet TIWARI (IND) 64 62
(4) Tortsen WIETOSKA (GER) bt Arjun KADHE (IND) 64 75
(6) Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND) bt (Q) Sasi Kumar MUKUND (IND) 63 61
(2) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND) bt Luca MARGAROLI (SUI) 60 76(2)

Doubles Quarter Finals
(1) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND)/ Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) bt Fedor CHERVYAKOV (RUS)/ Timur KHABIBULIN (KAZ) 64 64
(WC) Ronit Singh BISHT (IND)/ Jatin DAHIYA (IND) bt (4) Jannis LINIGER (SUI)/ Mithun MURALI (IND) 5-2 retd.
Vinayak Sharma KAZA (IND)/ Luca MARGAROLI (SUI) bt Ronak MANUJA (IND)/ Abhijeet TIWARI (IND) 67(4) 64 10-7
Mohit Mayur JAYAPRAKASH (IND)/ Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND) bt Chandril SOOD (IND)/ Lakshit SOOD (IND) 64 61

An upset stomach forced top seed Jeevan Nedunchezhian to concede his second round match ... Only Balaji, Ramkumar and Ranjeet r in the quarters.

Badminton News

At $120K Macau Open 2013 (GP Gold), Macau City

[R2] Sourabh Varma (IND,62) l (9) Jen Hao Hsu (TPE,31) 16-21 13-21
[R2] (12) Prannoy H. S. (IND,46) l Chun Hei Tam (HKG,198) 13-21 18-21
[R1] (1) Sindhu P. V. (IND,11) bt Soo Jin Kim (KOR,182) 15-21 21-12 21-9
[R1] Sayali Gokhale (IND,127) bt (8) Chi Ya Cheng (TPE,68) 24-22 21-15
[R1] Thulasi P. C. (IND,72) bt (2) Nichaon Jindapon (THA,12) 22-20 21-19

[R1] Jwala Gutta (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) l Pei Rong Wang (TPE)/ Kuo Yu Wen (TPE) 0-2 retd.
[R1] (7) Tarun Kona (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) l Nipitphon Puangpuapech (THA)/ Puttita Supajirakul (THA) 10-21 21-17 13-21

[R2] (1) Sindhu P. V. (IND,11) vs Salakjit Ponsana (THA,62)
[R2] Sayali Gokhale (IND,127) vs Chochuwong Pornpawee (THA,64)
[R2] Thulasi P. C. (IND,72) vs Di Suo (CHN,48

Thulasi scored big win against top-15 Thai girl in straight games in 46 minutes ... In the first game Thulasi take 11-6 then 15-7 lead from 6-all ... Nichaon fought back and caught Thulasi at 18-all ... Nichaon had game point at 20-19 but Thulasi won next 3 points to won the game ... In the second game Nichaon opened 8-4 lead then she increased to 12-7 then 17-12 ... Thulasi won next 6 points to take 18-17 lead ... After that Thulasi had 2 match points at 20-18 and she converted 2nd match point for good win ... Next she is having another tough match against top-50 Chinese girl Di Suo.

Sayali also scored upset win over 8th seed Taipei player Cheng in 39 minutes ... In the first game Cheng opened 10-5 lead but Sayali caught her at 11-all ... Cheng again opened 18-14 lead and she had 4 game points at 2016 ... Sayali saved all 4 game points, 20-all and then again Sayali saved 5th game point at 20-21 ... Sayali converted 2nd game point for winning this game ... In the second game Sayali opened 8-4 lead from 4-all which she managed to keep through out the game ... Sayali won this game comfortably and next she is facing Thai girl Chochuwong Pornpawee.

Sindhu struggled with her game in the beginning and Kim take advantage of it ... In the first game Kim take 14-9 then 16-11 lead which Sindhu reduced to 15-16 ... But Kim won next 5 points for winning this game ... Sindhu found her touch from the second game and then she dominated this 45 minutes long match ... Sindhu take 8-2 lead which Kim reduced to 6-8 but Sindhu again take control and won this game losing another 6 points ... In the final game from 3-all Sindhu won next 8 points to lead 11-3 and she kept increasing the lead for winning the match ... Next she is facing Thai girl Salakjit Ponsana.

But disappointing losses of our men's players in the second round ... In MXD also seeded Ashwini-Tarun lost in three games ... After losing the first game they fought back to won the second game but Thai pair proved too strong in the third game ... In women's doubles Jwala-Ashwini retired from the match after only 2 points.

Tennis News

At $15K Thailand F4 Futures, Bangkok

[R1] Karunuday Singh (IND,636) bt (Q) Hong Chung (KOR,1413) 67(4) 36 57

[R2] (7) Sanam Singh (IND,319) vs (Q) Kaichi Uchida (JPN,946)
[R2] Karunuday Singh (IND,636) vs (3) Tak Khunn-Wang (FRA,289)

Surprisingly Korean qualifier Hong Chung stretched Karunuday to three sets ... Next KU is facing tough match against 3rd seed and top-300 Frenchman Tak Khunn-Wang ... Sanam is facing Japanese qualifier.

Badminton News

At $120K Macau Open 2013 (GP Gold), Macau City

[R1] (10) B. Sai Praneeth (IND,40) l (Q) Sol Kyu Choi (KOR,1314) 19-21 17-21
[R1] Sourabh Varma (IND,62) bt Hok Man Lou (MAC,821) 21-5 21-7
[R1] (12) Prannoy H. S. (IND,46) bt Andre Marteen (INA,119) 21-10 21-23 21-10
[R1] (1) Sindhu P. V. (IND,11) vs Soo Jin Kim (KOR,182)
[R1] Sayali Gokhale (IND,127) vs (8) Chi Ya Cheng (TPE,68)
[R1] Thulasi P. C. (IND,72) vs (2) Nichaon Jindapon (THA,12)

[R1] Jwala Gutta (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) vs Pei Rong Wang (TPE)/ Kuo Yu Wen (TPE)
[R1] (7) Tarun Kona (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) vs Nipitphon Puangpuapech (THA)/ Puttita Supajirakul (THA)

[R2] Sourabh Varma (IND,62) vs (9) Jen Hao Hsu (TPE,31)
[R2] (12) Prannoy H. S. (IND,46) vs Chun Hei Tam (HKG,198)

Sourabh scored very dominating win in 18 minutes over local player losing only 12 points ... In the second round he is facing 9th seed Taiwani player.

Other hand Prannoy was stretched to three games by Indonesian 100+ ranked player ... Prannoy won the first game easily and then he was leading 13-8 in the second ... After that loss of concentration for Prannoy and Andre caught him at 17-all .. Andre had 2 game points at 20-18 but Prannoy saved them and had match point at 21-10 ... Andre saved that and then converted 3rd game point ... In the third game from 8-all Prannoy won next 9 points to lead 17-8 and that gap was enough for winning this game ... Next he is facing 200-around ranked Hong Kong player.

Shocking loss of Prannoy against lowly ranked Korean junior qualifier ... Choi defeated Prannoy in 42 minutes.

Tennis News

At $15K Thailand F4 Futures, Bangkok

[R1] (7) Sanam Singh (IND,319) bt Yuichi Ito (JPN,484) 62 75
[R1] Karunuday Singh (IND,636) vs (Q) Hong Chung (KOR,1413)

Doubles
[R1] Daniiar DULDAEV (KGZ)/ Karunuday SINGH (IND) l (4) Yong-Kyu LIM (KOR)/ Sang-Woo NOH (KOR) 36 26

Good win by Sanam against experienced Ito in straight sets.
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At $10K India F11 Futures, Raipur

Singles First Round
(1) Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND) bt (WC) Prateek PUSHKAR BAXI (IND) 60 60
Duck Hee LEE (KOR) bt Mohit Mayur JAYAPRAKASH (IND) 67(2) 62 62
Ashwin VIJAYRAGAVAN (IND) bt Jatin DAHIYA (IND) 62 62
(5) Ranjit VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) bt Timur KHABIBULIN (KAZ) 62 61
(3) Jung-Woong NA (KOR) bt (Q) Odil AKRAMOV (UZB) 62 61
Ronit Singh BISHT (IND) bt Lakshit SOOD (IND) 57 75 63
Jui-Chen HUNG (TPE) bt David PEL (NED) 63 62
(8) N. Vijay Sunder PRASHANTH (IND) bt (WC) Abdullah SHAIKH (IND) 62 61
(7) Marc KALOVELONIS (GRE) bt Fedor CHERVYAKOV (RUS) 62 62
(WC) Abhijeet TIWARI (IND) bt (Q) Anvit BENDRE (IND) 57 64 62
Arjun KADHE (IND) bt (WC) Kumar ADAVELLY (IND) 62 62
(4) Tortsen WIETOSKA (GER) bt Vignesh PERANAMALLUR (IND) 62 60
(6) Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND) bt Timon REICHELT (GER) 64 63
(Q) Sasi Kumar MUKUND (IND) bt (Q) Ronak MANUJA (IND) 64 75
Luca MARGAROLI (SUI) bt Vinayak Sharma KAZA (IND) 76(5) 64
(2) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND) bt Chandril SOOD (IND) 64 36 62

Doubles First Round
(1) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND)/ Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) bt Arjun KADHE (IND)/ Ajai SELVARAJ (IND) 36 76(5) 10-6
Fedor CHERVYAKOV (RUS)/ Timur KHABIBULIN (KAZ) bt Duck Hee LEE (KOR)/ Jung-Woong NA (KOR) W/O
(4) Jannis LINIGER (SUI)/ Mithun MURALI (IND) bt Kumar ADAVELLY (IND)/ Vignesh PERANAMALLUR (IND) 76(5) 75
(WC) Ronit Singh BISHT (IND)/ Jatin DAHIYA (IND) bt (WC) Prateek PUSHKAR BAXI (IND)/ Sourabh SINGH (IND) 61 64
Vinayak Sharma KAZA (IND)/ Luca MARGAROLI (SUI) bt (ALT) Elwin ANTONY (IND)/ Sasi Kumar MUKUND (IND) 76(6) 67(4) 10-7
Ronak MANUJA (IND)/ Abhijeet TIWARI (IND) bt (3) Tortsen WIETOSKA (GER)/ Timon REICHELT (GER) 67(8) 62 10-1
Mohit Mayur JAYAPRAKASH (IND)/ Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND) bt (WC) Nail KHABIYEV (USA)/ Abdullah SHAIKH (IND) 62 61
Chandril SOOD (IND)/ Lakshit SOOD (IND) bt (2) Jui-Chen HUNG (TPE)/ Markos KALOVELONIS (GRE) 76(4) 76(3)

Good win by Ronit, Arjun and 16 yrs old Sasi Kumar Mukund ... In the doubles Sood brothers upset 2nd seed pair and Ronak-Abhijeet scored upset win over 3rd seed German pair.

Tennis News

At Asia-Pacific Australian Open 2014 - WildCard PlayOff Tournament, Shenzhen, China

Men's Singles
[SF] (2) Yuki Bhambri (IND,204) l (3) Wu Di (CHN,205) 67(6) 46

Men's Doubles Final
(2) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Michael Venus (NZL) bt (4) Mao-Xin Gong (CHN)/ Zhe Li (CHN) 76(3) 16 10-5

In the singles Yuki had chances but he failed to take it ... He was break up at 5-4 but Wu broke him on luv in 10th game to made it 5-all ... In the tie-break also Yuki had 2 set points at 6-4 but he lost next 4 points for losing the set ... In the second set Wu broke Yuki in 7th game and kept that advantage for winning the set and match.

Yuki and Venus lifted the doubles wild-card beating local pair in the final ... They won the first set in tie-break but Chinese pair made strong comeback and won the second set losing only a single game ... In match tie-break Yuki-Michael fought back and won it to book their ticket to Australian Open 2014.
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At $15K India F10 Futures, Bhopal

Singles Final
(2) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND,458) bt (3) Jung-Woong NA (KOR,499) 75 75

Balaji scored tight win over Korean Na to lift the futures title at Bhopal ... Bala was needing this title as last few months he struggle on the futures curcuit.

Chess News

At the FIDE World Chess Championship 2013, Chennai, India (November 9th to 28th, 2013)

Game Ten
GM Magnus Carlsen (NOR,2870) ½-½ GM Viswanathan Anand (IND,2775) (6½-3½)

Norway's Magnus Carlsen become new Chess World Champion!!!

22 yrs old Carlsen become the youngest World champion ... He defeated Anand comfortably to won the title when two games were remaining ... So Anand's 6 yrs regime over World championship got over and frankly Carlsen is most deserving candidate ... WR #1 Magnus Carlsen dominating chess world last couple of years and in the World championship match he show why he is WR #1 ... Carlsen showed his solid preparation for endgame in the World championship.

In 10th game Sicilian Defense utilized ... Carlsen and Vishy played very tactical game in this match ... But Carlsen played excellent defensive game and after long game it was eneded in draw after 65 moves.

Tennis News

At Asia-Pacific Australian Open 2014 - WildCard PlayOff Tournament, Shenzhen, China

Men's Singles
[QF] (2) Yuki Bhambri (IND,204) bt (Q) Zhicheng Zhu (CHN,UNR) 62 61

[SF] (2) Yuki Bhambri (IND,204) vs (3) Wu Di (CHN,205)

Men's Doubles
[SF] (2) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Michael Venus (NZL) bt (3) Chieh-Fu Wang (TPE)/ Jimmy Wang (TPE) 62 60

[F] (2) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Michael Venus (NZL) vs (4) Mao-Xin Gong (CHN)/ Zhe Li (CHN)

Yuki in the semis of Asia-Pacific Australian Open WildCard PlayOff Tournament with very comfortable win against junior Chinese player ... Real test for Yuki is starting from the semis ... In the semis he is facing defending champion and Chinese top-seed Wu Di.

In the doubles Yuki-Venus r one win away from sealing AO 2014 wild-card ... They scored dominating win over Taiwani pair in the final they r facing 4th seed Chinese pair, who scored upset win over top-seed pair in match tie-break.
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At $15K India F10 Futures, Bhopal

Singles Semi Finals
(1) Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND,321) l (3) Jung-Woong NA (KOR,499) 26 64 26
(2) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND,458) bt (WC) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,778) 75 62

Doubles Final
(1) Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND)/ Purav RAJA (IND) bt Daniiar DULDAEV (KGZ)/ Karunuday SINGH (IND) 63 63

Bala is in 2nd final in two weeks of Indian futures ... He scored straight sets win over Vijay Sundar ... In the final he is facing Korean Jung-Woong Na, who scored upset win over top-seed Jeevan in the semis.

Jeevan-Purav lifted the doubles title with comfortable win over unseeded pair of Karunuday and Daniiar.

Chess News

At the FIDE World Chess Championship 2013, Chennai, India (November 9th to 28th, 2013)

Game Nine
GM Viswanathan Anand (IND,2775) 0-1 GM Magnus Carlsen (NOR,2870) (3-6)

Magnus Carlsen is on verge of becoming new World champion as he need only half point from last three games ... In 9th game Anand came out all guns blazing but he blundered in this complicated game which cost him the victory ... This game played with sharp Nimzo-Indian Defence ... Anand got in a nice attacking position and had his chances but he made mistakes middle of the game ... Carlsen won this match after 28 moves.

Badminton News

At $350K Hong Kong Open 2013, Kowloon (Superseries)

[R2] Ajay Jayaram (IND,26) l Sony Dwi Kuncoro (INA,15) 18-21 12-21
[R2] (7) Saina Nehwal (IND,7) l Porntip Buranaprasertsuk (THA,13) 17-21 21-9 15-21

Really disappointing results of Saina and Ajay ... In their previous six meetings Saina was victorious against Porntip Buranaprasertsuk ... But here Saina failed to overcome her challenge ... After losing the first game Saina made strong comeback to won the second comfortably ... This time also Saina failed to kept momentum in the decider and lost control from 5-all ... Ajay also won his last match against Sony but here he failed to repeat that and lost in straight games.

Tennis News

At Asia-Pacific Australian Open 2014 - WildCard PlayOff Tournament, Shenzhen, China

Men's Singles
[QF] (4) Yuki Bhambri (IND,204) vs (Q) Zhicheng Zhu (CHN,UNR)

Men's Doubles
[QF] (2) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Michael Venus (NZL) bt (Q) Tianjia Guo (CHN)/ Shenghao Zhou (CHN) 60 61

[SF] (2) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Michael Venus (NZL) vs (3) Chieh-Fu Wang (TPE)/ Jimmy Wang (TPE)

Yuki-Michael scored very comfortable win against local qualifiers ... Next they r facing 3rd seed Taiwani pair.
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At $15K India F10 Futures, Bhopal

Singles Quarter Finals
(1) Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND) bt (8) Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND) 63 63
(3) Jung-Woong NA (KOR) bt (Q) David PEL (NED) 64 76(3)
(WC) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND) bt (6) Karunuday SINGH (IND) 64 64
(2) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND) bt Vishnu VARDHAN (IND) 75 76(6)

Doubles Semi Finals
(1) Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND)/ Purav RAJA (IND) bt (4) Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND)/ Ashwin VIJAYRAGAVAN (IND) 64 57 12-10
Daniiar DULDAEV (KGZ)/ Karunuday SINGH (IND) bt (2) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND)/ Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND)64 64

Vijay Sundar scored upset win over Karunuday but Vishu again failed to overcome challenge of Bala ... Jeevan and Purav scored very close win in the doubles and keep Jeevan's hope alive for double crown.

Badminton News

At $350K Hong Kong Open 2013, Kowloon (Superseries)

[R1] K. Srikanth (IND,28) l (1) Chong Wei Lee (MAS,1) 18-21 14-21
[R1] Kashyap Parupalli (IND,11) l Zhengming Wang (CHN,9) 14-21 10-21
[R1] Ajay Jayaram (IND,26) bt (7) Tien Minh Nguyen (VIE,7) 21-7 21-12
[R1] (7) Saina Nehwal (IND,7) bt Bellaetrix Manuputty (INA,30) 21-14 21-16
[R1] P. V. Sindhu (IND,10) l (2) Ratchanok Intanon (THA,2) 16-21 17-21

[R1] Pranaav Jerry Chopra (IND)/ Akshay Dewalkar (IND) l (1) Mohammad Ahsan (INA)/ Hendra Setiawan (INA) 18-21 19-21
[R1] (Q) Manu Attri (IND)/ Sumeeth Reddy B. (IND) l Vladimir Ivanov (RUS)/ Ivan Sozonov (RUS) 9-21 15-21
[R1] Tarun Kona (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) l (7) Praveen Jordan (INA)/ Vita Marissa (INA) 19-21 21-19 17-21

[R2] Ajay Jayaram (IND,26) vs Sony Dwi Kuncoro (INA,15)
[R2] (7) Saina Nehwal (IND,7) vs Porntip Buranaprasertsuk (THA,13)

Though losses were expected still disappointing outing for our players, who failed to stretch their respective opponents ... Sindhu gave decent fight to WR #2 Ratchanok Intanon in 39 minutes match.

Saina scored comfortable win in her 34 minutes match ... Next she is facing top-15 Thai opponent Porntip Buranaprasertsuk.

Ashwini-Tarun gave fighting performance against 7th seed Indonesian pair ... After losing the first game Tarun-Ashwini fought back to won the second ... But Indonesian pair proved better in the third.

In the last match of the day Ajay faced WR #7 Tien Minh Nguyen and Ajay continued Indian dominance over him ... In recent matches Tien Minh Nguyen lost too many matches against Indian opponents and that repeated in this match ... Ajay scored very dominating win over Tien Minh Nguyen losing only 19 points in 25 minutes ... Next he is facing Indonesian Sony Dwi Kuncoro.