Monday, July 31, 2006

Badminton News -
Last week Chetan Anand played in SCG World Grand Prix Thailand Open Badminton Championships.

[R1] (13) ANAND Chetan (IND) l KRISHNAN Yogendran (MAS) 21-23 11-21
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At Victorian International, Australia (A Grade Tournament)

Men's Singles -
[R1] (7) Nikhil Kanetkar (IND,163) Bye
[R2] (7) Nikhil Kanetkar (IND,163) bt Chris Barker (AUS,NR) 21-5 21-9
[R3] (7) Nikhil Kanetkar (IND,163) bt Nicholas Jinadasa (USA,411) 21-13 21-3
[QF] (7) Nikhil Kanetkar (IND,163) bt (1) Stuart Gomez (AUS,41) 21-13 12-21 24-22
[SF] (7) Nikhil Kanetkar (IND,163) bt Chun Ken Chao (TPE,414) 21-15 21-16

[F] (7) Nikhil Kanetkar (IND,163) l (3) Richard Vaughan (WAL,92) 20-22 13-21

Women's Singles -
[R1] (3) Trupti Murgunde (IND,85) Bye
[R2] (3) Trupti Murgunde (IND,85) bt Spoorti Rattan (AUS,NR) 21-12 21-10
[QF] (3) Trupti Murgunde (IND,85) l Chia-Chi Huang (Aus,NR) 11-21 11-21

Good win by Nikhil over top 50 local player in quarters ... But shocking defeat of Trupti, though Chia-Chi Huang managed to win title here.
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At Equinox New Zealand Open - Grade 2

Men's Singles -
[R1] Nikhil Kanetkar (IND,163) vs Ethan HAGGO (NZL,315)

Women's Singles -
[R1] (8) Trupti Murgunde (IND,85) Bye
[R2] (8) Trupti Murgunde (IND,85) vs Emma CHAPPLE (NZL,NR)
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Golf News -
US Bank Championship (PGA Tour) - Final Stnading

T52 Arjun Atwal 64 69 73 69 -5 $9,280.00
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Tennis News -
At $75K Legg Mason Women's Tournament - Washington, DC

[Q2] (1) Sunitha Rao (USA,196) l Neha Uberoi (USA,257) 64 57 0-1 Ret. (ankle injury/ Heat)

[Q3] Neha Uberoi (USA,257) vs (7) Eva Hardinova (CZE,236)

Maindraw -
[R1] Shikha Uberoi (IND,171) vs (6) Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA,121)

Doubles -
[R1] Shikha Uberoi (IND)/ Neha Uberoi (USA) vs Sunitha Rao (USA)/ Marie-Eve Pelletier (CAN)
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At $10K Bangkok Open Circuit 3, Thailand

[Q3] (2) RAM Oormila (IND,1189) l ANDRADE Selma (NED,NR) 26 16

Maindraw -
[R1] NANDAKUMAR Asha (IND,893) vs (5) VITAYAVIROJ Thassha (THA,671)
[R1] (4) GOSWAMI Parul (IND,623) vs (Q) PHONKAN Daowadueng (THA,NR)
[R1] (2) REDDY Punam (IND,613) vs (Q) ANDRADE Selma (NED,NR)

Doubles -
[R1] REDDY Punam (IND)/ SAIDKHODJAYEVA Dilyara (UZB) vs (WC) PUDTRA Uthumporn (THA)/ YANG Zi Jun (HKG)
[R1] (4) CHHETRI Vishika (IND)/ NANDA KUMAR Asha (IND) vs (WC) ISSARA Khunpak (THA)/ MULSAP Sophai (THA)
[R1] CHAROENSUKPLOYPHOL Parichat (THA)/ BORWORNCHOKCHAI Sasirin (THA) vs (Q) RAM Oormila (IND)/ WATANABE Kana (JPN)
[R1] PHONKAN Daowadueng (THA)/ VIJUKSANABOON Varanya (THA) vs GOSWAMI Parul (IND)/ MARSHALL Lisa (RSA)
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At 25K CHANGSHA Challenger, China

[R2] Tara Iyer (IND,1208) bt Qiu Si-Si (CHN,NR) 75 16 61
[R3] Tara Iyer (IND,1208) vs Yu Yue (CHN,NR)

Sunday, July 30, 2006

Golf News -
The Golf Tournament in Omaezaki 2006 (JPGA Tour) - Final Standing

T8 Jeev Milkha Singh 70 68 72 65 -9 Yen 3,151,200
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The Deutsche Bank Players Championship of Europe - Round 3

T46 Shiv Kapur 72 66 71 -7 T50
Jyoti Randhawa 68 67 73 -6
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The Deutsche Bank Players Championship of Europe - Round 4 (Still continue)

T22 Shiv Kapur 72 66 71 67 -12
T22 Jyoti Randhawa 68 67 7366 -12
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US Bank Championship (PGA Tour) - Round 2

T13 Arjun Atwal 64 69 -7
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US Bank Championship (PGA Tour) - Round 3

T48 Arjun Atwal 64 69 73 -4
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Tennis News -
At Bank of the West Classic Open (Tier II), US

[SF] Bethanie Mattek (USA)/ Sania Mirza (IND) l (4) Maria Elena Camerin (ITA)/ Gisela Dulko (ARG) 46 36
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Acura Classic (Tier I), US

[R1] Sania Mirza (IND,42) vs Meghann Shaughnessy (USA,70)
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At $10K Bangkok Open Circuit 3, Thailand

[Q1] SHUKLA Apurvika (IND,NR) l THUMRONGLUCK Kamolnadda (THA,NR) 26 03 Ret.

[Q2] (6) CHHETRI Vishika (IND,1333) l CHAROENSUKPLOYPHOL Parichart (THA,NR) 36 46
[Q2] (2) RAM Oormila (IND,1189) bt SAOVANA Kamonthip (THA,NR) W/O

[Q3] (2) RAM Oormila (IND,1189) vs ANDRADE Selma (NED,NR)
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$75K Legg Mason Women's Tournament - Washington, DC

[Q1] Neha Uberoi (USA,257) bt Mami Inoue (USA,687) 60 60
[Q1] (1) Sunitha Rao (USA,196) bt Sofia Melikishvili (GEO,276) 75 64

[Q2] (7) Sunitha Rao (USA,196) vs Neha Uberoi (USA,257)
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Washington DC ATP Tournament, US

[Q1] Prakash Armitraj (IND,350) l Devin Britton (USA,NR) W/O (Wrist Injury)
[Q1] Karan Rastogi (IND,344) l Jan-Michael Gambill (USA,393) 57 16
[Q1] Sunil Kumar Sipaeya (IND,516) bt Andy Ram (ISR,662) 64 75

[Q2] Sunil Kumar Sipaeya (IND,516) l Wesley Whitehouse (RSA,404) 57 46

[R1] (WC) Somdev Dev Varman (IND,1374) vs Edgardo Massa (ARG,403)

Saturday, July 29, 2006

Golf News -
The Golf Tournament in Omaezaki 2006 (JPGA Tour) - Round 3

T28 Jeev Milkha Singh 70 68 72 -3
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The Deutsche Bank Players Championship of Europe - Round 2

T28 Jyoti Randhawa 68 67 -7 (T31 -9 of 9 holes)
T37 Shiv Kapur 72 66 -6 (T52 -6 of 14 holes)
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US Bank Championship (PGA Tour) - R2 in progress

T3 Arjun Atwal 64 -3 of 11 -9
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At Bank of the West Classic Open (Tier II), US

[SF] Bethanie Mattek (USA)/ ania Mirza (IND) vs (4) Maria Elena Camerin (ITA)/ Gisela Dulko (ARG)
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At $ 10K Bangkok Open Week 2, Thailand

[SF] NANDAKUMAR Asha (IND)/SAIDKHODJAYEVA Dilyara (UZB) l (2) CHOPTANG Wilawan/VITAYAVIROJ Thassha (THA) 57 16
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At $10K Bangkok Open Circuit 3, Thailand

[Q1] (2) RAM Oormila (IND,1189) Bye
[Q1] (6) CHHETRI Vishika (IND,1333) Bye
[Q1] SHUKLA Apurvika (IND,NR) vs THUMRONGLUCK Kamolnadda (THA,NR)

[Q2] (6) CHHETRI Vishika (IND,1333) vs CHAROENSUKPLOYPHOL Parichart (THA,NR)
[Q2] (2) RAM Oormila (IND,1189) vs SAOVANA Kamonthip (THA,NR)
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At the $50K+H Granby challanger, Canada

[QF] Rohan Bopanna (IND,298) l (5) Harel Levy (ISR,247) 36 64 16
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Legg Mason Women's Pro Circuit - Washington, DC

[Q1] Neha Uberoi (USA,257) vs Mami Inoue (USA,687)
[Q1] Sunitha Rao (USA,196) vs Sofia Melikishvili (GEO,276)
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Washington DC ATP Tournament,

[Q1] Prakash Armitraj (IND,350) vs Devin Britton (USA,NR)
[Q1] Karan Rastogi (IND,344) vs Jan-Michael Gambill (USA,393)
[Q1] Sunil Kumar Sipaeya (IND,516) vs Andy Ram (ISR,662)

Friday, July 28, 2006

Golf News -
US Bank Championship (PGA Tour) - Round 1

T2 Arjun Atwal 64 -6
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The Deutsche Bank Players Championship of Europe (EPGA Tour) - Round 1

T21 Jyoti Randhawa 68 -4
T103 Shiv Kapur 72 E
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The Deutsche Bank Players Championship of Europe - Round 2 (Postions will change as still too many players on the course)

T28 Jyoti Randhawa 68 67 -4
T33 Shiv Kapur 72 -6 after 17 holes
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The Golf Tournament in Omaezaki (JPGA Tour) - Round 2

T10 Jeev Milkha Singh 70 68 -4
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Squash News -

The 14th Men's World Junior Squash Championship, Palmerston North, NewZeland - Day 5

For Position 5th to 8th - (7) India bt (5) Canada 2-1

Sandeep Jangra (IND) l Keith Pritchard (CAN) 2-9 2-9 9-6 8-10
Naresh Kumar (IND) bt Dave Glass (CAN) 9-2 1-9 9-3 9-2
Harinderpal Singh (IND) bt David Letourneau (CAN) 2-9 2-9 9-5 9-2 9-4

Superb comeback victory by Harinderpal after down 0-2 against top 16 player.

Day 6 -(7) India l (6) Germany 0-2

(9/16) Sandeep Jangra (IND) l (4) Simon Rösner (GER) 2-9 0-9 0-9
Naresh Kumar (IND) l Florian Silbernagl(GER) 9-7 9-1 2-9 4-9 8-10
Norman Junge(GER) vs Harinder Pal Sandhu [17-32] (IND) Match Withdrawn

Lookslike lost opportunity from Naresh Kumar ... And with that India finished 6th in this tournament ... Egypt won their 2nd Wold Junior title against Pakistan.
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Tennis News -
At Bank of the West Classic Open (Tier II), US

[QF] MATTEK Bethanie (USA)/ MIRZA Sania (IND) bt JANKOVIC Jelena (SCG)/ UBEROI Shikha (IND) 62 62
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At the $50K Lexington Challenger, KY, US (Women)

[R2] UBEROI Neha (USA,246) l KEOTHAVONG Anne (GBR,145) 57 62 16

Doubles -
[QF] (1) GRANDIN Natalie (RSA)/ UBEROI Neha (USA) l AMANMURADOVA Argul (UZB)/ LEPCHENKO Varvara (UZB) 57 76(3) 46
[QF] Sunitha Rao (USA)/ Ansley Cargill (USA) l Chin-Wei Chan (TPE)/ Abigail Spears (USA) 26 26
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At $ 10K Bangkok Open Week 2, Thailand

[R2] (Q) NANDA KUMAR Asha (IND,893) bt (4) AREVALO Czarina-Mae (PHI,606) 75 46 63

[QF] (Q) NANDAKUMAR Asha (IND,893) l (7) DAMAYANTI Ayu-Fani (INA,651) 63 46 16

Doubles -
[QF] NANDA KUMAR Asha (IND)/ SAIDKHODJAYEVA Dilyara (UZB) bt (3) KAO Shao-Yuan (TPE)/ THONGDACH Pichittra (THA) 76(10) 75

[SF] NANDAKUMAR Asha (IND)/SAIDKHODJAYEVA Dilyara (UZB) v.CHOPTANG Wilawan/VITAYAVIROJ Thassha (THA)
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At the $50K+H Granby challanger, Canada

[R2] BOPANNA Rohan (IND,298) bt (3) BLOOMFIELD Richard (GBR,226) 63 63

[QF] Rohan Bopanna ( IND,298) vs (5) Harel Levy (ISR,247)

Thursday, July 27, 2006

Table Tennis News -

Indian junior girls made to semis of ongoing the Asian junior table tennis championship in Kitakyushu, Japan ... They defeated 4th seed Chinese Taipei to secured their maiden entry into semis, but importantly with this win they also grabbed a spot for the World junior table tennis championships in Cairo.

[QF] India bt (4) Chinese Taipei 3-2

Neha Agarwal (IND) l Cheng I Cheng (TPE) 11-8 6-11 8-11 7-11
Shamini Kumaresan (IND) bt Yuszu Pei (TPE) 11-7 5-11 11-9 11-9
Ashlesha Bodas (IND) l Hsiung Mei (TPE) 7-11 16-14 7-11 5-11
Shamini Kumaresan (IND) bt Cheng I Cheng (TPE) 11-7 5-11 11-9 11-7
Neha Agarwal (IND) bt Yuszu Pei (TPE) 11-4 6-11 11-6 11-7
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Golf News -
The Golf Tournament in Omaezaki (JPGA Tour)

T30 Jeev Milkha Singh 70 -1
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Tennis News -
At Bank of the West Classic Open (Tier II), US

[R1] MATTEK Bethanie (USA)/ MIRZA Sania (IND) bt KUDRYAVTSEVA Alla (RUS)/ LUZHANSKA Tetiana (UKR) 61 63

So thats bring up interesting match up,
[QF] MATTEK Bethanie (USA)/ MIRZA Sania (IND) vs JANKOVIC Jelena (SCG)/ UBEROI Shikha (IND)
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At Generali Open, Kitzbühel, Austria

[R1] BHUPATHI Mahesh (IND)/ HAGGARD Chris (RSA) l (WC) KOHLSCHREIBER Philipp (GER)/ KOUBEK Stefan (AUT) 46 63 5-10
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At the $50K Lexington Challenger, KY, US (Women)

[R1] UBEROI Neha (USA,246) bt VIRATPRASERT Suchanun (THA,212) 57 63 75
[R1] Sunitha Rao (USA,198) l Carly Gullickson (USA,215) 36 46

[R2] UBEROI Neha (USA,246) vs KEOTHAVONG Anne (GBR,145)

Doubles -
[R1] (1) GRANDIN Natalie (RSA)/ UBEROI Neha (USA) bt (WC) MILLER Kristi (USA)/ ZALAMEDA Riza (USA) 62 63

[QF] (1) GRANDIN Natalie (RSA)/ UBEROI Neha (USA) vs AMANMURADOVA Argul (UZB)/ LEPCHENKO Varvara (UZB)
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At the $25K+H Nottingham Challenger, UK - Grass

[R2] Harsh Mankad (IND,287) l (8) PARMAR Arvind (GBR,258) 36 36

Doubles -
[QF] FITZGERALD Aidan (AUS)/ MISHRA Shivang (IND) l (1) GOODALL Joshua (GBR)/ HUTCHINS Ross (GBR) 26 57
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At $10K Romania F13,

[R1] SHARAN Divij (IND,893) l ZIADI Mehdi (MAR,808) 26 16

Doubles -
[R1] (4) LEONTE Bogdan (ROM)/ SHARAN Divij (IND) bt BOLANU Teodor (ROM)/ ZIADI Mehdi (MAR) 62 46 63
[QF] (4) LEONTE Bogdan (ROM)/ SHARAN Divij (IND) l (WC) CARPEN Alexandru (ROM)/ COJANU Alexandru (ROM) 46 36
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At the $50K+H Granby challanger, Canada

[R1] AMRITRAJ Prakash (IND,344) l (8) OKUN Noam (ISR,270) 67(6) 57

Doubles -
[QF] (2) AMRITRAJ Prakash (IND)/ BOPANNA Rohan (IND) l GRAVINA Alessandro (CAN)/ LUGASSY Gary (USA) w/o (due to get to DC for qualies)
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Wednesday, July 26, 2006

Tennis News -
At Bank of the West Classic Open (Tier II), US

[R1] MIRZA Sania (IND,42) l (Q) BARDINA Vasilisa (RUS,98) 36 26
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At the $25K+H Nottingham Challenger, UK - Grass

[R1] Harsh Mankad (IND,287) bt Nicolas Tourte (FRA,336) 76(5) 67(5) 61

[R2] Harsh Mankad (IND,287) vs (8) PARMAR Arvind (GBR,258)
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At $ 10K Bangkok Open Week 2, Thailand

[R1] (6) GOSWAMI Parul (IND,627) l KAO Shao-Yuan (TPE,722) 76(4) 46 16

[R2] (Q) NANDA KUMAR Asha (IND,893 vs (4) AREVALO Czarina-Mae (PHI,606)

Doubles -
[R1] NANDA KUMAR Asha (IND)/ SAIDKHODJAYEVA Dilyara (UZB) bt ANDRADE Selma (NED)/ REDDY Punam (IND) 26 76(6) 62

[QF] NANDA KUMAR Asha (IND)/ SAIDKHODJAYEVA Dilyara (UZB) vs (3) KAO Shao-Yuan (TPE)/ THONGDACH Pichittra (THA)
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At the $50K Lexington Challenger, KY - Womens

Doubles -
[R1] Sunitha Rao (USA)/ Ansley Cargill (USA) bt Alberta Brianti (ITA)/ Anne Keothavong (GBR) 62 57 63

[QF] Sunitha Rao (USA)/ Ansley Cargill (USA) vs Chin-Wei Chan (TPE)/ Abigail Spears (USA)
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At the $50K Lexington Challenger, KY - Mens

[R1] Karan Rastogi (IND,344) l. (Q) Tigran Martirosyan (ARM,1374) 60 57 26
[R1] SIPAEYA Sunil Kumar (IND,514) l JOSEPH Lesley (USA,303) 67(1) 36
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At the $50K+H Granby challanger, Canada

[R1] BOPANNA Rohan (IND,298) bt HASEK Jakub (CZE,484) 76(5) 76(6)

[R2] BOPANNA Rohan (IND,298) vs (3) BLOOMFIELD Richard (GBR,226)
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Squash News -
The 14th Men's World Junior Squash Championship, Palmerston North, NewZeland (Team Event) Day 3 & 4 -

Pool B: (7) India bt (10) South Africa 2-1

Sandeep Jangra (IND) bt Richard Colburn (RSA) 9-7 9-5 9-2
Naresh Kumar (IND) l Rudi Willemse (RSA) 9-5 1-9 5-9 4-9
Harinderpal Singh (IND) bt Jason Cole Niven (RSA) 9-3 7-9 9-5 9-7

Pool B: (7) India l (2) Pakistan 0-3

(9-16) Sandeep Jangra (IND) l (2) Aamir Atlas Khan (PAK) 0-9 0-9 4-9
Naresh Kumar(IND) l (5-8)Yasir Butt (PAK) 2-9 0-9 0-9
Vikram Malhotra(IND) l (9-16) Bilal Zaman (PAK) 6-9 0-9 8-9

Quarterfinals - (7) India l (3) England 0-3

Harinderpal Singh (IND) l Joe Lee (ENG) 2-9 2-9 10-8 5-9
Sandeep Jangra (IND) l Tom Pashley (ENG) 8-10 2-9 6-9
Naresh Kumar (IND) l James Snell (ENG) 3-9 2-9

Tuesday, July 25, 2006

Special Comments on Harsh's victory at Manchester Challenger


Harsh's victory counted a lot on our Indian tennis scene ... This challenger title is after 6 years since last by Indian player (Lee's won at Mumbai Challenger in 2000), after 12 years since last Indian challenger title in the west (Leander won at in the western hemisphere was in 1994 at Binghamton, NY), after 12 years since last challenger title by any Indian player other than Leander (Mahesh at Jakarta Challenger in 1994) and after 48 years since the last Manchester Trophy title by an Indian, ie Ramanathan Krishnan in 1958.

The announcer says, "Congratulations to our 2006 champion: Harsh you've played some absolutely marvellous tennis this week. I don't know if you know this, but Harsh Mankad is the first Indian player to win the Manchester Trophy since Ramanathan Krishnan in 1958!"

Harsh thanked the management of the tournament, the umpires, ball-boys, his supporters -- especially Sam and Monisha -- his coach, and basically everyone who has helped him, and promises to be back next year. Harsh also thanked his doubles partner, Stolt, apart from his coach. The announcer says, "Please do come back, we will look forward to it". Harsh holds up the gleaming silver trophy of Manchester Challenger.
Tennis News -
At Bank of the West Classic Open (Tier II), US

[Q1] UBEROI Shikha (IND,171) l (2) PERRY Shenay (USA,49) 16 36
[Q1] JOSHI Shilpa (USA,650) l BARDINA Vasilisa (RUS,98) 26 26

[R1] MIRZA Sania (IND,42) vs (Q) BARDINA Vasilisa (RUS,98)

Doubles -
[R1] JANKOVIC Jelena (SCG)/ UBEROI Shikha (IND) bt (1) HANTUCHOVA Daniela (SVK)/ SUGIYAMA Ai (JPN) 63 64
[R1] MATTEK Bethanie (USA)/ MIRZA Sania (IND) vs KUDRYAVTSEVA Alla (RUS)/ LUZHANSKA Tetiana (UKR)
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At the $25K+H Nottingham Challenger, UK - Grass

Doubles -
[R1] MANKAD Harsh (IND)/ STOLT Phil (USA) l GONZALEZ Santiago (MEX)/ MAES Julien (FRA) 16 67(5)
[R1] FITZGERALD Aidan (AUS)/ MISHRA Shivang (IND) bt CHAMBERS Rob (GBR)/ PRESCOTT James (GBR) 61 63
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At $25K Chengdu Challenger,China

[Q3] IYER Tara (IND,NR) l ZHOU Yi-Miao (CHN,NR) 64 06 26
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At the $50K Lexington Challenger, KY, US (Women)

[R1] UBEROI Neha (USA,246) vs VIRATPRASERT Suchanun (THA,212)
[R1] Sunitha Rao (USA,198) vs Carly Gullickson (USA,215)

Doubles -
[R1] (1) GRANDIN Natalie (RSA)/ UBEROI Neha (USA) vs (WC) MILLER Kristi (USA)/ ZALAMEDA Riza (USA)
[R1] Sunitha Rao (USA)/ Ansley Cargill (USA) vs Alberta Brianti (ITA)/ Anne Keothavong (GBR)
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At the $50K+H Granby challanger, Canada

[QF] (2) AMRITRAJ Prakash (IND)/ BOPANNA Rohan (IND) vs GRAVINA Alessandro (CAN)/ LUGASSY Gary (USA)
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At $ 10K Bangkok Open Week 2, Thailand

Maindraw -
[R1] (3) REDDY Punam (IND,603) l (WC) MULSAP Sophia (THA,NR) 57 46
[R1] (Q) NANDAKUMAR Asha (IND,893) bt LYOO-SUH Hee-Sun (KOR,769) 63 57 62

Doubles -
[R1] CHHETRI Vishika (IND)/ GOSWAMI Parul (IND) l BORWORNCHOKCHAI Sasirin (THA)/ CHAROENSUKPLOYPHOL Parichart (THA) 26 26
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At $10K Romania F13,

[R1] SHARAN Divij (IND,893) vs ZIADI Mehdi (MAR,808)

Doubles -
[R1] (4) LEONTE Bogdan (ROM)/ SHARAN Divij (IND) vs BOLANU Teodor (ROM)/ ZIADI Mehdi (MAR)
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At Generali Open, Kitzbühel, Austria

[R1] BHUPATHI Mahesh (IND)/ HAGGARD Chris (RSA) vs (WC) KOHLSCHREIBER Philipp (GER)/ KOUBEK Stefan (AUT)
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Squash News -
The 14th Men's World Junior Squash Championship, Palmerston North, NewZeland (Team Event) Day 2

Pool B: (7) India bt (15) Ireland 3-0

Vikram Malhotra (IND) bt Chris O'Kane (IRE) 9-1 6-9 9-2 9-3
Harinderpal Singh (IND) bt Rory Byrne (IRE) 9-4 4-9 9-1 9-3
Naresh Kumar (IND) bt Conor O'Hare (IRE) 9-1 9-5 9-4

Monday, July 24, 2006

Golf News -
BC Open - Final Standing (USPGA Tour)

T17 Arjun Atwal 68 72 69 67 -12 $45,000.00
T41 Daniel Chopra 68 71 68 73 -8 $11,100.00
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The British Open - Final Standing

1 Tiger Woods 67 65 71 67 -18
2 Chris DiMarco 70 65 69 68 -16
3 Ernie Els 68 65 71 71 -13
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Tennis News -
At Cincinnati Women's Open, USA

[F] (3) MIRZA Sania (IND)/ DOMACHOWSKA Marta (POL) l (1) CAMERIN Maria Elena (ITA)/ DULKO Gisela (ARG) 46 63 26
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At $75K Aptos Challengers, USA

[F] (4) Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) bt (3) RAM Rajeev (USA)/ WIDOM Todd (USA) 36 62 10-6
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At Wolfe Lumber Women's $50K Challenger - Hammond, LA

[F] (4) Sunitha Rao (USA)/ Ryoko Fuda (JPN) l FUSANO Christina (USA)/ KOPS-JONES Raquel (USA) 67(3) 64 16
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At the $25K+H Nottingham Challenger, UK - Grass

[Q1] MISHRA Shivang (IND,1202) l (2) ZOVKO Lovro (CRO,448) 16 36

Doubles -
[R1] MANKAD Harsh (IND)/ STOLT Phil (USA) vs GONZALEZ Santiago (MEX)/ MAES Julien (FRA)
[R1] FITZGERALD Aidan (AUS)/ MISHRA Shivang (IND) vs CHAMBERS Rob (GBR)/ PRESCOTT James (GBR)

Singles -
[R1] Harsh Mankad (IND,287) vs Nicolas Tourte (FRA,336)
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At the $50K Lexington Challenger, KY, US

[R1] RASTOGI Karan (IND,339) vs (Q) MARTIROSYAN Tigran (ARM,1374)
[R1] SIPAEYA Sunil Kumar (IND,514) vs JOSEPH Lesley (USA,303)
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At the $50K+H Granby challanger, Canada

[R1] BOPANNA Rohan (IND,293) vs HASEK Jakub (CZE,484)
[R1] AMRITRAJ Prakash (IND,344) vs (8) OKUN Noam (ISR,270)

Doubles -
[R1] (2) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Prakash Amritraj (IND) Bye
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At $25K Chengdu Challenger,China

[Q1] IYER Tara (IND,NR) bt HU Yue-Yue (CHN,NR)
[Q2] IYER Tara (IND,NR) bt LUO Bing-Jie (CHN,NR) 60 61
[Q3] IYER Tara (IND,NR) vs ZHOU Yi-Miao (CHN,NR)
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At $ 10K Bangkok Open Week 2, Thailand

[Q1] (1) NANDAKUMAR Asha (IND,893) BYE
[Q1] (3) RAM Oormila (IND,1189) BYE
[Q1] (7) CHHETRI Vishika (IND,1333) BYE
[Q1] BHILARE Sayali (IND,NR) l BORWORNCHOKCHAI Sasarin (THA,1297) 26 36
[Q1] SHUKLA Apurvika (IND,NR) l (WC) MAHAJAROENKUL Satjaporn (THA,NR) 06 06

[Q2] (1) NANDAKUMAR Asha (IND,893) bt RUSS Michelle (AUS,NR) 76(4) 16 64
[Q2] (3) RAM Oormila (IND,1189) bt SOLEVSKI Natalie (AUS,NR) 64 46 63
[Q2] (7) CHHETRI Vishika (IND,1333) l NGUYEN Dung (VIE,NR) 36 67(2)

[Q3] (1) NANDAKUMAR Asha (IND,893) vs PHONKAN Daowadueng (THA,NR)
[Q3] (3) RAM Oormila (IND,1189) vs CHAN Cassandra (AUS,NR)
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Motor Sports -

India's Karun Chandhok scored his second victory of the Formula Asia Renault V6 series by winning the fifth round at the Sentul racetrack, Jakarta ... Karun Chandok won the first round but didn't finish in the sixth round due to failure of his car's hydraulic system when he was behind the safety car and was driving on second gear ... With that Wonderful win in the first round Karun now is just 3 points behind the leaders in the driver's championship.
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Squash News -
The 14th Men's World Junior Squash Championship, Palmerston North, NewZeland (Team Event)

Pool B: [2] PAKISTAN [7] INDIA [10] SOUTH AFRICA [15] IRELAND [18] ZIMBABWE

Day 1 -
Pool B: (7) India bt (18) Zimbabwe

Sandeep Jangra (IND) bt Deepesh Patel (ZIM) 9-6 9-1 9-5
Harinder Pal Sandhu (IND) bt Ahmed Hassan (ZIM) 9-2 9-5 9-6
Naresh Kumr (IND) bt Zardeen Wazir (ZIM) 9-4 9-1 9-0

Sunday, July 23, 2006

Tennis News -
At Cincinnati Women's Open, USA

Doubles -
[SF] (3) MIRZA Sania (IND)/ DOMACHOWSKA Marta (POL) bt CHAN, Chin-Wei (TPE)/ LUZHANSKA, Tetiana (UKR) 60 61

[F] (3) MIRZA Sania (IND)/ DOMACHOWSKA Marta (POL) vs (1) CAMERIN Maria Elena (ITA)/ DULKO Gisela (ARG)
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Manchester $25K Challenger, UK - Grass

[SF] Harsh Mankad (IND,396) bt (2) Anthony Dupuis (FRA,187) 26 76(4) 64

[F] Harsh Mankad (IND,396) vs Joshua Goodall (GBR,368) 76(1) 76(5)

Harsh Mankad is the Manchester Challenger champion for 2006!!!

Doubles -
[SF] MANKAD Harsh (IND)/ STOLT Phil (USA) l (3) Joshua Goodall (GBR)/ Ross Hutchins (GBR) 57 63 9-11
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Golf News -
The British Open - 3rd Round

1 WOODS Tiger USA 67 65 71 -13
T2 ELS Ernie RSA 68 65 71 -12
T2 DIMARCO Chris USA 70 65 69 -12
T2 GARCIA Sergio ESP 68 71 65 -12
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BC Open - 3rd Round (USPGA Tour)

1 Gabriel Hjertstedt 67 67 68 -14

T15 Daniel Chopra 68 71 68 -9
T24 Arjun Atwal 68 72 69 -7
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Sega Sammy Cup - Final Score (JPGA Tour)

1 Wei-Tze Yeh 70 68 72 66 -12 YEN 24,000,000

T5 Jeev Milkha Singh 70 71 73 71 -3 YEN 4,560,000

Saturday, July 22, 2006

Tennis News -
At Cincinnati Women's Open, USA

[QF] (9) MIRZA Sania (IND,40) l (1) Patty Schnyder (SUI,8) 67(7) 57

Doubles -
[SF] (3) MIRZA Sania (IND)/ DOMACHOWSKA Marta (POL) vs CHAN, Chin-Wei (TPE)/ LUZHANSKA, Tetiana (UKR)
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Manchester $25K Challenger, UK - Grass

[QF] Harsh Mankad (IND,396) bt Jaroslav Pospisil (CZE,362) 64 67(6) 64

[SF] Harsh Mankad (IND,396) vs (2) Anthony Dupuis (FRA,187)

Doubles -
[QF] MANKAD Harsh (IND)/ STOLT Phil (USA) bt Gary Lugassy (FRA)/ Nicolas Renevand (FRA), 64 62

[SF] MANKAD Harsh (IND)/ STOLT Phil (USA) vs (3) Joshua Goodall (GBR)/ Ross Hutchins (GBR)
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Aptos Challengers, USA

[QF] RASTOGI Karan (IND)/ SOEDA Go (JPN) l (3) RAM Rajeev (USA)/ WIDOM Todd (USA) 63 57 4-10

[SF] (4) Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) bt (2) Jamie Murray (GBR)/ Mirko Pehar (USA) 63 67(4) 10-1
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At Wolfe Lumber Women's $50K Challenger - Hammond, LA
[QF] Sunitha Rao (USA,203) l Napaporn Tongsalee (THA,249) 63 36 26

Doubles -
[SF] (4) Sunitha Rao (USA)/ Ryoko Fuda (JPN) bt Maria Fernand Alves (BRA)/ Eva Hrdinova (CZE) 61 75

[F] (4) Sunitha Rao (USA)/ Ryoko Fuda (JPN) vs FUSANO Christina (USA)/ KOPS-JONES Raquel (USA)-----------------------------
At $10K futures, Romania F12 - Clay

Doubles -
[SF] (3) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Bogdan Leonte (ROM) l BARBU Adrian (ROM)/ LUNCANU Alexandru (ROM) 57 16
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Golf News -
The British Open - 2nd Round

1 Tiger Woods 67 65 -12
2 Ernie Els 68 65 -11
4 Retief Goosen 70 66 -8
T22 Phil Mickelson 69 71 -4
----------- Cut @ Even ------------
T83 Shiv Kapur 72 73 +1
T90 Vijay Singh 70 76 +2
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BC Open -2nd Round (USPGA Tour)

T1 Gabriel Hjertstedt 67 67 -10
T1 Scott Gump 67 67 -10
T1 Daisuke Maruyama 67 67 -10

T27 Daniel Chopra 68 71 -5
T39 C Arjun Atwal 68 72 -4
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Sega Sammy Cup -2nd Round (JPGA Tour)

T1 Wei-Tze Yeh 70 68 -6
T1 Hidemasa Hoshino 72 66 -6

T7 Jeev Milkha Singh 70 71 -3
WD Dinesh Chand Withdrawn
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Sega Sammy Cup -3rd Round (JPGA Tour)

1 Wei-Tze Yeh 70 68 72 -6

T8 Jeev Milkha Singh 70 71 73 -3

Friday, July 21, 2006

Golf News -
Sega Sammy Cup - 2nd Round (JPGA Tour)

T1 Wei-Tze Yeh 70 68 -6
T1 Hidemasa Hoshino 72 66 -6

T7 Jeev Milkha Singh 70 71 -3
------- cut @ +3 ----------
WD Dinesh Chand Withdrawn
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Tennis News -
At $10K futures, Romania F12 - Clay

Doubles -
[QF] (3) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Bogdan Leonte (ROM) bt Alexandru Carpen (ROM)/ Danilo Zivanovic (AUS) 64 67(2) 63
Tennis News -
At Cincinnati Women's Open, USA

[QF] (3) MIRZA Sania (IND)/ DOMACHOWSKA Marta (POL) bt LEPCHENKO Varvara (UZB)/ YUAN Meng (CHN) 64 57 76(3)
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Manchester $25K Challenger, UK - Grass

[R2] Harsh Mankad (IND,396) bt Jean-Francois Bachelot (FRA,332) 63 64

[QF] Harsh Mankad (IND,396) vs Jaroslav Pospisil (CZE,362)
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Aptos Challengers, USA

[QF] (4) Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) bt KUZNETSOV Alex (USA)/ TECAU Horia (ROM) 64 64

[SF] (4) Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) vs (2) Jamie Murray (GBR)/ Mirko Pehar (USA)
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At $ 25 K Rome, Italy - Clay

[QF] (Q)Sandhya Nagaraj (IND,520) l (3) Margit Ruutel (EST,187) 16 36
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At Wolfe Lumber Women's $50K Challenger - Hammond, LA

[R2] Sunitha Rao (USA,203) bt (WC) Riza Zalameda (USA,574) 64 75

[QF] Sunitha Rao (USA,203) vs Napaporn Tongsalee (THA,249)

Doubles -
[QF] (4) Sunitha Rao (USA)/ Ryoko Fuda (JPN) bt Beau Jones (USA)/ Courtney Nagle (USA) 61 75

[SF] (4) Sunitha Rao (USA)/ Ryoko Fuda (JPN) vs Maria Fernand Alves (BRA)/ Eva Hrdinova (CZE)
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Golf News -
The British Open - 1st Round

1 Graeme McDowell 66 -6
T2 Tiger Woods 67 -5
T7 Ernie Els 68 -4
T20 Phil Mickelson 69 -3
T31 Vijay Singh 70 -2
T31 Retief Goosen 70 -2

T68 Shiv Kapur 72 Par
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BC Open - 1st Round (USPGA Tour)

1 Mark Brooks 65 -7

T14 Daniel Chopra 68 -4
T14 Arjun Atwal 68 -4
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Sega Sammy Cup - 1st Round (JPGA Tour)

T9 Jeev Milkha Singh 70 -2
T139 Dinesh Chand 82 +10

Thursday, July 20, 2006

Tennis News -
At Cincinnati Women's Open, USA

[R2] (9) MIRZA Sania (IND,40) bt LAINE Emma (FIN,66) 61 06 61

[QF] (9) MIRZA Sania (IND,40) vs (1) Patty Schnyder (SUI,8)

Doubles -
[R1] UBEROI Shikha (IND)/ DRAKE Maureen (CAN) l (1) CAMERIN Maria Elena (ITA)/ DULKO Gisela (ARG) 60 16 36
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Manchester Trophy - 25K Challenger

[R1] Harsh Mankad (IND,396) bt (7) Luke Bourgeois (AUS,286) 64 62

[R2] Harsh Mankad (IND,396) vs Jean-Francois Bachelot (FRA,332)
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At 10K Bangkok, Thailand

[R2] (4) GOSWAMI Parul (IND) vs LAM Po-Kuen (HKG)

[R2] (3) CHHETRI Vishika (IND)/ GOSWAMI Parul (IND) vs CHANG Kai-Chen (TPE)/ NGUYEN Thuy-Dung (VIE )
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Aptos Challengers, USA

[R1] RASTOGI Karan (IND)/ SOEDA Go (JPN) bt BRIAUD Patrick (USA)/ ELIZONDO Juan-Manuel (MEX) 62 62

[QF] RASTOGI Karan (IND)/ SOEDA Go (JPN) vs (3) RAM Rajeev (USA)/ WIDOM Todd (USA)
[QF] (4) Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) vs KUZNETSOV Alex (USA)/ TECAU Horia (ROM)
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At $ 25 K Rome, Italy (clay)

[R2] (Q)Sandhya Nagaraj (IND,520) bt (Q) Raffaella Bindi (ITA,790) 26 64 63

[QF] (Q)Sandhya Nagaraj (IND,520) vs (3) Margit Ruutel (EST,187)
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At $25K Chongqing challanger, China

[R1] (Q) Tara IYER (IND,NR) l Shuai Zhang (CHN,297)
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At Wolfe Lumber Women's $50K Challenger - Hammond, LA

[R1] Sunitha Rao (USA,203) bt (Q) Patricia Mayr (AUT,552) 26 64 62

[R2] Sunitha Rao (USA,203) vs (WC) Riza Zalameda (USA,574)

Doubles -
[QF] (4) Sunitha Rao (USA)/ Ryoko Fuda (JPN) vs Beau Jones (USA)/ Courtney Nagle (USA)
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At $10K futures, Romania F12( clay)

[R1] Divij Sharan (IND) l (1)Victor Ionita (ROM) 46 06

Doubles -
[R1] (3) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Bogdan Leonte (ROM) bt Alexandru Lazar (ROM)/ Razvan Lupsescu (ROM) 63 76(3)

Wednesday, July 19, 2006

Squash News -

Dipika continued with her good form and made hattrick of titles at Amsterdam with 2004 (U13), 2005 (U15) and 2006 (U15) titles.

The Dutch Junior Open 2006 - Girls u15, Amsterdam

[R1] (1) Dipika Pallikal (IND) bt Heng Yi Liam (MAS) 9-0 9-1 9-4
[R2] (1) Dipika Pallikal (IND) bt Wee Nee Low (MAS) 9-0 9-3 9-4
[QF] (1) Dipika Pallikal (IND) bt (9) Yan Xin Tan (MAS) 10-8 9-7 9-3
[SF] (1) Dipika Pallikal (IND) bt (Q) Vidya Rajan (US) 9-2 9-1 9-0
[F] (1) Dipika Pallikal (IND) bt (10) Nouran Alaa El Torky (EGY) 9-6 9-4 9-3
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The 14th Men's World Junior Squash Championship, Palmerston North, NewZeland

[R1] Vikrit Malhota (Ind) bt Ahmed Hassan (Zim) 9-3 9-2 9-4
[R1] (17/32) Harinderpal Singh (Ind) bt Ji Yang Fung (Hkg) 9-3 9-4 9-2
[R1] Parth Sharma (Ind) bt Nathan Kam (Aus) 9-7 9-0 9-1
[R1] (9/16) Sandeep Jangra (Ind) bt Alan Tsang (Hkg) 9-4 9-0 9-3
[R1] Naresh Kumar (Ind) bt Bruce Redman (Nzl) 9-5 9-0 9-4
[R1] Ramit Tandon (Ind) bt Omar Al-Jam'aan (Kuw) w/o
[R1] Manek Mathur (Ind) l Kan Hing Choon (Mas) 7-9 -0-9 8-10
[R1] Ravi Dixit (Ind) l Max Lee (Hkg) 3-9 2-9 1-9
[R1] Naishadh Lalwan (Ind) l Todd Harrity (Usa) 4-9 2-9 4-9
[R1] (17/32) Ayappan Parthiban (Ind) l Rudi Willemse (Rsa) w/o

[R2] Vikrit Malhota (Ind) l (1) Ramy Ashour (Egy,20) 0-9 3-9 2-9
[R2] (17/32) Harinderpal Singh (Ind) l Colin West (Can) 5-9 9-2 9-2 3-9 1-9
[R2] Naresh Kumar (Ind) l (17/32) David Letourneau (Can) 1-9 10-8 10-8 3-9 7-9
[R2] Ramit Tandon (Ind) l (9/16) Joe Lee (Eng) 3-9 2-9 1-9
[R2] Parth Sharma (Ind) bt Benjamin Fischer (Sui) 0-9 10-8 9-4 6-9 9-1
[R2] (9/16) Sandeep Jangra (Ind) bt Bastien Muelenbelt (Ned) 9-6 9-8 9-0

[R3] Parth Sharma (Ind) l (4) Simon Rosner (Ger) 0-9 2-9 1-9
[R3] (9/16) Sandeep Jangra (Ind) l (17/32) Tom Pashley (Eng) 5-9 5-9 1-9
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Tennis News -
At Cincinnati Women's Open, USA

[Q1] UBEROI Neha (USA,243) l GULLICKSON Carly (USA,216) 26 26
[Q1] JOSHI Shilpa (USA,651) l DEVIDZE Salome (GEO,541) 16 16
[Q1] (5) UBEROI Shikha (IND,163) Bye
[Q2] (5) UBEROI Shikha (IND,163) l SPEARS Abigail (USA,299) 26 64 46

[R1] (9) MIRZA Sania (IND,40) bt (LL) STEVENSON Alexandra (USA,454) 61 2-0 (Ret. due to right shoulder strain)

[R2] (9) MIRZA Sania (IND,40) vs LAINE Emma (FIN,66)

Doubles -
Doubles -[R1] (3) MIRZA Sania (IND)/ DOMACHOWSKA Marta (POL) bt GRANDIN Natalie (RSA)/ SEQUERA Milagros (VEN) 64 63
[R1] UBEROI Shikha (IND)/ DRAKE Maureen (CAN) vs (1) CAMERIN Maria Elena (ITA)/ DULKO Gisela (ARG)

[R2] (3) MIRZA Sania (IND)/ DOMACHOWSKA Marta (POL) vs LEPCHENKO Varvara (UZB)/ YUAN Meng (CHN)
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At $ 25 K Rome, Italy (clay)

[Q1] (5)Sandhya Nagaraj (IND,520) bt (wc)Sonia Iacovacci (ITA,NR) 60 62
[Q2] (5)Sandhya Nagaraj (IND,520) bt (11)Claudia Ivone (ITA,667) 62 75

[R1] (Q)Sandhya Nagaraj (IND,520) bt (wc)Andreea-Roxane Vaideanu (ITA,858) 64 64

[R2] (Q)Sandhya Nagaraj (IND,520) vs (Q) Raffaella Bindi (ITA,790)
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Aptos Challengers, USA

[R1] Karan Rastogi (IND) l Lesley Joseph (USA) 64 67 (6) 16
[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND) l (3) Rajeev Ram (USA) 46 46
[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND) l Jesse Levine (USA) 46 63 16

Doubles -
[R1] (4) Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) bt (WC) Kevin Kaiser (USA)/ Pablo Pires de Almieda (USA) 63 62
[R1] RASTOGI Karan (IND)/ SOEDA Go (JPN) vs BRIAUD Patrick (USA)/ ELIZONDO Juan-Manuel (MEX)
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At $25K Chongqing challanger, China ,

[Q1] Tara IYER (IND,NR) bt Yi-Run HAN (CHN,NR) 61 61
[Q2] Tara IYER (IND,NR) bt (13)Shuang WU (CHN,1165) 61 61
[Q3] Tara IYER (IND,NR) bt (6)Si-Si QIU (CHN,1070) 64 60
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Manchester Trophy - 25K Challenger

Singles -
(7)Luke Bourgeois (AUS) vs Harsh Mankad (IND)

Doubles -
[R1] MANKAD Harsh (IND)/ STOLT Phil (USA) bt (1) BACHELOT Jean-Francois (FRA)/ TOURTE Nicolas (FRA) 46 62 13-11

[QF] MANKAD Harsh (IND)/ STOLT Phil (USA) vs LUGASSY Gary (FRA)/ RENAVAND Nicolas (FRA)
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At 10K Bangkok, Thailand

[Q1] BHILARE Sayali (IND) l LADAGE Sina (GER) 16 06

Main draw -
[R1] RAM Oormila (IND) l (6) THONGDACH Pichittra (THA) 36 26
[R1] CHHETRI Vishika (IND) l (1) LUANGNAM, Nudnida (THA) 26 26
[R1] (4) GOSWAMI Parul (IND) bt BORWORNCHOKCHAI Sasirin (THA) 61 75

[R2] (4) GOSWAMI Parul (IND) vs LAM Po-Kuen (HKG)

Doubles -
[R1] (3) CHHETRI Vishika (IND)/ GOSWAMI Parul (IND) bt MARSHALL Lisa (RSA)/ NANDA KUMAR Asha (IND) 62 16 62
[R1] (Q) RAM Oormila (IND)/ SAIDKHODJAEVA Dilyara (UZB) l DAMAYANTI Ayu-Fani (INA)/ LUANGNAM Nudnida(THA) 06 46

[R2] (3) CHHETRI Vishika (IND)/ GOSWAMI Parul (IND) vs CHANG Kai-Chen (TPE)/ NGUYEN Thuy-Dung (VIE )
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At Women's $10K Frinton, UK

[Q1] (1) CHHEDA Krushmi (IND,1087) l GALINIER Samantha (FRA,NR) 61 06 06

Doubles -
[R1] CHHEDA Krushmi (IND)/ JACKSON Jessica (GBR) l ARMSTRONG Deborah (GBR)/ CLARKE Yasmin (GBR) w/o

At Men's $15K Frinton, UK

[R1] MISHRA Shivang (IND,1207) l RUSHBY Tom (GBR,885) 16 26
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At Wolfe Lumber Women's $50K Challenger - Hammond, LA

[R1] Sunitha Rao (USA,203) vs (Q) Patricia Mayr (AUT,552)

Doubles -
[R1] (4) Sunitha Rao (USA)/ Ryoko Fuda (JPN) bt (Q) Sarah Coles (GBR)/ Jennifer Tuchband (USA) 61 63
[QF] (4) Sunitha Rao (USA)/ Ryoko Fuda (JPN) vs Beau Jones (USA)/ Courtney Nagle (USA)

Monday, July 17, 2006

Golf News -
John Deer Classic (PGA Tour) - Final Score

T10 Daniel Chopra 64 69 68 70 -13 - $85714.29
T61 Arjun Atwal 71 67 70 72 -4 - $8520

Barclays Scottish Open (EPGA tour) - Final Score

T60 Shiv Kapur 72 69 72 72 +1 - EUR 9875.93
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John Deer Classic (PGA Tour) - 3rd Round

T4 Daniel Chopra 64 69 68 -12
T57 Arjun Atwal 71 67 70 -5

Barclays Scottish Open (EPGA tour) - 3rd Round

T62 Shiv Kapur 72 69 72 Even
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John Deer Classic (PGA Tour) - 2nd Round

T2 Daniel Chopra 64 69 -9
T39 Arjun Atwal 71 67 -4

Barclays Scottish Open (EPGA tour) - 2nd Round

T55 Shiv Kapur 72 69 -1
---------Cut @ -1 --------
T70 Chiranjeev Milkha Singh 70 72 Even
T109 Jyoti Randhawa 68 77 +3
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Tennis News -
At $10K futures, Romania F11( clay)

[SF] (3) Bogdan Leonte (ROM)/ Divij Sharan (IND) bt Laurentiu Erlic (ROM)/ Mihai Stoian (ROM) 62 62

[F] (3) Bogdan Leonte (ROM)/ Divij Sharan (IND) l (1) Adrian Cruciat (ROM)/ Victor Ionita (ROM) 46 46
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RCA Indianapolis ATP qualies, US

[Q1] Sunil Kumar Sipaeya (IND,497) bt Kiantki Thomas (USA,1117) 60 63
[Q2] Sunil Kumar Sipaeya (IND,497) l Mashiska Washington (USA,770) 57 26
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At $25K Manchester Trophy, UK

[R1] (7) Luke Bourgeois (AUS,286) vs Harsh Mankad (IND,396)
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Aptos Challengers, US

[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND,280) vs (3) Rajeev Ram (USA,204)
[R1] Prakash Amritraj ( IND,339) vs (WC) Jesse Levine (USA,735)
[R1] Karan Rastogi (IND,334) vs Lesely Joseph ( USA,299)

Friday, July 14, 2006

Tennis News -
At $15K Flexistowe futures, UK

[R2] (5) Harsh Mankad (IND,381) l Andrew Kennaugh (GBR,780) 46 67(6)

At $25K Flexistowe Challenger, UK

[QF] BHAMBRI Ankita (IND)/ BHAMBRI Sanaa (IND) l (WC) ARMSTRONG Deborah (GBR)/ CLARKE Yasmin (GBR) 16 76(5) 36
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At $10K futures, Peoria, US

[R2] SIPAEYA Sunil-Kumar (IND)/ JETLI Porus (USA) l (2) ANDERSON Kevin (RSA)/ DE HEART Ryler (USA) 26 26
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At $10K futures, Romania F11( clay)

[R1] Divij Sharan (IND,896) bt (Q)Piotr Zielinski (POL,NR) 62 62
[R2] Divij Sharan (IND,896) l (3) Adrian Cruciat (ROM,336) 26 26

Doubles -
[R1] (3) Bogdan Leonte (ROM)/Divij Sharan (IND) bt Rares Cuzdriorean (ROM)/ Alexandru Lazar (ROM) 62 61
[QF] (3) Bogdan Leonte (ROM)/ Divij Sharan (IND) bt Alexandru Carpen (ROM)/ Danilo Zivanovic (AUS) 76(7) 76(1)

[SF] (3) Bogdan Leonte (ROM)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs Laurentiu Erlic (ROM)/ Mihai Stoian (ROM)

At $10K futures, Romania F10 (Clay)

[R1] Divij Sharan (IND) l (5)Catalin Gard (ROM) d. 6-0 7-6(3)

[R1] (4)Divij Sharan (IND)/ Leonardo Tavares (POR)l Yuri Bezeruk (AUS)/Juan Francisco Spina (ARG) 36 57
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Golf News -
John Deer Classic (PGA Tour)

T1 Daniel Chopra 64 (-7)
T93 Arjun Atwal 71 (E)

Barclays Scottish Open (EPGA tour)

T9 Jyoti Randhawa 68 (-3)
T38 Chiranjeev Milkha Singh 70 (-1)
T81 Shiv Kapur 72 (+1)

Thursday, July 13, 2006

Tennis News -
At $10K futures, Peoria, US

[R1] (2) (LL) Sunil Kumar Sipaeya (IND,497) l (Q) Lance Vodicka (USA,NR) 46 57

Doubles -
[R1] SIPAEYA Sunil-Kumar (IND)/ JETLI Porus (USA) bt BROWN Connor (USA)/ WETTENGEL Chris (USA) 63 76(1)

[R2] SIPAEYA Sunil-Kumar (IND)/ JETLI Porus (USA) vs (2) ANDERSON Kevin (RSA)/ DE HEART Ryler (USA)
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Women's 25K Tournament - Felixstowe, UK

[R1] (Q) Sanaa Bhambri (IND,571) l (4) Katie O'Brie (GBR,237) 57 36

Men's 15K Tournament - Felixstowe, UK

[R1] MANKAD Harsh (IND)/ SMITH Matthew (GBR) l (4) BAMFORD Neil (GBR)/ CHARROIN Olivier (FRA) 46 1-2 retired

Singles -
[R2] (5) Harsh Mankad (IND,381) vs Andrew Kennaugh (GBR,780)
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Squash News -

Dipika Pallikal has won the Pioneer Open junior squash event in Cologne, Germany ... Dipika was the top seed going into tournament and didn't lose a set all week.

Pioneer Cup 2006 - Girls u15

[R1] (1) Dipika Pallikal (IND) bye
[R2] (1) Dipika Pallikal (IND) bt Lucy Townley (ENG) 10-8 9-4 9-5
[PQF] (1) Dipika Pallikal (IND) bt Harriot Ingham (ENG) 9-1 9-0 9-0
[QF] (1) Dipika Pallikal (IND) bt Yan Xin Tan (MAS) 9-4 9-1 9-3
[SF] (1) Dipika Pallikal (IND) bt Ilona Lagerweij (NET) 9-1 9-0 9-3
[F] (1) Dipika Pallikal (IND) bt Wee Wern Low (MAS) 9-4 9-3 9-6

Wednesday, July 12, 2006

Women's 25K Tournament - Felixstowe

[Q3] (4) BHAMBRI Sanaa (IND,579) bt WEBSTER Jenna (GBR,NR) 62 60

Maindraw -
[R1] Ankita Bhambri (IND,350) l (WC) Julia Bone (GBR,867) 61 46 61

[R1] (Q) Sanaa Bhambri (IND,579) vs (4) Katie O'Brie (GBR,235)

Doubles -
[R1] CHHEDA Krushmi (IND)/ SAMMEL Roxanne (GBR) l (1) MUSGRAVE Trudi (AUS)/ WHEELER Christina (AUS) 06 26

[R1] BHAMBRI Ankita (IND)/ BHAMBRI Sanaa (IND) bt (3) BRIANTI Alberta (ITA)/ LIGGAN Kelly (IRL) 64 75

Men's 15K Tournament - Felixstowe

[R1] (5) Harsh Mankad (IND,381) bt (WC) Daniel Cox (GBR,1528) 62 46 64

Doubles -
[R1] MIOTTO Alex (GBR)/ MISHRA Shivang (IND) l IRWIN Richard (GBR)/ KING-TURNER Daniel (NZL) 76(4) 16 36

Tuesday, July 11, 2006

Tennis News -At $10K futures, Peoria, U.S

[Q1] (1) Sunil Kumar Sipaeya bt Joe Bates ( USA, unr) 64 61
[Q2] (1) Sunil Kumar Sipaeya bt Nick Hegarty (USA,unr) 64 62
[Q3] (1) Sunil Kumar Sipaeya l John Valenti ( USA,unr) walkover

Maindraw -
[R1] (2) (LL) Sunil Kumar Sipaeya vs (Q) Lance Vodicka (USA)

Doubles -[R1] SIPAEYA Sunil-Kumar (IND)/ JETLI Porus (USA) vs BROWN Connor (USA)/ WETTENGEL Chris (USA)
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Women's 25K Tournament Felixstowe (GBR)

[Q1] CHHEDA Krushmi (IND,1083) l MARTIN Charlotte (GBR,NR) 46 46
[Q1] (4) BHAMBRI Sanaa (IND,579) bye
[Q2] (4) BHAMBRI Sanaa (IND,579) bt RAWLING Lindsay (GBR,NR) 67(4) 63 60

[Q3] (4) BHAMBRI Sanaa (IND,579) v. WEBSTER Jenna (GBR,NR)

Maindraw -
[R1] Ankita Bhambri (IND,350) vs (WC) Julia Bone (GBR,867)

Doubles -
[R1] BHAMBRI Ankita (IND)/ BHAMBRI Sanaa (IND) vs (3) BRIANTI Alberta (ITA)/ LIGGAN Kelly (IRL)
[R1] CHHEDA Krushmi (IND)/ SAMMEL Roxanne (GBR) vs (1) MUSGRAVE Trudi (AUS)/ WHEELER Christina (AUS)

Men's 15K Tournament Felixstowe (GBR)
[Q1] (6) Shivang Mishra (IND,1096) bye
[Q2] (6) Shivang Mishra (IND,1096) l Antoine Tassart (FRA,1528) 26 67(5)

Maindraw -
[R1] (5) Harsh Mankad (IND,381) vs (WC) Daniel Cox (GBR,1528)

Doubles -
[R1] MIOTTO Alex (GBR)/ MISHRA Shivang (IND) vs IRWIN Richard (GBR)/ KING-TURNER Daniel (NZL)
[R1] MANKAD Harsh (IND)/ SMITH Matthew (GBR) vs (4) BAMFORD Neil (GBR)/ CHARROIN Olivier (FRA)
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Golf News -

After finishing tied for 4th position Jeev rise in the world ranking and become no. 1 Indian golfer ... He also missed qualifying chance to British Open by whisker ... If he managed another birdie and he would be qualify ... But he still having another chance for qualify for British Open at 2006 Barclays Scottish Open.

Monday, July 10, 2006

At Newport Hall Of Fame ATP (grass)

[Q1] Rohan Bopanna (IND,254) l Noam Okun (ISR,222) 67(3) 76(5) 26
[Q1] Prakash Amritraj (IND,288) l (8) Michael Russell (USA,202) 67 46
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Wimbledon -

[QF] Hsin Han Lee (TPE)/ Rupesh Roy (IND) bt (3) Luka Belic (CRO)/ Antonio Veic (CRO) 76(5) 67(4) 64

[SF] Rupesh Roy (IND)/Hsin Han Lee (Taiwan) l (2) Martin Klizan / Andrei Martin (SVK) 36 76(4) 63
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Golf News -
Cialis Western Open (USPGA) - Final Score

1 Trevor Immelman 69 66 69 67 -13 $900,000.00

T4 Vijay Singh 67 67 68 73 -9 $181,250.00
T30 Daniel Chopra 66 66 76 73 -3 $27,850.00
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The Smurfit Kappa European Open (EPGA) - Final Score

1 DODD Stephen WAL 67 69 73 70 -9 € 578792.00

T4 SINGH Jeev Milkha IND 70 68 74 70 -6 € 126685.99
T61 RANDHAWA Jyoti IND 68 78 73 78 +9 € 9029.16

Sunday, July 09, 2006

Golf News -
EPGA tour - Smurfit Kappa European Open, Ireland - Third Round

T12 Jeev Milkha Singh 70 68 74 (-4)
T55 Jyoti Randhawa 68 78 73 (+3)

PGA Tour - Cialis Western Open - Third Round

1 VJ Singh 67 67 68 (-11)
T21 Daniel Chopra 66 66 76 (-5)
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EPGA tour - Smurfit Kappa European Open, Ireland - Second Round

T4 Jeev Milkha Singh 70 68 (-6)
T64 Jyoti Randhawa 68 78 (+2)

PGA Tour - Cialis Western Open - Second Round

1 Daniel Chopra 66 66 (10)
2 VJ Singh 67 67 (-8)
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T84Arjun Atwal 74 69 (+1)
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Badminton News -ASIA JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2006 - Individual

Boys -Singles -
[R3] Dewalkar Akshay (IND) l Lu Qicheng (CHN) 17-21 11-21

Doubles -
[PQF] Sanyal Jishnu (IND)/ Dewalkar Akshay (IND) l Wong Zi Liang Derek (SIN)/ Tang Yew Loong Johnathan (SIN) 23-21 12-21 18-21

Mixed Doubles -
[R2] Vijay Ram C (IND)/ Ponnappa Ashwini (IND) l Li Tian (CHN)/ Ma Jin (CHN) 14-21 13-21

Girls -Doubles -
[PQF] Vartak Gayatri (IND/ Nishcita Gm (IND) l Buranaprasertsuk Porntip (THA)/ Sanlekanun Nuttaya (THA) 13-21 16-21

Singles -
[R3] (2) Nehwal Saina (IND) l Cheng Wen (CHN) 16-21 21-19 10-21
[R3] Misha Ruth (IND) l (5/8) Taruno Megumi (JPN) 12-21 7-21
[R3] Vartak Gayatri (IND) l (9/16) Sugumaran Stephanie Shalini (MAS) 16-21 21-23
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Wibledon -

[SF] (7) Martin Damm (CZE)/Leander Paes (IND) l (6) Fabrice Santoro (FRA)/ Nenad Zimonjic (SCG) 26 16 57
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At Winnetka challenger, US

[QF] Rohan Bopanna ( IND,254) l Sam Querrey (USA,260) 46 76(1) 46

Friday, July 07, 2006

Golf News -

Jeev played another solid round, which consisted 7 birdies and 3 bogeys ... Still many players r on course and so his current ranking will come down.

EPGA tour - Smurfit Kappa European Open, Ireland - Second Round

T5 SINGH, Jeev Milkha IND 70 68 -6
T8 RANDHAWA, Jyoti IND 68 PAR after 3 holes
Wimbledon -
Mixed Doubles -
[R3] Pavel Vizner (CZE)/Sania Mirza (IND) l (5) Daniel Nestor (CAN)/ Elena Likhovtseva (RUS) 36 75 26
[R3] (4) Leander Paes/Samantha Stosur (AUS) bt Sebastian Prieto(ARG)/Flavia Penetta(ITA) 63 62

[QF] (4) Leander Paes/Samantha Stosur (AUS) l Bob Bryan (USA)/ Venus Williams (USA) 67(3) 36
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At Winnetka challenger, US

[R2] Rohan Bopanna ( IND,254) bt (Q)Ti Chen ( TPE,352) 62 63
[R2] Prakash Amritraj (IND,288) l (4) Ricardo Mello ( BRA,142) 26 46

[QF] Rohan Bopanna ( IND,254) vs Sam Querrey (USA,260)
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At $75K College Park, U.S

[R2] Shikha Uberoi (IND,166) l (7)Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS, 163) 63 67(12) 26
[R2] Neha Uberoi (USA,244) l Tetiana Luzhanska (UKR, 414) 46 64 57
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Golf News -
PGA Tour - Cialis Western Open - First Round
T1 Daniel Chopra - 66 (-5)
T5 VJ Singh - 67 (-4)
T118 Arjun Atwal - 74 (+3)
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Jyoti played a 4 under round ... His card included 5 birdies and a bogey ... And Jeev finished with a bogey, so its -2 for the day, He had 5 birdies and 3 bogeys.

EPGA tour - Smurfit Kappa European Open, Ireland
T8 Jyoti Randhawa 68 (-4)
T22 Jeev Milkha Singh 70 (-2)
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Badminton News -

ASIA JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2006 - Individual
Boys -

Singles -
[R1] Nandaluri Srujan (IND) Bye
[R1] Nadaluri Arun (IND) bt Mao Chanthan (CAM) w/o
[R1] Sanyal Jishnu (IND) Bye
[R1] Dewalkar Akshay (IND) Bye

[R2] Nandaluri Srujan (IND) l Choi Sang Won (KOR) 20-22 14-21
[R2] Nadaluri Arun (IND) l Pamungkas Sigit Bandar (INA) 19-21 21-18 10-21
[R2] Sanyal Jishnu (IND) l Putro Wisnu Haryo (INA) 21-19 14-21 18-21
[R2] Dewalkar Akshay (IND) bt (9/16) Sepalage Perera Thilan (SRI) 12-21 8-21

[R3] Dewalkar Akshay (IND) vs Lu Qicheng (CHN)

Doubles -
[R1] Vishnu Arun (IND)/ Vijay Ram C (IND) Bye
[R1] Sanyal Jishnu (IND)/ Dewalkar Akshay (IND) Bye

[R2] Vishnu Arun (IND)/ Vijay Ram C (IND) l Liu Xiaolong (CHN)/ Zhang Yingdong (CHN) 7-21 12-21
[R2] Sanyal Jishnu (IND)/ Dewalkar Akshay (IND) bt Dahanayaka Rajitha Sandeepana (SRI)/ Hettiarachchi Nuwan D.J (SRI) 12-21 9-21

[PQF] Sanyal Jishnu (IND)/ Dewalkar Akshay (IND) vs Wong Zi Liang Derek (SIN)/ Tang Yew Loong Johnathan (SIN)

Mixed Doubles -
[R1] Vishnu Arun (IND)/ Sosale Nitya (IND) l Hu Wenqing (CHN)/ Wang Xiaoli (CHN) 12-21 21-18 15-21
[R1] Vijay Ram C (IND)/ Ponnappa Ashwini (IND) bt Sepalage Perera Thilan (SRI)/ Handunkutti Hettige Dona Lekha S (SRI) 22-20 21-15

[R2] Vijay Ram C (IND)/ Ponnappa Ashwini (IND) vs Li Tian (CHN)/ Ma Jin (CHN)

Girls -
Singles -
[R1] (2) Nehwal Saina (IND) Bye
[R1] Misha Ruth (IND) Bye
[R1] Nishcita Gm (IND) bt Vu Thi Trang (VIE) 21-13 21-17
[R1] Vartak Gayatri (IND) bt Nabila Aktar (BAN) 21-11 21-13

[R2] (2) Nehwal Saina (IND) bt Guerrero Raquel (PHI) 21-1 21-9
[R2] Nishcita Gm (IND) l Oku Yukina (JPN) 15-21 11-21
[R2] Misha Ruth (IND) bt Ashikin Siti Nor (SIN) 21-16 20-22 21-15
[R2] Vartak Gayatri (IND) bt Vu Thi Huong Lan (VIE) 15-21 21-13 21-15

[R3] (2) Nehwal Saina (IND) vs Cheng Wen (CHN)
[R3] Misha Ruth (IND) vs (5/8) Taruno Megumi (JPN)
[R3] Vartak Gayatri (IND) vs (9/16) Sugumaran Stephanie Shalini (MAS)

Doubles -
[R1] Vartak Gayatri (IND/ Nishcita Gm (IND) bt Chan Tsz Ka (HKG)/ Yeung Hiu Tung (HKG) 21-16 21-15
[R1] Sosale Nitya (IND)/ Ponnappa Ashwini (IND) Bye

[R2] Sosale Nitya (IND)/ Ponnappa Ashwini (IND) l (2) Woon Khe Wei (MAS)/ Ho Bee Ling (MAS) 22-20 14-21 14-21
[R2] Vartak Gayatri (IND/ Nishcita Gm (IND) bt Phung Nguyen Phuong Nhi (VIE)/ Nguyen Thi Sen (VIE) 13-21 21-15 21-11

[PQF] Vartak Gayatri (IND/ Nishcita Gm (IND) vs Buranaprasertsuk Porntip (THA)/ Sanlekanun Nuttaya (THA)

Thursday, July 06, 2006

Wimbledon -

[QF] (7) Martin Damm (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt (4) Paul Hanley (AUS)/ Kevin Ullyett (ZIM) 76(8) 67(5) 67(5) 76(7) 62

Gentlemen's 45 & Over Doubles
Anand Amritraj (IND)/ Vijay Amritraj (IND) bt Brian Gottfried (USA)/ Raul Ramirez (MEX) 63 64

[R2] (1) Kristina Antoniychuk (UKR)/ Alexandra Dulgheru (ROM) bt Sanaa Bhambri (IND)/ Wing Yau Venise Chan (HKG) 63 64

[R3] (12) Artur Chernov (RUS) bt (8) Sanam K Singh (IND) 62 63

[R2] Hsin Han Lee (TPE)/ Rupesh Roy (IND) bt Edgar Rodriguez (COL)/ Jose-Roberto Velasco (BOL) 67(2) 63 64
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At Winnetka challenger, US

[R2] Rohan Bopanna ( IND,254) vs (Q)Ti Chen ( TPE,352)
[R2] Prakash Amritraj (IND,288) vs (4)Ricardo Mello ( BRA,142)
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At $75K College Park, U.S

[R1] Shikha UBEROI (IND,166) bt Story TWEEDIE-YATES (USA,354) 64 63

[R2] Shikha Uberoi (IND,166) vs (7)Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS, 163)
[R2] Neha Uberoi (USA,244) v. Tetiana Luzhanska (UKR, 414)
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Squash News -
At the Qatar Airways Challenge 2006 WISPA squash championship,

[R1] (10) Shelly Kitchen (Nzl) bt (Q) Joshna Chinappa (Ind) 9-4 9-1 7-9 9-4

Wednesday, July 05, 2006

Wimbledon -

Mixed Doubles -
[R2] Pavel Vizner (CZE)/Sania Mirza (IND) bt (12) Leos Friedl (CZE)/ Liezel Huber (RSA) 61 61

[R3] Pavel Vizner (CZE)/Sania Mirza (IND) vs (5) Daniel Nestor (CAN)/ Elena Likhovtseva (RUS)

Boys Singles -
[R2] (8) Sanam Singh(IND,11) bt Roberto Bautista-agut (ESP,73) 64 36 64

[PQF] (8) Sanam Singh(IND,11) vs (12) Artur Chernov(RUS,16)

Boys Doubles -
[R1] (4) Jeevan Nedunchezhiya (IND)/ Sanam Singh(IND) l Nikola Mektic (CRO)/ Vedran Siljegovic (CRO) 67(4) 46
[R1] Hsin Han Lee (TPE)/ Rupesh Roy (IND) bt Scott Dickson (GBR)/ Christopher Llewellyn (GBR) 62 63

[R2] Hsin Han Lee (TPE)/ Rupesh Roy (IND) vs Edgar Rodriguez (COL)/ Jose-Roberto Velasco (BOL)

Girls Doubles -
[R1] Sanaa Bhambri (IND)/ Wing Yau Venise Chan (HKG) bt Amanda Cunningham (GBR)/ Jessica Jackson (GBR) 62 60

[R2] Sanaa Bhambri (IND)/ Wing Yau Venise Chan (HKG) vs (1) Kristina Antoniychuk (UKR)/ Alexandra Dulgheru (ROM)

Also Lee and Martin having their QF against 4th seed pair.

[QF] (7) Martin Damm (CZE)/Leander Paes (IND) vs (4) Paul Hanley (AUS)/ Kevin Ullyett (ZIM)
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At the Winnetka challenger, U.S.

[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND,288) bt Ivo Heuberger (SUI,255) 36 63 64
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At $75K College Park, U.S,

[Q3] (1/wc)Shikha Uberoi (IND,166) bt (7)Christina Fusano (USA,513) 60 60

Maindraw -
[R1] Neha Uberoi (USA,244) bt Domimica Cibulkova (SVK,295) 62 36 64

[R1] Shikha UBEROI (IND,166) vs Story TWEEDIE-YATES (USA,354)
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At $25K Valladolid, Spain

[R1] (Q)Sandhya Nagaraj (IND,531) l(Q)Irena Pavlovic (FRA,583) 46 16
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Badminton News -

India made an early exit from the mixed team event of the Asian junior badminton championship after loosing to 4th seed Indonesia.
India l (4) Indonesia 0-3

Jishnu Sanyal (IND) l Bandar Sigit Pamungkas (INA) 16-21 21-16 19-21
Saina Nehwal (IND) l Pia Zebadiah Bernadet (INA) 21-19 16-21 18-21
Jishnu Sanyal (IND/ Akshay Dewalker (IND) l Fernando Kurniawan (INA) Subakti (INA) 13-21 16-21

Tuesday, July 04, 2006

Wimbledon -

Gentlemen's 45 & Over Doubles -
Mansour Bahrami (IRI)/ Gene Mayer (USA) bt Anand Amritraj (IND)/ Vijay Amritraj (IND) 62 76(5)

Women's Doubles -
[R2] Michaella Krajicek (NED)/Sania Mirza (IND) l (8) Elena Dementieva (RUS)/ Flavia Pennetta (ITA) 46 26

Men's Doubles -
[PQF] (7) Martin Damm (CZE)/Leander Paes (IND) bt Cyril Suk (CZE)/ Robin Vik( CZE) 62 61 76(1)

Mixed Doubles -

[R2] (4) Leander Paes/Samantha Stosur (AUS) bt Paul Hanley (AUS)/Tatiana Perebiynis (UKR) 46 63 12-10
[R2] (11) Mahesh Bhupathi / Zi Yan (CHN) l Bob Bryan (USA)/Venus Williams (USA) 46 16

[QF] (4) Leander Paes/Samantha Stosur (AUS) vs Sebastian Prieto(ARG)/Flavia Penetta(ITA)
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At the Winnetka challenger, U.S.

[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND,254) bt (WC) Tyler Cleveland (USA,369) 76 62
[R1] Ivo Heuberger (SUI) vs Prakash Amritraj (IND)
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At $75K College Park, U.S.

[Q1] (1/wc)Shikha Uberoi (IND) bt. Betrice Capra (USA) 75 61
[Q2] (1/wc)Shikha Uberoi (IND) bt. Nicole Kriz (AUS) 75 63

[Q3] (1/wc)Shikha Uberoi (IND) v. (7)Christina Fusano (USA)

Maindraw -
[R1] Neha Uberoi (USA) vs Domimica Cibulkova (SVK)
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At $25K Valladolid, Spain ,

[Q1] (2) Sandhya Nagaraj IND vs bye
[Q2] (2) Sandhya Nagaraj IND bt Maria Martinez Romero ESP 61 63
[Q3] (2) Sandhya Nagaraj IND bt Lucia Cervara Vazquez ESP 64 76(4)

Maindraw -
[R1] (Q)Sandhya Nagaraj (IND,531) vs (Q)Irena Pavlovic (FRA,583)
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Basketball News -

After longtime I heard something good about our basketball ... We defeated China (not sure about which team they send for this tournament) to win Bronze in the tenth Crown Prince Cup international invitational tournament.

India bt China 112-75

And also won 5 individual awards -
Highest Scorer, Highest three-pointer and Most Valuable Player - Trideep Rai
Best blocker - M. Anoop
Best assist player - Sambhaji Kadam

The final rankings - 1. Iran; 2. Thailand `A'; 3. India; 4. China; 5. Philippines; 6. Thailand `B'; 7. Vietnam; 8. Japan.

Monday, July 03, 2006

Golf News -
UBS Japan Golf Tour Championship ShishidoHills 2006 - Final Standing with Earning.

T9 Jeev Milkha Singh 70 72 67 71 280 Even ¥4,080,000

T30 Dinesh Chand 75 67 73 72 287 +7 ¥971,250
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Buick Championship - second round

Arjun missed cut with 2 over round and total 3 over for the tournament.
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Tennis News -At $10K Edmond, USA

[R1] (6)Punam REDDY (IND,624) bt Nina MUNCH-SOEGAARD (NOR,580) 75 76(4)
[R2] Lindsey NELSON (USA) bt (6) Punam REDDY (IND,624) 61 64
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Wimbledon -

Junior Draw -
[R1] (8) Sanam Singh(IND,11) bt Roberto Maytin (VEN,37) 61 62
[R1] (14) Jeevan Nedunchezhiya (IND,17) l (WC) Ed Corrie (GBR,495) 06 76(5) 16
[R1] Rupesh Roy (IND,61) l Andrei Martin (SVK,24) 26 57

[R2] (8) Sanam Singh(IND,11) vs Roberto Bautista-agut (ESP,73)

Doubles -
[R1] (4) Jeevan Nedunchezhiya (IND)/ Sanam Singh(IND) vs Nikola Mektic (CRO)/ Vedran Siljegovic (CRO)
[R1] Hsin Han Lee (TPE)/ Rupesh Roy (IND) vs Scott Dickson (GBR)/ Christopher Llewellyn (GBR)

Girls -
[R1] Sanaa Bhambri ( IND,36) l (2) Yung-Jan Chan (TPE) 16 26

Mens Doubles -
[R2] (7) Martin Damm (CZE)/Leander Paes (IND) bt Jan Hernych (CZE)/ David Skoch (CZE) 64 64 63
[R3] (7) Martin Damm (CZE)/Leander Paes (IND) vs Cyril Suk (CZE)/ Robin Vik( CZE)

Women's Doubles -
[R2] Michaella Krajicek (NED)/Sania Mirza (IND) vs (8) Elena Dementieva (RUS)/ Flavia Pennetta (ITA)

MXD -
[R1] Pavel Vizner (CZE)/Sania Mirza (IND) bt Fernando Verdasco (ESP)/Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) 62 75

[R2] (4) Leander Paes/Samantha Stosur (AUS) vs Paul Hanley (AUS)/Tatiana Perebiynis (UKR) 46 63 9-9
[R2] Pavel Vizner (CZE)/Sania Mirza (IND) vs (12) Leos Friedl (CZE)/ Liezel Huber (RSA)
[R2] (11) Mahesh Bhupathi / Zi Yan (CHN) vs Bob Bryan (USA)/Venus Williams (USA)
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Chess News -
Parimarjan Negi becomes 3rd youngest GM in the world.

List youngest GM in the world -
1. Sergey Karjakin (Ukr) 12 years, 7 months 0 days in 2002
2. Magnus Carlsen (Nor) 13-yrs, 3-m, 27-d in 2004
3. Parimarjan Negi (Ind) 13 yrs, 4-m, 20-d in 2006
4. Bu Xiangzhi (Chn) 13 yrs, 10-m, 13-d in 1999
5. Teimour Radjabov (Aze) 14 yrs, 0-m, 14-d in 2001
6. Ruslan Ponomariov (Ukr) 14 yrs, 0-m, 17-d in 1997
7. Etienne Bacrot (Fra) 14 -yrs, 2-m, 0-d, in 1997
8. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (Fra) 14 -yrs, 4-m, 0-d in 2005
9. Peter Leko (Hun) 14 yrs, 4 -m, 22-d in 1994
10. Yuri Kuzubov (Ukr) 14 yrs,7-m,12-d in 2004
11. Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son (Vie) 14 yrs, 10-m, 0-d in 2004
12. Hikaru Nakamura USA 15 yrs, 2-m, 19-d in 2003
13. P. Harikrishna (Ind) 15 yrs, 3-m, 5-d in 2001
14. K. Humpy (Ind) 15 yrs, 4-m, 28-d in 2002
15. Judit Polgar (Hun) 15 yrs, 4-m, 28-d in 1991
16. Alejandro Ramirez (Cri) 15 yrs,5-m,14-d in 2003
17. Bobby Fischer (USA) 15 yrs, 6-m, 1-day in 1958
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Cricket News -

India managed to first win outside subcontinent (if you exclude zimbabwe) in 20 years and first win in WI after 35 years when Gavaskar was a debutant.

India - 200 ( Dravid 81, Kumble 45 and Taylor 5/50, Collymore 2/17)
West Indies - 103 ( Ganga 40, Lara 26 and Harbhajan Singh 5/13, Sreesanth 2/34)
India - 171 (Dravid 68, Dhoni 19 and Collymore 5/48, Taylor 4/45)
West Indies - 219 (Ramdin 62 no, Sarwan 51 and Kumble 6/78, Sreesanth 3/38)

India won by 49 runs ... Man of the Match - Rahul Dravid

Table Tennis News

At $70K ITTF Challenge Plus Oman Open 2020 , Muscat, Oman [R32] Harmeet Desai (IND,87) bt Jeremy Hazin (CAN,164) 4-0 (12-10, 11-8, 11-4,...