Korean Open Super Series 2011, One more disappointing tour for Saina and Kashyap

Kashyap and Saina lost their second round matches in Korean Open Super Series 2011 today. Mixed dooubles pair of Diju and Jwala also crashed out of the tournament by loosing their second round match.

The only remaining hope in the series is the women's double's pair of Ashwini and Jwala , who entered quarter finals of the tournament by beating Mizuki fujii and Reika kakiiwa with 21-18, 14-21, 21-15.

Paes and Bhupathi are just one step away from clinching Maiden Australian Open Doubles

Paes and Bhupathi had to fight really hard to surpass the 2nd seed max mirnyi and Daniel Nestor and reach the finals of 2011 Australian Open doubles event. They beat the 2nd seeds with 7-6(7-5), 4-6, 6-3.

Paes and Bhupathi will now play against World no.1 pair bryan brothers in the finals of Australian Open doubles event.

Australian Open 2011, Paes and Bhupathi cruise into Men's Doubles semis

It looks like, Paes and Bhupathi are back to their best form. They have cruised into semi finals of Australian Open 2011 Men's Doubles event by beating 8th seed pair of Micheal Llodre and Nenad Zimonjic with 6-4, 6-4.

The Indian Master double's pair will play against 2nd seed max mirnyi and Daniel Nestor in the semis and may have to face world no.1 pair bryan brothers in Final.

Korean Open Super Series 2011, Hope for some good shows with saina and kashyap in battle

After the disppointing peeformance indian shuttlers in Malaysian Open, I have ssome serious hopes of good performances from india Korean Open super series with top indian players saina and kashyap in the battle.

The first round matches have started today and keep following the updates here.

Malaysia Open 2011, India ends it's campaign with a disappointing note

All the indians have lost their matches in Malaysia Open 2011. with Saina, Kashyap and Ajay jayaram opting out of the tournament and an out of form Chetan anand, the fight in men's and women's single's has ended in first round of matches of remaining players.

In women's doubles, Jwala gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa lost their first round match against to Jing Du and Pan Pan(CHN) with 11-21, 21-16, 5-21. It was only the mixed doubles' that the indian pair of  Diju and Jwala won their first round match against Johannes Schoettler & Sandra Marinello(GER) with 21-12, 21-13.

But, the happiness didn't last long as they lost their second round match to Hung Ling Chen and Wen Hsing Cheng with 22-20, 15-21, 19-21.

Thus, India ends its campaign in Malaysia Open 2011 with a very disappointing note. 

Australian Open 2011: India continues to perform in doubles

India has shown that, it's much better in doubles competitions, with several grandslams winner Leander paes and Mahesh Bhupathi edging out Ivo Karlovic(CRO) and Dusan Vemic(SRB) with 5-7, 6-3, 6-0 in their first round of double's  event.

Rohan Bopanna(Ind) along with Aisam-ul-haq Qureshi(pak) also won the first round of their double's  match against Franco Ferreiro(BRA) and Andre sa(bra) with 6-3, 6-0.


Let us hope to see the both against each other in this year's final of Australian Open Men's Doubles.

Sania and Somdev crashed out of Australian Open 2011, but only after a tough fight

Both Sania and Somdev last their Australian Open first round matches to Justin Henin and Tommy Robredo respectively after a very good fight, but have proven that they are competent enough to beat the biggies in tennis.

Sania has won her first set with 7-5 against former world no.1 Justin Henin and almost threatened to win the match, before loosing second set to Henin with 3-6.When it has come to the decider, Henin just showed why she is a champion and won it easily with 6-1, as sania was tired and slow. But, The way sania played the match shows that she is back to her form, which brought her to world no.27 ranking.

Somdev also gave a good competition to tommy robredo by taking the first set to tie-breaker. But, he lost it there and the remaning sets with 6-3 and 6-4. Even though he lost the match, he has played really well and proved to be the future star of indian tennis.

it was like asking kenya to win against India in first round of cricket world cup and india just winning through a couple of runs, doesn't kenya will be really happy abt it.

So, let us wait for the doubles matches, to see paes, bhupathi and sania in action again.I hope they will have a better draw this time.

ASIA CUP FOOTBALL 2011 : INDIA vs KOREA REPUBLIC ON 18th JANUARY

In Asia Cup Football 2011, india will play it's last league match against Korea Republic on 18th January.

In it's previous league matches in the tournament, india lost to Australia with 0-4 and to bahrain with 2-5.

MALAYSIA OPEN SUPER SERIES 2011: Starts from 18th January

MALAYSIA OPEN SUPER SERIES 2011 is starting from 18th january. So, get ready to see some good performances from several indian badminton stars.



Indians in Competition:
Men's Singles: P.Kashyap, Chetan Anand, Anand Power, Ajay jayaram
Women's Singles: No one(saina has left out of tournament with injury)
Women's Doubles: Jwala Gutta & Ashwini Ponnappa
Mixed Doubles: Jwala Gutta & Diju Valiyaveetil

Matches on 18th January:

Qualifying matches:-

Anand Power(IND) vs Yong Zhao Ashton CHEN(SIN)

Ajay Jayaram(IND) vs Tommy Sugiarto(INA)

Matches on 19th January:

First round Matches:-

Chetan Anand(IND) vs Kazushi Yamada(JPN)

P. Kashyap(IND) vs Yun HU(HKG)

Jwala Gutta & Diju Valiyaveetil(IND) vs Johannes Schoettler & Sandra Marinello(GER)

Jwala Gutta & Ashwini Ponnappa(IND) vs Jing Du & Pan Pan(CHN)

For Further updates, follow Tournament Software website

Tough Draw for Somdev and Sania in first round of Australian Open 2011

Both, Somdev devvarman(wild card entry) and Sania Mirza(entered main draw by winning 3 rounds of qualifying matches) have got the tough draw in Australian Open 2011.

Somdev will be playing World No.51 Ranked Tommy Robredo(ESP) in his first round of clash at Australian Open 2011. Whereas, After winning 3 qualifying matches convincingly, Sania Mirza has got to play World No.13 Ranked Justin Henin(BEL)(one time World No.1 and several grandslams winner). It would be hard to expect them to go ahead, but I would like to see them giving tough competition to their much higher ranked opponents.

One more interesting thing for India at this Australian Open is that, their much proved and several grandslam winner pair of Leander paes and Mahesh Bhupathi are going to compete together. I surely have great expectations on them, after seeing the way they won the recent Chennai Open in india.

Both the matches will be played tomorrow(16th Jan 2011)

Sania enters Main draw of Australian Open 2011 by beating Stephanie Dubois(CAN) in third round of qaulifying match

Sania enters Main draw of Australian Open 2011 by beating Stephanie Dubois(CAN) in third round of qaulifying match with 6-2, 6-3.



Thus, india comfirms it's participation in both men's(somdev) and women's(sania) singles and men's doubles(paes and bhupathi) in Australian Open 2011. I hope for some good results going forward.

Here is a snippet about the match from Australian Open 2011:
"In a match almost entirely made up of short and sharp rallies, Mirza's awesome power shone through. After a close start, the Indian elevated her tennis, swiftly taking a 5-2 lead, and promptly closed out the following game to take the set. Opening the second set with a trademark cross court forehand winner, Mirza oozed confidence off her more lethal wing.


She wasted little time in between points, badgering herself for the occasional miss but getting on with the task at hand without difficulty. Her only hiccup came when her opponent broke back at 4-1 in the second, which momentarily stemmed the flow of games for the talented Indian. A third round loser only to Serena Williams at Australian Open 2005, Mirza's experience was on display when she held her nerve to go ahead 5-3. A game later, she was into the main draw of the Australian Open for the seventh time. While it remains uncertain whom Mirza will face in the opening round of the Open, one thing is certain: she will continue to go after her forehand relentlessly."

Sania Mirza wins her second round Qualifying match at Australian Open 2011

Today, Sania Mirza won her second round qualifying match at Australian Open 2011 by beating Vitalia Diatchenko(RUS) with 6-4, 6-7(7-9),6-3. She will be playing against Stephanie Dubois(CAN) in third round of Australian Open tomorrow (16th january, 2011) to qualify for Women's Singles Mains at Australian Open 2011.

Now, Sania Mirza is just one step away from making her appearence at Australian Open 2011 Mains. Let us show our support by follwing her match live at here

Theme of the Blog

Recent revolution of indians in sports have tempted me to start this blog, as it was becoming really difficult for me to catch up with all sports updates as they happen(except cricket, which is covered very well).

I hope this blog will help you all to know as many indian sports updates as possible.