Winners of the Week : Sania, Saina and Somdev

        Congratulations to both Sania and Saina for keeping the indian flag high and winning titles at Bnp Paribas Open and Swiss Open Grandprix respecively. And it was just great to see the way Somdev went on to fourth round of Bnp paribas open and the way he played the world No.1(he had his chances to win the game).

          It was really stunning to see the way Sania along with doubles partner Vesnina(rus) easing past the much higher ranked Mattek Sands & Shaughnessy with 6-0, 7-5. In Total, Sania & Vesnina broke their opponents 6 times(which is really grt display). They were just simply on top of their much famed opponents.

          And as always, most consistent performer of india, Saina nehwal has won the singles title at Swiss Open Grand prix and it feels happy to see the way she defeated her opponent Ji Hyun Sung with 21-13, 21-14. That was just a complete domination but nothing else.

          I strongly wish to see more and more such performances from all the S's(Sania, Saina and Somdev).

Thats it for the week.
(next tournaments to be covered: Sony Ericsson Open(miami))

WILSON Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold 2011 - Day1

Synopsis:

Men's Singles(first round):
Anand Power defeated Eetu Heino with 21-14, 21-11
Ajay Jayaram defeated Keigo Sonoda with 21-19, 10-21,21-10 

BNP Paribas Open, Indian Wells : Day-9

Synopsis:

Men's Doubles(second round)"
Bopanna & Quereshi defeated Mahesh Bhupathi & Leander Paes with 6-3, 6-4

BNP Paribas Open, Indian Wells : Day-8

Synopsis:

Men's Singles(third round):
Somdev devvarman defeated Xavier malisse with 6-1, 3-6, 7-6(5)

Women's Doubles(second round):
Sania Mirza & E Vesnina defeated Benesova I & Zahlavova B with 6-2, 6-3

BNP Paribas Open, Indian Wells : Day-7

Synopsis:
                The Indian express started their campaign with an easy win in the first round doubles match.

Men's Doubles:
Mahesh Bhupathi & Leander paes defeated Aspelin S & Knowle J with 7-5, 6-4

BNP Paribas Open, Indian Wells : Day-6

Synopsis:
              BNP Paribas Open is proving to be a great tournament for indians so far. Somdev has defeated world 19th ranker marcos baghdatis with 7-5, 6-0 in his second round match, on the other side bopsy(bopanna) & pair have won their first round match

Men's Singles:
Somdev devvarman defeated Marcos baghdatis with 7-5, 6-0

Men's Doubles:
Rohan Bopanna & Quereshi defeated Butoric E & Rojer J with 7-6(4), 6-4

BNP Paribas Open, Indian Wells : Day-5

Synopsis:
                  It wasn't a great day, as indians haven't won a single match today. Bopanna and Sania lost thier respective first & second round matches today. Even though, i am surprised by the way bopanna is playing in singles.

Men's Singles(first round):
Rohan bopanna lost to Bernard Tomic with 7-6(5), 6-7(1), 4-6

Women's Singles(second round):
Sania Mirza lost to D Cibulkova with 6-3, 6-3

All England Open Badminton Championship 2011: Day 4 Update(last)

Synopsis:
               Indian campaign in all england open badminton championship 2011 has ended with saina nehwal's loss against eriko hirose in women's singles quarter finals.

Women's singles(quarter finals):
Saina Nehwal lost to Eriko hirose with 11-21, 20-22

BNP Paribas Open, Indian Wells : Day-4

Synopsis:

               Another unbeatable day for indian players in BNP Paribas open.  Somdev and Sania win their respective singles and doubles matches with a lot of ease. This is surely a great sign for indian tennis. I am rooting for the win of bopanna, mirza in their respective first and second round matches.

Men's Singles:

Somdev Devvarman defeated Adrian Mannarino with 6-2, 6-3

Women;s Doubles:

Sania Mirza & E Vesnina defeated A Hlavackova & L Hradecka with 6-4, 6-1

BNP Paribas Open, Indian Wells : Day-3

Synopsis:

               Another great day for indian tennis stars at bnp paribas open 2011. Somdev and Bopanna entered main draw of singles event here in indian wells at bnp paribas open 2011. This is the first time ever in indian tennis that 2 of the indians qualify for main draw of ATP Masters 1000 tournament.

               On the other side, Sania mirza crusised into second round of main draw in women's singles event.

Men's Singles:

Second Round Qualifyings:

Somdev Devvarman defeated G Jones with 6-2, 6-4

Rohan Bopanna defeated Brands Daniel with 7-6(5), 7-6(4)

Women's Singles:

First Round - Main Draw:

Sania Mirza defeated R oprandi with 2-1(retired)

BNP Paribas Open, Indian Wells : Day-2

Synopsis:  
                India is going great guns in BNP Paribas Open, Indian wells so far. In Men's & Women's singles, Both somdev devvarman and rohan bopanna won 1st round of qualifying matches to enter main draw.

Men's singles:

First Round Qualifyings:
Somdev Devvarman defeated Michael Mcclune with 6-3, 6-1
Rohan Bopanna defeated Peter Polansky with 7-6(6), 3-6, 7-5

All England Open Badminton Championship 2011: Day 3 Update

Synposis:

               It was a bad day for india except saina nehwal.  All other indian players have lost their respective second round matches. Thus, Saina, who entered quarter finals, will be the only hope for india going forward.

Men's Singles:

Indian campaign ended in first round itself

Men's Doubles:

Rupesh Kumar & Sanave Thomas lost to Mohammed Ahsan & Bona Septano with 16-21, 16-21

Women's Singles:
Saina Nehwal defeated Tzu Ying Tai with 21-17, 21-17

Women's Doubles:

Jwala Gupta & Ashwini Ponnappa lost to Kruse L D & Roepke M wiith 21-17, 19-21, 18-21

Mixed Doubles:

Diju Valiyaveetil & Jwala Gutta lost to Tao Jiaming & Qing Tian with 11-21, 12-21

Source: http://www.tournamentsoftware.com 

All England Open Badminton Championship 2011: Day 2 Update

Synopsis:
              On Day 2, India had mixed results on the court.  India started with the women's doubles win by Jwala and Ashwini, but then ajay, anand and kashyap lost their men's singles matches. It took Saina to get the favour back into india's quarter. Saina won her first round women's singles match with ease and then the rupesh kumar & Sanave Thomas, Diju & jwala won their corresponding doubles matches.

Details:
Men's Singles(first round):

Anand Power lost to Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk with 16-21, 18-21
Ajay Jayaram lost to Rumbaka D H  with 17-21, 19-21

P Kashyap lost to Mark Zwiebler with 11-21, 21-8, 17-21

Women's Singles(first round):
Saina Nehwal defeated Seung Hee Bee with 21-13, 21-16

Men's Doubles(first round):
Rupesh Kumar & Sanave Thomas defeated Teik Cgai Gan & Bin Shen Tan with 21-13, 21-18

Women's Doubles(first round):

Jwala Gutta & Aswini Ponnappa  defeated Maria Helsbol & Anne Skelbaek with 21-11, 21-18

Mixed Doubles(first round):
Jwala Gutta & Diju Valiyaveetil defeated Yeon Seong Yoo & Min Jung Kim with 21-23, 21-13, 25-23

source: www.tournamentsoftware.com