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Prakash Amritraj Becomes First Indian Man in Ten Years to Reach an ATP Final |
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Written by gvhvhg
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Tuesday, 22 July 2008 |
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Prakash Amritraj, son of Indian tennis legend Vijay Amritraj, reached the final of the Campbell's Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, on the hallowed lawns of Newport, Rhode Island. In doing so, Amritraj, 24, became the first Indian man to reach the final of an ATP tournament since Leander Paes won the Newport title ten years earlier, in 1998.
In the shadow of his father's Newport legacy, who won the title on four occasions, Prakash served his way to the title with the following wins:
[R1] (WC) Prakash Amritraj (IND, 305) d. Joseph Sirriani (AUS, 154 ) 6-7 6-4 6-3
[R2] (WC)Prakash Amritraj (IND, 305) d. Jesse Levine (USA, 124) 7-5 6-3
[QF] (WC) Prakash Amritraj (IND, 305) d. (q) Rohan Bopanna (IND, 374) 6-4 6-3
[SF] (WC) Prakash Amritraj (IND, 305) d. Frank Dancevic (CAN, 99) 7-6 (4) 4-6 6-2
However, in the final, Amritraj fell to the defending champion, Fabrice Santoro of France by a score of 6-3 7-5. With his dream run to the final, Amritraj vaulted himself to a career high ranking of 204. |
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 22 July 2008 )
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Other Sports
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Written by suresh
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Monday, 28 April 2008 |
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NDTV has reported that its sources say that KPS Gill has been fired and the IHF is being replaced by some interim body. If this report is true, then it will enable Indian Hockey to move forward after the failure of the team to qualify for the Beijing Olympics as well as the Jothikumaran bribery scandal. |
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 31 May 2008 )
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India tops medals tally in Asian Indoor Athletics |
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Written by mugu
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Saturday, 16 February 2008 |
India topped the medals tally in the Third Asian Indoor Athletics Championships in Doha on Saturday. The country won five gold, nine silver and three bronze medals to edge China (5-2-2) and last edition's champion, Kazakhstan (4-6-4) in the final standings.
Sinimol Paulose (800 metres), P. J. Vinod (heptathlon) and the women's 4x400m relay team contributed the three gold medals for the Indian team on the final day of the championships held at Doha's Aspire Academy. It was Paulose's second gold medal of the meet.
The Indian relay team of Mandeep Kaur, Manjeet Kaur, Sini Jose and Chitra Soman clocked an Asian indoor record of 3:37.46 while winning the gold, beating Kazakhstan in a hard-fought event. |
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 16 February 2008 )
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Daniel Chopra wins Mercedes-Benz Championship |
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Golf
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Written by Bharat Bhushan Sharma
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Monday, 07 January 2008 |
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Daniel Chopra won the season-opening tournament of PGA Tour, Mercedes Championship, defeating Steve Striker in a play-off. He joins Tiger Woods and Sergio Garcia as winner of the PGA Tour's winners-only field in first try.
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Last Updated ( Friday, 11 January 2008 )
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Daniel Chopra wins his first PGA Tour Title |
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Golf
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Written by BSharma
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Monday, 29 October 2007 |
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Daniel Chopra won the Ginn sur Mer Classic at Tesoro on Monday to earn his first PGA Tour title. He recorded scores of 67, 66, 69 and 71 in his four rounds and won by one stroke over Fredrik Jacobson and Shigeki Maruyama.
More news to follow.
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Last Updated ( Friday, 11 January 2008 )
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