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Congrats to Gukesh. We are a true global powerhouse of Chess now. I remember how much of a struggle it was for Manuel Aaron, and a slow stream of others, to gain the International Master designation. Only in 1988 did we have our first Indian Grandmaster, Vishy Anand, followed three years later by Di...

jayakris wrote: ↑Thu Apr 18, 2024 4:32 pm I am surprised that I never noticed the title of this thread. I mean, WHAT lists??

(Sorry for the crass joke, but couldn't resist)

Heck, Freudian slip

Jay, will you be so kind as to change it to "Slam title winners"?

Yashaswi Jaiswal calmed some nerves with a fine 104* off 60 balls against the hapless Pandya-led MI. The latter is in terrible form with bat, ball and as captain. The move from GT to MI was a disaster for him, and he surely doesn't merit a place in the squad for the T20 World Cup on current form. Th...

[R1] Q- Manas Dhamne (IND, 1342) d. Maximilian Figl (ITA, 1471) 62 36 75 A typical claycourt humdinger lasting 3 hours and 21 minutes. Manas was down a break in the final set, then came back to take a 5-4 lead, had 6 MPs on his opponent's next two service games, and eventually won on the 7th one. He...

Yes, it seemed inevitable although he was still playing very well. His father hinted at it when I ran into him a couple of months ago. Undoubtedly India's greatest male squash player to-date.

Ankita is in complete meltdown since her wedding, sadly. She needs to regroup, take a bit of time off and come back stronger.

Sumit-Yuki wouldn't be an ideal pairing, as neither of them has a particularly strong serve. I would say the potential pairings are RB-Yuki (strongest), RB-Sumit, RB-RamK, RB-Balaji. If RB choses to pair with Yuki, other doubles pairings would be RamK-Sumit (potentially quite good, complementing Sum...

Yuki Bhambri (partnering Albano Olivetti) got a good win in R1 of the Bavarian International (ATP250 in Munich), beating the champions of the Monte Carlo Masters last week, and finalists at last year's French Open, Vliegen/Gille (both Belgians).

Updated list: 20 - Leander Paes (8 Men's Doubles incl a career Grand Slam, 10 Mixed Doubles incl a career Grand Slam, 2 Junior Singles) 12 - Mahesh Bhupathi (4 Men's Doubles, 8 Mixed Doubles incl a career Grand Slam in MxD) 7- Sania Mirza (3 Mixed Doubles, 3 Women's Doubles, 1 Junior Doubles) 3 - Ra...

Sumit edges up to 9th on the all-time Indian singles ranking list: Ramanathan Krishnan - 6 Vijay Amritraj - 18 Ramesh Krishnan - 23 Somdev Devvarman - 62 Sashi Menon - 71 Leander Paes- 73 Anand Amritraj - 74 Prajnesh Gunneswaran - 75 Sumit Nagal - 80 Yuki Bhambri - 83 Jasjit Singh - 89 Premjit Lall ...

Leander Paes keeps getting better at golf. I see him often on the course when I am in Kolkata (approximately once a month). Last week, he won the monthly Silver Salver tournament at Tollygunge Club with the best gross score. (He didn't win the net score award, which was won by a 15-handicap golfer; ...

The other two Indians are going in opposite directions: [QF] 3- Sasikumar Mukund (IND, 427) d. Bang Shuo Yin (TWN, 973) 62 63 [QF] 1-Khumoyun Sultonov (UZB,331) d. Siddharth Vishwakarma (IND, 659) 76(4) 64 So Mukund plays Sultonov in the SF, Ramkumar plays Vietnam's Ly. Let's have an all-Indian fina...

Sabalenka's ex -boy friend, Konstantin Kolstov, appears to have either committed suicide or died accidentally (jumped off a hotel balcony when drunk). The initial reports said he was her boyfriend, but she herself tweeted that they "were no longer together". Kolstov wasn't staying with her...

Only Arjun/Jeevan made the SF there in Murcia. A disappointing outcome for the other 2 (1.5) pairs with Indian interest. [QF] Arjun Kadhe/Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND/IND) d. 2-Petros Tsitsipas/Bart Stevens (GRE/NZL) 64 62 [QF] Anirudh Chandrasekar/N.VijaySundar Prashanth (IND/IND) l. Luca Margaroli/S...

Really nice to see so many Indian youngsters (fresh ones particularly) coming through this week in Chandigarh. Humdinger going on between 20 year old Chirag Duhan and India #2 Ramkumar Ramanathan: [QF] 2- Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND, 351) d. Chirag Duhan (IND, 1297) 46 62 64 It is currently on serve, 4...