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by arjun2761
Tue Feb 02, 2010 6:56 pm
Forum: Tennis Tournaments
Topic: $500K SA Tennis Open , Johannesburg, South Africa , Feb.2010
Replies: 133
Views: 17205

Re: $500K SA Tennis Open , Johannesburg, South Africa , Feb.2010

Nice win by Somdev who continues his excellent play at the ATP level. Both of his opponents are close to their career highs but have had success at the challenger level but mostly with losses in the ATP level matches. In Somdev's recent matches, he's had trouble with his own serves while he has been...
by arjun2761
Sun Jan 31, 2010 6:27 pm
Forum: Tennis Tournaments
Topic: 2010 Australian Open, Melbourne - 18th to 31st 2010
Replies: 343
Views: 48442

Re: 2010 Australian Open, Melbourne - 18th to 31st 2010

Congrats to Lee and Cara for their second MxD title. Lee looked very sharp in this tournament and looked very good in the Mens Dubs matches as well at least in the matches I saw on espn360.com. Had Lukas been playing better, he would have been good for a double.
by arjun2761
Sun Jan 31, 2010 12:18 am
Forum: The Indian Hockey Forum
Topic: Misc. news about Indian hockey
Replies: 2098
Views: 366054

Re: Misc. news about Indian hockey

This battle for power with no concern for India's performance is pretty enlightening. One of the TOI commentators had published an interesting article in which he stated that China's government derived legitimacy from relatively good governance and we can certainly see that in their sports machine w...
by arjun2761
Fri Jan 29, 2010 9:04 pm
Forum: Tennis Tournaments
Topic: 2010 Australian Open, Melbourne - 18th to 31st 2010
Replies: 343
Views: 48442

Re: 2010 Australian Open, Melbourne - 18th to 31st 2010

Best of luck to LP and Cara on their final. While I am sure he would have valued the Mens doubles title even more, winning any GS title is a significant acoomplishment. Of course, a mens singles GS title remains the holy grail for Indian (and Asian) tennis on both the mens and womens sides.
by arjun2761
Tue Jan 26, 2010 5:54 pm
Forum: Tennis Tournaments
Topic: 2010 Australian Open, Melbourne - 18th to 31st 2010
Replies: 343
Views: 48442

Re: 2010 Australian Open, Melbourne - 18th to 31st 2010

Mens Doubles QF
(1) Bob Bryan USA (1)/ Mike Bryan USA d Eric Butorac USA/Rajeev Ram USA 7-5, 4-6, 7-6 (2)

Close but no cigar for Rajeev who seems to have found a solid partner in Butorac.
by arjun2761
Tue Jan 26, 2010 5:38 am
Forum: Tennis Tournaments
Topic: 2010 Australian Open, Melbourne - 18th to 31st 2010
Replies: 343
Views: 48442

Re: 2010 Australian Open, Melbourne - 18th to 31st 2010

Rishika Sunkara loses 0-6, 2-6 to 3rd seeded Russian Daria Gavrilova. Fairly close second set on points after she was seemingly outclassed in the first set.
by arjun2761
Mon Jan 25, 2010 4:09 am
Forum: Tennis Tournaments
Topic: 2010 Australian Open, Melbourne - 18th to 31st 2010
Replies: 343
Views: 48442

Re: 2010 Australian Open, Melbourne - 18th to 31st 2010

LP-LD up 6-3, 3-2 on Querrey/Isner and are looking much the better pair on court.
by arjun2761
Thu Jan 21, 2010 2:15 am
Forum: Tennis Tournaments
Topic: Davis cup ( for India ) 2010
Replies: 493
Views: 67223

Re: Davis cup ( for India ) 2010

"Indian" success in doubles continues.

LP/LD beat the Czech duo of Friedl/Skoch 6-3, 6-1 to move into the second round.

Rajeev Ram/Eric Butorac advance 6-3, 6-4 over Brazilians Thomaz Belluci/Andre Sa
by arjun2761
Sat Jan 16, 2010 2:26 pm
Forum: Tennis Tournaments
Topic: 2010 Australian Open, Melbourne - 18th to 31st 2010
Replies: 343
Views: 48442

Re: 2010 Australian Open, Melbourne - 18th to 31st 2010

Very disappointing. As far as I can remember, his serve never looked this vulnerable. He was able to hold it comfortably even against most top 100 pros (with whomever he played in the last year and half). Is he trying something new? BTW, Gilles Simon is out with knee injury. Another 3-4 withdrawals...
by arjun2761
Thu Jan 14, 2010 5:29 pm
Forum: Tennis Player Forums
Topic: Somdev Dev Varman ...
Replies: 5625
Views: 1194924

Re: Somdev Dev Varman ...

Per the quote below, looks like Somdev was serving in the 120 mph range a couple of years ago. Right now, he seems to be serving in the 100 mph range with his biggest serves in the 105-106 mph range. What gives? I know serve speed is not all that is cracked up to be but when you are serving with les...
by arjun2761
Wed Jan 13, 2010 10:56 pm
Forum: Tennis Tournaments
Topic: 2010 Australian Open, Melbourne - 18th to 31st 2010
Replies: 343
Views: 48442

Re: 2010 Australian Open, Melbourne - 18th to 31st 2010

Solid wins by Somdev and Prakash. Nothing to be concerned about Yuki's loss. He is playing competitively against top 250 type players and he will start winning these matches in a little while (likely later this year). His record is no worse than that of Tomic and Harrison who have also lost most of ...
by arjun2761
Fri Jan 08, 2010 10:33 pm
Forum: Tennis Tournaments
Topic: 2010 Aircel Chennai Open (January 4-10)
Replies: 361
Views: 50137

Re: 2010 Aircel Chennai Open (January 4-10)

The pairing of MB and Rohan haven't been playing well together for a while now including their dissapointing performance against SA in the Davis Cup last year. Individually, they have been in pretty good form with other partners, so it must something that is lacking in their combination.
by arjun2761
Fri Jan 08, 2010 12:39 pm
Forum: The Indian Hockey Forum
Topic: 2010 Hockey World Cup, New Delhi, India
Replies: 423
Views: 51724

Re: 2010 Hockey World Cup, New Delhi, India

Hockey India is taking our third world governance standards and moving it further down. Almost missing the KPS Gill days :D
by arjun2761
Fri Jan 08, 2010 12:35 pm
Forum: The Cricket Forum
Topic: India in Bangladesh (2 Tests & ODI tri-series), Jan-Feb 2010
Replies: 126
Views: 15135

Re: India in Bangladesh (2 Tests & ODI tri-series), Jan-Feb 2010

300 in Bangladesh is equivalent to 225-250 elsewhere. You have to remember that nature of the pitches before being critical of the bowlers. Really? Walk in the park. QED. :dance: If your park is a gutter :D While a win is a win, this one almost isn't. Indian pace bowlers look toothless even against...
by arjun2761
Fri Jan 08, 2010 11:55 am
Forum: Tennis Tournaments
Topic: 2010 Aircel Chennai Open (January 4-10)
Replies: 361
Views: 50137

Re: 2010 Aircel Chennai Open (January 4-10)

Tipsarevic felt Somdev needs to be aggressive and has to make good use of his forehand if he has to break into the top "He needs to be more aggressive and should learn that just by running and grinding from the back, its not going to happen for him. This is something he didn’t do or I didn’t a...