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Each sport has its own rules and regulations. I don't see the point in having rules over and above this. If the Tennis Federation or IOC permits XYZ to play for India as per its rules, then I have no issues with that.

Suresh

Prasen, November-December is monsoon time in Chennai and hence not a good time for tests here :-) Suresh Suresh, You are right about December. Averages . But, maybe Nov or Jan is not that bad. Anyway, bad light/short days is guaranteed in the north --- almost, but, with rain you at least have a cha...

Prasen,

November-December is monsoon time in Chennai and hence not a good time for tests here

Suresh

I like Wang's comments on Saina's speed -- clearly that was an area that she needed to work on earlier in the year. Nice to see her working on that aspect and hopefully her fitness levels also pick up. Yes, it was kind of unfair to have her playing the last match of the day and then the second match...

Sathya, It is cold in Mohali and conditions are favouring the bowlers. So batting hasn't been easy and Dravid and Gambhir had to really work for their runs. So, all in all, 453 is a good score to have on board and has more or less won the series for us as PKB mentioned in an earlier post. Bad light ...

The match is over and Saina lost in three sets. The link which I use is:

tournamentsoftware.com

and then click under badminton. I am sorry about the delay in providing the link (I saw Michael's post after the match was over!)

OK, Saina wins 21-10 17-21 21-16 and is in the SF where she will play Chen Wang.

Suresh

akmohanty wrote:As far as i understand, with winning the 1st game, she is already in the semis. and, she will most probably meet not Mi Zhou (1) but Weng Chan (3).:

Surely, you mean Chen Wang

It is a fabulous win for Saina. She is up 21-10 3-3 against Mew Choo Wong as I type this message.

Edit 1: Me and my itchy fingers put a jinx on Saina. She has lost the second game 21-17 after coming from behind to tie it at 13.

Saina has to play two matches on Friday. The first one is against Hongyan PI [4] and the next one is against Mew Choo WONG [6]. It appears to be tough baptism into the top-10. It would be great if she wins one of the two matches. Good luck Saina.

Suresh

Jaydeep,

You got the scores reversed in the Saina match. It should be 21-18; 21-14.

Suresh

Thanks Jaydeep. Is he still a member?

Suresh

Edited - Yes, he is and posting regularly ... ... I think Dhruv will take appropriate action once he is back from the break. Jaydeep

Finally, Sachin has erased the bitter memories of our loss in Wasim Akram's Pakistan in Chennai -- Sehwag mentioned it in his MOM acceptance interview! It is (almost) unbelievable to see that a guy who scored centuries in both innnings (Strauss) end up on the losing side and not get the MOM.

Suresh

Can one of the moderators please get rid of this guy "aliangshisb13371" from this forum? He keeps postings links to a certain website.

Edited - Deleted his post. Jaydeep

Can we get rid of this member?