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Looking at qulfying results, Im got buy in Q1 & got a walkover in Q2. So, he does not have any match practice. On the other hand he will be fresher.

Sasi wins Benasque International chess title in spain with 9 out of 10 points . He was the top seed. Not sure how much will hw add to his ratings ?




In the same tournament , Neelotpal Das finished sixth with 7.5 points & earned his 2nd GM norm.

Main draw is out.

Harsh, Prakash & Rohan are all in the same half. Harsh plays Paul Baccanello ( Aus) in R1. Prakash & Rohan play the qualifiers.

Harsh & Rohan could meet each other in R2 if they both win R1.

Here is the full draw

http://www.atptennis.com/posting/2005/770/MDS.pdf

Sania's hard court season begins with WTA Tier III tornament in Cincinati.

In main draw R1, Sania plays 7th seed Anna- Lenna Groenfled ( Ger. ).

Tough 1st round for Sania.

Here is the full draw

http://www.wtatour.com/global/includes/ ... _draws.pdf

Great news that RB got wild card in main draw. He will get some rest & does not have to plat tiring qualies.

I am sure our players will make big noise in this challanger espacially with Jay's Support. Is Harsh fit & ready to play ?

2 Indians are the qualifying draw - Karan Rastogi & Mustafa Ghouse. In Q1, Karan Rastogi ( Ind ) V/S Robert Yim ( USA) Mustafa gets buy in Q1 & in Q2 plays top seed Lesely Joseph ( USA). Rohan & Sunil are not in qualifying draw. Perhaps they did not make it in time from Manchester.

Jay, You wrote in your notes that Rohan will climb to around 355 with the 8 points gained. But, I think he loses 9 points gained last year's Sao Paulo challanger this week. So, he remains almost at the same position. He got injured during this tournament last year & did not play till march this ...

Shruti Dhawan lost to Sarah Raab 6-7, 3-6 , 4-6.

The quality of cricket being played in Srilanka is at its all time low. Srilanks conceded first innings lead to second string west Indies team. Pathetic sitation. Good for India who will be playing tri-series with these 2 sides. But India should improve it's quality of cricket from what they were d...

Sania's name is very much on the list. Look at Sr. No. 20.


http://www.cincytennis.com/en/news/2005 ... itment.asp

Wow. Superb Start by Hari. He is 1.5 points clear of the next player. Hope he goes on to win the tournament.

Certainly things looking up for Indian chess with Koneru Hampi winning the tornament & Hari doing well here.

Any idea where can you follow Hari's games in this tournament ?

Great results for Rohan beating a top 200 player in straight sets. In fact Elseneer had won 3 rounds of qualifying & reched 2nd round of Wimbeldon where he had taken a set off Gasquet.



Good luck Sunil & Bofors.

It is good that players like Shruti & Punam Reddy are playing abroad. On thr other hand, more talented players like Ankita, Saana Bhambri & Isha Lakhani are not playing anywhere. How will they progress if the do not play abroad ? Is it funds problem ? Then, AITA should do something about thi...

Are Rohan & Sunil also playing in Tarzana challanger next week ?

Rohan won Q3 match 7-6 , 7-6.

In main draw 1st round , Rohan plays 4th seed Giles Elseneer .

Matches of both Harsh & Rohan are not listed tomorrow. Rohan, Sunil & Mustafa play their 1st round doubles matches tomorrow.