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Atithee wrote: ↑Sun Jun 26, 2022 2:26 pm
Talking about ice cream reminded me of this from yesterday:
We think Indians have an accent problem, but it is so much worse in many other countries. In Korea, for instance, "ice cream" is written in Korean as "aah-is-kue-reem" with 4 distinct syllables (and spoken with 4 syllables too). They have a habit of shortening things into acronyms. A recent acronym in coffee shops is "ah ah". That is the short form for "aahis aahmaerikano" ... So if you are in Korea and you want some cold black coffee, just ask for "ah ah" and you can drink it and go "ah"
Atithee wrote: ↑Thu Jun 23, 2022 2:55 pm
How easy—I see it in Indian tournaments far too often that the draw miraculously pits foreigners and Indians against each other. The probability of this happening with such regularity has to be very low. Anyone else noticed this over the years?
There’s definitely a rule in the juniors. Two players from the same nation cannot play each other in the first round. But if there aren’t enough players from other nations, then there’s no choice.
There were plenty of foreigners in this tournament. I’ve seen it far too often. Not sure if the rule you cite was applicable here. If it’s a reality of numbers or sheer chance, I don’t know. But it defies most probability laws. Anyway, I’ll leave it that. If it helps Indian tennis, I’ll take it.
Karman lost in the first round against Sahaja Yamlapalli 16 26 in the first round this week. Looks like tiredness set in for Karman. Nice upset win by Mihika Yadav over the 7th seeded Japanese.
These are full first round results-
(1)Diana Marcinkevica (LAT) d. Humera Baharmus (IND) 16 64 62
Saki Imamura (JPN) d. Zeel Desai (IND) 26 64 00 ret.
Sowjanya Bavisetti (IND) d. Ayumi Morita (JPN) 61 21 ret.
Sahaja Yamalapalli (IND) d. (8)Karman Kaur Thandi (IND) 61 62
(4)Ekaterina Yashina d. (Q)Sanjana Sirimalla (IND) 76(5) 46 62
Anna Ukolova d. (Q)Ishwari Matere (IND) 63 64
Vaidehi Chaudhari (IND) d. Priska Madelyn Nugroho (INA) 64 62
Mihika Yadav (IND) d. (7)Misaki Matsuda (JPN) 61 21 ret.
(6)Rutuja Bhosale (IND) d. (Q)Farhat Aleen Qamar (IND) 64 64
(wc)Vineetha Mummadi (IND) d. (wc)Ananyaa Bhargava (IND) 62 63
(Q)Ikumi Yamazaki (JPN) d. Momoko Kobori (JPN) 63 62
(3)Viktoria Morvayova (SVK) d. (wc)Yubarani Banerjee (IND) 60 63
Punnin Kovapitukted (THA) d. (5)Luksika Kumkhum (THA) 63 63
(Q)Shreya Tatavarthy (IND) d. (wc)Kashish Bhatia (IND) 62 46 76(8)
Sofia Costoulas (BEL) d. Akanksha Dileep Nitture (IND) 61 62
(2)Ankita Raina (IND) d. (Q)Elena Pridankina 60 67(4) 61
8 Indians are in last 16 and 6 of them play each other which gurantees 3 Indians in QF. Ankita faces a tough test against last week's runner up.
OK, Atithee's conspiracy theory is in full flight here. 8 Indians in the second round and 6 playing each other is statistically on the higher side. Of course, the Indians did pretty well against the foreigners in the first round going 4-6 against them.
Let’s see if the quarterfinals pit two Indians against each other among the three.
First round seems a fair matchup. Didn’t find it as sinister as it usually is.
If Ankita’s next matchup is tough, I don’t know why she would be so highly regarded. I expect her to win easily. She almost always punches above her weight and makes no unnecessary off the court noise or get involved in needless controversies.
[R2] (2) Ankita Raina (IND) d. Sofia Costoulas (BEL) 26 32 retd.
Other 2 all Indian match-up still to be played. So, there will be 4 Indians in QF but all 4 of them are in different sections and will play foreign opponents in QF.
Sajaja has beaten 4 higher ranked player including last week's winner Karman and the fourth seed with loss of only 1 set. Can she complete this week with another upset of third seed ?
And Sahaja win her first W25 title with another upset win.
[F] Sahaja Yamalapalli (IND,989) d. (3) Viktoria Morvayova (SVK,411) 63 76(5)
After winning the first set with only 1 break, Sahaja was double break up 4-1 in second set but then Slovakian leveled it up for 4-4, Sahaja broke again twice for 5-4 and 6-5 and served for the match twice but got broken each time. Must be some nerves coming to close to her first title at this level. But, thankfully she closed it out in the second set tie break.