Poojashree Venkatesha thread ...

[jayakris]

You can start one, saniapower .. You could have put the same post above as the starting post! ... Not much news yet, except Niru's comeback which was posted in the Nirupama thread. Jay

[sameerph]

Poojashree played in qualifying of $75K challanger in Dubai last weekend .

At $75K challanger, Dubai , UAE

[Q1] (6) Poojashree VENKATESHA (IND,330) d. Ekaterina DRANETS (RUS,881) 64 62
[Q2] (6) Poojashree VENKATESHA (IND,330) d. Viktoria YEMIALYANAVA (BLR,587) 76(4) 63
[Q3] (6) Poojashree VENKATESHA (IND,330) l. (2) Natalia ORLOVA (RUS,267) 62 26 16

Pooja won the first set but could not continue the good work. But, at least she gets 4 WTA points & will have some improvement in the ranking.

[Omkara]

This is very encouring . I hope she continues to play more challenger qualifiers.

[bujilover]

Yes my dear friend omkara,i think pooja heard yours and she is in the main draw of the big $50k challenger in china (starting jan 4) and the $25k the following week.
Hope she gets some victories there in early 2010 and do well in the indian circuit which is also boosted with a couple of $25k challengers.
to pooja for 2010.

[Saniapower]

Yes my dear friend omkara,i think pooja heard yours and she is in the main draw of the big $50k challenger in china (starting jan 4) and the $25k the following week.
Hope she gets some victories there in early 2010 and do well in the indian circuit which is also boosted with a couple of $25k challengers. to pooja for 2010.

proof ( i dont find any ITF for women in the 1st quarter)

[suresh]

Here is the entry list for the $50,000 Quanzhou 2010 challenger.

[jaydeep]

Kumari-Sweta Solanki also played in qualifying and lost in second round.

At $50K Quanzhou ITF Womens Tournament, China

[Q1] Kumari-Sweta Solanki (IND,819) bt Xiaomeng Cheng (CHN,UNR) 63 63

[Q2] Kumari-Sweta Solanki (IND,819) l Yue Yuan (CHN,UNR) 36 16

[jaydeep]

Poojashree having favorable draw in singles but in doubles she and her Chinese partner facing very experienced doubles players ... Zi Yan was top-5 doubles player in 2006 and currently she is #23.

At $50K Quanzhou ITF Womens Tournament, China

[R1] Poojashree Venkatesha (IND,324) vs (LL) Yi Zhong (CHN,948)

Doubles
[R1] Poojashree Venkatesha (IND)/ Ting Li (CHN) vs (1) Yuliya Beygelzimer (UKR)/ Zi Yan (CHN)

[jaydeep]

Chinese lucky loser Yi Zhong toyed Poojashree to score one-sided victory ...

At $50K Quanzhou ITF Womens Tournament, China

[R1] Poojashree Venkatesha (IND,324) l (LL) Yi Zhong (CHN,948) 16 26

Doubles
[R1] Poojashree Venkatesha (IND)/ Ting Li (CHN) l (1) Yuliya Beygelzimer (UKR)/ Zi Yan (CHN) 16 06

[sameerph]

It seems Pooja could not cope with the cold weather in China. China is experiancing one of the heaviest snowfalls in many years.

[jayakris]

Watch it, sameer - the excuse cops may already have you as a marked man, and may decide to come after you

Jay

[Atithee]

I am afraid that my medals may be stripped; hence, I'm lying low for now.

Chief of the Excuse Police

P.S. Where is Prasen now a days? Is he somewhere where there is no internet access?

[bujilover]

Yes my dear friend omkara,i think pooja heard yours and she is in the main draw of the big $50k challenger in china (starting jan 4) and the $25k the following week.
Hope she gets some victories there in early 2010 and do well in the indian circuit which is also boosted with a couple of $25k challengers. to pooja for 2010.

proof ( i dont find any ITF for women in the 1st quarter)

Proof to Saniapower

I just had a thought that you will have a decent habit like reading newspapers after looking ur useful posts.But u proved me wrong.For ur proof go to "The Hindu" dated 26th december.

[sameerph]

Watch it, sameer - the excuse cops may already have you as a marked man, and may decide to come after you

Jay

Yes. I was expecting some brickbats when I wrote that. But, I could not resist posting after I saw that strange scoreline in a loss by Pooja. I am lucky to escape from the clutches of excuse police.

[gbelday]

Food and weather are the usual culprits! Playing abroad more can help you get used to different weather conditions but I not sure how you would solve the food problem.