New Delhi: Fourth seed Yuki Bhmabri began his bid for the back-to-back Central Bank $15,000 International Tennis Federation (ITF) titles with a 6-2, 6-0 demolition of Nihal Kapoor in the first round at the DLTA complex here Tuesday.
Yuki, who won the first of the two successive ITF tournaments last week, battled for just little over an over to set up a second round meeting with Israeli qualifier Tal Eros. Eros advanced to the second round when his opponent, N. Prashanth conceded the match at 1-6, 7-6(5), 2-1 .
Kapoor, who entered the main draw as a lucky loser after the withdrawal of American Nicholas Edlefsen, showed promise but lacked consistency to pose any threat to the junior Australian open champion, with whom he practices often.
His errors only made it easy for Yuki, who broke him in the fifth and the seventh game of the match to go up a set. Yuki then ran through the second set.
Last week's finalist and sixth seed Rohan Gajjar too advanced to the second round when qualifier Nikunj Siwach retired due to giddiness, trailing 3-6, 1-2.
Top seed Kento Takeuchi of Japan staved off a second set fightback from Navdeep Singh to win 6-3, 7-6 (0). In the second round, he plays Vivek Shokeen who dispatched Vijayant Malik 6-2, 6-3.
Takeuchi had beaten Shokeen in straight sets in the first round last week.
In the other first round singles matches, second seed Vishu Vardhan had it easy against Rohan Gide, winning 6-3, 6 2. He next meets Ashutosh Singh, who sent qualifier Ankit Sachdeva packing 6-1, 6-1.
Seventh-seeded Ranjeeth Virali Murugesan rallied to beat P.C. Vignesh 3-6, 6-3, 6-1 while fifth seed Divij Sharan defeated Briton Maniel Bains 6-4, 6-1 for a second round face-off with Mithun Murli, who beat wildcard Kaza Vinayak Sharma 6-4, 6-2.
IANS
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Thursday, July 9, 2009
Galle knock propells Yousuf to top spot in cricket rankings
Dubai: Pakistan's Mohammad Yousuf could not have asked for a more successful return to international cricket. Despite a year-long absence, the right-hander needed just a century to break through to the top of the Test rankings.
Yousuf has toppled his captain Younus Khan to achieve the No.1 ranking in the Reliance Mobile International Cricket Council's rankings for the first time in his career.
Yousuf was second when he was removed from the rankings table early in 2009 as Pakistan had not played a Test match since before the qualification date for the rankings.
Pakistan have a 1-2 in the latest batting table for the first time since the rankings were introduced in June 1987.
Yousuf, who is the only Pakistan batsman to have reached the 900-point mark, scored 112 and 12 as Pakistan squandered a winning position to lose the first Test against Sri Lanka by 50 runs while chasing 168 runs.
Younus's opposite-number Kumar Sangakkara, who scored 9 and 14, has dropped two places to fifth position.
Sangakkara's fall has benefitted India opener Gautam Gambhir and Shivnarine Chanderpaul of the West Indies. Both the left-handers have moved up one place each to occupy third and fourth places respectively.
In the rankings for bowlers, Sri Lanka's left-arm spinner Rangana Herath, who took
4-15 in the second innings, has jumped eight places to 48th position.
Sri Lanka's iconic spinner Muttiah Muralitharan heads the bowlers list, followed by second-placed Dale Steyn of South Africa.
Jacques Kallis continues to lead the Test all-rounder's list with Mitchell Johnson of Australia second and New Zealand's Daniel Vettori third.IANS
Source: Mathrubhumi
Yousuf has toppled his captain Younus Khan to achieve the No.1 ranking in the Reliance Mobile International Cricket Council's rankings for the first time in his career.
Yousuf was second when he was removed from the rankings table early in 2009 as Pakistan had not played a Test match since before the qualification date for the rankings.
Pakistan have a 1-2 in the latest batting table for the first time since the rankings were introduced in June 1987.
Yousuf, who is the only Pakistan batsman to have reached the 900-point mark, scored 112 and 12 as Pakistan squandered a winning position to lose the first Test against Sri Lanka by 50 runs while chasing 168 runs.
Younus's opposite-number Kumar Sangakkara, who scored 9 and 14, has dropped two places to fifth position.
Sangakkara's fall has benefitted India opener Gautam Gambhir and Shivnarine Chanderpaul of the West Indies. Both the left-handers have moved up one place each to occupy third and fourth places respectively.
In the rankings for bowlers, Sri Lanka's left-arm spinner Rangana Herath, who took
4-15 in the second innings, has jumped eight places to 48th position.
Sri Lanka's iconic spinner Muttiah Muralitharan heads the bowlers list, followed by second-placed Dale Steyn of South Africa.
Jacques Kallis continues to lead the Test all-rounder's list with Mitchell Johnson of Australia second and New Zealand's Daniel Vettori third.IANS
Source: Mathrubhumi
Another suitor turns up at Sania's doorstep; lands in jail
Hyderabad: A day after a youth from Bangalore wanting to marry ace tennis player Sania Mirza landed in jail, another youngster made a vain bid to force his way into her house today and was taken into custody, police said. The youth whose identification was being ascertained is from Uttar Pradesh and went to Sania's house in the posh Banjara Hills saying he has got a 'love letter' from the Tennis sensation and he be allowed to meet her, a senior police officer told PTI.
'As he tried to force his way into the house, the police personnel posted on duty in front of Sania's house immediately took him into custody,' the police officer said. 'We are interrogating him. More details would be known once investigations are complete,' he said. Sania's engagement is scheduled for tomorrow here with city-based Mohammed Sohrab Mirza, whose family runs a chain of bakery in twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad. PTI
Source : Mathrubhumi
'As he tried to force his way into the house, the police personnel posted on duty in front of Sania's house immediately took him into custody,' the police officer said. 'We are interrogating him. More details would be known once investigations are complete,' he said. Sania's engagement is scheduled for tomorrow here with city-based Mohammed Sohrab Mirza, whose family runs a chain of bakery in twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad. PTI
Source : Mathrubhumi
BCCI contracted players to play for states when free
Mumbai: The BCCI technical committee today said it wants all the contracted players to make themselves available for their respective states when they are not playing international cricket. This was one of the recommendations made by the echnical committee, headed by former captain Sunil Gavaskar, at its meeting at the Cricket Centre here. 'The committee was of the view that the board should talk to its contracted players and ensure that they represent their respective state sides when not playing for India,' BCCI secretary N Srinivasan said in a statement.
The technical committee also recommended the BCCI to revert back to playing all Ranji Trophy matches on a home and away basis as was the case three seasons ago. Over the last two seasons the knock out rounds were held at neutral venues, a practice the Gavaskar-led panel wants to do away with. The committee also recommended that the wickets in the stadia should be under the supervision of BCCI's Pitch and Ground Committee member from the zone concerned. It also approved the format for assessment of pitches for domestic tournaments and recommended a special committee comprising Sunil Gavaskar, Chetan Chauhan, Sourav Ganguly and K Srikkanth to go through the pitch reports of the match referees.
The committee is against the participation of foreign players in domestic tournaments from 2009-10 season onwards. Instead it want only three 'guest' players to be permitted in a state side. It also feels changing of the ball should be made mandatory after 35 overs in one-day games, and the Power Play rules that are in place for international cricket, should be applied to the domestic circuit as well. The committee also expressed concern over the quality of the SG Test balls being used in domestic tournaments.
During the meeting, a Mumbai-based enthusiast made a resentation on a new formula to decide rain-affected limited
overs matches, who was asked to submit a hard copy of the same to the BCCI, one of the members of the committee said. PTI
The technical committee also recommended the BCCI to revert back to playing all Ranji Trophy matches on a home and away basis as was the case three seasons ago. Over the last two seasons the knock out rounds were held at neutral venues, a practice the Gavaskar-led panel wants to do away with. The committee also recommended that the wickets in the stadia should be under the supervision of BCCI's Pitch and Ground Committee member from the zone concerned. It also approved the format for assessment of pitches for domestic tournaments and recommended a special committee comprising Sunil Gavaskar, Chetan Chauhan, Sourav Ganguly and K Srikkanth to go through the pitch reports of the match referees.
The committee is against the participation of foreign players in domestic tournaments from 2009-10 season onwards. Instead it want only three 'guest' players to be permitted in a state side. It also feels changing of the ball should be made mandatory after 35 overs in one-day games, and the Power Play rules that are in place for international cricket, should be applied to the domestic circuit as well. The committee also expressed concern over the quality of the SG Test balls being used in domestic tournaments.
During the meeting, a Mumbai-based enthusiast made a resentation on a new formula to decide rain-affected limited
overs matches, who was asked to submit a hard copy of the same to the BCCI, one of the members of the committee said. PTI
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