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WTA rankings of women's tennis players from India 50 MIRZA, SANIA
130 UBEROI, SHIKHA
377 CHAKRAVARTHI, RUSHMI
457 BHAMBRI, SANAA
470 BHAMBRI, ANKITA
511 JAYARAM, SAI JAYALAKSHMY
529 DHAWAN, SHRUTI
535 LAKHANI, ISHA
543 REDDY, PUNAM
552 VAKHARIA, MEGHA
672 VENKATARAMAN, ARCHANA
756 MANOHAR, GEETA
797 PHADKE, SONAL
809 IYER, TARA
865 GOSWAMI, PARUL
866 CHHEDA, KRUSHMI
892 PATEL, KARISHMA
967 GOUTHAM, SHEETHAL
984 RANGANATHAN, MADURA
ATP Doubles Entry Ranking for India ATP Name
RANK
9 Paes, Leander (IND)
12 Bhupathi, Mahesh (IND)
189 Ghouse, Mustafa (IND)
273 Mankad, Harsh (IND)
325 Uppal, Vishal (IND)
337 Sipaeya, Sunil Kumar (IND)
383 Kannan, Vijay (IND)
389 Singh, Ashutosh (IND)
414 Mathew, Jaco (IND)
457 Bopanna, Rohan (IND)
470 Ramaswami, Ajay (IND)
524 Amritraj, Prakash (IND)
848 Kannan, Kamala (IND)
854 Rastogi, Karan (IND)
979 Punna, Vishal (IND)
1032 Liberhan, Tushar (IND)
1032 Singh, Navdeep (IND)
1035 Kirtane, Nitin (IND)
1050 Pathanjali, Ravishankar (IND)
1089 Sridhar, Vinod (IND)
1094 Virali Murugesan, Ranjeet (IND)
1124 Mishra, Shivang (IND)
1124 Punna, Vikas (IND)
1207 Singh, Gurmehar (IND)
1229 Sukul, Saurav (IND)
1328 Sharan, Divij (IND)
1328 Shokeen, Vivek (IND)
1561 Datta, Arindam (IND)
1569 Neduncherhiyan, Jeevan (IND)
1690 Roy, Rupesh (IND)
1690 Prashanth, Vijay Sundar (IND)
1690 Gide, Rohan (IND)
1690 Viplav, Anjan (IND)
1690 Singh, Sanam (IND)
1690 Anumaganti, Anant Kumar (IND)
Sugiyama advances in Rogers Cup Japan's Ai Sugiyama advanced to the second round of the Rogers Cup on Monday, beating Croatia's Jelena Kostanic 6-2, 3-6, 6-2.
Japan's Shinobu Asagoe defeated Canada's Aleksandra Wozniak 6-2, 6-2.
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Saturday, August 13, 2005 |
Varavara Lepchenko goes down fighting Varvara Lepchenko of Uzbekistan lost to No. 13 Francesca Schiavone of Italy3-6, 6-2, 3-6; in a third-round match at the JPMorgan Chase Open.
Kateryna Bondarenko of the Ukraine outlasted Jide Zheng of China, 4-6, 7-5, 6-0. No. 12 seed Dinara Safina of Russia defeated Japanese qualifier Rika Fujiwara 6-2, 7-5; No. 13 Francesca Schiavone of Italy edged Shuai Peng of China, 4-6, 7-6 (1), 6-4; and No. 17 Marion Bartoli of France beat qualifier Tiantian Sun of China, 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-1.
Italian Francesca Schiavone, the 13th seed, dismissed China's Shuai Peng, 4-6, 7-6 (7-1), 6-4, and 14th seed Gisela Dulko was defeated by Conchita Martinez, 6-4, 6-2 in the second round of the $585,000 JPMorgan Chase Open on Wednesday.  | Japanese lucky-loser Saori Obata lost to Italian Tathiana Garbin, 6-4, 6-1. American Lisa Raymond advanced by overcoming Japan's Aiko Nakamura 2-6, 7-6 (7-5), 6-3. The 17th-seeded Bartoli fought off Chinese Tiantian Sun 6-7 (4-7), 6-3, 6-1. Russian Dinara Safina, the 12th seed, beat Rika Fujiwara(JPN), 6-2, 7-5.Second seed and defending U.S. Open champion, Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia was upset by Greece's Eleni Daniilidou, 6-4, 6-4
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Third-seeded Russian Elena Dementieva posted a second-round victory, while sixth-seeded Mary Pierce decided to withdraw from the tournament, citing a right thigh injury.
Dementieva, the U.S. Open runner-up drubbed Aussie Samantha Stosur 6-4, 6-4 at the Home Depot Center. Up next for the hard-hitting Russian will be Frenchwoman Marion Bartoli. Fourth-seeded Russian Nadia Petrova, who recently passed the $3 million mark in career earnings, but is still trying for her first title, defeated American Jill Craybas, 6-3, 6-1. Fifth seed Kim Clijsters of Belgium breezed past Croatian Karolina Sprem, 6-2, 6-1. ninth-seeded Slovakian Daniela Hantuchova came from behind to beat American Angela Haynes 4-6, 6-1, 6-2. Anna Chakvetadze, the 16th seed, defeated Iveta Benesova, 7-5, 4-6, 6-4.
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Thursday, August 11, 2005 |
From the desk of Mustafa Kamal...... Sania in the past couple of matches has played excellent tennis, the brand of tennis that I always believed an Indian can play.... so I can say that she has redeemed me.
I still remember this parent Mrs. xxxxx whose daughter was being coached by me... in fact her daughter had a better game at that time, Well it was 2002 and I was trying to convince her to send her daughter more on the tour and she was like " Indian girls are good for nothing, they cannot achieve anything in tennis." to which I had remarked " Sania is doing everything right, she is playing a lot of tournaments which is giving her invaluable experience and its a matter of time when she strikes it big" Well just one year down the line Sania Mirza was given a hero's welcome in the city.
... And to think all the times Sania and this lady's daughter played Sania always lost. I do not attribute Sania's success to her talent.... It was Naseema's contribution that made Sania a champ. We have many Sania Mirza's languishing in this country. We need Mom's like Naseema Mirza. I have seen her sacrifices, her commitment, her marketing skills.....I can say this because I have seen them from close quarters since 1994. The first time Sania played with me in IAS Tennis courts at Begumpet.
.... and then I cannot forget the role played by GVK Group, with all the attributes of Naseema Mirza and all the achievements of Sania it would have been impossible without Mr. GVK Reddy's support. It's only due to his patronage that Sania got the mileage for her achieviements ....
..... And then Sania was lucky to have the unflinching support of AITA and APLTA. I guess if we go by the history of wild cards given to any single player, Sania will top the list..... So was it pure talent or Sania is a manufactured player..... To be honest I will opt for the later because I am sure 90% of the players will perform at Sania's level if provided by the backend support which was made available to her.
....... That means if APLTA / AITA can adopt a bunch of players instead of one on a long term contract / commitment and their efforts are backed by a large corporate house, these players are marketed properly in the media..... WE HAVE A SUCCESS FORMULA. We will have many more faces on the Women’s Tour. If it’s so simple then you might ask that why don't we implement it...... Well here lies the catch...... unfortunately in our "Mahaan" country we start everything with a good intension, we allocate funds too.... but by the time these funds reach the real beneficiaries we all know what happens. We NEED MORE ACCOUNTABLITY. More COMMITMENT.... and above all a burning desire to make our country PROUD.
Against this entire backdrop we need a pro-active media, we need reporters who are able to understand what they are talking about, and it’s a simple equation...... I may know a lot about tennis, may have all the correct insight to develop tennis..... but can I apply the same to promote hockey or football, the ground realities will change so I feel that unless and until former sportspersons are encouraged, trained and convinced to participate actively our reporters will always be filing reports just on hearsay. I personally will appreciate if the media gives EQUAL coverage to every sportsperson without a bias.
How many people remember the Junior Wimbledon champions from India ?
How many people know that India has produced "x" number of Junior Single's Champions ?
How many of these Champion's were given the financial support extended to Sania Mirza? By the respective associations or the Government ? How many of these Champion's were adopted by the corporate houses ?
Just think.......
And to top it all........ Sania loses in 3rd round and there is a big hype about it..... Do you remember the Indian who won the title in the same tournament ?
Well Sania keep it up. All I can say is that you are at a stage where it is easy to get lost.
I am not saying that Sania does not deserve the limelight, I want to see no sportsperson deprived of his/her due just because he/she lacks the support of marketing skills or the patronage of a corporate house like GVK. Sania's experiment should fuel more Corporate's coming forward to adopt and promote tennis players. Sania is just a begining. I hope to see many more Indian players taking up tennis full time as a profession and make our country proud.
P.S: Its time for Sania to stop claiming to be a devout Muslim. She should remember that she is an INDIAN..... Nothing more, Nothing less. Religion is a personal issue. KEEP IT THAT WAY.
"LET'S STRIVE TO MAKE AT LEAST SPORTS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY AREA"
Sania Mirza's amazing run on the US hard court circuit ended with her first round exit in the $585,000 JP Morgan Chase tourney here at the hands of lower ranked Iveta Benesova of the Czech Republic.
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