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Monday,
July 7, 2003, Chandigarh, India  
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Federer
cruises to title win Sania
Mirza creates history
Past rows
pressured Venus to play
Team now
has killer instinct, says Pillay |
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Hockey
star’s parents seek better deal IHF
retains same squad Real
test for Indian hockey team next month Sasikiran
outwits Humpy
Jeev
finishes 45th; Atwal slips Impressive
show by wrestlers
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Federer cruises to title win
London, July 6 The 21-year-old fourth seed produced a display of cool artistry on Centre Court to confirm his status as a new dominant force in men’s tennis with a comprehensive victory in one hour and 56 minutes. “It’s an absolute dream for me,’’ a tearful Federer said after receiving the trophy and a standing ovation. With both players appearing in their first Wimbledon final they could have been excused some early nerves. But if there were any, they were well disguised in a start to the match lit up by booming aces, flashing returns and rock-solid volleying. The first 12 games all went with serve and did not feature a single break point, although Federer looked slightly more threatening and twice had the Australian at 30-30 on serve. Philippoussis, who also lost in the 1998 U.S. Open final, reacted to the danger in characteristic fashion by sending down unreturnable serves, one ace in the eighth game being clocked at 138 miles per hour (222.1 kph). The 26-year-old dug himself out of a mini-crisis at 5-6, snuffing out the danger to take the first set into a tiebreak. A 15-stroke baseline rally at 2-2 in the tiebreak had both players scampering from corner to corner before Federer cracked a forehand winner down the line. The decisive moment came at 4-5 when an edgy looking Philippoussis served his third double fault to hand Federer two set points and the Swiss clinched the set on the second. With Philippoussis visibly deflated, Federer stepped up a gear in the second set to establish a 3-0 lead in 11 brilliant minutes. Two dipping forehand winners and a volley mistake from Philippoussis gave him his first break of the match. After holding easily for 2-0 he then broke again as Philippoussis’s challenge began to crumble. A slight lapse in Federer’s concentration gave Philippoussis a glimmer of hope in the next game when he reached 0-30 on his opponent’s serve. But the fourth seed stayed cool, moving into a 4-0 lead with a crosscourt forehand into an empty court. Philippoussis stopped the rot to hold in the fifth game, but there was no respite as fourth-seed Federer maintained the pressure with a masterful display of all-court tennis to serve out the set with his 14th ace. An overrule from umpire Gerry Armstrong saved Philippoussis at 1-1 in the third set, when a second serve which landed bang on the line at 30-40 was initially called out. Federer was briefly threatened in the next game when he was taken to deuce on serve for the first time in the match, but he responded with yet another forehand winner and an ace for 2-2. The pressure told at 5-5 when he served a double fault to hand Federer two break points. But he breathed a sigh of relief when the Swiss hit a forehand centimetres long with the court at his mercy. As the match moved into another tiebreak, a mishit forehand return that dropped agonisingly inside the baseline gave Federer a 3-1 lead and when Philippoussis missed a simple volley the writing was on the wall.
Federer missed a backhand on his first championship point at 6-1 and Philippoussis held off another with a powerful serve. But the Swiss made no mistake at 6-3, dropping to his knees in triumph when Philippoussis failed to make a return. |
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Sania Mirza creates history London, July 6 They beat the pair of Katherine Bohgmova of the Czech Republic and Michaela Krajicek of the Netherlands. The Indo-Russian lost the first set 2-6, but then rallied beautifully in the next to take it 6-3 and make it one set all. Bouyed by winning the second, Mirza and Kleybanova unbleashed a flurry of fast serves, volleys and some excellent down the line returns to push Bohgmova and Krajicek on the backfoot. They finally took the set with a comfortable 6-2 margin to warp up the match and claim the title. Paes-Navratilova in finals Leander Paes and Martina Navratilova moved a step closer to winning their second grand slam mixed doubles title together when they registered a straight set 7-5, 6-4 win to move into the finals of the event at the Wimbledon Tennis Championship here today. Winners of the mixed doubles title at the Australian Open earlier this year Paes and Navratilova brushed aside a tired challenge from Leos Friedl (Czech Republic) and Liezel Huber (South Africa). They will take on Andy Ram of Israel and Anastassia Rodionova of Russia in the finals. Ram and Rodionova had beaten Jordan Kerr of Australia and Milagros Seqera of Venezuela to book a place in the title clash. Fifth seed Paes and Navratilova took the first set at 7-5 against a tired Friedl and Huber, who beat Todd Woodbridge and Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-4, 7-5 in their quarter-final match less than an hour before the semis. The second set was an evenly fought affair till the first eight games when Paes and Navratilova broke the tenth-seeds’ serve to move into a 5-4 lead and then held on to their serve to win the set 6-4.
Bhupathi-Mirnyi duo beaten
Australian Todd Woodbridge clinched a record-equalling eighth men’s doubles title at Wimbledon yesterday when he and Sweden’s Jonas Bjorkman beat Mahesh Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi 3-6, 6-3, 7-6, 6-3. Woodbridge, who won six of those titles with former partner Mark Woodforde and one with Bjorkman last year, matched the record set by brothers Hugh and Reggie Doherty between 1897 and 1905. “It’s beyond belief that I could do anything like this,’’ said the 32-year-old, who now has 14 Grand Slam men’s doubles titles to his name. “I need a good partner to do it, but when I started out on my career I never thought I could achieve this.’’ After losing the first set against Indian Bhupathi and his tall Belarussian partner Mirnyi, the top seeds, Woodbridge and Bjorkman won a pivotal third set tiebreak 7-4 and the fourth seeds went on to retain the title they won last year. Woodbridge is third on the all-time list of men’s doubles titles in the open era with 76, just one behind American John McEnroe and two behind Dutchman Tom Okker. McEnroe, who won four Wimbledon men’s doubles titles with Peter Fleming and one with Michael Stich, has even suggested that if Woodbridge matches his mark of 77, the two should pair up to equal Okker’s record.
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Past rows pressured Venus to play London, July 6 “It’s just hard these days (because) Serena and I have taken a lot of slack so I thought I ought take one for the team,’’ said Venus after her 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 defeat. “It hasn’t been easy. Serena and I have been blamed for a lot of things that never even happened so I thought I had to go out and play there today.’’ In the 2001 Tennis Master Series event in Indian Wells, Venus pulled out minutes before she was due on court for her eagerly anticipated semifinal showdown with Serena, citing tendinitis in her right knee. Serena was jeered during the final and the sisters have not participated at the tournament since.
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Foe’s funeral today Yaounde, July 6 On board the Boeing 767 which brought his remains from Lyon were the rest of the Cameroon side, all wearing football strips with Foe’s No 17 on the back, their German coach Winfried Schaefer and the player’s wife and mother. Several top government ministers were on hand to pay their respects before the coffin was taken off to a hospital morgue in the centre of Yaounde. The funeral will be held here on Monday. The Cameroon players were to be given an official reception by President Paul Biya later today. The 28-year-old father of three collapsed and died in the 72nd minute of the match against Colombia in Lyon.
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Team now has killer instinct, says Pillay New Delhi, July 6 Of the positives gained from the recent victories of the Indian team at the four-team Sydney meet and the Hamburg Masters tournament, Pillay said: “We have discovered the killer instinct, which we were lacking till now. “We try hard from the start to the last whistle. Earlier, we tended to give up in the last 10 minutes of a match. Now, we don’t,” Pillay told IANS in an interview here. “And now we attack from the beginning — before the opponents do it,” said the versatile player. “As a result, we are now scoring goals — both field and from penalty corners — even in the last 10 minutes.” He says he now desperately wants to win one “big” medal — at the World Cup or the Olympics. “It has always been my dream to win one big trophy — whether it is a World Cup medal or an Olympic medal,” said striker Pillay. It is clear that Pillay, 36, is keeping his options open. Just in case India performs poorly at next year’s Olympics at Athens, he could well extend his career in search of a World Cup medal. “Athens is my first target and I am focussed on that,” Pillay said, refusing to talk about his future. “I take it year by year.” Although India is yet to qualify for the games — through a selection tournament in March — Pillay sees it as no big deal. “It should not be a problem.” But before that crucial tournament takes place in Madrid, India will take part in the prestigious Champions Trophy in Amstelveen, Holland, from August 16 to 24. Pillay, who burst into the Indian team in 1989, feels the team is moving in the right direction and gives the credit to coach Rajinder Singh, a former Olympian. “He has encouraged us to play attacking hockey, he understands the boys, and the boys also understand him well,” said the Mumbai-based Pillay. “There is no ego problem in the team, as most of the players are young. They also understand that they have to bring hockey into the gaze of the public and generate interest in the game,” he said. Pillay also pointed out that the finishing of the strikers had improved, as was evident in the number of field goals scored in Australia and in Germany recently, though Pillay’s typical sorties are missing now. It is because the change in India’s fortunes has coincided with the role that Pillay is now playing. From a crack centre forward, he has become a “schemer” or “withdrawn forward”, a position just behind the strikers. “Earlier, Sabu Varkey, Mohammad Riaz, Atif Idris and Edgar Mascarenhas used to feed me and I used to score goals,” he said. “Now I am using my experience to do the same for young strikers Gagan Ajit Singh, Deepak Thakur and Jugraj Singh. But if I get an opportunity, I also score.” The captain is also happy with the improved rate of penalty corner conversion.
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Hockey star’s parents seek better deal Mandi Ahmedgarh, July 6 While Mr Jiwan Singh and Ms Malkiat Kaur, the proud parents of Indian hockey team goalkeeper Kanwaldeep Singh, are happy at the performance of their son in the magnificent victories during recently held tournaments in Australia and Germany, they want that the government should offer him employment so that he could help his family out of the dire straits. Nevertheless, they still aspire to train their second son as a hockey player to follow in the footsteps of his elder brother. When this reporter visited the house of
Kanwaldeep, his aged father mistook him for an official from the district administration. He straightway asked, “Is the administration going to honour my son?” He was disappointed to hear an answer in the negative. But, they brought out cots to sit and word was sent to
Kanwaldeep, who was out in the village meeting his friends and fans. Although the Indian hockey team for the next Olympics, scheduled to take place in September, 2004, is yet to be declared, Kanwaldeep is hopeful that he will be defending the Indian goalpost — the sole aim of his life. Narrating the story of his long and arduous struggle for realising his dreams, he said, “With no adequate arrangements for the game at my parental village,
Bathan, I spent my childhood at Assi Kalan village in Ludhiana district. My maternal uncle, Mr Surjit Singh, who is now working as a Station Supervisor at the Ahmedgarh railway station, inspired me to play hockey. Though it was a tough time for all of us, my parents toiled ceaselessly to get me admission in the sports wing at
Patiala.” Kanwaldeep said he had bagged around 12 gold medals and many silver at the state and national level, besides contributing his share in the recently held Panasonic Cup in Germany and the double-leg tournament in Australia. He has also been named in the Champions Trophy to be held in Holland next month. A trainee of Mr Inderjit Singh, chief coach at the Centre of Excellence, Patiala, he said he had been performing well at camps for selection to the Indian team since 1998, but was every time rejected for lack of
‘sifarish’. Ultimately, his potential was recognised by A.B.
Subhaya, goalkeeping coach of the Indian team, who recommended his name to chief coach Rajinder Singh during a camp in Delhi this year. Kanwaldeep continued, “My performance was appreciated by both coaches. Now I am sure my dream to play for India in the next Olympics will be fulfilled.” Feeling sad about the economic status of his family, the hockey star said, “We do not aspire to have luxury cars or a multi-storeyed bungalow, but something must be done for my parents to make both ends meet. I have to cut a sorry figure when my peers and fans come to congratulate me as I have nothing to offer them. Now we are planning to get a room repaired so that they can sit comfortably.” Delighted over the achievements of their son, his old parents said, “We do not mind doing more labour, but our contribution to the cause of nation’s pride must be recognised. We have still enough stamina to wait for our second son to follow the path adopted by Kanwaldeep and bring laurel to the nation. For the time being, we have to arrange for some good clothes for Kanwaldeep as he has to leave for hockey championship to be held in Holland next month,” said his mother. |
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IHF retains same squad New Delhi, July 6 However, five or six additional players would be named to take part in the conditioning camp as back-ups in case of injury to any regular team member. “The boys played very well in Germany and we have decided not to upset the winning combination,” IHF president K.P.S. Gill told PTI here. Team: Devesh Chauhan, Kamaldeep Singh, Dilip Tirkey, Kanwalpreet Singh, Jugraj Singh, Ignace Tirkey, Viren Rasquinha, Vikram Pillay, Bimal Lakra, V.S. Vinay, Baljit Singh Saini, Gagan Ajit Singh, Prabhjot Singh, Tejbir Singh, Deepak Thakur, Sandeep Michael, Baljit Singh Dhillon, Dhanraj Pillay.
— PTI |
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Real test for Indian hockey team next month Chandigarh, July 6 The title victories within a short span drew praise from different quarters. The team should be suitably rewarded, was the common refrain. Do these victories prove that Indian hockey is on the path of resurgence? Last year Indian hockey touched its nadir after tasting similar success in the build-up to the tenth World Cup at Kuala Lumpur. India won the gold in the Asian Games at Busan. In the Champions Challenge Trophy played in Malaysia prior to the World Cup, the Indians again romped home with the title. But in the tenth World Cup at the very venue where our hockey team under the stewardship of Ajit Pal Singh made history in 1975, India came crashing to finish tenth in a field of sixteen competitors. Subsequent disclosures by the veteran Dhanraj Pillay revealed a sorry state of affairs. Former coach Cedric D’Souza, who was sacked midway through the World Cup, was charged with pursuing the divide and rule policy. “Despite tall claims, the team was fragmented,” Pillay had told me after the Kuala Lumpur debacle. The players found his training methods tiresome and boring. During lengthy video sessions the players were taught hockey on the blackboard followed by 7-8 hours of practical training. On the eve of the World Cup, the team instead of shaping up as a strong coherent unit, lacked coordination. When the players reached Ipoh for acclimatisation prior to the World Cup, another method was waiting for them and they were told to learn that quickly. What was worse was shuffling of players’ positions. The team
selection, too, was mired in controversy as star striker Gagan Ajit Singh was sent home just before the start of the World Cup. And what followed was the debacle of unimaginable magnitude. Only about 40 per cent of what the players picked up at the camps could actually be utilised, Pillay revealed later. Former international Rajinder Singh who took over as coach after Cedric’s ouster, has a different approach. A strong votary of the attack mantra, Rajinder has added punch to the forwardline. He believes that attack is the best form of defence and the opponents should be put under pressure from the onset. He also wants the forwards to fall back to defend so that there is no undue pressure on the midfield. The coach feels that it is only by improving upon our sizzling stickwork that we can overwhelm our opponents and not by adopting the European style at the cost of the Asian style. Rajinder’s style suits the team. The president of the Indian Hockey Federation, Mr KPS Gill, in a recent interview with The Tribune had admitted that the players felt comfortable under his tutelage. Players like Pillay admit that the team has found the killer instinct. The scoring rate has improved. Improvement in penalty corner conversion at Hamburg was a heartening feature. Out of 11 short corners earned, India converted six. Incidentally, it was under Rajinder Singh that India had won the gold in the Junior World Cup at Hobart. The big test came in the 24th Champions Trophy at Cologne in Germany last year where India finished fourth, ahead of Australia and Korea. With a little more luck the Indians could have even finished third but the 3-4 defeat at the hands of Pakistan put paid to their aspirations. However, in earlier league encounters, India overwhelmed Pakistan and Australia by an identical 3-2 margin and held eventual champions Holland 3-3 in their opening tie. During the recent tour of Australia, India lost to Australia 0-2 in the first leg at Perth but beat Australia ‘A’ and Pakistan by an identical 2-0 margin. In the second leg at Sydney, India held Australia 3-3, beat Australia ‘A’ 4-3, drew with Pakistan 4-4, and beat Australia 5-3 in the final. However, what needs to be remembered is that in Australia, India faced Pakistan minus three stalwarts, including short corner expert Sohail Abbas. The Australian squad’s strength was also divided in the double leg tourney. At Hamburg, India beat Argentina 4-1 and Spain 4-2 after losing to Germany 2-3. However, by virtue of finishing on top after Germany were held 4-4 by Argentina, India clinched the trophy. Prior to the four-nation meet, India held Germany 2-2 in the one-off Test at Duisberg on June 25. The Indian hockey team faces its real test next month in the silver jubilee edition of the prestigious Champions Trophy at Amstelveen in Holland. The Champions Trophy features the world’s top six countries and every country fields its team in full strength. So India will face a combined Australian side and a full strength Pakistan side, with Sohail Abbas hopefully back in his key role. The other participants include Germany, Holland, Argentina. However, the confidence gained over the past one year should hold the Indian team in good stead as the squad will not be moving into unchartered waters. The Indian team’s performance at Hamburg drew praise from none else than the president of the International Hockey Federation, Ms Els van Breda Vriesmann, who said it was perhaps the best Indian side she had seen in years. It was the Indians’ aggression that impressed the FIH chief the most. Perhaps it was the commando training at Manesar with Sampath Kumar playing a key role that has boosted the fighting spirit. Will the present bunch justify the praise heaped on them? Will India break the jinx of having never won the Champions Trophy in its silver jubilee year? Only time will tell. |
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Sasikiran outwits Humpy Esbjerg, July 6 Overnight leader top seed Alexey Dreev of Russia played out a draw with fellow GM Michal Krasenkow of Poland and was joined at the top by GM Bruzon Lazaro of Cuba who crushed GM Peter Heine Neilsen of Denmark. After the end of the second round the three leaders have 1.5 points each in their kitty and are followed by GM Luke McShane of England, Danish duo of Lars Schandorff and Curt Hansen Krasenkow, Lenier Dominguez of Cuba and Krasenkow who all have 1 point each in their kitty having drawn both the games played so far in the tournament. Hastings champion Nielsen was left rubbing his wound on just a half point while Humpy is yet to open her account in this 10-players all-play-all tournament. Sasikiran knew he would have to work hard and he did precisely that against Humpy who appears to be out of form. Having drawn the first game against McShane, Sasikiran went all out for a victory and was just rewarded as Humpy played too rashly. It was an English opening where Sasikiran surprised his younger opponent right in the opening by going for a rather offbeat set-up. Humpy did well to get out of the initial phase unscathed and was placed well to even claim some advantage but as the game progressed the Guntur girl failed to cope with the wizard from Chennai. The middle game had all the thrills with Sasikiran leaving a few weaknesses around his king to collect a useless queenside pawn but as the dust settled Humpy realised that Sasi’s judgement was perfect. Embarking on an attack against the King, Humpy was left repenting as Sasikiran’s pieces came back to the rescue act just in time and the extra material started to have a telling effect. Humpy resigned after 44 moves. While the first round had just one decisive result with Dreev accounting for Humpy, Lazaro made it two yesterday with his exemplary technique that left Nielsen panting. Having mastered the unusual variants, Lazaro went for a position that gave him ample chances to play for an advantage and got it when Nielsen erred in the middle game. The Dane was left with a passive position just after move 15 and his state deteriorated steadily to allow the knockout punch on move 28 when Lazaro sacrificed an exchange to rip apart the king side. The game lasted just two more moves thereafter. It was a cool outing for Dreev as Krasenkow failed to press for an advantage with his white pieces.
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Badani fashions India ‘A’ win
London, July 6 Electing to bat, Leicestershire scored 262 for three in their stipulated 50 overs with Darren Stevens remaining not out on 101. India ‘A’ achieved the target losing six wickets and with more than five overs to spare. Badani made 111 not out while Gautam Gambhir scored 74. Leicestershire: Nixon c Badani
b Mishra 76 Maunders run out 20 Stevens not out 101 Ward c Balaji
b Pathan 45 Snape not out 4 Extras:
(b-1, lb-4, w-10, nb-1) 16 Total:
(for 3 wkts, 50 overs) 262 Fall of wickets: 1-61, 2-159, 3-240. Bowling:
Pathan 10-0-32-1, Bhandari 9-2-50-0, Balaji 10-0-61-0, Kartik 10-0-47-0, Mishra 10-0-58-1, Gavaskar 1-0-9-0. India ‘A’: Parab lbw b Masters 1 Gambhir c Stevens
b Brignull 74 Gavaskar b Masters 2 Badani not out 111 Rayudu c Snape
b Brignull 1 Patel c Brignull b Stevens 29 Kartik c Snape
b Masters 12 Mishra not out 10 Extras:
(b-2, lb-8, w-13) 23 Total: (for 6 wkts, 44.3 overs) 263 Fall of wickets: 1-3, 2-15, 3-152, 4-154, 5-213, 6-249. Bowling:
Masters 10-0-71-3, Whiley 9-0-44-0, Brignull 9-1-55-2, Wright 4-0-29-0, Snape 8-0-40-0, Stevens 4-1-13-1, Nixon 0.3-0-1-0.
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Sehwag, Hodge salvage draw London, July 6 The dismissal of Warwickshire in the second innings for 361 left Leicestershire needing 287 from 61 overs for a victory but the early losses of John Maunders and Darren Maddy had Leicestershire looking up to an inspired display from Sehwag to salvage the situation. Sehwag and Hodge then lifted Leicestershire from 20 for two but despite their 55-run stand Leicestershire were 93 for four. Warwickshire’s delight at Sehwag’s dismissal — bowled by Alan Richardson — reflected the Indian batsman’s key role in the run chase and left Hodge with the job of masterminding Leicestershire’s response.
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England survive scare
Bristol, England, July 6 Paceman Darren Gough took four for 26 as Zimbabwe were routed for 92 in just 24.5 overs after being asked to bat first. Scoreboard Zimbabwe: Ebrahim c Trescothick b Gough 7 Coventry c Vaughan
b Anderson 3 Friend c Read b Gough 4 Flower c Read b Gough 1 Taibu c Trescothick
b Johnson 5 Matsikenyeri b Flintoff 26 Streak c Read b Gough 5 Ervine c Clarke b Johnson 0 Blignaut c Clarke
b Flintoff 17 Price c Read b Flintoff 0 Hondo not out 0 Extras:
24 (b-1, lb-3, w-16, nb-4) Total: (all out, 24.5 overs) 92 Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-14, 3-20, 4-34, 5-39, 6-45, 7-51, 8-84, 9-84. Bowling:
Anderson 5-0-15-1, Gough 9-1-26-4, Johnson 5-0-16-2, Harmison 3-0-18-0, Flintoff 2.5-1-13-3.
England: Trescothick c Friend b Streak 8 Solanki c Taibu b Streak 7 Johnson c Coventry
b Streak 0 Vaughan not out 11 McGrath c Flower b Streak 1 Flintoff not out 47 Extras:
(b-2 lb-2 w-12 nb-5) 21 Total: (for four wickets, 17.5 overs) 95 Fall of wickets:
1-20 2-20 3-22 4-25 Bowling: Streak 9-3-21-4 (nb-1, w-2), Hondo 3-0-14-0 (w-1), Blignaut 5.5-0-56-0 (w-4, nb-4).
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Jeev finishes 45th; Atwal slips
New Delhi, July 6 Jeev aggregated four-over 288, according to information received here. Jeev made a birdie on the fourth hole, but bogeys on the sixth, eighth, tenth and 13th pushed him back. A birdie on the 14th was followed by a three-putt double bogey on the 15th, and he dropped several places down the leaderboard with another double bogey on the 17th hole. A birdie on the final 18th hole handed him a five-over 76 card. Japan’s Toshimitsu Izawa won the tournament with a four-day aggregate of 14-under 270. Izawa was followed by David Smail of New Zealand and Tadahiro Takayama of Japan in tied second place at 13-under 271. Meanwhile, playing on the European PGA Tour, Kolkata’s Arjun Atwal could not maintain a good start and submitted a two-over 74 card on day three of the 2.8 million Euro Smurfit European Open, being played at the par-72 K-Club course near Dublin, Ireland. Atwal was tied for 75th and was four-over 220. The two-time winner on the European Tour started well and birdies on the fourth, seventh and eighth holes, and a lone bogey on the fifth saw him at two-under on the ninth tee. But thereafter, the Indian ace made bogeys on the ninth, tenth and 16th, and a double bogey on the 15th hole. The only consolation was that he made a birdie on the par-4 17th, a hole on which he made double bogeys on the opening two days. Philip Price of Wales took the sole possession of the lead at 14-under 202, following a third round five-under 67.
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Impressive
show by wrestlers Chandigarh, July 6 Neha Rathi (51 kg), the wrestler who could not make it to the final, will fight for 3rd or 4th place, while all other wrestlers in 13 weight categories are fighting for first or second places. In women’s section Kamini Yadav (48 kg), Alka Tomar (55 kg), Manju (59 kg), Geetika Vakhar (63 kg), Kiran Sihag (67) and Gursharanpreet (72 kg) will fight for the first or second places. |
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