VoteUpIndia » ESPNSTAR http://voteupindia.com Top News of India... Sat, 19 May 2012 05:37:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Tennis | Somdev ousted from ATP Farmers Classic http://voteupindia.com/tennis-somdev-ousted-from-atp-farmers-classic-espnstar-com/ http://voteupindia.com/tennis-somdev-ousted-from-atp-farmers-classic-espnstar-com/#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:28:03 +0000 virendra kumar yadav http://voteupindia.com/?p=1065

The Indian qualifier fought hard but lost 6-7 (9) 2-6 to his sixth seed and world number 46 rival in the second round of the USD 619,500 hard court event.

Somdev, ranked 103, had lost to Tipsaveric at Chennai Open earlier this year in the pre-quarterfinals.

Somdev collected useful 20 points by making the second round apart from 12 points from the qualifiers.

These 32 points have enhanced Somdev’s chances to break into top-100 for the first time in his career.

Leander Paes was the last Indian to feature in singles top-100 way back in 1999.

A top-100 place will also help Somdev earn a direct entry into men’s singles main draw of the US Open, the last Grand Slam of the season.

Meanwhile, Rohan Bopanna and Pakistani partner Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi have progressed to doubles quarterfinals after beating British pair of Colin Fleming and Ken Skupski.

The fourth seed Indo-Pak pair faced a stiff competition before scoring a 6-7(3) 6-0 10-7 win in the opening round.
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]]> http://voteupindia.com/tennis-somdev-ousted-from-atp-farmers-classic-espnstar-com/feed/ 0 Sehwag: I played a rash shot at 99 http://voteupindia.com/cricket-sehwag-i-played-a-rash-shot-at-99-espnstar-com/ http://voteupindia.com/cricket-sehwag-i-played-a-rash-shot-at-99-espnstar-com/#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:42:46 +0000 virendra kumar yadav http://voteupindia.com/?p=1059

Sehwag missed out on his fourth successive Test century when he gave charge to Suraj Randiv and missed the ball to be stumped by Prasanna Jayawardene.

The Delhi marauder though said he is not disappointed on missing a hundred.

“I think we played bad shots, If you look at my shot. And that VVS Laxman decision was perhaps doubtful. When we were bowling, the Sri Lankan batsmen were not making any mistake.

“That is why they score 640 runs in the first innings. It is not the spinner’s (quality) but it is the batsmen’s mistake. So hopefully we will not make the same mistakes in the coming innings,” he said after day’s play.

“I was disappointed not because I got out on 99 but it would have been good for us if we had remained one or two (wickets) down,” he added.

On being asked, if he had read the ball before going for the shot, Sehwag replied,” Yes, I knew the ball to which I got out was a doosra. But I went for the shot.”

Sehwag said even after his dismissal he was sure someone would get a big score for the side’s cause.

“I was not really worried. The wicket is so good to bat on. So I knew someone will make a big one. I was expecting centuries from Sachin and Laxman. But unfortunately Laxman got out.

“And full praise to Suresh Raina. He batted really well for his 50 and I am hoping he will complete his century on Thursday. If we play well we can avoid the follow on and can bat the whole day,” he said.

Although bowlers are struggling to get wickets on a good batting track at SSC, Sehwag was still hoping for a result in this match.

“It is difficult to say that but I think result will come. It doesn’t matter who wins or who loses. I think the result will come. There are some crack opening up and I am hoping the result will come.

“It is always like that. In the sub-continent you will get a wicket like that. The first two days good for batting, third day little bit spin fourth and fifth day the spinner will get more help and it is difficult to bat on 4th evening or 5th day,” he opined.
I got out on bad shot: Sehwag

Explosive batsman Virender Sehwag rued his selection of shot while batting at 99 and said had he not committed the mistake, India would have been in a better position in the second cricket Test against Sri Lanka.

Sehwag missed out on his fourth successive Test century when he gave charge to Suraj Randiv and missed the ball to be stumped by Prasanna Jayawardene.

The Delhi marauder though said he is not disappointed on missing a hundred.

“I think we played bad shots, If you look at my shot. And that VVS Laxman decision was perhaps doubtful. When we were bowling, the Sri Lankan batsmen were not making any mistake.

“That is why they score 640 runs in the first innings. It is not the spinner’s (quality) but it is the batsmen’s mistake. So hopefully we will not make the same mistakes in the coming innings,” he said after day’s play.

“I was disappointed not because I got out on 99 but it would have been good for us if we had remained one or two (wickets) down,” he added.

On being asked, if he had read the ball before going for the shot, Sehwag replied,” Yes, I knew the ball to which I got out was a doosra. But I went for the shot.”

Sehwag said even after his dismissal he was sure someone would get a big score for the side’s cause.

“I was not really worried. The wicket is so good to bat on. So I knew someone will make a big one. I was expecting centuries from Sachin and Laxman. But unfortunately Laxman got out.

“And full praise to Suresh Raina. He batted really well for his 50 and I am hoping he will complete his century on Thursday. If we play well we can avoid the follow on and can bat the whole day,” he said.

Although bowlers are struggling to get wickets on a good batting track at SSC, Sehwag was still hoping for a result in this match.

“It is difficult to say that but I think result will come. It doesn’t matter who wins or who loses. I think the result will come. There are some crack opening up and I am hoping the result will come.

“It is always like that. In the sub-continent you will get a wicket like that. The first two days good for batting, third day little bit spin fourth and fifth day the spinner will get more help and it is difficult to bat on 4th evening or 5th day,” he opined.[Story Source]

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]]> http://voteupindia.com/cricket-sehwag-i-played-a-rash-shot-at-99-espnstar-com/feed/ 0 La Liga all set for Asian tour http://voteupindia.com/football-la-liga-la-liga-all-set-for-asian-tour-espnstar-com/ http://voteupindia.com/football-la-liga-la-liga-all-set-for-asian-tour-espnstar-com/#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:41:32 +0000 virendra kumar yadav http://voteupindia.com/?p=1061
Francisco Roca, Chief Executive Officer of La Liga, made the announcement at the second day of the Soccerex Asian Forum in Singapore.

Although details of the high profile event, which is being organised in conjunction with La Liga television rights holder Mediapro, remain somewhat sketchy, it was revealed that three as yet unnamed La Liga clubs will play in South East Asia either next July or August.

The Spanish trio will initially pit their wits against a local side from the one ASEAN country that successfully wins the bidding rights to host the Cup, a tournament that will at first be centred in Asia before, in due course, spreading around planet football.

With La Liga’s global appeal and Spain’s World Cup win at this summer’s World Cup in South Africa still fresh in the memory, organisers believe they have a captive Asian audience ready and willing to buy into their message.

“For us, this is a very particularly exciting and new development of the Spanish League.” Senor Roca declared.

“We are trying to change the gears in terms of how the Spanish league and its players are being promoted internationally.

“We feel we have a lot to offer to the world of football in general, and we think that Asia is one of the key areas for the expansion of football in general and of the Spanish league in particular.”

Sergi Vieta, Football Events Director at Mediapro was equally adamant that Asia is eager for such a development.

“After the exploits of Barcelona in the 2009/10 season, and with Spain recently emerging as World Cup champions, we felt that this is the best time to introduce the LFP International Cup and share the beauty of Spanish football with the Asian market,” he said.

Although good news for the legions of Asian football fans who follow the every move of David Villa or Cristiano Ronaldo, the key note of caution to emerge was the hint from Senor Roca that neither reigning La Liga champions Barcelona nor Real Madrid look set to come on board.

“So far, most of the international promotion of the Spanish league has been driven by the individual efforts of, for the most part, Real Madrid and Barcelona.

“That has of course been very successful for us, but that is not enough.

“Of course they will continue to do their individual efforts to do their tours, but we think that, as a competition, we are mature enough to not only promote our elite teams but also the rest of the La Liga teams.”

An announcement as to which teams will participate in next year’s get-together is scheduled to be announced at the end of December.[Story Source]

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