India National Thread

[Dolby 757]

Regarding Badminton, post-COVID struggles aside, Lakshya Sen is a super talent. He had already started winning tournaments (lower levels) in his first year in Senior circuit. So, I have high hopes from him. Apart from him, I think we have a host of players who would be in 20-50 ranking range. Basically, same as now. 

 

In WS, I don't have much hopes on any of the youngsters. If you are still playing in Junior circuit at 18-19, it is a clear indication that you are not going to be the next superstar. Tasnim looks promising but not enough dataset to make a prediction about her.

 

MD seems to be our deepest category now. Satwik/Chirag are monsters. Arjun/Dhruv have been the only ones who gave some fight in both the ties in Sudirman Cup. Then, we also have Krishna/Vishnu pair who also seem promising. 

 

In WD, we have 3 very good pais: Tanisha/Rutuparna, Ashwini/Sikki and Gayatri/Treesa. Ashwini has been our best WD player for quite some time but I don't think it makes much sense in pairing her with Tanisha or another youngster. Teams should be made keeping Paris in mind. 

 

Considering that we have a decent pool of young doubles players, having decent XD teams is doable. 

 

BTW, really disappointed at our performance in Sudirman Cup. Tanisha/Rutuparna won the trials ahead of Ashwini/Sikki but still didn't get to play WD. What is the point of having trials then? Srikanth/Sai are in horrible form. They both should seriously take a long break and return in lower tournaments to get some match practice. Also, what is this fascination of playing Singles players in Doubles. Couldn't Dhruv or Arjun played in XD? Ashwini/Dhruv even played a couple of tournaments together this year. 

[Sanjib 17]

8 hours ago, Dolby said:

Regarding Badminton, post-COVID struggles aside, Lakshya Sen is a super talent. He had already started winning tournaments (lower levels) in his first year in Senior circuit. So, I have high hopes from him. Apart from him, I think we have a host of players who would be in 20-50 ranking range. Basically, same as now. 

 

In WS, I don't have much hopes on any of the youngsters. If you are still playing in Junior circuit at 18-19, it is a clear indication that you are not going to be the next superstar. Tasnim looks promising but not enough dataset to make a prediction about her.

 

MD seems to be our deepest category now. Satwik/Chirag are monsters. Arjun/Dhruv have been the only ones who gave some fight in both the ties in Sudirman Cup. Then, we also have Krishna/Vishnu pair who also seem promising. 

 

In WD, we have 3 very good pais: Tanisha/Rutuparna, Ashwini/Sikki and Gayatri/Treesa. Ashwini has been our best WD player for quite some time but I don't think it makes much sense in pairing her with Tanisha or another youngster. Teams should be made keeping Paris in mind. 

 

Considering that we have a decent pool of young doubles players, having decent XD teams is doable. 

 

BTW, really disappointed at our performance in Sudirman Cup. Tanisha/Rutuparna won the trials ahead of Ashwini/Sikki but still didn't get to play WD. What is the point of having trials then? Srikanth/Sai are in horrible form. They both should seriously take a long break and return in lower tournaments to get some match practice. Also, what is this fascination of playing Singles players in Doubles. Couldn't Dhruv or Arjun played in XD? Ashwini/Dhruv even played a couple of tournaments together this year. 

Good points, Lakshya recently haven't done well good that he is full time in Senior circuit now also Kiran George won a tournament recently after winning the nationals, haven't seen Tasnim and Samiya play yet, I feel no point in playing Ashwini with Siki anymore if not with Tanisha or any other new player better focus only on Mixed doubles with Satwik or Dhruv, Satwik doesn't have the fitness to play both forms though, Siki can waste time with any another mediocre player. Surely Arjun and Dhruv are on an upwards curve.

[Prashanth 185]

Indians in Action

 

ATP 250 Tour

Bulgaria :- Rohan/Aisam loose in Rd1

 

ATP challenger

Romania   :- Sumit plays in Rd2

                     Geoffry/Arjun play in Rd1

Spain :-  Sriram/Ramkumar play in Rd1

                Anirudh/Manish lost in Rd1

Portugal :- Jeevan/Purav play in Rd1

 

WTA 500 Tour

USA  :- Sania/Shuai play in Rd1

 

ITTF Asian championships - Doha

Men's Team play Iran in QF

Women's Team play Uzbekistan  in play-offs to enter the Main draw n play in QF

 

BWF Sudirman Cup

India  vs Finland

 

2021 FIBA Women's Asia Cup

India vs New Zealand

 

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Indians in Action

 

 

ATP challenger

Romania   :- Sumit plays in Rd2

                   Geoffry/Arjun play in Rd1

Spain :-  Sriram/Ramkumar play in QF

Portugal :- Jeevan/Purav play in QF

 

WTA 500 Tour

USA  :- Sania/Shuai loose in Rd1

 

ITTF Asian championships - Doha

Men

India 3 - 1 Iran in QF

India vs Korea in SF

Women

India 3 - 0 Uzbekistan

India 1 - 3 Japan

India Vs Chinese Taipei

 

BWF Sudirman Cup

India  4 -1 Finland

 

2021 FIBA Women's Asia Cup

India 49 - 109 New Zealand

India vs Philippines for 7th place 

 

LPGA CLASSIC -Rd1

 

European Tour Alfred Dunhill Links Championship -Rd1

 

PGA Tour Sanderson Farms Championship -Rd1

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Sports action to look forward to in the month of October!

 

https://thesportsgram.in/2021/10/01/sports-calendar-october-2021/ 

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Thomas & Uber Cup starts tomorrow in Denmark.

 

Here is India's schedule for both tournaments..

 

https://thesportsgram.in/2021/10/08/thomas-uber-cup-preview/

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Golf Ranking

Men's

 

Shubhankar    - 255

Anirbhan        - 266

 

 

Women's

 

Aditi                 - 155

Tvesa                - 372

Diksha               - 433

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ATP Rankings

 

Singles

Prajnesh    - 164

Ramkumar  - 191

 

Doubles

Rohan         - 49

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WTA Rankings

 

Singles

Ankita  - 187

 

Doubles

Saina     - 61

Ankita    -98

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Indians in Action

 

ATP Masters 1000 Tour

USA :- Rohan/Denis play in Rd2

 

ATP challenger

Italy   :- Jay/Arjun, Anirudh/Vijay play in Rd1

Spain :- Ramkumar, Sriram play in Rd1

              Sriram/Ramkumar, Jeevan/Purav, Divj/Lucas play in Rd1

 

WTA 1000 Tour

USA  :- Sania/Shuai lost in Rd1

 

BWF Uber Cup

India vs Scotland 

 

BWF Thomas Cup

India vs Tahiti