Joseph

Manika Batra is fighting well against her higher ranked opponent.

Prayed to god that at least Jitu or Gurpreet will win us a medal.

Apurvi Chandela and Ayonika Paul.Best chance for them! Apurvi can spring a surprise though seems tough but not impossible.she won bronze two years back in issf wc.

Off topic hehe!!
Saketh Myneni & Sanam Singh score a 6-7(5) 7-6(2) 11-9 over Lamasine & Millot to advance to the semi-finals of the ATP Challenger Tour event in Granby where they will meet Chaplin. Krueger.

Purav Raja and Divij Sharan are through to their third consecutive semi-final on the ATP Tour at the ATP World Tour Atlanta Open after a walkover from Ukrainians Dolgopolov & Stakhovsky.

Top four seeded teams from the ranking round will receive a bye to the quarter-final

Give me the link please.

Great start by Atanu!defeating Koreans is possible.

Avtar Singh gets bye.Good chance for avatr to make pre quarters as he faces Popole Misenge from Refuge Team.

Just now, intoronto said:

 

His first opponent is the bronze medalist from London

 

Nah,He is 18 years old Charles Cornwell.
Manoj faces a bronze medallist.

35 minutes ago, sasidhar said:

any live streaming of olympics???

hotstar.com

Vikas Krishnan has a favourable draw.

British media was correct.This is sheer fixing.I am afraid Shiva is our best bet but AIBA sucks.
Manoj faces a bronze medallist from London.

That Cuban was a gold medallist in London

Baseball/softball, sport climbing, surfing, karate, skateboarding at Tokyo 2020.Why no Squash,Kabaddi??
Rock climbing is gaining popularity in India.http://www.dnaindia.com/locality/thane/participants-see-hope-india-hosts-rock-climbing-world-cup-first-time-93428
In Karate,we can say there are medal hopes.http://www.sportskeeda.com/general-sports/indias-vivek-teja-world-karate-champion-martial-arts-championships

 

Sanjeev Rajput ranked now 7 in 50m rifle 3 positions.But he will be missed in Rio.But we have Gagan and Chain Singh.Hope they will bring us a medal.

Inderjeet's dream almost over.Can we have a replacement?

Narsingh Yadav is currently ranked no.3 in FILA World Rankings.What are his chances of winning a medal guys?

But if he is tested in Rio?

If he go on and win a medal!That will be huge!bollywood will cash on him!

Leander Paes in partnership with Andre Begemann of Germany beat top seeds Andrej martin of Slovakia and Hans Podlipnik-Castillo of Chile 6-4, 6-4 in the doubles final of the €85,000 men’s Challenger tennis tournament in Italy on Saturday.

Time - Is it Indian Standard Time?

Paes and Begemann beat James Cerretani and Philipp Oswald 6-3, 6-4 to make the final of the €85,000 Challenger in Italy
Raja/Divij Sharan too made the finals of €64,000 Challenger in Spain, by beating second seeds Johan Brunstrom and Andreas Siljestrom of Sweden 6-4, 7-6(4).

TENNIS NEWS -
Ramkumar Ramanathan opened his campaign in the $50,000 men’s Challenger tennis tournament in Lexington, US, with a 4-6, 6-2, 6-1 victory over Luke Saville of Australia.

Former world No.1 Leander Paes in partnership with Andre Begemann of Germany made the doubles semifinals of the €85,000 men’s Challenger tennis tournament in Italy.

Davis Cupper Saketh Myneni went down with guns blazing against former world No.8 Radek Stepanek in the second and final qualifying round of the $4,691,730 Rogers Cup ATP Tour event in Toronto.

The 37-year-old Stepanek, who had won the Australian Open and US Open with Leander Paes and was ranked a career-high No.4 in doubles, prevailed 7-6(5), 6-7(5), 6-4 in a battle of wits that lasted two hours and 32 minutes.

The 28-year-old Saketh fired 14 aces but had eight doublefaults as
well, as against four aces and five doublefaults by the Czech. While Saketh converted three of five breakpoints, Stepanek did one better from eight breakpoints that he forced.

For his fine effort in the big league, Saketh collected $3,345 and 16 ATP points.