Dolby 712 Posted September 28, 2021 #11831 Share Posted September 28, 2021 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 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanjib 17 Posted September 28, 2021 #11832 Share Posted September 28, 2021 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prashanth 157 Posted September 29, 2021 #11833 Share Posted September 29, 2021 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 Tokyo - 2020 Go India Go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prashanth 157 Posted September 30, 2021 #11834 Share Posted September 30, 2021 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 Tokyo - 2020 Go India Go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indian Sports fan 4 Posted October 2, 2021 #11835 Share Posted October 2, 2021 Sports action to look forward to in the month of October! https://thesportsgram.in/2021/10/01/sports-calendar-october-2021/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indian Sports fan 4 Posted October 8, 2021 #11836 Share Posted October 8, 2021 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/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prashanth 157 Posted October 11, 2021 #11837 Share Posted October 11, 2021 Golf Ranking Men's Shubhankar - 255 Anirbhan - 266 Women's Aditi - 155 Tvesa - 372 Diksha - 433 Tokyo - 2020 Go India Go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prashanth 157 Posted October 11, 2021 #11838 Share Posted October 11, 2021 ATP Rankings Singles Prajnesh - 164 Ramkumar - 191 Doubles Rohan - 49 Tokyo - 2020 Go India Go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prashanth 157 Posted October 11, 2021 #11839 Share Posted October 11, 2021 WTA Rankings Singles Ankita - 187 Doubles Saina - 61 Ankita -98 Tokyo - 2020 Go India Go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prashanth 157 Posted October 12, 2021 #11840 Share Posted October 12, 2021 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 Tokyo - 2020 Go India Go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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