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Saba
Anjum shone once again as India registered
a convincing 4-1 victory over Canada in
their second league match in the women's
Junior World Cup Hockey tournament in Santiago,
Chile. Anjum struck twice in the 17th and
26th minutes after forwards Jasjeet Kaur
Handa (4th) and Sarita Lakra (6th) scored
the first two goals. Canada were able to
reduce the margin through Karen Mann's conversion
in the 69th minute. Jasjeet struck with
a neat deflection from mid-circle before
Sarita also guided a deflection, this time
from a penalty corner to shake the Canadian
net. Saba scored midway through the first
half as India went into the break 4-0 after
taking a complete control over the match.
Indian girls, who drew their first match
against South Africa, however, will keep
their fingers crossed for the next Pool
B match against Germany, the second best
team here.
Courtesy:
The Statesman, September 17, 2005
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Sania
to Pair With World No. 1 Pascual
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The
Sunfeast Open, to be staged her in the next
fortnight, will have two star attractions:
Sania Mirza, of course, fresh from her exploits
at Flushing Meadows, and Virginia Ruano
Pascual. Virginia Who? Well, she's one half
of the world's top doubles pair and Kolkata
will see her partner Sania. With her regular
partner Paola Suarez, Spain's Pascual has
won eight Grand Slams. She's a big catch
for the WTA organisers, and tournament director
Jaidip Mukerjea was all smiles as he announced
this today. ''It doesn't get bigger than
this'', he said. ''This is a coup of sorts
and is an incredible opportunity for India
to project itself as a country rich in tennis
talent thereby successively placing it on
the global sporting arena.'' There are other
big names lined up for Kolkata: Anastasia
Myskina and Elena Likhovtseva lead the singles
draw and Sania will be expected to do well
too. Mukerjea added that a few more surprises
are in store.
Courtesy:
The Indian Express, September 07, 2005
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Mahesh-Daniela
in US Open Semis
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India's
Mahesh Bhupathi and Slovakia's Daniela Hantuchova
clobbered their way to a semi-final berth
at the US Open in New York in the mixed
doubles on Tuesday. In a match that they
dominated from the start, although the first
set scoreline indicates a much closer match,
yet the duo easily beat Zimbabwe's Kevin
Ullyett and Japan's Ai Sugiyama 7-5, 6-2.
Courtesy:
The Indian Express, September 07, 2005
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Sharapova
Showers Praises, Sania Buoyed Despite Defeat
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It
needed a miracle to topple top seed Maria
Sharapova and Sania Mirza shone only in
patches before making a graceful exit after
the lanky Russian handed her a 6-2, 6-1
defeat in the fourth round of the US Open.
Notwithstanding a none-too-flattering scoreline
and her inability to rein in unforced errors,
Sania -- first Indian woman to reach the
fourth round of any Grand Slam -- admitted
she could not have asked for more in her
debut at the Flushing Meadow. ''I had a
great US Open. I couldn't have asked for
more. This is my career highlight -- getting
to the fourth round in the US Open in my
first year in the US Open and first year
on the tour,'' said the 18-year-old Hyderabadi
girl who matched her illustrious rival shot
for shot in the first set before Sharapova
prevailed. In her post-match interview,
Sania also defending her tactics of going
for big, risky shots.
Courtesy:
www.uniindia.com, September 05, 2005
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India
Wins 4x400m Women Relay Gold With Championship
Time
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Incheon,
Sept 4 (UNI) Spearheaded by sprint queen
Manjit Kaur, the star studded Indian women's
quartet set the track on fire with a new
championship record in the 4x400m relay
as they timed 3:30.93 to win the gold on
the last day of the 16th Asian Athletic
competition here today. This is the seventh
time the Indian women have won the gold
4x400 in championshiop history and set the
meet record. Running in lane number eight,
Rajwinder Kaur gave the Indian a flying
start but at the time of baton exchange
Japan's Asami Tanno surged ahead, the second
Indian runner Satti Geetha ran tactically
to reduce the lead in the second lap and
handed over the baton to Chitra Soman who
overtook Japanese Mayu Kida with a stunning
speed and passed on the baton to anchor
runner Manjit Kaur and the Punjab Police
officer never looked back to give India
the fourth gold in the competition and second
of the day. Indian, in the process, erased
the existing record of 3:31.30 set by China
in 2003 at Manila. Kazaksthan finished second
with 3:32.61 and Japan ended with bronze
in 3:;33.54.
Courtesy:
www.uniindia.com, September 04, 2005
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Sania
Storms Into Round 3 of US Open
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Sania
Mirza is one lucky girl. Lucky because she
overcame a plethora of unforced errors and
blistering New York winds to move into the
third round of the US Open. The 18-year
old Indian ace ended on the better side
of Wednesday night's 6-4, 1-6, 6-4 encounter
against Maria Elena Camerin in an apt display
of mediocre tennis lasting 2 hours and seven
minutes at the Louis Armstrong court. Sania
started the proceedings on a bright note,
by breaking the 23-year -old Italian in
her very first game after retaining her
serve to go 2-0 up. Thereafter Sania took
advantage of a nervous Camerin and raced
to a 5-2 lead before showing first glimpse
of her fluctuating game. She dropped her
serve - double faulting and then depositing
a low backhand drop into the net- to allow
her opponent claw 5-4 but hit back immediately
to snatch the break back and place the first
set in her kitty. Things changed, and changed
dramatically as Sania's first serve dipped
to a lowly 44 per cent even as her inflated
tally of 19 unforced errors spelt doom for
her in the second set. She dropped serve
in her first game and although the penultimate
set lasted exactly the same duration like
the first one - 42 minutes - the scoreline
mentioned the 81st ranked player in the
world was in absolute control of the set.
Camerin won the second set 6-2 but it was
more because she played her points correctly
- if not powerfully - while Sania's frustrations
at her consistency in making silly mistakes
with her volley grew. Her trademark backhand
too didn't stand with her as windy conditions
made it increasingly difficult for the players
to adjust their serve.
Courtesy:
The Indian Express, September 01, 2005
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