Djoker obstacle for murray
london: Defending champion Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic, the man he beat in 2013 to capture Britain's first Wimbledon title in 77 years, today landed in the same half of this year's draw, leaving Roger Federer the biggest winner. Murray, who has been seeded three, could face top-seeded Djokovic in the last four while seven-time champion Federer, the fourth seed, is scheduled to renew his rivalry with Rafael Nadal in the semi-finals.
vishy Anand falls behind
Dubai: Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand could only manage 7.5 points out of a possible 11 on the opening day of the two-day World Blitz Chess Championship as he won seven games, lost three and drew one. Anand got off to a very slow start in the blitz as well losing two games out of first three rounds itself.
Saina nehwal crashes out
Jakarta: Ace shuttler Saina Nehwal bowed out of the women's singles event of the USD 750,000 Indonesia Open Super Series after going down to China's World No. 1 li Xuerui in the quarterfinals, here on Friday. Saina, seeded eighth, lost 20-22, 15-21 to the Chinese shuttler in 44 minutes.
Hamilton fastest in practice
Spielberg: lewis Hamilton beat teammate Nico Rosberg to the fastest time in the second practice for the Austrian Grand Prix as Mercedes set the pace on Friday. Hamilton completed his best lap on the 4.3-kilometer Red Bull Ring in 1 minute, 9.542 seconds, topping Rosberg by 0.377. Ferrari's Fernando Alonso was almost a second off the lead in third. On the team's home track, four-time champion Sebastian Vettel came sixth, more than 1.4 seconds behind Hamilton, while Red Bull teammate Daniel Ricciardo posted the eighth fastest time.
Usha JTP concludes
New Delhi: The Usha Junior training programme which started on 10th May, concluded on Friday. The event saw an encouraging participation of over 200 children where youngsters between the ages of 8 and 15 were divided into four batches of 10 days each. The players were taught the basics of the game by well-known coaches, Vikram Sethi, Nonital lal Quereshi, Jasjit Singh ans Anjali Chopra.