After a good show till quaterfinals Saina Nehwal is out of Women's Single's Badminton. She had a good start in the game but was not able to maintain her rhythm. She was leading with 14-3 at one point in the first set but then she was noticeably nervous. But still she was able to win the first set 28-26. But after tht she lost two consecutive games 21-14, 21-15 to Maria Kristin. In addition to the loss there was one thing in the match which was really interesting. There was a crowd of young chinese people who were supporting Saina. There were huge cheers for every point she scored.
In archery Mangal Singh Champia lost in his second round individual game with whom India's medal quest in Archery event has ended short of hopes.
After earlier low-downs in Women's shooting, Indian women again gave a dismal performance in Women's 50m Rifle 3 Position with Anjali Bhagwat ending at 32nd position and Avneet Kaur at 42nd(second last).
On the tennis front Mahesh Bhupati and Leander Paes won their doubles match against the Brazil's Andre SA and Marcelo Melo. But now the going will be tough for them as their next match is against World no. 1 Roger Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka(seed 4 in doubles). In the Women's doubles Sania Mirza and Sunitha Rao lost to top seed Dinara Safina/Svetlana Kuznetsova.
BTW showering of cash and gifts on Abhinav Bindra has not ended with total already crossing 3 crore rupees(750,000$). In addition to that his father is gifting him a 5-star hotel worth 200 crores(50million $). But in another development Abhinav Bindra claimed that his Rifle was tempered with just before the finals. But Abhinav was able to re-align it again.
P.S.- M sorry... was not able to update the blog as my lappy was locked in the cupboard n i lost the keys...
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