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Venus, Hingis move up in US Open NEW YORK, Sept 2 — Venus Williams got a hearty chuckle over top seed Martina Hingis’ “big mouth” jibe, even as the Swiss star warned Williams that her US Open rivals might have the last laugh. Ivanisevic exudes confidence NEW YORK, Sept 2 — Goran Ivanisevic won his first round match at the US Open yesterday, but it wasn’t really fair since it was three against one. |
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 New York: Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupati react their 6-4, 6-4 victory over Piet Norval and Kevin Uylett during their first doubles match of the US Open Tennis in New York on Wednesday — PTI |
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Injured Sachin Tendulkar needs
rest Vijay
Kumar shoots into lead Jyothi
lifts 2 silver, one bronze Gilchrist
to lead Aussie ‘A’ team Shifting
of camp opposed Amir
Singh to lead v’ball team Probables
for Asian meet announced |
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Venus, Hingis move up in US Open NEW YORK, Sept 2 (AFP) — Venus Williams got a hearty chuckle over top seed Martina Hingis’ “big mouth” jibe, even as the Swiss star warned Williams that her US Open rivals might have the last laugh. Australian Open champion Hingis and third seed Williams advanced to the third round of the $14.5 million Grand Slam Tennis Tournament with straight-set triumphs here yesterday before the teens traded taunts. Hingis beat France’s 34th-rated Sarah Pitkowski 6-1, 6-1 in 46 minutes and will face 213-ranked German qualifier Sandra Kloesel next. Williams beat France’s 35th-rated Anne-Gaelle Sidot 6-4, 6-3 in 77 minutes and next plays 32nd-rated Henrieta Nagyova of Slovakia. Asked about outspoken tennis father Richard Williams’ prediction that the finals would match his daughters, 19-year-old Venus and 17-year-old seventh seed Serena, Hingis ripped the whole family for arrogant antics. Williams, a quarter-finalist in seven of her past eight Grand Slam events, said she felt no extra weight on her shoulders as she seeks her first Slam crown. Men’s third seed Yevgeny Kafelnikov of Russia crushed 101st-Australia’s Pat Rafter, who withdrew on Tuesday in the fifth set of his opening match, was diagnosed with a small tear in the rotator cuff of his right shoulder and the two-time US Open winner will take at least a month off with no time frame in place for his return. Williams faces a possible quarter-final against 20th-ranked Romanian Irina Spirlea, who bumped her during a changeover in a 1997 semi-final here. Each has two foes to get past before that rematch is set. Ninth seed Greg Rusedski of Britain opened with a 4-6, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4 triumph over Span’s Juan Carlos Ferrero while Croatia’s hard-serving Goran Ivanisevic, a Wimbledon runner-up for the third time last year, opened with a 7-5, 7-6 (7/5), 4-6, 6-2 win over Finland’s Ville Liukko. Ivanisevic, ranked 29th,
was 2-7 since Wimbledon after a 1-8 slump from March to
June. But he gives himself a fighting chance. |
Ivanisevic exudes confidence NEW YORK, Sept 2 (Reuters) — Goran Ivanisevic won his first round match at the US Open yesterday, but it wasn’t really fair since it was three against one. “It’s just me, me, and me,” said the 39th-ranked Ivanisevic, a 7-5, 7-6 (7-5), 4-6, 6-2 winner over 125th-ranked qualifier Ville Liukko of Finland, in explaining the multiple personalities he takes with him onto the court. “Sometimes it’s good. It’s fun for the crowd. Sometimes it’s not fun for when all this happens,” the ATP tour’s most famous head case said of his internal struggles. “I get confused, you know.” The 27-year-old Ivanisevic has had a career of extreme highs and lows, but not matter how matches unfold, he is always a popular and entertaining crowd favourite. What makes this Croat even more amusing is that he never seems to know which Goran Ivanisevic is showing up on a given day. “Actually, in the match I find out,” said Ivanisevic, sporting a goofy-looking khaki hat with raised brim and an impish grin. “There’s a couple of guys there. I have a little chat, which one is going to go now?” “Sometimes we fight — ‘I go,’, ‘you go.’ Today in the end was a good one, you know.” A player who always wears his emotions on his sleeve, Ivanisevic has been in the throes of a bad patch for more than a year now. Since reaching a third Wimbledon final in 1998, a match he lost in five gruelling sets to Pete Sampras, times have been tough. Ivanisevic has lost in the first round of nine tournaments, not including dropping his first match at Key Biscayne after receiving a first round bye. Unfortunately, the summer has shown no signs of improvement for Ivanisevic, who won only two matches since losing in the fourth round at Wimbledon. While many world-class athletes seek the assistance of sports psychologists to help make them more mentally formidable, Ivanisevic just brushes off the idea of working with a therapist as impractical. “I don’t think he (sports psychologist) can understand — it’s too complicated for him, also,” Ivanisevic said, laughing. “I’m not a case to go to the psychologist or any kind of thing. I am the best psychologist for myself, you know. I have to hit forehands, I have to hit backhands. He cannot tell me, now hit ace, it’s break point.” “They all talk, concentrate, keep your mind, breathe, breathe. Then you start to breathe, breathe, but nothing happens.” An unusual personality, Ivanisevic does not adhere to the unwritten athlete’s rule about not revealing too much information. When asked why he is such a free spirit rather than being guarded, Ivanisevic told reporters: “It’s fun. It makes you laugh. It makes me relax, so it’s okay. You have to have fun something, you know.” The three-time Wimbledon runner-up is often mentioned as the most talented player in the game without a Grand Slam title to his credit. But he remains ever hopeful that a major title is in his future. “It would be really something since this is what it is all about,” he said. “I don’t know how that feeling is to win. I know how is the feeling to lose in the finals.” “But it would be
great after all these years and trying hard. I think it
would be a great achievement.” |
Windies down Zimbabwe SINGAPORE, Sept 2 (PTI) — A rejuvenated West Indies displayed their power-hitting might to shrug off their World Cup blues to score an imposing six-wicket victory over the high-flying Zimbabwe in the opening tie of the Coca Cola Singapore Challenge one-day triangular cricket tournament here today. Openers Servin Campbell and Ridley Jacobs cut the African attack to ribbons in a 114-run stand in only 19.4 overs before skipper Brian Lara (48 off 44 balls) maintained the tempo and newcomer Ricardo Powell finished off in style hoisting two consecutive sixes outside the ground as the Caribbeans reached 247 for four in 43.4 overs chasing a fighting 244 for nine in 50 overs made by Zimbabwe . West Indies, into their first match after being eliminated in the league stage of the World Cup in England two months ago, dominated the first-ever international tie at the new Kallang ground as their batsmen sprayed sixes to all parts, of — and outside — the smallish ground after their pacemen had made good use of the sporting pitch in the morning. Sherwin Campbell (61 off 64b) and Man of the Match Ridley Jacobs (49 off 49b), who had snapped up four catches earlier keeping the wickets, gave the rollicking start for Lara to build on by showing ominous from before 24-year-old Jamaican batsman Powell carted four sixes in making an unbeaten 51 off only 36 balls to finish the game off in style with the more watchful Shivnarine Chanderpaul (29 not out). Zimbabwe, who emerged a force to reckon with after almost clinching a World Cup semifinal berth atop league upsets over India and South Africa, rode on impressive fifties by skipper Alistair Campbell (80 -104b, 6x4, 3x6) and Andy Flower (89- 99b, 10x4, 1x6) and their 114-run fourth wicket partnership to overcome early hiccups, but could then only watch helplessly in going down to their sixth defeat to the Caribbeans. It was Jacobs, who had remained consistent in his team’s lacklustre batting performance in England, who began the onslaught against paceman Neil Johnson and off-break bowler Andy Whittal who opened the attack. The well-built left-hander greeted Olonga with a six and a four in his very first over and then hoisted Paul Strang over midwicket and square-leg for consecutive sixes. Campbell kept up a stream of boundaries as West Indies looked set to wrap it up within 30 overs at one stage. But Zimbabwe, who looked resigned to the outcome, were suddenly given some hope when Jacobs was run out going for a third run. Zimbabwe
West Indies: |
India ‘B’ rally to hold Egypt NEW DELHI, Sept 2 (PTI) — Defender Ajay Kumar struck a brace as India ‘B’ rallied superbly to hold Egypt to a 3-3 draw in a league match of the Four-Nation Hockey Tournament at Nairobi. The Indians, who drew first blood as early as the second minute, came back from a goal deficit late in the second session to hold the Egyptian national team at the City Park Stadium in the Kenyan capital yesterday. Forward Parminder Singh put the Indians in the lead but the Egyptians levelled (1-1) three minutes later in the game which saw the two teams displaying exciting brand of hockey. Egypt took the lead (2-1) in the 21st minute before Ajay Kumar struck to his first goal to restore parity again, according to faxed message from Indian Hockey Federation secretary K Jothikumaran received here today. The Mumbai player, who also had a splendid game in the defence, came to the rescue of the team once again in the second half after the African had gone 3-2 ahead in the 45th minute. Coach Balwinder Singh was happy with the team’s performance. “The boys showed great potential and both the defender’s and forwards had a great game. Umpiring was excellent,” he said. India take on the Kenyan
senior team late tonight in their second game while they
will take on Kenya ‘B’ in their third match on
Saturday. |
Kenya may host ICC tourney NAIROBI, Sept 2 (Reuters) — International Cricket Council President Jagmohan Dalmiya will recommend that Kenya hosts the ICC knockout tournament next year. Dalmia reached his decision after completing an inspection of Kenya’s facilities ahead of a council decision on who should host the tournament that features the nine Test-playing nations. The Kenyan capital Nairobi is competing with Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates, Disney World in the USA and Dhaka in Bangladesh for the second edition of the tournament to be held October 5 to 15, 2000. “After meeting President Daniel Arap Moi and top government officials on Tuesday, I am convinced there is total government support and I will recommend that Nairobi hosts the second edition of the tournament,” Dalmia told a news conference. Dalmia said Sharjah was ahead of Nairobi in terms of internationally-accepted infrastructure but the ICC would like to bring the tournament to Kenya in line with its policy of globalising the sport. He flew straight to London yesterday for the ICC executive meeting to decide the tournament hosts. “Nairobi is on top of our priority list but things must be put in place to convince us that they deserve the tournament,” Dalmiya told reporters. “Facilities and grounds that can accommodate a minimum seating capacity of 15,000 people must be in place by that time,” said Dalmia, speaking at a news conference. He said grounds must
also have floodlights, a medical centre, a media centre,
changing rooms of international standard and three
grounds for nets. |
Injured Sachin Tendulkar needs
rest Chandigarh, Sept 2 —That sponsors and telecast rights holders have a key role to play in international cricket is apparent from the fact that injured Indian skipper Sachin Tendulkar is being forced to play in the three-nation cricket tournament which commenced at Singapore today. What the Indian skipper needs most today is rest for his troubled back but instead is being forced to play international cricket against teams like Zimbabwe and the West Indies . By no stretch of imagination is Singapore a great international cricketing venue nor is the tournament of that importance that if India loses (and there is still no guarantee that India will win the tournament) heavens will fall. It would have been in the fitness of things if Sachin, who was forced to miss a match in the just concluded three-nation tournament at Sri Lanka due to the recurrence of a back problem which first surfaced during the “Friendship Series” against Pakistan at home early this year, was allowed to rest to prepare for the busy season ahead. Instead, he is being forced to play in what can be described as a farcical tournament. The fact that Sachin is planning not to go to Toronto to play in yet another “tamasha” series should make the powers that be that control Indian cricket to pause and ponder for a while whether they are handling the super star, and for that matter all top players of the national squad, the way they should be. In fact, even before the team’s departure for Colombo last month for the three-nation tournament Sachin’s back problem had resurfaced and Mumbai specialist Dr Anant Joshi, who had in the past examined and advised the super star, was flown to Chennai to examine him. Only after Dr Joshi gave him a clean chit did Sachin accompany the team to Sri Lanka. Obviously, Dr Joshi too could not exactly diagnose the problem as it surfaced soon after, forcing Sachin to miss a match against Australia. The master batsman has gone on record to say that his problem and what causes it is yet to be diagnosed. After Sachin first sustained the injury at Chennai he was examined by experts in New Delhi as also Mumbai. Since then he has consulted a number of experts, both at home and abroad, including Dr Ken Kennedy of London, who in the past had treated players like Ian Chappell of Australia. Now Sachin’s hopes of a full recovery rest on Dr Greg Hoy of Australia who had operated on Shane Warne’s spinning finger last year. Sachin is to fly to Australia immediately after the conclusion of the Singapore tournament and will be accompanied by Dr Joshi who will brief Dr Hoy of all that has been done to give relief to Sachin, whose injury has forced him to miss a number of tournaments, both at home and abroad this year. Of all the teams playing international cricket it is the Indian team which is playing the maximum number of matches. (In 1998, for example, the Indian team played a total of 40 one-day internationals, the maximum by all the Test-playing teams. This year, too, will not be very different.) Whoever draws up India’s international itinerary should realise that the players are after all human beings and need adequate rest from time to time. Instead, they are being forced to play match after match, even against inconsequential teams like Kenya and Bangladesh, not getting enough time to even recover from injuries. And the current Indian skipper has become yet another victim of this nonstop cricket. One reason why India is playing so much international cricket is the promise of the President of the International Cricket Council, Mr Jagmohan Dalmiya, who soon after taking over the highest post in the body which governs cricket worldwide had said that he would endeavour to take cricket to every nook and corner of the world. And maybe the Indian team is carrying out his wishes in letter and spirit because it is a well-known fact that even now Mr Dalmiya wields a lot of clout in Indian cricket . One wished that when the
Board of Control for Cricket in India holds its annual
general body meeting later this month the issue of
non-stop cricket comes up for discussion along with other
discussions on telecast rights and increase of
sponsorship money. By all means take cricket to every
nook and corner of the world but give the top players
rest and instead send the India A and India B teams to
popularise cricket in, for example, Bolivia or Greenland. |
Vijay Kumar shoots into lead NEW DELHI, Sept 2 — Vijay Kumar, Order of Merit on the Wills Sport Indian Golf Tour for the last two years, struck form early in the new season when he moved to the top of the leaderboard with a superb round of six under 66 on the second day of the Rs 7 lakh Cosmo-Hindu Open Golf Championship, being played at the Cosmopolitan Club Golf Course, in Chennai today. At the 6645-yard par-72 course, the Lucknow golfer opened a five stroke lead with a two day aggregate of nine-under 135 over three golfers holding the second place at four-under 140. Feroz Ali, the 1998 Wills Indian Open champion, and Chandigarh’s Amritinder Singh shot their second successive two-under par 70 rounds, while Kanpur’s Shiv Prakash shot a 69 to be four under 140 for the tournament. Overnight leader Ali Sher had a terrible round of five-over 77 to plummet down to the joint sixth place at two under 142, while Gaurav Ghei, second yesterday at five-under 67, shot a 74 to be joint fifth at three-under 141. The cut was applied at nine-over 153 and 53 pros made it to the money-making round. Vijay started from the 10th tee with a couple of birdies, but missed a four-footer par putt to make his first bogey of the day on the 12th hole. Vijay was two under again on the 14th and then made a monstrous 20-footer putt to go on the 1st hole and another birdie on the second placed him at four-under. Scores (after 36 holes):
135 Vijay Kumar 69,66; 140 Shiv Prakash 71,69, Feroz Ali
70,70, Amritinder Singh 70, 70; 141 Gaurav Ghei 67,74;
142 Rezwan Ali 69,73, Ali Sher 65,77; 143 Uttam Singh
Mundy 75,68, Bhoop Singh 71,72, Gast Ram 69,74, Manohar
Dike 72,71; Amateurs: 146 C V Yydvir (76,70); 153 Gaurav
Sayat (76,77). |
Jyothi lifts 2 silver, one bronze NEW DELHI, Sep 2 (UNI) — Junior national champion B. Jyothi Lakshmi of Andhra Pradesh did India proud by winning three medals-two silver and a bronze-in the ongoing Junior Asian Weightlifting Championship at Wu Han (China). Making her international Jyothi Lakshmi won the silver medal for the overall position in 58 kg category with a total lift of 170 kg. A snatch of 75 kg fetched her the bronze and jerk of 95 kg earned her a silver. With her medal haul, Lakshmi joined the elite lifters-Karnam Malleswari and Neelam Lakshmi-from Andhra Pradesh to have won medals in the Asian championship. In the same class, Anitha Kumari did not fare too well. She could only lift 150 kg to be placed fourth. According to information
received here by veteran lifter P.K. Mahanand, in the
senior section Indian lifter Krishna Kumari did well but
failed to win a medal in the 58 kg category. |
Gilchrist to lead Aussie ‘A’ team SYDNEY, Sept 2 (AFP) — Wicketkeeper-batsman Adam Gilchrist was yesterday named as captain of an Australian ‘A’ cricket team for a five-game, one-day series against India ‘A’ in Los Angeles from September 15-21. The team, coached by former Test captain Allan Border, contains three players — Gilchrist, Damien Martyn and Andrew Symonds — from the Australian team which completed the limited overs tri-series in Sri Lanka. It will be the first time an official Australian team has played in the USA since 1990. Team: Australia A — Adam Gilchrist (capt), Damien Martyn, Ryan Campbell, Brendan Creevey, Michael Di Venuto, Lea Hansen, Brad Hodge, Brett Lee, Shane Lee, Scott Muller, Corey Richards, Andrew Symonds, Brad Youno. MUMBAI (UNI): The Indian
‘A’ cricket team to tour the USA to play
one-dayers against the Australian and West Indian
‘A’ teams will undergo a four-day conditioning
camp in Delhi from September 8 to 11, according to Mr
Sharad Diwadkar, Executive Secretary, Board of Control
for Cricket in India (BCCI). |
Shifting of camp opposed PATIALA, Sept 2 — The Indian Weightlifting Federations (IWF)’s decision to shift the ongoing national women weightlifting training camp from the NIS here to the SAI southern centre at Bangalore has raked up a controversy, with the foreign coach engaged by the federation, the Belarus-based Mr Leonid Tarnenko being strongly opposed to the shifting. The national women’s weightlifting camp is being held in preparation for the world womens weightlifting championships to be held in November in Athens (Greece) and also for the forthcoming Sydney Olympics. At present four of the countries top lifters former world champion K. Malleswari, Kunjarani Devi, N. Laxmi and Nandita Devi are undergoing training at the NIS. All the 11 women lifters selected for the Asian Women Weightlifting Champion-ships which is currently being held at Shangai (China) will join the camp on September 10, two days after the conclusion of the Asian meet. The IWF decision to shift the camp is based on the logic that, in the past the best results in international meets came only when the national camp was held in Bangalore. Moreover, according to Mr Gopal Khanra, Secretary General of the IWF, the heat and humidity at this time of the year at Patiala was too much to enable the lifters gain a strong foothold and a firm grip over the bar during training. However, former Olympic and world champion Mr Tarnenko is not at all happy over the decision to shift the camp and has clearly expressed his disappointment on the issue to the IWF top brass. Mr Tarnenko is of the
opinion that for the ‘training’ phase of the
camp the conditions at Patiala are more conducive than
Bangalore. |
Amir Singh to lead
v’ball team CHANDIGARH, Sept 2 — Amir Singh Sahran of Farmana village in Rohtak district has been named the captain of the Indian volleyball team for the Senior Asian Volleyball Championship to be held at Teheran, Iran from September 2 to 9. Amir would lead the 12-member Indian contingent for Teheran as well as the SAF Games to be held at Kathmandu, Nepal, the selection of which was held during the coaching camp at Bangalore last week. The spirited Haryanavi spiker is a Sub-Inspector with the Punjab Police. In 1992, when Amir joined SAI Bhiwani hostel, he represented the state in the nationals. Two years later Maharishi Dayanand University, Rohtak, after a gap of more than two decades, became the North Zone inter-university champion thanks to stellar performance by Amir. He was selected in the Indian Junior team in the same year. In 1996 he represented India at ‘Fazr’ international volleyball tournament at Iran. He bagged gold medals at the first and second Rashid Memorial International Volleyball Tournament at Dubai in 1996 and 1997 respectively. He also secured fourth place in the Junior Asian Volleyball Championships at Vietnam in 1996, second position at four nation volleyball championship at Doha Qatar, in September 1997. He represented India at
the Bangkok Asian Games and also helped Punjab win the
gold medal at the Senior National Volleyball
Championships held at Chinsura, West Bengal. |
Probables for Asian meet announced PATIALA, Sept 2 — The School Games Federation of India (SGFI) has announced a list of eight probables (U-18) in the boys and eight in the girls section for the Asian Schools Lawn Tennis Championships to be held at Jakarata, (Indonesia), from September 19 to 28. Probables: Boys: Devinder Singh (Guj), Akshay Vishal Rao (Chd), Sunil Kumar (Chd), Shiv Nandan (Dli), Sabinder Singh (Chd), Atul Kumar (Pun), Ashotosh Singla (Dli) and Vivian Chetri (Dli). Girls: Harsimran Kaur
(Chd), Vishika Chetri (Dli), Deepanwita (Guj), Malika
Malhotra (Chd), Aparna Singh (MP), Geetanjli Sharma
(Pun), Iti Shree (Dli) and Sheefali Dubey (MP). |
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for BCS SANAWAR, Sept 2 (TNS) — Bishop Cotton School, Shimla, crushed Yadvindra Public School, Patiala, 6-2 in the final of the Bhupinder Singh Memorial Inter-School Football Tournament at Lawrence School here yesterday. The match started on an interesting note with YPS dominating the play. The team went ahead within five minutes from the start. Since BCS had defeated the rivals 9-0 in the pool match, the result was hardly surprising. BCS showed expert control over the ball and answered back soon BCS interestingly missed a penalty before the break. Another chance was lost in the next half when the ball narrowly escaped the goal after hitting the post. The scorers for YPS included Jagdish Thakur and Varinder Bhullar. The winners were gifted goals through Vishwas Das who scored twice, Vikas Chauhan, Ashish Raj Bhandari, Samuel and Manoj. The match remained interesting because of the crowd participation. BCS had transported their students who chanted encouraging lines for the team in unison. The rival team was supported by the host school. Samuel Chhangte from BCS was awarded the ‘best player of the tournament’ award. Shantanu Bhatt from Sherwood College was selected as the best goalkeeper. The prize for the highest score was shared between Samuel Chhangte and A.R. Bhandari, both from BCS and Aman Suri. In another match to decide the third position, Lawrence School lost to Sherwood College, Nainital (1-2) in an exciting match. Sanawar school dominated the proceedings in the opening minutes of the match. However, the match was dominated by the Sherwood team. Aman Suri from the host team scored the first goal. Ajit Scored the equaliser for Sherwood and the dying moments of the game saw him score another goal. Even the host supporters could help but appreciate the rivals. The opening ceremony on August 29 was presided over by Brigadier Sood. The participants included PPS Nabha, Doon School, Dehra Dun, and St Xavier’s, Chandigarh. The first match was played between Doon School and the hosts. Doon School lost by 1-3. Sanawar registered a win over the PPS 3-1. Sherwood defeated the hosts 2-1 in the earlier matches. BCS crushed the host school 5-0 in the semifinals. YPS beat Sherwood 2-1 to reach the final. Munish, Sunny in semis CHANDIGARH, Sept 2 (TNS) — Top seeded Munish Srivastva had to draw all his reserves to overcome tough resistance from Sameer Bhalla in the first quarterfinal of the open snooker of the YMCA Open Billiards and Snooker Championship, being held at the YMCA hall, Sector 11 here. Munish started on a confident note and hit a break of 27 points to win the first frame 66-30 with relative ease though Sameer was potting well. In the next two frames both displayed caution and kept up pace with one another though Sameer had an edge over his opponent. Near the end game Sameer got crucial openings which he fully exploited to win the frames on the last black ball 54-53, 40-38. In the last two frames Munish hit two breaks of 25 and 34 points in each frame to comfortably win them and the match 64-20, 65-20. In the second
quarterfinal Sunny Bhalla got the better of Manan Nagpal
in a closely contested match though both showed signs of
tension. Sunny being more consistent and experienced
forced Manan to commit errors at crucial juncture to
clinch the match 68-46, 36-46, 69-41, 39-31. In handicap
snooker, highly talented young Aman Bhasin kept his
winning streak to enter the semi-finals by outlasting.
Rajit Bajaj 47-34, 73-52, 48-63, 58-44. Both played fine
controlled snoooker but Aman being more consistent won
the match. |
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