Even-Steven Friday

Flipside:India lost yet another do-or-die encounter to Australia...quelling all hopes that may have dared to expect the impossible. A million crossed fingers and prayers later we are back to where we always were. Rising in a promising crescendo only to somehow mirculously fall inches short of the destination. Still hopes remain and attention now readjusts and refocuses itself to the Champions Trophy. My cricket-cronies tell me India is only a tiger at home...well in that case I hope we atleast leave a dent on the Champions trophy and maybe even get some sweet revenge. There....my fingers are crossed again!

Upside: Sania gave a sound performance and ousted higher ranked Rezai(#66) to set up the dream semi final with Hingis. This is a nothing to lose match up for Ms. Mirza and one can only hope she makes it count. Hingis is a thinking player and Sania doesnt have to worry about being out-slugged, she has to keep her head about her and simply not make her generous share of unforced errors and we will have a match on our hands. Only a few years ago the idea of a former world #1 playing an Indian player in an Indian tournament would have been scoffed at; and now we have Sania v/s Hingis in the Kolkotta Open.....sign of bigger things to come for India, maybe? Go Sania!!!

Signing of with nice read by Wertheim: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/writers/jon_wertheim
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