Day-2 was a realistic day for India, underlining that it is Olympic
and not a franchise owned competition. The only victorious of the day
were Saina in badminton and Jai Bhagwan in boxing. I could watch the
second match live and recording of the first as again the Saina's match
couldn't be shown live. Both the players were in complete command of the
game just doing target practice for the next round. Saina's emphatic
victory again shown that in badminton it "Saina Vs China". Saina is
world number 4 and top 3 are from China and they all are named Wang.
Same was with the story with Jai Bhagwan he was twinkle-toeing
with the grace of a bandminton player in the boxing ring.
The rest of the story was very sad. The Archery team with world number #1 Deepika Kumari in, we didn't expect them to lose in the first round. But it happened and again the difference was just 1 point. In Badminton Diju and Jwala lost their second match and now are out of the competition. The doubles game looked like 2 single players trying to play their part. There was lack of co-ordination otherwise I sincerely felt that game of our players were more solid. May be Jwala is facing a huge load of expectations and she needs to be extra fit as she is participating in Women's doubles too. Hopefully Jwala will do well in the women's double, she has the fighting spirit for sure.
Soumyajit Ghose lost in TT which was expected. Somdev Devvarman lost in first round of tennis, we expected him to at least win couple of matches. Vishnu Vardhan who went to games as Leander's Double partner (Paes was wondering that he even has the grass court shoes) luckily got a wild card entry into singles. Tennis event was badly affected by rain yesterday so lots of matches will be happen today. Watch out for Paes, he is playing for 1. india in 2.olympic and on 3. grass. His maneuvering on court will be lighting and he can beat any player in the world. All his partner has to do is "play along".
There was a surprise mini-victory in rowing where saravan Singh won a repechage (finding out the best losers) and gone back into quarter finals. The attempt is really commendable specially when it is coming from a game which is not viewed, not followed, not known.
Todays I am expecting india to appear on medals table. Abhinav and Gagan are completing today in 10 m air rifle. Gagan who has done better than Abhinav everywhere else expect for the last Olympics will have a point to prove. I am expecting Gagan to finish on podium today more than Abhinav. If the lady luck smiles we can see even both of them.
Todays Menu:
Medal Hope : Gagan Narang Abhinav Bindra
Wishful Medal Hope : Men's Archery Individual.
Arjun : Saina.
Abhimanyu : Paes, Bhupati, Bopanna. Jwala-Ashwini, Sumit Sangawan (boxing)
Tough Task : India has to pass the dutch challenge in hockey.
The rest of the story was very sad. The Archery team with world number #1 Deepika Kumari in, we didn't expect them to lose in the first round. But it happened and again the difference was just 1 point. In Badminton Diju and Jwala lost their second match and now are out of the competition. The doubles game looked like 2 single players trying to play their part. There was lack of co-ordination otherwise I sincerely felt that game of our players were more solid. May be Jwala is facing a huge load of expectations and she needs to be extra fit as she is participating in Women's doubles too. Hopefully Jwala will do well in the women's double, she has the fighting spirit for sure.
Soumyajit Ghose lost in TT which was expected. Somdev Devvarman lost in first round of tennis, we expected him to at least win couple of matches. Vishnu Vardhan who went to games as Leander's Double partner (Paes was wondering that he even has the grass court shoes) luckily got a wild card entry into singles. Tennis event was badly affected by rain yesterday so lots of matches will be happen today. Watch out for Paes, he is playing for 1. india in 2.olympic and on 3. grass. His maneuvering on court will be lighting and he can beat any player in the world. All his partner has to do is "play along".
There was a surprise mini-victory in rowing where saravan Singh won a repechage (finding out the best losers) and gone back into quarter finals. The attempt is really commendable specially when it is coming from a game which is not viewed, not followed, not known.
Todays I am expecting india to appear on medals table. Abhinav and Gagan are completing today in 10 m air rifle. Gagan who has done better than Abhinav everywhere else expect for the last Olympics will have a point to prove. I am expecting Gagan to finish on podium today more than Abhinav. If the lady luck smiles we can see even both of them.
Todays Menu:
Medal Hope : Gagan Narang Abhinav Bindra
Wishful Medal Hope : Men's Archery Individual.
Arjun : Saina.
Abhimanyu : Paes, Bhupati, Bopanna. Jwala-Ashwini, Sumit Sangawan (boxing)
Tough Task : India has to pass the dutch challenge in hockey.
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