Latest ICC ODI rankings

Latest ICC ODI rankings - India extent lead after winning the Champions Trophy 2013!

1. India 123
2. England 113
3. Australia 113
4. South Africa 111
5. Sri Lanka 108
6. Pakistan 102
7. New Zealand 88
8. West Indies 88
9. Bangladesh 78
10. Zimbabwe 51

"Playing on the centre court is the best feeling"- Heather Watson

By Wimbledon

When Heather Watson was bedridden with glandular fever earlier this year, she could not help wonder if she would even be a part of this years Championships at Wimbledon.

“When I was at home and not feeling well, I was stressing a bit and saying to my Dad: ‘I need to play Wimbledon, I need to play the grass-court season, I cannot miss it.’ And he was like: ‘Listen, you have got to get well first, you can't be thinking about that.’ But I am here and I am playing, I am so grateful and thankful.”
Watson's return to the All England Club is another step on the road to recovery after her two month lay-off. The Championships gave the 21-year-oldsomething to aim towards during these dark days at home.
As nice as it was to spend an extended period of time with her parents in Guernsey – aplace she normally only spends two weeks of the year – the 21-year-old was desperate to be back in time to play at her favourite tennis venue.

“I absolutely love it,” said Watson, currently ranked No.57. “For me that's the best thing about tennis, playing on Centre Court in front of everybody and winning - that is just the best feeling in the world. That is why I do it.”

After making her return at the French Open, Watson has picked up some decent match time on the grass, playing four matches in Birmingham and Eastbourne, including one of the best wins of her career, beating world No.27 Varvara Lepchenko in straight sets.

Watson’s break has renewed her enthusiasm for the sport. “I haven't had a break longer than three weeks since I was six years old,”she said. “It was nice to have a little mental and physical break.”

Watson faces a tough opener on Tuesday against world No.53 Madison Keys. The 18-year-old American has long been tipped for big things ever since she won her first WTA match at the age of 14, before beating Serena Williams 5-1 in a World Team Tennis exhibition match just a few months later.

Watson will draw on the experience of reaching the third round last year, in which was knocked out by eventual runner-up Agnieszka Radwanska, who she could potentially play at the same stage again this year if both make it through.

“The experience of last year is good,” said Watson, "Before last year I hadn't won a singles match [at Wimbledon] in seniors or juniors. I was very pleased to get a win because I put a lot of pressure on myself.”

'Incredible' India win ICC Champions Trophy 2013!

India pulled off a thrilling five-run win at Edgbaston to lift the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy. The reigning ICC World Cup Champions held their nerve in the 20 over-a-side game to beat England in the final at Birmingham and added another feather in their cap.

Brief Scores :-

India 129/7 in 20 overs (V Kohli 43, R Jadeja 33*, R Bopara 3/20) beat England 124/8 in 20 overs (E Morgan 33, R Ashwin 2/15, R Jadeja 2/24, I Sharma 2/36) by 5 runs.

Man of the Match: Ravindra Jadeja for his game-changing all-round performance of 33* and 2/24.

Golden Ball: Ravindra Jadeja for his 12 wickets.

Golden Bat: Shikhar Dhawan for his 363 runs.

Marburg to host the lone Challenger event this week!

By Tennis World

The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) will field only one Challenger tournament this week as most of the players are preparing for the prestigious Wimbledon Championships 2013, which gets underway on Monday.

Called as the Marburg Open 2013, the red clay tournament will be played from June 24-30 in Marburg, Germany. The tournament offers €30,000 to its participants.

Veteran Spanish Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo spearheads the 32-member draw of the men's singles category. The 35-year-old, who has had the career-high rank of #50, will square-off against Argentine Renzo Olivo in the first round.

World #137 Sebastian Diego Schwartzman of Argentina has been seeded second and will face a qualifier in the opening round.

Paul Capdeville, who has been seeded third for the tournament, will open his campaign against Mikhail Kukushkin of Kazakhstan.

Fourth-seeded German Simon Gruel, is scheduled to meet a qualifier, for a place in the last-16 stage.

Fifth-seed Frenchman Josselin Ouanna, currently ranked #162 in the world rankings, will charge up against Maximo Gonzalez of Argentina in the opener.

The other seeds include - [6] Jesse Huta Galung, [7] Andrej Martin and [8] Andrey Golubev.

The winner of this tournament will be rewarded with 80 ATP ranking points and €4300 while the runner-up earns 48 ATP ranking points along with €2500.

Top seeds Sara Errani and Roberta start the Wimbledon Championships as favourites!

By Tennis World

The Ladies Doubles draws for the Wimbledon Championships 2013 have been declared. 64 teams would be seen competing for the title in this category.

Ladies Doubles draws for SW19:

Sara Errani (ITA) [1]
Roberta Vinci (ITA) [1]

Anne Keothavong (GBR)
Johanna Konta (GBR) 

Annika Beck (GER)
Irina Buryachok (UKR)

Natalie Grandin (RSA)
Vladimira Uhlirova (CZE) 

Nicola Slater (GBR)
Lisa Whybourn (GBR)

Alize Cornet (FRA)
Pauline Parmentier (FRA) 

Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU)
Janette Husarova (SVK)

Julia Goerges (GER) [16]
B.Zahlavova Strycova (CZE) [16]

A.Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) [9]
Lucie Safarova (CZE) [9]

Shuko Aoyama (JPN)
Chanelle Scheepers (RSA) 

Raluca Olaru (ROU)
Olga Savchuk (UKR)

Timea Babos (HUN)
Mandy Minella (LUX) 

Flavia Pennetta (ITA)
Andrea Petkovic (GER)

Samantha Murray (GBR)
Jade Windley (GBR) 

Renata Voracova (CZE)
Klara Zakopalova (CZE)

Liezel Huber (USA) [6]
Sania Mirza (IND) [6]

Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) [4]
Elena Vesnina (RUS) [4]

Karolina Pliskova (CZE)
M.Torro-Flor (ESP) 

Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN)
ARANTXA Parra Santonja (ESP)

Christina McHale (USA)
Tamira Paszek (AUT)

Sorana Cirstea (ROU)
Ayumi Morita (JPN)

Kirsten Flipkens (BEL)
Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) 

Jelena Jankovic (SRB)
Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (CRO)

Hao-Ching Chan (TPE) [15]
A.Medina Garrigues (ESP) [15]

Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) [10]
Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ) [10]

Sofia Arvidsson (SWE)
Johanna Larsson (SWE) 

Darija Jurak (CRO)
Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA)

Olga Govortsova (BLR)
Alicja Rosolska (POL) 

Simona Halep (ROU)
Anna Tatishvili (GEO)

Stephanie Foretz Gacon (FRA)
Eva Hrdinova (CZE) 

Vera Dushevina (RUS)
Alexandra Panova (RUS)

Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE) [8]
Shuai Peng (CHN) [8]

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Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER) [7]
Kveta Peschke (CZE) [7]

Dominika Cibulkova (SVK)
Monica Niculescu (ROU) 

Francesca Schiavone (ITA)
Samantha Stosur (AUS)

Lisa Raymond (USA)
Laura Robson (GBR) 

Lara Arruabarrena (ESP)
Monica Puig (PUR)

Eugenie Bouchard (CAN)
Petra Martic (CRO) 

Mervana Jugic-Salkic (BIH)
Heather Watson (GBR)

Cara Black (ZIM) [11]
Marina Erakovic (NZL) [11]

Vania King (USA) [13]
Jie Zheng (CHN) [13]

Vesna Dolonc (SRB)
Bojana Jovanovski (SRB) 

Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL)
Yanina Wickmayer (BEL)

Madison Keys (USA)
Melanie Oudin (USA) 

Eva Birnerova (CZE)
Stefanie Voegele (SUI)

Varvara Lepchenko (USA)
Saisai Zheng (CHN) 

Lourdes Dominguez Lino (ESP)
Garbine Muguruza (ESP)

Nadia Petrova (RUS) [3]
Katarina Srebotnik (SLO) [3]

Raquel Kops-Jones (USA) [5]
Abigail Spears (USA) [5]

Shahar Peer (ISR)
Zi Yan (CHN) 

Sandra Klemenschits (AUT)
Romina Oprandi (SUI)

Catalina Castano (COL)
Katalin Marosi (HUN) 

Mona Barthel (GER)
Liga Dekmeijere (LAT)

Megan Moulton-Levy (USA)
Shuai Zhang (CHN) 

Valeria Solovyeva (RUS)
Maryna Zanevska (UKR)

Ashleigh Barty (AUS) [12]
Casey Dellacqua (AUS) [12]

Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) [14]
Maria Kirilenko (RUS) [14]

Maria Irigoyen (ARG)
Paula Ormaechea (ARG) 

Silvia Soler-Espinosa (ESP)
Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP)

Tara Moore (GBR)
Melanie South (GBR) 

Jana Cepelova (SVK)
Oksana Kalashnikova (GEO)

Irina Falconi (USA)
Tatjana Maria (GER) 

Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS)
Anastasia Rodionova (AUS)

Andrea Hlavackova (CZE) [2]
Lucie Hradecka (CZE) [2]

Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci are certainly the best pair right now. However, it would be interesting to see who takes the cake away!         

Gentlemen´s Doubles: Bryan brothers to play Brazilian duo in the SW19 opener!

By Tennis World

Mike Bryan and Bob Bryan have got the top billing for the Wimbledon Championships 2013, in Gentlemen's Doubles division. The American duo takes on Marcelo Demoliner and  Andre Sa in the first round.

Gentlemen's Doubles draws:

Bob Bryan (USA) [1]
Mike Bryan (USA) [1]

Marcelo Demoliner (BRA)
Andre Sa (BRA)

David Marrero (ESP)
Andreas Seppi (ITA)

Jamie Baker (GBR)
Kyle Edmund (GBR)

          

Denis Kudla (USA)

Tim Smyczek (USA)

Andre Begemann (GER)
Martin Emmrich (GER)

Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP)
Daniel Gimeno-Traver (ESP)

Treat Huey (PHI) [16]
Dominic Inglot (GBR) [16]

Santiago Gonzalez (MEX) [10]
Scott Lipsky (USA) [10]


Paolo Lorenzi (ITA)
Benoit Paire (FRA)

Lukas Dlouhy (CZE)
Rajeev Ram (USA)

Jesse Levine (CAN)
Vasek Pospisil (CAN)

Purav Raja (IND)
Divij Sharan (IND)

Nicholas Monroe (USA)
Simon Stadler (GER)

Leonardo Mayer (ARG)
Albert Ramos (ESP)

Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) [8]
Julian Knowle (AUT) [8]

Alexander Peya (AUT) [3]
Bruno Soares (BRA) [3]

Eric Butorac (USA)
Andy Ram (ISR)

Paul Hanley (AUS)
John-Patrick Smith (AUS)

Philipp Marx (GER)
Florin Mergea (ROU)

Fabio Fognini (ITA)
Potito Starace (ITA)

Daniel Brands (GER)
Lukas Rosol (CZE)

Jarkko Nieminen (FIN)
Dmitry Tursunov (RUS)

Rohan Bopanna (IND) [14]
Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) [14]

Colin Fleming (GBR) [9]
Jonathan Marray (GBR) [9]

Martin Klizan (SVK)
Igor Zelenay (SVK)

Pablo Andujar (ESP)
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP)

Frantisek Cermak (CZE)
Michal Mertinak (SVK)

Robin Haase (NED)
Igor Sijsling (NED)

Eduardo Schwank (ARG)
Horacio Zeballos (ARG)

Mikhail Elgin (RUS)
Denis Istomin (UZB)

Robert Lindstedt (SWE) [6]
Daniel Nestor (CAN) [6]

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Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) [5]
Jean-Julien Rojer (NED) [5]

Dustin Brown (GER)
Rameez Junaid (AUS)

Xavier Malisse (BEL)
Ken Skupski (GBR)

Evgeny Donskoy (RUS)
Andrey Kuznetsov (RUS)

Grigor Dimitrov (BUL)
Frederik Nielsen (DEN)

Bernard Tomic (AUS)
Viktor Troicki (SRB)

Lukas Lacko (SVK)
Filip Polasek (SVK)

Julien Benneteau (FRA) [11]
Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) [11]

Lukasz Kubot (POL) [15]
Marcin Matkowski (POL) [15]

Johan Brunstrom (SWE)
Raven Klaasen (RSA)

David Rice (GBR)
Sean Thornley (GBR)

Marinko Matosevic (AUS)
Frank Moser (GER)

Jamie Delgado (GBR)
Matthew Ebden (AUS)

Lleyton Hewitt (AUS)
Mark Knowles (BAH)

Daniele Bracciali (ITA)
Jonathan Erlich (ISR)

Leander Paes (IND) [4]
Radek Stepanek (CZE) [4]

Max Mirnyi (BLR) [7]
Horia Tecau (ROU) [7]

Dominik Meffert (GER)
Philipp Oswald (AUT)

Samuel Groth (AUS)
Chris Guccione (AUS)

Steve Johnson (USA)
Andreas Siljestrom (SWE)

Ricardas Berankis (LTU)
Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE)

Tomasz Bednarek (POL)
Mateusz Kowalczyk (POL)

Santiago Giraldo (COL)
Michael Russell (USA)

Ivan Dodig (CRO) [12]
Marcelo Melo (BRA) [12]

Michael Llodra (FRA) [13]
Nicolas Mahut (FRA) [13]

Jan Hajek (CZE)

Jaroslav Levinsky (CZE)

James Blake (USA)
Jurgen Melzer (AUT)

Aljaz Bedene (SLO)
Grega Zemlja (SLO)

Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA)
Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA)

Juan Sebastian Cabal (COL)
Robert Farah (COL)

Marcel Granollers (ESP) [2]
Marc Lopez (ESP) [2]             

Jamie Murray (GBR)
John Peers (AUS)   

Looking at the present form, Bryan's are going as clear favourites though they could face tough resistance from Alexander Peya / Bruno Soares, Marc Lopez / Marcel Granollers and even Leander Paes / Radek Stepanek. 

Federer-Nadal on verge of quarterfinals collision!

By Tennis World

The 'much-awaited' Wimbledon draws are out!

Top seed Novak Djokovic has been projected to meet Tomas Berdych in the quarters while David Ferrer might play Juan Martin Del Potro in the last-8.

Federer has been potentially scheduled to play Nadal whereas Andy Murray might meet Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the quarterfinals.

Here are the full draws of Gentlemen's Singles category:

Novak Djokovic (SRB) [1]          
Florian Mayer (GER)        

Bobby Reynolds (USA)          
Steve Johnson (USA)

Blaz Kavcic (SLO)          
Jan-Lennard Struff (GER)
         
Ryan Harrison (USA)        
Jeremy Chardy (FRA) [28]

Gilles Simon (FRA) [19]          
Feliciano Lopez (ESP)
         
Ricardas Berankis (LTU)          
Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA)

Wayne Odesnik (USA)          
Jimmy Wang (TPE)
       
Dmitry Tursunov (RUS)          
Tommy Haas (GER) [13]

Richard Gasquet (FRA) [9]          
Marcel Granollers (ESP)
         
Andreas Haider-Maurer (AUT)          
Go Soeda (JPN)

James Blake (USA)          
Thiemo De Bakker (NED)
       
Bernard Tomic (AUS)          
Sam Querrey (USA) [21]

Kevin Anderson (RSA) [27]          
Olivier Rochus (BEL)
       
Philipp Petzschner (GER)        
Michal Przysiezny (POL)

Daniel Brands (GER)          
Daniel Gimeno-Traver (ESP)
         
Martin Klizan (SVK)          
Tomas Berdych (CZE) [7]

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David Ferrer (ESP) [4]          
Martin Alund (ARG)
       
Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP)          
Teymuraz Gabashvili (RUS)

Horacio Zeballos (ARG)          
Santiago Giraldo (COL)
         
Gastao Elias (POR)          
Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR) [26]

Milos Raonic (CAN) [17]          
Carlos Berlocq (ARG)
         
Alex Kuznetsov (USA)          
Igor Sijsling (NED)

James Duckworth (AUS)          
Denis Kudla (USA)
       
Ivan Dodig (CRO)          
Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) [16]

Kei Nishikori (JPN) [12]          
Matthew Ebden (AUS)
       
Leonardo Mayer (ARG)          
Aljaz Bedene (SLO)

Michael Llodra (FRA)          
Jarkko Nieminen (FIN)
         
Denis Istomin (UZB)          
Andreas Seppi (ITA) [23]

Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) [29]          
Simone Bolelli (ITA)
       
Grega Zemlja (SLO)          
Michael Russell (USA)

Guido Pella (ARG)          
Jesse Levine (CAN)
     
Albert Ramos (ESP)          
Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) [8]

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Rafael Nadal (ESP) [5]          
Steve Darcis (BEL)
         
Lukasz Kubot (POL)          
Igor Andreev (RUS)

Stephane Robert (FRA)          
Alejandro Falla (COL)
       
Adrian Ungur (ROU)          
Benoit Paire (FRA) [25]

John Isner (USA) [18]          
Evgeny Donskoy (RUS)
         
Pablo Andujar (ESP)          
Adrian Mannarino (FRA)

Dustin Brown (GER)          
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP)
       
Lleyton Hewitt (AUS)          
Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) [11]

Nicolas Almagro (ESP) [15]          
Jurgen Zopp (EST)
         
Marinko Matosevic (AUS)          
Guillaume Rufin (FRA)

Radek Stepanek (CZE)          
Matt Reid (AUS)
         
Kyle Edmund (GBR)          
Jerzy Janowicz (POL) [24]

Fabio Fognini (ITA) [30]          
Jurgen Melzer (AUT)
       
Julian Reister (GER)          
Lukas Rosol (CZE)

Rogerio Dutra Silva (BRA)          
Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR)
         
Victor Hanescu (ROU)          
Roger Federer (SUI) [3]

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Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) [6]          
David Goffin (BEL)
         
Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA)          
Ernests Gulbis (LAT)

Fernando Verdasco (ESP)          
Xavier Malisse (BEL)
       
Tobias Kamke (GER)          
Julien Benneteau (FRA) [31]

Juan Monaco (ARG) [22]          
Bastian Knittel (GER)
         
Lukas Lacko (SVK)          
Rajeev Ram (USA)

Kenny De Schepper (FRA)          
Paolo Lorenzi (ITA)
         
Marcos Baghdatis (CYP)          
Marin Cilic (CRO) [10]

Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) [14]          
Viktor Troicki (SRB)
       
Andrey Kuznetsov (RUS)          
Albert Montanes (ESP)

Marc Gicquel (FRA)          
Vasek Pospisil (CAN)
       
Robin Haase (NED)          
Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) [20]

Tommy Robredo (ESP) [32]          
Alex Bogomolov Jr. (RUS)
         
Nicolas Mahut (FRA)          
Jan Hajek (CZE)

James Ward (GBR)          
Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE)
     
Benjamin Becker (GER)          
Andy Murray (GBR) [2]

Remember, Roger Federer is the defending champion and has to defend 2000 points.

The matches will kick-off from 24th July on the traditional grass-courts of All-England.