“She had really nice words for me in the locker room,which was really nice,” said Sharapova, older than her opponent by 12 years and regarded as an idol by Kenin. But she has responded to the decision by the US Tennis Association by knocking out world number two . They have just a single point with three games to play. PTI reports that BCCI is expected to be richer by more than Rs 20,000 crore through their earnings from the rights. Badminton in Asia comes with its superstitions and a Japanese expat believes fans ruined Long’s campaign by chasing him for autographs. SLAMS FOR SMASHES Badminton is keen on getting its circuit jazzed up, and though everything’s going quite smooth if you ask us, the sport wants to create tennis like Grand Slams. George also had beaten China’s Li Shifeng 21-17 21-14 to set up a semifinal clash with Bharadwaj at the PE Society’s Modern PDMBA Sports Complex. THE FANTOM CHAMPS Tai Tzu Ying is missed at the World Championships — when she chose to play the World Universiade. eliver better results than Roelant Oltmans as interim coach after the Dutchman was sacked as chief coach of the men’s national team following a string of unimpressive showings. FANS UP TO SPEED Chinese fans are milling away boasting about how they’ve figured where Chen Long pl.