Federer into 4th round :smokesmirk:
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Aaj thak news for the cricket software
Nadal — the king of clay — got to know about Swantha’s software during his visit to India last year. Since then, Raman and his team have been working to get the software ready for launch at the Chennai Open in January 2008. “Mr Nadal is in touch with us. He wants to use the product and we are scheduled to meet in January when he’s in India,” Mr Raman says.
World No 2 Nadal is consulting Swantha Software to figure out how he could beat Roger Federer on grass. The Bangalore-based firm’s software, christened ‘Half Volley’ , provides frame-by-frame analysis of how Fedexpress plays his trademark forehand shots and executes those electric crosscourt returns
Clients:
Karnataka State Cricket Association
Andhra Cricket Association
Delhi Cricket Association
Orissa Cricket Association
Indian Hockey Federation
former India allrounder and current Karnataka Ranji coach, Vijay Bhardwaj, along with his brother Sanjay Rao, may just have the solution. A software engineer by profession, Rao had an idea which later spawned into a company called Swantha Software Solutions in Bangalore.
"It has been nearly a year now since we began and our major achievement has been the fact that the Indian Hockey Federation has now bought the software. Our executive director and the person who developed it, A Prassana, is now analyst with the Indian team," said Rao, the founder and CEO of the company.
The software, called 'Dragflick', is a match analysis software designed for coaches as well as players to analyse and strategise their strengths and weaknesses with the help of complete statistics along with the appropriate video clippings of the match.
"It has helped the team a lot. We started using it during the Champions Challenge in Boom, Belgium, and then during the Asia Cup and it helped us a lot. My weaknesses, my strengths plus how the team plays during a penalty corner, the oppositions' tactics - all become easily accessible with this software," said India player Sandeep Singh.
Earlier India coach Joaquim Carvalho had said that the software had reduced his work by at least half, and that Prasanna's mastery of video technology also helped in match situations.
The duo has also developed software for cricket, golf and tennis.
"Our software is already being used by the Karnataka, Andhra and Delhi Ranji teams and we have also had meetings with many BCCI officials and they have shown a keen interest in the software '22 Yardz' designed specifically for cricket," said MV Prashant a former Karnataka Ranji player and also business development manager for Swantha. He added that they had earlier approached the International Tennis Federation, but circumstances beyond their control forced them to back out, however they are in talks with former Grand Slam champion Richard Krajicek for his academy in Holland for their tennis software '½ Volley'. "I met him in Germany and he said that he wanted to use my software for his academy before the start of the season next year."
He added: "We have also had talks with Tom Moody who is coaching New South Wales back in Australia.
" Rao said his brother had to retire from domestic cricket last year and that his performance had suffered a lot due to a chronic back problem.
"Vijay has been a great support for our company. He has provided the technical support and also gave us useful tips on the sport and what are the things that a coach would want in a software," Rao said.
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The guy Sanjay Rao mentioned here is the first manager of my career. Ippo media vula ellam vanthuttaar :wink:
Will Nadal defeat Federer ?
not getting that far jus yet jmes Blake, Roger's next round opponent would be quite dangerous too! FEDEX should face tough competition from the american!
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Originally Posted by ajithfederer
Q/F
Ist set
Federer 7 - Blake 5
2nd set
Tie Break
Fed 7 - Blake 6
So Fed almost in da semis..... cool
FEDEX romps home with a 7-5 7-6 6-4 win over James Blake!!! :notworthy: jus two games away from yet another grand slam crown!!!!
http://www.australianopen.com/en_AU/...008463859.html
World No.1 Roger Federer says he has no reason to look over his shoulder just yet despite a horde of rising stars itching to knock him off his perch.
Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic appear to be the Swiss maestro's immediate challengers for the top ranking but others such as Marcos Baghdatis, Andy Murray and Australian Open surprise packet Jo-Wilfried Tsonga are all breathing down their necks.
Federer, however, remains unconcerned, preferring to let his own game do the talking.
"I've heard it before and don't read it anymore because it's the same thing over and over again," he said after advancing to a record 15th straight Grand Slam semi-final with a 7-5 7-6 (7-5) 6-4 win over American 12th seed James Blake on Wednesday night.
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The victory also ensured that Federer would remain as the world's best player for a record 209th consecutive week.
"I'm looking at history, looking at my own game, I'm No.1 in the world, so I'm more concentrated on that than the youngsters," he said.
Federer will take on third seed Djokovic in a dream semi-final on Friday night, after the Serb went through with a comfortable 6-0 6-3 7-5 victory over Spanish fifth seed David Ferrer.
Djokovic this week claimed Federer was not as dominant as he once was, particularly after being taken to 10-8 in the fifth set of his third-round match against Janko Tipsarevic.
"This is the way you're supposed to think out there. You are not coming here to lose in the first round," Federer said of Djokovic's comments.
"You're coming here to hopefully do well and then win tournament if you're one of the top 10 guys. That's reality. That's nothing new. That's not cocky. That's confidence. That's just a normal tennis player."
Federer is aiming to become just the third man in history to win three consecutive Australian Open titles, after Jack Crawford (1931-33) and Roy Emerson (1963-67).
Federer's only loss in the last four years at Melbourne Park has been to Russian Marat Safin in the 2005 semi-final
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Originally Posted by ajithfederer