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Rushmi Chakravarthi played from Indian side and Dianee Hollands played the first match to represent New Zealand. However, there was no match of Rushmi Chakravarthi for her opponent. For this reason, tennis livescore was 3-6 and 0-6 by the kiwi player. In this event, there was great responsibility on the team’s number one player, Ankita Bhambri to bring India back in competition. On the other hand, New Zealand’s player Marina Eracovic, played well and thrashed the Indian player by 6-2 and 6-3 to win the tie.

In the doubles, the pair of Sanaa Bhambri and Ankita in Fed Cup, lost. The score was 2-6 and 3-6 because On the other hand, there were Eracovic and Kairangi Vano to represent New Zealand. The Indian players did not play to their potential and the opposition was really gave them tough time.

It is hope that tennis will grow in India. However it’s been growing but there is no match to Sania Mirza. New Zealand’s players played really well and got the victory. Sania won the Australian Open mixed doubles with Mahesh Bhupathi On Sunday. Mahesh Bhupathi has even mixed doubles grand slam titles with different partners. In the Australian Open in 2006, was the last mixed doubles Grand Slam of Bhupathi’s. Similarly, Mahesh Bhupathi assisted Sania Mirza and broke resistance of their opponent Dechy’s in the opening set.

Women tennis is recognized by the people everywhere and there are thousands of sports and tennis lovers who don’t want to miss the opportunity to get awareness of the recent events.  Either it is in New Zealand or any part of the world. Sania Mirza won in 2003 Wimbledon junior doubles crown that was her first Grand Slam title. However, India’s success in the mixed doubles brought great news for Indians and Bhupathi’s appearance in the men’s doubles is regarded excellent news for the Indians.

2009 is the year of annual tennis championship and top contestant are going to compete to win the prize and prize money for the event will collected by organizers of the championship. Tennis results will be visible from last date of the month of January 2009 and best players will compete in the event. This is going to prove best season for tennis fans.

Each year, women tennis games bring excitement for thousands of tennis fans all over the world. You wouldn’t want to miss this exciting season where the best women Tennis players of the India and New Zealand in single and doubles are showing their skills at the Fed cup.

You can log on to ScoresPro.com to update yourself with women live tennis scores.

NFL or UFC?

In the recent past, wrestlers dominated the sport of Mixed Martial Art, an extremely physical sport where fighters battle each other for victory within an octagon shaped cage.  MMA fighters have ripped the “Modern Day Gladiator” title from football players, and for good reason.  These sometimes bloody battles are the ultimate test of one’s athletic ability, endurance, and sheer grit.  For football players, their extremely competitive nature seems to draw them to the sport of MMA.  Football players are compelled to prove themselves, and the Octagon gives them a suitable platform to test their abilities.

MMA Supplements

From Heisman Trophy winner, Herschel Walker, to Tampa Bay Buccaneer, Marcus Jones, NFL players are flocking to the sport of MMA in droves.  Are the days of retiring as a post-career sport commentator over, or are football players serious about making the transition into this physically demanding sport?

Size Matters

The current UFC Heavyweight champion, Brock Lesner, might have something to do with the current interest from football players.  The much hated Lesner has vanquished his last few opponents with relative ease, and his size and ability seem to be unmatched by the current pool of MMA heavyweight contenders.  This scenario has opened the door for many football stars, who are sizable in comparison to Lesner, and they can harness a great amount of athletic ability.

So why not bring in a big wrestler like Rulon Gardner, who on the 31st of December, 2004 fought Hidehiko Yoshida in a mixed martial arts bout for the Pride Fighting Championships.  Yoshida, who in addition to being an MMA fighter, was a former Olympic gold medalist in judo, was defeated by Gardner via unanimous decision.  It seems the pool of talented football players is far bigger than any other sport, including wrestling.  As MMA explodes in popularity, a simple supply vs. demand issue arises as fight promoters look to fill fight cards.  With demand comes money, and one night of fighting can leave an ex-football player’s pockets flush with cash; something they might not be able to do post-career if their football career was less than superlative.

Training

San Diego Chargers fullback Lorenzo Neal, for instance, has trained numerous times over the past couple years with UFC light heavyweight Chuck Liddell. Neal, who knows Liddell through their days as wrestlers in college, helps Liddell train for fights, specifically getting low to help Liddell with stronger opponents. Neal also claims the training helps him as well with balance and body control that translate well to the football field.

Although current NFL players use MMA purely for training and do not fight competitively, former Washington Redskins receiver Michael Westbrook made the transition to fighting in 2005 when he defeated another former NFL player, Jarrod Bunch, in a King of the Cage event.

Jared Allen, a defensive end with the Kansas City Chiefs, trained at Arizona Combat Sports in the offseason. “The cardio that fighters go through is just intense,” Allen said. “This offseason I didn’t do any running. I did all my intense cardio at Arizona Combat Sports. When I went off to minicamp in the spring, we were running wind sprints one day and I had more gas than I knew what to do with. The cardio level of these fighters is so intense because their life depends on them not being tired.” Allen says he lost 25 pounds training MMA this summer and has toned up in the process.

The fact are clear, football players are embracing MMA as a training method.  Additionally, they are finding the transition into actual competition to be a viable alternative to running an illegal dog fighting operation to supplement retirement income.  Hey, I couldn’t complete this article without a Ron Mexico joke.  So, it looks like we will see more football players migrating to the sport, and this is a good thing for both football and MMA.