13/12/2008

Off day for us. Girls had the match against Kanpur though. It had been decided that Sharada and Sukhada would be playing the match without any risks. Sharada played against the “Kanpur bhais” and won. We had assumed that it might be a close match but Kanpur player seemed sooo much in nbd that she couldn’t play at all. Doubles was also wrapped up easily. Heard the Kanpur coach shouting at them like crazy which was really satisfying!!! :)

S.N. Goyal (Roorkee Coach)
This guy is amazing! He has said some of the funniest things in inter IIT. As Anish and I were observing the macth between Guwahati and Roorkee(against whose winner we would play in the finals) he comes up and asks “kiske saath match hai tumhara?” We told him that we were supposed to play with the winners of this match. He says “fir to tum finals mein pohoch gaye! Dekho mere players ko…dekho…aisa lagta hai ki maine inke peeche bandook laga ke rakha hoon. Koi temperament nai hai! And that too mere jaisa coach hone ke baad! Mere players ko sirf international players ke against khelne jamta hai.” Then he asked about prateek mittal. “Ye tumhari achchi strategy hai! Pehle din se sabko daraake rakho ki prateek mittal aaega prateek mittal aaega!” he says “Prateek mittal ka to hauva hai hauva!!”
After Anish’s match in the finals he says ”Wo tumhara pehla player achche se nai khela, abhijeet koi player hai kya 3 game karne layak? Aur prateek bhi achcha nai khel raha hai! Kitna impatient hai!! ( I have to say he had a point there :P :P :P)”