Lawn Tennis
• Wimbeldon Open
Roger
Fedrer won the men's single title, while women's title was won by
Serena Williams. Men's double was won by Jonathan Murray of Great
Britain and Fredreik Neilson of Denmark. Ladies Double was won by Venus
and Serena Williams. Mixed Double was won by Lisa Raymond (US) and Mike
Bryan (US).
• Aegon International
Andy
Roddick of USA won the men's title at the Aegon nternational beating
Andreas Seppi of Italy 6-3, 6-2, in the final played at Eastbourne,
England on June 23, 2012.
Women's Singles title was won by Tamira Paszek of Germany who defeated Angelique Keber of Austria 5-7, 6-3, 7-5 in the final.
• UNICEF Open
Top-seeded
David Ferrer beat unseeded Philipp Petzschner 6-3, 6-4 to win the
UNICEF Open tournament at Den Bosch, Netherlands on June 25, 2012. Nadia
Petrova beat Urzula Radwanska to the women's title.
• Brussels Open
Sania Mirza clinched her 14th WTA double title with victory in the Brussels Open on May 26, 2012 in Brussels, Belgium.
Sania and her partner Bethanic Matek-Sands defeated Polish-Chinese duo Alicja Rosolska and Jie Zheng 6-3, 6-2.
• Rome Masters
Rafael
Nadal won the Rome Masters title beating Novak Djokovic in straight
sets 7-5, 6-3 in the final onMay 21, 2012. Meanwhile Russian Maria
Sharapova won the women's Rome INternational title on May 20 with a 4-6,
6-4, 7-6(5) victory over Li Na of China.
• Madrid Open
Roger
Federer of Switzerland defeated Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic 3-6
7-5 7-5 to win the Madrid Open tennis in Madrid, Spain on May 13, 2012.
• Dubai Open
Roger Federer beat Andy Murray 7-5, 6-4 to win the Dubai Tennis Championships for the fifth time on May 3, 2012.
• Barcelona Open
Rafael Nadal defeated David Ferrer (Spain) 7-6(1), 7-5 on April 29, 2012 to win a seventh Barcelona Open title.
• Monte Carlo Masters
Rafael
Nadal beat Novak Djokovic in the final 6-3, 6-1 on April 22, 2012 to
win the Monte Carlo Masters for the eighth consecutive year.
• Charleston Claycourt Tournament
Fifth seeded Serena Williams won the title by overpowering 9th seeded Czech Lucie Safarova.
• Miami Masters
World
No. 1 Novak Djokovic defeated Andy Murray 6-1, 7-6(4) on April 1, 2012
to win his second straight ATP Miami Masters title and third overall.
• Sony Ericsson Open
Leander
Paes and his Czech partner Radek Stepanek clinched the Sony Ericsson
Open, their second team trophy of the season at Miami. Paes and
Stepanek, who were seeded seventh, rallied to upstage second seeds Max
Mirnyi and Daniel Nestor 3-6, 6-1, 10-8 on March 31, 2012.
Meanwhile,
Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska captured her maiden Miami women's title
beating World No. 2 Maria Sharapova 7-5, 6-4 in the final.
• Stuttgart Open
Maria Sharapova earned her first WTA title of the year as she defeated Victoria Azarenka 6-1, 6-4 in the final.
• Indian Wells
World
No. 3 Roger Federe beat John Isner 7-6(7), 6-3 in the Indian Wells
final on March 18, 2012 to capture his third straight title and a record
fourth Indian Wells crown. World No. 1 Victoria Azarenka beat World No.
2 Maria Sharapova 6-2, 6-3 to win the women's title.
• Pattaya
India's
Saniz Mirza and her Australian partner Anastasia Rodionova beat the
Chinese Taipei pair of Hao-ching Chan dn Yung-jan Chan 3-6, 6-1, 10-8 to
clinch the women's doubles title at the Pattaya Open in Pattaya,
Thailand on February 12, 2012
• Chennai Open
Canadian
Milos Raonic beat top seed Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia 6-7 (4/7),
7-6(7/4), 7-6(7/4) to lift the singles title at the Aircel Chennai Open
in Chennai on January 8, 2012.The doubles title was won by the team of
India's Leander Paes and Janko Tipsarevic who beat the Israeli dueo
Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram 6-4, 6-4 in the final.
• Hopman Cup
The
Czech Republic thrashed France to lift its second Hopman Cup on January
7, 2012 in the final played at Perth, Australia. World No. 2 Petra
Kvitova put her country ahead with the first victory of the day against
Marion Bartoli, and her teammate Tomas Berdych wrapped up the contest
beating Richard Gasquet, with neither dropping a set.
It
was the second title for the Czech Republic, after Jana Novotna and
Petr Korda lifted the Hopman Cup in 1994, while it was two looses out of
two for France after its defeat in 1998. Czechoslovakia also won the
inaugural Cup in 1989.
French Open 2012
Spain's
Rafael Nadal won a record seventh Men's Singles title at the French
Open when he defeated Novak Djokovic of Serbia the Czech Republic 6-4,
6-3, 2-6, 7-5 on June 11, 2012.
Maria
Sharapova of Russia beat Sara Errani of Italy 6-3, 6-2 in the final
played on June 9, 2012 to win her maiden French Open Women's Singles
title. Sharapova had earlier won Wimbledon in 2004, US Open in 2006 and
Australian Open in 2008.
Men's
Doubles title was won by Max Mirnyi (Belarus) and Daniel Nestor
(Canada) for the second successive year defeating the American pair of
Mike and Bob Bryan 6-4, 6-4 in the final on June 9, 2012.
The
Indian pair of Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupathi won the Mixed Doubles
title defeating Santiago Gonzalez (Mexico) and Klaudia Jans-Ignacek
(Poland) 7-6(3), 6-1 in the final played on June 7, 2012. This is the
second Grand Slam title for the Indian pairing, who won the Australian
Open in 2009.
Australian Open 2012
Novak
Djokovic and Victoria Azarenka won the Men's and Singles titles
respectively at the 2012 Australian Open tennis tournament organized in
Melbourne in January 16-29, 2012. Novak Djokovic of Serbia successfully
defended his title when he defeated Rafael Nadal of Spaifn in the final
5-7, 6-4, 6-2, 6-7, (5-7), 7-5 that lasted 5 hours and 53 minutes.
Victoria
Azarenka of Belarus defeated Maria Sharapova of Russia 6-3, 6-0 for her
first Grand Slam title; Andover took Carloline Wozniacki as the number
one ranked player on the WTA Tour.
In
Men's doubles, India's Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek of Czech
Republic won the title defeating the Australian pair of Bob Bryan &
Mike Bryan, 7-6(7-1), 6-2.
In
women's doubles the Russian pair of Svetlana Kuznetsova and Vera
Zvonareva beat the Italian team of Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci, 5-7,
6-4, 6-3 to win the tittle.
The
Mixed Doubled title was won by Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) & Horia
Tecau of Romania who defeated the pair of Elena Vesnina (Russia) and
Leander Paes 6-3, 5-7.
Chess
• FIDE Women's Grand Prix
India's
Koneru Humpy and Anna Muzychuk of Slovenia were declared joint winners
of the FIDE Women's Grand Prix Chess at Kazan, Russia, on June 22, 2012
after they finished with 7.5 points each from 11 rounds.
• Asian Nations Chess Cup
Indian
men's team beat Iraq 4-0 to win silver while their women counterparts
bagged a bronze in the Asian Nations Chess Cup concluded in Zaozhuang,
China on May 26, 2012. China-1
beat Mongolia 3.5-0.5 to win the gold while China-2 won the Bronze
medal. In the women's section, China-1 won the ninth match in a row to
deservingly win the gold meal while China-2 won the silver ahead of
India with better tie-break.
• World Team Chess Championship
China
won the gold medal with 16 points while the siver was claimed by the
Russian who finished with 13 points in all. Georgia ended with the
bronze while India and Ukraine were tied for the fourth spot with much
better tie-break for the Indians.
World Chess Championship 2012
Indian
Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand beat challenger boris Gelfand of Israel
in rapid chess tiebreaker to win the World Championship crown for he
fifth time and fourth in a row, on May 30, 2012 at the State Tretyakov
Gallery in Moscow.
Football
• European Champions League
Chelsea won the European Champions League resulting from penalty shootout to clinch their first Champions League title.
• Santosh Trophy
Services
Football team won the coveted Santosh Trophy. The Services has bagged
the title for only the second time in more than five decades since the
last win in 1961. In a thrilling match played at the Barabati Stadium in
Cuttack on May 28, 2012, Services beat Tamil Nadu 3-2 to lift the 66th
Santosh Trophy.
• King's Cup
Barcelona
gave coach Pep Guardiola a fitting end to his glittering four-year
reign as coach, winning the King's Cup final against Atheletic Bilbao
3-0 on May 25, 2012.
• English Premier League
Manchester
City was crowned Premier League Champion on May 13, 2012 after an
incredible fightback which saw it score twice in injury time to beat QPR
3-2 and seal the title on goal difference.
• FA Cup
Didier
Drogba and Ramires scored a goal each as Chelsea beat Liverpool to seal
its fourth FA Cup final victory in six seasons at London's Wembley
Stadium on May 5, 2012 with a 2-1 win.
• Africa Cup of Nations
Zambia
beat Ivory Coast 8-7 in a penalty shoot-out to claim its first-ever
Africa Cup of Nations football title at the final played in Libreville,
Democratic Republic of Congo, on February 12, 2012. Ivory Coast Failed
to claim the title despite not conceding a goal throughout the entire
competition until the shootout in the final.
• B.C. Roy Trophy
Bengal
regained the B.C. Roy Trophy by winning the championship leg of the
National Junior Football Championship at Kanhenjunga Stadium in Siliguri
on January 29, 2012. Bengal won the title last in 2003-04.
Hockey
France Hockey Test series
India overcame hosts France 4-0 to make a clean sweep in the two-match friendly hockey Test series ahead of London Olympics.
Azian Shah Cup
New
Zealand beat Argentina 1-0 in the final to win their maiden Sultan
Azlan Shah Cup men's hockey tournament at Ipoh in Malaysia on June 3,
2012. India beat Britain 3-1 to win the bronze medal.
FIH Champions Trophy for Women
Argentina
retained the FIH Champions Trophy for women at Rosario (Argentina),
defeating Great Britain by a solitary goal on February 5, 2012. The
Netherlands claimed the bronze after a 5-4 win over Germany.
Formula One
• European Grand Prix
Fernando
Alonso of Ferrari won the European Grand Prix in Valencia, Spain on
June 24, 2012 to become the first driver to win two races this season.
Kimi raikkonen of Lotus finished second, while Mercedes driver Michael
Schumacher finished third.
• Canadian Grand Prix
McLaren's
Lewis Hamilton stormed to a Canadian Grand Prix victory in Montreal on
June 10, 2012 to become the seventh winner in seven Formula One races
this season.
• Monaco Grand Prix
Monoaco
Grand Prix, organized at the Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo, on May 27,
2012, was won by Red Bull driver, Austrialian Mark Webber.
• Spanish Grand Prix
Spanish
Grand Prix, organized at Circuit de Cataunya, Barcelona, on May 13,
2012, was won by Williams-Renault driver Pastor Maldonado (Venezuela)
• Bahrain Grand Prix
Bahrain
Grand Prix, organized at Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir, on
April 22, 2012, was won by Red Bull Driver Sebastian Vettel (Belgium).
• Chinese Grand Prix
Chinese
Grand Prix, organized at Shanghai Intrnational Circuit, Shanghai on
April 15, 2012, was won by Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg (Germany).
• Malaysian Grand Prix
Malaysian
Grand Prix, organized at Sepang International Cicuit, Kuala Lumpur on
March 25, 2012, was won by Ferrai driver Fernando Alonso (Spain).
• Australian Grand Prix
Australian
Grand Prix, organized at Albert Partk, Melbourne on March 18, 2012, was
won by Jenson Button (Britain) of McLaren-Mercedes.
Cricket
• IPL-5
Kolkata
Knight riders won the 2012 DLF Indian Premier League beating defending
champions Chennai Super Kings by five wickets in the final played at the
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai on May 27, 2012.
Sunil
Narine was the "Golden Player of IPL 5" for his 24 wickets. Morne
Morket (25 wickets) of Delhi Daredevils took the Purple Cap award given
to the leading wicket take while Royal Challengers Bangalore's CHris
Gayle was the Orang Cap recipient with 733 runs. Kings XI Punjab's
Mandeep Singh win the "Citi Rising Star" award. Punjab's David Hussey
won the awrd for best catch fo the tournament while Rajasthan Royals
took Fairplay Award. Rajasthan captain Rahul Dravid received the award
in Chennai.
• Frank Worrell Trophy
Australia
beat the West Indies in the final Test match in Roseau, Dominica by 75
runs to claim the Frank Worrell Trophy 2-0 on April 27, 2012 S.
Chanderpaul of West Indies was choosen man-of –the series.
• Asia Cup Cricket
Misbah-ul-Haq-led
Pakistan clinched the Asia Cup beating hosts Bangladesh by 2 runs in
the final played at the Sher-E-Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka on March
22, 2012. Batting first, Pakistan scored 236 runs for the loss of nine
wickets. The hosts ended their innings at 234 for 8 in 50 overs.
Bangladesh
won the toss and fielded first. Shahid Afridi was declared Player of
the Final for his 32 runs in 22 balls and bowling figures of 10-1-28-1
while Shakib Al Hasan was Player-of-the-tournament.
The
tournament features the four Test-playing nations from Asia:
Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Pakistan won the Asia Cup for
the second time after 2000. India entered the tournament as the
defending 2010 Asia Cup Champion.
• Hazare Trophy
All-round
performance by Laxmi Ratan Shukla enabled Bengalto record a convincing
six-wicket win over Mumbai and clinch its first-ever Vijay Hazare Trophy
at the Ferozeshah kotla ground in New Delhi on March 12, 2012.
Shukla
claime four wickets and restricting Mumabi to 248 and then scored an
unbeaten century (106 n.o., 90b, 12x4, 2x6) to ensure victory for
Bengal. Mumbai: 248 in 49.2 overs; Bengal: 252 for four wkts. in 46.1
overs.
• Tri-nation Commonwealth Bank Series
Australia
beat Sri Lanka by 16 runs to win the third final at Adelaide Oval and
the Commonwealth Bank ODI triangular series finals at the Adelaide OVal
on March 8, 2012. Clint McKay was player of the Match for his 5 wickets
for 28 runs in 9.5 overs.
• Duleep Trophy
East
Zone won the Duleep Trophy beating Central Zone by an innings and 20
runs with two-and-a-half days to spare on February 14, 2012 at the
Holkar Stadium in Indore. Piyush Chawla was the captain of Central Zone
while Natraj Behera Captained East Zone.
• Vizzy Trophy
South
Zone lifted the inter-university inter-Zonal championship for the Vizzy
Trophy, after beating North Zone by seven wickets in the four-day final
at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on February 11, 2012
• Cooch Behar Trophy
Mumbai
beat Maharashtra, via first innings lead, I the final of the COoch
Behar Trophy (under-19) at the Wankhede stadium in Mumbai on January 30,
2012. This was Mumbai's seventh Cooch Behar title. Mumbai won on first
innings lead.
• Border-Gavaskar Trophy
Australia
complete a 4-0 whitewash with a comprehensive 298 run victory over
India in the fourth and final test played at Adelaide Oval on January 29
to win the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
• C.K. Nayudu Trophy
Punjab
won the all-India C.K. Nayudu (under-22) cricket title on the basis of
taking the first-innings lead against Delhi on the final day of the
one-sided encounter in Delhi on January 6, 2012 Delhi, resuming at 279
for seven, was bowled out for 319, conceding a lead of 105 runs.
Athletics
• National Inter-State Senior Athletics Championships
M
A Prajusha defended her title in triple jump on the concluding day as
her state Kerala emerfged overall winners in the National Inter-State
Senior Athletics Championships at the G M C Balayogi Stadium at
Gachibowli Hyderabad on June 26, 2012. Other athletes who defened their
titles include Kheta Ram (Rajasthan) in 10000m men's race , M M Anchu
(Kerala) in 100m hurdles, Harwant Kaur (Punjab) in discuss throw and
Sushmita Singha Roy (Bengal) in heptathlon. The championships, the last
domestic qualification event for next month's Olympics, lacked major
achievements with only high jumper Sahana Kumari of Karnataka making the
London Game grade with here gold-winning effort of 1.92m.
Kerala
retained the over all title with a whooping 192 points while Uttar
Pradesh fiished a distant second in 82 points. Punjab's intermediate
hurdler satinder Singh and Kerala half-miler Tintu Luka were adjudged as
best male and female athletes of the championships.
• Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon 2012
Kenyan
Laban Moiben finished first in the men's marathon in the standard
Charterd Mumbai Marathon 2012 organised on January 15, 2012 winning a
cash prize of $36,000.
Ethiopian
Netsanct Abeyo left her rivals far behind while cruising to victory in
the women's event. Five Indians finished in th top 20. Army Sports
Institute's Ram Singh Yadav headed the list at 12th.
Golf
• U.S.Open Golf
26-year-old Webb Simpson of the United States won the U.S. Open golf at the san Francisco's Olympic Club on June 17, 2012.
• Augusta Masters
Bubba Watson captured the 76th Masters on April 9, 2012 at Augusta golf course in the US.
• Panasonic Open
Digivijay
Singh won the Panasonic Open golf title in New Delhi on April 1, 2012.
This was his first title win on the Asian Tour. Siddikur Rahman of
Bangladesh and India's Gaganjeet Bhullar finished 2nd and 3rd
respectively.
• Avantha Masters Golf
Avantha Masters golf was won by Jbe Kruger of South Africa at the DLF Golf and Country Club in Gurgaon on February 19, 2012.
Billiards/Snooker
• World Snooker Championship
Ronnie
O'Sullivan won the 2012 World snooker championship beating Ali Carter
18-11 in the final at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, UK on May 7,
2012. Victory gave O'Sullivan his fourth. O'Sullivan maintained his
record of never losing in a World championship final.
• Asian Snooker Championship
Aditya
Mehta stunned fancied compatriot Pankaj Advani to become only the third
Indian ever to clinch the Asian Snooker Championships in Doha on April
29, 2012.
• World Ladies Championship
India's
R. Umadevi claimed her maiden World Ladies Billiards & Snooker
Association title, beating World No. 13 Eva Palmius 2-0 in the seniors'
final at the Cambridge Snooker centre, England on April 25, 2012.
• ONGC Asian Billiards Championship
Pankaj
Advani prevailed ovel Thailand's Thawat Sujaritthurakarn to claim the
11th ONGC Asian billiards championship at Clube Tennis de Gaspar Dias
Mirmar. Goa on April 8, 2012.
Squash
• Chennai Open
Joshna
Chinappa bagged her sixth WISPA crown when she beat England's Sarah
Jane Perry 9-11, 11-4, 11-8, 12-10 in the final to win the Chennai Open
women's squash tournament at the Indian Squash Academy, Chennai on May
26, 2012
• Asian Championship
The
Indian women's squash team comprisig Aparajitha Balamurukan, Anaka
Alankamony, Joshna Chinappa and Dipika Pallikal created history by
winning its maiden Asian title, defeating top seed Hong Kong 2-0 in the
final, in Kuwait on May 6, 2012. The men, however, went down 0-2 to
Pakistan in the summit clash of the 16th Asian Team squash championship.
• Windy City Open
India's
Saurav Ghosal registered a comfortable victory over No. 2 yasir Butt of
Pakistan 11-8, 15-13, 10-12, 11-5 to become the new 'Windy City Open
Squash 2012' champion in Chicago on February 12, 2012.
Kabaddi
• Women's Kabaddi WC Championship
India
on March 14, 2012 clinched the first women's Kabaddi World Cup
championship title, defeating Iran 25-19 in the final played at
Patlipura sports complex at Kankerbagh in Patna.
Boxing
• Asian Olympic Qualifiers
Pugilists
Shiva Thapa and Sumit Sangwan capped their fine performances with title
wins in the Asian Olympic boxing qualification event in Astana,
Kazakhstan, on April 12, 2012.
In
the 56kg final, Thapa defeated 2010 Asian Games bronze medalist Wessam
Salamana of Syria 18-11 t bag the gold medal. Sangwan got the better of
Tajikistan's Jakhon Qurbanov, an Asian Games bronze winner in 91 kg,
14-9 to secure the 81kg gold.
Besides
these two, Vijender Singh (75kg) has also booked a London berth. Seven
Indian boxers have qualified to take part in Lodon Olympics.Four Indian
boxers – L.Devendro Singh (49kg) and VIkas Krishan (69kg) – had already
booked their Olympic berths in last year's World Championship. Gurbax
Singh Sandhu is India's national boxing coach.
• Asian Women's Boxing Championship
M.C.
Mary Kom and Sarita Devi won gold medals in the Asian women's boxing
championship at Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, on March 25, 2012.
In
the 51 kg final, five-time world champion Mary Kom defeated two-time
world title winner and 2010 Asian Games gold medalist Ren Cancan of
China 14-8 Sarita, a world title winner in 2006, beat defending champion
Chorieva Mavzu of Tajikistan 26-15.
In
the other title clashes, Pinki jangra (48 kg) lost to Bolortuul
Mumurhuyag of Mongolia 22-24, Sonia Lather (54kg) lost to Ke Jia Luu of
China 8-12, Monica Saun lost to Dong Mei Wang of China 10-13 and Pooja
Rani (75kg) lost to world champion and Asian Games gold medalist Jinzi
Li of China 8-15.
Shooting
• Dortmund Championship
Olympic
champion Abhinav Bindra had to settle for the silver with a total of
699 in the International shooting Championship in Dortmund, Germany, on
March 25, 2012.
The
former world champion shot 104.0 in the final, which was 0.4 better
than he eventual gold medallist. Are Hansen of Norway. However, Bindra
had shot only 595 in the qualification, following a series of 98, 99,
100, 99 and 99.
• Asian Shooting Championship
Abhinav
Bindra asserted his class as he beat the 2008 Athens Olympic Games gold
medalist Zhu Qinan of China by 0.3 points for the gold in the air rifle
event in the 12th Asian shooting championship on Doha, Qatar, on
January 13, 2012.
Table Tennis
• National Table Tennis Titles
A.
Amalraj beat reigning champion A. Sharath Kamal to win his maiden
Senior National Table Tennis title while Poloumi Ghatak won her seventh
at the National table tennis Championship organized in Lucknow on
January 30, 2012
Badminton
• Indonesian Open
India's
Saina Nehwal won Indonesia Open Super Series women's singles title
after beating world No. 3 Li Xuerui of China in the final played in
Jakarta on June 17, 2012. 22-year-old Saina had earlier clinched this
title in 2009 and 2010 and was runner-up last year.
Men's Ssingles title was won by Simon Santoso of Indonesia who beat China's Du Pengyu in the final 21-18, 13-21, 21-11.
Thailand Open
India's
Saina Nehwal lifted the Thailand Open Grand Prix badminton gold title
after rallying to beat Thailand's Ratchanok Inthanon in the final in
Bangkok on June 10, 2012.
• Thomas Cup and Uber Cup
Chinese
men retained the Thomas Cup in convincing style by beating arch-rival
South Korea 3-0 at the Wuhan Sports Complex Gymnasium in Wuhan, China on
May 27, 2012. This was China's seventh Thomas Cup win. Four times world
champion Lin Dan gave China a flying start by beating Lee Hyun ll,
21-14, 21-17 in the first men's singles while Cai Yun/Fu Haifeng beat
Lee Yong Dae/Kim Sa Rang 21-16, 25-23 to win the doubles match to give
the hosts a 2-0 lead. Chen Long wrapped up the winning point by easily
disposing Shon Wan Ho 21-9, 21-13 in the third match.
Chinese
woman on May 26, 2012 handed a 3-0 defeat to defending champions South
Korea, to win its 12th Uber Cup trophy. Wang, Yihan beat Sung Ji Hyun
21-14, 22-20, 21-13 in the first singles. China went 2-0 up after its
doubles pair Yu Yang/Wang Xialoi defeated Kim Min Jung/Ha Jung Eun
21-15, 21-13. China won the third match and the title when Wang Xin beat
Bae Youn Joo in 21-10, 21-16.
• Swiss Open
Saina Nehwal won her first title of the season when she retained the Swiss Open
Grand Prix Gold trophy with a straight-game victory over China's Wang
Shixian in the summit clash at Basel (Switzerland) on March 18, 2012.
title.
• All England Championship
Men's Singles: Lin Dan (Chn) bt Lee Chong Wei (Mal) 21-19, 6-2 (retd)
Men's Doubles: Jung Jae Sung and Lee Yong Dae (Kor) bt Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng (Chn) 21-23, 21-9, 21-14;
Women's Singles: Li Xuerui (Chn) bt Wang Yihan (Chn) 21-13, 21-19
Women's Doubles: Tian Qing & Zhao Yunlei (Chn) bt. Wang Xiaoli & Yu Wang (Chn) 21-17, 21-12
Mixed
doubles: Tontowi Ahmad & Lilyana Natsir (Indonesia) bt Thomas
Laybourn & Kamilla Rytter Juhl (Denmark) 21-17, 21-19
• Korea Open
• Men's singles: Lee Chong Wei (Malaysia) bt Lin Dan (China)
• Men's doubles: Cai Yun/Fu Haifeng (China) bt 2-Jung Jae-Sung/Lee Yong-Dae (Korea)
• Women's singles: Wang Shixian (China) bt Jiang Yanjiao (China)
• Women's doubles: Tian Qing/Zhao Yunlei (China) bt 4-Ha Jung-Eun/Kim Min-Jung (Korea)
• Mixed doubles: Xu Chen/ Ma Jin (China) bt Lee Yong-Dae/Ha Jung-Eun (Korea)
