South Asians in news 2001- golf-tennis-hockey-squash

Vijay Singh
Fiji

Age 39

Other interests – Snooker, cricket. Rugby, soccer

2001 victories – Malaysian Open; Singapore Masters

Ranked 1^st among the top 10 finishes followed by Mickelson and Love

Other rankings:

He has finished 1st on the PGA TOUR 9 times

Ranked 6^th among career money leaders

Ranked 1^st in par 5 performance

Tennis

Bhupathi and Paes
India
Age 27 and 28 respectively

Won their second French Open in June 2001.

Hockey

India beat S Africa 2-1 and won the Champions Challenge Tournament in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

This victory qualifies India to the 2002 Champions Trophy in Cologne, Germany.

Captain Baljit Singh Dhillon played his best match of the tournament and won the man-of-the-match award.

Indian Juniors beat Argentina 6 – 1 to win the Junior World Cup.

Deepak Thakur scored a hat-trick and was also the tournament’s highest scorer with ten goals.

Squash

Scottish Junior Open – a South Asian success story - December 2001

U19:
Majid Khan of Pakistan won the Under 19

U17:
Safeer Khan of Pakistan won the Under 17

U15:
Yasir Butt of Pakistan won the Under 15

U13:
Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu of India won the Under 13

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