At 15th Asian Games Doha, 30th November 2006
Badminton -

Mens Pool A
India l China 0-5
SRIDHAR Anup l LIN Dan 19-21 11-21
THOMAS Sanave/ KALLYAD THAZHATHE VEETIL Rupesh Kumar l CAI Yun/ FU Haifeng 8-21 11-21
KASHYAP Parupalli l CHEN Jin 7-21 19-21
VALIYA VEETiL Diju V/ SRINIVAS VIDYADHAR Jandhalaya Bagavan l GUO Zhendong/ XIE Zhongbo 18-21 8-21
KANETKAR Nikhil l BAO Chunlai 14-21 12-21

India l Indonesia 0-5
SRIDHAR Anup (47, IND) l HIDAYAT Taufik (12, INA) 21-23 16-21
THOMAS Sanave / Rupesh Kumar (35, IND) l KIDO Markis / SETIAWAN Hendra (5, INA) 21-19 18-21 13-21
KASHYAP Parupalli (46, IND) l SANTOSO Simon (22, INA) 21-15 13-21 17-21
VALIYA VEETiL Diju V / SRINIVAS VIDYADHAR Jandhalaya Bagavan (155, IND) l HADIYANTO Luluk / CHANDRA Alvent Yulianto (8,INA) 21-19 19-21 15-21
KANETKAR Nikhil (43, IND) l KUNCORO Sony Dwi (48, INA) 9-21 10-21
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TableTennis -

Mens Group A -
India bt Yemen 3-0

ACHANTA Sharath Kamal bt AL HASHEDI Mohammed 13-11 11-5 11-7
SAHA Subhajit bt GUBRAN Fahd 11-6 11-9 11-3
GIDLA Jitendra Kumar bt AL SHAIK Zeyad 11-9 11-2 11-2

Womens Quarterfinals -
India l South Korea 0-3

GHATAK Poulomi (221, IND) l KIM Kyung Ah (8, KOR) 5-11 2-11 13-11 4-11
DAS Mouma (226, IND) l PARK Mi Young (20, KOR) 6-11 5-11 6-11
KUMARESAN Shamini (425, IND) l KWAK Bang Bang (59, KOR) 7-11 4-11 6-11
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Golf News -
At PGA TOUR Qualifying Tournament, USA - First Round

T24 Arjun Atwal 72 E
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At Golf Nippon Series JT Cup, - First Round (JPGA Tour)

T6 Jeev Milkha Singh 67 -3
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Tennis News -
At $50K Wailea Challenger, Maui, HI, USA

[R1] MANKAD Harsh (IND)/ RUSSELL Michael (USA) bt (4) FRUTTERO John Paul (USA)/ WARBURG Sam (USA) 62 76(4)

[QF] MANKAD Harsh (IND)/ RUSSELL Michael (USA) vs THOMAS Kiantki (USA)/
WETTENGEL Chris (USA)

At 15th Asian Games Doha 2006, (on 29th November 2006)
Football -

Group D -

India d Hongkong 1-1 (PAPACHAN Pradeep (IND) 89' , CHAN Siu Ki (HKG) 92'+ )
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TableTennis -

Womens Group A -
India vs Uzbekistan 3-0

GHATAK Poulomi bt ISMAILOVA Aliye 6-11 11-6 13-11 11-6
DAS Mouma bt LEVINA Ekaterina 11-4 14-12 17-15
KUMARESAN Shamini bt AYUBOVA Madina 11-6 11-6 11-2

India l North Korea 0-3

DAS Mouma l KIM Mi Yong 2-11 5-11 9-11
GHATAK Poulomi l RYOM Won Ok 2-11 7-11 7-11
KUMARESAN Shamini l KO Un Gyong 11-13 9-11 8-11

Mens Group A -
India l Japan 1-3

ACHANTA Sharath Kamal bt KAN Yo 12-14 13-11 11-9 11-6
SAHA Subhajit l MIZUTANI Jun 4-11 9-11 10-12
ROY Soumyadeep l YOSHIDA Kaii 6-11 9-11 6-11
ACHANTA Sharath Kamal l MIZUTANI Jun 7-11 11-8 6-11 11-5 5-11

India l China 0-3

ACHANTA Sharath Kamal l MA Long 2-11 9-11 10-12
SAHA Subhajit l MA Lin 11-3 4-11 11-13 1-11
ROY Soumyadeep l CHEN Qi 8-11 6-11 9-11
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At $50K Wailea Challenger, Maui, HI, USA

[R1] MANKAD Harsh (IND,321) l WIDOM Todd (USA,244) 36 36

Doubles -
[R1] MANKAD Harsh (IND)/ RUSSELL Michael (USA) vs (4) FRUTTERO John Paul (USA)/ WARBURG Sam (USA)
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At $50K SAN DIEGO Challenger, CA, USA

[R1] UBEROI Neha (USA,224) l DE LOS RIOS Rossana (PAR,262) 26 26
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Golf News -

After winning Casio World Open on Japan Tour in updated this week's Golf World Ranking Jeev Milkha Singh moved to 55th position ... This is the best position achieved by any Indian ... Jeev is on right track on quest of top 50 finish.

Tennis News -
At Asia Hopman Cup, Hyderabad, India

India bt Chinese Taipei 3-0

Sania Mirza (IND,67) bt I-Hsuan Hwang (316,TPE) 62 64
Rohan Bopanna (IND,259) bt Ti Chen (310,TPE) 63 64
Sania Mirza (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) bt I-Hsuan Hwang (TPE)/ Ti Chen (TPE) 61 conceded the match.

With this win India earned wild card for main event of Hopman Cup, which will begins from 30th Dec 2006 at Perth,Australia.

Group A : USA, Australia, Russia, Germany
Group B : Croatia, Czech Republic, Spain, India

Tennis News -
At Asia Hopman Cup, Hyderabad, India

India bt Japan 3-0

Sania Mirza (IND,67) bt Tomoko Yoneumura (JPN,245) 75 62
Rohan Bopanna (IND,259) bt Yuihi Sugita (JPN,488) 76(2) 62
Sania Mirza (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) bt Tomoko Yoneumura (JPN)/ Yuihi Sugita (JPN) 60 61

In the final India will play against Chinese Taipei.
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Golf News -
At Casio World Open 2006 - Final Standing (JPGA Tour)

1 Jeev Milkha Singh 66 69 69 68 -16 ￥28,000,000

Jeev wins his third title of the year and his first victory in Japan!!! Some thing that was missing from jeev's resume, is finally there ... So many times this year jeev came so close to achieve a victory in Japan, but it just eluded him.
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At The MasterCard Masters, Melbourne, Australia - Final Standing

T21 CHOPRA Daniel 75 69 72 70 -2 AU$15,300.00

Tennis News -
Asia Hopman Cup, Hyderabad, India

India bt China 3-0

Sania Mirza (IND,67) bt Shuai Zhang (CHN,205) 62 62
Rohan Bopanna (IND,259) bt Mao-Xin Gong (CHN,997) 63 62
Sania Mirza (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) bt Shuai Zhang (CHN)/ Mao-Xin Gong (CHN) 62 64
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At $25K Nuriootpa Challenger, Australia

[R1] (4) RAO Sunitha (USA,224) l SRNDOVIC Aleksandra (SWE,377) 2-4 Ret.
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Golf News -
At Casio World Open 2006 - Second Round (JPGA Tour)

2 Jeev Milkha Singh 66 69 -9

Golf News -
Indian players golf world rankings. on Nov 20, 2006

*+Jeev Milkha Singh 63
Jyoti Randhawa 80
Daniel Chopra 148
Shiv Kapur 175
Gaurav Ghei 215
Arjun Atwal 257
Rahil Gangjee 323
S.S.P. Chowrasia 471
Amandeep Johl 541
Vijay Kumar 638
Arjun Singh 719
Ashok Kumar 723
Mukesh Kumar 784
Digvijay Singh 851
Chiragh Kumar 973
Vivek Bhandari 1093
Gurbaaz Mann 1098
Harmeet Kahlon 1152
Rahul Ganapathy 1166

* Personnel best
+Indian Record
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Tennis News -
ATP singles ranking for Indian Players on 20th Nov 2006

259 Bopanna Rohan 152
319 Mankad Harsh 116
387 Amritraj Prakash 84
476 Rastogi Karan 57
566 Sharan Divij 41
668 Pathanjali Ravishankar 28
689 Singh Navdeep 26
702 Shokeen Vivek 25 729
Kannan Vijay 22
745 Ghouse Mustafa 21

ATP doubles ranking for Indian Players on 20th Nov 2006

12 Paes Leander 3285
30 Bhupathi Mahesh 1400
114 Bopanna Rohan454
195 Amritraj Prakash 294
247 Ghouse Mustafa 227
345 Singh Ashutosh 149
410 Pathanjali Ravishankar 116
434 Kannan Vijay 105
510 Singh Navdeep 78
529 Sridhar Vinod 75

WTA singles ranking for Indian Players on 20th Nov 2006

67 MIRZA SANIA 382.00
208 UBEROI SHIKHA 129.75
216 RAO SUNITHA 124.50
224 UBEROI NEHA 120.50
447 BHAMBRI ANKITA 38.00
462 LAKHANI ISHA 35.50
463 CHAKRAVARTHI RUSHMI 35.25
503 VAKARIA MEGHHA 29.50
562 NAGARAJ SANDHYA 23.75
594 IYER TARA 20.75

WTA doubles ranking for Indian Players on 20th Nov 2006

24 MIRZA SANIA 1070.00
117 UBEROI SHIKHA 302.75
146 RAO SUNITHA 224.00
167 UBEROI NEHA 187.75
358 CHAKRAVARTHI RUSHMI 62.00
426 BHAMBRI SANAA 44.00
506 VAKARIA MEGHHA 30.50
574 VENKATARAMAN ARCHANA 23.00
594 BHAMBRI ANKITA 21.00
629 PHADKE SONAL 19.00

GolfNews -
At Dunlop Phoenix 2006 - Final Standing (JPGA Tour)

T13 Shiv Kapur 70 70 73 68 +1 ￥3,706,666
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At 2006 UBS Hong Kong Open - Final Standing (EPGA Tour)

T3 SINGH Jeev Milkha 66 67 69 66 -12 € 80345.99
T3 RANDHAWA Jyoti 64 69 69 66 -12 € 80345.99
T25 CHOPRA Daniel 72 67 67 70 -4 € 15006.56
T42 GHEI Gaurav 70 70 69 70 +1 € 8708.47
T62 GANGJEE Rahil 70 70 71 72 +3 € 3965.46
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Tennis News -
At $25K Nuriootpa Challenger, Australia

[R1] (4) RAO Sunitha (USA,224) vs SRNDOVIC Aleksandra (SWE,377)

Tennis News -
At Tennis Masters Cup, Shanghai, China

[SF] (6) Martin Damm (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs (2) Jonas Bjorkman (SWE)/ Max Mirnyi (BLR) 76(4) 67(4) 67(5)
(match duration was 3'17", one of the best doubles match of the year)
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Golf News -
At Dunlop Phoenix 2006 - Third Round (JPGA Tour)

T1 Tiger Woods 67 65 72 -6
T1 Padraig Harrington 67 66 71 -6
3 Shingo Katayama 65 70 71 -4
T5 Justin Rose 73 63 72 -2

T15 Shiv Kapur 70 70 73 +3
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At 2006 UBS Hong Kong Open - Third Round (EPGA Tour)

T6 SINGH Jeev Milkha 66 67 69 -8
T6 RANDHAWA Jyoti 64 69 69 -8
T23 CHOPRA Daniel 72 67 67 -4
T46 GANGJEE Rahil 70 70 69 -1
T55 GHEI Gaurav 70 70 71 +1

Tennis News -
At $10K Mallorca F4, Spain (Clay)

[R1] NAGARAJ Sandhya (IND,571) l (7) EWIJK Chayenne (NED,531) 36 61 16

Doubles -
[R1] NAGARAJ Sandhya (IND)/ SOLSONA Sheila (ESP) bt LUPU Madalina (ROM)/ SIMION Beatris (ROM) 76(3) 63

[QF] NAGARAJ Sandhya (IND)/ SOLSONA Sheila (ESP) l (4) EWIJK Chayenne (NED)/ FERREIRA Catarina (POR) 36 26
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At $ 10K, Tunisia F4 ,SFAX

[R1] Ravishankar Pathanjali (IND,674) bt Teodor Bolanu (ROM,645) 36 63 61
[R2] Ravishankar Pathanjali (IND,674) bt (WC)Abdel-Hak Hameurlaine (ALG,NR) 63 64

[QF] Ravishankar Pathanjali (IND,674) l (2) Mohammed Maamoun ( EGY,374) 26 46
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Golf News -
At Dunlop Phoenix 2006, Japan - Second Round (JPGA Tour)

1 Tiger Woods 67 65 -8
2 Padraig Harrington 67 66 -7
3 Ian Poulter 70 64 -6
4 Shingo Katayama 65 70 -5
5 Justin Rose 73 63 -4

T18 Shiv Kapur 70 70 PAR
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At 2006 UBS Hong Kong Open - Second Round (EPGA Tour)

T6 SINGH Jeev Milkha 66 67 -7
T6 RANDHAWA Jyoti 64 69 -7
T43 CHOPRA Daniel 72 67 -1
T53 GANGJEE Rahil 70 70 PAR
T53 GHEI Gaurav 70 70 PAR
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T91 KAHLON Harmeet 73 70 +3
T121 CHOWRASIA S.S.P 74 72 +6

Tennis News -
At Tennis Masters Cup, Shanghai, China
Red Group (Round Robin) -

(6) Martin Damm (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt (7) Jonathan Erlich (ISR)/ Andy Ram (ISR) 64 76(6)

With this win Lee and Martin r in semis with Paul Hanley (AUS)/ Kevin Ullyett (ZIM) from Red group and they will face mostly Bjorkman/ Mirnyi there.
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At $25K Port Pirie Challenger, Australia

[R2] (6) RAO Sunitha (USA,223) bt (WC) DOMINIKOVIC Daniella (AUS,494) 62 (Ret)

[QF] (6) RAO Sunitha (USA,223) l PAVIC Nadja (CRO,308) 46 57
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At Womens $ 25 k Pune Challanger, India (Nov. 13 2006)

Singles Quarterfinals -

(1) AMANMURADOVA Akgul (UZB,227) bt (7) CHAKRAVARTHI Rushmi (IND,463) 60 63
(5) PALKINA Ksenia (KGZ,625) bt BHAMBRI Ankita (IND,418) 64 36 63

(4) PANOVA Olga (RUS,338) bt (6) LAKHANI Isha (IND,462) 75 46 76(5)
(8) RAKHIM Amina (KAZ,515) bt BARR Cassandra (AUS,522) 62 62

Doubles Semifinals -
(2) CLERICO Nicole (ITA)/ PALKINA Ksenia (KGZ) bt (4) BHAMBRI Sanaa (IND)/ VAKARIA Meghha (IND) 46 76(3) 61

(1) PANOVA Olga (RUS)/ SZATMARI Agnes bt (3) BHAMBRI Ankita (IND)/ CHAKRAVARTHI Rushmi (IND) 62 60
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Golf News -
At 2006 UBS Hong Kong Open - First Round (EPGA Tour)

T1 RANDHAWA Jyoti 64 -6
T6 SINGH Jeev Milkha 66 -4
T59 GHEI, Gaurav 70 PAR
T59 GANGJEE Rahil 70 PAR
T102 CHOPRA Daniel 72 +2
T115 KAHLON Harmeet 73 +3
T125 CHOWRASIA S.S.P 74 +4

Tennis News -
At Womens $ 25 k Pune Challanger, India (Nov. 13 2006)

Singles Second Round -
(1) AMANMURADOVA Akgul (UZB,227) bt VAKARIA Meghha (IND,517) 61 64
(7) CHAKRAVARTHI Rushmi (IND,463) bt IYER Tara (IND,618) 36 61 62

PALKINA Ksenia (KGZ,625) bt (3) SZATMARI Agnes (ROM,325) 76(6) 36 75 duration
(5) BHAMBRI Ankita (IND,418) bt (Q) RANGANATHAN Madura (IND,1096) 61 61

(6) LAKHANI Isha (IND,462) bt BHAMBRI Sanaa (IND,633) 57 62 76(6)
(4) PANOVA Olga (RUS,338) bt PHADKE Sonal (IND,747) 63 63

(8) RAKHIM Amina (KAZ,515) bt CLERICO Nicole (ITA,566) 61 60
BARR Cassandra (AUS,522) bt (2) TANGPHONG Montinee (THA,303) 64 67(2) 64

Doubles Quarterfinals -
(1) PANOVA Olga (RUS)/ SZATMARI Agnes bt GOSWAMI Parul (IND)/ MANOHAR Geeta (IND) 60 61
(3) BHAMBRI Ankita (IND)/ CHAKRAVARTHI Rushmi (IND) vs LAKHANI Isha (IND)/ RANGANATHAN Madura (IND)

(2) CLERICO Nicole (ITA)/ PALKINA Ksenia (KGZ) bt CHHETRI Vishika (IND)/ NANDAKUMAR Asha (IND) 75 64
(4) BHAMBRI Sanaa (IND)/ VAKARIA Meghha (IND) vs (WC) IYER Tara (IND)/ WANNASUK Nungnadda (THA) w/o
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At $25K Port Pirie Challenger, Australia

[R1] (6) RAO Sunitha (USA,223) bt (Q) RODIONOVA Arina (RUS,500) 64 62

[R2] (6) RAO Sunitha (USA,223) vs (WC) DOMINIKOVIC Daniella (AUS,494)

Doubles -
[R1] (2) DELL'ACQUA Casey (AUS)/ RAO Sunitha (USA) bt CAVADAY Naomi (GBR) / SOUTH Melanie (GBR) 63 61
[QF] (2) DELL'ACQUA Casey (AUS)/ RAO Sunitha (USA) bt DOMINIKOVIC Daniella (AUS )/ FERGUSON Sophie (AUS) 60 46 64

[SF] (2) DELL'ACQUA Casey (AUS)/ RAO Sunitha (USA) vs (4) HORIATOPOULOS Christina(AUS) / KRIZ Nicole(AUS)
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At IBSF World Snooker Championships, Amman, Jordan

Masters (Over 40s) -
[SF] Devendra Joshi (IND) l Mohammad Yousuf (PAK) 0-4 (34-58, 0-75(56), 46-55, 37-51)

THIRD PLACE PLAY OFF
Devendra Joshi (IND) bt Joe Delaney (IRL) 4-0

Ladies -
[SF] Anuja Thakur (IND) l Wan Ip In (HKG) 2-4 (68-36, 46-6, 11-46, 55-71(52), 35-69, 58-62)

THIRD PLACE PLAY OFF
Anuja Thakur (IND) bt Ramona Belmont (NZL) 3-0 (51-23, 64-61, 75-62)

Mens -
[QF] Manan Chandra (IND) bt Craig Steadman (ENG) 6-3 (71-26, 44-68, 44-51, 75-23, 46-15, 62-38, 0-66, 86-0,73-0)

[SF] Manan Chandra (IND) l Daniel Ward (ENG) 7-8 (0-66, 60-5, 41-67, 64-15, 16-59, 71-27, 8-62(49), 75(47)-43, 60-54, 64-41, 12-67(42), 36-60, 47-56, 74-34, 44-67)

THIRD PLACE PLAY OFF
Manan Chandra (IND) bt Atthasit Mahitthi (THA) 4-1 (48-20, 3-62, 55-47, 69-1, 46-37)

At IBSF World Snooker Championships, Amman, Jordan (Knockout Stage)

Masters (Over 40s) -
[QF] Geet Sethi (IND) l Mohammad Yousuf (PAK) 0-4
[QF] Devendra Joshi (IND) bt Danny Moermans (BEL) 4-1

[SF] Devendra Joshi (IND) vs Mohammad Yousuf (PAK)

Mens -
[R32] Pankaj Advani (IND) bt Phaitoon Phonbun (THA) 5-1
[R32] Manan Chandra (IND) bt Chris McBreen (NZL) 5-2

[R16] Pankaj Advani (IND) l Daniel Ward (ENG) 3-5
[R16] Manan Chandra (IND) bt Andrew Pagett (WAL) 5-3

[QF] Manan Chandra (IND) vs Craig Steadman (ENG)

Ladies -
[QF] Anuja Thakur (IND) bt Angelique Vialard (FRA) 4-1
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Tennis News -
At Womens $ 25 k Pune Challanger, India (Nov. 13 2006)

Maindraw -
(1) AMANMURADOVA Akgul (UZB,227) bt VENKATARAMAN Archana (IND,766) 61 60
VAKARIA Meghha (IND,517) bt (Q) EASWARAMURTHI Ashmitha (IND,1247) 57 62 75
IYER Tara (IND,618) bt (Q) MALOO Parija (IND,1096) 64 61
(7) CHAKRAVARTHI Rushmi (IND,463) bt MANOHAR Geeta (IND,865) 64 63

(3) SZATMARI Agnes (ROM,325) bt POLUNINA Katerina (UKR,527) 63 64
PALKINA Ksenia (KGZ,625) bt (WC) TELTUMBDE Rashmi (IND,NR) 63 75
(Q) RANGANATHAN Madura (IND,1096) bt WANNASUK Nungnadda (THA,608) 62 63
(5) BHAMBRI Ankita (IND,418) bt GOSWAMI Parul (IND,675) 60 60

(6) LAKHANI Isha (IND,462) bt (WC) NADKARNI Prachi (IND,NR) 61 62
BHAMBRI Sanaa (IND,633) bt (WC) APPINENI Prerana-Mythri (IND,812) 75 64
PHADKE Sonal (IND,747) bt (Q) NANDAKUMAR Asha (IND,801) 67(5) 63 62
(4)PANOVA Olga (RUS,338) vs (Q) SOLANKI Kumari-Sweta (IND,1277) 60 76(5)

(8) RAKHIM Amina (KAZ,515) bt (Q) TOCHILOVSKAYA Elizaveta (RUS,791) 62 1-1 (Ret)
CLERICO Nicole (ITA,566) bt (Q) VENKATESHA Poojashree (IND,1086) 64 76(1)
BARR Cassandra (AUS,522) bt (Q) CHHETRI Vishika (IND,NR) 63 61
(2) TANGPHONG Montinee (THA,303) bt (WC) CHHEDA Krushmi (IND,1059) 57 61 64

Doubles -
(WC) IYER Tara (IND)/ WANNASUK Nungnadda (THA) bt CHHEDA Krushmi (IND)/ PHADKE Sonal (IND) 62 60
(4) BHAMBRI Sanaa (IND)/ VAKARIA Meghha (IND) bt (WC) MALOO Parija (IND)/ VENKATESHA Poojashree (IND) 63 46 61

CHHETRI Vishika (IND)/ NANDAKUMAR Asha (IND) bt CACIOTTI Martina (ITA)/ PEREIRA Liza (IND) 76(2) 62
(2) CLERICO Nicole (ITA)/ PALKINA Ksenia (KGZ) bt JAYRAM Jaylakshmy Sai (IND)/ VENKATARAMAN Archana (IND) 76(3) 63

(1) PANOVA Olga (RUS)/ SZATMARI Agnes bt (Q) RAKHIM Amina (KAZ,515)/ TOCHILOVSKAYA Elizaveta (RUS) w/o
GOSWAMI Parul (IND)/ MANOHAR Geeta (IND) bt SANDRI Gangothri (IND)/ POLUNINA Katerina (UKR) 63 61

(3) BHAMBRI Ankita (IND)/ CHAKRAVARTHI Rushmi (IND) bt (Q) STALLARD Sarah (GBR)/HEDGES Abby (AUS) 60 62
LAKHANI Isha (IND)/ RANGANATHAN Madura (IND) bt (WC) TULPULE Radhika (IND)/ TANGPHONG Montinee (THA) 64 76(1)
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At Tennis Masters Cup, Shanghai, China

Red Group (Round Robin) -

(6) Martin Damm (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) l (1) Bob Bryan (USA)/ Mike Bryan (USA) 26 76(4) 67(5)

At IBSF World Snooker Championships, Amman, Jordan (Knockout Stage)

Masters (Over 40s) -
[R16] Geet Sethi (IND) bt Leung-Sing Cheung (HKG) 4-0
[R16] Devendra Joshi (IND) bt Yiu-Chung Law (HKG) 4-0

[QF] Geet Sethi (IND) vs Mohammad Yousuf (PAK)
[QF] Devendra Joshi (IND) vs Danny Moermans (BEL)

Mens -
[R32] Pankaj Advani (IND) vs Phaitoon Phonbun (THA)
[R32] Manan Chandra (IND) vs Chris McBreen (NZL)

Ladies -
[QF] Anuja Thakur (IND) vs Angelique Vialard (FRA)
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Tennis News -
At Tennis Masters Cup, Shanghai, China

Red Group (Round Robin) -

(6) Martin Damm (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) l (4) Paul Hanley (AUS)/ Kevin Ullyett (ZIM) 67(6) 64 36
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At Womens $ 25 k Pune Challanger, India (Nov. 13 2006)

Final Qualifying Results -

Singles -
(1) TOCHILOVSKAYA Elizaveta (RUS) bt PHADKE Sagarika (IND) 61 60
(2) NANDAKUMAR Asha (IND) bt (WC) SUNDARAM Kelsey (USA) 75 75
(10) RANGANATHAN Madura (IND) bt ( 3) CACIOTTI Martina (ITA) 46 76(8) 62
EASWARAMURTHI Ashmitha (IND) bt (4) PEREIRA Liza (IND) 64 61
CHHETRI Vishika (IND) bt (WC) TULPULE Radhika (IND) 63 64
(6) MALOO Parija (IND) bt RAJUR Chirashanthi (IND) 61 62
(7) SOLANKI Kumari-Sweta (IND) bt (9) SANDRI Gangothri (IND) 62 64
(8) VENKATESHA Poojashree (IND) bt (13) HEDGES Abby (AUS) 62 63

Doubles -
TOCHILOVSKAYA Elizaveta (RUS)/ RAKHIM Amina (KAZ) bt APPINENI Prerana-Mythri (IND)/ PHADKE Sagarika (IND) 4-0 4-0
STALLARD Sarah (GBR)/HEDGES Abby (AUS) bt SHAH Ronak (IND)/ THAMMANNA Anushri (IND) 4-0 4-0

Maindraw -

(1) AMANMURADOVA Akgul (UZB) vs VENKATARAMAN Archana (IND)
VAKARIA Meghha (IND) vs (Q) EASWARAMURTHI Ashmitha (IND)

IYER Tara (IND) vs (Q) MALOO Parija (IND)
(7) CHAKRAVARTHI Rushmi (IND) vs MANOHAR Geeta (IND)

(3) SZATMARI Agnes (ROM) vs POLUNINA Katerina (UKR)
(WC) TELTUMBDE Rashmi (IND) vs PALKINA Ksenia (KGZ)

WANNASUK Nungnadda (THA) vs (Q) RANGANATHAN Madura (IND)
(5) BHAMBRI Ankita (IND) vs GOSWAMI Parul (IND)

(6) LAKHANI Isha (IND) vs (WC) NADKARNI Prachi (IND)
(WC) APPINENI Prerana-Mythri (IND) vs BHAMBRI Sanaa (IND)

(Q) NANDAKUMAR Asha (IND) vs PHADKE Sonal (IND)
(4)PANOVA Olga (RUS) vs (Q) SOLANKI Kumari-Sweta (IND)

(8) RAKHIM Amina (KAZ) vs (Q) TOCHILOVSKAYA Elizaveta (RUS)
(Q) VENKATESHA Poojashree (IND) vs CLERICO Nicole (ITA)

BARR Cassandra (AUS) vs (Q) CHHETRI Vishika (IND)
(2) TANGPHONG Montinee (THA) vs (WC) CHHEDA Krushmi (IND)

Snooker News -
At IBSF World Snooker Championships, Amman, Jordan

LADIES
GROUP A
Vidya Pillai (IND) l Wan-In Ip (HKG) 2-3
Vidya Pillai (IND) bt Mervat Mahmoud (JOR) w/o
Vidya Pillai (IND) bt Anne-Marie Reilly (SCO) 3-0
Vidya Pillai (IND) l Angelique Vialard (FRA) 0-3
Vidya Pillai (IND) bt Isabelle Jonckheere (BEL) 3-0
Vidya Pillai (IND) bt Kathy Parashis (AUS) 3-0
Vidya Pillai (IND) l Anita Rizzuti 1-3
Vidya Pillai (IND) bt Cathy Dunne 3-0

GROUP B
Anuja Thakur (IND) bt Ramona Belmont (NZL) 3-0
Anuja Thakur (IND) l Hanna Mergies (POL) 2-3
Anuja Thakur (IND) bt Inese Kazoka (LAT) 3-0
Anuja Thakur (IND) bt Bayan Abanda (JOR) 3-0
Anuja Thakur (IND) bt On-Yee Ng (HKG) 3-0
Anuja Thakur (IND) bt Fabienne Martin (FRA) 3-0
Anuja Thakur (IND) l Wendy Jans (BEL) 1-3
Anuja Thakur (IND) bt Janine Rollings (AUS) 3-0

MEN'S
GROUP G
Pankaj Advani (IND) bt Ashraf Kherfan (JOR) 4-0
Pankaj Advani (IND) bt Jaroslaw Kowalski (POL) 4-3
Pankaj Advani (IND) l Wai Ki Chan (HKG) 3-4
Pankaj Advani (IND) bt Itaro Santos (GER) 4-1
Pankaj Advani (IND) bt Salah Elsagezli (LIB) 4-0
Pankaj Advani (IND) l Andrew Pagett (WAL) 1-4
Pankaj Advani (IND) bt Mutalibe Allie (SAF) 4-0
Pankaj Advani (IND) bt Patrick Guigui (USA) 4-0
Pankaj Advani (IND) l Mohamad Al-Joker (UAE) 3-4
Pankaj Advani (IND) l Jurgen Vandenbossche (BEL) 2-4

GROUP H
Manan Chandra (IND) bt Ahmad Abdullah Aseery (UAE) 4-0
Manan Chandra (IND) bt Marcin Nitschke (POL) 4-1
Manan Chandra (IND) bt Basam Khalil (SYR) 4-2
Manan Chandra (IND) bt Hitesh Naran (SAF) 4-1
Manan Chandra (IND) bt Mohamed Hallak (JOR) 4-0
Manan Chandra (IND) l Lasse Munstermann (GER) 1-4
Manan Chandra (IND) l Steve Mifsud (AUS) 3-4
Manan Chandra (IND) bt Li Yan (HKG) 4-1
Manan Chandra (IND) bt Jim Reilly (SCO) 4-0

MASTERS (Over 40s)
GROUP B
Geet Sethi (IND) bt Mohammed Al Buainain (QAT) 3-0
Geet Sethi (IND) bt Thomas Beil (GER) 3-0
Geet Sethi (IND) bt Gilbert Engelbos (BEL) 3-1
Geet Sethi (IND) bt Hafez Al Saheb (JOR) 3-0
Geet Sethi (IND) bt Rocky Cribb (NZL) 3-0
Geet Sethi (IND) bt Mustafa Mahmoud (EGY) 3-0
Geet Sethi (IND) bt Yui-Chung Law (HKG) 3-0
Geet Sethi (IND) bt Joe Delaney (IRE) 3-2

GROUP D
Devendra Joshi (IND) bt Gamaal Soboh (JOR) 3-0
Devendra Joshi (IND) bt Essa Al Russi (UAE) 3-1
Devendra Joshi (IND) bt Ebrahim Al Fawdari (KUW) 3-0
Devendra Joshi (IND) bt Ebrahim Baghi (AUT) 3-1
Devendra Joshi (IND) bt Amr Essam (EGY) 3-1
Devendra Joshi (IND) bt Paul Asher (AUS) 3-1
Devendra Joshi (IND) bt Leung-Sing Cheung (HKG) 3-2
Devendra Joshi (IND) bt Ron Jones (WAL) 3-1

Geet Sethi and Devendra Joshi qualified for Masters Knockout stage with 100% win records.

Pankaj Advani and Manan Chandra qualified for Men’s knockout stage, but Pankaj having tough match against seeded Thai Phaitoon Phonbun due to his poor finish in group stage, where Pankaj finished on 4th position.

In Ladies section only Anuja Thakur managed to qualify for Knockout stage.

Golf News -
At HSBC Champions, Shanghai, China - Final Standing with earning
1 YANG Yong-eun 66 72 67 69 -14 € 655883.50
2 Tiger WOODS 72 64 73 67 -12 € 437268.79
T3 Retief GOOSEN 68 67 69 73 -11 € 221566.31
T3 Michael CAMPBELL 66 70 77 64 -11 € 221566.31
T6 Paul CASEY 73 68 68 71 -8 € 118063.75
T6 Padraig HARRINGTON 67 70 73 70 -8 € 118063.75
T6 Robert KARLSSON 73 68 69 70 -8 € 118063.75
T9 K J CHOI 68 72 71 70 -7 € 74222.75
T9 Jim FURYK 73 66 74 68 -7 € 74222.75
T9 Jyoti RANDHAWA 65 69 72 75 -7 € 74222.75
T14 Luke DONALD 70 69 71 72 -6 € 58323.49
T14 Colin MONTGOMERIE 69 70 76 67 -6 € 58323.49
17 Jeev Milkha SINGH 70 69 71 73 -5 € 53837.07
T18 Henrik STENSON 76 64 70 74 -4 € 51121.61
T18 Shiv KAPUR 71 67 74 72 -4 € 51121.61
T23 Camilo VILLEGAS 71 71 75 69 -2 € 42581.66
T26 Chris DIMARCO 70 74 73 70 -1 € 39630.07
T26 Gaurav GHEI 72 70 71 74 -1 € 39630.07
T47 David HOWELL 73 72 76 76 +9 € 18496.65
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Snooker News -
At IBSF World Snooker Championships, Amman, Jordan

LADIES
GROUP A
Vidya Pillai (IND) l Wan-In Ip (HKG) 2-3
Vidya Pillai (IND) bt Mervat Mahmoud (JOR) w/o
Vidya Pillai (IND) bt Anne-Marie Reilly (SCO) 3-0
Vidya Pillai (IND) l Angelique Vialard (FRA) 0-3
Vidya Pillai (IND) bt Isabelle Jonckheere (BEL) 3-0
Vidya Pillai (IND) bt Kathy Parashis (AUS) 3-0
Vidya Pillai (IND) l Anita Rizzuti 1-3
Vidya Pillai (IND) bt Cathy Dunne 3-0

GROUP B
Anuja Thakur (IND) bt Ramona Belmont (NZL) 3-0
Anuja Thakur (IND) l Hanna Mergies (POL) 2-3
Anuja Thakur (IND) bt Inese Kazoka (LAT) 3-0
Anuja Thakur (IND) bt Bayan Abanda (JOR) 3-0
Anuja Thakur (IND) bt On-Yee Ng (HKG) 3-0
Anuja Thakur (IND) bt Fabienne Martin (FRA) 3-0
Anuja Thakur (IND) l Wendy Jans (BEL) 1-3

MEN'S
GROUP G
Pankaj Advani (IND) bt Ashraf Kherfan (JOR) 4-0
Pankaj Advani (IND) bt Jaroslaw Kowalski (POL) 4-3
Pankaj Advani (IND) l Wai Ki Chan (HKG) 3-4
Pankaj Advani (IND) bt Itaro Santos (GER) 4-1
Pankaj Advani (IND) bt Salah Elsagezli (LIB) 4-0
Pankaj Advani (IND) l Andrew Pagett (WAL) 1-4
Pankaj Advani (IND) bt Mutalibe Allie (SAF) 4-0
Pankaj Advani (IND) bt Patrick Guigui (USA) 4-0

GROUP H
Manan Chandra (IND) bt Ahmad Abdullah Aseery (UAE) 4-0
Manan Chandra (IND) bt Marcin Nitschke (POL) 4-1
Manan Chandra (IND) bt Basam Khalil (SYR) 4-2
Manan Chandra (IND) bt Hitesh Naran (SAF) 4-1
Manan Chandra (IND) bt Mohamed Hallak (JOR) 4-0
Manan Chandra (IND) l Lasse Munstermann (GER) 1-4
Manan Chandra (IND) l Steve Mifsud (AUS) 3-4

MASTERS (Over 40s)
GROUP B
Geet Sethi (IND) bt Mohammed Al Buainain (QAT) 3-0
Geet Sethi (IND) bt Thomas Beil (GER) 3-0
Geet Sethi (IND) bt Gilbert Engelbos (BEL) 3-1
Geet Sethi (IND) bt Hafez Al Saheb (JOR) 3-0
Geet Sethi (IND) bt Rocky Cribb (NZL) 3-0
Geet Sethi (IND) bt Mustafa Mahmoud (EGY) 3-0
Geet Sethi (IND) bt Yui-Chung Law (HKG) 3-0
Geet Sethi (IND) bt Joe Delaney (IRE) 3-2

GROUP D
Devendra Joshi (IND) bt Gamaal Soboh (JOR) 3-0
Devendra Joshi (IND) bt Essa Al Russi (UAE) 3-1
Devendra Joshi (IND) bt Ebrahim Al Fawdari (KUW) 3-0
Devendra Joshi (IND) bt Ebrahim Baghi (AUT) 3-1
Devendra Joshi (IND) bt Amr Essam (EGY) 3-1
Devendra Joshi (IND) bt Paul Asher (AUS) 3-1
Devendra Joshi (IND) bt Leung-Sing Cheung (HKG) 3-2
Devendra Joshi (IND) bt Ron Jones (WAL) 3-1

Anuja Thakur also qualified for Knockout stage.

So now for Masters (Over 40s) knockout stage begins, Draw is not as per Indians liking as if they manages to win their matche s then they will face eachother in semis -

[PQF] Geet Sethi (IND) vs Leung-Sing Cheung (HKG)
[PQF] Devendra Joshi (IND) vs Yiu-Chung Law (HKG)

Golf News -
At HSBC Champions, Shanghai, China - Third Round

1 Retief GOOSEN 68 67 69 -12
2 YANG Yong-eun 66 72 67 -11
3 Jyoti RANDHAWA 65 69 72 -10
4 Marc WARREN 66 71 70 -9
T5 Tiger WOODS 72 64 73 -7
T5 Paul CASEY 73 68 68 -7
T5 Francesco MOLINARI 72 68 69 -7
T8 Henrik STENSON 76 64 70 -6
T8 Jeev Milkha SINGH 70 69 71 -6
T8 Padraig HARRINGTON 67 70 73 -6
T8 Robert KARLSSON 73 68 69 -6
T8 Luke DONALD 70 69 71 -6
T14 K J CHOI 68 72 71 -5
T17 Shiv KAPUR 71 67 74 -4
T19 Gaurav GHEI 72 70 71 -3
T19 Michael CAMPBELL 66 70 77 -3
T19 Jim FURYK 73 66 74 -3
T24 Colin MONTGOMERIE 69 70 76 -1
T29 Camilo VILLEGAS 71 71 75 +1
T29 Chris DIMARCO 70 74 73 +1
T42 David HOWELL 73 72 76 +5
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Badminton News -
At INCHEON WORLD JUNIOR BADMINTON CHAMPIONSHIPS 2006, South Korea

Girls Singles -

[F] (9/16) NEHWAL Saina (IND) l (1) WANG Yihan (CHN) 13-21 9-21
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At Big Boss Dutch Open 2006, Netherland

[QF] [IND] Ajay JAYARAM (IND) l Yun Yong WU (CHN) 15-21 11-21
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Snooker News -
At IBSF World Snooker Championships, Amman, Jordan

LADIES
GROUP A
Vidya Pillai (IND) l Wan-In Ip (HKG) 2-3
Vidya Pillai (IND) bt Mervat Mahmoud (JOR) w/o
Vidya Pillai (IND) bt Anne-Marie Reilly (SCO) 3-0
Vidya Pillai (IND) l Angelique Vialard (FRA) 0-3
Vidya Pillai (IND) bt Isabelle Jonckheere (BEL) 3-0
Vidya Pillai (IND) bt Kathy Parashis (AUS) 3-0

GROUP B
Anuja Thakur (IND) bt Ramona Belmont (NZL) 3-0
Anuja Thakur (IND) l Hanna Me

Badminton News -
At INCHEON WORLD JUNIOR BADMINTON CHAMPIONSHIPS 2006, South Korea

Girls Singles -

[SF] (9/16) NEHWAL Saina (IND) bt BAE Youn Joo (KOR) 25-23 21-13

[F] (9/16) NEHWAL Saina (IND) vs (1) WANG Yihan (CHN)
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At Big Boss Dutch Open 2006, Netherland

Mens -
[PQF] Ajay JAYARAM (IND) bt (9/16) Petr KOUKAL (CZE) 21-23 21-7 21-16

[QF] Ajay JAYARAM (IND) vs Yun Yong WU (CHN)

Womens -
[R2] Aditi MUTATKAR (IND) l (Q) Linling WANG (CHN) 17-21 15-21
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Tennis News -
At $10K Mallorca F3, Spain (Clay)

[R2] (6) NAGARAJ Sandhya (IND,568) l MITU Cristina-AndreeROM (ROM,969) 63 36 36
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At $75K Pittsburgh Challenger, PA, USA

[R2] UBEROI Neha (USA,231) l ARN Greta (GER,230) 36 57
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At $25K Mount Gambier Challenger, Australia

[QF] (4) RAO Sunitha (USA,222) l (5) GRANDIN Natalie (RSA,245)
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Golf News -
At HSBC Champions, Shanghai, China - Second Round

1 Jyoti RANDHAWA 65 69 -10
2 Retief GOOSEN 68 67 -9
T3 Tiger WOODS 72 64 -8
T3 Michael CAMPBELL 66 70 -8
T5 Padraig HARRINGTON 67 70 -7
T8 Shiv KAPUR 71 67 -6 (138)
T10 Jeev Milkha SINGH 70 69 -5
T10 Jim FURYK 73 66 -5
T10 Colin MONTGOMERIE 69 70 -5
T10 Luke DONALD 70 69 -5
T17 Henrik STENSON 76 64 -4
T17 K J CHOI 68 72 -4
T23 Paul CASEY 73 68 -3
T23 Robert KARLSSON 73 68 -3
T29 Gaurav GHEI 72 70 -2
T29 Camilo VILLEGAS 71 71 -2
T37 Chris DIMARCO 70 74 E
T41 David HOWELL 73 72 +1

Billiards News -
At IBSF World Snooker Championships, Amman, Jordan

LADIES
GROUP A
Vidya Pillai (IND) l Wan-In Ip (HKG) 2-3
Vidya Pillai (IND) bt Mervat Mahmoud (JOR) w/o
Vidya Pillai (IND) bt Anne-Marie Reilly (SCO) 3-0
Vidya Pillai (IND) l Angelique Vialard (FRA) 0-3
Vidya Pillai (IND) bt Isabelle Jonckheere (BEL) 3-0

GROUP B
Anuja Thakur (IND) bt Ramona Belmont (NZL) 3-0
Anuja Thakur (IND) l Hanna Mergies (POL) 2-3
Anuja Thakur (IND) bt Inese Kazoka (LAT) 3-0
Anuja Thakur (IND) bt Bayan Abanda (JOR) 3-0
Anuja Thakur (IND) bt On-Yee Ng (HKG) 3-0

MEN'S
GROUP G
Pankaj Advani (IND) bt Ashraf Kherfan (JOR) 4-0
Pankaj Advani (IND) bt Jaroslaw Kowalski (POL) 4-3
Pankaj Advani (IND) l Wai Ki Chan (HKG) 3-4
Pankaj Advani (IND) bt Itaro Santos (GER) 4-1
Pankaj Advani (IND) bt Salah Elsagezli (LIB) 4-0

GROUP H
Manan Chandra (IND) bt Ahmad Abdullah Aseery (UAE) 4-0
Manan Chandra (IND) bt Marcin Nitschke (POL) 4-1
Manan Chandra (IND) bt Basam Khalil (SYR) 4-2
Manan Chandra (IND) bt Hitesh Naran (SAF) 4-1
Manan Chandra (IND) bt Mohamed Hallak (JOR) 4-0

MASTERS (Over 40s)
GROUP B
Geet Sethi (IND) bt Mohammed Al Buainain (QAT) 3-0
Geet Sethi (IND) bt Thomas Beil (GER) 3-0
Geet Sethi (IND) bt Gilbert Engelbos (BEL) 3-1
Geet Sethi (IND) bt Hafez Al Saheb (JOR) 3-0
Geet Sethi (IND) bt Rocky Cribb (NZL) 3-0
Geet Sethi (IND) bt Mustafa Mahmoud (EGY) 3-0

GROUP D
Devendra Joshi (IND) bt Gamaal Soboh (JOR) 3-0
Devendra Joshi (IND) bt Essa Al Russi (UAE) 3-1
Devendra Joshi (IND) bt Ebrahim Al Fawdari (KUW) 3-0
Devendra Joshi (IND) bt Ebrahim Baghi (AUT) 3-1
Devendra Joshi (IND) bt Amr Essam (EGY) 3-1
Devendra Joshi (IND) bt Paul Asher (AUS) 3-1

Golf News -
At HSBC Champions, Shanghai, China - First Round
(Indian players standing with some big names)

1 Jyoti RANDHAWA 65 -7
T5 Padraig HARRINGTON 67 -5
T7 Retief GOOSEN 68 -4
T7 K J CHOI 68 -4
T12 Colin MONTGOMERIE 69 -3
T15 Jeev Milkha SINGH 70 -2
T15 Luke DONALD 70 -2
T18 Camilo VILLEGAS 71 -1
T18 Shiv KAPUR 71 -1
T27 Gaurav GHEI 72 E
T27 Tiger WOODS 72 E
T38 David HOWELL 73 +1
T38 Paul CASEY 73 +1
T38 Robert KARLSSON 73 +1
T38 Jim FURYK 73 +1
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Badminton News -
At INCHEON WORLD JUNIOR BADMINTON CHAMPIONSHIPS 2006, South Korea

Girls Singles -
[QF] (9/16) NEHWAL Saina (IND) bt (3/4)LIU Jie (CHN) 21-18 21-8

[SF] (9/16) NEHWAL Saina (IND) vs BAE Youn Joo (KOR)

Doubles -
[PQF] (5/8) SANYAL Jishnu (IND)/ DIWALKAR Akshay (IND) bt ELLIS Marcus (ENG)/ VICTOR Liew (ENG) 21-15 21-12

[QF] (5/8) SANYAL Jishnu (IND)/ DIWALKAR Akshay (IND) l (3/4) LIM Khim Wah (MAS)/ MAK Hee Chun (MAS) 16-21 17-21
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At Big Boss Dutch Open 2006, Netherland

Mens -
[Q1] Ankit KUMAR (IND) l Edwin EKIRING (UGA) 9-21 8-21

[R1] P. KASHYAP (IND) bt Koen RIDDER (NED) 22-20 21-10
[R1] Anand PAWAR (IND) bt (Q) Julien TCHORYK (FRA) 21-18 21-8
[R1] Ajay JAYARAM (IND) bt Luka PETRIC (SLO) 21-11 21-12
[R1] (5/8) Anup SRIDHAR (IND) bt Kevin CORDON (GUA) 21-17 21-17

[R2] P. KASHYAP (IND) l (9/16) Niels Christian KALDAU (DEN) 23-21 16-21 16-21
[R2] Anand PAWAR (IND) l Yun Yong WU (CHN) 15-21 17-21
[R2] (5/8) Anup SRIDHAR (IND) l Nathan RICE (ENG) 21-9 19-21 18-21
[R2] Ajay JAYARAM (IND) bt (Q) Endra KURNIAWAN (GER) 21-14 21-10

[PQF] Ajay JAYARAM (IND) vs (9/16) Petr KOUKAL (CZE)

Womens -
[R1] Aditi MUTATKAR (IND) bt (Q) Xian LI 18-21 21-17 21-14

[R2] Aditi MUTATKAR (IND) vs (Q) Linling WANG (CHN)
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Tennis News -
At $10K Mallorca F3, Spain (Clay)

[R1] (6) NAGARAJ Sandhya (IND,568) bt (Q) KUMAR Mishma (AUS,NR) 61 64

[R2] (6) NAGARAJ Sandhya (IND,568) vs MITU Cristina-AndreeROM (ROM,969)

Doubles -
[QF] NAGARAJ Sandhya (IND)/ SOLSONA Sheila (ESP) l (4) OBREZ Tina (SLO)/ PRISLAN Anja (SLO) 36 16
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At $75K Pittsburgh Challenger, PA, USA

[R1] UBEROI Neha (USA,231) bt (1) ARVIDSSON Sofia( SWE,43) 75 26 63

[R2] UBEROI Neha (USA,231) vs ARN Greta (GER,230)
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At $25K Mount Gambier Challenger, Australia

[R2] (4) RAO Sunitha (USA,222) bt (WC) KRIZ Nicole (AUS,414) 61 64

[QF] (4) RAO Sunitha (USA,222) vs (5) GRANDIN Natalie (RSA,245)

Doubles -
[SF] (2) DELL'ACQUA Casey (AUS)/ RAO Sunitha (USA) l (4) DOMINIKOVIC Daniella (AUS )/ FERGUSON Sophie (AUS) 36 76(8) 62

Billiards News -
At IBSF World Snooker Championships, Amman, Jordan
LADIES
GROUP A
Vidya Pillai (IND) l Wan-In Ip (HKG) 2-3
Vidya Pillai (IND) bt Mervat Mahmoud (JOR) w/o
Vidya Pillai (IND) bt Anne-Marie Reilly (SCO) 3-0
Vidya Pillai (IND) l Angelique Vialard (FRA) 0-3

GROUP B
Anuja Thakur (IND) bt Ramona Belmont (NZL) 3-0
Anuja Thakur (IND) l Hanna Mergies (POL) 2-3
Anuja Thakur (IND) bt Inese Kazoka (LAT) 3-0
Anuja Thakur (IND) bt Bayan Abanda (JOR) 3-0

MEN'S
GROUP G
Pankaj Advani (IND) bt Ashraf Kherfan (JOR) 4-0
Pankaj Advani (IND) bt Jaroslaw Kowalski (POL) 4-3
Pankaj Advani (IND) l Wai Ki Chan (HKG) 3-4
Pankaj Advani (IND) bt Itaro Santos (GER) 4-1

GROUP H
Manan Chandra (IND) bt Ahmad Abdullah Aseery (UAE) 4-0
Manan Chandra (IND) bt Marcin Nitschke (POL) 4-1
Manan Chandra (IND) bt Basam Khalil (SYR) 4-0
Manan Chandra (IND) bt Hitesh Naran (SAF) 4-1

MASTERS (Over 40s)
GROUP B
Geet Sethi (IND) bt Mohammed Al Buainain (QAT) 3-0
Geet Sethi (IND) bt Thomas Beil (GER) 3-0
Geet Sethi (IND) bt Gilbert Engelbos (BEL) 3-1
Geet Sethi (IND) bt Hafez Al Saheb (JOR) 3-0
Geet Sethi (IND) bt Rocky Cribb (NZL) 3-0

GROUP D
Devendra Joshi (IND) bt Gamaal Soboh (JOR) 3-0
Devendra Joshi (IND) bt Essa Al Russi (UAE) 3-1
Devendra Joshi (IND) bt Ebrahim Al Fawdari (KUW) 3-0
Devendra Joshi (IND) bt Ebrahim Baghi (AUT) 3-1
Devendra Joshi (IND) bt Amr Essam (EGY) 3-0

Tennis News -
At $75K Pittsburgh Challenger, PA, USA

Doubles -
[R1] (4) UBEROI Neha (USA)/ UHLIROVA Vladimira (CZE) l FUSANO Christina (USA)/ TSOUBANOS Aleke (USA) 46 57
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At $10K Mallorca F3, Spain (Clay)

Doubles -
[R1] NAGARAJ Sandhya (IND)/ SOLSONA Sheila (ESP) bt LOPEZ BLANCO Carmen (ESP)/ RUIZ FERNANDE Ana (ESP) 60 64

[QF] NAGARAJ Sandhya (IND)/ SOLSONA Sheila (ESP) vs (4) OBREZ Tina (SLO)/ PRISLAN Anja (SLO)
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At $25K Mount Gambier Challenger, Australia

[R1] (4) RAO Sunitha (USA,222) bt SRNDOVIC Aleksandra (SWE,375) 62 76(5)

[R2] (4) RAO Sunitha (USA,222) vs (WC) KRIZ Nicole (AUS,414)

Doubles -
[QF] (2) DELL'ACQUA Casey (AUS)/ RAO Sunitha (USA) bt DE GUBERNATIS Claire (FRA)/ HARING Florence (FRA) 63 63

[SF] (2) DELL'ACQUA Casey (AUS)/ RAO Sunitha (USA) vs (4) DOMINIKOVIC Daniella (AUS )/ FERGUSON Sophie (AUS)
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Badminton News -
At INCHEON WORLD JUNIOR BADMINTON CHAMPIONSHIPS 2006

Boys Singles -
[PQF] NANDALURI Srujan (IND) l (1) TAGO Kenichi (JPN) 10-21 19-21

Doubles -
[PQF] (5/8) SANYAL Jishnu (IND)/ DIWALKAR Akshay (IND) vs ELLIS Marcus (ENG)/ VICTOR Liew (ENG)

Girls Singles -
[PQF] (9/16) NEHWAL Saina (IND) bt (5/8) JANG Soo Young (KOR) 21-17 21-16

[QF] (9/16) NEHWAL Saina (IND) vs (3/4)LIU Jie (CHN)

Billiards News -
At IBSF World Snooker Championships, Amman, Jordan

LADIES
GROUP A
Vidya Pillai (IND) l Wan-In Ip (HKG) 2-3
Vidya Pillai (IND) bt Mervat Mahmoud (JOR) w/o
Vidya Pillai (IND) bt Anne-Marie Reilly (SCO) 3-0

GROUP B
Anuja Thakur (IND) bt Ramona Belmont (NZL) 3-0
Anuja Thakur (IND) l Hanna Mergies (POL) 2-3

MEN'S
GROUP G
Pankaj Advani (IND) bt Ashraf Kherfan (JOR) 4-0
Pankaj Advani (IND) bt Jaroslaw Kowalski (POL) 4-3
Pankaj Advani (IND) l Wai Ki Chan (HKG) 3-4
Pankaj Advani (IND) bt Itaro Santos (GER) 4-1

GROUP H
Manan Chandra (IND) bt Ahmad Abdullah Aseery (UAE) 4-0
Manan Chandra (IND) bt Marcin Nitschke (POL) 4-1
Manan Chandra (IND) bt Basam Khalil (SYR) 4-0
Manan Chandra (IND) bt Hitesh Naran (SAF) 4-1

MASTERS (Over 40s)
GROUP B
Geet Sethi (IND) bt Mohammed Al Buainain (QAT) 3-0
Geet Sethi (IND) bt Thomas Beil (GER) 3-0
Geet Sethi (IND) bt Gilbert Engelbos (BEL) 3-1

GROUP D
Devendra Joshi (IND) bt Gamaal Soboh (JOR) 3-0
Devendra Joshi (IND) bt Essa Al Russi (UAE) 3-1
Devendra Joshi (IND) bt Ebrahim Al Fawdari (KUW) 3-0
Devendra Joshi (IND) bt Ebrahim Baghi (AUT) 3-1
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Tennis News -
At $75K Pittsburgh Challenger, PA, USA

[R1] (1) ARVIDSSON Sofia( SWE,43) vs UBEROI Neha (USA,231)

Doubles -
[R1] (4) UBEROI Neha (USA)/ UHLIROVA Vladimira (CZE) vs FUSANO Christina (USA)/ TSOUBANOS Aleke (USA)
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At $10K Mallorca F3, Spain (Clay)

[R1] (6) NAGARAJ Sandhya (IND,568) vs (Q) KUMAR Mishma (AUS,NR)

Doubles -
[R1] NAGARAJ Sandhya (IND)/ SOLSONA Sheila (ESP) vs LOPEZ BLANCO Carmen (ESP)/ RUIZ FERNANDE Ana (ESP)
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At $15K Iran F6 (Clay)

[R1] PATHANJALI Ravi-Shankar (IND,672) l JARC Rok (SLO,754) 63 67(4) 26
[R1] SINGH Navdeep (IND,692) l PUNTUS Egor (BLR,920) 67(2) 16

Doubles -
[R1] (3) PATHANJALI Ravi-Shankar/ SINGH Navdeep (IND) vs NOVAK Georg (AUT)/ SCHRANZ Wolfgang (AUT)
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At $25K Mount Gambier Challenger, Australia

Doubles -
[R1] (2) DELL'ACQUA Casey (AUS)/ RAO Sunitha (USA) bt D'AMELIO Lisa (AUS)/ GOLDS Shannon (AUS) 64 62

[QF] (2) DELL'ACQUA Casey (AUS)/ RAO Sunitha (USA) vs DE GUBERNATIS Claire (FRA)/ HARING Florence (FRA)
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Badminton News -

World Junior Championship is going on in South Korea ... India finished on 8th position in team events.

Currently Individual events r reached into final stages ... In singles Srujan and Saina r in prequarter finals and in doubles Jishnu and Akshay's pair in prequarter finals.

At INCHEON WORLD JUNIOR BADMINTON CHAMPIONSHIPS 2006

Boys Singles -
[R1] NANDALURI Srujan (IND) bt FAHLSTROM Henrik (SWE) 21-14 21-17
[R1] SAHA Ratikanta (IND) bt DENNERLY-MINTURN (NZL) 21-18 21-4
[R1] DIWALKAR Akshay (IND) bt KRASTEV Ilian (BUL) 21-11 21-9
[R1] SANYAL Jishnu (IND) bt DE VINATEA Antonio (PER) 21-13 21-15

[R2] NANDALURI Srujan (IND) bt (9/16) WONG Shu Ki (HKG) 21-14 22-20
[R2] SAHA Ratikanta (IND) bt GUNARATNE Saliya (AUS) 21-13 21-17
[R2] DIWALKAR Akshay (IND) bt KUNDAKCI Goksel (TUR) 21-17 21-15
[R2] SANYAL Jishnu (IND) bt THNG Boon Seong (SIN) 19-21 21-15 21-17

[R3] NANDALURI Srujan (IND) bt IP Tang Fai (MAC) 21-5 21-8
[R3] SAHA Ratikanta (IND) l (9/16) LIM Fang Yang (MAS) 11-21 13-21
[R3] DIWALKAR Akshay (IND) l (9/16) HONG Ji Hoon (KOR) 9-21 10-21
[R3] SANYAL Jishnu (IND) l (3/4) SUGIARTO Tommy (INA) 19-21 13-21

[PQF] NANDALURI Srujan (IND) vs (1) TAGO Kenichi (JPN)

Doubles -
[R1] (5/8) SANYAL Jishnu (IND)/ DIWALKAR Akshay (IND) Bye
[R1] GURUSAI DATT R.m.v (IND)/ Tarun (IND) bt IP Tang Fai (MAC)/ LEI Tat (MAC) 21-9 21-8

[R2] (5/8) SANYAL Jishnu (IND)/ DIWALKAR Akshay (IND) bt KOSENKO Gordej (RUS)/ KLIMKOVIAN Evgeny (RUS) 21-19 20-22 21-9
[R2] GURUSAI DATT R.m.v (IND)/ Tarun (IND) l (5/8) KURNIAWAN Fernando (INA)/ (CJ) Subakti (INA) 22-20 11-21 12-21

[PQF] (5/8) SANYAL Jishnu (IND)/ DIWALKAR Akshay (IND) vs ELLIS Marcus (ENG)/ VICTOR Liew (ENG)

Girls Singles -
[R1] PANTAWANE Arundathi (IND) bt BASHEER Palwasha (PAK) w/o
[R1] (9/16) NEHWAL Saina (IND) Bye
[R1] PANAPPA Ashwini (IND) l TAMAKI Eriko (JPN) 14-21 16-21

[R2] PANTAWANE Arundathi (IND) bt HOGSTROM Amanda (SWE) 21-15 21-19
[R2] (9/16) NEHWAL Saina (IND) bt KURNIAWAN Sylviana (INA) 21-14 18-21 21-16

[R3] PANTAWANE Arundathi (IND) l (9/16) BURANAPRASERTSUK (THA) 14-21 21-18 19-21
[R3] (9/16) NEHWAL Saina (IND) bt SUKUMARAN (MAS) 21-8 21-7

[PQF] (9/16) NEHWAL Saina (IND) vs (5/8) JANG Soo Young (KOR)

Doubles -
[R1] PANAPPA Ashwini (IND)/ SASALE Nitya (IND) bt THNG Ting (SIN)/ POO Jill Vanessa (SIN) 21-6 21-16

[R2] PANAPPA Ashwini (IND)/ SASALE Nitya (IND) l YOO Hyun Young (KOR)/ JUNG Kyung Eun (KOR) 15-21 9-21

Mixed Doubles -
[R1] Tarun (IND)/ SASALE Nitya (IND) Bye
[R1] NANDALURI Srujan (IND)/ PANAPPA Ashwini (IND) l LI Tian (CHN)/ MA Jin (CHN) 15-21 16-21

[R2] Tarun (IND)/ SASALE Nitya (IND) l (9/16) ADCOCK Chris (ENG)/ WHITE Gabriela (ENG) 12-21 10-21

Golf News -
At Asahiryokuken Yomiuri Memorial - Final Standing (JPGA Tour)

2 Jeev Milkha Singh 66 65 67 73 -17 ￥10,000,000
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Tennis News -
At $50K Nashville Challenger, USA

[Q2] Harsh Mankad (IND,318) l (4) Simon Stadler (GER,246) 26 26
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At $25K Mount Gambier Challenger, Australia

[R1] (4) RAO Sunitha (USA,222) vs SRNDOVIC Aleksandra (SWE,375)

Doubles -
[R1] (2) DELL'ACQUA Casey (AUS)/ RAO Sunitha (USA) vs D'AMELIO Lisa (AUS)/ GOLDS Shannon (AUS)
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Billiards News -
At IBSF World Snooker Championships, Amman, Jordan

MEN'S -
Group G
Pankaj Advani (IND) bt Ashraf Kherfan (JOR) 4-0

Group H
Manan Chandra (IND) bt Ahmad Abdullah Aseery (UAE) 4-0

Golf News -
At Asahiryokuken Yomiuri Memorial - Fourth Round (JPGA Tour)

T1 Jeev Milkha Singh 66 65 67 +1 after 13 holes -17
T1 Tatsu Ichihara 69 66 68 -4 after 13 holes -17
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Tennis News -
At $50K Nashville Challenger, USA

[Q1] Harsh Mankad (IND,318) bt David Martin (USA,528) 64 76(6)

[Q2] Harsh Mankad (IND,318) vs (4) Simon Stadler (GER,246)

Golf News -
At Asahiryokuken Yomiuri Memorial - Third Round (JPGA Tour)

1 Jeev Milkha Singh 66 65 67 -18
2 Yoshikazu Haku 68 66 67 -15
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Tennis News -
At $50K Nashville Challenger, USA

[Q1] Harsh Mankad (IND,318) vs David Martin (USA,528)

Badminton News -
At $170K DENMARK OPEN 2006 (5 Star Tournament)

[R2] MUTATKAR Aditi (IND,104) l LU Lan (CHN,7) 13-21 14-21

[PQF] KANETKAR Nikhil (IND,97) l AYOB Sairul Amar (MAS,19) 9-21 11-21
[PQF] ANAND Chetan (IND,30) l (2) CHEN Hong (CHN,6) 16-21 15-21

Doubles -
[R2] GUTTA Jwala (IND)/ KURIEN Shruti (IND) l (2) NOVITA Jo (INA)/ POLII Greysia (INA) 18-21 14-21
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Tennis News -
At $175K Challenge Bell Open, Quebec City, Canada

Doubles -
[QF] UBEROI Shikha (IND)/ UBEROI Neha (USA) l GRANVILLE Laura (USA)/ GULLICKSON Carly (USA) 06 16
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At $10K Erding futures, Germany

[R2] NAGARAJ Sandhya (IND,572) l (5) VESELINOVIC Ana (SCG,466) 36 67(3)
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At $ 15 K Iran F5, ( Clay )

Doubles -
[QF] (4) Ravishankar Pathanjali (IND)/ Navdeep Singh (IND) vs Georg Novak (AUT)/ Wolfgang Schranz (AUT)
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Golf News -
At Asahiryokuken Yomiuri Memorial - Second Round (JPGA Tour)

1 Jeev Milkha Singh 66 65 -13
2 Tetsuji Hiratsuka 67 65 -12
3 Ik-Je Chang 66 67 -11

Badminton News -
At $170K DENMARK OPEN 2006 (5 Star Tournament)

Main Draw -
[R2] (Q) PAWAR Anand (IND,131) l AYOB Sairul Amar (MAS,19) 21-16 10-21 16-21
[R2] ANAND Chetan (IND,30) bt MIKKELSEN Peter (DEN,62) 21-18 21-18

[R2] MUTATKAR Aditi (IND,104) vs LU Lan (CHN,7)

[PQF] KANETKAR Nikhil (IND,97) vs AYOB Sairul Amar (MAS,19)
[PQF] ANAND Chetan (IND,30) vs (2) CHEN Hong (CHN,6)

[R1] GUTTA Jwala (IND)/ KURIEN Shruti (IND) bt CONNOR Hayley (ENG)/ HOWARD Rachel (ENG) 18-21 22-20 21-16
[R2] GUTTA Jwala (IND)/ KURIEN Shruti (IND) vs NOVITA Jo (INA)/ POLII Greysia (INA)
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Tennis News -
At $175K Challenge Bell Open, Quebec City, Canada

Doubles -
[R1] UBEROI Shikha (IND)/ UBEROI Neha (USA) bt (1) RODIONOVA Anastassia (RUS)/ VOSKOBOEVA Galina (RUS) 46 76(6) 63

[QF] UBEROI Shikha (IND)/ UBEROI Neha (USA) vs GRANVILLE Laura (USA)/ GULLICKSON Carly (USA)
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At $50K Louisville Challenger, KY, USA

[R2] MANKAD Harsh (IND,318) l (3) DELIC Amer (USA,135) 67(5) 16
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At $10K Erding futures, Germany

[R1] NAGARAJ Sandhya (IND,572) bt (Q) WELLAUER Vanessa (SUI,832) 75 61

[R2] NAGARAJ Sandhya (IND,572) vs (5) VESELINOVIC Ana (SCG,466)
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At $ 15 K Iran F5, ( Clay )

[R1] Rok Jarc (SLO,748) bt Navdeep Singh (IND,689) 60 62
[R1] (LL)Egor Puntus (BLR,917) bt Ravishankar Pathanjali (IND,670) 36 61 63

Doubles -
[R1] (4) Ravishankar Pathanjali (IND)/ Navdeep Singh (IND) bt (WC) Mohammed Mohazebnia (IRI)/ Omid Souri (IRI) 75 63
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Golf News -
At Asahiryokuken Yomiuri Memorial - First Round (JPGA Tour)

T1 Jeev Milkha Singh 66 -6

Badminton News -
At $170K DENMARK OPEN 2006 (5 Star Tournament)

[Q2] KURIAN Shruti S. (IND,NR) l JIANI Cai (CHN,NR) 9-21 11-21
[Q2] GUTTA Jwala P (IND,183) l GUO Xin (CHN,NR) 12-21 8-21

Main Draw -
[R1] SRIDHAR Anup (IND,34) bt KHRISHNAN Yogendran (MAS,57) 21-12 21-6
[R1] KANETKAR Nikhil (IND,97) bt SPITKO Roman (GER,45) 22-20 16-21 21-9
[R1] (Q) PAWAR Anand (IND,131) bt WOJCIKIEWICZ Stephan (CAN,50) 21-18 14-21 21-14
[R1] P Kashyap (IND,64) l AYOB Sairul Amar (MAS,19) 11-21 14-21
[R1] ANAND Chetan (IND,30) bt KEHLHOFFNER Erwin (FRA,79) 21-9 21-17

[R2] SRIDHAR Anup (IND,34) l PALYAMA Dicky (NED,16) 9-21 15-21
[R2] KANETKAR Nikhil (IND,97) bt ØDUM Kasper (DEN,31) 21-16 22-20
[R2] (Q) PAWAR Anand (IND,131) vs AYOB Sairul Amar (MAS,19)
[R2] ANAND Chetan (IND,30) vs MIKKELSEN Peter (DEN,62)
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Tennis News -
At $50K Louisville Challenger, KY, USA

Doubles -
[R1] (PR) MANKAD Harsh (IND)/ MARSHALL Jason (USA) l ARMANDO Hugo (USA)/ GONZALEZ Santiago (USA) 67(4) 36
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At $10K Erding futures, Germany

[R1] NAGARAJ Sandhya (IND,572) vs (Q) WELLAUER Vanessa (SUI,832)

[R1] KAMBIC Maja (SLO)/ NAGARAJ Sandhya (IND) l GOERGES Julia (GER)/ KILLI Katharina (GER) 63 36 46
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At $15k AUS F13, Australia

[R1] UPPAL Vishal (IND,846) l (SE) GROTH Samuel (AUS,920) 36 63 57

[R1] BEZERUK Yuri (AUS)/ UPPAL Vishal (IND) l (4) BRUNSTROM Johan (SWE)/ STOLT Philip (USA) 46 46
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At $50K Shanghai Challenger, China

[R1] RAO Sunitha (USA,222) l (8) ZAHLAVOVA Sandra (CZE,149) 16 76(1) 36

Doubles -
[R1] (1) RAO Sunitha (USA)/ KUDRYAVTSEVA Alla (RUS) l AMANMURADOVA Akgul (UZB)/ TULYAGANOVA Iroda (UZB) 67(2) 75 67(3)