Tennis News -
At Wimbledon 2007,

Doubles -
[R2] (16) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Shahar Peer (ISR) vs Agnes Szavay (HUN)/ Vladimira Uhlirova (CZE)

Mixed Doubles -
[R1] Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Sania Mirza (IND) vs David Skoch (CZE)/ Janette Husarova (SVK)

[R2] Leander Paes (IND)/ Meghann Shaughnessy (USA) vs Jaroslav Levinsky (CZE)/Renata Voracova (CZE)

Boys Singles -
[R1] Rupesh Roy (IND) vs Sean Thornley (GBR)
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Golf News -
At Buick Open - Second Round (USPGA Tour)

T20 Daniel Chopra (SWE) 70 68 - 6
T57 Arjun Atwal (IND) 70 71 - 3
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Chess News -
At Sparkassen Chess Meeting, Dortmund, Germany

Round 5 -
Mamedyarov - Anand 1/2
Carlsen - Gelfand 1/2
Leko - Kramnik 1/2
Naiditsch - Alekseev 1/2

Standings after Round 5 -
1 Kramnik 3.5
2-3 Anand, Alekseev 3
3-6 Leko, Mamedyarov 2.5
6-7 Gelfand, Carlsen 2
8 Naiditsch 1.5

Tennis News -
At Wimbledon 2007,

Doubles -
[R2] (16) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Shahar Peer (ISR) vs Agnes Szavay (HUN)/ Vladimira Uhlirova (CZE)

Mixed Doubles -
[R1] Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Sania Mirza (IND) vs David Skoch (CZE)/ Janette Husarova (SVK)

[R2] Leander Paes (IND)/ Meghann Shaughnessy (USA) vs Jaroslav Levinsky (CZE)/Renata Voracova (CZE)

Boys Singles -
[R1] Rupesh Roy (IND) vs Sean Thornley (GBR)
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Golf News -
At Buick Open - Second Round (USPGA Tour)

T20 Daniel Chopra (SWE) 70 68 - 6
T57 Arjun Atwal (IND) 70 71 - 3

Tennis News -
At 2007 Wimbledon,

Doubles -
[R2] (5) Martin Damm (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt James Auckland (GBR)/ Stephen Huss (AUS) 76(4) 76(4) 36 76(3)
[R1] Sania Mirza (IND)/ Shahar Peer (ISR) bt (Q) Sofia Arvidsson (SWE)/ Lilia Osterloh (USA) 75 63

Junior Girls singles qualifying draw -
[Q1] (1/WC) Dominice Ripoll (GER,38) bt Shivika Burman (IND,140) 63 62
[Q1] Adnya Naik (IND,250) bt (10) Nadejda Guskova (RUS,105) 62 60

[Q2] Adnya Naik (IND,250) l (6) Sally Peers (AUS,88) 16 36
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At $25K Istanbul-Kemerburgaz Challenger, Turkey

[R2] (Q) BHAMBRI Ankita (IND,529) l JOHANSSON Michaela (SWE,385) 46 16
[R2] (Q) Isha Lakhani (IND,530) l (WC) Cagla Byukakcay (TUR,585) 26 1-3 (retd)
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Golf News -
At Buick Open - First Round (USPGA Tour)

T46 Daniel Chopra (SWE) 70 - 2
T46 Arjun Atwal (IND) 70 - 2
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At UBS Japan Golf Tour Championship Shishido Hills 2007 - Second Round

---------- Cut @ +6 ------------
T109 Gaurav GHEI 75 77 + 12
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At Open de France ALSTOM, Paris, France - Second Round

T8 RANDHAWA Jyoti 68 72 - 2
T28 Jeev Milkha Singh 71 72 + 1
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T123 KAPUR Shiv 75 77 +12

Tennis News -
At 2007 Wimbledon,

[R2] Sania Mirza (IND,46) l (11) Nadia Petrova (RUS,9) 26 26

[R2] (Q) Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK,259) l (26) Marat Safin (RUS,24) 46 26 67(4)

Doubles -
[R1] (5) Martin Damm (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt Chris Haggard (RSA)/ Marcin Matkowski (POL) 76(4) 63 75

Mixed Doubles -
[R1] Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Sania Mirza (IND) vs David Skoch (CZE)/ Janette Husarova (SVK)

[R1] (8) Leander Paes (IND)/ Meghann Shaughnessy (USA) Bye
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At $25K Istanbul-Kemerburgaz Challenger, Turkey

[R1] (Q) BHAMBRI Ankita (IND,529) bt (WC) DOGAN Tugce (TUR,UNR) 64 62
[R1] (Q) BHAMBRI Sanaa (IND,508) l (4) ALVES Maria-Fernanda (BRA,269) 16 63 26
[R1] (Q) LAKHANI Isha (IND,530) bt (2) ADAMCZAK Monique (AUS,202) 75 63

[R2] (Q) BHAMBRI Ankita (IND,529) vs JOHANSSON Michaela (SWE,385)
[R2] (Q) LAKHANI Isha (IND,530) vs (WC) BUYUKAKCAY Cagla (TUR,585)

Doubles -
[QF] CHAKRAVARTHI Rushmi (IND)/ LAKHANI Isha (IND) l (1) ADAMCZAK Monique (AUS)/ LUZHANSKA Tetiana (UKR) 64 36 06
[QF] BHAMBRI Ankita (IND)/ BHAMBRI Sanaa (IND) l GERASIMOU Anna (GRE)/ KARAIEVA Farida (UKR) 46 16
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Chess News -
At Dortmund 2007, (category 20 tournament)

Round 4 -
Anand – Naiditsch 1-0
Alekseev – Leko 1/2
Kramnik – Carlsen 1-0
Gelfand – Mamedyarov 1/2

Standing after 4th round -
Kramnik 3.0; Anand and Alekseev 2.5; Mamedyarov and Leko 2.0; Carlsen and Gelfand 1.5; Naiditsch 1.0
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Golf News -
At UBS Japan Golf Tour Championship ShishidoHills 2007 - First Round

T98 Gaurav GHEI 75 +5
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At Open de France ALSTOM, Paris, France - First Round

T8 RANDHAWA Jyoti 68 - 3
T38 Jeev Milkha Singh 71 Par
T102 KAPUR Shiv 75 + 3

Tennis News -
At 2007 Wimbledon,

[R1] Sania Mirza (IND,46) bt Yaroslava Shvedova (RUS,80) 60 63

[R2] Sania Mirza (IND,46) vs (11) Nadia Petrova (RUS,9)
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At $25K Istanbul-Kemerburgaz Challenger, Turkey

[R1] CHAKRAVARTHI Rushmi (IND,389) l (1) NAGY Kyra (HUN,145) 36 36

Doubles -
[R1] CHAKRAVARTHI Rushmi (IND)/ LAKHANI Isha (IND) bt DOGAN Tugce (TUR)/ SEZER Melis (TUR) 76(2) 60
[R1] BHAMBRI Ankita (IND)/ BHAMBRI Sanaa (IND) bt VELIEVA Huliya (BUL)/ VELIEVA Lyutfya (BUL) 61 64

[QF] CHAKRAVARTHI Rushmi (IND)/ LAKHANI Isha (IND) vs (1) ADAMCZAK Monique (AUS)/ LUZHANSKA Tetiana (UKR)
[QF] BHAMBRI Ankita (IND)/ BHAMBRI Sanaa (IND) vs GERASIMOU Anna (GRE)/ KARAIEVA Farida (UKR)
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Chess News -
At Dortmund 2007, (category 20 tournament)

Round - 3
Gelfand – Anand 1/2
Mamedyarov – Kramnik 1/2
Carlsen – Alekseev 1/2
Leko – Naiditsch 1/2

Standing after Round 3 -
Kramnik and Alekseev 2.0; Anand, Mamedyarov, Carlsen and Leko 1.5; Gelfand and Naiditsch 1.0

Tennis News -
At $25K Istanbul-Kemerburgaz Challenger, Turkey

[Q1] (1) BHAMBRI Ankita (IND,529) Bye
[Q1] (2) LAKHANI Isha (IND,530) Bye
[Q1] (3) BHAMBRI Sanaa (IND,508) bt YAVUZ Ayse-Ece (TUR,UNR) 62 62

[Q2] (1) BHAMBRI Ankita (IND,529) bt (15) ALBERS Jana (GER,1187) 16 63 60
[Q2] (2) LAKHANI Isha (IND,530) bt (16) VELIEVA Huliya (BUL,1293) 63 61
[Q2] (3) BHAMBRI Sanaa (IND,508) bt (12) KVATSABAIA Sofia (GEO,960) 16 64 62

Maindraw -
[R1] CHAKRAVARTHI Rushmi (IND,389) vs (1) NAGY Kyra (HUN,145)
[R1] (Q) BHAMBRI Ankita (IND,529) vs (WC) DOGAN Tugce (TUR,UNR)
[R1] (Q) BHAMBRI Sanaa (IND,508) vs (4) ALVES Maria-Fernanda (BRA,269)
[R1] (Q) LAKHANI Isha (IND,530) vs (2) ADAMCZAK Monique (AUS,202)

Doubles -
[R1] CHAKRAVARTHI Rushmi (IND)/ LAKHANI Isha (IND) vs DOGAN Tugce (TUR)/ SEZER Melis (TUR)
[R1] BHAMBRI Ankita (IND)/ BHAMBRI Sanaa (IND) vs VELIEVA Huliya (BUL)/ VELIEVA Lyutfya (BUL)
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At 2007 Wimbledon,

[R1] (Q) Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK,259) bt (WC) Lee Childs (GBR,404) 63 64 76 (6)

[R2] (Q) Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK,259) vs (26) Marat Safin (RUS,24)
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Volleyball News -
At 2nd Asian Central Zone Volleyball Championship, Islamabad

India l Iran (1-3) 22-25, 22-25, 25-20, 23-25
India bt Sri Lanka (3-0) 25-16, 25-17, 25-19
India bt Kazakhstan (3-2) 22-25, 23-25, 38-36, 25-17, 15-11
India bt Pakistan (3-1) 15-25, 25-18, 25-12, 25-21
India bt Turkmenistan (3-0) 25-19, 25-23, 25-21
India bt Maldives (3-0) 25-13, 25-14, 25-12

India won the second Asian Central Zone Volleyball Championship on better points average ... It was a well-deserved victory for the Indians as both Iran and Kazakhstan were on a par with India as all the three registered five wins and one loss each in the championship ... However a better points average (1.58) gave India an edge over the 2nd placed Iran (1.17) and the 3rd placed Kazakhstan (1.10) ... Indian team also recieved winners prize money Rs 1.5 million ... Very creditable perfromance by our u-23 team.

Tennis News -
At € 353,450 Ordina Open, s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands

[F] (1) DAMM Martin (CZE)/ PAES Leander (IND) l (3) COETZEE Jeff (RSA)/ WASSEN Rogier (NED) 63 67(5) 10-12

So in 2007 Lee and martin r having 2-3 (W-L) record in ATP finals.
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Golf News -
At BMW International Open, Germany - Final Standing

T11 RANDHAWA Jyoti 70 69 73 69 - 7 € 31228.57
T18 Jeev Milkha Singh 69 72 70 71 - 6 € 24450.00
T22 KAPUR Shiv 72 70 73 68 - 5 € 21700.00
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At Travelers Championship - Final Standing

4 Vijay Singh (FIJ) 68 71 66 65 -10 $ 288,000.00
T29 Arjun Atwal (IND) 68 71 74 64 - 3 $ 39,900.00
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Chess News -
At Dortmund 2007, (category 20 tournament)

1. GM Viswanathan Anand IND 2786
2. GM Vladimir Kramnik RUS 2772
3. GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov AZE 2757
4. GM Peter Leko HUN 2738
5. GM Boris Gelfand ISR 2733
6. GM Magnus Carlsen NOR 2693
7. GM Evgeny Alekseev RUS 2679
8. GM Arkadij Naiditsch GER 2654

This is happy hunting ground for defending champion Kramnik, who won Dortmund tournament 7 times ... Its classic chess tournament where each players play with eachother once.

Round 1 -
Kramnik – Anand 1/2
Gelfand – Alekseev 1/2
Mamedyarov – Naiditsch 1-0
Carlsen – Leko 1/2

Round 2 -
Anand – Leko 1/2
Naiditsch – Carlsen 1/2
Alekseev – Mamedyarov 1-0
Kramnik – Gelfand 1-0

Standings after round 2 -
T1 GM Vladimir Kramnik 1.5
T1 GM Evgeny Alekseev 1.5
T3 GM Viswanathan Anand 1.0
T3 GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 1.0
T3 GM Magnus Carlsen 1.0
T3 GM Peter Leko 1.0
T7 GM Boris Gelfand 0.5
T7 GM Arkadij Naiditsch 0.5

Tennis News -
At € 353,450 Ordina Open, s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands

[SF] (1) DAMM Martin (CZE)/ PAES Leander (IND) bt KOHLMANN Michael (GER)/ LINDSTEDT Robert (SWE) 62 63

[F] (1) DAMM Martin (CZE)/ PAES Leander (IND) vs (3) COETZEE Jeff (RSA)/ WASSEN Rogier (NED)
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Golf News -
At BMW International Open, Germany - Second Round

T23 RANDHAWA Jyoti 70 69 - 5
T40 Jeev Milkha Singh 69 72 - 3
T52 KAPUR Shiv 72 70 - 2
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At Travelers Championship - Second Round

T34 Arjun Atwal (IND) 68 71 - 1
T34 Vijay Singh (FIJ) 68 71 - 1
WD Daniel Chopra (SWE) 69 - 1 Withdrawn
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Squash News -
At $23K Epstein Becker & Green LA Open, USA

[Q1] Dipika Pallikal (IND) Bye
[Q2] Dipika Pallikal (IND) bt Sally Norgate (USA) 9-1 9-2 9-0 (18m)

[R1] Dipika Pallikal (IND) l (6) Manuela Manetta (ITA) 2-9 3-9 7-9 (28m)
[R1] Joshna Chinappa (IND) bt (7) Aisling Blake (IRL) 9-4 6-9 0-9 9-7 9-7 (68m)

[QF] Joshna Chinappa (IND) l Raneem El Weleily (EGY) 0-9 6-9 9-4 8-10 (27m)

Tennis News -
At 2007 Wimbledon,

[R1] Sania Mirza (IND,46) vs Yaroslava Shvedova (RUS,80)

[R1] (Q) Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK,259) vs (WC) Lee Childs (GBR,404)

Doubles -
[R1] Sania Mirza (IND)/ Shahar Peer (ISR) vs (Q) Sofia Arvidsson (SWE)/ Lilia Osterloh (USA)

[R1] (5) Martin Damm (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs Chris Haggard (RSA)/ Marcin Matkowski (POL)

[R1] (11) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Radek Stepanek (CZE) vs Christopher Kas (GER)/ Alexander Peya (AUT)
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At € 353,450 Ordina Open, s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands

[SF] (1) DAMM Martin (CZE)/ PAES Leander (IND) vs KOHLMANN Michael (GER)/ LINDSTEDT Robert (SWE)
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Golf News -
At Travelers Championship - First Round

T28 Arjun Atwal (IND) 68 - 2
T45 Daniel Chopra (SWE) 69 - 1

Tennis News -
At Wimbledon 2007,

[Q1] (4) Liga Dekmeijere (LAT)/ Shikha Uberoi (IND) l Anna Fitzpatrick (GBR)/ Emily Webley-smith (GBR) 63 36 36

No Indians qualified for main-draw but other hand Pakistan's Aisam qualify for maindraw with very exciting victory over young talented Canadian Dancevic in final qualifying round.

[Q1] Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK,259) bt Hector Ruiz-cadenas (ESP,208) 61 62
[Q2] Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK,259) bt Michal Przysiezny (POL,216) 62 76(5)
[Q3] Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK,259) bt (4) Frank Dancevic (CAN,116) 46 76(9) 62 76(4)

Seedings r out for Men's and Ladies' ... In Men's doubles Martin Damm (CZE) & Leander Paes r 5th seeds and Mahesh Bhupathi & Radek Stepanek (CZE) r 11th seeds ... In Ladies' doubles pair of Sania Mirza & Shahar Peer (ISR) r 16th seeds.
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At € 353,450 Ordina Open, s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands

[QF] (1) DAMM Martin (CZE)/ PAES Leander (IND) bt BECKER Benjamin (GER)/ PLESS Kristian (DEN) 64 64
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Golf News -
At BMW International Open, Germany - First Round

T13 Jeev Milkha Singh 69 - 3
T48 KAPUR Shiv -2 - 2 after 10 holes
T78 RANDHAWA Jyoti +1 + 1 after 9 holes

Tennis News -
At Wimbledon 2007,

Doubles -
[Q1] (6) Rohan Bopanna (IND,147)/ Lovro Zovko (CRO,88) l Flavio Cipolla (ITA,126)/ Konstantinos Economidis (GRE,179) 75 26 8-10

[Q1] (4) Liga Dekmeijere (LAT)/ Shikha Uberoi (IND) vs Anna Fitzpatrick (GBR)/ Emily Webley-smith (GBR)
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At € 353,450 Ordina Open, s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands

[R1] (1) DAMM Martin (CZE)/ PAES Leander (IND) bt BENNETEAU Julien (FRA)/ VILDER Nicolas (FRA) 67(1) 75 13-11

[QF] (1) DAMM Martin (CZE)/ PAES Leander (IND) vs BECKER Benjamin (GER)/ PLESS Kristian (DEN)
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At € 353,450 the Nottingham Open, England

[R1] (4) BHUPATHI Mahesh (IND)/ GIMELSTOB Justin (USA) l (WC) GOODALL Joshua (GBR)/ HUTCHINS Ross (GBR) 75 46 8-10

Tennis News -
At Wimbledon 2007,

[Q1] Rohan Bopanna (IND,266) l (19) Wesley Moodie (RSA,139) 63 16 17-19
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At $175K Tier-III Ordina Open, s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands

[R1] Sania Mirza (IND,42) l Francesca Schiavone (ITA,29) 63 46 46

Tennis News -
At Wimbledon 2007,

[Q1] Rohan Bopanna (IND,266) vs (19) Wesley Moodie (RSA,139)

Doubles -
[Q1] (6) Rohan Bopanna (IND,147)/ Lovro Zovko (CRO,88) vs Flavio Cipolla (ITA,126)/ Konstantinos Economidis (GRE,179)
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At € 353,450 Ordina Open, s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands

[R1] (1) DAMM Martin (CZE)/ PAES Leander (IND) vs BENNETEAU Julien (FRA)/ VILDER Nicolas (FRA)
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At € 353,450 the Nottingham Open, England

[R1] (4) BHUPATHI Mahesh (IND)/ GIMELSTOB Justin (USA) vs (WC) GOODALL Joshua (GBR)/ HUTCHINS Ross (GBR)
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At $600K Tier-II Eastbourne Open, England

[Q2] UBEROI Neha (USA,241) l (9) NAKAMURA Aiko (JPN,83) 36 06
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At $25K the Mecco Cup, Allentown, PA

[F] (Q) RAO Sunitha (IND)/ FUDA Ryoko (JPN) bt (4) HAYNES Angela (USA)/ LEE-WATERS Lindsay (USA) 67(3) 64 61
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At $10K Montemor-O-Novo, Portugal

[F] (2) IYER Tara (IND,452) bt (4) BALSAMO Elisa (ITA,540) 64 76(5)

So with that Tara won her first futures title in her first futures final ... Very good result considering this title she won in Europe is only 2nd title won by Indian girl after Sania.
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Golf News -
At the 107th US Open, Oakmont - Final Standing

T36 Jeev Milkha Singh 75 75 73 75 +18 $ 37,159
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Basketball News -
At FIBA (Level II) Asian Championship for Women, Incheon, Korea

Preliminary Rounds Level II -

India bt Singapore 111-32 (Geethu Anna Jose (IND) 33pts & 14rbs)
India bt Vietnam 111-62 (Geethu Anna Jose (IND) 34pts & 21rbs)
India bt Uzbekistan 67-63 (Geethu Anna Jose (IND) 27pts, 20rbs & 2 asts)
India bt Hong Kong 88-61 (Geethu Anna Jose (IND) 27pts & 14rbs)
India bt Sri Lanka 105-56 (Geethu Anna Jose (IND) 29pts)

Final Qualifying Match -
India bt Malaysia 86-68 (Geethu Anna Jose (IND) 47pts & 12rbs)

With dominating Level II Asian Championship at Incheon, Korea; India booked their place for next edition's Level I (elite group) after gap of 17 yrs. India is joining Korea, China, Japan, Chinese Taipei and Thailand in Level I. India's Geethu Anna Jose was leading in tournament's standing for points per game (PPG) with 32.8 and rebounds per game (RPG) with 14.8

Tennis News -
At $600K Tier-II Eastbourne Open, England

[Q1] UBEROI Neha (USA,241) bt (WC) ROSOLSKA Alicja (POL,713) 64 64

[Q2] UBEROI Neha (USA,241) vs (9) NAKAMURA Aiko (JPN,83)
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At $175K Tier-III Ordina Open, s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands

[R1] Sania Mirza (IND,42) vs Francesca Schiavone (ITA,29)
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At $25K the Mecco Cup, Allentown, PA

[SF] (6) RAO Sunitha (IND,278) l SCHEEPERS Chanelle (RSA,324) 62 26 26

Doubles -
[SF] (Q) RAO Sunitha (IND)/ FUDA Ryoko (JPN) bt DE BEER Surina (RSA)/ ZABALA Paula (COL) 62 64
[F] (Q) RAO Sunitha (IND)/ FUDA Ryoko (JPN) vs (4) HAYNES Angela (USA)/ LEE-WATERS Lindsay (USA)
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At $10K Montemor-O-Novo, Portugal

[SF] (2) IYER Tara (IND,452) bt (3) SULPIZIO, Valentina (ITA,498) 61 60

[F] (2) IYER Tara (IND,452) vs (4) BALSAMO Elisa (ITA,540)
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At $10K+H Delhi futures, India

Singles Final -
(5) AMRITRAJ Prakash (IND) bt (1) RASTOGI Karan (IND) 63 61

3 consecutive weeks 3 futures ... But same players in the final and moreover same player is winning everytime ... This is definetly some sort of record which never happened before.
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Golf News -
At the 2007 US Open, Oakmont - Third Round

T35 Jeev Milkha Singh 75 75 73 +13

Tennis News -
At € 680,250 Gerry Weber Open, Germany

[SF] (1) DAMM Martin (CZE)/ PAES Leander (IND) l (3) ASPELIN Simon (SWE)/ KNOWLE Julian (AUT) 36 62 6-10
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At $25K the Mecco Cup, Allentown, PA

[QF] (6) RAO Sunitha (IND,278) bt (1) DUBOIS Stephanie (CAN,144) 64 62

[SF] (6) RAO Sunitha (IND,278) vs SCHEEPERS Chanelle (RSA,324)
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At $10K Montemor-O-Novo, Portugal

[QF] (2) IYER Tara (IND,452) bt (7) LERTCHEEWAKARN Noppawan (THA,614) 76(4) 64

[QF] (2) IYER Tara (IND,452) vs (3) SULPIZIO, Valentina (ITA,498)
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At $10K+H Delhi futures, India

Singles Semifinals -
(1) RASTOGI Karan (IND) bt VARDHAN Vishnu (IND) 64 61
(5) AMRITRAJ Prakash (IND) bt (4) SIPAEYA Sunil-Kumar (IND) 36 64 64

Doubles Final -
Tushar Liberhan (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND) bt Hsin-Han Lee (TPE)/ Tsung-Hua Yang (TPE) 64 75
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Golf News -
At US Open, Oakmont - Second Round

T51 Jeev Milkha Singh 75 75 +10
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Badminton News -
At Sudirman Cup (World Team Badminton), Glasgow Scotland

Group 3 Playoff match -
India l France 0-3

Tennis News -
At € 680,250 Gerry Weber Open, Germany

[QF] (1) DAMM Martin (CZE)/ PAES Leander (IND) bt KOHLSCHREIBER Philipp (GER)/ SODERLING Robin (SWE) 67(6) 76(8) 10-7

[SF] (1) DAMM Martin (CZE)/ PAES Leander (IND) vs (3) ASPELIN Simon (SWE)/ KNOWLE Julian (AUT)
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At $25K the Mecco Cup, Allentown, PA

[R2] (6) RAO Sunitha (IND,278) bt WEINHOLD Ashley (USA,405) 63 63

[QF] (6) RAO Sunitha (IND,278) vs (1) DUBOIS Stephanie (CAN,144)

Doubles -
[QF] (Q) RAO Sunitha (IND)/ FUDA Ryoko (JPN) bt (3) ALBANESE Lauren (USA)/ NELSON Lindsey (USA) 64 61

[SF] (Q) RAO Sunitha (IND)/ FUDA Ryoko (JPN) vs DE BEER Surina (RSA)/ ZABALA Paula (COL)
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At $10K Montemor-O-Novo, Portugal

[R2] (2) IYER Tara (IND,452) bt WIGAN Tara (GBR,1109) 61 63

[QF] (2) IYER Tara (IND,452) vs (7) LERTCHEEWAKARN Noppawan (THA,614)
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Golf News -
At US Open, Oakmont - First Round

T77 Jeev Milkha Singh 75 +5
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Badminton News -
At Sudirman Cup (World Team Badminton), Glasgow Scotland

Match 3 -
India bt Scotland 4-1

Group 3 Playoff match -
India vs France

Tennis News -
At €680,250 the Artois Championship (Queens Open), Great Britain

[QF] Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Radek Stepanek (CZE) l (3) Paul Hanley (AUS)/ Kevin Ullyett (ZIM) 16 46
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At € 680,250 Gerry Weber Open, Germany

[R2] (Q) Aisam Qureshi (PAK,309) l Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER,34) 46 36

Doubles -
[QF] (1) DAMM Martin (CZE)/ PAES Leander (IND) vs KOHLSCHREIBER Phili (GER)/ SODERLING Robin (SWE)
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At $25K the Mecco Cup, Allentown, PA

[R1] (6) RAO Sunitha (IND,260) bt GAMBALE Mary (USA,360) 63 62

[R2] (6) RAO Sunitha (IND,260) vs WEINHOLD Ashley (USA,405)

Doubles -
[R1] (Q) RAO Sunitha (IND)/ FUDA Ryoko (JPN) bt FONG Rebecca (GBR)/ TUCHBAND Jennifer (USA) 61 62

[QF] (Q) RAO Sunitha (IND)/ FUDA Ryoko (JPN) vs (3) ALBANESE Lauren (USA)/ NELSON Lindsey (USA)
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At $10K+H Delhi futures, India

Singles Second Round -
(1) RASTOGI Karan (IND) bt MADKEKAR Aditya (IND) 64 26 61
(8) SINGH Navdeep (IND) bt (WC) LIBERHAN Tushar (IND) 60 62
(WC) SRIDHAR Vinod (IND) bt (LL) Tsung-Hua Yang (TPE) 62 64
VARDHAN Vishnu (IND) bt SMITH Matthew (GBR) 64 61
SINGH Sanam (IND) bt SEARLE Robert (GBR) 63 64
(4) SIPAEYA Sunil-Kumar (IND) bt (Q) GAJJAR Rohan (IND) 61 64
(5) AMRITRAJ Prakash (IND) bt (Q) SINGH Gursharan (IND) 63 61
LEE Hsin-Han (TPE) bt SINGH Ashutosh (IND) 63 76(4)

Singles Quarterfinals -
(1) RASTOGI Karan (IND) bt (8) SINGH Navdeep (IND) 62 16 64
VARDHAN Vishnu (IND) bt (WC) SRIDHAR Vinod (IND) 63 3-4 (Retd.)
(4) SIPAEYA Sunil-Kumar (IND) bt SINGH Sanam (IND) 60 63
(5) AMRITRAJ Prakash (IND) bt LEE Hsin-Han (TPE) 64 62

Doubles Quarterfinals -
Tushar Liberhan (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND) bt Rohan Gide (IND)/ Sumit Prakash Gupta (IND) 26 62 62
(4) Vijay Kannan (IND)/ Vinod Sridhar (IND) bt Rohan Gajjar (IND)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) 62 36 61
Hsin-Han Lee (TPE)/ Tsung-Hua Yang (TPE) bt (3) Stephen Amritraj (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) 64 76(2)
(2) Ashutosh Singh (IND)/ Sunil Kumar (IND) bt Dilshod Sharifi (TJK)/ Gurmehar Singh (IND) 76(4) 75

Doubles Semifinals -
Tushar Liberhan (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND) bt (4) Vijay Kannan (IND)/ Vinod Sridhar (IND) 62 62
Hsin-Han Lee (TPE)/ Tsung-Hua Yang (TPE) bt (2) Ashutosh Singh (IND)/ Sunil Kumar (IND) 63 63

Tennis News -
At $200,000 DFS Classic, Birmingham, England (Tier III)

[R2] MIRZA Sania (IND,42) l (8) SANTANGELO Mara (ITA,30) 36 63 67(6)
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At € 680,250 Gerry Weber Open, Germany

[R1] (1) DAMM Martin (CZE)/ PAES Leander (IND) bt ALLEGRO Yves (SUI)/ KOHLMANN Michael (GER) 64 62
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At €680,250 the Artois Championship (Queens Open), Great Britain

[R1] Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Radek Stepanek (CZE) bt Novak Djokovic (SRB)/ Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) 61 75

[R2] Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Radek Stepanek (CZE) vs (3) Paul Hanley (AUS)/ Kevin Ullyett (ZIM)
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At $10K Montemor-O-Novo, Portugal

[R1] (2) IYER Tara (IND,452) bt FERREIRA Catarina (POR,639) 61 64

Doubles -
[R1] GLORIA Melanie (CAN)/ IYER Tara (IND) l BOFFA Stefania (SUI)/ KALABINA Yuliya (RUS) 36 46
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Badminton News -
At Sudirman Cup (World Team Badminton), Glasgow Scotland

Group 3B - India, Scotland, New Zealand, Finland

Match 1 -
India bt Finland 4-1

Match 2 -
India bt New Zealand 5-0

Tennis News -
At $200K DFS CLASSIC, Birmingham, England (Tier III)

[R1] MIRZA Sania (IND,42) bt CAMERIN Maria Elena (ITA,66) 63 63

[R2] MIRZA Sania (IND,42) vs (8) SANTANGELO Mara (ITA,30)

Doubles -
[R1] (4) Sania Mirza (IND) / Daniela Hantuchova (SLO) l Sun Tiantian(CHN) / Meilen Tu (USA) w/o
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At € 680,250 GERRY WEBER OPEN, Germany

[Q1] Aisam Qureshi (PAK,309) bt (WC)Jan-Henrik Langhorst (GER,NR) 60 46 62
[Q2] Aisam Qureshi (PAK,309) bt (5) Kenneth Carlsen (DEN,193) 76(2) 76(4)
[Q3] Aisam Qureshi (PAK,309) bt Nenad Zimonjic (SRB,501) 76(3) 76(7)

[R1] (Q) Aisam Qureshi (PAK,309) bt (6) Richard Gasquet ( FRA,13) 76(8) 64

Doubles -
[R1] (1) DAMM Martin (CZE)/ PAES Leander (IND) vs ALLEGRO Yves (SUI)/ KOHLMANN Michael (GER)
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At $10K $10K+H Delhi futures, India

Singles First Round -
(1) RASTOGI Karan (IND) bt (Q) NANDKUMAR Kiran (IND) 61 63
MADKEKAR Aditya (IND) bt IKRAMOV Sarvar (UZB) 76(4) retd.
(WC) LIBERHAN Tushar (IND) bt PUNNA Vishal (IND) 63 76(7)
(8) SINGH Navdeep (IND) bt NEDUNCHEZHIYAN Jeevan (IND) 46 64 61
(LL) Tsung-Hua Yang (TPE) bt (Q) FITZPATRICK Andrew (GBR) 61 62
(WC) SRIDHAR Vinod (IND) bt RAJA Purav (IND) 46 63 64
VARDHAN Vishnu (IND) bt (WC) SANGWAN Shiva (IND) 61 62
SMITH Matthew (GBR) bt (LL) P. C. Vignesh (IND) 64 63
SEARLE Robert (GBR) bt (7) KANNAN Vijay (IND) 76(3) 1-1 retd.
SINGH Sanam (IND) bt AMRITRAJ Stephen (IND) 62 63
(Q) GAJJAR Rohan (IND) bt (Q) KANNAN Kamala (IND) 75 76(4)
(4) SIPAEYA Sunil-Kumar (IND) bt (Q) MURALI Mithun (IND) 61 63
(5) AMRITRAJ Prakash (IND) bt (Q) MISHRA Shivang (IND) 63 64
(Q) SINGH Gursharan (IND) bt (Q) KIRRTANE Nitten (IND) 64 63
LEE Hsin-Han (TPE) bt (WC) NARAYANASWAMY Srirambalaji (IND) 62 63
SINGH Ashutosh (IND) bt (2) SHARAN Divij (IND) 63 76(4)

Doubles First Round -
Rohan Gide (IND)/ Sumit Prakash Gupta (IND) bt (1) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Navdeep Singh (IND) 75 (retd.)
Tushar Liberhan (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND) bt (Alt) Gursharan Singh (IND)/ Shiva Sangwan (IND)
(4) Vijay Kannan (IND)/ Vinod Sridhar (IND) bt Mithun Murali (IND)/ Sriram Balaji (IND) 64 62
Rohan Gajjar (IND)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) bt Kamala Kannan (IND)/ Kiran Nandakumar (IND) 64 63
Hsin-Han Lee (TPE)/ Tsung-Hua Yang (TPE) bt Punna Vishal (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) 64 63
(3) Stephen Amritraj (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt Dai-Chiao Lin (TPE)/ Shivang Mishra (IND) 76(5) 36 64
Dilshod Sharifi (TJK)/ Gurmehar Singh (IND) bt P.C. Vignesh (IND)/ Ajai Selvaraj (IND) 62 46 64
(2) Ashutosh Singh (IND)/ Sunil Kumar (IND) bt Nitten Kirrtane (IND)/ Sandeep Kirtane (IND) 62 61
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At $25K the Mecco Cup, Allentown, PA

[R1] (6) RAO Sunitha (IND,260) vs GAMBALE Mary (USA,360)

Doubles -
[Q1] (Q) RAO Sunitha (IND)/ FUDA Ryoko (JPN) bt (WC) CHIDRAWI Bianca (AUS)/ MONTEIRO Nicole (NED) 4-2 4-2

[R1] (Q) RAO Sunitha (IND)/ FUDA Ryoko (JPN) vs FONG Rebecca (GBR)/ TUCHBAND Jennifer (USA)
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At $10K Montemor-O-Novo, Portugal

[R1] (2) IYER Tara (IND,452) vs FERREIRA Catarina (POR,639)

Doubles -
[R1] GLORIA Melanie (CAN)/ IYER Tara (IND) vs BOFFA Stefania (SUI)/ KALABINA Yuliya (RUS)

Golf News -
At Bangkok Airways Open - Final Standing

T22 Gaurav GHEI 72 70 71 71 Even $3,240.00
T22 Gurbaaz MANN 73 66 72 73 Even $3,240.00
T35 Rahil GANGJEE 74 68 73 73 + 4 $2,130.00
T35 Digvijay SINGH 75 71 70 72 + 4 $2,130.00
T40 S.S.P. CHOWRASIA 71 66 74 78 + 5 $1,890.00
T46 Arjun SINGH 75 71 72 73 + 7 $1,470.00
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Tennis News -
At WTA Tier IV , Barcelona , Spain,

[Q1] Neha Uberoi (USA,240) l Christina Fusano (USA,512) 16 01 retd.
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Shooting News -

Samresh Jung became 8th Indian to win a quota place for Bejing olympics ... He achieved this at the recently concluded world cup at Munich ... Also in process he became the first Indian to qualify for olympics in a Pistol event.

Mansher singh becomes the 9th Indian to win a quota in olympics Men's Trap event in World Cup Lonato, Italy, where he finished 5th.

Tennis News -
At $200,000 DFS CLASSIC, Birmingham, England (Tier III)

[R1] MIRZA Sania (IND,50) vs CAMERIN Maria Elena (ITA,64)
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At €680,250 the Artois Championship (Queens Open), Great Britain

[Q1] Rohan Bopanna (IND,264) bt Carlos Salamanca (COL,297) 75 64

[Q2] Rohan Bopanna (IND,264) l Gilles Muller (LUX,156) 36 46

Doubles -
[R1] Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Radek Stepanek (CZE) vs Novak Djokovic (SRB)/ Janko Tipsarevic (SRB)
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At $50K Surbiton Challenger, Great Britain

[SF] (4) BOPANNA Rohan (IND)/ HAGGARD Chris (RSA) l KUZNETSOV Alex (USA)/ ZVEREV Mischa (GER) 63 36 9-11
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At $10K Amarante, Portugal

[QF] (1) IYER Tara (IND,449) bt (6) DE LATTRE Magali (POR,620) 36 60 62

[SF] (1) IYER Tara (IND,449) l GLORIA Melanie (CAN,UNR) 75 46 06

Doubles -
[QF] IYER Tara (IND)/ GLORIA Melanie (CAN) l (2) BALSAMO Elisa (ITA)/ SULPIZIO Valentina (ITA) 46 36
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At $10K Dehradun futures, India

Singles Finals -
(4) Prakash Amritraj (IND) bt (1) Karan Rastogi (IND) 61 62

2 futures titles in 2 weeks ... Prakash is on roll in India, hoping for hatrick of titles this week, but for that he requires tobe fit from his niggling wrist injury.
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Golf News -
At Stanford St. Jude Championship - Second Round (PGA Tour)

-------- cut @ +5 ---------
T93 Arjun Atwal 73 74 +7
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At Bangkok Airways Open - Third Round

T15 S.S.P. CHOWRASIA 71 66 74 - 2
T15 Gurbaaz MANN 73 66 72 - 2
T30 Gaurav GHEI 72 70 71 Even
T29 Rahil GANGJEE 74 68 73 + 2
T35 Digvijay SINGH 75 71 70 + 3
T47 Arjun SINGH 75 71 72 + 5
--------- Cut @ + 5 ----------
T87 Amandeep JOHL 78 72 + 8
T126 Amardip MALIK 83 77 +18

Tennis News -
At $50K Surbiton Challenger, Great Britain

[QF] (4) BOPANNA Rohan (IND)/ HAGGARD Chris (RSA) bt GUCCIONE Chris (AUS)/ HEALEY Nathan (AUS) 64 64

[SF] (4) BOPANNA Rohan (IND)/ HAGGARD Chris (RSA) vs KUZNETSOV Alex (USA)/ ZVEREV Mischa (GER)
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At $10K Amarante, Portugal

[R2] (1) IYER Tara (IND,449) bt WARBURTON Lucy (GBR,837) 26 61 62

[QF] (1) IYER Tara (IND,449) vs (6) DE LATTRE Magali (POR,620)

Doubles -
[QF] IYER Tara (IND)/ GLORIA Melanie (CAN) vs (2) BALSAMO Elisa (ITA)/ SULPIZIO Valentina (ITA)
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At $10K Dehradun futures, India

Singles Semi-Finals -
(1) Karan Rastogi (IND) bt (3) Sunil Kumar Sipaeya (IND) 62 26 62
(4) Prakash Amritraj (IND) bt Tsung-Hua Yang (TPE) 75 64

Doubles Finals -
(1) Stephen Amritraj/ Mustafa Ghouse (IND) bt (4) Vijay Kannan/ Vinod Sridhar (IND) 62 61
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Golf News -
At Stanford St. Jude Championship - First Round (PGA Tour)

T45 Arjun Atwal 73 +3
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At BA-CA Golf Open, Vienna, Austria

Shiv didn't start his second round, so I think he is officially withdrew from the tournament.

Tennis News -
At 2007 French Open,

[SF] Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Radek Stepanek (CZE) l (6) Mark Knowles (BAH)/ Daniel Nestor (CAN) 36 46
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At $50K Surbiton Challenger, Great Britain

[R1] (4) BOPANNA Rohan (IND)/ HAGGARD Chris (RSA) bt (WC) CHILDS Lee (GBR)/ DELGADO Jamie (GBR) 62 75

[QF] (4) BOPANNA Rohan (IND)/ HAGGARD Chris (RSA) vs GUCCIONE Chris (AUS)/ HEALEY Nathan (AUS)
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At $10K Dehradun futures, India

Singles Second Round -
(1) Karan Rastogi (IND) bt Vinod Sridhar (IND) 64 63
Aditya Madkekar (IND) bt Sarvar Ikramov (UZB) 76(1) 61
(3) Sunil Kumar Sipaeya (IND) bt (q) Kamala Kannan (IND) 75 64
Guilherme Yuji Ochiai (BRA) bt (5) Vijay Kannan (IND) 64 46 63
Hsin-Han Lee (TPE) bt (q) Jonathan Kinsella (GBR) 63 63
(4) Prakash Amritraj (IND) bt (q) Srirambalaji Narayanaswamy (IND) 61 61
(8) Matthew Smith (GBR) bt Purav Raja (IND) 63 64
Tsung-Hua Yang (TPE) bt (2) Vivek Shokeen (IND) 5-0 (conceded due to high fever)

Singles Quarter-Finals -
(1) Karan Rastogi (IND) bt Aditya Madkekar (IND) 61 36 60
(3) Sunil Kumar Sipaeya (IND) bt Guilherme Yuji Ochiai (BRA) 63 64
(4) Prakash Amritraj (IND) bt Hsin-Han Lee (TPE) 61 64
Tsung-Hua Yang (TPE) bt (8) Matthew Smith (GBR) 61 60

Doubles Quarter-Finals -
(1) Stephen Amritraj/ Mustafa Ghouse (IND) bt (Alt) Sumit Prakash Gupta/ Jonathan Kinsella (IND/GBR) 63 62
Mithun Murali/ Srirambalaji Narayanaswamy (IND) bt Tushar Liberhan/ Vivek Shokeen (IND) 75 61
(4) Vijay Kannan/ Vinod Sridhar (IND) bt Rohan Gajjar/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) 63 76(5)
(2) Ashutosh Singh/ Sunil Kumar Sipaeya (IND) bt Hsin-Han Lee/ Tsung-Hua Yang (TPE) 63 63

Doubles Semi-Finals -
(1) Stephen Amritraj/ Mustafa Ghouse (IND) bt Mithun Murali/ Srirambalaji Narayanaswamy (IND) 26 64 62
(4) Vijay Kannan/ Vinod Sridhar (IND) bt (2) Ashutosh Singh/ Sunil Kumar Sipaeya (IND) 26 64 75
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Golf News -
At Bangkok Airways Open - First Round

T19 S.S.P. CHOWRASIA 71 E
T30 Gaurav GHEI 72 + 1
T46 Gurbaaz MANN 73 + 2
T55 Rahil GANGJEE 74 + 3
T69 Digvijay SINGH 75 + 4
T69 Arjun SINGH 75 + 4
T101 Amandeep JOHL 78 + 7
T134 Amardip MALIK 83 +12
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At BA-CA Golf Open, Vienna, Austria - First Round

T150 KAPUR Shiv 77 +6

Tennis News -
At 2007 French Open,

[QF] Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Radek Stepanek (CZE) bt (2) Jonas Bjorkman (SWE)/ Max Mirnyi (BLR) 36 61 76(6)

[SF] Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Radek Stepanek (CZE) vs (6) Mark Knowles (BAH)/ Daniel Nestor (CAN)

Mixed Doubles -
[QF] Meghann Shaughnessy (USA)/ Leander Paes (IND) l Tiantian Sun (CHN)/ Julian Knowle (AUT) 64 46 7-10

Boys Doubles -
[R2] Vladimir Ignatic (BLR)/ Rupesh Roy (IND) l Aljaz Bedene (SLO)/ Andrej Martin (SVK) 06 61 8-10
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At $10K Amarante, Portugal

[R1] (1) IYER Tara (IND,449) bt MARSHALL Lisa (RSA,1080) 62 62

[R2] (1) IYER Tara (IND,449) vs WARBURTON Lucy (GBR,837)

Doubles -
[R1] IYER Tara (IND)/ GLORIA Melanie (CAN) bt WARBURTON Lucy (GBR)/ STEWART Catriona (GBR) 60 60

Tennis News -
At 2007 French Open,

[QF] Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Radek Stepanek (CZE) vs (2) Jonas Bjorkman (SWE)/ Max Mirnyi (BLR)

Mixed Doubles -
[QF] Meghann Shaughnessy (USA)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs Tiantian Sun (CHN)/ Julian Knowle (AUT)

Boys Doubles -
[R1] Vladimir Ignatic (BLR)/ Rupesh Roy (IND) bt (3) Greg Jones (AUS)/ Brydan Klein (AUS) 16 63 10-4

[R2] Vladimir Ignatic (BLR)/ Rupesh Roy (IND) vs Aljaz Bedene (SLO)/ Andrej Martin (SVK)
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At $50K Surbiton Challenger, Great Britain

[Q1] (1) BOPANNA Rohan (IND,264) Bye
[Q2] (1) BOPANNA Rohan (IND,264) bt PARROTT Travis (USA,UNR) 64 64

[Q3] (1) BOPANNA Rohan (IND,264) l (7) ELSENEER Gilles (BEL,555) 46 46

Doubles -
(4) BOPANNA Rohan (IND)/ HAGGARD Chris (RSA) vs (WC) CHILDS Lee (GBR)/ DELGADO Jamie (GBR)
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At $10K+H Dehradun futures, India

Singles First Round -
(1) Karan Rastogi (IND) bt Robert Searle (GBR) 63 61
Vinod Sridhar (IND) bt Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) 61 64
Aditya Madkekar (IND) bt (q) Sandeep Kirtane (IND) 46 62 (conceded)
Sarvar Ikramov (UZB) bt (6) Navdeep Singh (IND) 63 67(2) 62
(3) Sunil Kumar Sipaeya (IND) bt (WC) Kinshuk Sharma (IND) 64 61
(q) Kamala Kannan (IND) bt (q) Rohan Gajjar (IND) 57 63 62
Guilherme Yuji Ochiai (BRA) bt J. Vishnu Vardhan (IND) 64 64
(5) Vijay Kannan (IND) bt Stephen Amritraj (IND) 63 64
(q) Jonathan Kinsella (GBR) bt (7) (WC) Ashutosh Singh (IND) 63 36 75
Hsin-Han Lee (TPE) bt (q) Satoshi Yoshino (JPN) 62 75
(q) Srirambalaji Narayanaswamy (IND) bt Kiran Nandkumar (IND) 16 63 64
(4) Prakash Amritraj (IND) bt (q) Mithun Murali (IND) 64 62
(8) Matthew Smith (GBR) bt Vishal Punna (IND) 63 63
Purav Raja (IND) bt (WC) Varun Walia (IND) 62 60
Tsung-Hua Yang (TPE) bt (q) Shivang Mishra (IND) 61 60
(2) Vivek Shokeen (IND) bt (WC) Siddharth Raj (IND) 61 60

Doubles First Round -
(1) Stephen Amritraj/ Mustafa Ghouse (IND) bt Kamala Kannan/ Kiran Nandkumar (IND) 76(5) 75
(Alt) Sumit Prakash Gupta/ Jonathan Kinsella (IND/GBR) bt (WC) Rohan Gide/ Allan Pray (IND/USA) 64 57 76(4)
Mithun Murali/ Srirambalaji Narayanaswamy (IND) bt (3) Purav Raja/ Navdeep Singh (IND) 67(3) 75 64
Tushar Liberhan/ Vivek Shokeen (IND) bt (WC) Sandeep Kirtane/ Varun Walia (IND) 64 75
Rohan Gajjar/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) bt Shivang Mishra/ Yuji Ochiai (IND/BRA) 61 67(9) 75
(4) Vijay Kannan/ Vinod Sridhar (IND) bt (WC) Avinash Kunwar/ Kinshuk Sharma (IND) 62 62 Hsin-Han Lee/ Tsung-Hua Yang (TPE) bt Sarvar Ikramov/ Igor Shelyakin (UZB) 46 61 64
(2) Ashutosh Singh/ Sunil Kumar Sipaeya (IND) bt Vishal Punna/ J. Vishnu Vardhan (IND) 76(2) 76(0)

Tennis News -
At 2007 French Open,

[PQF] Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Radek Stepanek (CZE) bt (7) Jonathan Erlich (ISR)/ Andy Ram (ISR) 76(4) 64

Mixed Doubles -
[R2] Sania Mirza (IND)/ Fabrice Santoro (FRA) l (6) Katarina Srebotnik (SLO)/ Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) 26 67(1)
[R2] Meghann Shaughnessy (USA)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt Sybille Bammer (AUT)/ Marcin Matkowski (POL) 62 06 10-8

Boys Singles -
[R1] Rupesh Roy (IND,43) l (15) Ricardas Berankis (LTU,16) 67(5) 26
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Golf News -
At the Memorial Tournament - Final Standing (PGA Tour)

T55 Daniel Chopra 71 72 74 71 E $ 13,620.00
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At The Celtic Manor Wales Open - Final Standing (European Tour)

T17 RANDHAWA Jyoti IND 69 66 68 65 - 8 € 28619.85
T43 KAPUR Shiv IND 68 69 71 66 - 2 € 11949.53
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At LaSalle Bank Open - Final Standing (Nationwide Tour)

T18 Arjun Atwal 71 66 72 68 -11 $ 8,533.34

Tennis News -
At 2007 French Open,

[R2] Sania Mirza (IND,50) l (7) Ana Ivanovic (SRB,7) 16 46

Doubles -
[R1] (1) Lisa Raymond (USA)/ Samantha Stosur (AUS) bt Eva Birnerova (CZE)/ Sania Mirza (IND) 61 62

[R1] (3) Martin Damm (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt Jeremy Chardy (FRA )/ Jonathan Eysseric (FRA) 76 76
[R1] Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Radek Stepanek (CZE) bt (12) Mariusz Fyrstenberg (POL)/ Marcin Matkowski (POL) 64 60

[R2] (3) Martin Damm (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) l Michael Kohlmann (GER)/ Rainer Schuettler (GER) 36 61 36
[R2] Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Radek Stepanek (CZE) bt Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP)/ Filippo Volandri (ITA) 61 63

[PQF] Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Radek Stepanek (CZE) vs (7) Jonathan Erlich (ISR)/ Andy Ram (ISR)

Mixed Doubles -
[R1] Sania Mirza (IND)/ Fabrice Santoro (FRA) bt Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER)/ Alexander Waske (GER) 62 60
[R1] Paola Suarez (ARG)/ Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) l Tathiana Garbin (ITA)/ Paul Hanley (AUS) 67(4) 36
[R1] Meghann Shaughnessy (USA)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt (7) Yung-Jan Chan (TPE)/ Mike Bryan (USA) 62 60

[R2] Sania Mirza (IND)/ Fabrice Santoro (FRA) vs (6) Katarina Srebotnik (SLO)/ Nenad Zimonjic (SRB)

[R2] Meghann Shaughnessy (USA)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs Sybille Bammer (AUT)/ Marcin Matkowski (POL)

Boys Singles -
[R1] Rupesh Roy (IND,43) vs (15) Ricardas Berankis (LTU,16)
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Golf News -
At the Memorial Tournament - Third Round (PGA Tour)

T57 Daniel Chopra 71 72 74 +1
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T100 Jeev M. Singh 76 76 +8
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At The Celtic Manor Wales Open - Third Round (EPGA Tour)

T29 RANDHAWA Jyoti IND 69 66 68 - 4
T61 KAPUR Shiv IND 68 69 71 + 1
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At LaSalle Bank Open - Third Round (Nationwide Tour)

T26 Arjun Atwal 71 66 72 -7

Tennis News -
At $10K+H Chandigarh futures, India

Second Round -
(1) RASTOGI Karan (IND) bt SINGH Sanam (IND) 61 67(6) 61
RAJA Purav (IND) bt (6) SINGH Navdeep (IND) 75 46 75
(4) KANNAN Vijay (IND) bt AMRITRAJ Stephen (IND) 64 64
(WC) LIBERHAN Tushar (IND) bt SEARLE Robert (GBR) 61 64
AMRITRAJ Prakash (IND) bt VARDHAN Vishnu (IND) 46 64 64
(3) SIPAEYA Sunil-Kumar (IND) bt (Q) SHARIFI Dilshod (TJK) 61 61
(7) MADKEKAR Aditya (IND) bt SRIDHAR Vinod (IND) 64 63
PUNNA Vishal (IND) bt (2) SHOKEEN Vivek (IND) 46 61 64

Quarter-Finals -
(1) Karan RASTOGI (IND) bt Purav RAJA (IND) 26 62 64
(4) Vijay KANNAN (IND) bt Tushar LIBERHAN (IND) 62 36 62
Prakash AMRITRAJ (IND) bt (3) Sunil-Kumar SIPAEYA (IND) 67(4) 75 62
Vishal PUNNA (IND) bt (7) Aditya MADKEKAR (IND) 46 63 75

Semi-Finals -
(1) Karan RASTOGI (IND) bt (4) Vijay KANNAN (IND) 62 62
Prakash AMRITRAJ (IND) bt Vishal PUNNA (IND) 62 61

Final -
Prakash AMRITRAJ (IND) bt (1) Karan RASTOGI (IND) 76(5) 61


Doubles Quarters -
(1) Stephen Amritraj/ Sunil Kumar Sipaeya (IND) bt Kiran Kumar/ Yannick Nelord (IND) 76(3) 63
(4) Vivek Shokeen/ Sanam K. Singh (IND) bt Robert Searle/ Matthew Smith (GBR) 63 46 63
Tushar Liberhan/ Navdeep Singh (IND) bt Yuji Ochiai/ Satoshi Yoshino (BRA/JPN) 64 63
(2) Sandeep Kirtane/ Purav Raja (IND) bt (WC) Rohan Gajjar/ Jonathan Kinsella (IND/GBR) 62 63

Semi-Finals -
(1) Stephen Amritraj/ Sunil Kumar Sipaeya (IND) bt (4) Vivek Shokeen/ Sanam K. Singh (IND) 64 61
Tushar Liberhan/ Navdeep Singh (IND) bt (2) Sandeep Kirtane/ Purav Raja (IND) 63 63

Final -
(1) Stephen Amritraj/ Sunil Kumar Sipaeya (IND) bt Tushar Liberhan/ Navdeep Singh (IND) 46 75 76(4)

Surprisingly this was Prakash's first futures title ... So his bid to be back in top 250 is continue ... This title win help him to back inside top 550 from 700 above.

Ok guys, I am back from vacation ... I hope you will continue to support this Blog by regular visits.

Tennis News -
At Grade 1 Astrid Bowl, Belgium,

[R1] (5) ROY Rupesh (IND)/ URZUA-RIVERA Ricardo (CHI) vs BYE
[R2] (5) ROY Rupesh (IND)/ URZUA-RIVERA Ricardo (CHI) bt PUC Borut (SLO)/ VERRYTH Mark (AUS) 76(3) 61
[QF] (5) ROY Rupesh (IND)/ URZUA-RIVERA Ricardo (CHI) bt GIGOUNON Germain (BEL)/ REUTER Yannik (BEL) 62 46 63
[SF] (5) ROY Rupesh (IND)/URZUA-RIVERA Ricardo (CHI) bt (3) CUNHA Henrique (BRA)/ IGNATIK Uladzimir (BLR) 64 63

[F] (5) ROY Rupesh (IND)/URZUA-RIVERA Ricardo (CHI) l (6) BERANKIS Ricardas (LTU)/ RUNGKAT Christopher (INA) 57 26
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At $50K Carson Women's Challenger, CA, USA

[R1] (3) Sunitha Rao (IND,260) bt (Q) Jennifer Elie (USA,628) 62 60

[R2] (3) Sunitha Rao (IND,260) l Lauren Albanese (USA,275) 46 64 26

Doubles -
[QF] (4) GRANT Kim (RSA)/ RAO Sunitha (IND) bt CATTANEO Celine (FRA)/ WIDMER Gaelle (SUI) 62 62
[SF] (4) GRANT Kim (RSA)/ RAO Sunitha (IND) bt Tetiana Luzhanska (UKR)/ Romana Tedjakusuma (INA) 75 64

[F] (4) GRANT Kim (RSA)/ RAO Sunitha (IND) bt Angela Haynes (USA)/ Lindsay Lee-Waters (USA) 64 64

So this is first title of 2007 (and after her affiliation to India) for Sunitha ... Wishing with this doubles success she inspire herself to be succeed in singles.
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At $10K Tortosa futures, Spain

[R1] (7) NAGARAJ Sandhya (IND,577) bt (Q) ALEKSANDROVA Alla (RUS,1365) 63 63

[R2] (7) Sandhya NAGARAJ (IND,577) l (Q) Nastassya BURNETT (ITA,1381) 36 36
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At $ 25K Karlruhe challanger, Germany (clay)

[R1] (2) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Ross Hutchins (GBR) l Bruno Echagaray (MEX)/ Franco Ferreiro (BRA) 63 16 8-10