Tennis News -
At 2007 US Open,

[R2] (16) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Bethanie Mattek (USA) bt Jarmila Gajdosova (SVK)/ Bryanne Stewart (AUS) 62 62

Mixed Doubles -
[R1] Sania Mirza (IND)/ Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) bt (7) Elena Likhovtseva (RUS)/ Daniel Nestor (CAN) 60 62
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At $ 10K Womens New Delhi Futures, India

Singles Semi Finals -

(Q) Kyung-Yee CHAE (KOR) bt (5) Ankita BHAMBRI (IND) 46 62 06
(3) Tara IYER (IND) bt (8) Nungnadda WANNASUK (THA) 64 75

Doubles Final -
(3) Tara IYER (IND)/ Nungnadda WANNASUK (THA) bt (4) Sophia MULSAP (THA)/ Varatchaya WONGTEANCHAI (THA) 64 63
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Golf News -
At Brunei Open - Second Round (Asian Tour)

T15 S.S.P. CHOWRASIA 70 68 - 4
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T75 Rahil GANGJEE 73 71 + 2
T75 Amritinder SINGH 72 72 + 2
T75 Digvijay SINGH 73 71 + 2
T95 Naman DAWAR 70 76 + 4
T102 Harmeet KAHLON 71 76 + 5
T102 Chiragh KUMAR 70 77 + 5
T102 Amardip MALIK 73 74 + 5
T127 Vikrant CHOPRA 77 75 +10
133 Gurbaaz MANN 76 79 +13
WD Vivek BHANDARI 78 WDRW
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At Johnnie Walker Championship, Gleneagles, Scotland - Second Round

T9 SINGH Jeev Milkha 67 74 - 5
T16 KAPUR Shiv 68 74 - 4

Tennis News -
At 2007 US Open,

[R2] (26) Sania Mirza (IND,27) bt Laura Granville (USA ,60) 63 75

[R3] (26) Sania Mirza (IND,27) vs (6) Anna Chakvetadze (RUS,6)

Doubles -
[R1] (4) Martin Damm (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) l Julien Benneteau (FRA)/ Nicolas Mahut (FRA) 76(1) 36 46

[R1] (6) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) bt Igor Kunitsyn (RUS)/ Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) 63 75

[R1] (16) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Bethanie Mattek (USA) bt Severine Bremond (FRA)/ Jelena Jankovic (SRB) 62 61

Mixed Doubles -
[R1] Meghann Shaughnessy (USA)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt Janette Husarova (SVK)/ Pavel Vizner (CZE) 75 63

[R1] Sania Mirza (IND)/ Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) vs (7) Elena Likhovtseva (RUS)/ Daniel Nestor (CAN)
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At 15K Great Britan F16 Futures, Foxhills

[R2] SIPAEYA Sunil-Kumar (IND,622) l SLABINSKY Alexander (GBR,747) 26 67(5)

Doubles -
[QF] (3) RAJA Purav (IND)/ SIPAEYA Sunil-Kumar (IND) bt MIOTTO Alex (GBR)/ SAMUELS Ian (GBR) 62 63

[SF] (3) RAJA Purav (IND)/ SIPAEYA Sunil-Kumar (IND) l SEARLE Robert (GBR)/ SKUPSKI Ken (GBR) 46 67(3)
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At $ 10K Womens New Delhi Futures, India

Singles Quarter Finals -
(Q) Kyung-Yee CHAE (KOR) bt (1) Rushmi CHAKRAVARTHI (IND) 62 61
(5) Ankita BHAMBRI (IND) bt (4) Isha LAKHANI (IND) 62 61

(3) Tara IYER (IND) bt Varatchaya WONGTEANCHAI (THA) 63 46 63
(8) Nungnadda WANNASUK (THA) bt (2) Montinee TANGPHONG (THA) W/O

Doubles Semi Finals -
(3) Sophia MULSAP (THA)/ Varatchaya WONGTEANCHAI (THA) bt (1) Sanaa BHAMBRI (IND)/ Ankita BHAMBRI (IND) 64 57 36

(3) Tara IYER (IND)/ Nungnadda WANNASUK (THA) bt (2) Rushmi CHAKRAVARTHI (IND)/ Sandhya NAGARAJ (IND) 61 64
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Golf News -
At Johnnie Walker Championship, Gleneagles, Scotland - First Round

T3 SINGH Jeev Milkha 67 - 6
T5 KAPUR Shiv 68 - 5

Football News -
At 2007 ONGC Nehru Cup Final, India

India bt Syria 1-0

(IND - '44 - NP Pradeep)

And this was our first Nehru Cup title ... Before this our best perfromance was semi-final ... In 5 matches we scored 13 goals by 6 different players ... Subroto Pal was hero for our win and other exceptional game by Baichung Bhutia, Lawrence Dias, NP Pradeep, Mahesh Gawli and Sunil Chetri in this tournament ... Three cheers for Indian Coach Bob Houghton!!!

Also with this win our FIFA ranking move inside top-130.

Bob Houghton - "Win means a lot .. Nice atmosphere .. We worked hard .. We were disciplined .. The whole sqaud has done a good job .. We beat a good team tonight .. Great field and great crowd .. The field was good, and that is why we saw such good football"

Tennis News -
At 15K Great Britan F16 Futures, Foxhills

[R1] (Q) RAJA Purav (IND,824) l (Q) ILLINGWORTH Matthew (GBR,1283) 46 16
[R1] SIPAEYA Sunil-Kumar (IND,622) bt (Q) DIANKOV Angel (BUL,1383) 63 62

[R2] SIPAEYA Sunil-Kumar (IND,622) vs SLABINSKY Alexander (GBR,747)

Doubles -
[R1] (3) RAJA Purav (IND)/ SIPAEYA Sunil-Kumar (IND) bt HEWITT Tim (GBR) / PRITCHARD Ben (GBR) 63 64

[QF] (3) RAJA Purav (IND)/ SIPAEYA Sunil-Kumar (IND) vs MIOTTO Alex (GBR)/ SAMUELS Ian (GBR)
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At $ 10K Womens New Delhi Futures, India

Singles Second Round -
(1) Rushmi CHAKRAVARTHI (IND) bt Varanya VIJUKSANABOON (THA) 64 63
(Q) Kyung-Yee CHAE (KOR) bt (7) Cassandra BARR (AUS) 61 61

(4) Isha LAKHANI (IND) bt Parija MALOO (IND) 61 62
(5) Ankita BHAMBRI (IND) bt Parul GOSWAMI (IND) 61 60

Varatchaya WONGTEANCHAI (THA) bt (6) Sanaa BHAMBRI (IND) 62 62
(3) Tara IYER (IND) bt (Q) Aishwarya AGRAWAL (IND) 62 61

(8) Nungnadda WANNASUK (THA) bt Sonal PHADKE (IND) 75 60
(2) Montinee TANGPHONG (THA) bt (Q) Abby HEDGES (AUS) 62 60

Doubles Quarter Finals -
(1) Sanaa BHAMBRI (IND)/ Ankita BHAMBRI (IND) bt Julia GOLOBORODKO (UKR)/ Anastasiya VASYLYEVA (UKR) 46 64 64
(3) Sophia MULSAP (THA)/ Varatchaya WONGTEANCHAI (THA) bt (Q) Anupama RAJUR (IND)/ Chirashanthi RAJUR (IND) 61 63

(3) Tara IYER (IND)/ Nungnadda WANNASUK (THA) bt Sonal PHADKE (IND)/ Archana VENKATARAMAN (IND) 62 75
(2) Rushmi CHAKRAVARTHI (IND)/ Sandhya NAGARAJ (IND) bt (Q) Kyung-Yee CHAE (KOR)/ Jung-Yoon SHIN (KOR) 67(7) 75 61

Tennis News -
At 2007 US Open,

[R1] (26) Sania Mirza (IND,27) bt Kaia Kanepi (EST,44) 62 67(5) 61

[R2] (26) Sania Mirza (IND,27) vs Laura Granville (USA ,60)

Doubles -
[R1] (4) Martin Damm (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs Julien Benneteau (FRA)/ Nicolas Mahut (FRA)

[R1] (6) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) vs Igor Kunitsyn (RUS)/ Dmitry Tursunov (RUS)

[R1] (16) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Bethanie Mattek (USA) vs Severine Bremond (FRA)/ Jelena Jankovic (SRB)
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At 15K Great Britan F16 Futures, Foxhills

[Q1] (1) RAJA Purav (IND) bye
[Q2] (1) RAJA Purav (IND,824) bt MILES Jordan (GBR, NR) 61 62
[Q3] (1) RAJA Purav (IND,824) bt (14) MCGEE James (IRL,1383) 61 61

[R1] (Q) RAJA Purav (IND,824) vs (Q) ILLINGWORTH Matthew (GBR,1283)
[R1] SIPAEYA Sunil-Kumar (IND,622) vs (Q) DIANKOV Angel (BUL,1383)

Doubles -
[R1] (3) RAJA Purav (IND)/ SIPAEYA Sunil-Kumar (IND) vs HEWITT Tim (GBR) / PRITCHARD Ben (GBR)

Tennis News -
At $ 10K Womens New Delhi Futures, India

Singles First Round -
(1) Rushmi CHAKRAVARTHI (IND) bt (wc) Geeta MANOHAR (IND) 60 61
Varanya VIJUKSANABOON (THA) bt (Q) Shalini SAHOO (IND) 62 63
(Q) Kyung-Yee CHAE (KOR) bt (Q) Julia GOLOBORODKO (UKR) 64 63
(7) Cassandra BARR (AUS) bt Ashmitha EASWARAMURTHI (IND) 61 62

(4) Isha LAKHANI (IND) bt Sandhya NAGARAJ (IND) 75 62
Parija MALOO (IND) bt (WC) Prerna BHAMBRI (IND) 63 46 60
Parul GOSWAMI (IND) bt (WC) Akshita BASAVARAJU (IND) 36 63 64
(5) Ankita BHAMBRI (IND) bt (Q) Oormila RAM (IND) 62 60

(6) Sanaa BHAMBRI (IND) bt (Q) Anupama RAJUR (IND) 63 62
Varatchaya WONGTEANCHAI (THA) bt (LL) Vishakha SHEORAN (IND) 62 62
(Q) Aishwarya AGRAWAL (IND) bt (WC) Vishika CHHETRI (IND) 64 1-0 Retired
(3) Tara IYER (IND) bt Asha NANDA KUMAR (IND) 63 60

(8) Nungnadda WANNASUK (THA) bt Archana VENKATARAMAN (IND) 63 62
Sonal PHADKE (IND) bt (Q) Jung-Yoon SHIN (KOR) 64 63
(Q) Abby HEDGES (AUS) bt Kelsey SUNDARAM (USA) 60 64
(2) Montinee TANGPHONG (THA) bt Prerana-Mythri APPINENI (IND) 61 61

Doubles First Round -
(1) Sanaa BHAMBRI (IND)/ Ankita BHAMBRI (IND) bt (WC) Aishwarya AGRAWAL (IND)/ Adnya NAIK (IND) W/O
Julia GOLOBORODKO (UKR)/ Anastasiya VASYLYEVA (UKR) bt (WC) Shalini SAHOO (IND)/ Vishaka SHEORAN (IND) 63 75

(3) Sophia MULSAP (THA)/ Varatchaya WONGTEANCHAI (THA) bt Vishika CHHETRI (IND)/ Asha NANDAKUMAR (IND) 62 61
(Q) Anupama RAJUR (IND)/ Chirashanthi RAJUR (IND) bt (WC) Sagarika PHADKE (IND)/ Ragini VIMAL (IND) 62 64

Sonal PHADKE (IND)/ Archana VENKATARAMAN (IND) bt Abby HEDGES (AUS)/ Ashmita EASAWARAMURTHI (IND) 61 62
(3) Tara IYER (IND)/ Nungnadda WANNASUK (THA) bt Prerana-Mythri APPINENI (IND)/ Shweta KAKHANDI GADIGEPPA (IND) 60 62

(Q) Kyung-Yee CHAE (KOR)/ Jung-Yoon SHIN (KOR) bt Parija MALOO (IND)/ Kelsey SUNDARAM (USA) 64 63
(2) Rushmi CHAKRAVARTHI (IND)/ Sandhya NAGARAJ (IND) bt Parul GOSWAMI (IND)/ Geeta MANOHAR (IND) 61 62

Football News -
At 2007 ONGC Nehru Cup, India

India bt Kyrgyzstan 3-0

('38 Baichung Bhutia, 60' Sunil Chetri, 90+' Abhishek Yadav)
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Golf News -
At Pete Dye Classic - Final Standing (Nationwide Tour)

T16 Arjun Atwal 72 66 69 73 - 8 $ 8,145.00
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Volleyball News -
At the FIVB Boys u19 World Youth Volleyball, Tijuana & Mexicali, Mexico

For 7th Position -
IND l BRA 1-3 (17-25 22-25 25-16 16-25)

So with that Indian boys ended their campaign on 8th position ... Iran defeated China 3-2 (21-25 25-22 26-24 29-31 15-7) to win 2007 World Youth Volleyball Championship ... Good to see Asian teams finished in top 2 positions, but it was lost opportunity for us to not finish on the podium ... Our find of the tournament is Mandeep Singh, he will definetly get call from our senior side.
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Badminton News -
At Asian Youth 16 Individual Championship, Hanoi, Vietnam

Mixed Doubles -
[R1] SAWANT Prajakta (IND)/ KUMAR Raj (IND) Bye
[R2] SAWANT Prajakta (IND)/ KUMAR Raj (IND) bt YANG Ran Sun (KOR)/ GU Mu Yeong (KOR) 21-17 21-17
[R3] SAWANT Prajakta (IND)/ KUMAR Raj (IND) bt YANG Li Lian (MAS)/ YEW Hong Kheng (MAS) 21-16 21-16
[QF] SAWANT Prajakta (IND)/ KUMAR Raj (IND) bt (4) VU Thi Trang (B) (VIE)/ PHAM Cao Thang (VIE) 21-19 13-21 21-16
[SF] SAWANT Prajakta (IND)/ KUMAR Raj (IND) bt LAI Pei Jing (MAS)/ OW Yao Han (MAS) 23-21 21-12

[F] SAWANT Prajakta (IND)/ KUMAR Raj (IND) bt DENG Xuan (CHN)/ YU Xiaoyu (CHN) 16-21 21-16 21-17

In just concluded u-16 Asian Championship our boys and girls participated ... We had so-so tournament in team events and in individual events also our players didn't moved ahead 3rd round ... But our MXD team of Prajakta Sawant and Raj Kumar achieve something which our other any doubles or MXD team never achieved ... In singles our players won many titles in Asian and International events beating top players but that never happened in doubles or MXD ... Prajakta and Raj won u16 MXD title beating Korean, Malayasian and Vietnami pair to moved into final and in final we defeated Chinese pair to won our first title in MXD in any event.

Tennis News -
At $675K Pilot Pen Tennis, New Haven, USA

[F] (1) BHUPATHI Mahesh (IND)/ ZIMONJIC Nenad (SRB) bt (4) FYRSTENBERG Mariusz (POL)/ MATKOWSKI Marcin (POL) 63 63

This is Mahesh' 41st doubles title and Zimo's 17th title ... So with this tourney Mahesh and Zimo having best preparation for the US Open which begins on Monday.
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At $600K, Pilot Pen Tournament, New Haven, USA

[F] (3) MIRZA Sania (IND)/ SANTANGELO Mara (ITA) bt (1) BLACK Cara (ZIM)/ HUBER Liezel (USA) 61 62

This was Sania's 4th doubles title of year 2007 and 7th in the career ... It was also her first win against top doubles pair.
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At $10K Womens Noida futures, India

Singles Final -

(3) Tara IYER (IND) bt (4) Ankita BHAMBRI (IND) 36 64 63

So with that Tara will become India's top 4th rank player after Sania, Sunitha and Shikha when new ranking announce after a week time ... This is Tara's 3rd (but 1st in India) futures title.
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At 15K Great Britan F15 Futures, London-Cumberland

[QF] (3) Sunil-Kumar Sipaeya (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt David Brewer (GBR)/ Luke Campbell (GBR) 67(7) 62 10(6)

[SF] (3) Sunil-Kumar Sipaeya (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt Chris Eaton (GBR)/ Pierrick Ysern (FRA) W/O

[F] (3) Sunil-Kumar Sipaeya (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt (1) Neil Bamford (GBR)/ Tom Rushby (GBR) 75 61

Good doubles title win for Sunil and Purav in $15K tournament.
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Golf News -
At The KLM Open, Netherlands - Third Round (European Tour)

T28 KAPUR Shiv 68 71 68 - 3
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At The KLM Open, Netherlands - Final Standing (European Tour)

T37 KAPUR Shiv 68 71 68 71 - 2 € 10080.00
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At Iskandar Johor Open, Malaysia - Final Standing (Asian Tour)

T4 Gaurav GHEI (IND) 70 69 70 72 - 3 $13,545.00
T26 Gaganjeet BHULLAR (IND) 74 71 70 74 + 5 $2,790.00
T37 Rahul GANAPATHY (IND) 75 70 73 + 8 $2,040.00
T61 Gurbaaz MANN (IND) 71 76 78 73 +14 $900.00
T66 Chiragh KUMAR (IND) 74 73 78 76 +17 $780.00
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At Pete Dye Classic - Third Round (Nationwide Tour)

T6 Arjun Atwal 72 66 69 - 9
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Volleyball News -
At the FIVB Boys u19 World Youth Volleyball, Tijuana & Mexicali, Mexico

For position 5th to 8th -

IND l POL 1-3 (20-25 25-20 18-25 23-25)

For 7th Position -

IND vs BRA

Tennis News -
At $675K Pilot Pen Tennis, New Haven, USA

[SF] (1) BHUPATHI Mahesh (IND)/ ZIMONJIC Nenad (SRB) bt BUTORAC Eric (USA)/ FISHER Ashley (AUS) 75 76(2)

[F] (1) BHUPATHI Mahesh (IND)/ ZIMONJIC Nenad (SRB) vs (4) FYRSTENBERG Mariusz (POL)/ MATKOWSKI Marcin (POL)
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At $600K, Pilot Pen Tournament, New Haven, USA

[SF] (3) MIRZA Sania (IND)/ SANTANGELO Mara (ITA) bt (2) PESCHKE Kveta (CZE)/ STUBBS Rennae (AUS) 26 63 10(5)

[F] (3) MIRZA Sania (IND)/ SANTANGELO Mara (ITA) vs (1) BLACK Cara (ZIM)/ HUBER Liezel (USA)
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At 2007 US Open Qualifying,

[Q3] Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK,152) l Scoville Jenkins (USA,320) 76(7) 26 Retired

[Q3] Sunitha Rao (IND,219) l (2) Zi Yan (CHN,78) 46 46
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At $10K Womens Noida futures, India

Singles Semi Finals -

(3) Tara IYER (IND) bt (Q) Kyung-Yee CHAE (KOR) 61 61
(4) Ankita BHAMBRI (IND) bt (Q) Anastasiya VASYLYEVA (UKR) 63 63

Doubles Final -

(2) Sanaa BHAMBRI (IND)/ Ankita BHAMBRI (IND) bt (3) Sophia MULSAP (THA)/ Varatchaya WONGTEANCHAI (THA) 62 64
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At 15K Great Britan F15 Futures, London-Cumberland

[R2] Sunil-Kumar Sipaeya (IND,622) l (4) Fred Hemmes (NED,379) 75 36 46

Doubles -
[R1] (3) Sunil-Kumar Sipaeya (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt Timothy Bradshaw (GBR)/ Christian Hand (USA) 61 64

[QF] (3) Sunil-Kumar Sipaeya (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs David Brewer (GBR)/ Luke Campbell (GBR)

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Golf News -
At The KLM Open, Netherlands - Second Round (European Tour)

T49 KAPUR Shiv 68 71 - 1
----------- Cut @ PAR -------------
T73 GANGJEE Rahil 73 68 + 1
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At FedEx Cup Playoff - Second Round (PGA Tour)

----------- Cut @ PAR ---------
135 Daniel Chopra 77 82 +17
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At Pete Dye Classic - Second Round (Nationwide Tour)

T13 Arjun Atwal 72 66 - 6
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At Iskandar Johor Open, Malaysia - Third Round (Asian Tour)

1 Gaurav GHEI (IND) 70 69 70 - 3
T14 Gaganjeet BHULLAR (IND) 74 71 70 + 2
T33 Rahul GANAPATHY (IND) 75 70 73 + 5
T65 Gurbaaz MANN (IND) 71 76 78 +12
T65 Chiragh KUMAR (IND) 74 73 78 +12

Tennis News -
At $600K, Pilot Pen Tournament, New Haven, USA

[QF] (3) MIRZA Sania (IND)/ SANTANGELO Mara (ITA) bt (WC) HUSAROVA Janette (SVK)/ SCHNYDER Patty (SUI) 63 75

[SF] (3) MIRZA Sania (IND)/ SANTANGELO Mara (ITA) vs (2) PESCHKE Kveta (CZE)/ STUBBS Rennae (AUS)
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At $675K Pilot Pen Tennis, New Haven, USA

[QF] (1) BHUPATHI Mahesh (IND)/ ZIMONJIC Nenad (SRB) bt FERRER David (ESP)/ MONTANES Albert (ESP) 76(3) 76(3)

[SF] (1) BHUPATHI Mahesh (IND)/ ZIMONJIC Nenad (SRB) vs BUTORAC Eric (USA)/ FISHER Ashley (AUS)
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At 2007 US Open Qualifying,

[Q1] Prakash Amritraj (IND,270) l Kei Nishikori (JPN,268) 63 16 46

[Q2] Rohan Bopanna (IND,223) l Pablo Cuevas (URU,129) 46 76(7) 57
[Q2] Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK,152) bt Rogerio Dutra Silva (BRA,255) 64 61

[Q2] Sunitha Rao (IND,219) bt (20) Varvara Lepchenko (UZB,125) 75 60

[Q3] Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK,152) vs Scoville Jenkins (USA,320)

[Q3] Sunitha Rao (IND,219) vs (2) Zi Yan (CHN,78)
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At $10K Womens Noida futures, India

Singles Quarter Finals -
(Q) Kyung-Yee CHAE (KOR) bt (5) Sanaa BHAMBRI (IND) 60 61
(3) Tara IYER (IND) bt (Q) Janaki GUNUGANTI (IND) 63 61

(4) Ankita BHAMBRI (IND) bt Varanya VIJUKSANABOON (THA) 64 63
(Q) Anastasiya VASYLYEVA (UKR) bt (7) Sandhya NAGARAJ (IND) 62 62

Doubles Semi Finals -
(3) Sophia MULSAP (THA)/ Varatchaya WONGTEANCHAI (THA) bt (1) Rushmi CHAKRAVARTHI (IND)/ Montinee TANGPHONG (THA) 62 46 60

(2) Sanaa BHAMBRI (IND)/ Ankita BHAMBRI (IND) bt Shweta KAKHANDI GADIGEPPA (IND)/ Asha NANDAKUMAR (IND) 60 61

Football News -
At 2007 ONGC Nehru Cup, India

India l Syria 2-3

(IND - '13 - Sunil Chetri, '81 - Ajayan Nair
SYR - '24 - Khaled M Albaba, '45+ and '66 Zyad Chaabo)
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Golf News -
At FedEx Cup Playoff - First Round (PGA Tour)

T133 Daniel Chopra 77 +6
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At The KLM Open, Netherlands - First Round (European Tour)

T32 KAPUR Shiv 68 - 2
T128 GANGJEE Rahil 73 + 3
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At Pete Dye Classic - First Round (Nationwide Tour)

T68 Arjun Atwal 72 Even
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At Iskandar Johor Open, Malaysia - First Round (Asian Tour)

T7 Gaurav GHEI (IND) 70 - 1
T18 Harmeet KAHLON (IND) 71 Even
T18 Gurbaaz MANN (IND) 71 Even
T32 Arjun SINGH (IND) 72 + 1
T61 Gaganjeet BHULLAR (IND) 74 + 3
T61 Chiragh KUMAR (IND) 74 + 3
T85 Rahul GANAPATHY (IND) 75 + 4
T85 Amardip MALIK (IND) 75 + 4
T110 Vivek BHANDARI (IND) 77 + 6
T110 Amritinder SINGH (IND) 77 + 6
T110 Digvijay SINGH (IND) 77 + 6
T130 S.S.P. CHOWRASIA (IND) 79 + 8
T130 Uttam Singh MUNDY (IND) 79 + 8
T130 Naman DAWAR (IND) 79 + 8
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At Iskandar Johor Open, Malaysia - Second Round (Asian Tour)

T4 Gaurav GHEI (IND) 70 69 - 3
T36 Gaganjeet BHULLAR (IND) 74 71 + 3
T36 Rahul GANAPATHY (IND) 75 70 + 3
T62 Gurbaaz MANN (IND) 71 76 + 5
T62 Chiragh KUMAR (IND) 74 73 + 5
---------- Projected cut @ + 5 -------------
T77 Harmeet KAHLON (IND) 71 78 + 7
T97 Vivek BHANDARI (IND) 77 75 +10
T97 S.S.P. CHOWRASIA (IND) 79 73 +10
T117 Digvijay SINGH (IND) 77 77 +12
T124 Naman DAWAR (IND) 79 76 +13
T127 Amardip MALIK (IND) 75 81 +14
T139 Uttam Singh MUNDY (IND) 79 79 +16
T145 Amritinder SINGH (IND) 77 84 +19
RTD Arjun SINGH (IND) 72

Tennis News -
At $600K, Pilot Pen Tournament, New Haven, USA

[R2] MIRZA Sania (IND,28) l (8) BONDARENKO Alona (UKR,23) 36 60 36

Doubles -
[R1] (3) MIRZA Sania (IND)/ SANTANGELO Mara (ITA) bt MORARIU Corina (USA)/ SHAUGHNESSY Meghann (USA) 64 75

[QF] (3) MIRZA Sania (IND)/ SANTANGELO Mara (ITA) vs (WC) HUSAROVA Janette (SVK)/ SCHNYDER Patty (SUI)
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At 2007 US Open Qualifying,

[Q1] Rohan Bopanna (IND,223) bt Julien Jeanpierre (FRA,236) 62 62
[Q1] Prakash Amritraj (IND,270) vs Kei Nishikori (JPN,268) 63 16 4-5 (match stopped due to rain)
[Q1] Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK,152) bt (27) Gilles Muller (LUX,140) 76(5) 76(7)

[Q1] Sunitha Rao (IND,219) bt Monica Niculescu (ROU,200) 26 62 62
[Q1] Neha Uberoi (USA,273) l (19) Andreja Klepac (SLO,124) 36 26

[Q2] Rohan Bopanna (IND,223) vs Pablo Cuevas (URU,129)
[Q2] Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK,152) vs Rogerio Dutra Silva (BRA,255)

[Q2] Sunitha Rao (IND,219) vs (20) Varvara Lepchenko (UZB,125)

Maindraw -
[R1] (26) Sania Mirza (IND,28) vs Kaia Kanepi (EST,44)
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At $15K Poland F7 Futures, Poznan

[R1] Vishnu Vardhan (IND,779) l (1) Martin Vacek (CZE,503) 67(0) 57
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At 15K Great Britan F15 Futures, London-Cumberland

[R1] Sunil-Kumar Sipaeya (IND,622) bt Alexander Slabinsky (GBR,739) 76(3) 61

[R2] Sunil-Kumar Sipaeya (IND,622) vs (4) HEMMES Fred (NED,379)
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Volleyball News -
At the FIVB Boys u19 World Youth Volleyball,Tijuana & Mexicali, Mexico

Round 2 -

Pool E -
IND l BRA 0-3 (22-25 23-25 13-25)
ARG bt IRI 3-2 (25-17 18-25 21-25 25-21 15-11)

Pool F -
FRA bt BEL 3-0 (25-20 25-18 25-16)
POL bt CHN 3-2 (19-25 24-26 25-23 25-20 15-12)

With this loss Indian boys lost chance of qualifying for semi-final ... Now they will play for position 5th to 8th.

Tennis News -
At $10K Womens Noida futures, India

Singles Second Round -
(Q) Kyung-Yee CHAE (KOR) bt (1) Rushmi CHAKRAVARTHI (IND) 61 63
(5) Sanaa BHAMBRI (IND) bt Sonal PHADKE (IND) 61 63

(3) Tara IYER (IND) bt (Q) Abby HEDGES (AUS) 61 61
(Q) Janaki GUNUGANTI (IND) bt Kelsey SUNDARAM (USA) W/O

Varanya VIJUKSANABOON (THA) bt (WC) Shalini SAHOO (IND) 75 36 67(6)
(4) Ankita BHAMBRI (IND) bt (Q) Jung-Yoon SHIN (KOR) 61 75

(7) Sandhya NAGARAJ (IND) bt Ashmita EASAWARAMURTHI (IND) 60 64
(Q) Anastasiya VASYLYEVA (UKR) bt (2) Montinee TANGPHONG (THA) 63 63

Doubles Quarter Finals -
(1) Rushmi CHAKRAVARTHI (IND)/ Montinee TANGPHONG (THA) bt Vishika CHHETRI (IND)/ Sonal PHADKE (IND) 64 61
(3) Sophia MULSAP (THA)/ Varatchaya WONGTEANCHAI (THA) bt Julia GOLOBORODKO (UKR)/ Anastasiya VASYLYEVA (UKR) 46 63 61

Shweta KAKHANDI GADIGEPPA (IND)/ Asha NANDAKUMAR (IND) bt Sagarika PHADKE (IND)/ Ragini VIMAL (IND) 46 63 61
(2) Sanaa BHAMBRI (IND)/ Ankita BHAMBRI (IND) bt Prerana-Mythri APPINENI (IND)/ Archana VENKATARAMAN (IND) 64 60

Tennis News -
At $600K, Pilot Pen Tournament, New Haven, USA

[R1] MIRZA Sania (IND,28) bt MEDINA GARRIGUES Anabel (ESP,33) 63 63

[R2] MIRZA Sania (IND,28) vs (8) BONDARENKO Alona (UKR,23)
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At $35K + H Karshi Challenger, Uzbekistan

[R1] RASTOGI Karan (IND,340) l (Q) ILHAN Marsel (TUR,585) 46 64 67(5)

Doubles -
[R1] GHOUSE Mustafa (IND)/ OLEJNICZAK Dawid (POL) l (3) DODIG Ivan (BIH)/ TECAU Horia (ROU) 75 67(5) (6)10
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At 15K Great Britan F15 Futures, London-Cumberland

[R2] Purav Raja (IND,821) l Richard Irwin (GBR,824) 36 26
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At $15K Poland F7 Futures, Poznan

[R1] Adam Fass (USA)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) l (WC) Andrzej Grusiecki (POL)/ Wojciech Starakiewicz (POL) 75 36 36
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Volleyball News -
At the FIVB Boys u19 World Youth Volleyball, Tijuana & Mexicali, Mexico

Round 2 -
Pool E -
IND bt IRI 3-1 (18-25 25-17 25-21 25-19)
ARG bt BRA 3-0 (25-20 25-21 25-21)

Pool F -
POL bt BEL 3-2 (20-25 25-21 25-22 33-35 15-8)
CHN bt FRA 3-1 (25-16 25-21 15-25 25-19)

Tennis News -
At $675K Pilot Pen Tennis, New Haven, USA

[R1] (1) BHUPATHI Mahesh (IND)/ ZIMONJIC Nenad (SRB) bt ALMAGRO Nicolas (ESP)/ VERDASCO Fernando (ESP) 75 63

[QF] (1) BHUPATHI Mahesh (IND)/ ZIMONJIC Nenad (SRB) vs FERRER David (ESP)/ MONTANES Albert (ESP)
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At 2007 US Open Qualifying,

First Round -
Rohan Bopanna (IND,223) vs Julien Jeanpierre (FRA,236)
Prakash Amritraj (IND,270) vs Kei Nishikori (JPN,268)

Sunitha Rao (IND,219) vs Monica Niculescu (ROU,200)
Neha Uberoi (USA,273) vs (24) Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL,130)
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At $35K + H Karshi Challenger, Uzbekistan

[Q1] GHOUSE Mustafa (IND,812) l MENIANE Trystan (FRA,674) 26 67(6)

[R1] RASTOGI Karan (IND,340) vs (Q) ILHAN Marsel (TUR,585)

Doubles -
[R1] GHOUSE Mustafa (IND)/ OLEJNICZAK Dawid (POL) vs (3) DODIG Ivan (BIH)/ TECAU Horia (ROU)
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At 15K Great Britan F15 Futures, London-Cumberland

[R1] Sunil-Kumar Sipaeya (IND,622) vs Alexander Slabinsky (GBR,739)
[R2] Purav Raja (IND,821) vs Richard Irwin (GBR,824)

Doubles -
[R1] (3) Sunil-Kumar Sipaeya (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Timothy Bradshaw (GBR)/ Christian Hand (USA)
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At $15K Poland F7 Futures, Poznan

[R1] Vishnu Vardhan (IND,779) vs (1) Martin Vacek (CZE,503)

Doubles -
[R1] Adam Fass (USA)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs (WC) Andrzej Grusiecki (POL)/ Wojciech Starakiewicz (POL)
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Volleyball News -
At the FIVB Boys u19 World Youth Volleyball,Tijuana & Mexicali, Mexico

Round 2 -
Pool E -
IND l ARG 1-3 (39-37 21-25 22-25 21-25)
IRI bt BRA 3-1 (25-15 22-25 28-26 25-20)

Pool F -
FRA bt POL 3-2 (25-18 21-25 25-13 21-25 15-10)
CHN bt BEL 3-1 (21-25 25-21 25-21 25-18)
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Football News -
At 2007 ONGC Nehru Cup, India

India bt Bangladesh 1-0

('5 - Baichung Bhutia)

Tennis News -
At $600K, Pilot Pen Tournament, New Haven, USA

[R1] MIRZA Sania (IND,28) vs MEDINA GARRIGUES Anabel (ESP,33)

Doubles -
[R1] (3) MIRZA Sania (IND)/ SANTANGELO Mara (ITA) vs MORARIU Corina (USA)/ SHAUGHNESSY Meghann (USA)

Tennis News -
At $10K Womens Noida futures, India

Singles First Round -
(1) Rushmi CHAKRAVARTHI (IND) bt Parul GOSWAMI (IND) 26 75 60
(Q) Kyung-Yee CHAE (KOR) bt Archana VENKATARAMAN (IND) 60 60
Sonal PHADKE (IND) bt Geeta MANOHAR (IND) 64 61
(5) Sanaa BHAMBRI (IND) bt Kumari Sweta SOLANKI (IND) 3-2 Retd.

(3) Tara IYER (IND) bt (Q) Sophia MULSAP (THA) 63 62
(Q) Abby HEDGES (AUS) bt (Q) Chika TERASAWA (JAP) 67(5) 62 63
Kelsey SUNDARAM (USA) bt (WC) Vishaka SHEORAN (IND) 64 60
(Q) Janaki GUNUGANTI (IND) bt (8) Prerana-Mythri APPINENI (IND) 61 76(4)

Varanya VIJUKSANABOON (THA) bt (LL) THAMMANNA Anushri (IND) 46 60 62
(WC) Shalini SAHOO (IND) bt (Q) Akshita BASAVARAJU (IND) 61 75
(Q) Jung-Yoon SHIN (KOR) bt (WC) Tejashwini NARAYANA (IND) 61 61
(4) Ankita BHAMBRI (IND) bt Varatchaya WONGTEANCHAI (THA) 46 75 61

(7) Sandhya NAGARAJ (IND) bt Asha NANDAKUMAR (IND) 62 61
Ashmita EASAWARAMURTHI (IND) bt (WC) Omlata RAI KUMARI (IND) 64 61
(Q) Anastasiya VASYLYEVA (UKR) bt Vishika CHHETRI (IND) 61 60
(2) Montinee TANGPHONG (THA) bt Parija MALOO (IND) 61 60

Doubles First Round -
(1) Rushmi CHAKRAVARTHI (IND)/ Montinee TANGPHONG (THA) bt Kyung-Yee CHAE (KOR)/ Jung-Yoon SHIN (KOR) 61 16 64
Vishika CHHETRI (IND)/ Sonal PHADKE (IND) bt Akshita BASAVARAJU (IND)/ Anushri THAMMANNA (IND) 61 63

(3) Sophia MULSAP (THA)/ Varatchaya WONGTEANCHAI (THA) bt Parija MALOO (IND)/ Kelsey SUNDARAM (USA) 63 61
Julia GOLOBORODKO (UKR)/ Anastasiya VASYLYEVA (UKR) bt Shalini SAHOO (IND)/ Vishaka SHEORAN (IND) 61 62

Sagarika PHADKE (IND)/ Ragini VIMAL (IND) bt (Q) Kesiki JAYAPALAN (IND)/ Garima VATWANI (IND) 75 60
Shweta KAKHANDI GADIGEPPA (IND)/ Asha NANDAKUMAR (IND) bt (4) Parul GOSWAMI (IND)/ Geeta MANOHAR (IND) 64 61

Prerana-Mythri APPINENI (IND)/ Archana VENKATARAMAN (IND) bt Shilpi JASIWAL (IND)/ Anukriti PRASAD (IND) 61 60
(2) Sanaa BHAMBRI (IND)/ Ankita BHAMBRI (IND) bt Abby HEDGES (AUS)/ Sweta SOLANKI (IND) 61 64

Tennis News -
At $50K Bronx Challenger, Bronx, NY USA

[F] (4) BOPANNA Rohan (IND)/ QURESHI Aisam-Ul-Haq (PAK) bt (Q) FRANCIS Alberto (USA)/ KING Phillip (USA) 63 26 10(5)

This pair is hot on challengers level ... This was their consecutive 4th doubles final and they won all these finals ... With this Rohan improve his best doubles ranking to #84 ... And Aisam also moves to #113.
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Golf News -
At Wyndham Championship - Final Standing (PGA Tour)

T64 Daniel Chopra 68 71 70 71 - 8 $ 10,500.00

Tennis News -
At $2.2M Cincinnati Masters, USA

[SF] (4) Martin Damm (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) l (1) Bob Bryan (USA)/ Mike Bryan (USA) 63 06 (7)10
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At $50K Bronx Challenger, Bronx, NY USA

[SF] (4) BOPANNA Rohan (IND)/ QURESHI Aisam-Ul-Haq (PAK) bt DARCIS Steve (BEL)/ THOMAS Jim (USA) 64 64

[F] (4) BOPANNA Rohan (IND)/ QURESHI Aisam-Ul-Haq (PAK) vs (Q) FRANCIS Alberto (USA)/ KING Phillip (USA)
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Golf News -
At Wyndham Championship - Third Round (PGA Tour)

T60 Daniel Chopra 68 71 70 - 7

Tennis News -
At $2.2M Cincinnati Masters, USA

[QF] (4) Martin Damm (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt (5) Paul Hanley (AUS)/ Kevin Ullyett (ZIM) 5-3 Retd (Kevin Ullyett's back)

[SF] (4) Martin Damm (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs (1) Bob Bryan (USA)/ Mike Bryan (USA)
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Volleyball News -
At the FIVB Boys u19 World Youth Volleyball (final 16),Tijuana & Mexicali, Mexico

Round 1 - Day 3

Pool A -
IND bt MEX 3-1 (30-28 25-27 25-15 25-16)
BEL bt TUN 3-0 (25-15 25-18 25-17)

Pool B -
GER bt EGY 3-2 (25-17 25-17 25-19)
FRA bt BRA 3-0 (27-25 25-20 25-21)

Pool C -
CHN bt ARG 3-2 (24-26 16-25 25-23 25-23 15-13)
RUS bt USA 3-2 (17-25 20-25 25-23 25-18 15-13)

Pool D -
POL bt PUR 3-0 (25-22 31-29 25-14)
CUB bt IRI 3-0 (29-27 25-17 25-22)

So with this win India moves into second round (top 8) with topping the group A ... But now we r having tough match up in second round's group against WR No. 1 Brazil and WR No. 3 Iran to qualify for semis.

Group E -
India, Argentina, Brazil, Iran

Group F -
France, Poland, Belgium, China
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Football News -
At 2007 ONGC Nehru Cup, India

India bt Cambodia 6-0

('16 - NP Pradeep, '45 - Baichung Bhutia (PK), '73 - Steven Dias, '83 - Sunil Chetri, '84 - Sunil Chetri, '90 - Steven Dias)
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Golf News -
At Wyndham Championship - Second Round Round (PGA Tour)

T66 Daniel Chopra 68 71 - 5
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At Xerox Classic - Second Round (Nationwide Tour)

----------- Cut @ + 2 -------------

T124 Arjun Atwal 77 72 + 9

Tennis News -
At $2.2M Cincinnati Masters, USA

[R2] (4) Martin Damm (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt Julien Benneteau (FRA)/ Arnaud Clement (FRA) 64 75

[R2] Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Jamie Murray (GBR) l (1) Bob Bryan (USA)/ Mike Bryan (USA) 36 26

[QF] (4) Martin Damm (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs (5) Paul Hanley (AUS)/ Kevin Ullyett (ZIM)
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Badminton News -
At 2007 World Championships, Kuala lumpur, Malaysia

[QF] Anup SRIDHAR (IND,41) l (1) Dan LIN (CHN,1) 20-22 9-21

Anup had game point in the first game at 20-19 but couldn't managed to convert it ... But still creditable performance considering Anup became first Indian player after Gopichand to reached in World Championships quarter-finals, Gopi achieved that in 2001 at Spain.
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Volleyball News -
At the FIVB Boys u19 World Youth Volleyball (final 16),Tijuana & Mexicali, Mexico

Round 1 - Day 2

Pool A -
IND bt BEL 3-1 (23-25 25-20 25-22 25-21)
TUN bt MEX 3-2 (25-23 24-26 25-23 21-25 15-11)

Pool B -
GER bt FRA 3-2 (25-15 25-18 16-25 24-26 13-15)
BRA bt EGY 3-0 (25-21 25-20 25-23)

Pool C -
ARG bt RUS 3-1 (27-25 18-25 25-21 28-26)
USA bt CHN 3-0 (28-26 25-21 25-21)

Pool D -
IRI bt POL 3-2 (21-25 25-21 25-19 24-26 25-23)
PUR bt CUB 3-2 (17-25 20-25 26-24 25-19 15-13)
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Golf News -
At Wyndham Championship - First Round (PGA Tour)

T26 Daniel Chopra 68 - 4
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At Xerox Classic - First Round (Nationwide Tour)

T144 Arjun Atwal 77 + 7

Volleyball News -
At the FIVB Boys u19 World Youth Volleyball (final 16),Tijuana & Mexicali, Mexico

Indian team - ( C=Captain L=Libero )
1 UKKRA PANDIAN MOHAN 15.05.1989 192cms
3 MANDEEP SINGH 17.10.1989 200cms (C)
5 KUMAR LALIT 22.11.1989 191cms
7 JAGADEESH NARAYANAPPA 11.12.1991 194cms
8 SOMNATH GIRIGOUD SANJAMANATH 01.09.1989 202cms
9 BALWINDER SINGH 25.05.1989 191cms
10 SUKHDEEP SINGH 03.07.1991 200cms
11 VINOD NEGI 10.12.1991 178cms (L)
12 NAVJIT SINGH 01.07.1991 203cms
14 ANKIT RAJESH KUMAR 30.09.1989 190cms
17 NAVEEN RAJA JACOB MANIDURAI 10.01.1989 190cms
18 KUMAR GADDAM KUMAR 10.07.1989 197cms

Team manager - Mr. SYAMSUNDAR RAO
Head coach - Dr. BIR SINGH YADAV
Assistant coach - Mr. LINGESWARA RAO

Pool A - #7 Tunisia, #8 India, #21 Mexico, #27 Belgium - Tijuana
Pool B - #1 Brazil, #6 France, #9 Egypt, #25 Germany - Mexicali
Pool C - #2 Russia, #5 Argentina, #10 USA, #22 China - Tijuana
Pool D - #3 Iran, #4 Cuba, #14 Poland #17, Puerto Rico - Mexicali

Format - From 2nd Round

Four pools (E, F, G, H) will be composed of 4 teams each and in each pool the teams will play a Round Robin system to determine the ranking.

Pool E will be composed of - A1, B2, C1, D2
Pool F will be composed of - B1, A2, D1, C2
Pool G will be composed of - A3, B4, C3, D4
Pool H will be composed of - B3, A4, D3, C4

The 1st and 2nd ranked team of Pool E and F will qualify for the Semi Finals.
The 3rd and 4th ranked team of Pool E and F will qualify for the play off 5 – 8.
The 1st and 2nd ranked team of Pool G and H will qualify for the play off 9-12.
The 3rd and 4th ranked team of Pool G and H will qualify for the play off 13-16.

1st Round - Day 1

Pool A -
IND bt TUN 3-0 (25-0 25-0 25-0) Tunisia defaulted.
BEL bt MEX 3-0 (25-17 25-15 25-22)

Pool B -
FRA bt EGY 3-0 (25-9 25-20 25-16)
BRA bt GER 3-1 (14-21 25-12 25-20 25-17)

Pool C -
ARG bt USA 3-1 (25-21 25-19 23-25 25-20)
CHN bt RUS 3-0 (28-26 25-23 25-21)

Pool D -
POL bt CUB 3-2 (25-14 25-13 26-28 22-25 15-11)
IRI bt PUR 3-2 (23-25 25-21 32-30 24-26 15-4)

Tennis News -
At $2.2M Cincinnati Masters, USA

[R1] BHUPATHI Mahesh (IND)/ MURRAY Jamie (GBR) bt MONACO Juan (ARG)/ PERRY Todd (AUS) 63 36 10(5)

[R2] (4) DAMM Martin (CZE)/ PAES Leander (IND) vs BENNETEAU Julien (FRA)/ CLEMENT Arnaud (FRA)

[R2] BHUPATHI Mahesh (IND)/ MURRAY Jamie (GBR) vs (1) BRYAN Bob (USA)/ BRYAN Mike (USA)
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At $50K Bronx Challenger, Bronx, NY USA

[QF] (4) BOPANNA Rohan (IND)/ QURESHI Aisam-Ul-Haq (PAK) bt GUEZ David (FRA)/ TOURTE Nicolas (FRA) 62 76(1)

[SF] (4) BOPANNA Rohan (IND)/ QURESHI Aisam-Ul-Haq (PAK) vs DARCIS Steve (BEL)/ THOMAS Jim (USA)
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At $ 35K + H Bukhara challanger, Uzbekistan

[QF] Mustafa Ghouse (IND)/ Dawid Olejniczak (POL) bt (WC) ASANOV Arsen (UZB)/ IKRAMOV Sarvar (UZB) 63 62

[SF] Mustafa Ghouse (IND)/ Dawid Olejniczak (POL) l (WC) ARSENOV Danila (RUS)/ UZAKOV Vaja (UZB) 67(2) 64 (7)10
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At $50 K Bronx Womens Challanger, USA

[R1] SOUTH Melanie (GBR)/ UBEROI Neha (USA) l (2) MARTINEZ SANCHEZ Maria-Jose (ESP)/ PARRA-SANTONJA Arantxa (ESP) 26 62 36
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Badminton News -
At 2007 World Championships, Kuala lumpur, Malaysia

[PQF] Anup SRIDHAR (IND,41) bt (13) Muhd Hafiz B HASHIM (MAS,16) 21-18 19-21 21-15
[PQF] Saina NEHWAL (IND,30) l (4) Hongyan PI (FRA,4) 13-21 17-21

[QF] Anup SRIDHAR (IND,41) vs (1) Dan LIN (CHN,1)

And with this exciting upset win over local last hope Anup is in the quarter-finals of 2007 World Championship ... In quarters having huge task against WR No 1 and defending champion Dan Lin ... But with increase confidence and improved game Anup also ready for this battle against Chinese.

Tennis News -
At $50K Bronx Challenger, Bronx, NY USA

[R1] (4) BOPANNA Rohan (IND)/ QURESHI Aisam-Ul-Haq (PAK) bt GREMELMAYR Denis (GER)/ ROSOL Lukas (CZE) 64 46 10(4)

[QF] (4) BOPANNA Rohan (IND)/ QURESHI Aisam-Ul-Haq (PAK) vs GUEZ David (FRA)/ TOURTE Nicolas (FRA)
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At $15K + Russia F3 futures, Moscow (Clay)

[R1] MADKEKAR Aditya (IND,697) l (Q) DONSKOY Evgeny (RUS,NR) 26 16
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At $10K Poland F6 futures, Szczecin (Clay)

[R1] (8) VARDHAN Vishnu (IND,786) l DILAJ Maciej (POL,867) 64 26 16

Doubles -
[R1] STRATLING Marc-Andre (GER)/ VARDHAN Vishnu (IND) l (2) PANFIL Grzegorz (POL)/ ROCHE Charles (FRA) 06 67(3)
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Badminton News -
At 2007 World Championships, Kuala lumpur, Malaysia

[R2] Anup SRIDHAR (IND,41) bt (8) Taufik HIDAYAT (INA,10) 21-14 24-26 22-20
[R2] Saina NEHWAL (IND,30) bt (13) Juliane SCHENK (GER,15) 21-16 21-10

[R2] Rupesh KUMAR (IND)/ Sanave THOMAS (IND) l (14) Hendra A GUNAWAN (INA)/ Joko RIYADI (INA) 13-21 14-21

[PQF] Saina NEHWAL (IND,30) vs (4) Hongyan PI (FRA,4)

Tennis News -
At $50K Bronx Challenger, Bronx, NY USA

[R1] BOPANNA Rohan (IND,223) l (7) HERNYCH Jan (CZE,138) 67(1) 67(3)
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At $50 K Bronx Womens Challanger, USA

[Q2] UBEROI Neha (USA,255) l (4) KUSTAVA Daria (BLR,192) 16 62 16

Doubles -
[R1] SOUTH Melanie (GBR)/ UBEROI Neha (USA) vs (2) MARTINEZ SANCHEZ Maria-Jose (ESP)/ PARRA-SANTONJA Arantxa (ESP)
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At $ 35K + H Bukhara challanger, Uzbekistan

[R1] RASTOGI Karan (IND,339) l (5) ISTOMIN Denis (UZB,315) 46 26

Doubles -
[R1] Mustafa Ghouse (IND)/ Dawid Olejniczak (POL) bt (1) Patrick Briaud (USA)/ Joshua Goodall (GBR) 64 75

[QF] Mustafa Ghouse (IND)/ Dawid Olejniczak (POL) vs (WC) ASANOV Arsen (UZB)/ IKRAMOV Sarvar (UZB)
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At $15K + Russia F3 futures, Moscow (Clay)

[R1] MADKEKAR Aditya (IND,697) vs (Q) DONSKOY Evgeny (RUS,NR)

Doubles -
FILENKOV Alexei (RUS)/ MADKEKAR Aditya (IND) l GASPARYAN Ervand (RUS)/ KARANASHEV Andemir (RUS) 46 36
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At $10K Poland F6 futures, Szczecin (Clay)

[R1] (8) VARDHAN Vishnu (IND,786) vs DILAJ Maciej (POL,867)

Doubles -
[R1] STRATLING Marc-Andre (GER)/ VARDHAN Vishnu (IND) vs (2) PANFIL Grzegorz (POL)/ ROCHE Charles (FRA)
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Badminton News -
At 2007 World Championships, Kuala lumpur, Malaysia

[R1] Chetan ANAND (IND,33) l (9) Sony DWI KUNCORO (INA,11) 21-11 14-21 18-21
[R1] Trupti MURGUNDE (IND,69) l (11) Pui Yin YIP (HKG,13) 17-21 13-21

[R1] Rupesh KUMAR (IND)/ Sanave THOMAS (IND) bt Svetoslav STOYANOV (FRA)/ Mihail POPOV (FRA) 21-9 21-15

[R2] Anup SRIDHAR (IND,41) vs (8) Taufik HIDAYAT (INA,10)
[R2] Saina NEHWAL (IND,30) vs (13) Juliane SCHENK (GER,15)

[R2] Rupesh KUMAR (IND)/ Sanave THOMAS (IND) vs (14) Hendra A GUNAWAN (INA)/ Joko RIYADI (INA)

Badminton News -
At 2007 World Championships, Kuala lumpur, Malaysia

[R1] Anup SRIDHAR (IND,41) bt Juergen KOCH (AUT,63) 21-15 21-19
[R1] Saina NEHWAL (IND,30) bt Jeanine CICOGNINI (SUI,56) 21-12 21-12
[R1] Chetan ANAND (IND,33) vs (9) Sony DWI KUNCORO (INA,11)
[R1] Trupti MURGUNDE (IND,69) vs (11) Pui Yin YIP (HKG,13)

[R1] Shruti S KURIAN (IND)/ Jwala P GUTTA (IND) l Johanna PERSSON (SWE)/ Elin BERGBLOM (SWE) 22-20 15-21 18-21

[R1] Rupesh KUMAR (IND)/ Sanave THOMAS (IND) vs Svetoslav STOYANOV (FRA)/ Mihail POPOV (FRA)

[R2] Anup SRIDHAR (IND,41) vs (8) Taufik HIDAYAT (INA,10)

Tennis News -
At $2.2M Cincinnati Masters, USA

[R1] DAMM Martin (CZE)/ PAES Leander (IND) Bye
[R1] BHUPATHI Mahesh (IND)/ MURRAY Jamie (GBR) vs MONACO Juan (ARG)/ PERRY Todd (AUS)
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At $50K Bronx Challenger, Bronx, NY USA

[R1] BOPANNA Rohan (IND,223) vs (7) HERNYCH Jan (CZE,138)

Doubles -
[R1] (4) BOPANNA Rohan (IND)/ QURESHI Aisam-Ul-Haq (PAK) vs GREMELMAYR Denis (GER)/ ROSOL Lukas (CZE)
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At $50 K Bronx Womens challanger, USA

[Q1] UBEROI Neha (USA,255) bt TUCHBAND Jennifer (USA,527) 64 64

[Q2] UBEROI Neha (USA,255) vs (4) KUSTAVA Daria (BLR,192)
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At $ 35K + H Bukhara challanger, Uzbekistan,

[R1] RASTOGI Karan (IND,339) vs (5) ISTOMIN Denis (UZB,315)

Doubles -
[R1] Mustafa Ghouse (IND)/ Dawid Olejniczak (POL) vs (1) Patrick Briaud (USA)/ Joshua Goodall (GBR)

Tennis News -
At $2.45M Rogers Masters, Montreal, Canada (ATP Masters Series)

[SF] (8) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Pavel Vizner (CZE) bt (1) Bob Bryan (USA)/ Mike Bryan (USA) 62 46 12(10)

[F] (8) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Pavel Vizner (CZE) bt (5) Paul Hanley (AUS)/ Kevin Ullyett (ZIM) 64 64

The first-time pairing of Bhupathi and Vizner completed their dream week with this Super 9 title ... This is Mahesh's 40th career doubles title.
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At $ 10K Wrexham, UK

[F] (1) IYER Tara (IND,410) bt (5) HABERKORN Laura (GER,532) 60 61

This is Tara's second $10K futures title after $10K title in Portugal.
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At $10K + H India F8, Ludhiana

(1) Aqeel Khan (PAK) bt (4) Aditya Madkekar (IND) 63 76(5)
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Golf News -
At Northeast Pennsylvania Classic - Final Standing (Nationwide Tour)

T21 Arjun Atwal (IND) 70 68 73 68 -5 $ 4,622.23

Tennis News -
At $2.45M Rogers Masters, Montreal, Canada (ATP Masters Series)

[QF] (8) BHUPATHI Mahesh (IND)/ VIZNER Pavel (CZE) bt (4) DAMM Martin (CZE )/ PAES Leander (IND) 76(7) 26 10(8)

[SF] (8) BHUPATHI Mahesh (IND)/ VIZNER Pavel (CZE) vs (1) BRYAN Bob (USA)/ BRYAN Mike (USA)
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At $600K East West Bank Classic (formerly called JP Morgan Chase Open), Los Angeles, CA, USA

[QF] Sania Mirza (IND)/ Bethanie Mattek (USA) l (2) Kveta Peschke (CZE)/ Rennae Stubbs (AUS) 67(2) 46
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At $ 10K Wrexham, UK

[SF] (1) IYER Tara (IND,410) bt DU PLESSIS, Lizaan (RSA,1214) 57 57

[F] (1) IYER Tara (IND,410) vs (5) HABERKORN Laura (GER,532)

Doubles -
[F] (4) BROWN Katharina (GBR)/ IYER Tara (IND) l (1) CLERICO Nicole (ITA)/ VERARDI Verdiana (ITA) 46 36
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At the u14 World Juniors Final-16, Prostejov, CZE

Boys 13th place Final -
India l Great Britain 0-3

Sai Kartik Nakireddy l Andrew Bettles 57 36
Rohit Bisht l George Morgan 46 46
Sai Kartik Nakireddy / Mohit Mayur l Andrew Bettles / Connor Glennon 46 63 46

Girls 11th place Final -
India l Indonesia 0-3

Shweta Rana l Cynthia Melita Setyawan 16 16
Rishika Sunkara l Grace Sari Ysidora 57 26
Rishika Sunkara / Shweta Rana l Dwi Rahayu Pitri / Grace Sari Ysidora 06 16

Tennis News -
At $2.45M Rogers Masters, Montreal, Canada (ATP Masters Series)

[R2] (4) DAMM Martin (CZE )/ PAES Leander (IND) bt (WC) DANCEVIC Frank (CAN)/ NIEMEYER Frederic (CAN) W/O (Niemeyer - lower back)

[QF] (4) DAMM Martin (CZE )/ PAES Leander (IND) vs (8) BHUPATHI Mahesh (IND)/ VIZNER Pavel (CZE)
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At $600K East West Bank Classic (formerly called JP Morgan Chase Open), Los Angeles, CA, USA

[R3] Sania Mirza (IND,30) l Virginie Razzano (FRA,52) 16 67(6)
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At $ 10K Wrexham, UK

[QF] (1) IYER Tara (IND,410) bt DOUTRELANT Louise (FRA,875) 67(6) 64 64

[SF] (1) IYER Tara (IND,410) vs DU PLESSIS, Lizaan (RSA,1214)

Doubles -
[SF] (4) BROWN Katharina (GBR)/ IYER Tara (IND) bt (2) BROADY Naomi (GBR)/ WEBLEY-SMITH Emily (GBR) 63 67(3) 62

[F] (4) BROWN Katharina (GBR)/ IYER Tara (IND) vs (1) CLERICO Nicole (ITA)/ VERARDI Verdiana (ITA)
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At $10K USA F21 Futures, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

[R2] (7) SIPAEYA Sunil-Kumar (IND,629) l (Q) POLLOCK Conor (USA,UNR) 76(8) 26 46
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At $10K + H India F8, Ludhiana

Singles Quarter Finals -
(1) Aqeel Khan (PAK) bt (6) Vivek Shokeen (IND) 64 64
Katsushi Fukuda (JPN) bt (7) Tatsuma Ito (JPN) 67(6) 62 2-0 Retd.

(4) Aditya Madkekar (IND) bt (8) Ashutosh Singh (IND) 67(8) 62 64
Tushar Liberhan (IND) bt (WC) Rohan Gajjar (IND) 64 60

Singles Semi Finals -
(1) Aqeel Khan (PAK) bt Katsushi Fukuda (JPN) 61 62
(4) Aditya Madkekar (IND) bt Tushar Liberhan (IND) 61 63

Doubles Semi Finals -
(4) Rohan Gajjar (IND)/ Aditya Madkekar (IND) bt (1) Vijay Kannan (IND)/ Ashutosh Singh (IND) 63 26 64

(2) Purav Raja (IND)/ Vivek Shokeen (IND) bt (3) Lance Vodicka (USA)/ Yu Wang, Jr. (CHN) 76(2) 75

Doubles Final -
(2) Purav Raja (IND)/ Vivek Shokeen (IND) bt (4) Rohan Gajjar (IND)/ Aditya Madkekar (IND) 62 61
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At the u14 World Juniors Final-16, Prostejov, CZE

Boys 13th place Semi-final -
India bt Belarus 2-1

Sai Kartik Nakireddy bt Alexander Bulitaski 63 63
Rohit Bisht l Yaroslav Zubko 36 67(0)
Sai Kartik Nakireddy / Mohit Mayur bt Alexander Bulitaski / Yaroslav Zubko 64 67(7) 64

Girls 9th place Semi-final -
India l Serbia 1-2

Rishika Sunkara bt Jovana Jaksik 75 26 97
Aishwarya Agrawal l Matja Kostic 46 16
Rishika Sunkara / Aishwarya Agrawal l Tamara Kuriovic / Matja Kostic 26 26

Tennis News -
At $2.45M Rogers Masters, Montreal, Canada (ATP Masters Series)

[R2] (4) DAMM Martin (CZE )/ PAES Leander (IND) vs (WC) DANCEVIC Frank (CAN)/ NIEMEYER Frederic (CAN)
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At $600K East West Bank Classic (formerly called JP Morgan Chase Open), Los Angeles, CA, USA

[R3] Sania Mirza (IND,30) vs Virginie Razzano (FRA,52)

Doubles -
[R1] Sania Mirza (IND)/ Bethanie Mattek (USA) bt Janette Husarova (SVK)/ Michaella Krajicek (NED) 63 26 11(9)

[QF] Sania Mirza (IND)/ Bethanie Mattek (USA) vs (2) Kveta Peschke (CZE)/ Rennae Stubbs (AUS)
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At $100k + H Istanbul challanger, Turkey

[R1] Mustafa Ghouse (IND)/ Frank Moser (GER) l (2) James Auckland (GBR)/ Ross Hutchins (GBR) 76(4) 67(4) (3)10
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At $ 10K Wrexham, UK

[R2] (1) IYER Tara (IND,410) bt (WC) NEBOJANKO Anastasia (GBR,NR) 62 61

[QF] (1) IYER Tara (IND,410) vs DOUTRELANT Louise (FRA,875)

Doubles -
[QF] (4) BROWN Katharina (GBR)/ IYER Tara (IND) bt DU PLESSIS Lizaan (RSA)/ MARSHALL Lisa (RSA) 61 63

[SF] (4) BROWN Katharina (GBR)/ IYER Tara (IND) vs (2) BROADY Naomi (GBR)/ WEBLEY-SMITH Emily (GBR)
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At $10K Moscow futures, Russia

[R1] APPINENI Prerana-Mythri (IND)/ TSEPLUKHOVA Alina (RUS) l (WC) EROFEEVA Anastasia (RUS)/ PUTILINA Anastasia (RUS) 06 36
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At $10K USA F21 Futures, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

[R2] (7) SIPAEYA Sunil-Kumar (IND,629) vs (Q) POLLOCK Conor (USA,UNR)

Tennis News -
At the u14 World Juniors Final-16, Prostejov, CZE

Boys -
India l Czech Republic 0-3 (Day 2)

Sai Kartik Nakireddy l Jiri Vesely 62 26 26
Rohit Bisht l Lukas Vrnak 16 16
Sai Kartik Nakireddy / Mohit Mayur l Robert Rumler / Lukas Vrnak 36 26

India l Egypt 1-2 (day 3)

Mohit Mayur l Karim Hossam 36 67(3)
Sai Kartik Nakireddy l Ahmed Albitar 36 46
Sai Kartik Nakireddy / Mohit Mayur bt Karim Hatem / Karim Hossam 75 60

Girls -
India l (5) Great Britain 0-3 (Day 2)

Shweta Rana l Laura Robson 16 06
Aishwarya Agrawal l Jessica Ren 16 06
Rishika Sunkara / Aishwarya Agrawal l Amy Askew / Jessica Ren 62 16 36

India bt Argentina 2-1 (Day 3)

Rishika Sunkara bt Mikele Irazusta 64 26 61
Aishwarya Agrawal bt Catalina Pella 62 64
Shweta Rana / Aishwarya Agrawal l Mikele Irazusta / Florencia Di Biasi 06 06

Boys 13th place Semi-final -
India vs Belarus

Girls 9th place Semi-final -
India vs Serbia
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At $10K + H India F8, Ludhiana

Singles Second Round -
(1) Aqeel Khan (PAK) bt Arata Onozawa (JPN) 5-3 Retd.
(6) Vivek Shokeen (IND) bt (Q) Lei Gao (CHN) 63 06 62
Katsushi Fukuda (JPN) bt Shivang Mishra (IND) 63 36 36
(7) Tatsuma Ito (JPN) bt (Q) Ashwin Vijayragavan (IND) 64 62
(8) Ashutosh Singh (IND) bt (Q) Dong-Whee Choi (KOR) 46 63 64
(4) Aditya Madkekar (IND) bt (WC) PC Vignesh (IND) 62 63
(WC) Rohan Gajjar (IND) bt (LL) Rohan Gide (IND) 62 62
Tushar Liberhan (IND) bt (2) Yu Wang, Jr. (CHN) 76(5) Retd.

Doubles Quarter Finals -
(1) Vijay Kannan (IND)/ Ashutosh Singh (IND) bt Min-Hyoek Cho (KOR)/ Dong-Whee Choi (KOR) 60 61
(4) Rohan Gajjar (IND)/ Aditya Madkekar (IND) bt Tushar Liberhan (IND)/ J. Vishnu Vardhan (IND) 76(7) 26 64

(3) Lance Vodicka (USA)/ Yu Wang, Jr. (CHN) bt Nishank Mishra (IND)/ Shavang Mishra (IND) 63 62
(2) Purav Raja (IND)/ Vivek Shokeen (IND) bt Arindam Datta (IND)/ Aqeel Khan (PAK) 64 76(1)

Tennis News -
At $2.45M Rogers Masters, Montreal, Canada (ATP Masters Series)

[R2] (8) BHUPATHI Mahesh (IND)/ VIZNER Pavel (CZE) bt GONZALEZ Fernando (CHI)/ LJUBICIC Ivan (CRO) 64 62
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At $600K East West Bank Classic (formerly called JP Morgan Chase Open), Los Angeles, CA, USA

[R1] Sania Mirza (IND,30) bt (7) Martina Hingis (CAN,12) 62 26 64
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At $ 10K Wrexham, UK

[R1] (1) IYER Tara (IND,410) bt (WC) HOWLETT Olivia (GBR,NR) 63 67(5) 62

[R2] (1) IYER Tara (IND,410) vs (WC) NEBOJANKO Anastasia (GBR,NR)

Doubles -
[R1] (4) BROWN Katharina (GBR)/ IYER Tara (IND) Bye

[QF] (4) BROWN Katharina (GBR)/ IYER Tara (IND) vs DU PLESSIS Lizaan (RSA)/ MARSHALL Lisa (RSA)
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At $10K Moscow futures, Russia

[R1] APPINENI Prerana-Mythri (IND,708) l (3) EKSHIBAROVA Vlada (UZB,496) 06 06

Doubles -
[R1] APPINENI Prerana-Mythri (IND)/ TSEPLUKHOVA Alina (RUS) vs (WC) EROFEEVA Anastasia (RUS)/ PUTILINA Anastasia (RUS)
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At $10K USA F21 Futures, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

[R1] (7) SIPAEYA Sunil-Kumar (IND,629) bt STATHAM Jose (NZL,668) 64 36 63

Doubles -
[R1] JETLI Porus (USA)/ SIPAEYA Sunil-Kumar (IND) l HEISER Billy (USA)/ SMYCZEK Tim (USA) 76(3) 26 26

Tennis News -
At $600K East West Bank Classic (formerly called JP Morgan Chase Open), Los Angeles, CA, USA

[R1] Sania Mirza (IND,30) bt (Q) Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN,109) 63 62

[R2] Sania Mirza (IND,30) vs (7) Martina Hingis (SUI,12)

Doubles -
[R1] Sania Mirza (IND)/ Bethanie Mattek (USA) vs Janette Husarova (SVK)/ Michaella Krajicek (NED)
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At $100k + H Istanbul challanger, Turkey

[R1] Mustafa Ghouse (IND)/ Frank Moser (GER) vs (2) James Auckland (GBR)/ Ross Hutchins (GBR)
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At the u14 World Juniors Final-16, Prostejov, CZE

Boys -
India l (4) Slovak Republik 0-3

Sai Kartik Nakireddy l Adrian Partel 36 57
Rohit Bisht l Filip Horansky 26 16
Sai Kartik Nakireddy / Rohit Bisht l Filip Horansky / Filip Vitek 57 36

Girls -
India l (3) Russia 0-3

Rishika Sunkara l Daria Gabrilova 26 16
Aishwarya Agrawal l Ksenia Kirillova 36 46
Rishika Sunkara / Aishwarya Agrawal l Daria Gabrilova / Polina Vino gradova 76(4) 16 26
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At $ 10K Wrexham, UK

[R1] (1) IYER Tara ( IND,410) vs (WC) HOWLETT Olivia (GBR,NR)
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At $25K Coimbra Challenger, Portugal

[Q1] NAIK Adnya (IND,UNR) Bye

[Q2] NAIK Adnya (IND,UNR) l (1) BOU-NOGUEIRO Rebeca (ESP,420) 06 26
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At $10K Moscow futures, Russia

[R1] APPINENI Prerana-Mythri (IND,708) vs (3) EKSHIBAROVA Vlada (UZB,496)
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At $10K USA F21 Futures, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

[R1] (7) SIPAEYA Sunil-Kumar (IND,629) vs STATHAM Jose (NZL,668)

Doubles -
[R1] JETLI Porus (USA)/ SIPAEYA Sunil-Kumar (IND) vs HEISER Billy (USA)/ SMYCZEK Tim (USA)

Tennis News -
At $10K + H India F8, Ludhiana

Singles First Round -
(1) Aqeel Khan (PAK) bt Yuji Ochiai (BRA) 62 2-0 Retd
Arata Onozawa (JPN) bt Yannick Nelord (IND) 64 62
(Q) Lei Gao (CHN) bt (Q) Kinshuk Sharma (IND) 62 4-1 Retd
(6) Vivek Shokeen (IND) bt J. Vishnu Vardhan (IND) 76(6) 63
Shivang Mishra (IND) bt (3) Vijay Kannan (IND) 76(0) Retd.
Katsushi Fukuda (JPN) bt (WC) Navinder Singh Pal (IND) 61 60
(Q) Ashwin Vijayragavan (IND) bt Srirambalaji Narayanaswamy (IND) 64 3-0 Retd
(7) Tatsuma Ito (JPN) bt (WC) Karunuday Singh (IND) 61 61
(8) Ashutosh Singh (IND) bt (Q) Eui-Yeol Yang (KOR) 57 64 76(2)
(Q) Dong-Whee Choi (KOR) bt Lance Vodicka (USA) 36 61 61
(WC) Vignesh PC (IND) bt (Q) Gursharan Singh (IND) 36 20 retd.
(4) Aditya Madkekar (IND) bt Kiran Nandkumar (IND) 61 61
(WC) Rohan Gajjar (IND) bt (5) Navdeep Singh (IND) 64 62
(LL) Rohan Gide (IND) bt (Q) Ajay Selvaraj (IND) 62 63
Tushar Liberhan (IND) bt (Q) Leandro Ferreira (BRA) 62 63
(2) Yu Wang, Jr. (CHN) bt Purav Raja (IND) 64 63

Doubles First Round -
(1) Vijay Kannan (IND)/ Ashutosh Singh (IND) bt Rohan Gide (IND)/ Gursharan Singh (IND) 63 62
Min-Hyoek Cho (KOR)/ Dong-Whee Choi (KOR) bt Yuji Ochiai (BRA)/ Arata Onozawa (JPN) 67(4) 75 64

(4) Rohan Gajjar (IND)/ Aditya Madkekar (IND) bt (WC) Manav Dhawan (IND)/ Kinshuk Sharma (IND) 76(5) 63
Tushar Liberhan (IND)/ J. Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt Katsushi Fukuda (JPN)/ Tatsuma Ito (JPN) 62 76(7)

Nishank Mishra (IND)/ Shavang Mishra (IND) bt (WC) Leandro Ferreira (BRA)/ Ali Ibshara (AUS) 64 60
(3) Lance Vodicka (USA)/ Yu Wang, Jr. (CHN) vs Jalil Khan (PAK)/ Yannick Nelord (IND) 60 67(5) 62

Arindam Datta (IND)/ Aqeel Khan (PAK) bt Kiran Nandkumar (IND)/ Srirambalaji Narayanaswamy (IND) 63 64
(2) Purav Raja (IND)/ Vivek Shokeen (IND) bt (WC) Gumohit Singh Janjua (IND)/ Mandeep Yadav (IND) 61 61

Golf News -
At World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational - Final Standing

T51 Jeev Milkha Singh 72 74 72 76 +14 $ 42,000.00
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At Reno-Tahoe Open - Final Standing (PGA Tour)

T30 Daniel Chopra 71 69 70 76 -2 $ 17,828.57
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At Wichita Open - Final Standing (Nationwide Tour)

T54 Arjun Atwal 66 68 72 73 -5 $ 1,575.00

Tennis News -
At $600K Legg Mason Tennis Classic, Washington DC

[SF] (2) DAMM Martin (CZE)/ PAES Leander (IND) l (4) ERLICH Jonathan (ISR)/ RAM Andy (ISR) 76(4) 67(5) (2)10
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At $2.45M Rogers Masters, Montreal, Canada (ATP Masters Series)

[Q1] AMRITRAJ Prakash (IND,262) l (4) RUSSELL Michael (USA,71) 46 26

Doubles -
[R1] (4) DAMM Martin (CZE )/ PAES Leander (IND) Bye
[R1] (8) BHUPATHI Mahesh (IND)/ VIZNER Pavel (CZE) Bye
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At $125K +H Segovia Challenger, Spain

[F] (3) BOPANNA Rohan (IND)/ QURESHI Aisam-Ul-Haq (PAK) bt KRATOCHVIL Michel (SUI)/ MULLER Gilles (LUX) 76(8) 63

Rohan's fairytale story in doubles continue ... This is his 5th consecutive weeks challenger double finals and in that he won 4 titles ... Rohan and Aisam's 3rd consecutive title ... This pair is truly on roll ... With this win Rohan will be rise inside top 100 of doubles, around #91 and Aisam is also move inside top 130 doubles ranking.
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At $50K Vancouver challenger, Canada,

[SF] RAO Sunitha (IND,256) l (2) DUBOIS Stephanie (CAN,121) 16 0-2 Retd.

I wish and hope this isn't any serious injury threat as Sunitha again showing her 2 yrs back form on the court.
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At $10K + H India F7, New Delhi

Singles Final -
SINGH Ashutosh (IND) l (4) SUN Peng (CHN) 26 16

Doubles Final -
(1) KANNAN Vijay (IND)/ SINGH Ashutosh (IND) bt (2) LIBERHAN Tushar (IND)/ SHOKEEN Vivek (IND) 61 76(5)
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Golf News -
At World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational -Third Round

T34 Jeev Milkha Singh 72 74 72 +8
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At Reno-Tahoe Open - Third Round (PGA Tour)

T13 Daniel Chopra 71 69 70 -6
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At Wichita Open - Third Round (Nationwide Tour)

T36 Arjun Atwal 66 68 72 -7

Tennis News -
At $1.34M Acura Classic, San Diego, CA-USA

[QF] Sania Mirza (IND,31) l (1) Maria Sharapova (RUS,2) 26 16
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At $600K Legg Mason Tennis Classic, Washington DC

[SF] (2) DAMM Martin (CZE)/ PAES Leander (IND) vs (4) ERLICH Jonathan (ISR)/ RAM Andy (ISR)
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At $2.45M Rogers Masters, Montreal, Canada (ATP Masters Series)

[Q1] AMRITRAJ Prakash (IND,262) vs (4) RUSSELL Michael (USA,71)
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At $125K +H Segovia Challenger, Spain

[SF] (3) BOPANNA Rohan (IND)/ QURESHI Aisam-Ul-Haq (PAK) bt (2) OUAHAB Lamine (ALG)/ VICENTE Fernando (ESP) 64 62

[F] (3) BOPANNA Rohan (IND)/ QURESHI Aisam-Ul-Haq (PAK) vs KRATOCHVIL Michel (SUI)/ MULLER Gilles (LUX)
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At $50K Vancouver challenger, Canada,

[QF] RAO Sunitha (IND,256) bt TETREAULT Valerie (CAN,275) 57 64 60

[SF] RAO Sunitha (IND,256) vs (2) DUBOIS Stephanie (CAN,121)
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At $10K + H India F7, New Delhi

Singles SemiFinals -
SINGH Ashutosh (IND) bt (2) WANG Yu Jr.(CHN) 64 64
(4) SUN Peng (CHN) bt (1) KHAN Aqeel (PAK) 76(6) 76(6)

Doubles Semifinals -
(1) KANNAN Vijay (IND)/ SINGH Ashutosh (IND) bt FUKUDA Katsushi (JPN)/ OCHIAI Guilherme (BRA) 63 64
(2) LIBERHAN Tushar (IND)/ SHOKEEN Vivek (IND) bt (4) VODICKA Lance (USA)/ WANG Yu Jr.(CHN) 62 64
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Golf News -
At World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational - Second Round

T41 Jeev Milkha Singh 72 74 +6
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At Reno-Tahoe Open - Second Round (PGA Tour)

T25 Daniel Chopra 71 69 -4
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At Wichita Open - Second Round (Nationwide Tour)

T20 Arjun Atwal 66 68 -8

Tennis News -
At $1,340K Acura Classic, San Diego, CA-USA

[PQF] Sania Mirza (IND,31) bt Dinara Safina (RUS,14) 61 62

[QF] Sania Mirza (IND,31) vs (1) Maria Sharapova (RUS,2)

Doubles -
[R2] (7) MIRZA Sania (IND)/ PEER Shahar (ISR) l HSIEH Su-Wei (TPE)/ KUDRYAVTSEVA Alla (RUS) 63 36 10(12)
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At $600K Legg Mason Tennis Classic, Washington DC

[QF] (2) DAMM Martin (CZE)/ PAES Leander (IND) bt HAGGARD Chris (RSA)/ KARLOVIC Ivo (CRO) 67(3) 63 10(8)
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At $125K +H Segovia Challenger, Spain

[SF] (3) BOPANNA Rohan (IND)/ QURESHI Aisam-Ul-Haq (PAK) vs (2) OUAHAB Lamine (ALG)/ VICENTE Fernando (ESP)
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At $50K Vancouver challenger, Canada,

[R2] RAO Sunitha (IND,256) bt (3) SPEARS Abigail (USA,164) 62 62

[QF] RAO Sunitha (IND,256) vs TETREAULT Valerie (CAN,275)
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At $10K + H India F7, New Delhi

Singles Quarter Finals -
(1) KHAN Aqeel (PAK) bt (8) ITO Tatsuma (JPN) 63 64
(4) SUN Peng (CHN) bt (Q) CHO Min-Hyoek (KOR) 64 36 62
SINGH Ashutosh (IND) bt (Q) LIN Tzu-Yang (TPE) 62 62
(2) WANG Yu Jr.(CHN) bt (5) MADKEKAR Aditya (IND) 64 76(3)
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Golf News -
At World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational - First Round

T38 Jeev Milkha Singh 72 +2
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At Reno-Tahoe Open - First Round (PGA Tour)

T54 Daniel Chopra 71 -1
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At Wichita Open - First Round (Nationwide Tour)

T14 Arjun Atwal 66 -5
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Squash News -
At World Junior Women's Squash Championships 2007, Hong Kong

[R1] (9/16) Dipika Pallikal (IND) Bye
[R1] Surbhi Misra (IND) bt Steffi Müller (GER) 9-0 6-9 9-3 10-8
[R1] Anwesha Reddy (IND) l Olivia Blatchford (USA) 0-9 9-7 8-10 9-3 2-9
[R1] Shivangi Paranjpe (IND) l Catherine McTaggart (ZIM) w/o

[R2] (9/16) Dipika Pallikal (IND) bt Lana Harrison (NZL) 9-5 9-5 10-9
[R2] Surbhi Misra (IND) l (17/32) Liu Tsz Ling (HKG) 9-10 9-6 5-9 9-10

[R3] (9/16) Dipika Pallikal (IND) l (17/32) Misaki Kobayashi (JPN) 9-3 7-9 4-9 9-3 7-9

Tennis News -
At $1,340K Acura Classic, San Diego, CA-USA

[R2] Sania Mirza (IND,31) bt Eleni Daniilidou (GRE,44) 76(3) 61

[PQF] Sania Mirza (IND,31) vs Dinara Safina (RUS,14)

Doubles -
[R1] (7) MIRZA Sania (IND)/ PEER Shahar (ISR) bt BACHMANN Angelika (GER)/ SROMOVA Hana (CZE) 64 60

[R2] (7) MIRZA Sania (IND)/ PEER Shahar (ISR) vs HSIEH Su-Wei (TPE)/ KUDRYAVTSEVA Alla (RUS)
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At $600K Legg Mason Tennis Classic, Washington DC

[QF] BHUPATHI Mahesh (IND)/ HENMAN Tim (GBR) l (3) HANLEY Paul (AUS)/ ULLYETT Kevin (ZIM) 46 57
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At $125K +H Segovia Challenger, Spain

[R2] QURESHI Aisam-Ul-Haq (PAK,164) l (Q) ALCAIDE Guillermo (ESP,410) 67(3) 46

Doubles -
[QF] (4) GHOUSE Mustafa (IND)/ MOSER Frank (GER) l KRATOCHVIL Michel (SUI)/ MULLER Gilles (LUX) 76(5) 36 (9)11

[QF] (3) BOPANNA Rohan (IND)/ QURESHI Aisam-Ul-Haq (PAK) bt CHARROIN Olivier (FRA)/ DUSTOV Farrukh (UZB) 63 64
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At $50K Vancouver challenger, Canada,

[R1] RAO Sunitha (IND,256) bt (Q) LEPORE Agustina (ARG,513) 62 62

[R2] RAO Sunitha (IND,256) vs (3) SPEARS Abigail (USA,164)
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At $10K + H India F7, New Delhi

Singles Second Round -
(1) KHAN Aqeel (PAK) bt (WC) BHAMBRI Yuki (IND) 64 76(5)
(8) ITO Tatsuma (JPN) bt (Q) CHANG Yu (CHN) 64 61
(4) SUN Peng (CHN) bt (Q) GAJJAR Rohan (IND) 60 46 61
(Q) CHO Min-Hyoek (KOR) bt VODICKA Lance (USA) 46 64 64
(Q) LIN Tzu-Yang (TPE) bt (Q) VIJAYRAGAVAN Ashwin (IND) 46 62 61
SINGH Ashutosh (IND) bt (3) KANNAN Vijay (IND) 63 64
(5) MADKEKAR Aditya (IND) bt VARDHAN Vishnu (IND) 76(5) 36 1-0 Retd.
(2) WANG Yu Jr.(CHN) bt (WC) MALIK Vijayant (IND) 61 60

Doubles Quarter Finals -
(1) KANNAN Vijay (IND)/ SINGH Ashutosh (IND) bt GAJJAR Rohan (IND)/ MADKEKAR Aditya (IND) 75 60
FUKUDA Katsushi (JPN)/ OCHIAI Guilherme (BRA) bt (3) KHAN Aqeel (PAK)/ MISHRA Shivang (IND) 64 46 63

(4) VODICKA Lance (USA)/ WANG Yu Jr.(CHN) bt (WC) BHAMBRI Yuki (IND)/ GIDE Rohan (IND) 63 61
(2) LIBERHAN Tushar (IND)/ SHOKEEN Vivek (IND) bt CHO Min-Hyoek (KOR)/ CHOI Dong-Whee (KOR) 63 60

Tennis News -
At $1,340K Acura Classic, San Diego, CA-USA

[R1] Sania Mirza (IND,31) bt (12) Shahar Peer (ISR,18) 63 46 62

[R2] Sania Mirza (IND,31) vs Eleni Daniilidou (GRE,44)
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At $600K Legg Mason Tennis Classic, Washington DC

[R1] (Q) Somdev Devvarman (IND,1006) l Paul Goldstein (USA,96) 46 26

Doubles -
[R1] (2) DAMM Martin (CZE)/ PAES Leander (IND) bt (WC) DEVVARMAN Somdev (IND)/ ISNER John (USA) 62 36 10(8)

[QF] BHUPATHI Mahesh (IND)/ HENMAN Tim (GBR) vs (3) HANLEY Paul (AUS)/ ULLYETT Kevin (ZIM)

[QF] (2) DAMM Martin (CZE)/ PAES Leander (IND) vs HAGGARD Chris (RSA)/ KARLOVIC Ivo (CRO)
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At $125K +H Segovia Challenger, Spain

[R1] BOPANNA Rohan (IND,215) l (Q) KRATOCHVIL Michel (SUI,1512) 36 36
[R1] QURESHI Aisam-Ul-Haq (PAK,164) bt MENENDEZ Adrian (ESP,225) 76(4) 76(3)

[R2] QURESHI Aisam-Ul-Haq (PAK,164) vs (Q) ALCAIDE Guillermo (ESP,410)

Doubles -
[R1] (4) GHOUSE Mustafa (IND)/ MOSER Frank (GER) bt (WC) ALCAIDE Guillermo (ESP)/ BURRIEZA Oscar (ESP) 26 75 10(6)

[QF] (4) GHOUSE Mustafa (IND)/ MOSER Frank (GER) vs KRATOCHVIL Michel (SUI)/ MULLER Gilles (LUX)
[QF] (3) BOPANNA Rohan (IND)/ QURESHI Aisam-Ul-Haq (PAK) vs CHARROIN Olivier (FRA)/ DUSTOV Farrukh (UZB)

Badminton News -
At $5K 2007 Victorian International, Melbourne, Australia (International Series)
12th July to 15th July 2007

[Q1] Aravind BHAT (IND,324) bt David Sok (AUS,UNR) 21-15 21-16
[Q1] Ajit WIJETILEKK (IND,303) bt Jonothan Cracknell (AUS,UNR) 21-10 21-11

[Q2] Aravind BHAT (IND,324) bt William Ponsonby (AUS,UNR) 21-14 21-17
[Q2] Ajit WIJETILEKK (IND,303) bt Brent Miller (AUS,UNR) 21-13 21-9

[Q3] Aravind BHAT (IND,324) bt Luke Chong (AUS,UNR) 21-7 21-11
[Q3] Ajit WIJETILEKK (IND,303) bt Boris Ma (AUS,349) 21-11 21-10

Maindraw -
[R1] (Q) Aravind BHAT (IND,324) l (5/8) Erwin Kehlhoffner (FRA,58)
[R1] (Q) Ajit WIJETILEKK (IND,303) bt Kristof Horvath (HUN,139) 21-14 21-6

[R2] (Q) Ajit WIJETILEKK (IND,303) bt (3/4) Stephan Wojcikiewicz (CAN,47) 17-21 21-18 21-18

[QF] (Q) Ajit WIJETILEKK (IND,303) l Raju Rai (USA,114) 12-21 6-7 Retd.
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At $5K North Shore City International, Auckland, New Zealand (International Series)
19th July to 22nd July 2007

[R1] Aravind BHAT (IND,324) bt James Eunson (NZL,UNR) 21-14 21-14
[R1] Ajit WIJETILEKK (IND,303) bt Yosef Sutrisna (NZL,UNR) 21-12 21-7

[R2] Aravind BHAT (IND,324) l (1) John Moody (NZL,36) 20-22 19-21
[R2] Ajit WIJETILEKK (IND,303) bt Arnaud Franzi (CAL,UNR) 21-14 21-13

[PQF] Ajit WIJETILEKK (IND,303) l (5/8) Brice Leverdez (FRA,70) 9-21 18-21
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At $1.5K Société Générale Calédonienne de Banque, Noumea, France (Future Series)
26th July to 29th July 2007

[R1] Aravind BHAT (IND,324) bt Nicola MARTOREDJO (NCL,UNR) 21-9 21-18
[R1] Ajit WIJETILEKK (IND,303) bt Florent MATHEY (NCL,399) 21-14 21-10

[R2] Aravind BHAT (IND,324) bt (1) Jan FROHLICH (CZE,40) 21-18 Retd.
[R2] Ajit WIJETILEKK (IND,303) l (2) Pablo ABIAN (ESP,48) 16-21 21-18 16-21

[QF] Aravind BHAT (IND,324) bt Carlos LONGO (ESP,85) 21-15 15-21 21-14

[SF] Aravind BHAT (IND,324) bt José Antonio CRESPO (ESP,94) 21-11 21-15

[F] Aravind BHAT (IND,324) bt (2) Pablo ABIAN (ESP,48) 21-16 17-21 21-19

Doubles -
[R1] (2) Aravind BHAT (IND)/ Ajit WIJETILEKK (IND) bt Fabien KADDOUR (NCL)/ Arnaud FRANZI (NCL) 21-11 21-19

[SF] (2) Aravind BHAT (IND)/ Ajit WIJETILEKK (IND) bt Florent MATHEY (NCL)/ Marc Antoine DESAYMOZ (NCL) 16-21 21-19 21-16

[F] (2) Aravind BHAT (IND)/ Ajit WIJETILEKK (IND) bt (1) Daniel FORREST (NZL)/ Nathan HANNAM (NZL) 22-20 21-14

Arvind Bhat was out due to injury for a year and now he is bidding his comeback and aim to do better than what he achieved previously, that was top 40 world ranking.