Tennis News -
At Australian Open 2008,

[R1] (31) MIRZA Sania (IND,31) bt (WC) TULYAGANOVA Iroda (UZB,317) 64 62
[R1] (Q) Rajeev Ram (USA,233) l Simone Bolelli (ITA,69) 67(5) 63 46 62 36

[R2] (31) MIRZA Sania (IND,31) vs Timea Bacsinszky (SUI,119)

Very clinical display by Sania after got broken in the 4th game ... She was struggling with her service but volleys and overheads were superb ... Thats major improvement was seen in her game.

Rajeev gave valiant effort against top-70 Italian player ... Was unlucky after fighting for 5 sets.
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At $25k Surprise challanger, AZ, USA

[Q2] (9) UBEROI Neha (USA,312) l MINELLA Mandy (LUX,404) 16 46
[Q2] UBEROI Shikha (IND,749) l (6) PIEDADE Frederica (POR,300) 36 62 16

[R1] (5) RAO Sunitha (IND,194) vs Qualifier

Doubles -
[R1] (1) DEKMEIJERE Liga (LAT)/ RAO Sunitha (IND) vs NAGLE Courtney (USA)/ STEPHENSON Robin (USA)
[R1] UBEROI Neha (USA)/ UBEROI Shikha (IND) vs (WC) GULLICKSON Carly (USA)/ PERRY Shenay (USA)
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At $10k USA F2, North Miami Beach, Florida, USA

[R1] ROY Rupesh (IND,1083) vs (Q) KIM Hyung-Kwon (KOR,1391)

Doubles -
[R1] INBAR Amit (ISR)/ ROY Rupesh (IND) vs POKRAJAC Milan (CAN)/ VODICKA Lance (USA)
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At $15k China F1, Shenzhen

Doubles -
[R1] LEE Hsin-Han (TPE)/ SHOKEEN Vivek (IND) l (1) YU Xin-Yuan (CHN)/ ZENG Shao-Xuan (CHN) 36 36
[R1] BALLERET Benjamin (MON)/ RASTOGI Karan (IND) l (4) VAN DER DUIM Antal (NED)/ WEINTRAUB Amir (ISR) 57 67(1)
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Hockey News -

Today 27 yrs old Viren Rasquinha announced his retirement from internationals to pursue an MBA degree at the Indian School of Business in Hyderabad.

Rasquinha represented India at the 2004 Athens Olympics and the World Cup in 2006; he was part of the team that won the junior World Cup in 2001 and honoured with the Arjuna award for the year 2005.