Tennis News -
At Asia/Oceania Zone Group I 2008 (1st Round), Delhi, India

India vs Uzbekistan 1-1

Friday, 8th February 2008
Match 1 -
Rohan Bopanna (IND,287) bt Farrukh Dustov (UZB,249) 63 63 61

Match 2 -
Somdev Dev Varman (IND,784) l Denis Istomin (UZB,184) 36 46 26

Very poor quality match between Bops and Dustov ... Both players were making too many UFEs and mis-hits, but I m not blaming them for this poor show ... Delhi grass court sucks, the balls were taking unpredictable wierd bounces.

Second match was much more competitive than what score line suggested ... Both players were playing from baseline and showed tremendous skill ... But Denis showed what lacking in Buji's game, i.e. killing punch ... Buji retrieve anything but still couldn't find weapon to finish long rallies ... Hope he will add that missing tool in his game in remaining days of college.
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At $75K Midland challanger, Mi, USA

[R1] ALBANESE Lauren (USA)/ UBEROI Neha (USA) l PASTIKOVA Michaela (CZE)/ SROMOVA Hana (CZE) 46 26
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Squash News -
At $30K Kolkata International, India

Semi-Finals -
(5) Mansoor Zaman (PAK,35) bt (3) Omar Mosaad (EGY,27) 11-5 4-11 7-11 11-7 11-9 (45m)
(2) Ong Beng Hee (MAS,18) bt (6) Omar Abdel Aziz (EGY,41) 11-8 9-11 6-11 11-8 11-4 (70m)