Tennis News -
At $1.401M Dubai Tennis Championships, UAE

[SF] (4) BHUPATHI Mahesh (IND)/ KNOWLES Mark (BAH) bt (2) ASPELIN Simon (SWE)/ KNOWLE Julian (AUT) 62 60

[F] (4) BHUPATHI Mahesh (IND)/ KNOWLES Mark (BAH) vs (3) Martin DAMM (CZE)/ Pavel VIZNER (CZE)

Very dominating performance by Hesh and Mark against higher seeds ... They crushed Knowle and Aspelin ... They won 50 points of total 77 points which played in this match.

So now in the final they will play against 3rd seeds Damm and Vizner, who upset top seeds in other semi.
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Badminton News -
At $5K Croatian International 2008, Zagreb

[Q1] Ajay JAYARAM (IND,246) bt David OBERNOSTERER (AUT,624) 21-6 19-21 21-6
[Q2] Ajay JAYARAM (IND,246) l (8) Kristian NIELSEN (DEN,128) 14-21 17-21

Maindraw -
[R1] P KASHYAP (IND,100) bt Klaus RAFFEINER (ITA,108) 21-16 21-10
[R1] Anand PAWAR (IND,111) bt Brice LEVERDEZ (FRA,77) 21-10 21-16

[R1] Trupti MURGUNDE (IND,63) l Nanna BROSOLAT JENSEN (DEN,78) 18-21 11-21
[R1] Aditi MUTATKAR (IND,89) bt Maja KERSNIK (SLO,79) 21-12 21-17

[R1] (1) Rupesh KUMAR (IND)/ Sanave THOMAS (IND) Bye
[R1] Akshay DEWALKAR (IND)/ Diju V (IND) Bye

[R2] (1) Rupesh KUMAR (IND)/ Sanave THOMAS (IND) vs Rene NICHTERWITZ (AUT)/ David OBERNOSTERER (AUT)

[R2] Anand PAWAR (IND,111) bt P KASHYAP (IND,100) 23-21 21-14
[R2] Aditi MUTATKAR (IND,89) bt (4) Claudia RIVERO (PER,49) 21-15 19-21 21-13

[QF] Anand PAWAR (IND,111) vs Ville LANG (FIN,88)
[QF] Aditi MUTATKAR (IND,89) vs (Q) Patty STOLZENBACH (NED,113)

Anand continue to impressed with his performance ... Today he scored 2 quality win against top 100, though second win was against his team-mate P Kashyap.

Aditi also scored quality wins against higer ranked players, importantly her tight win against top-50 Peruvian player.