Tennis News -
At $25K Noida Challenger, India

Singles Semi Finals -
Anastasija SEVASTOVA (LAT,268) bt (Q) Vlada EKSHIBAROVA (UZB,398) 76(5) 57 64
(2) Sunitha RAO (IND,175) bt (3) Margit RUUTEL (EST,180) 62 26 76(6)

Doubles Final -
(4) Teodora MIRCIC (SRB)/ Lenka TVAROSKOVA (SVK) bt (3) Kelly ANDERSON (RSA)/ Chanelle SCHEEPERS (RSA) 62 67(7) 10(6)

Superb win!!! Happy to see that Sunitha managed to win this close match .. It shows her mental toughness with improvement in her game ... Last 2 weeks performance also secured Sunitha's re-entry in top 160.

Now Sunitha having great opportunity to win her first Singles Challenger title.
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At $10K India F3 Futures, Mumbai

Singles Semi Finals -
(4) Nathan THOMPSON (USA,638) bt (WC) Harsh MANKAD (IND,1289) 62 64
(Q) Ryan YOUNG (USA,NR) bt (2) Hyun-Woo NAM (KOR,509) 64 62

Doubles Final -
(4) Rohan GAJJAR (IND)/ Purav RAJA (IND) bt Harsh MANKAD (IND)/ Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) 63 61
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Chess News -
At $336K 17TH Amber Blindfold and Rapid Tournament, Nice, France
Friday March 21 Round VI

Blindfold Chess -
Karjakin-Anand 0-1
Aronian-Mamedyarov 1/2-1/2
Carlsen-Topalov 1/2-1/2
Ivanchuk-Leko 1/2-1/2
Van Wely-Morozevich 0-1
Gelfand-Kramnik 1/2-1/2

Rapid Chess -
Anand-Karjakin 1/2-1/2
Mamedyarov-Aronian 1/2-1/2
Topalov-Carlsen 1/2-1/2
Leko-Ivanchuk 1/2-1/2
Morozevich-Van Wely 1/2-1/2
Kramnik-Gelfand 1/2-1/2

Anand won his blindfold match while Aronian drew his ... So a good start for Anand ... Anand managed only draw against Karjakin in Rapid ... But Aronian also had same fate against Morozevich so in end Anand managed to reduce distance by ½ pt after 6 rounds.