Saturday, March 15, 2008

Tennis News -
At $2.1M / $3.589M Pacific Life Open, Indian Wells, USA

[R2] (21) Sania Mirza (IND,32) bt Olga Savchuk (UKR,96) 46 61 64

[R3] (21) Sania Mirza (IND,32) vs (9) Shahar Peer (ISR,18)

Doubles -
[R2] (7) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Bethanie Mattek (USA) vs Tatiana Poutchek (BLR)/ Anastasia Rodionova (RUS)

[R1] (8) HANLEY Paul (AUS)/PAES Leander (IND) bt FERRER David (ESP)/ NADAL Rafael (ESP) 63 64

[R2] (8) HANLEY Paul (AUS)/PAES Leander (IND) vs Guillermo Canas (ARG)/ David Nalbandian (ARG)

So after losing first set Sania managed to turn table on Olga ... She needs more consistent performance against Shahar.

Good straight sets win for Lee and Paul ... Now they will face Argentine pair in second round.

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At $50K Delhi Challenger, India

Singles Final -
Ekateryna Dzehalevich (BLR,208) bt (4) Yanina Wickmayer (BEL,152) 26 63 62
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At $15K Ivory Coast F2, Abidjan, Cote D'Ivoire

[QF] (5) RASTOGI Karan (IND,512) l (1) MIDDELKOOP Matwe (NED,259) 26 16

These one-sided losses hurt ... Now interesting to see how he perform next 2 weeks on Egyptian clay.
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Badminton News -
At $5K 43rd Yonex Portuguese International Championships,

[R2] Anand Pawar (IND,101) bt Edwin Ekiring (UGA,105) 21-12 21-9
[R2] (Q) Ajay Jayaram (IND,244) bt P. Kashyap (IND,98) 21-18 8-21 23-21

[R2] Aditi Mutatkar (IND,78) l (Q) Xi Zhang (CHN,UNR) 21-16 9-21 17-21

[R2] (2) Rupesh Kumar (IND)/ Sanave Thomas (IND) bt Martin Kragh (DEN)/ Tore Villhelmsen (DEN) 21-11 21-17
[R2] Akshay Dewalkar (IND)/ Diju V. (IND) bt Ricardo Fernandes (POR)/ Fernando Silva (POR) 21-12 21-16

[QF] Anand Pawar (IND,101) vs Jun Takemura (JPN,132)
[QF] (Q) Ajay Jayaram (IND,244) vs (5) Kevin Cordon (GUA,63)

[QF] Akshay Dewalkar (IND)/ Diju V. (IND) vs (4) Chris Adcock (ENG)/ Dean George (ENG)
[QF] (2) Rupesh Kumar (IND)/ Sanave Thomas (IND) vs Andrew Ellis (ENG)/ Chris Langridge (ENG)

Anand is in quarters with easy victory ... Ajay continues with his giant killing and yesterday beat his senior team-mate Kashyap to moved into quarters.

Aditi couldn't handle unrank Chinese qualifier's challenge after wining first game ... Our doubles teams scored easy victory.

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Golf News -
At Ballantine's Championship, Jeju Island, South Korea - Third Round (EPGA Tour)

T1 SINGH Jeev Milkha 68 66 64 -18
T19 RANDHAWA Jyoti 68 72 70 - 6
T60 GHEI Gaurav 72 72 74 + 2

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