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

[QF] (7) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Bethanie Mattek (USA) bt (2) Yung-Jan Chan (TPE)/ Chia-Jung Chuang (TPE) 75 46 11(9)

[SF] (7) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Bethanie Mattek (USA) vs (3) Zi Yan (CHN)/ Jie Zheng (CHN)

After reading her yesterday's interview where she mentioned about MRI scan in 2 days I though she would skip doubles ... But she played and won hard fought match.
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At $3.589M Pacific Life Open, Indian Wells, USA

[QF] (6) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Mark Knowles (BAH) l (4) Jonathan Erlich (ISR)/ Andy Ram (ISR) 36 46

Hesh and Mark couldn't do much against Israeli pair.
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At $25K Noida Challenger, India

Singles Quarter Finals -
Anastasija SEVASTOVA (LAT,268) bt (Q) Montinee TANGPHONG (THA,461) 61 64
(Q) Vlada EKSHIBAROVA (UZB,398) bt (Q) Aniko KAPROS (HUN,523) 63 2-1 Retd.

(3) Margit RUUTEL (EST,180) bt (Q) Varatchaya WONGTEANCHAI (THA,718) 64 61
(2) Sunitha RAO (IND,175) bt (7) GUMULYA Sandy (INA,245) 26 62 61

Doubles Semi Finals -
(3) Kelly ANDERSON (RSA)/ Chanelle SCHEEPERS (RSA) bt (Q) Yayuk BASUKI (INA)/ Romana TEDJAKUSUMA (INA) 64 57 10(6)

(4) Teodora MIRCIC (SRB)/ Lenka TVAROSKOVA (SVK) bt Ksenia PALKINA (KGZ)/ Anastasia POLTORATSKAYA (RUS) 64 64

After first set hiccup very dominating performance by Sunitha ... So now real test against almost same ranked player Ruutel in semis.
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At $10K India F3 Futures, Mumbai

Singles Quarter Finals -
(WC) Harsh MANKAD (IND,1289) bt Harshana GODAMANNE (SRI,1072) 61 64
(4) Nathan THOMPSON (USA,638) bt Vaja UZAKOV (UZB,820) 62 62

(Q) Ryan YOUNG (USA,NR) bt Purav RAJA (IND,874) 64 64
(2) Hyun-Woo NAM (KOR,509) bt (5) Divij SHARAN (IND,657) 76(0) 61

Doubles Semi Finals -
Harsh MANKAD (IND)/ Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) bt (3) Rupesh ROY (IND)/ Vivek SHOKEEN (IND) 64 16 14(12)

(4) Rohan GAJJAR (IND)/ Purav RAJA (IND) bt (2) Danila ARSENOV (RUS)/ Vaja UZAKOV (UZB) 16 63 10(7)
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Squash News -
At $8K Vietnam Open 2008

[SF] (5) Joshna Chinappa (IND,44) bt (6) Dipika Pallikal (IND,61) 9-6 9-7 9-4 (36m)

[F] (5) Joshna Chinappa (IND,44) l (1) Louise Crome (NZL,27) 7-9 1-9 7-9 (47m)

Though scoreline suggests easy loss but considering match time of 47 minutes this final match was closely fought match .. Joshna couldn't produce magic which she showed against WR #28 Hansen in quarter-finals.