Tennis News -
At €349K BMW open, Munich, Germany (Red Clay)

[R1] (3) BHUPATHI Mahesh/ BOPANNA Rohan (IND) l BUTORAC Eric (USA) / FISHER Ashley (AUS) 62 0-1 Retd

Bad luck for Rohan ... A good run here would have taken him inside top 50 & ensured a direct entry into all the grand slams ... But Mahesh also need to take care of groin strain as important Masters tournaments r coming.
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At U-16 Asia-Oceania Davis Cup Qualifying Tournament, New Delhi, India

Quarter-Finals -
India bt China 3-0

Saurabh Singh (IND) bt Guan-Yu Cao (CHN) 61 75
Yuki Bhambri (IND) bt Yang Lu (CHN) 63 60
Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Saurabh Singh (IND) bt Guan-Yu Cao (CHN)/ Yang Lu (CHN) W/O

Simply great stuff by Yuki and Saurabh winning matches easily against Chinese boys ... So now top-seed Aussies in semis ... This can be tough one as their players ranking can be deceptive than their game.
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At $ 25k Balikpapan Challenger, Indonesia

[R2] (2) LAKHANI Isha (IND,338) bt BARR Cassandra (AUS,777) 61 64

[QF] (2) LAKHANI Isha (IND,338) vs (WC) DAMAYANTI Ayu-Fani (INA,903)

Doubles -
[QF] LAKHANI Isha (IND)/ LIU Shaozhuo (CHN) l (3) GUMULYA Sandy (INA)/ TANANTA Lavinia (INA) 64 57 (9)11

Nice to see Isha performing as per her ranking in this Indonesian challenger ... Now local challenge in quarters.
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At $15k Korea F1 futures, Gimcheon

[QF] (4) RASTOGI Karan (IND)/ KEDRYUK Alexey (KAZ) bt FUKUDA Katsushi (JPN)/ ITO Yuichi (JPN) 61 63

[SF] (4) RASTOGI Karan (IND)/ KEDRYUK Alexey (KAZ) vs (1) FEENEY Adam (AUS)/ GROTH Samuel (AUS)

Another easy victory for pair of Karan and Alexey ... Now they r only non-Australian team in doubles draw.
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At $50K Charlottesville Challenger, USA

[R1] UBEROI Neha (USA,333) l (2) PUCHKOVA Olga (RUS,117) 75 16 16

Neha won first set against top-120 Russian but then Puchkova dominated proceeding.
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Hockey News -
At the Darwin 4 Nations Tournament, Australia

India l Korea 2-5

India dw China 4-4

Goal Scored - Lakra (IND) 23', Singh (IND) 24', Tirkey 48', Singh Chandi (IND) 57' and Liu (CHN) 4' PC, Song (IND) 11' & 32' PC, Liang Hu 62'

Indian mens hockey team is making sure for another last place finish ... :-(
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Football News -
At AFC Cup 2008
Group A - Matchday 5

Al Ansar (LEB) dw Dempo SC (IND) 1-1

Goal Scored - Ranty Martins Soleye (DSC) 27' and Hussain Hamdan (AlA) 84'

Group B - Matchday 5

East Bengal Club (IND) dw Safa SC (LEB) 0-0

Our both teams need win in their final league match to qualify for knockout stage.