Tennis News -
At $10K USA F15 Futures, Rochester, NY

[R2] (8) Somdev DEV VARMAN (IND,793) bt (WC) KRONAUGE Justin (USA,1686) 60 60
[QF] (8) Somdev DEV VARMAN (IND,793) vs (1) Artem SITAK (RUS,321)

Doubles -
[SF] DEV VARMAN Somdev (IND)/ HUEY Treat (USA) bt AUBONE Jean-Yves (USA)/ BOWLES Clint (USA) 61 61
[F] DEV VARMAN Somdev (IND)/ HUEY Treat (USA) vs (4) KONIECKO Bryan (USA)/ KRONAUGE Justin (USA)

Somi is man-handling his opponents on the court with his game ... Justin Kronauge is currently #13 in NCAA ranking, so wasn't easy opponent ... But Somi was on different planet and scored another double bagel victory ... So now real test for him is against top-seed Russian Sitak ... This match will decide Somi should stick to futures or move over to Challengers qualifying.
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At $25k Qian Shan Challanger, China

[QF] (4) Isha LAKHANI (IND)/ Pemra OZGEN (TUR) l Lei HUANG (CHN)/ Yan-Ze XIE (CHN) 62 46 (5)10
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Badminton News -
At 120K Thailand GP GOLD 2008,

[QF] Saina NEHWAL (IND,23) l (1) Xingfang XIE (CHN,1) 16-21 17-21

Saina produced creditable performance in this 34 mins match, lot better than her March's match against Xingfang ... In new BWF ranking Saina is climbed to #21.