Saturday, July 26, 2008

Tennis News -
At $2.615M Rogers Masters, Toronto, Canada

[QF] (7) Lukas Dlouhy (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt (4) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Mark Knowles (BAH) 64 36 10(5)
[SF] (7) Lukas Dlouhy (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs (2) Daniel Nestor (CAN)/ Nenad Zimonjic (SRB)

Leander and Lukas scored fighting victory over Mahesh and Mark ... So with this win Lee and Lukas continue with their good form as together they reached in the semifinals or better at their past three tournaments ... Now they r having big challenge of 2nd seed Canadian and Serbian pair of Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjic.
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At $2.615M Cincinnati Masters, USA

[Q1] Rohan Bopanna (IND,322) vs (12) Victor Estrella (DOM,273)
[Q1] (8) Rajeev Ram (USA,204) vs Wesley Moodie (RSA,330)

Rohan again trying to qualify for Masters.
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At $50K Lexington Mens Challenger, KY, USA

[QF] (Q) Somdev Devvarman (IND,566) bt Andrea Stoppini (ITA,249) 76(6) 61
[SF] (Q) Somdev Devvarman (IND,566) vs Xavier Malisse (BEL,162)

Somi scored another huge victory against in form Italian Andrea Stoppini in straight sets ... Somi was down 1-5 in the first set and from their he turned table on Stoppini ... In tie-break also he was 0-4 down ... So again Buji showed his mental toughness and an ability to adapt as the game progresses to win this match.

Now Somi facing biggest test against seasoned player like Malisse after starting his pro career; Who last week won Moncton Challenger, Canada ... Malisse is former top-20 player, he is coming back from injury but he is definetly world class player.
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At €30K Medjugorje Challenger, Bosnia-Herzegovina (Red Clay)

[SF] (2) AMRITRAJ Stephen (IND)/ MIDDELKOOP Matwe (NED) l (4) MINAR Jan (CZE)/ SLANAR Martin (AUT) 16 57
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Billiards News -
At 2008 World Professional Billiards, Leeds, Great Britain

Quarter-finals -
Mike Russell bt Sourav Kothari 838-526 (Mike Russell scored breaks of 301, 295)
David Causier bt Devendra Joshi 1547-358 (David Causier scored 495 break)
Chris Shutt bt Peter Gilchrist 965-647 (Chris Shutt scored breaks of 240, 251)
Geet Sethi bt Pankaj Advani 960-713 (Pankaj scored 299 break)

So other than Geet our other players lost in quarter-finals ... Young Sourav Kothari produced good performance against 8 time World Professional Billiards Champion Mike Russell.

And Geet showed his mastery over green defeating Pankaj in entertaining match, where Geet scored many 100+ breaks ... Go Geet we want another World title from u.

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