Tennis News
At $50K+H Louisville Challenger, KY, USA

[R1] AMRITRAJ Prakash (IND)/ LEVINE Jesse (USA) bt (WC) OUDSEMA Scott (USA)/ SMYCZEK Tim (USA) 64 67(5) 10(6)

Kash and Levine scored super tie-break victory against wild-card pair ... But Rajeev withdrew from doubles due to Isner's back injury.
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At $10K Pakistan F3 Futures, Lahore

[R1] (1) SIPAEYA Sunil-Kumar (IND,506) bt (Q) KHAN Jalil (PAK,1448) 61 61
[R1] (Q) REDDY B Vikram (IND,UNR) bt KHAN Yasir (PAK,1448) 75 64
[R1] (Q) YADAV Mandeep (IND,UNR) l (4) LEE Hsin-Han (TPE,655) 26 36
[R1] ROY Rupesh (IND,1126) bt (WC) ASHIQ Tanveer (PAK,1770) 60 60
[R1] (Q) NELORD Yannick (IND,1838) bt MOHAZEBNIA Mohammed (IRI,1027) 16 76(3) 62
[R1] (Q) BAINS Deepinder (IND,UNR) l (8) ABDUKHALIKOV Syrym (KAZ,955) 16 46
[R1] GIDE Rohan (IND,1246) l (WC) KHAN Shahzad (PAK,1668) 62 46 67(6)

[R2] (1) SIPAEYA Sunil-Kumar (IND,506) vs TAUBERT Patrick (GER,937)
[R2] (Q) REDDY B Vikram (IND,UNR) vs (7) KUKHALASHVILI Lazare (GEO,945)
[R2] ROY Rupesh (IND,1126) vs (6) ALEKSEENKO Vadim (UKR,827)
[R2] (Q) NELORD Yannick (IND,1838) vs (3) KHAN Aqeel (PAK,621)

Vikram Reddy earned his first ranking point and Yannick's win over higher ranked Iranian were notable performances for Indians.
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Badminton News
At World Juniors 2008, Pune, India

For 3rd Position

India l Malaysia 2-3

Gurusaidutt R. M. V./ Prajakta SAWANT l Kok Siang TEO/ Kah Mun Vivian HOO 8-21 17-21
Saina NEHWAL bt Siew Fong Florah NG 21-9 21-6
Aditya PRAKASH bt Iskandar Zulkarnain BIN ZAINUDDIN 21-12 20-22 26-24
Sai Praneeth B./ Pranav CHOPRA l Hee Chun MAK/ Kok Siang TEO 14-21 13-21
Sikki REDDY/ Thulasi P. C. l Kah Mun Vivian HOO / Sannatasah BINTI SANIRU 14-21 21-13 9-21

Again our juniors won their singles matches but doubles couldn't bring single win ... So in last 2 matches Indian Juniors lost due to doubles failure ... Hopefully our coaches will work on our doubles teams to produce better result in the future.