Badminton News
At $50K Bitburger Open Grand Prix 2008, Saarbrucken, Germany

Mens Doubles -
[R1] Rupesh K. T. Kumar (IND)/ Sanave Thomas (IND) bt Denis Nyenhuis (GER)/ Rio Willianto (INA) 21-17 21-10

[R2] Rupesh K. T. Kumar (IND)/ Sanave Thomas (IND) l (5) Michael Fuchs (GER)/ Ingo Kindervater (GER) 19-21 21-15 17-21

MXD -
[R1] Diju Valiyaveetil (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) bt Michael Fuchs (GER)/ Inken Wienefeld (GER) 21-12 21-13
[R2] Diju Valiyaveetil (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) bt (3) Mikkel Delbo Larsen (DEN)/ Mie Schjoett-Kristensen (DEN) 21-17 21-17
[QF] Diju Valiyaveetil (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) bt (5) Rasmus Bonde (DEN)/ Helle Nielsen (DEN) 21-14 21-13

[SF] Diju Valiyaveetil (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) vs (6) Wijaya Rendra (INA)/ Meiliana Jauhari (INA)

I was about to miss this good run by Diju and Jwala in MXD ... They scored back to back upset win over seeded Danish pairs to move into semis ... There they r facing another seeded pair, this time from Indonesia.
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Tennis News
At $869K AIG Japan open Tennis Championship, Tokyo

[QF] (1) Leander Paes (IND)/ Lukas Dlouhy (CZE) bt Philipp Petzschner (GER)/ Alexander Peya (AUT) 62 76(4)

[SF] (1) Leander Paes (IND)/ Lukas Dlouhy (CZE) vs Robert Kendrick (USA)/ Jarkko Nieminen (FIN)

In first set Lee & Lukas broke Petzschner & Peya serve in 3rd and 7th games, Lee & Lukas also saved 2 break points on their own serve ... Second set was lot more closer, both pair exchanged a break but our pair won tie-break with ease ... They will face another unseeded pair in semis.
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At $50K Troy Challenger, AL, USA

[R1] (8) Sunitha Rao (IND,186) l (WC) Shenay Perry (USA,422) 16 16

Doubles -
[R1] (2) Sunitha Rao (IND)/ Angela Haynes (USA) bt Sandy Gumulya (INA)/ Tetiana Luzhanska (UKR) 60 75
[QF] (2) Sunitha Rao (IND)/ Angela Haynes (USA) bt (WC) Lauren Embree (USA)/ Alexa Guarachi (USA) 62 61

[SF] (2) Sunitha Rao (IND)/ Angela Haynes (USA) vs (4) Madison Brengle (USA)/ Anna Tatishvili (GEO)

Sunitha is still not able to produce any good results though Shenay Perry was last week's challenger semi-finalist and playing top-150 game.