Chess News
Amber Chess Tournament 2009, Nice

Tuesday 24 March - Round VIII

Blind
Veselin Topalov - Viswanathan Anand ½ - ½

Rapid
Viswanathan Anand - Veselin Topalov ½ - ½

In 9th round Anand faced his next World Championship match opponent, Veselin Topalov ... This much anticipated match ended in a 1-1 tie that allowed Levon Aronian, who defeated Alexander Morozevich 1½-½ and Magnus Carlsen, who defeated Sergey Karjakin 1½-½, to draw level with Anand in the combined standings with 11½ pts.

Now last 2 rounds r remaining, today Anand meeting Russian GM Alexander Morozevich and in last round he is facing Chinese GM Wang Yue.
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Tennis News
At $50K Jersey Challenger, Channel Islands

[R1] Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Brian Battistone (USA) bt (4) Olivier Charrone (FRA)/ Nicolas Tourte (FRA) 36 63 10(4)

[QF] Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Brian Battistone (USA) vs Fritz Wolmarans (RSA)/ Michael Yani (USA)

Atlast win for this pair, that also against seeded French pair ... Good to see they won in super tie-break ... This win was due as this pair lost too many close matches.
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At $4.5M Miami Masters, FL, USA

[R1] Chia-Jung Chuang (TPE)/ Sania Mirza (IND) vs Iveta Benesova (CZE)/ Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE)

Sania again partnering Taiwani player, they r facing Czech pair in first round.