Tennis News
At $4.5M BNP Paribas Open, Indian Wells, USA

[R2] (WC) MIRZA Sania (IND,87) l (12) PENNETTA Flavia (ITA,15) 36 46

Doubles
[R1] (4) DLOUHY Lukas (CZE)/ PAES Leander (IND) bt KNOWLE Julian (AUT)/ MELZER Jurgen (AUT) 64 36 10(8)

[R2] (4) DLOUHY Lukas (CZE)/ PAES Leander (IND) vs DEL POTRO Juan Martin (ARG)/ NALBANDIAN David (ARG)

Sania's this loss was expected after her first round struggle ... In new ranking she will again out of top-100 as last year here she reached in 4th round.

Good super tie-break victory for Lee and Lukas against tricky experienced Austrian pair ... In second round they r facing another tricky Argentine Davis Cup team.
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At $50K Bangkok Challenger, Thailand

[Q2] Rohan Bopanna (IND,317) bt (WC) Filip Krajinovic (SRB,526) 61 62

[Q3] Rohan Bopanna (IND,317) vs Ti Chen (TPE,363)

[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND,192) vs Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA,164)
[R1] (8) Somdev Devvarman (IND,150) vs Martin Slanar (AUT,275)

Another easy victory for Rohan against wild-carder ... But now having important match against Taiwani experienced Davis Cupper.
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Chess News
At the FIDE Women Grand Prix, Istnbul, Turkey

Round 7 - 14 March 2009

GM HOU Yifan 1 - 0 GM KONERU Humpy

Hou Yifan defeated Koneru with white pieces to take decisive lead over her ... She is leading by 1½ pts over her with 6½ pts from 7 rounds.