Tennis News
At $220K MPS Group Championships, Ponte Vedra Beach, USA (Green Clay)

Doubles
[R1] Chia-Jung Chuang (TPE)/ Sania Mirza (IND) vs Melinda Czink (HUN)/ Lilia Osterloh (USA)

After reaching semis in doubles at Masters tournament Sania improved her ranking to #68 from #87 ... Chia-Jung also climbed couple of places to #17 ... This week also they r playing together in MPS Group Championships.

Today Sania playing her singles first round match against Alona Bondarenko @ 2:00 pm local time on centre court.
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At $50K Lousiana Challenger, Baton Rouge, USA

Doubles
[Q1] (2) Somdev DevVarman (IND)/ Treat Conrad Huey (PHI) bt (WC) Marco Cacopardo (USA)/ Craig Schwartz (USA) 62 60
[Q2] Somdev DevVarman (IND)/ Treat Conrad Huey (PHI) vs Ricardas Berankis (LTU)/ Karlis Lejnieks (LAT)

[R1] Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Scott Oudsema (USA) vs (2) Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA)/ Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA)
[R1] (1) Rajeev Ram (USA)/ Bobby Reynolds (USA) vs Brian Battistone (USA)/ Samuel Groth (AUS)

So Harsh having good doubles partner, Scott Oudsema ... Though they r facing 2nd seed Ratiwatanas in first round still I m hoping win from this pair against off-color Ratiwatanas ... Other hand Som is playing with his college partner Treat in doubles qualifying.
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Hockey News
At the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup 2009, Ipoh, Malaysia

India dw Egypt 2-2

Goal Scored - Sandeep Singh (IND) 15' PC, Shivendra Singh (IND) 49' PC and Mohamed Hassan (EGY) 8' PC, Mohamed El Saied (EGY) 70' PC

Malaysia bt Pakistan 3-2

India started on a disastrous note with debutant Egypt holding them 2-2 in their opening match on Sunday in Sultan Azlan Shah Cup ... Again India paid dearly in their age-old problem of conceding last-minute goals as Egypt pulled off an unlikely draw in the 70th minute through Mohamed El Saied's penalty corner strike after Indians went into ultra-defensive mode.