Tennis News -
At € 2,082,500 Madrid Masters, Spain

[R2] (7) Martin Damm (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) l Jordan Kerr (AUS)/ Todd Perry (AUS) 26 36
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At $1.340M Zürich Open, Switzerland

[R1] (WC) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Patty Schnyder (SUI) Shuai Peng (CHN)/ Meilen Tu (USA) 36 16
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At $50K Lawrenceville Challenger, GA, USA

Sunitha Rao withdrew from Lawrenceville Challenger ... I hope not another injury issue as these days she is looking in a good form.
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At $25K Gympie Challenger, Australia

[R1] Tara Iyer (IND,358) l (4) Monique Adamczak (AUS,184) 16 67(5)

Doubles -
[QF] Tara Iyer (IND)/ Nungnudda Wannasuk (THA) bt (4) Sandy Gumulya (INA)/ Lavinia Tananta (INA) 75 64

[SF] Tara Iyer (IND)/ Nungnudda Wannasuk (THA) vs (2) Monique Adamczak (AUS)/ Jade Curtis (GBR)
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At $15K+H India F9, Bellary, Karnataka

Singles Second Round -
Ashutosh Singh (IND,657) bt (Q) Vijayant Malik (IND,1366) 62 64
(WC) Rupesh Roy (IND,UNR) bt (7) Adrian Vasile Gavrila (ROU,535) 57 75 63
(3) Rainier Eitzinger (AUT,412) bt Vivek Shokeen (IND,762) 62 63
(5) Dekel Vatzer (ISR,508) bt Ivan Anikanov (UKR,826) 63 61

(Q) Robert Belak (SRB,905) bt (Q) Shivang Mishra (IND,1366) 76(2) 64
(4) Ivan Cerovic (CRO,463) bt Purav Raja (IND,896) 62 63
(6) Darko Mdjerovski (SRB,528) bt Sunil Kumar Sipaeya (IND,602) 46 63 62
Philipp Oswald (AUT,693) bt (2) Teodor-Darcin Craciun (ROU,402) 75 63

Doubles Quarter Finals -
Vivek Shokeen (IND)/ Ashutosh Singh (IND) bt (1) Teodor-Darcin Craciun (ROU)/ Adrian Vasile Gavrila (ROU) 63 64
(3) Vijay Kannan (IND)/ Alexey Kedriouk (KAZ) Rohan Gajjar (IND)/ Rupesh Roy (IND) 76(6) 63

Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND)/ Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND) bt Pavol Cervenak (SVK)/ Marek Semjan (SVK) 36 63 10(5)
(2) Rainier Eitzinger (AUT)/ Philipp Oswald (AUT) btIvan Cerovic (CRO)/ Dekel Vatzer (ISR) 76(5) 64
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Badminton News -
At $50K Yonex Dutch Open GP,

[Q1] Anand Pawar (IND,95) l (6) Yunyong Wu (CHN,66) 17-21 22-24
[Q1] P Kashyap (IND,130) bt Eli Mambwe (ZAM,129) 21-13 25-23
[Q1] Nikhil Kanetkar (IND,112) bt Lester Oey (NED,405) 21-16 21-13

[Q1] Shruti Kurian (IND,127) l (1) Olga Konon (BLR,68) 12-21 19-21
[Q1] Aditi Mutatkar (IND,101) l Ekaterina Ananina (RUS,85) 23-21 18-21 18-21

[Q2] P Kashyap (IND,130) bt Sven Eric Kastens (GER,123) 21-12 21-23 21-18
[Q2] Nikhil Kanetkar (IND,112) bt (7) Christian Boesiger (SUI,71) 22-20 21-14

Maindraw -
[R1] (Q) P Kashyap (IND,130) Bye
[R1] (8) Anup Sridhar (IND,28) Bye
[R1] (Q) Nikhil Kanetkar (IND,112) Bye
[R1] Chetan Anand (IND,39) l Stanislav Pukhov (RUS,52) 21-15 18-21 16-2

[R1] (6) Saina Nehwal (IND,27) bt (Q) Pia Zebadiah Bernadet (INA,71) 21-19 23-21

[R1] Shruti Kurian (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) l Jo Novita (INA)/ Greysia Polii (INA) 21-19 11-21 14-21

[R2] (Q) P Kashyap (IND,130) vs (1) Przemyslaw Wacha (POL,17)
[R2] (8) Anup Sridhar (IND,28) vs Yousuke Nakanishi (JPN,35)
[R2] (Q) Nikhil Kanetkar (IND,112) vs (7) Sairul Amar Ayob (MAS,27)

[R2] (6) Saina Nehwal (IND,27) vs Jill Pittard (ENG,46)

Tennis News -
At $1.340M Zürich Open, Switzerland

[R1] Sania Mirza (IND,30) l (WC) Michaella Krajicek (NED,33) 16 46

This is Sania's third loss against Michaella ... Michaella defeated Sania before in 2006 Australian Open, 36 57 and at 2006 Istanbul Open, 64 16 26.
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At $50K Lawrenceville Challenger, GA, USA

[R1] RAO Sunitha (IND,175) vs HAMPTON Jamie (USA,610)
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At $25K Gympie Challenger, Australia

[R1] Tara Iyer (IND,358) vs (4) Monique Adamczak (AUS,184)

Doubles -
[R1] Tara Iyer (IND)/ Nungnudda Wannasuk (THA) bt Shona Lee (NZL)/ Story Tweedy-Yates (USA) 76(1) 64

[QF] Tara Iyer (IND)/ Nungnudda Wannasuk (THA) vs (4) Sandy Gumulya (INA)/ Lavinia Tananta (INA)

Tennis News -
At $15K+H India F9, Bellary, Karnataka

Singles First Round -
Ashutosh Singh (IND,657) bt (1) Pavol Cervenak (SVK,332) 63 64
(Q) Vijayant Malik (IND,1366) bt Vignesh P-Chandrasekhar (IND,1366) 60 75
(WC) Rupesh Roy (IND,UNR) bt (Q) Roel Oostam (NED,1243) 75 36 63
(7) Adrian Vasile Gavrila (ROU,535) bt (Q) Ashwin Vijayaraghavan (IND,1366) 64 75

(3) Rainier Eitzinger (AUT,412) bt (Q) Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,UNR) 62 75
Vivek Shokeen (IND,762) bt (WC) Arjun Goutham (IND,UNR) 63 63
Ivan Anikanov (UKR,826) bt Marek Semjan (SVK,541) 63 64
(5) Dekel Vatzer (ISR,508) bt (WC) Yuki Bhambri (IND,1474) 61 64

(Q) Robert Belak (SRB,905) bt (8) Alexey Kedriouk (KAZ,539) 46 76(5) 62
(Q) Shivang Mishra (IND,1366) bt Aditya Madkekar (IND,644) 76(9) 67(0) 63
Purav Raja (IND,896) bt (WC) Rahil Makharia (IND,UNR) 75 61
(4) Ivan Cerovic (CRO,463) bt (Q) Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND,1366) 64 60

(6) Darko Mdjerovski (SRB,528) bt Divij Sharan (IND,620) 62 62
Sunil Kumar Sipaeya (IND,602) bt Vijay Kannan (IND,705) 75 67(1) 75
Philipp Oswald (AUT,693) bt Tushar Liberhan (IND,849) 63 63
(2) Teodor-Darcin Craciun (ROU,402) bt Navdeep Singh (IND,735) 63 62

Doubles First Round -
(1) Teodor-Darcin Craciun (ROU)/ Adrian Vasile Gavrila (ROU) bt (wc) Rohan Gide (IND)/ Kaushik Raju (IND) 36 61 10(5)
Vivek Shokeen (IND)/ Ashutosh Singh (IND) bt (wc) Arjun Goutham (IND)/ Aditya Madkekar (IND) 64 64

(3) Vijay Kannan (IND)/ Alexey Kedriouk (KAZ) bt PC Vignesh (IND)/ Ashwin Vijayaraghvan (IND) 64 62
Rohan Gajjar (IND)/ Rupesh Roy (IND) bt Tushar Liberhan (IND)/ Navdeep Singh (IND) 75 62

Pavol Cervenak (SVK)/ Marek Semjan (SVK) bt Vijayant Malik (IND)/ Shivang Mishra (IND) 62 63
Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND)/ Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND) bt (4) Purav Raja (IND)/ Sunil Kumar Sipaeya (IND) 16 64 11(9)

Ivan Cerovic (CRO)/ Dekel Vatzer (ISR) bt Ivan Anikanov (UKR)/ Ajai Selvaraj (IND) 76(4) 46 11(9)
(2) Rainier Eitzinger (AUT)/ Philipp Oswald (AUT) bt Robert Belak (SRB)/ Darko Mdjerovski (SRB) 61 64

Tennis News -
At $1.340M Zürich Open, Switzerland

[R1] Sania Mirza (IND,30) vs (WC) Michaella Krajicek (NED,33)

Doubles -
[R1] (WC) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Patty Schnyder (SUI) vs Shuai Peng (CHN)/ Meilen Tu (USA)
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At € 2,082,500 Madrid Masters, Spain

[R1] (7) DAMM Martin (CZE)/ PAES Leander (IND) Bye
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At $50K San Francisco Challenger, CA, USA

[F] (8) RAO Sunitha (IND,195) l (1) HARKLEROAD Ashley (USA,90) 16 26

This was Sunitha's first $50K Challenger final, before this she reached couple of $25K Challenger finals but she is still searching for her first singles title on this level.
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Golf News -
At Frys.com Open - Final Standing (PGA Tour)

T21 Arjun Atwal 68 69 72 69 - 9 $ 36,533.34
T44 Daniel Chopra 66 70 73 72 - 6 $ 12,093.34

Tennis News -
At $50K San Francisco Challenger, CA, USA

[QF] (8) RAO Sunitha (IND,195) bt TEDJAKUSUMA Romana (INA,308) 64 26 64

[SF] (8) RAO Sunitha (IND,195) bt HAYNES Angela (USA,233) 63 46 61

[F] (8) RAO Sunitha (IND,195) vs (1) HARKLEROAD Ashley (USA,90)
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Badminton News -
At $5K Cyprus Badminton International, Nicosia

[F] (2) Chetan Anand (IND,39) bt Kevin Cordon (GUA,99) 21-8 26-24

[F] (1) Jwala Gutta (IND)/ Shruti Kurian (IND) bt Kati Tolmoff (EST)/ Ragna Ingolfsdottir (ISL) 21-12 21-13

[F] Jwala Gutta (IND)/ Chetan Anand (IND) bt Maria Kaaberbol Thorberg (DEN)/ Christian John Skovgaard (DEN) 21-14 22-20

So three finals and three titles for Indians ... Good to see our players taken full advantage of weak field here to get good match practice before more higher level tournaments.
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Golf News -
At Frys.com Open - Third Round (PGA Tour)

T36 Daniel Chopra 66 70 73 - 6
T36 Arjun Atwal 68 69 72 - 6
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At $500K Hero Honda Indian Open - Final Standing

1 Jyoti RANDHAWA 70 69 67 69 -13 $79,250.00
3 Rahil GANGJEE 71 67 76 66 - 8 $30,500.00
T9 Ashok KUMAR 68 73 73 69 - 5 $9,958.00
T9 S.S.P. CHOWRASIA 68 71 74 70 - 5 $9,958.00
T9 Arjun SINGH 73 70 71 69 - 5 $9,958.00
T13 Uttam Singh MUNDY 70 76 68 71 - 3 $7,372.00
T13 Jeev Milkha SINGH 72 74 71 68 - 3 $7,372.00
T19 Vijay KUMAR 72 71 71 73 - 1 $5,866.00
T22 Jaiveer VIRK 73 69 73 73 PAR $5,100.00
T22 Gaurav GHEI 66 73 70 79 PAR $5,100.00
T22 Harinder GUPTA 71 74 73 70 PAR $5,100.00
T29 Digvijay SINGH 73 70 75 71 + 1 $4,092.00
T29 Mukesh KUMAR 73 69 77 70 + 1 $4,092.00
T38 Chiragh KUMAR 69 74 77 71 + 3 $3,250.00
T43 Harmeet KAHLON 71 75 72 74 + 4 $2,800.00
T43 Gaganjeet BHULLAR 71 73 74 74 + 4 $2,800.00
T43 Shamim KHAN 68 69 77 78 + 4 $2,800.00
T47 Gurbaaz MANN 66 76 74 77 + 5 $2,250.00
T54 Rashid KHAN [A] 74 71 74 75 + 6
T54 Rahul BAKSHI [A] 70 73 72 79 + 6
T57 Gagan VERMA [A] 72 74 78 71 + 7
T60 Mohd ISLAM 69 77 75 75 + 8 $1,725.00
T62 Firoz ALI 71 74 79 73 + 9 $1,600.00
67 Amardip MALIK 71 74 83 71 +11 $1,400.00
T68 Rahul GANAPATHY 69 76 76 79 +12 $1,325.00
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At Open de Madrid Valle Romano, Madrid, Spain - Final Standing (European Tour)

T18 KAPUR Shiv 72 70 69 71 - 6 € 10836.00

Tennis News -
At €642,750 BA-CA Tennis Trophy, Vienna, Austria

[QF] (2) Martin DAMM (CZE)/ Leander PAES (IND) l (4) Mariusz FYRSTENBERG (POL)/ Marcin MATKOWSKI (POL) 62 57 (10)12
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Badminton News -
At $5K Cyprus Badminton International, Nicosia

[R2] (2) Chetan Anand (IND,39) bt Ali Shahhosseini (IRI,205) 21-13 21-12

[QF] (1) Jwala Gutta (IND)/ Shruti Kurian (IND) bt Evgenia ANTIPOVA (RUS)/ Svetlana ZILBERMAN (ISR) 21-7 21-8

[QF] Jwala Gutta (IND)/ Chetan Anand (IND) bt Irina Inozemtceva (RUS)/ Alexander Russkikh (RUS) 21-4 21-15

[QF] (2) Chetan Anand (IND,39) bt Edwin Ekiring (UGA,127) 21-10 21-14

[SF] (1) Jwala Gutta (IND)/ Shruti Kurian (IND) bt Maria Kaaberbol Thorberg (DEN)/ Maja Bech (DEN) 21-10 21-6

[SF] Jwala Gutta (IND)/ Chetan Anand (IND) bt Karina Jorgensen (DEN)/ Peter Mork (DEN) 21-14 27-25

[SF] (2) Chetan Anand (IND,39) bt (3) Petr Koukal (CZE,42) 17-21 21-16 21-17

[F] (2) Chetan Anand (IND,39) vs Kevin Cordon (GUA,99)

[F] (1) Jwala Gutta (IND)/ Shruti Kurian (IND) vs Kati Tolmoff (EST)/ Ragna Ingolfsdottir (ISL)

[F] Jwala Gutta (IND)/ Chetan Anand (IND) vs Maria Kaaberbol Thorberg (DEN)/ Christian John Skovgaard (DEN)
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Golf News -
At Frys.com Open - Second Round (PGA Tour)

T32 Daniel Chopra 66 70 - 7
T45 Arjun Atwal 68 69 - 6
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At Open de Madrid Valle Romano, Madrid, Spain - Third Round (European Tour)

T20 KAPUR Shiv 72 70 69 - 5
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At $500K Hero Honda Indian Open - Third Round (Asian Tour)

T1 Jyoti RANDHAWA 70 69 67 -10
4 Gaurav GHEI 66 73 70 - 7
T10 S.S.P. CHOWRASIA 68 71 74 - 3
T12 Uttam Singh MUNDY 70 76 68 - 2
T12 Ashok KUMAR 68 73 73 - 2
T12 Shamim KHAN 68 69 77 - 2
T12 Vijay KUMAR 72 71 71 - 2
T12 Rahil GANGJEE 71 67 76 - 2
T12 Arjun SINGH 73 70 71 - 2
T23 Jaiveer VIRK 73 69 73 - 1
T23 Rahul BAKSHI [A] 70 73 72 - 1
T32 Gurbaaz MANN 66 76 74 PAR
T38 Jeev Milkha SINGH 72 74 71 + 1
T40 Digvijay SINGH 73 70 75 + 2
T40 Harmeet KAHLON 71 75 72 + 2
T40 Gaganjeet BHULLAR 71 73 74 + 2
T40 Harinder GUPTA 71 74 73 + 2
T48 Rashid KHAN [A] 74 71 74 + 3
T48 Mukesh KUMAR 73 69 77 + 3
T54 Chiragh KUMAR 69 74 77 + 4
T58 Rahul GANAPATHY 69 76 76 + 5
T58 Mohd ISLAM 69 77 75 + 5
T64 Gagan VERMA [A] 72 74 78 + 8
T64 Firoz ALI 71 74 79 + 8
73 Amardip MALIK 71 74 83 +12

Tennis News -
At $800K Stockholm Open, Sweden

[SF] BOPANNA Rohan (IND)/ ROCHUS Olivier (BEL) l (2) Jonas BJORKMAN (SWE)/ Max MIRNYI (BLR) 36 57
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At $50K San Francisco Challenger, CA, USA

[R2] (8) RAO Sunitha (IND,195) bt ROESCH Angelika (GER,199) 67(3) 60 63

[QF] (8) RAO Sunitha (IND,195) vs TEDJAKUSUMA Romana (INA,308)
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Badminton News -
At $5K Cyprus Badminton International, Nicosia

[R1] Nikhil Kanetkar (IND,112) l (Q) Emil Vind (DEN,653) 19-21 19-21
[R1] (2) Chetan Anand (IND,39) bt Eli Mambwe (ZAM,129) 21-13 21-12

[R1] (1) Jwala Gutta (IND)/ Shruti Kurian (IND) Bye

[R1] Jwala Gutta (IND)/ Chetan Anand (IND) bt Silene Zoia (ITA)/ Luigi Izzo (ITA) 21-12 21-9
[R2] (2) Chetan Anand (IND,39) vs Ali Shahhosseini (IRI,205)

[R2] Jwala Gutta (IND)/ Chetan Anand (IND) vs Irina Inozemtceva (RUS)/ Alexander Russkikh (RUS)
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Golf News -
At Frys.com Open - First Round (PGA Tour)

T16 Daniel Chopra 66 - 5
T48 Arjun Atwal 68 - 3
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At Open de Madrid Valle Romano, Madrid, Spain - Second Round (European Tour)

T15 KAPUR Shiv 72 70 - 2
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At $500K Hero Honda Indian Open - Second Round (Asian Tour)

T4 Shamim KHAN 68 69 - 7
T6 Rahil GANGJEE 71 67 - 6
T8 Jyoti RANDHAWA 70 69 - 5
T8 S.S.P. CHOWRASIA 68 71 - 5
T8 Gaurav GHEI 66 73 - 5
T19 Ashok KUMAR 68 73 - 3
T24 Jaiveer VIRK 73 69 - 2
T24 Gurbaaz MANN 66 76 - 2
T24 Mukesh KUMAR 73 69 - 2
T28 Digvijay SINGH 73 70 - 1
T28 Chiragh KUMAR 69 74 - 1
T28 Vijay KUMAR 72 71 - 1
T28 Arjun SINGH 73 70 - 1
T22 Rahul BAKSHI [A] 70 73 - 1
T42 Gaganjeet BHULLAR 71 73 PAR
T47 Rashid KHAN [A] 74 71 + 1
T47 Amardip MALIK 71 74 + 1
T47 Harinder GUPTA 71 74 + 1
T47 Firoz ALI 71 74 + 1
T47 Rahul GANAPATHY 69 76 + 1
T63 Harmeet KAHLON 71 75 + 2
T63 Gagan VERMA [A] 72 74 + 2
T63 Jeev Milkha SINGH 72 74 + 2
T63 Uttam Singh MUNDY 70 76 + 2
T63 Mohd ISLAM 69 77 + 2
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T74 Jasjeet SINGH [A] 68 79 + 3
T74 Sujjan SINGH 74 73 + 3
T74 Gaurav DIWAN 75 72 + 3
T85 Karanjit SINGH 76 72 + 4
T89 Manav JAINI 74 75 + 5
T89 Vikram RANA [A] 74 75 + 5
T89 Ali SHER 74 75 + 5
T89 Ranjit SINGH GHOTRA 75 74 + 5
T89 Rafiq ALI 77 72 + 5
T102 Simarjeet SINGH [A] 71 79 + 6
T102 Sandeep SYAL 77 73 + 6
T102 Naman DAWAR 76 74 + 6
T102 Sanjay KUMAR 74 76 + 6
T102 Randhir GHOTRA 72 78 + 6
T102 Yusuf ALI 70 80 + 6
T102 Shankar DAS 75 75 + 6
T111 Vikrant CHOPRA 77 74 + 7
T120 Ranjit SINGH 76 77 + 9
T120 Anirban LAHIRI 76 77 + 9
T120 Amritinder SINGH 79 74 + 9
T125 Vivek BHANDARI 73 81 +10
T126 Shiv PRAKASH 76 79 +11
T126 Vinod KUMAR 80 75 +11
T129 Indrajit BHALOTIA 76 80 +12
T132 A.S. LEHAL 81 76 +13
T136 PAPPAN 82 77 +15
T138 Abhishek JHA [A] 77 83 +16
141 Amandeep JOHL 87 78 +21
142 Joseph CHAKOLA 94 84 +34
WD Saurabh BAHUGUNA [A] 80 WDRW

Tennis News -
At $1.34M Kremlin Cup, Moscow, Russia

[QF] MIRZA Sania (IND)/ SCHNYDER Patty (SUI) l (1) BLACK Cara (ZIM)/ HUBER Liezel (USA) 36 75 (7)10
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At $800K Stockholm Open, Sweden

[QF] BOPANNA Rohan (IND)/ ROCHUS Olivier (BEL) bt (4) COETZEE Jeff (RSA)/ WASSEN Rogier (NED) 62 63
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At €642,750 BA-CA Tennis Trophy, Vienna, Austria

[QF] (2) DAMM Martin (CZE)/ PAES Leander (IND) bt FISH Mardy (USA)/ GINEPRI Robby (USA) 64 63
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At $50K San Francisco Challenger, CA, USA

Doubles -
[R1] (1) DITTY Julie (USA)/ RAO Sunitha (IND) l DE BEER Surina (RSA)/ GRANT Kim (RSA) 57 26
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At $25K Rockhampton Challenger, Australia

[R2] (8) IYER Tara (IND,359) l (Q) STEPHENSON Robin (USA,582) 26 46
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Golf News -
At $500K Hero Honda Indian Open - First Round (Asian Tour)

T1 Gurbaaz MANN 66 - 6
T1 Gaurav GHEI 66 - 6
T7 Ashok KUMAR 68 - 4
T7 S.S.P. CHOWRASIA 68 - 4
T7 Jasjeet SINGH [A] 68 - 4
T7 Shamim KHAN 68 - 4
T14 Chiragh KUMAR 69 - 3
T14 Rahul GANAPATHY 69 - 3
T14 Mohd ISLAM 69 - 3
T22 Uttam Singh MUNDY 70 - 2
T22 Jyoti RANDHAWA 70 - 2
T22 Yusuf ALI 70 - 2
T22 Rahul BAKSHI [A] 70 - 2
T35 Simarjeet SINGH [A] 71 - 1
T35 Harmeet KAHLON 71 - 1
T35 Gaganjeet BHULLAR 71 - 1
T35 Amardip MALIK 71 - 1
T35 Harinder GUPTA 71 - 1
T35 Firoz ALI 71 - 1
T35 Rahil GANGJEE 71 - 1
T52 Gagan VERMA [A] 72 E
T52 Jeev Milkha SINGH 72 E
T52 Randhir GHOTRA 72 E
T52 Vijay KUMAR 72 E
T67 Jaiveer VIRK 73 + 1
T67 Digvijay SINGH 73 + 1
T67 Mukesh KUMAR 73 + 1
T67 Vivek BHANDARI 73 + 1
T67 Arjun SINGH 73 + 1
T78 Manav JAINI 74 + 2
T78 Sujjan SINGH 74 + 2
T78 Vikram RANA [A] 74 + 2
T78 Sanjay KUMAR 74 + 2
T78 Rashid KHAN [A] 74 + 2
T78 Ali SHER 74 + 2
T92 Gaurav DIWAN 75 + 3
T92 Ranjit SINGH GHOTRA 75 + 3
T92 Shankar DAS 75 + 3
T102 Karanjit SINGH 76 + 4
T102 Ranjit SINGH 76 + 4
T102 Shiv PRAKASH 76 + 4
T102 Naman DAWAR 76 + 4
T102 Anirban LAHIRI 76 + 4
T102 Indrajit BHALOTIA 76 + 4
T115 Vikrant CHOPRA 77 + 5
T115 Sandeep SYAL 77 + 5
T115 Abhishek JHA [A] 77 + 5
T115 Rafiq ALI 77 + 5
T132 Amritinder SINGH 79 + 7
T136 Saurabh BAHUGUNA [A] 80 + 8
T136 Vinod KUMAR 80 + 8
140 A.S. LEHAL 81 + 9
141 PAPPAN 82 +10
143 Amandeep JOHL 87 +15
144 Joseph CHAKOLA 94 +22
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At Open de Madrid Valle Romano, Madrid, Spain - First Round (European Tour)

T29 KAPUR Shiv 72 PAR

Tennis News -
At €642,750 BA-CA Tennis Trophy, Vienna, Austria

[R1] (2) DAMM Martin (CZE)/ PAES Leander (IND) bt CALLERI Agustin (ARG)/ SEPPI Andreas (ITA) 46 62 10(7)

[QF] (2) DAMM Martin (CZE)/ PAES Leander (IND) vs FISH Mardy (USA)/ GINEPRI Robby (USA)
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At $50K San Francisco Challenger, CA, USA

[R1] (8) RAO Sunitha (IND,195) bt VESELINOVIC Ana (SRB,330) 75 64

[R2] (8) RAO Sunitha (IND,195) vs ROESCH Angelika (GER,199)
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At $25K Rockhampton Challenger, Australia

[R1] (8) IYER Tara (IND,359) bt WONG Pauline (NED,360) 76(10) 62

[R2] (8) IYER Tara (IND,359) vs (Q) STEPHENSON Robin (USA,582)

Tennis News -
At $1.34M Kremlin Cup, Moscow, Russia

[R1] MIRZA Sania (IND,29) l DULKO Gisela (ARG,41) 36 46

Doubles -
[R1] MIRZA Sania (IND)/ SCHNYDER Patty (SUI) bt DUSHEVINA Vera (RUS)/ PEREBIYNIS Tatiana (UKR) 16 36

[QF] MIRZA Sania (IND)/ SCHNYDER Patty (SUI) vs (1) BLACK Cara (ZIM)/ HUBER Liezel (USA)

Football News -
At World Cup 2010 qualifiers, Saida, Lebanon

India l Lebanon 1-4

Goal Scored - Sunil Chhetri (IND) 30'
Lebanon - Roda Antar (35'), Mohamad Ghaddar (61', 75'), Mahmoud El Ali (62')

Despite an early goal from Sunil Chhetri in the first leg of the first round of qualifiers for the 2010 World Cup, India lost plot to a 4-1 defeat in Lebanon to leave a mountain to climb in second leg at Chennai on October 28.

Tennis News -
At $1.34M Kremlin Cup, Moscow, Russia

[R1] MIRZA Sania (IND,29) vs DULKO Gisela (ARG,41)

Doubles -
[R1] MIRZA Sania (IND)/ SCHNYDER Patty (SUI) vs DUSHEVINA Vera (RUS)/ PEREBIYNIS Tatiana (UKR)
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At $800K Stockholm Open, Sweden

[R1] (LL) BOPANNA Rohan (IND,252) l MONTANES Albert (ESP,48) 67(5) 16
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At €642,750 BA-CA Tennis Trophy, Vienna, Austria

[R1] (2) DAMM Martin (CZE)/ PAES Leander (IND) vs CALLERI Agustin (ARG)/ SEPPI Andreas (ITA)
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At $25K Rockhampton Challenger, Australia

[R1] (8) IYER Tara (IND,359) vs WONG Pauline (NED,360)
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Golf News -
At Valero Texas Open - Final Standing (PGA Tour)

T3 Daniel Chopra 65 69 64 66 -16 $ 261,000.00
T68 Arjun Atwal 67 71 72 70 Even $ 9,135.00

Tennis News -
At $800K Stockholm Open, Sweden

[Q2] (6) BOPANNA Rohan (IND,252) l (4) WESSELS Peter (NED,197) 57 26

[R1] (LL) BOPANNA Rohan (IND,252) vs MONTANES Albert (ESP,48)

Doubles -
[R1] BOPANNA Rohan (IND)/ ROCHUS Olivier (BEL) bt JOHANSSON Thomas (SWE)/ PERRY Tod (AUS) 62 67(4) 10(8)
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Golf News -
At Valero Texas Open - Third Round (PGA Tour)

T8 Daniel Chopra 65 69 64 -12
T68 Arjun Atwal 67 71 72 Even
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At Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, Scotland - Final Standing (EPGA Tour)

T23 SINGH Jeev Milkha 67 68 72 72 - 9
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At The Korea Open, - Final Standing (Asian Tour)

1 Vijay SINGH (FIJ) 66 69 70 73 - 6 $320,855.00
T30 Rahil GANGJEE (IND) 70 75 73 74 + 8 $ 7,005.00

Tennis News -
At $800K Stockholm Open, Sweden

[Q1] (6) BOPANNA Rohan (IND,252) bt BASTL George (SUI,318) 60 64

[Q2] (6) BOPANNA Rohan (IND,252) vs (4) WESSELS Peter (NED,197)
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At $125K +H Mons Challenger, Belgium

[QF] GHOUSE Mustafa (IND)/ JONES Alun (AUS) bt (1) ALLEGRO Yves (SUI)/ VLIEGEN Kristof (BEL) 63 63

[SF] GHOUSE Mustafa (IND)/ JONES Alun (AUS) l BEDNAREK Tomasz (POL)/ POLASEK Filip (SVK) 76(7) 26 (6)10
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At $50K Troy Challanger, USA

[QF] (2) RAO Sunitha (IND)/ WHEELER Christina (AUS) l HAYNES Angela (USA)/ WASHINGTON Mashona (USA) 64 67(4) (8)10
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Badminton News -
At $70K Bitburger Open 2007, Luxembourg

[QF] (4) Shruti S Kurian (IND)/ Jwala P Gutta (IND) bt (6) Kathrin Piotrowski (GER)/ Michaela Peiffer (GER) 21-17 21-11

[SF] (4) Shruti S Kurian (IND)/ Jwala P Gutta (IND) l (1) Wei Yang (CHN)/ Jiewen Zhang (CHN) 12-21 4-21
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Golf News -
At Valero Texas Open - Second Round (PGA Tour)

T8 Daniel Chopra 65 69 - 6
T49 Arjun Atwal 67 71 - 2
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At Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, Scotland - Second Round (EPGA Tour)

T9 SINGH Jeev Milkha 67 68 - 9
T18 RANDHAWA Jyoti 68 69 - 7
T142 KAPUR Shiv 74 73 + 3
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At Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, Scotland - Third Round (EPGA Tour)

T17 SINGH Jeev Milkha 67 68 72 - 9
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T72 RANDHAWA Jyoti 68 69 76 - 3
T143 KAPUR Shiv 74 73 74 + 5
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At The Korea Open, - Third Round (Asian Tour)

1 Vijay SINGH (FIJ) 66 69 70 - 8
T28 Rahil GANGJEE (IND) 70 75 73 + 5

Badminton News -
At $120K MACAU Grand Prix Gold 2007,

[QF] Saina Nehwal (IND,29) l Jae Youn Jun (KOR,37) 18-21 9-21
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At $70K Bitburger Open 2007, Luxembourg

[R3] (8) Chetan Anand (IND,36) l Yanbo Qui (CHN,139) 21-14 13-21 17-21
[R3] (3) Anup Shridhar (IND,28) l (Q) Marc Zwiebler (GER,212) 12-21 19-21

[QF] Trupti Murgunde (IND,83) l (2) Yanjiao Jiang (CHN,18) 21-17 11-21 15-21

[QF] (4) Shruti S Kurian (IND)/ Jwala P Gutta (IND) vs (6) Kathrin Piotrowski (GER)/ Michaela Peiffer (GER)
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At $15K Bulgarian International Championships'07,

[R2] Arvind Bhat (IND,132) l (10) Stanislav Pukhov (RUS,61) 21-19 13-21 18-21
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Tennis News -
At $50K Troy Challanger, USA

[R2] (7) RAO Sunitha (IND,196) l GLATCH Alexa (USA,299) 67(4) 67(3)
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Golf News -
At Valero Texas Open - First Round (PGA Tour)

T2 Daniel Chopra 65 - 5
T23 Arjun Atwal 67 - 3
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At The Korea Open - Second Round (Asian Tour)

1 Vijay SINGH (FIJ) 66 69 - 7
T29 Rahil GANGJEE (IND) 70 75 + 3
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T93 Amandeep JOHL (IND) 69 82 + 9
T100 S.S.P. CHOWRASIA (IND) 75 78 +11

Badminton News -

At $120K MACAU Grand Prix Gold 2007,
[R2] Saina Nehwal (IND,29) bt Rosaria Yusfin Pungkasari (INA,96) 21-10 21-12

[QF] Saina Nehwal (IND,29) vs Jae Youn Jun (KOR,37)
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At $70K Bitburger Open 2007, Luxembourg

[R2] (8) Chetan Anand (IND,36) bt Endra Kurniawan (INA,276) 21-18 21-10
[R2] (3) Anup Shridhar (IND,28) bt Dharma Gunawi (GER,266) 21-12 21-23 21-9
[R2] Kashyap P. (IND,101) l Jan O Jorgensen (DEN,52) 17-21 17-21
[R2] Anand Pawar (IND,99) l Luka Petric (SLO,95) 16-21 19-21

[R2] Aditi Mutakar (IND,117) l (4) Ella Diehl (RUS,17) 21-17 14-21 10-21
[R2] Trupti Murgunde (IND,83) bt Nanna Brosolat Jensen (DEN,78) 21-12 21-19

[R2] (4) Shruti S Kurian (IND)/ Jwala P Gutta (IND) bt Marie Roepke (DEN)/ Helle Nielsen (DEN) 21-16 21-17

[R3] (8) Chetan Anand (IND,36) vs Yanbo Qui (CHN,139)
[R3] (3) Anup Shridhar (IND,28) vs (Q) Marc Zwiebler (GER,212)

[QF] Trupti Murgunde (IND,83) vs (2) Yanjiao Jiang (CHN,18)

[QF] (4) Shruti S Kurian (IND)/ Jwala P Gutta (IND) vs (6) Kathrin Piotrowski (GER)/ Michaela Peiffer (GER)
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At $15K Bulgarian International Championships'07,

[R1] Arvind Bhat (IND,132) bt Philip Katsaros (AUT,491) 21-16 21-17

[R2] Arvind Bhat (IND,132) vs (10) Stanislav Pukhov (RUS,61)
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Golf News -
At Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, Scotland - First Round (EPGA Tour)

T6 SINGH Jeev Milkha 67 - 5
T16 RANDHAWA Jyoti 68 - 4
T127 KAPUR Shiv 74 + 2
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At The Korea Open, - First Round (Asian Tour)

2 Vijay SINGH (FIJ) 66 -5
T7 Amandeep JOHL (IND) 69 -2
T11 Rahil GANGJEE (IND) 70 -1
T85 S.S.P. CHOWRASIA (IND) 75 +4

Tennis News -
At $175K Japan Open Tennis Championships,

[QF] (2) Sania Mirza (IND,29) l (8) Flavia Pennetta (ITA,53) 46 46

Doubles -
[QF] Sania Mirza (IND)/ Christina Fusano (USA) l (2) Tiantian Sun (CHN)/ Zi Yan (CHN) W/O (due to Abdominal strain)
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At $50K Troy Challanger, USA

[R1] (7) RAO Sunitha (IND,196) bt KLASCHKA Carmen (GER,215) 60 76(1)

[R2] (7) RAO Sunitha (IND,196) vs GLATCH Alexa (USA,299)
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Badminton News -
At $5K Czech International 2007,

[Q1] Arvind Bhat (IND,174) bt Rafal Skrzek (POL,UNR) 21-8 21-7
[Q2] Arvind Bhat (IND,174) bt Erwin Fang (AUT,556) 21-4 21-15
[Q3] Arvind Bhat (IND,174) bt Vitaliy Konov (UKR,202) 21-14 21-17

[R1] (Q) Arvind Bhat (IND,174) bt Koen Ridder (NED,118) 21-13 22-20
[R1] (2) Chetan Anand (IND,36) bt (Q) Vladimir Malkov (RUS,162) 21-9 21-7

[R2] (Q) Arvind Bhat (IND,174) bt (6) Jan O Jorgensen (DEN,52) 21-9 22-20
[R2] (2) Chetan Anand (IND,36) bt (Q) Rafal Hawel (POL,179) 21-16 21-18

[QF] (Q) Arvind Bhat (IND,174) bt (2) Chetan Anand (IND,36) 14-21 21-15 21-18
[SF] (Q) Arvind Bhat (IND,174) bt Nathan Rice (ENG,79) 22-20 21-9
[F] (Q) Arvind Bhat (IND,174) bt (7) Jurgen Koch (AUT,55) 11-21 24-22 21-19

So Arvind's dream comeback continues from long injury break ... In this futures event he also managed to beat Chetan Anand ... This title win help Arvind to bring back his ranking inside top 150, ie 132.
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At $170K Chinese Taipei Grand Prix Gold 2007, (18th Sept to 23rd Sept)

[R1] Kashyap P (INd,106) l Sheng Shiun Liao (TPE,146) 13-21 14-21
[R1] Saina Nehwal (IND,29) l (2) Hongyan Pi (FRA,6) 14-21 11-21
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At $70K Bitburger Open 2007, Luxembourg

[Q1] Jwala P Gutta (IND) bt Dominique Schummer (LUX) 21-9 21-6
[Q1] Shruti S Kurian (IND) bt Thamar Peters (NED) 21-14 21-19

[Q2] Jwala P Gutta (IND) bt Eefje Muskens (NED) 21-13 21-16
[Q2] Shruti S Kurian (IND) l Monika Fischer (SUI) 14-21 RETD

[Q3] Jwala P Gutta (IND) l Patty Stolzenbach (NED) 23-21 19-21 14-21

Maindraw -
[R1] Nikhil Kanetkar (IND,102) l Rune Ulsing (DEN,90) 20-22 10-21
[R1] Kashyap P. (IND,101) bt (Q) Alexander Roovers (GER,611) 21-13 21-9
[R1] Anand Pawar (IND,99) bt Scott Evans (IRL,47) 21-10 21-18
[R1] (8) Chetan Anand (IND,36) Bye
[R1] (3) Anup Shridhar (IND,28) Bye

[R1] Aditi Mutakar (IND,117) bt Ana Moura (POR,68) 21-12 21-14
[R1] Trupti Murgunde (IND,83) bt Akvile Stapusaitryte (LTU,108) 21-17 21-12
[R1] (LL) Shruti S Kurian (IND,140) l (Q) Katja Michalowsky (GER,349) 14-21 19-21

[R1] (4) Shruti S Kurian (IND)/ Jwala P Gutta (IND) bt Eefje Muskens (NED)/ Iris Tabeling (NED) 21-17 21-11

[R2] (8) Chetan Anand (IND,36) vs Endra Kurniawan (INA,276)
[R2] (3) Anup Shridhar (IND,28) vs Dharma Gunawi (GER,266)
[R2] Kashyap P. (IND,101) vs Jan O Jorgensen (DEN,52)
[R2] Anand Pawar (IND,99) vs Luka Petric (SLO,95)

[R2] Aditi Mutakar (IND,117) vs (4) Ella Diehl (RUS,17)
[R2] Trupti Murgunde (IND,83) vs Nanna Brosolat Jensen (DEN,78)

[R2] (4) Shruti S Kurian (IND)/ Jwala P Gutta (IND) vs Marie Roepke (DEN)/ Helle Nielsen (DEN)
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At $120K MACAU Grand Prix Gold 2007, (2nd Oct to 10th Oct)

[R1] Saina Nehwal (IND,29) bt Maria Febe Kusumastuti (INA,81) 21-11 21-11

[R2] Saina Nehwal (IND,29) vs Rosaria Yusfin Pungkasari (INA,96)
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Squash News -
At Nordic Junior Open 2007, Malmö, Sweden

[R1] (4) Dipika Pallikal (IND) Bye
[R2] (4) Dipika Pallikal (IND) bt Eira Mooney (SWE) 3-0 (9-0 9-0 9-1)
[QF] (4) Dipika Pallikal (IND) bt (6) Carrie Ramsey (ENG) 3-0 (9-6 9-3 9-4)
[SF] (4) Dipika Pallikal (IND) bt (5) Sarah Barnes (FRA) 3-0 (9-2 9-5 9-4)

[F] (4) Dipika Pallikal (IND) bt (2) Robyn Hodgson (SCO) 3-0 (9-0 9-2 9-0)

Very dominating performance in her age group by Dipika ... She won her all matches quite one-sidedly.

Tennis News -
At $175K Japan Open Tennis Championships,

[R2] (2) Sania Mirza (IND,29) bt Casey Dellacqua (AUS,84) 64 36 64

[QF] (2) Sania Mirza (IND,29) vs (8) Flavia Pennetta (ITA,53)

Doubles -
[QF] Sania Mirza (IND)/ Christina Fusano (USA) vs (2) Tiantian Sun (CHN)/ Zi Yan (CHN)
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At $125K +H Mons Challenger, Belgium

[R1] GHOUSE Mustafa (IND)/ JONES Alun (AUS) bt (WC) BEMELMANS Ruben (BEL)/ DESEIN Niels (BEL) 64 46 11(9)

[QF] GHOUSE Mustafa (IND)/ JONES Alun (AUS) vs (1) ALLEGRO Yves (SUI)/ VLIEGEN Kristof (BEL)
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At $50K Troy Challanger, USA

Doubles -
[R1] (2) RAO Sunitha (IND)/ WHEELER Christina (AUS) bt DEVIDZE Salome (GEO)/ MUELLER Alexandra (USA) 62 63
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Football News -
International Friendly, Dubai

India bt Al Nasr club 2-1

Goals - Mohammed Khamees (Al Nasr) 12"
NP Pradeep (IND) 38"
Manjit Singh (IND) 58"

Chess News -
October 2007 Top 10 FIDE Ranking List -

Rank Name Country Rating B-Year
1 Anand Viswanathan IND 2801 1969
2 Ivanchuk Vassily UKR 2787 1969
3 Kramnik Vladimir RUS 2785 1975
4 Topalov Veselin BUL 2769 1975
5 Leko Peter HUN 2755 1979
6 Morozevich Alexander RUS 2755 1977
7 Mamedyarov Shakhriyar AZE 2752 1985
8 Radjabov Teimour AZE 2742 1987
9 Aronian Levon ARM 2741 1982
10 Shirov Alexei ESP 2739 1972
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Tennis News -
At $175K Japan Open Tennis Championships,

Doubles -
[R1] MIRZA Sania (IND)/ FUSANO Christina (USA) bt RADWANSKA Urszula (POL)/ SZATMARI Agnes (ROU) 62 63
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At $50K Troy Challanger, USA

[R1] (7) RAO Sunitha (IND,196) vs KLASCHKA Carmen (GER,215)

Doubles -
[R1] (2) RAO Sunitha (IND)/ WHEELER Christina (AUS) vs DEVIDZE Salome (GEO)/ MUELLER Alexandra (USA)

Tennis News -
At $175K Japan Open Tennis Championships,

[R1] (2) MIRZA Sania (IND,29) bt (WC) MORITA Ayumi (JPN,139) 60 64

[R2] (2) Sania Mirza (IND,29) vs Casey Dellacqua (AUS,84)

Doubles -
[R1] MIRZA Sania (IND)/ FUSANO Christina (USA) vs RADWANSKA Urszula (POL)/ SZATMARI Agnes (ROU)
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At $125K +H Mons Challenger, Belgium

[R1] GHOUSE Mustafa (IND)/ JONES Alun (AUS) vs (WC) BEMELMANS Ruben (BEL)/ DESEIN Niels (BEL)
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Golf News -
At Viking Classic - Final Standing (PGA Tour)

T39 Arjun Atwal 70 70 71 75 - 2 $ 14,350.00
T64 Daniel Chopra 71 72 74 74 + 3 $ 7,385.00
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Chess News -
At Asian Chess Championship 2007, Philippines

GM Abhijit Kunte won bronze medal with 7.5 pts and IM Gopal G.N. also surprised everyone with his performance, he finished on 9th place with 7 pts ... With this top 10 finish both r qualified for World Chess Cup 2007, Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia.

In last round Abhijit (elo 2519) defeated top seed Chinese GM Ni Hua (elo 2681) playing with black to grab qualifier place ... In this tournament Abhijit didn't lose a single game and played above expectation against higher rating players, he managed to draw with Chinese Hao Wang (elo 2626), Zou Jianchao (elo 2572) and Jun Zao (elo 2558), Indonesian Utut Adiyanto (elo 2583) and Susanto Megaranto (elo ,2554) and Qatar's Mohamad Al-Modiahki (elo 2563).

As per information, Abhijit's performance was equivalent to elo 2656 pts, so from this tournament he will gain around 21 elo pts ... Other hand Gopal's performance was equivalent to elo 2617 pts.

Performance of Other Indians in this tournament -
13 G Rohit 7 pts
19 GM Surya Sekhar Ganguly 6.5 pts
21 GM Deepan Chakravarthy 6 pts
25 GM Sandipan Chanda 6 pts
33 GM Nilotpal Das 5.5 pts
37 IM Girinath P.D.S. 5.5 pts
41 GM Parimarjan Negi 5.5 pts
53 IM Arun Prasad 4.5 pts
63 IM Ravi Lanka 4.5 pts
66 Lalith Babu M. R. 4 pts