Billiards News -
At IBSF World Snooker Championships, Amman, Jordan

LADIES
GROUP A
Vidya Pillai (IND) l Wan-In Ip (HKG) 2-3
Vidya Pillai (IND) bt Mervat Mahmoud (JOR) w/o
Vidya Pillai (IND) bt Anne-Marie Reilly (SCO) 3-0

GROUP B
Anuja Thakur (IND) bt Ramona Belmont (NZL) 3-0
Anuja Thakur (IND) l Hanna Mergies (POL) 2-3

MEN'S
GROUP G
Pankaj Advani (IND) bt Ashraf Kherfan (JOR) 4-0
Pankaj Advani (IND) bt Jaroslaw Kowalski (POL) 4-3
Pankaj Advani (IND) l Wai Ki Chan (HKG) 3-4
Pankaj Advani (IND) bt Itaro Santos (GER) 4-1

GROUP H
Manan Chandra (IND) bt Ahmad Abdullah Aseery (UAE) 4-0
Manan Chandra (IND) bt Marcin Nitschke (POL) 4-1
Manan Chandra (IND) bt Basam Khalil (SYR) 4-0
Manan Chandra (IND) bt Hitesh Naran (SAF) 4-1

MASTERS (Over 40s)
GROUP B
Geet Sethi (IND) bt Mohammed Al Buainain (QAT) 3-0
Geet Sethi (IND) bt Thomas Beil (GER) 3-0
Geet Sethi (IND) bt Gilbert Engelbos (BEL) 3-1

GROUP D
Devendra Joshi (IND) bt Gamaal Soboh (JOR) 3-0
Devendra Joshi (IND) bt Essa Al Russi (UAE) 3-1
Devendra Joshi (IND) bt Ebrahim Al Fawdari (KUW) 3-0
Devendra Joshi (IND) bt Ebrahim Baghi (AUT) 3-1
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Tennis News -
At $75K Pittsburgh Challenger, PA, USA

[R1] (1) ARVIDSSON Sofia( SWE,43) vs UBEROI Neha (USA,231)

Doubles -
[R1] (4) UBEROI Neha (USA)/ UHLIROVA Vladimira (CZE) vs FUSANO Christina (USA)/ TSOUBANOS Aleke (USA)
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At $10K Mallorca F3, Spain (Clay)

[R1] (6) NAGARAJ Sandhya (IND,568) vs (Q) KUMAR Mishma (AUS,NR)

Doubles -
[R1] NAGARAJ Sandhya (IND)/ SOLSONA Sheila (ESP) vs LOPEZ BLANCO Carmen (ESP)/ RUIZ FERNANDE Ana (ESP)
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At $15K Iran F6 (Clay)

[R1] PATHANJALI Ravi-Shankar (IND,672) l JARC Rok (SLO,754) 63 67(4) 26
[R1] SINGH Navdeep (IND,692) l PUNTUS Egor (BLR,920) 67(2) 16

Doubles -
[R1] (3) PATHANJALI Ravi-Shankar/ SINGH Navdeep (IND) vs NOVAK Georg (AUT)/ SCHRANZ Wolfgang (AUT)
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At $25K Mount Gambier Challenger, Australia

Doubles -
[R1] (2) DELL'ACQUA Casey (AUS)/ RAO Sunitha (USA) bt D'AMELIO Lisa (AUS)/ GOLDS Shannon (AUS) 64 62

[QF] (2) DELL'ACQUA Casey (AUS)/ RAO Sunitha (USA) vs DE GUBERNATIS Claire (FRA)/ HARING Florence (FRA)
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Badminton News -

World Junior Championship is going on in South Korea ... India finished on 8th position in team events.

Currently Individual events r reached into final stages ... In singles Srujan and Saina r in prequarter finals and in doubles Jishnu and Akshay's pair in prequarter finals.

At INCHEON WORLD JUNIOR BADMINTON CHAMPIONSHIPS 2006

Boys Singles -
[R1] NANDALURI Srujan (IND) bt FAHLSTROM Henrik (SWE) 21-14 21-17
[R1] SAHA Ratikanta (IND) bt DENNERLY-MINTURN (NZL) 21-18 21-4
[R1] DIWALKAR Akshay (IND) bt KRASTEV Ilian (BUL) 21-11 21-9
[R1] SANYAL Jishnu (IND) bt DE VINATEA Antonio (PER) 21-13 21-15

[R2] NANDALURI Srujan (IND) bt (9/16) WONG Shu Ki (HKG) 21-14 22-20
[R2] SAHA Ratikanta (IND) bt GUNARATNE Saliya (AUS) 21-13 21-17
[R2] DIWALKAR Akshay (IND) bt KUNDAKCI Goksel (TUR) 21-17 21-15
[R2] SANYAL Jishnu (IND) bt THNG Boon Seong (SIN) 19-21 21-15 21-17

[R3] NANDALURI Srujan (IND) bt IP Tang Fai (MAC) 21-5 21-8
[R3] SAHA Ratikanta (IND) l (9/16) LIM Fang Yang (MAS) 11-21 13-21
[R3] DIWALKAR Akshay (IND) l (9/16) HONG Ji Hoon (KOR) 9-21 10-21
[R3] SANYAL Jishnu (IND) l (3/4) SUGIARTO Tommy (INA) 19-21 13-21

[PQF] NANDALURI Srujan (IND) vs (1) TAGO Kenichi (JPN)

Doubles -
[R1] (5/8) SANYAL Jishnu (IND)/ DIWALKAR Akshay (IND) Bye
[R1] GURUSAI DATT R.m.v (IND)/ Tarun (IND) bt IP Tang Fai (MAC)/ LEI Tat (MAC) 21-9 21-8

[R2] (5/8) SANYAL Jishnu (IND)/ DIWALKAR Akshay (IND) bt KOSENKO Gordej (RUS)/ KLIMKOVIAN Evgeny (RUS) 21-19 20-22 21-9
[R2] GURUSAI DATT R.m.v (IND)/ Tarun (IND) l (5/8) KURNIAWAN Fernando (INA)/ (CJ) Subakti (INA) 22-20 11-21 12-21

[PQF] (5/8) SANYAL Jishnu (IND)/ DIWALKAR Akshay (IND) vs ELLIS Marcus (ENG)/ VICTOR Liew (ENG)

Girls Singles -
[R1] PANTAWANE Arundathi (IND) bt BASHEER Palwasha (PAK) w/o
[R1] (9/16) NEHWAL Saina (IND) Bye
[R1] PANAPPA Ashwini (IND) l TAMAKI Eriko (JPN) 14-21 16-21

[R2] PANTAWANE Arundathi (IND) bt HOGSTROM Amanda (SWE) 21-15 21-19
[R2] (9/16) NEHWAL Saina (IND) bt KURNIAWAN Sylviana (INA) 21-14 18-21 21-16

[R3] PANTAWANE Arundathi (IND) l (9/16) BURANAPRASERTSUK (THA) 14-21 21-18 19-21
[R3] (9/16) NEHWAL Saina (IND) bt SUKUMARAN (MAS) 21-8 21-7

[PQF] (9/16) NEHWAL Saina (IND) vs (5/8) JANG Soo Young (KOR)

Doubles -
[R1] PANAPPA Ashwini (IND)/ SASALE Nitya (IND) bt THNG Ting (SIN)/ POO Jill Vanessa (SIN) 21-6 21-16

[R2] PANAPPA Ashwini (IND)/ SASALE Nitya (IND) l YOO Hyun Young (KOR)/ JUNG Kyung Eun (KOR) 15-21 9-21

Mixed Doubles -
[R1] Tarun (IND)/ SASALE Nitya (IND) Bye
[R1] NANDALURI Srujan (IND)/ PANAPPA Ashwini (IND) l LI Tian (CHN)/ MA Jin (CHN) 15-21 16-21

[R2] Tarun (IND)/ SASALE Nitya (IND) l (9/16) ADCOCK Chris (ENG)/ WHITE Gabriela (ENG) 12-21 10-21