Tennis News -
At $2.2 m Internazionali BNL d'Italia, Rome

[R1] BHUPATHI Mahesh (IND)/ STEPANEK Radek (CZE) l NIEMINEN Jarkko (FIN)/ SODERLING Robin (SWE) 46 64 9-11
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At $75K Monzon Challanger, Spain (clay)

[R1] (Q) NAGARAJ Sandhya (IND,537) l MANASIEVA Vesna (RUS,292) 16 36

Doubles -
[R1] NAGARAJ Sandhya (IND)/ SANCHEZ-GARCIA Nuria (ESP) l KURYANOVICH Iryna (BLR)/ MANASIEVA Vesna (RUS) 16 26
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At $75K Jounieh challenger, Lebanon

[R1] (Q) Rushmi CHAKRAVARTHI (IND,399) l Katarina KACHLIKOVA (SVK,303) 16 16

Doubles -
[R1] Rushmi CHAKRAVARTHI (IND) / Isha LAKHANI (IND) l (4) Ekaterina DZEHALEVICH (BLR)/ Evgeniya RODINA (RUS) 46 06
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At $25K+H Mas Palomas Challenger, Spain ( clay)

[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND,267) l (2) Gorka Fraile (ESP,150) 26 46
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At $ 10k Tarakan, Indonesia

[Q1] (4) Kelsey SUNDARAM (USA) BYE
[Q1] Yi-Run HAN (CHN) bt Apurvika SHUKLA (IND) 60 60
[Q1] (7) Abby HEDGES (AUS) bt Akshitha BASAVARAJU (IND) 62
[Q1] Madura RANGANATHAN (IND) bt Dian MAYASARI (INA) 62 26 64

[Q2] Renee LAMPRET (AUS) bt (4) Kelsey SUNDARAM (USA) 61 60
[Q2] Madura RANGANATHAN (IND) bt Chika TERASAWA (JPN) 60 63

At $ 10k Tarakan, Indonesia

[R1] NANDAKUMAR Asha (IND,777) l (7) DOKEI Tomoko (JPN,732) 16 36
[R1] (Q) RANGANATHAN Madura (IND,NR) l (3) MAJERIC Tadeja (SLO,613) 46 16
[R1] (2) IYER Tara (IND,541) bt LEE Wei-Ping (SIN,993) 60 61

[R2] (2) IYER Tara (IND,541) vs RINER Nicole (SUI,894)
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At $ 15 K Kuwait F1,

[R1] SINGH Navdeep (IND,724) l (7) GHAREEB Mohammad (KUW,494) 46 36
[R1] RAJA Purav (IND,934) bt (6) SHARAN Divij (IND,477) 62 61

[R2] RAJA Purav (IND,934) bt (Q) BARLOW Philip (GBR,NR) 61 61

[QF] RAJA Purav (IND,934) vs (3) Thomas OGER (FRA,288)

Doubles -
[QF] (3) SHARAN Divij (IND)/ SINGH Navdeep (IND) bt FILENKOV Alexei (RUS)/ WARKENTIN Paul (USA) 62 60
[QF] (2) QURESHI Aisam (PAK)/ RAJA Purav (IND) bt HAYAT Ali (KUW)/ MAGDAS Abdullah (KUW) 60 61

[SF] (3) SHARAN Divij (IND)/ SINGH Navdeep (IND) vs (2) QURESHI Aisam (PAK)/ RAJA Purav (IND)
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At u16 Federation Cup Asia-Oceania Regional, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Group - 4
(7) INDIA bt SINGAPORE 2-1

Kyra SHROFF (IND) bt Li Yun Stefanie TAN (SIN) 62 61
Tanvi SHAH (IND) l JCelina Cassandra GOETTI (INN) 26 46
Kyra SHROFF (IND)/ Archana VEERAMACHANENI (IND) bt Celina Cassandra GOETTI (SIN)/ Li Yun Stefanie TAN (SIN) 61 76(5)

(2) JAPAN bt SRI LANKA 3-0
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Squash News -
At $21K Hurghada International 2007, Egypt

[Q1] Dipika Pallikal (Ind) bt Zena Sameh Makarem (Egy) 9/0 9/2 9/3 (20m)
[Q2] Dipika Pallikal (Ind) bt Farida El Dahab (Egy) 9/4 9/6 9/6 (27m)

[R1] (8) Joshna Chinappa (Ind) vs Lauren Siddall (Eng)
[R1] (Q) Dipika Pallikal (Ind) vs (3) Engy Kheirallah (Egy)
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Hockey News -
At 2007 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup Hockey, Malaysia

India l Australia 0-1
India bt China 5-4
India bt Argentina 2-0

This young Indian side in final under coach Carvalho ... Really creditable performance from this young team, though other teams also send their young squads.

Semi-Finals -

India vs Malaysia
Australia vs Korea