Tennis News -
At € 353,450 BMW Open, Munich, Germany

[QF] BHUPATHI Mahesh (IND)/ STEPANEK Radek (CZE) bt (WC) BECK Andreas (GER)/ MEFFERT Dominik (GER) 75 61
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At u16 Davis Cup Asia-Oceania Regional, Bangkok, Thailand

Group 2 -
(5) India bt China 2-1

Christopher MARQUIS (IND) l Di WU (CHN) 26 36
Yuki BHAMBRI (IND) bt Ang LI (CHN) 62 63
Yuki BHAMBRI (IND)/ Christopher MARQUIS (IND) bt Bei LIU (CHN)/ Di WU (CHN) 36 63 62

(5) India l (4) Japan 0-3

Ronak MANUJA (IND) l Shuichi SEKIGUCHI (JPN) 06 16
Yuki BHAMBRI (IND) l Ko SUZUKI (JPN) 67(5) 57
Yuki BHAMBRI (IND)/ Christopher MARQUIS (IND) l Takeshi ENDO (JPN)/ Shuichi SEKIGUCHI (JPN) 36 26

So on a threeway tie among Japan, China and India (all 2-1 in ties), we missed out quarterfinals on match basis ... Japan was 7-2 in matches, China was 6-3 and India only managed 5-4.

Scores from the 9-16 place Tie (Friday) -

(5) India bt Bangladesh 3-0

Christopher MARQUIS (IND) bt Mufazzal HOSSAIN (BAN) 60 60
Yuki BHAMBRI (IND) bt Osamr Faruk SUNNY (BAN) 62 60
Ronak MANUJA (IND)/ Christopher MARQUIS (IND) bt U Shwe SHWE (BAN)/ Osamr Faruk SUNNY (BAN) 61 60

India plays Indonesia for 9-12 Placement.
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At $50K Charlottesville Challenger, VA, USA

[R1] RAO Sunitha (IND,230) l (WC) BRENGLE Madison (USA,286) 16 Ret.
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At $ 10 K Jakarta, Indonasia

[R1] (Q) Kelsey SUNDARAM (USA1361) l TAIRA Tomoko (JPN,1094) 16 1-1 Retd.

[R2] (2) IYER Tara (IND,538) vs (Q) MENDE Septi (INA,1288)

Doubles -
[R1] (4) NANDAKUMAR Asha (IND)/ RANGANATHAN Madura (IND) l (WC) MENDE Septi (INA)/ SAWONDARI Wukirasih (INA) 26 06

[R1] IYER Tara (IND)/ PHONKAN Daowadueng (THA) l (2) DOKEI Tomoko (JPN)/ TAIRA Tomoko (JPN) 36 16
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At $10K 2n Gran Premi Codòl, Vic, Spain

[R1] (8) NAGARAJ Sandhya (IND,535) l (WC) ABOUGEIB-SELO Farah (ESP,UNR) 63 26 36

Doubles -
[R1] (4) NAGARAJ Sandhya (IND)/ SOLSONA-CARCASONA Sheila (ESP) bt NGO Viet-Ha (VIE)/ SANCHEZ-QUINTANAR Cristina (ESP) 63 63

[QF] (4) NAGARAJ Sandhya (IND)/ SOLSONA-CARCASONA Sheila (ESP) vs (1) CABRERA-HANDT Melisa (ESP)/ GAGO-FUENTES Carolina (ESP)
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Golf News -
At GS Caltex Maekyung Open, Seoul, South Korea - First Round

T94 Amandeep JOHL (IND) 76 +4
T116 Rahil GANGJEE (IND) 77 +5
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At Telecom Italia Open - First Round

T39 SINGH Jeev Milkha IND 69 -3
T70 RANDHAWA Jyoti IND 71 -1