Tennis News -
At Australian Open 2008,

[R2] (31) MIRZA Sania (IND,31) bt (Q) Timea Bacsinszky (SUI,119) 61 46 75

[R3] (31) MIRZA Sania (IND,31) vs (8) Venus Williams (USA,)

Doubles -
[R1] (5)Paul Hanley (AUS)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt Luis Horna (PER)/ Stefan Koubek (AUT) 76(2) 76(5)
[R1] (6) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Mark Knowles (BAH) bt Mikhail Youzhny (RUS)/ Mischa Zverev (GER) 76(10) 64

[R2] (6) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Mark Knowles (BAH) vs Yves Allegro (SUI)/ Kristof Vliegen (BEL)
[R2] (5)Paul Hanley (AUS)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Rajeev Ram (USA)

Surprisingly tough match ... In the first set after losing her serve she was controlling the tempo of match ... Bacsinszky was looking ordinary and making heap of UFEs ... But from the second set Sania's game was totally disarray ... Her shots selection was wrong and then suddenly UFEs started flow in from all directions ... At that time Bacsinszky was looking like more controlled player ... But in third set 3rd game was crucial when she hold her serve and then Sania returned in the match and winning final set 75 ... In the final set major difference was Sania's experience of playing on this level that Bacsinszky's experience.

Such lapse of concentration against Venus will be very costly for Sania.
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At $25k Surprise challanger, AZ, USA

[R1] (5) RAO Sunitha (IND,194) l (Q) KARATANTCHEVA Sesil (BUL,UNR) 62 36 26
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At $10k USA F2, North Miami Beach, Florida, USA

[R1] ROY Rupesh (IND,1083) l (Q) KIM Hyung-Kwon (KOR,1391) 16 36

Doubles -
[QF] INBAR Amit (ISR)/ ROY Rupesh (IND) bt (2) BATTISTONE Brian (USA)/ BATTISTONE Dann (USA) 46 75 10(8)

[SF] INBAR Amit (ISR)/ ROY Rupesh (IND) vs (3) KUMANTSOV Andrey (RUS)/ YOO Daniel (KOR)
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Badminton News -
At $200K Proton Malaysia Open Super Series

[R2] Anup SRIDHAR (IND,26) l Hyun Ii LEE (KOR,28) 24-22 14-21 13-21
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Chess News -
At Corus Chess 2008,

Round 5 - Thursday the 17th (grandmaster group A)
S. Mamedyarov - L. van Wely 1-0
P. Eljanov - T. Radjabov 0-1
M. Adams - V. Kramnik ½-½
L. Aronian - V. Anand ½-½
V. Ivanchuk - M. Carlsen ½-½
J. Polgar - P. Leko ½-½
V. Topalov - B. Gelfand 1-0

Another uninspiring draw in 20 moves for Anand ... Anand is still searching for his first win in this year's tournament ... Currently Anand tied for 11th position in this 14 players field.
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Golf News -
At Abu Dhabi Golf Championship, UAE - First Round (EPGA Tour)

T74 KAPUR Shiv 74 + 2
T88 RANDHAWA Jyoti 75 + 3
T101 SINGH Jeev Milkha 76 + 4