Tennis News -
At $1.5M Dubai Tennis Championships, UAE

[QF] Sania Mirza (IND)/ Francesca Schiavone (ITA) l (1) Cara Black (ZIM)/ Liezel Huber (USA) 26 76(4) (10)12

Very close match ... Sania and Francesca showed superb comeback but couldn't converted in win ... So yesterday Sania played well but still had heart-breaking day.

Now move over to US harrdcourt season.
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At US$769K Memphis Open, TN, USA

[R1] (1) BHUPATHI Mahesh (IND)/ KNOWLES Mark (BAH) bt (WC) ISNER John (USA)/ YOUNG Donald (USA) 64 62

[QF] (1) BHUPATHI Mahesh (IND)/ KNOWLES Mark (BAH) vs KUNITSYN Igor (RUS)/ THOMAS Jim (USA)

Good easy victory against pair of Isner and Young ... Now Hesh and Mark will face a pair who conquered Bops and Sela.
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At $15K India F2 Futures, New Delhi

Singles Quarter Finals -
KEDRYUK Alexey (KAZ,606) bt SINGH Navdeep (IND,737) 60 75
(Q) GAJJAR Rohan (IND,1103) bt (3) ALCAIDE Guillermo (ESP,342) 76(6) 64

(Q) IVANOV Simeon (BUL,942) bt (6) SUN Peng (CHN,497) 75 63
(2) SATSCHKO Alexander (GER,331) bt (7) SAVIC David (SRB,503) 63 62

Doubles Semi Finals -
(3) Vivek SHOKEEN (IND)/ ASHUTOSH SINGH (IND) bt (1) (WC) Mustafa GHOUSE (IND)/ Purav RAJA (IND) 67(3) 63 10(4)

(2) Vijay KANNAN (IND)/ Alexey KEDRYUK (KAZ) bt David SAVIC (SRB)/ Todor ENEV (BUL) 64 62

Rohan scored biggest victory of his career beating top-350 player ... These 2 Indian futures turn to be his breakout tournaments ... Now I only wish with proper planning and right selection of tournaments he utilize this opportunity to achieve more on circuit.

Alexey again turned out thorn to Indian player’s path ... Hopefully Rohan will take care of him in semis.
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At $10K Sant Boi Futures, Spain

[R1] NAGARAJ Sandhya (IND,594) bt (Q) RODIER Charlotte (FRA,788) 62 26 63

[R2] NAGARAJ Sandhya (IND,594) vs (5) BOU-NOGUEIRO Rebeca (ESP,342)
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At $10K Nigeria F2 2008, Benin City

[R2] (WC) BURMAN Shivika (IND,UNR) l (3) ROSSI Nathalia (BRA,707) 36 76(5) 16

Doubles -
[R1] (2) APPINENI Prerana-Mythri (IND)/ GOSWAMI Parul (IND) l SELAKOVIC Nevena (SRB)/ SHLOMO Keren (ISR) 26 26
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Squash News -
At $80K Davenport Pro Champs 2008, Richmond, USA

[R1] Saurav Ghosal (IND,49) l (6) Karim Darwish (EGY,8) 11-6 13-11 (4-2) 6-11 6-11 4-11 (55m)

Very promising performance in loss by Saurav against top 10 player, Karim Darwish.