Tennis News -
At Asia/Oceania Zone Group I 2008 (1st Round), Delhi, India

Friday, 8th February 2008
Match 1 -
Rohan Bopanna (IND,287) vs Farrukh Dustov (UZB,249)

Match 2 -
Somdev Dev Varman (IND,784) vs Denis Istomin (UZB,184)

Buji getting deserving chance of debut in Davis Cup due to stomach bug problem to Prakash ... He can be surprise package to upset Denis Istomin ... For India, Rohan playing first rubber is good news considering Buji's lack of experience in this format.
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At $ 170K WTA Pattaya Open, Thailand ( Tier IV)

[R2] (LL) Sunitha Rao (IND,193) l Ekaterina Bychkova (RUS,100) 46 46
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At $75K Midland challanger, Mi, USA

[R1] (Q) UBEROI Neha (USA,332) l HAYNES Angela (USA,201) 67(1) 76(9) 16

Good fighting performance in first 2 sets by Neha.
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At $10K Mallorca, Spain

[R2] NAGARAJ Sandhya (IND,572) l (4) HERCOG Polona (SLO,390) 36 26
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Squash News -
At $30K Kolkata International, India

Quarter-Finals -
(5) Mansoor Zaman (PAK,35) bt Shahid Zaman (PAK,57) 5-11 11-6 11-8 11-6 (40m)
(3) Omar Mosaad (EGY,27) bt (7) Saurav Ghoshal (IND,49) 11-8 4-11 11-9 1-11 (38m)
(6) Omar Abdel Aziz (EGY,41) bt (4) Aamir Atlas Khan (PAK,31) 6-11 11-3 7-11 11-1 11-7 (68m)
(2) Ong Beng Hee (MAS,18) bt (8) Farhan Mehboob (PAK,55) 12-10 11-8 11-6 (54m)

Only Omar Abdel Aziz produced upset ... And became 2nd Egyptian player to be in semis ... Saurav produced fight with winning a second game against top-30 Omar Mosaad.