Tennis News -
At $2.1M Pacific Life Open, Indian Wells, USA

[R1] (7) Sania Mirza (IND) / Bethanie Mattek (USA) vs Klaudia Jans (POL)/ Gabriela Navratilova (CZE)

In doubles Sania is partnering American Bethanie Mattek ... They r 7th seed pair.
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At $50K Delhi Challenger, India

Singles Second Round -
Carmen Klaschka (GER,309) bt Andrea Hlavacova (CZE,229) 57 63 62
(8) Naomi Cavaday (GBR,191) bt (Q) Montinee Tangphong (THA,461) 63 61

(4) Yanina Wickmayer (BEL,152) bt (Q) Kristina Antoniychuk (UKR,389) 76(5) 61
(6) Chanelle Scheepers (RSA,181) bt (WC) Ankita Bhambri (IND,542) 57 63 62

(5) Margit Rüütel (EST,180) bt Lenka Tvarošková (SVK,294) 57 64 61
(PR) Anikó Kapros (HUN,523) bt Isha Lakhani (IND,353) 62 64

(7) Sunitha Rao (IND,175) bt Teodora Mircic (SRB,282) 61 63
Ekateryna Dzehalevich (BLR,208) bt (2) Mathilde Johansson (FRA,128) 63 61

Doubles Quarter-Finals -
(1) Chun-Mei JI (CHN)/ Sheng-Nan SUN (CHN) bt (WC) Sanaa BHAMBRI (IND)/ Ankita BHAMBRI (IND) 76(5) 63

(WC) Neha UBEROI (USA)/ Shikha UBEROI (IND) bt Ivana LISJAK (CRO)/ Yanina WICKMAYER (BEL) W/O

(4) Veronika CHVOJKOVA (CZE)/ Andrea HLAVACKOVA (CZE) bt (Q) Rushmi CHAKRAVARTHI (IND)/ Yan-Chong CHEN (CHN) 76(1) 26 10(7)

(2) Sunitha RAO (IND)/ Aurelie VEDY (FRA) bt Teodora MIRCIC (SRB)/ Lenka TVAROSKOVA (SVK) 61 64

Ankita won first set against top-200 player buth then lost next 2 quite easily.

Sunitha produced another solid performance to beat her Serbian opponent ... So now only Sunitha is keeing Indian interest in singles and with Uberoi sis in doubles.
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Football News -
At AFC Cup 2008
Group B - Round 1

Safa SC (LEB) bt East Bengal (IND) 1-0

Goal Scored - Rafael Mbassi (SSC) 17'

East Bengal showed fighting performance, but couldn't converted in to win.