Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Tennis News -
At $2.1 M Sony Ericsson Open, Miami, USA

[R1] (29) Sania Mirza (IND,31) Bye

Sania will play winner between 2 wildcard players ... Wildcard #137 German Lisicki having couple of good wins this season over #13 Dinara Safina in Australian Open and #33 Lindsay Davenport in Federation Cup.

Her third round match against #6 Anna Chakvetadze will give us more detail picture of Sania's recent progress.

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At $50K+H AGT Challenger, Leon, Mexico

[Q3] (2) AMRITRAJ Prakash (IND,269) l (6) HEALEY Nathan (AUS,375) 76(2) 67(5) 16

Maindraw -
[R1] RAM Rajeev (USA,239) l (4) SOEDA Go (JPN,169) 16 0-1 Retd.

[R1] (LL) AMRITRAJ Prakash (IND,269) vs (8) STADLER Simon (GER,185)

Kash couldn't managed to finish it in 2 sets and then dominating performance by Nathan in third set ... But still Kash is in maindraw as lucky loser.

Rajeev retired from his first round match ... So that means his chances of participation in doubles with Mustafa r very low.
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At $15K Egypt F2 Futures, Giza (clay)

[R1] RASTOGI Karan (IND,512) l (8) MIGANI Leandro (ARG,408) 57 57

Doubles -
[R1] FILENKOV Alexei (RUS)/ RASTOGI Karan (IND) l BURY Alexander (BLR)/ VOLTCHKOV Vladimir (BLR) 16 16
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Squash News -
At $10K NSC Star 1 Tournament, Kuala Lumpur

[R1] (8) Gaurav Nandrajog (IND,117) l Shamsul Islam Khan (PAK,119) 12-10 7-11 6-11 7-11 (39m)
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At $12K NSC Star 1 Tournament, Kuala Lumpur

[R1] (6) Joshna Chinappa (IND,44) bt Siti Munirah Jusoh (MAS,62) 9-3 3-9 9-2 9-3 (48)
[R1] Dipika Pallikal (IND,61) bt (5) Donna Urquhar (AUS,40) 5-9 Retd.

[QF] (6) Joshna Chinappa (IND,44) bt (4) Line Hansen (DEN,28) 9-1 9-4 8-10 9-0 (38m)
[QF] Dipika Pallikal (IND,61) l (2) Sharon Wee (MAS,22) 3-9 4-9 2-9 (24m)

[SF] (6) Joshna Chinappa (IND,44) vs (2) Sharon Wee (MAS,22)

Joshna had excellent start in this NSC Star event ... She scored another victory over top 30 European player ... Now having tough match against Malyasian Sharon Wee.

Dipika had one lucky break in first round as her seeded opponent retired from the match after winning first game ... But Wee was too good for her in quarters.

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