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

[R4] (21) Sania Mirza (IND,32) l (5) Daniela Hantuchova (SVK,8) 16 67(4)

Lots of lost opportunities for Sania in this match ... She had 8 break points in first set, where 4 break points in first game only ... But she couldn't managed to convert any and in end she paid price for that ... Also 7 DFs in match didn't help ... In second set Sania also had set point on Daniela's serve 6-5, but again she lost that opportunity ... Sania only managed to break Daniela's serve 2 times in 13 chances but other hand Daniela broke Sania's serve 4 times in 8 chances.
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At $3.589M Pacific Life Open, Indian Wells, USA

[QF] (8) Paul Hanley (AUS)/ Leander Paes (IND) l (3) Daniel Nestor (CAN)/ Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) 26 16

[QF] (6) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Mark Knowles (BAH) vs (4) Jonathan Erlich (ISR)/ Andy Ram (ISR)

These one-sided losses create doubt on success of this partnership of Lee and Paul.
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At $50K(+H) San Luis Potosi Challenger, Mexico (clay)

[R1] Mustafa Ghouse (IND)/ Rajeev Ram (USA) l Hugo Armando (USA)/ Patrick Briaud (USA) 62 57 (9)11
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Chess News -
At $336K 17TH Amber Blindfold and Rapid Tournament, Nice, France

Tuesday March 18 Round IV

Blindfold Chess -
Gelfand-Van Wely 0-1
Karjakin-Ivanchuk 1/2-1/2
Aronian-Carlsen 1/2-1/2
Kramnik-Morozevich 1-0
Anand-Leko 1/2-1/2
Mamedyarov-Topalov 0-1

Rapid Chess -
Van Wely-Gelfand 1/2-1/2
Ivanchuk-Karjakin 1-0
Carlsen-Aronian 0-1
Morozevich-Kramnik 1/2-1/2
Leko-Anand 1-0
Topalov-Mamedyarov 1/2-1/2

Today Anand faced his 1st defeat of 2008 Amber event ... After drawing his Blindfold match in 33 moves ... Anand lost in 28 moves against Leko in Rapid ... :-(

Topalov, Aronian and Ivanchuk take advantage of that and now leading the pack with 5 pts ... Anand is half pt behind them on 4½ pts after 4 rounds.

Today is rest day ... On Thursday Anand will play against Morozevich.
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Squash News -
At $8K Vietnam Open 2008,

[R1] (5) Joshna Chinappa (IND,44) Bye
[R1] (6) Dipika Pallikal (IND,61) Bye

[QF] (5) Joshna Chinappa (IND,44) bt (2) Line Hansen (DEN,28) 10-9(2-1) 9-7 7-9 9-7 (62m)
[QF] (6) Dipika Pallikal (IND,61) bt (3) Elise Ng (HKG,37) 7-9 9-1 9-1 7-9 10-8(2-0) (65m)

[SF] (5) Joshna Chinappa (IND,) vs (6) Dipika Pallikal (IND,61)

Dipika and Joshna playing in Vietnam event ... Good upset win over top-40 Hong Kong player in quarters ... Joshna also scored one of the best victory of her small career with win over top-30 Danish player ... Now interesting match up against Dipika in semis.