Monday, March 03, 2008

Tennis News -
At US$769K Memphis Open, TN, USA

[F] (1) BHUPATHI Mahesh (IND)/ KNOWLES Mark (BAH) bt RATIWATANA Sanchai (THA)/ RATIWATANA Sonchat (THA) 76(5) 62

Great finish from top seeds to won their first ATP title together at Memphis Championships ... Also this was Hesh's 42nd career title and Knowles' 48th ... And they also didn't lose a set in whole tournament.

Mahesh Bhupathi - "It's good to have the first title of the year. We started off really well in Melbourne feeling pretty confident. We both served well, focused hard because we knew if we played well we could have a shot at the title."
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At US$600K WTA Bangalore Open, India

[Q3] Sunitha Rao (IND,181) l Tiantian Sun (CHN,229) 26 16
[Q3] (3) Monica Niculescu (ROU) bt (7) Anne Keothavong (GBR) 62 60
[Q3] (9) Angelika Bachmann (GER) bt (5) Mathilde Johansson (FRA) 63 75
[Q3] Agnes Szatmari (ROU) bt Melanie South (GBR) 64 26 76(6)

[u]Maindraw[/u] -
[R1] (WC) Shikha Uberoi (IND,989) l Agnes Szavay (HUN,18) 16 46

Doubles -
[R1] (WC) Ankita Bhambri (IND)/ Sanaa Bhambri l Ayumi Morita (JPN)/ Junri Namigata (JPN) 63 46 (4)10

Tiantian Sun scored surprisingly one-sided victory over Sunitha.
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Hockey News -
At 2008 Olympic Qualifier, Santiago, Chile

India bt Austria 7-3 (2-2)

Goal Scored -
India - Dilip Tirkey (PC) 9' & 23', Ignace Tirkey 41', Shivendra Singh 51' & 55', Bharath 53', Rajpal Singh 54'
Austria - Robert Buchta 2', Christian Minar (PC) 28' & 60'

Other Matches -
Great Britain bt Russia 8-0
Chile bt Mexico 4-0

Another unconvincing victory ... India struggled against Austria, who hold them 2-2 at half-time ... Indian still not able to produce polish performance ... They really need to work hard and sorted out problems which they r facing before matches against Great Britain.

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