Badminton News -
At $200K AVIVA Singapore Super Series 2008
Huge victory for Saina, though not ranking wise ... But she is entered into her first Super Series semi-final ... Frankly last 2 years I was hoping for this performance from Saina, but somehow she kept struggling due to her slow movements on the court and stamina ... She was able to stretch top players but her challange get blown off in third game ... Now with help from her coaches (Gopichand etc) she is showing improvement ... This semi-final apperance give her huge confidence before Beijing Olympics.

[QF] Saina NEHWAL (IND,30) bt Firdasari ADRIANTI (INA,33) 21-16 16-21 21-14
[SF] Saina NEHWAL (IND,30) vs (5) Mi ZHOU (HKG,10)
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Tennis News -
At € 713K Stella Artois Championships, Queens club, London

[QF] (8) BHUPATHI Mahesh (IND)/ BOPANNA Rohan(IND) l (2) Daniel Nestor (CAN)/ Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) 46 46

Though our pair lost against WR #2 pair they showed good performance ... Nestor and Zimo had a single break in every set ... Our pair had 7 break points opportunities but coldn't convert one ... Our pair won total 52 points against 59 points won by Nestor and Zimo ... Bops definetly recieved required match practice against high quality pair and importantly they both played match after their injury break.
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At Gerry Weber Open, Halle, Germany

[SF] (4) Lukas Dlouhy (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt LJUBICIC Ivan (CRO)/ SODERLING Robin (SWE) 64 06 10(4)

Good to see this pair is in finale of Halle Open ... Good fighting win after poor second set ... Go guys and take ur first title as a team.