Badminton News -
At 120K Thailand GP GOLD 2008,

[R1] (7) Jwala GUTTA (IND)/ Shruti KURIAN (IND) l Shinta Mulia SARI (SIN)/ Lei YAO (SIN) 17-21 21-15 10-21

[R3] KASHYAP P (IND,84) l Tanongsak SAENSOMBOONSUK (THA,71) 14-21 19-21 (in 33 mins)
[R3] (13) Anup SRIDHAR (IND,28) l (2) Boonsak PONSANA (THA,14) 11-21 26-28 (in 40 mins)

[R2] Saina NEHWAL (IND,23) bt Nguyen Nhung LE NGOC (VIE,72) 21-9 21-6

[QF] Saina NEHWAL (IND,23) vs (1) Xingfang XIE (CHN,1)

In first round Saina won match in 20 mins, today she take 2 mins extra but result was more one-sided ... With this win she will definetly enter into top-20 BWF ranking on 3rd July.

But now in quarter-final she is facing toughest challenge against Chinese WR #1 Xingfang Xie ... Saina have nothing to lose against her, so interesting to see her performance against WR #1 to judge Saina's progress.

Anup saved 3 match-points but also wasted 4 game points in second game.
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Tennis News -
At The Championships Wimbledon 2008,

Mixed Doubles -
[R1] (10) Leander Paes (IND)/ Rennae Stubbs (AUS) Bye
[R1] (11) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Sania Mirza (IND) Bye
[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Tatiana Poutchek (BLR) vs Igor Kunitsyn (RUS)/ Elena Vesnina (RUS)

Mixed doubles draw is out ... Rohan is making his debut in MZD event, he is playing with Belarus's Tatiana Poutchek ... Lee having good partner in Rennae Stubbs ... Our all pairs r in top draw ... Rohan and Mahesh/ Sania can meet each other in quarters if they win their respective matches ... Lee/ Rennae can meet one of them in semis.

In second round Lee and Rennae will meet winner between Jonas Bjorkman (SWE)/ Alicia Molik (AUS) and Frantisek Cermak (CZE)/ Lucie Hradecka (CZE) ... Sania and Mahesh will meet to winner between Igor Andreev (RUS)/ Maria Kirilenko (RUS) and Michal Mertinak (SVK)/ Dominika Cibulkova (SVK)
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At $10K USA F15 Futures, Rochester, NY

[R2] (8) Somdev DEV VARMAN (IND,793) vs (WC) KRONAUGE Justin (USA,1686)

Doubles -
[QF] DEV VARMAN Somdev (IND)/ HUEY Treat (USA) bt OUELLETTE Gregory (USA)/ WILLIAMS Rhyne (USA) 61 64
[SF] DEV VARMAN Somdev (IND)/ HUEY Treat (USA) vs AUBONE Jean-Yves (USA)/ BOWLES Clint (USA)

Expected easy victory in doubles ... In second round, Somi playing against wild card entrant Justin Kronauge, he defeated Treat Huey in 3 sets.
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At €30K+H Mamaia Challenger, Constanta, Romania (clay)

[R1] GHOUSE Mustafa (IND)/ THOMPSON Nathan (USA) l (3) LOPEZ JAEN Miguel Angel (ESP)/ NAVARRO Ivan (ESP) 36 46

They couldn't produce much fight against 3rd seed Spanish pair.