Football News -
International Freindlies, Hyderabad

India dw Malayasia 1-1
Goal Scored - Baichung Bhutia (IND) 65' and Indra Putra Mahayuddin (MAS) 75'

Disappointing performance against lowly ranked opponent ... Hopefully they will show better performance in AFC Cup which is starting from 30th July.
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Tennis News -
At $600K East West Bank Classic, Los Angeles, CA, USA

[R2] (16) Sania Mirza (IND,35) vs Meng Yuan (CHN,122)

Doubles -
[R1] (2) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Bethanie Mattek (USA) bt Vania King (USA)/ Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) 63 64
[QF] (2) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Bethanie Mattek (USA) vs Elena Vesnina (RUS)/ Vera Zvonareva (RUS)

Serena Williams withdrew from Championship and suddenly Sania's draw is wide open and she is having chance of going deep in the single draw ... But we will go with one match at a time, next Sania meeting Meng Yuan ... Hopefully sania will take care of her.

In doubles Sania and Bethanie having expected winning start.
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At €85K San Marino Cepu Open, San Marino, RSM (Red Clay)

[R1] (WC) GHOUSE Mustafa (IND)/ HUTA GALUNG Jesse (NED) l (1) ALLEGRO Yves (SUI)/ TECAU Horia (ROU) 46 46

Somewhat expected loss against top-seed pair.
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At $50K Lexington Womens Challenger, KY, USA

[Q3] (3) UBEROI Neha (USA,437) bt ROLLE Tiya (USA,781) 57 62 75

[R1] (Q) UBEROI Neha (USA,437) vs (Q) MCHALE Christina (USA,560)

Doubles -
[R1] UBEROI Neha (USA)/ UBEROI Shikh (IND) bt (WC) EMERY Merritt (USA)/ WELCHER Tiffany (USA) 61 62

Neha qualified for maindraw with tight win and facing another qualifier ... Also Uberoi sis having easy first round victory in doubles.
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At $10K Rabat Futures, Morocco (Clay)

[Q1] SRIVASTAVA Dipti (IND,UNR) Bye
[Q1] GAINI Sharani (IND,UNR) Bye
[Q1] (5) BURMAN Shivika (IND,966) Bye

[Q2] SRIVASTAVA Dipti (IND,UNR) bt KHAKIMOVA Natalia (RUS,UNR) 64 63
[Q2] GAINI Sharani (IND,UNR) l NOWE Ine (BEL,UNR) 06 06
[Q2] (5) BURMAN Shivika (IND,966) l LAZAREVA Margarita (RUS,UNR) 36 36

[Q3] SRIVASTAVA Dipti (IND,UNR) l (2) AL NABHANI Fatma (OMA,925) 26 16

Maindraw -
[R1] (4) GOSWAMI Parul (IND,685) l (Q) LAZAREVA Margarita (RUS,UNR) 16 57
[R1] (7) MALOO Parija (IND,736) bt MORTELLO Giorgia (ITA,951) 26 64 64

[R2] (7) MALOO Parija (IND,736) vs (WC) BENNANI Lina (MAR,UNR)

Doubles -
[R1] GOSWAMI Parul (IND)/ MALOO Parija (IND) vs MORTELLO Giorgia (ITA)/ VIERIN Vivienne (ITA)

Some of our girls playing on Moroccan clay ... Parul lost her first round match against Russian qualifier ... But Parija scored good comenback victory over Italian player, who was decent player with career high ranking of #380.
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At $10K USA F19, Godfrey, IL

[R1] (2) SIPAEYA Sunil-Kumar (IND,523) vs KRAJICEK Austin (USA,965)

Doubles -
[R1] RUBIN Michael (USA)/ SIPAEYA Sunil-Kumar (IND) vs KRAJICEK Austin (USA)/ POLLOCK Conor (USA)
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At $10K Romania F13, Tirgu Mures

[R1] LIBERHAN Tushar (IND,887) vs (WC) LELAS Vinko (CRO,UNR)

Doubles -
[R1] GOH Steven (AUS)/ LIBERHAN Tushar (IND) vs GAVRILA Llaurentiu-Ady (ROU)/ MARASIN Alexandru Catalin (ROU)