Swimming News -
At 2nd FINA World Junior Swimming Championship, Monterrey, Mexico

In 50 Meter Freestyle, Virdhawal Khade finished on 5th position in the final with timing of 22.95sec ... If he was able to manage his semis timing then he had chace of winning bronze as Italian swimmer clocked 22.70sec to win it ... But still creditable performance by him to reached final.

But in 50 Meter Butterfly, surprisingly Virdhawal's challenge got over in heats .. He clocked 25.83sec which was well below his personal best 24.91sec.
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Tennis News -
At the Kennedy Funding Invitational, New City, NY

[SF] Somdev Devvarman (IND,661) bt (1) Sam Querrey (USA,44) 62 16 75

Superb win by Somdev against (Sam Querrey) the best player he has probably played yet ... His opponent was a 21-year-old the next great hope of American tennis ranked #44 in the world, and a man who has beaten Moya and Gasquet on the clay of Monte Carlo Masters this year.

Querrey won the ATP tour event in Las Vegas this year, beating Grosjean (FRA, 50), Kiefer (GER, 48), Canas (ARG, 20) and Kevin Anderson (in the final) ... He made R3 of the Australian Open (losing to Djokovic, after beating Tursunov and Oliver Rochus) and also the SF in Delray Beach.

Dudi Sela should indeed be a tough test for Buji in the final, he is the type of solid, counter-puncher and consistent player like Somdev.

[F] Somdev Devvarman (IND,661) vs (2) Dudi Sela (ISR,76)

Ladies -
[QF] Sunitha Rao (IND,144) bt Katie Goepel (USA,UNR) 61, 63
[SF] Sunitha Rao (IND,144) vs (1) Victoria Azarenka (BLR,16)

Somdev Devvarman - "I just enjoy playing here. I haven't really figured out why. I'm just rolling with it, and I hope for another good match (today). I'm definitely feeling good and playing well, and I just keep on going with it."

About match -
"I decided I might as well go for it before he does. He likes to play the same way. I just went for it, got a little lucky, and things went my way, fortunately. He played a very good second set, but at the same time, I felt like I made quite a few errors, and that's how it goes at this level," Devvarman said. "A couple bad shots and you're down 6-1."

Match report from lohud.com -
Somdev Devvarman isn't sure what the reason is. But when the recent Virginia graduate comes to the Kennedy Funding Invitational, he treats top professionals the same way he did college opponents en route to winning the last two NCAA titles.

For the second straight year, the unseeded Devvarman has made a surprising run to the final. Last year, he defeated former top-80 players Ricardo Mello, Robert Kendrick and Justin Gimelstob before losing to Michael Russell. Last night his semifinal victim was 6-foot-6 Californian Sam Querrey, currently the 44th-ranked player in the world.

The native of India didn't face a break point in the third set and showed off an aggressive return game to win the match. Jumping up to meet Querrey's second serves, Devvarman broke at love to claim a spot in the $40,000 final.

Devvarman is 13-0 as a professional, having won Futures tournaments in Rochester and Pittsburgh earlier this summer. He is guaranteed at least $20,000 for reaching the final here.

He looked good early, winning the final five games of the first set, but Querrey responded by winning six straight games to take the second set.
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At $385K Campbell's HoF championship, Newport, USA

[QF] (WC) Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Gilles Muller (LUX) l Rik De Voest (RSA)/ Ashley Fisher (AUS) 46 26

[SF] (4) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) vs Rik De Voest (RSA)/ Ashley Fisher (AUS)

Prkash and Muller lost their doubles match and miss the chance of meeting Rohana and Aisam in semis.
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At $15K Syria F1 Futures, Damascus

[F] (4) RUCKELSHAUSEN Richard (AUT)/ SINGH Navdeep (IND) bt (3) GAJJAR Rohan (IND)/ SOMOGYI Alexander (SVK) 63 75

Navdeep won doubles title at Syria F1 with Ruckelshausen beating Rohan and Somogyi.
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At $50K Allentown Womens Challenger, PA, USA

[SF] UBEROI Neha (USA)/ DABROWSKI Gabriela (CAN) l (4) GULLICKSON Carly (USA)/ KRIZ Nicole (AUS) 57 36
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At $15K Great Britain F9 Futures, Felixstowe

[QF] RAJA Purav (IND)/ SHARAN Divij (IND) l (ALT) CORRIE Edward (GBR)/ WIRE Richard (GBR) 67(7) 26
[QF] (3) MANKAD Harsh (IND)/ SINGH Ashutosh (IND) l KADIR Sadik (AUS)/ LA PORTE Shane (USA) 46 46