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Beijing Olympics 2008 - Tennis

Draw is out and Sania get worst possible draw in singles and doubles ... In singles she is facing Czech player Iveta Benesova, with whom she lost all 3 matches ... If Sania wins first round match then she is facing 7th seed Venus Williams in second round.

In womens doubles also Sania and Sunitha having tough draw after first round ... In first round they r playing against French pair of Tatiana Golovin and Pauline Parmentier and if they move to next round then they r facing top-seed Russian Dinara Safina and Svetlana Kuznetsova.

In mens doubles Indian Express got 7th seed ... ITF decided to give equal weightage to singles & doubles ranking so singles specialists pair like Federer/ Wawrinka, Rafa/ Robredo & Ferrer/ Almagro recieved higher seeding than our pair ... Indian Express in same draw of Bryans, whom they can meet in semis ... But before that we can face 4th seed Federer/ Wawrinka in quarters ... In first round Hesh/ Lee facing French pair of Gael Monfils/ Gilles Simon, this match our pair should win ... Second round could be tricky against Czech pair Tomas Berdych/ Radek Stepanek or Brazilian pair of Marcelo Melo/ Andre Sa.

Just for info, Federer having tough first round against Russian Dmitry Tursonov ... But funnily Federer's last 2 Masters conquerors r in his draw, If they wins then Federer can meet Karlovic in 3rd round and Simon in quarters.

Other hand Rafa playing his first round against Italian Potito Starace ... But Rafa's draw is much tougher as in-form players Serbian Novak Djokovic and British Andy Murray r in his draw .. Also in second round Rafa can meet Australian Leyton Hewitt.
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At $475K Los Angeles ATP Tournament, USA

[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Eric Butorac (USA) bt (WC) Johan Brunstrom (SWE)/ Jean-Julien Rojer (AHO) 63 16 10(3)

[QF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Eric Butorac (USA) vs (2) LIPSKY Scott (USA)/ MARTIN David (USA)

After winning first set Rohan and Eric had poor second set where they missed load of shots ... But in super tie-break Rohan was at his best to turn tie to their favour ... In quarters facing 2nd seed American pair.
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At $50K New Delhi Challenger III, India

[SF] (4) GAJJAR Rohan (IND)/ RAJA Purav (IND) l GOODALL Joshua (GBR)/ WARD James (GBR) 46 16

So with this our challenge is over in this challenger.