Tennis News -

Somdev Devvarman climed to his personal best #239 in ATP Singles ranking after excellent run at Washington ATP tournament, he was quarter-finalist there as a qualifier ... Praksh is still leading the list of Indian players, he is on #217.

In doubles Mahehs is on #12, Lee on #16 and Rohan on #47 ... But after winning Delhi Challenger doubles title, Ashutosh climbed to his best ATP doubles ranking, #213 ... Our 5 players r in between 200 to 300 in doubles ATP ranking ... Those r - Ashutosh Singh #213, Mustafa Ghouse #219, Stephen Amritraj #255, Purav Raja #275 and Harsh Mankad #279.
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At €64K+H Manerbio Challenger, Italy (Red Clay)

[Q3] (7) (WC) AMRITRAJ Stephen (IND,1541) l (3) EICHENBERGER Patrick (SUI,818) 16 16

Doubles -
[R1] AMRITRAJ Stephen (IND)/ GHOUSE Mustafa (IND) vs (2) KAROL Dusan (CZE)/ NIELSEN Frederik (DEN)

Tough doubles first round for our pair.
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At $10K Khonkan Futures, Thailand

[R1] (5) BHAMBRI Ankita (IND,520) bt GOSWAMI Parul (IND,689) 46 75 63
[R1] MALOO Parija (IND,705) l (2) CHEN Yan-Chong (CHN,395) 26 16
[R1] (6) BHAMBRI Sanaa (IND,528) l NARATTANA Kanyapat (THA,977) 63 26 16
[R1] (4) CHAKRAVARTHI Rushmi (IND,508) vs (Q) KANG Seo-Kyung (KOR,1069)
[R1] SAHOO Shalini (IND,895) vs (WC) MULSAP Sophia (THA,977)

Doubles -
[R1] BURMAN Shivika (IND)/ NANDA KUMAR Asha (IND) l (WC) RUNGTEIN Chutharat (THA)/ SRITAWAN Khanita (THA) 36 16
[R1] (4) CHAKRAVARTHI Rushmi (IND)/ GOSWAMI Parul (IND) l NARATTANA Kanyapat (THA)/ WANNASUK Nungnadda (THA) 26 26
[R1] MALOO Parija (IND)/ SAHOO Shalini (IND) l (2) CHEN Yi (TPE)/ JOHANSSON Michaela (SWE) 16 36
[R1] (3) BHAMBRI Sanaa (IND)/ BHAMBRI Ankita (IND) bt (Q) CHAN Wing-Yau Venise (HKG)/ YANG Zi-Jun (HKG) 67(6) 62 10(6)

[QF] (3) BHAMBRI Sanaa (IND)/ BHAMBRI Ankita (IND) vs (WC) LERTPITAKSINCHAI Nicha (THA)/ VIJUKSANABOON Varanya (THA)
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Golf News -
At Xerox Classic, Rochester, New York - Final Standing (Nationwide Tour)

T58 Arjun Atwal 69 68 73 77 +7 $ 1,845.00

Arjun slide to 30th position in 2008 money leader standing ... He is almost $11K less than No. 25th golfer ... He need solid tournaments, otherwise it would be difficult for him to Top 25 finish to gran 2009 PGA tour card.