Badminton News
At $200K China Masters Super Series 2008, Changzhou

[R2] (7) Saina Nehwal (IND,12) bt Ai Goto (JPN,114) 21-12 21-10

[QF] (7) Saina Nehwal (IND,12) vs (3) Lin Zhu (CHN,6)

As expected very easy victory for Saina ... She won this match without losing much sweat in 21 mins ... Now in quarters she is facing tough challenge from local player & WR #6 Lin Zhu.
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Tennis News
At $576K Bangkok ATP Open, Thailand

[R1] (1) Leander Paes (IND)/ Lukas Dlouhy (CZE) bt Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) 76(3) 46 10(7)

[QF] (1) Leander Paes (IND)/ Lukas Dlouhy (CZE) vs Tomas Berdych (CZE)/ Simone Bolelli (ITA)

Lee and Lukas win this match on their experienced ... In first set both players broke their services twice ... But Lee and Lukas won tie-break easily.

In second set Rohan and Aisam broke top-seed's serve in first game and won second set on this break ... In super tie-break Lee and Lukas were up by mini-break, 4-2, but Lukat double faulted and lost this advantage ... Then most important mini-break came when both pair were 7-all ... After that Lee and Lukas served out to win this match ... In this match Lee & Lukas won 71 pts against 75 pts won by Bops & Aisam.
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At $35K+H Bucharest Challenger II, Romania (Red clay)

[R2] Somdev Devvarman (IND,244) l (Q) Gero Kretschmer (GER,490) 16 26

Very surprising loss with such score against 500 around player ... Moreover we know Somi as fighter, who never give up in the match ... Did this Kretschmer show similar game like Hanescu? Or some injury issue with Somi?
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At $50K Grenoble Challenger, France

[QF] Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Richard Bloomfield (GBR) l (3) Martin Fischer (AUT)/ Philipp Oswald (AUT) 16 16
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At $50K Lubbock Challenger, TX, USA

[R2] (5) RAM Rajeev (USA,182) bt Jesse Witten (USA,278) 36 75 76(5)
[QF] (5) RAM Rajeev (USA,182) vs (4) Frank Dancevic (CAN,144)

Rajeev scored exciting comeback victory over fellow American in tight match.