Tennis News
At 2.233M Dubai Open Championship,

[R1] (WC) Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) l Martin Damm (CZE)/ Robert Lindstedt (SWE) 67(4) 57

[R2] (2) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Mark Knowles (BAH) vs Rik De Voest (RSA)/ Dmitry Tursunov (RUS)

Kash and Aisam had 5 break point chances but converted only 1, but Damm and Lindstedt had 2 chances and they converted both ... Overall our pair won 66 points and their opponents 69 points ... So this was the case of missed opportunities for Kash and Aisam.
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At $500K Delray Beach International Tennis Championships, Florida, USA

[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) bt (ALT) Paul Capdeville (CHI)/ Evgeny Korolev (RUS) 64 75

[QF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) vs (4) Eric Butorac (USA)/ Bruno Soares (BRA)
[QF] Rajeev Ram (USA)/ Bobby Reynolds (USA) vs (3) Jamie Murray (GBR)/ Dusan Vemic (SRB)

In this match both pair had 10 break point chances ... Rohan and Jarkko converted 4, other hand Capdeville and Korolev converted only 2 ... Now our pair faced 4th seed pair in the quarters.
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Golf News
At the World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship,

Jeev Milkha Singh (IND) l Ian Poulter (ENG) 4 & 3

In this format after going down by 4 in first few holes, it was difficult to produce comeback ... Poulter defeated Jeev rather easily with 4 and 3.

Many big names also lost their first round matches including Garcia, Harrington, Goosen, Allenby, Appleby, Adam Scott, Justin Rose, Weir, Hansen, Stenson, Karlsson, Angel Cabrera, KJ Choi .. Only Asian (Japanese) Shingo Katayama managed to win against defending Masters champion Trevor Immelman.

PGA report -
Poulter proved in the 2008 Ryder Cup that he's cut out beautifully for match play. Of course, the Europeans didn't win, but Poulter shined with a 4-1-0 record and proved to be the top point-getter at Valhalla. That match play momentum evidently carried over as Poulter made easy work of his opponent. Poulter made six birdies, including three in a row beginning at No. 2. "I got off to a quick start to be 3-up after four holes and I kept my foot on the accelerator and hitting good golf shots," Poulter said.
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Chess News
At XXVI Linares 2009, Spain (Avg. rating 2755) - from February 19th to March 7th 2009

Round 6 - Wednesday, 25 February 2009

Wang Yue ½-½ Teimour Radjabov
Vassily Ivanchuk ½-½ Leinier Domínguez
Alexander Grischuk 1-0 Levon Aronian
Magnus Carlsen 1-0 Viswanathan Anand

Magnus Carlsen defeated World Champion Viswanathan Anand convincingly, with remarkable techincal skill in 77 moves ... This was Anand's 2nd loss in 6 games also the way he survived in yesterday's game shows his lack of preparation for Linares ... Alexander Grischuk defeated Levon Aronian to increase his lead to a full point ... And surprisingly Vassily Ivanchuk agreed to a draw in a winning position.