Tennis News
At $4.5M BNP Paribas Open, Indian Wells, USA

[R1] (WC) MIRZA Sania (IND,87) vs KORYTTSEVA Mariya (UKR,96)

Doubles
[R1] CHUANG Chia-Jung (TPE)/ MIRZA Sania (IND) vs DULKO Gisela (ARG)/ PEER Shahar (ISR)

Here Sania defending heck of ranking points, exactly 130 pts due to last year's 4th round appearence ... So now interesting to see how she perform this year, early exit find her again outside top-100.
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At $35K+H Kyoto Challenger, Japan

[R1] (4) AMRITRAJ Prakash (IND,192) l MITSUHASHI Junn (JPN,337) 67(5) 76(2) 36

Doubles
[QF] (2) AMRITRAJ Prakash (IND)/ AMRITRAJ Stephen (IND) vs (WC) SATO Bumpei (JPN)/ TAKEUCHI Kento (JPN)

Another unnecessary loss in singles for Kash against 19 yrs old Japanese opponent.
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At the $15K France F15, Lille

[R1] (1) BATTISTONE Brian (USA)/ MANKAD Harsh (IND) BYE

Good to see that these guys r playing futures ... As they need more match practice to succeed as pair on challenger level.
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Chess News
At the FIDE Women Grand Prix, Istnbul, Turkey

Round 3 - 9 March 2009

WIM Betül Cemre Yildiz ½-½ GM KONERU Humpy

Disappointing result for Humpy to drew her match against lowly ranked local girl.
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Badminton News
At $200K Wilson Swiss Super Series 2009, Basel

[Q1] (2) Anup Sridhar (IND,42) vs Stefan Wojcikiewicz (CAN,61)
[Q1] (4) Anand Pawar (IND,47) vs Kestutis Navickas (LTU,53)

[R1] Chetan Anand (IND,13) vs (8) Przemyslaw Wacha (POL,9)
[R1] Arvind Bhat (IND,26) vs (2) Dan Lin (CHN,2)
[R1] Saina Nehwal (IND,10) vs Youn Joo Bae (KOR,37)

[R1] Saina Nehwal (IND)/ Anna Rice (CAN) vs Sabrina Jaquet (SUI)/ Huwaina Razi (SUI)

This week our players playing at Basel in super series event ... As usual tough draw .. :-) But Saina having winnable first round match but can meet 6th seed Chinese opponent in second round.