Tennis News
At $ 1,080,500 Kremlin Cup, Moscow, Russia

[Q2] Rohan Bopanna (IND,358) bt Alexander Lobkov (RUS,529) 76(5) 46 62

[Q3] Rohan Bopanna (IND,416) vs (5) Illya Marchenko (UKR,190)

Doubles
[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) vs James Cerretani (USA)/ Victor Hanescu (ROU)
[R1] (2) Rajeev Ram (USA)/ Eric Butorac (USA) vs Igor Kunitsyn (RUS)/ Marat Safin (RUS)

In this second qualifying round Rohan struggled with his serve though he served 10 aces but also committed 6 double faults ... But Rohan still managed to pull victory in 1 hour 56 minutes.

Next Bops facing Ukrainian opponent for place in maindraw.
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At $50K Tiburon Challenger, CA, USA

Final
(3) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Treat Huey (PHI) bt (2) Ilija Bozoljac (SRB)/ Dusan Vemic (SRB) 64 64

Harsh lifted third doubles challenger title of the year and as a pair Harsh and Treat lifted their second title ... This was good win against tough Serbian pair and that also in straight sets.
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Badminton News
At $50K Yonex Dutch Open GP 2009, Netherlands

Final
(2) Chetan Anand (IND,18) bt (6) Eric Pang (NED,24) 21-12 21-15

Chetan lifted Dutch Open title and became only 2nd Indian to lift this title after Prakash Padukone' title win in 1982 ... Last year Chetan lost final but this time he won final in 33 mins dominating the match.