Tennis News
At $50K+H Aachen Challenger, Germany

[SF] (1) (WC) Rajeev RAM (USA,97) bt (3) Daniel Brands (GER,106) 63 46 76(6)

[F] (1) (WC) Rajeev RAM (USA,97) bt Dustin Brown (JAM,180) 76 67 76(2)

Doubles Final
(2) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam Qureshi (PAK) bt (3) Philipp Marx (GER)/ Igor Zelenay (SVK) 64 76(6)

For me expected win by Rohan and Aisam against 3rd seed pair ... Really happy for them as they again lifted title playing together ... After winning first set they were stretched in second set but importantly they managed to finish match in 2 sets ... Congrats Bops and Aisam.

Rajeev lifted title in very tight match where all 3 sets went into tie-break.
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At $10K Malaysia F4 Futures, Kuala Lumpur

[Q1] Sudanwa SITARAM (IND,1280) l (16) Kirati SIRIBUTWONG (THA,1253) 46 26
[Q1] (9) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,999) bye
[Q1] (5) Vivek SHOKEEN (IND,888) bye
[Q1] Ankit SACHDEVA (IND,NR) l Jae-Won CHOI (KOR,1310) 46 06
[Q1] (12)Ronak MANUJA (IND,1127) bt Adirek KHUNDARNPINITVON (THA,1532) 60 75

[Q2] (9) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,999) bt Sang-Woo NOH (KOR,NR) 75 61
[Q2] (5) Vivek SHOKEEN (IND,888) bt Tomislav BRKIC (BIH,1313) 76(1) 76(12)
[Q2] (12)Ronak MANUJA (IND,1127) bt Wan-Yong PARK (KOR,NR) 76(5) 06 64

[Q3] (9) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,999) bt (4) Ante PAVIC (CRO,884) 67(5) 40 Retired
[Q3] (5) Vivek SHOKEEN (IND,888) bt Yao-Lun CHANG (TPE,1714) 63 67(5) 63
[Q3] (12)Ronak MANUJA (IND,1127) l (7) Matheson KLEIN (AUS,934) 46 16

[R1] (Q) Vivek SHOKEEN (IND,888) vs (WC) Adam JAYA (MAS,1488)
[R1] (4) Rohan GAJJAR (IND,494) vs Raphael LUSTENBERGER (SUI,1360)
[R1] (Q) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,999) vs (WC) Razlan RAWI (MAS,NR)
[R1] Divij SHARAN (IND,777) vs Jaan-Frederik BRUNKEN (GER,595)
[R1] (3) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,483) vs Sun-Yong KIM (KOR,818)
[R1] Karan RASTOGI (IND,1137) vs Yew-Ming SI (MAS,1515)

A big Indian contingent is playing next 3 weeks in Malaysia ... Vivek and Vijay Sundar qualified for main draw ... They joined Gajjar, Ranjeet, Divij and Karan in main draw.
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Golf News
At UBS Hong Kong Open, Fanling, Hong Kong

T22 S S P Chowrasia 65 69 73 65 -8 € 17427.91
T22 Jyoti Randhawa 66 69 67 70 -8 € 17427.91
T36 Rahil Gsngjee 67 70 68 69 -6 € 10892.44
T36 Jeev Milkha Singh 71 67 70 66 -6 € 10892.44
T48 Shiv Kapur 68 68 72 68 -4 € 7876.07

SSP and Jeev produced better rounds from Indians in final round which helped them to finished inside top-25 and top-40 respectively ... Shiv also scored under par round to finished inside top-50.
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Football News
At AFC Under 19 Qualification 2009, Arbil

India u-19 bt Kuwait u-19 3-0

Goal Scored - Malsawmfela (IND) 45' & 60', Jeje Lalpekhlua (IND) 6'

Indian boys ended their campaign on positive note beating Kuwaiti side easily ... With this Indian boys finished 4th in Group C ... Only top 2 teams, Iraq and Saudi Arabia, moved to final round.