Tennis News
At ATP World Tour Finals, London, England

Group A
Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Mark Knowles (BAH) bt Mariusz Fyrstenberg (POL)/ Marcin Matkowski (POL) 36 63 10(7)

Mahesh and Mark continued with their good run in ATP World Tour Finals ... In second group match they defeated Polish pair in comeback victory ... After losing first set they played excellent tennis to won this match in super tie-break ... This win also guaranteed their place in semi-final ... Top-seed pair of Nestor and Zimo lost their second match, so now they r out of semi-final spot.
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At $125K Helsinki Challenger, Finland

[R1] (3) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul_Haq Qureshi (PAK) bt Daniele Bracciali (ITA)/ Lovro Zovko (CRO) 75 26 10(6)

[QF] (3) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul_Haq Qureshi (PAK) vs Frank Moser (GER)/ Rogier Wassen (NED)

Good win by Bops and Aisam against experienced pair ... After winning close first set they lost next very easily ... But our pair came strongly in super tie-break to book their place in quarters.
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At $10K Malaysia F5 Futures, Kuala Lumpur

[R2] (1) Vishnu VARDHAN (IND,368) l Ante PAVIC (CRO,873) 67(3) 36
[R2] (3) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND, 483) l Marin BRADARIC (CRO,677) 61 36 67(2)

Doubles
[QF] (1) SHARAN (IND)/ VARDHAN (IND) bt DOAKMAIKLEE (THA)/ WACHIRAMANOWONG (THA) 75 46 10(6)
[QF] HAENLE (GER)/ SHOKEEN (IND) l JAYA (MAS)/ SI (MAS) 36 57
[QF] (2) GAJJAR (IND)/ O'BRIEN (IRL) bt HUANG (TPE)/ SIRILUETHAIWATTANA (THA) 64 46 10(7)

[SF] (1) SHARAN (IND)/ VARDHAN (IND) vs (4) BETAU (BLR)/ ZHYRMONT (BLR)
[SF] (2) GAJJAR (IND)/ O'BRIEN (IRL) vs JAYA (MAS)/ SI (MAS)

Oh, both Croats defeated their seeded Indian opponents in singles ... Surprising loss of Vishnu against player who was ranked 500 places below him.
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Chess News
At The FIDE World Chess Cup 2009, Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia - November 20th to December 15th 2009

Round Second
Krishnan Sasikiran (IND) vs Etienne Bacrot (FRA) 0-1
R1: 0-1

Surya Shekhar Ganguly (IND) vs Hao Wang (CHN) 0-1
R1: 0-1

Sandipan Chanda (IND) vs Dmitry Jakovenko (RUS) 0-1
R1: 0-1

Poor start for our players in second round ... All 3 players lost their respective matches ... But task of Sasi and Sandipan is much harder as both lost their matches playing with White.