Roger Federer joined Marat Safin, Rafael Nadal and Guillermo Coria in the third round of the Monte Carlo Masters.
World number one Roger Federer beat Greg Rusedski 6-3, 6-1 while Marat Safin breezed past Lee Hyung-taik 6-0, 7-5
Vishwanathan Anand encored his 1997 triumph winning all the three titles 'rapid, blindfold and combined' at stake
The top seeds rallied from a set down to beat Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram of Israel in the doubles final.
World number one Novak Djokovic received a free pass into the third round of the U.S. Open when Jiri Vesely of the Czech Republic withdrew from their match on Wednesday due to a left forearm injury. The walkover provided the top-seeded defending champion with an extended break to improve his niggling left wrist injury before his next match against either Guido Pella of Argentina or Mikhail Youzhny of Russia.
Pep Guardiola will return to the Nou Camp in the Champions League group stage after his new club Manchester City were drawn against his former Barcelona team on Thursday. The two sides were drawn in Group C alongside Borussia Moenchengladbach and former European champions Celtic in one of the toughest of the eight sections. Spanish coach Guardiola, who won the Champions League twice with Barca, faced the Catalans when he was in charge of Bayern Munich two seasons ago and suffered a 5-3 defeat in the semi-finals.
'As long as people are eating we will be there,' Rebel Foods CEO Jaydeep Barman tells Viveat Susan Pinto and Niraj Bhatt.
Both in action in the French Open second round on Wednesday, could be considered the tournament's favourites.
The world number one beat 18-year-old Richard Gasquet to avenge his defeat in the quarter-finals of the Monte Carlo Masters last month.
The Spanish teenager edged out Argentine ninth seed Guillermo Coria in five sets to win the Rome Masters.
Rafael Nadal saw off the challenge of the Czech Republic's Radek Stepanek 5-7, 6-1, 6-1 in the quarterfinal of the Rome Masters.
While Leander Paes- Nenad Zimonjic crashed out in the quarterfinals of the Rome Masters
Retired state High Court judge N B Patel will head the commission.
Nadal also won through to the final of the doubles with fellow-Spaniard Feliciano Lopez at the Barcelona Open.
Three-time champion Anand was held by world No. 4 Peter Svidler in the 13th Amber Blindfold and Rapid Chess tournament.
They won the Monte Carlo Masters doubles at Monaco after their third seeded opponents Bob and Mike Bryan conceded a walk-over in the final.
Fifth seeds Leander Paes and Nenad Zimonjic of Serbia entered the semi-finals of the Monte Carlo Masters, beating the Czech pair of Martin Damm and Radek Stepanek.
The Indian ace drew with Peter Svidler in the penultimate round and took an unassailable lead over his nearest rivals.
The Indian ace has a three-point lead over his nearest rivals after beating Loek Van Wely in the ninth round.
The Russian held the Indian ace in both blindfold and rapid games in the sixth round of the Amber chess tournament.
The Indian ace scored a resounding victory over Alexei Shirov in the blindfold game at the Amber chess tournament.
But before that, says former Olympic Russell Mark, his coach since the last three months, he'll be World champion.
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It said it was not convinced with the grounds of the CBI to condone over 4,500 days' delay in filing the appeal. The CBI had filed the appeal on February 2 this year.
After lot of deliberation, the CBI this year got the nod from the NDA government to file an appeal in the apex court.
Companies are sending representatives to Bihar, UP, Jharkhand and Odisha to persuade workers to join them.
Chelsea midfielder Scott Parker has broken a bone in his foot and will be out of action until next year, the Premier League club said on their website on Monday.
The Indian ace easily beat Ljubomir Ljubojevic in the fifth round in the Amber tournament.
The new, apparently less lofty mountain range was found on the lower-left edge of Pluto's best known feature, the bright, heart-shaped region named Tombaugh Region.
The defending champion was beaten by wildcard compatriot Alex Correjta in 69 minutes in the Monte Carlo Masters.
Crowd favourites Goran Ivanisevic and Gustavo Kuerten also lost in the first round of the Monte Carlo Masters.
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