Serena Williams' bid for the Italian Open was squashed in her first match on Tuesday when the American second seed lost 6-2, 2-6, 6-1 to Swiss Patty Schnyder. French Open champion Ana Ivanovic beat Italian Francesca Schiavone 6-3, 6-4 and seventh seed Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia had a comfortable 6-3, 6-3 win over Slovak Daniela Hantuchova.
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Global financial service provider Merrill Lynch said on Tuesday it has appointed Jayanti Bajpai as head of investment banking operations in India. Bajpai, named as head of origination for India, would take over from Patti McLaughlin, who has been leading the investment banking effort over the past year.
The Bangalore Open has received another boost with Serbian world number four Jelena Jankovic confirming her participation in the tennis tournament to be held in Bangalore from March 3-9.
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Amelie Mauresmo continued her preparations for this month's Australian Open with a 6-3 6-4 win over fellow Frenchwoman Nathalie Dechy to reach the last eight of the Australian Hardcourt Championships on Wednesday.
Switzerland's Patty Schnyder defeated Austrian teenager Tamira Paszek 6-3, 6-0 on Sunday to win the Bali Classic.
Top-seeded Daniela Hantuchova slumped out of the Bali Classic on Saturday, beaten 6-2, 5-7, 6-4 by Austrian teenager Tamira Paszek in the semi-finals. In the other match, Switzerland's Patty Schnyder defeated Russian Nadia Petrova 7-5, 6-1.
Lindsay Davenport was one of seven seeds to advance but four went out, including number three Daniela Hantuchova, fifth-seeded Patty Schnyder and Austrian Sybille Bammer, in the second round of the Amelia Island Championships.
Olympic champion Elena Dementieva maintained her hot streak to reach the US Open semi-finals with a 6-2, 6-3 win over Switzerland's Patty Schnyder on Tuesday. The fifth-seeded Russian extended her winning run to 11 matches when she became the first player to reach the last four at Flushing Meadows.
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Marion Bartoli knocked holder Anna Chakvetadze out of the Stanford Classic 6-3, 6-4 in the quarter-finals.
Mahajan's wife Anita was arrested last week on charges of overbilling millions of dollars on her state contract to provide drug screenings to clients of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services.
The Indian ace will meet Uzbek wild card Iroda Tulyaganova in the first round at the Australian Open, which begins on Monday.
World number two Ana Ivanovic raced into the quarter-finals of the French Open with a 6-0, 6-0 whitewashing of unseeded Czech Petra Cetkovska on Sunday.
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Local favourite Patty Schnyder eased into the second round of the Zurich Open on Tuesday after sixth seed Serena Williams retired injured at 6-0, 3-0 down.
Venus is always the nicer one, Serena always the meaner. Venus again played the role of the elder sister to perfection in the latest rejoinder in the Williams Sister Act. Serena scrapped hard for almost two hours at the packed KSLTA stadium to beat Venus 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (4) and set up a final against Switzerland's Patty Schnyder at the WTA Bangalore Open on Saturday night.
The writing was on the wall only a couple of games into the match. Patty Schnyder had come with a specific game plan and she executed it to perfection. The fourth seeded Swiss beat China's Zi Yan 6-3, 6-4 in an hour and 15 minutes to advance to the final of the WTA Tier II Bangalore Open on Saturday.
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In men's doubles Bhupathi and Zimonjic will next play the US-Australian duo of Eric Butorac and Ashley Fisher.
Top seed Maria Sharapova ended Anna Chakvetadze's 12-match winning streak and powered into the San Diego Classic final with a 6-3 6-2 victory over her Russian compatriot on Saturday.
The Indian ace had trouble returning Sharapova's serves and watched the Russian tear apart her second serve in the quarter-finals of the San Diego Classic.
China's Li Na continued her giant-killing run at the Australian Hardcourt Championships, beating fourth seed Patty Schnyder to reach the final.
The Frenchwoman, making her way back from a shoulder injury, was upset by Patty Schnyder at the Australian Hardcourt Championships.
Former world number one Amelie Mauresmo suffered a blow to her confidence before the Australian Open when she was beaten by Patty Schnyder in the quarter-finals of the Australian Hardcourt Championships on Thursday.
The 20-year-old Indian ace will meet fourth seed Patty Schnyder of Switzerland next at the Stanford Classic.
Patty Schnyder suffered a first round defeat in front of her home fans at the Zurich Open, losing 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 to Czech qualifier Petra Kvitova.
Mirza beat Lepchenko 6-2, 6-2 to reach the quarter-finals in Cincinnati for the third straight year.
Patty Schnyder defeated third seed Marion Bartoli of France while Daniela Hantuchova edged past Czech Nicole Vaidisova.
Chakvetadze, who this week qualified for the season-ending WTA Championships which begin in Madrid on Nov. 6, looked flat and barely competed against an aggressive opponent who took full advantage of the freedom she was given.
China's Yuan Meng beat Indian 16th seed Sania Mirza 6-4, 6-3 in the second round of the WTA tournament in Los Angeles.
"We all can work toward a dual-goal, I would say a single dual-goal -- one is protect our environment, our planet earth. The second thing is to protect the human values -- compassion, friendliness, and cooperation," he said.
Maria Sharapova was feeling confident about her US Open defence after winning the San Diego Classic.
The Indian sensation scored a second successive upset, disposing off the fourth seeded Swiss ace at the Bank of the West of Classic.
Justine Henin's stroll into the Wimbledon quarter-finals, losing just 15 games in four rounds, may not be helping the argument that women are earning their equal share of this year's prize money.
Global fast food chain McDonalds, which entered India over a decade ago, plans to export dishes from its unique Indian menu to please the western palate, having tasted success in the middle-east market.
IMAGES from Day 1 of the 1st Test between Australia and Sri Lanka on Thursday
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