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Unseeded Seo-Kyung Kang of Korea fashioned a shock 6-1, 6-0 victory over No 8 seed Chun-Yan He of China to clinch the title in the Mother's Recipe US $10,000 ITF Women's Futures Tennis Tournament, in Mumbai, on Saturday.
Second seed Isha Lakhani and No 4 Rushmi Chakravarthi of India crashed out in the quarter-finals, in the Mother's Recipe US $10,000 ITF women's Futures Tennis Tournament on Thursday. On a dramatic day of upsets and a disastrous one for India, qualifier Moe Kawatoko of Japan shocked favourite Lakhani 7-5, 7-5 in an absorbing contest that lasted 100 minutes, while No 8 seed Chun-Yan He of China upset Chakravarthi 6-1, 7-6 (7-4) in 105 minutes.
China is emboldened to meddle in Sikkim after Tawang district did not fall in the itinerary of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's recent visit to Arunachal Pradesh, BJP spokesman Ravishankar Prasad told media persons. Blaming the aggression on the 'weak-kneed foreign policy' of the United Progressive Alliance, first in Arunachal Pradesh and now in Sikkim, the party said China should be told in clear terms that India will not tolerate any further incursions.
"China and India are partners of development instead of rivals. There is enough space for the two countries to grow and prosper together," Zhang said at a reception in his honour hosted by Unity International Foundation on Thursday evening. China has always attached great importance to the development of Sino-Indian relations, he said, adding "we hold that the two countries have more consensus than differences."
The 25-year-old Arvind Bhat defeated local favourite Yan Kit Chan in straight sets 21-14, 21-19, while Saina Nehwal had to fight a tough battle to overcome Youn Joo Bae of Korea 21-15, 12-21, 21-13, in the second round.
Anup Sridhar bowed out of the men's singles in the Australian Open Grand Prix, even as the Indian men's and women's doubles teams made it to the last-four stage, in Melbourne, on Friday.
Despite losing the top spot to Mumbai, ATK Mohun Bagan will still harbour hopes of salvaging their season with a second successive Hero ISL title.
None of the serious issues concerning the two countries seem to have been touched upon, leave alone covered in depth, as is evident from the fact that both sides did not find it worthwhile to issue a joint statement. To all appearances, the visit has turned out to be a damp squib.
China reached the Fed Cup semi-finals for the first time with a 3-2 victory over France.
Leicester City recorded the biggest ever English top-flight away win by beating 10-man Southampton 9-0 at a rain-sodden St Mary's to move up to second place in the Premier League on Friday.
The Indo-American pair went down 6-7, 7-5, 10-4 to Yan Zi and Zheng Jie of China in the semi-final of the Indian Wells tournament.
Top seed Jelena Jankovic retired from the Bangkok Open after suffering from heat illness in her first round match
On Monday, however, protestors agreed to move to a space near the legislative council, the government headquarters, which enabled the authorities to reopen the streets for traffic.
China's top two Li Na and Zheng Jie will miss next month's Fed Cup tie against holders Italy to help other players qualify for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, according to a senior China Tennis Association (CTA) official.
The US-based Indian player lost 4-6, 4-6 to China's Zi Yan in the final qualifying round of the US Open.
A Henin and Jankovic final may lack the pizzazz of a Maria Sharapova-Serena Williams showdown but their records this season are second to none, with the battling Belgian claiming five titles and the Serbian four.
The ace cueist, the only Indian in the fray in the men's category, proved too good for Alex Borg of Malta in a 6-0 victory to improve upon his showing at the last championship when he was ousted in the quarter-finals in Bengaluru by Yan Bingtao 4-6 of China.
The fourth seed from Uzbekistan won the doubles crown and shocked No 2 seed Yan-Chong Chen of China to enter the final in the University of Mumbai ITF tournament.
The pair beat Liezel Huber of USA and Jamie Murray of UK 6-7, 7-6, 10-5 in the semi-finals.
Brazil made a strong statement with a 2-1 victory over Spain in their opening Group D clash on October 7, and they would now look to build on the winning momentum.
All the results from the I-League and ISL matches played on Saturday.
Mirza teamed up with Russian Anna Chakvetadze to beat Kristina Brandi of Puerto Rico and Nana Miyagi of Japan.
In a first for ATK Mohun Bagan this season, two first-half goals signalled the downfall for a beleaguered Bengaluru FC
India's former defence minister George Fernandes was twice strip-searched in Washington but chose to keep mum about it.
The Indian pair was beaten by Zi Yan and Jie Zheng in the quarter-finals at the Hyderabad Open.
Summary of World Cup qualifiers played across the world on Thursday
With their fourth win of the campaign, ATK have now 14 points from seven matches while NorthEast, who have 10 points, are at fourth spot.
They play Daniel Nestor of Canada and Lina Krasnoroutskaya of Russia for a berth in the quarter-finals.
The unseeded Chinese lass beat the fourth seeded Thai to set up a meeting with Melanie South in the ITF Futures final.
The Indian tennis prodigy beat Jewel Peterson of the United States to make the grade in the Chris Evert ITF women's tournament in Florida.
Glimpses from the Rubik's Cube World Championship that saw contenders speedily work their fingers, racing against the clock.
Here is a round-up of results from the ISL and I-League matches played on Tuesday
Zhang Shuai was aware of the risks involved when she opted to "Fly Alone" two months ago but the 24-year-old Chinese now stands vindicated after winning her maiden WTA Tour title on Saturday.
Check out India's schedule on Day 9 of the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast on Friday.
Images from the football matches played across Europe on Sunday.
Military sources said the research ship Shi Yan 1 forayed into Indian waters in September but was forced to retreat after it was suspected to be involved in spying.
Olympian Ankita Das lost to China's Chen Meng 0-4 in the pre-quarters while national champion K Shamini and seasoned Mouma Das made third round exits as the Indian challenge in the women's singles event came to end at the Asian TT Championships, in Busan, Korea on Friday.
Indian badminton national coach Pullela Gopichand feels PV Sindhu can do much better in terms of her defensive ability as she faces world number three Nozomi Okuhara in the Olympic semi-finals on Thursday.
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