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World No.2 Saina Nehwal was officially named on Thursday as the 20th recipient of Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, the nation’s highest sports awards.

Saina also became the second badminton player after her coach, Pullela Gopichand, to receive Khel Ratna
Alisa Kleybanova, appearing in her first WTA final, upset No. 1-seeded Elena Dementieva in straight sets Sunday and won the $220,000 Malaysian Open.

Kleybanova used four service breaks in defeating Dementieva 6-3, 6-2 and winning $37,000 in the a
Top-seeded Russian Maria Sharapova cruised into the quarter-finals of the WTA Tour event on Wednesday, crushing American Bethanie Mattek-Sands 6-1, 6-1.

The Russian remained on course for a clash with second-seeded American Melanie Oudin, who bea
Novak Djokovic reached his first semifinal of the season as German opponent Florian Mayer withdrew with a hamstring problem a day before their quarterfinal at the ABN-AMRO World Tennis.

It was the second time this week that the Serb top-seed had
No. 1 seed Juan Carlos Ferrero of Spain and hometown hero Thomaz Bellucci notched first-round wins Tuesday at the Brasil Open.

Defending champion Ferrero, who once held the world's top spot, downed Argentine Eduardo Schwank 7-6 (7-4), 6-3 on the
Bolstered by the return of ace player Sania Mirza and drawn into a relatively easy Group, India would aim to re-enter Group I when the Asia/Oceania zone Fed Cup tournament here tomorrow.

India have been grouped with hosts Malaysia and Singapore t
Bolstered by the return of ace player Sania Mirza and drawn into a relatively easy Group, India would aim to re-enter Group I when
Sania Mirza the Asia/Oceania zone Fed Cup tournament on Wednesday.

India have been grouped with hosts Malaysia and
India's Sania Mirza and Monica Niculescu of Romania went down in the doubles quarterfinals of the ,000,000 Western and Southern Financial Group Women's Open tennis.

Sania and Niculescu lost 2-6, 5-7 to Victoria Azarenka of Belarus and Maria Kiri




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