Roger Federer is bidding for an Olympic medal in Beijing to make up for what has been a barren year.
Mahesh Bhupathi and his partner Mark Knowles of The Bahamas squandered a match point en route to an agonising three-set loss to top seeds Bob and Mike Bryan in the semi-finals of the ATP Cincinnati Masters. The fourth seeded Indo-Bahamian pair went down 4-6, 7-6 (7), 10-8 to the American brothers, who booked their third successive final berth in the US $ 2,615,000 event.
Rafael Nadal guaranteed he would top the world rankings with a 7-6, 6-1 victory over Ecuador's Nicolas Lapentti in the quarter-finals of the Cincinnati Masters.
Roger Federer's reign as world number one could end this week after he was beaten 7-6, 4-6, 7-6 by Croatian Ivo Karlovic in the third round of the Cincinnati Masters.
Rafael Nadal sent another message that he has the world number one ranking in his sight as he began his campaign to win his sixth successive title by equalling his most emphatic victory on the ATP Tour. A superb performance of heavy serving and varied follow-ups from the baseline by the Wimbledon and French Open champion overwhelmed Florent Serra 6-0, 6-1 and carried the Spaniard to the third round of the Cincinnati Masters Series.
Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi easily advanced to the quarter-finals of the US $ 2,615,000 Cincinnati Masters tournaments along with their respective partners. The sixth seeded pair of Paes and Lukas Dlouhy of the Czech Republic defeated Ivo Karlovic of Croatia and Rogier Wassen of Netherlands 6-4, 6-2 in the second round. Meanwhile, Bhupathi and his Bahamian partner Mark Knowles got a walkover from Czech pair Tomas Berdych and Radek Stepanek.
Women's tennis will get a 40 percent pay raise next year along with bigger fines, suspensions and responsibility for the leading players.
Roger Federer came close to suffering three successive losses for the first time in five years before scrambling to a 6-7, 7-6, 6-0 win over Robbie Ginepri at the Cincinnati Masters Series on Tuesday. Federer was staring defeat in the face when he lost his serve to go 5-6 down in the second set, but Ginepri, an American ranked down at 64 in the world, did not quite have what it took to close the match out.
Indian Davis Cupper Rohan Bopanna and his American partner James Cerretani crashed out of the $ 2,615,000 Cincinnati Masters tournament after suffering a straight sets defeat in the first round.
Rafael Nadal continued his drive towards Roger Federer's number one ranking with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Nicolas Kiefer in the Toronto Masters final on Sunday. Nadal, playing his first event since an epic five-set victory over Federer in the Wimbledon final on July 6, claimed his seventh title in 2008 by winning his fifth final in a row since mid-May.
The ATP computer says otherwise but Boris Becker believes Rafael Nadal has already replaced Roger Federer as the world number one.
President George W Bush has appointed Dr Sambhu N Banik of Bethesda, Maryland as a member of the President's Committee of People with Intellectual Disabilities, to serve out the remainder of a two-year term, which is expiring in May 2009. Banik is a noted clinical psychologist and a professor of psychology and counseling at Bowie State University in Maryland.
Roger Federer began his quest for a modern-era record sixth consecutive Wimbledon title with a 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 demolition of Slovakia's Dominik Hrbaty.
India's largest IT firm Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) will not announce a cut in variable pay of its employees this year , despite the company reporting a negative net profit on sequential basis.Last quarter, the company had announced a reduction in its staff variable pay as it did not achieve the internal targets.
Sania Mirza and Yuliana Fedak ousted Sybille Bammer and Jewel Peterson 5-7, 6-2, 6-0 in the first round at Cincinnati
Neha and Shikha lost in the final qualifying round of the women's doubles in the WTA tournament in Cincinnati.
Country's largest software exporter Tata Consultancy Services on Tuesday said it has set up a software development and delivery center in North America with a capacity of 1,000 seats to cater to the customers there. The center located in Milford, Ohio, a suburb of Cincinnati, can accommodate up to 1,000 associates, TCS said in a statement. Cincinnati and the Ohio region met all TCS' criteria in terms of proximity to customers, strong talent pool and 10 Fortune 500 Companies.
the researchers came to the conclusion after analysing data on the self-reported levels of sexual activity and happiness of 16,000 people.
For two months Surya Yalamanchili, marketing executive and former contestant on The Apprentice, fought as an independent for the Congress in Ohio's 2nd District. Then he decided to run as a Democrat.
The Indian tennis ace hopes to finish in the top 20 next season.
Tata Consultancy Services America was awarded a $2.5 million Rapid Outreach Grant by the Ohio government to aid businesses growth and job-creation.
Maria Sharapova was knocked out of the US Open on Friday in a shock third round loss to Flavia Pennetta, while Andy Murray was lucky to survive after being pushed to five sets by Robin Haase.
The last of the reigning women's Grand Slam champions was shown the door at the US Open Tuesday when error-prone French Open winner Li Na succumbed to unseeded Romanian teenager Simona Halep 6-2, 7-5.
'I find it very hard to play her. She is very hard for a lot of players,' said the 20-year-old Indian after losing to the Russian.
The Indian ace beat USA's Laura Granville 6-3, 7-5 in the second round at the US Open.
The scientists say the technology could lead to programmes that can solve problems that are informally stated, as well as to robots that are able to interact with humans more naturally.
Scientists may have discovered what it takes to boast flawless skin.
Sania advanced to the second round with a 6-3 6-3 win over Spaniard Anabel Medina Garrigues.
The duo had played at Wimbledon -- where they lost in the second round -- earlier this year.
Roger Federer raced to a 6-1, 6-4 victory over American James Blake to win the Cincinnati Masters.
The Indo-Czech duo lost 3-6, 6-0, 10-7 to top seeds Mike and Bob Bryan in the Cincinnati Masters semi-final.
Hewitt was in commanding form as he beat Carlos Moya 6-2, 6-4 to reach the semi-finals of the Cincinnati Masters, setting up a clash with top seed Roger Federer.
Spaniard Nicolas Almagro took the world No 1 to three sets at the Cincinnati Masters.
Justine Henin kicked off her US Open preparations with a routine 6-3, 6-1 win over Slovenia's Andreja Klepac.
Ninth seed Dinara Safina survived a first-round scare at the $1.3 million Toronto Cup on Monday before rallying to tame Frenchwoman Camille Pin 7-6, 3-6, 7-5.
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.
Number two seed Sharapova will face 13th seed Tatiana Golovin of France on Thursday, who beat Luxembourg's Anne Kremer.
The Indian ace will meet top seed Anna Chakvetadze of Russia in the summit clash.
The Indian sensation scored a second successive upset, disposing off the fourth seeded Swiss ace at the Bank of the West of Classic.
The 20-year-old Indian ace will meet fourth seed Patty Schnyder of Switzerland next at the Stanford Classic.
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