Saina survives scare in Indonesia

Defending champion Saina Nehwal survived a scare in her campaign opener as she struggled past Indonesia's Lindaweni Fanetri in an energy-sapping three game thriller at the Indonesian Super Series Premier inn Jakarta on Tuesday.

Defending champion Saina Nehwal survived a scare in her campaign opener as she struggled past Indonesia's Lindaweni Fanetri in an energy-sapping three game thriller at the Indonesian Super Series Premier in Jakarta on Tuesday.

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World No 2 Saina had to play out of her skin against the 14th ranked Fanetri, who posed a huge threat to the Indian before surrendering 17-21, 29-27, 13-21 in 1hr14min in a first round match at the Istora Gelora Bung Karno Stadium here.

India in prequarters
New Delhi: The Indian men's squash teamdished out a dominating performance to notch up a commanding 3-0 win over Finland and enter the pre-quarters of the World Team Championship in Mulhouse, France.

Ramit Tandon, brought into the team in place of Harinder Pal Sandhu, tamed Henrik Mustonen, Mahesh Mangaonkar proved too powerful for Matias Tuomi, and world No 20 Saurav Ghosal beat Olli Tuominen.

Kulkarni holds Gupta
Varna (Bulgaria): Woman Grand-master Bhakti Kulkarni got off to a flying start holding seventh seed compatriot Abhijeet Gupta to a hard-fought draw in the first round of Grand Europe Golden Sands chess tournament that got underway here on Tuesday.

Sporting club win
New Delhi: Jayant Yadav's 94 helped Sporting Club beat Sonnet Club (Milind Kumar 104) to enter the final of GG Dutt cricket where they'll face FCI on July 16. Meanwhile, Kshitij Sharma's 52-ball 75 and three wickets helped NK Khanna beat Sporting in DDCA Super League.