Thursday, January 21, 1999
Ruud departure for Corretja
Norway's Christian Ruud sprang the biggest surprise of an unremarkable career today to knock Spaniard Alex Corretja out of the Australian Open. Ruud ambushed the World Number Three 3-6 6-3 6-4 6-4 in the second round on a windy outside court.
Srinath enters last eight
Prahlad Srinath needs to file his nails after his pre-quarterfinal match of the Gold Flake Aces ITF Futures Tennis Tournament at the AGETA courts The effort buried Michel Kratochvil of Canada and the Indian bagged one of the last eight spots in the $10,000 event.
Mahesh overcomes hurdles, on course
Lt R Mahesh, the defending champion since 1994, proved his superiority in no uncertain manner again, winning the third and fourth races too in the Laser class on Wednesday.
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