Friday, May 30, 2008

Tennis News -
At French Open 2008,

[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) l (1) Bob Bryan (USA)/ Mike Bryan (USA) 16 46

[R2] (9) Lukas Dlouhy (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs Jose Acasuso (ARG)/ Sebastian Prieto (ARG)

Expected loss for Rohan and Aisam, but better performance in second set by Indo-Pak duo.
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At $100K Izmir Challenger, Turkey

[SF] AMRITRAJ Prakash (IND)/ BLOOMFIELD Richard (GBR) l THOMPSON Nathan (USA)/ UDOMCHOKE Danai (THA) W/O

Wise decision by Prakash giving walkover, so as to be in time for playing at Surbiton singles qualies which is much important than his doubles assignment.
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At $15K Kuwait F2, Meshref

[SF] (WC) (5) RASTOGI Karan (IND,441) vs (6) ARMSTRONG Miles (AUS,460)

Doubles -
[SF] (3) FROST Leon (AUS)/ SINGH Navdeep (IND) bt (1) GAJJAR Rohan (IND)/ RAJA Purav (IND) 64 46 10(7)

[F] (3) FROST Leon (AUS)/ SINGH Navdeep (IND) vs (2) FILENKOV Alexei (RUS)/ GHEDIN Riccardo (ITA)

After retiring from singles match Navdeep played doubles and now he is in the final.
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At $50K Carson Womens Challenger, CA, USA

[QF] (4) FEYS Debbrich (BEL)/ UBEROI Neha (USA) l COUTS Kimberly (USA)/ TATISHVILI Anna (GEO) 36 26

Another disappointing loss for Neha.
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At $10K Sumter Futures, SC, USA

[QF] (2) ROLLE Tiya (USA)/ UBEROI Shikha (IND) l BOLENDER Brooke (USA)/ CAPRA Beatrice (USA) 26 57

Its health wise good sign that after singles retirement Shikha came back on court to play doubles.

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