Sunday, October 05, 2008

Tennis News
At $869K AIG Japan open Tennis Championship, Tokyo

[F] (1) Leander Paes (IND)/ Lukas Dlouhy (CZE) l Mikhail Youzhny (RUS)/ Mischa Zverev (GER) 36 46

Lee & Lukas again lost against same pair who denied them title at Halle Open ... Today Youzhny & Zverev converted 2 of 4 break-points and saved 4 break-points against their serve in this 58 mins match.
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At € 674K Vienna ATP Open, Austria

[R1] (2) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Mark Knowles (BAH) vs Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI)/ Marc Gicquel (FRA)
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At $50K Troy Challenger, AL, USA

[F] (2) Sunitha Rao (IND)/ Angela Haynes (USA) l (1) Raquel Kops-Jones (USA)/ Abigail Spears (USA) 26 06

So tame loss for Sunitha after reaching in the final.
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At $50K Sacramento Challenger, Northern California, USA

[Q1] Harsh Mankad (IND,562) l Filip Krajinovic (SRB,887) 61 36 46
[Q1] Ashutosh Singh (IND,657) l (8) Cecil Mamiit (PHI,420) 16 36

[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND,239) vs (5) Ilia Bozoljac (SRB,118)
[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND,225) vs (2) Robert Kendrick (USA,100)
[R1] Rajeev Ram (USA,183) vs (4) Wayne Odesnik (USA,109)

Not defending Harsh's loss but Krajinovic wasn't easy at all ... This 16 yrs old Serbian known as one of the most talented youngsters out there ... He defeated Yuki on the way to the US Open junior final and he was the Wimbledon junior semi-finalist also.

In maindraw also our players having tough seeded opponents in the first round.

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At $10k Spain F38, Barcelona

[Q1] (5) GUNNESWARAN Prajnesh (IND,981) bt BELLOSO AUSIN Inaki (ESP,NR) 60 63
[Q2] (5) GUNNESWARAN Prajnesh (IND,981) bt PEISCHLER Benedikt (AUT,UNR) 63 62

[Q3] (5) GUNNESWARAN Prajnesh (IND,981) vs RODRIGUEZ-NAVARRO Emilio (ESP,1919)

Prajnesh is again in Spain for training and he is continue with his good performance on red clay.

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