Tennis News
At $1.4M Legg Mason Classic ATP Tournament, Washington, USA

[QF] (3) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Mark Knowles (BAH) l Martin Damm (CZE)/ Robert Lindstedt (SWE) 64 16 (14)16

Mahesh and Mark lost very close super tie-break after winning first set.
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At $75K ITF Vancouver Women's Tournament, Canada

[R1] (1) Sania Mirza (IND,83) bt (Q) Mallory Cecil (USA,410) 64 75

[R2] (1) Sania Mirza (IND,83) vs (WC) Laura Granville (USA,401)

Sania's first round opponent was below top-400 ranked player but match was tricky as Mallory Cecil is reigning NCAA women's champion ... Sania managed straight sets victory but Mallory Cecil stretched her ... Next match is also interested match for Sania against former top-30 player, who is coming out of injury.
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At $100K Vancouver Challenger, Canada

[R2] Prakash Amritraj (IND,264) l (3) Marcos Baghdatis (CYP,136) 46 16

Was hoping better fighting performance by Kash with his current form as we all knows these days Baghdatis is struggling with his game and form.
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At $15K Iran F5 futures, Tehran (Clay)

[QF] (7) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,713) bt (Q) Paris GEMOUCHIDIS (GRE,UNR) 62 75
[QF] Srirambalaji NARAYANASWAMY (IND,1461) l (2) Adam VEJMELKA (CZE,415) 0-4 Retd.

[SF] (7) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,713) vs (6) Haithem ABID (TUN,677)

Ranjeet kept his good run to reached semi-final on clay at Iranian futures.
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At $10K New Delhi 2009, India

Singles Quarter Final
(1) Emily WEBLEY-SMITH (GBR) bt (Q) Rishika SUNKARA (IND) 62 62
(3) Isha LAKHANI (IND) bt (6) Parija MALOO (IND) 62 64
(5) Sanaa BHAMBRI (IND) bt Parul GOSWAMI (IND) 62 60
(7) Alexandra KOLESNICHENKO (UZB) bt Dalila JAKUPOVIC (SLO) 62 46 63

Doubles Semi Final
Ashmitha EASWARAMURTHI (IND)/ Dalila JAKUPOVIC (SLO) bt Parul GOSWAMI (IND)/ Trang HUYNH PHUONG DAI (VIE) 60 06 10(6)

(2) Alexandra KOLESNICHENKO (UZB)/ Emily WEBLEY-SMITH (GBR) bt Isha LAKHANI (IND)/ Anastasia MALHOTRA (JPN) 36 62 10(5)