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At Australian Open 2010, Melbourne

Doubles
[R1] (3) Leander Paes (IND)/ Lukas Dlouhy (CZE) bt Leos Friedl (CZE)/ David Skoch (CZE) 63 61
[R1] (4) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Max Mirnyi (BLR) l Michael Kohlmann (GER)/ Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) 46 46
[R1] Eric Butorac (USA)/ Rajeev Ram (USA) bt Thomaz Bellucci (BRA)/ Andre Sa (BRA) 63 64
[R1] (10) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Virginia Ruano Pascal (ESP) bt (WC) Yayuk Basuki (INA)/ Kimiko Date Krumm (JPN) 64 62

[R2] (WC) Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Somdev Devvarman (IND) vs (11) Simon Aspelin (SWE)/ Paul Hanley (AUS)
[R2] (3) Leander Paes (IND)/ Lukas Dlouhy (CZE) vs Lucas Arnold Ker (ARG)/ Horia Tecau (ROU)
[R2] Eric Butorac (USA)/ Rajeev Ram (USA) vs (7) Mariusz Fyrstenberg (POL)/ Marcin Matkowski (POL)
[R2] (10) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Virginia Ruano Pascal (ESP) vs Timea Bacsinszky (SUI)/ Tathiana Garbin (ITA)

Lee and Lukas scored easy victory against Czech pair ... Rajeev and Butorac also moved to second round with win over Brazilian pair.

Sania and Virginia also had winning start against veteran pair, who fought well in first set but didn't put much fight in second set after getting early break.

Forgettable start for Mahesh and Max Mirnyi for 2010 doubles partnership ... 4th seed pair knocked in first round in straight sets ... I would say zero match practice together before Australian Open cost them early exit.

Australian Open 2010 - Junior Qualifying

[Q1] Sumeet Shinde (IND,179) bt Damian Farinola (AUS,1297) 26 75 64
[Q1] Saurabh Singh (IND,174) bt Andrew Zedde (AUS,UNR) 64 63
[Q1] (5) Sai Kartik Nakireddi (IND,105) bt Matt Roso (AUS,UNR) 46 75 64

[Q1] Ankita Raina (IND,183) bt Samantha Harris (AUS,UNR) 16 76(4) 60
[Q1] Natasha Palha (IND,274) bt Sandy Vo (AUS,504) 63 64
[Q1] Rashmi Teltumbde (IND,267) bt Bernadette Massih (AUS,948) 57 75 64
[Q1] Prerna Bhambri (IND,186) bt (14) Khristina Blajkevitch (CAN,142) 61 76(3)
[Q1] (11) Kyra Shroff (IND,133) l Chelsea Te Tai (NZL,1033) 16 57
[Q1] Sharmada Balu (IND,159) bt Ashleigh Hancock (AUS,UNR) 67(4) 76(4) 62
[Q1] Aishwarya Agrawal (IND,221) bt Azra Hadzic (AUS,623) 36 76(4) 62
[Q1] Ashvarya Shrivastava (IND,346) l Ksenia Gospodinova (RUS,164) 36 62 26
[Q1] (10) Rishika Sunkara (IND,132) bt Gussie O'Sullivan (AUS,UNR) 63 62
[Q1] Prathana Thombare (IND,225) l Nao Tada (JPN,370) 06 75 46

[Q2] Sumeet Shinde (IND,179) vs (10) Bruno Semenzato (BRA,136)
[Q2] Saurabh Singh (IND,174) vs (4) Jaden Grinter (NZL,93)
[Q2] (5) Sai Kartik Nakireddi (IND,105) vs Jea Moon Lee (KOR,179)

[Q2] Ankita Raina (IND,183) vs (1) Marianne Jodoin (CAN,74)
[Q2] Natasha Palha (IND,274) vs (9) Abigail Tere-Apisah (PNG,131)
[Q2] Rashmi Teltumbde (IND,267) vs Alexandra Nancarrow (AUS,UNR)
[Q2] Prerna Bhambri (IND,186) vs Elizaveta Ianchuk (UKR,1053)
[Q2] Sharmada Balu (IND,159) vs Li-Yun Tan (SIN,254)
[Q2] Aishwarya Agrawal (IND,221) vs (6) Eri Hozumi (JPN,121)
[Q2] (10) Rishika Sunkara (IND,132) vs Stefani Stojic (AUS,UNR)

So our many juniors r in second qualifying round ... Good upset win by Prerna Bhambri and many comeback wins.