Thursday, March 04, 2010

Tennis News
At Davis Cup World Group, 2010 - Play-Offs, Moscow, Russia

Indian Team - WR #128 Somdev Devvarman, WR #416 Rohan Bopanna, Leander Paes, Mahesh Bhupathi
Captain - Shiv-Prakash Misra

Russian Team - WR #13 Mikhail Youzhny, WR #38 Igor Andreev, WR #107 Igor Kunitsyn, WR #109 Teimuraz Gabashvili
Captain - Shamil Tarpischev

5th March - Singles
[R1] Somdev Devvarman vs Igor Andreev
[R2] Rohan Bopanna vs Mikhail Youzhny

6th March - Doubles
[R3] Leander Paes/ Mahesh Bhupathi vs Igor Kunitsyn/ Teimuraz Gabashvili

7th March - Reverse Singles
[R4] Somdev Devvarman vs Mikhail Youzhny
[R5] Rohan Bopanna vs Igor Andreev

So draw is out for our Davis cup tie against Russia ... We r having best possible draw as Somi is playing first match for us on day 1 and day 3.

Here I m hoping for miracle, like as per ranking Russians r too strong fpr our players ... But in Davis cup, playing for nation, anything can happen when players donning national jersey.

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At $50K+H Cherbourg Challenger, France

[QF] (4) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Adil Shamasdin (CAN) bt Arnaud Clement (FRA)/ David Guez (FRA) W/O

Lucky break for Harsh and Adil as their opponents gave walkover ... So they will get extra day rest before semis.

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