Tennis News

Mahesh Bhupathi became first Indian tennis player to get inducted into the ITA Men's Collegiate Tennis Hall of Fame ... He was included in Class of 2010 announced for ITA Men's Collegiate Tennis Hall of Fame.

Class of 2010 Announced for ITA Men's Collegiate Tennis Hall of Fame
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At 2010 French Open, Roland Garros, Paris

Doubles
[R1] (3) Lukas Dlouhy (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt Johan Brunstrom (SWE)/ Jean-Julien Rojer (AHO) 63 67(6) 75

[R2] (5) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Max Mirnyi (BLR) vs Marc Lopez (ESP)/ Pere Riba (ESP)

Match was lot more closer than Lee and Lukas expectations ... After losing first set European pair made strong comeback but Lee and Lukas managed to survive winning close third set.

Rohan and Aisam first round match postponed to Saturday due to rain.
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At $50K Carson Challenger, CA, USA

[QF] (4) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Samuel Groth (AUS) bt Brett Joelson (USA)/ Tim Smyczek (USA) 63 64

[SF] (4) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Samuel Groth (AUS) vs (LL) Brian Battistone (USA)/ Nicholas Monroe (USA)

Harsh scored comfortable win over American pair in company of Samuel Groth to moved into semis.
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At €30K+H Alessandria Challenger, Italy (Red clay)

[QF] (3) Purav Raja (IND)/ Sadik Kadir (AUS) bt Roberto Bautista-Agut (ESP)/ Yuichi Sugita (JPN) 46 62 10-8

[SF] (3) Purav Raja (IND)/ Sadik Kadir (AUS) vs (2) Ivan Dodig (CRO)/ Lovro Zovko (CRO)

Good comeback win by Purav and Sadik ... They r giving very consistent performance in challengers.