Tennis News
At US Open 2010, New York, USA

Doubles
[QF] (16) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) bt (10) Wesley Moodie (RSA)/ Dick Norman (BEL) 75 76(2)

[SF] (16) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) vs Eduardo Schwank (ARG)/ Horacio Zeballos (ARG)

MXD
[SF] Kveta Peschke (CZE)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) bt Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER)/ Mark Knowles (BAH) 76(5) 76(4)

In the beginning both pairs serving hard and holding their service game easily ... In 7th game Aisam saved 2 break points on his serve ... In 10th game our pair had a set point on Dick Norman's serve before he hold ... But our pair got crucial break in 12th game breaking Moodie's serve to won first set ... In second set also our pair managed to keep pressure on opponent's serve ... They had a break point on Norman's serve in 2nd game but he managed to hold ... In 10th game our pair had 2 match points on Norman's serve but he managed to save them to hold ... In tie-break from 3-2 our pair take 2 mini-breaks on Moodie's serve and then Rohan served to win match ... Our pair didn't face any break points other than 2 break points they faced on Aisam's serve in 7th game of first set ... What a win!

Congrats Rohan and Aisam for their first semi-final appearance and definitely many more with grand slam titles will follow soon ... Next they r facing Argentine pair, who upset Mahesh and Max in second round.

Aisam having dream US Open, he with Peschke in the final of MXD ... Yesterday they avoided super tie-break winning both sets in tie-break
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At $50K+H St Remy de Provence Challenger, France

[R1] (WC) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Ashutosh Singh (IND) l Harri Heliovaara (FIN)/ Michael Ryderstedt (SWE) 16 36

They lost easily against experienced player like Swede Michael Ryderstedt.
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At $15K Australia F5 Futures, Cairns

[R1] (6) Karan Rastogi (IND,457) bt Jared Easton (AUS,771) 63 61

[R2] (6) Karan Rastogi (IND,457) vs Matt Reid (AUS,478)

Doubles
[QF] (4) PROPOGGIA (AUS)/ RASTOGI (IND) l EASTON (AUS)/ STATHAM (NZL) 61 46 8-10

Good easy victory in first round singles but lost in doubles in super tie-break.
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At $10K Burundi F1 Futures 2010, Bujumbura (clay)

[R2] (1) Rupesh ROY (IND,459) bt Stanislav VOVK (RUS,925) 64 63
[R2] (Q) Shivang MISHRA (IND,UNR) l (8) Gerald MELZER (AUT,760) 06 57
[R2] Vijayant MALIK (IND,843) bt Matias CASTRO (ARG,1104) 62 26 76(9)

[QF] (1) Rupesh ROY (IND,459) vs (8) Gerald MELZER (AUT,760)
[QF] Vijayant MALIK (IND,843) vs (Q) Karim-Mohamed MAAMOUN (EGY,1383)

Doubles
[QF] (1) ROELOFSE (RSA)/ ROY (IND) l MELZER (AUT)/ SAFWAT (EGY) 76(5) 36 14-16
[QF] MANUJA (IND)/ MISHRA (IND) bt AL ABDULLAH (KSA)/ ENOSOREGBE (NGR) 75 75
[QF] MALIK (IND)/ SHARMA (IND) bt ALVAREZ-GUZMAN (CHI)/ DIERCKX (BEL) 36 63 10-8

[SF] MANUJA (IND)/ MISHRA (IND) vs MELZER (AUT)/ SAFWAT (EGY)
[SF] MALIK (IND)/ SHARMA (IND) vs (4) DIERCKX (BEL)/ GOVAERTS (BEL)

Vijayant joined Rupesh in singles quarter-final with tight third set tie-break win over Argentine player ... Rupesh also scored convincing win over Russian ... Heartening performance by our players on the clay.