Tennis News
At US Open 2010, New York, USA

MXD Final
Kveta Peschke (CZE)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) l (1) Liezel Huber (USA)/ Bob Bryan (USA) 46 46

Aisam failed to lift his first grandslam after losing in the final of MXD against top-seed pair of Huber and Bryan ... Huber an Bryan broke Peschke's serve in 3rd game to take early lead but Aisam and Peschke broke back Huber's serve in next game to make it 2-all ... Again Huber and Bryan break Aisam'r serve in 5th gamr to take lead and that break was enough to win first set ... In second set first break taken on Aisam's serve in 3rd game but thety immediately broke Bob's serve in next game ... At 3-all again they put pressure on Aisam's serve to broke it and then hold their serve to scored complete the victory ... Yesterday Aisam was struggling more on his serve, otherwise he was at his usual best near the net.

Bob commented on Aisam and Rohan at presentation and announced aid through their foundation to Pakistan flood relief efforts .....
After the trophy ceremony on court, Bryan congratulated Qureshi on advancing to both the mixed and men's doubles finals, and he announced that the Bryan Brothers Foundation will be making a donation to aid the flood relief efforts in Qureshi's native Pakistan.

"Those guys (Qureshi and his doubles partner Rohan Bopanna) are great guys," Bryan said. "Everyone in the locker room likes them. Just hearing about the problem in Pakistan, I talked about it with my brother and my dad, and we just wanted to do it. Qureshi didn't know about it, but as soon as this tournament is over we'll write a check and do it."
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At $10K Burundi F1 Futures 2010, Bujumbura (clay)

[QF] (1) Rupesh ROY (IND,459) l (8) Gerald MELZER (AUT,760) 75 67(0) 57
[QF] Vijayant MALIK (IND,843) bt (Q) Karim-Mohamed MAAMOUN (EGY,1383) 06 62 64

[SF] Vijayant MALIK (IND,843) vs (8) Gerald MELZER (AUT,760)

Doubles
[SF] MANUJA (IND)/ MISHRA (IND) bt MELZER (AUT)/ SAFWAT (EGY) 64 16 10-6
[SF] MALIK (IND)/ SHARMA (IND) l (4) DIERCKX (BEL)/ GOVAERTS (BEL) 36 46

[F] MANUJA (IND)/ MISHRA (IND) vs (4) DIERCKX (BEL)/ GOVAERTS (BEL)


Rupesh lost in close match against Austrian ... After winning close first set he lost next 2 in close battle ... Other hand Vijayant produced encouraging comeback in the match after losing first set 6-0 ... He won next 2 sets to moved into semi-final against Austrian Melzer.