Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Tennis News
At 3.24M Shanghai Rolex Masters, China

[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) bt Mark Knowles (BAH)/ Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) 76(7) 62
[R1] (3) Jurgen Melzer (AUT)/ Leander Paes (IND) bye
[R1] (5) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Max Mirnyi (BLR) bye

[R2] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) vs (8) Wesley Moodie (RSA)/ Dick Norman (BEL)

Winning start for Rohan and Aisam in China Masters after disappointing outing for both in Commonwealth games from respective countries ... After winning tight first set against experienced pair they dominated second to move into second round ... Next they r facing 8th seed pair of Moodie and Norman.

This week Lee is playing with Melzer, may be trying some options for new partnership in 2011.

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At $125K+H Tashkent Challenger, Uzbekistan

[R1] (2) Somdev Devvarman (IND,95) bt (Q) Ante Pavic (CRO,576) 62 64

[R2] (2) Somdev Devvarman (IND,95) vs Milos Raonic (CAN,155)

Doubles
[R1] Purav Raja (IND)/ Sadik Kadir (AUS) bt Frederico Gil (POR)/ Dusan Lojda (CZE) 61 36 10-3

[QF] Purav Raja (IND)/ Sadik Kadir (AUS) vs (4) Treat Conrad Huey (PHI)/ Dominic Inglot (GBR)

Somi reached here after winning Gold medal at Commonwealth on Sunday, so very less time for adjusting to new condition ... So he must be happy with winning start ... Next he is facing big server young Canadian.

In doubles Purav and Sadik started with win in super tie-break ... Next they r facing 4th seed Treat and Dominic, with them they lost in their last meeting.

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At $75K+H Rennes Challenger, France

[R1] (3) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Eric Butorac (USA) l Denis Gremelmayr (GER)/ Bjorn Phau (GER) 64 36 5-10

Harsh ws playing with his old partner Eric at France ... But they didn't repeat their old magic and lost in super tie-break.

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