Tennis News
At 3.24M Shanghai Rolex Masters, China

[R2] (3) Jurgen Melzer (AUT)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt (ALT) Thomaz Bellucci (BRA)/ Janko Tipsarvic (SRB) 63 63
[R2] (5) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Max Mirnyi (BLR) bt Marc Lopez (ESP)/ Tommy Robredo (ESP) 63 61
[R2] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) bt (8) Wesley Moodie (RSA)/ Dick Norman (BEL) 63 75

[QF] (5) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Max Mirnyi (BLR) vs (4) Lukasz Kubot (POL)/ Oliver Marach (AUT)
[QF] (3) Jurgen Melzer (AUT)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK)

New pair of Lee and Melzer had winning start ... Melzer came into this match after his singles win over WR #1 Rafa ... But they managed to finish this doubles match early.

Rohan and Aisam scored solid win against 8th seed big server pair of Moodie and Norman ... So this is Rohana and Aisam's first Masters series quarter-final ... Next they will face Lee and Melzer to place in the semis.

Mahesh and Max started their campaign with very dominating win over Spanish pair.
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At $125K+H Tashkent Challenger, Uzbekistan

[R2] (2) Somdev Devvarman (IND,95) l Milos Raonic (CAN,155) 46 67(5)

Doubles
[QF] Purav Raja (IND)/ Sadik Kadir (AUS) l (4) Treat Conrad Huey (PHI)/ Dominic Inglot (GBR) 63 16 8-10

Somdev lost against big serving Canadian, who served 17 aces in the match ... It was tough match against this almost six and half feet giant, Somi couldn't match his powerful serve ... Though in second set Somi broke Raonic's serve once but in tie-break he couldn't stop him.

Again Purav and Sadik lost against Treat and Dominic but this time they gave lot closer fight.