Tennis News
At €1.357M Valencia Open, Spain

[F] (3) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Max Mirnyi (BLR) l (WC) Andy Murray (GBR)/ Jamie Murray (GBR) 67(8) 75 7-10

[SF] (3) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Max Mirnyi (BLR) bt (1) Lukasz Kubot (POL)/ Oliver Marach (AUT) 76(3) 64

Mahesh and Max lost very close final against Murray brothers, who played as wild-card pair ... After losing close set intie-break they won second set but in STB Murray brothers were strong for our pair ... Still good performance for Mahesh and Max considering their recent form before Valencia open.
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At €2.75M Paris Masters, France

[R1] (3) Lukas Dlouhy (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) bye
[R1] (7) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) bye
[R1] (6) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Max Mirnyi (BLR) bye

As seeded our all players having first round bye at Paris Masters ... If they wins their second round matches then Lee and Rohan can have face-off in quarter-final ... Mahesh and Max can face second seed Nestor and Zimo in quarter-final.
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At $50K Charlottesville Challenger, USA

[SF] Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Treat Conrad Huey (PHI) l Robert Kendrick (USA)/ Donald Young (USA) 36 76(5) 9-11

As expected match was cracker though our pair lost in close STB ... So now Somi will move to Asian games.
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At $100K+H Taipei Challenger, Taipei

[F] (2) Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE)/ Sania Mirza (IND) l (3) Kai-Chen Chang (TPE)/ Chia-Jung Chuang (TPE) 46 26

[SF] (2) Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE)/ Sania Mirza (IND) bt Jarmila Groth (AUS)/ Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA) 46 64 10-8

In the final Sania and Hsieh lost cheaply against Taiwani pair ... They couldn't repeat their comeback victory of semi-final in the final ... Sania will also move to Asian games.
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At $50K Knoxville Challenger, USA

[Q1] (7) Yuki Bhambri (IND,554) bye
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At $10K USA F30 Futures, Pensacola (clay)

[Q1] Sunil-Kumar SIPAEYA (IND,UNR) bt Diallo JONES (TOG,UNR) 60 61
[Q2] Sunil-Kumar SIPAEYA (IND,UNR) bt Ben ZINK (USA,UNR) 63 36 61

[Q3] Sunil-Kumar SIPAEYA (IND,UNR) vs (2) Tyler HOCHWALT (USA,709)

Good to see Sunil Working hardon lower level to make comeback after long injury break.