Tennis News
At Australian Open 2011, Melbourne, Australia

Doubles
[QF] (3) Leander Paes (IND)/ Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) bt (8) Michael Llodra (FRA)/ Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) 64 64

[SF] (3) Leander Paes (IND)/ Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) vs (2) Max Mirnyi (BLR)/ Daniel Nestor (CAN)

Mixed Doubles
[R2] (4) Cara Black (ZIM)/ Leander Paes (IND) l Yung-Jan Chan (TPE)/ Paul Hanley (AUS) 67(11) 67(5)
[R2] Anastasia Rodionova (AUS)/ Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) bt Sara Errani (ITA)/ David Marrero (ESP) 63 61

[QF] Anastasia Rodionova (AUS)/ Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) vs (2) Katarina Srebotnik (SLO)/ Daniel Nestor (CAN)

Lee and Mahesh break once in each set to scored very important victory against Zimo and Llodra ... In first set they got important break on Llodra's serve in 9th game and then in second set they broke Zimo's serve in 9th game after 7 duece ... It was quality match as both pairs played well, only our pairs were more consistent on winning important points ... In the semis they will face 2nd seed Nestor and Mirnyi.

Easy win for Mahesh and Rodionova ... Next they r facing 2nd seed Nestor and Srebotnik in quarter finals.

But defending champion Lee and Cara lost in 2 tie-breaks against Hanley and Yung-Jan Chan.
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At $50K+H Singapore Challenger,

[R1] Treat Conrad Huey (PHI)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt Mao-Xin Gong (CHN)/ Zhe Li (CHN) 62 61
[R1] (WC) Karan Rastogi (IND)/ Christopher Rungkat (INA) l (2) Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA)/ Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA) 46 16
[R1] Rik DE Voest (RSA)/ Somdev Devvarman (IND) vs (4) Flavio Cipolla (ITA)/ Simone Vagnozzi (ITA) 64

[QF] Treat Conrad Huey (PHI)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs (2) Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA)/ Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA)

Today rain disrupted play ... Purav and Treat scored very dominating win over Chinese pair ... But Karan and his Indonasian lost easily against Thai twins.

Last time when I checked Somi and Rik was up by one set but no updates after that.
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At Cambodia F1 Futures, Phnom Penh

[R1] (1) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,387) bt (WC) Kenny Bun (CAM,1516) 76(4) 62
[R1] (5) Yuki Bhambri (IND,525) bt (Q) Divij Sharan (IND,1017) 76(2) 62
[R1] (6) Rohan Gajjar (IND,535) bt Vivek Shokeen (IND,983) 76(2) 62
[R1] Vijayant Malik (IND,800) l (4) Danai Udomchoke (THA,458) 16 16
[R1] (Q) Ashutosh Singh (IND,1676) l Kirati Siributwong (THA,978) 57 46

[R2] (1) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,387) vs Liang-Chi Huang (TPE,833)
[R2] (5) Yuki Bhambri (IND,525) vs Ervand Gasparyan (RUS,867)
[R2] (6) Rohan Gajjar (IND,535) vs Shuichi Sekiguchi (JPN,566)
[R2] N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,677) vs (8) Kittiphong Wachiramanowong (THA,551)

Expected wins for our players in singles.
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At $10K Turkey F3 Futures, Antalya

[Q2] (14) Akash Wagh (IND,1206) bt Sardor Pulatov (UZB,UNR) 46 64 64

[Q3] (16) Srirambalaji Narayanaswamy (IND,1409) l (3) Tomislav Brkic (BIH,781) 46 46
[Q3] (14) Akash Wagh (IND,1206) bt Sebastian Padure (ROU,1676) 75 64

[R1] (Q) Akash Wagh (IND,1206) vs (Q) Piotr Gadomski (POL,731)

Doubles
[R1] Srirambalaji Narayanaswamy (IND)/ Akash Wagh (IND) vs Durukan Durmus (TUR)/ Artem Smirnov (UKR)

With back to back wins Akash qualified for maindraw but Srirambalaji lost in the final qualifying round.