Tennis News
At Davis Cup World Group playoffs 2011,

The team - Somdev Devvarman, Rohan Bopanna, Leander Paes, Mahesh Bhupathi
Reserve - Karan Rastogi, Vishnu Vardhan

Non-Playing Captain - S P Misra

Team is announced for the Davis Cup World Group playoffs against Japan ... No real surprise in the team.
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At $2.6M Cincinnati Masters, USA

[R2] (3) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt Marc Lopez (ESP)/ Rafael Nadal (ESP) 64 62
[R2] (5) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) bt Juan Ignacio Chela (ARG)/ Juan Monaco (ARG) 63 57 10-4

[QF] (3) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs Tomas Berdych (CZE)/ Radek Stepanek (CZE)
[QF] (5) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) vs (4) Michael Llodra (FRA)/ Nenad Zimonjic (SRB)

Lee and Mahesh had surprisingly easy outing ... May be due to Rafa must be tired after his 3 hrs 40 mins singles match against Verdesco ... Argentine pair stretched Rohan and Aisam till super tie-break.

In quarters Mahesh and Lee r facing same Czech pair against whom they lost last week ... Hopefully this week they will turned the table ... Rohan and Aisam r facing Llodra and Zimo.
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At $10K Istanbul, Turkey

[QF] RAINA (IND)/ SUNKARA (IND) l (1) MOORE (GBR)/ WHYBOURN (GBR) 46 46
[QF] SHAKOVETS (GER)/ SHRIVASTAVA (IND) bt (3) EKSHIBAROVA (UZB)/ SHLOMO (ISR) 61 76(3)

[SF] SHAKOVETS (GER)/ SHRIVASTAVA (IND) vs ISAEVA (RUS)/ MILEVSKAYA (BLR)

Ashvarya reached in the semis with her German partner scoring upset win over 3rd seed pair.