Tennis News
At $2.6M Cincinnati Masters, USA

[QF] (3) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt Tomas Berdych (CZE)/ Radek Stepanek (CZE) w/o
[QF] (5) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) l (4) Michael Llodra (FRA)/ Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) 36 26

[SF] (3) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs (1) Bob Bryan (USA)/ Mike Bryan (USA)

Surprisingly one-sided loss for Rohan and Aisam against Llodra and Zimo ... In this match Rohan struggled with his serve.

Lee and Mahesh received walkover ... Good to see they r in the semis but they require more match practice before US Open ... Next they r facing Bryans.
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At $220K Texas Tennis Open, Dallas, USA

[R1] Sania Mirza (IND,65) vs (5) Sabine Lisicki (GER,22)

Tough first round for Sania against in-form Lisicki.
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At $15K Spain F29 Futures, Vigo

[SF] Rafael MAZON-HERNANDEZ (ESP)/ Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND) bt Axel ALVAREZ LLAMAS (ESP)/ Roberto CARBALLES BAENA (ESP) 46 76(5) 10-7

[F] Rafael MAZON-HERNANDEZ (ESP)/ Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND) vs Taro DANIEL (JPN)/ Hiroyasu EHARA (JPN)

Ramkumar and his partner Rafael defeated Baena and Llamas in comeback win after losing the first set ... Next they r facing Japanese pair for the title.
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At $10K Istanbul, Turkey

[SF] SHAKOVETS (GER)/ SHRIVASTAVA (IND) bt ISAEVA (RUS)/ MILEVSKAYA (BLR) 76(3) 63

[F} SHAKOVETS (GER)/ SHRIVASTAVA (IND) vs (1) MOORE (GBR)/ WHYBOURN (GBR)

Ashvarya and her German partner continued with their good run ... Now they will face top-seed British pair