Tennis News
At $4.8M Miami Masters, USA

[QF] (6) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) bt (3) Michael Llodra (FRA)/ Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) 26 63 10-8

Mahesh and Rohan scored superb comeback win over strong pairing of Llodra and Zimo ... After losing the first set easily they fought back to won the second and then STB ... Important win for Mahesh as he is defending 1000 pts in Miami.
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At $10K Kazakhstan F1 Futures 2012, Almaty

[R1] (1) Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND,524) bt (Q) Kuatbek ABIYEV (KAZ,UNR) 75 63

[R2] (1) Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND,524) vs Dmitriy MAKEYEV (KAZ,997)

Doubles
[QF] (3) Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND)/ Vaja UZAKOV (UZB) bt Vladislav DUBINSKY (RUS)/ Alexey VATUTIN (RUS) 63 64

[SF] (3) Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND)/ Vaja UZAKOV (UZB) vs (1) Vitaliy KACHANOVSKIY (RUS)/ Alexander PAVLIOUTCHENKOV (RUS)

Jeevan started with straight sets victory though little tight win against local qualifier ... Next in the second round he is facing another local player ... In doubles also Jeevan entered into the semis and facing top-seed Russian pair.
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At $10K Bahrain F1 Futures 2012, Manama

[R1] (Q) Ashwin VIJAYRAGAVAN (IND,1606) l Libor SALABA (CZE,881) 63 57 36

Doubles
[R1] Zach ITZSTEIN (AUS)/ Ashwin VIJAYRAGAVAN (IND) bt (WC) Omar AWADHY (UAE)/ Hamad Abbas JANAHI (UAE) 63 46 10-5

[QF] Zach ITZSTEIN (AUS)/ Ashwin VIJAYRAGAVAN (IND) vs (4) Libor SALABA (CZE)/ Michal SCHMID (CZE)

Another close loss for Ashwin ... Last 2 weeks he qualified for main-draw and gave fighting performances ... Needs victory in main-draw to earn ATP point.

But winning start with Australian partner in doubles against local pair.