Tennis News
At $4.8M Miami Masters, USA

[QF] (7) Leander Paes (IND)/ Radek Stepanek (CZE) bt David Marrero (ESP)/ Fernando Verdasco (ESP) 76(6) 64

[SF] (6) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) vs (2) Max Mirnyi (BLR)/ Daniel Nestor (CAN)
[SF] (7) Leander Paes (IND)/ Radek Stepanek (CZE) vs (1) Mike Bryan (USA)/ Bob Bryan (USA)

Spanish pair stretched Lee and Radek in the first set but after winning the first set in tie-break they won the second with a single break ... In the semis they r facing top-seed Bryans and Mahesh-Rohan r facing 2nd seed Nestor and Mirnyi.
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At $10K Kazakhstan F1 Futures 2012, Almaty

[R2] (1) Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND,524) l Dmitriy MAKEYEV (KAZ,997) 62 36 1-4 Retd

Doubles
[SF] (3) Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND)/ Vaja UZAKOV (UZB) l (1) Vitaliy KACHANOVSKIY (RUS)/ Alexander PAVLIOUTCHENKOV (RUS) W/O

In the second set Jeevan got injured and then he retired in the final set ... They gave walkover in the doubles and Jeevan withdraw from next week's Kazak futures ... So looks serious injury ... Hopefully he will be fit before Indian futures.
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At $10K Bahrain F1 Futures 2012, Manama

[QF] Zach ITZSTEIN (AUS)/ Ashwin VIJAYRAGAVAN (IND) bt (4) Libor SALABA (CZE)/ Michal SCHMID (CZE) 76(2) 64

[SF] Zach ITZSTEIN (AUS)/ Ashwin VIJAYRAGAVAN (IND) vs Jeremy JAHN (GER)/ Matthew SHORT (GBR)

After winning the first round in STB against local pair they upset 4th seed Czech pair in the quarters ... In the semis they r facing another unseeded German-British pair who upset top-seed in the quarters.