Tennis News
At $4M Madrid Masters, Spain
[R2] (5) Leander Paes (IND)/ Radek Stepanek (CZE) bt Richard Gasquet (FRA)/ Gael Monfils (FRA) 63 64
[QF] (7) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) vs Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK)/ Jean-Julien Rojer (NED)
[QF] (5) Leander Paes (IND)/ Radek Stepanek (CZE) vs (2) Max Mirnyi (BLR)/ Daniel Nestor (CAN)
Winning start for Lee and Radek against French pair ... Our pair won in in straight sets without losing much sweat ... Next they r facing 2nd seed Nestor and Mirnyi in the quarters ... Mahesh and Rohan r facing Aisam and Jean-Julien, who upset top-seed Bryans in very long STB after saving 5 match points ... They won STB 18-16.
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At $75K+H Busan Challenger, South Korea
[SF] Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Divij SHaran (IND) bt (4) John Paul Fruttero (USA)/ Uladzimir Ignatik (BLR) 75 75
Yuki and Divij lost their serve in 4th game but won next 4 games from 1-3 breaking their opponents twice ... But while serving for the set Divij lost his serve in 10th game to make it 5-all but again immediately our pair broke back and Yuki hold to win the first set ... In the second set our pair broke 4th seed opponent's serve in 7th game but again while serving for the match in 10th game our pair lost their serve from 40-15 ... This time also our pair broke them in 11th game and then hold to win this match ... This is Yuki's first challenger level final.
At $4M Madrid Masters, Spain
[R2] (5) Leander Paes (IND)/ Radek Stepanek (CZE) bt Richard Gasquet (FRA)/ Gael Monfils (FRA) 63 64
[QF] (7) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) vs Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK)/ Jean-Julien Rojer (NED)
[QF] (5) Leander Paes (IND)/ Radek Stepanek (CZE) vs (2) Max Mirnyi (BLR)/ Daniel Nestor (CAN)
Winning start for Lee and Radek against French pair ... Our pair won in in straight sets without losing much sweat ... Next they r facing 2nd seed Nestor and Mirnyi in the quarters ... Mahesh and Rohan r facing Aisam and Jean-Julien, who upset top-seed Bryans in very long STB after saving 5 match points ... They won STB 18-16.
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At $75K+H Busan Challenger, South Korea
[SF] Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Divij SHaran (IND) bt (4) John Paul Fruttero (USA)/ Uladzimir Ignatik (BLR) 75 75
Yuki and Divij lost their serve in 4th game but won next 4 games from 1-3 breaking their opponents twice ... But while serving for the set Divij lost his serve in 10th game to make it 5-all but again immediately our pair broke back and Yuki hold to win the first set ... In the second set our pair broke 4th seed opponent's serve in 7th game but again while serving for the match in 10th game our pair lost their serve from 40-15 ... This time also our pair broke them in 11th game and then hold to win this match ... This is Yuki's first challenger level final.
