Tennis News
At $4M Madrid Masters, Spain
[QF] (7) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) bt Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK)/ Jean-Julien Rojer (NED) 76(2) 76(5)
[QF] (5) Leander Paes (IND)/ Radek Stepanek (CZE) l (2) Max Mirnyi (BLR)/ Daniel Nestor (CAN) 36 76(2) 2-10
[SF] (7) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) vs (6) Robert Lindstedt (SWE)/ Horia Tecau (ROU)
Mahesh and Rohan needed two tie-breaks to beat Aisam and Jean-Julien in the quarters ... Much needed victory for Mahesh to improve his doubles ranking ... Next they r facing 6th seed Swedish-Romanian pair.
In other quarter-final Lee and Radek lost against 2nd seed Nestor and Mirnyi in STB ... After losing the first set they fought back to win the second in tie-break but in STB Nestor and Mirnyi proved too strong for Lee and Radek.
At $4M Madrid Masters, Spain
[QF] (7) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) bt Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK)/ Jean-Julien Rojer (NED) 76(2) 76(5)
[QF] (5) Leander Paes (IND)/ Radek Stepanek (CZE) l (2) Max Mirnyi (BLR)/ Daniel Nestor (CAN) 36 76(2) 2-10
[SF] (7) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) vs (6) Robert Lindstedt (SWE)/ Horia Tecau (ROU)
Mahesh and Rohan needed two tie-breaks to beat Aisam and Jean-Julien in the quarters ... Much needed victory for Mahesh to improve his doubles ranking ... Next they r facing 6th seed Swedish-Romanian pair.
In other quarter-final Lee and Radek lost against 2nd seed Nestor and Mirnyi in STB ... After losing the first set they fought back to win the second in tie-break but in STB Nestor and Mirnyi proved too strong for Lee and Radek.
