Tennis News
At $1.2M Japan Open, Tokyo

Doubles Final
(1) Radek Stepanek (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) l (4) Alexander Peya (AUT)/ Bruno Soares (BRA) 36 67(5)

In this match Lee and Radek struggled with their services so Peya and Soares take advantage of it ... In the first set they broke Lee and Radek 3 times to win it ... In the second set Lee and Radek take early break but Peya and Soares broke to bring it on serve at 3-all ... In tie-break also at crucial juncture, 5-5, Lee double faulted and opponent take advantage to win this match.

With this Lee and Radek qualify for 2012 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals ... 39 yrs old Lee has qualified for the 13th time ... In that 4 runner-ups, 3 times with Mahesh (in 1997, 1999 and 2000) and once with Zimonjic (in 2005)
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At $3.5M Shanghai Masters, China

[R1] (4) Radek Stepanek (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) bye
[R1] (7) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) bye

Our pairs r seeded so receive bye in the first round ... Rohan and Mahesh r in the same draw of 2nd seed Nestor and Mirnyi ... Lee and Radek r in the same draw with Bryans but before that they can have repeat match against Peya and Soares in the quarter ... In the second round also they will face tricky big serving unseeded pair, winner between Querrey-Anderson and Tsonga-Dolgopolov.
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At $125K+H Tashkent Challenger, Uzbekistan

[R1] Yuki BHambri (IND,174) vs (8) Karol Beck (SVK,128)

[Q2] (3) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,267) bt Germain Gigounon (BEL,435) 67(5) 63 63
[Q2] (5) Sanam Singh (IND,355) bt Aleksandre Metreveli (GEO,929) 62 64

[Q3] (3) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,267) vs Martin Emmrich (GER,1277)
[Q3] (5) Sanam Singh (IND,355) vs (4) Nikoloz Basilashvili (GEO,305)

Doubles
[R1] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Yuki BHambri (IND) vs (3) Andre Begemann (GER)/ Martin Emmrich (GER)

In the main-draw Yuki is facing 8th seed Karol Beck ... Both r having 1-1 win-loss record ... Yuki defeated him in Chennai open and then Beck defeated him at Astana challenger.

Vishnu had a tricky match against Belgian player and it proved that way ... Belgian won the first set in tie-break but after that Vishnu came back strongly to win next two sets ... Sanam won it comfortably against his lower ranked Georgian opponent ... In the final qualifying Vishnu is facing German Emmrich, who upset 7th seed in the first round and Sanam having tough match against top-300 type Georgian Basilashvili.

Only one pair able to qualify for the main-draw in the doubles of this tough challenger ... Yuki and Divij having tough match against 3rd seed German pair.
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At $100K Tiburon Challenger, USA

[Q2] Prakash Amritraj (IND,919) l (2) Taro Daniel (JPN,336) 36 67(3)

Doubles
[R1] Drew Courtney (USA)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs (1) Robert Farah (COL)/ Steve Johnson (USA)
[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Samuel Groth (AUS) vs Stefano Ianni (ITA)/ Matteo Viola (USA)

I was hoping upset win for Prakash but Japanese Taro defeated him in the straight sets.

Prakash is playing in doubles with Aussie Groth and they r facing Italian pair ... Purav and Drew having tough match against top-seed pair.