Tennis News
At €2.95M BNP Paribas Masters, Paris, France

Doubles Final
(5) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) bt (7) Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK)/ Jean-Julien Rojer (NED) 76(6) 63

Mahesh and Rohan lifted their first Masters title together when they defeated 7th seeds Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi and Jean-Julien Rojer in 85 minutes in the final of the BNP Paribas Masters in Paris ... This is Mahesh 50th tour level title and 16th Masters title ... Other hand Rohan win his 7th tour level title and 2nd Masters title.

In the final our pair had couple of set points in 10th game on Aisam's serve then again they had 4 set points on Rojer's serve in 12th game but they failed to convert any of those break points ... In the tie-break Rohan and Aisam were 2-5 down but they recovered to make it 5-all ... Our pair saved a set point at 5-6 and then coverted 7th set point on Rojer's serve ... Our pair dominated the second set ... From 3-all they broke Rojer's in 7th and then Aisam in 9th games to win the final.

Mahesh Bhupathi - “The match could have gone either way, but I felt we played really well on the big points. At this level, at this stage of any big event, that is what counts. We have been very consistent at the Masters 1000s. It has been a little disappointing in the Grand Slams, but we have made up for it here. I am so relieved and happy to have qualified for London."

Rohan Bopanna - “It is definitely the best week we have played all season. We are very happy with the way we played and I hope we can take this form to London. The Barclays ATP World Tour Finals is one of the best events we have in tennis, especially being in England with the public appreciating tennis so much. Hopefully momentum can carry us on to do well next week.
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At 2012 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, London, England

Doubles - Group A
(1) Bob Bryan (USA)/ Mike Bryan (USA)
(3) Radek Stepanek (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND)
(5) Marcel Granollers (ESP)/ Marc Lopez (ESP)
(7) Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK)/ Jean-Julien Rojer (NED)

Doubles - Group B
(2) Max Mirnyi (BLR)/ Daniel Nestor (CAN)
(4) Robert Lindstedt (SWE)/ Horia Tecau (ROU)
(6) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND)
(8) Jonathan Marray (GBR)/ Frederik Nielsen (DEN)

Lee and Radek r in the group A with Bryans ... Mahesh and Rohan r in the group B with Nestor and Mirnyi.
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At $125K Royal Indian Open, Pune, India

[Q1] Anushka Bhargava (IND,1158) bt (8) Shivika Burman (IND,829) 75 63
[Q1] (7) Nidhi Chilumula (IND,804) bt (WC) Zainab Ali Sajjad (IND,UNR) 60 61
[Q1] (4) Rishika Sunkara (IND,574) bye
[Q1] (5) Ankita Raina (IND,604) bye

[Q2] Anushka Bhargava (IND,1158) l (1) Andreja Klepac (SLO,446) 16 36
[Q2] (7) Nidhi Chilumula (IND,804) bt (2) Emily Webley-Smith (GBR,447) W/O
[Q2] (4) Rishika Sunkara (IND,574) bt (5) Ankita Raina (IND,604) 62 76(9)

[R1] (WC) Prarthana Thombare (IND,956) vs Chang Liu (CHN,382)
[R1] (WC) Rutuja Bhosale (IND,708) vs So-Ra Lee (KOR,409)
[R1] (Q) Nidhi Chilumula (IND,804) vs Cagla Buyukakcay (TUR,186)
[R1] (Q) Rishika Sunkara (IND,574) vs (5) Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN,146)
[R1] (WC) Prerna Bhambri (IND,671) vs (2) Misaki Doi (JPN,97)

Doubles
[R1] (WC) Anushka Bhargava (IND)/ Sofia Shapatava (GEO) vs Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN)/ Kurumi Nara (JPN)
[R1] Nidhi Chilumula (IND)/ Wing-Yau Chan (HKG) vs (4) Julia Glushko (ISR)/ Noppawan Lertcheewakarn (THA)
[R1] Prerna Bhambri (IND)/ Rishika Sunkara (IND) vs (WC) Arantxa Andrady (IND)/ Shivika Burman (IND)
[R1] Rushmi Chakravarthi (IND)/ Ankita Raina (IND) vs (3) Monique Adamczak (AUS)/ Stephanie Bengson (AUS)
[R1] Rutuja Bhosale (IND)/ Prarthana Thombare (IND) vs (2) Nina Bratchikova (RUS)/ Oksana Kalashnikova (GEO)

Good to see our couple of players qualified for main-draw taking advantage of weak draw .. In main-draw our all players facing tough challenge.
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At $50K Loughborough Challenger, Great Britain

[R1] (4) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs James Cluskey (IRL)/ Marcus Daniell (NZL)

This week Purav is playing with Divij in British challenger.
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At $10K Thailand F5,

[R1] (2) N Sriram Balaji (IND,327) vs (Q) Evgeny Karlovskiy (RUS,1018)

Doubles
[R1] N Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Evgeny Karlovskiy (RUS) vs (1) Brydan Klein (AUS)/ Dane Propoggia (AUS)

Bala is playing in $10K Thai futures.