Tennis News -
At Pilot Pen Tennis, New Haven, CT, USA

[R1] (2) BHUPATHI Mahesh (IND)/ KNOWLES Mark (BAH) bt GICQUEL Marc (FRA)/ MAHUT Nicolas (FRA) 62 63

[QF] (2) BHUPATHI Mahesh (IND)/ KNOWLES Mark (BAH) vs BUTORAC Eric (USA)/ LIPSKY Scott (USA)

Good easy victory for Hesh and Mark in New Haven first round.
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Leander Paes resign as a India's Davis Cup captain.

Former Davis Cup player S P Mishra seleccted as non-playing captain for Romania tie.
Somdev replaces Bops in the team.

Our team for the Romania tie -
Prakash Amritraj, Somdev Devvarman, Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes
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At 2008 US Open,

[Q1] Prakash Amritraj (IND,217) l Ryan Sweeting (USA,276) 36 46
[Q1] Rajeev Ram (USA,176) l Peter Polansky (CAN,263) 36 62 67(3)
[Q1] Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK,211) bt Ricardo Mello (BRA,208) 61 16 63

[Q1] Sunitha Rao (IND,158) l Soledad Esperon (ARG,190) 36 46

[Q2] Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK,211) vs (21) Leonardo Mayer (ARG,139)

Again Prakash failed to take advantage of favourable draw, Sunitha again lost due to lack of match practice ... Only Aisam managed to win his match.
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At $10K Khonkan Futures, Thailand

[R1] (4) CHAKRAVARTHI Rushmi (IND,508) l (Q) KANG Seo-Kyung (KOR,1069) 36 36
[R1] SAHOO Shalini (IND,895) l (WC) MULSAP Sophia (THA,977) 46 36

[R2] (5) BHAMBRI Ankita (IND,520) l (Q) CHAN Wing-Yau Venise (HKG,UNR) 26 46

Doubles -
[QF] (3) BHAMBRI Sanaa (IND)/ BHAMBRI Ankita (IND) bt (WC) LERTPITAKSINCHAI Nicha (THA)/ VIJUKSANABOON Varanya (THA) 63 62
[SF] (3) BHAMBRI Sanaa (IND)/ BHAMBRI Ankita (IND) vs (2) CHEN Yi (TPE) / JOHANSSON Michaela (SWE)

This is THE worst outing for group of Indian tennis players abroad.