Tennis News
At € 2.27M Madrid ATP Masters, Spain

[SF] (4) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Mark Knowles (BAH) vs (5) Jonas Bjorkman (SWE)/ Kevin Ullyett (ZIM)
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At $1.049M St. Petersburg ATP Open 2008, Russia

[Q1] Rohan Bopanna (IND,347) l Konstantin Kravchuk (RUS,301) 67(4) 76(4) 67(3)

So another loss in tie-break for Bops ... Match was lasted for 2 hrs 16 mins and both played 247 pts ... Very long match but Bops lost points on crucial stages.
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At $50K Calabasas Challenger, USA

[QF] Prakash Amritraj (IND,227) l (1) Vincent Spadea (USA,89) 36 63 67(4)

Terrific effort by Prakash, but he fell just short against a tough experianced player who is one of the toughest to beat in a such close match.
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At $25K Nigerian Womens Tournament, Lagos

[SF] Ankita BHAMBRI (IND,509) bt (2) Zuzana KUCOVA (SVK,236) 67(5) 61 64

[F] Ankita BHAMBRI (IND,509) vs (7) Tamaryn HENDLER (BEL,445)

Superb win by Ankita over top-250 European player ... Now she should use this opportunity to grab her first $25K tournament title ... But 16 yrs old Belgian looks talented ... C'mon Ankita grab this title.
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At $15K+H Nigerian F3, Lagos

[F] (3) Rohan GAJJAR (IND)/ Divij SHARAN (IND) bt (1) CHEKHOV Pavel (RUS)/ KATLIAROV Pavel (BLR) 76(6) 67(2) 10(7)

Excellent hard fought win by Gajjar and Sharan in doubles final against top-seed pair.