Tennis News
At €2.270M BNP Paribas Masters, Paris, France

[R2] (4) Leander Paes (IND)/Lukas Dlouhy (CZE) l Marcelo Melo (BRA)/ Andre Sa (BRA) 36 26
[R2] (3) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Mark Knowles (BAH) l Rafel Nadal (ESP)/ Juan Monaco (ARG) 46 26

Leander and Lukas r struggling on indoor courts ... Again they blown off by their Brazilian opponents in 61 mins ... Melo and Sa saved 4 break point chances on their serve but created 12 chances on Lee and Lukas's serve from that converting 3 of them.

I m having least expectation by our this pair in Masters Cup considering their recent record on indoor courts.

Hesh and Mark also lost in one-sided match in 64 mins ... They couldn't managed to convert 3 break point chances they got but Rafa and Juan converted 3 break points from 8 break point chances.
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At $10K Pakistan F3 Futures, Lahore

[QF] (Q) REDDY B Vikram (IND,UNR) l TAUBERT Patrick (GER,937) 46 26
[QF] ROY Rupesh (IND,1126) bt (3) KHAN Aqeel (PAK,621) 06 61 76(4)

[SF] ROY Rupesh (IND,1126) vs ALEKSEENKO Gleb (UKR,1279)

Doubles -
[SF] LIM Hyun-Soo (KOR)/ ROY Rupesh (IND) bt (1) ABDUKHALIKOV Syrym (KAZ)/ VASILIEV Mikhail (RUS) 64 62


[F] (4) SIPAEYA Sunil-Kumar (IND)/ KHAN Aqeel (PAK) vs LIM Hyun-Soo (KOR)/ ROY Rupesh (IND)

Rupesh scored huge comeback victory against Pakistan's Davis Cupper Aqeel Khan, against him our all players struggle with very few exceptions ... Like the way Rupesh fought back after losing first set 6-0.

Now I wish this victory encourage Rupesh to do well in singles ... He is also in doubles final with Korean Lim.

But Vikram Reddy's fine run ended by German, who troubled our all Indian players who faced him in these futures.