Tennis News
At € 891K Swiss Indoors ATP Tournament, Basel, Switzerland

[QF] (2) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Mark Knowles (BAH) bt Jordan Kerr (AUS)/ Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) 57 63 10(5)
[SF] (2) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Mark Knowles (BAH) bt Jose Acasuso (ARG)/ Agustin Calleri (ARG) 75 62

[F] (2) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Mark Knowles (BAH) vs Christopher Kas (GER)/ Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER)

Mahesh and Mark continued with their good performance on indoor courts ... They r in another final against German pair.
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At $1.049M St. Petersburg ATP Open 2008, Russia

[QF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Max Miryni (BLR) bt Igor Kunitsyn (RUS)/ Marat Safin (RUS) 64 36 13(11)
[SF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Max Miryni (BLR) bt Michal Mertinak (SVK)/ Lovro Zovko (CRO) 75 62

[F] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Max Miryni (BLR) vs Travis Parrott (USA)/ Filip Polasek (SVK)

Rohan and Max Mirnyi saved 3 match points in the Super tie-break to beat Igor Andreev and Marat Safin ... In semis Rohan and Max scored straight sets victory in 66 mins to moved into the final ... So in the final Rohan having chance of winning his second ATP doubles title.
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At $50K Saguenay Womens Challenger, Canada

[QF] Sunitha Rao (IND,212) l Carmen Klaschka (GER,244) 46 16

Sunitha's inconsistency continued but atleast she scored back to back wins after long time in this Canadian Challenger.
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At $25K Nigerian Womens Tournament II, Lagos

[SF] (3) LAKHANI Isha (IND,333) l (2) KUCOVA Zuzana (SVK,229) 67(4) 46

Doubles -
[F] (4) LAKHANI Isha (IND)/ CHAKRAVARTHI Rushmi (IND) l CHALOVA Elena (RUS)/ SAVINYKH Valeria (RUS) 76(6) 36 (7)10

Isha's fine run ended in doubles final and singles semi-final ... But overall very satisfactory week for her in Nigeria.
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At $15K+H Nigerian F4, Lagos

[SF] SHARAN Divij (IND,805) bt (3) HAIDER-MAURER Andreas (AUT,365) 76(7) 63

[F] SHARAN Divij (IND,805) l (4) CAPKOVIC Kamil (SVK,375) 46 64 46

Divij scored another upset win over top-375 player to reached the final ... But in the final he couldn't complete his fine run with title win ... But very encouraging performance from him in this Nigerian futures.