Tennis News
At Australian Open 2009, Melbourne

[Q1] Sunitha Rao (IND,196) l Melanie Oudin (USA,173) 36 46

Somewhat expected defeat after less match practice before this Australian Open qualifying ... In second set Sunitha was up 3-1 but then Melanie won next 5 games of 6 played to finish the match.
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At US$480,750 Heineken Open, Auckland, New Zealand

[QF] (2) Leander Paes (IND)/ Scott Lipsky (USA) bt Nicolas Almagro (ESP)/ Ivan Navarro (ESP) 75 61

[SF] (2) Leander Paes (IND)/ Scott Lipsky (USA) vs Paul Hanley (AUS) / Jordan Kerr (AUS)

Good straight sets victory against Spanish pair ... They r facing local pair in the semis.
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At US$$484,750 Medibank International, Sydney, Australia

[QF] (3) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Mark Knowles (BAH) bt Simon Aspelin (SWE)/ Pavel Vizner (CZE) 63 62

[SF] (3) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Mark Knowles (BAH) vs (2) Bob Bryan (USA)/ Mike Bryan (USA)

Mahesh and Mark scored esy victory to move into semis ... They r facing Bryans in the semis.