Tennis News
At $4.5M Miami Masters, FL, USA

[R1] Chia-Jung Chuang (TPE)/ Sania Mirza (IND) bt Iveta Benesova (CZE)/ Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE) 64 75

[R1] (4) Leander Paes (IND)/ Lukas Dlouhy (CZE) bt Fernando Gonzalez (CHI)/ Juan Monaco (ARG) 62 62
[R1] (3) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Mark Knowles (BAH) l Julien Benneteau (FRA)/ Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) 63 75 (6)10

[R2] (4) Leander Paes (IND)/ Lukas Dlouhy (CZE) vs Frantisek Cermak (CZE)/ Michal Mertinak (SVK)

Sania and Chia-Jung had winning start in Mastrs doubles ... But Mahesh and Mark lost against singles specialist Frenchmen in the first hurdle ... Other hand Lee and Lukas scored very easy victory against South American pair to move into second round.
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At $50K Khorat Challenger, Thailand

[QF] Rajeev Ram (USA,203) bt (SE) Noam Okun (ISR,347) 46 76(5) 64
[SF] Rajeev Ram (USA,203) l (1) Andreas Beck (GER,104) 26 62 46

Doubles
[SF] (1) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) bt Harel Levy (ISR)/ Noam Okun (ISR) 76(5) 36 10(6)

[F] (1) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) bt (4) Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA)/ Sonchai Ratiwatana (THA) 63 67(5) 10(5)

Good performance by Rajeev to reached semis in singles.

Rohan and Aisam scored very fighting win to won their 6th challenger title ... In semis they had tough match against experienced Israeli pair but they pulled off in super tie-break ... In final they faced local favorite Ratiwatana brothers, who tried comeback winning second set in tie-break but our pair didn't lose focus and scored another super tie-break win to lift another challenger level title.
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At $50K Jersey Challenger, Channel Islands

[QF] Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Brian Battistone (USA) bt Fritz Wolmarans (RSA)/ Michael Yani (USA) 64 57 10(6)

[SF] Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Brian Battistone (USA) l (2) Eric Butorac (USA)/ Travis Rettenmaier (USA) 16 76(11) (7)10

Good performance after last 4 weeks disappointment for Harsh and Brian ... This week they scored 2 super tie-break victories and lost against eventual champion pair in super tie-break.