Tennis News
At € 2.75M Monte-Carlo Masters, Monaco (Red clay)

[SF] (3) Lukas Dlouhy (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) l (1) Mike Bryan (USA)/ Bob Bryan (USA) 76(3) 36 (12)14

[QF] (3) Lukas Dlouhy (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt (7) Julian Knowle (AUT)/ Andy Ram (ISR) 76(3) 63
[QF] (4) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Mark Knowles (BAH) l Novak Djokovic (SRB)/ Viktor Troicki (SRB) 46 64 (10)12

[R2] (4) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Mark Knowles (BAH) bt Feliciano Lopez (ESP)/ Fernando Verdasco (ESP) 64 64

In quarters Lee and Lukas created 15 break point chances and converted of them to win match in 2 sets ... But they again lost against Bryans in semis but this time dog fight of 93 minutes ... Lee and Lukas were unlucky to lose this match.

Mahesh and Mark needed to play 2 matches in day on Friday due to rain interruption on Thrusday, they won first match easily but lost in quarters against Serbian Davis Cup doubles team in super tie-break.
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At 2009 Asia Oceania Junior Davis Cup, Shepparton, Australia (Grass)

Quarter-Final
(2) India bt New Zealand 2-1

Singh Saurabh bt Yates Jamie 62 61
Jayaprakash Mohit Mayur l Grinter Jaden 64 36 26
Singh Saurabh/ Jayaprakash Mohit Mayur bt Yates Jamie/ Grinter Jaden 64 67(4) 64

Semi-Final
(2) India l (3) Uzbekistan 0-3

Singh Saurabh l Saitmukhamedov Abduvoris 46 26
Jayaprakash Mohit Mayur l Shipilov Sergey 46 26
Jayaprakash Mohit Mayur/ Bisht Ronit l Shipilov Sergey/ Jalolov Jakhongir 26 16

Indian boys qualified for Junior Davis Cup Finals in Mexico scoring very hard fought win against New Zealand but lost easily against Uzbekistan in semis mostly tiredness after their epic win over New Zealand.

Here is match report of quarter-final -
The tie of the day in the boys quaterfinals was that between second seeds India and unseeded New Zealand. India won the opening singles but then Jaden Grinter levelled the tie with a gutsy three set win over the Indian number one. The doubles looked to be all India when they led by a set and a break but New Zealand came storming back to take the second set in a tiebreaker and stretch out to a 4-2 lead in the third. The momentum turned and India then won four straight games, each peppered with a series of deuces, to claim victory and a place at the finals.
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At $35K+H Mexico City Challanger, Mexico

[QF] (8) Prakash Amritraj (IND,192) l (Q) Dick Norman (BEL,301) 46 36

Kash failed to overcome experienced Norman challenge.
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At $10K Shymkent Futures, Kazakhstan

[F] (2) Poojashree VENKATESHA (IND,573) l Albina KHABIBULINA (UZB,705) 76(5) 36 16
[SF] (2) Poojashree VENKATESHA (IND,573) bt (3) Eugeniya PASHKOVA (RUS,611) 26 64 61

Poojashree produced excellent comeback victory over Russian Pashkova but in the final she lost after winning first set in tie-break against her doubles parter.
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At € 1.995M Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell 2009, Spain

[R1] (3) Lukas Dlouhy (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) Bye
[R1] (4) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Mark Knowles (BAH) Bye

This time Mahesh and Mark r in top draw with top-seed Bryans ... Lee and Lukas r in bottom draw with 2nd seed Zimo and Nestor.
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At $50K Tallahassee Challenger, FL, USA

[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND,192) vs (WC) Michael McClune (USA,456)
[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND,149) vs Marinko Matosevic (AUS,224)