Tennis News
At €2.75M ATP World Tour Rome Masters 1000, Italy

[SF] (4) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Mark Knowles (BAH) l (2) Daniel Nestor (CAN)/ Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) 46 76(6) (8)10

Mahesh and Mark gave their best but couldn't overcome stiff challenge of hot pair on clay ... After losing first set they won second set in tie-break ... Zimo and Nestor won tight super tie-break to clinch the match.
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At BMW Open, Munich, Germany (Red clay)

[Q1] (4) Somdev Devvarman (IND,147) bt Peter Luczak (AUS,211) 64 64

[Q2] (4) Somdev Devvarman (IND,147) vs Sascha Kloer (GER,495)

Som started well on clay scoring straight sets victory in 1 hr 39 mins ... In each set Som converted 1 break point chance and that was enough to won this match.
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At $100K+H Aegean Tennis Cup 2009, Rhodes, Greece (Hard court)

[SF] Prakash Amritraj (IND,178) l (7) Benjamin Becker (GER,126) 16 2-4 Retd

Kash was struggling with injury and that showed in his first set performance ... Becker broke Kash service thrice to won it in 26 minutes ... But after got broken in second set Kash decided to retire from the match ... Disappointing end for fine run by Kash.