Tennis News
At the Rogers Cup, Montreal, Canada (ATP Masters 1000 tournament)

[R1] (3) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Mark Knowles (BAH) bye
[R2] (3) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Mark Knowles (BAH) bt Jeff Coetzee (RSA)/ Jurgen Melzer (AUT) 76(2) 64

[QF] (3) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Mark Knowles (BAH) vs (6) Mariusz Fyrstenberg (POL)/ Marcin Matkowski (POL)

Mahesh and Mark won very tight match as in this match they saved all 10 break point chances on their serve ... In quarters they r facing 6th seed Polish pair ... Interestingly Mahesh won 4 doubles titles at the Rogers Cup, highest than anyone else.
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At $2M Cincinnati WTA Tournament, USA

[R2] Sania Mirza (IND)/ Francesca Schiavone (ITA) l (1) Cara Black (ZIM)/ Liezel Huber (RSA) 46 36

Somewhat expected loss against WR #1 pair.
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At $50K Binghamton Challenger, USA

[R1] (3) Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Aisam-UL-Haq Qureshi (PAK) bt (WC) Lester Cook (USA)/ John Paul Fruttero (USA) 63 62
[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Treat Conrad Huey (PHI) l Kevin Anderson (RSA)/ Ryler DeHeart (USA) 36 26

[QF] (4) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ David Martin (USA) vs Kevin Anderson (RSA)/ Ryler DeHeart (USA)

So early exit from singles and doubles for Somi ... Other hand Kash having good start in doubles with Aisam.
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At $15K Iran F6 futures, Tehran (Clay)

[QF] Yannick Nelord (IND,1347) l (4) Matteo Volante (ITA,612) 36 26
[QF] (8) Vignesh Peranamallur-Chandrasekhar (IND,904) l (3) Murad Inoyatov (UZB,609) 06 06
[QF] (6) Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND,706) bt (Q) Marc Abdulnour (SYR,UNR) 60 62

[SF] (6) Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND,706) vs (3) Murad Inoyatov (UZB,609)

So Ranjeet in second semi-final on clay in 2 weeks at Iranian futures ... Surprised by Vignesh's one-sided loss against Inoyatov.
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At $10K New Delhi 2009, India

Singles Second Round
(1) Emily WEBLEY-SMITH (GBR) bt Ankita RAINA (IND) 63 62
Elodie ROGGE-DIETRICH (FRA) bt (7) Parija MALOO (IND) 76(4) 36 63
(3) Anastasia MALHOTRA (JPN) bt (Q) Shweta RANA (IND) 75 61
(8) Dalila JAKUPOVIC (SLO) bt Jasmin STEINHERR (GER) 63 63
(6) Alexandra KOLESNICHENKO (UZB) bt Sowjanya BAVISETTI (IND) 62 61
(4) Isha LAKHANI (IND) bt Parul GOSWAMI (IND) 63 63
(5) Sanaa BHAMBRI (IND) bt Prerna BHAMBRI (IND) 63 61
(2) Poojashree VENKATESHA (IND) bt (Q) Nupur KAUL (IND) 61 61