Tennis News
At US Open 2009, New York

[R3] (4) Leander Paes (IND)/ Lukas Dlouhy (CZE) bt Julian Knowle (AUT)/ Jurgen Melzer (AUT) 75 64
[R3] (3) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Mark Knowles (BAH) bt Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE)/ Dudi Sela (ISR) 64 64

[QF] (4) Leander Paes (IND)/ Lukas Dlouhy (CZE) vs (7) Wesley Moodie (RSA)/ Dick Norman (BEL)
[QF] (3) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Mark Knowles (BAH) vs Ivan Ljubicic (CRO)/ Michael Llodra (FRA)

MXD
[QF] (1) Liezel Huber(USA)/ Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) bt (8) Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA)/ Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) 64 63
[QF] (2) Cara Black (ZIM)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt (7) Rennae Stubbs (AUS)/ Robert Lindstedt (SWE) 75 63 10(6)

[SF] (1) Maheash Bhupathi (IND)/ Liazel Huber (USA) vs Carly Gullickson (USA)/ Travis Parrott (US)
[SF] (3) Leander Paes (IND)/ Cara Black (RSA) vs (5) Kevin Ullyett (ZIM)/ Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE)

Junior
[R1] Sudanwa Sitaram (IND,72) l Alexander Domijan (USA,17) 36 63 57

Lee and Lukas scored tight sets victory over tricky Austrian pair in 1 hr 26 mins ... In this match they converted 3 break point chances from 5 and saved 2 break point chances from 3 on their own serve ... They r facing Wesley Moodie and Dick Norman in quarters, whom they defeated to lift French Open title.

Mahesh and Mark also moved into quarter beating Lu and Sela in 71 minutes ... Though they won match in straight sets but it was close ... Mahesh and Mark converted 5 break point chances from 6 against 3 converted by Lu and Sela from 5.

Super performance by Lee and Mahesh in MXD with their respective partners to reached semis ... Mahesh and Huber scored straight sets victory over Zimo and Mattek ... But Lee and Cara stretched to super tie-break by their Aussie-Swedish opponent.

Terrific match by Sudanwa against Jr WR #17 ... I was also hoping he pulled this one after leading 4-2 in the final set ... But Domijan fought back in the match, still very creditable performance by Sudanwa, who saved first match point but lost to second ... Sudanwa should think of joining US college tennis to improve his game and fitness, may be Bhupathi help him to do that as he is training at his academy.
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At $50K+H Seville Challenger, Spain (yellow clay)

[R1] Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Treat Huey (PHI) vs Andoni Vivanco-Guzman (ESP)/ James Ward (GBR)

Hopefully they will continue with their good run from last week.
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At $50K St Remy de Provence Challenger, France

[R1] (2) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Olivier Charroin (FRA) bye

So this is last practice tournament before South Africa Davis cup tie for Rohan.