Tennis News
At US Open 2009, New York

[SF] (4) Leander Paes (IND)/ Lukas Dlouhy (CZE) bt (1) Bob Bryan (USA)/ Mike Bryan (USA) 64 36 76(6)
[SF] (3) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Mark Knowles (BAH) bt (5) Max Mirnyi (BLR)/ Andy Ram (ISR) 64 62

Junior
[R2] John Morrissey (IRL)/ Sudanwa Sitaram (IND) l Marton Fucsovics (HUN)/ Cheng Peng Hsieh (TPE) 64 36 (4)10

Very tentative start for Lee in the first set ... He was struggling with backhand slice returns on Bryans service games ... But otherhand Lukas was playing excellent game ... He single handedly broke Bryan's serve in 7th game and then they hold their serve to won first set ... In first game of second set our pair had break point on Bob Bryan's serve but they failed to convert it ... Bryans broke Lee's serve in 4th game and that single break was enough for them to grab second set ... In third set Lukas saved couple of break points in first game ... Bryans didn't lose a single point on their serve in their first 3 service games ... In 7th game Lee was down 0-40 due to some unforced errors, he really needed to dig deep to come out of this hole ... He saved 4 break points before holding his serve ... At that time Dlouhy was making too many errors ... At 5-4 on Bob's serve Lee and Lukas had first match point on 30-40 but Lukas hit weak return in the net ... Then set moved to tie-break as both pairs hold their serves ... Lee and Lukas started tie-break on bang ... They broke Bob's service twice to lead 5-0 ... On 5-2 Lukas won first point on his serve to gave 4 match points ... And from here real fun began ... Again Lukas made unforced errors in this crucial moment ... Bryans returned mini-break to make it 6-3 and then Bob won next 2 points on his own serve to make it 6-5 ... Then Bob hit superb return on Lee's serve to make it 6-all ... Then Lee hold his next serve, this was their 6th match point ... Next on Mike's serve Lukas hit 2 excellent lobs and that created chance for Lee, who won point with backhand volley on middle of the court ... With that Lee and Lukas in the final of US Open ... Lee and Lukas also take revenge of last year's final loss against Bryans.

Otherhand very easy victory for 3rd seed Mahesh and Mark against 5th seed Mirnyi and Ram ... Mahesh and Mark dominated this 1 hour 16 minutes match ... In this match they faced 2 break points and save both, but they created 4 break points chances on Mirnyi and Ram's service games and converted 3 .. So in the US Open 2009 final Mahesh and Lee r facing eachother with their respective partners.

But in Juniors doubles Sudanwa lost with Irish partner in super tie-break.
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At $50K+H Seville Challenger, Spain (yellow clay)

[QF] Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Treat Huey (PHI) bt Jose Checa-Calvo (ESP)/ Gabriel Trujillo-Soler (ESP) 76(5) 75

[SF] Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Treat Huey (PHI) vs (1) Santiago Ventura (ESP)/ Reuben Ramirez-Vidalgo (ESP)

Very good win by Harsh and Huey over local pair ... So this 3 weeks European clay tour gives Harsh more success than he expected ... He will be back around #140 in next week's doubles ranking.
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At $10K ITF Womens Tournament, Bangalore, India


Quarter Final
(1) Poojashree VENKATESHA (IND) bt Treta BHATTACHARYYA (IND) 60 Retd
(4) Keren SHLOMO (ISR) bt (8) Chun-Yan HE (CHN) 62 64
(5) Sanaa BHAMBRI (IND) bt (3) Isha LAKHANI (IND) 62 75
(7) Dalila JAKUPOVIC (SLO) bt Elodie ROGGE-DIETRICH (FRA) 26 63 64

Second Round
(1) Poojashree VENKATESHA (IND) bt Aishwarya AGRAWAL (IND) 61 3-0 Retired
Treta BHATTACHARYYA (IND) bt (6) Rushmi CHAKRAVARTHI (IND) 62 46 62
(4) Keren SHLOMO (ISR) bt Rishika SUNKARA (IND) 75 64
(8) Chun-Yan HE (CHN) bt Shivika BURMAN (IND) 61 36 63
(5) Sanaa BHAMBRI (IND) bt Nimisha MOHAN (IND) 63 64
(3) Isha LAKHANI (IND) bt Prerna BHAMBRI (IND) 63 60
(7) Dalila JAKUPOVIC (SLO) bt Sheethal GOUTHAM (IND) 26 63 61
Elodie ROGGE-DIETRICH (FRA) bt Moe KAWATOKO (JPN) 75 60

First Round
(1) Poojashree VENKATESHA (IND) bt Subbadharmi SUNDARAM (USA) 60 60
Aishwarya AGRAWAL (IND) bt Nicola MOONEY (GBR) 63 63
Treta BHATTACHARYYA (IND) bt Tegan EDWARDS (RSA) 63 64
(6) Rushmi CHAKRAVARTHI (IND) bt Anushree THAMMANNA (IND) 16 61 60
(4) Keren SHLOMO (ISR) bt Stephanie THEILER (SUI) 61 62
Rishika SUNKARA (IND) bt Ashvarya SHRIVASTAVA (IND) 26 76(3) 64
Shivika BURMAN (IND) bt Natalia PEREPADENKO (ESP) 4-4 Retd
(8) Chun-Yan HE (CHN) bt Jade HOPPER (AUS) 76(3) 63
(5) Sanaa BHAMBRI (IND) bt Adnya NAIK (IND) 62 62
Nimisha MOHAN (IND) bt Shweta KAKHANDKI GADIGEPPA (IND) 64 60
Prerna BHAMBRI (IND) bt Asha NANDA KUMAR (IND) 63 62
(3) Isha LAKHANI (IND) bt Kumari-Sweta SOLANKI (IND) 61 62
(7) Dalila JAKUPOVIC (SLO) bt Carla VENTICINQUE-TORRES (ESP) 61 60
Sheethal GOUTHAM (IND) bt Prathana PRATHAP (IND) 61 60
Elodie ROGGE-DIETRICH (FRA) bt Jasmin STEINHERR (GER) 61 6
Moe KAWATOKO (JPN) bt (2) Anastasia MALHOTRA (JPN) 63 63

It looks Poojashree's opponents r happy to retired in fear of getting double bagel ... ;) Good win by Sanaa over Isha ... Now interesting to see if Poojashree and Sanaa able to make it another all Indian final.