Tennis News
At Shanghai ATP Masters 1000, China

[QF] (3) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Mark Knowles (BAH) bt (8) Lukas Kubot (POL)/ Oliver Marach (AUT) 46 63 10(5)

Mahesh and Mark scored comeback victory over 8th seed pair in another super tie-break to moved into semis ... I think they r making mastery in super tie-break matches ... ;-)
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At $220K Japan HP Open International 2009, Osaka

[QF] (2) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Vania King (USA) l Julie Coin (FRA)/ Mathilde Johansson (FRA) 46 26

Surprisingly one sided loss against French pair for 2nd seeds.
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At $10K India ITF Womens Tournament, Pune

Quarter Finals
(6) Elodie ROGGE-DIETRICH (FRA) bt (1) Poojashree VENKATESHA (IND) 36 62 62
Prerna BHAMBRI (IND) bt (Q) Aishwarya AGRAWAL (IND) 75 63
(4) Miki MIYAMURA (JPN) bt (8) Shivika BURMAN (IND) 62 61
(WC) Ankita RAINA (IND) bt (2) Rushmi CHAKRAVARTHI (IND) 75 16 60

As expected Prerna moved into semis ... But 15 yrs old Ankita scored biggest upset of her small career ... She defeated seasoned Rushmi Chakravarthi and that's also winning last set 6-0.

Poojashree's loss against Frenchwoman Rogge-Dietrich was surprising one .. Mostly back to back so many weeks Poojashree was reaching deep in all tournaments take toll on her.

Tomorrow I m rooting for our young girls to make another all Indian final.