Tennis News
At $450K 2010 Aircel Chennai Open, India

[R2] (WC) Somdev Devvarman (IND,126) l (4) Janko Tipsarevic (SRB,38) 26 16

Doubles
[R1] (1) Eric Butorac (USA)/ Rajeev Ram (USA) l Yves Allegro (SUI)/ Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) 63 46 (5)10
[R1] (3) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) vs James Cerretani (USA)/ Travis Rettenmaier (USA) 63 5-5 (match stopped due to rain)
[R1] (WC) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Carlos Moya (ESP) bt Dudi Sela (ISR)/ Robby Ginepri (USA) 62 46 10(5)

[QF] (WC) Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND) vs Jeff Coetzee (RSA)/ Rogier Wassen (NED)
[QF] (WC) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Carlos Moya (ESP) vs (2) Marcel Granollers (ESP)/ Santiago Ventura (ESP)

Serbian Tipsarevic proved too strong for Somi in this 78 mins match ... Somi had his moments in this match he was break down in first set when he broke Tipsarevic's serve in 4th game to make it 2-all ... But from there match was belong to Tipsarevic, Somi didn't match his powerful shots from baseline and quick-hands near the net ... Must be learning experience for Somi against top-40 player.

In doubles Yuki and Carlos Moya started with upset win over Dudi Sela and Robby Ginepri in super tie-break ... They won first set easily but lost second, in super tie-break they dominated to win this match ... Next they r facing 2nd seed pair.

Mahesh and Rohan won first set and both pair r 5-all in second when match stopped ... It will continue on Thursday.

In other match top-seed pair of Rajeev Ram and Eric Butorac lost in first round.
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At $220K ASB Classic, Auckland, New Zealand

[R2] Sania Mirza (IND,57) l (4) Francesca Schiavone (ITA,17) 06 36

This 1 hr 11 mins match was lot closer than score suggest ... In this match Schiavone had 9 break points and she converted 6, other hand Sania had 11 break point chances and she converted only 2.