Tennis News
At $1.1M Memphis Open, USA

Doubles
[R1] (1) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Max Mirnyi (BLR) l Eric Butorac (USA)/ Rajeev Ram (USA) 46 46

Rajeev and Eric Butorac defeated top-seed pair of Mahesh and Mad max in straight sets .... This was expected result against this American team as Mahesh was playing after long injury break.

But this also means Mahesh is also lack of match practice before our Russian Davis cup tie.
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At $125K+H Belgrade Challenger, Serbia

Doubles
[R1] (4) Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Jamie Cerretani (USA) bt Karol Beck (SVK)/ Jiri Krkoska (CZE) 57 63 10-7

[QF] (4) Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Jamie Cerretani (USA) vs Julian Reister (GER)/ Grega Zemlja (SLO)

Winning start for 4th seed pair in this Belgrade Challenger.
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At $15K Australia F1 Futures, Mildura (Grass)

[R1] (8) VARDHAN Vishnu (IND,382) bt (Q) LOOK Michael (AUS,1659) 63 64

[R2] (8) VARDHAN Vishnu (IND,382) vs Matt Reid (AUS,495)

Doubles
[QF] (2) VARDHAN Vishnu (IND)/ DANIELL Marcus (NZL) bt FROST Leon (AUS)/ GOH Steven (AUS) 64 60

[SF] (2) VARDHAN Vishnu (IND)/ DANIELL Marcus (NZL) vs (3) EBDEN Matthew (AUS)/ GROTH Samuel (AUS)

So expected winning start for Vishnu ... He also in doubles semi-final.
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At $25K Surprise ITF Womens Tournament, AZ , USA

[Q2] UBEROI Shikha (IND,573) l (14) CECIL Mallory (USA,481) 46

Doubles
[R1] MOLINERO Florencia (ARG)/ UBEROI Shikha (IND) l (3) SPEARS Abigail (USA)/ VANDEWEGHE Coco (USA) 16 26

Disappointing results.