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At US Open 2010, New York, USA

From US Open site

Mens Doubles Final
(16) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) l (1) Bob Bryan (USA)/ Mike Bryan (USA) 67(5) 67(4)

Rohan and Aisam played above their own expectations to gave superb fight to WR #1 pair ... In this match all players hold their serves ... Rohan and Aisam missed some break point chances on Bryans serve ... In first tie-break also our guys were up with mini-break 3-1 but lost next 4 points and were down with min-break, they again take mini-break back to make it 5-all but Rohan missed volley on his serve to gave set point to Bryans, who converted it ... In second set also Bryans managed to lift their game in crucial points and hold stiff challenge from Rohan and Aisam.

This was huge experience for our pair, who was playing in their first major final ... But after seeing this performance it looks they r going to stay with these top pairs in coming years ... Well done Rohan and Aisam, we r proud of u.

Q. Could you foresee, perhaps, going to both countries and playing exhibitions?

BOB BRYAN: That would be great. You know, we would love to do anything with those guys. I'm sure those guys are rock stars in those countries right now. We've seen what Mahesh and Leander have done for tennis in doubles over in India, and I could see the same sort of excitement behind these guys. So we'd love to go over there and check it out, get a feel for what's going on.

An Interview With: Rohan Bopanna & Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (From US Open site)
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At $10K Burundi F1 Futures 2010, Bujumbura (clay)

[SF] Vijayant MALIK (IND,843) l (8) Gerald MELZER (AUT,760) 26 36

Doubles
[F] MANUJA (IND)/ MISHRA (IND) l (4) DIERCKX (BEL)/ GOVAERTS (BEL) 46 26

Eventual champion Melzer ended good run of Vijayant in the semis.

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MXD Final
Kveta Peschke (CZE)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) l (1) Liezel Huber (USA)/ Bob Bryan (USA) 46 46

Aisam failed to lift his first grandslam after losing in the final of MXD against top-seed pair of Huber and Bryan ... Huber an Bryan broke Peschke's serve in 3rd game to take early lead but Aisam and Peschke broke back Huber's serve in next game to make it 2-all ... Again Huber and Bryan break Aisam'r serve in 5th gamr to take lead and that break was enough to win first set ... In second set first break taken on Aisam's serve in 3rd game but thety immediately broke Bob's serve in next game ... At 3-all again they put pressure on Aisam's serve to broke it and then hold their serve to scored complete the victory ... Yesterday Aisam was struggling more on his serve, otherwise he was at his usual best near the net.

Bob commented on Aisam and Rohan at presentation and announced aid through their foundation to Pakistan flood relief efforts .....
After the trophy ceremony on court, Bryan congratulated Qureshi on advancing to both the mixed and men's doubles finals, and he announced that the Bryan Brothers Foundation will be making a donation to aid the flood relief efforts in Qureshi's native Pakistan.

"Those guys (Qureshi and his doubles partner Rohan Bopanna) are great guys," Bryan said. "Everyone in the locker room likes them. Just hearing about the problem in Pakistan, I talked about it with my brother and my dad, and we just wanted to do it. Qureshi didn't know about it, but as soon as this tournament is over we'll write a check and do it."
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At $10K Burundi F1 Futures 2010, Bujumbura (clay)

[QF] (1) Rupesh ROY (IND,459) l (8) Gerald MELZER (AUT,760) 75 67(0) 57
[QF] Vijayant MALIK (IND,843) bt (Q) Karim-Mohamed MAAMOUN (EGY,1383) 06 62 64

[SF] Vijayant MALIK (IND,843) vs (8) Gerald MELZER (AUT,760)

Doubles
[SF] MANUJA (IND)/ MISHRA (IND) bt MELZER (AUT)/ SAFWAT (EGY) 64 16 10-6
[SF] MALIK (IND)/ SHARMA (IND) l (4) DIERCKX (BEL)/ GOVAERTS (BEL) 36 46

[F] MANUJA (IND)/ MISHRA (IND) vs (4) DIERCKX (BEL)/ GOVAERTS (BEL)


Rupesh lost in close match against Austrian ... After winning close first set he lost next 2 in close battle ... Other hand Vijayant produced encouraging comeback in the match after losing first set 6-0 ... He won next 2 sets to moved into semi-final against Austrian Melzer.

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At US Open 2010, New York, USA

From US Open site

Doubles
[SF] (16) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) bt Eduardo Schwank (ARG)/ Horacio Zeballos (ARG) 76(5) 64

[F] (16) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) vs (1) Bob Bryan (USA)/ Mike Bryan (USA)

MXD
[F] Kveta Peschke (CZE)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) vs (1) Liezel Huber (USA)/ Bob Bryan (USA)

WOW, their good run continues and Rohan and Aisam r in their FIRST GRANDSLAM FINAL!!!

As match started all the players were serving really well but other hand our guys didn't returning well at all ... Both pairs hold their serves until 6-all ... In tie-break Zeballos double faulted to gave us mini-break and that was enought o won first set ... In first game of second set our pair hit couple of superb service returns to take break and that break was enough to won second set and match.

In the final against Bryans they need to improve their return game to challenge Bryans serve ... But they already defeated them once on hard court so they know what to do.

Today Aisam is playing his MXD match against top-seed pair and one of his opponent is Bryan.

Nice interview by Aisam and Rohan on US Open site after the match -
An Interview With: Rohan Bopanna & Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi
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At $15K Australia F5 Futures, Cairns

[R2] (6) Karan Rastogi (IND,457) l Matt Reid (AUS,478) 61 57 16

Karan lost after winning firs set comfortably against similar ranked local player.

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Doubles
[QF] (16) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) bt (10) Wesley Moodie (RSA)/ Dick Norman (BEL) 75 76(2)

[SF] (16) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) vs Eduardo Schwank (ARG)/ Horacio Zeballos (ARG)

MXD
[SF] Kveta Peschke (CZE)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) bt Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER)/ Mark Knowles (BAH) 76(5) 76(4)

In the beginning both pairs serving hard and holding their service game easily ... In 7th game Aisam saved 2 break points on his serve ... In 10th game our pair had a set point on Dick Norman's serve before he hold ... But our pair got crucial break in 12th game breaking Moodie's serve to won first set ... In second set also our pair managed to keep pressure on opponent's serve ... They had a break point on Norman's serve in 2nd game but he managed to hold ... In 10th game our pair had 2 match points on Norman's serve but he managed to save them to hold ... In tie-break from 3-2 our pair take 2 mini-breaks on Moodie's serve and then Rohan served to win match ... Our pair didn't face any break points other than 2 break points they faced on Aisam's serve in 7th game of first set ... What a win!

Congrats Rohan and Aisam for their first semi-final appearance and definitely many more with grand slam titles will follow soon ... Next they r facing Argentine pair, who upset Mahesh and Max in second round.

Aisam having dream US Open, he with Peschke in the final of MXD ... Yesterday they avoided super tie-break winning both sets in tie-break
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At $50K+H St Remy de Provence Challenger, France

[R1] (WC) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Ashutosh Singh (IND) l Harri Heliovaara (FIN)/ Michael Ryderstedt (SWE) 16 36

They lost easily against experienced player like Swede Michael Ryderstedt.
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At $15K Australia F5 Futures, Cairns

[R1] (6) Karan Rastogi (IND,457) bt Jared Easton (AUS,771) 63 61

[R2] (6) Karan Rastogi (IND,457) vs Matt Reid (AUS,478)

Doubles
[QF] (4) PROPOGGIA (AUS)/ RASTOGI (IND) l EASTON (AUS)/ STATHAM (NZL) 61 46 8-10

Good easy victory in first round singles but lost in doubles in super tie-break.
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At $10K Burundi F1 Futures 2010, Bujumbura (clay)

[R2] (1) Rupesh ROY (IND,459) bt Stanislav VOVK (RUS,925) 64 63
[R2] (Q) Shivang MISHRA (IND,UNR) l (8) Gerald MELZER (AUT,760) 06 57
[R2] Vijayant MALIK (IND,843) bt Matias CASTRO (ARG,1104) 62 26 76(9)

[QF] (1) Rupesh ROY (IND,459) vs (8) Gerald MELZER (AUT,760)
[QF] Vijayant MALIK (IND,843) vs (Q) Karim-Mohamed MAAMOUN (EGY,1383)

Doubles
[QF] (1) ROELOFSE (RSA)/ ROY (IND) l MELZER (AUT)/ SAFWAT (EGY) 76(5) 36 14-16
[QF] MANUJA (IND)/ MISHRA (IND) bt AL ABDULLAH (KSA)/ ENOSOREGBE (NGR) 75 75
[QF] MALIK (IND)/ SHARMA (IND) bt ALVAREZ-GUZMAN (CHI)/ DIERCKX (BEL) 36 63 10-8

[SF] MANUJA (IND)/ MISHRA (IND) vs MELZER (AUT)/ SAFWAT (EGY)
[SF] MALIK (IND)/ SHARMA (IND) vs (4) DIERCKX (BEL)/ GOVAERTS (BEL)

Vijayant joined Rupesh in singles quarter-final with tight third set tie-break win over Argentine player ... Rupesh also scored convincing win over Russian ... Heartening performance by our players on the clay.

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MXD
[QF] (2) Cara Black (ZIM)/ Leander Paes (IND) l Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER)/ Mark Knowles (BAH) 36 46
[QF] Kveta Peschke (CZE)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) bt Gisela Dulko (ARG)/ Pablo Cuevas (URU) 36 62 10-4

[SF] Kveta Peschke (CZE)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) vs Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER)/ Mark Knowles (BAH)

Cara and Lee lost in straight sets against Knowles and Groenefeld but Aisam's reached his first grandslam semi-final with Peschke winning another match in super tie-break.
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At $50K+H St Remy de Provence Challenger, France

[R1] (WC) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Ashutosh Singh (IND) vs Harri Heliovaara (FIN)/ Michael Ryderstedt (SWE)

Surprisingly our pair recieve wild-card in French challenger.
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At $15K Australia F5 Futures, Cairns

[R1] (6) Karan Rastogi (IND,457) vs Jared Easton (AUS,771)

Doubles
[R1] (4) PROPOGGIA (AUS)/ RASTOGI (IND) bt CHANG (CHN)/ XU (CHN) 64 67(2) 10-6

[QF] (4) PROPOGGIA (AUS)/ RASTOGI (IND) vs EASTON (AUS)/ STATHAM (NZL)

Karan is down-under for back to back 3 futures, hopefully some good results boost his ranking inside top-400.

Winning start in doubles for Karan.
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At $10K Burundi F1 Futures 2010, Bujumbura (clay)

[R1] (1) Rupesh ROY (IND,459) bt Philip BARLOW (GBR,1248) 62 62
[R1] (Q) Shivang MISHRA (IND,UNR)) bt Javier HERRERA-EGUILUZ (MEX,1211) 64 75
[R1] (Q) Ronak MANUJA (IND,UNR) l (3) Bogdan-Victor LEONTE (ROU,605) 26 16
[R1] Vijayant MALIK (IND,843) bt Motaz ABOU EL KHAIR (EGY,929) 64 76(2)
[R1] Kaza Vinayak SHARMA (IND,1255) l (7) James FEAVER (GBR,752) 06 36

[R2] (1) Rupesh ROY (IND,459) vs Stanislav VOVK (RUS,925)
[R2] (Q) Shivang MISHRA (IND,UNR) vs (8) Gerald MELZER (AUT,760)
[R2] Vijayant MALIK (IND,843) vs Matias CASTRO (ARG,1104)

Doubles
[R1] (1) ROELOFSE (RSA)/ ROY (IND) bt FATTAR (MAR)/ RACHIDI (MAR) 61 62
[R1] (MANUJA (IND)/ MISHRA (IND) bt (3) FILENKOV (RUS)/ VOVK (RUS) 64 46 10-7
[R1] (MALIK (IND)/ SHARMA (IND) bt (2) FEAVER (GBR)/ LEONTE (ROU) 62 60

[QF] (1) ROELOFSE (RSA)/ ROY (IND) vs MELZER (AUT)/ SAFWAT (EGY)
[QF] MANUJA (IND)/ MISHRA (IND) vs AL ABDULLAH (KSA)/ ENOSOREGBE (NGR)
[QF] MALIK (IND)/ SHARMA (IND) vs ALVAREZ-GUZMAN (CHI)/ DIERCKX (BEL)

Good to see our few players decided to play in African clay and earn some cheap points to improve their rankings ... And good start by our players to win some good matches to moved into next round.

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At US Open 2010, New York, USA

Doubles
[R3] (16) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) bt (2) Daniel Nestor (CAN)/ Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) 63 64

[QF] (16) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) vs (10) Wesley Moodie (RSA)/ Dick Norman (BEL)

MXD
[R2] (2) Cara Black (ZIM)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt Kaia Kanepi (EST)/ Robert Lindstedt (SWE) 64 61

[QF] (2) Cara Black (ZIM)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER)/ Mark Knowles (BAH)

Rohan and Aisam scored another win over top team, this time they defeated WR #2 Nestor and Zimo in straight sets to moved into their first quarter-final at US Open ... So now in this US hard-court season they defeated 3 teams from top 4 teams,WR #1 Bryans, WR #2 Nestor & Zimo and WR #4 Mahesh & Max.

In this match they saved 3 break points on Aisam's serve after 0-40 down in 4th game ... Take crucial break on Nestor's serve in 6th game and then hold their service games to won first set ... While serving for the set at 5-3, Rohan saved 1 break point ... In second set they didn't face a single break point and take important break breaking Nestors's serve on luv in fifth game ... That single break was enough to win set and match ... Very authorative performance by our pair ... Next quarter-final match against Moodie and Norman is tough one as they both r also big servers.

Lee and Cara scored convincing win to moved into quarters in MXD.

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Doubles
[R2] (4) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Max Mirnyi (BLR) l Eduardo Schwank (ARG)/ Horacio Zeballos (ARG) 46 63 67(4)

MXD
[R1] Daniela Hantuchova (SVK)/ Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) l Kaia Kanepi (EST)/ Robert Lindstedt (SWE) 46 26

[R2] Kveta Peschke (CZE)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) bt Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ)/ Julian Knowle (AUT) 57 63 10-4

[QF] Kveta Peschke (CZE)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) vs Gisela Dulko (ARG)/ Pablo Cuevas (URU)

Terrible loss for Mahesh and Max ... After losing close first set they won second set ... In decider they were up 4-2 and 40-0 on Mahesh's serve but from here Mahesh lost his serve ... Then again they were 6-5 up and Mahesh was serving for the match and again he lost his serve ... In tie-break they saved 2 match points before losing this match.

In MXD also Mahesh lost convincingly with Hantuchova.

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At US Open 2010, New York, USA

Doubles
[R2] (16) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) bt Michael Kohlmann (GER)/ Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) 64 64

[R3] (16) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) vs (2) Daniel Nestor (CAN)/ Nenad Zimonjic (SRB)

MXD
[R1] (1) Cara Black (ZIM)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt Lucie Hradecka (CZE)/ Frantisek Cermak (CZE) 64 75

Juniors
[Q1] Rakshay Thakkar (IND,192) l (4) Diego Galeano (PAR,68) 26 46
[Q1] (16) Sai Kartik Nakireddi (IND,104) l Pavel Krainik (CAN,130) 36 57
[Q1] (11) Rishika Sunkara (IND,97) l Gabrielle Desimone (USA,183) 46 26

Rohan and Aisam won their second round match in straight sets to book thei match against 2nd seed Nestor and Zimo ... In this match they break opponents once in a each set and that was enough to won this match.

Winning start for Lee and Cara against Czech pair ... After doubles disappointing loss Lee must be egar to perform better in MXD.

Disappointing performance by our juniors in US Open qualifying.

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At US Open 2010, New York, USA

Doubles
[R1] Vera Dushevina (RUS)/ Sania Mirza (IND) l (11) Alisa Kleybanova (RUS)/ Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) 76(6) 26 67(3)

Good fighting performance by Sania and Vera against 11th seeds but that wasn't enough to win this match ... With this loss Sania's journey in 2010 US Open got over.

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At US Open 2010, New York, USA

[R2] (Q) Sania Mirza (IND,159) l (20) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS,22) 26 46

Doubles
[R1] (4) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Max Mirnyi (BLR) bt Arnaud Clement (FRA)/ Nicolas Mahut (FRA) 61 64

[R2] (4) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Max Mirnyi (BLR) vs Eduardo Schwank (ARG)/ Horacio Zeballos (ARG)
[R2] (16) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) vs Michael Kohlmann (GER)/ Jarkko Nieminen (FIN)

MXD
[R1] Zi Yan (CHN)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) l Aravane Rezai (FRA)/ Rajeev Ram (USA) 26 46
[R1] Kveta Peschke (CZE)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) bt (8) Vania King (USA)/ Horia Tecau (ROU) 75 46 10-5

[R2] Kveta Peschke (CZE)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) vs Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ)/ Julian Knowle (AUT)

In this match Sania was struggling with her serve from word go ... Her serve was poor and shots were going all over the park ... In first set Sania lost her serve twice to lose the set ... In second set at 3-2 Pavlyuchenkova take long medical break ... She taped right forehand and wrist ... Sania take advantage of it breaking Pavlyuchenkova to lead 4-2 ... But again erratic serve and unforced errors cost Sania next few games and she lost 4 games in a row to lose this match ... Today Sania lost match due to her poor game rather than opponent's game.

Mahesh and Max started with dominating win against Frenchmen in Mens doubles ... Rohan lost in MXD with her Chinese partner against Rajeev and Rezai ... Other hand Aisam had winning start upsetting 8th seed pair.

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Doubles
[R1] (3) Leander Paes (IND)/ Lukas Dlouhy (CZE) l Martin Damm (CZE)/ Filip Polasek (SVK) 76(7) 36 46
[R1] (16) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) bt (WC) Brian Battistone (USA)/ Ryler DeHeart (USA) 63 76(7)

MXD
[R1] Zi Yan (CHN)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) vs Aravane Rezai (FRA)/ Rajeev Ram (USA)
[R1] (1) Cara Black (ZIM)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs Lucie Hradecka (CZE)/ Frantisek Cermak (CZE)
[R1] Daniela Hantuchova (SVK)/ Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) vs Kaia Kanepi (EST)/ Robert Lindstedt (SWE)
[R1] Kveta Peschke (CZE)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) vs (8) Vania King (USA)/ Horia Tecau (ROU)

Lee and Lukas's poor run on US hard court season ended with first round loss at US Open ... They had poor US hard court season, losing in both Masters in first round in straight sets ... But still hoping better performance from them knowing their grand slam record ... But facing experienced pair in first round didn't help their cause.

Other hand first-time grand slam seeded pair of Rohan and Aisam had winning start ... Though last set went to tie-break but our pair completed win in straight sets.

Mixed doubles draw is out ... 2005 MXD US Open winner pair Mahesh and Daniela Hantuchova are playing together ... But they are having tough draw as in second round they can face experienced pair of Lee and Cara.

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At US Open 2010, New York, USA

[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND,98) l Kevin Anderson (RSA,77) 36 46 36
[R1] (Q) Sania Mirza (IND,159) bt (Q) Michelle Larcher De Brito (POR,175) 63 62

[R2] (Q) Sania Mirza (IND,159) vs (20) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS,22)

Sania saved 1 break point in second game, in next game Sania had 3 break points but Brito saved to hold serve ... Sania take control of the set breaking Brito in 5th game and then take another break at luv in 9th game to won first set ... In second set Sania break Brito's serve in 2nd game to take 2-0 lead but Brito broke back to make it 2-1 ... Again Sania broke Brito's serve in next game to take 3-1 lead but again Brito broke back to 3-2 ... But after that Sania broke Brito in 6th and 8th games and hold her serve to complete dominating victory over talented 17yrs old player form Portugal ... Huge moral boosting win for Sania ... Next match is tough one against #22 Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.

Kevin started positively in the match breaking Somi's serve in 2nd game ... This was only break in first set which was enough to won it ... In this match Kevin keeping pressure on Somi's serve from the start again he broke Somi's serve in 3rd and 5th game to take 1-5 lead but Somi came back breaking Kevin's serve in 8th game ... Kevin hold his crucial service on luv in 10th game to won second set ... In third set also same pattern repeated ... Somi had break point in 4th game but failed to convert ... Then Kevin broke him in 5th and 9th game to won this match in straight sets ... I m little disappointed by Somi's performance ... Was hoping match stretched more than scoreline suggest.

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At US Open 2010, New York, USA

[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND,98) vs Kevin Anderson (RSA,77)
[R1] (Q) Sania Mirza (IND,159) vs (Q) Michelle Larcher De Brito (POR,175)

Doubles
[R1] (4) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Max Mirnyi (BLR) vs Arnaud Clement (FRA)/ Nicolas Mahut (FRA)
[R1] (3) Leander Paes (IND)/ Lukas Dlouhy (CZE) vs Martin Damm (CZE)/ Filip Polasek (SVK)
[R1] (16) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) vs (WC) Brian Battistone (USA)/ Ryler DeHeart (USA)
[R1] Vera Dushevina (RUS)/ Sania Mirza (IND) vs (11) Alisa Kleybanova (RUS)/ Ekaterina Makarova (RUS)

Sania is facing another qualifier in the first round, Portugal's Michelle Larcher De Brito ... So winnable match for her in singles but in doubles in first round she is with Vera Dushevina facing 11th seed Russian pair.

In mens doubles as expected Rohan and Aisam recieve their first seedings of grand slam ... In first round they r facing American wild-card pair ... They r in same draw of Nestor and Zimo ... Lee and Lukas r facing experienced pair so tricky match for them considering their recent form on hard courts ... Mahesh and Max their US Open with another experienced French pair.
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At $664K Pilot Pen Tennis Tournament, New Haven, USA

[F] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) l Robert Lindstedt (SWE)/ Horia Tecau (ROU) 46 57

Rohan and Aisam lost their third match of the season against Lindstedt and Tecau ... Before this they lost against them at Casablanca ATP tournament final and Wimbledon quarter final.

In the final Rohan and Aisam struggled with their serve, they committed 9 double faults and hit only 7 aces ... In first set with one break Lindstedt and Tecau won first set and in second they exchanged breaks before Lindstedt and Tecau take crucial break to won this match.

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[Q3] Sania Mirza (IND,155) bt Catalina Castano (COL,188) 61 16

After winning first set easily Sania lost second on similar score ... In third set Sania was broken and down 2-3 but immediately she broke back in next to make 3-all ... Then again Sania broke her in 8th game and while serving for the match Sania saved 3 break points before converting 3rd match point.

Very creditable performance by Sania to qualify for main-draw of US Open considering her struggle in recent mothes ... Well done Sania.
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At $664K Pilot Pen Tennis Tournament, New Haven, USA

[SF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) bt (2) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Max Mirnyi (BLR) 64 64

[F] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) vs Robert Lindstedt (SWE)/ Horia Tecau (ROU)

Excellent win in straight sets ... They r really turning into world beaters ... This team having all in them to dominate doubles tour in near future ... Go guys.

In the final they r facing Wimbledon finalist Robert Lindstedt and Horia Tecau.

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At US Open 2010, New York, USA

[Q2] Sania Mirza (IND,155) bt Elena Bovina (RUS,150) 63 63

[Q3] Sania Mirza (IND,155) vs Catalina Castano (COL,188)

[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND,99) vs Kevin Anderson (RSA,77)

Sania scored really good win against Russian and hoping that continue in the final qualifying ... She lost her service only once in the match ... She is facing another unseeded player from Colombia in the final qualifying, who crushed Chinese opponent losing 3 games.

Draw is out and Somi having first match against South African Kevin Anderson ... Though before this they never play each other on tour or in ITF tournaments but they were rivals in NCAA and Somi dominated their matches at that time ... So hopefully we will see same here at US Open.
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At $664K Pilot Pen Tennis Tournament, New Haven, USA

[QF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) bt Andrey Golubev (KAZ)/ Denis Istomin (UZB) 63 76(1)
[QF] (2) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Max Mirnyi (BLR) bt Juan Ignacio Chela (ARG)/ Pablo Cuevas (URU) 62 63

[SF] (2) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Max Mirnyi (BLR) vs Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK)

Our both pairs scored straight sets victory to moved into semis ... So Mahesh and Max having tough challenge of Rohan and Aisam in the semis.
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At $50K Astana Challenger, Kazakhstan

[SF] (1) Sadik Kadir (AUS)/ Purav Raja (IND) l Di Wu (CHN)/ Ze Zhang (CHN) 16 36

[QF] (1) Sadik Kadir (AUS)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt Juan-Manuel Valverde (ARG)/ Daniel Yoo (KOR) 62 61

It looks these days China is producing good doubles pairs ... Last week Vishnu and Divij lost their final match against Chinese pair ... This week another Chinese pair scored comfortable win over top-ssed pair of Purav and Sadik in the semis.

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At US Open 2010, New York, USA

[Q1] Sania Mirza (IND,155) bt Ksenia Lykina (RUS,236) 62 62

[Q2] Sania Mirza (IND,155) vs Elena Bovina (RUS,150)

Sania started with convincing win over Russian ... After winning first set Sania lost her serve in first game but take back control to complete easy victory ... Next she is facing Russian Elena Bovina, she upset 15th seeded German Tatjana Malek in the first round ... Hopefully Sania win this match to move into final qualifying round.

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At US Open 2010, New York, USA

[Q1] Sania Mirza (IND,155) vs Ksenia Lykina (RUS,236)

Intrestingly this is the first time Sania is playing in the grand slam qualifying ... In 2005 at Australian Open she directly played in main draw after getting wild-card.
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At $50K Astana Challenger, Kazakhstan

[R1] (WC) Yuki Bhambri (IND,478) l (3) Andrej Martin (SVK,210) 26 46

Doubles
[QF] (1) Sadik Kadir (AUS)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Juan-Manuel Valverde (ARG)/ Daniel Yoo (KOR)

Yuki had tough first round match and that showed in the result.

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At US Open 2010, New York, USA

As per latest update Argentine Juan Martín del Potro withdrew from US Open and that gives big break to Somdev Devvarman ... As he was next player in the list to include in main-draw for US Open, so with that firs-time in his small career Somi is getting direct entry into main-draw of any Grand slam.

Also with their doubles ranking, Rohan (#33) and Aisam (#35) having good chance of getting their first seedings in grand slam ... They will be mostly #15 or #16 seeded in main-draw.
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At $2.43M Western & Southern Financial Group Masters, Cincinnati, USA

[F] (4) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Max Mirnyi (BLR) l (2) Bob Bryan (US)/ Mike Bryan (USA) 46 36

Mahesh and Max couldn't match Bryans and lost in straight sets ... If we check this year Bryans r on awesome roll in championship matches.
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Ranking update

In updated ranking Somi re-entered into top-100 on #99 ... After reaching in semi-final at Karshi challenger as an qualifier, Vishnu Vardhan moved to his career best singles ranking, #335 and also become India's No. 2 singles player ... Sania drop couple of places to #155 in singles ranking but moved up to #76 in doubles ranking.