Tennis News
At 2010 Wimbledon Championship, London, England

Mixed Doubles Final
(2) Leander Paes (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) bt (11) Wesley Moodie (RSA)/ Lisa Raymond (USA) 64 76(5)

Leander won his 6th Mixed Doubles grandslam and overall 12th graandslam in 23 grandslam finals after winning 2010 Wimbledon mixed doubles final ... Leander created another piece of Wimbledon history by becoming only the second man to win Wimbledon titles in three different decades, before this legendary Rod Lever won it in 3 different decades; 1950s, 1960s and 1970s ... Leander won mens doubles title with Mahesh Bhupathi and mixed doubles title with Lisa Raymond in 1999, then won mixed doubles title with Martina Navratilova in 2003 and now in 2010 won another mixed doubles title with Cara Black.

In first set both pairs were making lots of errors and double faults but some energetic game by Cara helped them to capture first set ... In second set Lee and Cara were in trouble in 8th game on Cara's serve but they hold that game after some dog-fight .. Then in tie-break Cara and Lee were down 3-5 but then they won 4 straight points, where Lee served an ace on match point to finish straight sets victory in 1 hour 38 mins.

After reaching his first quarter-final at grandslam Rohan climbed to his career best doubles ranking, #38 ... His partner Aisam also climb to his career best doubles ranking, #37.

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At 2010 Wimbledon Championship, London, England

Mixed Doubles
[SF] (2) Leander Paes (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) bt (9) Lukas Dlouhy (CZE)/ Iveta Benesova (CZE) 63 63

[F] (2) Leander Paes (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) vs (11) Wesley Moodie (RSA)/ Lisa Raymond (USA)

Dominating win over doubles partner and with that Lee showed 'who is the boss on the court' ... But joke apart very good win to moved into final.

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At 2010 Wimbledon Championship, London, England

Mixed Doubles
[QF] (2) Leander Paes (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) bt (12) Paul Hanley (AUS)/ Yung-Jan Chan (TPE) 64 67(4) 63

[SF] (2) Leander Paes (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) vs (9) Lukas Dlouhy (CZE)/ Iveta Benesova (CZE)

Lee and Cara gelled well on the court and played good tennis ... They were in control of finishing match in straight sets but played couple of loose points to lost second set in tie-break ... But in last set they take important break in 2nd game breaking Paul Hanley's serve that was enough to won set and match.

Interesting semi-final match against doubles partner for Lee.
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At$50K Winnetka Challenger,

[QF] (4) Rik De Voest (RSA)/ Somdev Devvarman (IND) bt Alex Kuznetsov (USA)/ Bobby Reynolds (USA) 63 62

[SF] (4) Rik De Voest (RSA)/ Somdev Devvarman (IND) vs (1) Brian Dabul (ARG)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA)

Somi and Rik moved into semis with very comfortable win, where they will face top-seed pair.
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At $10K Great Britain F8, Manchester

[QF] (4) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,365) l (7) David Rice (GBR,489) 63 67(6) 67(7)
[QF] Divij Sharan (IND,878) l (2) James Ward (GBR,304) 36 16

Doubles
[SF] (1) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt (4) James Cluskey (IRL)/ Colin Ebelthite (AUS) 75 67(5) 10-6

[F] (1) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs (2) Barry King (IRL)/ Ashwin Kumar (USA)

Very close heart breaking loss for Vishnu ... Just couple of points here and there, Vishnu must be fired up for performing better in next 2 weeks ... But our pair in the final after very topsy-turvy match, they won in super tie-break ... In the final they r acing Ashwin Kumar and his Irish partner

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At 2010 Wimbledon Championship, London, England

Mens Doubles
[QF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam Qureshi (PAK) l Jurgen Melzer (AUT)/ Philipp Petzschner (GER) 46 67(3) 26

Mixed Doubles
[R3] (2) Leander Paes (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) bt Igor Zelenay (SVK)/ Alicja Rosolska (POL) 61 63

[QF] (2) Leander Paes (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) vs (12) Paul Hanley (AUS)/ Yung-Jan Chan (TPE)

Rohan and Aisam's good run at Wimbledon ended in quarter-final ... They found tough match-up in Melzer and Petzschner, who cn served big and hit deep powerful shots ... They broke Rohan and Aisam's serve in the first game of the match and that set tone of the match ... After winning second set in tie-break they didn't give much chance to Indo-Pak express in decider.

In mexed doubles 2nd seed Cara and Lee scored dominating victory to moved into quarters.
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At $15K Malaysia F2 Futures 2010, Kuala Lumpur

[QF] (5) Rohan GAJJAR (IND,472) bt (Q) Andrew THOMAS (AUS,1622) 36 76(3) 63
[QF] (4) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,443) bt (8) Murad INOYATOV (UZB,490) 26 76(2) 3-3 Retd

[SF] (5) Rohan GAJJAR (IND,472) vs (4) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,443)

Doubles
[SF] PRASHANTH (IND)/ VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) l (1) HENSEL (AUS)/ PROPOGGIA (AUS) 67(6) 46
[SF] (3) GAJJAR (IND)/ SHOKEEN (IND) l RUNGKAT (INA)/ THOMPSON (USA) 36 36

Rohan and Ranjeet produced almost identical comeback win after losing first set ... Experienced Inoyatov retired in third set before losing second in tie-break ... Rohan also won second set in tie-break after losing first set ... Now both r facing each other in the semis, so this week our one player will be in singles final at Malaysian futures.
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At $10K Great Britain F8, Manchester (Grass)

[R2] Divij Sharan (IND,878) bt (8) Josh Milton (GBR,536) 63 62
[R2] (4) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,365) bt Ashwin Kumar (USA,728) 57 76(5) 64

[QF] (4) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,365) vs (7) David Rice (GBR,489)
[QF] Divij Sharan (IND,878) vs (2) James Ward (GBR,304)

Doubles
[QF] (1) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt Kyle Brassington (GBR)/ Nicolas Rosenzweig (FRA) 76(5) 62

[SF] (1) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs (4) James Cluskey (IRL)/ Colin Ebelthite (AUS)

Both moved into quarters with contrasting win ... Divij scored dominating upset win over British seeded player, other hand Ashwin Kumar stretched Vishnu to fullest before Vishnu produced comeback win.

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At 2010 Wimbledon Championship, London England

Doubles
[R3] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam Qureshi (PAK) bt Lukas Lacko (SVK)/ Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) 75 76(4) 62
[R3] (4) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Max Mirnyi (BLR) l (16) Robert Lindstedt (SWE)/ Horia Tecau (ROU) 63 64 36 67(8) 6-8

Mixed Doubles
[R2] (2) Leander Paes (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) bt Martin Damm (CZE)/ Vladimira Uhlirova (CZE) 63 36 62

Good win, they dominated 3rd set breaking opponents twice after winning tight first 2 sets ... This is Rohan's first quarter-fial appearence in grand slam ... Also this quarter-final appearence will definetly push Rohan and Aisam's ranking inside top-40, Bops mostly move around top-35 ... Great work guys.

But Mahesh and Max wasn't that lucky ... They started well winning first 2 sets but gave chance to 's-Hertogenbosch doubles champion ... They won third set with break but Mahesh and Max lost chance of finishing match in 4th set and lost set in tie-break ... In decider they gave crucial break in 14th game, last game of the match ... And this Wimbledon turning into disappointed one ... Only notable performance by Rohan and Aisam.

In mixed doubles Lee and Cara having winning start ... Though they lost second set but dominated decider breaking opponents twice in decider.
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At$50K Winnetka Challenger,

[R1] (3) Somdev Devvarman (IND,103) l Lester Cook (USA,211) 64 36 46

This match was tricky match for Somi, who had 1-2 career record against Cook before this match ... Today Somi lost opportunity of scoring sounding win over Cook in straight sets ... After winning first set he was break up before losing focus ... Cook mounted superb comeback and managed to won next 2 sets to complete victory ... Other hand Somi struggled due to lack of consistency in his game.
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At $15K Malaysia F2 Futures 2010, Kuala Lumpur

[R1] (5) Rohan GAJJAR (IND,472) vs Peerakit SIRIBUTWONG (THA,796)
[R1] (4) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,443) vs (WC) Yew-Ming SI (MAS,1434)
[R1] Karan RASTOGI (IND,496) vs (7) Ervin ELESKOVIC (SWE,485)
[R1] N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,789) vs Dane PROPOGGIA (AUS,613)
[R1] Yannick NELORD (IND,791) vs (Q) Ruan ROELOFSE (RSA,974)
[R1] (Q) Karunuday SINGH (IND,930) vs Nikala SCHOLTZ (RSA,897)

Doubles
[R1] MALIK (IND)/ SINGH (IND) l BRITTON (USA)/ RUCKELSHAUSEN (AUT) 26 62 7-10
[R1] PRASHANTH (IND)/ VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) bt LEONG (SOL)/ SIRILUETHAIWATTANA (THA) 62 46 12-10
[R1] (3) GAJJAR (IND)/ SHOKEEN (IND) bt HUANG (TPE)/ NELORD (IND) 62 63

[QF] PRASHANTH (IND)/ VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) vs (4) AN (KOR)/ WACHIRAMANOWONG (THA)
[QF] (3) GAJJAR (IND)/ SHOKEEN (IND) vs INOYATOV (UZB)/ STARKOV (RUS)

Our five player reached into final qualifying but only Karunuday managed to qualify and Vijayant gave fight in his match.

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At 2010 Wimbledon Championship, London England

Doubles
[R2] (4) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Max Mirnyi (BLR) bt Jamie Delgado (GBR)/ Joshua Goodall (GBR) 63 64 64
[R2] (3) Lukas Dlouhy (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) l Lukas Lacko (SVK)/ Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) 36 36 75 64 57
[R2] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam Qureshi (PAK) bt Philipp Marx (GER)/ Igor Zelenay (SVK) 67(6) 64 64 46 13-11
[R2] Sania Mirza (IND)/ Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) l (11) Cara Black (ZIM)/ Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) 67(0) 36

[R3] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam Qureshi (PAK) vs Lukas Lacko (SVK)/ Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR)
[R3] (4) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Max Mirnyi (BLR) vs (16) Robert Lindstedt (SWE)/ Horia Tecau (ROU)

Mixed Doubles
[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Anastasia Rodionova (AUS) l Eric Butorac (USA)/ Olga Govortsova (BLR) 67(4) 46
[R1] Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK)/ Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) l Bob Bryan (USA)/ Lindsay Davenport (USA) 67(3) 36

[R2] (3) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Liezel Huber (USA) l Dmitry Tursunov (RUS)/ Vera Dushevina(RUS) 26 63 36
[R2] (2) Leander Paes (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) vs Martin Damm (CZE)/ Vladimira Uhlirova (CZE)

Somewhat disappointing performance by our players ... Shocking defeat was of Lee and Lukas, who tried their comeback after losing first 2 sets but In decider gave crucial break to their opponents to bowed out in second round ... Mahesh and Max scored easy straight sets victory over British wild-card pair ... But most impressive win scored by Rohan and Aisam against experienced pair where they won decider 13-11.

But in mixed doubles Rohan and Aisam lost in the first round ... Then Mahesh also lost in second round with American Liezel Huber.
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At $50K+H Reggio Emilia Challenger, Italy

[F] (2) Purav Raja (IND)/ Sadik Kadir (AUS) l (1) Phillipp Oswald (AUT)/ Martin Slanar (AUT) 26 75 6-10

[SF] (2) Purav Raja (IND)/ Sadik Kadir (AUS) bt (4) Alex Bogomolov Jr (USA)/ Ricardo Hocevar (BRA) 62 64

Terific run in doubles continued for Purav and Sadik ... Again they performed as per their ranking ... After winning semi-final convincingly they lost in the final in super tie-break ... In the final after losing first set they fought hard and win second set ... But in super tie-break their Austrian opponents were strong.
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At$35K Marburg Challenger, Germany

[SF] (WC) NARAYANASWAMY Srirambalaji (IND)/ RIESCHICK Sebastian (GER) l BACHINGER Matthias (GER)/ GREMELMAYR Denis (GER) 46 67(1)

So good run of wild-card pair ended in the semis.
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At $15K+H France F9 Futures 2010, Toulon

[F] (3) Ashwin KUMAR (USA)/ Rupesh ROY (IND) l (4) Philip BESTER (CAN)/ Jonathan EYSSERIC (FRA) 36 46

Rupesh and Ashwin failed to win title in France.

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At 2010 Wimbledon Championship, London England

Doubles
[R1] (4) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Max Mirnyi (BLR) bt Maximo Gonzalez (ARG)/ Sebastian Prieto (ARG) 75 61 75

[R2] (4) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Max Mirnyi (BLR) vs Jamie Delgado (GBR)/ Joshua Goodall (GBR)
[R2] (3) Lukas Dlouhy (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs Lukas Lacko (SVK)/ Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR)
[R2] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam Qureshi (PAK) vs Philipp Marx (GER)/ Igor Zelenay (SVK)

After winning c;lose first set Mahesh and Max won second set easily breaking Argentine pair's serve twice ... In third set they take crucial break to complete their victory in straight sets.
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At $50K+H Reggio Emilia Challenger, Italy

[QF] (2) Purav Raja (IND)/ Sadik Kadir (AUS) bt Uladzimir Ignatik (BLR)/ Peter Polansky (CAN) 64 63

[SF] (2) Purav Raja (IND)/ Sadik Kadir (AUS) vs (4) Alex Bogomolov Jr (USA)/ Ricardo Hocevar (BRA)

Really very impressive consistency in these challengers from Purav and Sadik.
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At$35K Marburg Challenger, Germany

[QF] (WC) NARAYANASWAMY Srirambalaji (IND)/ RIESCHICK Sebastian (GER) bt (3) CRUGNOLA Marco (ITA)/ VAGNOZZI Simone (ITA) 76(6) 2-0 (Retd due to injury to right ankle of Crugnola)

[SF] (WC) NARAYANASWAMY Srirambalaji (IND)/ RIESCHICK Sebastian (GER) vs BACHINGER Matthias (GER)/ GREMELMAYR Denis (GER)

Srirambalaji is in semis with his German partner ... His first doubles semi-final appearance on challenger level ... Srirambalaji and Sebastian won first set in tie-break ... In second set when they were break up their seeded opponent pair conceded match due to injury.
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At $15K+H France F9 Futures 2010, Toulon

[SF] (3) Ashwin KUMAR (USA)/ Rupesh ROY (IND) bt Aleksandr AGAFONOV (UKR)/ Tak Khunn WANG (FRA) 63 64

[F] (3) Ashwin KUMAR (USA)/ Rupesh ROY (IND) vs (4) Philip BESTER (CAN)/ Jonathan EYSSERIC (FRA)

So with straight sets victory Rupesh and Ashwin r in doubles final.

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At 2010 Wimbledon Championship, London, England

Mixed Doubles
[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Anastasia Rodionova (AUS) vs Eric Butorac (USA)/ Olga Govortsova (BLR)
[R1] (3) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Liezel Huber (USA) bye
[R1] (2) Leander Paes (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) bye
[R1] Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK)/ Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) vs Bob Bryan (USA)/ Lindsay Davenport (USA)

Mixed doubles draw is out ... Lee and Mahesh are in bottom draw ... If Rohan wins his first round in mixed doubles then he face 11th seed pair, Wesley Moodie and Lisa Raymond.
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At $15K Malaysia F1 Futures 2010, Kuala Lumpur

[QF] Karan RASTOGI (IND,496) l (1) Young-Jun KIM (KOR,291) 46 06

Doubles
[SF] (4) GAJJAR (IND)/ SHOKEEN (IND) l (1) YANG (TPE)/ YI (TPE) 16 46

Karan didn't manage to put much fight in second set against top-see Korean ... Also our pair lost in doubles semi against top-seeds.

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At 2010 Wimbledon Championship, London England

Doubles
[R1] (3) Lukas Dlouhy (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt Rik De Voest (RSA)/ Mischa Zverev (GER) 76(4) 64 63
[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam Qureshi (PAK) bt (Q) Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Treat Conrad Huey (PHI) 36 75 63 76(6)
[R1] Sania Mirza (IND)/ Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) bt Anne Keothavong (GBR)/ Melanie South (GBR) 64 61

Good fighting performance by Treat and Somi but after losing first set Rohan and Aisam won next tight 3 sets to scored first round victory ... Lee and Lukas started with straight sets victory after winning first set in tie-break ... New pair of Sania and Caroline having easy winning start against local pair.

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At 2010 Wimbledon Championship, London England

[R1] (Q) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Ilija Bozoljac (SRB) l Juan Ignacio Chela (ARG)/ Eduardo Schwank (ARG) 36 46 26

Was hoping win aginst clay courters but in end they proved too strong for qualifiers ... So though result wasn't in favor of Harsh and Bozol but I m still proud that he got chance of playing at Wimbledon maindraw ... I m really hoping he and Bozol plan to play few more tournaments.
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At $50K womens ITF tournament , Boston, USA

[Q1] (7) Shikha UBEROI (IND,649) bt Samantha POWERS (USA,999) 62 61
[Q2] (7) Shikha UBEROI (IND,649) bt Carmen SANDOR (CAN,UNR) 61 60

[Q3] (7) Shikha UBEROI (IND,649) vs (3) Tamaryn HENDLER (BEL,450)

Doubles
[R1] Shikha UBEROI (IND)/ Macall HARKINS (USA) vs Madison BRENGLE (USA)/ Asia MUHAMMED (USA)

These days Shikha is winning these matches easily ... She is again showing performance like top-400 player, hoping win for her in the final qualifying round ... In doubles she is partnering Macall Harkins.

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At 2010 Wimbledon Championship, London England

[R1] Sania Mirza (IND,111) l Angelique Kerber (GER,54) 46 16

Though disappointing but expected loss of Sania ... Was hoping more fighting performance from her but after giving some fight in the first set she didn't give any trouble to Kerber in second set.

Sania broke Kerber in the first game of the match and take 2-0 lead but Kerber broke back immediately to make it 2-all ... In 9th game Sania had break point chance which she missed and Kerber broke her in 10th game to won firt set ... In second set Kerber was too strong for Sania and lost only 1 game to win match.
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At $50K+H Reggio Emilia Challenger, Italy (Red clay)

[R1] (2) Purav Raja (IND)/ Sadik Kadir (AUS) bt Federico Gaio (ITA)/ Alessandro Giannessi (ITA) 67(4) 62 10-8

[QF] (2) Purav Raja (IND)/ Sadik Kadir (AUS) vs Uladzimir Ignatik (BLR)/ Peter Polansky (CAN)

Good comeback win by Purav and Sadik after losing first set against local pair.
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At $15K Malaysia F1 Futures 2010, Kuala Lumpur

[R1] Karan RASTOGI (IND,496) bt (8) Rohan GAJJAR (IND,472) 62 26 63
[R1] (Q) Karunuday SINGH (IND,930) bt (3) Junn MITSUHASHI (JPN,408) 64 26 63
[R1] (7) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,443) bt (WC) Yew-Ming SI (MAS,1434) 60 64
[R1] (Q) Kaza Vinayak SHARMA (IND,1415) bt (Q) Devin BRITTON (USA,1119) 76(6) 63

[R2] Karan RASTOGI (IND,496) vs (Q) Andrew THOMAS (AUS,1622)
[R2] (Q) Karunuday SINGH (IND,930) vs Murad INOYATOV (UZB,490)
[R2] (7) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,443) vs Nathan THOMPSON (USA,537)
[R2] (Q) Kaza Vinayak SHARMA (IND,1415) vs (6) Kaden HENSEL (AUS,432)
[R2] Yannick NELORD (IND,791) vs (2) Tsung-Hua YANG (TPE,313)

Superb win by Karunuday against top-400 type Japanese player, who was top-300 last year ... Karan again scored win over Gajjar in 3 sets ... Our players facing some tricky opponents in second round.
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At $15K+H France F9 Futures 2010, Toulon (Red clay)

[R1] (6) Rupesh ROY (IND,468) vs (WC) Jerome SCIARRINO (FRA,UNR)

Doubles
[R1] (3) Ashwin KUMAR (USA)/ Rupesh ROY (IND) bt Sebastian CURTIS (AUS)/ Tomas WILLIS (AUS) 64 62
[QF] (3) Ashwin KUMAR (USA)/ Rupesh ROY (IND) vs Didier LANNE (FRA)/ Sebastian SERRANO (COL)

This week Rupesh is 6th seed in singles, hopefully he will performance as per his ranking on the clay.

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At 2010 Wimbledon Championship, London England


[R1] Sania Mirza (IND,113) vs Angelique Kerber (GER,55)

Doubles
[R1] (3) Lukas Dlouhy (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs Rik De Voest (RSA)/ Mischa Zverev (GER)
[R1] (4) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Max Mirnyi (BLR) vs Maximo Gonzalez (ARG)/ Sebastian Prieto (ARG)
[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam Qureshi (PAK) vs (Q) Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Treat Conrad Huey (PHI)
[R1] (Q) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Ilija Bozoljac (SRB) vs Juan Ignacio Chela (ARG)/ Eduardo Schwank (ARG)
[R1] Sania Mirza (IND)/ Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) vs Anne Keothavong (GBR)/ Melanie South (GBR)

If Sania wins first round then she plays either Shahar Peer or Ana Ivanovic in R2.

Decent draw for our pairs ... Sad to see Rohana and Somi facing eachother in the first round with their respective partners ... Tricky match for Rohan and Aisam ... Sania find good partner in Wozniacki but facing tricky local opponents.
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At $450K Unicef Open, s'Hertogenbosch, Netherlands

[SF] (1) Lukas Dlouhy (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt Scott Lipsky (USA)/ Benjamin Becker (GER) 76(3) 61

[F] (1) Lukas Dlouhy (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs (4) Robert Lindstedt (SWE)/ Horia Tecau (ROU)

After winning first set in tie-break Lee and Lukas won second set comfortably to moved into the final.

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At 2010 Wimbledon Championship, London England

[Q3] Prakash Amritraj (IND,292) l Bernard Tomic ( AUS,252) 67(7) 36 46

Doubles
[Q2] Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Treat Conrad Huey (PHI) bt (1) Tomasz Bednarek (POL)/ Mateusz Kowalczyk (POL) 76(8) 75

First set was very close, Prkash was serving well ... But Tomic dominated tie-break to won first set ... In second set Tomic take crucial service break in 6th game to won second set ... Was hoping comeback from Kash, but Tomic proved too strong and wrapped match in straight sets.

Somi and Treat were matching Poles from the start, they also created breaking opportunities but failed to break ... In tie-break they saved 3 set points from 3-6 down before winning hard fought first set ... In second set went on serve until 6-5 before Somi and Treat breaking Poles serve to qualify for maindraw.

So this year 5 Indians in Wimbledon doubles maindraw ... Leander Paes, Mahesh Bhupathi, Rohan Bopanna, Harsh Mankad and Somdev Devvarman.
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At $450K Unicef Open, s'Hertogenbosch, Netherlands

[QF] (1) Lukas Dlouhy (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt (WC) Thiemo deBakker (NED)/ Robin Haase (NED) 75 63

[SF] (1) Lukas Dlouhy (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs Scott Lipsky (USA)/ Benjamin Becker (GER)

Not had near perfect match, had 8 double faults ... Lee and Lukas served broken 3 times but they broke opponents 8 times to scored straight sets victory.
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At $10K Indonesia F3 Futures, Tegal

[QF] Vivek SHOKEEN (IND,966) l (1) Young-Jun KIM (KOR,289) 16 26
[QF] (4) Rohan GAJJAR (IND,470) l (Q) Ilia STARKOV (RUS,1231) 46 16
[QF] (3) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,439) l (8) Sergei KROTIOUK (RUS,573) 46 06

Doubles
[SF] KROTIOUK (RUS)/ MARQUIS (IND) l (1) DOAKMAIKLEE (THA)/ WACHIRAMANOWONG (THA) 26 46
[SF] (4) MALIK (IND)/ SHOKEEN (IND) l RUNGKAT (INA)/ THOMPSON (USA) 16 26

Scoreline told us bad for Indians.

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At 2010 Wimbledon Championship, London England

[Q2] Prakash Amritraj (IND,292) bt Marinko Matosevic (AUS,218) 26 63 63

[Q3] Prakash Amritraj (IND,292) Vs Bernard Tomic ( AUS,252)

Doubles
[Q1] Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Treat Conrad Huey (PHI) bt (7) Yves Allegro (SUI)/ Prakash Amritraj (IND) 67(3) 63 62

[Q2] (8) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Ilija Bozoljac (SRB) bt Alexander Peya (AUT)/ Bjorn Phau (GER) 76(5) 64
[Q2] Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Treat Conrad Huey (PHI) vs (1) Tomasz Bednarek (POL)/ Mateusz Kowalczyk (POL)

In doubles final qualifying round, first set Harsh and Bozol were early break down ... But in 10th game when Peya was serving for the set they saved 2 set points before breaking his serve and then take first set in tie-break ... In second set also match was close, but Harsh and Bozol take crucial break breaking Phau's serve in 5th game and then hold their respective service games to won set and match ... So after 13 yrs playing at junior Wimbledon Harsh is going to play his first match at Wimbledon.

Prakash started tentatively against Marinko Matosevic and Marinko take full advantage of that winning first set with 2 breaks ... But from second set Prkash started to control the game and won next 2 sets to moved into final qualifying ... He meet another Aussie but this time young talented Bernard Tomic.

In doubles qualifying first round match in the first set both pairs were playing very good match ... Somi and Treat were matching game with Prakash and Allegro, but in tie-breal Kash and Allegro run away to win it comfortably ... But from second set Somi and Treat played excellent tennis and win it with a break .. In decider they dominated from the start and winning it after couple of breaks ... In the final qualifying they r facing top-seed Poles.
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At $15K+H France F8 Futures 2010, Blois

[QF] (2) Ashwin KUMAR (USA)/ Rupesh ROY (IND) l Pierre-Hugues HERBERT (FRA)/ Xavier PUJO (FRA) 62 26 6-10

Lost in super tie-break against local pair.
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At $10K Indonesia F3 Futures, Tegal

[R2] N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,815) l (1) Young-Jun KIM (KOR,289) 16 67(7)
[R2] Vivek SHOKEEN (IND,966) bt Vijayant MALIK (IND,872) 62 62
[R2] (4) Rohan GAJJAR (IND,470) bt Michal KONECNY (CZE,990) 76(4) 63
[R2] (6) Karan RASTOGI (IND,493) l (Q) Ilia STARKOV (RUS,1231) 46 36
[R2] (3) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,439) bt Nikala SCHOLTZ (RSA,887) 62 75

[QF] Vivek SHOKEEN (IND,966) vs (1) Young-Jun KIM (KOR,289)
[QF] (4) Rohan GAJJAR (IND,470) vs (Q) Ilia STARKOV (RUS,1231)
[QF] (3) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,439) vs (8) Sergei KROTIOUK (RUS,573)

Doubles
[QF] KROTIOUK (RUS)/ MARQUIS (IND) bt PERANAMALLUR (IND)/ PRASHANTH (IND) 64 60
[QF] (4) MALIK (IND)/ SHOKEEN (IND) bt KARPOV (RUS)/ STARKOV (RUS) 63 06 10-3
[QF] HUANG (TPE)/ SINGH (IND) l RUNGKAT (INA)/ THOMPSON (USA) 16 26

Surprising loss for Karan, otherwise good performance by Vivek, Ranjeet and Rohan to moved into quarters.

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At 2010 Wimbledon Championship, London England

[Q2] (3) Somdev Devvarman (IND,104) l Ryler DeHeart (USA,228) 26 76(2) 36

Doubles
[Q1] (8) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Ilija Bozoljac (SRB) bt Thiago Alves (BRA)/ Joao Souza (BRA) 63 76(5)

[Q2] (8) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Ilija Bozoljac (SRB) vs Alexander Peya (AUT)/ Bjorn Phau (GER)

In this match Somi was struggling with his serve from the start ... Ryler take full advantage of it breaking Somi in 1st and 3rd games and pocked first set easily ... In second set also Somi was struggling, Ryler broke him in 3rd game to take lead, but Somi broke back when Ryler was serving for the match at 4-5 to take set in tie-break ... In tie-break Somi was mini-break down at 0-2 before winning next 7 points to won second set ... Did superb fight back!

But in third set also his struggle with service game continued ... He saved 2 break point each in 2nd and 4th service games but Ryler broke him in 6th game to take 2-4 lead ... Then Somi tried to break back but Ryler didn't give him much chance ... When Ryler serving for the match at 3-5 Somi take game to duece and had advantage but failed to take break and lost the match.

Good straight sets victory by Harsh and Bozol in doubles qualifying ... So now they r a win away from maindraw entry but having tricky pair in experienced Peya and Phau.

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At 2010 Wimbledon Championship, London England

[Q1] (3) Somdev Devvarman (IND,104) bt Guillaume Rufin (FRA,174) 62 62
[Q1] Prakash Amritraj (IND,292) bt Dieter Kindlmann (GER,154) 63 64

[Q2] (3) Somdev Devvarman (IND,104) vs Ryler DeHeart (USA,228)
[Q2] Prakash Amritraj (IND,292) vs Marinko Matosevic (AUS,218)

Good start by Somi and Kash against base-liners, their both opponents had good record on the clay and hard courts but our guys were showed superiority on the grass ... Solid wins.
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At $450K Unicef Open, s'Hertogenbosch, Netherlands

[R1] (1) Lukas Dlouhy (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt Florent Serra (FRA)/ Kristof Vliegen (BEL) 61 67(5) 10-6

Good to see winning start on the grass for Lee and Lukas though in super tie-break.
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At $600K WTA AEGON International, Eatbourne, Great Britain

[Q3] (8) Sania MIRZA (IND,113) l Ekaterina MAKAROVA (RUS,100) 46 36

Match was tough but was hoping more fighting performance from Sania.

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At 2010 Wimbledon Championship, London England

Singles Qualifying
[Q1] (3) Somdev Devvarman (IND,104) vs Guillaume Rufin (FRA,174)
[Q1] Prakash Amritraj (IND,292) vs Dieter Kindlmann (GER,154)

Doubles Qualifying
[Q1] (7) Yves Allegro (SUI)/ Prakash Amritraj (IND) vs Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Treat Conrad Huey (PHI)
[Q1] (8) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Ilija Bozoljac (SRB) vs Thiago Alves (BRA)/ Joao Souza (BRA)

Terrific news that atlast Harsh getting chance of playing Wimbledon doubles qualifying with decent partner and importantly as seeded pair they r having winnable first round ... Prakash find solid doubles specialist in Allegro but Somi and Treat having tough first round against them.

In singles our both players having decent draw, hopefully they make winning start.