Wild card Prakash Amritraj went down fighting to qualifier Alexandre Kudryavtsev of Russia in a tough three-set duel as the Indian challenge ended in the singles main draw at the Chennai Open.
The most un-Indian Indian Rajeev Ram could end up providing the only local flavour at the Chennai Open.
Italian tennis player Stefano Galvani defended his compatriots caught in the betting scandal, saying that the ATP was only making an example out of them.
Youzhny beat Vanek 6-3, 6-2 to set up a second round clash with France's Edouard Roger-Vasselin, who disposed off Indian wildcard Vishnu Vardhan 6-1, 6-2.
Malisse, coming back from a wrist injury, took off from where he had left last year to beat Luxembourg's Gilles Muller 6-4, 6-3 in the first round of the Chennai Open at the SDAT stadium, Nungambakkam on Monday.
The Pakistani tennis ace had to miss out on the Chennai Open singles qualifying and did not have a doubles partner to choose from.
"I don't think I can ever win all four Grand Slams in a year," the Spaniard said on the eve of the ATP tournament in Chennai.
Leander Paes didn't say in as many words that he will team up with estranged partner Mahesh Bhupathi for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, but admitted that Bhupathi is the obvious choice for the mega event.
Move over Baichung Bhutia. 23-year-old Sunil Chhetri is the new face of Indian soccer.
Air India physio Sue Fernandes is the only lady on an Indian football team.
Ace batsman Sachin Tendulkar was seen in a new role when he recited his late father and renowned Marathi poet Ramesh Tendulkar's poem at a function in Mumbai.
Mahesh Ramchandran and Girdhari Yadav gave India its first ever gold medal at the Military World Games when they won the Enterprise Class in Mumbai on Friday.
The Indo-Pak pair went down to third seeds Jarkko Nieminen of Finland and Sweden's Robert Lindstedt in the doubles final at the Kingfisher Airlines Mumbai Open.
The Indo-Pakistan duo will take on third seeds Jarkko Nieminen of Finland and Robert Lindstedt in the championship round.
Top seed Richard Gasquet easily beat fellow-Frenchman Fabrice Santoro while Belgian Olivier Rochus got the better of Rainer Schuettler in the semi-finals at the Kingfisher Airlines Mumbai Open.
Former world No 1 and second seed Lleyton Hewitt was shocked by the 143-ranked German in the quarter-finals of the Mumbai Open.
Top seed Richard Gasquet needed 41 minutes to beat Fognini and set up a clash with eighth seed Stefan Koubek at the Mumbai Open.
A back injury forced the Indian ace to withdraw from the doubles draw.
The Aussie ace, one of the title favourites at the Mumbai Open, overcame tenacious Taipei qualifier Ti Chen 6-3, 6-3 to set up a contest against Boris Pashanski of Serbia.
From linesman at Wimbledon to chair umpire for more than 25 years, Gerry Armstrong, now ATP Supervisor at the Kingfisher Airlines Open in Mumbai, has come a long way.
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