Aisam Qureshi beat Korea's An Jae Sung in the final to capture his first ATP Challenger title.
Top seeds Wesley Moodie and Rik de Voest of South Africa beat second seeds Rohan Bopanna and Aisam Qureshi 6-4, 7-6 (4) in the final of the US $50,000 ATP Challenger in New Delhi on Friday.
Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul Haq Qureshi are on course for their fifth ATP Challenger title in five months after a hard-fought 7-6(10), 7-6(4) victory over Benjamin Balleret and Sebastien de Chaunac in the semi-finals in Delhi on Thursday. For Qureshi, it was double delight as he also scored an upset 6-2, 6-3 victory over top seed Ivo Minar of the Czech Republic in the singles quarter-finals.
The India-Pakistan pair beat Adrian Cruciat of Romania and Adrian Menendez of Spain to make the grade in the ONGC ATP Challenger.
The Indo-Pakistani duo lost to the top seeded Australian-South African pair of Stephen Huss and Wesley Moodie 7-6(10), 6-3 at the $150,000 Malaysian Open ATP Challenger tournament in Kuala Lumpur .
Rohan Bopanna and Aisam Qureshi edged out second seeds Sanchai and Sonchat Ratiwatana in the match tie-break to enter the final of the Malaysia Open.
After conceding the first leg, Pakistan hit back strongly to go 1-0 up against India in the bilateral tennis series.
Vivek Shokeen defeated Aqeel Khan to give India a 1-0 lead in the second edition of the India-Pakistan tennis series.
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.
India's Rohan Bopanna and Pakistan's Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi will resume their partnership at the US $416,000 ATP Mumbai Open, at the Cricket Club of India from September 24 to 30.
The winner of the quarter-final between Bhupathi-Mario Ancic and Paes-Aisam Qureshi, who were slated to meet Gremelmayr and compatriot Simon Greul, will receive a walkover into the final.
The US-based Indian player lost 4-6, 4-6 to China's Zi Yan in the final qualifying round of the US Open.
The Indo-Pak duo beat Alberto Francis and Phillip King 6-3, 2-6, 10-5 in the final.
The Indian went down fighting 7-6 (1), 7-6 (3) to Czech Republic's seventh seed Jan Hernych.
The 20-year-old Hyderabadi maintained her doubles ranking of 26.
The Indo-Pak Express knocked out Algerian Ouahab and Spaniard Vicente 6-3 6-4 in the semifinals.
Michel Kratochvil beat him in the USD 125,000 ATP Challenger Series in Segovia, Spain.
The Indo-Pak pair continued their winning run to enter the final eight of the Challenger in Spain.
They outplayed Ghouse and Goodall in the summit clash of the USD 25,000 ATP Challenger tennis event in Nottingham.
The Indo-Pakistan duo beat top seeds Harel Levy of Israel and Lars Burgsmuller of Germany in the semi-finals.
The Indo-Paki pair overcame a tough challenge from Olivier Charroin and Thomas Oger of France in the quarter-finals of the Nottingham Challenger.
Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza and her Swiss partner Martina Hingis continued to display their rampaging form as they extended their winning streak to 32 after progressing through to the third round of the Australian Open in the women's doubles event on Saturday.
The Indian youngster shocked the Pakistani second seed in the US $25,000 ATP Challenger.
The Indian Davis Cupper shocked fifth seed Brunc Echagaray of Mexico in the quarter-finals.
Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul Haq Qureshi entered the doubles semi-finals, beating Dominiq Meffert and Simon Stadler of Germany in the US $25,000 ATP Challenger in Manchester.
Pakistan's Aisam Qureshi was also beaten in the quarter-finals, an the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships.
They were knocked out by top seeds Wesley Moodie and Fabrice Santoro at the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships in Newport.
Fifth seeds Sania Mirza and Cara Black cantered into the second round, even as the duo of Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi were shown the door in the men's doubles, at the French Open, in Paris, on Thursday.
The Indian wild card beat Serbian Ilia Bozolijac in the first round of Hall of Fame Championships.
Gunning for yet another Grand Slam title, India's old war horse Leander Paes and his Czech partner Radek Stepanek have been seeded fifth at the Australian Open and they will open their campaign against Czech pair of Lukas Dlouhy and Lukas Rosol.
The 27-year-old beat fourth seed Frank Dancevic of Canada to qualify for the grass court Grand Slam.
'We did not want India to either default or forfeit this tie'
The Indian Davis Cupper lost 2-6, 4-6 to Janko Tipsarevic in the final of the Bukhara Challenger.
Following consistent performances on tour, the Pakistan ace has risen to a career-high of 129 in the ATP rankings.
The 'Indo-Pak Express' defeated the French duo of David Guez and Nicolas Tourte 6-2, 7-6(1) in the quarter-finals of the ATP Challenger in Bronx.
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