Prakash Amritraj and his American partner Alex Kuznetsov scripted a come-from-behind win to advance to the doubles quarter-finals in the US $50,000 ATP Challenger in Calabasas, United States. The fourth seeded Indo-US pair defeated the local duo of Rylan Rizza and Kaes Van't Hof 6-7(1), 6-2, 10-8 in the first round on Monday night.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Wednesday
Smoke-induced interruptions likely at season's first grand slam.
Somdev Devvarman made a shocking first round exit from the ATP Challenger tennis event in Binghamton following a straight sets defeat at the hands of Sergei Bubka even as Prakash Amritraj made a brilliant comeback to advance to the next level. In the doubles event, fourth seeds Harsh Mankad and his American partner David Martin advanced to the quarter-finals after a hard-earned win over wild card pair of Laurynas Grigelis and Andrea Stoppini.
Sounding warning bells for South Africa ahead of the upcoming Davis Cup tie, Somdev Devvarman beat Izak Van der Merwe in straight sets to storm into the semi-finals of the US $75,000 ATP Challenger event in Aptos. The Indian beat the South African Davis Cupper 6-4, 6-2 in the quarter-final of the hard court event on Friday.
Indian Davis Cupper Prakash Amritraj continued his sizzling form to storm into the quarter-finals of the US $ 75000 ATP Challenger tournament in Aptos after posting a convincing straight sets win. Prakash, who had knocked out top seed Amer Delic in the first round, beat American wild card Phillip Simmonds 6-4, 6-2 in the second round.
Prakash Amritraj and Harsh Mankad finished runners-up at ATP Challenger doubles events. Mankad and his American partner Kaes Van't Hof lost the final of the US $50,000 Sarasota Open in Longboat Key, United States, 2-6, 4-6 to second seeds Victor Estrella of the Dominican Republic and Santiago Gonzalez of Mexico while at the euro 64,000 Izmir Cup in Turkey. Prakash and his American partner Rajeev Ram lost 3-6, 3-6 to top seed Israelis Jonathan Erlich and Harel Levy.
Argentina's former world number three Guillermo Coria has quit tennis at the age of 27 because he has lost motivation.
India had a mixed day at the US $50,000 ATP Challenger event in Tallahassee as Prakash Amritraj advanced to the second round but Somdev Devvarman crashed out of the tournament. Amritraj had to dig deep into his reserves to beat local wild card Michael McClune 6-7 (3), 7-5, 7-6 (3) in his opening round. Somdev made an early exit after losing his first round match 3-6, 3-6 against Australian Marinkc Matosevic.
Harsh Mankad and Scott Oudsema had to be content with a runners-up finish at the ATP Challenger event at Louisiana in United States after losing the valiantly fought final against top seeded American pair of Bobby Reynolds and Rajeev Ram.
Somdev Devvarman and Harsh Mankad reached the doubles semi-finals of the USD 50,000 ATP Challenger event in the United States after registering contrasting victories.
National champion Ashutosh Singh tamed the ill-tempered Alexandre Kudryavtsev in the first round of the ATP Challenger in New Delhi.
Top seeds Rohan Bopanna and Aisam Qureshi went down fighting in straight sets to third seeded Russian pair of Michail Elgin and Alexandre Kudryavtsev in the semi-final of the LTAT-SAT Bangkok Open ATP Challenger in Bangkok on Saturday.
India's numero uno tennis player Somdev Devvarman and US-based Prakash Amritraj crashed out out in the opening round of the $ 50,000 ATP Challenger, while compatriot Rohan Bopanna entered the second round of the hard court event in Bangkok on Tuesday.
The top seeded Indian pair of Divij Sharan and Purav Raja reached their first final of the season together after overcoming a fighting combo of Toshihide Matsui and Danai Udomchoke in straight sets in the ATP Kyoto Challenger event on Friday.
India's Davis Cup coach Nandan Bal says despite losing in both his matches, Somdev Devvarman was the find of the tie against Romania.
India's second seeds Purav Raja and Divij Sharan were upset in straight sets in the final of the Tashkent Challenger by the unseeded Russian pairing of Mikhail Elgin and Teymuraz Gabashvili, in Tashkent, on Saturday.
Former doubles world No. 1 Leander Paes was recently elected to receive the Ultimate Honour in Tennis - induction into the International Tennis Hall of Fame - as the Class of 2024.
Sunil Kumar Sipaeya was the only Indian player to advance to the second round of the $ 50,000 ATP challenger tournament in New Delhi on Monday as his compatriots Ashutosh Singh and Yuki Bhambri failed to cross the first hurdle.
Somdev Devvarman entered the final of the Lexington Challenger after Xavier Malisse retired from the semi-final with an injury.
He was beaten by Arvind Parmar of Great Britain in the
Somdev Devvarman beat USA's Bobby Reynolds 6-7, 7-5, 6-4 in the second round at the Lexington Challenger.
The Indo-Pak combo have decided to extend their partnership till the year's last Grand Slam event.
The top seeded pair was shocked by Americans Andy Roddick and Mardy Fish in the first round of the Indianapolis Tennis Championships.
Rohan Bopanna and Uruguay's Pablo Cuevas lost to Raemon Sluiter and Peter Wessels in the final of the Siemens Open on Sunday.
The Indian pair of Harsh Mankad and Ashutosh Singh pulled off an upset and tamed second seeds Adam Feeney and Purav Raja in straight sets to move into the final of the men's doubles event in the ATP Challenger tennis tournament in New Delhi on Thursday
Indian players made a positive start at the ATP Nottingham Challenger event as Somdev Devvarman recorded victory in singles while Divij Sharan and Purav Raja advanced to the doubles quarter-finals in Nottingham.
Earlier this year, Jennifer Lopez and Shakira took the honors in a halftime show of girl power and Latina strength. Previous performers have included Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Prince and the Rolling Stones.
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 .
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Saturday
Indian Davis Cupper Vishnu Vardhan squandered a set lead to go down fighting against Denys Mulchanov of Ukraine in the pre-quarterfinals of the $125000 Tashkent Challenger on Wednesday.
It will be the second consecutive final for Paes and Angel, who also reached the final at Montrrey Challenger last week, ending runners-up to Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan and Marcelo Arevalo.
The Indian Davis Cupper lost 2-6, 4-6 to Janko Tipsarevic in the final of the Bukhara Challenger.
The Indian went down fighting 7-6 (1), 7-6 (3) to Czech Republic's seventh seed Jan Hernych.
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 Indian youngster shocked the Pakistani second seed in the US $25,000 ATP Challenger.
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.
While Karan Rastogi was beaten 6-2, 6-2 by Lukasz Kubot in the first round of the Dharwad ATP Challenger
