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Tennis Round-up: Paes in Santo Domingo Open final

Tennis Round-up: Paes in Santo Domingo Open final

Rediff.com13 Oct 2018

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.

Bopanna beats Qureshi to make semis in Manchester

Bopanna beats Qureshi to make semis in Manchester

Rediff.com21 Jul 2007

The Indian youngster shocked the Pakistani second seed in the US $25,000 ATP Challenger.

Bopanna-Qureshi in semis

Bopanna-Qureshi in semis

Rediff.com20 Jul 2007

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.

Amritraj, Bopanna in second round

Amritraj, Bopanna in second round

Rediff.com26 Apr 2006

While Karan Rastogi was beaten 6-2, 6-2 by Lukasz Kubot in the first round of the Dharwad ATP Challenger

Amritraj, Bopanna win easy

Amritraj, Bopanna win easy

Rediff.com18 Apr 2006

India's Prakash Amritraj, Rohan Bopanna and Karan Rastogi advanced to the second round of the Chikmagalur Challenger

Amritraj advances in Calabasas Challenger

Amritraj advances in Calabasas Challenger

Rediff.com16 Oct 2008

The Indian Davis Cupper made it to the quarter-finals in the singles and doubles. In singles he beat Ivan Miranda of Peru 6-4, 6-3, while in doubles he teamed with Alex Kuznetsov to defeat Colin Ebelthite of Australia and Peter Polansky of Canada 6-2, 4-6, 11-9.

Bhambri goes down fighting to Thompson in Chennai Open final

Bhambri goes down fighting to Thompson in Chennai Open final

Rediff.com17 Feb 2018

Yuki Bhambri went down fighting to top seed Australia's Jordan Thompson 5-7, 6-3, 5-7 in the singles final of the Chennai Open ATP Challenger, in Chennai, on Saturday.

'Being born into a sporting family legacy was a daunting realization'

'Being born into a sporting family legacy was a daunting realization'

Rediff.com20 Dec 2023

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.

Rastogi storms into quarters

Rastogi storms into quarters

Rediff.com20 Apr 2006

Karan Rastogi upset fourth seed Lukasz Kubot of Poland 6-4, 6-1 to storm into the quarter-finals Chikmagalur Challenger

Prakash Amritraj knocked out

Prakash Amritraj knocked out

Rediff.com19 Apr 2006

The Indian Davis Cupper was beaten by Jan Masik of the Czech Republic in the second round of the Cafe Cup ATP Challenger.

Amritraj, Mankad, Uppal get wild cards

Amritraj, Mankad, Uppal get wild cards

Rediff.com19 Apr 2003

The trio will be in action at the $25,000 ATP Challenger, beginning in Bangalore on Monday.\n\n

Indians crash out

Indians crash out

Rediff.com26 Nov 2007

Indians failed to impress on day one of the ONGC ATP Challenger tournament as all four of them in singles action lost in New Delhi

Indian challenge ends in qualifying

Indian challenge ends in qualifying

Rediff.com30 Dec 2006

All the four Indian players were knocked in the first round of the qualifying event at the Chennai Open.

'Want to see how far I can go with the physical limitations I have'

'Want to see how far I can go with the physical limitations I have'

Rediff.com26 Feb 2023

After registering a runner-up finish in the Qatar Open, Andy Murray set himself a target of registering 800 career wins.

Mankad advances in Canada

Mankad advances in Canada

Rediff.com26 Jul 2005

Harsh Mankad beat Toshihide Matsui 6-4, 7-6 (4) in the first round of the US $ 50,000 Natrel de Granby Challenger.

Bopanna-Qureshi in semis

Bopanna-Qureshi in semis

Rediff.com16 Aug 2007

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.

Bopanna in quarters in Manchester

Bopanna in quarters in Manchester

Rediff.com19 Jul 2007

The Indian youngster rallied from the brink to beat Dominik Meffert of Germany in the second round of the ATP Challenger.

Mankad through to semifinals

Mankad through to semifinals

Rediff.com22 Apr 2005

While fellow Indian Prakash Amritraj lost to Justin Gimelstob 3-6, 3-6 in the Nottingham ATP Challenger

Amritraj crashes out

Amritraj crashes out

Rediff.com15 Oct 2003

On a day of upsets in the ATP Challenger, the Indian ace lost to Chinese Taipei qualifier Ti Chen.

Prakash Amritraj in quarters

Prakash Amritraj in quarters

Rediff.com9 Oct 2003

The Indian Davis Cupper battled for 172 minutes to get the better of Slovakia's Michal Mertinek in the ATP Challenger.

Somdev gets main draw berth of Chennai Open

Somdev gets main draw berth of Chennai Open

Rediff.com18 Dec 2013

India's top singles tennis player Somdev Devvarman has been handed a direct entry in the main draw of the ATP Chennai Open tennis tournament after Estonia's Jurgen Zopp pulled out of the event due to a back injury.

Somdev advances, Bopanna exits Tashkent Challenger

Somdev advances, Bopanna exits Tashkent Challenger

Rediff.com12 Oct 2009

Top seed Yen Hsun Lu of Taipei and seventh seeded Somdev Devvarman of India made it to the second round of the $125,000 ATP Tashkent Challenger at the Olympic Tennis Stadium in Tashkent. Lu outplayed Indian wild card Rohan Bopanna 6-4, 6-2 while Devvarman demolished 281-ranked Spaniard Guillermo Olaso 6-3, 6-2 in first round matches.

Mankad goes down in semis

Mankad goes down in semis

Rediff.com25 Apr 2003

The Indian Davis Cupper was beaten by second seeded Frenchman Gregory Carraz in the ATP Challenger.

Mankad wins Manchester ITF Challenger

Mankad wins Manchester ITF Challenger

Rediff.com24 Jul 2006

The Indian Davis Cup ace beat Joshua Goodall of Britain in a keen final, played on grasscourt.

Divij-Raja end runners-up in Johannesburg Challenger

Divij-Raja end runners-up in Johannesburg Challenger

Rediff.com4 May 2013

Divij Sharan and Purav Raja had to be content with yet another runners-up finish after losing the title clash of the ATP Soweto Open to Prakash Amritraj and Rajeev Ram in Johannesburg.

Tennis: Indian challenge ends at Legg Mason

Tennis: Indian challenge ends at Legg Mason

Rediff.com5 Aug 2011

The Indian challenge ended at the ATP Legg Mason Classic after the opening round defeat of Rohan Bopanna and his Pakistani partner Aisam-ul-haq Qureshi in the doubles event in Washington.

Amritraj falls to qualifier King

Amritraj falls to qualifier King

Rediff.com27 Apr 2006

Prakash Amritraj was upset 6-7 (3), 6-1, 6-1 by Phillip King of USA in the second round of the Dharwad Challenger

'Don't think anyone will ever come close to Djokovic'

'Don't think anyone will ever come close to Djokovic'

Rediff.com24 Jan 2024

With the Australian Open currently on, defending champion Novak Djokovic has once again been dubbed as a favourite to retain the title, and former world No. 17 Bernard Tomic of Australia firmly believes there will be no one to challenge the great Serbian.

Yuri Schukin shocks De Voest

Yuri Schukin shocks De Voest

Rediff.com18 Oct 2003

The Russian will meet Germany's Dieter Kindlmann in the final of the Belgaum ATP Challenger.

De Voest lone seed left in fray

De Voest lone seed left in fray

Rediff.com17 Oct 2003

The fourth seeded South African advanced to the semis of the Belgaum ATP Challenger, beating Russia's Dmitry Vlasov.

Bopanna, Mankad bite the dust

Bopanna, Mankad bite the dust

Rediff.com16 Oct 2003

With their exit the Indian singles challenge ended in the Belgaum Open ATP Challenger.

Prakash Amritraj in semis

Prakash Amritraj in semis

Rediff.com10 Oct 2003

The Indian Davis Cupper beat Austria's Zbynek Mlynarik in the quarter-finals of the ATP Challenger.

Amritraj-Voest in semi-finals

Amritraj-Voest in semi-finals

Rediff.com3 Oct 2003

The duo beat the Taipei pair of Ti Chen and Tzuoo Yeu in the ATP Challenger.

Childs stuns top seed Mertinak

Childs stuns top seed Mertinak

Rediff.com2 Oct 2003

The Indian singles challenge in the ATP Challenger ended, with Harsh Mankad losing to Marco Baghdatis.

Heuberger stops Carraz to enter final

Heuberger stops Carraz to enter final

Rediff.com2 May 2003

The fifth seed will play Thailand's Danai Udomchoke in the final of the ATP Challenger.

Bopanna, Mankad ousted

Bopanna, Mankad ousted

Rediff.com29 Apr 2003

They suffered first round defeats in the ATP Challenger.

Fine show by Rastogi

Fine show by Rastogi

Rediff.com27 Apr 2003

The 16-year-old battled over three rounds to make the main draw in the ATP Challenger.

After 21 years, Chennai Open ready for exit from city

After 21 years, Chennai Open ready for exit from city

Rediff.com19 Jul 2017

Pune is likely to grab the hosting rights of India's only ATP 250 event, Chennai Open, from next year with the backing of the Maharashtra state government.

Indo-Pak tennis clash sparks security concerns, sponsorship wars

Indo-Pak tennis clash sparks security concerns, sponsorship wars

Rediff.com30 Jan 2024

It's a historical tie, we will benefit from India team's visit: Pakistan tennis fraternity

ATP World Tour Finals: No respite for Federer as Djokovic clash looms

ATP World Tour Finals: No respite for Federer as Djokovic clash looms

Rediff.com3 Nov 2013

There is no let-up for Roger Federer as he prepares for his 12th consecutive appearance at the ATP's season-ending extravaganza.