Sunitha Rao and Prakash Amritraj failed to advance in the Wimbledon qualifiers, both going down the second round on Wednesday. Sunitha, India's second-highest ranked player, lost 4-6, 2-6 to 15th seed Russian Olga Poutchkova. On Tuesday night, Amritraj put up a spirited performance but lost to 13th seeded Ukrainian Sergiy Stakhovsky 3-6, 6-1, 3-6.
"Am I a mascot for this tournament?," asked Vijay Amritraj, somewhat perplexed being asked variations of the same question.
The All India Tennis Association's efforts to include United States-based Prakash Amritraj in the Davis Cup squad and negate a boycott threat by its top players came to naught on Wednesday, with the Sports Ministry sticking to its policy that only Indian passport holders can represent the country.
Reader Vijay Amritraj sent us this picture.
Prakash Amritraj beat Wang Yu of China to give India a 2-0 lead in the Davis Cup.
Prakash Amritraj and Saketh Myneni set up the men's singles title clash in the US $15,000 ITF Futures tournament after comfortable semi-final victories in Pune on Friday.
With his exit the Indian challenge in the ATP Challenger tennis tournament came to an end.
The Indian Davis Cupper beat Austria's Zbynek Mlynarik in the quarter-finals of the ATP Challenger.
Prakash Amritraj rallied to edge past Eliran Dooyev of Israel Mustafa Ghouse ousted Ajay Ramaswami in the ITF Satellite tournament.
Tennis legend Vijay Amritraj is scouting for investment opportunities in India and Bollywood production ventures are also something on his radar.
Leander Paes too has been offered a wild card but not yet confirmed for the January 5 to 11 event in Chennai.
Amritraj was leading 5-3 in the first set when the Russian retired with an injury to his left wrist.
Prakash Amritraj began his campaign at the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships with an easy straight sets win over Flavio Cipolla, in Newport.
Indian Davis Cupper, Prakash Amritraj went down 3-6, 5-7 to France's Fabrice Santoro in the final of the Newport ATP.
Reader Sudesh Prasad sent us a picture of Vijay Amritraj from Bangalore.
'All Mahesh needed to do was send an e-mail to Leander that he was not being considered in final four and mark a copy to AITA'
Indian Davis Cup faction revolting against the captaincy of Leander Paes have relented for the time-being, making themselves available for the tie against Japan, which will be held from April 11 in New Delhi.
The Indian Davis Cupper shocked fifth seed Brunc Echagaray of Mexico in the quarter-finals.
The Indian Davis Cupper beat American Brian Wilson to set up a tough encounter with fifth seed Brunc Echagaray of Mexico.
The organisers sprung a surprise by awarding the third wild card to Bartolome Salva-Vidal of Spain.
The US-based Indian ace began his quest for a third successive ITF Futures with an easy win over qualifier Shivang Mishra.
Top seed Karan Rastogi entered the quarter-finals of the ITF men's Futures Tennis Tournament, scoring a 6-1, 6-7(6), 6-1 victory over Sanam Singh.
Prakash Amritraj overwhelmed French sixth seed Nicolas Tourte in the first round of the US $50,000 Challenger Series tournament.
The Indian climbed from 467th to 335th spot in world ranking.
It's his 41st Wimbledon this year, but he still gets goosebumps every time he walks in through those gates, Vijay Amritraj tells Alan Wilkins.
The US-based Indian entered the final of the ITF Masters, beating Sunil Kumar Sipaeya in the semis.
Indian tennis great Vijay Amritraj said racism and personal insults have no place in broadcasting.
Sumit Nagal, who recently became the first Indian to beat a seeded player in a Grand Slam tournament, will spearhead the Indian challenge in the men's singles competition of the Chennai Open ATP Challenger 100 tournament beginning on Sunday.
Prakash Amritraj was upset 6-7 (3), 6-1, 6-1 by Phillip King of USA in the second round of the Dharwad Challenger
Reader A.Narayanan sent us these pictures from London.
Prakash Amritraj crashed out of the Aegon Pro series after suffering defeats in both singles and doubles events at the euro 30,000 grass court ATP Challenger event in Manchester
'After three decades of passion for our sport and playing for 1.3-plus billion Indians in the Olympics and Davis Cup, I am thrilled that my hard work has been recognised.'
He will take on Gouichi Motomura in the opening singles, while Leander Paes meets Takao Suzuki, in the Davis Cup tie against Japan, from April 9 to 11.
Prakash Amritraj stunned seventh seed Chris Guccione in a tight second round match to advance to the quarter-finals of the euro 42,500 ATP Challenger event in Nottingham, England. The unseeded Indian carved out a hard-fought 7-6(5) 7-6(4) win over his Australian opponent.
Prakash Amritraj tested third seed and world No 96 Marcos Daniel of Brazil before crashing out of the French Open qualifying event in Paris on Tuesday. The unseeded Indian ace fought well but erred at crucial junctures and lost the first round match 4-6, 4-6.
Reader Amjad sent us a picture of Vijay Amritraj from London.
Prakash Amritraj continued his good run of form as he upset top seed Amer Delic of the United States in the first round of the Aptos Challenger in California on Wednesday. The Indian Davis Cupper, who had made it to the final of the Newport ATP last week, beat Delic 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 in the opening round match that was played over two days.
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