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.
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.
The shocking first-round exit from the French Open last week has left Mahesh Bhupathi down four rungs at 13th in the latest ATP doubles rankings issued on Monday. On the other hand, Leander Paes, who made a third-round exit in the doubles' event of the clay court Grand Slam, moved up one spot to 23rd with 1995 points.
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Second seed Rafael Nadal ground down German Philipp Kohlschreiber to win a tough match 7-5 6-3 4-6 6-2 in the Australian Open second round on Thursday.
Asian Games silver medallist Sonchat Ratiwatana looks back on the defeat to the Indian pair in the Games final.
Jonas Bjorkman and Joachim Johansson beat Todd Woodbridge and Wayne Arthurs in an epic Davis Cup doubles match.
The US Open champion gave the US a 2-0 lead over Austria on the opening day of their first-round Davis Cup World Group tie.
Indian tennis veteran Mahesh Bhupathi, teaming up with compatriot Saketh Myneni, won a hard-fought doubles pre-quarter-final on Wednesday to set up a mouth-watering clash with former partner Leander Paes at the ATP Chennai Open. They beat the Sood brothers -- Chandril and Lakshit -- 6-7, 6-4, 10-6.
Long-serving Leander Paes was, on Thursday, dropped for the first time in 27 years from India's Davis Cup squad as non-playing captain Mahesh Bhupathi picked Rohan Bopanna instead for the tie against Uzbekistan.
'The team will be chosen the day before the draw. I am not sure who is going to play doubles. I am not sure if I am going to have any doubles players at all but whatever needs to win I will make sure that happens'
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