The 72-year-old attacker told Tomy Kalathoor Mathew that because he was Indian, he must be a Hindu or a Muslim and therefore unqualified to say mass.
Leander Paes and Tommy Robredo held their nerves in the super-tie breaker to stun third seed Israeli duo of Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram and book a quarterfinal berth in the Euro 2,270,000 Hamburg ATP Master Series event on Wednesday night.
Tommy Robredo won a first-round thriller against Philipp Kohlschreiber in the first round of the Hamburg Masters.
The Indo-Bahamian duo lost 2-6, 3-6 to the American pair of James Blake and Mardy Fish in the pre-quarter-finals. Leander Paes, the other Indian in the fray, and his new Spanish partner Tommy Robredo got a first round bye. They face the formidable third seeded Israeli duo of Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram in the pre-quarter-finals.
Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles came up short in the Monte Carlo Masters final on Sunday.
Tommy Haas was upset 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 by Russia's Igor Kunitsyn in the opening round of the US Clay Court Championships.
The French flag flew proudly in Montreal on Monday as Gilles Simon and Gael Monfils advanced to the second round of the Rogers Cup.
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Rafael Nadal will team up with fellow Mallorcan Bartolome Salva-Vidal at the Chennai Open.
Marcos beat holder Nikolay Davydenko 6-2, 6-2 in the third round of the Paris Masters Series.
The Swiss, dreaming of capturing the only Grand Slam title to have eluded him, was drawn on Friday in the same half as several dangerous opponents, including former champion Juan Carlos Ferrero.
World number one Roger Federer reached the last four of the Pacific Life Open without hitting a shot on Friday when his quarter-final opponent Tommy Haas pulled out with a sinus infection. Swiss Federer, three times champion at Indian Wells and seeking his first ATP title of the year, will next meet unseeded American Mardy Fish, who scraped past seventh-seeded David Nalbandian of Argentina 6-3, 6-7, 7-6.
Germany's Tommy Haas came from a set down to upset 11th-seeded Andy Murray 2-6, 7-5, 6-3 in Wednesday's fourth round and maintain his impressive run at the Pacific Life Open.
Mumbai Tennis Masters overcame Punjab Marshalls 29-20 in the inconsequential final North Zone round robin match of the Champions Tennis League at the Kalina University Sports Complex on Monday.
Delhi Dreams stormed into the final of the inaugural Champions Tennis League by overcoming a spirited Mumbai Tennis Masters by 27-21 in the best-of-five one-set clashes here at the Kalina University sports complex courts on Sunday night.
Twice defending champion Tommy Haas was knocked out of the Memphis Championships on Wednesday, losing 3-6, 6-2, 7-5 to fellow German Benjamin Becker.
Andy Roddick beat impressive Japanese teenager Kei Nishikori 6-2, 6-4 in the second round of the San Jose Open.
In his place, Tommy Robredo has been called up alongside David Ferrer, Feliciano Lopez and Fernando Verdasco.
IMAGES from the English Premier League matches played on Wednesday
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Federer welcomed the emergence of new challengers
ITF will investigate Tommy Haas' claim that he was poisoned during Germany's Davis Cup semi-final in Russia.
Amitabh and Abhishek watch Fedex -- also known as the Greatest Tennis Player currently on the planet -- defeat Spaniard Tommy Robredo in the quarter-final and enter the semi-final of the Grand Slam event.
France's Richard Gasquet ended Andy Murray's Masters Cup hopes by beating the British number one 6-3, 0-6, 6-4 in the Paris Masters Series quarter-finals on Friday.
The Indian golfer, playing with World No 1 Brooks Koepka (68), had 17 pars and his sole birdie was courtesy a brilliant 30-foot monster putt.
Thomas Johansson saved five match points to upset defending champion James Blake and reach the final of the Stockholm Open.
Spain's Tommy Robredo beat Briton Andy Murray 0-6, 6-2, 6-3 to clinch the Metz Open title.
Andy Murray overcame second seed Guillermo Canas of Argentina 7-6, 6-4 to reach the Metz Open final.
Germany's Philipp Kohlschreiber will take on former Australian Open semi-finalist Marcos Baghdatis in the other semi-final at the Munich Open.
Fernando Gonzalez beat Tommy Robredo 6-1, 3-6, 6-1 and win his first title for two years at the China Open.
Fernando Gonzalez came back from a set down to beat Ivan Ljubicic 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 and reach the final of the China Open.
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A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Wednesday
We round off the week with some good, bad and ugly looks.
The Indian players received two of the allotted three wild cards for the ATP event in Mumbai.
Leander Paes and his Spanish partner Tommy Robredo scored a straight set victory over Ivan Ljubicic and R Soderling to storm into the doubles semi-finals of the Euro 2,270,000 Hamburg ATP Masters Series on Friday. The unseeded Indo-Spanish pair won 6-2, 7-6 (3) to set up a semi-final clash with the second seeded duo of Canadian D Nestor and Nenad Zimonjic of Serbia, who downed fifth seeded combine of S Aspelin (Sweden) and James Knowles (Austria) 6-2 5-7, 10-8.
Andy Roddick and number two Tommy Haas moved closer to a showdown at the Legg Mason Tennis Classic with third-round victories.
Putin's visit comes at a time when Russia's economy is stalling as oil prices tumble
top seed Tommy Robredo lost his opening match at the Swedish Open on Monday to Peruvian Luis Horna.
Haas dispatched big-serving American Sam Querrey 6-4 7-5 while Blake completed his 200th career match victory with a 6-1 6-3 demolition of compatriot Scoville Jenkins.
