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9.11.08

Match Results Archive - November 2008

(Indian players in bold)
(WC-Wildcard PR-Protected Rank Q-Qualifier LL-Lucky Loser A-Alternate SE-Spl Exempt)

$50,000 KNOXVILLE CHALLENGER, USA
(November 15 - 22, 2008)
HARD COURT

Men's Singles Round 1
Somdev Devvarman lost to (1)Vincent Spadea(USA) 6-7(7) retired
Prakash Amritraj lost to (WC)John-Patrick Smith(AUS) 6-4,4-6,3-6
Qualifying Singles Round 2
Ashutosh Singh lost to (3)Nick Van Der Meer(NED) 5-7,6-7
Round 1
Ashutosh Singh beat Bryan Swartz(USA) 6-1,6-3

$50,000 KOLKATA
(November 17 - 23, 2008)

HARD COURT
Women's Singles Round 2
(5)Sunitha Rao lost to (Q)Emily Webley-Smith(GBR) 2-6,1-6
(WC)Sanaa Bhambri lost to (2)Ayumi Morita(JPN) 3-6,1-6
Round 1

(5)Sunitha Rao beat Alexis Prousis(USA) 6-0,6-2
(WC)Sanaa Bhambri beat Isha Lakhani 6-4,7-5
(WC)Rushmi Chakravarthi lost to Suchanun Viratprasert(THA) 4-6,1-6
Ankita Bhambri lost to (8)Kai-Chen Chang(TPE) 2-6,2-6
(WC)Shikha Uberoi lost to (7)Ksenia Palkina(KGZ) 2-6,3-6
(WC)Shivika Burman lost to (4)Agnes Szatmari(ROU) 1-6,1-6

$15,000 INDIA F8 FUTURES, Mumbai
(November 17 - 23, 2008)
HARD COURT

Men's Singles Round 2
Purav Raja lost to (7)Daniel Lustig(CZE) 3-6,7-6(3),4-6
Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan lost to (LL)Pirmin Haenle(GER) 6-4,3-6,6-7(4)
Vishnu Vardhan lost to (8)Syrym Abdukhalikov(KAZ) 6-7(4),4-6
(6)Divij Sharan lost to (Q)David Sodek(CZE) 6-7(7),6-3,4-6
(Q)Sudanwa Sitaram lost to (2)Nathan Thompson(USA) 1-6,1-6

$4,450,000 TENNIS MASTERS CUP, Shanghai
(November 9 - 16, 2008)

HARD COURT
Men's Doubles
RED GROUP:
(3)Mahesh Bhupathi/Mark Knowles(BAH)
beat (5)Jeff Coetzee(RSA)/Wesley Moodie(RSA) 6-2,6-3
lost to (8)Pablo Cuevas(URU)/Luis Horna(PER) 7-(3),6-7(4),5-10
lost to (1)Bob Bryan(USA)/Mike Bryan(USA) 5-7,6-3,4-10

GOLD GROUP: (6)Leander Paes/Lukas Dlouhy(CZE)
lost to (4)Jonas Bjorkman(SWE)/Kevin Ullyett(ZIM)
3-6,5-7
lost to (2)Daniel Nestor(CAN)/Nenad Zimonjic(SRB) 1-6,4-6

lost to (7)Mariusz Fyrstenberg(POL)/Marcin Matkowski(POL) 6-7(2),3-6

ASIAN HOPMAN CUP 2008, Astana, Kazakhstan
(November 12 - 15, 2008)
INDIA lost to CHINESE TAIPEI 0-3

Shikha Uberoi lost to Su-Wei Hsieh 4-6,4-6
Vishnu Vardhan lost to Yen-Hsun Lu 6-7(2),1-6
Shikha Uberoi/Vishnu Vardhan lost to Su-Wei Hsieh/Yen-Hsun Lu 0-6,2-6

INDIA beat SOUTH KOREA 2-1
Shikha Uberoi beat Kyung Yee Chae 6-1,4-4 (retired)
Vishnu Vardhan lost to Woong-Sun Jun 6-7(5),3-6
Shikha Uberoi/Vishnu Vardhan beat Kyung Yee Chae/Woong-Sun Jun (Walkover)

INDIA placed 2nd in Group A

$50,000 JSM CHALLENGER, Champaign-Urbana, USA
(November 11 - 16, 2008)
HARD INDOOR PLEXIPAVE COURT
Men's Singles Round 2
Prakash Amritraj lost to Carsten Ball(AUS) 5-7,3-6
Round 1
Prakash Amritraj beat (Q)Izak Van Der Merwe(RSA) 6-7(4),6-4,7-6(4)
Qualifying Round 1
(2)Somdev Devvarman lost to Lester Cook(USA) 3-6,4-6

Men's Doubles Semifinal
(Q)Somdev Devvarman/Izak Van der Merwe(RSA) lost to (1)Rajeev Ram(USA)/Bobby Reynolds(USA) 6-2,1-6,3-10
Quarterfinal
(Q)Somdev Devvarman/Izak Van der Merwe(RSA) beat (4)Ilia Bozoljac(SRB)/Chris Haggard(RSA) 7-6(6),6-4
Round 1

(Q)Somdev Devvarman/Izak Van der Merwe(RSA) beat (LL)G D Jones(NZL)/Connor Roth(USA) 6-1,3-6,10-8
(LL)Ashutosh Singh/Harsh Mankad lost to Brian Battistone(USA)/Dann Battistone(USA) 6-7(6),7-6(6),6-10
Stephen Amritraj/Frederik Nielsen(DEN) lost to Alex Kuznetsov(USA)/Ryan Sweeting(USA) 5-7,1-6

Qualifying Doubles Round 2
(2)Somdev Devvarman/Izak Van der Merwe(RSA) beat (1)Ashutosh Singh/Harsh Mankad 6-3,6-2
Round 1
(2)Somdev Devvarman/Izak Van der Merwe(RSA) beat Ramon Delgado(PAR)/Ivan Miranda(PER) 6-1,6-2
(1)Ashutosh Singh/Harsh Mankad beat (WC)G D Jones(NZL)/Connor Roth(USA) 6-4,2-6,10-5

$25,000 PUNE
(November 10 - 16, 2008)
HARD COURT
Women's Singles Quarterfinal
(Q)Shalini Sahoo lost to (1)Melanie South(GBR) 2-6,2-6
Round 2
(Q)Shalini Sahoo beat (WC)Alexandra Kolesnichenko(UZB) 6-3,6-2
(WC)Ankita Bhambri lost to (1)Melanie South(GBR) 2-6,5-7
Isha Lakhani lost to (8)Jing-Jing Lu(CHN) 3-6,5-7

Women's Doubles Quarterfinal
Ankita Bhambri/Rushmi Chakravarthi lost to (2)Kai-Chen Chang(TPE)/I-Hsuan Hwang(TPE) 4-6,4-6
(WC)Parija Maloo/Poojashree Venkatesha lost to Julia Parasyuk(RUS)/Korina Perkovic(GER) 4-6,0-6

TATRA BANKA SLOVAK OPEN, Bratislava
(November 3 - 9, 2008)

HARD COURT
Men's Qualifying Singles Round 1
(6)Rohan Bopanna lost to Dusan Lojda(CZE) 4-6,3-6

Men's Doubles Round 1
Rohan Bopanna/Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi(PAK) lost to (3)Eric Butorac(USA)/Ross Hutchins(GBR) 6-7(5),3-6

$75,000 MUSIC CITY CHALLENGER, Nashville, USA
(November 1 - 9, 2008)
HARD COURT
Men's Singles Final
Somdev Devvarman lost to (4)Robert Kendrick(USA) 3-6,5-7
Semifinal
beat (2)Bobby Reynolds(USA) 6-4,3-6,6-3
Quarterfinal
beat (3)Jesse Levine(USA) 7-5(5),6-2
Round 2
beat Sam Warburg(USA) 7-6(1),7-6(3)
Round 1

beat (Q)Travis Rettenmaier(USA) 6-3,6-2
Qualifying Round 1
Ashutosh Singh lost to Greg Ouellette(USA) 6-3,5-7,6-7(5)

Men's Doubles Final
(Q)Ashutosh Singh/Harsh Mankad lost to Carsten Ball(AUS)/Travis Rettenmaier(USA) 4-6,5-7
Semifinal
beat (WC)Scott Oudsema(USA)/Tim Smyczek(USA) 6-2,2-6,10-6
Quarterfinal
beat (2)Ashley Fisher(AUS)/Jim Thomas(USA) 6-3,6-4
Round 1
beat (WC)Colt Gaston(USA)/Scoville Jenkins(USA) 7-6(5),6-1
Qualifying Round 2

(1)Ashutosh Singh/Harsh Mankad beat (2)Somdev Devvarman/Izak Van der Merwe(RSA) 7-6(3),4-6,10-2
Round 1
(1)Ashutosh Singh/Harsh Mankad beat (A)Romano Frantzen(NED)/Nick Van Der Meer(NED) 6-3,6-4
(2)Somdev Devvarman/Izak Van der Merwe(RSA) beat (WC)Charlie Jones(USA)/Bryant Salcedo(USA) 6-1,6-3

$35,000 CHALLENGER BANQUE NATIONALE, Rimouski, Canada
(November 3 - 9, 2008)

HARD COURT, DECO-TURF II
Men's Singles Round 1
(3)Prakash Amritraj lost to James Ward(GBR) 1-6,2-4 (retired)

Men's Doubles Semifinal
(2)Prakash Amritraj/Stephen Amritraj lost to (WC)Vasek Pospisil(CAN)/Milos Raonic(CAN) 5-7,6-3,8-10
Quarterfinal
beat Erik Chvojka(CAN)/Adil Shamasdin(CAN) 6-4,3-6,10-7
Round 1

beat Luigi D'Agord(ITA)/Nima Roshan(USA) 6-4,7-6(6)

$15,000 MALAYSIAN F1 FUTURES, Kuala Lumpur
(November 3 - 9, 2008)
HARD COURT

Men's Singles Round 1
(Q)Vishal Punna lost to Andrei Karatchenia(BLR) 6-4,3-6,2-6

$15,000 IRAN F5 FUTURES, Kish Island
(November 3 - 9, 2008)
CLAY COURT
Men's Singles Round 2

Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan lost to (2)Antonio Veic(CRO) 2-6,0-6
Round 1
Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan beat (Q)Ivan Zovko(CRO) 7-6(4),6-2
Rohan Gajjar lost to (7)Mohammad Ghareeb(KUW) 6-7(0),1-6

$10,000 MUZAFFARNAGAR, India
(November 3 - 9, 2008)
GRASS COURT

Women's Singles Final
(5)Sanaa Bhambri lost to (1)Nicole Thyssen(NED) 6-7(3),3-6
Semifinal
(5)Sanaa Bhambri beat (6)Emily Webley-Smith(GBR) 6-0,6-0
(4)Rushmi Chakravarthi lost to (1)Nicole Thyssen(NED) 6-7(5),6-7(4)
Quarterfinal
(5)Sanaa Bhambri beat (2)Vivian Segnini(BRA) 6-3,6-2
(4)Rushmi Chakravarthi beat Poojashree Venkatesha 6-1,7-6(3)
Parul Goswami lost to (1)Nicole Thyssen(NED) 1-6,2-6
Round 2
(5)Sanaa Bhambri beat Jung-Yoon Shin(KOR) 6-4,6-3
(4)Rushmi Chakravarthi beat Kumari Sweta Solanki 6-2,6-1
Poojashree Venkatesha beat (8)Alexandra Kolesnichenko(UZB) 7-5,6-1
Parul Goswami beat (7)Parija Maloo 6-4,6-7(5),6-0

Women's Doubles Final
(1)Sanaa Bhambri/Rushmi Chakravarthi beat (Q)Treta Bhattacharyya/Shalini Sahoo 6-1,6-1
Semifinal
(1)Sanaa Bhambri/Rushmi Chakravarthi beat Geeta Manohar/Archana Venkataraman 6-3,6-2
(Q)Treta Bhattacharyya/Shalini Sahoo beat (2)Vivian Segnini(BRA)/(6)Emily Webley-Smith(GBR) 6-4,5-7,10-6

21.10.08

Match Results Archive - October 2008

(Indian players in bold)
(WC-Wildcard PR-Protected Rank Q-Qualifier LL-Lucky Loser A-Alternate SE-Spl Exempt)

BNP PARIBAS MASTERS, Paris, France
(October 27 - November 2, 2008)
HARD COURT

Men's Doubles Round 2
(3)Mahesh Bhupathi/Mark Knowles(BAH) lost to Rafael Nadal(SPN)/Juan Monaco(ARG) 4-6,2-6
(4)Leander Paes/Lukas Dlouhy(CZE) lost to Marcelo Melo(BRA)/Andre Sa(BRA) 3-6,2-6
Round 1
-bye-

$50,000 FORD TENNIS CHALLENGER, Louisville, USA
(October 27 - November 2, 2008)
HARD COURT

Men's Singles Round 1

Prakash Amritraj lost to Sam Warburg(USA) 7-6(2),3-6,2-6
Qualifying Round 1
Ashutosh Singh lost to Phillip Simmonds(USA) 6-7(4),0-6

Men's Doubles Final
Prakash Amritraj/Jesse Levine(USA) beat Frank Dancevic(CAN)/Dusan Vemic(SRB) 6-3,7-6(10)
Semifinal
Prakash Amritraj/Jesse Levine(USA) beat (WC)Brian Battistone(USA)/Nicholas Monroe(USA) 6-4,2-6,10-5
Quarterfinal
Prakash Amritraj/Jesse Levine(USA) beat (4)Sam Warburg(USA)/Kevin Anderson(RSA) 6-3,2-6,10-8
Stephen Amritraj/Donald Young(USA) lost to Frank Dancevic(CAN)/Dusan Vemic(SRB) 6-7(4),3-6
Round 1
Prakash Amritraj/Jesse Levine(USA) beat (WC)Scott Oudsema(USA)/Tim Smyczek(USA) 6-4,6-7(5),10-6
Stephen Amritraj/Donald Young(USA) beat (WC)Bruno Agostinelli(CAN)/Bradley Cox(USA) 6-4,6-4

LAMBERTZ OPEN CHALLENGER, Aachen, Germany
(October 27 - November 2, 2008)
CARPET COURT
Men's Doubles Quarterfinal
Rohan Bopanna/Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi(PAK) lost to Andreas Beck(GER)/Philipp Petzschner(GER) 7-5,4-6,11-13
Round 1
beat James Auckland(GBR)/Dick Norman(BEL) 6-7(4),6-3,13-11

$10,000 PAKISTAN F3 FUTURES, Lahore
(October 27 - November 2, 2008)

HARD COURT
Men's Singles Final
Rupesh Roy lost to Patrick Taubert(GER) 2-6,1-6
Semifinal
Rupesh Roy beat Gleb Alekseenko(UKR) 6-2,7-5
Quarterfinal
Rupesh Roy beat (3)Aqeel Khan(PAK) 0-6,6-1,7-6(4)
(Q)Vikram B Reddy lost to Patrick Taubert(GER) 4-6,2-6
Round 2
Rupesh Roy beat (6)Vadim Alekseenko(UKR) 5-7,6-2,6-3
(Q)Vikram B Reddy beat (7)Lazare Kukhalashvili(GEO) 7-6(4),6-4
(1)Sunil Kumar Sipaeya lost to Patrick Taubert(GER) 2-6,5-7
(Q)Yannick Nelord lost to (3)Aqeel Khan(PAK) 5-7,2-6
Round 1
Rupesh Roy beat (WC)Tanveer Ashiq(PAK) 6-0,6-0
(Q)Vikram B Reddy beat Yasir Khan(PAK) 7-5,6-4
(1)Sunil Kumar Sipaeya beat (Q)Jalil Khan(PAK) 6-1,6-1
(Q)Yannick Nelord beat Mohammed Mohazebnia(IRI) 1-6,7-6(3),6-2
(Q)Mandeep Yadav lost to (4)Hsin-Han Lee(TPE) 2-6,3-6
(Q)Deepinder Bains lost to (8)Syrym Abdukhalikov(KAZ) 1-6,4-6
Rohan Gide lost to (WC)Shahzad Khan(PAK) 6-2,4-6,6-7(6)

Men's Doubles Final
Rupesh Roy/Hyun-Soo Lim(KOR) beat (4)Sunil Kumar Sipaeya/Aqeel Khan(PAK) 6-7(5),6-4,10-6
Semifinal
Rupesh Roy/Hyun-Soo Lim(KOR) beat (1)Syrym Abdukhalikov(KAZ)/Mikhail Vasiliev(RUS) 6-4,6-2
(4)Sunil Kumar Sipaeya/Aqeel Khan(PAK) beat (2)Maniel Bains(GBR)/Alexei Filenkov(RUS) 6-2,6-2
Quarterfinal
Rupesh Roy/Hyun-Soo Lim(KOR) beat I-Ta Chen(TPE)/Hsin-Han Lee(TPE) 5-7,7-6(5),10-4
(4)Sunil Kumar Sipaeya/Aqeel Khan(PAK) beat Kirati Siributwong(THA)/Peerakit Siributwong(THA) 4-6,6-1,11-9
Rohan Gide/Andrew Fitzpatrick(GBR) lost to (2)Maniel Bains(GBR)/Alexei Filenkov(RUS) 4-6,5-7

$10,000 PRETORIA, South Africa
(October 27 - November 2, 2008)
HARD COURT
Women's Singles Round 1
(6)Parul Goswami lost to (Q)Chane Hines(RSA) 6-3,6-7(2),3-6

Women's Doubles Quarterfinal
Parul Goswami/Lara Rafful(BRA) lost to (3)Tegan Edwards(RSA)/Davinia Lobbinger(BEL) 2-6,6-7(4)

$10,000 MEXICO CITY, Mexico
(October 27 - November 2, 2008)
HARD COURT

Women's Singles Round 2
Shivika Burman lost to (4)Nathalia Rossi(BRA) 2-6,3-6
Round 1
beat (Q)Alejandra Lozano(MEX) 7-6(3),6-1

Women's Doubles Quarterfinal
Shivika Burman/Karolina Kosinska(POL) lost to (3)Daniela Covello(CAN)/Paula Zabala(COL) 5-7,4-6

$1,049,000 ST. PETERSBURG OPEN, Russia
(October 20 - 26, 2008)
INDOOR HARD COURT

Men's Singles Qualifying Round 1
Rohan Bopanna lost to Konstantin Kravchuk(RUS) 6-7(4),7-6(4),6-7(3)

Men's Doubles Final
Rohan Bopanna/Max Mirnyi(BLR) lost to Travis Parrott(USA)/Filip Polasek(SVK) 6-3,6-7(4),8-10
Semifinal
beat Michal Mertinak(SVK)/Lovro Zovko(CRO) 7-5,6-2
Quarterfinal
beat Marat Safin(RUS)/Igor Kunitsyn(RUS) 6-4,3-6,13-11
Round 1

beat (3)Mikhail Youzhny(RUS)/Mischa Zverev(GER) 6-3,6-4

$891,000 DAVIDOFF SWISS INDOORS, Basel, Switzerland
(October 20 - 26, 2008)
HARD COURT
Men's Doubles Final
(2)Mahesh Bhupathi/Mark Knowles(BAH) beat Christopher Kas(GER)/Philipp Kohlschreiber(GER) 6-3,6-3
Semifinal
(2)Mahesh Bhupathi/Mark Knowles(BAH) beat Jose Acasuso(ARG)/Agustin Calleri(ARG) 7-5,6-2
Quarterfinal
(3)Leander Paes/Lukas Dlouhy(CZE) lost to Christopher Kas(GER)/Philipp Kohlschreiber(GER) 3-6,0-6
(2)Mahesh Bhupathi/Mark Knowles(BAH) beat Jordan Kerr(AUS)/Jarkko Nieminen(FIN) 5-7,6-3,10-5
Round 1

(2)Mahesh Bhupathi/Mark Knowles(BAH) beat Marcel Granollers(SPN)/Feliciano Lopez(SPN) 6-4,6-1
(3)Leander Paes/Lukas Dlouhy(CZE) beat Jurgen Melzer(AUT)/Todd Perry(AUS) 2-6,6-3,10-6

$50,000 SAGUENAY, Canada
(October 20 - 26, 2008)
HARD COURT

Women's Singles Quarterfinal
(7)Sunitha Rao lost to Carmen Klaschka(GER) 4-6,1-6
Round 2
beat (Q)Ana Timotic(SRB) 6-3,6-1
Round 1

beat (LL)Tori Kinard(USA) 6-3,6-0

Women's Doubles Round 1
(7)Sunitha Rao/Veronika Chvojkova(CZE) lost to Carmen Klaschka(GER)/Sabine Klaschka(GER) 3-6,3-6

$25,000 LAGOS, Nigeria
(October 20 - 26, 2008)
HARD COURT

Women's Singles Semifinal
(3)Isha Lakhani lost to (2)Zuzana Kucova(SVK) 6-7(4),4-6
Quarterfinals
(3)Isha Lakhani beat (7)Tamaryn Hendler(BEL) 6-3,6-2
Ankita Bhambri lost to (2)Zuzana Kucova(SVK) 4-6,1-6
Round 2
(3)Isha Lakhani beat Palma Kiraly(HUN) 6-2,6-4
Ankita Bhambri beat Surina De Beer(RSA) 5-0(retired)
Rushmi Chakravarthi lost to (6)Julia Glushko(ISR) 1-6,6-4,3-6
Round 1

(3)Isha Lakhani beat Prerana Mythri Appineni 6-2,6-1
Rushmi Chakravarthi beat (WC)Eden d'Oliveira(RSA) 6-1,6-1
Sanaa Bhambri lost to (6)Julia Glushko(ISR) 4-6,1-6
Parija Maloo lost to (4)Montinee Tangphong(THA) 3-6,4-6
Ankita Bhambri beat (8)Elena Chalova(RUS) 6-2,6-2

Women's Doubles Final
(4)Rushmi Chakravarthi/Isha Lakhani lost to Elena Chalova(RUS)/Valeria Savinykh(RUS) 7-6(6),3-6,7-10
Semifinal

(3)Ankita Bhambri/Sanaa Bhambri lost to Elena Chalova(RUS)/Valeria Savinykh(RUS) 7-6(4),4-6,8-10
(4)Rushmi Chakravarthi/Isha Lakhani beat (WC)Fatimah Abinu(NGR)/Sabath Ibrahim(NGR) 6-3,6-0
Quarterfinal
(3)Ankita Bhambri/Sanaa Bhambri beat Nicole Monteiro(NED)/Alexandra Riley(USA)
(4)Rushmi Chakravarthi/Isha Lakhani beat Chen Astrogo(ISR)/Keren Shlomo(ISR) 6-2,6-3

$15,000 USA F27 FUTURES, Mansfield, Texas
(October 20 - 26, 2008)
HARD COURT

Men's Singles Qualifying Round 3
Kamala Kannan lost to (2)Andrey Kumantsov(RUS) 4-6,2-6
Round 2
beat Robert Van Swelm(NED) 3-6,7-5,7-6(3)
Round 1
beat Gareth Ducray(RSA) 6-1,6-4

$15,000 NIGERIA F4 FUTURES, Lagos
(October 20 - 26, 2008)
HARD COURT
Men's Singles Final
Divij Sharan lost to (4)Kamil Capkovic(SVK) 4-6,6-4,4-6
Semifinal
Divij Sharan beat (3)Andreas Haider-Maurer(AUT)
Quarterfinal
Divij Sharan beat (WC)Abdul-Mumin Babalola(NGR) 6-2,4-6,7-5
Round 2
Divij Sharan beat (1)Pavel Chekhov(RUS) 6-3,3-6,6-3
Vignesh Peranamallur Chandrasekhar lost to (7)Valentin Sanon(CIV) 2-6,2-6
Ranjeet Virali Murugesan lost to (3)Andreas Haider-Maurer(AUT) 6-3,4-6,0-6
Round 1

Divij Sharan beat Candy Idoko(NGR) 6-4,6-1
Vignesh Peranamallur Chandrasekhar beat Tomer Hodorov(ISR) 6-3,6-0
Ranjeet Virali Murugesan beat (Q)Clifford Enosoregbe(NGR) 6-0,6-2
Rohan Gajjar lost to (Q)Noam Yitzhaki(ISR) 6-7(6),6-4,6-7(4)

Men's Doubles Quarterfinal
Vignesh Peranamallur Chandrasekhar/Ranjeet Virali Murugesan lost to (1)Pavel Chekhov(RUS)/Pavel Katliarov(BLR) 3-6,3-6

$10,000 PAKISTAN F2 FUTURES, Islamabad
(October 20 - 26, 2008)
CLAY COURT

Men's Singles Round 2
(Q)Yannick Nelord lost to Adrian Sikora(SVK) 4-6,6-3,3-6
(LL)Rohan Gide lost to (6)James Feaver(GBR) 4-6,1-6
Round 1
(Q)Yannick Nelord beat (WC)Yasir Khan(PAK) 6-4,6-4
(LL)Rohan Gide beat (Q)Peerakit Siributwong(THA) 2-6,6-4,6-4
(2)Sunil Kumar Sipaeya lost to Gleb Alekseenko(UKR) 0-6,5-7
Rupesh Roy lost to Patrick Taubert(GER) 5-7,0-6
(Q)Deepinder Bains lost to (1)Bogdan Victor Leonte(ROU)

Men's Doubles Semifinal
(4)Sunil Kumar Sipaeya/Aqeel Khan(PAK) lost to (2)Syrym Abdukhalikov(KAZ)/Mikhail Vasiliev(RUS) 2-6,1-6
Quarterfinal
(4)Sunil Kumar Sipaeya/Aqeel Khan(PAK) beat Rohan Gide/Andrew Fitzpatrick(GB) 7-6(4),3-6,12-10
Yannick Nelord/Rupesh Roy lost to I-Ta Chen(TPE)/Hsin-Han Lee(TPE)

$10,000 PRETORIA, South Africa
(October 20 - 26, 2008)
HARD COURT
Women's Singles Round 2
(5)Parul Goswami lost to (WC)Chanel Simmonds(RSA) 6-7(9),0-6
Round 1
beat (WC)Janine Erasmus(RSA) 6-4,6-3

Women's Doubles Quarterfinal
Parul Goswami/Stephanie Theiler(SUI) lost to (3)Goele Lemmens(BEL)/Mika Urbancic(SLO) 2-6,6-7(3)

$10,000 LIMA, Peru
(October 20 - 26, 2008)
CLAY COURT

Women's Singles Round 1
(Q)Shivika Burman lost to (6)Ingrid Esperanza Vargas Calvo(PER) 2-6,4-6

Women's Doubles Semifinal
(4)Shivika Burman/Katarina Poljakova(SVK) lost to Marina Giral Lores(VEN)/Paula Ormaechea(ARG) 6-3,0-6,4-10
Quarterfinal
beat (WC)Ana Claudia Carbajal Espinosa(PER)/Patricia Iveth Ku Flores(PER) 6-2,6-0

DSCL NATIONALS 2008
(October 20 - 25, 2008)
Women's Singles Final
(WC)Ratnika Batra beat (Q)Shweta Rana 6-3,6-0

Women's Doubles Final
(4)Shalini Sahoo/Treta Bhattacharya beat Arantxa Andrady/Sayali Bhilare 6-1,6-3

NOTE: Tennis results unavailable for a month (September 21 - October 19, 2008) due to technical issues. Updates continue from the week of October 20.

6.9.08

Match Results Archive - September 2008

(Indian players in bold)
(WC-Wildcard PR-Protected Rank Q-Qualifier LL-Lucky Loser A-Alternate SE-Spl Exempt)

DAVIS CUP
(September 19 - 21, 2008)
World Group Play-offs 2008

Red Clay Court (Outdoors), Bucharest
INDIA lost to ROMANIA 1-4

Prakash Amritraj lost to Victor Crivoi 5-7,7-5,2-6,2-6
Somdev Devvarman lost to Victor Hanescu 3-6,1-6,0-6
Leander Paes/Mahesh Bhupathi beat Adrian Cruciat/Horia Tecau 6-4,7-6(0),6-4
Prakash Amritraj lost to Victor Hanescu 2-6,3-6,1-6
Somdev Devvarman lost to Victor Crivoi 6-4,5-7,3-6

$1,340,000 TORAY PAN PACIFIC OPEN, Tokyo, Japan (September 15 - 20, 2008)
HARD COURT

Women's Singles Qualifying Round 1
Shikha Uberoi lost to (WC)Miki Miyamura(JPN) 6-1,4-6,2-5(retired)

Women's Doubles Round 1
Shikha Uberoi/Aravane Rezai(FRA) lost to (2)Lisa Raymond(USA)/Samantha Stosur(AUS) 3-6,4-6

$75,000 ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, USA
(September 15 - 21, 2008)
HARD COURT
Women's Singles Round 2
Sunitha Rao lost to (3)Mariana Duque Marino(COL) 3-6,6-4,4-6
Round 1

beat Betina Jozami(ARG) 7-6(6),6-4

Women's Doubles Round 1
Sunitha Rao/Tetiana Luzhanska(UKR) lost to Maria-Fernanda Alves(BRA)/Agustina Lepore(ARG) 4-6,6-7(4)

$50,000 WACO TENNIS CHALLENGER, Texas, USA
(September 15 - 20, 2008)

HARD COURT
Men's Singles Qualifying Round 1
(6)Rohan Gide lost to (WC)Marc Bruche(GER) 6-3,6-7(2),3-6

Men's Doubles Round 1
Stephen Amritraj/Peter Polansky(CAN) lost to (4)Alberto Francis(USA)/Nicholas Monroe(USA) 6-4,3-6,9-11

TODI CHALLENGER, Italy
(September 15 - 21, 2008)
RED CLAY COURT
Men's Singles Qualifying Round 1
(8)Harsh Mankad lost to Pavel Katliarou(BLR) 3-3(retired)
Purav Raja lost to Giulio Torroni(ITA) 2-6,5-7

Men's Doubles Quarterfinal
Harsh Mankad/Purav Raja lost to (4)Paolo Lorenzi(ITA)/Giancarlo Petrazzuolo(ITA) 6-2,4-6,4-10
Round 1
beat (WC)Farrukh Dustov(UZB)/Niko Karagiannis(GRE) 2-6,7-5,10-6

$25,000 KARSHI, Uzbekistan
(September 15 - 21, 2008)

HARD COURT
Women's Singles Quarterfinal
Ankita Bhambri lost to Lesya Tsurenko(UKR) 4-6,6-7(2)
Round 2
Ankita Bhambri beat Ekaterina Dranets(RUS) 3-6,6-1,6-3
(3)Isha Lakhani lost to Lesya Tsurenko(UKR) 2-6,3-6
Sanaa Bhambri lost to Nicole Clerico(ITA) 3-6,1-6
(Q)Parija Maloo lost to (2)Pemra Ozgen(TUR) 5-7,1-6
Round 1
Ankita Bhambri beat Ima Bohush(BLR) 6-3,7-5
Sanaa Bhambri beat (Q)Sabina Sharipova(UZB) 6-0,6-3
(Q)Parija Maloo beat (Q)Shahzodaxon Hatamova(UZB) 6-4,2-6,6-4
(3)Isha Lakhani beat (Q)Diana Narzikulova(UZB) 6-1,6-2
(LL)Prerana-Mythri Appineni lost to Nicole Clerico(ITA) 4-6,3-6
Qualifying Singles Round 2
(3)Parija Maloo beat Daria Tuaeva(UZB) 6-0,6-0
(2)Prerana-Mythri Appineni lost to Diera Saidmukhamedova(UZB) 5-7,5-7
Round 1
-bye-

Women's Doubles Quarterfinal
Prerana-Mythri Appineni/Parija Maloo lost to (1)Nicole Clerico(ITA)/Ksenia Palkina(KGZ) 4-6,3-6
Ankita Bhambri/Sanaa Bhambri lost to Albina Khabibulina(UZB)/Alexandra Kolesnichenko(UZB) 1-6,2-6
Round 1

Prerana-Mythri Appineni/Parija Maloo beat (WC)Nigina Rakhmonova(UZB)/Diera Saidmukhamedova(UZB) 5-7,3-6
Ankita Bhambri/Sanaa Bhambri beat Alisa Ogorodova(UZB)/Anastasiya Vasylyeva(UKR) 6-0,6-2
(2)Isha Lakhani/Pemra Ozgen(TUR) lost to Ima Bohush(BLR)/Lesya Tsurenko(UKR) 6-7(5),3-6

$25,000 KAWANA, Australia
(September 15 - 21, 2008)

HARD COURT
Women's Singles Qualifying Round 1
Ashmitha Easwaramurthi lost to (7)Julia Moriarty 4-6,0-6


$15,000 GREAT BRITAIN F15 FUTURES, Nottingham
(September 15 - 21, 2008)

HARD COURT
Men's Singles Round 1
Navdeep Singh lost to Joshua Milton(GB) 3-6,1-6
Qualifying Round 1
Rahil Dhruva lost to Ben Mactaggart(GB) 1-6,2-6

Men's Doubles Quarterfinal
(3)Navdeep Singh/Adil Shamasdin(CAN) lost to David Rice(GB)/Sean Thornley(GB) 7-5,1-6,5-10
Round 1
-bye-

$15,000 TORNEO INTERNACIONAL, Madrid-Alcorcon, Spain
(September 15 - 21, 2008)
HARD COURT
Men's Singles Qualifying Round 1
Kaushik Raju lost to Jonathan Solanas-Lafuente(SPN) 3-6,4-6

$10,000 RWANDA F1 FUTURES, Kigali
(September 15 - 21, 2008)

CLAY COURT
Men's Singles Qualifying Round 1
Krishik Divakar lost to Andrew Mawire(ZIM) 4-6,4-6

Men's Doubles Round 1
Krishik Divakar/Dmitry Sventitsky(RUS) lost to Gregory Chambaz(SUI)/Anas Fattar(MAR) (Walkover)


BCR OPEN ROMANIA, Bucharest
(September 8 - 14, 2008)

RED CLAY COURT
Men's Singles Round 1
(Q)Somdev Devvarman lost to (3)Nicolas Almagro(SPN) 7-6(6),2-6,5-7
Qualifying Round 3
Somdev Devvarman beat (2)Filippo Volandri(ITA) 6-3,4-6,6-3
Round 2
Somdev Devvarman beat Florin Mergea(ROU) 6-1,6-2
Round 1
Somdev Devvarman beat (WC)Bogdan Andrii(ROU) 6-0,6-1

$225,000 COMMONWEALTH BANK TENNIS CLASSIC, Bali, Indonesia
(September 8 - 14, 2008)
HARD, PLEXIPAVE COURT
Women's Singles Qualifying Round 2
(5)Shikha Uberoi lost to (2)Sandy Gumulya(INA) 1-6,3-6
Round 1
-bye-

Women's Doubles Round 1
Shikha Uberoi/Aleksandra Wozniak(CAN) lost to Nadia Petrova(RUS)/Marta Domachowska(POL) 6-3,1-6,4-10

$50,000 USTA OKLAHAMA CHALLENGER. Tulsa
(September 8 - 14, 2008)

HARD COURT
Men's Doubles Semifinal
(4)Stephen Amritraj/Joseph Sirianni(AUS) lost to (2)Ashley Fisher(AUS)/Stephen Huss(AUS) 3-6,4-6
Quarterfinal
beat (WC)Will Gray(US)/Ryan Rowe(US) 7-6(5),4-6,12-10
Round 1
beat Jamie Baker(GB)/Jonathan Marray(GB) 7-5,6-7(4),10-6

OPEN d'ORLEANS, France
(September 8 - 14, 2008)
HARD, GREENSET COURT
Men's Singles Qualifying Round 2
(7)Harsh Mankad lost to (WC)Jean-Kome Loglo(TOG) 4-6,6-3,6-7(5)
Purav Raja lost to (2)Vladimir Obradovic(SRB) 4-6,4-6
Round 1

(7)Harsh Mankad beat (WC)Mohammed Affes(TUN) 6-4,6-2
Purav Raja beat Kenny De Schepper(FRA) 6-3,6-4

$25,000 ROCKHAMPTON, Australia
(September 8 - 14, 2008)
HARD COURT
Women's Singles Qualifying Round 1
(12)Ashmitha Easwaramurthi lost to Jenny Thuy Le(AUS) 3-6,2-6

$15,000 INDIA F7 FUTURES, New Delhi
(September 8 - 14, 2008)

HARD COURT
Men's Singles Semifinal
Prajnesh Gunneswaran lost to (7)Aqeel Khan(PAK) 3-6,2-6
Quarterfinal
Prajnesh Gunneswaran beat (2)Yuichi Sugita(JPN) 7-6(4),6-4
(4)Sunil Kumar Sipaeya lost to (6)Hsin-Han Lee(TPE) 1-6,2-6
Rupesh Roy lost to (1)Peter Gojowczyk(GER) 2-6,2-6
(WC)Vignesh Peranamallur-Chandrasekhar lost to (7)Aqeel Khan(PAK) 7-6(8),4-6,5-7
Round 2
Prajnesh Gunneswaran beat (WC)Ronak Manuja 6-4,6-2
(4)Sunil Kumar Sipaeya beat Tushar Liberhan 3-6,6-4,6-4
Rupesh Roy beat (Q)Abhijeet Tiwari 6-3,6-4
(WC)Vignesh Peranamallur-Chandrasekhar beat Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan 7-6(3),4-6,3-2(retired)
Vishnu Vardhan lost to (1)Peter Gojowczyk(GER) 4-6,4-6
(Q)N Vijay Sundar Prashanth lost to (7)Aqeel Khan(PAK) 2-6,4-6
(Q)Nikunj Siwach lost to (2)Yuichi Sugita(JPN) 3-6,3-6
Round 1
Prajnesh Gunneswaran beat (5)Ashutosh Singh 7-6(5),4-6,7-6(7)
(4)Sunil Kumar Sipaeya beat (Q)Suresh Krishna 6-0,6-0
Rupesh Roy beat (8)Divij Sharan 7-6(3),6-3
(WC)Vignesh Peranamallur-Chandrasekhar beat (Q)Mithun Murali 6-3,6-2
Rohan Gajjar lost to (1)Peter Gojowczyk(GER) 6-4,5-7,2-6
Vishnu Vardhan beat Shivang Mishra 6-1,6-1
(Q)Abhijeet Tiwari beat (Q)I-Ta Chen(TPE) 6-2,6-0
Tushar Liberhan beat (Q)Prateek Bhambri 6-3,6-2
(WC)Navinder Pal Singh lost to Yasir Khan(PAK) 3-6,6-4,0-6
Vijayant Malik lost to (6)Hsin-Han Lee(TPE) 6-7(5),1-6
(Q)N Vijay Sundar Prashanth beat (WC)Karunuday Singh 6-3,6-4
Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan beat (3)Hyun-Woo Nam(KOR) 6-3,7-5
(WC)Ronak Manuja beat Vaja Uzakov(UZB) 7-6(6),6-3
(Q)Nikunj Siwach beat Yannick Nelord 2-6,7-5,6-4
Rahil Makharia lost to (2)Yuichi Sugita(JPN) 1-6,2-6
Qualifying Draw

Men's Doubles Final
(1)Ashutosh Singh/Sunil Kumar Sipaeya beat Divij Sharan/Vishnu Vardhan 6-2,6-2
Semifinal
(1)Ashutosh Singh/Sunil Kumar Sipaeya beat (3)Peter Gojowczyk(GER)/Yuichi Sugita(JPN) 7-5,6-3
Divij Sharan/Vishnu Vardhan beat (WC)Mithun Murali/Yannick Nelord 4-6,6-2,10-5 Quarterfinal
(1)Ashutosh Singh/Sunil Kumar Sipaeya beat Rahil Makharia/Vaja Uzakov(UZB) 6-1,6-1
(3)Peter Gojowczyk(GER)/Yuichi Sugita(JPN) beat Vijayant Malik/Ronak Manuja 6-1,6-3
(WC)Mithun Murali/Yannick Nelord beat (4)N Vijay Sundar Prashanth/Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan 6-4,6-3
Divij Sharan/Vishnu Vardhan beat (2)Rohan Gajjar/Tushar Liberhan 7-5,6-2

$15,000 GREAT BRITAIN F14 FUTURES, Nottingham
(September 8 - 14, 2008)

HARD COURT
Men's Singles Round 2
Navdeep Singh lost to (1)Martin Fischer(AUT) 0-6,4-6
Round 1
beat (Q)Christopher Simpson(GB) 6-2,7-5

$15,000 OPEN CIUDAD DE MOSTOLES, Mostoles-Madrid, Spain
(September 8 - 14, 2008)
HARD COURT

Men's Singles Qualifying Round 1
Kaushik Raju lost to (13)Santos Sanchez-Patino(SPN) 0-6,6-7(1)

$10,000 BURUNDI F1 FUTURES, Bujumbura
(September 8 - 14, 2008)

CLAY COURT
Men's Singles Round 1

(Q)Krishik Divakar lost to (3)Motaz Abou El Khair(EGY) 3-6,1-6
Qualifying Singles Round 1
-bye-

Men's Doubles Round 1
Krishik Divakar/Andrew Mawire(ZIM) lost to Andre Begemann(GER)/Alexei Filenkov(RUS) 4-6,2-6

BRASOV CHALLENGER, Romania
(September 2 - 7, 2008)
RED CLAY COURT
Men's Singles Round 1
Somdev Devvarman lost to (8)David Marrero(SPN) 4-6,6-1,4-6

TEAN INTERNATIONAL, Alphen Aan Den Rijn, Netherlands
(September 1 - 7, 2008)
RED CLAY COURT
Men's Doubles Round 1
Harsh Mankad/Purav Raja lost to Michel Koning(NED)/Martijn Van Haasteren(AHO) 4-6,5-7

$15,000 INDIA F6 FUTURES, Chennai
(September 1 - 7, 2008)
HARD COURT
Men's Singles Quarterfinal
Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan
lost to (1)Peter Gojowczyk(GER) 3-6,1-6
(Q)Vignesh Peranamallur-Chandrasekhar lost to (2)Alexey Kedryuk(KAZ) 1-6,3-6
Round 2
Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan beat Vinod Sridhar 6-2,6-3
(Q)Vignesh Peranamallur-Chandrasekhar beat Rohan Gajjar 6-2,6-4
Divij Sharan lost to (1)Peter Gojowczyk(GER) 2-6,5-7
(WC)Karunuday Singh lost to (3)Yuichi Sugita(JPN) 4-6,4-6
Rupesh Roy lost to (8)Hsin-Han Lee(TPE) 3-6,6-7(1)
(Q)Mithun Murali lost to (Q)I-Ta Chen(TPE) 4-6,1-6
Vishnu Vardhan lost to (2)Alexey Kedryuk(KAZ) 1-6,7-6(3),6-7(5)
Round 1
Divij Sharan beat (Q)Ankit Sachdeva 6-2,6-3
Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan beat (5)Sunil Kumar Sipaeya 4-6,6-4,6-3
Vinod Sridhar beat (Q)Vikas Chauhan 6-2,6-2
Rupesh Roy beat Ronak Manuja 6-3,6-1
Rohan Gajjar beat Vijayant Malik 7-5,6-2
(WC)Karunuday Singh beat (Q)Srirambalaji Narayanaswamy 6-3,6-1
(Q)Mithun Murali beat Yasir Khan(PAK) 7-5,6-0
Vishnu Vardhan beat (Q)Shivang Mishra 6-2,6-2
Tushar Liberhan lost to (1)Peter Gojowczyk(GER) 2-6,1-6
Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan lost to (4)Hyun-Woo Nam(KOR) 7-6(5),4-6,5-7
(WC)Prajnesh Gunneswaran lost to (2)Alexey Kedryuk(KAZ) 3-6,4-6
(Q)Vignesh Peranamallur-Chandrasekhar beat (7)Ashutosh Singh 6-7(2),6-3,3-1(retired)
(LL)Palash Tiwari lost to (8)Hsin-Han Lee(TPE) 2-6,3-6
(LL)Chandril Sood lost to (Q)I-Ta Chen(TPE) 3-6,2-6
(LL)Christopher Marquis lost to Aqeel Khan(PAK) 5-7,2-6
Men's Singles Qualifying Draw

Men's Doubles Final
Divij Sharan/Vishnu Vardhan beat (1)Ashutosh Singh/Sunil Kumar Sipaeya 6-3,4-6,10-7
Semifinals
(1)Ashutosh Singh/Sunil Kumar Sipaeya beat (4)Peter Gojowczyk(GER)/Yuichi Sugita(JPN) 6-1,6-4
Divij Sharan/Vishnu Vardhan beat Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan/Aqeel Khan(PAK) 6-3,6-4
Quarterfinals
(1)Ashutosh Singh/Sunil Kumar Sipaeya beat I-Ta Chen(TPE)/Hsin-Han Lee(TPE) 7-6(2),6-3
Divij Sharan/Vishnu Vardhan beat (2)Rupesh Roy/Alexey Kedryuk(KAZ) 2-6,6-3,11-9
Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan/Aqeel Khan(PAK) beat N Vijay Sundar Prashanth/Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan 5-7,7-5,10-7
(WC)Christopher Marquis/Abhijeet Tiwari lost to (4)Peter Gojowczyk(GER)/Yuichi Sugita(JPN) 4-6,2-6

Round 1
(1)Ashutosh Singh/Sunil Kumar Sipaeya beat Vinod Sridhar/Kamala Kannan 6-3,7-6(4)
(WC)Christopher Marquis/Abhijeet Tiwari beat (WC)Irfan Hussain/Yasir Khan(PAK) 6-1,6-3
N Vijay Sundar Prashanth/Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan beat Vignesh Peranamallur-Chandrasekhar/Ajai Selvaraj 7-6(2),6-3
Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan/Aqeel Khan(PAK) beat (3)Rohan Gajjar/Tushar Liberhan 6-3,6-7(5),10-6
Divij Sharan/Vishnu Vardhan beat Prajnesh Gunneswaran/Srirambalaji Narayanaswamy 6-3,6-4
(2)Rupesh Roy/Alexey Kedryuk(KAZ) beat (WC)Mithun Murali/Karunuday Singh 6-2,6-2
Yannick Nelord/Whit Livingston(USA) lost to I-Ta Chen(TPE)/Hsin-Han Lee(TPE) 6-7(2),2-6
Vijayant Malik/Ronak Manuja lost to (4)Peter Gojowczyk(GER)/Yuichi Sugita(JPN) 4-6,4-6

$10,000 EGYPT F5 FUTURES, Cairo
(September 1 - 7, 2008)

CLAY COURT
Men's Singles Round 1
Rahil Makharia lost to (Q)Sergei Pershin(RUS) 6-3,3-6,4-6
Qualifying Singles Round 2
Vijay Siwach lost to (3)Michael Leong(SOL) 0-6,2-6
Round 1
Vijay Siwach beat Zeyad Montasser(EGY) 1-2(retired)
Nikunj Siwach lost to Ahmed Nazir(EGY) 6-3,0-6,5-7
Shrikant Rathi lost to Andrew Mawire(ZIM) 1-6,1-6
Navinder Pal Singh lost to Ali Mokhtar Ashraf(EGY) 3-6,4-6

$10,000 GO YANG, Korea
(
September 1 - 7, 2008)
HARD COURT
Women's Singles Qualifying Round 1
Abhilasha Ahuja lost to Yoo-Ri Bae(KOR) 0-6,0-3 (retired)