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11.2.08

Match Results Archive - Feb 2008

WTA BARCLAYS CHAMPIONSHIPS, Dubai (25 February - 1 March 2008)
Women's Singles Round 2
(WC)Sania Mirza lost to (4)Jelena Jankovic(SRB) 6-4,3-6,4-6
Round 1

beat (Q)Vera Dushevina(RUS) 7-6(5),6-2

Women's Doubles Round 2
Sania Mirza/Francesca Schiavone(ITA) lost to (1)Cara Black(ZIM)/Liezel Huber(USA) 2-6,7-6(4),10-12
Round 1
beat (WC)Svetlana Kuznetsova(RUS)/Amelie Mauresmo(FRA) 6-4,6-4

MEMPHIS OPEN (25 February - 1 March 2008)
Men's Doubles Final
(1)Mahesh Bhupathi/Mark Knowles(BAH) beat Sanchai Ratiwatana(THA)/Sonchat Ratiwatana(THA) 7-6(5),6-2
Semifinal
(1)Mahesh Bhupathi/Mark Knowles(BAH) beat Chris Haggard(RSA)/Jurgen Melzer(AUT) 7-6(9),6-2
Quarterfinal
(1)Mahesh Bhupathi/Mark Knowles(BAH) beat Igor Kunitsyn(RUS)/Jim Thomas(USA) 6-3,6-2
Round 1
(1)Mahesh Bhupathi/
Mark Knowles(BAH) beat (WC)John Isner(USA)/Donald Young(USA) 6-4,6-2
Rohan Bopanna/Dudi Sela(ISR) lost to Igor Kunitsyn(RUS)/Jim Thomas(USA) 5-7,4-6

Women's Doubles Round 1
Sunitha Rao/Sophie Lefevre(FRA) lost to Carly Gullickson(USA)/Shenay Perry(USA) 0-6,4-6
USA F5 FUTURES, Harlingen (25 February - 2 March 2008)
Men's Singles Qualifying Round 3
(1)Sunil Kumar Sipaeya lost to (16)Andrey Kumantsov(RUS) 2-6,3-6
Round 2

beat Jarmere Jenkins(USA) 4-6,7-5,6-2
Round 1
beat Bryan Wooten(USA) 6-7(4),6-3,6-4

Men's Doubles Round 1
Sunil Kumar Sipaeya
/Daniel Yoo(KOR) lost to (4)Nicholas Monroe(USA)/Phillip Simmonds(USA) 2-5 (retired)

INDIA F2 FUTURES, New Delhi (25 February - 2 March 2008)
Men's Singles Semifinal
(Q)Rohan Gajjar lost to Alexey Kedryuk(KAZ) 2-6,3-6
Quarterfinal
(Q)Rohan Gajjar beat (3)Guillermo Alcaide(SPN) 7-6(6),6-4
Navdeep Singh lost to Alexey Kedryuk(KAZ) 0-6,5-7

Round 2
Navdeep Singh beat Divij Sharan 6-4,7-5
(Q)Rohan Gajjar beat (Q)Hsien-Yin Peng(TPE) 7-6(2),7-6(7)
(8)Karan Rastogi lost to Alexey Kedryuk(KAZ) 6-3,3-6,1-6
(WC)Vinod Sridhar lost to (6)Peng Sun(CHN) 6-4,2-6,2-6
Vivek Shokeen lost to (2)Alexander Satschko(GER) 7-5,4-6,6-7(5)
Round 1
Navdeep Singh beat (1)Kyu-Tae Im(KOR) 6-3,6-4
(8)Karan Rastogi beat (WC)Harsh Mankad 3-6,6-3,6-1
(WC)Vinod Sridhar beat (WC)Vishnu Vardhan 7-6(6),6-4
Vivek Shokeen beat Aditya Madkekar 6-1,6-4
Divij Sharan beat (Q)Huai-En Chang(TPE) 6-4,6-4
(Q)Rohan Gajjar beat (5)Matteo Volante(ITA) 7-6(3),3-6,6-3
Ashutosh Singh lost to (3)Guillermo Alcaide(SPN) 2-6,6-3,3-6
(Q)Kamala Kannan lost to (Q)Hsien-Yin Peng(TPE) 6-7(4),6-7(0)
(Q)Purav Raja lost to (4)Todor Enev(BUL) 4-6,4-6
Vijay Kannan lost to (Q)Tzu-Yang Lin(TPE) 0-6,6-4,4-6
(WC)Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan lost to (2)Alexander Satschko(GER) 2-6,7-5,0-6

Men's Singles Qualifying Round 3
(13)Kamala Kannan beat Yuvraj Haral 6-1,6-1
(2)Purav Raja beat (14)Rohan Gide 6-2,6-2
(6)Rohan Gajjar beat (10)Vignesh Peranamallur-Chandrasekhar 3-6,6-4,7-5
Mustafa Ghouse lost to (3)Vaja Uzakov(UKB) 6-7(5),6-2,3-6
(16)Yannick Nelord lost to (7)Hsien-Yin Peng(TPE) 3-6,6-7(3)
(15)Srirambalaji Narayanaswamy lost to (8)Tzu-Yang Lin(TPE) 1-6,6-7(3)
Round 2
Yuvraj Haral w/o (1)Tushar Liberhan
(13)Kamala Kannan
beat Alon Moses 6-4,6-3
(2)Purav Raja beat Jitender Mehlda 6-0,6-0
(14)Rohan Gide beat Divyanshu Singh 6-3,6-2
Mustafa Ghouse beat (9)Vijayant Malik 7-6(4),6-2
(6)Rohan Gajjar beat Jason Alpen(AUS) 6-1,6-2
(10)Vignesh Peranamallur-Chandrasekhar beat Saurav Sukul 6-3,6-0
(16)Yannick Nelord beat Shuang-Qiang Liang(CHN) 6-2,4-6,6-1
(15)Srirambalaji Narayanaswamy beat Vidhan Vyas 6-4,6-1

Ravi Krishna Palivela lost to (3)Vaja Uzakov(UKB) 1-6,0-6
Vijay Sundar Prashanth lost to (4)Simeon Ivanov(BUL) 3-6,1-6
Ankit Sachdeva lost to (12)Yu Chang(CHN) 1-6,2-6
Prashant Sawant lost to (7)Hsien-Yin Peng(TPE) 1-6,2-6
Shrikant Rathi lost to (8)Tzu-Yang Lin(TPE) 0-6,1-6
Round 1
(Top three seeds got byes)
Yuvraj Haral beat Ashmeet Singh 6-0,6-1
Alon Moses beat Jakob Richardson(AUS) 6-0,6-0
(13)Kamala Kannan beat Bharath Srinivasan Parthasarathy 6-4,6-2
Jitender Mehlda beat Sidharth Kaushik 7-5,6-3
Divyanshu Singh beat Gursewak Singh Amritraj 6-0,6-0
(14)Rohan Gide beat Yogesh Phogat 6-4,6-2
Ravi Krishna Palivela beat Girish Gadgeel 6-4,6-3
Mustafa Ghouse beat Siddharth Solanki 6-0,6-0
(9)Vijayant Malik beat Chin-Yu Huang(TPE) 6-1,6-1
Vijay Sundar Prashanth beat Suresh Krishna 6-0,6-1
Ankit Sachdeva beat Mandeep Yadav 6-3,7-5
(6)Rohan Gajjar beat Saif Ali 6-3,6-1
Saurav Sukul beat Akshay Kohli 6-1,6-2
(10)Vignesh Peranamallur-Chandrasekhar beat Rubal Shandilya 6-2,6-2
Prashant Sawant beat V R Sindha 6-2,6-0
(16)Yannick Nelord beat Rajiv Jacob Sandy 6-0,6-0
Shrikant Rathi beat Ravjeet Singh 3-6,0-6
Vidhan Vyas beat Hari Chidambaram 6-3,6-4
(15)Srirambalaji Narayanaswamy beat Hemant Garg 6-0,6-0
Rahil Makharia lost to (4)Simeon Ivanov(BUL) 2-6,0-6
Neishit Vakil lost to Joel Andriolo(AUS) 1-6,0-6
Kaushik Raju lost to (11)Valentin Dimov(BUL) 0-6,2-6
Santosh Quraishi lost to (5)Huai-En Chang(TPE) 0-6,1-6
Arvind Singh lost to Matthew Curic(AUS) 3-6,3-6
Arjun Goutham lost to (12)Yu Chang(CHN) 2-6,6-4,6-7(5)
Vivek Reddy lost to Jason Alpen(AUS) 6-7(4),7-5,4-6
Jitin Bishnoi lost to (7)Hsien-Yin Peng(TPE) 2-6,4-6
Vikram Reddy lost to Shuang-Qiang Liang(CHN) 4-6,4-6
Vikas Chauhan lost to (8)Tzu-Yang Lin(TPE) 0-6,1-6

Men's Doubles Final
(3)Vivek Shokeen/Ashutosh Singh beat (2)Vijay Kannan/Alexey Kedryuk(KAZ) 3-6,7-6(5),10-5
Semifinal
(3)Vivek Shokeen/Ashutosh Singh beat (WC)(1)Purav Raja/Mustafa Ghouse 6-7(3),6-3,10-4
(2)Vijay Kannan/Alexey Kedryuk(KAZ) beat Todor Enev(BUL)/David Savic(SRB) 6-4,6-2
Quarterfinal
(WC)(1)Purav Raja/Mustafa Ghouse beat Hsin-Han Lee(TPE)/Tsung-Hua Yang(TPE) 6-3,6-7(5),10-8
(3)Vivek Shokeen/Ashutosh Singh beat Vinod Sridhar/Vishnu Vardhan 7-6(5),7-6(6)
(2)Vijay Kannan/Alexey Kedryuk(KAZ) beat Yannick Nelord/Aqeel Khan(PAK) 6-4,6-4
(A)Vijay Sundar Prashanth/Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan lost to Todor Enev(BUL)/David Savic(SRB) 6-3,5-7,7-10

Round 1
(WC)(1)Purav Raja/Mustafa Ghouse beat Huai-En Chang(TPE)/Hsien-Yin Peng(TPE) 6-3,6-1
Vinod Sridhar/Vishnu Vardhan beat Rohan Gajjar/Aditya Madkekar 6-2,6-2
(A)Vijay Sundar Prashanth/Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan beat (WC)Kamala Kannan/Srirambalaji Narayanaswamy 6-3,6-4
Yannick Nelord/Aqeel Khan(PAK) beat (WC)Arjun Goutham/Kaushik Raju 6-3,6-1
(2)Vijay Kannan/Alexey Kedryuk(KAZ) beat Shuang-Qiang Liang(CHN)/Yu Jr. Wang(CHN) 6-3,7-5
(3)Vivek Shokeen/Ashutosh Singh beat Alexander Satschko(GER)/Matteo Volante(ITA) 6-1,6-4
Navdeep Singh/Divij Sharan lost to Todor Enev(BUL)/David Savic(SRB) 7-6(3),5-7,3-10

ITF $10,000 BENIN CITY, Nigeria (25 February - 2 March 2008)
Women's Singles Round 2
(WC)Shivika Burman lost to (3)Nathalia Rossi(BRA) 3-6,7-6(5),1-6
Round 1
(WC)Shivika Burman beat Giannina Minieri(CHI) 7-5,6-1
(4)Prerana Appineni lost to Alison Shemon(AUS) 3-6,2-6
(8)Parul Goswami lost to (Q)Gabriela Vieira(BRA) 4-6,3-6
Ashmitha Easwaramurthi lost to Valentine Confalonieri(ITA) 0-6,2-6

Women's Singles Qualifying Round 1
Akshitha Basavaraju
lost to Ksenia Moskal(RUS) 5-7,3-6

Womens' Doubles Round 1
(2)Prerana Appineni/Parul Goswami lost to Nevena Selakovic(SRB)/Keren Shlomo(ISR) 2-6,2-6

ITF $25,000 FORT WALTON BEACH, USA (25 February - 2 March 2008)
Women's Singles Qualifying Round 1
Shikha Uberoi
lost to Indire Akiki(CRO) 6-7(4),3-6

ITF $10,000 SANT BOI, Spain (25 February - 2 March 2008)
Women's Singles Quarterfinal
Sandhya Nagaraj lost to (LL)Simona Dobra(CZE) 1-6,1-6
Round 2
beat (5)Rebeca Bou Nogueiro(SPN) 7-6(5),6-4
Round 1
beat (Q)Charlotte Rodier(FRA) 6-2,2-6,6-3

Women's Doubles Round 1
Sandhya Nagaraj/Sheila Solsona-Carcasona(SPN) lost to (3)Elisa Balsamo(ITA)/Valentina Sulpizio(ITA) 4-6,1-6

WTA QATAR TOTAL OPEN, Doha (18 - 24 February 2008)
Women's Singles Round 1
Sania Mirza lost to Olga Govortsova(BLR) 6-4,6-7(5),2-3 retired (cramping)

WTA COPA COLSANITAS SANTANDER, Bogota (18 - 24 February 2008)
Women's Singles Round 1
Sunitha Rao lost to (7)Edina Gallovits(ROU) 1-6,2-6

Women's Doubles Quarterfinal
Sunitha Rao/Betina Jozami(ARG) lost to (1)Bethanie Mattek(USA)/Iveta Benesova(CZE) 2-6,6-3,7-10
Round 1

beat Maria Fernanda Alves(BRA)/Andrea Hlavackova(CZE) 0-6,6-4,10-8

USA F4 FUTURES, Brownsville (18 - 24 February 2008)
Men's Singles Round 1
(8)Sunil Kumar Sipaeya lost to Christoph Palmanshofer(AUT) 4-6,2-6

Men's Doubles Final
Sunil Kumar Sipaeya/Daniel Yoo(KOR) lost to (1)Pavel Chekhov(RUS)/Phillip Simmonds(USA) 3-6,2-6
Semifinal
beat (WC)Brian Battistone(USA)/Dann Battistone(USA) 2-6,6-0,10-6
Quarterfinal
beat Radu Albot(MDU)/Alexei Grigorov(RUS) 6-4,2-6,10-7
Round 1

beat (2)Vladimir Obradovic(SRB)/Artem Sitak(RUS) 6-4,6-1

INDIA F1 FUTURES, Kolkata (18 - 24 February 2008)
Men's Singles Quarterfinal
Vivek Shokeen lost to (1)Alexander Satschko(GER) 5-7,1-6
(WC)Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan lost to Hyun-Woo Nam(KOR) 2-6,1-6

Round 2
Vivek Shokeen beat (5)Peng Sun(CHN) 7-5,6-3

(WC)Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan beat (LL)Rohan Gide 7-6(4),6-0
(WC)Vishnu Vardhan lost to Tsung-Hua Yang(TPE) 3-6,7-6(5),1-6

Round 1
Vivek Shokeen beat (WC)Vijayant Malik 7-6(5),6-0
(LL)Rohan Gide beat Navdeep Singh 6-4,5-7,7-5
(WC)Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan beat (Q)Valentin Dimov(BUL) 6-1,6-4
(WC)Vishnu Vardhan beat (7)Karan Rastogi 6-3,6-1
Tushar Liberhan lost to (WC)Vaja Uzakov(UZB) 6-2,3-6,4-6
Divij Sharan lost to (4)Matteo Volante(ITA) 4-6,3-6
Aditya Madkekar lost to (1)Alexander Satschko(GER) 5-7,1-6
Vijay Kannan lost to Tsung-Hua Yang(TPE) 3-6,3-6
(Q)Rohan Gajjar lost to (6)David Savic(SRB) 2-6,4-6
(Q)Vinod Sridhar lost to Hyun-Woo Nam(KOR) 6-7(1),2-6


Men's Singles Qualifying Round 2
(4)Rohan Gajjar beat (12)Kamala Kannan 7-6(5),3-6,6-2
(5)Vinod Sridhar beat Vijay Sundar Prashanth 4-6,6-3,6-1
(1)Purav Raja lost to Chin-Yu Huang(TPE) 3-6,4-6
(10)Rohan Gide lost to (2)Simeon Ivanov(BUL) 2-6,1-6
(14)Yannick Nelord lost to (3)Huai-En Chang(TPE) 3-6,6-4,3-6
(15)Srirambalaji Narayanaswamy lost to (7)Tzu-Yang Lin(TPE) 1-6,3-6
Round 1
(1)Purav Raja beat Rahil Makharia 6-1,6-1
Mustafa Ghouse lost to (2)Simeon Ivanov(BUL) 4-6,4-6
(10)Rohan Gide beat Neishit Vakil 6-1,6-1
(14)Yannick Nelord beat Saurav Sukul 6-2,6-4
(4)Rohan Gajjar beat Jakob Richardson(AUS) 6-0,6-0
(12)Kamala Kannan beat Kaushik Raju 6-1,6-2
(5)Vinod Sridhar beat Rafique Paruti 6-1,6-0
Vijay Sundar Prashanth beat (9)Ajai Selvaraj 6-1,7-6(8)
Divyanshu Singh lost to (6)Hsien-Yin Peng(TPE) 6-4,4-6,3-6
Saif Ali lost to (7)Tzu-Yang Lin(TPE) 4-6,6-4,3-6
(15)Srirambalaji Narayanaswamy beat Alon Moses 6-1,6-3
Vikram Reddy lost to (8)Valentin Dimov(BUL) 4-6,5-7
Harshvardhan Thirani lost to (13)Yu Chang(CHN) 0-6,1-6

Men's Doubles Final
(2)Vijay Kannan/Alexey Kedryuk(KAZ) beat Huai-En Chang(TPE)/Hsien-Yin Peng(TPE) 7-6(7),7-6(2)
Semifinal
(2)Vijay Kannan/Alexey Kedryuk(KAZ) beat Vinod Sridhar/Vishnu Vardhan 5-7,6-4,10-4
Quarterfinal
Vinod Sridhar/Vishnu Vardhan beat (WC)Vijay Sundar Prashanth/Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan 3-6,6-3,10-1
(2)Vijay Kannan/Alexey Kedryuk(KAZ) beat Alexander Satschko(GER)/Matteo Volante(ITA) 3-6,6-4,10-7
Rohan Gajjar/Aditya Madkekar lost to Hsin-Han Lee(TPE)/Tsung-Hua Yang(TPE) 1-6,2-6 (WC)Kamala Kannan/Srirambalaji Narayanaswamy lost to Huai-En Chang(TPE)/Hsien-Yin Peng(TPE)
Round 1

Vinod Sridhar/Vishnu Vardhan beat (3)Vivek Shokeen/Ashutosh Singh 7-6(5),6-4
(2)Vijay Kannan/Alexey Kedryuk(KAZ) beat Yu Chang(CHN)/Peng Sun(CHN) 6-2,6-4
(WC)Kamala Kannan/Srirambalaji Narayanaswamy beat Tzu-Yang Lin(TPE)/Hyun-Woo Nam(KOR) 6-4,6-4
Rohan Gajjar/Aditya Madkekar beat Divij Sharan/Navdeep Singh 6-3,6-4
(WC)Vijay Sundar Prashanth/Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan beat Shuang-Qiang Liang(CHN)/Yu Jr. Wang(CHN) 6-2,6-1
(WC)(1)Purav Raja/Mustafa Ghouse lost to Huai-En Chang(TPE)/Hsien-Yin Peng(TPE) 6-7(5),3-6
Karan Rastogi/Guillermo Alcaide(SPN) lost to Alexander Satschko(GER)/Matteo Volante(ITA) 3-6,6-7(4)

ITF $10,000 BENIN CITY, Nigeria (18 - 24 February 2008)
Women's Singles Quarterfinal
(3)Prerana Appineni lost to (Q)Anna Piven(UKR) 4-6,6-7(2)
Round 2
(3)Prerana Appineni beat Natalia Cheng(BRA) 6-4,6-7(0),6-4
(8)Parul Goswami lost to Giannina Minieri(CHI) 6-2,3-6,3-6
Shivika Burman lost to (5)Keren Shlomo(ISR) 3-6,7-6(7),4-6
Round 1
(3)Prerana Appineni beat (WC)Sabath Ibrahim(NGR) 6-1,6-3
(8)Parul Goswami beat Rachel Snelen(USA) 6-2,6-1
Shivika Burman beat (WC)Fatimah Abinu(NGR) 6-0,6-1
Ashmitha Easwaramurthi lost to Amandine Cazeaux(FRA) 1-6,1-6

Women's Singles Qualifying Round 2
Akshitha Basavaraju lost to Anastasia Kharchenko(UKR) 3-6,1-6
Round 1
Akshitha Basavaraju beat Alexandra Riley(USA) 7-6(3),6-0

Women's Doubles Quarterfinals
(2)Prerana Appineni/Parul Goswami lost to Laura Bsoul(GER)/Alison Shemon(AUS) 4-6,1-6
Round 1
(2)Prerana Appineni/Parul Goswami beat Natalie Handler(ISR)/Nevena Selakovic(SRB) 6-0,6-3
Akshitha Basavaraju/Shivika Burman lost to (4)Fabiana Chiaparini(BRA)/Nathalia Rossi(BRA) 4-6,4-6
Ashmitha Easwaramurthi/Tegan Edwards(RSA) lost to Valentine Confalonieri(ITA)/Ksenia Moskal(RUS) 2-6,6-2,7-10

ATP SAP OPEN, San Jose, USA (18 - 24 February 2008)
Men's Singles Qualifying Round 1
Rohan Bopanna lost to KJ Hippensteel(USA) 4-6,6-7(3)

Men's Doubles Quarterfinal
(2)Mahesh Bhupathi/Mark Knowles(BAH) lost to Scott Lipsky(USA)/David Martin(USA) 6-2,6-7(5),8-10

Round 1
(2)Mahesh Bhupathi/Mark Knowles(BAH) beat Jaroslav Levinsky(CZE)/Radek Stepanek(CZE) 6-2,6-3
Rohan Bopanna/Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi(PAK) lost to (3)Max Mirnyi(BLR)/Jamie Murray(GBR) 4-6,4-6

ITF $10,000 MALLORCA, Spain (11 - 17 February 2008)
Women's Singles Round 1
Sandhya Nagaraj lost to (5)Stephanie Vogt(LIE) 2-6,1-6

Women's Doubles Round 1
Sandhya Nagaraj/Vanessa Kretsch(GER) lost to Leticia Costas-Moreira(SPN)/Maite Gabarrus-Alonso(SPN) 5-7,0-6

DAVIS CUP, New Delhi (8 - 10 February 2008)
Asia/Oceania Zone Group I, Round 1
INDIA beat UZBEKISTAN 3-2

Day 3
Rohan Bopanna lost to Denis Istomin 6-4,6-4,4-6,6-7(1),6-8
Prakash Amritraj beat Farrukh Dustov 6-3,3-6,6-3,6-2

Day 2

Mahesh Bhupathi/Rohan Bopanna beat Farrukh Dustov/Denis Istomin 6-3,6-3,6-4
Day 1
Rohan Bopanna beat Farrukh Dustov 6-3,6-3,6-1
Somdev Dev Varman lost to Denis Istomin 3-6,4-6,2-6

ITF $10,000 MALLORCA, Spain (4 - 10 February 2008)
Women's Singles Round 2

Sandhya Nagaraj lost to (4)Polona Hercog(SLO) 3-6,2-6
Round 1
beat Charlotte Rodier(FRA) 6-4,6-2

ITF $75,000 MIDLAND, USA (4 - 10 February 2008)
Women's Qualifying Singles Round 1
(7)Tara Iyer
lost to Mashona Washington(USA) 6-3,3-6,3-6

WTA PATTAYA WOMEN'S OPEN, Thailand (4 - 10 February 2008)

Women's Singles Round 2
(LL)Sunitha Rao lost to Ekaterina Bychkova(RUS) 4-6,4-6
Round 1
(LL)Sunitha Rao beat (LL)Junri Namigata(JPN) 6-1,6-4
Qualifying Singles Round 3
(4)Sunitha Rao lost to
(8)Akiko Yonemura(JPN) 1-6,1-6
Round 2
(4)Sunitha Rao beat Stamatia Fafaliou(GRE) 6-1,6-1
Shikha Uberoi lost to Yi-Miao Zhou(CHN) 2-6,2-6
Round 1
(4)Sunitha Rao beat (WC)Nicha Lertpitaksinchai(THA) 6-2,6-0
Shikha Uberoi beat Anne Priska Schaefer(GER) 6-1,6-0

Women's Doubles Round 1
Sunitha Rao/Andreja Klepac(SLO) lost to Arina Rodionova(RUS)/AnastasiaRodionova(RUS) 4-6,5-7