Match Results Archive - April 2008

(Indian players in bold)
(WC-Wildcard PR-Protected Ranking Q-Qualifier LL-Lucky Loser A-Alternate)

ATP MASTERS MONTE CARLO
(19 - 27 April 2008)
CLAY COURT
Men's Doubles Final
(4)Mahesh Bhupathi/Mark Knowles(BAH) lost to Rafael Nadal(SPN)/Tommy Robredo(SPN) 3-6,3-6
Semifinal
(4)Mahesh Bhupathi/Mark Knowles(BAH) beat Jeff Coetzee(SA)/Wesley Moodie(SA) 6-0,7-5
Quarterfinal
(4)Mahesh Bhupathi/Mark Knowles(BAH) beat (5)Simon Aspelin(SWE)/Julian Knowle(AUT) 6-2,6-3
Round 2
(4)Mahesh Bhupathi/Mark Knowles(BAH) beat Marcelo Melo(BRA)/Andre Sa(BRA) 6-4,6-3
Leander Paes/Paul Hanley(AUS) lost to Jonathan Erlich(ISR)/Andy Ram(ISR) 6-4,3-6,3-10
Round 1
Leander Paes/Paul Hanley(AUS) beat David Nalbandian(ARG)/Sebastian Prieto(ARG) 6-4,6-3
(4)Mahesh Bhupathi/Mark Knowles(BAH) -bye-

ATP $100,000 BERMUDA OPEN CHALLENGER
(21 - 27 April 2008)
CLAY COURT
Men's Doubles Round 1
Stephen Amritraj/Dudi Sela(ISR) lost to (WC)Greg Jones(AUS)/Donald Young(USA) 1-6,2-6

PRICE LEBLANC LEXUS PRO TENNIS CLASSIC
ATP $50,000 CHALLENGER, Baton Rouge, LA
(21 - 27 April 2008)
HARD COURT
Men's Qualifying Singles Round 1
(2)Prakash Amritraj lost to Lance Vodicka(USA) 2-6,2-3(retired)
(8)Sunil Kumar Sipaeya lost to Jeremy Blandin(FRA) 3-6,1-6

Men's Doubles
(4)Mustafa Ghouse/Sam Warburg(USA) lost to (WC)Phillip Simmonds(USA)/Tim Smyczek(USA) 5-7,2-6
Round 1
beat Alex Bogdanovic(GBR)/Vladimir Obradovic(SRB) 4-6,6-3,10-6

ITF $25,000 NAMANGAN, Uzbekistan
(21 - 27 April 2008)
HARD COURT
Women's Singles Round 1
Prerana Appineni lost to (Q)Anastasiya Vasylyeva(UKR) 0-6,0-6

Women's Doubles Round 1
Prerana Appineni/Viktoria Yemialyanava(BLR) lost to Maria Kondratieva(RUS)/Ekaterina Yashina(RUS) 6-0,3-6,8-10

CHINA $15,000 F4 TCL FUTURES, Taizhou
(21 - 27 April 2008)
HARD COURT
Men's Singles Quarterfinal
Karan Rastogi lost to Toshihide Matsui(JPN) 6-4,2-6,4-6
Round 2
Karan Rastogi beat Ashutosh Singh 6-1,6-2
Round 1
Karan Rastogi beat Miles Armstrong(AUS) 6-2,6-3
Ashutosh Singh beat Vishnu Vardhan 7-6(2),2-6,6-4
Men's Qualifying Singles Round 3
(4)Vishnu Vardhan beat (16)Yu Chang(CHN) 6-4,6-2
Round 2
beat Yun-Peng Fu(CHN) 6-1,6-2
Round 1
beat (WC)Chuan Jiang(CHN) 6-1,6-2

Men's Doubles Round 1
Karan Rastogi/Ashutosh Singh lost to Tzu-Yang Lin(TPE)/Chu-Huan Yi(TPE) 3-6,2-6

ITF $10,000 TORRENT, Spain
(21 - 27 April 2008)
CLAY COURT
Women's Singles Round 1
Sandhya Nagaraj lost to (Q)Ana Salas-Lozano(SPN) 4-6,1-6


ATP $75,000 BUSAN OPEN CHALLENGER, Korea
(14-19 April 2008)
HARD COURT
Men's Singles Round 2
Harsh Mankad lost to (6)Danai Udomchoke(THA) 0-6,3-6
Round 1
beat Guillermo Alcaide(SPN) 6-3,3-6,7-6(3)

Men's Doubles
Harsh Mankad withdrew from Round 1 match

$50,000 TALLAHASSEE CHALLENGER, Florida
(14-19 April 2008)
HARD COURT
Men's Qualifying Singles Round 2
(5)Sunil Kumar Sipaeya lost to Marcus Sarstrand(SWE) 1-6,1-6
Round 1
-bye-

$35,000 CASABLANCA SAN ANGEL CHALLENGER, Mexico City
(14-19 April 2008)
HARD COURT
Men's Singles Round 2
(5)Prakash Amritraj lost to Joshua Goodall(GBR) 7-6(4),4-6,3-6
Round 1
beat Victor Estrella(DOM) 7-5,6-2

Men's Qualifying Singles Round 2
Mustafa Ghouse lost to (3)Nima Roshan(USA) 4-6,6-3,3-6
Stephen Amritraj lost to (8)Antonio Ruiz-Rosales(MEX) 0-6,4-6
Round 1
Mustafa Ghouse beat Ikaika Jobe(USA) 6-3,6-2
Stephen Amritraj beat Shinta Fujii(JPN) 6-1,6-2

Men's Doubles Quarterfinal
Mustafa Ghouse/Stephen Amritraj lost to (2)Carsten Ball(AUS)/Robert Smeets(AUS) 3-6,3-6
Round 1
Mustafa Ghouse/Stephen Amritraj beat (A)Roman Borvanov(USA)/Norikazu Sugiyama(JPN) 6-3,7-6(3)

USTA $25,000 BALLENISLES CHALLENGER, Florida
(14 - 20 April 2008)
CLAY COURT
Women's Singles Semifinal
(1)Sunitha Rao lost to (8)Soledad Esperon(ARG) 3-6,6-7(3)
Quarterfinal
(1)Sunitha Rao beat (WC)Kimberly Couts(USA) 7-6(6),6-4
Round 2
(1)Sunitha Rao beat Neha Uberoi(USA) 6-4,6-4
Round 1
(1)Sunitha Rao beat (Q)Veronica Spiegel(ARG) 6-4,6-3
Shikha Uberoi lost to (Q)Gabriela Paz(VEN) 6-3,0-6, 6-7(4)

Women's Qualifying Singles Round 3
Shikha Uberoi beat (15)Svetlana Krivencheva(BUL) 6-4,6-3
Round 2
beat Anastasia Kharchenko(UKR) 6-1,6-1
Round 1
beat (3)Asia Muhammed(USA) 6-1,3-6,7-6(2)

Women's Doubles Semifinal
(1)Sunitha Rao/Raquel Kops-Jones(USA) lost to Ekaterina Afinogenova(RUS)/Lauren Albanese(USA) 6-1,5-7,6-10
Quarterfinal
(1)Sunitha Rao/Raquel Kops-Jones(USA) beat Asia Muhammed(USA)/Ashley Weinhold(USA) 6-2,7-6(4)
Round 1
(1)Sunitha Rao/Raquel Kops-Jones(USA) beat (WC)Sesil Karatantcheva(BUL)/Shareen-Rena Lai(MY) 6-1,6-2
Shikha Uberoi/Neha Uberoi(USA) lost to Asia Muhammed(USA)/Ashley Weinhold(USA) 7-6(6),4-6,5-10

CHINA F3 TCL FUTURES, Taizhou
(14 - 20 April 2008)
HARD COURT
Men's Singles Semifinal
(4)Karan Rastogi lost to Zhe Li(CHN) 6-7(6),4-6
Quarterfinal
(4)Karan Rastogi beat Jun-Chao Xu(CHN) 6-2,6-4
Round 2
(4)Karan Rastogi beat (Q)Sa Chen(CHN) 6-4,6-3
Round 1
(4)Karan Rastogi beat (Q)Ben-Qiang Zhu(CHN) 7-6(3),4-1 retired
(7)Ashutosh Singh lost to Jun-Chao Xu(CHN) 1-6,1-6
Vishnu Vardhan lost to (LL)Tzu-Yang Lin(TPE) 6-3,4-6,6-7(5)
Navdeep Singh withdrew

Men's Doubles Final
(2)Karan Rastogi/Ashutosh Singh beat (1)Matthew Ebden(AUS)/Brydan Klein(AUS) 6-2,6-3
Semifinal
(2)Karan Rastogi/Ashutosh Singh beat Yu Jr. Wang(CHN)/Jun-Chao Xu(CHN) 6-1,6-3
Quarterfinal
(2)Karan Rastogi/Ashutosh Singh beat (WC)Sa Chen(CHN)/Chuan Jiang(CHN) 6-4,6-2
Round 1
(2)Karan Rastogi/Ashutosh Singh beat Mao-Xin Gong(CHN)/Hao Lu(CHN) 6-1,6-3
Vishnu Vardhan/Mikal Stattham(NZ) lost to Tzu-Yang Lin(TPE)/Chu-Huan Yi(TPE) 1-6,6-4,7-10

ITF $10,000 ANTALYA-BELEK, Turkey
(14 - 20 April 2008)
CLAY COURT
Women's Qualifying Singles Round 2
Ashmitha Easwaramurthi lost to Dagmar Dudlakova(CZE) 6-4,1-6,3-6
Round 1
-bye-

DAVIS CUP, New Delhi (11-13 April 2008)
Asia/Oceania Zone Group 1 Round 2 (Grass Court)
INDIA beat JAPAN 3-2
Rohan Bopanna beat Kei Nishikori 7-6(2),3-6,6-4,2-6,6-3
Prakash Amritraj beat Go Soeda 4-6,6-7(5),6-4,6-4,8-6
Leander Paes/Mahesh Bhupathi beat Satoshi Iwabuchi/Takao Suzuki 7-6(2),3-6,6-3,6-4
Mahesh Bhupathi lost to Kei Nishikori 5-7,1-6
Leander Paes lost to Satoshi Iwabuchi 4-6,6-4,4-6

ITF $75,000 MONZON, Spain (7 - 13 April 2008)
HARD COURT
Women's Qualifying Singles Round 1
Sandhya Nagaraj lost to (5)Naomi Cavaday(GBR) 2-6,6-3,4-6

ATP $50,000 PUERTO RICO CHALLENGER (7 - 13 April 2008)
HARD COURT
Men's Qualifying Singles Round 2
Mustafa Ghouse lost to (6)Justin O'Neal(USA) 4-6,1-6
Round 1
-bye-

Men's Doubles Round 1
Mustafa Ghouse/Alex Bogdanovic(GBR) lost to (3)Rajeev Ram(USA)/Bobby Reynolds(USA) 6-7(5),2-6

USA F7 FUTURES, Mobile (7 - 13 April 2008)
HARD COURT
Men's Singles Round 1
Sunil Kumar Sipaeya lost to (5)Amir Weintraub(ISR) 3-6,5-7

Men's Doubles Round 1
(4)Sunil Kumar Sipaeya/Amir Weintraub(ISR) lost to Adam El Mihdawy(USA)/Richard Ruckelshausen(AUT) 3-6,2-6

ITF $25,000 JACKSON, USA (7 - 13 April 2008)
CLAY COURT
Women's Singles Quarterfinal
(3)Sunitha Rao lost to (8)Tetiana Luzhanska(UKR) 4-6,4-6
Round 2
(3)Sunitha Rao beat (Q)Alexis Gordon(USA) 6-2,6-4
Round 1
(3)Sunitha Rao beat Maria Irigoyen(ARG) 7-5,6-1
(Q)Shikha Uberoi lost to (7)Ye-Ra Lee(KOR) 7-6(8),4-6,4-6
Qualifying Singles Round 3
Shikha Uberoi beat (9)Mary Gambale(USA) 6-1,6-3
Round 2
beat (2)Agustina Lepore(ARG) 6-3,6-3
Round 1
beat Marilyn Baker(USA) 6-0,6-0

Women's Doubles Round 1
Sunitha Rao/Shikha Uberoi lost to (WC)Catrina Thompson(USA)/Christian Thompson(USA) 6-4,3-6,5-10

ITF $10,000 ANTALYA-BELEK, Turkey (7 - 13 April 2008)
CLAY COURT
Women's Qualifying Singles Round 1
Ashmitha Easwaramurthi lost to Anett Schutting(EST) 0-6,0-6