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.