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