The Indian Tennis News April 20 - 26, 2009 by LeanderSport Apr 21, 2009

Indian Tennis News April 20, 2009 Current Week April 20 – 26, 2009 News The Indian juniors put in a brilliant performance at the 2009 Asia Oceania Junior Davis Cup & Junior Fed Cup, Shepparton , Australia (Grass). The boys made it to the semi-finals where they lost to Uzbekistan. The girls failed to qualify to the knockout stages on the unfamiliar grass court conditions. Rohan Bopanna will be playing at the ATP challenger in Greece next week. €1,995,000 Open Banco Sabadell 2009, Barcelona, Spain, (Clay) Doubles [R1] (3) Leander Paes (IND) / Lukas Dlouhy (CZE) Bye [R1] (4) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Mark Knowles (BAH) Bye $50K Tallahassee Tennis Challenger,Tallahassee, FL, USA, (Hard) Singles [R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND,192) vs (WC) Michael McClune (USA,456) [R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND,149) vs Marinko Matosevic (AUS,224) Doubles (1) Prakash Amritraj/Joshua Goodall (IND/GBR) vs Eric Butorac/Scott Lipsky (USA) (4) Harsh Mankad / Martin Fischer (AUT/IND) vs (q) qualifiers $15K- India F3 - BHEL ITF Mens Futures, New Delhi, India, (Hard) Singles [R1] (1)Raven Klaasen (RSA) vs (WC)Navdeep Singh (IND) Purav Raja (IND) vs (q)Tushar Liberhan (IND) (6)Divij Sharan (IND) vs Adam El Mihdawy (USA) (3)Goran Tosic (MNE) vs Vignesh Perna (IND) (PR)Vivek Shokeen (IND) vs (q))Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) (5)J. Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs (q)Peerakit Siributwong (THA) (8)Rohan Gajjar (IND) vs (LL)Mathieu Goven (FRA) Ashutosh Singh (IND) vs Ranjeet Viralimurugesan (IND) (q)Saar Steele (ISR) vs (WC)Yuki Bhambri (IND) (4)Hiroki Moyiya (JPN) vs (q)Karunuday Singh (IND) (q)Vijay Kannan (IND) vs (WC)Abhijeet Tiwari (IND) (q)Takuto Niki (JPN) vs (WC)Vijayant Malik (IND) Doubles [R2] (1)Rohan Gajjar/Purav Raja (IND) vs Weerapat Doakmaiklee/Peraklit Siriluethaiwataana (THA) Ronak Manuja/Vignesh Perna (IND) vs (WC)Vijay Kannan/Vivek Shokeen (IND) (4)Yuichi Ito/Raven Klaasen (JPN/RSA) vs Sean Thornley/Abhijeet Tiwari (GBR/IND) Rohan Gide/Saar Steele (IND/ISR) vs Adam El Mihdawy/Mathieu Goven (USA/FRA) Akito Higa/Arata Onozawa (JPN) vs (WC)Srirambalaji Narayanaswamy/Ashutosh Singh (IND) (3)Divij Sharan/J. Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs Navdeep Singh/Ranjeet Viralimurugesan (IND) Frederic de Fays/Alexandre Folie (BEL) vs (WC)Mithun Murali/Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) Previous week April 13-19, 2009 Results € 2.75M Monte-Carlo Masters, Monaco (Red clay) Doubles Leander Paes [SF] (3) Leander Paes (IND) / Lukas Dlouhy (CZE) / lost to (1) Mike Bryan (USA)/ Bob Bryan (USA) 76(3) 36 (12)14 [QF] (3) Leander Paes (IND) / Lukas Dlouhy (CZE) bt (7) Julian Knowle (AUT)/ Andy Ram (ISR) 76(3) 63 [R2] (3) Leander Paes (IND) / Lukas Dlouhy (CZE) bt Albert Montanes (ESP)/ Tommy Robredo (ESP) 26 76(5) 10(8) [R1] (3) Leander Paes (IND) / Lukas Dlouhy (CZE) – BYE Mahesh Bhupathi [QF] (4) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Mark Knowles (BAH) lost to Novak Djokovic (SRB)/ Viktor Troicki (SRB) 46 64 (10)12 [R2] (4) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Mark Knowles (BAH) bt Feliciano Lopez (ESP)/ Fernando Verdasco (ESP) 64 64 [R1] (4) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Mark Knowles (BAH) – BYE $1M Family Circle Cup, Charleston, USA, (Green clay) Singles Sania Mirza [R2] Sania Mirza (IND,100) lost to (2) Venus Williams (USA,5) 16 63 26 [R1] Sania Mirza (IND,100) bt Sesil Karatantcheva (KAZ,133) 64 64 $35K Challenger Casablanca San Angel,Mexico City, Mexico, (Hard) Indian Tennis News Singles Prakash Amritraj [QF] (8) Prakash Amritraj (IND,192) lost to (Q) Dick Norman (BEL,301) 46 36 [R2] (8) Prakash Amritraj (IND,192) bt Santiago Gonzalez (MEX,211) 62 63 [R1] (8) Prakash Amritraj (IND,192) bt Riccardo Ghedin (ITA,241) 06 61 63 $ 25k Osprey challanger, Florida, USA Singles Sunitha Rao [R1] Sunitha RAO (IND,260) lost to. Laura SIEGEMUND (GER,294) 36 36 $15K Korea F2 Mens, Seogwipo Singles Karunuday Singh [Q3] Karunuday Singh (IND,1715) lost to (4) Byung-Kook KANG (KOR,677) 46 36 $10K Shymkent Futures Womens, Kazakhstan Singles Poojashree Venkatesha [F] (2) Poojashree VENKATESHA (IND,573) lost to Albina KHABIBULINA (UZB,705) 76(5) 36 16 [SF] (2) Poojashree VENKATESHA (IND,573) vs (3) Eugeniya PASHKOVA (RUS,611) 26 64 [QF] (2) Poojashree VENKATESHA (IND,573) bt (Q) Katerina POPOVA (RUS,1124) 61 57 10(8) [R2] (2) Poojashree VENKATESHA (IND,573) bt Alexandra ARTAMONOVA (RUS,1025) 62 64 [R1] (2) Poojashree VENKATESHA (IND,573) bt Khristina KAZIMOVA (UKR,993) 60 60 Kumari-Sweta SOLANKI [QF] (6) Kumari-Sweta SOLANKI (IND,745) lost to Renata BAKIEVA (RUS,805) 46 06 [R2] (6) Kumari-Sweta SOLANKI (IND,745) bt Dariya BEREZHNAYA (KAZ,NR) 64 63 [R1] (6) Kumari-Sweta SOLANKI (IND,745) bt Yuliana UMANETS (UKR,1091) 26 61 76(3) 2009 Asia Oceania Junior Davis Cup, Shepparton, Australia (Grass) Boys - Group D Saurabh Singh, Mohit Mayur, Ronit Bisht Coach - Vishal Uppal Semi-Final (2) India lost to (3) Uzbekistan 0-3 Singh Saurabh lost to Saitmukhamedov Abduvoris 46 26 Jayaprakash Mohit Mayur lost to Shipilov Sergey 46 26 Jayaprakash Mohit Mayur/ Bisht Ronit lost to Shipilov Sergey/ Jalolov Jakhongir 26 16 Quarter-Final (2) India bt New Zealand 2-1 Singh Saurabh bt Yates Jamie 62 61 Jayaprakash Mohit Mayur lost to Grinter Jaden 64 36 26 Singh Saurabh/ Jayaprakash Mohit Mayur bt Yates Jamie/ Grinter Jaden 64 67(4) 64 Day 1 - (2) India bt Kazakhstan 3-0 Singh Saurabh bt Nesterov Alexey 63 61 Jayaprakash Mohit Mayur bt Yevseyev Denis 64 75 Singh Saurabh/ Bisht Ronit bt Nesterov Alexey/ Yessenkulov Dinmukhammed 63 63 Day 2 - (2) India bt Hong Kong 2-1 Singh Saurabh bt Kong Kwun Ho 46 62 retd. Jayaprakash Mohit Mayur bt To Chak Ting-Justin 61 63 Singh Saurabh/ Bisht Ronit lost To Chak Ting-Justin/ Yau Long Fung 63 67(7) 57 Day 3 - (2) India bt (7) Philippines 2-1 Singh Saurabh bt Lazaro Leander 76(7) 64 Jayaprakash Mohit Mayur lost to Patrombon Jeson 26 16 Singh Saurabh/ Jayaprakash Mohit Mayur bt Patrombon Jeson / Villamor Alberto 63 63 2009 Asia Oceania Junior Fed Cup, Shepparton, Australia (Grass) Girls - Group B Ratnika Batra, Rishika Sunkara, Shweta Chandra Rana Coach - Nitten Kirrtane Day 1 - (5) India lost to Philippines 1-2 Batra Ratnika lost to Santiago Ma. Regina 16 26 Rana Shweta lost to Patrimonio Anna Clarice 36 36 Rana Shweta/ Sunkara Rishika bt Patrimonio Anna Clarice/ Santiago Ma. Regina 26 62 64 Day 2 - (5) India bt Sri Lanka 3-0 Sunkara Rishika bt Herath Kemalie 61 61 Rana Shweta bt Fernando Nilushi 60 60 Batra Ratnika/ Sunkara Rishika bt Herath Kemalie/ Wijesingha Sherine 62 61 Day 3 - (5) India lost to (3) Indonesia 1-2 Sunkara Rishika lost to Melita Cynthia 63 36 16 Rana Shweta lost to Ysidora Grace Sari 16 26 Rana Shweta /Batra Ratnika bt Woro Rekyan/ Melita Cynthia 64 46 63