Bhupathi loses in doubles quarter-finals of Chennai Open

March 15th, 2009 INDIAN WELLS - India's Mahesh Bhupathi and his partner from the Bahamas Mark Knowles reached the second round in men's doubles but it was the end of road for Sania Mirza and her doubles partner Chia-Jung Chuang at the BNP Paribas Open here. Bhupathi-Knowles, seeded third, overcame an initial challenge from Russians Igor Kunitsyn and Dmitry Tursunov before winning 7-5, 6-3 Friday.

February 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Sania Mirza leafrogged 12 places to be at 75th position in Women's Tennis Association (WTA) charts while Somdev Devvarman climbed four rungs to be at 150th in the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) rankings Monday. Sania has made a stupendous comeback after being sidelined by a wrist injury much of last year, first winning the Australian Open mixed doubles title with compatriot Mahesh Bhupathi and then reaching the Pattaya Open final.

January 31st, 2009 MELBOURNE - Mahesh Bhupathi and Sania Mirza capped a memorable Australian Open for India when the pair went on to win the mixed doubles title at the historic Rod Laver Arena on a hot and sultry day. The Indians swept past France's Nathalie Dechy and Israeli Andy Ram 6-3, 6-1 in the final.

January 31st, 2009 MELBOURNE - Mahesh Bhupathi, the first Indian to win a Grand Slam title, Sunday made it a first Indian mixed pair to win a major when he and Sania Mirza took the Australian Open title. The Indians swept past France's Nathalie Dechy and Israeli Andy Ram 6-3, 6-1 in the final at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne Park.

January 31st, 2009 MELBOURNE - India's Mahesh Bhupathi and Sania Mirza beat Israel's Andy Ram and Nathalia Dechy of France to lift the Australian Open mixed doubles title here Sunday. Bhupathi and Sania won 6-3, 6-1 in 55 minutes at Melbourne Park here.

January 30th, 2009 MELBOURNE - India's Mahesh Bhupathi failed to add to his four men's Grand Slam doubles title when he and Mark Knowles fizzled out after a great start to lose the Australian Open final to American twins Bob and Mike Bryan here Saturday. The second seeded Bryan twins crawled back from a set-down to overpower Bhupathi and Knowles 2-6, 7-5, 6-0 in an hour and 38 minutes at the Melbourne Park here.

January 30th, 2009 MELBOURNE - India's Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles of Bahamas lost to American Bryan brothers Bob and Mike in the doubles final of the Australian Open here Saturday. Bhupathi and Knowles won the first set but ran out of steam, going down 6-2, 5-7, 0-6 to second seeded Bob and Mike at the Melbourne Park.

January 29th, 2009 MELBOURNE - India's Mahesh Bhupathi and Sania Mirza shrugged off an indifferent start while outplaying Czech pair Lukas Dlouhy and Iveta Benesova 6-4, 6-1 to enter the mixed doubles final at the Australian Open for the second successive year here Friday. The Indians in the final will play France's Nathalie Dechy and Andy Ram of Israel who overcame a stiff resistance from Spain's seventh-seeded pair Anabel Medina Garrigues and Tommy Robredo 7-6 (7), 6-4 Thursday Bhupathi, who has won six mixed doubles and four men's doubles titles is on the verge of winning a Grand Slam double for the second time, having entered the men's doubles final with Mark Knowles of Bahamas.

January 29th, 2009 MELBOURNE - India's Mahesh Bhupathi and Sania Mirza moved into the final of the Australian Open mixed doubles beating the Czech pair of Lukas Dlouhy and Iveta Benesova 6-4, 6-1 here Friday. Bhupathi and Sania trailed 0-3 in the first set before they came back strongly to make it to the final for the second year in succession.

January 28th, 2009 MELBOURNE - The following are the results at the Australian Open here Thursday: Women's singles, semi-finals: Serena Williams, 2, US, def. Elena Dementieva, 4, Russia, 6-3, 6-4; Dinara Safina, 3, Russia, def.

January 28th, 2009 MELBOURNE - India's Mahesh Bhupathi and his Bahamian partner Mark Knowles reached their first Grand Slam final together, while Leander Paes's run was halted in the Australian Open semi-final here Thursday. The third-seeded Bhupathi and Knowles were clinical in their 6-3, 6-1 dismissal of Polish Lukasz Kubot and Austrian Oliver Marachm in 58 minutes.

January 28th, 2009 MELBOURNE - India's Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles of Bahamas made it to their first Grand Slam final together with a dominating 6-3, 6-1 victory over Polish Lukasz Kubot and Austrian Oliver Marach here Thursday. Third seeded Knowles and Bhupathi cruised through the semi-final in 58 minutes without facing much resistance by the unseeded Polish-Austrian pair.

January 26th, 2009 MELBOURNE - The following are the results at the Australian Open Tuesday. Women's singles, quarter-finals: Dinara Safina, 3, Russia, def.

January 23rd, 2009 MELBOURNE - India's Mahesh Bhupathi continued his surge in the Australian Open doubles as he advanced to the third round with partner Mark Knowles of the Bahamas at the Melbourne Park here Saturday. Third seeded Bhupathi and Knowles overcame a spirited challenge from Russians Igor Kunitsyn and Dmitry Tursunov 7-5, 7-5 in an hour-and-a-half.

January 21st, 2009 MELBOURNE - India's Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi advanced to the second of Australian Open tennis with their partners while Sania Mirza crashed out of the women's doubles at the Melbourne Park here Thursday. Third seed Bhupathi and Mark Knowels of Bahamas beat Russian Mikhail Youzhny and Mischa Zverev of Germany 6-3, 6-2 in less than an hour.