Bhupathi-Knowles win second Group match in World Tour Finals

September 19th, 2009 JOHANNESBURG - South Africa pulled one back in the Davis Cup World Group play-off after India conceded the doubles tie when Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna were a set-all and down 0-4 in the third against Jeff Coetzee and Wesley Moodie here Saturday. Bhupathi was injured and could not continue with India trailing 3-6, 6-3, 0-4.

September 14th, 2009 NEW YORK - India's Leander Paes claimed his 10th Grand Slam title when he and Czech Republic's Lukas Dlouhy staged a remarkable turnaround to beat compatriot Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles of Bahamas 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 in the US Open men's doubles final here. The 36-year-old Paes, who lost the mixed doubles final partnering Zimbabwean Cara Black, had hurt his elbow earlier in the tournament and was nursing a sore shoulder, arm and triceps Sunday.

September 14th, 2009 NEW YORK - India's Leander Paes claimed his 10th Grand Slam title when he and Czech Republic's Martin Damm made a remarkable comeback to beat Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles of Bahamas at the US Open men's doubles final here. Paes and Dlouhy won the thrilling final 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 in a match that stretched to two hours.

September 14th, 2009 NEW YORK - India's Leander Paes with Czech partner Lukas Dlouhy staged a remarkable comeback to claim his 10th Grand Slam title, beating compatriot Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles of Bahamas 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 to win the US Open men's doubles final here. The 36-year-old Paes, who lost the mixed doubles final partnering Zimbabwean Cara Black, had hurt his elbow earlier in the tournament and was nursing a sore shoulder, arm and triceps Sunday.

August 23rd, 2009 CINCINNATI - India's Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles crashed out of the semifinals of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 with a 4-6, 3-6 loss to second seeds Daniel Nestor of Canada and Nenad Zimonjic of Serbia. Nestor-Zimonjic thus avenged their semi-final loss to the fourth-seeded Indo-Bahamian pair in the Rogers Cup last week.

August 22nd, 2009 CINCINNATI - India's Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles of The Bahamas continued their winning run, entering the semi-finals of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 for the second successive time, with a 7-6(6), 6-3 victory over Frenchmen Michael Llodra and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. The fourth-seeded Indo-Bahamian pair, who last week won their first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title at the Rogers Cup in Montreal, converted two of three break opportunities and saved four of their five break points to close the match in 83 minutes here Friday.

August 16th, 2009 MONTREAL - India's Mahesh Bhupathi and his Bahamian partner Mark Knowles dethroned reigning champions Daniel Nestor of Canada and Serbia's Nenad Zimonjic, beating the second seeds in the match tie-break to enter the final of the $3-million Rogers Cup here. The Indo-Bahamian pair, third seeds, not only stopped Nestor and Zimonojic from defending the title they won last year in Toronto, but also ousted them from the World No 1 ranking they enjoyed for a week, by beating them 5-7, 6-2, 10-4, Saturday.

July 1st, 2009 LONDON - India's Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles of Bahamas lost a marathon five-setter to South African Wesley Moodie and Dick Norman of Belgium in the Wimbledon men's doubles quarter-finals here Wednesday. Bhupathi and Knowles, seeded fourth, lost 6-7(9), 6-4, 6-7 (7), 7-5, 4-6 in almost three and a half hours.

July 1st, 2009 LONDON - India's Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles of Bahamas went down to South African Wesley Moodie and Dick Norman of Belgium in a marathon five-setter in the Wimbledon men's doubles quarterfinals here Wednesday. Bhupathi and Knowles, seeded fourth, lost 6-7(9), 6-4, 6-7 (7), 7-5, 4-6 in almost three and a half hours.

June 30th, 2009 LONDON - It was Leander Paes who won the much hyped battle against his estranged doubles partner Mahesh Bhupathi in the Wimbledon mixed doubles. Paes partnering Cara Black of Zimbabwe defeated Bhupathi and Sania Mirza 6-2, 6-7 (2) 6-3 to move into the quarter-final Monday night.

June 29th, 2009 LONDON - India's Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles of Bahamas moved into the quarter-finals of the Wimbledon men's doubles with a 6-4, 5-7, 7-6 (3), 6-0 victory over India's Prakash Amritraj and Pakistan's Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi here Monday. Fourth seeded Bhupathi and Knowles took the first set, breaking their unseeded opponents twice.

June 26th, 2009 LONDON - India's Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles of the Bahamas advanced to the third round of Wimbledon men's doubles with a 6-3, 7-5, 6-7 (5), 6-3 victory over German Philipp Petzschner and Alexander Peya of Austria here Friday.

June 26th, 2009 LONDON - India's Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles of the Bahamas moved into the Wimbledon men's doubles third round with a 6-3, 7-5, 6-7(5), 6-3 win over Germany's Philipp Petzschner and Alexander Peya of Austria here Friday. The fourth-seeded Indo-Bahamian pair looked well set to wrap up the match in straight sets but lost the third set tie-break.

June 26th, 2009 LONDON - India's Prakash Amritraj and Pakistan's Aisam Ul-Haq Qureshi Friday setup a third round meeting with fourth seeds Mahesh Bhupathi (India) and Mark Knowles (The Bahamas) in the men's doubles competition the of Wimbledon tennis championships. Qualifiers Prakash and Qureshi defeated Australian Rameez Junaid and German Philipp Marx in a marathon five-setter 7-5, 6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-7 (3), 8-6.

June 24th, 2009 LONDON - Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowels of Bahamas had to dig deep to move into the second round with a tough 6-7 (4), 6-4, 7-5, 7-5 victory over Indian Somdev Devvarman and South African Kevin Anderson in Wimbledon tennis championships here Wednesday. Prakash Amritraj and Pakistan's Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi, too, had to come through a gruelling encounter to beat Australian Stephen Huss and Ross Hutchins of Britain 6-4, 6-7 (12), 6-4, 3-6, 6-3.