Rohan Bopanna gave India the start it needed. He beat Japanese Kei Nishikori in a three hour 5 setter, which probably sapped Nishikori off his energy. The final score read 7-6 (2), 3-6, 6-4, 2-6, 6-3
Here is a link that will give you more details
http://www.rediff.com/sports/2008/apr/11davis.htm
Later in the day Prakash Amritraj is due to play Go Soeda
Leander Paes seems to be turning the heat on Mahesh Bhupati. He called his teaming up with Mahesh Bhupati for the doubles are the worst decision in his career. He further goes on to say that he sacrificed his singles career so that he could concentrate on doubles. According to Paes, he was at his prime during the late 1990′s during which his ranking had gone up to 78. He had even beaten the likes of Pete Sampras and other top ranked players.
However Paes seems to have forgotten that Mahesh Bhupati and himself complemented each other perfectly. They went on to become the number 1 doubles players in the world, a ranking which I doubt Leander would have ever achieved if he had stuck to singles. This duo popularly known as Lee and Hesh during their playing days, surely made an impact at the Tennis Scene in India. So much so there was a renewed interest in the game after the heroics of Ramesh Krishnan, Vijay Amritraj were long gone into oblivion.
It is time that Lee and Hesh sink in their differences and play as a team. They dont have to like each other to play together. All they need to realise is that they have to play to win and to play together to achieve that goal.
Sania Mirza is worried over her recurrent wrist injury as it could either result in a surgery or require her to change her grip and action, an idea she is not keen on at this stage of her career.
Sania, who played in pain before losing to Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia in the fourth round of the Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells on Tuesday, said she would try to avoid surgery but is also not keen on changing the way she grips the racket at the crucial stage in her career.
“Right now it’s very, very painful… I couldn’t move my wrist,” she said after her 1-6, 6-7 (4/7) loss.
“Usually it doesn’t get this sore, so I’m a little worried right now. It gets sore and then it gets OK when I ice it and do whatever I have to do,” she told reporters.
Sania, seeking MRI to diagnose the actual problem, said she would look for some other options to cure it.
“It’s a big step to even change it half an inch because my game is my forehand. You know, it’s not easy to change a grip at the stage where you’re, like, 30 in the world. I would obviously like to look at other options before that.”
Sania had suffered the injury after US Open last year which had also forced her to withdraw from the Kolkata Open last year.
http://www.rediff.com/sports/2008/mar/19sania1.htm
