Tennis: Bryan Brothers to play in Chennai

The World No 1 Doubles team, the Bryan Brothers, Mike and Bob will be playing in the 14th ATP Chennai Open. They will play in a rather tough draw as Paes, Dlouhy and Bhupathi, Knowles will also be participating in the tournament.

Bryan Brothers are one of the most attacking doubles team ever. Their record is enviable. In 2005 they entered into the finals of all the Grand Slams. Even better between 2005-2006 they reached 7 consecutive grandslam finals , though they won only 3.

Till date the brothers have won 49 titles and have won all the Opens, though in different years. They have won the Masters Title twice and were the Bronze medalists at the Beijing Olympics

Tennis: Mahesh Bhupati and Mark Knowles book a berth to the Tennis Masters Cup

Indian tennis ace Mahesh Bhupathi and his Bahamian partner Mark Knowles’s final appearance at last week’s Madrid Masters has booked the duo a berth in the season-ending prestigious Tennis Masters Cup to be held in Shanghai next month.
Top seven teams in the ATP doubles race apart from Roland Garros winners Pablo Cuevas of Uruguay and Luis Horna of Peru would compete in the event.

Bhupathi and Knowles are placed third in the race with 593 points while Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy are at the sixth place with 431 points.

Bhupathi and Knowles won ATP titles in Memphis and Dubai apart from reaching four finals, including three at ATP Masters Series events at Miami, Monte Carlo and Madrid.

Bhupathi and Knowles loose in Madrid Final

Mahesh Bhupathi and his partner Knowles lost toMarcin Matkowski and Mariusz Fyrstenberg of Poland. They won their second ATP title of the season on Sunday with a 6-4, 6-2 victory over fourth seeds Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles in the final of the Mutua Madrilena Masters Madrid.

It is the first ATP Masters Series title for the Poles, who finished runners-up to Bob and Mike Bryan in the Madrid final last year.

One break in the ninth game was sufficient to seal the opening set for Fyrstenberg and Matkowski and they quickly built on their advantage, breaking to lead 2-0 in the second set.

They were briefly pegged back by Bhupathi and Knowles, who leveled for 2-2, however they went on to break serve twice more in the fifth and seventh games to secure victory after one hour.