Chennai Open News
Bhambri went down fighting to top seed Australia's Jordan Thompson 5-7, 6-3, 5-7 in the singles final on Saturday.
The former Davis Cuppers, who hailed from Chennai, had worked hard to bring the tournament here in 1997 as the Gold Flake Open ATP tournament, generating great fan following.
The season-opening Maharashtra Open will be a USD 550,000 event, which is USD 44,270 more than the Chennai Open.
The reason is surprising since the Tamil Nadu government has been supporting the event for long and IMG had even extended the contract with TNTA for three more years recently.
Other Indian in fray, Saketh Myneni had lost his first round in the Qualifiers after encountering a foot problem.
Paes and his Brazilian teammate knocked out the top seeds 7-6(3) 6-3 to make it to the quarterfinals of the USD 508,360 hard court event.
Bopanna and Nedunchezhiyan, playing only the second time together, notched up a memorable victory in a historic all-Indian doubles final.
The legendary Lee-Hesh pair won five titles here at the Nugumbakkam stadium.
It can get even better if Rohan Bopanna and Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan win their semifinal tomorrow to set up an all-Indian final.
With Yuki's defeat, India's challenge has ended in the singles with Ramkumar Ramanathan and Saketh Myneni exiting in first round.
Paes and Brazilian Andre Sa began the 2017 season with a defeat against Indian team of Purav Raja and Divij Sharan in the opening round on Wednesday night.
Kovalik, ranked 117, showed nerves of steel in a hard-earned 7-6(5) 5-7 7-5 win over the 'rusty' top seed.
Devvarman won gold medals at the Guangzhou Asiad and Delhi Commonwealth Games in 2010.
The third Indian player in action in the qualifier, Sasi Kumar Mukund went down fighting to Argentine Nicolas Kicker.
India has a third entry in the form of Prajnesh Gunneswaran, who faces off with Japan's Hiroki Moriya.
Paes, seven-time Olympian and 18 Grand Slams winner will be India's biggest attraction in doubles and he has been seeded third with Brazilian partner Andre Sa.
The 2014 US Open champion confirmed his entry for India's premium event at the SDAT Tennis Stadium in Nungambakkam from January 2.
Myneni broke Ramkumar once in the opening set and thrice in the second against Ramkumar's three break chances in the second set.
The World number four defending champion strolled to a 6 -3 7-5 win over world number 44 Coric in one hour and 26 minutes.
In seven meetings, it was the sixth win for Wawrinka over Paire and third in a row.
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