Davis Cup: Bopanna loses to Nishikori, India trail 0-2

Tokyo, Sep 16 : Rohan Bopanna lost 3-6, 2-6, 2-6 to Kei Nishikori in the second singles to leave India 0-2 against Japan on the first day of the Davis Cup World Group play-off here Friday. India's No. 1 Somdev Devvaraman had gone down 3-6, 4-6, 5-7 in the first singles.
The doubles match will be playec Saturda.

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Qureshi-Bopanna slip in rankings after US Open loss

Rohan Bopanna (L) of India and Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (R) of Pakistan at the 2011 US Open.

KARACHI: Pakistan’s ace tennis star Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi has dropped five places in the ATP rankings after his semi-final loss at the 2011 US Open.
Qureshi is now ranked 15th in the doubles individual rankings while Indian partner Rohan Bopanna is at no. 14. Together, the Indo-Pak Express is ranked at no. 7 in the new ATP rankings.
Mike and Bob Bryan of the US continue their dominance of men’s doubles tennis and lead the rankings.

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