India F6 Chandigarh, India October 28-November 3, 2002 Surface: Hard Main Draw : 32 Qualifying Draw: 64 $10,000 Singles Seeds: (cut: Rouslan Nourmatov - 941) 1. Rohan Bopanna 2. Juraj Hasko 3. Mustafa Ghouse 4. Sunil Kumar Sipaeya 5. Vijay Kannan 6. Nitin Kirtane 7. Boris Borgula 8. Jan Masik First Round (1)Rohan Bopanna (IND) d. (WC)Amanjot Singh (IND) 6-2 6-3 Hayato Furukawa (JPN) d. (q)Shivang Mishra (IND) 6-0 6-1 Evgueni Smirnov (RUS) d. Vinod Sridhar (IND) 6-2 6-1 (6)Nitin Kirtane (IND) d. (q)Rishi Sridhar (IND) 6-2 6-1 Harsh Mankad (IND) d. (3)Mustafa Ghouse (IND) 6-4 7-6(4) (q)Ashutosh Singh (IND) d. Christian Persico (ITA) 6-4 2-0 ret. Pavel Lobanov (RUS) d. (q)Shriranga Sudhakara (IND) 5-7 6-4 7-5 (q)Vishal Punna (IND) d. (7)Boris Borgula (SVK) 6-3 2-6 6-3 (8)Jan Masik (CZE) d. (q)Anton Kokurin (UZB) 6-3 7-6(2) Ajay Ramaswami (IND) d. Manoj Mahadevan (IND) 6-1 6-3 Pavel Ivanov (RUS) d. (LL)Stephen Nugent (IRL) 6-1 6-2 [Nugent replaces Rouslan Nourmatov] (4)Sunil Kumar Sipaeya (IND) d. (WC)Somdev K. Dev Varman (IND) 6-1 7-5 (5)Vijay Kannan (IND) d. (WC)Saurabh Singh (IND) 6-2 6-2 Rohan Gajjar (IND) d. (WC)Jaco Mathew (IND) 6-1 4-6 6-4 (q)Saurav Panja (IND) d. Vishal Uppal (IND) 7-6(9) 4-6 6-4 (2)Juraj Hasko (SVK) d. (q)Kamala Kannan (IND) 6-7(4) 6-1 6-0 Second Round (1)Rohan Bopanna (IND) d. Hayato Furukawa (JPN) 7-6(4) 6-2 Evgueni Smirnov (RUS) d. (6)Nitin Kirtane (IND) 7-5 6-7(5) 6-1 Harsh Mankad (IND) d. (q)Ashutosh Singh (IND) 6-0 6-1 (q)Vishal Punna (IND) d. Pavel Lobanov (RUS) 7-5 7-5 (8)Jan Masik (CZE) d. Ajay Ramaswami (IND) 6-3 4-6 6-4 Pavel Ivanov (RUS) d. (4)Sunil Kumar Sipaeya (IND) 3-6 7-5 6-4 (5)Vijay Kannan (IND) d. Rohan Gajjar (IND) 6-4 6-4 (2)Juraj Hasko (SVK) d. (q)Saurav Panja (IND) 1-6 7-5 1-1 ret. Quarterfinals (1)Rohan Bopanna (IND) d. Evgueni Smirnov (RUS) 6-1 6-1 Harsh Mankad (IND) d. (q)Vishal Punna (IND) 6-2 6-2 Pavel Ivanov (RUS) d. (8)Jan Masik (CZE) 7-6(4) 6-3 (2)Juraj Hasko (SVK) d. (5)Vijay Kannan (IND) 6-4 5-7 6-4 Semifinals Harsh Mankad (IND) d. (1)Rohan Bopanna (IND) 6-3 6-4 Pavel Ivanov (RUS) d. (2)Juraj Hasko (SVK) 6-1 6-2 Finals Pavel Ivanov (RUS) d. Harsh Mankad (IND) 7-5 4-6 7-5 Doubles Seeds: (cut: Shivang/Ming - 2432) 1. Rohan Bopanna/Vijay Kannan 2. Pavel Ivanov/Evgueni Smirnov 3. Ajay Ramaswami/Sunil Kumar Sipaeya 4. Kamala Kannan/Rishi Sridhar First Round (1)Rohan Bopanna/Vijay Kannan (IND) d. (LL)Kedar Tembe/Amod Wakalkar (IND) 6-3 6-3 [Tembe/Wakalkar replace Andrea Agazzi/Christian Persico] Pavel Lobanov/Jan Masik (RUS/CZE) d. (WC)Akash Sharma/Chatwinder Singh (IND) 6-1 6-1 (4)Kamala Kannan/Rishi Sridhar (IND) d. Vijayendra Laad/Rohan Gajjar (IND) 7-5 6-4 (q)Somdev K. Dev Varman/Jaco Mathew (IND) d. (WC)Robin Kumar/Tushar Liberhan (IND) 6-1 6-1 Nitin Kirtane/Saurav Panja (IND) d. Manoj Mahadevan/Vishal Uppal (IND) 6-2 6-4 (3)Ajay Ramaswami/Sunil Kumar Sipaeya (IND) d. Shivang Mishra/Yew-Ming Si (IND/MAS) 6-3 6-3 Anton Kokurin/Stephen Nugent (UZB/IRL) d. Hayato Furukawa/Olivier Mauger (JPN/FRA) 6-1 6-2 (2)Pavel Ivanov/Evgueni Smirnov (RUS) d. (WC)Amanjot Singh/Saurabh Singh (IND) 6-2 6-4 Quarterfinals (1)Rohan Bopanna/Vijay Kannan (IND) d. Pavel Lobanov/Jan Masik (RUS/CZE) 6-2 6-2 (q)Somdev K. Dev Varman/Jaco Mathew (IND) d. (4)Kamala Kannan/Rishi Sridhar (IND) 7-6(3) 5-7 7-5 (3)Ajay Ramaswami/Sunil Kumar Sipaeya (IND) d. Nitin Kirtane/Saurav Panja (IND) 6-3 6-4 (2)Pavel Ivanov/Evgueni Smirnov (RUS) d. Anton Kokurin/Stephen Nugent (UZB/IRL) 2-6 6-2 6-3 Semifinals (1)Rohan Bopanna/Vijay Kannan (IND) d. (q)Somdev K. Dev Varman/Jaco Mathew (IND) 6-1 6-4 (3)Ajay Ramaswami/Sunil Kumar Sipaeya (IND) d. (2)Pavel Ivanov/Evgueni Smirnov (RUS) 6-2 6-2 Finals (3)Ajay Ramaswami/Sunil Kumar Sipaeya (IND) d. (1)Rohan Bopanna/Vijay Kannan (IND) 7-6(5) 6-2