India F8
Davangere, India
November 11-17, 2002
Surface: Hard
Main Draw      : 32
Qualifying Draw: 64
$10,000

Singles
Seeds: (cut: Anton Kokurin - 1198)
1. Mustafa Ghouse
2. Sunil Kumar Sipaeya
3. Vijay Kannan
4. Juraj Hasko
5. Nitin Kirtane
6. Boris Borgula
7. Vishal Uppal
8. Manoj Mahadevan

First Round
(1)Mustafa Ghouse (IND) d. (q)Ritesh Chitlangiya (IND) 6-4 6-2
(q)Shriranga Sudhakara (IND) d. (q)Eric Scherer (GER) 7-5 7-6(5)
Vinod Sridhar (IND) d. (LL)Joseph Huber (AUT) 6-2 6-1   [Huber replaces Alexei Ageev]
(5)Nitin Kirtane (IND) d. (WC)Saurabh Singh (IND) 6-3 7-6(4)
Anton Kokurin (UZB) d. (4)Juraj Hasko (SVK) 3-6 7-5 6-2
Kamala Kannan (IND) d. (q)Ashutosh Singh (IND) 3-6 6-3 6-4
(q)Yew-Ming Si (MAS) d. (LL)Joachim Kovacs (AUT) 6-1 7-5   [Kovacs replaces Jean-Baptiste Poux]
(8)Manoj Mahadevan (IND) d. (q)Anjan Viplav (IND) 3-6 7-6(5) 7-6(4)
Harsh Mankad (IND) d. (7)Vishal Uppal (IND) 7-5 4-6 6-2
Vishal Punna (IND) d. (WC)Arun-Prakash Rajagopalan (IND) 6-7(3) 7-5 7-6(5)
Rishi Sridhar (IND) d. (WC)Jaco Mathew (IND) 6-4 3-6 6-1
(3)Vijay Kannan (IND) d. (q)Jakub Ondrias (SVK) 7-6(6) 7-6(3)
(6)Boris Borgula (SVK) d. (LL)D. Ajay Chowdapalli (IND) 6-4 6-0   [Chowdapalli replaces Frederik Nielsen]
Somdev K. Dev Varman (IND) d. (WC)Kedar Tembe (IND) 7-6(3) 2-6 7-5
Shivang Mishra (IND) d. (q)Arjun Gautam (IND) 7-6(6) 2-6 7-5
Ajay Ramaswami (IND) d. (2)Sunil Kumar Sipaeya (IND) 6-4 6-3

Second Round
(q)Shriranga Sudhakara (IND) d. (1)Mustafa Ghouse (IND) 6-4 3-6 6-3
(5)Nitin Kirtane (IND) d. Vinod Sridhar (IND) 6-3 3-6 7-6(2)
Anton Kokurin (UZB) d. Kamala Kannan (IND) 6-4 6-4
(8)Manoj Mahadevan (IND) d. (q)Yew-Ming Si (MAS) 7-6(2) 7-6(5)
Harsh Mankad (IND) d. Vishal Punna (IND) 6-1 6-2
(3)Vijay Kannan (IND) d. Rishi Sridhar (IND) 7-5 6-3
(6)Boris Borgula (SVK) d. Somdev K. Dev Varman (IND) 6-1 6-2
Ajay Ramaswami (IND) d. Shivang Mishra (IND) 6-0 6-1

Quarterfinals
(5)Nitin Kirtane (IND) d. (q)Shriranga Sudhakara (IND) 6-1 7-6(2)
(8)Manoj Mahadevan (IND) d. Anton Kokurin (UZB) 6-3 3-6 6-1
Harsh Mankad (IND) d. (3)Vijay Kannan (IND) 6-1 6-4
Ajay Ramaswami (IND) d. (6)Boris Borgula (SVK) w/o

Semifinals
(5)Nitin Kirtane (IND) d. (8)Manoj Mahadevan (IND) 4-6 7-5 6-3
Harsh Mankad (IND) d. Ajay Ramaswami (IND) 6-2 6-4

Finals
Harsh Mankad (IND) d. (5)Nitin Kirtane (IND) 6-1 7-6(1)


Doubles
Seeds: (cut: Gautam/Singh - NR)
1. Vijay Kannan/Vishal Uppal
2. Nitin Kirtane/Anton Kokurin
3. Ajay Ramaswami/Sunil Kumar Sipaeya
4. Kamala Kannan/Rishi Sridhar

First Round
(1)Vijay Kannan/Vishal Uppal (IND) d. (WC)Saurabh/Ala Tehrani (IND/GBR) 6-4 7-5
Boris Borgula/Juraj Hasko (SVK) d. Manoj Mahadevan/Vishal Punna (IND) 6-4 6-4
(4)Kamala Kannan/Rishi Sridhar (IND) d. (WC)Kiran Nandkumar/Shriranga Sudhakara (IND) 6-2 6-4
Shivang Mishra/Yew-Ming Si (IND/MAS) d. (q)Vijayendra Laad/Anjan Viplav (IND) 6-3 6-4
Arun Prakash Rajagopalan/Vinod Sridhar (IND) d. Yasser Arafat Mohammed/Amod Wakalkar (IND) 6-2 6-4
(3)Ajay Ramaswami/Sunil Kumar Sipaeya (IND) d. (WC)Ritesh Chitlangiya/Dhananjay Kawade (IND) 6-2 6-2
Arjun Gautam/Ashutosh Singh (IND) d. Somdev K. Dev Varman/Jaco Mathew (IND) 6-4 7-5
(2)Nitin Kirtane/Anton Kokurin (IND/UZB) d. D. Ajay Chowdapalli/Kedar Tembe (IND) 3-6 7-6(2) 6-4

Quarterfinals
(1)Vijay Kannan/Vishal Uppal (IND) d. Boris Borgula/Juraj Hasko (SVK) w/o
(4)Kamala Kannan/Rishi Sridhar (IND) d. Shivang Mishra/Yew-Ming Si (IND/MAS) 6-2 6-2
(3)Ajay Ramaswami/Sunil Kumar Sipaeya (IND) d. Arun Prakash Rajagopalan/Vinod Sridhar (IND) 6-1 6-4
(2)Nitin Kirtane/Anton Kokurin (IND/UZB) d. Arjun Gautam/Ashutosh Singh (IND) 6-7(5) 6-1 6-2

Semifinals
(1)Vijay Kannan/Vishal Uppal (IND) d. (4)Kamala Kannan/Rishi Sridhar (IND) 7-5 7-6(5)
(3)Ajay Ramaswami/Sunil Kumar Sipaeya (IND) d. (2)Nitin Kirtane/Anton Kokurin (IND/UZB) 7-6(4) 6-2

Finals
(1)Vijay Kannan/Vishal Uppal (IND) d. (3)Ajay Ramaswami/Sunil Kumar Sipaeya (IND) 6-3 3-6 7-5