Tennis News -
At $10k USA F1, Wesley Chapel, Florida, USA

[F] (Q) Somdev DEV VARMAN (IND,1036) bt (1) VEMIC Dusan (SRB,152) 46 64 64

So with this win he started 2008 in grand style ... Double crown at USA F1 ... In that he had 2 victories over world #152 and a former world #110 ... Great stuff Buji, we knows many more will come once u turn pro in May/June.

Somdev Devvarman - “Winning a tournament always feels good. There were a lot of great players in this tournament. I had just hoped to learn a lot down here and I was happy with the result. I am ready to get the college season started next week.”

Virginia head coach Brian Boland - “I was really proud of Somdev’s effort throughout the tournament. He improved with each match. Today, after losing the first set, he really raised the level of his play. It has been enjoyable to watch him continue to develop these last few months.”
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At Australian Open 2008,

Doubles -
[R1] (6) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Alicia Molik (AUS) vs Eleni Daniilidou (GRE)/ Jasmin Woehr (GER)
[R1] (6) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Mark Knowles (BAH) vs Mikhail Youzhny (RUS)/ Mischa Zverev (GER)
[R1] (5)Paul Hanley (AUS)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs Luis Horna (PER)/ Stefan Koubek (AUT)
[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Rajeev Ram (USA) vs James Auckland (GBR)/ Sam Querrey (USA)

Women's doubles draw is out ... Sania get her best-ever seeding in grandslam with Alicia Molik ... They r 6th seeds and r in the bottom draw.

Interesting to see pairing of Rohan and Rajeev as Rohan/ Aisam's combined ranking didn't help them to gain direct entry into Australian Open doubles draw ... If Rohan and Rajeev wins their first round, then they r in chance of meeting 5th seed pair Lee and Paul in second round ... I would luv to see match between them.
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At $25k Surprise challanger, AZ, USA

[Q1] (9) UBEROI Neha (USA,312) bt GAMBALE Mary (USA,479) 75 36 60
[Q1] UBEROI Shikha (IND,749) bt (WC) SULLIVAN Lindsay (USA,NR) 61 61

[Q2] (9) UBEROI Neha (USA,312) vs MINELLA Mandy (LUX,404)
[Q2] UBEROI Shikha (IND,749) vs (6) PIEDADE Frederica (POR,300)
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At $15k China F1, Shenzhen

[Q3] (4) SHOKEEN Vivek (IND,699) l (13) CHO Min-Hyoek (KOR,1078) 57 64 57

Maindraw -
[R1] RASTOGI Karan (IND,469) vs (4) OUANNA Josselin (FRA,275)

Doubles -
[R1] LEE Hsin-Han (TPE)/ SHOKEEN Vivek (IND) vs (1) YU Xin-Yuan (CHN)/ ZENG Shao-Xuan (CHN)
[R1] BALLERET Benjamin (MON)/ RASTOGI Karan (IND) vs (4) VAN DER DUIM Antal (NED)/ WEINTRAUB Amir (ISR)