Tennis News -
At € 2.27M Hamburg Masters, Germany (clay)

[R1] PAES Leander (IND)/ ROBREDO Tommy (ESP) bt BERDYCH Tomas (CZE)/ TURSUNOV Dmitry (RUS) 61 57 10(8)

[R2] (4) BHUPATHI Mahesh (IND)/ KNOWLES Mark (BAH) vs BLAKE James (USA)/ FISH Mardy (USA)
[R2] PAES Leander (IND)/ ROBREDO Tommy (ESP) vs (3) ERLICH Jonathan (ISR)/ RAM Andy (ISR)

They had close match after winning first set easily, but importantly they managed to win their match ... So now they r facing 3rd seed Israeli pair Erlich and Ram in second round ... Lee and Tommy having good chance against them as Erlich and Ram r struggling on clay courts.
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At $50K New Delhi Challenger-I, India (Hard)

Singles First Round -
(WC) Harsh Mankad (IND,667) l Thomas Oger (FRA,276) 67(5) 46
Prakash Amritraj (IND,246) l (7) Brendan Evans (USA,198) 36 36
(WC) Ashutosh Singh (IND,602) bt (8) Alexandre Kudryavtsev (RUS,210) 63 67(6) 76(6)

Kash lost his match easily ... Harsh also lost his match in straight sets ... But superb hard fought win by Ashutosh.

Really surprising win for Ashutosh considering his recent performance ... Commendable job.
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At $25K Raleigh Challenger, NC, USA (clay)

[R1] UBEROI Neha (USA,343) vs Qualifier

Doubles -
(2) ESPERON Soledad (ARG)/ UBEROI Neha (USA) vs (Q) GULLICKSON Carly (USA)/ GULLICKSON Chelsey (USA)
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At $50K Bradenton Challenger, Florida, USA (Green Clay)

[R1] (1) AMRITRAJ Stephen (IND)/ KING-TURNER Daniel (NZL) vs (Q) BJELICA Ivan (SRB)/ FRAYSSINOUX Philippe (FRA)
[R1] (WC) CHAPPIDI Vamsee (IND)/ DAVIDSON Pedro (BRA) l BATTISTONE Brian (USA)/ BATTISTONE Dann (USA) 26 06