Tennis News -
At $50K Bradenton Challenger, Florida, USA (Green Clay)

[R1] (1) AMRITRAJ Stephen (IND)/ KING-TURNER Daniel (NZL) bt (Q) BJELICA Ivan (SRB)/ FRAYSSINOUX Philippe (FRA) 63 62

[QF] (1) AMRITRAJ Stephen (IND)/ KING-TURNER Daniel (NZL) vs LUCHICI Raian (ROU)/ ROSS Brett (USA)

Easy victory for top-seed pair against European qualifiers.
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At $25K Raleigh Challenger, NC, USA (clay)

[R1] UBEROI Neha (USA,343) vs (Q) DEVIDZE Salome (GEO,577)

Doubles -
(2) ESPERON Soledad (ARG)/ UBEROI Neha (USA) bt (Q) GULLICKSON Carly (USA)/ GULLICKSON Chelsey (USA) 64 64

Nice straight sets victory over Gullickson sisters for second seed.
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At $10K Thailand F1, Bangkok

[R2] (1) BHAMBRI Ankita (IND,512) l MULSAP Sophia (THA,1005) 26 36
[R2] GOSWAMI Parul (IND,910) l (8) HONG Da-Jung (KOR,903) 16 16
[R2] (4) BHAMBRI Sanaa (IND,595) bt ZHONG Yi (CHN,UNR) 75 Retd.

[QF] (4) BHAMBRI Sanaa (IND,595) vs (8) HONG Da-Jung (KOR,903)

Doubles -
[QF] (2) BHAMBRI Sanaa (IND)/ BHAMBRI Ankita (IND) bt (WC) PHONKAN Daowadueng (THA)/ SAOVANA Kamonthip (THA) 63 67(3) 10(3)

[SF] (2) BHAMBRI Sanaa (IND)/ BHAMBRI Ankita (IND) vs KHABIBULINA Albina (UZB)/ SAIDKHODJAEVA Dilyara (UZB)

Unacceptable loss by Ankita against below 1000 rank player ... Mostly lack of competitive match practice will be reason for such poor performance by Bhambri sis ... Now only Sanaa is remaining in the draw.
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At $10K Badalona Futures, Spain

[R1] NAGARAJ Sandhya (IND,609) vs (Q) PRIETO-GARCIA Cynthia (ESP,877)

Doubles -
[QF] (3) NAGARAJ Sandhya (IND)/ PARASYUK Julia (RUS) bt KIRPICHEVA Olga (RUS)/ RODRIGUEZ-MENENDEZ Neus (ESP) 63 75

[SF] (3) NAGARAJ Sandhya (IND)/ PARASYUK Julia (RUS) vs (1) DAVATO Benedetta (ITA)/ SABINO Lisa (ITA)

Only 8 pairs participated in doubles, so with this victory Sandhya and her Russian partner r in semis and playing against Italian top-seed pair.