Tennis News -
At $600K East West Bank Classic, Los Angeles, CA, USA

[R1] (16) Sania Mirza (IND,35) bt (Q) Eva Hrdinova (CZE,190) 63 64

In first set Sania take 4-0 lead and then lost her serve but then hold to win first set .. In second set Eva broke Sania early in 4th game to lead but Sania fought back to break immediately and then broke Eva's serve in 9th game with help of double fault from Eva ... Then she served out to win match in 68 mins ... In this match Sania was struggling with her serve, her first serve percentage was 48%.

Ok, recieved update from who attended match, Good news is - Sania's ruthless forehand is back ... :)

After coming out from wrist operationn today first time she used her scroching forehands and they were landed correctly with same old pace ... Sania is still struggling with her backhands but sooner than later that will also comeback once Sania start to adjust with her repaired wrist ... Go Sania.
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At $2.615M Rogers Masters, Toronto, Canada

[Q2] BOPANNA Rohan (IND,322) l (11) GOLUBEV Andrey (KAZ,155) 67(5) 76(0) 46

Doubles -
[R2] (7) DLOUHY Lukas (CZE)/ PAES Leander (IND) vs Roger Federer (SUI)/ Stanisias Wawrinka (SUI)[R2] (4) BHUPATHI Mahesh (IND)/ KNOWLES Mark (BAH) vs Andy Roddick (USA)/ Mardy Fish (USA)

Rohan lost in 2hrs 18mins match against Golubev, where both players were using their huge services as a weapon ... Bops had 10 aces (3 DFs) and Golubev had 11 aces (3 DFs).

Lee and Lukas having very tricky match against Fedex and Wawrinka, who r preparing for Olympics as a team ... And Hesh/ Mark pair also facing Olympics bound American team in second round ... I only wish our players also consider this to play more together before Olympics.
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At $50K Lexington Mens Challenger, KY, USA

[R1] (Q) Somdev Devvarman (IND,566) bt Jamie Baker (GBR,256) 75 62
[R1] Rajeev Ram (USA,204) bt (Q) Alberto Francis (USA,316) 64 62

[R2] (Q) Somdev Devvarman (IND,566) vs (2) Bobby Reynolds (USA,92)

Doubles -
[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Rylan Rizza (USA) l Victor Estrella (DOM)/ Santiago Gonzalez (MEX) 26 63 (6)10

Another solid win for Somi against top-250 type player ... In first set he was down 2-5 but then he won next 5 games to grab first set and in second set lost only 2 games ... In second round he is facing interesting and tough battle against top-100 player, American Bobby Reynolds.

But in doubles Somi's challenge got over in first round.
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At €30K Medjugorje Challenger, Bosnia-Herzegovina (Red Clay)

[R1] (2) AMRITRAJ Stephen (IND)/ MIDDELKOOP Matwe (NED) bt GEHRKE Geoff (USA)/ NASO Gianluca (ITA) W/O (Right heel injury to Naso)
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At $50K Lexington Womens Challenger, KY, USA

[Q2] (3) UBEROI Neha (USA,437) bt JONES Mccall (USA,982) 64 63
[Q3] (3) UBEROI Neha (USA,437) vs ROLLE Tiya (USA,781)

Now Neha in final qualifying round.
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At $15K Georgia F2 Futures, Tbilisi (clay)

[R1] VARDHAN Vishnu (IND,1013) bt (Q) ALEKSEENKO Gleb (UKR,1866) 63 63
[R2] VARDHAN Vishnu (IND,1013) vs (5) NAM Hyun-Woo (KOR,555)

Good to see Vishnu is started to travel different parts of world and playing on clay ... Now in second round he is facing tough cookie Nam of Korea.