Tennis News -
At $508 Legg Mason Tennis Classic, Washington DC, USA

[Q1] (WC) Somdev Devvarman (IND,320) bt (5) Sam Warburg (USA,139) 46 60 63
[Q2] (WC) Somdev Devvarman (IND,320) bt Jamie Baker (GBR,302) 61 75
[Q3] (WC) Somdev Devvarman (IND,320) vs (2) Go Soeda (JPN,119)

Doubles -
[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ QURESHI, Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) vs (3) Rik De Voest (RSA)/ Ashley Fisher (AUS)

In first match Somi scored superb comeback victory over Sam Warburg in 1 hour 38 min ... In this match Somi hit 7 aces and SW with 6 .. SKD with 2 DFs, SW with 4 ... 82 points to 69 pts .. 6 of 8 break points converted by Somdev ... 2 of 3 converted by Warburg, and SKD did not face any BPs after the first set. 66% first serves by Somi .. He won 63% of first serve pts and 64% of second serve pts, while SW won only 64% and 39% ... The difference in the second serve winning percentage tell us story of the match ... Now in 3rd qualifying round Somi is meeting Go Soedo, with whom he lost at Vancouver Challenger.

Match report thesabre.com -
Warburg is a giant. He's probably got at least 6 inches on Sommie and is a power player through and through. Som had a lot of trouble with his serve early on but hung in there in the first set. Warburg also tried a lot of drop shots, but Som was way too quick for that strategy. When Somdev got his first break, he eased up the intensity a bit and promply lost 3 straight. Somdev got up about 3-0 or 4-0 in a hurry for the second set and Warburg mailed the rest of the set in. The third set was more hard fought than the final score may suggest. Sommie came through in the clutch though, winning his first match
point to claim victory.

Baker plays a similar style to Somdev in a lot of ways. They're about the same height and aren't real powerhouses. Somdev was a lot more consistent in the first set and really walked all over him, but Baker recovered pretty nicely in the second set. Somdev was up 6-5 on serve in the 2nd set when Baker started cramping up. After an injury timeout, Som took 3 of the next 4 points to take the match. Even without the cramps, I really think that Somdev takes the match in the tiebreaker; Baker seemed very fatigued both physically and mentally by that point.
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At $475K Los Angeles ATP Tournament, USA

[SF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Eric Butorac (USA) bt Juan Martin Del Porto (ARG)/ Fabio Fognini (ITA) 76(4) 46 10(5)
[F] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Eric Butorac (USA) vs Travis Parrott (USA)/ Dusan Vemic (SRB)

This is Rohan's 5th doubles final but he is still searching for his first doubles title ... In the final they will face another unseed pair of Travis Parrott and Dusan Vemic.
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At the 18th World Junior Tennis Finals, TK Prostejov, Czech Republic (Red Clay)

For 3rd Position -
India bt Canada 2-1

Digvijaysingh Mehta (IND) bt Filip Peuwo (CAN) 76(4) 46 61
Ronit Bisht (IND) bt Edward Nguyen (CAN) 76(5) 64
Ronit Bisht (IND)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) l Tomasz Bara (CAN)/ Edward Nguyen (CAN) 26 46

Congratulations to Ronit, Divijay, Ramkumar and Captain Sunil Yajaman for finishing 3rd at the 18th World Junior Tennis Finals ... Very creditable performance by our boys on Red Clay.
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At $50K New Delhi Challenger IV, India

First Qualifying Round -
(1) Greg Jones AUS bt (WC) Jeevan Neduncherhiyan IND 63 2-1 Retd.
Vijay Sundar Prashanth IND bt Mithun Murali IND 61 64
Prateek Bhambri IND bt (WC) Vidhan Vyas IND 64 63
(8) Hsin-Han Lee TPE bt Ravjeet Singh IND 60 60

(2) Kyu-Tae Im KOR bt (WC) Akash Wagh IND 36 60 61
Ranjeet Virali Murugesan IND bt Christopher Marquis IND 75 61
Vignesh Perananallur Chandrasekhar IND bt Vedant Kapoor IND 62 63
(6) Hiroki Kondo JPN bt (WC) Srirambalaji Narayanaswamy IND 75 63

(3) Tasuku Iwami JPN bt Tushar Liberhan IND 61 62
Vikram B. Reddy IND bt Geoff Gehrke USA 62 61
Faris Akhazzan GBR bt Ajai Selvaraj IND 63 63
(7) Tsung-Hua Yang TPE bt Rahil Makharia IND 64 75

(4) Ashutosh Singh IND bt Rubal Shandilya IND 62 61
(WC) Karunuday Singh IND bt Palash Tiwari IND 75 62
Divij Sharan IND bt (WC) Sudarwa Sitaram IND 63 76(5)
(5) Aqeel Khan PAK bt Monal Chhillar IND 61 62

Second Qualifying Round -
(1) Greg Jones AUS bt Vijay Sundar Prashanth IND 63 76(3)
(8) Hsin-Han Lee TPE bt Prateek Bhambri IND 63 75

(2) Kyu-Tae Im KOR bt Ranjeet Virali Murugesan IND 63 62
(6) Hiroki Kondo JPN bt Vignesh Perananallur Chandrasekhar IND 62 63

(3) Tasuku Iwami JPN bt Vikram B. Reddy IND 62 63
(7) Tsung-Hua Yang TPE bt. Faris Akhazzan GBR 62 63

(4) Ashutosh Singh IND bt (WC) Karunuday Singh IND 75 63
(5) Aqeel Khan PAK bt Divij Sharan IND 46 76(3) 75

Final Qualifying Round -
(1) Greg Jones AUS bt (8) Hsin-Han Lee TPE 75 64
(6) Hiroki Kondo JPN bt (2) Kyu-Tae Im KOR 64 64
(7) Tsung-Hua Yang TPE bt (3) Tasuku Iwami JPN 06 63 64
(5) Aqeel Khan PAK bt (4) Ashutosh Singh IND 63 63

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Golf News -
At the 90th PGA Championship, Bloomfield Township, Michigan - Third Round

T7 Jeev Milkha Singh 68 74 70 + 2

After rain greens were firmer so expecting under par round from Jeev ... But he still remain inside top 10.