Tennis News
At € 2.27M Madrid ATP Masters, Spain

[R1] (3) DLOUHY Lukas (CZE)/ PAES Leander (IND) Bye
[R1] (4) BHUPATHI Mahesh (IND)/ KNOWLES Mark (BAH) Bye
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At $50K Sacramento Challenger, Northern California, USA

[SF] Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Frank Dancevic (CAN) l (WC) Brian Battistone (USA)/ Dann Battistone (USA) 63 36 (6)10

[F] (1) John Isner (USA)/ Rajeev Ram (USA) l (WC) Brian Battistone (USA)/ Dann Battistone (USA) 61 36 (4)10

Kash's doubles challenge ended in semis and unorthodox pair of Battistone brothers grabbed doubles title beating top-seeds.
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At $125K Tashkent Challenger, Uzbekistan

[Q1] (1) Rohan Bopanna (IND,348) Bye
[Q1] Purav Raja (IND,900) bt (WC) Djanibe Orazoliev (UZB,UNR) 63 64

[Q2] (1) Rohan Bopanna (IND,348) bt Sardor Pulatov (UZB,UNR) 64 62
[Q2] Purav Raja (IND,900) l (6) Nathan Thompson (USA,484) 46 67(2)

[Q3] (1) Rohan Bopanna (IND,348) vs Michael Kohlmann (GER,UNR)

Doubles -
[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Alexey Kedriouk (KAZ)/ Yuri Schukin (KAZ)

Rohan having good chance to qualify for maindraw and in doubles he is participating with Purav Raja.
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At $50K Calabasas Challenger, USA

[Q1] Ashutosh Singh (IND,662) l (3) Ivo Klec (SVK,362) 16 63 46

[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND,228) vs Robert Smeets (AUS,170)
[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND,240) vs Alex Bogomolov Jr. (USA,234)
[R1] Rajeev Ram (USA,182) vs Qualifier

Doubles -
[R1] (1) John Isner (USA)/ Rajeev Ram (USA) vs Brian Battistone (USA)/ Dann Battistone (USA)
[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Alex Kuznetsov (USA) vs Colin Ebelthite (AUS)/ Peter Polansky (CAN)
[R1] Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Ashutosh Singh (IND) vs (WC) Scott Oudsema (USA)/ Ryan Sweeting (USA)
[R1] (4) Stephen Amritraj (IND)/ Daniel King-Turner (NZL) vs (WC) Lester Cook (USA)/ Shane La Porte (USA)

So last week's doubles finalists facing eachother in doubles first round ... Harsh/ Ashutosh and Stephen r in same draw like last week and they can face eachother in quarters.