Tennis News
At $50K Bangkok Challenger, Thailand

[QF] (1) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) bt Chris Guccione (AUS)/ Marcio Torres (BRA) 46 63 10(4)
[SF] (1) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) l (3) Michail Elgin (RUS)/ Alexandre Kudryavtsev (RUS) 67(4) 67(5)

Rohan and Aisam won quarters in super tie-break but tey lost semis against Russian pair in tie-breaks ... Better luck in Khorat Challenger.
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At $50K Khorat Challenger, Thailand

[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND,188) l (1) Andreas Beck (GER,104) 57 67(3)
[R1] (7) Somdev Devvarman (IND,150) vs Alexandre Kudryavtsev (RUS,196)
[R1] Rajeev Ram (USA,203) bt Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA,167) 75 62

Doubles
[R1] (1) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) vs (WC) Pongsatorn Benjamas (THA)/ Prach Mahathavorn (THA)
[R1] Purav Raja (IND)/ Ashutosh Singh (IND) vs Mathieu Montcourt (FRA)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA)
[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Izak Van Der Merwe (RSA) bt (WC) Faris Akhazzan (GBR)/ Peerakiat Siriluethaiwattana (THA) 60 63
[R1] (2) Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Rajeev Ram (USA) vs Paolo Lorenzi (ITA)/ Bjorn Rehnquist (SWE)

Prakash produced tremendous fighting against top-100 German player but he lost very closely fought match.

Also good doubles win for Som and his South African partner against wild card pair.
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At $50K Jersey Challenger, Channel Islands, Great Britain

[R1] BATTISTONE Brian (USA)/ MANKAD Harsh (IND) vs (4) CHARROIN Olivier (FRA)/ TOURTE Nicolas (FRA)
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At $25K Redding Tournament, CA, USA

[R2] (Q) UBEROI Shikha (IND,623) l (Q) GRANVILLE Laura (USA,UNR) 36 36

Expected loss against more talented Laura Granville, who also won this $25K Redding tournament.
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At $25K Hammond Tournament, LA, USA

[Q1] (Q) UBEROI Shikha (IND,623) l (6) SEMA Yurika (JPN,258) 26 0-3 Retd

Oops, after good performance in last week Shikha retired in her qualifying match ... Hopefully nothing serious injury.