Tennis News
At $35K Fergana Challenger, Uzbekistan

[Q1] (6) Purav Raja (IND,922) bt Artem Tarasov (UZB,UNR) 61 64
[Q2] (6) Purav Raja (IND,922) bt Aziz Yuldashev (UZB,UNR)63 60
[Q3] (6) Purav Raja (IND,922) bt (2) Irakli Labadze (GEO,509) 46 61 62

[R1] (Q) Purav Raja (IND,922) vs Ti Chen (TPE,375)

Doubles
[R1] Purav Raja (IND)/ Samuel Groth (AUS) vs Evgeny Kirillov (RUS)/ Alexandre Kudryavtsev (RUS)

While qualifying for maindraw Purav scored one of his best comeback win over top-500 type player, who was top-50 on tour in 2004.
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At $15K Kuwait F1 Futures, Meshref

[Q1] (1) VIRALI-MURUGESAN Ranjeet (IND,857) bye
[Q1] (3) SINGH Navdeep (IND,960) bye
[Q1] (6) TIWARI Abhijeet (IND,1540) bt REDA Mohammed (KUW,UNR) 60 60
[Q1] NARAYANASWAMY Srirambalaji (IND,UNR) bt (10) MANEGIN Anton (RUS,1914) 63 62

[Q2] (1) VIRALI-MURUGESAN Ranjeet (IND,857) bt AL BITAR Ahmed (EGY,UNR) 62 62
[Q2] (3) SINGH Navdeep (IND,960) bt MUBARAK Abdulhamid (KUW,UNR) 63 62
[Q2] NARAYANASWAMY Srirambalaji (IND,UNR) bt (7) KISLYANSKIY Roman (RUS,1548) 63 76(4)
[Q2] (6) TIWARI Abhijeet (IND,1540) bt AL ABDULLH Zaki (KSA,UNR) 61 60

[R1] (Q) NARAYANASWAMY Srirambalaji (IND,UNR) vs (WC) AL GHAREEB Ali (KUW,1770)
[R1] VARDHAN Vishnu (IND,590) vs (7) LEJNIEKS Karlis (LAT,558)
[R1] (PR) SHOKEEN Vivek (IND,1205) vs (Q) AL TAWEEL Issam (SYR,1499)
[R1] SHARAN Divij (IND,723) vs (WC) JANAHI Hamad Abbas (UAE,UNR)
[R1] (Q) TIWARI Abhijeet (IND,1540) vs (4) GHAREEB Mohammad (KUW,496)
[R1] (JE) BHAMBRI Yuki (IND,664) vs (8) YSERN Pierrick (FRA,559)
[R1] GAJJAR Rohan (IND,775) vs CHERNOV Artur (RUS,620)
[R1] (Q) VIRALI-MURUGESAN Ranjeet (IND,857) vs (Q) SINGH Navdeep (IND,960)

Doubles
[R1] VIRALI-MURUGESAN Ranjeet (IND)/ NARAYANASWAMY Srirambalaji (IND) vs AL MOUSA Hassan (KUW)/ MUHAMMAD Ahmad Rabeea (KUW)
[R1] SHARAN Divij (IND)/ VARDHAN Vishnu (IND) vs AL TAWEEL Issam (SYR)/ MAAROUF Hayan (SYR)
[R1] (4) BHAMBRI Yuki (IND)/ GAJJAR Rohan (IND) vs KROTIOUK Sergei (RUS)/ MANEGIN Anton (RUS)
[R1] SHOKEEN Vivek (IND)/ SINGH Navdeep (IND) vs GHAREEB Mohammad (KUW)/ ORTEGREN Johan (SWE)

Big Indian contingent is playing next 2 weeks in Kuwait ... Though Yuki and Vishnu r playing against seeded but they having good draw to go deep inthis futures.