Tennis News
At $75+H Manerbio Challenger, Italy (clay)

[Q2] Rohan Bopanna (IND,509) l Carlos Berlocq (ARG,717) 46 67(6)

Doubles
[R1] Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Alessandro Motti (ITA) vs Alessio Di Mauro (ITA)/ Simone Vagnozzi (ITA)
[R1] (3) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Frank Moser (GER) vs Rameez Junaid (AUS)/ Philipp Oswald (AUT)

Rohan had a chance in this match ... In first set his service was broken in first game and that was a only break in first set ... In second set Rohan broke Berlocq's serve 4th game and was leading 4-1 but Berlocq broke back to 4-all ... In tie-break also Rohan was up 3-0 but again lose advantage and lost match ... Still creditable performance by Rohan, we need him with good match practice for our Davis cup tie against South Africa.
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At $50K Almaty Challenger, Kazakhstan

[R1] (3) Purav Raja (IND)/ Sadik Kadir (AUS) vs (WC) Dmitriy Borodkin (KAZ)/ Stanislav Bykov (KAZ)

Purav climbed to 225 in updated ranking but he is still well below his personal best rank #204 which he achieved in May 2009.

This week Purav is seeded at Kazak challenger with Sadik and they r facing local wildcard pair.
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At $10K ITF Tournament, Nothanburi, Thailand

[R1] (5) Poojashree VENKATESHA (IND,416) bt Natchanok SAENYAUKHOT (THA,980) 61 61
[R1] Kumari-Sweta SOLANKI (IND,796) l Nungnadda WANNASUK (THA,538) 26 06

Again expected winning start for Poojashree.