Tennis News
At $50K Champaign Challenger, Illinois, USA

[R1] (2) Rajeev Ram (USA,78) bt Luka Gregorc (SLO,249) 62 76(5)
[R2] (2) Rajeev Ram (USA,78) l (Q) Kaden Hensel (AUS,484) 67 36

Doubles
[R1] (1) David Martin (USA)/ Rajeev Ram (USA) bt (WC) Colt Gaston (USA)/ Ryan Harrison (USA) 63 46 12(10)
[R1] (2) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Treat Huey (PHI) bt Nicholas Monroe (USA)/ Izak Van Der Merwe (RSA) 64 63
[R1] Richard Bloomfield (GBR)/ Purav Raja (IND) l Dominic Inglot (GBR)/ Rylan Rizza (USA) 06 67(2)

[QF] (1) David Martin (USA)/ Rajeev Ram (USA) vs Brian Battistone (USA)/ Dann Battistone (USA)
[QF] (2) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Treat Huey (PHI) vs Dominic Inglot (GBR)/ Rylan Rizza (USA)

This week winning start for Harsh and Treat, next they r facing UVa tricky pair to place in semis ... Rajeev also started with win but surprising loss in singles second round.
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At $50K ITF Pune Tournament, Pune, India

Singles Quarter Finals
(5) Nina Bratchikova (RUS) bt (1) Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA) 63 62
(6) Rika Fujiwara (JPN) bt Varatchaya Wongteanchai (THA) 61 61
(3) Bojana Jovanovski (SRB) bt (8) Anastasiya Vasylyeva (UKR) 57 60 64
(WC) Sabina Sharipova (UZB) bt (Q) Chen Astrogo (ISR) 62 63

Doubles Semi Finals
(1) Bratchikova (RUS)/ Palkina (KGZ) bt Lertcheewakarn (THA)/ Wongteanchai (THA) 75 63
(2) Clerico (ITA)/ Vasylyeva (UKR) bt Bhambri (IND)/ Chakravarthi (IND) 63 16 10(6)

So with Sanaa and Rushmi's loss Indian challenge got over in Pune ITF tournament.
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At $10K Malaysia F4 Futures, Kuala Lumpur

[QF] (4) Rohan GAJJAR (IND,494) l (8) Petar JELENIC (CRO,567) 36 67(12)

Petar Jelenic scored back to back win over Indian players to finish Indian challenge from this week tournament ... Gajjar lost very long second set tie-break.