Tennis News
At $35K+H Rimouski Challenger, Canada

[R2] Prakash Amritraj (IND,217) bt (Q) Amir Weintraub (ISR,524) 63 36 64

[R2] Prakash Amritraj (IND,217) vs Rik De Voest (RSA,301)

Though Israeli 500+ ranked Israeli qualifier stretched Kash to 3 sets still win is a win ... :-) So Kash is in semis and facing South African Davis Cup player Rik De Voest.
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At $50K Jersey Challenger, Great Britain

[R1] (1) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Ken Skupski (GBR) bt (WC) Oliver Golding (GBR)/ Neil Pauffley (GBR) 61 63
[R1] Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Treat Huey (PHI) l Martin Fischer (AUT)/ Philipp Oswald (AUT) 36 57

[QF] (1) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Ken Skupski (GBR) vs (WC) Brian Battistone (USA)/ Ryler DeHeart (USA)

Bops and Skupski scored easy convincing win over local wildcard pair ... But Harsh and Treat lost against experienced Austrian pair in first round.
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At $10K India F2 Futures, Chandigarh

Singles Quarter Finals
(Q) Romain SICHEZ (FRA) bt Vivek SHOKEEN (IND) 62 67(5) 63
(3) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) bt (Q) Patrik BRYDOLF (SWE) 76(5) 3-1 Retd.
(7) Adrian SIKORA (SVK) bt Ruben GONZALES (USA) 64 62
Karan RASTOGI (IND) bt (6) Nathan THOMPSON (USA) 63 63

Doubles Semi Finals
(4) GONZALES (USA)/ THOMPSON (USA) bt MURALI (IND)/ PRASHANTH (IND) 62 63
MALIK (IND)/ SINGH (IND) bt NARAYANASWAMY (IND)/ PERANAMALLUR-CHANDRASEKHAR (IND) 64 46 10-8

Terrific win by Karan in end very solid win over last week winner Nathan ... Ranjeet was in control when his opponent decided to retire from the match ... But after yesterday's performance was hoping Vivek's win ... May be tired after long match against top-seed ... In doubles only Malik and Ashutosh Singh reached in the final.

So first-time Karan wins back to back 3 matches after coming out of injury ... Go Karan.