Tennis News
At €2.5M Monte-Carlo Masters, Monaco

[R2] (3) Lukas Dlouhy (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) l David Ferrer (ESP)/ Marc Lopez (ESP) 36 26

Spanish pairs r always tough on clay courts, but still very disappointing start of clay season for last year's French Open champions.
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At $50K Baton Rouge Challenger, LA, USA

[R2] (1) Rajeev Ram (USA,93) l (PR) Kai Nishikori (JPN,UNR) 36 76(3) 36

Doubles
[R1] Purav Raja (IND)/ Tatsuma Ito (JPN) l (2) Chris Guccione (AUS)/ Frank Moser (GER) 67(6) 16

[QF] (3) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Treat Huey (PHI) bt Martin Emmrich (GER)/ Andreas Siljestrom (SWE) 75 64

Good to see Harsh and Treat r back on performing as per their ranking to moved into semis ... Purav and Ito gave good fight in first set but didn't continue that in second set.

Rajeev also lost in singles against Nishikori, who is making comeback after long injury-break.
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At $35K+H Leon Challenger, Mexico

[R1] (3) Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Lester Cook (USA) l (WC) Daniel Garza (MEX)/ Jean-Noel Insausti (FRA) 63 16 10-12

Third seed pair lost in the first round.