Tennis News
At $50K Zagreb Challenger, Croatia (Red clay)

[R1] (5) Somdev Devvarman (IND,109) l Yuri Schukin (KAZ,221) 67(3) 61 16

Somi's struggle on the clay continued ... Last 2 months he is struggling with bad planning, some injury issues and performance ... Not a right preparation for French Open qualifying.
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At $50K Raleigh Challanger,

[R1] (Q) Shikha Uberoi (IND,626) bt (Q) Chieh-Yu Hsu (USA,455) 64 60

[R2] (Q) Shikha Uberoi (IND,626) vs (8) Carly Gullickson (USA,180)

Doubles
[R1] Dieskova (SVK)/ Uberoi (IND) bt (wc) Kandinata (INA)/ Kay (USA) 62 61

[QF] Dieskova (SVK)/ Uberoi (IND) vs (2) Jidkova (RUS)/ Luzhanska (UKR)

Remarkable win by Shikha, after long time she scored main-draw win that also with such ease.
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At $50K Sarasota Challenger, Florida, USA (Clay)

[R1] (1) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Treat Huey (PHI) bt Daniel Garza (MEX)/ Vasek Pospisil (CAN) 26 75 10-8

[QF] (1) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Treat Huey (PHI) vs Victor Estrella (DOM)/ Bruno Rodriguez (MEX)

Another closs call for harsh and Treat ... This year they r still searching the form which they had in last season.
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At $75K+H Busab Challenger, Korea

[QF] (4) Sadik Kadir (AUS)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt (WC) Jae-Sung An (KOR)/ Yong-Kyu Lim (KOR) 62 63

Good to see Purav and Sadik reached in semis of this big challenger with easy win over local wild-card pair.
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At u14 World Junior Tennis (Girl) - Asia/Oceania Final Qualifying, Anqing, China

Group 2 - 10th May
(4) India l (6) Thailand 1-2

Rutuja BHOSALE bt Apiramon NAKHORANKAN 64 61
Sneha Devi REDDY l Praewpisuti CHINSAKCHAI 16 26
Rutuja BHOSALE/ Iska TEERTHA l Apiramon NAKHORANKAN/ Praewpisuti CHINSAKCHAI 76 16 57

They r still not learning from the mistakes wrong combination ... These girls had good opportunity to become group leader ... Instead of playing Rutuja against Thai #1, we played Sneha ... Now tough match against #3 China in quarter-finals.