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At 2010 Wimbledon Championship, London, England

Mens Doubles
[QF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam Qureshi (PAK) l Jurgen Melzer (AUT)/ Philipp Petzschner (GER) 46 67(3) 26

Mixed Doubles
[R3] (2) Leander Paes (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) bt Igor Zelenay (SVK)/ Alicja Rosolska (POL) 61 63

[QF] (2) Leander Paes (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) vs (12) Paul Hanley (AUS)/ Yung-Jan Chan (TPE)

Rohan and Aisam's good run at Wimbledon ended in quarter-final ... They found tough match-up in Melzer and Petzschner, who cn served big and hit deep powerful shots ... They broke Rohan and Aisam's serve in the first game of the match and that set tone of the match ... After winning second set in tie-break they didn't give much chance to Indo-Pak express in decider.

In mexed doubles 2nd seed Cara and Lee scored dominating victory to moved into quarters.
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At $15K Malaysia F2 Futures 2010, Kuala Lumpur

[QF] (5) Rohan GAJJAR (IND,472) bt (Q) Andrew THOMAS (AUS,1622) 36 76(3) 63
[QF] (4) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,443) bt (8) Murad INOYATOV (UZB,490) 26 76(2) 3-3 Retd

[SF] (5) Rohan GAJJAR (IND,472) vs (4) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,443)

Doubles
[SF] PRASHANTH (IND)/ VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) l (1) HENSEL (AUS)/ PROPOGGIA (AUS) 67(6) 46
[SF] (3) GAJJAR (IND)/ SHOKEEN (IND) l RUNGKAT (INA)/ THOMPSON (USA) 36 36

Rohan and Ranjeet produced almost identical comeback win after losing first set ... Experienced Inoyatov retired in third set before losing second in tie-break ... Rohan also won second set in tie-break after losing first set ... Now both r facing each other in the semis, so this week our one player will be in singles final at Malaysian futures.
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At $10K Great Britain F8, Manchester (Grass)

[R2] Divij Sharan (IND,878) bt (8) Josh Milton (GBR,536) 63 62
[R2] (4) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,365) bt Ashwin Kumar (USA,728) 57 76(5) 64

[QF] (4) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,365) vs (7) David Rice (GBR,489)
[QF] Divij Sharan (IND,878) vs (2) James Ward (GBR,304)

Doubles
[QF] (1) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt Kyle Brassington (GBR)/ Nicolas Rosenzweig (FRA) 76(5) 62

[SF] (1) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs (4) James Cluskey (IRL)/ Colin Ebelthite (AUS)

Both moved into quarters with contrasting win ... Divij scored dominating upset win over British seeded player, other hand Ashwin Kumar stretched Vishnu to fullest before Vishnu produced comeback win.

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At$50K Winnetka Challenger,

[R1] (4) Rik De Voest (RSA)/ Somdev Devvarman (IND) bt Adam Hubble (AUS)/ Marcio Torres (BRA) 63 63
[R1] Harsh Mankad (IND)/ John Paul Fruttero (USA) l (2) Lester Cook (USA)/ David Martin (USA) 67(4) 36

Expected results for both pairs.
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At $15K Malaysia F2 Futures 2010, Kuala Lumpur

[R2] (5) Rohan GAJJAR (IND,472) bt Soong-Jae CHO (KOR,507) 76(4) 61
[R2] (4) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,443) bt (Q) Elbert SIE (INA,1137) 64 3-2 Retd
[R2] N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,789) l (3) Kaden HENSEL (AUS,432) 67(3) 36

[QF] (5) Rohan GAJJAR (IND,472) vs (Q) Andrew THOMAS (AUS,1622)
[Qf] (4) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,443) vs (8) Murad INOYATOV (UZB,490)

Doubles
[QF] PRASHANTH (IND)/ VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) bt (4) AN (KOR)/ WACHIRAMANOWONG (THA) W/O
[QF] (3) GAJJAR (IND)/ SHOKEEN (IND) bt INOYATOV (UZB)/ STARKOV (RUS) 63 64

[SF] PRASHANTH (IND)/ VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) vs (1) HENSEL (AUS)/ PROPOGGIA (AUS)
[SF] (3) GAJJAR (IND)/ SHOKEEN (IND) vs RUNGKAT (INA)/ THOMPSON (USA)

Rohan and Ranjeev moved into quarters but Prashanth lost after taking first set to tie-break against seeded Australian.
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At $10K Great Britain F8, Manchester

[R1] Divij Sharan (IND,878) bt Patrick Brydolf (SWE,874) 63 46 62
[R1] (4) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,365) bt (WC) Maniel Bains (GBR,1114) 67(6) 62 61

[R2] Divij Sharan (IND,878) vs (8) Josh Milton (GBR,536)
[R2] (4) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,365) vs Ashwin Kumar (USA,728)

Doubles
[R1] (1) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt Blake Strode (USA)/ Christian Welte (USA) 62 63

[QF] (1) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs Kyle Brassington (GBR)/ Nicolas Rosenzweig (FRA)

Divij and Vishnu had winning start on the grass though matches went to 3 sets.

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At$50K Winnetka Challenger,

[R1] (4) Rik De Voest (RSA)/ Somdev Devvarman (IND) vs Adam Hubble (AUS)/ Marcio Torres (BRA)
[R1] Harsh Mankad (IND)/ John Paul Fruttero (USA) vs (2) Lester Cook (USA)/ David Martin (USA)

Somi find good partner in South African Davis cupper Rik De Voest but Harsh need to settle with available one and having tough first round match against second seed.
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At $15K Malaysia F2 Futures 2010, Kuala Lumpur

[R1] (5) Rohan GAJJAR (IND,472) bt Peerakit SIRIBUTWONG (THA,796) 36 64 62
[R1] (4) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,443) bt (WC) Yew-Ming SI (MAS,1434) 61 61
[R1] Karan RASTOGI (IND,496) l (7) Ervin ELESKOVIC (SWE,485) 57 16
[R1] N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,789) bt Dane PROPOGGIA (AUS,613) 75 76(3)
[R1] Yannick NELORD (IND,791) l (Q) Ruan ROELOFSE (RSA,974) 16 36
[R1] (Q) Karunuday SINGH (IND,930) l Nikala SCHOLTZ (RSA,897) 76(6) 36 67(3)

[R2] (5) Rohan GAJJAR (IND,472) vs Soong-Jae CHO (KOR,507)
[R2] (4) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,443) vs (Q) Elbert SIE (INA,1137)
[R2] N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,789) vs (3) Kaden HENSEL (AUS,432)

Disappointing loss for Karan ... Vijay Sundar scored victory in 2 tight sets against higer ranked Australian, Karunuday produced valiant effort in his first round match before losing it.

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At 2010 Wimbledon Championship, London England

Doubles
[R3] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam Qureshi (PAK) bt Lukas Lacko (SVK)/ Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) 75 76(4) 62
[R3] (4) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Max Mirnyi (BLR) l (16) Robert Lindstedt (SWE)/ Horia Tecau (ROU) 63 64 36 67(8) 6-8

Mixed Doubles
[R2] (2) Leander Paes (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) bt Martin Damm (CZE)/ Vladimira Uhlirova (CZE) 63 36 62

Good win, they dominated 3rd set breaking opponents twice after winning tight first 2 sets ... This is Rohan's first quarter-fial appearence in grand slam ... Also this quarter-final appearence will definetly push Rohan and Aisam's ranking inside top-40, Bops mostly move around top-35 ... Great work guys.

But Mahesh and Max wasn't that lucky ... They started well winning first 2 sets but gave chance to 's-Hertogenbosch doubles champion ... They won third set with break but Mahesh and Max lost chance of finishing match in 4th set and lost set in tie-break ... In decider they gave crucial break in 14th game, last game of the match ... And this Wimbledon turning into disappointed one ... Only notable performance by Rohan and Aisam.

In mixed doubles Lee and Cara having winning start ... Though they lost second set but dominated decider breaking opponents twice in decider.
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At$50K Winnetka Challenger,

[R1] (3) Somdev Devvarman (IND,103) l Lester Cook (USA,211) 64 36 46

This match was tricky match for Somi, who had 1-2 career record against Cook before this match ... Today Somi lost opportunity of scoring sounding win over Cook in straight sets ... After winning first set he was break up before losing focus ... Cook mounted superb comeback and managed to won next 2 sets to complete victory ... Other hand Somi struggled due to lack of consistency in his game.
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At $15K Malaysia F2 Futures 2010, Kuala Lumpur

[R1] (5) Rohan GAJJAR (IND,472) vs Peerakit SIRIBUTWONG (THA,796)
[R1] (4) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,443) vs (WC) Yew-Ming SI (MAS,1434)
[R1] Karan RASTOGI (IND,496) vs (7) Ervin ELESKOVIC (SWE,485)
[R1] N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,789) vs Dane PROPOGGIA (AUS,613)
[R1] Yannick NELORD (IND,791) vs (Q) Ruan ROELOFSE (RSA,974)
[R1] (Q) Karunuday SINGH (IND,930) vs Nikala SCHOLTZ (RSA,897)

Doubles
[R1] MALIK (IND)/ SINGH (IND) l BRITTON (USA)/ RUCKELSHAUSEN (AUT) 26 62 7-10
[R1] PRASHANTH (IND)/ VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) bt LEONG (SOL)/ SIRILUETHAIWATTANA (THA) 62 46 12-10
[R1] (3) GAJJAR (IND)/ SHOKEEN (IND) bt HUANG (TPE)/ NELORD (IND) 62 63

[QF] PRASHANTH (IND)/ VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) vs (4) AN (KOR)/ WACHIRAMANOWONG (THA)
[QF] (3) GAJJAR (IND)/ SHOKEEN (IND) vs INOYATOV (UZB)/ STARKOV (RUS)

Our five player reached into final qualifying but only Karunuday managed to qualify and Vijayant gave fight in his match.

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At $250K Indonesia Open Super Series 2010, Jakarta

Womens Final
(1) Saina Nehwal (IND,3) bt Sayaka Sato (JPN,25) 21-19 13-21 21-11

[SF] (1) Saina Nehwal (IND,3) bt (4) Eriko Hirose (JPN,13) 21-9 21-10

Saina successfully defended her Indonesia Super Series title, though not in convincing manner like last week at Singapore Super Series where she lost only a single game in the tournament ... With this win Saina completed hat-trick of titles in 3 weeks, India Open GP Gold, Singapore Super Series and Indonesia Super Series ... This was Saina's 3rd Super Series title and 2nd in year 2010.

In the semis she defeated Hirose in convincing manner losing only 19 points ... But after her inside 30 mins victory in semis Saina stretched by Japanese unseeded Sato for an hour long battle in the final ... After winning close first game Saina lost second game easily, may be lapse in concentration ... But in decider Saina came back strongly to won game dominatingly giving very few chances to Sato.

Saina Nehwal - “This is such a great feeling – defending my title and winning my third tournament. I think the Indonesia Open is the hardest tournament out of the three, perhaps because I’m already physically and mentally tired. Moreover, being the defending champion also puts some pressure on me. But overall, this is a great tournament.”

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At 2010 Wimbledon Championship, London England

Doubles
[R2] (4) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Max Mirnyi (BLR) bt Jamie Delgado (GBR)/ Joshua Goodall (GBR) 63 64 64
[R2] (3) Lukas Dlouhy (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) l Lukas Lacko (SVK)/ Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) 36 36 75 64 57
[R2] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam Qureshi (PAK) bt Philipp Marx (GER)/ Igor Zelenay (SVK) 67(6) 64 64 46 13-11
[R2] Sania Mirza (IND)/ Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) l (11) Cara Black (ZIM)/ Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) 67(0) 36

[R3] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam Qureshi (PAK) vs Lukas Lacko (SVK)/ Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR)
[R3] (4) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Max Mirnyi (BLR) vs (16) Robert Lindstedt (SWE)/ Horia Tecau (ROU)

Mixed Doubles
[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Anastasia Rodionova (AUS) l Eric Butorac (USA)/ Olga Govortsova (BLR) 67(4) 46
[R1] Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK)/ Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) l Bob Bryan (USA)/ Lindsay Davenport (USA) 67(3) 36

[R2] (3) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Liezel Huber (USA) l Dmitry Tursunov (RUS)/ Vera Dushevina(RUS) 26 63 36
[R2] (2) Leander Paes (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) vs Martin Damm (CZE)/ Vladimira Uhlirova (CZE)

Somewhat disappointing performance by our players ... Shocking defeat was of Lee and Lukas, who tried their comeback after losing first 2 sets but In decider gave crucial break to their opponents to bowed out in second round ... Mahesh and Max scored easy straight sets victory over British wild-card pair ... But most impressive win scored by Rohan and Aisam against experienced pair where they won decider 13-11.

But in mixed doubles Rohan and Aisam lost in the first round ... Then Mahesh also lost in second round with American Liezel Huber.
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At $50K+H Reggio Emilia Challenger, Italy

[F] (2) Purav Raja (IND)/ Sadik Kadir (AUS) l (1) Phillipp Oswald (AUT)/ Martin Slanar (AUT) 26 75 6-10

[SF] (2) Purav Raja (IND)/ Sadik Kadir (AUS) bt (4) Alex Bogomolov Jr (USA)/ Ricardo Hocevar (BRA) 62 64

Terific run in doubles continued for Purav and Sadik ... Again they performed as per their ranking ... After winning semi-final convincingly they lost in the final in super tie-break ... In the final after losing first set they fought hard and win second set ... But in super tie-break their Austrian opponents were strong.
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At$35K Marburg Challenger, Germany

[SF] (WC) NARAYANASWAMY Srirambalaji (IND)/ RIESCHICK Sebastian (GER) l BACHINGER Matthias (GER)/ GREMELMAYR Denis (GER) 46 67(1)

So good run of wild-card pair ended in the semis.
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At $15K+H France F9 Futures 2010, Toulon

[F] (3) Ashwin KUMAR (USA)/ Rupesh ROY (IND) l (4) Philip BESTER (CAN)/ Jonathan EYSSERIC (FRA) 36 46

Rupesh and Ashwin failed to win title in France.

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At $250K Indonesia Open Super Series 2010, Jakarta

[QF] (1) Saina Nehwal (IND,3) bt (8) Ella Diehl (RUS,15) 17-21 21-11 21-16

[SF] (1) Saina Nehwal (IND,3) vs (4) Eriko Hirose (JPN,13)

Surprisingly tough match but good to see she came back after losing first game ... Tricky match against Japanese player against whom Saina struggled in the past.

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At 2010 Wimbledon Championship, London England

Doubles
[R1] (4) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Max Mirnyi (BLR) bt Maximo Gonzalez (ARG)/ Sebastian Prieto (ARG) 75 61 75

[R2] (4) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Max Mirnyi (BLR) vs Jamie Delgado (GBR)/ Joshua Goodall (GBR)
[R2] (3) Lukas Dlouhy (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs Lukas Lacko (SVK)/ Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR)
[R2] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam Qureshi (PAK) vs Philipp Marx (GER)/ Igor Zelenay (SVK)

After winning c;lose first set Mahesh and Max won second set easily breaking Argentine pair's serve twice ... In third set they take crucial break to complete their victory in straight sets.
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At $50K+H Reggio Emilia Challenger, Italy

[QF] (2) Purav Raja (IND)/ Sadik Kadir (AUS) bt Uladzimir Ignatik (BLR)/ Peter Polansky (CAN) 64 63

[SF] (2) Purav Raja (IND)/ Sadik Kadir (AUS) vs (4) Alex Bogomolov Jr (USA)/ Ricardo Hocevar (BRA)

Really very impressive consistency in these challengers from Purav and Sadik.
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At$35K Marburg Challenger, Germany

[QF] (WC) NARAYANASWAMY Srirambalaji (IND)/ RIESCHICK Sebastian (GER) bt (3) CRUGNOLA Marco (ITA)/ VAGNOZZI Simone (ITA) 76(6) 2-0 (Retd due to injury to right ankle of Crugnola)

[SF] (WC) NARAYANASWAMY Srirambalaji (IND)/ RIESCHICK Sebastian (GER) vs BACHINGER Matthias (GER)/ GREMELMAYR Denis (GER)

Srirambalaji is in semis with his German partner ... His first doubles semi-final appearance on challenger level ... Srirambalaji and Sebastian won first set in tie-break ... In second set when they were break up their seeded opponent pair conceded match due to injury.
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At $15K+H France F9 Futures 2010, Toulon

[SF] (3) Ashwin KUMAR (USA)/ Rupesh ROY (IND) bt Aleksandr AGAFONOV (UKR)/ Tak Khunn WANG (FRA) 63 64

[F] (3) Ashwin KUMAR (USA)/ Rupesh ROY (IND) vs (4) Philip BESTER (CAN)/ Jonathan EYSSERIC (FRA)

So with straight sets victory Rupesh and Ashwin r in doubles final.

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At $250K Indonesia Open Super Series 2010, Jakarta

[R2] (Q) Gurusaidatt Rajah Manuri Venkata (IND,52) l (8) Kenichi Tago (JPN,14) 21-11 18-21 11-21
[R2] (1) Saina Nehwal (IND,6) bt Petya Nedelcheva (BUL,17) 21-12 21-17

Saina scored comfortable win over Bulgarian Petya Nedelcheva to move into quarter-final ... Guru lost after winning first game ... In second game also he take early lead and was leading 12-8 before Japanese player produced comeback.

Saina climbed to her career best singles ranking, WR #3 ... Interestingly she is only non-Chinese player in top 7 players ... Gurusaidatt also first-time entered into top-50 player with his recent consistent performance.

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At 2010 Wimbledon Championship, London, England

Mixed Doubles
[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Anastasia Rodionova (AUS) vs Eric Butorac (USA)/ Olga Govortsova (BLR)
[R1] (3) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Liezel Huber (USA) bye
[R1] (2) Leander Paes (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) bye
[R1] Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK)/ Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) vs Bob Bryan (USA)/ Lindsay Davenport (USA)

Mixed doubles draw is out ... Lee and Mahesh are in bottom draw ... If Rohan wins his first round in mixed doubles then he face 11th seed pair, Wesley Moodie and Lisa Raymond.
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At $15K Malaysia F1 Futures 2010, Kuala Lumpur

[QF] Karan RASTOGI (IND,496) l (1) Young-Jun KIM (KOR,291) 46 06

Doubles
[SF] (4) GAJJAR (IND)/ SHOKEEN (IND) l (1) YANG (TPE)/ YI (TPE) 16 46

Karan didn't manage to put much fight in second set against top-see Korean ... Also our pair lost in doubles semi against top-seeds.

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At 2010 Wimbledon Championship, London England

Doubles
[R1] (3) Lukas Dlouhy (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt Rik De Voest (RSA)/ Mischa Zverev (GER) 76(4) 64 63
[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam Qureshi (PAK) bt (Q) Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Treat Conrad Huey (PHI) 36 75 63 76(6)
[R1] Sania Mirza (IND)/ Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) bt Anne Keothavong (GBR)/ Melanie South (GBR) 64 61

Good fighting performance by Treat and Somi but after losing first set Rohan and Aisam won next tight 3 sets to scored first round victory ... Lee and Lukas started with straight sets victory after winning first set in tie-break ... New pair of Sania and Caroline having easy winning start against local pair.

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At $250K Indonesia Open Super Series 2010, Jakarta

[R1] (Q) Gurusaidatt Rajah Manuri Venkata (IND,52) bt Yan Kit Chan (HKG,20) 21-18 21-13
[R1] (Q) Ajay Jayaram (IND,64) l Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk (THA,28) 23-25 20-22
[R1] Chetan Anand (IND,17) l (Q) Wing Ki Wong (HKG,49) 15-21 9-21
[R1] Kashyap Parupalli (IND,32) l (2) Taufik Hidayat (INA,5) 21-12 19-21 16-21
[R1] (1) Saina Nehwal (IND,6) bt Ji Hyun Sung (KOR,26) 22-20 17-21 21-14
[R1] Aditi Mutatkar (IND,33) l (7) Pui Yin Yip (HKG,15) 17-21 14-21

[R2] (Q) Gurusaidatt Rajah Manuri Venkata (IND,52) vs (8) Kenichi Tago (JPN,14)
[R2] (1) Saina Nehwal (IND,6) vs Petya Nedelcheva (BUL,17)

Guru continued his giant killing to reach in second round but Saina stretched to fullest before scoring win against Korean opponent.

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At$35K Marburg Challenger, Germany

[R1] (WC) NARAYANASWAMY Srirambalaji (IND)/ RIESCHICK Sebastian (GER) bt CERVANTES-HUEGUN Inigo (ESP)/ CLAR-ROSSELLO Pedro (ESP) 64 64

[QF] (WC) NARAYANASWAMY Srirambalaji (IND)/ RIESCHICK Sebastian (GER) vs (3) CRUGNOLA Marco (ITA)/ VAGNOZZI Simone (ITA)

Good winning start for wild-card pair.
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At $50K womens ITF tournament , Boston, USA

[Q3] (7) Shikha UBEROI (IND,649) l (3) Tamaryn HENDLER (BEL,450) 26 26

Doubles
[R1] Shikha UBEROI (IND)/ Macall HARKINS (USA) l Madison BRENGLE (USA)/ Asia MUHAMMED (USA) 16 16

Disappointing results for Shikha.
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At $15K Malaysia F1 Futures 2010, Kuala Lumpur

[R2] Karan RASTOGI (IND,496)
bt (Q) Andrew THOMAS (AUS,1622) 62 62
[R2] (Q) Karunuday SINGH (IND,930) l Murad INOYATOV (UZB,490) 46 62 26
[R2] (7) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,443) l Nathan THOMPSON (USA,537) 46 06
[R2] (Q) Kaza Vinayak SHARMA (IND,1415) l (6) Kaden HENSEL (AUS,432) 36 36
[R2] Yannick NELORD (IND,791) l (2) Tsung-Hua YANG (TPE,313) 36 67(4)

[QF] Karan RASTOGI (IND,496) vs (1) Young-Jun KIM (KOR,291)

Doubles
[QF] (4) GAJJAR (IND)/ SHOKEEN (IND) bt DOAKMAIKLEE (THA)/ WACHIRAMANOWONG (THA) 46 61 10-4
[QF] MALIK (IND)/ SINGH (IND) l (2) HENSEL (AUS)/ PROPOGGIA (AUS) 16 61 5-10

[SF] (4) GAJJAR (IND)/ SHOKEEN (IND) vs (1) YANG (TPE)/ YI (TPE)

Expected win for Karan but otherwise disappointed results though fighting performance.
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At $15K+H France F9 Futures 2010, Toulon

[R1] (6) Rupesh ROY (IND,468) l (WC) Jerome SCIARRINO (FRA,UNR) 67(3) 06

Doubles
[QF] (3) Ashwin KUMAR (USA)/ Rupesh ROY (IND) bt Didier LANNE (FRA)/ Sebastian SERRANO (COL) 60 60

[SF] (3) Ashwin KUMAR (USA)/ Rupesh ROY (IND) vs Aleksandr AGAFONOV (UKR)/ Tak Khunn WANG (FRA)

Disappointing loss in singles for Rupesh.

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At 2010 Wimbledon Championship, London England

[R1] (Q) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Ilija Bozoljac (SRB) l Juan Ignacio Chela (ARG)/ Eduardo Schwank (ARG) 36 46 26

Was hoping win aginst clay courters but in end they proved too strong for qualifiers ... So though result wasn't in favor of Harsh and Bozol but I m still proud that he got chance of playing at Wimbledon maindraw ... I m really hoping he and Bozol plan to play few more tournaments.
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At $50K womens ITF tournament , Boston, USA

[Q1] (7) Shikha UBEROI (IND,649) bt Samantha POWERS (USA,999) 62 61
[Q2] (7) Shikha UBEROI (IND,649) bt Carmen SANDOR (CAN,UNR) 61 60

[Q3] (7) Shikha UBEROI (IND,649) vs (3) Tamaryn HENDLER (BEL,450)

Doubles
[R1] Shikha UBEROI (IND)/ Macall HARKINS (USA) vs Madison BRENGLE (USA)/ Asia MUHAMMED (USA)

These days Shikha is winning these matches easily ... She is again showing performance like top-400 player, hoping win for her in the final qualifying round ... In doubles she is partnering Macall Harkins.

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At $250K Indonesia Open Super Series 2010, Jakarta

[Q1] Gurusaidatt Rajah Manuri Venkata (IND,52) bt Wee Chung Pei (MAS,105) 21-18 21-18
[Q1] Anand Pawar (IND,41) l Shuhei Hayasaki (JPN,123) 19-21 21-16 13-21
[Q1] Ajay Jayaram (IND,64) bt (3) Cordon Kevin (GUA,49) 22-20 18-21 21-18

[Q2] Gurusaidatt Rajah Manuri Venkata (IND,52) bt Beryno Jiann Tze Wong (MAS,63) 21-13 21-12
[Q2] Ajay Jayaram (IND,64) bt Shuhei Hayasaki (JPN,123) 21-11 13-21 21-18

[R1] (Q) Gurusaidatt Rajah Manuri Venkata (IND,52) vs Yan Kit Chan (HKG,20)
[R1] (Q) Ajay Jayaram (IND,64) vs Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk (THA,28)
[R1] Chetan Anand (IND,17) vs (Q) Wing Ki Wong (HKG,49)
[R1] Kashyap Parupalli (IND,32) vs (2) Taufik Hidayat (INA,5)
[R1] (1) Saina Nehwal (IND,6) vs Ji Hyun Sung (KOR,26)
[R1] Aditi Mutatkar (IND,33) vs (7) Pui Yin Yip (HKG,15)

Ajay and Guru scored contrasting win in the final qualifying to moved into maindraw ... Good to see Guru qualified for back to back Super series tournaments.

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At 2010 Wimbledon Championship, London England

[R1] Sania Mirza (IND,111) l Angelique Kerber (GER,54) 46 16

Though disappointing but expected loss of Sania ... Was hoping more fighting performance from her but after giving some fight in the first set she didn't give any trouble to Kerber in second set.

Sania broke Kerber in the first game of the match and take 2-0 lead but Kerber broke back immediately to make it 2-all ... In 9th game Sania had break point chance which she missed and Kerber broke her in 10th game to won firt set ... In second set Kerber was too strong for Sania and lost only 1 game to win match.
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At $50K+H Reggio Emilia Challenger, Italy (Red clay)

[R1] (2) Purav Raja (IND)/ Sadik Kadir (AUS) bt Federico Gaio (ITA)/ Alessandro Giannessi (ITA) 67(4) 62 10-8

[QF] (2) Purav Raja (IND)/ Sadik Kadir (AUS) vs Uladzimir Ignatik (BLR)/ Peter Polansky (CAN)

Good comeback win by Purav and Sadik after losing first set against local pair.
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At $15K Malaysia F1 Futures 2010, Kuala Lumpur

[R1] Karan RASTOGI (IND,496) bt (8) Rohan GAJJAR (IND,472) 62 26 63
[R1] (Q) Karunuday SINGH (IND,930) bt (3) Junn MITSUHASHI (JPN,408) 64 26 63
[R1] (7) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,443) bt (WC) Yew-Ming SI (MAS,1434) 60 64
[R1] (Q) Kaza Vinayak SHARMA (IND,1415) bt (Q) Devin BRITTON (USA,1119) 76(6) 63

[R2] Karan RASTOGI (IND,496) vs (Q) Andrew THOMAS (AUS,1622)
[R2] (Q) Karunuday SINGH (IND,930) vs Murad INOYATOV (UZB,490)
[R2] (7) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,443) vs Nathan THOMPSON (USA,537)
[R2] (Q) Kaza Vinayak SHARMA (IND,1415) vs (6) Kaden HENSEL (AUS,432)
[R2] Yannick NELORD (IND,791) vs (2) Tsung-Hua YANG (TPE,313)

Superb win by Karunuday against top-400 type Japanese player, who was top-300 last year ... Karan again scored win over Gajjar in 3 sets ... Our players facing some tricky opponents in second round.
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At $15K+H France F9 Futures 2010, Toulon (Red clay)

[R1] (6) Rupesh ROY (IND,468) vs (WC) Jerome SCIARRINO (FRA,UNR)

Doubles
[R1] (3) Ashwin KUMAR (USA)/ Rupesh ROY (IND) bt Sebastian CURTIS (AUS)/ Tomas WILLIS (AUS) 64 62
[QF] (3) Ashwin KUMAR (USA)/ Rupesh ROY (IND) vs Didier LANNE (FRA)/ Sebastian SERRANO (COL)

This week Rupesh is 6th seed in singles, hopefully he will performance as per his ranking on the clay.

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At $50K+H Reggio Emilia Challenger, Italy (Red clay)

[R1] (2) Purav Raja (IND)/ Sadik Kadir (AUS) vs Federico Gaio (ITA)/ Alessandro Giannessi (ITA)

Purav and Sadik r playing at Reggio Emilia Challenger and they r second seed ... In first round they r facing local Italian pair ... Purav lost in first round of singles qualifying but Sadik qualified for main-draw.
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At$35K Marburg Challenger, Germany

[R1] (WC) NARAYANASWAMY Srirambalaji (IND)/ RIESCHICK Sebastian (GER) vs CERVANTES-HUEGUN Inigo (ESP)/ CLAR-ROSSELLO Pedro (ESP)

This week after long time we r seeing Srirambalaji at Marburg Challenger in Germany ... He played qualifying but after winning first round he lost in second qualifying round easily ... In doubles he is having wild-card with local player Sebastian Rieschick and they r playing Spanish pair.
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At $15K Malaysia F1 Futures 2010, Kuala Lumpur

[Q1] Sudanwa SITARAM (IND) bt Seung-Joo LEE (KOR) 64 26 76(12)
[Q1] (4) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND) bt Kieran BERTSCH (CAN) 62 61
[Q1] Krishik DIVAKAR (IND) bt Bharatram BALAJEE (IND) 75 62
[Q1] (14) Abhijeet TIWARI (IND) l Andrew THOMAS (AUS) 36 63 26
[Q1] (13) Akash WAGH (IND) l Hyun-Seung KIM (KOR) 64 16 36
[Q1] (6) Karunuday SINGH (IND) bt Philip MEYER (SUI) 64 63
[Q1] (16) Ronak MANUJA (IND) bt Maung NGE HNAUNG (MYA) 64 64
[Q1] (7) Vivek SHOKEEN (IND) bt Austin KAROSI (USA) 62 64
[Q1] Kaza Vinayak SHARMA (IND) bt (WC) Ahmed Deedat ABDUL RAZAK (MAS) 61 64
[Q1] Aroon KHATTER (IND) l (12) Michael LEONG (SOL) 06 16

[Q2] Sudanwa SITARAM (IND) l (1) Richard RUCKELSHAUSEN (AUT) 67(1) 62 1-1 Retd
[Q2] (4) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND) bt Krishik DIVAKAR (IND) 60 62
[Q2] (6) Karunuday SINGH (IND) bt (WC) Wan Abdul Muiz WAN ABDUL AZIZ (MAS) 62 61
[Q2] (16) Ronak MANUJA (IND) l Kelsey STEVENSON (CAN) 26 16
[Q2] (7) Vivek SHOKEEN (IND) bt Jordan SZABO (AUS) 75 76(3)
[Q2] Kaza Vinayak SHARMA (IND) bt (8) Michal KONECNY (CZE) 63 36 63

[Q3] (4) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,789) l Andrew THOMAS (AUS,1622) 36 67(3)
[Q3] (6) Karunuday SINGH (IND,930) bt Kelsey STEVENSON (CAN,UNR) 63 64
[Q3] (7) Vivek SHOKEEN (IND,982) l (15) Devin BRITTON (USA,1119) 67(1) 75 46
[Q3] Kaza Vinayak SHARMA (IND,1415) bt Kenny BUN (CAM,UNR) 60 62

[R1] (8) Rohan GAJJAR (IND,472) vs Karan RASTOGI (IND,496)
[R1] (Q) Karunuday SINGH (IND,930) vs (3) Junn MITSUHASHI (JPN,412)
[R1] Vijayant MALIK (IND,885) l Murad INOYATOV (UZB,490) 36 36
[R1] (7) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,443) vs (WC) Yew-Ming SI (MAS,1434)
[R1] (Q) Kaza Vinayak SHARMA (IND,1415) vs (Q) Devin BRITTON (USA,1119)
[R1] Yannick NELORD (IND,791) bt (WC) Christian Oliver LEE (MAS,UNR) 60 61

Doubles
[R1] PRASHANTH (IND)/ VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) l (WC) JAYA (MAS)/ SI (MAS) 64 16 7-10
[R1] (4) GAJJAR (IND)/ SHOKEEN (IND) bt INOYATOV (UZB)/ NELORD (IND) 62 62
[R1] MALIK (IND)/ SINGH (IND) bt ROELOFSE (RSA)/ SCHOLTZ (RSA) 64 46 10-6

[QF] (4) GAJJAR (IND)/ SHOKEEN (IND) vs DOAKMAIKLEE (THA)/ WACHIRAMANOWONG (THA)
[QF] MALIK (IND)/ SINGH (IND) vs (2) HENSEL (AUS)/ PROPOGGIA (AUS)

Next 2 weeks our big Indian contingent is plying in Malaysian futures.

Our 7 players r in maindraw ... Sudanwa Sitaram scored good fighting win in first qualifying and was performing well against top-seed before retiring in second round ... Kaza Vinayak Sharma scored upset win over 8th seed Czech opponent in second qualifying round ... Prashanth and Shokeen failed to qualify for main-draw ... Karunuday and Kaza qualified for maindraw, but tough match for Karunuday.

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At $200K Li-Ning Singapore Open Super Series 2010,

Womens Singles Final

(1) Saina NEHWAL (IND,6) bt (Q) Tzu Ying TAI (TPE,118) 21-18 21-15

Congratulation to Saina for lifting her 2nd Super Series title in Singapore, before this she won Indonasian Super Series title in 2009 ... In the final Taipei qualifier stretched her but Saina finished match in 2 games and 33 minutes ... In this Super series tournament Saina lost only one game against current World champion Lan Lu in semis ... This title win give Saina $15K prize money ... So now after winning Indian GP and Singapore Super Series titles back to back, next week Saina will try to complete hat-trick of titles with defending her title at Indonesia Open Super Series.

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At $450K Unicef Open, s'Hertogenbosch, Netherlands

[F] (1) Lukas Dlouhy (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) l (4) Robert Lindstedt (SWE)/ Horia Tecau (ROU) 61 57 7-10

Lee and Lukas started positively winning first set comfortably ... But Lindstedt and Tecau made excellent comeback in the match winning second set and then completing win with winning super tie-break ... Though in this match Lee and Lukas won more points than their opponents still they found at losing side as they failed to win crucial points.

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At $200K Li-Ning Singapore Open Super Series 2010,

[SF] (1) Saina NEHWAL (IND,6) bt (4) Lan LU (CHN,10) 8-21 21-17 21-8
[SF] Kashyap PARUPALLI (IND,40) l (7) Sony KUNCORO (INA,11) 19-21 20-22

[F] (1) Saina NEHWAL (IND,6) vs (Q) Tzu Ying TAI (TPE,118)

Saina scored superb comeback victory after losing first game easily ... After first game Chinese was looking strong to complete win in 2 games ... But Saina having different idea, after winning second game she dominated third to win it easily ... In the final she is facing Taipei qualifier.

Kashyap produced fighting performnce against Kuncoro but failed to win crucial points ... Still creditable performance to reached his first Super Series tournament.

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At 2010 Wimbledon Championship, London England


[R1] Sania Mirza (IND,113) vs Angelique Kerber (GER,55)

Doubles
[R1] (3) Lukas Dlouhy (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs Rik De Voest (RSA)/ Mischa Zverev (GER)
[R1] (4) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Max Mirnyi (BLR) vs Maximo Gonzalez (ARG)/ Sebastian Prieto (ARG)
[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam Qureshi (PAK) vs (Q) Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Treat Conrad Huey (PHI)
[R1] (Q) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Ilija Bozoljac (SRB) vs Juan Ignacio Chela (ARG)/ Eduardo Schwank (ARG)
[R1] Sania Mirza (IND)/ Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) vs Anne Keothavong (GBR)/ Melanie South (GBR)

If Sania wins first round then she plays either Shahar Peer or Ana Ivanovic in R2.

Decent draw for our pairs ... Sad to see Rohana and Somi facing eachother in the first round with their respective partners ... Tricky match for Rohan and Aisam ... Sania find good partner in Wozniacki but facing tricky local opponents.
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At $450K Unicef Open, s'Hertogenbosch, Netherlands

[SF] (1) Lukas Dlouhy (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt Scott Lipsky (USA)/ Benjamin Becker (GER) 76(3) 61

[F] (1) Lukas Dlouhy (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs (4) Robert Lindstedt (SWE)/ Horia Tecau (ROU)

After winning first set in tie-break Lee and Lukas won second set comfortably to moved into the final.

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At $200K Li-Ning Singapore Open Super Series 2010,

[QF] (1) Saina NEHWAL (IND,6) bt (Q) Xuerui LI (CHN,75) 21-17 21-14
[QF] Kashyap PARUPALLI (IND,40) bt Arvind BHAT (IND,33) 21-17 21-16

[QF] Jwala GUTTA (IND)/ Ashwini PONNAPPA (IND) l Shinta Mulia SARI (SIN)/ Lei YAO (SIN) 11-21 19-21
[QF] (6) Jwala GUTTA (IND)/ Valiyanti DIJU (IND) l (2) Thomas LAYBOURN (DEN)/ Kamilla RYTTER JUHL (DEN) 19-21 16-21

[SF] (1) Saina NEHWAL (IND,6) vs (4) Lan LU (CHN,10)
[SF] Kashyap PARUPALLI (IND,40) vs (7) Sony KUNCORO (INA,11)

Saina scored comfortable win over Chinese opponent ... Any ranked Chinese opponent r tricky so surprisingly easy victory for Saina but again in semis she is facing top-10 Chinese player Lu ... Kashyap also overcome in 2 games against Arvind, in end comfortable win to moved into Super Series semis.

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At 2010 Wimbledon Championship, London England

[Q3] Prakash Amritraj (IND,292) l Bernard Tomic ( AUS,252) 67(7) 36 46

Doubles
[Q2] Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Treat Conrad Huey (PHI) bt (1) Tomasz Bednarek (POL)/ Mateusz Kowalczyk (POL) 76(8) 75

First set was very close, Prkash was serving well ... But Tomic dominated tie-break to won first set ... In second set Tomic take crucial service break in 6th game to won second set ... Was hoping comeback from Kash, but Tomic proved too strong and wrapped match in straight sets.

Somi and Treat were matching Poles from the start, they also created breaking opportunities but failed to break ... In tie-break they saved 3 set points from 3-6 down before winning hard fought first set ... In second set went on serve until 6-5 before Somi and Treat breaking Poles serve to qualify for maindraw.

So this year 5 Indians in Wimbledon doubles maindraw ... Leander Paes, Mahesh Bhupathi, Rohan Bopanna, Harsh Mankad and Somdev Devvarman.
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At $450K Unicef Open, s'Hertogenbosch, Netherlands

[QF] (1) Lukas Dlouhy (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt (WC) Thiemo deBakker (NED)/ Robin Haase (NED) 75 63

[SF] (1) Lukas Dlouhy (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs Scott Lipsky (USA)/ Benjamin Becker (GER)

Not had near perfect match, had 8 double faults ... Lee and Lukas served broken 3 times but they broke opponents 8 times to scored straight sets victory.
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At $10K Indonesia F3 Futures, Tegal

[QF] Vivek SHOKEEN (IND,966) l (1) Young-Jun KIM (KOR,289) 16 26
[QF] (4) Rohan GAJJAR (IND,470) l (Q) Ilia STARKOV (RUS,1231) 46 16
[QF] (3) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,439) l (8) Sergei KROTIOUK (RUS,573) 46 06

Doubles
[SF] KROTIOUK (RUS)/ MARQUIS (IND) l (1) DOAKMAIKLEE (THA)/ WACHIRAMANOWONG (THA) 26 46
[SF] (4) MALIK (IND)/ SHOKEEN (IND) l RUNGKAT (INA)/ THOMPSON (USA) 16 26

Scoreline told us bad for Indians.

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At $200K Li-Ning Singapore Open Super Series 2010,

[R2] Kashyap PARUPALLI (IND,40) bt (3) Tien Minh NGUYEN (VIE,6) 23-21 21-18
[R2] Arvind BHAT (IND,33) bt Rajiv OUSEPH (ENG,22) 17-21 21-14 21-13
[R2] Chetan ANAND (IND,19) l (6) Simon SANTOSO (INA,12) 17-21 15-21
[R2] (1) Saina NEHWAL (IND,6) bt Ella DIEHL (RUS,15) 21-13 23-21
[R2] Aditi MUTATKAR (IND,33) l Linda ZECHIRI (BUL,37) 16-21 10-21

[R2] Rupesh Kumar (IND)/ Sanave Thomas (IND) l (8) Howard BACH (USA)/ Tony GUNAWAN (USA) 11-21 11-21
[R2] Jwala GUTTA (IND)/ Ashwini PONNAPPA (IND) bt (1) Miyuki MAEDA (JPN)/ Satoko SUETSUNA (JPN) 21-17 15-21 21-19
[R2] (6) Jwala GUTTA (IND)/ Valiyanti DIJU (IND) bt Marcus ELLIS (ENG)/ Mariana AGATHANGELOU (ENG) 21-13 21-10

[QF] (1) Saina NEHWAL (IND,6) vs (Q) Xuerui LI (CHN,75)
[QF] Arvind BHAT (IND,33) vs Kashyap PARUPALLI (IND,40)

[QF] Jwala GUTTA (IND)/ Ashwini PONNAPPA (IND) vs Shinta Mulia SARI (SIN)/ Lei YAO (SIN)
[QF] (6) Jwala GUTTA (IND)/ Valiyanti DIJU (IND) vs (2) Thomas LAYBOURN (DEN)/ Kamilla RYTTER JUHL (DEN)

Saina win her match after close second game to moved into quarters ... But Aditi surprisingly lost and Chetan also couldn't produce much fight against Santoso.

Jwala and Ashwini produced huge upest beating top-seed and WR #5 Japanese pair in closely fought match in 57 mins ... Biggest win for this pair, Jwala also moved into quarters of mixed doubles with Diju, they will face 2nd seed Danis pair.

What a win by Kashyap, beating top-10 player in straight games ... Arvind also fought back well after losing first game ... I think this would be first occasion that our 2 men players r quarter-finals of same Super Series tournament ... Moreover they r facing eachother in quarters, so 1 semi-final spot is secure.

Saina is facing Chinese qualifier in quarters ... So tricky one for her.

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At 2010 Wimbledon Championship, London England

[Q2] Prakash Amritraj (IND,292) bt Marinko Matosevic (AUS,218) 26 63 63

[Q3] Prakash Amritraj (IND,292) Vs Bernard Tomic ( AUS,252)

Doubles
[Q1] Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Treat Conrad Huey (PHI) bt (7) Yves Allegro (SUI)/ Prakash Amritraj (IND) 67(3) 63 62

[Q2] (8) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Ilija Bozoljac (SRB) bt Alexander Peya (AUT)/ Bjorn Phau (GER) 76(5) 64
[Q2] Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Treat Conrad Huey (PHI) vs (1) Tomasz Bednarek (POL)/ Mateusz Kowalczyk (POL)

In doubles final qualifying round, first set Harsh and Bozol were early break down ... But in 10th game when Peya was serving for the set they saved 2 set points before breaking his serve and then take first set in tie-break ... In second set also match was close, but Harsh and Bozol take crucial break breaking Phau's serve in 5th game and then hold their respective service games to won set and match ... So after 13 yrs playing at junior Wimbledon Harsh is going to play his first match at Wimbledon.

Prakash started tentatively against Marinko Matosevic and Marinko take full advantage of that winning first set with 2 breaks ... But from second set Prkash started to control the game and won next 2 sets to moved into final qualifying ... He meet another Aussie but this time young talented Bernard Tomic.

In doubles qualifying first round match in the first set both pairs were playing very good match ... Somi and Treat were matching game with Prakash and Allegro, but in tie-breal Kash and Allegro run away to win it comfortably ... But from second set Somi and Treat played excellent tennis and win it with a break .. In decider they dominated from the start and winning it after couple of breaks ... In the final qualifying they r facing top-seed Poles.
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At $15K+H France F8 Futures 2010, Blois

[QF] (2) Ashwin KUMAR (USA)/ Rupesh ROY (IND) l Pierre-Hugues HERBERT (FRA)/ Xavier PUJO (FRA) 62 26 6-10

Lost in super tie-break against local pair.
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At $10K Indonesia F3 Futures, Tegal

[R2] N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,815) l (1) Young-Jun KIM (KOR,289) 16 67(7)
[R2] Vivek SHOKEEN (IND,966) bt Vijayant MALIK (IND,872) 62 62
[R2] (4) Rohan GAJJAR (IND,470) bt Michal KONECNY (CZE,990) 76(4) 63
[R2] (6) Karan RASTOGI (IND,493) l (Q) Ilia STARKOV (RUS,1231) 46 36
[R2] (3) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,439) bt Nikala SCHOLTZ (RSA,887) 62 75

[QF] Vivek SHOKEEN (IND,966) vs (1) Young-Jun KIM (KOR,289)
[QF] (4) Rohan GAJJAR (IND,470) vs (Q) Ilia STARKOV (RUS,1231)
[QF] (3) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,439) vs (8) Sergei KROTIOUK (RUS,573)

Doubles
[QF] KROTIOUK (RUS)/ MARQUIS (IND) bt PERANAMALLUR (IND)/ PRASHANTH (IND) 64 60
[QF] (4) MALIK (IND)/ SHOKEEN (IND) bt KARPOV (RUS)/ STARKOV (RUS) 63 06 10-3
[QF] HUANG (TPE)/ SINGH (IND) l RUNGKAT (INA)/ THOMPSON (USA) 16 26

Surprising loss for Karan, otherwise good performance by Vivek, Ranjeet and Rohan to moved into quarters.

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At $200K Li-Ning Singapore Open Super Series 2010,

[Q1] Anup SHRIDHAR (IND,43) bt Wee Chung PEI (MAS,104) 21-11 21-10
[Q1] Anand PAWAR (IND,47) l Huan GAO (CHN,75) 16-21 21-23
[Q1] Gurusaidatt RAJAH MANURI VENKATA (IND,66) bt (3) Wan Ho SHON (KOR,35) 21-17 21-15
[Q1] Trupti MURGUNDE (IND,53) l Shao Chieh CHENG (TPE,70) 19-21 5-21

[Q2] Anup SHRIDHAR (IND,43) l Yongzhao Ashton CHEN (SIN,114) 24-22 13-21 16-21
[Q2] Gurusaidatt RAJAH MANURI VENKATA (IND,66) bt Ji Hoon HONG (KOR,72) 21-14 21-19

[R1] Kashyap PARUPALLI (IND,40) bt Hans-Kristian VITTINGHUS (DEN,37) 21-14 17-21 21-18
[R1] Chetan ANAND (IND,19) bt Yan Kit CHAN (HKG,20) 21-17 21-15
[R1] (Q) Gurusaidatt RAJAH MANURI VENKATA (IND,66) l Rajiv OUSEPH (ENG,22) 12-21 18-21
[R1] Arvind BHAT (IND,33) bt Yu Hsing HSIEH (TPE,23) 21-14 21-15
[R1] (1) Saina NEHWAL (IND,6) bt Mew Choo WONG (MAS,22) 21-8 21-5
[R1] Aditi MUTATKAR (IND,33) bt Charmaine REID (CAN,51) 21-10 21-10

[R1] Rupesh Kumar (IND)/ Sanave Thomas (IND) bt Kasper FAUST HENRIKSEN (DEN)/ Anders KRISTIANSEN (DEN) 21-15 21-8
[R1] Gutta Jwala (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) bt Jiayuan CHEN (SIN)/ Juan GU (SIN) 19-21 21-19 21-15
[R1] (6) Gutta Jwala (IND)/ Valiyanti Diju (IND) bt Sung Hyun KO (KOR)/ Jung Eun HA (KOR) 23-21 21-1

[R2] Kashyap PARUPALLI (IND,40) vs (3) Tien Minh NGUYEN (VIE,6)
[R2] Arvind BHAT (IND,33) vs Rajiv OUSEPH (ENG,22)
[R2] Chetan ANAND (IND,19) vs (6) Simon SANTOSO (INA,12)
[R2] (1) Saina NEHWAL (IND,6) vs Ella DIEHL (RUS,15)
[R2] Aditi MUTATKAR (IND,33) vs Linda ZECHIRI (BUL,37)

[R2] Rupesh Kumar (IND)/ Sanave Thomas (IND) vs (8) Howard BACH (USA)/ Tony GUNAWAN (USA)
[R2] Gutta Jwala (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) vs (1) Miyuki MAEDA (JPN)/ Satoko SUETSUNA (JPN)
[R2] (6) Gutta Jwala (IND)/ Valiyanti Diju (IND) vs Marcus ELLIS (ENG)/ Mariana AGATHANGELOU (ENG)

Good wins by Guru to qualify for maindraw but he lost in straight game against Rajiv ... But our all other singles players started with a win ... Arvind scored comfortable win over top-25 Taipei player ... But most dominating win scored by Saina over top-25 Malaysian players losing just 13 points.

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At $450K Unicef Open, s'Hertogenbosch, Netherlands

[QF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) l (4) Robert Lindstedt (SWE)/ Horia Tecau (ROU) 26 36

But today 4th seed pair dominated Rohan and Aisam giving them convincing defeat.
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At $10K Indonesia F3 Futures, Tegal

[R1] (Q) Kaza Vinayak SHARMA (IND,1412) l (1) Young-Jun KIM (KOR,289) 26 16
[R1] N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,815) bt (WC) Prima SIMPATIAJI (INA,UNR) 60 63
[R1] Vivek SHOKEEN (IND,966) bt (Q) Logan MACKENZIE (NZL,UNR) 64 57 61
[R1] (4) Rohan GAJJAR (IND,470) bt Peerakit SIRIBUTWONG (THA,787) 64 62
[R1] (6) Karan RASTOGI (IND,493) bt (WC) Sunu-Wahyu TRIJATI (INA,1737) 60 60
[R1] (Q) Vignesh PERANAMALLUR (IND,937) l (JE) Liang-Chi HUANG (TPE,993) 36 16

[R2] N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,815) vs (1) Young-Jun KIM (KOR,289)
[R2] Vijayant MALIK (IND,872) vs Vivek SHOKEEN (IND,966)
[R2] (4) Rohan GAJJAR (IND,470) vs Michal KONECNY (CZE,990)
[R2] (6) Karan RASTOGI (IND,493) vs (Q) Ilia STARKOV (RUS,1231)
[R2] (3) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,439) vs Nikala SCHOLTZ (RSA,887)

Solid start for Karan and Prashanth ,,, Also good to see Vivek managed to overcome challenge from qualifier.

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At 2010 Wimbledon Championship, London England

[Q2] (3) Somdev Devvarman (IND,104) l Ryler DeHeart (USA,228) 26 76(2) 36

Doubles
[Q1] (8) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Ilija Bozoljac (SRB) bt Thiago Alves (BRA)/ Joao Souza (BRA) 63 76(5)

[Q2] (8) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Ilija Bozoljac (SRB) vs Alexander Peya (AUT)/ Bjorn Phau (GER)

In this match Somi was struggling with his serve from the start ... Ryler take full advantage of it breaking Somi in 1st and 3rd games and pocked first set easily ... In second set also Somi was struggling, Ryler broke him in 3rd game to take lead, but Somi broke back when Ryler was serving for the match at 4-5 to take set in tie-break ... In tie-break Somi was mini-break down at 0-2 before winning next 7 points to won second set ... Did superb fight back!

But in third set also his struggle with service game continued ... He saved 2 break point each in 2nd and 4th service games but Ryler broke him in 6th game to take 2-4 lead ... Then Somi tried to break back but Ryler didn't give him much chance ... When Ryler serving for the match at 3-5 Somi take game to duece and had advantage but failed to take break and lost the match.

Good straight sets victory by Harsh and Bozol in doubles qualifying ... So now they r a win away from maindraw entry but having tricky pair in experienced Peya and Phau.

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At $450K Unicef Open, s'Hertogenbosch, Netherlands

[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) bt Eric Butorac (USA)/ Rajeev Ram (USA) 63 64

Solid win by Rohan and Aisam against good grass court pair of Rajeev and Eric ... In this match they didn't face a single break point on their service games and broke opponents serve one time each in both sets.
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At $10K Indonesia F3 Futures, Tegal

[R1] (Q) Kaza Vinayak SHARMA (IND,1412) vs (1) Young-Jun KIM (KOR,289)
[R1] N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,815) vs (WC) Prima SIMPATIAJI (INA,UNR)
[R1] Vivek SHOKEEN (IND,966) vs (Q) Logan MACKENZIE (NZL,UNR)
[R1] Vijayant MALIK (IND,872) bt (7) Nathan THOMPSON (USA,539) 76(3) 61
[R1] (4) Rohan GAJJAR (IND,470) vs Peerakit SIRIBUTWONG (THA,787)
[R1] (6) Karan RASTOGI (IND,493) vs (WC) Sunu-Wahyu TRIJATI (INA,1737)
[R1] Yannick NELORD (IND,780) l Nikala SCHOLTZ (RSA,887) 16 26
[R1] (3) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,439) bt (WC) Ketut-Nesa ARTA (INA,UNR) 76(7) 61
[R1] Karunuday SINGH (IND,918) l (5) Kittiphong WACHIRAMANOWONG (THA,481) 36 67(7)
[R1] (Q) Vignesh PERANAMALLUR (IND,937) vs (JE) Liang-Chi HUANG (TPE,993)

[R2] (3) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,439) vs Nikala SCHOLTZ (RSA,887)

Doubles
[R1] MANUJA (IND)/ SHARMA (IND) l ARTA (INA)/ SUSANTO (INA) 06 26
[R1] KROTIOUK (RUS)/ MARQUIS (IND) bt (3) ROELOFSE (RSA)/ SCHOLTZ (RSA) 61 26 10-7
[R1] PERANAMALLUR (IND)/ PRASHANTH (IND) bt GAJJAR (IND)/ KONECNY (CZE) 64 64
[R1] (4) MALIK (IND)/ SHOKEEN (IND) bt NELORD (IND)/ TIWARI (IND) 63 63
[R1] VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND)/ WAGH (IND) l RUNGKAT (INA)/ THOMPSON (USA) 16 26
[R1] HUANG (TPE)/ SINGH (IND) bt (2) PROPOGGIA (AUS)/ SIRIBUTWONG (THA) 76(4) 36 10-7

[QF] PERANAMALLUR (IND)/ PRASHANTH (IND) vs KROTIOUK (RUS)/ MARQUIS (IND)
[QF] (4) MALIK (IND)/ SHOKEEN (IND) vs KARPOV (RUS)/ STARKOV (RUS)
[QF] HUANG (TPE)/ SINGH (IND) vs RUNGKAT (INA)/ THOMPSON (USA) Vs

Our 2 players qualified for maindraw, Kaza Vinayak and Vignesh ... Impressive win by Vijayant Malik against experienced American seeded player Nathan Thompson, he dominated 2nd set ... But disappointing loss for Nelord against South African.
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At $15K+H France F8 Futures 2010, Blois

[R1] Rupesh ROY (IND,465) l (2) Ilya BELYAEV (RUS,325) 26 46

Doubles
[R1] (2) Ashwin KUMAR (USA)/ Rupesh ROY (IND) bt Alexandru DANES (FRA)/ Theodore Sebastian MARIN (USA) 62 46 10-8

[QF] (2) Ashwin KUMAR (USA)/ Rupesh ROY (IND) vs Pierre-Hugues HERBERT (FRA)/ Xavier PUJO (FRA)


Tough draw facing 2nd seed in the first round ... But winning start in doubles though match went to super tie-break.

Tennis News
At 2010 Wimbledon Championship, London England

[Q1] (3) Somdev Devvarman (IND,104) bt Guillaume Rufin (FRA,174) 62 62
[Q1] Prakash Amritraj (IND,292) bt Dieter Kindlmann (GER,154) 63 64

[Q2] (3) Somdev Devvarman (IND,104) vs Ryler DeHeart (USA,228)
[Q2] Prakash Amritraj (IND,292) vs Marinko Matosevic (AUS,218)

Good start by Somi and Kash against base-liners, their both opponents had good record on the clay and hard courts but our guys were showed superiority on the grass ... Solid wins.
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At $450K Unicef Open, s'Hertogenbosch, Netherlands

[R1] (1) Lukas Dlouhy (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt Florent Serra (FRA)/ Kristof Vliegen (BEL) 61 67(5) 10-6

Good to see winning start on the grass for Lee and Lukas though in super tie-break.
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At $600K WTA AEGON International, Eatbourne, Great Britain

[Q3] (8) Sania MIRZA (IND,113) l Ekaterina MAKAROVA (RUS,100) 46 36

Match was tough but was hoping more fighting performance from Sania.

Tennis News
At 2010 Wimbledon Championship, London England

Singles Qualifying
[Q1] (3) Somdev Devvarman (IND,104) vs Guillaume Rufin (FRA,174)
[Q1] Prakash Amritraj (IND,292) vs Dieter Kindlmann (GER,154)

Doubles Qualifying
[Q1] (7) Yves Allegro (SUI)/ Prakash Amritraj (IND) vs Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Treat Conrad Huey (PHI)
[Q1] (8) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Ilija Bozoljac (SRB) vs Thiago Alves (BRA)/ Joao Souza (BRA)

Terrific news that atlast Harsh getting chance of playing Wimbledon doubles qualifying with decent partner and importantly as seeded pair they r having winnable first round ... Prakash find solid doubles specialist in Allegro but Somi and Treat having tough first round against them.

In singles our both players having decent draw, hopefully they make winning start.

Shooting News
At ISSF World Cup Shotgun 2010, Lonato, Italy

Double Trap Men - Final Result
1. Ronjan Sodhi (IND) (145+50) 195
2. Vitaly Fokeev (RUS) (146+47) 193
3. Fehaid Aldeehani (KUW) (146+47) 193

Ronjan Sodhi scored PERFECT 50 in the final to lift gold medal at ISSF World Cup after qualifying for final in the third place ... This was amazing feat by Ronjan shooting 50 targets straight in the final ... This is good preparation for the 50th ISSF Word Championship that will take place between July and August in Munich, where the first 2012 Olympic Quota Places will be assigned to the best performers from the event

Ronjan Sodhi - “I made it in the Mecca of shotgun shooting!”
"I feel great. I am ready to go for the World Championship now. We have many important competitions this year, especially the Commonwealth Games in India. But my first goal is to grab a Quota Place at the World Championship in Munich! There, the first 2012 Olympic Quota Places will be assigned to the best performers. Of course it would be great to finish on the podium there. But I would be pleased to get a quota, no matter what the final placement will be. I missed the last Games because I did no have a Quota… This time is not going to happen!”

Tennis News
At $450K Unicef Open, s'Hertogenbosch, Netherlands

[R1] (3) Lukas Dlouhy (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs Florent Serra (FRA)/ Kristof Vliegen (BEL)
[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) vs Eric Butorac (USA)/ Rajeev Ram (USA)

Tough match for Rohan and Aisam against Rajeev and Eric.
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At $600K WTA AEGON International, Eatbourne, Great Britain

[Q2] (8) Sania MIRZA (IND,94) bt (WC) Jocelyn RAE (GBR,525) 61 62

[Q3] (8) Sania MIRZA (IND,94) vs Ekaterina MAKAROVA (RUS,103)

Good expected comfortable win for Sania in second qualifying ... Tricky match for Sania against Ekaterina in final qualifying, Ekaterina was #35 in 2009 and had good grass court season.

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At $450K Unicef Open, s'Hertogenbosch, Netherlands

[Q1] Rohan Bopanna (IND,532) bt Peter Torebko (GER,628) 67(2) 62 64

[Q2] Rohan Bopanna (IND,532) l (2) Dustin Brown (JAM,106) 46 46

Lot tougher first qualifying match than Rohan expected but importntly he survived ... He was up 4-1 in the first set before German fought back but after losing first set Rohan take control of the match.

But in second qualifying Dustin Brown broke Rohan's serve in 7th game to won first set ... Then agin in second set Dustin take early break (in 3rd game ?) and hold his serve comfortably to scored easy victory.
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At $600K WTA AEGON International, Eatbourne, Great Britain

[Q1] (8) Sania MIRZA (IND,94) bt Mariana DUQUE MARINO (COL,114) 64 64

[Q2] (8) Sania MIRZA (IND,94) vs (WC) Jocelyn RAE (GBR,525)

Good positive start for Sania ... She was down 2-4 in the first before winning next 7 games ... In that she won first set and take decisive 3-0 lead in second set before holding her service game comfortably to win match.
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At $25K El Paso Womens ITF Tournament, Texas, USA

[SF] (1) Shikha UBEROI (IND)/ Mashona WASHINGTON (USA) l (4) Lindsay Lee-Waters (USA)/ Ashley Weinhold (USA) 16 26

But they lost against 4th seeds easily.
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At $10K Indonesia F2 Futures, Tarakan


[QF] N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,826) l (Q) Ilia Starkov (RUS,1222) 36 57

Doubles
[F] (4) MALIK (IND)/ SHOKEEN (IND) l (2) DOAKMAIKLEE (THA)/ WACHIRAMANOWONG (THA) 36 57

Prashant lost against Russian qualifier and pair of Vivek & Vijayant also lost in doubles final.

At $220K Edgbaston WTA Open, Birmingham, England

[R2] Sania Mirza (IND,94) l (14) Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA,72) 64 57 16

Sania started second set positively ... She broke Tammy in 2nd game to lead 2-0 and then lost couple of break points in 4th game ... Tammy broke Sania's serve in 6th game to make it 3-all ... Then again she broke Sania in 12th game to won 2nd set ... Third set Tammy dominated breaking Sania's serve in 2nd and 6th game to won the match.

In this match after leading 3-2 in the second set Sania suddenly lost the focus and started to lose points in the bunch ... After good start disappointing end for Sania.
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At $25K El Paso Womens ITF Tournament, Texas, USA

[QF] (1) Shikha UBEROI (IND)/ Mashona WASHINGTON (USA) bt Moe Kawatoko (JPN)/ Remi Tezuka (JPN) 64 57 10-8

[SF] (1) Shikha UBEROI (IND)/ Mashona WASHINGTON (USA) vs (4) Lindsay Lee-Waters (USA)/ Ashley Weinhold (USA)

Tight win in super tie-break for top-seed pair against Japanese pair.

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At $220K Edgbaston WTA Open, Birmingham, England

[R2] Sania Mirza (IND,94) vs (14) Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA,72) 64 (stopped due to rain)

Sania started serving with an ace ... She broke Tammi in 3rd game to take lead 2-1 but Tammi broke back on next game to bring back on serve 2-all ... Then Sania take crucial break in 7th game to take 4-3 lead then both players hold their respective service games and with that Sania take first set ... Rain started heavily when Sania had upperhand in the match, hopefully today she finish match as early as possible
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At $25K El Paso Womens ITF Tournament, Texas, USA

[R1] (Q) Shikha UBEROI (IND,583) l Petra RAMPRE (SLO,411) 36 26

Doubles
[R1] (LL) Treta Bhattacharyya (IND)/ Shivika Burman (IND) l Moe Kawatoko (JPN)/ Remi Tezuka (JPN) 46 26

[QF] (1) Shikha UBEROI (IND)/ Mashona WASHINGTON (USA) vs Moe Kawatoko (JPN)/ Remi Tezuka (JPN)

Was hoping upset as Rampre was lowest ranking direct entry into maindraw ... Treta and Shivika entered in doubles draw as lucky-loser but lost easily against Japanese pair, who next play in quarters against top-seed Shikha and Mashona.
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At $10K Indonesia F2 Futures, Tarakan

[R2] N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,826) bt (Q) Ruan Roelofse (RSA,1001) 61 63

[QF] N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,826) vs (Q) Ilia Starkov (RUS,1222)

Doubles
[SF] (4) MALIK (IND)/ SHOKEEN (IND) bt (1) LEE (TPE)/ MITSUHASHI (JPN) 75 36 12-10

[F] (4) MALIK (IND)/ SHOKEEN (IND) vs (2) DOAKMAIKLEE (THA)/ WACHIRAMANOWONG (THA)

Prashanth reached into singles quarters with comfortable win against South African qualifier ... Interestingly not a single seeded player reached into quarter-final ... 4 qualifiers and 2 local wild-card players r in quarters ... Now Prashanth is 2nd highest ranked player behind Korean Jae-Sung An in the draw.

In doubles Vivek with Vijayant Malik scored tight super tie-break win over top-seed pair.

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At €750K Gerry Weber Open, Halle, Germany

[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam Qureshi (PAK) l Phillip Marx (GER)/ Igor Zelenay (SVK) 26 67(3)

Surprising loss for Aisam and Rohan in the first round of doubles on the grass ... After losing first set easily they lost second set somewhat one-sided tie-break.
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At $10K Indonesia F2 Futures, Tarakan

[R1] Karunuday Singh (IND,917) l (1) Young-Jun Kim (KOR,307) 26 61 06
[R1] Vivek Shokeen (IND,967) l (Q) Devin Britton (USA,1269) 36 26
[R1] Vijayant Malik (IND,899) l (Q) Ketut-Nesa Arta (INA,UNR) 16 67(4)
[R1] Yannick Nelord (IND,778) l (Q) Ruan Roelofse (RSA,1001) 16 0-4 Retd
[R1] (2) Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND,433) l (SE) Dong-Whee Choi (KOR,1716) 16 36

[R2] N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,826) vs (Q) Ruan Roelofse (RSA,1001)

Doubles
[QF] (4) MALIK (IND)/ SHOKEEN (IND) bt SUSANTO (INA)/ TRIJATI (INA) 62 64
[QF] MANUJA (IND)/ SHARMA (IND) l (2) DOAKMAIKLEE (THA)/ WACHIRAMANOWONG (THA) 26 36

[SF] (4) MALIK (IND)/ SHOKEEN (IND) vs (1) LEE (TPE)/ MITSUHASHI (JPN)

Very poor performance by our players as not a single managed to win his match in singles.

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At €714K Queen's Club Open, London, England

[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND,104) l Mardy Fish (USA,90) 16 46

Somi had 2 break point chances in 8th game, 15-40 ... He had chance on Mardy's 2nd seerve but didn't capitalize then Mardy hit 2 aces to hold the serve ... Then both players hold their serves comfortably, so easy victory for Mardy.
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At $25K El Paso Womens ITF Tournament, Texas, USA

[Q1] (8) Shikha UBEROI (IND,599) bye
[Q1] (16) Shivika BURMAN (IND,710) bt Kelsey LAWSON (USA,UNR) 62 62
[Q1] Tania ALABY (CAN,UNR) bt Treta BHATTACHARYYA (IND,990) 26 64 61

[Q2] (8) Shikha UBEROI (IND,599) bt Alexandra LEATU (USA,UNR) 61 60
[Q2] Nicole MELICHAR (USA,988) bt (16) Shivika BURMAN (IND,710) 62 64

[Q3] (8) Shikha UBEROI (IND,599) bt (10) Kaitlyn CHRISTIAN (USA,729) 75 64

[R1] (Q) Shikha UBEROI (IND,583) vs Petra RAMPRE (SLO,411)

Doubles
[Q1] (2) Shivika BURMAN (IND)/ Treta BHATTACHARYYA (IND) l Chieh-Yu HSU (USA)/ Nicole MELICHAR (USA)

[R1] (1) Shikha UBEROI (IND)/ Mashona WASHINGTON (USA) bt (WC) Amber BRIGHTLY (USA)/ Nicole FINTELL (USA) 61 61

Shikha again qualified for maindraw with straight sets victory ... In doubles she is top-seeds with Mashona Washington and they had comfortable winning start against wild-card pair.
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At $10K Indonesia F2 Futures, Tarakan

[R1] Karunuday Singh (IND,917) vs (1) Young-Jun Kim (KOR,307)
[R1] Vivek Shokeen (IND,967) vs (Q) Devin Britton (USA,1269)
[R1] Vijayant Malik (IND,899) vs (Q) Ketut-Nesa Arta (INA,UNR)
[R1] N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,826) bt (7) Kento Takeuchi (JPN,574) 62 62
[R1] Yannick Nelord (IND,778) vs (Q) Ruan Roelofse (RSA,1001)
[R1] Vignesh Peranamallur (IND,933) l (WC) Sunu-Wahyu Trijati (INA,1716) 61 06 16
[R1] (2) Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND,433) vs (SE) Dong-Whee Choi (KOR,1716)

Doubles
[R1] (1) LEE (TPE)/ MITSUHASHI (JPN) bt SIE (INA)/ SINGH (IND) 76(4) 63
[R1] AN (KOR)/ KIM (KOR) bt NELORD (IND)/ TIWARI (IND) 62 63
[R1] (4) MALIK (IND)/ SHOKEEN (IND) bt AIDIL (INA)/ KHUNDARNPINITVON (THA) 61 62
[R1] SUSANTO (INA)/ TRIJATI (INA) bt KROTIOUK (RUS)/ MARQUIS (IND) 36 76(8) 10-8
[R1] KONECNY (CZE)/ THOMAS (AUS) bt PERANAMALLUR (IND)/ PRASHANTH (IND) 75 61
[R1] MANUJA (IND)/ SHARMA (IND) bt VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND)/ WAGH (IND) 75 76(5)

[QF] (4) MALIK (IND)/ SHOKEEN (IND) vs SUSANTO (INA)/ TRIJATI (INA)
[QF] MANUJA (IND)/ SHARMA (IND) vs (2) DOAKMAIKLEE (THA)/ WACHIRAMANOWONG (THA)

Again cruel draw for Karunuday, who is facing top-seed ... Prashanth started with upset comfortable win over experienced Japanese seeded opponent but Vignesh lost against lower ranked local player.

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At $220K Edgbaston WTA Open, Birmingham, England

[R1] Sania Mirza (IND,91) bt Yung-Jan Chan (TPE,83) 61 64

[R2] Sania Mirza (IND,91) vs (14) Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA,66)

Good solid start for Sania after coming out of injury ... I really didn't expect win so this was great surprise ... Happy to see immediately Sania tuned up with grass court ... Good positive start for her, next match is tough against Thai Tamarine Tanasugarn, who likes to play on the grass
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At €750K Gerry Weber Open, Halle, Germany

[R1] (Q) Rohan Bopanna (IND,532) vs Thiemo De Bakker (NED,44) 46 67(11)

Thiemo De Bakker was keeping pressure on Rohan's serve from the start ... Rohan saved 2 break points in 5th game but Thiemo broke his serve in 7th game ... And that single break was enough for Thiemo to won first set.

In second set both players were holding their serve with ease, Thiemo didn't losing much points on his serve ... In tie-break Rohan was up with mini-break 5-3 but Thiemo fought back ... Then both players had set points and match points before Thiemo won closely fought set ... Great effort by Rohan against top-50 player.
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At €714K Queen's Club Open, London, England

[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND,104) vs Mardy Fish (USA,90) 61 3-2 (match stopped due to bad light)

As expected Somi was struggling against Mardy on the grass ... In first set Mardy was toying with him and won set comfortably ... In second set when match was stopped at that time Somi was break down.

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At €750K Gerry Weber Open, Halle, Germany

[Q3] Rohan Bopanna (IND, 487) bt (8) Ruben Bemelmans (BEL,207) 76(5) 36 76(5)

[R1] (Q) Rohan Bopanna (IND,532) vs Thiemo De Bakker (NED,44)

Doubles
[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam Qureshi (PAK) vs Phillip Marx (GER)/ Igor Zelenay (SVK)

Rohan won first set in tie-break, he didn't face a single break point on his serve in this set.

In second set Bemelmans broke Rohan's serve in 4th game to take early lead and then didn't give chance to Rohan break back to win second set.

Third set both players hold their serve easily until 3-2, in 6th game Bemelmans's serve stretched to duece ... In 9th game Rohan saved 2 break points and in 11th game he was down 0-30 before holding it ... In tie-break Rohan take mini-break on 6th point to lead 4-2 but Bemelmans broke back in 8th point to make it 4-all ... Rohan again take mini-break on 10th point nd then served to win the set and match in 1 hour and 48 minutes.

So with that Rohan qualified for maindraw of Halle tournament and facing WR #44 Thiemo de Bakker ... Last year Thiemo de Bakker played 1 tournament on the grass at s-Hertogenbosch and won first round as qualifier ... Otherwise his best reslts r on the clay, in 2009 he won 4 challengers on the clay and also at Davis cup had win over that time WR #13 Gael Monfils ... This year reached semis at Barcelona open ... So I would say Rohan having outside chance against this clay-court specialist.
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At €714K Queen's Club Open, London, England

[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND,104) vs Mardy Fish (USA,90)

Somdev having tough first match on the grass at Queen's.
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At $220K Edgbaston WTA Open, Birmingham, England

[R1] Sania Mirza (IND,91) vs Yung-Jan Chan (TPE,83)

Sania is making comeback after long injury break at Edgbaston ... Hoping injury-free comeback for her.
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At $50K Ojai Challenger, CA, USA

[F] (1) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Izak Van der Merwe (RSA) l Artem SITAK (RUS)/ Leonardo Tavares (POR) 64 46 8-10

Another loss in super tie-break ... In super tie-break Harsh and Izak were up 8-5 before losing 5 straight points ... Tough loss as this title win definitely helped to bosst their confidence.

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At 2010 French Open, Roland Garros, Paris

Mens Doubles
[F] (3) Lukas Dlouhy (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs (2) Daniel Nestor (CAN)/ Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) 57 26

Lee and Lukas lost few opportunities of breaking Zimo's serve in second game ... Nestor and Zimo take important break in 11th game breaking Lee's serve to won first set.

In second set Nestor and Zimo started positively breaking Dlouhy's serve in the first game ... In 4th game Lee and Lukas had break point on Nestor's serve but failed to break it ... In 5th game again Nestor and Zimo broke Dlouhy's serve on love to up double break ... Then Lee hold his serve easily and on Nestor's serve they saved 2 match points from 40-15 but Nestor and Zimo converted 3rd match point to scored win over defending champion.
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At Gerry Weber Open, Halle, Germany

[Q2] Rohan Bopanna (IND, 487) bt Adrien Bossel (SUI,472) 36 76(6) 64

[Q3] Rohan Bopanna (IND, 487) vs (8) Ruben Bemelmans (BEL,207)

After losing first set Rohan was up with break in second set leading 3-0 but he played one bad game to bring game on serve at 4-all ... In tie-break Rohan take mini-break on 6th point to lead 4-2 ... But Bossel broke back and bring tie-break on serve at 5-4 ... Rohan saved 1 match-point at 5-6 and take set on first set point.

In decider set Rohan take all important break in 9th game and converted first match point to moved into final qualifying round.

In the final qualifying Rohan is facing 8th seed Belgium player Ruben Bemelmans.

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At Gerry Weber Open, Halle, Germany

[Q1] Prakash Amritraj (IND,275) l Sergei Bubka (UKR,289) 57 57
[Q1] Rohan Bopanna (IND,487) bt (WC) Kevin Kraweitz (GER,1054) 76(5) 64

[Q2] Rohan Bopanna (IND, 487) vs Adrien Bossel (SUI,472)

Good win by Rohan over current top 10 junior Kraweitz ... After longtime Rohan was playing in singles, in this match he hit 17 aces and I think that make difference in the final result.

But otherhand surprising loss of Prakash against Ukrainean ... It seems Prakash is struggling with his game on his favourite court.
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At $50K Ojai Challenger, CA, USA

[SF] (1) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Izak Van der Merwe (RSA) bt Marcus Daniell (NZL)/ Jose Stathum (NZL) 62 75

Good win by Harsh and Izak in straight sets against New Zelanders ... Their final opponents r still not decided.
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At €30K+H Rome-3 Challenger, Italy

[SF] (2) Purav Raja (IND)/ Sadik Kadir (AUS) bt (WC) Olivier Charroin (FRA)/ Alexandre Renard (FRA) 64 36 3-10

[F] (2) Purav Raja (IND)/ Sadik Kadir (AUS) l (1) Santiago Gonzalez (MEX)/ Travis Rettenmaier (USA) 46 26

Though they lost against top-seed still very creditable performance from them to reach final on red clay ... Well done Purav and Sadik.
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At $10K Indonesia F1 Futures, Bandung

Doubles
[F] SIE (INA)/ SINGH (IND) l (4) AN (KOR)/ KIM (KOR) 26 75 8-10

Karunuday and his Indonesian partner lost in doubles final but still good peformance from them.

Shooting News

International shooting rankings are updated on June 1st, 2010 ... Gagan Narang climbed to #2 in 10m Air Rifle Men, Sanjeev Rajput is on #8 in same event ... Manavjit Singh Sandhu is #4th in Trap Men ... Omkar Singh is #8 in 10m Air Pistol Men ... Vijay Kumar #8 in 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men ... Joydeep Karmakar is #10 in 50m Rifle Prone Men.

In Women section only 2 players r in top 10 ... Seema Tomar is #4 in Trap Women ... Lajja Gauswami #10 in 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women.

Squash News

Saurav Ghosal became highest ranked Indian ever in the world rankings (PSA and WISPA) surpassing former women’s national champion Misha Grewal, who achieved her best world ranking of 27 in March 1995 ... In June ranking updates Saurav climbed to #26.

Joshana Chinappa climbed to her personal best ranking to #28 in newly declared Squash world rankings, first-time she is entering into top-30 .. Dipika Pallikal also climbed to #40, this is her personal best ranking.

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At 125K+H Prostejov Challenger, Czech Republic (Red Clay)

[QF] Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Treat Conrad Huey (PHI) l (2) Marcel Granollers (ESP)/ David Marrero (ESP) 36 63 3-10

So now Somi's grass season begin with Queens Open where he is in chance of getting direct entry as he is first alternative for maindraw.

Edited - Somedev is in maindraw of Queen's Club tournament!
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At $50K Ojai Challenger, CA, USA

[QF] (1) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Izak Van der Merwe (RSA) bt Alex Kuznetsov (USA)/ Bobby Reynolds (USA) 64 64

[SF] (1) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Izak Van der Merwe (RSA) vs Marcus Daniell (NZL)/ Jose Stathum (NZL)

Good straight sets victory for Harsh, hopefully they will continue with their run with win over New Zealanders.
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At €30K+H Rome-3 Challenger, Italy

[QF] (2) Purav Raja (IND)/ Sadik Kadir (AUS) bt Alex Bogomolov JR (USA)/ Jesse Witten (USA) 61 4-0 Retd (lower back injury to Witten)

This pair is really rocking on challengers level with their consistent performances, still long way to go but looks promising.
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Tennis News
At 2010 French Open, Roland Garros, Paris

Doubles
[SF] (3) Lukas Dlouhy (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt (10) Julian Knowle (AUT)/ Andy Ram (ISR) 64 62

[F] (3) Lukas Dlouhy (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs (2) Daniel Nestor (CAN)/ Nenad Zimonjic (SRB)

Lee and Lukas scored comfortable victory in 75 mins to reached in the final, they had chance of winning second set 6-0 but Knowle and Ram saved 4 match points in 6th game before breaking the serve ... Great win ... Congrats Lee for yet another Grand slam final.

In first set Lee and Lukas take early double break and were leading 5-2 before giving one break back ... Second set they dominated breaking opponent's thrice and were leading 5-0 before Lukas lost his serve after wasting 4 match points ... But still they manage to finished match early.

In the final they r facing 2nd seeds Nestor and Zimo, who crushed last year's finalist Moodie and Norman 60 63.
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At $25K Womens ITF Tournament, Bukhara , Uzbekistan

Doubles
[QF] BHAMBRI (IND)/ CHAKRAVARTHI (IND) l (4) MIKADZE (GEO)/ SHAPATAVA (GEO) 26 46

Rushmi and Sanaa lost in quarters against Georgian seeded pair.
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At $10K Indonesia F1 Futures, Bandung

[R2] Vijayant MALIK (IND,770) l (5) Dane PROPOGGIA (AUS,627) 57 63 36
[R2] (LL) Abhijeet TIWARI (IND,1465) l (6) Jae-Sung AN (KOR,658) 57 36
[R2] N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,836) l (3) Nathan THOMPSON (USA,564) 46 75 36
[R2] (2) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,417) l (Q) Dong-Whee CHOI (KOR,UNR) 67(1) 46

Doubles
[SF] SIE (INA)/ SINGH (IND) bt (1) LEE (TPE)/ TAKEUCHI (JPN) 64 75

[F] SIE (INA)/ SINGH (IND) vs (4) AN (KOR)/ KIM (KOR)

Disappointing performance from Ranjeet but other hand creditable fight by Vijayant and Vijay Sundar ... Also good to see Karunuday reached in the doubles final with his Indonesian partner.

Tennis News
At 125K+H Prostejov Challenger, Czech Republic (Red Clay)

[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND,108) l (Q) Nicolas Renavand (FRA,657) 57 67(3)

Tough loss and no words of support for Somi's loss against #657 ranked player ... He should played at Nottingham on the grass, where first round exit also gave him opportunity of getting hang up on the grass before important grass courts tournaments ... Waste of week and opportunity.
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At $50K Ojai Challenger, CA, USA

[R1] (1) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Izak Van der Merwe (RSA) bt Cecil Mamiit (PHI)/ Nick Papac (USA) 64 26 10-3

Harsh's flirting with super tie-break continued with new partner, though they won first round match
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At €30K+H Rome-3 Challenger, Italy

[R1] (2) Purav Raja (IND)/ Sadik Kadir (AUS) bt (WC) Francesco Aldi (ITA)/ Daniele Giogini (ITA) 62 64

[QF] (2) Purav Raja (IND)/ Sadik Kadir (AUS) vs Alex Bogomolov JR (USA)/ Jesse Witten (USA)

This week again they started with win against local wild-card pair.
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At $10K Indonesia F1 Futures, Bandung

[R1] Yannick NELORD (IND,789) l (1) Young-Jun KIM (KOR,309) 36 26
[R1] N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,836) bt Ilia STARKOV (RUS,1237) 64 36 64
[R1] Vignesh PERANAMALLUR (IND,938) l (3) Nathan THOMPSON (USA,564) 26 06
[R1] (2) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,417) bt (WC) Sunu-Wahyu TRIJATI (INA,1739) 61 16 64

[R2] Vijayant MALIK (IND,770) vs (5) Dane PROPOGGIA (AUS,627)
[R2] (LL) Abhijeet TIWARI (IND,1465) vs (6) Jae-Sung AN (KOR,658)
[R2] N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,836) vs (3) Nathan THOMPSON (USA,564)
[R2] (2) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,417) vs (Q) Dong-Whee CHOI (KOR,UNR)

Doubles
[QF] MANUJA (IND)/ MARQUIS (IND) l (1) LEE (TPE)/ TAKEUCHI (JPN) 36 06
[QF] SIE (INA)/ SINGH (IND) bt (3) PROPOGGIA (AUS)/ VERRYTH (AUS) 63 67(10) 10-2
[QF] PERANAMALLUR (IND)/ PRASHANTH (IND) l (2) RUNGKAT (INA)/ THOMPSON (USA) 64 16 4-10

[SF] SIE (INA)/ SINGH (IND) vs (1) LEE (TPE)/ TAKEUCHI (JPN)

Surprisingly tough match for Ranjeet against local wild-card player.

Tennis News
At 2010 French Open, Roland Garros, Paris

Doubles
[QF] (3) Lukas Dlouhy (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt (8) Mariusz Fyrstenberg (POL)/ Marcin Matkowski (POL) 61 63

[SF] (3) Lukas Dlouhy (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs (10) Julian Knowle (AUT)/ Andy Ram (ISR)

Mixed Doubles
[QF] (2) Cara Black (ZIM)/ Leander Paes (IND) l Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ)/ Julian Knowle (AUT) 36 76(2) 7-10

Lee and Lukas scored very comfortable win in 58 mins to moved into French open semi-finals ... In this match they broke opponent's serve 3 times in the first set and once in second set ... They faced 2 break points but saved both ... Today Lee was as usual magical on the net.

But 2nd seed Lee and Cara lost in mixed doubles quarter-final in super tie-break ... After losing first set they fought back winning second set in tie-break but Knowle and Shvedova were strong in super tie-break.
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At $25K Womens ITF Tournament, Bukhara , Uzbekistan

[R1] VENKATESHA Poojashree (IND,409) l ABDURAIMOVA Nigina (UZB,478) 16 06

Doubles
[R1] BHAMBRI (IND)/ CHAKRAVARTHI (IND) bt ABDURAIMOVA (UZB)/ GEORGIEVA (RUS) 61 62
[R1] SHARIPOVA (UZB)/ VENKATESHA (IND) l DZALAMIDZE (RUS)/ YEMIALYANAVA (BLR) 61 36 4-10

[QF] BHAMBRI (IND)/ CHAKRAVARTHI (IND) vs (4) MIKADZE (GEO)/ SHAPATAVA (GEO)

Disappointing stuff from Poojashree ... Sanaa and Rushmi started with win in doubles.
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At $10K Indonesia F1 Futures, Bandung

[R1] Kaza Vinayak SHARMA (IND,1407) l Elbert SIE (INA,1327) 16 63 16
[R1] Vijayant MALIK (IND,770) bt Ronak MANUJA (IND,1189) 61 61
[R1] Christopher MARQUIS (IND,1260) l (5) Dane PROPOGGIA (AUS,627) 26 46
[R1] Karunuday SINGH (IND,930) l (6) Jae-Sung AN (KOR,658) 26 63 36
[R1] (LL) Abhijeet TIWARI (IND,1465) bt (Q) Akash WAGH (IND,1230) 76(7) 76(2)

[R2] Vijayant MALIK (IND,770) vs (5) Dane PROPOGGIA (AUS,627)
[R2] (LL) Abhijeet TIWARI (IND,1465) vs (6) Jae-Sung AN (KOR,658)

Doubles
[R1] (1) LEE (TPE)/ TAKEUCHI (JPN) bt MALIK (IND)/ NELORD (IND) 63 63
[R1] MANUJA (IND)/ MARQUIS (IND) bt SUSANTO (INA)/ TRIJATI (INA) 06 62 10-5
[R1] (3) PROPOGGIA (AUS)/ VERRYTH (AUS) bt SHARMA (IND)/ TIWARI (IND) 62 61
[R1] SIE (INA)/ SINGH (IND) bt VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND)/ WAGH (IND) 76(4) 64
[R1] PERANAMALLUR (IND)/ PRASHANTH (IND) bt HARIS (INA)/ UNEPUTTY (INA) 63 46 10-7

[QF] MANUJA (IND)/ MARQUIS (IND) vs (1) LEE (TPE)/ TAKEUCHI (JPN)
[QF] SIE (INA)/ SINGH (IND) vs (3) PROPOGGIA (AUS)/ VERRYTH (AUS)
[QF] PERANAMALLUR (IND)/ PRASHANTH (IND) vs (2) RUNGKAT (INA)/ THOMPSON (USA)

Karunuday produced fighting performance ... Abhijeet scored good tight win over Akash.