Tennis News
At $442.5K Campbell's Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, Newport, USA

[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND,107) bt Kevin Kim (USA,147) 64 63

[R2] Somdev Devvarman (IND,107) vs (5) Mardy Fish (USA,79)

Good winning start despite Somi struggled with his service games but against he need to bring top A game to give shot against him ... In this match Somi had only 43% 1st serve percentage and he served 7 aces with 7 double faults.
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At $100K+H Pozoblanco Challenger, Spain

[R1] (3) Purav Raja (IND)/ Sadik Kadir (AUS) bt (WC) Juan Jose Leal-Gomez (ESP)/ Javier Valenzuela-Gonzalez (ESP) 36 61 10-4

Again good winning start after losing first set in this big $100K+H challenger.
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At $10K Great Britain F8, Manchester

[R1] (4) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,365) bt (Q) James Ludclow (USA,1778) 63 64
[R1] Divij Sharan (IND,878) l (Q) Richard Gabb (GBR,UNR) 26 26

[R2] (4) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,365) vs Colin Ebelthite (AUS,571)

Doubles
[R1] (2) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt Matthew Asciak (MLT)/ Sebastian Lavie (NZL) 63 61

[QF] (2) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs Blake Strode (USA)/ Christian Welte (USA)

Vishnu again start with straight sets win but surprising loss of Divij ... In doubles they started with easy victory.
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At $10K Thailand Womens Futures, Pattaya

[R1] Sanaa BHAMBRI (IND,578) bt (Q) Yumi MIYAZAKI (JPN,783) 61 64
[R1] Rushmi CHAKRAVARTHI (IND,580) l (Q) Maya KATO (JPN,735) 46 46
[R1] (2) Poojashree VENKATESHA (IND,390) bt (WC) Tanaporn THONGSING (THA,UNR) 63 61

[R2] Sanaa BHAMBRI (IND,578) l (7) Sakiko SHIMIZU (JPN,467) 36 16
[R2] (2) Poojashree VENKATESHA (IND,390) l Peangthan PLIPHUECH (THA,972) 26 26

Good start by Sanaa beating foreigner but same old story for Indian women in second round.