Tennis News
At $619.5K Farmers Classic, Los Angeles, USA

[Q3] (3) Somdev Devvarman (IND,103) bt Giovanni Lapentti (ECU,278) 62 64

[R1] (Q) Somdev Devvarman (IND,103) vs (Q) Steve Johnson (USA,1333)

Very clinical performance by Somi to qualify for maindraw ... In first set he broke Giovanni's serve twice to won it comfortably ... In second set he take early break on Giovanni's serve and then hold his serve comfortably to won the match.

Now he is having good chance to score maindraw victory as he is facing local young collagiate Steve Johnson in the first round.
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At $50K+H Granby Challenger, Canada

[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Brendan Evans (USA) bt Ahmed El Tabakh (CAN)/ Zachary White (CAN) 62 75

[QF] Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Brendan Evans (USA) vs (1) Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA)/ Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA)

Prakash and Brendan started with straight sets victory against local pair ... Next they r facing top-seed Thai twins Ratiwatanas.
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At $15K Great Britain F11,

[Q1] Divij SHARAN (IND,1156) bt Lewis BURTON (GBR,UNR) 63 63
[Q2] Divij SHARAN (IND,1156) bt (14) Matthew SHORT (GBR,1140) 36 63 75
[Q3] Divij SHARAN (IND,1156) bt Kevin BOTTI (FRA,UNR) 63 62

[R1] Yuki BHAMBRI (IND,488) vs (Q) Antoine ESCOFFIER (FRA,UNR)
[R1] (8) Vishnu VARDHAN (IND,449) vs Alexander SLABINSKY (GBR,572)
[R1] Karan RASTOGI (IND,478) vs Alexandre FOLIE (BEL,496)
[R1] (Q) Divij SHARAN (IND,1156) vs (2) Laurent ROCHETTE (FRA,279)

Doubles
[R1] (1) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs Baptiste BAYET (FRA)/ Kevin BOTTI (FRA)

Good to see Divij qualified for main-draw but facing 2nd seed Frenchman in the first round ... Interesting to see how Yuki perform after his long ankle injury break ... Also Karan is playing here with Vishnu.