Tennis News
At $1.17M Legg Mason Tennis Classic, Washington DC, USA

[SF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) l Mardy Fish (USA) / Mark Knowles (BAH) 57 57

Rohan and Aisam couldn't continue with their good run after winning aginst Bryans in quarter-finals ... This match was close but Mardy and Knowles take crucial breaks to won match in stright sets.
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At $2.43M Rogers Cup, Toronto, Canada

[Q1] (14) Somdev Devvarman (IND,96) bt (WC) Pavel Krainik (CAN,UNR) 60 61

[Q2] (14) Somdev Devvarman (IND,96) vs (3) Denis Istomin (UZB,54)

Expected dominating win where Somi won inside 45 minutes ... He broke Pavel's serve 6 times in the match and didn't face a single break point on his serve ... Next he is facing tough opponent in top-60 Uzbek Istomin.
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At $2M Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open, Cincinnati, USA

[Q1] Sania Mirza (IND,138) l (16) Bojana Jovanovski (SRB,98) 57 64 36

Sania's poor run continued ... In the first set Sania was leading 5-2 before losing 5 games in a row ... She won second set but couldn't produce same intensity in decider against Bojana.
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At $100K+H Segovia Challenger, Spain

[F] Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Brian Battistone (USA) l Thiago Alves (BRA)/ Franco Ferreiro (BRA) 26 75 8-10

In first set Harsh service got broken twice ... In second set again they were early service break down, this time Brian lost his serve in second game ... Brazilians was serving for the match at 4-5 then our pair take crucil break to make it 5-all ... And broke opponents in 12th game to take second set ... They lost close super tie-break ... They were down with double mini-break but managed to save 2 match points from 6-9 before losing third ... Anyway good week for Harsh and Brian.
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At $15K Great Britain F12, London - Roehampton

[F] (4) Vishnu VARDHAN (IND,449) l Joshua MILTON (GBR,745) 67(4) 62 36

Vishnu failed to lift title but performed lot better with same opponent's with whom last week he lost easily ... Showed improvement but wasn't enough.