Tennis News
At $2.43M Rogers Cup, Toronto, Canada

[Q2] (14) Somdev Devvarman (IND,96) l (3) Denis Istomin (UKR,54) 64 36 67(10)

Doubles
[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Eric Butorac (USA) vs Frantisek Cermak (CZE)/ Michal Mertinak (SVK)
[R1] (3) Lukas Dlouhy (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) bye
[R1] (4) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Max Mirnyi (BLR) bye

Very tough and heart-breaking loss for Somi ... After looking at the stat it showed he almost played perfect match to match top-50 players but again failed to take crucial points ... Somi started well after breaking Denis's serve in the first game and won first set with that break converting 3rd set points ... In the first set when Somi had set point at Adv-40 rain stopped game ... Again match start and in second set at 0-1 another rain break came ... Somi didn't adjust to these break losing second set with a single break ... In third set both players hold their serves until 6-all, though Somi saved 1 break point ... In tie-break Somi was mini-break down before going up and had 3 match points 6-3 but couldn't converted one ... In tie-break he got total 7 match points but Denis saved all those before converting his first ... Good opportunity loss to qualified for Masters for Somi.
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At $75+H Beijing Challenger, China

[F] (1) Sadik Kadir (AUS)/ Purav Raja (IND) l (2) Pierre-Ludovic Duclos (CAN)/ Artem Sitak (RUS) 67(4) 67(5)

Very close 2 tie-breaks loss for Purav and Sadik in the final.
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At $50K Binghamton Challenger, USA

[R1] (4) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Adam Hubble (AUS) vs Paul Capdeville (CHI)/ Brian Dabul (ARG)

Harsh is back on familiar ground in US from this week.
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At Thailand F2 Futures, Phitsanulok

[Q1] (12) Vivek Shokeen (IND,970) bt Yao-Lun Chang (TPE,1261) 16 63 64
[Q1] Ronam Manuja (IND,1782) bt Kong Pop Lertchai (THA,UNR) 63 64
[Q1] (10) Karunuday Singh (IND,932) bt Kaza Vinayak Sharma (IND,1242) 64 61
[Q1] (7) Vijayant Malik (IND,858) bt Warut Korkiatthaworn (THA,1746) 46 64 62
[Q1] (11) Srirambalaji NarayanSwami (IND,935) l Sean Berman (USA,UNR) 76(6) 36 46
[Q1] (14) Ashutosh Singh (IND,994) l Yang Lu (CHN,1424) 46 46

[Q2] (12) Vivek Shokeen (IND,970) bt (WC) Warit Sornbutnark (THA,UNR) 64 64
[Q2] Ronam Manuja (IND,1782) l Sean Burman (USA,NR) 16 26
[Q2] (10) Karunuday Singh (IND,932) l (5)Takuto Niki (JPN,851) 46 61 67(7)
[Q2] (7) Vijayant Malik (IND,858) bt Erik Crepaldi (ITA,1058) 64 62

[R1] Vijay Sunder Prashanth (IND,676) vs (1) Hiroki Kondo (JPN,383)
[R1] (Q) Vijayant Malik (IND,858) vs Arata Onozawa (JPN,725)
[R1] (Q) Vivek Shokeen (IND,970) vs Weerapat Doakmaiklee(THA,717)
[R1] (4) Karan Rastogi (IND,478) vs Mikal Statham (NZL,799)
[R1] (3) Rupesh Roy ( IND,467) vs (WC) Wishaya Trongcharoenchakul (THA,UNR)
[R1] (LL) Ronak Manuja (IND,1782) vs (5) Sabestien Rieschick (GER,498)

Doubles
[R1] SHOKEEN (IND)/ TAKEUCHI (JPN) vs RIESCHICK (GER)/ UDOMCHOKE (THA)
[R1] NARAYANASWAMY (IND)/ PRASHANTH (IND) vs (3) DOAKMAIKLEE (THA)/ RUNGKAT (INA)
[R1] MALIK (IND)/ ROY (IND) vs SIRIBUTWONG (THA)/ SIRILUETHAIWATTANA (THA)
[R1] (2) KONDO (JPN)/ SINGH (IND) vs CHO (KOR)/ SAFWAT (EGY)

Second week of Thai futures having strong field ... Other than Rupesh and Karan all having tough first round matches ... In doubles this time Vivek and Ashutosh r not playing together instead both playing with Japanese partners.