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

[R1] (LL) Somdev Devvarman (IND,111) l (15) Gael Monfils (FRA,18) 67(3) 36

Somi entered as lucky loser and faced top-20 Monfils in the first round ... In the begining Somi was able to put pressure on Monfils serve and had 3/4 break points but couldn't convert it ... Monfils broke Somi's serve in 11th game but in next game Somi broke back to take set in tie-break ... Somi played loose tie-break to gift it to Monfils ... In second set Monfils take crucial break in 4th game and that was enough to won set and match.
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At Thailand F2 Futures, Phitsanulok

[R2] (Q) Vijayant Malik (IND,858) l (1) Hiroki Kondo (JPN,383) 16 06
[R2] (4) Karan Rastogi (IND,478) bt (WC) Danai Udomchoke (THA,910) 63 57 60
[R2] (3) Rupesh Roy (IND,467) bt Takuto Niki (JPN,851) 62 63

[QF] (4) Karan Rastogi (IND,478) vs (SE) Simon Cauvard (FRA,1000)
[QF] (3) Rupesh Roy (IND,467) vs Suk-Young Jeong (KOR,808)

Doubles
[QF] NARAYANASWAMY (IND)/ PRASHANTH (IND) bt SHOKEEN (IND)/ TAKEUCHI (JPN) 63 64
[QF] (2) KONDO (JPN)/ SINGH (IND) bt SIRIBUTWONG (THA)/ SIRILUETHAIWATTANA (THA) 62 75

[SF] (2) KONDO (JPN)/ SINGH (IND) vs NARAYANASWAMY (IND)/ PRASHANTH (IND)

Good outing for our players as Karan and Rupesh won their singles matches with our 2 pairs r in semis.

Karan and Danai had 2 competitive sets but may be in decider Danai was too tired/ may be troubled with injury or Karan played excellent tennis ... ;-)