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

[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Eric Butorac (USA) l Frantisek Cermak (CZE)/ Michal Mertinak (SVK) 63 36 5-10
[R2] (3) Lukas Dlouhy (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) l Julien Benneteau (FRA)/ Michael Llodra (FRA) 16 67(6)

[R2] (4) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Max Mirnyi (BLR) vs Robert Lindstedt (SWE)/ Horia Tecau (ROU)

So bad day for Indians at Rogers Cup ... After Rohan's loss with Butorac in first round after winning first set, Lee and Lukas also lost in st right sets against French pair.
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At $2M Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open, Cincinnati, USA

[R1] MIRZA Sania (IND)/NICULESCU Monica (ROU) bt (WC) HAMPTON Jamie (USA)/OUDIN Melanie (USA) 64 76(5)

[R2] MIRZA Sania (IND)/ NICULESCU Monica (ROU) bt (5) KING Vania (USA)/ SHVEDOVA Yaroslava (KAZ) 63 16 10-6

Good win by Sania and her Romanian partner over defending Wimbledon champion .. After losing second set easily they came strongly in super tie-break to finished the match.

I really hope this good doubles performance help Sania to built confidence for singles.
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At $50K Binghamton Challenger, USA

[R1] (4) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Adam Hubble (AUS) bt Richard Bloomfield (GBR)/ Craig Schwartz (USA) 46 63 10-7

[QF] (4) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Adam Hubble (AUS) vs Treat Conrad Huey (PHI)/ Dominic Inglot (GBR)

Good comeback win by Harsh and Adam in their first match playing together ... Next they r facing in-form pair of Huey and Inglot, who last week won big $75K Vancouver challenger.
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At Thailand F2 Futures, Phitsanulok

[QF] (4) Karan Rastogi (IND,478) l (SE) Simon Cauvard (FRA,1000) 67(5) 76(5) 67(2)
[QF] (3) Rupesh Roy (IND,467) l Suk-Young Jeong (KOR,808) 36 16

Doubles
[SF] (2) KONDO (JPN)/ SINGH (IND) bt NARAYANASWAMY (IND)/ PRASHANTH (IND) 62 62

[F] (2) KONDO (JPN)/ SINGH (IND) vs ISHII (JPN)/ ONOZAWA (JPN)

Both lost in quarter-finals but Karan lost in dogfight against Frenchman ... Importantly I liked that Karan able to play such a long match ... Karan was unlucky to lose in his match but other hand Rupesh lost without much fight.