Tennis News
At $2.43M Western & Southern Financial Group Masters, Cincinnati, USA

[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) bt (WC) Rajeev Ram (USA)/ Bobby Reynolds (USA) 63 16 10-4

[R2] (4) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Max Mirnyi (BLR) vs John Isner (USA)/ Sam Querrey (USA)
[R2] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) vs (8) Mariusz Fyrstenberg (POL)/ Marcin Matkowski (POL)
[R2] (3) Leander Paes (IND)/ Lukas Dlouhy (CZE) vs Mardy Fish (USA)/ Mark Knowles (BAH)

Rohan and Aisam had winning start ... After one-sided loss of second set they came back strongly in super tie-break to beat Ram and Reynolds ... Next they r facing 8th seeds Poles for place in quarter-finals.
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At $35+H Karshi Challenger, Uzbekistan

[R2] (Q) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,393) bt (5) Andrey Kumantsov (RUS,302) 46 64 63

[QF] (Q) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,393) vs Marek Semjan (SVK,240)

Doubles
[QF] Vishnu Vardhan (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) bt (3) Hsin-Han Lee (TPE)/ Tsung-Hua Yang (TPE) 76(2) 64

[SF] Vishnu Vardhan (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs Denys Molochanov (UKR) / Artem Smirnov (UKR)

Like the way he fought back into the match after losing first set, one of his top win against top-300 type player ... Next match is tough against Slovakian but nothing to lose for Vishnu ... Go Vishnu.

In doubles also Vishnu upset Taiwani seeded pair in company of Divij to moved into semis.
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At Thailand F3 Futures, Nakorn Ratchasima

[R1] (2) Rupesh Roy (IND,454) l Mikal Statham (NZL,791) 46 36

[R2] Vijayant Malik (IND,863) l Kento Takeuchi (JPN,715) 36 36
[R2] (Q) Vivek Shokeen (IND,973) l Suk-Young Jeong (KOR,808) 06 16

Doubles
[R1] CREPALDI (ITA)/ MALIK (IND) bt SEKIGUCHI (JPN)/ SIRIBUTWONG (THA) 16 75 10-8

[QF] SHOKEEN (IND)/ SINGH (IND) bt ISHII (JPN)/ ONOZAWA (JPN) 63 63
[QF] CREPALDI (ITA)/ MALIK (IND) l CHANG (CHN)/ XU (CHN) 26 60 7-10

[SF] SHOKEEN (IND)/ SINGH (IND) vs (1) RATIWATANA (THA)/ RATIWATANA (THA)

Rupesh lost in the first round and then remaining 2 players lost in second round ... So this turned out forgettable futures for Indians.

I m surprised to see Ratiwatanas playing here instead of playing in any challenger ... It shows how much important these players give to their local tournaments.