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

[R2] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) l (8) Mariusz Fyrstenberg (POL)/ Marcin Matkowski (POL) 57 67(3)
[R2] (4) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Max Mirnyi (BLR) bt John Isner (USA)/ Sam Querrey (USA) W/o (due to ankle injury to Isner)

Rohan and Aisam lost after giving good fight to Polish team ... Despite loss this week they scored their first win in the Masters ... I m sure many more will follow soon.

Mahesh and Max moved into quarters after Isner withdrew from the tournament due to injury.
-----------------------------------------------------------
At $35+H Karshi Challenger, Uzbekistan

[QF] (Q) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,393) bt Marek Semjan (SVK,240) 57 63 76(8)

[SF] (Q) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,393) vs (1) Blaz Kavcic (SLO,154)

Doubles
[SF] Vishnu Vardhan (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) bt (2) Denys Molochanov (UKR)/ Artem Smirnov (UKR) 76(6) 61

[F] Vishnu Vardhan (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs Mao-Xin Gong (CHN)/ Zhe Li (CHN)

Vishnu having dream week at Karshi Challenger ... He scored another upset win over in-form Slovakian in the quarters ... Superb comeback victory over top-250 type player ... This win also gives him biggest points tally in a single week, 29 pts ... Next he is facing top-seed Slovenian, top-150 player, another tough match.

Vishnu not only having great run in singles but he is with Divij scored upset win over 2nd seed to move into the final ... In the final they r facing unseeded Chinese pair ... Terrific week ... This will give him big boost to achieve more on tour with results and his fitness.
-----------------------------------------------------------
At Thailand F3 Futures, Nakorn Ratchasima

[SF] SHOKEEN (IND)/ SINGH (IND) l (1) RATIWATANA (THA)/ RATIWATANA (THA) 16 26