Tennis News
At $220K Guangzhou International Women's Open, Guangzhou, China

[R1] Sania Mirza (IND,144) bt Katie O'Brien (GBR,131) 63 16 62

[R2] Sania Mirza (IND,144) vs (3) Akgul Amanmuradova (UZB,60)

Sania broke Katie in the first game to take early lead ... They exchanged breaks afterwards but Sania again broke her in 9th game to won first set ... In second set Sania was total off-color, her 1st serve percentage was 36% and Katie take full advantage of it breaking Sania's serve three times to comfortably won second set ... In decider Sania broke Katie thrice to take 5-0 lead ... She lost her serve but managed to finish match on her next service game ... Next match is tougher one against Akgul Amanmuradova.
-----------------------------------------------------------
At $125K Szczecin Challenger, Poland

[R1] Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Frank Moser (GER) l (2) Leos Friedl (CZE)/ Igor Zelenay (SVK) 61 16 8-10

Though they lost against 2nd seed in super tie-break still it is sad to see they lost match after winning first set comfortably.
-----------------------------------------------------------
At $10K Rwanda F1 Futures 2010, Kigali (clay)

[R1] Kaza Vinayak SHARMA (IND,1245) l (6) Anas FATTAR (MAR,738) 67(0) 67(2)
[R1] Vijayant MALIK (IND,880) l (Q) Cheong-Eui KIM (KOR,UNR) 36 46
[R1] (2) Rupesh ROY (IND,469) bt (WC) Robert BUYINZA (UGA,UNR) 60 60

Doubles
[R1] MALIK (IND)/ SHARMA (IND) bt (2) ROELOFSE (RSA)/ ROY (IND) 63 46 10-6

I was expecting tough match but Vijayant lost against Korean in straight sets ... Kaza Vinayak take his seeded opponent into tie-breaks in both sets before losing the match ... Rupesh gave double bagel to his unranked Ugandan opponent.

In doubles Vijayant and Kaza Vinayak scored upset win over 2nd seed Rupesh and his South African partner.