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Davis cup World Group draw is out for 2011 first round ... All 8 seeded teams r tough top teams, so I was hoping for home tie ... But we received worst draw as another away world group tie for us ... We r playing Serbia in Serbia

Davis Cup World Group First round 2011

Serbia (s) (c) vs India
Russia (s) (c) vs Sweden
Czech Republic (s) (c) vs Kazakhstan
Argentina (s) (c) vs Romania
Chile (c) vs USA (s)
Belgium (c) vs Spain (s)
Germany (c) vs Croatia (s)
Austria (c) vs France (s)
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At $75K+H Izmir Cup 2010, Turkey

[R1] (2) Somdev Devvarman (IND,113) bt (WC) Tuna Altuna (TUR,965) 63 63

[R2] (2) Somdev Devvarman (IND,113) vs (WC) Haluk Akkoyun (TUR,850)

Doubles
[R1] Sadik Kadir (AUS)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Theodoros Angelinos (GRE) 63 61

[QF] Sadik Kadir (AUS)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs (3) Treat Conrad Huey (PHI)/ Dominic Inglot (GBR)

Expected straight sets victory for Somi ... He reached yesterday evening at Izmir, so fatigue was the worry but he managed to complete victory ... Tomorrow he is facing another local wild-card player to place in quarters.

Comfortable win for experienced pair of Purav and Sadik against Somi and his UVa teammate ... Next Purav and Sadik playing against another UVa pair, who is on roll recently.
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At $220K Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan

[R1] Sania Mirza (IND)/ Maria Elena Camerin (ITA) bt Lyudmyla Kichenok (UKR)/ Nadiya Kichenok (UKR) 62 63

[QF] Sania Mirza (IND)/ Maria Elena Camerin (ITA) vs Alexandra Dulgheru (ROU)/ Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK)

Sania started with comfortable win against Kichenok twins in doubles with Camerin ... Next they r facing another unseeded pair, who upset 3rd seed in tight match.
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At $35K+H Bangkok-2 Challenger, Thailand

[R1] Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Thiago Alves (BRA) bt (Alt) Tomislav Peric (CRO)/ Yoav Schab (ISR) 75 64

[QF] Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Thiago Alves (BRA) vs (3) Chris Eaton (GBR)/ Joshua Goodall (GBR)

Bogomolov withdrew from doubles draw due to exhaustion so alternate pair played against Yuki and Alves ... They scored straight sets victory to face 3rd seed British pair in quarters.