Tennis News
At $75K+H Izmir Cup 2010, Turkey

[QF] (2) Somdev Devvarman (IND,113) bt Yannick Mertens (BEL,223) 61 26 64

[SF] (2) Somdev Devvarman (IND,113) vs Matthias Bachinger (GER,310)

Somdev started well with couple of breaks in 1st and 5th games to take 4-1 lead ... In 6th game Somi saved 2 break points before holding his serve ... In 7th game Somi again broke Mertens's serve @30 to won first set ... But second set started exactly opposite of first set ... Somi lost his serve in 1st and 5th game and lost second set with these 2 breaks ... In decider both players were struggling to hold their serve after Somi hold 1st game on luv ... Mertens take important break in 5th game and was leading 2-4 ... But Somi fought back from there, he broke Mertens serve in 8th game on luv ... Then managed to hold his serve in 9th game after multiple deuce and again broke Mertens serve in 10th game to book his place in semis ... Excellent comeback in third set after break down winning last 4 games.
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At $75k Trnava Challenger, Slovakia (clay)

[SF] (2) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Guillermo Olaso (ESP) l (3) Karol Beck (SVK)/ Lukas Rosol (CZE) 16 64 7-10

Harsh lost with his Spanish partner in super tie-break ... After losing first set easily they fought back winning second set but Beck and Rosol proved too strong in super tie-break.
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At $15K France F15 Futures, Plaisir

Doubles Final
Ashutosh Singh (IND)/ Nicolas Grammaire (FRA) bt (3) Jeremy Blandin (FRA)/ Romain Jouan (FRA) 76(4) 75

Ashutosh Singh lifted another doubles ITF title this time with French partner ... In the final this unseeded pair defeated 3rd seed French pair in very tight match.
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At $15K Australia F7 Futures, Alice Springs

[QF] (4) Karan Rastogi (IND,460) l Michael LOOK (AUS,771) 16 16

Disappointing scoreline for Karan ... Aussies r tough in their home country but Karan need to produce some fighting performance in these matches.