Tennis News
At $220K WTA Luxembourg Open,

[R1] Sania Mirza (IND)/ Raquel Kops-Jones (USA) bt Anne Kremer (LUX)/ Mandy Minella (LUX) 63 62

[QF] Sania Mirza (IND)/ Raquel Kops-Jones (USA) vs (1) Iveta Benesova (CZE)/ Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE)

Good start with straight sets victory over local pair, next they r facing top-seed Czech pair.
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At 125K+H Seoul challenger, South Korea

[R1] (5) Somdev Devvarman (IND,96) bt (WC) Sang-Woo Noh (KOR,1729) 61 62

[R2] (5) Somdev Devvarman (IND,96) vs Alex Bogomolov Jr. (USA,212)

Doubles
[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) l (3) Vasek Pospisil (CAN)/ Adil Shamashdin (CAN) 36 26
[R1] Purav Raja (IND)/ Sadik Kadir (AUS) l Tatsumo Ito (JPN)/ Takao Suzuki (JPN) 67(7) 61 5-10

Somi started with expected result against very lowly ranked local wild-card player ... But in doubles our both pairs lost in first round in contrasting style.
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At $25K Nigeria ITF Tournament, Lagos

[R1] (Q) Shivika BURMAN (IND,744) l (4) Melanie KLAFFNER (AUT,259) 36 57
[R1] Poojashree VENKATESHA (IND,582) vs Katarina BARANOVA (SVK,895)

Doubles
[R1] BARANOVA (SVK)/ VENKATESHA (IND) bt (WC) AGUGBOM (NGR)/ SAMUEL (NGR) 62 62
[R1] BURMAN (IND)/ JAKUPOVIC (SLO) vs OGHENEKEVWE (NGR)/ OGUNDARE (NGR)

Good fighting performance from Shivika as an qualifier against top-250 type player.
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At $15K+H Nigeria F1 Futures, Lagos

[R1] (6) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,526) vs Bolaji OLAWEPO (NGR,1422)
[R1] (5) Karan RASTOGI (IND,451) vs Andrew FITZPATRICK (GBR,1091)

Doubles
[R1] Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND)/ Karan RASTOGI (IND) bt Abdul-Mumin BABALOLA (NGR)/ Sunday EMMANUEL (NGR) 62 75

Good to see Karan and Ranjeet r playing in Nigeria.
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At $15K USA F27 Futures, Mansfield, Texas

[[R1] (7) Yuki BHAMBRI (IND,556) vs Karunuday SINGH (IND,924)

Doubles
MAHER (AUS) / SINGH (IND) vs HALEBIAN (USA) / KWIATKOWSKI (USA)

Yuki and Karun r facing eachother in first round.