Tennis News
At 125K+H Seoul challenger, South Korea

[R2] (5) Somdev Devvarman (IND,96) l Alex Bogomolov Jr. (USA,212) 36 46

Inconsistent performance on challenger level continued for Somi ... Disappointing loss.
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At $25K Nigeria ITF Tournament, Lagos

[R2] Poojashree VENKATESHA (IND,582) l (3) Natalie PIQUION (FRA,192) 36 16

Doubles
[QF] BURMAN (IND)/ JAKUPOVIC (SLO) l NOWAK (GER)/ PERRIN (SUI) 16 46
[QF] BARANOVA (SVK)/ VENKATESHA (IND) l (2) BRAZHNIKOVA (SWE)/ MUKHAMETOVA (RUS) 46 36

Expected results in singles and doubles.
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At $15K+H Nigeria F1 Futures, Lagos

[R2] (6) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,526) bt Daniel BERTA (SWE,839) 63 61
[R2] (5) Karan RASTOGI (IND,451) bt Ruan ROELOFSE (RSA,735) 63 62

[QF] (6) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,526) vs (1) Niels DESEIN (BEL,202)
[QF] (5) Karan RASTOGI (IND,451) vs (2) Laurent ROCHETTE (FRA,255)

Doubles
[QF] Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND)/ Karan RASTOGI (IND) bt Candy IDOKO (NGR)/ Lawal SHEHU (NGR) 61 63

[SF] Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND)/ Karan RASTOGI (IND) vs (3) Amir WEINTRAUB (ISR)/ Boy WESTERHOF (NED)

Good to see Karan and Ranjeet r playing as per seedings to reached in quarters ... Next both having tough matches against top-200 and top-250 type players.
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At $15K USA F27 Futures, Mansfield, Texas

[R1] Karunuday SINGH (IND,924) bt (7) Yuki BHAMBRI (IND,556) 75 36 63

[R2] Karunuday SINGH (IND,924) vs Jarryd MAHER (AUS,711)

Doubles
[QF] Jarryd MAHER (AUS)/ Karunuday SINGH (IND) bt (1) Luis DIAZ-BARRIGA (MEX)/ Miguel-Angel REYES-VARELA (MEX) 67(7) 75 10-8

[SF] Jarryd MAHER (AUS)/ Karunuday SINGH (IND) vs Andrea COLLARINI (USA)/ Denis KUDLA (USA)

Excellent win for Karunuday against more hyped Yuki in tough 3 sets ... He and Maher also scored huge upset in doubles beating top-seed Maxican pair ... Next in singles Karunuday is facing his doubles partner Maher.