Tennis News
At $1M Kremlin Cup, Moscow

[QF] (1) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) l Janko Tipsarevic (SRB)/ Viktor Troicki (SRB) 46 57

Rohan and Aisam faced shocking defeat in hands of Serbian pair ... They struggled to win points on their serves ... Faced 6 break points and managed to save only one, other hand they broke Serbian pair 3 times ... This was Rohan and Aisam's first ATP tournament as top-seed.
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At $15K+H Nigeria F1 Futures, Lagos

[SF] (5) Karan RASTOGI (IND,451) bt (4) Raven KLAASEN (RSA,361) 62 75

[F] (5) Karan RASTOGI (IND,451) vs (3) Amir WEINTRAUB (ISR,352)

Karan continued with his good form beating another higher ranked opponent ... He scored straight sets victory over higher seeded South African in straight sets ... In the final he is facing top-350 Israeli Amir Weintraub ... Before this they faced eachother in 2006 at Indian futures, where Karan won easily.
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At $15K USA F27 Futures, Mansfield, Texas

[QF] Karunuday SINGH (IND,924) l (4) Jordan COX (USA,538) 36 16

Doubles
[SF] Jarryd MAHER (AUS)/ Karunuday SINGH (IND) l Andrea COLLARINI (USA)/ Denis KUDLA (USA) 46 26

Karunuday lost in singles and doubles so with that his good run in this US futures got over ... Still very creditable performance by young Karunuday.