Tennis News
At $1M Kremlin Cup, Moscow

[R1] (1) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) bt Leos Friedl (CZE)/ Victor Hanescu (ROU) 61 36 10-8

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

Rohan and Aisam had shaky start in their first ATP tournament as top-seed ... After winning first set easily they struggled to finish the match ... In quarters they r facing Serbian pair.
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At $25K Nigeria ITF Tournament, Lagos

[R1] Poojashree VENKATESHA (IND,582) bt Katarina BARANOVA (SVK,895) 62 64

[R2] Poojashree VENKATESHA (IND,582) vs (3) Natalie PIQUION (FRA,192)

Doubles
[R1] BURMAN (IND)/ JAKUPOVIC (SLO) bt OGHENEKEVWE (NGR)/ OGUNDARE (NGR) 60 60

[QF] BURMAN (IND)/ JAKUPOVIC (SLO) vs NOWAK (GER)/ PERRIN (SUI)
[QF] BARANOVA (SVK)/ VENKATESHA (IND) vs (2) BRAZHNIKOVA (SWE)/ MUKHAMETOVA (RUS)

Good winning start for Poojashree in singles against her doubles partner ... But next tough match against top-200 French player ... Shivika also started with win in doubles.
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At $15K+H Nigeria F1 Futures, Lagos

[R1] (6) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,526) bt Bolaji OLAWEPO (NGR,1422) 61 61
[R1] (5) Karan RASTOGI (IND,451) bt Andrew FITZPATRICK (GBR,1091) 63 61

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

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

Karan and Ranjeet started with comfortable wins against their opponents in singles.
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At $15K USA F27 Futures, Mansfield, Texas

[R1] MAHER (AUS)/ SINGH (IND) bt HALEBIAN (USA)/ KWIATKOWSKI (USA) 60 75

[QF] MAHER (AUS)/ SINGH (IND) vs (1) DIAZ-BARRIGA (MEX)/ REYES-VARELA (MEX

Good start for Karunuday in doubles with his Australian partner but next they r facing top-seed Mexican pair.