Tennis News
At $663,750 St Petersburg Open, Russia

[F] (2) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) l Daniele Bracciali (ITA)/ Potito Starace (ITA) 67(6) 67(5)

Again Rohan and Aisam failed to lift title ... They lost against unseeded Italian pair in tie-breaks ... Both pairs failed to take break on other pair's serve and Italian played better tie-breaks than our pair.
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At $50K Charlottesville Challenger, USA

[Q1] Sanam Singh (IND,771) bt ( WC) Steven Rooda (NED,UNR) 63 75
[Q1] Yuki Bhambri (IND,554) bt Niclola Remedi (ITA,UNR) 61 60
[Q1] Rupesh Roy (IND,550) bt (WC) Luca Corintelli (USA,UNR) 61 62
[Q1] Sunil Kumar Sipaeya (IND,UNR) l (WC) Justine Shane (USA,UNR) 16 06

[Q2] Sanam Singh (IND,771) vs (2) Michael Yani (USA,320)
[Q2] Yuki Bhambri (IND,554) vs (5) Andrea Stoppini (ITA,384)
[Q2] Rupesh Roy (IND,550) vs (6) Fritz Wolmarans (RSA,406)

Expected wins for Sanam, Rupesh and Yuki but sad to see one sided score of Sunil's match ... Now real test is starting for our players.