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

[R1] (2) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) bt Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR)/ Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) 62 26 10-3

This was tricky match for Rohan and Aisam ... Good to see they won it in super tie-break ... Next again mostly they face Serbian pair, Tipsarevic and Troicki, against whom last week Rohan and Aisam lost in quarters.
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At €650K Open Sud de France, Montpellier

[R1] (1) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Max Mirnyi (BLR) bt (ALT) Brian Battistone (USA)/ Andreas Siljestrom (SWE) 76(3) 76(3)

[QF] (1) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Max Mirnyi (BLR) vs Stephen Huss (AUS)/ Ross Hutchins (GBR)

In end tough match for top-seed against alternate pair ... In this match nobody lose their serve and our pair won 2 tie-breaks to enter into quarters.
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At $25K ITF Nigeria Tournament, Lagos

[R1] Poojashree VENKATESHA (IND,598) bt Sarah Ellen HOFMANN (GER,UNR) 60 60
[R1] Shivika BURMAN (IND,782) l (2) Nina BRATCHIKOVA (RUS,146) 26 36

[R2] Poojashree VENKATESHA (IND,598) vs (3) Natalie PIQUION (FRA,193)

Doubles
[R1] SCHONHAGE (NED)/ VENKATESHA (IND) l NOWAK (GER)/ PERRIN (SUI) 36 26
[R1] BURMAN (IND)/ JAKUPOVIC (SLO) bt (4) ASTROGO (ISR)/ SHLOMO (ISR) 64 67(3) 10-2

[QF] BURMAN (IND)/ JAKUPOVIC (SLO) vs PIQUION (FRA)/ SKRIPNIK (ISR)

Poojashree started with bang against her weaker opponent ... Shivika performed well against top-150 player but in doubles she scored upset win over 4th seed pair with her partner.
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At $15K+H Nigeria F2 Futures, Lagos

[R1] (6) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,529) bt Bolaji OLAWEPO (NGR,1424) 60 62
[R1] (5) Karan RASTOGI (IND,446) bt (Q) Henry ATSEYE (NGR,UNR) 61 62

[R2] (6) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,529) vs (WC) Candy IDOKO (NGR,UNR)
[R2] (5) Karan RASTOGI (IND,446) vs (WC) Abdul-Mumin BABALOLA (NGR,UNR)

Doubles
[R1] (3) Karan RASTOGI (IND)/ Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) bt Pekun AKIANGBADE (NGR)/ Clifford ENOSOREGBE (NGR) 61 63

[QF] (3) Karan RASTOGI (IND)/ Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) vs Sanni ADAMU (NGR)/ Bolaji OLAWEPO (NGR)

Again both started with comfortable wins in singles and doubles ... Next they r facing wild card local players.
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At $10K ITF Malaysia, Kuching

[R1] Sowjanya BAVISETTI (IND,UNR) bt Nimisha MOHAN (IND,UNR) 61 16 62
[R1] Rishika SUNKARA (IND,UNR) bt Blanka SZAVAY (HUN,1013) 62 46 60
[R1] (6) Rushmi CHAKRAVARTHI (IND,645) bt Kamila ABDUKADIROVA (AZE,UNR) 61 61
[R1] Nithya Raj BABU RAJ (IND,UNR) l Jawairiah NOORDIN (MAS,1107) 57 06
[R1] Kanika VAIDYA (IND,UNR) l Katharina NEGRIN (AUT,958) 62 26 57

[R2] Sowjanya BAVISETTI (IND,UNR) vs (1) Sabina SHARIPOVA (UZB,409)
[R2] (6) Rushmi CHAKRAVARTHI (IND,645) vs Rishika SUNKARA (IND,UNR)

Doubles
[R1] (1) CHAKRAVARTHI (IND)/ ROGGE-DIETRICH (FRA) bye
[R1] SUNKARA (IND)/ VAIDYA (IND) bye
[R1] ABDUKADIROVA (AZE)/ BAVISETTI (IND) bt BABU RAJ (IND)/ PANOHO (AUS) 61 67(3) 10-6
[R1] KHALILOVA (RUS)/ MOHAN (IND) l SEDANO-ACOSTA (ITA)/ WANG (CHN) 16 67(7)

[QF] (1) CHAKRAVARTHI (IND)/ ROGGE-DIETRICH (FRA) bt SUNKARA (IND)/ VAIDYA (IND) 64 64
[QF] ABDUKADIROVA (AZE)/ BAVISETTI (IND) l DOKEI (JPN)/ OKAZAKI (JPN) 16 46

[SF] (1) CHAKRAVARTHI (IND)/ ROGGE-DIETRICH (FRA) vs DOKEI (JPN)/ OKAZAKI (JPN)

15 yrs old unranked Kanika Vaidya produced spirited performance against top-1000 ranked opponent ... She won first set with double break and lost second set with double break ... But in decider also she managed to produce fight.