Tennis News
At €1.357M Valencia Open, Spain


[R1] (3) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Max Mirnyi (BL) vs Jonathan Erlich (ISR)/ Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI)
[R1] (4) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) vs Pablo Cuevas (URU)/ Juan Monaco (ARG)

On 1st Novemmber Rohan reached career high doubles ranking, #14 ... He is also become India's #2 doubles player behind Leander, who is on #5 ... Mahesh slipped one position to #15.
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At $50K Charlottesville Challenger, USA

[R1] (2) Somdev Devvarman (IND,96) vs Alex Bogomolov Jr. (USA,198)

[Q2] Sanam Singh (IND,771) l (2) Michael Yani (USA,320) 67(6) 46
[Q2] Yuki Bhambri (IND,554) bt (5) Andrea Stoppini (ITA,384) 64 76(1)
[Q2] Rupesh Roy (IND,550) l (6) Fritz Wolmarans (RSA,406) 36 26

[Q3] Yuki Bhambri (IND,554) vs Pierre Ludovic-Duclos (CAN,432)

Doubles
[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Treat Conrad Huey (PHI) vs (WC) Alex Bogomolov Jr. (USA)/ Alex Kuznetsov (USA)

Good to see Yuki moved into final qualifying round with win over experienced Italian player.

Somi having tricky first round match against Bogomolov with whom he lost their last match.
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At $100K+H Taipei Challenger, Taipei

[R1] Sania Mirza (IND,166) vs (3) Bojana Jovanovski (SRB,72)

Doubles
[R1] (2) Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE)/ Sania Mirza (IND) vs Chin-Wei Chan (TPE)/ Kumiko Iijima(JPN)

Very tough draw for Sania in singles.