Tennis News
At Australian Open 2011, Melbourne, Australia

Mixed Doubles
[R1] Zi Yan (CHN)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) l (3) Maria Kirilenko (RUS)/ Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) 67(6) 16

[R2] (4) Cara Black (ZIM)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs Yung-Jan Chan (TPE)/ Paul Hanley (AUS)
[R2] Anastasia Rodionova (AUS)/ Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) vs Sara Errani (ITA)/ David Marrero (ESP)

Junior Girls
[R1] Rishika Sunkara(IND,103) l Emi Mutaguchi(JPN,71) 57 46

Rohan and Zi Yan matched game with third seed opponents in the opening set before losing the first set in close tie-break ... In second set they lost serve early in second game and then again lost their serve to gave this set without much fight.

Sunkara lost against higher ranked Japanese player in decent match.

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At $50K+H Singapore Challenger,

[Q1] Purav Raja (IND,UNR) bt (WC) Roy Hobbs (SING,NR) 63 60
[Q2] Purav Raja (IND,UNR) l (4) Mikhail Vasiliev (RUS,300) 57 36

[R1] (1) Somdev Devvarman (IND,108) vs (WC) Peerakiat Siriluethaiwattana (THA,1174)
[R1] (WC) Karan Rastogi (IND,332) vs Brydan Klein (AUS,214)

Somdev is top-seed and facing Thai wildcard player ... Karan recieved wildcard and facing top-220 Aussie player.
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At Cambodia F1 Futures, Phnom Penh

[Q1] (3) Divij Sharan (IND,1017) bt Nadin Teofil Indre (ROU,UNR) 63 61
[Q1] (9) Kaza Vinayak Sharma (IND,1169) bt Krishik Divakar (IND,UNR) 63 62
[Q1] Christopher Marquis (IND,1704) bt (13) Kotaro Isobe (JPN,1431) 75 76(2)
[Q1] (7) Abhijeet Tiwari (IND,1146) bt Ethan Tulliani (AUS,UNR) 60 62
[Q1] (16) Ashutosh Singh (IND,1676) bt (WC) Sambath Orn (CAM,UNR) 61 62

[Q2] (3) Divij Sharan (IND,1017) vs (15) Araik Arutunyan (RUS,1591)
[Q2] (9) Kaza Vinayak Sharma (IND,1169) vs (4) Luca Margaroli (SUI,1070)
[Q2] Christopher Marquis (IND,1704) vs (6) Elbert Sie (INA,1146)
[Q2] (7) Abhijeet Tiwari (IND,1146) vs (16) Ashutosh Singh (IND,1676)

Good tight win by Christopher Marquis over higher ranked Japanese.
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At $10K Turkey F3 Futures, Antalya

[Q1] (14) Akash Wagh (IND,1206) bye
[Q1] (16) Srirambalaji Narayanaswamy (IND,1409) bye

[Q1] (16) Srirambalaji Narayanaswamy (IND,1409) vs Igor Karpov (RUS,UNR)