Tennis News
At €1.45M ABN Amro World Tennis Tournament, Rotterdam, Netherlands

[R1] (3) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Marcel Granollers (ESP) bt Julian Knowle (AUT)/ Horia Tecau (ROU) 76(6) 64
[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul_Haq Qureshi (PAK) l (4) Michael Llodra (FRA)/ Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) 46 67(4)

Mahesh and his new Spanish partner pulled tight win.

Still not able to handle Zimo and Llodra ... So in couple of weeks second loss against them for Rohan and Aisam.
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At $10K Turkey F4 Futures, Antalya

[Q1] Srirambalaji NARAYANASWAMY (IND,1423) bt Yanais LAURENT (FRA,NR) 46 63 63
[Q2] Srirambalaji NARAYANASWAMY (IND,1423) bt (14) Lucas RENARD (SWE,1219) 64 62
[Q3] Srirambalaji NARAYANASWAMY (IND,1423) bt (1) Aldin SETKIC (BIH,329) 76(8) 60

[R1] (Q) Srirambalaji NARAYANASWAMY (IND,1423) l (Q) Adam CHADAJ (POL,850) 26 67(2)

In final qualifying Srirambalaji scored very good win over Bosnia and Herzegovina player Aldin Setkic ... Last set he won without losing a game against top-325 type player.

But again Srirambalaji failed to capture first ranking point of 4 weeks of Turkey futures ... Lost in straight sets against fellow qualifier.
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At $35K Open EuroEnergie de Quimper, Quimper, France

[Q3] Purav Raja (IND,UNR) l (3) Mathieu Rodrigues (FRA,391) 67(1) 67(5)

Good fighting performance by Purav against top-400 French player.