Tennis News
At $220K College Park WTA International, USA

[R1] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) bt Beatrice Capra (USA)/ Asia Muhammed (USA) 61 62

Expected winning start in doubles for Sania and Yaroslava.
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At $125K+H Astana Challenger, Kazakhstan

[R1] Vishnu Vardhan (IND,322) l (WC) Denis Yevseyev (KAZ,1045) 46 36

Doubles
[R1] (4) Vishnu Vardhan (IND)/ Sergey Betov (BLR) bt Alexey Kedryuk (KAZ)/ Dmitriy Makeyev (KAZ) 76(3) 62

[QF] (4) Vishnu Vardhan (IND)/ Sergey Betov (BLR) vs Marco Chiudinelli (SUI)/ Lars Uebel (GER)

So bad day in singles for Indians but Vishnu must be rusty and cautious on the court after this long injury break ... But in doubles he had a winning start with his Belarusian partner.
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At $100K Astana Challenger, Kazakhstan

[R1] (LL) Prerna Bhambri (IND,667) l (8) Junri Namigata (JPN,135) 26 36

Doubles
[R1] Prerna Bhambri (IND)/ Anastasia Kluyeva (RUS) l (1) Vitalia Diatchenko (RUS)/ Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ) 16 16

Prerna earned 5 pts playing here ... In doubles also she and her partner lost easily against top-seeds.
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At $35K+H Recanati Challenger, Italy

[R1] Purav Raja (IND)/ Federico Gaio (ITA) bt (2) Federico Delbonis (ARG)/ Gerard Granollers (ESP) 26 64 10-6

[QF] Purav Raja (IND)/ Federico Gaio (ITA) vs Carlos Gomez-Herrera (ESP)/ Pablo Martin-Adalia (ESP)

Purav and his Italian partner Gaio scored huge upset comeback win over 2nd seed pair of Granollers and Delbonis ... Next they r facing Spanish pair for place in the semis.
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At $10K Spain F26, Denia (clay)

[R1] Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND,938) l (4) Matt REID (AUS,443) 16 36
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At Turkey F21 Futures, Izmir

[R1] (6) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,625) vs Anil YUKSEL (TUR,1127)

Doubles
[R1] ABDEL NOUR (SYR)/ ABDULNOUR (SYR) bt ELANGOVAN (IND)/ MANUJA (IND) 61 67(4) 10-6
[R1] (3) BORGO (ITA)/ PROPOGGIA (AUS) vs ANAND (IND)/ SOLOMON (RSA)