Tennis News
At$35K+H Samarkand Challenger, Uzbekistan (clay)

[R1] (Q) Divij Sharan (IND,808) l (8) Ivo Klec (SVK,246) 76(5) 26 46

Doubles
[R1] (3) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt Ivo Klec (SVK)/ Marek Semjan (SVK) 61 64

[QF] (3) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs Illia Chkonia (RUS)/ Jakhongir Jalalov (UZB)

Divij played a terrific match against this top-250 player ... Hopefully he will get more chances to participate in singles tournaments (which look difficult due to his doubles commitments.).

In doubles Divij and Vishnu scored crushing victory over Klec and his Slovakian partner Semjan ... Next in quarters they r facing Russian Chkonia and Uzbek Jalalov.
-----------------------------------------------------------
At $15K Kazakhstan F5 Futures, Astana

[R1] (Q) Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND,583) bt Serizhan Yessenbekov (KAZ,925) 63 63
[R1] (6) Vijayant Malik (IND,567) bt Sardor Pulatov (UZB,1747) 75 60
[R1] (7) Rohan Gajjar (IND,610) bt (WC) Stanislav Nikulchikov (KAZ,UNR) 62 61
[R1] Mohit Mayur Jayaprakash (IND,1343) l (Q) Yusuke Watanuki (JPN,UNR) 46 16
[R1] (Q) Sidharth Rawat (IND,UNR) l (3) Roman Jebavy (CZE,476) 26 16
[R1] Kaza Vinayak Sharma (IND,849) bt (Q) Kirill Komarov (RUS,UNR) 60 26 Retd.
[R1] (2) Karan Rastogi (IND,353) bt Dilshod (TJK,1829) 62 60

[R2] (Q) Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND,583) vs (5) Mohamed Safwat (EGY,498)
[R2] (6) Vijayant Malik (IND,567) vs Aidynbek Rakhishev (KAZ,1280)
[R2] (7) Rohan Gajjar (IND,610) vs (Q) Yusuke Watanuki (JPN,UNR)
[R2] Kaza Vinayak Sharma (IND,849) vs (8) Vitali Reshetnikov (RUS,659)
[R2] (2) Karan Rastogi (IND,353) vs Rupesh Roy (IND,741)

Doubles
[R1] Vijayant Malik (IND)/ Rupesh Roy (IND) bt Alexandr Martynov (KAZ)/ Aidynbek Rakhishev (KAZ) 62 62

[QF] (4) Rohan Gajjar (IND)/ Karan Rastogi (IND) vs Vijayant Malik (IND)/ Rupesh Roy (IND)
[QF] Kaza Vinayak Sharma (IND)/ Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND) vs (3) Yuki Matsuo (JPN)/ Arata Onozawa (JPN)

Mohit lost his match against Japanese qualifier in straight sets ... Kaza lost the second set before his Russian opponent retired from the match, otherwise expected results.

Ranjeet and Kaza having tough second rounds but considering last week's form Ranjeet can upset Egyptian seeded player.
-----------------------------------------------------------
At $10K Turkey F23 Futures, Istanbul

[R1] N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,622) bt (WC) Can Centinel (TUR,1829) 64 61
[R1] (LL) Kunal Anand (IND,1694) l Issam Al Tawil (SYR,1056) 36 46

[R2] N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,622) vs Ergun Zorlu (TUR,834)

Doubles
[R1] Kunal Anand (IND)/ Ronak Manuja (IND) l (WC) Onur Kargin (TUR)/ Sefa Sulluoglu (TUR) 60 36 9-11
[R1] Neeraj Elangovan (IND)/ Fariz Mohammed (IND) l (4) Richard Gabb (GBR)/ Ashley Hewitt (GBR) 57 26
[R1] (2) N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND)/ Riccardo Ghedin (ITA) bt Issam Al Tawil (SYR)/ Mo Niaki (CAN)

[QF] (2) N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND)/ Riccardo Ghedin (ITA) vs Bruno Abdel Nour (SYR)/ Marc Abdulnour (SYR)
-----------------------------------------------------------
At $15K Spain F28 Futures, Irun

[R1] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,940) l Juan Lizariturry (ESP,617) 26 57

Doubles
[R1] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND)/ Juan Lizariturry (ESP) l Antonio Garcia Sanchez (ESP)/ Borja Rodriguez Manzano (ESP) 63 46 4-10

Last few weeks Ramkumar is struggling on Spanish clay, hoping to see he will find his footing on Spanish clay as early as possible.
-----------------------------------------------------------
At $10K Sao Paulo 2011, Brazil

[R1] Kyra Shroff (IND,762) l Francesca Rescaldani (ARG,1157) 36 26

Doubles
[R1] Isabella Robbiani (PAR)/ Kyra Shroff (IND) bt Marina Danzini (BRA)/ Flavia Dechandt Araujo (BRA) 60 62

[QF] Isabella Robbiani (PAR)/ Kyra Shroff (IND) vs (4) Gabriela Ce (BRA)/ Laura Pigossi (BRA)