Tennis News
At $2.6M Cincinnati Masters, USA

[R1] (3) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Leander Paes (IND) bye
[R1] (5) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) bye

[R2] (5) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) vs Juan Ignacio Chela (ARG)/ Juan Monaco (ARG)

Hopefully Rohan is recovered from ankle injury ... Lee and Mahesh need to start winning matches ... They r struggling due to lack of match practice ... Going deep here will help them at US Open.
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At $50K Karshi Challenger, Uzbekistan

Doubles
[R1] (Alt) Vijayant Malik (IND)/ Kento Takeuchi (JPN) l (3) John Paul Fruttero (USA)/ Raven Klaasen (RSA) 26 26
[R1] Divij Sharan (IND) / Vishnu Vardhan (IND) l (4) Konstantin Kravchuk (RUS)/ Denys Molchanov (UKR) 57 46

So challenge in doubles ended on the first day at Karshi challenger.
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At $15K Spain F29 Futures, Vigo

[R1] Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND,938) vs (3) Roberto CARBALLES BAENA (ESP,440)

Doubles
[R1] Rafael MAZON-HERNANDEZ (ESP)/ Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND) bt (WC) Ashley BOCCO (ITA)/ Marco NEUBAU (ESP) 63 61

Tough first round against top-450 player ... In doubles Ramkumar had a winning start with his Spanish partner.
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At $10K Istanbul, Turkey

[Q1] (4) Ankita RAINA (IND) bye
[Q1] (6) Rishika SUNKARA (IND) bye

[Q2] (4) Ankita RAINA (IND) bt Maria MILANOVA (BUL) 61 62
[Q2] (6) Rishika SUNKARA (IND) bt Valeriya STRAKHOVA (UKR) 62 16 64

[Q3] (4) Ankita RAINA (IND) bt Anette MUNOZOVA (SWE) 61 64
[Q3] (6) Rishika SUNKARA (IND) l Ellen ALLGURIN (SWE) 46 16

[R1] Ashvarya SHRIVASTAVA (IND,707) vs Anja PRISLAN (SLO,508)
[R1] (Q) Ankita RAINA (IND,829) vs (WC) Ekin BAHITLI (TUR,UNR)

Doubles
[R1] RAINA (IND)/ SUNKARA (IND) vs ARGINBAYEVA (KAZ)/ SVITOLINA (UKR)
[R1] SHAKOVETS (GER)/ SHRIVASTAVA (IND) vs BEREZHNAYA (KAZ)/ BEREZHNAYA (KAZ)

Good to see this week Ankita joined Ashvarya and Rishika ... Ankita qualified and having wild-card player in the first round.