Tennis News
At $850K Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur

[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND,89) vs (Q) Mikhail Ledovskikh (RUS,309)

Surprised to see Sommy is playing here ... I was hoping he will take another week to return on the tour after his recent shoulder injury.
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At $50K Madrid Challenger, Spain

[R1] (4) Guillermo Olaso (ESP)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt (WC) Javier Banos Pantoja (ESP)/ Antonio Garcia Sanchez (ESP) 64 57 12-10

This week Purav is playing in Span and with new Spanish partner ... They needed all their experience to pull first round win against local wild card pair.
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At $10K USA F25 Futures 2011, Laguna Niguel

[Q1] Suraj Desai (IND,UNR) l Aba Omodele-Lucien (USA,UNR) 63 36 46
[Q1] (6) Sanam Singh (IND,1149) bye

[Q2] (6) Sanam Singh (IND,1149) bt Jacob Jung (USA,UNR) 61 61
[Q3] (6) Sanam Singh (IND,1149) bt Dante Saleh (USA,UNR) 60 60

[Q4] (6) Sanam Singh (IND,1149) vs (13) Aaron Yovan (USA,1411)

This week also Sanam is playing in qualifying ... As expected he is in the final round with easy victories.
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At $15K Indonesia F4 Futures 2011, Jakarta

[R1] Vijayant MALIK (IND,606) vs (1) Harri HELIOVAARA (FIN,252)
[R1] N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,637) vs Shuichi SEKIGUCHI (JPN,630)
[R1] (Q) Kaza Vinayak SHARMA (IND,827) vs (6) Christopher RUNGKAT (INA,446)
[R1] Karunuday SINGH (IND,664) vs (4) Junn MITSUHASHI (JPN,419)
[R1] Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,559) vs Jaan-Frederik BRUNKEN (GER,664)
[R1] (7) Vishnu VARDHAN (IND,453) vs Chuhan WANG (CHN,730)
[R1] (5) Yuki BHAMBRI (IND,427) vs Hiroki KONDO (JPN,521)
[R1] Rohan GAJJAR (IND,604) vs Arata ONOZAWA (JPN,480)
[R1] (2) Karan RASTOGI (IND,312) vs Perakiat SIRILUETHAIWATTANA (THA,816)

Doubles
[R1] PRASHANTH (IND)/ VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) vs (1) HELIOVAARA (FIN)/ KONDO (JPN)
[R1] (3) GONZALES (PHI)/ SINGH (IND) vs NUGROHO (INA)/ SUWANDI (INA)
[R1] BHAMBRI (IND)/ GAJJAR (IND) vs RUNGKAT (INA)/ SASONGKO (INA)
[R1] MALIK (IND)/ SHARMA (IND) vs (4) MITSUHASHI (JPN)/ SEKIGUCHI (JPN)

Big Indian contingent is playing in 2 weeks of Indonesia futures ... This week Kaza Vinayak qualified for main-draw ... Some players having tricky matches ... Hoping our players go deep in these futures.