Tennis News
At $850K Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur

[R2] Somdev Devvarman (IND,89) l (WC) Marcos Baghdatis (CYP,60) 57 46

Sommy wasted couple of break points early but he managed to break Marcos in 7th game to lead 4-3 ... On 5-3 Sommy had 3 set points at 0-40 on Marcos's serve but wasted all those ... After that Marcos broke Sommy while serving for the set in 10th game and again broke him in 12th game to won the first set ... Sommy had 8 break points but converted 1, other hand Marcos had 3 break points and converted 2 ... In the second set also Sommy had 3 break points at 0-40 in 1st game but failed to convert ... Marcos broke him in 4th game but Sommy immediately broke back due to 2 doubles faults from Marcos ... Marcos take crucial break in 10th game to won the match ... So another story of missed opportunities for Sommy, he wasted 10 break points from 12 he received but Marcos converted 4 from 6 break points.
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At $50K Madrid Challenger, Spain

[QF] (4) GuillerOlaso (ESP)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt Roberto Bautista-Agut (ESP)/ Ivan Navarro (ESP) 63 62

[SF] (4) Guillermo Olaso (ESP)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Daniel Gimeno-Traver (ESP)/ Morgan Phillips (GBR)

Very comfortable win by Purav and Guillermo against all Spanish pair ... In the semis they r facing unseeded pair who upset 2nd seed in the first round.
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At $15K Indonesia F4 Futures 2011, Jakarta

[R1] Vijayant MALIK (IND,606) l (1) Harri HELIOVAARA (FIN,252) 06 75 57
[R1] N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,637) bt Shuichi SEKIGUCHI (JPN,630) 46 61 61
[R1] (Q) Kaza Vinayak SHARMA (IND,827) l (6) Christopher RUNGKAT (INA,446) 36 57
[R1] Karunuday SINGH (IND,664) l (4) Junn MITSUHASHI (JPN,419) 46 36
[R1] Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,559) l Jaan-Frederik BRUNKEN (GER,664) 46 26
[R1] (7) Vishnu VARDHAN (IND,453) bt Chuhan WANG (CHN,730) 62 63
[R1] (5) Yuki BHAMBRI (IND,427) bt Hiroki KONDO (JPN,521) 62 63
[R1] Rohan GAJJAR (IND,604) l Arata ONOZAWA (JPN,480) 36 46
[R1] (2) Karan RASTOGI (IND,312) l Perakiat SIRILUETHAIWATTANA (THA,816) 64 67(6) 46

[R2] N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,637) vs (1) Harri HELIOVAARA (FIN,252)
[R2] (7) Vishnu VARDHAN (IND,453) vs Jaan-Frederik BRUNKEN (GER,664)
[R2] (5) Yuki BHAMBRI (IND,427) vs Arata ONOZAWA (JPN,480)

Horrible start for Indian contingent ... Only 3 players made it to the second round ... Karan lost in 3 sets against Thai opponent who is 500 places below in the ranking.

Other hand Yuki started with a comfortable win in his first competitive match after long injury lay off ... Vijayant also performed well against top-seed after losing the first set without winning a single game.
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At $10K USA F25 Futures 2011, Laguna Niguel

[R1] Singer Lee (USA)/ Sanam Singh (IND) bt (2) Daniel Cox (GBR)/ Adam Hubble (AUS) 64 16 12-10

[QF] Singer Lee (USA)/ Sanam Singh (IND) vs Connor Farren (USA)/ Shane Vinsant (USA)

Good win for Sanam and his ex-UVa teammate against 2nd seed ... Last week Sanam lost against same pair in the first round.