Tennis News
At Davis Cup Play-off 2011, Japan

Leander Peas has officially pulled out of the tie against Japan due to back spasm and he is replaced by Vishnu Vardhan in the team .... So now mostly Rohan and Mahesh will play doubles.
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At $35K+H Ningbo Challenger, China

[R1] Karan Rastogi (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) bt (2) Pierre-Ludovic Duclos (CAN)/ Riccardo Ghedin (ITA) 64 64

[QF] Karan Rastogi (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs Sebastian Rieschick (GER) /Cedrik-Marcel Stebe (GER)

Good upset win against second seed pair.
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At Hungary F1 Futures, Budapest (clay)

[R1] (Q) Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND,UNR) bt Roberto MARCORA (ITA,741) 64 63

[R2] (Q) Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND,UNR) vs (5) Marc RATH (AUT,538)

[Q3] Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND) bt (6) Filip VEGER (CRO) 62 26 75
[Q2] Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND) bt Andrej Cosiasu(ROU) 61 60
[Q1] Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND) bt Balint Slijj(HUN) 62 61

Doubles
[R1] FOCHT (GER)/ NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND) bt PICCO (ITA)/ TORRONI (ITA) 76(5) 62

[QF] FOCHT (GER)/ NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND) vs GODRY (HUN)/ NAGY (HUN)

Surprised to see Jeevan decide to play in Hungarian futures for next 3 weeks ... Good initiative to play on European clay ... With 3 good wins he qualifiers he started with impressive win in tricky match against top-750 Italian ... Next he is playing 5th seed Austrian.
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At $10K USA F23 Futures 2011,

[R1] Sanam SINGH (IND,1154) vs (WC) Raymond SARMIENTO (USA,1451)
[R1] Vignesh PERANAMALLUR (IND,968) vs (6) Rudolph SIWY (CZE,693)

Doubles
[R1] (4) LACROIX (FRA)/ SINGH (IND) bt GARLAND (USA)/ GORHAM (USA) 76(3) 63
[R1] OBRADOVIC (SRB)/ PERANAMALLUR (IND) bt HUI (USA)/ TABATRUONG (FRA) 62 62

[QF] (4) LACROIX (FRA)/ SINGH (IND) vs SAVILLE (AUS)/ WHITTINGTON (AUS)
[QF] OBRADOVIC (SRB)/ PERANAMALLUR (IND) vs (3) HARRISON (USA)/ NUGENT (CIV)

Sanam and Vignesh r playing at US futures.

Winning start in doubles with their respective partners.