Tennis News
At Davis Cup Play-off 2011, Japan

Day One
[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND) vs Yuichi Sugita (JPN)
[R2] Rohan Bopanna (IND) vs Kei Nishikori (JPN)

Day Two
[R3] Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs Kei Nishikori (JPN)/ Go Soeda (JPN)

Day Three
[R4] Kei Nishikori (JPN) vs Somdev Devvarman (IND)
[R5] Rohan Bopanna (IND) vs Yuichi Sugita (JPN)

Good draw for Indians as Sommy is playing the first rubber ... I m feeling fifth rubber will be decider for this tie.

So many pairs were discussed and updated in a day ... Davis cup site started with Rohan and Vishnu, then it published Mahesh and Sommy but finally they announced it would be Mahesh and Vishnu ... So we need to wait before the doubles rubber for exact pairing.
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At $35K+H Ningbo Challenger, China

[QF] Karan Rastogi (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) bt Sebastian Rieschick (GER) /Cedrik-Marcel Stebe (GER) 64 76(4)

[SF] Karan Rastogi (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs Mao-xin Gong (CHN)/ Ze Zhang (CHN)

Divij and Karan continued with their good run ... They defeated unseeded German pair in straight sets ... They won the first set with a single break but in the second set both pairs traded 8 breaks before tie-break ... In the semis they r facing unseeded local pair, who upset 4th seed Chinese Taipei pair.
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At $10K USA F23 Futures 2011, Claremont

[R1] Sanam SINGH (IND,1154) bt (WC) Raymond SARMIENTO (USA,1451) 63 63
[R1] Vignesh PERANAMALLUR (IND,968) l (6) Rudolph SIWY (CZE,693) 16 26

[R2] Sanam SINGH (IND,1154) vs (1) Steve JOHNSON (USA,527)

Doubles
[QF] (4) LACROIX (FRA)/ SINGH (IND) bt SAVILLE (AUS)/ WHITTINGTON (AUS) 63 62
[QF] OBRADOVIC (SRB)/ PERANAMALLUR (IND) bt (3) HARRISON (USA)/ NUGENT (CIV) 75 76(2)

[SF] (4) LACROIX (FRA)/ SINGH (IND) vs MKRTCHIAN (USA)/ NOVIKOV (USA)
[SF] OBRADOVIC (SRB)/ PERANAMALLUR (IND) vs GRAVES (USA)/ SIWY (CZE)

Expected winning start for Sanam ... In the second round he is facing in-form top-seed Steve Johnson, who is current NCAA champion ... In US open he take compatriot Alex Bogomolv(Jr) in a tight 5 setter ... Also Partnering Irina Falconi in the mixed doubles event, they scalped 2nd seeds Daniel Nestor and Katerina Srebotnik enroute to quarters.
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At $10K Hungary F1 Futures, Budapest (clay)

[R2] (Q) Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND,UNR) l (5) Marc RATH (AUT,538) 36 36

Doubles
[QF] FOCHT (GER)/ NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND) l GODRY (HUN)/ NAGY (HUN) 57 16

Jeevan lost against seeded player in the second round.