Tennis News
At $664K St. Petersburg Open , Russia

[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND,84) bt Karol Beck (SVK,103) 62 63

[R2] Somdev Devvarman (IND,84) vs (4) Marin Cilic (CRO,22)

Much needed victory for Sommy but I luv the way he showed dominance over Karol Beck ... Next tough match against Cilic but Sommy troubled him in his previous matches.
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At €650K Vienna Open, Austria

[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) bt Marcelo Melo (BRA)/ Bruno Soares (BRA) 26 76(1) 10-4

Terrific comeback by Rohan and Aisam in this thricky match against Brazilians ... After losing the first set 2-6 our pair was down 2-5 in the second ... They broke Brazilians while serving for the match in 8th and 10th games before dominating tie-break to won the second set ... In super tie-break also our pair dominating to won this match.
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At $15K+H Nigeria F4 Futures, Lagos

[R1] (7) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) bt Vaja UZAKOV (UZB) 75 61
[R1] (3) Vishnu VARDHAN (IND) bt Sunday MAKU (NGR) 62 62
[R1] (5) Yuki BHAMBRI (IND) bt (Q) Ronak MANUJA (IND) 61 64
[R1] (8) Vijayant MALIK (IND) bt Kaza Vinayak SHARMA (IND) 62 62
[R1] (LL) Clayton GILBERTSON (RSA) bt (Q) Pulkit MISHRA (IND) 64 76(5)
[R1] (2) Karan RASTOGI (IND) bt Abdul-Mumin BABALOLA (NGR) 64 60

[R2] (7) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,572) vs (Q) Clifford ENOSOREGBE (NGR,1350)
[R2] (3) Vishnu VARDHAN (IND,422) vs Terence NUGENT (CIV,966)
[R2] (5) Yuki BHAMBRI (IND,477) vs (WC) Daouda NDIAYE (SEN,UNR)
[R2] (8) Vijayant MALIK (IND,615) vs (Q) Andre GASPAR MURTA (POR,UNR)
[R2] (2) Karan RASTOGI (IND,313) vs (LL) Clayton GILBERTSON (RSA,UNR)

Expected results from the first round.
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At $10K Laos F1 Futures, Vientiane

[R1] (5) Rohan GAJJAR (IND,609) bt (Q) Kong Pop LERTCHAI (THA,UNR) 62 64
[R1] Abhijeet TIWARI (IND,1500) l Kenny BUN (CAM,1202) 16 26

[R2] (5) Rohan GAJJAR (IND,609) bt Kenny BUN (CAM,1202) 63 64

[QF] (5) Rohan GAJJAR (IND,609) vs (1) Danai UDOMCHOKE (THA,201)

Good to see Rohan is performing as per his seedings.
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At $10K Kuwait F2 Futures, Meshref

[R1] (9) Akash Wagh (IND,1519) l (WC) Mohammad Ghareeb (KUW,UNR) 36 26

Doubles
[R1] Sumeet Shinde (IND)/ Akash Wagh (IND) l Levente Godry (HUN)/ Richard Ruckelshausen (AUT) 06 36

Disappointing 2 weeks of Kuwait futures for Akash ... Poor planning, he should have played in Nigerian futures with other bunch of Indian players.