Tennis News
At €2.02M Valencia Open, Spain

[R1] (4) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) bt Nicolas Almagro (ESP)/ Pablo Andujar (ESP) 63 75

Winning start for Rohan and Aisam against tricky local pair ... Our pair won the first set with a single break ... In the second set both pairs traded breaks few times ... Our pair lost their serve twice but they broke Spaniards thrice to complete the victory.
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At $10K Burundi F1 Futures, Bujumbura (clay)

[R1] Arvind Vishnu BESTHA (IND,UNR) bt Guy Orly IRADUKUNDA (BDI,UNR) 46 62 62

[R2] Arvind Vishnu BESTHA (IND,UNR) vs (1) Gerald MELZER (AUT,415)

15 yrs old local boy stretched Arvind Vishnu Bestha to 3 sets but Bestha earned his first ranking point ... Next he is having very tough match against top-seed Austrian Gerald Melzer.
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At $10K Thailand F4 Futures, Phuket

[R1] Rohan GAJJAR (IND,609) bt (7) Arata ONOZAWA (JPN,483) 64 1-0 Retd

[R2] (LL) Abhijeet TIWARI (IND,1490) vs (1) Danai UDOMCHOKE (THA,201)
[R2] Rohan GAJJAR (IND,609) vs (Q) Marc REYES (ITA,1740)

Doubles
[R1] HOBBS (SIN)/ TIWARI (IND) bt LERTCHAI (THA)/ LUESANTIA (THA) 63 76(4)

[QF] HOBBS (SIN)/ TIWARI (IND) vs (1) RATIWATANA (THA)/ RATIWATANA (THA)
[QF] (4) GAJJAR (IND)/ RUNGKAT (INA) vs BALUDA (RUS)/ WANG (TPE)

Rohan's seeded Japanese opponent retired after losing the first set ... Next Rohan is playing against qualifier.
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At $10K Kuwait F3 Futures, Meshref

[R1] (LL) Akash WAGH (IND,1504) bt (Q) Richard RUCKELSHAUSEN (AUT,1181) 61 75

[R2] (LL) Akash WAGH (IND,1504) vs Miliaan NIESTEN (NED,823)

Very creditable performance by Akash, who defeated former top 450 Austrian in the straight sets ... Importantly he earned his first ranking point of three weeks of Kuwait futures after hard work ... Next he is facing unseeded Dutch player, who upset 4th seed German in the first round.