Tennis News
At $531K SAP Open, San Jose, USA

[Q2] Yuki Bhambri (IND,306) bt Fritz Wolmarans (RSA,338) 62 64

[Q3] Yuki Bhambri (IND,297) vs Dennis Lajola (USA,719)

Yuki continued with his good form and easily defeated South African in the second qualifying round ... Yuki started positively and take double breaks to lead 4-0 in the first set ... After winning the first set comfortably he broke Fritz Wolmarans in 7th game of the second set to completed victory in the straight sets ... Next he is facing lowly ranked American Dennis Lajola, who defeated top-seed Rajeev Ram in the second qualifying round ... Good opportunity for Yuki to qualify for the main-draw.

First time in his short career this week Yuki is entered into top-300, his career best ranking #297.
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At $2.16M Qatar Total Open 2012,

[R1] (2) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Elena Vesnina (RUS) bye

Sania missed qualifying rounds due to her title win at Pattaya ... So she is participating in doubles only with her regular partner Elena ... They r getting bye in the first round as 2nd seeds but after that very tricky draw for them against really good doubles players.

Reaching in the quarter-final at Pattaya open helped Sania to improve her singles ranking ... She is back in top-100, #97.
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At $15K China F4, Yuxi

[R1] (6) Karan RASTOGI (IND,497) vs Yu CHANG (CHN,727)
[R1] Vijayant MALIK (IND,478) vs (Q) Bei LIU (CHN,1151)
[R1] Rohan GAJJAR (IND,523) vs (WC) Peng GAO (CHN,986)

Doubles
[R1] (4) Wan GAO (CHN)/ Vijayant MALIK (IND) vs Yang LU (CHN)/ Yilun WANG (CHN)
[R1] (3) Karan RASTOGI (IND)/ Rohan GAJJAR (IND) vs Jun-Chao XU (CHN)/ De-Long ZHU (CHN)

Draw is out and this week only Karan is seeded ... This week Karan's ranking is drop behind Vijayant.