Wednesday, April 04, 2012

Tennis News
At $35K+H St. Brieuc Challenger, France (clay)

[QF] (2) Purav Raja (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) l Olivier Patience (FRA)/ Nicolas Renavand (FRA) 46 26

This time this experienced French pair defeated Purav and Divij convincingly.
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At $10K Kazakhstan F2 Futures 2012, Astana

[R2] (2) Karan Rastogi (IND,477) bt Vitaliy Kachanovskiy (RUS,1081) 64 64

[QF] (2) Karan Rastogi (IND,477) vs (Q) Egor PUNTUS (BLR,UNR)

More comfortable win for Karan in the second round ... Next he is facing unranked Belarus player who upset 5th seed Russian in the second round.
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At $10K Vietnam F1 futures 2012, Ho Chi Minh City

[R2] Kaza Vinayak Sharma (IND,977) l (7) Dane Propogia (AUS,661) 06 1-2 Retd
[R1] (6) Sriram Balaji (IND,662) l (Q) Daniel Geib (AUT,1311) 26 16

Doubles
[QF] (3) Vignesh PERANAMALLUR (IND)/ Kaza Vinayak SHARMA (IND) bt Blake MOTT (AUS)/ Jack SCHIPANSKI (AUS) 67(5) 63 10-4
[QF] (2) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND)/ Rohan GAJJAR (IND) bt Hiromasa OKU (JPN)/ Kento TAKEUCHI (JPN) 62 63

[SF] (3) Vignesh PERANAMALLUR (IND)/ Kaza Vinayak SHARMA (IND) vs (1) Dane PROPOGGIA (AUS)/ Jose STATHAM (NZL)
[SF] (2) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND)/ Rohan GAJJAR (IND) vs (WC) Minh-Quan DO (VIE)/ Quoc-Khanh LE (VIE)

Our higher ranked players struggle in the singles outside India continues ... In doubles our both pairs r into the semis.
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At $10K Saudi Arabia F1 futures 2012, Riyadh

[R2] Ashwin VIJAYRAGAVAN (IND,1606) l (2) Enrique LOPEZ-PEREZ (ESP,540) 57 46

Doubles
[QF] Zach ITZSTEIN (AUS)/ Ashwin VIJAYRAGAVAN (IND) bt Antonio GARCIA SANCHEZ (ESP)/ Hasier PASTOR (ESP) 63 64

[SF] Zach ITZSTEIN (AUS)/ Ashwin VIJAYRAGAVAN (IND) vs Mohammad GHAREEB (KUW)/ Abdullah MAQDAS (KUW)

Good fighting performance from Ashwin against seeded Spanish player ... In doubles he is in the semis with his Australian partner and next they r facing tough Kuwaiti pair.

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