Tennis News
At $3.6M Monte-Carlo Masters, Monaco

[R1] (6) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) bye
[R1] (5) Leander Paes (IND)/ Radek Stepanek (CZE) bye

[R2] (6) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) vs Viktor Troicki (SRB)/ Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI)

Lee and Radek r in top-draw with Bryans and Mahesh and Rohan r in bottom draw with Mirnyi and Nestor.
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At $15K Chinese Taipei F2 Futures 2012, Kaohsiung

[R1] Yuki Bhambri (IND,293) vs (8) FrederiK Nielsen (DEN,273)

Doubles
[R1] (3) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Chu-Huan Yi (TPE) vs I-Ta Chen (TPE)/ Cheng-Peng Hsieh (TPE)

Tough first round match for Yuki but he need to win these matches to push his ranking towards top-250.
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At $15K Uzbekistan F1 Futures 2012, Namangan

[R1] (3) (Q) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,355) bt Vladimir Ivanov (EST,511) 26 76(3) 63
[R1] (5) Karan Rastogi (IND,473) bt (Q) Oybek Abdurahimov (UZB,UNR) 60 60

[R2] (3) (Q) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,355) vs Nikoloz Basilashvili (RUS,588)
[R2] (5) Karan Rastogi (IND,473) vs Deniss Pavlovs (LAT,624)

Doubles
[R1] (1) Vitali Reshetnikov (RUS)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) l Vladyslav Klymenko (UKR)/ Artem Smirnov (UKR) 67(5) 62 4-10

Vishnu needed to play qualifying due to late entry ... He comfortably won two qualifying matches and had a tricky first round against Estonian player ... Scored good comeback win after losing the first set ... In the second set also Vishnu needed to win tie-break before winning the third set ... Karan gave double bagel to his unranked opponent.

In doubles top-seed Vishnu and his Russian partner lost in STB against Ukrainian pair.
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At $15K China F6 Futures, Chengdu

[R1] (6) Vijayant Malik (IND,470) vs (Q) Yuqing Ning (CHN,1721)

Doubles
[R1] Vijayant Malik (IND)/ Daniel Yoo (KOR) l (2) Takuto Niki (JPN)/ Arata Onozawa (JPN) 75 46 9-11
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At $10K India F4 Futures 2012, Trichy

[R1] (LL) Rakshay Thakkar (IND,1444) bt (WC) Neeraj Elangovan (IND,1440) 46 75 61
[R1] (Q) Fariz Mohammed (IND,UNR) bt Marko Rajic (SRB,1321) 76(4) 76(2)
[R1] (WC) Vijay Kannan (IND,1618) l (8) Yannick Vandenbulcke (BEL,872) 26 36
[R1] (4) N. Sriram Balaji (IND,663) bt (Q) Vignesh Veerabadran (IND,1721) 63 64
[R1] (Q) Vivek Shokeen (IND,1332) bt Joss Espasandin (SUI,1087) 64 63
[R1] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,903) bt Goncalo Pereira (POR,953) 60 64
[R1] Rupesh Roy (IND,942) bt (7) Gaetan De Lovinfosse (BEL,824) 76(4) 61
[R1] (Q) Ashwin Vijayragavan (IND,1797) bt (Q) Ronak Manuja (IND,UNR) 63 62
[R1] Vignesh Peranamallur (IND,945) bt (WC) Rishabdev Raman (IND,UNR) 75 64
[R1] (3) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,513) bt (WC) Elwin Antony (IND,UNR) 63 64
[R1] (6) N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,699) bt (Q) Kunal Anand (IND,1496) 63 60
[R1] Kaza Vinayak Sharma (IND,981) bt Abhijeet Tiwari (IND,1208) 36 63 63
[R1] (Q) Tejas Chaukulkar (IND,UNR) l (PR) Marin Bradaric (CRO,1049) 26 36
[R1] (2) Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND,498) bt (Q) Andre Gaspar Murta (POR,1294) 62 61

Doubles
[R1] (1) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND)/ Mark Vervoort (NED) bt Neeraj Elangovan (IND)/ Ashwin Vijayragavan (IND) 67(4) 63 11-9
[R1] Rupesh Roy (IND)/ Vivek Shokeen (IND) bt Gaetan De Lovinfosse (BEL)/ Yannick Vandenbulcke (BEL) 64 63
[R1] (3) Vijay Kannan (IND)/ Arun-Prakash Rajagopalan (IND) l Marin Bradaric (CRO)/ Arsenije Zlatanovic (SRB) 64 61 5-10
[R1] Kunal Anand (IND)/ Chandril Sood (IND) bt Rakshay Thakkar (IND)/ Abhijeet Tiwari (IND) 76(4) 63
[R1] Ronak Manuja (IND)/ Kaza Vinayak Sharma (IND) bt Joss Espasandin (SUI)/ Goncalo Pereira (POR) 76(1) 67(5) 10-5
[R1] (4) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vignesh Peranamallur (IND) bt Lorenzo Frigerio (ITA)/ Matthieu Vierin (ITA) 63 62
[R1] Elwin Antony (IND)/ Fariz Mohammed (IND) bt Andre Gaspar Murta (POR)/ Bruno Pedrosa (POR) 63 63
[R1] (2) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) bt Rishabdev Raman (IND)/ Ajai Selvaraj (IND) 61 57 12-10

Fariz Mohammed earned his first ATP point with upset win over Serbian ... Rakshay take advantage of receiving lucky loser spot instead of top-seed Chilean and defeated Elangovan to earned important ranking point ... Vivek Shokeen scored upset win over higher ranked Swiss player ... Rupesh also scored upset win over 7th seed Belgian player ... All other wins were expected.
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At $10K Oman ITF Tournament, Muscat

[R1] Arantxa Andrady (IND,UNR) l Alina Mikheeva (RUS,UNR) 46 46
[R1] Shweta Rana (IND,UNR) vs (WC) Fiona Codino (FRA,UNR)
[R1] Manya Nagpal (IND,UNR) l (3) Julia Samuseva (RUS,660) 16 16
[R1] Vijayalakshmi R (IND,UNR) l Ushna Suhail (PAK,UNR) 06 26
[R1] Disha Satish Agarwal (IND,UNR) vs Barbara Haas (AUT,917)
[R1] Ashmitha Easwaramurthi (IND,UNR) bt Ekaterina Pushkareva (RUS,1161) 75 57 63
[R1] (4) Kyra Shroff (IND,665) bt Robyn Beddow (GBR,979) 60 61
[R1] Ankita Raina (IND,1091) vs (7) Yana Sizikova (RUS,844)
[R1] Sharon Sanchana Paul (IND,UNR) l Laetitia Sarrazin (FRA,UNR) 36 63 06

[R2] (4) Kyra Shroff (IND,665) vs Ashmitha Easwaramurthi (IND,UNR)

Doubles
[R1] Sharon Sanchana Paul (IND)/ Shweta Rana (IND) bt Jara Ghadri (GER)/ Jasmin Ladurner (ITA) 46 6-5 Retd.
[R1] (3) Kyra Shroff (IND)/ Yana Sizikova (RUS) bt Tyra Kotuwattegedera (SUI)/ Alina Mikheeva (RUS) 64 60
[R1] Nour Azzouz (EGY)/ Manya Nagpal (IND) bt Robyn Beddow (GBR)/ Rika Yamamoto (JPN) 60 76(6)
[R1] Ashmitha Easwaramurthi (IND)/ Ushna Suhail (PAK) vs Barbara Haas (AUT)/ Laetitia Sarrazin (FRA)
[R1] Arantxa Andrady (IND)/ Samantha Koelliker (SUI) bt Disha Satish Agarwal (IND)/ Vijayalakshmi R (IND) 60 61
[R1] (2) Ankita Raina (IND)/ Evgeniya Svintsova (RUS) bye

[QF] Sharon Sanchana Paul (IND)/ Shweta Rana (IND) vs (1) Fatma Al Nabhani (OMA)/ Anna Zaja (GER)
[QF] (3) Kyra Shroff (IND)/ Yana Sizikova (RUS) vs Nour Azzouz (EGY)/ Manya Nagpal (IND)
[QF] (2) Ankita Raina (IND)/ Evgeniya Svintsova (RUS) vs Arantxa Andrady (IND)/ Samantha Koelliker (SUI)

Expected winning start for Kyra Shroff ... Ashmitha Easwaramurthi also scored very good fighting upset win over Russian girl.