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

[R2] (6) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) l Viktor Troicki (SRB)/ Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) 46 46
[R2] (5) Leander Paes (IND)/ Radek Stepanek (CZE) vs Juan Sebastian Cabal (COL)/ Eduardo Schwank (ARG)

Disappointing start of clay season for Mahesh and Rohan.
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At $15K Chinese Taipei F2 Futures 2012, Kaohsiung

[R1] Yuki Bhambri (IND,293) bt (8) FrederiK Nielsen (DEN,273) 63 64

[R2] Yuki Bhambri (IND,293) vs John Millman (AUS,488)

Doubles
[R1] (3) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Chu-Huan Yi (TPE) bt I-Ta Chen (TPE)/ Cheng-Peng Hsieh (TPE) 64 36 13-11

[QF] (3) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Chu-Huan Yi (TPE) vs Mirza Basic (BIH) / Bowen Ouyang (CHN)

Really good straight sets win by Yuki over very experienced challenger level Danish player FrederiK Nielsen ... Next he is facing Aussie Millman.

In doubles also Yuki had winning start in tight match with Yi.
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At $15K Uzbekistan F1 Futures 2012, Namangan

[R2] (3) (Q) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,355) l Nikoloz Basilashvili (RUS,588) 57 64 46
[R2] (5) Karan Rastogi (IND,473) bt Deniss Pavlovs (LAT,624) 63 64

[QF] (5) Karan Rastogi (IND,473) vs Ivan Sergeyev (UKR,529)

Vishnu's struggled against top 600 player continued ... This time also lost against Russian ... Good to see Karan scored impressive win against Pavlovs ... Next he is facing Ukrainian who upset 2nd seed Russian in the second round.
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At $15K China F6 Futures, Chengdu

[R1] (6) Vijayant Malik (IND,470) bt (Q) Yuqing Ning (CHN,1721) 62 64

[R2] (6) Vijayant Malik (IND,470) vs (Q) Zhaoyi Cao (CHN,1522)

Expected easy win for Vijayant against local qualifier ... Next he is facing another Chinese qualifier.
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At $10K India F4 Futures 2012, Trichy

[R2] (LL) Rakshay Thakkar (IND,1444) l Lorenzo Frigerio (ITA,1141) 26 26
[R2] (Q) Fariz Mohammed (IND,UNR) l (8) Yannick Vandenbulcke (BEL,872) 36 16
[R2] (4) N. Sriram Balaji (IND,663) bt (Q) Vivek Shokeen (IND,1332) 61 61
[R2] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,903) l (5) Arsenije Zlatanovic (SRB,683) 67(2) 57
[R2] (Q) Ashwin Vijayragavan (IND,1797) bt Rupesh Roy (IND,942) 75 3-1 Retd
[R2] (3) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,513) bt Vignesh Peranamallur (IND,945) 64 63
[R2] (6) N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,699) bt Kaza Vinayak Sharma (IND,981) 61 62
[R2] (2) Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND,498) l (PR) Marin Bradaric (CRO,1049) 36 67(4)

Doubles
[QF] Rupesh Roy (IND)/ Vivek Shokeen (IND) bt (1) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND)/ Mark Vervoort (NED) 63 46 10-6
[QF] Marin Bradaric (CRO)/ Arsenije Zlatanovic (SRB) bt Kunal Anand (IND)/ Chandril Sood (IND) 62 64
[QF] Ronak Manuja (IND)/ Kaza Vinayak Sharma (IND) bt (4) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vignesh Peranamallur (IND) 63 36 10-4
[QF] (2) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) bt Elwin Antony (IND)/ Fariz Mohammed (IND) 63 62

Expected results but surprising loss of Ranjeet ... Ashwin Vijayragavan was in position to scored upset win over Rupesh when Rupesh retired from the match ... Ramkumar gave fighting performance in his loss.
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At $10K Oman ITF Tournament, Muscat

[R1] Shweta Rana (IND,UNR) bt (WC) Fiona Codino (FRA,UNR) 63 62
[R1] Barbara Haas (AUT,917) bt Disha Satish Agarwal (IND,UNR) 60 60
[R1] Ankita Raina (IND,1091) bt (7) Yana Sizikova (RUS,844) 57 60 64

[R2] (6) Anna Zaja (GER,808) bt Shweta Rana (IND,UNR) 60 75
[R2] (4) Kyra Shroff (IND,665) bt Ashmitha Easwaramurthi (IND,UNR) 62 63
[R2] Ankita Raina (IND,1091) bt Jara Ghadri (GER,1234) 75 64

[QF] (4) Kyra Shroff (IND,665) vs (5) Lou Brouleau (FRA,599)
[QF] Ankita Raina (IND,1091) vs Laetitia Sarrazin (FRA,1143)

Doubles
[R1] Barbara Haas (AUT)/ Laetitia Sarrazin (FRA) bt Ashmitha Easwaramurthi (IND)/ Ushna Suhail (PAK) 62 64

[QF] (1) Fatma Al Nabhani (OMA)/ Anna Zaja (GER) bt Sharon Sanchana Paul (IND)/ Shweta Rana (IND) 64 63
[QF] (3) Kyra Shroff (IND)/ Yana Sizikova (RUS) bt Nour Azzouz (EGY)/ Manya Nagpal (IND) 63 61
[QF] (2) Ankita Raina (IND)/ Evgeniya Svintsova (RUS) bt Arantxa Andrady (IND)/ Samantha Koelliker (SUI) W/O

Ankita continued with her last week's form and upset 8th seed Russian in the first round ... She is with Kyra in the quarters.