Tennis News
At $4M Madrid Masters, Spain
[R1] (6) Anastasia Rodionova (AUS)/ Sania Mirza (IND) vs Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER)/ Shuai Zhang (CHN)
[R1] (7) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) bye
[R1] (5) Leander Paes (IND)/ Radek Stepanek (CZE) bye
As expected first round bye for our seeded men pair ... Mahesh and Rohan r in top draw and can face Bryans in the quarters ... Lee and Radek r in bottom draw and can face 2nd seed Mirnyi and Nestor in the quarters.
Sania r 6th seed with Anastasia and they r facing experienced doubles pair in the first round.
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At $75K+H Busan Challenger, South Korea
[Q1] Divij Sharan (IND,807) l (3) Michael McClune (USA,467) 26 46
[R1] Vishnu Vardhan (IND,430) vs Michael Look (AUS,364)
[R1] Yuki BHambri (IND,309) vs (WC) Ji Sung Nam (KOR,1527)
Doubles
[R1] Yuki BHambri (IND)/ Divij SHaran (IND) vs Tatsuma Ito (JPN)/ Yasutaka Uchiyama (JPN)
Yuki and Vishnu having winnable first round matches ... This week Vishnu is skipping doubles so Divij is playing with Yuki for the first time.
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At $35K+H Rome-2 Challnger, Italy (clay)
Doubles
[R1] (2) Colin Ebelthite (AUS)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Jesse Huta Galung (NED)/ Yuichi Sugita (JPN)
This week Purav is playing in Rome challenger ... He is partnering Aussie Colin Ebelthite ... They r 2nd seed and facing Dutch-Japanese pair in the first round.
At $4M Madrid Masters, Spain
[R1] (6) Anastasia Rodionova (AUS)/ Sania Mirza (IND) vs Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER)/ Shuai Zhang (CHN)
[R1] (7) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) bye
[R1] (5) Leander Paes (IND)/ Radek Stepanek (CZE) bye
As expected first round bye for our seeded men pair ... Mahesh and Rohan r in top draw and can face Bryans in the quarters ... Lee and Radek r in bottom draw and can face 2nd seed Mirnyi and Nestor in the quarters.
Sania r 6th seed with Anastasia and they r facing experienced doubles pair in the first round.
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At $75K+H Busan Challenger, South Korea
[Q1] Divij Sharan (IND,807) l (3) Michael McClune (USA,467) 26 46
[R1] Vishnu Vardhan (IND,430) vs Michael Look (AUS,364)
[R1] Yuki BHambri (IND,309) vs (WC) Ji Sung Nam (KOR,1527)
Doubles
[R1] Yuki BHambri (IND)/ Divij SHaran (IND) vs Tatsuma Ito (JPN)/ Yasutaka Uchiyama (JPN)
Yuki and Vishnu having winnable first round matches ... This week Vishnu is skipping doubles so Divij is playing with Yuki for the first time.
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At $35K+H Rome-2 Challnger, Italy (clay)
Doubles
[R1] (2) Colin Ebelthite (AUS)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Jesse Huta Galung (NED)/ Yuichi Sugita (JPN)
This week Purav is playing in Rome challenger ... He is partnering Aussie Colin Ebelthite ... They r 2nd seed and facing Dutch-Japanese pair in the first round.
