Tennis News
At €625,300 AEGON Championships, London, Great Britain

[R1] (5) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) bye
[R1] Leander Paes (IND)/ Kevin Anderson (RSA) vs Julien Benneteau (FRA)/ Nicolas Mahut (FRA)

This week Lee is playing with South African Kevin Anderson and they r facing French pair in the first round ... Mahesh and Rohan r fifth seed and r having the first round bye.
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At $200K AEGON Classic, Birmingham, England

[R1] (2) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) vs Iveta Benesova (CZE)/ Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS)

This week Sania is having good doubles partner, 2 grandslam winner Yaroslava Shvedova.
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At $75K Nottingham-2 Challenger, England

[R1] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Lauryna Grigelis (LTU) vs Dudi Sela (ISR)/ Jimmy Wang (TPE)

Divij is playing with another different partner at Nottingham-2 challenger.
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At $75K+H Monza Challenger, Italy

[R1] (1) Rameez Junaid (AUS)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs (WC) Julio Silva (BRA)/ Viniclus Trevisan (BRA)

Purav and Rameez decided to play another tournament on the clay ... They r top-seed in this Monza challenger.
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At $35K Furth Challenger, Germany

Doubles Final
(2) Rameez Junaid (AUS)/ Purav Raja (IND) l Arnau Brugues-Davi (ESP) / Joas Sousa (POR) 57 76(4) 11-13

Purav and Rameez lost in very closely fought match against unseeded pair in the final ... After losing the first set they fought back to win the second but failed to capitalize in match tie-break.
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At $10K India F9 Futures, Bangalore

[R1] (1) Ti CHEN (TPE,301) bt Scott PUODZIUNAS (AUS,1322) 62 61
[R1] (WC) Tejas CHAUKULKAR (IND,UNR) bt (Q) Manpreet Singh CHAWLA (IND,UNR) 62 60
[R1] Ashwin VIJAYRAGAVAN (IND,908) bt Gavin VAN PEPERZEEL (AUS,965) 63 64
[R1] (7) Kittiphong WACHIRAMANOWONG (THA,588) bt (Q) Yogesh PHOGAT (IND,UNR) 64 62
[R1] (4) Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND,448) bt Siddharth RAWAT (IND,1076) 76(6) 75
[R1] (Q) Jatin DAHIYA (IND,UNR) bt Saurabh PATIL (IND,1437) 63 61
[R1] (Q) Ajai SELVARAJ (IND,1801) bt (WC) Vishwanath SAVADI (IND,UNR) 62 63
[R1] Warit SORNBUTNARK (THA,1081) bt (8) Francesco VILARDO (ITA,835) 36 62 76(6)
[R1] (5) Ranjit VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,488) bt Kaza Vinayak SHARMA (IND,942) 75 63
[R1] Zach ITZSTEIN (AUS,1039) bt Kenny BUN (CAM,1092) 62 46 64
[R1] Kunal ANAND (IND,1536) bt (Q) Aaditya TEWARI (IND,UNR) 64 63
[R1] (3) Vijayant MALIK (IND,443) bt Vinod GOWDA (IND,1543) 61 62
[R1] (6) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND,548) bt (Q) Elwin ANTONY (IND,1901) 63 76(1)
[R1] (WC) Venkat IYER (IND,UNR) bt (WC) Sagar MANJANNA (IND,UNR) 64 63
[R1] Abhijeet TIWARI (IND,1235) bt (Q) Krishik DIVAKAR (IND,UNR) 61 62
[R1] (2) Vishnu VARDHAN (IND,362) bt (Q) Bharatram BALAJEE (IND,UNR) 61 62

Doubles
[R1] (1) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND)/ Arun-Prakash RAJAGOPALAN (IND) bt Siddharth RAWAT (IND)/ Aaditya TEWARI (IND) 62 75
[R1] Scott PUODZIUNAS (AUS)/ Gavin VAN PEPERZEEL (AUS) bt Shahbaaz KHAN (IND)/ Sumeet SHINDE (IND) 67(5) 64 10-5
[R1] (4) Abhijeet TIWARI (IND)/ Ashwin VIJAYRAGAVAN (IND) bt Kenny BUN (CAM)/ Saurabh PATIL (IND) 62 63
[R1] Kunal ANAND (IND)/ Ajai SELVARAJ (IND) bt Zach ITZSTEIN (AUS)/ Francesco VILARDO (ITA) 26 62 10-7
[R1] Elwin ANTONY (IND)/ Fariz MOHAMMED (IND) bt (WC) Tejas CHAUKULKAR (IND)/ Venkat IYER (IND) 76(3) 63
[R1] (3) Vijayant MALIK (IND)/ Kaza Vinayak SHARMA (IND) bt Krishna KARSOLIA (IND)/ Neishit VAKIL (IND) 61 62
[R1] Krishik DIVAKAR (IND)/ Sagar MANJANNA (IND) bt (WC) Ravi Shankar SATHIYARAJ MITRA (IND)/ Ganga SINGH (IND) 61 36 10-6
[R1] (2) Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND)/ Ranjit VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) bt (WC) Sagar AHUJA (IND)/ Vishwanath SAVADI (IND) 64 62

Karan missed this week due to injuries and Saketh decided to skip as from next week he is going to play in German futures series on the clay ... In this week's draw last week's finalists Vijayant and Vishnu r in the same draw.

Siddharth Rawat gave fighting performance against Jeevan ... Player to watch in the future tournaments ... Venkat Iyer earned another ranking point, Jatin Dahiya and Tejas Chaukulkar earned their first ranking point with a win.
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At $10K Spain F16 Futures, Martos

[Q1] (3) Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND,1057) bye
[Q2] (3) Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND,1057) bt Antonio MARQUEZ-CONTRERAS (ESP,UNR) 76(1) 76(1)
[Q3] (3) Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND,1057) bt Philipp ALEKSANYAN (RUS,UNR) 76(4) 63

[R1] (Q) Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND,1057) vs (Q) Sergio MAGRO MORENO (ESP,1251)

Doubles
[R1] Blake MOTT (AUS)/ Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND) bt Roberto ORTEGA-OLMEDO (ESP)/ Adam SANJURJO HERMIDA (ESP) 76(7) 76(6)

This week Ramkumar playing on hard court in Spain ... He needed to win close matches against unranked players for qualifying main-draw ... Also had winning start in the doubles with his Australian partner in two tie-breaks.