Tennis News
At 2.2M China Open, Beijing

[Q1] Yuki Bhambri (IND,177) l (7) Donald Young (USA,124) 36 26

Doubles
[R1] Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) vs (WC) Mao-Xin Gong (CHN)/ Ze Zhang (CHN)

Yuki lost his serve in 2nd game and Donald kept that advantage to win the first set ... Donald dominated in the second and broke Yuki twice to win it comfortably.

Mahesh and Rohan r unseeded and facing wild-card Chinese pair.
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At $1.2M Japan Open, Tokyo

[R1] (1) Radek Stepanek (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs Julian Knowle (AUT)/ Filip Polasek (SVK)

Lee and Radek r top-seed in Japan open as all other top pairs playing in China open.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Gulbarga, Karnataka

Singles Final
Prerna Bhambri (IND) bt (4) Zi Yang (CHN) 62 62

Superb solid win by Prerna to lift the title against in-form higher ranked Chinese, who double bageled 2 players in this tournament including top-seed Hong Kong playerand our Rutuja Bhosale ... Prerna won this final in 78 minutes.
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At $10K USA F26 Futures, Irvine

[SF] (Q) Prakash Amritraj (IND,945) l (1) Alex Bogdanovic (GBR,333) 57 46

I was hoping upset win for Prakash ... Alex won it in 2 sets but Prakash gave fighting performance against him.