Tennis News
At $500K KDB Korea Open, Seoul

[R1] (2) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) l Akgul Amanmuradova (UZB)/ Vania King (USA) 75 46 7-10

Sania and Anabel lost in match tie-break after winning the first set.
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At $75K Izmir Cup, Turkey

[R1] Vishnu Vardhan (IND,262) bt Izak Van Der Merwe (RSA,188) 64 62

[R2] Vishnu Vardhan (IND,262) vs (2) Michael Russell (USA,106)

Doubles
[R1] (2) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt Denis Matsukevich (RUS)/ Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) 64 76(3)

[QF] Drew Courtney (USA)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs (ALT) Roman Borvanov (MDA)/ Artem Sitak (NZL)
[QF] (2) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs David Rice (GBR)/ Sean Thornley (GBR)

Vishnu continued with his good form ... He struggled in the first set with his serve but he take crucial break in 9th game and while serving for the set saved few break points before winning this set ... In the second set he served well and then broke Izak in 3rd and 7th game for completing victory ... In the doubles also Vishnu had a winning start with Divij and they defeated tricky pair of experienced Tursunov and his partner.
Next he is facing 2nd seed Russell ... I think it is high time for Vishnu for win over top-100 around experienced player ... :)

In doubles our pair having good chance to reach into the semis.
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At $10K Vietnam F5 Futures, Binh Duong

[R2] (6) Vijayant Malik (IND,477) bt (WC) Minh-Quan Do (VIE,1290) 61 63
[R2] (Q) Kaza Vinayak Sharma (IND,941) l Junn Mitsuhashi (JPN,658) 67(6) 06

[QF] (6) Vijayant Malik (IND,477) vs (1) Jose Statham (NZL,325)

Expected win for Vijayant but surprised to see meltdown by Kaza in the second ... Hopefully no injury issue.
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At $10K USA F25 Futures, Costa Mesa

[R1] (SE) Prakash Amritraj (IND,UNR) bt Ya-Nan Ma (CHN,1026) 63 61

[R2] (SE) Prakash Amritraj (IND,UNR) vs Q-Marcos Giron (USA,1739)

Prakash continued with his good form from last week ... He defeated his Chinese opponent convincingly ... Next he is facing American qualifier, who upset 4th seed in the first round.
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At $15K $15K Australia F8 Futures, Port Pirie, Australia

[R1] (4) Saketh Myneni (IND,384) l Gavin Van Peperzeel (AUS,887) 36 Retd.

Doubles
[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Patrick Davidson (USA) l David Barclay (AUS)/ Robert Howe (AUS) 46 76(4) 7-10

I really hope not a serious injury issue for Saketh.