Tennis News
At $455,775 US Men's Clay Court Championship, Houston

[R1] (PR) Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Michael Russell (USA) l (4) Eric Butorac (USA)/ Jonathan Erlich (ISR) 16 67(4)

After losing the first set easily Buji and his partner Russell gave fighting performance from 3-5 down in the second ... They managed to take set in tie-break before losing it.
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At $100K Guadalajara challenger, Mexico

[R1] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt Marco Chiudinelli (SUI)/ Yuichi Sugita (JPN) 64 62

[QF] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs (3) Benjamin Becker (GER)/ Rajeev Ram (USA)

Dominating winning start over experienced doubles players ... Really happy to see Divij and Purav r showing consistency in their performance.

Next is really tough one against Rajeev and Benjamin but sooner than later they start to win these matches.
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At $15K USA F9 Futures, Oklahoma City

[R1] (8) Saketh Myneni (IND,433) bt Keith-Patrick Crowley (RSA,778) 60 4-0 Retd.

[R2] (8) Saketh Myneni (IND,433) vs Ryan Rowe (USA,743)

Doubles
[R1] (3) Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Artem Sitak (NZL) bt Vahid Mirzadeh (USA)/ Ryan Rowe (USA) 63 67(6) 10-8

[QF] (3) Saketh MYNENI (IND)/ Artem SITAK (NZL) vs Keith-Patrick Crowley (RSA)/ Matheson Klein (AUS)

Saketh take full advantage of his injured opponent and won 10 games in a row before Crowley retired from the match ... Saketh and Sitak had tough doubles win against American pair.
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At $10K Qatar Futures, Doha

[R1] (2) Yuki Bhambri (IND,279) bt (WC) Abdulla Al Mohamoud (QAT,UNR) 60 61
[R1] (Q) Kunal Anand (IND,1391) l (8) Daniel Cox (GBR,618) 16 16
[R1] Ashwin Vijayragavan (IND,791) l (Q) Enzo Couacaud (FRA,1168) 26 46

[R2] (2) Yuki Bhambri (IND,279) vs Jeroen Vanneste (BEL,745)

Doubles
[R1] Kunal ANAND (IND)/ Ashwin VIJAYRAGAVAN (IND) bt (WC) Tinotenda CHANAKIRA (ZIM)/ Mohammed REDA (KUW) 60 61
[R1] Sagar MANJANNA (IND)/ Ronak MANUJA (IND) bt (WC) Jassem AL ZEYARA (QAT)/ Abdullah SHANNAN ALHARRASI (QAT) 60 63

[QF] Kunal ANAND (IND)/ Ashwin VIJAYRAGAVAN (IND) vs (4) Peter HELLER (GER)/ Dominik SCHULZ (GER)
[QF] Sagar MANJANNA (IND)/ Ronak MANUJA (IND) vs Rudy COCO (FRA)/ Jules MARIE (FRA)

Expected dominating win for Yuki but disappointing loss for Ashwin against French qualifier.
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At $10K Vietnam F3 Futures, Ho Chi Minh City

[R1] (3) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,406) bt (WC) Thien Nguyen Hoang (VIE,1463) 63 75

[R2] (3) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,406) vs (Q) Laurent Lokoli (FRA,1165)

Doubles Final
[R1] (3) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Torsten Wietoska (GER) bt Roy Hobbs (SIN)/ Kelsey Stevenson (CAN) 75 62

[QF] (3) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Torsten Wietoska (GER) vs Chih-Jen Ho (TPE)/ Jui-Chen Hung (TPE)

Expected easy wins for Jeevan.