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

[R1] (PR) Somdev Devvarman (IND,208) l Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo (ESP,103) 67(5) 06

Somi's struggled against Ruben continue ... In the first set Ruben was double break up, 4-1 ... Somi broke Ruben in 6th game and then again broke him in 10th game when Ruben was serving for the set ... In tie-break Somi was up 5-3 but lost next 4 points for losing the set ... In the second set Ruben proved too strong and won the set without losing a single game ... Disappointing loss for Somi against 100 ranked player.
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At $100K Guadalajara challenger, Mexico

[QF] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt (3) Benjamin Becker (GER)/ Rajeev Ram (USA) 64 36 10-8

[SF] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Marin Draganja (CRO)/ Mate Pavic (CRO)

Huge win by Divij and Purav over ATP caliber pair ... Rajeev is ranking top-50 in the doubles and Benjamin was ranked inside top-60 few months back ... Much needed confidence boosting win for Purav and Divij.

Next they r facing Croatian pair in the semis, who upset top-seed Ratiwatanas in the first round.
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At Asia/Oceania final qualifying for World Junior Tennis 14/u, Kuching, Malaysia

[QF] (2) India bt (7) Chinese Taipei 3-0

Alex SOLANKI bt Pang Shuo YIN 61 62
Nitin Kumar SINHA bt Tsung Hao HUANG 63 36 61
Vasisht Vinod CHERUKU/ Alex SOLANKI bt Hsiang Chien WANG/ Pang Shuo YIN 64 63

Indian boys qualified for the world group at Prostějov, Czech Republic in August after reaching the semis ... In the quarters they scored 3-0 win over Chinese Taipei team ... But first time in the tournament we lost set in a match, our #1 Nitin Kumar lost 2nd set against Taipei #1 Tsung Hao Huang.

For us next match is important as top 3 teams from Asia/Oceania receive seeding in the final ... But we r having tough task as we r facing top-seed Japanese team, who lost in group stage against Hong Kong.
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At $15K USA F9 Futures, Oklahoma City

[R2] (8) Saketh Myneni (IND,433) bt Ryan Rowe (USA,743) 63 75

[QF] (8) Saketh Myneni (IND,433) vs (Q) Tucker Vorster (RSA,1044)

Doubles
[QF] (3) Saketh MYNENI (IND)/ Artem SITAK (NZL) bt Keith-Patrick Crowley (RSA)/ Matheson Klein (AUS) 64 62

[SF] (3) Saketh MYNENI (IND)/ Artem SITAK (NZL) vs Sekou Bangoura (USA)/ Eric Quigley (USA)

Good win by Saketh over former college top-10 player Rowe ... Next he is facing South African qualifier, who upset top-seed in the previous round.
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At $10K Qatar Futures, Doha

[R2] (2) Yuki Bhambri (IND,279) bt Jeroen Vanneste (BEL,745) 62 64

[QF] (2) Yuki Bhambri (IND,279) bt Daniel Cox (GBR,614) 62 64

[SF] (2) Yuki Bhambri (IND,279) vs (7) Joris De Loore (BEL,565)

Doubles
[QF] Kunal ANAND (IND)/ Ashwin VIJAYRAGAVAN (IND) l (4) Peter HELLER (GER)/ Dominik SCHULZ (GER) 16 67(2)
[QF] Sagar MANJANNA (IND)/ Ronak MANUJA (IND) bt Rudy COCO (FRA)/ Jules MARIE (FRA) w/o

[SF] Sagar MANJANNA (IND)/ Ronak MANUJA (IND) l (3) Joris DE LOORE (BEL) / Riccardo MAIGA (SUI) 67(5) 06

Yuki scored comfortable back to back wins and he is in the semis.
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At $10K Vietnam F3 Futures, Ho Chi Minh City

[QF] (3) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,406) vs (Q) Joshua Ward-Hibbert (GBR,1120)

Doubles
[SF] (3) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Torsten Wietoska (GER) l (2) Joshua Ward-Hibbert (GBR)/ Andrew Fitzpatrick (GBR) 36 62 8-10

Lost close match in the doubles.