Tennis News
At $795K Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, Stuttgart, Germany (red clay)

[R1] Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA)/ Sania Mirza (IND) bt (2) Nadia Petrova (RUS)/ Katarina Srebotnik (SLO) 76(3) 75

Sania and Bethanie scored tight two sets victory over 2nd seed Petrova and Srebotnik in the first round.
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At $50K Savannah Challenger, USA (green clay)

[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND,187) bt (LL) Nikoloz Basilashvili (GEO,252) 64 Retd.

[R2] Somdev Devvarman (IND,187) vs Facundo Arguello (ARG,193)

Somi's opponent retried from the match due to stomach cramps after losing the first set ... Next match is tricky against 20 yrs. old Argentine Facundo Arguello.
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At 2013 Junior Fed Cup (G16) - Asia/Oceania Final Qualifying, Gimcheon, Korea

Group C
(3) India l Japan 0-2

Pranjala YADLAPALLI l Shiori FUKUDA 16 61 67(7)
Snehadevi REDDY l Nozomi OHYA 63 67(4) 1-2 Retd.
Pranjala YADLAPALLI/ Vanshika SAWHNEY vs Nozomi OHYA/ Ayaka HIGASHI

Indian girls lost against Japanese girls ... As Pranjala lost in the first rubber in close tie-break in the final set ... Snehadevi retired in the third set in her match against Japanese #1 Ohya.
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At $15K Uzbekistan F2 Futures, Andijan

[R1] Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,526) l (1) Konstantin KRAVCHUK (RUS,188) 26 36

Lost against top-seed Russian in the first round.
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At $10K Spain F10 Futures, Les Franqueses Del Valles

[R1] Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND,778) l. (Q) Edualdo BONET-DE GISPERT (ESP,1317) 46 36

Ramkumar back in training at Spain but lost in the first round against local qualifier.