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

[F] Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA)/ Sania Mirza (IND) l (WC) Mona Barthel (GER)/ Sabine Lisicki (GER) 46 57

Sania and Bethanie failed to win title and lost against local wild-card pair in the final ... German pair won the first set with a single break ... In the second set they take early break but Sania and Bethanie broke back and brought the set on serve ... German pair take crucial break in 11th game and then hold their serve for completing the victory.
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At €468K BMW Open, Munich, Germany (red clay)

[R1] (2) Jurgen Melzer (AUT)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs Christopher Kas (GER)/ Oliver Marach (AUT)

Leander and Melzer r playing at BMW open ... They r 2nd seed and facing Kas and Marach.
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At €468K Portugal Open, Oeiras

[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Andy Ram (ISR) vs Jonathan Erlich (ISR)/ Dominic Inglot (GBR)

This week Rohan is playing with Andy Ram and they r facing Ram's previous partner Erlich and Inglot.
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At $100K+H Johannesburg Challenger, South Africa,

[Q1] (3) Purav Raja (IND,995) bye
[Q1] (4) Divij Sharan (IND,1155) bye

[Q2] (3) Purav Raja (IND,995) bt Lance Cohen (RSA,UNR) 61 62
[Q2] (4) Divij Sharan (IND,1155) bt Renier Moolman (RSA,UNR) 61 61

[Q3] (3) Purav Raja (IND,995) bt Phillip De Bruyn (RSA,UNR) 61 75
[Q3] (4) Divij Sharan (IND,1155) bt Ruben Alberts (RSA,UNR) 62 36 61

[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND,365) vs Mate Pavic (CRO,361)
[R1] (Q) Purav Raja (IND,995) vs Jean Andersen (RSA,755)
[R1] (Q) Divij Sharan (IND,1155) vs (3) Vasek Pospisil (CAN,130)
[R1] (2) Rajeev Ram (USA,115) vs Ruan Roelofse (RSA,506)

Doubles
[R1] (2) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Jean Andersen (RSA)/ Ruan Roelofse (RSA)
[R1] Rajeev Ram (USA)/ Prakash Amritraj (IND) vs Thiago Alves (BRA)/ Augusto Laranja (BRA)

Feeling sad that our other players failed to take advantage of this weak field of this big challenger in South Africa where main-draw cut-off was 758 ... Purav and Divij were high seeds in the qualifying and they performed as per their seeding for qualify in the main-draw.
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At $50K Tallahassee Challenger, USA (green clay)

[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND,184) vs (7) Denis Kudla (USA,143)

Hoping better outing in this week's challenger on green clay.
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At $50K An-ning Challenger, China (red clay)

[R1] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,390) vs (7) Vincent Millot (FRA,206)

Tough match on the clay for Jeevan against Frenchman.