Tennis News
At € 2.65M Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters, Monaco

[R1] Jurgen Melzer (AUT)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt (6) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) 62 63

[QF] Jurgen Melzer (AUT)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs Bob Bryan (USA)/ Mike Bryan (USA)
Lee and Jurgen scored comfortable win over Mahesh and Rohan ... In the quarters they r facing Bryans.
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At Asia/Oceania final qualifying for World Junior Tennis 14/u- Girls, Kuching, Malaysia

[QF] (3) India bt (7) Philippines 3-0

Pranjala YADLAPALLI bt Monica Therese CRUZ 61 60
Mihika YADAV bt Meredith JONES 60 60
Sruta Kirti GUNUGANTI/ Pranjala YADLAPALLI bt Monica Therese CRUZ/ Rafaella Jean VILLANUEVA 60 61

Indian girls qualified for the World group with very dominating win over Philippines ... They lost only 2 games in three matches ... Real test in the semis as we r facing another in-form team top-seed Australia.
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At $100K Sarasota Open, USA

[R1] (Q) Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Ilija Bozoljac (SRB) bt (2) Jamie Murray (GBR)/ John Peers (AUS) 36 61 10-4

[QF] (Q) Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Ilija Bozoljac (SRB) vs Alex Bogomolov Jr. (RUS)/ Cedrik-MarcelStebe (GER)

Buji and Bozoljac scored excellent upset win over 2nd seed ATP level pair ... After losing the first set they came back strongly winning the second set easily and then dominated match tie-break ... Next they r facing Bogomolov and Stebe for place in the semis.
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At $35K+H Mexico City challenge, Mexico

[R1] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt (WC) Miguel Gallardo-Valles (MEX)/ Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX) 76(6) 63

[QF] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs (2) James Cerretani (USA)/ Adil Shamasdin (CAN)

Expected winning start for Divij and Purav, though they struggled in the first set ... Next tough match against 2nd seeds.
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At $15K Uzbekistan F1 Futures, Namangan

[QF] Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,527) l Sarvar IKRAMOV (UZB,576) 57 16

Doubles
[SF] Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND)/ N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND) l Ti CHEN (TPE) / Marek SEMJAN (SVK) 46 06

But lost against local player Sarvar Ikramov and in the doubles also they lost in the semis.
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At $15K USA F10 Futures, Little Rock

[R1] (6) Saketh Myneni (IND,434) bt (Q) Spencer Feldman (USA,UNR) 63 61

[R2] (6) Saketh Myneni (IND,434) vs (Q) Jean-Yves Aubone (USA,1354)

Easy win for Saketh and next he is facing another qualifier.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Chennai

[R2] (1) Ankita RAINA (IND) bt Manya NAGPAL (IND) 60 60
[R2] (8) Eetee MAHETA (IND) bt Sansitha NANDAKUMAR (IND) 61 62
[R2] (4) Prarthana G. THOMBARE (IND) bt Anjana KOMPALLY (IND) 64 61
[R2] (7) Barbara BONIC (SRB) bt Smriti JOON (IND) 75 62
[R2] (6) Natasha PALHA (IND) bt Vaniya DANGWAL (IND) 60 62
[R2] Mahitha DADI REDDY (IND) bt Sharon Sanchana PAUL (IND) 36 64 63
[R2] Angelique SVINOS (AUS) bt (5) Shweta RANA (IND) 76(7) 16 62
[R2] Xi-Yao WANG (CHN) bt Varunya CHANDRASHEKAR (IND) 60 61

[QF] (1) Ankita RAINA (IND) bt (8) Eetee MAHETA (IND) 46 64 64
[QF] (7) Barbara BONIC (SRB) bt (4) Prarthana G. THOMBARE (IND) 36 64 61
[QF] (6) Natasha PALHA (IND) bt Mahitha DADI REDDY (IND) 62 63
[QF] Angelique SVINOS (AUS) bt Xi-Yao WANG (CHN) 16 64 60

In the quarters Eetee stretched Ankita and Aussie Angelique defeated Chinese girl ... Expected win for Natasha but Prarthana lost after winning the first set.