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Davis Cup 2013 - Asia/Oceania Group I - Relegation Play-off, Bangalore, India

India bt Indonesia 5-0


Friday - 5th April
[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND,208) bt Wisnu Adi Nugroho (INA,1774) 61 62 62
[R2] Yuki Bhambri (IND,279) bt Christopher Rungkat (INA,250) 63 62 62

Saturday - 6th April
[R3] Leander Paes (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND) bt Elbert Sie (INA)/ David Agung Susanto (INA) 62 61 64

Sunday - 7th April
[R4] Somdev Devvarman (IND,208) bt David Agung Susanto (INA,1357) 63 61
[R5] Yuki Bhambri (IND,279) bt Wisnu Adi Nugroho (INA,1774) 60 61

Somdev and Yuki completed dominance of Indian team with another solid wins ... Buji lost 4 games in his match but Yuki lost only one game in his win ... Indians gave solid performance in this tie as they lost only 24 games in five matches ... So with this tie win Indians keep their position in Asia/Oceania Group I.
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At $455,775 US Men's Clay Court Championship, Houston

[R1] (PR) Somdev Devvarman (IND,208) vs Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo (ESP,103)

Doubles
[R1] (PR) Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Michael Russell (USA) vs (4) Eric Butorac (USA)/ Jonathan Erlich (ISR)

This is a last tournament for Buji with his protected ranking ... Buji lost against Ruben in the first round of US Open 2012 so this time hoping for reverse result.
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At $100K Guadalajara challenger, Mexico

[Q1] Prakash Amritraj (IND,365) bt (6) Michael Lammer (SUI,339) 61 75

[Q2] Prakash Amritraj (IND,365) bt Manuel Sanchez (MEX,1274) 46 63 62

[Q3] Prakash Amritraj (IND,365) vs Maximillian Neuchrist (AUT,447)

This week Prakash back on court in big Mexican challenger ... In the first round he defeated higher ranked Swiss opponent easily ... In the second round Prakash had slow start and lost the first set against local player ... He comeback strongly and won next two sets ... In the final qualifying he is facing Austrian Neuchrist.
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At $35K+H Leon Challenger, Mexico

[F] (4) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) l Chris Guccione (AUS)/ Matt Reid (AUS) 36 57

Divij and Purav failed to lift the title against Aussie pair, whom they defeated in Koyto challenger final ... After losing the first set Divij and Purav were up with break 5-2 in the second ... But they lost next 5 games to lose the match ... Missed chance for them.