Tennis News
At €3.2M Rome Masters, Italy (red clay)

[R2] (8) Jurgen Melzer (AUT)/ Leander Paes (IND) l Santiago Gonzalez (MEX)/ Scott Lipsky (USA) 67(4) 67(3)

Lee's poor results in doubles continues though Lee-Jurgen lost in two tie-breaks ... This is a one of the worst start of the season for Leander, who fail to reach the final of any tournament.
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At $2.36M Rome WTA Premier Tournament, Italy

[R2] (6) Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA)/ Sania Mirza (IND) bt Francesca Schiavone (ITA)/ Samantha Stosur (AUS) 64 63

[QF] (6) Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA)/ Sania Mirza (IND) vs (1) Sara Errani (ITA)/ Roberta Vinci (ITA)

Very good straight sets win by Sania and Bethanie against tricky experienced pairing of Schiavone and Stosur ... Next they r facing WR #1 Italian pair in the quarters.
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At $75K+H Busan Challenger, Korea

[R1] (2) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) l Alex Bogomolov Jr. (RUS)/ Dudi Sela (ISR) 36 26

Divij and Purav failed to raise their game against Dudi Sela and his partner in this one-sided loss.
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At $50K Samarkand Challenger, Uzbekistan (Red clay)

[QF] Ti Chen (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) l (2) Radu Albot (MDA)/ Jordan Kerr (AUS) 64 16 4-10

After winning the first set Vishu-Ti failed to keep momentum and 2nd seed pair came back strongly winning next set easily ... Match tie-break also dominated by 2nd seed pair.
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At $10K Spain F14 Futures, Valldoreix (clay)

[R2] Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND,804) l Marc LOPEZ JAEN (ESP,713) 64 46 67(2)

Good fighting performance in his loss by Ramkumar.