Tennis News
At $100K+H Caltanissetta Challenger, Italy (red clay)

[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND,188) bt (PR) Eduardo Schwank (ARG,316) 63 4-1 Retd.

[R2] Somdev Devvarman (IND,188) vs (3) Leonardo Mayer (ARG,73)

Schwank was early break up, when he broke Buji in 2nd game, 0-2 ... Buji had 3 break points in next game 0-40, but Schwank hold after winning next 5 points ... In 5th game Schwank gave break point chance to Buji with double fault at 30-all and this time Buji converted ... After this Buji dominated the match, he again broke Schwark in 7th and 9th games ... Buji won the set six games in a row after 0-3 for winning this set .... In the second set Buji was break up when Schwant conceded the match due to injury ... Next he is facing another Argentine, 3rd seed Mayer.
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At $75K Nottingham Challenger - 1, Great Britain (grass)

[R1] (Q) Prakash Amritraj (IND,314) l (Q) Brydan Klein (GBR,275) 62 36 26

Prakash missed opportunity of accumulating more ranking points ... After winning the first set Prakash failed to keep momentum and lost next two sets easily.
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At $35K+H Furth Challenger, Germany (red clay)

[R1] (3) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt Andrej Martin (SVK)/ Hans Podlipnik-Castillo (CHI) 63 16 10-8

[QF] (3) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs (WC) Kevin Krawietz (GER)/ Dominik Schulz (GER)

Divij-Purav needed match tie-break to win their first round ... After winning the first set they lost the second set easily but raised their game in match tie-break for win ... Next they r facing local wild-card pair for place in the semis.
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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament, Karshi, Uzbekistan

[R2] (Q) Ankita Raina (IND,455) bt (5) Teodora Mircic (SRB,279) 16 61 63

[QF] (Q) Ankita Raina (IND,455) vs (3) Nigina Abdurakhimova (UZB,250)

Doubles
[QF] Sharmada BALU (IND)/ Margarita LAZAREVA (RUS) bt (1) Valentyna IVAKHNENKO (UKR)/ Kateryna KOZLOVA (UKR) w/o

[SF] Sharmada BALU (IND)/ Margarita LAZAREVA (RUS) vs (3) Veronika KAPSHAY (UKR)/ Teodora MIRCIC (SRB)

Ankita scored excellent comeback win over top-275 type Serbian player ... After losing the first set Ankita played attacking tennis ... In the third early she lost her service games twice but kept fighting and take crucial break in 7th and 9th for winning the match ... Next she is facing local title favorite girl.

In the doubles another walkover for Balu and her partner.
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At $10K India F7 Futures, Chennai

Singles Second Round
(1) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND) bt Jatin DAHIYA (IND) 61 61
Fariz MOHAMMED (IND) bt (WC) Vijay KANNAN (IND) 76(4) 16 61
(4) Toshihide MATSUI (JPN) bt (Q) Suraj R PRABODH (IND) 62 63
(7) Prajnesh GUNNESWARAN (IND) bt Chandril SOOD (IND) 63 64
(8) Karunuday SINGH (IND) bt Jui-Chen HUNG (TPE) 61 63
(3) Vijayant MALIK (IND) bt Vignesh VEERABADRAN (IND) 60 61
(6) Vinayak Sharma KAZA (IND) bt Ajai SELVARAJ (IND)67(5) 64 76(3)
(2) Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND) bt (WC) Garvit BATRA (IND) 60 62

Doubles Quarter Finals
(1) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND)/ Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND) bt Sagar AHUJA (IND)/ Jui-Chen HUNG (TPE) 64 64
Zach ITZSTEIN (AUS)/ Vignesh VEERABADRAN (IND) bt (3) Vijayant MALIK (IND)/ Amrit NARASIMHAN (USA) 63 36 10-8
Fariz MOHAMMED (IND)/ Vignesh PERANAMALLUR (IND) bt Anvit BENDRE (IND)/ Tushar MANDLEKAR (IND) 62 67(4) 10-4
(2) Keith-Patrick CROWLEY (RSA)/ Arun-Prakash RAJAGOPALAN (IND) bt Kunal ANAND (IND)/ Sagar MANJANNA (IND) 62 62

Couple of upset in the doubles otherwise expected results.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Egypt

[R1] (3) Kyra SHROFF (IND,720) bt Maria Del PRADOS CID (ESP,UNR) 61 61
[R1] Sowjanya BAVISETTI (IND,1041) bt Nada ZAHER (EGY,UNR) 61 62

[R2] (3) Kyra SHROFF (IND,720) vs (Q) Jasmin LADURNER (ITA,UNR)
[R2] Sowjanya BAVISETTI (IND,1041) vs Lisa-Maria MOSER (AUT,1041)

Expected winning start for Kyra and Sowjanya.