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At Davis Cup 2014 - Group I Asia/Oceania -1st Round, Indore, India

India vs Chinese Taipei

Day One
[R1] Yuki Bhambri (IND,173) vs Tsung-Hua Yang (TPE,216)
[R2] Somdev Devvarman (IND,103) vs Ti Chen (TPE,284)

Day Two
[R3] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Saketh Myneni (IND) vs Hsien-Yin Peng (TPE)/ Hsin-Han Lee (TPE)

Day Three
[R4] Somdev Devvarman (IND,103) vs Tsung-Hua Yang (TPE,216)
[R5] Yuki Bhambri (IND,173) vs Ti Chen (TPE,284)

On paper Indians r favorite ... On first day interesting match between 2 former junior world #1 players, Yuki and Tsung-Hua ... Also interest in performance of our new doubles pairing.
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At $10K Sharm El Sheikh ITF Women's Tournament, Egypt

[R1] (WC) Shivani Manchanda (IND) l Emily Webley-Smith (GBR) 06 16
[R1] Natasha Palha (IND) bt (WC) Janina Geiss (GER) 60 60

[R2] Natasha Palha (IND) l Valeria Prosperi (ITA) 46 57

Expected easy win for Natasha in first round but failed to kept that momentum in the second... She lost in two sets after giving decent fight to Italian girl.