Tennis News

At €2.1M Internazionali BNL d'Italia, Rome (Red clay) (WTA Premier Mandatory)

[R2] (5) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) bt Daniela Hantuchova (SVK)/ Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (CRO) 63 64

Comfortable straight sets victory for Sania-Cara in the second round.
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At €35K+H Heilbronn Challenger, Germany

[R1] Dustin Brown (GER)/ Purav Raja (IND) l Benjamin Balleret (MON)/ Alessandro Motti (ITA) 64 46 7-10

Changing partner doesn't help Purav ... He and Brown lost in match tie-break after winning the first set.
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At $15K Mexico F4 futures , Morelia

[R1] Sanam Singh (IND)/ Michael Shabaz (USA) l (1) Cesar Ramirez (MEX)/ Miguel-Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX) 46 67(4)

Sanam-Shabaz lose their first round doubles match against local favorite pair.
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At $10K Turkey F16 Futures, Antalya - Belconti

[R1] (Q) Neeraj Elangovan (IND,2207) l (1) Ricardo Rodriguez (VEN,318) 16 06

Doubles
[R1] Hugo GRENIER (FRA)/ Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND) bt (WC) Bruno AGOSTINELLI (CAN)/ David VOLFSON (CAN) 62 75
[R1} Neeraj ELANGOVAN (IND)/ Jaime PULGAR-GARCIA (ESP) bt (4) Kirill DMITRIEV (RUS)/ Mats MORAING (GER) 63 36 10-6

[QF] Hugo GRENIER (FRA)/ Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND) vs (3) Hiroyasu EHARA (JPN)/ Sho KATAYAMA (JPN)
[QF} Neeraj ELANGOVAN (IND)/ Jaime PULGAR-GARCIA (ESP) vs Alex BLUMENBERG (BRA)/ Tiago FERNANDES (BRA)

As expected Ricardo Rodriguez prove too strong for Neeraj.

In the doubles winning start for our both players against their respective partners.