Tennis News

At $1.65M Citi Open, Washington DC, USA

[F] Leander Paes (IND)/ Samuel Groth (AUS) l Jean-Julien Rojer (NED)/ Horia Tecau (ROU) 57 46

Overall good performance by Lee-Groth as last minute scratch pair they managed to enter in the final ... In the final consistent pairing of Rojer-Tecau proved stronger in their straight sets victory.
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At $2.4M Rogers Cup, Montreal, Canada

[R1] (4) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) bye

Sania-Cara r 4th seed in this Premier tournament and having bye in the first round.
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At $100K Aptos Challenger, USA

[Q2] (7) Sanam Singh (IND,400) bt David Hsu (USA,UNR) w/o

[Q3] (7) Sanam Singh (IND,400) vs Richard Gabb (GBR,429)

Doubles
[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Ante Pavic (CRO) vs Andrea Collarini (ARG)/ Cesar Ramirez (MEX)
[R1] (4) Purav Raja (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND) vs Chase Buchanan (USA)/ Rhyne Williams (USA)
[R1] (2) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Kevin King (USA) vs Qualifier

Sanam receive walkover in the second round and in the final qualifying he is facing Britisher Richard Gabb, who scored upset win over top-seed. In the doubles our 3 pairs r playing ... Divij is partnering American Kevin King and they r 2nd seed ... Purav is partnering Sanam and they r 4th seed ... Buji is playing with Pavic and they r facing South American pair in the first round ... I m hoping our pair play as per their seedings.