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At Australian Open 2015, Melbourne

Mixed Doubles
[SF] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Bruno Soares (BRA) l (3) Kristina Mladenovic (FRA)/ Daniel Nestor (CAN) 63 26 8-10
[SF] (7) Martina Hingis (SUI)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE)/ Pablo Cuevas (URU) 75 64

Lee with Hingis is in the final with straight sets win over Su-Wei and Pablo but Sania fail to join him ... Nestor-Mladenovic pair beat Sania-Bruno in close match tie-break.
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At $50K Hongkong Challenger,

[QF] Saketh Myneni (IND,262) l Kyle Edmund (GBR,192) 67(3) 16
[QF] (7) Somdev Devvarman (IND,139) l (2) Tatsuma Ito (JPN,88) 46 46

Doubles
[SF] Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND) bt Nils Desein (BEL)/ Mathew Ebden (AUS) 61 62

After good performances in last two rounds I was hoping better results ... But Saki and Buji lose in straight sets against their respective higher ranked opponents ... Hopefully we will see better results in coming weeks from Indians in singles.

Other hand in the doubles Saki-Sanam pair score dominating win for entering into the final losing only three games.

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At $50K Hongkong Challenger,

[R2] Saketh Myneni (IND,262) bt Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,284) 75 75
[R2] (7) Somdev Devvarman (IND,139) bt (WC) Philipp Petzschner (GER,421) 4-1 retd.

[QF] Saketh Myneni (IND,262) vs Kyle Edmund (GBR,192)
[QF] (7) Somdev Devvarman (IND,139) vs (2) Tatsuma Ito (JPN,88)

Doubles
[QF] Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND) bt Jonathan Eysseric (FRA)/ Tennys Sandgren (USA) 64 16 11-9
[QF] (2) Frank Moser (GER)/ Divij Sharan (IND) l (WC) Chu-Huan YI (TPE)/ Cheng-Peng HSIEH (TPE) 16 16

[SF] Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND) vs Nils Desein (BEL)/ Mathew Ebden (AUS)

Saki score tight two sets win over Ramk to cenmenting his India #2 singles player status ... Saki won the match winning both sets in identical score of 7-5 ... Next he is facing top-200 British player Kyle Edmund.

Somi move to quarter without any fight as his opponent retired from the match when Somi was leading 4-1 ... Next he is facing top-100 Japanese player Tatsuma Ito.

In the doubles Saki-Sanam score tight win over Eysseric-Sandgren for entering into the semis ... They won the match tie-break into extra points ... Next they r facing Desein-Ebden ... But Divij-Moser lose one-sided match against Taipei wild-card pair.

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At Australian Open 2015, Melbourne

Mixed Doubles
[QF] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Bruno Soares (BRA) bt Casey Dellacqua (AUS)/ John Peers (AUS) 62 62
[QF] (7) Martina Hingis (SUI)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt (4) Andrea Hlavackova (CZE)/ Alexander Peya (AUT) 63 61

Junior Singles
[R3] Sumit Nagal (IND,29) l Marc Polmans (AUS,49) 16 16

Sumit fail to raise his game against local Marc Polmans and lose one-sided match.

In mixed doubles Sania-Bruno and Lee-Martina score comfortable wins for entering into the semis.
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At $50K Hongkong Challenger,

[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND,262) bt (1) Ricardas Berankis (LTU,85) 76 16 63
[R1] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,284) bt (Q) Yan Bai (CHN,416) 36 64 4-1 retd.
[R1] (7) Somdev Devvarman (IND,139) bt Yuki Bhambri (IND,317) 26 64 63
[R1] (WC) Sanam Singh (IND,417) l (Q) Christopher Rungkat (INA,653) 36 46

Doubles
[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND) bt Fabrice Martin (FRA)/ Purav Raja (IND) 46 63 10-4
[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Di Wu (CHN) l Radu Albot (MDA)/ Jordan Thompson (AUS) 36 63 5-10
[R1] (2) Frank Moser (GER)/ Divij Sharan (IND) bt Liang-Chi Huang (TPE)/ Yuichi Sugita (JPN) 75 61

Saki score his only 2nd win over top-100 win when he beat top-seed Ricardas Berankis in three sets ... Saki dominated first set tie-break with his big serve and comfortably won it losing a single point but Ricardas fought back in the second to win it losing only single game ... In the final set Saki take crucial break in 2nd game to lead 3-0 and kept that lead through out the set ... Saki had three set points on Ricardas's serve in 8th game but failed to convert ... On his own serve he converted 5th set point for excellent win ... In the second round he is facing RamK.

Ramkumar score excellent comeback win over Chinese qualifier ... Ramkumar was no where in the match till one and half set ... After losing the first set he was double break down at 0-4 but after that he won 10 of next 11 games for amazing comeback before Bai retiring from the match.

Buji score excellent comeback and hard fought win against Yuki ... In this match Yuki struggled with his serve and Buji proved better player from back of the court ... After losing the first set Buji played very solid tennis to beat Yuki.

Sanam was playing his first competitive match after three months and that displayed in his result ... Disappointing loss for Sanam but in the doubles he has winning start with Saki as they score comeback win over Purav and his partner ... Divij with Moser also move into quarters with straight sets win.
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At Australian Open 2015, Melbourne

Mixed Doubles
[R2] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Bruno Soares (BRA) bt Abigail Spears (USA)/ Santiago Gonzalez 75 67(3) 10-8
[R2] (7) Martina Hingis (SUI)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP)/ Pablo Andujar (ESP) 63 61

Junior Singles
[R2] Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,71) l (1) Shilin Xu (CHN,2) 36 06
[R2] Sumit Nagal (IND,29) bt Yosuke Watanuki (JPN,66) 62 63

[R3] Sumit Nagal (IND,29) vs Marc Polmans (AUS,49)

Junior Doubles
[R1] Chihiro Muramatsu (JPN)/ Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND) l (4) Sara Tomic (AUS)/ Shilin Xu (CHN) 67(5) 06
[R1] Viktor Durasovic (NOR)/ Sumit Nagal (IND) l Renta Tokuda (JPN)/ Jumpei Yamasaki (JPN) 16 67(3)
[R1] Vasisht Cheruku (IND)/ Brandon Laubser (RSA) l (2) William Blumberg (USA)/ Orlando Luz (BRA) 67(3) 26

Sania-Bruno stretch by Spears-Gonzalez to match tie-break before entering into the quarters ... After winning the first set Sania-Bruno lost the second in match tie-break ... Sania-Bruno recover to win match tie-break.

Lee-Martina score very dominating win over Spanish pair for entering into the quarters.

Sumit score authoritative win over his Japanese opponent Yosuke Watanuki ... In the third round he is facing local players Marc Polmans.

In junior doubles our all pairs lose their respective matches in straight sets.
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At $50K Hongkong Challenger,

[Q3] Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,776) l (2) Yan Bai (CHN,416) 26 16
[Q3] Siddharth Rawat (IND,1209) l Mao-Xin Gong (CHN,701) 26 26

[R1] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,284) vs (Q) Yan Bai (CHN,416)
[R1] (WC) Sanam Singh (IND,417) vs (Q) Christopher Rungkat (INA,653)

Doubles
[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND) vs Fabrice Martin (FRA)/ Purav Raja (IND)
[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Di Wu (CHN) vs Radu Albot (MDA)/ Jordan Thompson (AUS)
[R1] (2) Frank Moser (GER)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs Liang-Chi Huang (TPE)/ Yuichi Sugita (JPN)

Sasi and Siddharth fail to raise their game against Chinese opponents ... RamK is facing Yan Bai And Sanam is facing Rungkat in singles main-draw.

In the doubles Divij is playing his first tournament of 2015 and he is 2nd seed with Frank Moser ... They r having tricky match against Huang-Sugita ... Buji is playing with Di Wu and they r having winnable match against Albot-Thompson ... Saki-Sanam are facing Purav-Fabrice.

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At Australian Open 2015, Melbourne

Mixed Doubles
[R1] B.Zahlavova Strycova (CZE)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) l (3) Kristina Mladenovic (FRA)/ Daniel Nestor (CAN) 26 63 4-10
[R1] (7) Martina Hingis (SUI)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt Masa Jovanovic (AUS)/ Sam Thompson (AUS) 62 76(2)

[R2] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Bruno Soares (BRA) vs Abigail Spears (USA)/ Santiago Gonzalez (MEX)
[R2] (7) Martina Hingis (SUI)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP)/ Pablo Andujar (ESP)

Junior Doubles
[R1] Tamachan Momkoonthod (THA)/ Ojasvinee Singh (IND) l Katharina Hobgarski (GER)/ Greet Minnen (BEL) 36 76(2) 9-11

Hingis and Lee start with straight sets win over Aussie wild-card pair ... After winning the first set comfortably Lee-Martina were stretched to tie-break in the second ... Next they are facing Spanish pair Garrigues-Andujar.

Rohan with Strycova fail to overcome his doublkes partner Nestor with his French partner Mladenovic ... After losing the first set they fought to win the second but Nestor-Mladenovic proved too strong in match tie-break.

After losing the first set Ojasvinee and her Thai partner tried hard ... They won the second set tie-break in extra points but failed to keep that moemntum in match tie-break to lose it in extra points.
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At $50K Hongkong Challenger,

[Q1] (5) N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) bye
[Q1] Divij Sharan (IND) bt Christopher Marquis (IND) 64 64
[Q1] Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND) bt (8) Karunuday Singh (IND) 75 61
[Q1] Sidharth Rawat (IND) bt (7) Hiroki Kondo (JPN) 76(2) 75

[Q2] (5) N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) l Tennys Sandgren (USA) 36 57
[Q2] Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND) bt Divij Sharan (IND) 76(6) 64
[Q2] Sidharth Rawat (IND) bt Kittipong Wachiramanowong (THA) 64 64

[Q3] Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,776) vs (2) Yan Bai (CHN,416)
[Q3] Sidharth Rawat (IND,1209) vs Mao-Xin Gong (CHN,701)

[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND,262) vs (1) Ricardas Berankis (LTU,85)
[R1] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,284) vs Qualifier
[R1] (7) Somdev Devvarman (IND,139) vs Yuki BHambri (IND,317)
[R1] (WC) Sanam Singh (IND,417) vs Qualifier

Terrible luck in the singles for Indian players ... Saki is facing top-100 Berankis in the first round ... Buji is facing Yuki and with their current form Yuki is favorite against Buji ... RamK and Sanan will face qualifiers.

In qualifying Prashanth lost in the second qualifying after receiving bye in the first round ... Sidharath score upset win over Japanese Davis cup player Hiroki Kondo in tight two sets ... Divij and Sasi are facing each other in the second round after winning their matches against Marquis and Karunuday respectively.

In second qualifying round Sasi beats Divij in close match ... After winning the first set in tie-break Sasi took crucial break in 9th game of the second and then hold his serve for completing the victory ... Next he is facing 2nd seed Chinese Yan Bai for place in main-draw ... Sidharath also join him in final qualifying with straight sets win over Thai opponent ... He is also facing Chinese challenge for place in main-draw.

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At Australian Open 2015, Melbourne

Mixed Doubles
[R1] Jarmila Gajdosova / Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) l Hao-Ching Chan (TPE)/ Jamie Murray (GBR) 64 67(7) 8-10

Junior Singles
[R1] Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,71) bt Katie Poluta (RSA,143) 64 63
[R1] Ojasvinee Singh (IND,109) l Olivia Hauger (USA,64) 60 46 16
[R1] Sumit Nagal (IND,29) bt (5) Michael Mmoh (USA,7) 62 46 64

[R2] Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,71) vs (1) Shilin Xu (CHN,2)
[R2] Sumit Nagal (IND,29) vs Yosuke Watanuki (JPN,66)

Junior Doubles
[R1] Tamachan Momkoonthod (THA)/ Ojasvinee Singh (IND) vs Katharina Hobgarski (GER)/ Greet Minnen (BEL)
[R1] Chihiro Muramatsu (JPN)/ Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND) vs (4) Sara Tomic (AUS)/ Shilin Xu (CHN)
[R1] Viktor Durasovic (NOR)/ Sumit Nagal (IND) vs Renta Tokuda (JPN)/ Jumpei Yamasaki (JPN)

After losing in first round in men's doubles Mahesh fail to break trend and lose in thriller of mixed doubles first round ... After winning the first set Mahesh-Jarmila missed match points to lose in extra points of tie-break ... In match tie-break also they tried but failed to overcome challenge of Murray-Chan.

Sumit start with Australian open with huge upset win over talented American kid Michael Mmoh, who was one of title contender ... After winning the first set Sumit first time lost his serve in 10th game of second set when he was serving for staying in the set ... In the decider he take crucial break in 7th game to lead 4-3 ... He missed few match points on Mmoh's serve in 9th game before converting on sixth match point on his serve ... In next round he is facing lowly ranked Japanese opponent Yosuke Watanuki.

Expected straight sets win for Pranjala but in next round she is having really tough match against top-seed and WR #2 Chinese player Shilin Xu ... In the doubles also Pranjala with her Japanese partner are facing Shilin Xu and her partner Sara Tomic, younger sister of Bernard Tomic.

Ojasvinee Singh started well after dominating the first set but she failed to keep same momentum in the second and then lost one-sided final set.

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At Australian Open 2015, Melbourne

Doubles
[R2] (2) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE) l Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN)/ Alicja Rosolska (POL) 67(5) 46
[R2] (10) Raven Klassen (RSA)/ Leander Paes (IND) l Simone Bolelli (ITA)/ Fabio Fognini (ITA) 62 46 16
[R2] (7) Daniel Nestor (CAN)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) l Feliciano Lopez (ESP)/ Max Mirnyi (BLR) 57 36

Mixed Doubles
[R1] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Bruno Soares (BRA) bt Timea Babos (HUN)/ Eric Butorac (USA) 61 46 10-3

Turn to be terrible day for Indian doubles players on the court ... Sania and Su-Wei Hsieh pairing is still struggling to gel and we need to give them more time to settle ... But still their loss against lowly ranked Dabrowski-Rosolska is shocking ... After winning the first set in tie-break Dabrowski-Rosolska kept pressure in the second and won it with a break for huge upset by seeding wise.

One of favorite for Australian open championship Lee-Raven face shocking defeat in hands of Italian pair in the second round.... Bolelli-Fognini were tricky pair but our pair started confidently and won the first set comfortably ... From the second set Italian pair raised their game and other hand our pair failed to show same desire to win ... After losing the second set Italian pair dominated the third to win it convincingly ...

Rohan-Daniel also lose in straight sets against Mirnyi and Lopez ... After losing close first set Rohan-Daniel failed to raise their game in the second.

Only in mixed doubles match Sania win her match with her Brazilian partner Bruno Soares in super tie-break ... After dominating the first set our pair lost the second set but they recovered well in super tie-break for winning it losing only three points.

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At Australian Open 2015, Melbourne

Doubles
[R1] Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Jurgen Melzer (AUT) l Diego Schwartzman (ARG)/ Horacio Zeballos (ARG) 46 36
[R1] (7) Daniel Nestor (CAN)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) bt Marcos Baghdatis (CYP)/ Marinko Matosevic (AUS) 76(2) 75

[R2] (10) Raven Klassen (RSA)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs Simone Bolelli (ITA)/ Fabio Fognini (ITA)
[R2] (7) Daniel Nestor (CAN)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) vs Feliciano Lopez (ESP)/ Max Mirnyi (BLR)

Mixed Doubles
[R1] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Bruno Soares (BRA) vs Timea Babos (HUN)/ Eric Butorac (USA)
[R1] B.Zahlavova Strycova (CZE)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) vs (3) Kristina Mladenovic (FRA)/ Daniel Nestor (CAN)
[R1] (7) Martina Hingis (SUI)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs Masa Jovanovic (AUS)/ Sam Thompson (AUS)
[R1] Jarmila Gajdosova / Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) vs Hao-Ching Chan (TPE)/ Jamie Murray (GBR)

Junior
[Q2] (16) Vasisht CHERUKU (IND,147) l (6) Chien Hsun LO (TPE,81) 06 36

Rohan-Daniel stretch in both sets by Baghdatis-Matosevic before winning in tight two sets ... Next they r facing Max Mirnyi and Feliciano Lopez ... Other hand Lee-Raven r playing another tricky Italian pair.

Mahesh-Jurgen fail to win against Argentine pair ... They lost the first set after failing to hold their service in 10th game ... In the second set Argentine pair take break in 2nd game to lead 3-0 and kept that advantage despite facing break points on their service games.

Mixed doubles draw is out ... This time also Sania is top-seed with Bruno Soares ... Rohan having tough first round with his doubles partner Nestor ... Lee and Mahesh are in bottom draw and can face each other in the quarters.

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At Australian Open 2015, Melbourne

Doubles
[R1] (2) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE) bt Maria Irigoyen (ARG)/ Romina Oprandi (SUI) 62 60
[R1] (10) Raven Klassen (RSA)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt Scott Lipsky (USA)/ Rajeev Ram (USA) 64 76(6)

[R2] (2) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE) vs Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN)/ Alicja Rosolska (POL)

Junior
[Q1] (16) Vasanti SHINDE (IND,175) l Jade LEWIS (NZL,241) 16 46
[Q1] Kushaan NATH (IND,360) l (3) Yuya ITO (JPN,74) 57 06
[Q1] (16) Vasisht CHERUKU (IND,147) bt Cody BRACKENREG (AUS,304)

[Q2] (16) Vasisht CHERUKU (IND,147) vs (6) Chien Hsun LO (TPE,81)

Sania and Su-Wei score very dominating win over Irigoyen-Oprandi losing only two games ... Next they r facing Canadian-Polish pair of Gabriela Dabrowski and Alicja Rosolska, who score comfortable win over Cara Black and Chinese Saisai Zheng.

Lee-Raven score hard fought straight sets win over American pair of Rajeev Ram and Scott Lipsky.

In Junior qualifying only Vasisht Cheruku cross first hurdle but facing top-100 Taipei player for place in main-draw.

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At Australian Open 2015, Melbourne

[R1] (Q) Yuki Bhambri (IND,314) l (6) Andy Murray (GBR,6) 36 46 67(3)

Doubles
[R1] (2) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE) vs Maria Irigoyen (ARG)/ Romina Oprandi (SUI)
[R1] Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Jurgen Melzer (AUT) vs Diego Schwartzman (ARG)/ Horacio Zeballos (ARG)
[R1] (10) Raven Klassen (RSA)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs Scott Lipsky (USA)/ Rajeev Ram (USA)
[R1] (7) Daniel Nestor (CAN)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) vs Marcos Baghdatis (CYP)/ Marinko Matosevic (AUS)

Yuki lose in straight sets against Andy but give decent performance ... After losing first 2 sets he was break up in the third at 4-1 but Andy broke back in 7th game and take set into tie-break ... Andy dominated tie-break but still heartening performance by Yuki in his first grand slam main-draw match.

In the doubles first time Sania is seeded second in any grand slam tournament with her partner Su-Wei Hsieh ... Mahesh is partnering Jurgen and they r in top draw with Bryans ... Lee-Raven are also in top-draw and can face Bryans in the quarters ... Rohan-Daniel are in bottom draw.

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At $519K Heineken Open 2015, Auckland, New Zealand

Doubles Final
(4) Raven Klassen (RSA)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt Dominic Inglot (GBR)/ Florin Mergea (ROU) 76(1) 64

Lee-Raven lifts their first title as team and first of 2015 season... This is Lee's 55th title with his 99th partner and Lee contesting his 93rd career final (55-38), has now won a title every season since 1997 ... Lee-Raven were down an early break in the first set against Inglot and Mergea, but fought back to win it convincingly in a tie-break ... Then Klaasen and Paes served for the match at 5-3, only to be broken for a second time but they rebounded immediately and got their third break and winning the match in 74 minutes.

Leander Paes - "It’s been a good start to the year. It just goes to show that when you persevere and work hard together, we’re very potent as a team. At this stage of my career, I have a great partner with me who keeps me young and motivated. He works hard on the practice court. He goes out on the match court, and he’s very intelligent. That’s a bonus for me. I really love playing with Raven."

Raven Klassen - "Leander is arguably one of the best doubles players of all time. He’s still willing to learn and improve and teach me those things I haven’t heard before. Looking forward, my improvement curve is going fast, and he’s improving, too. The way things are going now, we’re going to be a tough team to beat."
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At $494K Apia International Sydney, Australia

Doubles Final
(3) Daniel Nestor (CAN)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) bt (2) Jean-Julien Rojer (NED)/ Horia Tecau (ROU) 64 76(5)

Rohan-Daniel lift their first title as a team winning Sydney tournament ... This is Rohan's 11th title and Nestor's 86th doubles title ... In this match Rohan-Daniel served well winning 91% of points on their first serve ... In this match they converted three break points from seven.

Rohan Bopanna - "Since we started together this year, we've been working hard. Playing with a guy like Danny, with so much experience, I think it really helps my game. I just have to focus on my side of the court and that makes it much easier. Since he's been on the tour for such a long time, it helps me as a player. In these big matches, big moments, he keeps me relaxed and I can play my best tennis. That has helped us this week and I hope we can continue like that. I think we're a pretty strong team. If we play our best tennis, we can beat anybody out there. It's just a case of believing in ourselves and playing well. We go into Melbourne with a lot of confidence."

Daniel Nestor - "We played a few tournaments at the end of last year to prepare for this year as well as we could. Things didn't go as well, but I think right now we're clicking. I enjoy playing with Rohan; he's a big hitter, he serves great and he's one of those guys that's really intimidating to play against. So I'd rather be on the same side as him!”
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At Australian Open 2015, Melbourne

[Q3] Yuki Bhambri (IND,314) bt Chase Buchanan (USA,179) 63

[R1] (Q) Yuki Bhambri (IND,314) vs (6) Andy Murray (GBR,6)

Yuki first time qualify for main-draw of grand slam winning final qualifying match comfortably with his attacking game ... In the first round he is facing two time grand slam winner Andy Murray.

In the first set Yuki broke Chase in 6th game to lead 4-2 and then kept that lead for winning the set ... In the second set Yuki broke Chase in 3rd game to lead 2-1 but Chase broke him in 8th game to make it 4-all ... Yuki responded immediately breaking Chase in 9th game and then hold his serve for winning the match.

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At $731K Apia International Sydney, Australia (WTA Premier)

Doubles Final
Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA)/ Sania Mirza (IND) bt (1) Raquel Kops-Jones (USA)/ Abigail Spears (USA) 63 63

Sania lifts her 23rd title of her career with Bethanie ... They beat top-seed American comfortably in straight sets in the final to win this WTA Premier tournament.
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At $519K Heineken Open 2015, Auckland, New Zealand

[SF] (4) Raven Klassen (RSA)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt (2) Alexander Peya (AUT)/ Bruno Soares (BRA) 36 63 10-4

[F] (4) Raven Klassen (RSA)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs Dominic Inglot (GBR)/ Florin Mergea (ROU)

Lee-Raven score another comeback victory this time against WR #2 Peya-Soares ... After losing the first set they made strong comeback and dominated match tie-break ... In the final they r facing Inglot-Mergea.
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At $494K Apia International Sydney, Australia

[SF] (3) Daniel Nestor (CAN)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) bt (1) Julien Benneteau (FRA)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) 26 63 10-3

[F] (3) Daniel Nestor (CAN)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) vs Jean-Julien Rojer (NED)/ Horia Tecau (ROU)

Rohan-Daniel score comeback victory over top-seed French pair for entering into the final ... They are facing Roger-Tecau for the title ... In the semis French pair won the first set comfortably but our pair recovered to win the second set ... Our pair dominated match tie-break as they won it losing only three points.

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At Australian Open 2015, Melbourne

[Q2] Yuki Bhambri (IND,314) bt Yohishito Nishioka (JPN,165) 76(8) 63

[Q3] Yuki Bhambri (IND,314) vs Chase Buchanan (USA,179)

Yuki enter into his first grand slam final qualifying round taking revenge of his Asian games loss ... Nishioka started well breaking Yuki in 2nd game to lead 3-0 ... After that Yuki served well and he broke Nishioka in 7th game to bring set on the serve ... In tie-break Yuki was down 1-4 and then 2-5 but he won next two points on Nishioka's serve and then take crucial mini-break on 17th points after saving couple of set points ... Then hold to win the first set ... In the second set Yuki broke Nishioka in sixth game to lead 4-2 and he kept that lead for winning the match ... Next he is meeting his friend from junior time American Chase Buchanan.
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At $519K Heineken Open 2015, Auckland, New Zealand

[QF] (4) Raven Klassen (RSA)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE)/ Oliver Marach (AUT) 46 63 10-6

[SF] (4) Raven Klassen (RSA)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs (2) Alexander Peya (AUT)/ Bruno Soares (BRA)

Another comeback win for Lee and Raven in super tie-break ... Good to see that they r producing these wins in their early start of partnership ... Next they r having real test against WR #2 pair Peya and Soares.
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At $731K Apia International Sydney, Australia (WTA Premier)

[SF] Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA)/ Sania Mirza (IND) bt Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN)/ Karolina Pliskova (CZE) 62 61

[F] Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA)/ Sania Mirza (IND) vs (1) Raquel Kops-Jones (USA)/ Abigail Spears (USA)

Sania is in terrific nick with Bethanie ... They beat Karolina Pliskova and Kimiko Date-Krumm losing only three games ... In the final they r facing top-seed American pair.
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At $50K Casablanca Challenger, Morocco

[SF] (2) Purav Raja (IND)/ Fabrice Martin (FRA) l Laurynas Grigelis (LTU)/ Adrian Ungur (ROU)46 76(9) 4-10

Purav-Martin must save few match points in the second set before winning it in extra points but after that they lose momentum and manage to win only four points in match tie-break.

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At $519K Heineken Open 2015, Auckland, New Zealand

[Q1] Yuki Bhambri (IND,314) bt (15) Evgeny Donskoy (RUS,129) 46 61 76(6)
[Q1] (22) Somdev Devvarman (IND,139) l Austin Krajicek (USA,154) 46 63 46
[Q1] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,284) vs Nils Langer (GER,254) 57 64 46

[Q2] Yuki Bhambri (IND,314) vs Yohishito Nishioka (JPN,165)

Yuki score comeback win against in-form Russian and top-130 player Evgeny Donskoy ... After losing the first set Yuki made strong comeback ... With double break he take 5-0 lead in the second set before winning it ... In the final set both players hold respective serve till tie-break ... And in tie-break only mini-break which Yuki take on 13th point then he won point on his own serve for competing victory ... Next he is facing Japanese Nishioka, against whom Yuki lose in their last meeting at Asian games semi-final.

Other hand our other two players who had winnable matches, lose their respective matches ... Our both players tried comeback after losing the first set ... But after winning the second set they failed to keep momentum in the final set.
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At $519K Heineken Open 2015, Auckland, New Zealand

[R1] (4) Raven Klassen (RSA)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt Jamie Murray (GBR)/ John Peers (AUS) 76(3) 46 10-6

[QF] (4) Raven Klassen (RSA)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE)/ Oliver Marach (AUT)

Turn to be surprisingly tough match for Lee and Raven but importantly they r winning these type of matches ... Next they r facing Lu, he was half part of pair who defeated them at Chennai open, but with different partner Austrian Marach.
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At $494K Apia International Sydney, Australia

[QF] (3) Daniel Nestor (CAN)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) bt Simone Bolelli (ITA)/ Fabio Fognini (ITA) 75 63

[SF] (3) Daniel Nestor (CAN)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) vs (1) Julien Benneteau (FRA)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA)

In end comfortable straight sets win for Rohan-Daniel against Italian pair ... In the semis they r facing top-seed French pair.
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At $731K Apia International Sydney, Australia (WTA Premier)

[QF] Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA)/ Sania Mirza (IND) bt (2) Martina Hingis (SUI)/ Flavia Pennetta (ITA) 63 63

[SF] Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA)/ Sania Mirza (IND) vs Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN)/ Karolina Pliskova (CZE)

Sania-Bethanie score dominating win against 2nd seed Hingis-Pennetta in straight sets ... Next they r facing similar unseeded pairing of Kimiko Date-Krumm and Karolina Pliskova, who also score upset win over 4th seed pair.
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At $50K Casablanca Challenger, Morocco

[QF] (2) Purav Raja (IND)/ Fabrice Martin (FRA) bt Ivo Klec (SVK) / Gero Kretschmer (GER) 75 61

[SF] (2) Purav Raja (IND)/ Fabrice Martin (FRA) vs Laurynas Grigelis (LTU)/ Adrian Ungur (ROU)

Another straight sets win for Purav and Martin ... In the semis they r facing unseeded pair of Grigelis-Ungur.

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At Australian Open 2015, Melbourne

[Q1] Yuki Bhambri (IND,314) vs (15) Evgeny Donskoy (RUS,129)
[Q1] (22) Somdev Devvarman (IND,139) vs Austin Krajicek (USA, 154)
[Q1] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,284) vs Nils Langer (GER,254)

With their current form our all players having tough qualifying matches.
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At $494K Apia International Sydney, Australia

[R1] (3) Daniel Nestor (CAN)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) bt Pablo Cuevas (URU)/ David Marrero (ESP) 67(11) 75 10-6

[QF] (3) Daniel Nestor (CAN)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) vs Simone Bolelli (ITA)/ Fabio Fognini (ITA)

Tough comeback win by Nestor-Bopanna in closely fought match ... Next they r facing tricky Italian pair.
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At $731K Apia International Sydney, Australia (WTA Premier)

[QF] Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA)/ Sania Mirza (IND) vs (2) Martina Hingis (SUI)/ Flavia Pennetta (ITA)

Sania-Bethanie r meeting 2nd seed Hingis-Pennetta in the quarters.
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At $50K Casablanca Challenger, Morocco

[R1] (2) Purav Raja (IND)/ Fabrice Martin (FRA) bt Rui Machado (POR) / Frederico Ferreira Silva (POR) 61 64

[QF] (2) Purav Raja (IND)/ Fabrice Martin (FRA) vs Ivo Klec (SVK) / Gero Kretschmer (GER)

Comfortable winning start for Purav with his French partner Martin ... Next they r facing Klec-Kretschmer.

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At $731K Apia International Sydney, Australia (WTA Premier)

[R1] Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA)/ Sania Mirza (IND) bt Marina Erakovic (NZL)/ Arantxa Parra Santonja (ESP) 63 62

Sania-Bethanie start with comfortable win against Erakovic-Santonja.

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At $458K Chennai Open 2015, India

Doubles Final
(1) Raven Klassen (RSA)/ Leander Paes (IND) l Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE)/ Jonathan Marray (GBR) 36 67(4)

Leander fail to win his 7th Chennai open title as he lose final with Raven Klassen in straight sets ... Lu-Marray broke Lee in 2nd game to lead 3-0 and kept that advantage for winning the first set ... Lee-Raven raised their game in the second set but Marray-Lu didn't gave them any opportunity as they kept playing high level game ... In tie-break Marray-Lu take crucial break on Lee's serve with excellent net game on 9th point and then Lu hit big two serve for completing victory.
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At $519K Heineken Open 2015, Auckland, New Zealand

[R1] (4) Raven Klassen (RSA)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs Jamie Murray (GBR)/ John Peers (AUS)

Next week Lee-Raven are playing Auckland open and they r 4th seed.
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At $494K Apia International Sydney, Australia

[R1] (3) Daniel Nestor (CAN)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) vs Pablo Cuevas (URU)/ David Marrero (ESP)

Rohan-Nestor r playing this week at Sydney International and they r 3rd seed.
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At $731K Apia International Sydney, Australia (WTA Premier)

[R1] Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA)/ Sania Mirza (IND) vs Marina Erakovic (NZL)/ Arantxa Parra Santonja (ESP)

Next week Su-Wei Hsieh is not playing in Sydney WTA Premier tournament ... Sania is playing with her old doubles partner American Bethanie Mattek-Sands.

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At $458K Chennai Open 2015, India

[SF] Purav Raja (IND)/ Adil Shamasdin (CAN) l Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE)/ Jonathan Marray (GBR) 75 36 8-10

[F] (1) Raven Klassen (RSA)/ Leander Paes (IND) vsYen-Hsun Lu (TPE)/ Jonathan Marray (GBR)

Purav-Adil fail to keep momentum after winning the first set ... Marray-Lu fought back and scored comeback win over Purav-Adil in super tie=break ... In the final they r facing top-seed Lee-Raven.

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At $458K Chennai Open 2015, India

[SF] (1) Raven Klassen (RSA)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP)/ Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) 63 63
[SF] Purav Raja (IND)/ Adil Shamasdin (CAN) vs Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE)/ Jonathan Marray (GBR)


Top-seed Lee-Raven score comfortable win over Spanish pair for entering into the final ... In the first set they broke Spanish pair twice and in the second set our pair broke them once for this win ... Now they r waiting for winner between Purav-Adil and Lu-Marray.
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At $1M Brisbane International, Australia (WTA Premier)

[SF] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE) l Caroline Garcia (FRA)/ Katarina Srebotnik (SLO) 64 67(1) 8-10

Sania and Su-Wei lose this time in super tie-break against Garcia-Srebotnik ... Sania and Su-Wei started well after winning first set but afterwards Garcia-Srebotnik fought back ... Garcia-Srebotnik won the second set in tie-break and kept momentum to win super tie-break.

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At $458K Chennai Open 2015, India

[R1] (WC) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Saketh Myneni (IND) bt (ALT) Chandril Sood (IND)/ Lakshit Sood (IND) 67(4) 64 10-6
[R1] Purav Raja (IND)/ Adil Shamasdin (CAN) bt Aljaz Bedene (SLO)/ Damir Dzumhur (BIH) 61 62

[QF] (1) Raven Klassen (RSA)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt (WC) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Saketh Myneni (IND) 16 61 10-7
[QF] Purav Raja (IND)/ Adil Shamasdin (CAN) bt Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP)/ Stan Wawrinka (SUI) 76(5) 46 10-4

[SF] (1) Raven Klassen (RSA)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP)/ Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP)

Purav take opportunity with Adil and he is in the semis beating Stan-Agut in super tie-break ... After winning the first round easily Purav-Adil faced Stan-Agut in the quarters ... Purav-Agut won the first set in tie-break but Stan-Agut won the second set in tie-break ... Purav-Adil recovered and won super tie-break comfortably.

But match of the day was between Lee and Mahesh with their respective partners ... After struggling against Sood brothers in their first match Mahesh-Saki were underdogs in this match ... Instead they started on positive note and dominated from beginning to take lead 3-0 breaking Raven's serve ... Again they broke Raven in sixth game to won the first set 6-1 ... Saki was in amazing form with his serve and returns ... From second set Lee raised his level of game which lifted Raven's game ... Breaking Mahesh and Saki they take 5-0 lead and won this set 6-1 ... In super tie-break both pairs failed to win a point on other's serve till first 11 points ... Saki made error near net on Mahesh's serve to gave 7-5 lead to Lee-Raven ... Saki served facing 3 match points at 6-9 ... He served big serve saving first match point but while serving to lee he committed double fault which gave match to Lee-Raven ... Next they are facing unseeded Spanish pair.
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At $1M Brisbane International, Australia (WTA Premier)

[QF] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE) bt Anastasia Rodionova (AUS)/ Arina Rodionova (AUS) 63 26 11-9

[SF] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE) vs Caroline Garcia (FRA)/ Katarina Srebotnik (SLO)

Rodionova sister stretch Sania and Su-Wei to fullest as in super tie-break our pair need extra points for entering into the semis.

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At $458K Chennai Open 2015, India

[R1] (Q) N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,557) l Jiri Vesely (CZE,65) 16 26
[R1] (WC) Somdev Devvarman (IND,138) l (6) Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE,38) 36 46
[R1] (WC) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,241) l Tatsuma Ito (JPN,93) 36 36

Doubles
[R1] (1) Raven Klassen (RSA)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt Andreas Haider-Maurer (AUT)/ Lukas Lacko (SVK) 64 64

After exciting qualifying rounds this turn to be terrible day ... As our singles challenge get over in first round ... VSP fail to raise his game against rising Czech player Jiri Vesely ... RamK show his erratic game in his loss against Ito ... Buji tried hard in second set after losing first set but Lu played important points quite well to win in two sets.

In doubles winning start for new pairing of Lee and Raven against Lacko and Haider-Maurer.
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At $1M Brisbane International, Australia (WTA Premier)

[R1] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE) bt Jarmila Gajdosova (AUS)/ Ajla Tomljanovic (CRO) 75 63

[QF] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE) vs Anastasia Rodionova (AUS)/ Arina Rodionova (AUS)

New pairing of Sania-Hsieh have winning start ... In quarters they r facing Rodionova sisters.

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At $458K Chennai Open 2015, India

[Q3] Vinayak Sharma Kaza (IND,902) l (5) Aljaz Bedene (SLO,145) 06 46
[Q3] Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,842) l (3) Evgeny Donskoy (RUS,130) 06 06
[Q3] N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,560) bt (4) Illya Marchenko (UKR,143) 26 76(7) 75

[R1] (Q) N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,557) vs Jiri Vesely (CZE,65)

Doubles
[R1] (WC) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) l Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE)/ Jonathan Marray (GBR) 36 64 6-10

Vijay Sundar Prashanth produce one of the best performance of his career to qualify for main-draw of Chennai open ATP tournament ... After losing first set easily VSP again showed his fighting performance ... In the second set tie-break VSP saved 2 match points at 4-6 to win the set converting 2nd set point and took match to a decider ... In final set again VSP was break down but from 2-5 down he fought back to win next five games ... In that he broke Ukrainian Marchenko in 9th and 11th games ... This is terrific victory and that give him first round match against Czech player Jiri Vesely.

Other hand Sasi gets double bageled ... Kaza also got bageled in the first set but he gave decent fight in the second before losing it.

In the doubles Bala and Jeevan lose in super tie-break against Lu and Marray.
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At $498K Brisbane International, Australia

[R1] (2) Daniel Nestor (CAN)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) l Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR)/ Kei Nishikori (JPN) 46 63 6-10

Rohan-Nestor lose their first match of 2015 season against Nishikori-Dolgopolov in super tie-break.

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At $458K Chennai Open 2015, India

[Q2] Vinayak Sharma Kaza (IND,902) bt (2) Alexander Kudryavtsev (RUS,119) 64 67(5) 76(4)
[Q2] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,390) l (5) Aljaz Bedene (SLO,145) 46 46
[Q2] Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,842) bt (7) Peter Torebko (GER,243) 64 16 62
[Q2] Vishnu Vardhan (IND,652) l (4) Illya Marchenko (UKR,143) 57 46
[Q2] N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,560) bt (8) Yuki Bhambri (IND,249) 16 76(3) 63

[Q3] Vinayak Sharma Kaza (IND,902) vs (5) Aljaz Bedene (SLO,145)
[Q3] Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,842) vs (3) Evgeny Donskoy (RUS,130)
[Q3] N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,560) vs (4) Illya Marchenko (UKR,143)

Kaza continue with his terrific form and score big upset win over top-120 Russian Kudryavtsev in entertaining match ... After winning first set Kaza was 5-6 break down in the second but Kaza broke Kudryavtsev to make it 6-all ... Kudryavtsev won second set in tie-break but after losing set also Kaza kept his focus ... In final set he matched Kudryavtsev and this time won tie-break for completing upset win.

Vijay Sundar Prashanth score upset win over Yuki in comeback win ... Yuki dominated one and half set ... He won first set 61 and leading 3-1 in the second set but after that suddenly his game dipped down ... VSP took full advantage and used his huge service for his benefit ... VSP completed with winning third set comfortably.

Sasi also score upset win over top-250 German Torebko ... After winning first set Sasi lost second set cheaply against Torebko ... But afterwards Sasi recovered and won final set with double break ... Other hand Vishnu and Jeevan lose their respective matches in straight sets.

This is pleasent surprise that our three players in final qualifying round ... Moreover these are least expected players ... Now all three players need to cross final hurdle to play on ATP tour with another upset win over top-150 players ... Hopefully at least one of them croos the line.

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At $458K Chennai Open 2015, India

[Q1] (6) Luca VANNI (ITA) bt (WC) Ravi RASWANT (IND) 62 62
[Q1] (2) Alexander KUDRYAVTSEV (RUS) bt Mohit Mayur JAYAPRAKASH (IND) 76(4) 57 26
[Q1] Vinayak Sharma KAZA (IND) bt Danai UDOMCHOKE (THA) 36 64 62
[Q1] Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND) bt Lakshit SOOD (IND) 62 62
[Q1] Egor GERASIMOV (BLR) bt Akash WAGH (IND) 61 60
[Q1] Vishnu VARDHAN (IND) bt Suraj R PRABODH (IND) 61 63
[Q1] N Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND) bt Niki KALIYANDA POONACHA (IND) 61 52 retd.
[Q1] (8) Yuki BHAMBRI (IND) bt Sidharth RAWAT (IND) 61 63
[Q1] Michael VENUS (NZL) bt Chandril SOOD (IND) 63 64
[Q1] Thomas FABBIANO (ITA) bt (WC) Rahul Robinson MANOAH (IND) 60 60
[Q1] (5) Aljaz BEDENE (SLO) bt (WC) Sumit NAGAL (IND) 62 60
[Q1] Sasi Kumar MUKUND (IND) bt (WC) Fahad MOHAMMED (IND) 63 64

[Q2] (1) Damir Dzumhur (BIH) vs Michael Venus (NZL)
[Q2] (6) Luca Vanni (ITA) vs Thomas Fabbiano (ITA)
[Q2] (2) Alexander Kudryavtsev (RUS) vs Kaza Vinayak Sharma (IND)
[Q2] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) vs (5) Aljaz Bedene (SLO)
[Q2] (3) Evgeny Donskoy (RUS) vs Egor Gerasimov (BLR)
[Q2] Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND) vs (7) Peter Torebko (GER)
[Q2] (4) Illya Marchenko (UKR) vs Vishnu Vardhan (IND)
[Q2] (8) Yuki Bhambri (IND)N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND)

[R1] (6) Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE,38) vs (WC) Somdev Devvarman (IND,138)
[R1] Tatsuma Ito (JPN,93) vs (WC) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,241)

Doubles
[R1] (1) Raven Klassen (RSA)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs Andreas Haider-Maurer (AUT)/ Lukas Lacko (SVK)
[R1] (WC) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Saketh Myneni (IND) vs Alejandro Falla (COL)/ Alejandro Gonzalez (COL)
[R1] Purav Raja (IND)/ Adil Shamasdin (CAN) vs Aljaz Bedene (SLO)/ Damir Dzumhur (BIH)
[R1] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) vs Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE)/ Jonathan Marray (GBR)

Vinayak Kaza score superb comeback upset win over very experienced Danai Ydomchoke ... Otherwise expected losses ... Sumit and Akash surprisingly lose their matches tamely ... In the second qualifying Yuki is facing tricky match against VSP.

In main-draw Buji is facing 6th seed and his hitting partner top-40 Lu ... RamK is facing top-100 Japanese Tatsuma Ito.

Good to see Lee changes his decision of not playing at Chennai open ... He is playing her with his new and 99th partner Raven Klassen and having little tricky first round match ... Mahesh is pairing with Saki and facing Colombian pair ... Purav-Adil are also having winnable match ... Jeevan-Bala having tough first round match against Lu-Marray.
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At $498K Brisbane International, Australia

[R1] (2) Daniel Nestor (CAN)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) vs Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR)/ Kei Nishikori (JPN)

Rohan and Daniel are 2nd seed in Brisbane International. They r facing singles players, Nishikori and Dolgopolov in the first round.
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At $1M Brisbane International, Australia (WTA Premier)

[R1] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE) vs Jarmila Gajdosova (AUS)/ Ajla Tomljanovic (CRO)

Newly form pairing of Mirza and Hsieh starting their season with playing season opener at Brisbane ... They r top-seed in this WTA Premier tournament.