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At $150K Men's Windy City Open 2016, , Chicago, USA

[R2] Saurav Ghosal (IND,20) l (3) Omar Mosaad (EGY,4) 15-13, 1-11, 7-11, 1-11 (50m)

Saurav lose his match in four games against Omar Mossad ... Saurav fought hard for winning the first game in extra points but after that he drained out ... Omar took full advantage of it winning the second and kept pressure for winning the third ... In the fourth also Saurav failed to match Omar and lost this game winning one point.

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At $150K Men's Windy City Open 2016, , Chicago, USA

[Q1] Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,67) l Declan James (ENG,44) 11-8, 8-11, 6-11, 6-11 (60m)

[R1] Saurav Ghosal (IND,20) bt (Q) Omar Abdel Meguid (EGY,33) 11-13, 11-8, 11-8, 7-11, 11-8 (73m)

[R2] Saurav Ghosal (IND,20) vs (3) Omar Mosaad (EGY,4)

Saurav scored hard fought win over Egyptian qualifier Omar Meguid in five games ... In this match Omar showed creditable sportsmanship as he called his ball down on match ball when umpire awarded point to him ... Next Saurav is facing world top-4 Omar Mosaad. ... Before that Mahesh lost in first qualifying match against his British opponent.

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At $10K Tunisia F7 Futures, Hammamet (Clay)

[SF] Sumit Nagal (IND,421) l (3) Michael Linzer (AUT,281) 36 46

Sumit's excellent run ended in straight sets against top-300 Linzer ... But this performance will be push him inside top-400 for the first-time.

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At $10K Tunisia F7 Futures, Hammamet (Clay)


[QF] Sumit Nagal (IND,421) bt (Q) Bruno Sant'Anna (BRA,855) 67(4) 64 60

[SF] Sumit Nagal (IND,421) vs (3) Michael Linzer (AUT,281)

After losing the first set Sumit make amazing comeback for scoring win against Brazilian player ... In the last set after breaking Bruno in long first game he dominated the set for winning it without losing a game ... Next he is facing top-300 Austrian Linzer.

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At $2.8M Qatar Total Open, Doha WTA Premier 5)

[QF] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Martina Hingis (SUI) l Daria Kasatkina (RUS)/ Elena Vesnina (RUS) 62 46 5-10

And with this loss Sania-Martina's 41 matches winning streak ended by Russian pair ... After winning the first set Sania and Martina failed to keep momentum and Russian pair took full advantage of it scoring huge upset on WTA tour ... Still creditable performance by Sania-Martina as this is their first loss in last eight months.

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At $50K+H La Manche Challenger, Cherbourg, France

[R2] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,213) l (5) Adam Pavlasek (147,CZE) 46 26

Again RamK fail to score back to back win over top-150 players in challenger.

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At $10K Tunisia F7 Futures, Hammamet (Clay)
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[R2] Sumit Nagal (IND,421)< bt Nicolas Alberto Arreche (ARG,627) 75 64

[QF] Sumit Nagal (IND,421) vs (Q) Bruno Sant'Anna (BRA,855)

Sumit scores excellent straight sets win over his Argentine opponent ... In both sets he was break down ... In the first set he fought back from 1-3 for winning it and in the second set he won five games in a row from 1-4 down ... Next he is facing Brazilian qualifier.

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At $2.67M Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, UAE

[R1] (2) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Florin Meargea (ROM) l Daniel Nestor (CAN)/ Radek Stepanek (CZE) 63 67(6) 4-10

Rohan-Florin also lose their match against tricky pairing of Nestor-Stepanek ... So with this loss end of our challenge for our players.

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At $1.5M Abierto Mexicano Telcel 2016, Acapulco, Mexico

[R1] Jeremy Chardy (FRA)/ Leander Paes (IND) l Oliver Marach (AUT)/ Fabrice Martin (FRA) 26 46

Expected loss against in-form pair for Lee and Chardy.

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At $50K+H La Manche Challenger, Cherbourg, France

[R1] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,213) bt Marco Chiudinelli (SUI,146) 64 61

[R2] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,213) vs (5) Adam Pavlasek (147,CZE)

Doubles
[R1] (3) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Dino Marcan (CRO) l James Cerretani (USA)/ Tristan-Samuel Weissborn (AUT) 67(8) 16
[R1] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND)/ Maxime Teixeira (FRA) l Sander Arends (NED)/ Alessandro Motti (ITA) 57 63 8-10

RamK scores excellent win over last week's Polish challenger winner Chiudinelli ... May be Chiudinelli was tired after last week's heroics but still creditable performance by RamK to beat same player with such ease ... In the first set both players exchanged early breaks but RamK took crucial break in 10th game for winning this set ... In the second set RamK broke Chiudinelli in 2nd game for leading 2-0 but Chiudinelli broke him in next game, 2-1 ... But after that RamK dominated with winning next four games and in that breaking Chiudinelli in 4th and 6th games for comfortable win ... Next he is facing another top-150 Czech player Adam Pavlasek.

In the doubles our both players lose their matches with their respective partners in contrasting style.

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At $50K Kyoto Challenger, Japan

[R1] Sanam Singh (IND,294) l (Q) Yuya Kibi (JPN,663) 36 63 67(8)

After losing the first set Sanam tried fightback but in end he failed to overcome ... In the final set he was break up at 3-1 but not able to keep that advantage and lost match in tight tie-break.

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At $10K Tunisia F7 Futures, Hammamet (Clay)


[R1] Sumit Nagal (IND,421) bt (2) David Perez Sanz (ESP,261) 75 64

[R2] Sumit Nagal (IND,421) vs Nicolas Alberto Arreche (ARG,627)

Sumit scores one of the best win from his short career over top-275 Spanish player on clay ... Next he is facing Argentine Nicolas Alberto Arreche.

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At $2.8M Qatar Total Open, Doha WTA Premier 5)

[R2] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Martina Hingis (SUI) bt Yi-Fan Xu (CHN)/ Saisai Zheng (CHN) 64 46 10-4

Sania-Martina score their win #41 in match tie-break against Chinese pair.

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At $2.67M Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, UAE

[R1] (WC) Yuki Bhambri (IND,107) l Lukas Rosol (CZE,46) 62 67(2) 06

Doubles
[R1] (WC) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) l Simone Bolelli (ITA)/ Andreas Seppi (ITA) 46 26

For me it is really puzzle that how Yuki manages to lose this match from winning position ... Yuki dominated first set for winning it comfortably with couple of breaks ... In the second set Yuki broke Rosol in 2nd game to lead 3-0 but Rosol broke him in 5th game for 3-all ... At 5-4 Yuki had 3 match points on Rosol's serve, 0-40 ... Yuki failed to convert these chances ... From tie-break it was downfall for Yuki as he was 0-5 down to lose this tie-break easily ... In the final set he failed to win a single game and lost this match poorly ... I think failing to convert one of match point disturbed his mental set-up and he never recovered from that ... May be this was learning experience but in my opinion very had one.

Veteran pairing of Mahesh and Aisam fail to challenge Italian pair and lose their match in straight sets.

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At $10K Tunisia F7 Futures, Hammamet (Clay)

[R1] Sumit Nagal (IND,421) vs (2) David Perez Sanz (ESP,261)

Tough first round match for Sumit.

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At $6.8M Northern Trust Open, California, USA (PGA Tour 2016)

T39 Anirban Lahiri (IND) 72 67 69 73 -3 $27,200.00

Disappointing final round for Anirban, he kept worst for the last day ... In the last round he managed two over to finish on three under and tied 39th position.

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At $2.8M Qatar Total Open, Doha WTA Premier 5)

[R1] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Martina Hingis (SUI) bye

Sania-Martina having first round bye ... Here they r bidding for equaling 44 matches winning streak with the title win.

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At $1.5M Abierto Mexicano Telcel 2016, Acapulco, Mexico

[R1] Jeremy Chardy (FRA)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs Oliver Marach (AUT)/ Fabrice Martin (FRA)

This week Lee and Chrdy r playing in Mexico facing Marach-Martin in the first round.

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At $50K Delhi Challenger, India

[F] (4) Saketh Myneni (IND,166) l (3) Stephane Robert (FRA,161) 36 06

Saki's terrific run in Delhi challenger get ended in the final against Robert ... In first few games Saki was playing good tennis but then his shoulder got injured ... He was holding his right shoulder during the breaks and that reflected in match's final result ... Still overall good tournament for Saki as he was finalist in the singles and doubles.

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At $50K+H La Manche Challenger, Cherbourg, France

[R1] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,212) vs Marco Chiudinelli (SUI,183)

Doubles
[R1] (3) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Dino Marcan (CRO) vs James Cerretani (USA)/ Tristan-Samuel Weissborn (AUT)
[R1] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND)/ Maxime Teixeira (FRA) vs Sander Arends (NED)/ Alessandro Motti (ITA)

RamK is having tough match against this week's Wroclaw challenger winner Marco Chiudinelli ... In the doubles Divij and RamK r participating with different partners.

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At $50K Kyoto Challenger, Japan

[R1] Sanam Singh (IND,271) vs (Q) Yuya Kibi (JPN,658)

Sanam is facing lowly ranked Japanese qualifier Kibi in the first round but in Japanese condition local players can be dangerous.

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At $3.0M Maybank Championship, Malysia (EPGA Tour 2016)

T9 Rahil Gangjee (IND) 68 72 67 68 -9 €53,438
T40 Gaganjeet Bhullar (IND) 67 71 71 72 -3 €16,084

Rahil continues with current consistent performance ... At Malaysian open he finishes inside top-10 with 3 under final round ... So with nine under he finishes of on tied 9th position ... Gaganjeet still struggling but at least here he made cut and manage to play all four rounds.

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At $6.8M Northern Trust Open, California, USA (PGA Tour 2016)

T26 Anirban Lahiri (IND) 72 67 69 -5

After poor first round Anirban recovers in next two rounds ... After three rounds he is on T26 position with 5 under ... Hoping for one more decent round to finish inside top-20.

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At $115K Men's Taeq PSA Squash Colombia Open 2016, Cartagena, Colombia

[R1] (8) Saurav Ghosal (IND,20) bt (Q) Diego Elias (PER,39) 11-9, 2-11, 5-11, 11-8, 11-6 (90m)

[QF] (8) Saurav Ghosal (IND,20) l (2) Omar Mosaad (EGY,4) 4-11, 5-11, 10-12 (56m)

Last week Saurav played in Colombia open and lost in the quarter against WR #4 Omar Mosaad ... In the first round his Peruvian opponent Diego Elias stretched him to fullest ... He needed to dig deep for scoring comeback win after 1-2 down ... In the quarter Saurav lost first two games easily against Omar but in the third he tried hard to lose it on extra points.

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At $577K Delray Beach Open 2016, Florida, USA

[SF] Jeremy Chardy (FRA)/ Leander Paes (IND) l (1) Bob Bryan (USA)/ Mike Bryan (USA) 26 36

Bryans prove too strong for pairing of Lee and Chady ... Still decent performance for Lee considering couple of wins in this tournament.

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At $2.67M Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, UAE

[R1] (WC) Yuki Bhambri (IND,101) vs Lukas Rosol (CZE,46)

Doubles
[R1] (WC) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) vs Simone Bolelli (ITA)/ Andreas Seppi (ITA)
[R1] (2) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Florin Meargea (ROM) vs Daniel Nestor (CAN)/ Radek Stepanek (CZE)

Yuki manages to get wild-card at Dubai and having decent draw as he is facing Rosol.

In the doubles Mahesh is playing with Aisam and facing tricky Italian pair in the first round ... Rohan-Florin r facing Nestor-Stepanek.

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At $1.5M Abierto Mexicano Telcel 2016, Acapulco, Mexico

[Q1] Somdev Devvarman (IND,186) l (7) Adrian Menendez-Maceiras (ESP,158) 16 57

These days expexcted result, another loss for Buji.

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At $50K Delhi Challenger, India

[SF] (4) Saketh Myneni (IND,166) bt (2) Kimmer Koppejans (BEL,125) 63 62

[F] (4) Saketh Myneni (IND,166) vs (3) Stephane Robert (FRA,161)

Doubles Final
Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)bt (3) Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND) 63 46 10-5

What a win by Saki against top-125 Belgian Kimmer Koppejans ... Saki scored dominating win over Koppejans losing only five games ... In the final he is facing 3rd seed Frenchman Stephane Robert.

In the doubles Saki-Sanam lose their match against Mahesh and Yuki in match tie-break ... After winning the first set Yuki and Mahesh lost the second set ... But they recovered in match tie-break for winning it comfortably ... So this is first title for Mahesh in year 2016.

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At $577K Delray Beach Open 2016, Florida, USA

[QF] Jeremy Chardy (FRA)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs (1) Bob Bryan (USA)/ Mike Bryan (USA)

Lee-Jeremy r facing Bryans in the semis.

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At $50K Delhi Challenger, India

[QF] (4) Saketh Myneni (IND,166) bt Zhe Li (CHN,242) 64 61
[QF] (WC) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,479) l (2) Kimmer Koppejans (BEL,125) 36 26

[SF] (4) Saketh Myneni (IND,166) vs (2) Kimmer Koppejans (BEL,125)

Doubles
[SF] (3) Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND) bt (1) Flavio Cipolla (ITA)/ Divij Sharan (IND) 63 63
[SF] Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) bt Ze Zhang (CHN)/ Jimmy Wang (TPE) 61 63

[F] (3) Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND) vs Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)

Saki continues with his terrific form and beats Chinese Zhe Li in dominating manner ... After winning the first set Saki proved too good for Zhe li ... In the semi-final he is facing top-125 Belgian Kimmer Koppejans.

In the doubles all four players r Indian ... Saki-Sanam score easy straight sets win over top-seed Divij-Cipolla ... In the final they r facing Yuki and Mahesh, who also score comfortable win over their Chinese opponents.

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At $50K+H Morelos Challenger, Mexico

[SF] (2) Ruan Roelofse (RSA)/ Purav Raja (IND) l Philip Bester (CAN)/ Peter Polansky (CAN) 64 36 8-10

Ruan-Purav lose their semi-final match after winning the first set ... Canadian pair fought back to win the second and match tie-break.

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At $25K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2015, New Delhi, India

[SF] Ankita Raina (IND,309) l (6) Sabina Sharipova (UZB,242) 36 46

Last week at Fed cup Ankita defeated Sharipova but this time she fail to overcome her challnge and lose her match in straight sets.

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At $10K Tunisia F6 Futures, Hammamet (Clay)

[QF] (8) Sumit NAGAL (IND,420) l (4) Alexey VATUTIN (RUS,315) 26 26

Sumit fails to raise his game against Vatutin.

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At $577K Delray Beach Open 2016, Florida, USA

[QF] Jeremy Chardy (FRA)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt Marcel Granollers (ESP)/ Sam Groth (AUS) 63 46 10-6

After long time seeing back to back win for Lee with his partner ... Mostly they will face Bryans in the semis.

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At $50K Delhi Challenger, India

[R2] (WC) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,479) bt (7) Yan Bai (CHN,214) w/o

[QF] (WC) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,479) vs (2) Kimmer Koppejans (BEL,125)

Doubles
[QF] (1) Flavio Cipolla (ITA)/ Divij Sharan (IND) bt Joris De Loore (BEL)/ Kimmer Koppejans (BEL) w/o
[QF] (3) Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND) bt Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) 76(4) 64
[QF] (WC) Mohit Mayur Jayaprakash (IND)/ Vinayak Sharma Kaza (IND) l Ze Zhang (CHN)/ Jimmy Wang (TPE) 16 46
[QF] Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) bt Yannick Mertens (BEL)/ Stephane Robert (FRA) 75 61

[SF] (1) Flavio Cipolla (ITA)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs (3) Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND)
[SF] Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) vs Ze Zhang (CHN)/ Jimmy Wang (TPE)

Prajnesh receive lucky break as his Chinese opponent Yan Bai give walkover to him ... In the quarters he is facing top-125 Belgian Kimmer Koppejans.

In the doubles expected wins for our pairs ... Divij and his partner receive walkover from their Belgian opponents ... Sanam and Saki score straight sets win over Jeevan and VSP ... Yuki and Mahesh also score straight sets win over French-Belgian pair.

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At $50K+H Morelos Challenger, Mexico

[QF] (2) Ruan Roelofse (RSA)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt Hans Hach Verdugo (MEX)/ Alexander Sarkissian (USA) 76(3) 64

[SF] (2) Ruan Roelofse (RSA)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs BESTER, hilip Bester (CAN)/ Peter Polansky (CAN)

Ruan-Purav in the semis with straight sets win ... Next they r facing Canadian pair.

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At $25K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2015, New Delhi, India

[QF] Ankita Raina (IND,309) bt Anna Morgina (RUS,383) 62 62

[SF] Ankita Raina (IND,309) vs (6) Sabina Sharipova (UZB,242)

Another dominating win Ankita against Russian girl Morgina ... Next she is facing Sharipova.

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At $10K Tunisia F6 Futures, Hammamet (Clay)

[R2] (8) Sumit NAGAL (IND,420) bt Nicolas Alberto ARRECHE (ARG,610) 57 64 63
[R2] Sasi Kumar MUKUND (IND,584) l (5) Marco BORTOLOTTI (ITA,387) 57 36

[QF] (8) Sumit NAGAL (IND,420) vs (4) Alexey VATUTIN (RUS,315)

Sumit needs to dig deep for completing comeback win over his Argentine opponent ... After losing the first set Sumit fought back for winning the second set ... In the third he was down with a break at 0-3 but from here he made amazing comeback for winning next six games for completing the win ... Next he is having tough match against top-320 Russian player Alexey Vatutin.

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At $577K Delray Beach Open 2016, Florida, USA

[R1] Jeremy Chardy (FRA)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt (4) Eric Butorac (USA)/ Scott Lipsky (USA) 64 75

[QF] Jeremy Chardy (FRA)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs Marcel Granollers (ESP)/ Sam Groth (AUS)

Terrific win for Lee and Chardy over defending champion Butorac and Lipsky in straight sets ... Next they r facing Spanish-Aussie pair.

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At $50K Delhi Challenger, India

[R2] (Q) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,470) l Zhe Li (CHN,242) 63 36 36
[R2] (4) Saketh Myneni (IND,166) bt Matthew Barton (AUS,273) 63 64

[QF] (4) Saketh Myneni (IND,166) vs Zhe Li (CHN,242)

Doubles
[R1] (1) Flavio Cipolla (ITA)/ Divij Sharan (IND) bt Niels Desein (BEL)/ Maxime Janvier (FRA) 62 61
[R1] (3) Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND) bt (WC) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) 63 75
[R1] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) bt Markos Kalovelonis (RUS)/ Luca Margaroli (SUI) 75 75
[R1] (WC) Mohit Mayur Jayaprakash (IND)/ Vinayak Sharma Kaza (IND) bt Alessandro Bega (ITA)/ Roberto Marcora (ITA) 63 64

[QF] (1) Flavio Cipolla (ITA)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs Joris De Loore (BEL)/ Kimmer Koppejans (BEL)
[QF] (3) Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND) vs Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND)
[QF] (WC) Mohit Mayur Jayaprakash (IND)/ Vinayak Sharma Kaza (IND) vs Ze Zhang (CHN)/ Jimmy Wang (TPE)

Saki continues with his excellent form and beats in-form Aussie Matthew Barton in straight sets ... Next he is facing Chinese Zhe li ... Zhe Li beats Vishnu in three sets ... Vishnu started well after winning the first set but afterwards he failed to keep momentum and Zhe took advantage of it.

In the doubles excellent start for our players as they win their respective matches against foreign players.

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At $25K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2015, New Delhi, India

[R2] (LL) Mihika Yadav (IND,1295) l Kamonwan Buayam (THA,410) 26 26
[R2] (WC) Karman Kaur THANDI (IND,705) l (4) Ya-Hsuan Lee (TPE,218) 36 46
[R2] Ankita Raina (IND,309) bt (2) Marina Melnikova (RUS,212) 61 64

[QF] Ankita Raina (IND,309) vs Anna Morgina (RUS,383)

And Ankita's terrific Fed cup form continues as she score really dominating win over top-220 Russian Marina Melnikova ... In the quarters she is facing another Russian girl Anna Morgina.

Other hand Karman and Mihika fail to challenge their higher seeded opponents and lose their matches in straight sets.

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At $10K Tunisia F6 Futures, Hammamet (Clay)

[R1] (8) Sumit NAGAL (IND,420) bt Karim HOSSAM (EGY,788) 75 62

[R2] (8) Sumit NAGAL (IND,420) vs Nicolas Alberto ARRECHE (ARG,610)

Sumit starts with straight sets win over Karim ... Next he is facing Argentine Arreche.

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At € 666K Open 13 Provence, Marseille, France

[R1] (WC) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,212) l (Q) Mischa Zverev (GER,175) 26 57

RamK had easiest match on ATP first round but he fails to take advantage of it ... He lost in straight sets against Zverev.

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At $50K Delhi Challenger, India

[R1] (1) Yuki Bhambri (IND,101) l Joris De Loore (BEL,313) 46 67(4)
[R1] (WC) Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,400) l Jimmy Wang (TPE,437) 26 26
[R1] (Q) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,470) bt (WC) Adil Kalyanpur (IND,UNR) 61 61
[R1] (WC) N. Sriram Balaji (IND,507) l (7) Yan Bai (CHN,214) 67(4) 36
[R1] (WC) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,479) bt (Q) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,425) 64 64

[R2] (Q) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,470) vs Zhe Li (CHN,242)
[R2] (4) Saketh Myneni (IND,166) vs Matthew Barton (AUS,273)
[R2] (WC) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,479) vs (7) Yan Bai (CHN,214)

Doubles
[R1] Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) bt (WC) Chandril Sood (IND)/ Lakshit Sood (IND) 46 61 10-2

[QF] Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) vs Yannick Mertens (BEL)/ Stephane Robert (FRA)

Turn to be disappointing day for Indians as only Vishnu and Prajnesh manage to wins but against Indian opponents ... Shocking loss of Yuki against Belgian futures level player Joris De Loore ... Joris came into this tournament winning four futures in a row but still nobody expected loss of Yuki on his home challenger.

In the doubles Yuki-Mahesh start with comeback win over Sood brothers.

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At $50K+H Morelos Challenger, Mexico

[R1] (2) Ruan Roelofse (RSA)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt Gerard Granollers (ESP)/ Adrian Menendez-Maceiras (ESP) 63 75

[QF] (2) Ruan Roelofse (RSA)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Hans Hach Verdugo (MEX)/ Alexander Sarkissian (USA)

Purav start with win against Spanish pair partnering Ruan ... Next they r facing Mexican-American pair.

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At $25K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2015, New Delhi, India

[R1] (Q) Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,716) l Peangtarn Plipuech (THA,365) 36 06
[R1] (WC) Mahak Jain (IND,UNR) l (8) Valentyna Ivakhnenko (RUS,260) 26 06
[R1] (Q) Natasha Palha (IND,538) l Veronika Kudermetova (RUS,396) 16 16
[R1] (LL) Mihika Yadav (IND,1295) bt Ola Abou Zekry (EGY,519) 60 63
[R1] (WC) Sai Samhitha Chamarthi (IND,834) l (4) Ya-Hsuan Lee (TPE,218) 06 36
[R1] Ankita Raina (IND,309) bt Prerna Bhambri (IND,403) 61 76(2)

[R2] (LL) Mihika Yadav (IND,1295) vs Kamonwan Buayam (THA,410)
[R2] (WC) Karman Kaur THANDI (IND,705) vs (4) Ya-Hsuan Lee (TPE,218)
[R2] Ankita Raina (IND,309) vs (2) Marina Melnikova (RUS)

Surprising win by Mihika in straight sets after she got chance as lucky loser ... Ankita continues with her terrific Fed cup form as she beats in form Prerna in straight sets ... Expected tough second round matches for our players.

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At $10K Tunisia F6 Futures, Hammamet (Clay)

[R2] Sasi Kumar MUKUND (IND,584) bt (Q) Thibault CANCEL (FRA,1761) 75 64

[R2] Sasi Kumar MUKUND (IND,584) vs (5) Marco BORTOLOTTI (ITA,387)

Little tight winning start for Sasi against French qualifier ... Next he is facing top-400 Italian opponent.

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At € 666K Open 13 Provence, Marseille, France

[R1] (WC) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,212) vs (Q) Mischa Zverev (GER,175)

RamK is facing qualifier Mischa Zverev in the first round of Marseille open.

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At $50K Delhi Challenger

, India

[Q3] (WC) Manish SURESHKUMAR (IND) l (1) Kento TAKEUCHI (JPN) 06 26
[Q3] (2) Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND) bt (7) Sidharth RAWAT (IND) 63 67(3) 61
[Q3] (3) Vishnu VARDHAN (IND) bt (8) Vinayak Sharma KAZA (IND) 63 64

[R1] Sanam Singh (IND,275) l (3) Stephane Robert (FRA,161) 46 retd.
[R1] (4) Saketh Myneni (IND,166) bt Alessandro Bega (ITA,319) 63 62
[R1] (WC) Adil Kalyanpur (IND,UNR) vs (Q) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,470)
[R1] (WC) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,479) vs (Q) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,425)

As expected Jeevan and Vishnu qualify for main-draw though in contrasting style ... Luckily both r facing Indian opponents in main-draw ... Vishu is facing young Adil and Jeevan is facing Prajnesh.

Saki starts with comfortable straight sets win over Bega ... But Sanam retired from the match after losing the first set ... In the first set couple of time Sanam was up with a break 2-0 and 3-1 but both time he failed to keep advantage.

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At $50K+H Morelos Challenger, Mexico

[R1] (2) Ruan Roelofse (RSA)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Gerard Granollers (ESP)/ Adrian Menendez-Maceiras (ESP)

This week Purav and Roelofse are facing Spanish pair.

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At $25K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2015, New Delhi, India

[R1] (Q) Riya Bhatia (IND,586) l Kamonwan Buayam (THA,410) 36 36
[R1] (Q) Sowjanya Bavisetti (IND,580) l (6) Sabina Sharipova (UZB,242) 26 36
[R1] (WC) Karman Kaur THANDI (IND,705) bt (WC) Prarthana G. Thombare (IND,524) 76(5) 75

Expected win for Karman against Prarthana but she need to reduce double faults for giving herself more chances against tougher opponents ... Today she committed 16 double faults.

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At $10K Tunisia F6 Futures, Hammamet (Clay)

[R1] (8) Sumit NAGAL (IND,420) vs Karim HOSSAM (EGY,788)
[R1] Sasi Kumar MUKUND (IND,584) vs (Q) Thibault CANCEL (FRA,1761)

Winnable first round matches for Sasi and Sumit.

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At $753K St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy, Russia (WTA Premier)

Doubles Final
(1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Martina Hingis (SUI) bt Vera Dusheniva (RUS)/ Barbora Krejcikova (CZE) 63 61

Win #40 and title #13 for Sania and Martina ... In the final they convincingly beat Dusheniva and Krejcikova lsing only four games ... In the first set our pair took crucial break in 6th game for winning the set ... The second set they dominated as they broke opponent's serve thrice for winning this match inside an hour ... Also surprisingly Sania is skipping her 'second home' tournament with Martina, this week's big WTA Premier tournament Dubai Tennis Championships.

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At $577K Delray Beach Open 2016, Florida, USA

[R1] Jeremy Chardy (FRA)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs (4) Eric Butorac (USA)/ Scott Lipsky (USA)

This week Lee is back with Chardy and facing 4th seed American pair in the first round.

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At $50K Delhi Challenger, India

[Q2] Jayesh PUNGLIYA (IND) l (1) Kento TAKEUCHI (JPN) 16 36
[Q2] (WC) Manish SURESHKUMAR (IND) bt (6) Mohit Mayur JAYAPRAKASH (IND) 64 62
[Q2] (2) Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND) bt Lakshit SOOD (IND) 62 75
[Q2] (7) Sidharth RAWAT (IND) bt Luca MARGAROLI (SUI) 57 64 3-2 ret.
[Q2] (3) Vishnu VARDHAN (IND) bt (WC) Suraj BENIWAL (IND) 62 64
[Q2] (8) Vinayak Sharma KAZA (IND) bt (WC) Medhir GOYAL (IND) 60 62
[Q2] Chandril SOOD (IND) l (4) Markos KALOVELONIS (RUS) 46 60 36
[Q2] Kunal ANAND (IND) l (5) Francesco VILARDO (ITA) 46 26

Doubles
[R1] (1) Flavio Cipolla (ITA)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs Niels Desein (BEL)/ Maxime Janvier (FRA)
[R1] (3) Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND) vs (WC) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND)
[R1] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) vs Markos Kalovelonis (RUS)/ Luca Margaroli (SUI)
[R1] (WC) Mohit Mayur Jayaprakash (IND)/ Vinayak Sharma Kaza (IND) vs Alessandro Bega (ITA)/ Roberto Marcora (ITA)
[R1] Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) vs (WC) Chandril Sood (IND)/ Lakshit Sood (IND)

Manish Sureshkumar scores straight sets upset win over Mohit Mayur ... Otherwise all other results r as expected.

All results are expected other than Manish's upset win over Mohit Mayur ... So two main-draw places r guaranteed ... Manish having tough match against top-seed Kento Takeuchi.

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At $25K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2015, New Delhi, India

[R1] (Q) Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,716) vs Peangtarn Plipuech (THA,365)
[R1] (WC) Mahak Jain (IND,UNR) vs (8) Valentyna Ivakhnenko (RUS,260)
[R1] (Q) Riya Bhatia (IND,586) vs Kamonwan Buayam (THA,410)
[R1] (Q) Sowjanya Bavisetti (IND,580) vs (6) Sabina Sharipova (UZB,242)
[R1] (Q) Natasha Palha (IND,538) vs Veronika Kudermetova (RUS,396)
[R2] (WC) Karman Kaur THANDI (IND,705) vs (WC) Prarthana G. Thombare (IND,524)
[R1] (WC) Sai Samhitha Chamarthi (IND,834) vs (4) Ya-Hsuan Lee (TPE,218)
[R1] Ankita Raina (IND,309) vs Prerna Bhambri (IND,403)

Cruel draw for our top two players Ankita and Prerna as they r facing each other in the first round.

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At $753K St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy, Russia (WTA Premier)

[SF] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Martina Hingis (SUI) bt (3) Anabel Medina Garrigez (ESP)/ Arrantxa Parra Santonja (ESP) 75 67(6) 10-6

[F] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Martina Hingis (SUI) vs (3) Anabel Medina Garrigez (ESP)/ Arrantxa Parra Santonja (ESP)Vera Dusheniva (RUS)/ Barbora Krejcikova (CZE)

Sania-Martia stretch to fullest by Spanish girls before our girls winning this match after almost 2 hours battle ... In the final they r facing unseeded Russian-Czech pair.

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At $577K Delray Beach Open 2016, Florida, USA

[Q1] Somdev Devvarman (IND,186) l (4) Alejandro Falla (COL,126) 75 26 16

Very discouraging loss of Buji after encouraging start ... After winning the first set he failed to hold his serve once in next two sets ... How anyone can win his match with a such performance?

Buji was up 2-0 after breaking Falla in 1st game but afterwards lost five games in a row for down 2-5 ... After that Buji won next five games in that breaking Fall in 9th and 11th games for winning the first set ... In the second set also multiple breaks but this time Buji failed to hold his serve ... He broke Falla two times but got broken four times to lose the set ... The last set also repeat of the second ... In this set also Buji failed to hold his serve ... He broke Falla onece but got broken three times to lose ... Very disappointing performance by Buji.

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At $50K Delhi Challenger, India

[Q1] Jayesh PUNGLIYA (IND) bt (WC) Tushar LIBERHAN (IND) 61 63
[Q1] (WC) Manish SURESHKUMAR (IND) bt (WC) Garry TOKAS (IND) 60 62
[Q1] (6) Mohit Mayur JAYAPRAKASH (IND) Bye

[Q1] (2) Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND) Bye
[Q1] Lakshit SOOD (IND) bt Niki KALIYANDA POONACHA (IND) 76(1) 46 63
[Q1] (7) Sidharth RAWAT (IND) Bye

[Q1] (3) Vishnu VARDHAN (IND) Bye
[Q1] (WC) Suraj BENIWAL (IND) bt Garvit BATRA (IND) 63 63
[Q1] (WC) Medhir GOYAL (IND) bt (WC) Neishit VAKIL (IND) 62 60
[Q1] (8) Vinayak Sharma KAZA (IND) bt Arpit SHARMA (IND) 64 62

[Q1] Chandril SOOD (IND) bt Chung Hyo WOO (KOR) 64 60
[Q1] Kunal ANAND (IND) bt Aditya DESWAL (IND) 64 26 63

[R1] (1) Yuki Bhambri (IND,101) vs Joris De Loore (BEL,313)
[R1] (WC) Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND, 400) vs Jimmy Wang (TPE,437)
[R1] Sanam Singh (IND,275) vs (3) Stephane Robert (FRA,161)
[R1] (WC) Adil Kalyanpur (IND,UNR) vs Qualifier
[R1] (4) Saketh Myneni (IND,166) vs Alessandro Bega (ITA,319)
[R1] (WC) N. Sriram Balaji (IND,507) vs (7) Yan Bai (CHN,214)
[R1] (WC) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,479) vs Qualifier

Singles draw is out Yuki and Saketh r in different draw and having decent first round opponents ... 16 yrs old Adil having a wild card but I think this is too far, instead he should be given wild-card for qualifying ... Sanam is facing tough opponent, Bala is also facing seeded Chinese opponent ... Hoping for win for VSP against veteran Jimmy Wang.

In the qualifying first round overall expected results.

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At $10K Egypt F4 Futures, Sharm El Sheikh

[SF] N.Sriram BALAJI (IND,507) l Laurent ROCHETTE (FRA,535) 46 63 57

Fighting performance against experienced Frenchman by Bala in his loss ... After losing the first set Bala fought back for winning the second ... Bala failed to keep momentum in the third set ... Still overall good outing before Delhi challenger.

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At $753K St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy, Russia (WTA Premier)

[R1] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Martina Hingis (SUI) bt Jelena Ostapenko (LAT)/ Evgeniya Rodina (RUS) 75 75

[QF] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Martina Hingis (SUI) bt Daria Kasatkina (RUS)/ Elena Vesnina (RUS) 64 61

Tight winning start for Sania-Martina at St. Petersburg tournament ... Next they face Vesnina and young 18 yrs old talented Russian girl Daria Kasatkina but in this match they scored comfortable straight sets win for moving into the semis.

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At $10K Tunisia F5 Futures, Hammamet (Clay)

[QF] Sasi Kumar MUKUND (IND,584) l Pol TOLEDO BAGUE (ESP,652) 16 06

Mostly Sasi was tired after his long match in the last round but this result also confirm that he needs to work on his fitness before moving ahead on the tour

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At $10K Egypt F4 Futures, Sharm El Sheikh

[R1] N.Sriram BALAJI (IND) bt Issam Haitham TAWEEL (EGY) 62 61
[R1] Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) l Marat DEVIATIAROV (UKR) 26 57
[R2] N.Sriram BALAJI (IND,507) bt (Q) Cristian CARLI (ITA,1042) 63 75
[QF] N.Sriram BALAJI (IND,507) bt (3) Roberto ORTEGA-OLMEDO (ESP,350) 63 64

[SF] N.Sriram BALAJI (IND,507) vs Laurent ROCHETTE (FRA,535)

Generally I avoid posting results from Egypt futures as in my view our players go their for cheap ranking points (and I should be ashamed with such thought as they go their and some of them give their heart out in their performance) ... This week Bala scores superb upset win over top-350 Spanish player in straight sets ... In the semis he is facing similar ranked Frenchman.

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At € 1.7M ABM Amro World Tennis Championship, Rotterdam, Netherlands

[QF] (4) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Florin Meargea (ROM) l Nicolas Mahut (FRA)/ Vasek Pospisil (CAN) 63 16 8-10

Surprising loss of Rohan-Florin in hands of Mahut and Pospisil after winning the first set.

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At $10K Tunisia F5 Futures, Hammamet (Clay)

[R2] Sasi Kumar MUKUND (IND,584) bt (6) Federico CORIA (ARG,392) 67(9) 62 64
[R2] (8) Sumit NAGAL (IND,420) l Riccardo BONADIO (ITA,503) 26 62 36

[QF] Sasi Kumar MUKUND (IND,584) vs Pol TOLEDO BAGUE (ESP,652)

Sasi scores excellent comeback win over top-400 Argentine player Coria ... In the first set also Sasi had multiple set points in tie-break including he was 6-4 up ... But after losing tight tie-break he dominated the proceeding ... In the quarter he is facing local player.

Other hand shocking loss of Sumit in three sets ... After losing the first set Sumit came back strongly but he struggled with his serve in the third as Bonadia broke him thrice in this set.

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At $693K Memphis Open 2016, USA

[R1] (PR) Lukas Dlouhy (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) l Oliver Marach (AUT)/ Fabrice Martin (FRA) 57 16

Lee-Lukas lose in straight sets against Marach and Martin ... Lee really need to start winning these matches for his Olympics bid.

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At $75K+H Santo Domingo Challenger, Dominican Republic (Green clay)

[R1] (2) Ruan Roelofse (RSA)/ Purav Raja (IND) l James Cerretani (USA)/ Victor Hanescu (ROU) 46 61 4-10

Purav's struggle on the clay continues ... TThis week Purav again lose in the first round with Roelofse ... After losing the first set they made strong comeback n the match but failed to keep that momentum in match tie-break.

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At $10K Tunisia F5 Futures, Hammamet (Clay)

[R1] (8) Sumit NAGAL (IND,420) bt (Q) Ameur BEN HASSEN (TUN,1565) 63 62

[R2] Sasi Kumar MUKUND (IND,584) vs (6) Federico CORIA (ARG,392)
[R2] (8) Sumit NAGAL (IND,420) vs Riccardo BONADIO (ITA,503)

Expected comfortable winning start of 2016 season for Sumit ... Next our both players r facing clay court specialists.

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At € 1.7M ABM Amro World Tennis Championship, Rotterdam, Netherlands

[R1] (4) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Florin Meargea (ROM) bt Lukasz Kubot (POL)/ Marcin Matkowski (POL) 67(7) 63 10-7

[QF] (4) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Florin Meargea (ROM) vs Nicolas Mahut (FRA)/ Vasek Pospisil (CAN)

This is really good comeback win over experienced Polish doubles players by Rohan-Florin ... After losing tight first set in tie-break Rohan-Florin fought back to win the second ... They kept momentum in match tie-break ... In the quarters they r facing French-Canadian pair.

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At $50K+H Bergamo Challenger, Italy

[R1] (1) Yuki Bhambri (IND,100) l (ALT) Peter Gojowczyk (GER,199) 64 36 16

Another disappointing loss of Yuki after winning the first set against German Peter Gojowczyk ... After winning the first set Yuki was up with a break in the second set, 1-0 ... But afterwards all was downhill as he struggled with his game and managed to win only 3 games from next 17 games for losing this match.

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At $10K Tunisia F5 Futures, Hammamet (Clay)

[R1] Sasi Kumar MUKUND (IND,584) bt Karim HOSSAM (EGY,788) 67(4) 60 63
[R1] (8) Sumit NAGAL (IND,420) vs (Q) Ameur BEN HASSEN (TUN,1565)

Excellent comeback win by Sasi against former top-400 Karim Hossam ... Sumit is facing local qualifier in the first round.

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At $ 6.5M Waste Management Phoenix Open, Scottsdale, Arizona (PGA Tour 2016)

T33 Anirban Lahiri (IND) 66 74 71 69 -4 $35,912.50

After poor second and third rounds Anirban managed 2 under final round to finish for tied 33rd at Phoenix open.

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At Fed Cup Asia / Oceania Group I, Hua Hin, Thailand

For 5th place

India bt Kazakhstan 2-0

[S1] Prerna Bhambri (IND,399) bt Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ,UNR) 62 46 62
[S2] Ankita Raina (IND,307) bt Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ,83) 76(2) retd.

Ankita and Prerna continues with their terrific performances as they win their respective singles matches for helping India to finish one of their best-ever #5 placing in recent Fed Cup Asia / Oceania Group I outing ... Heartily congratulation to our girls and Zeeshan Ali.

Prerna faced former top-50 player Galina Voskoboeva, who is making comeback on the tour ... After winning the first set Prerna lost the second but he recovered well enough for winning the final set comfortably for giving winning start for India ... Next Ankita faced Shvedovav ... In closely fought first set Ankita managed to win it in tie-break ... After that Shvedova retired from the match for giving winning lead to Indian team.

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At € 520K Open Sud De France, Montpellier, France

[SF] (PR) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Jonathan Marray (GBR) l (WC) Alexander Zverev (GER)/ Mischa Zverev (GER) 62 26 3-10

Mahesh and Jonathan run ended in the semis against Zverev brothers ... After winning the first set comfortably Mahesh-Jonathan failed to keep momentum and Zverev brothers made strong comeback for winning next two ... This performance will help Mahesh to improve hi ranking and he will be in top-300 in next week's rsnking.

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At $75K Launceston Challenger, Australia

[SF] (3) Saketh Myneni (IND,175) l (WC) Blake Mott (AUS,721) 16 46

Turn to be bad day at office but also Saki misses big opportunity of lifting challenger title in Australia ... In this match Saki struggled with his game ... His serving was poor, his shot-making was out of place and was failing to finish the point ... After losing the first set in 25 minutes Saki recovered and was leading 4-2 in the second ... But again he started making multiple UFEs and lost the match losing next four games.

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At $693K Memphis Open 2016, USA

[Q1] Somdev Devvarman (IND,186) l (8) Adrian Menendez Maceiras (ESP,160) 36 46

Doubles
[R1] (PR) Lukas Dlouhy (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs Oliver Marach (AUT)/ Fabrice Martin (FRA)

Buji fails to challenge Adrian and lose his match in straight sets.

This week Lee is playing his old partner Lukas Dlouhy and hoping for some good results from them.

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At € 1.7M ABM Amro World Tennis Championship, Rotterdam, Netherlands

[R1] (4) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Florin Meargea (ROM) vs Lukasz Kubot (POL)/ Marcin Matkowski (POL)

Rohan and Florin r playing at Rotterdam.

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At $50K+H Bergamo Challenger, Italy

[R1] (1) Yuki Bhambri (IND,100) vs (ALT) Peter Gojowczyk (GER,199)

Yuki is top-seed at Bergamo and he is facing German Peter Gojowczyk in the first round.

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At $75K+H Santo Domingo Challenger, Dominican Republic (Green clay)

[R1] (2) Ruan Roelofse (RSA)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs James Cerretani (USA)/ Victor Hanescu (ROU)

This week Purav is playing with Roelofse in Dominican Republic challenger.

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At Fed Cup Asia / Oceania Group I, Hua Hin, Thailand

Pool A

India bt Uzbekistan 3-0

[S1] Prerna Bhambri (IND,399) bt Sabina Sharipova (UZB,239) 61 61
[S2] Ankita Raina (IND,307) bt Nigina Abduraimova (UZB,217) 61 60
[D] Sania Mirza (IND)/ Ankita Raina (IND) bt Akgul Amanmuradova (UZB)/ Arina Folts (UZB) 62 60

Indian girls perform above their ranking to score thumping win over favorite Uzbek team ... Prerna gave terrific start beating Sharipova comfortably losing only 2 games ... Ankita kept her good performance and defeated top-225 Abduraimova losing a single game ... In the doubles Sania partnered Ankita and they also scored win losing only two games ... With this win we secure our place of remaining in Group I as we r avoided relegation play-off ... Now for 5th place we r playing against Kazakhstan, who r having 3 top-100 girls in their team with top-5 doubles player Shvedova.

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At € 520K Open Sud De France, Montpellier, France

[QF] (PR) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Jonathan Marray (GBR) bt (1) Lukasz Kubot (POL)/ Marcin Matkowski (POL) 76(2) 62

[SF] (PR) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Jonathan Marray (GBR) vs (WC) Alexander Zverev (GER)/ Mischa Zverev (GER)

Mahesh and Jonathan score upset win over top-seed Polish pair in straight sets ... After winning the first set in tie-break Mahesh and Jonathan dominated the second set ... In the semis they r facing German Zverev brothers.

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At $75K Launceston Challenger, Australia

[QF] (3) Saketh Myneni (IND,175) bt Benjamin Mitchell (AUS,233) 64 62

[SF] (3) Saketh Myneni (IND,175) vs (WC) Blake Mott (AUS,721)

Saki scores confident win over his top-250 Aussie opponent Benjamin Mitchell ... In previous two rounds he stretched to three sets by his lowly ranked opponents so this win was confident boosting ... In the semis he is facing Aussie giant-killer Blake Mott for place in the final.

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At Fed Cup Asia / Oceania Group I, Hua Hin, Thailand

Pool A

India l Japan 1-2

[S1] Prarthana G. THOMBARE (IND,523) l Eri Hosumi (JPN,206) 26 16
[S2] Ankita Raina (IND,307) bt Nao Hibino (JPN,56) 63 61
[D] Sania MIRZA (IND)/ Prarthana G. THOMBARE (IND) l Shuko AOYAMA / Eri HOZUMI (JPN) 57 36

After Prarthana's one-sided loss Ankita scores biggest win of her career ... She beats top-60 Japanese Hibino in easy straight sets ... But in the doubles shocking loss of Sania with Prarthana in straight sets against Japanese pair ... I am still feeling Sania should try to play with Karman as we never knows that she can be a good partner for Sania at Rio.

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At $75K Launceston Challenger, Australia

[SF] (1) Andrey Golubev (KAZ)/ Saketh Myneni (IND) l Dayne Kelly (AUS)/ Matt Reid (AUS) 36 36

Saki and Golubev fail to overcome in their third match against Aussie pair and lose it cheaply.

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At Fed Cup Asia / Oceania Group I, Hua Hin, Thailand

Pool A

India l Thailand 0-3

[S1] Prerna Bhambri (IND,399) l Bunyawi Thanchaiwat (THA,629) 26 57
[S2] Ankita Raina (IND,307) l Luksika Kumkhum (THA,149) 67(5) 36
[D] Prerna BHAMBRI (IND)/ Prarthana G. THOMBARE (IND) l Kamonwan BUAYAM (THA)/ Peangtarn PLIPUECH (THA) 76(6) 26 46

Japan - Nao Hibino, Kurumi Nara, Eri Hozumi, Shuko Aoyama
Thailand - Luksika Kumkhum, Peangtarn Plipuech, Kamonwan Buayam, Bunyawi Thamchaiwat
Uzbekistan - Nigina Abduraimova, Akgul Amanmuradova, Sabina Sharipova, Arina Folts
India - Ankita Raina, Prerna Bhambri, Prarthana Thombare, Sania Mirza

We are one of the weakest team in the pool and most probably will find ourselves in relegation match ... In the first match we had a chance if Prerna performed as per her ranking ... After her loss Ankita tried but failed to overcome top-150 opponent ... After losing this match Sania didn't play in the doubles and we lost tht also ... Tomorrow we r playing tough Japanese team.

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At $520K Ecuador Open 2016, Quito (Red clay)

[R1] (2) Rajeev Ram (USA)/ Purav Raja (IND) l Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP)/ Guillermo Duran (ARG) 67(6) 26

This match wasn't easy on red clay against Clay court specialist pair ... After fighting hard in the first set Purav-Rajeev fail to challenge their opponents in the second.

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At € 520K Open Sud De France, Montpellier, France

[R1] (PR) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Jonathan Marray (GBR) bt (PR) Tomasz Bednarek (POL)/ Denis Istomin (UZB) 63 36 10-6

[QF] (PR) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Jonathan Marray (GBR) vs (1) Lukasz Kubot (POL)/ Marcin Matkowski (POL)

Good fighting win by Mahesh and Jonathan in Mahesh's comeback bid ... Next they r having tough match against top-seed Polish pair.

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At $75K Launceston Challenger, Australia

[R2] (3) Saketh Myneni (IND,175) bt Filip Peliwo (CAN,390) 75 57 63

[QF] (3) Saketh Myneni (IND,175) vs Benjamin Mitchell (AUS,233)

Doubles Final
[QF] (1) Andrey Golubev (KAZ)/ Saketh Myneni (IND) bt Jarryd Chaplin (AUS)/ Benjamin Mitchell (AUS) 64 76(5)

[SF] (1) Andrey Golubev (KAZ)/ Saketh Myneni (IND) vs Dayne Kelly (AUS)/ Matt Reid (AUS)

Saki again stretch to three sets by his opponent but this time also he overcome over his Canadian opponent ... In this match also Saki struggled with his serve and Peliwo took advantage of it ... After winning the first set Saki lost the second set ... In the decider he was up 2-0 but lost his serve in 3rd game to be on 2-all ... Saki took crucial break in 8th game to lead 5-3 and then hold his serve comfortably ... Next he is having real challenge against top-225 local pplayer ... In the double he and Golubev score another close straight sets win over Aussie pair and in the semis they r facing another Aussir pair.

Shooting News

At Asian Olympics qualifying tournament 2016, New Delhi, India

Men 50m Rifle 3 Positions
4. Sanjeev Rajput (IND) 429.5 points,

Sanjeev Rajput grabs 12th Rio 2016 Quota Place for India as he finished 4th place in the final of 50m Rifle 3 Positions ... All three medalists from 50m Rifle 3 Positions already secured quota places so next three shooters grab available three quota places ... So for Rio we are managed to grab one more spot from London Olympics but I am disappointed ... I was hoping around 20 quota places for Indian shooters ... In this tournament we missed at least three quota places (Asab, Koshy and Akhil) and then disappointing performances from Vijay Kumar and Manavjit Singh Sandhu in this Asian qualifying.

So these are our 12 quota places secure shooters list, we can exchange some of them before Olympics final list for where we are having better chance of the medal.

Men's Rifle
10M Air Rifle - Abhinav Bindra
50M Rifle 3 Position - Chain Singh, Sanjeev Rajput
50m Rifle Prone - Gagan Narang

Men's pistol
10M Air Pistol - Gurpreet Singh
50M Pistol - Jitu Rai, Prakash Nanjappa

Men's shotgun
Trap- Kynan Chenai
Skeet - Mairaj Ahmad Khan

Women's Rifle
10M Air Rifle- Apurvi Chandela, Ayonika Paul

Women's Pistol
10M Air Pistol - Heena Siddhu

Tennis News

At € 520K Garanti Koza Sofia Open, Bulgaria

[R1] Yuki Bhambri (IND,100) l (Q) (Q) Mirza Basic (BIH,119) 36 67(3)

Poor match by Yuki by his standard to lose in straight sets against Basic ... Basic matched Yuki's shot-making but he was more consistent and extracted errors from Yuki ... After losing the first set Yuki was up 4-2 in the second after both players exchanged early breaks ... Basic fought back for 4-all and then took full advantage of Yuki's Unforced errors in tie-break ... Shockingly Yuki committed two double faults in tie-break .... Hopefully this is one of the bad day at office for Yuki.

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At $75K Launceston Challenger, Australia

[R1] (3) Saketh Myneni (IND,175) bt (Q) Marc Polmans (AUS,966) 76(4) 67(6) 63

[R2] (3) Saketh Myneni (IND,175) vs Filip Peliwo (CAN,390)

Doubles Final
[R1] (1) Andrey Golubev (KAZ)/ Saketh Myneni (IND) bt (WC) Harry Bourcher (AUS)/ Daniel Nolan (AUS) 75 64

Saki needs to dig deep for really tight win against 18 yrs old talented Aussie Marc Polmans ... Marc played excellent tennis but Saki hanged there despite losing the second set in tight tie-break ... After that in the third Saki took control for winning it ... Next he is facing Canadian Filip Peliwo ... In the doubles also he is having winning start with Golubev.