Tennis News -
At € 2.270M Monte Carlo Masters, Monaco (clay)

[R1] HANLEY Paul (AUS)/ PAES Leander (IND) bt NALBANDIAN David (ARG)/ PRIETO Sebastian (ARG) 64 63

[R2] HANLEY Paul (AUS)/ PAES Leander (IND) vs (2) ERLICH Jonathan (ISR)/ RAM Andy (ISR)

Good start for Lee and Paul with easy victory against clay court specialist ... Now they r facing ATP race leader Erlich and Ram, whom they defeated 3 yrs back at Bangkok open final in their only meeting.
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At $15K China F4 Futures, Taizhou

[R1] SINGH Ashutosh (IND,607) bt (Q) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,984) 76(2) 26 64
[R1] RASTOGI Karan (IND,480) bt (8) ARMSTRONG Miles (AUS,457) 62 63

[R2] RASTOGI Karan (IND,480) vs SINGH Ashutosh (IND,607)

Doubles -
[R1] RASTOGI Karan (IND)/ SINGH Ashutosh (IND) l LIN Tzu-Yang (TPE)/ YI Chu-Huan (TPE) 36 26

Last week's doubles winner lost in first round but good thing is both scored contrasting win in singles ... Karan managed to beat little higher rank Aussie but now Ashutosh and Karan r facing eachother in second round.
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At U-16 Asia -Oceania Federation Cup Qualifying Tournament, Shenzen, China

India is 4th seed and grouped with host China, Malaysia & Singapore.

Seedings -
1. Japan
2. Thailand
3. Australia
4. India
5. China
6. Newzeland
7. Indonesia
8. Uzbekistan

India bt Malyasia 3-0

Natasha Palha (IND) btTheiviya Selvarajoo (MAS) 62 60
Ratnika Batra (IND) bt Adelle Boey (MAS) 62 60
Ratnika Batra (IND)/ Prarthna Thombre (IND) bt Adelle Boey (MAS)/ Theiviya Selvarajoo (MAS) 75 62

Our team needs to be careful as host China is in our group ... We need to win that match for safe ride to semis.
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India bt Singapore 3-0

Natasha Palha (IND) bt Juliene Keong (SIN) 62 60
Ratnika Batra (IND) bt Nicole Wan Rosenberger (SIN) 62 60
Ratnika Batra (IND)/ Prarthna Thombre (IND) bt Juliene Keong (SIN)/ Nicole Wan Rosenberger (SIN) 63 62

We won second tie easily against Singapore, so with that we r in quarter-finals ... But we need to beat China (in China) to avoid clash with top seed Japan.
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At $25K Namangan Womens Challenger, Uzbekistan

[R1] APPINENI Prerana-Mythri (IND,713) l (Q) VASYLYEVA Anastasiya (UKR,749) 06 06

Prerana had terrible loss against 16 yrs old Ukranian.