Tennis News -
At 2008 NCAA Division I Men’s & Women’s Tennis Championships, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA (May 15-26)

First, heartily congratulation to Somi for finishing his bachelor's degree in sociology from University of Virginia!!!

UVa is performing as per top-billing, they r in semis ... Good to see Sanam is helping to win crucial doubles matches with his partner, Houston Barrick ... And Somi is showing his class, mostly playing ruthless tennis against top-10 players.

NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Championship - Quarter-Finals
#1 Seed Virginia bt #9 Seed Baylor 4-2

Doubles –
1. #1 Somdev Devvarman/Treat Huey (Uva) bt David Galic/Denes Lukacs (BU) 8-6
2. Dominic Inglot/Michael Shabaz (Uva) vs Attila Bucko/Lars Poerschke (BU) 7-3 DNF
3. Houston Barrick/Sanam Singh (Uva) bt Dominik Mueller/Jordan Rux (BU) 8-3
(Order of Finish 3, 1)

Singles –
1. #1 Somdev Devvarman (Uva) bt #8 Lars Poerschke (BU) 63 62
2. #28 Treat Huey (Uva) l #9 Denes Lukacs (BU) 46 67(5)
3. #17 Dominic Inglot (Uva) bt David Galic (BU) 67(3) 63 75
4. Sanam Singh (Uva) l Dominik Mueller (BU) 36 46
5. Michael Shabaz (Uva) bt Attila Bucko (BU) 62 64
6. Ted Angelinos (Uva) vs Jordan Rux (BU) 76(2) 36 3-2 DNF
(Order of Finish 5, 4, 1, 2, 3)

NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Championship - Round of 16
#1 Seed Virginia bt #(49-64) Western Michigan 4-0

Doubles -
1. #1 Devvarman/Huey (UVa) led Maravic/Mazlin (UM) 6-5 DNF
2. Shabaz/Inglot (UVa) bt #38 Jung/Sroczynski (UM) 8-4
3. Barrick/Singh (UVa) bt Madden/Navas (UM) 8-3

Singles -
1. #1 Somdev Devvarman (UVa) led #64 Matko Maravic (UM) 75 4-1 DNF
2. #28 Treat Huey (UVa) bt Jason Jung (UM) 64 62
3. #17 Dominic Inglot (UVa) bt Andrew Mazlin (UM) 63 64
4. Sanam Singh (UVa) led Mike Sroczynski (UM) 36 64 2-0 DNF
5. Michael Shabaz (UVa) bt Chris Madden (UM) 63 60
6. Ted Angelinos (UVa) led George Navas (UM) 62 5-4 DNF

Order of Finish - Doubles- 3,2 • Singles- 3,5,2
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NCAA Division I Women's Tennis Championship - Round of 16
No. 8 California bt No. 9 Duke 4-3

Doubles -
1. No. 12 Babos/Kusano (CAL) l No. 7 Granson/Mang (DUKE) 6-8
2. Cossou/Ilcinkas (CAL) vs Iyer/Robinson (DUKE) 7-7 DNF
3. No. 54 Bobusic/Visico (CAL) l Nze/Zsilinszka (DUKE) 6-8
Order of finish: 1, 3* (Duke wins doubles point)

Singles -
No. 20 Susie Babos (CAL) bt No. 125 Tara Iyer (DUKE) 63 76(4)
No. 4 Marina Cossou (CAL) bt No. 21 Ellah Nze (DUKE) 75 76(3)
No. 35 Cristina Visico (CAL) l No. 24 Reka Zsilinszka (DUKE) 16 36
No. 40 Claire Ilcinkas (CAL) bt Melissa Mang (DUKE) 61 46 61
Stephanie Kusano (CAL) l Amanda Granson (DUKE) 46 57
No. 92 Bojana Bobusic (CAL) bt Jessi Robinson (DUKE) 61 60
Order of finish: 6, 3, 5, 4, 2, 1*

So with Duke's loss Tara Iyer's challenge in team event was over.
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At $50K New Delhi Challenger-II, India (Hard)

First Qualifying Round -
(1) Olivier Charroin (FRA) bye
(WC) Nikunj Siwach (IND) bt (WC) Rahil Makharia (IND) 64 64
Jitender Mehlda (IND) bt (WC) Mihir Mankad (IND) 62 75
(7) Kamala Kannan (IND) bt Prashant Sawant (IND) 61 61
(2) Tushar Liberhan (IND) bye
Srirambalaji Narayanaswamy (IND) bt Palash Tiwari (IND) 61 61
(WC) Vidhan Vyas (IND) bt Vikas Chauhan (IND) 46 61 76(4)
(6) Rohan Gide (IND) bt Monal Chhillar (IND) 76(4) 60
(3) Purav Raja (IND) bye
Rubal Shandilya (IND) bt Arvind Singh (IND) 60 60
(WC) Vedant Kapoor (IND) bt (WC) Prateek Bhmabri (IND) 62 76(6)
(8) Yannick Nelord (IND) bt Ravjeet Singh (IND) 61 60
(4) Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bye
Shrikant Rathi (IND) bt Hemant Garg (IND) 62 62
Karunuday Singh (IND) bt Ankit Sachdeva (IND) 61 63
(5) Vijayant Malik (IND) bt Yuvraj Haral (IND) 60 60

Second Qualifying Round -
(1) Olivier Charroin (FRA) bt (WC) Nikunj Siwach (IND) 64 61
(7) Kamala Kannan (IND) bt Jitender Mehlda (IND) 62 62
(2) Tushar Liberhan (IND) bt Srirambalaji Narayanaswamy (IND) 64 62
(6) Rohan Gide (IND) bt (WC) Vidhan Vyas (IND) 62 64
(3) Purav Raja (IND) bt Rubal Shandilya (IND) 61 63
(8) Yannick Nelord (IND) bt (WC) Vedant Kapoor (IND) 62 63
(4) Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt Shrikant Rathi (IND) 60 61
Karunuday Singh (IND) bt (5) Vijayant Malik (IND) 64 64

Qualifying Final Round -
(1) Olivier Charroin (FRA) bt (7) Kamala Kannan (IND) 61 76(3)
(6) Rohan Gide (IND) bt (2) Tushar Liberhan (IND) 76(7) 76(6)
(3) Purav Raja (IND) bt (8) Yannick Nelord (IND) 62 62
(4) Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt Karunuday Singh (IND) 76(7) 62

Good to see our players r taking advantage f weaker draw and 3 players qualified for maindraw.