Tennis News -
At € 349K Ordina Open, s'Hertogenbosch, Netherlands

[R1] (2) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt Yves Allegro (SUI)/ Sebastian Prieto (ARG) 63 76(3)
[R1] (4) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Robert Lindstedt (SWE) l Guillermo Canas (ARG)/ Juan Martin Del Porto (ARG) 26 16

[QF] (2) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs David Ferrer (ESP)/ Marcel Granollers (ESP)

Ouch, one-sided loss for Rohan and his Swedish partner ... Hopefully tomorrow in singles Bops takes revenge against Canas.

But excellent start for Indian Express ... Now they r facing Spanish pair in quarters.
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At The Championships, Wimbledon 2008,

[Q1] Sunitha Rao (IND,149) bt Raquel Kops-jones (USA,198) 57 75 64
[Q2] Sunitha Rao (IND,149) vs (15) Olga Puchkova (RUS,130)

[Q2] (22) Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK,158) l Dawid Olejniczak (POL,207) 67(9) 36
[Q2] Prakash Amritraj (IND,311) l (13) Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR,137) 36 64 36

Sunitha scored tight victory against Kops-jones ... She is having tough draw and now facing former top-35 player Olga Puchkova in Q2.
Kash had lot many opportunities but he couldn't convert ... Again same old story of not taking chances ... Poor result for Kash ... Aisam also lost his Q2 match.
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At € 30K+H Guzzini Challenger, Recanati, Italy

[R1] (4) GHOUSE Mustafa (IND)/ THOMPSON Nathan (USA) bt GARD Catalin (ROU)/ SKUGOR Franko (CRO) 67(2) 76(4) 10(8)

[QF] (4) GHOUSE Mustafa (IND)/ THOMPSON Nathan (USA) vs (WC) CORVATTA Federico (ITA)/ GEHRKE Geoff (USA)

Mustafa and Nathan having winning start at Guzzini Challenger ... But match was very close with very few points difference.
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At $15K Ireland F1 Futures, Dublin

[R1] (3) SINGH Ashutosh (IND,539) bt (WC) FARRON-MAHON Tristan (IRL,1474) 64 64
[R2] (3) SINGH Ashutosh (IND,539) vs Alex MIOTTO (GBR,1441)

Doubles -
[R1] (3) Purav Raja (IND)/ Navdeep Singh(IND) l Kyle Brassington (GBR)/ Christoper Harfield (GBR) 26 46

[QF] (1) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Ashuotosh Singh (IND) vs Burnham Arlidge (GBR)/ PATIENT Timothy Patient (GBR)
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At $10K Futures Houston, TX, USA

[Q1] (2) Shikha UBEROI (IND,853) bt Mariana DEMICHELLI VERGARA (PER,UNR) 63 60
[Q2] (2) Shikha UBEROI (IND,853) bt Chloe WEST (AUS,UNR) 60 61
[Q3] (2) Shikha UBEROI (IND,853) bt Christian THOMPSON (USA,UNR) 61 60

[R1] (Q) Shikha UBEROI (IND,853) vs (8) Anna WISHINK (AUS,650)

Shikha need to break-out tournament to bring back her ranking inside top-500, so then she can concentrate on lower level challengers.
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At $15K USA F13 FUTURES, Sacramento, CA, USA

[R1] SIPAEYA Sunil-Kumar (IND,468) vs (4) COOK Lester (USA,297)

Another tough matchup for Sunil on American soil.
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At $15K Iran F1 futures, Tehran (clay)

[Q1] MAKHARIA Rahil (IND,UNR) bye
[Q2] MAKHARIA Rahil (IND,UNR) bt SABER Daryoush (IRI,UNR) 62 63
[Q3] MAKHARIA Rahil (IND,UNR) l (WC) (1) KEDRYUK Alexey (KAZ,495) 16 26

[R1] GAJJAR Rohan (IND,830) bt (Q) KHACHATRYAN Khachatur (ARM,NR) 62 61
[R2] GAJJAR Rohan (IND,830) vs (Q)(4) KEDRYUK Alexey (KAZ,495)

Doubles -
[R1] MAKHARIA Rahil (IND)/ MOORE Ciaran (RSA) l (1) KEDRYUK Alexey (KAZ)/ MAAMOUN Mohammed (EGY) 46 36
[R1] ALAYLY Karim (LIB)/ GAJJAR Rohan (IND) bt BIKTYAKOV Rifat (UZB)/ INOYATOV Murad (UZB) 63 64

[QF] ALAYLY Karim (LIB)/ GAJJAR Rohan (IND) vs FILENKOV Alexei (RUS)/ STANCIK Jan (SVK)

Good to see Rohan participating in Iranian clay event ... Tough second round against Alexey.