Tennis News -
At $$2.615M Rogers Masters, Toronto, Canada

[Q1] BOPANNA Rohan (IND,279) bt (4) LU Yen-Hsun (TPE,77) 64 64
[Q2] BOPANNA Rohan (IND,279) vs (11) GOLUBEV Andrey (KAZ,156)

Doubles -
[R1] (7) DLOUHY Lukas (CZE)/ PAES Leander (IND) Bye
[R1] (4) BHUPATHI Mahesh (IND)/ KNOWLES Mark (BAH) Bye

Terrific win for Rohan in Masters qualifying against Asia's No. 1 ... So this is Rohan's 2nd win against top 100 player in 2 weeks ... Go Bops now qualify for first Masters tournament with another win.

Hesh and Lee can face eachother in quarters if they wins their respective 2nd round matches.
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At €30K+H Manchester Challenger, Great Britain (Grass)

[F] (4) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Ashutosh Singh (IND) l (1) Robert Smeets (AUS)/ Adam Feeney (AUS) 36 76 (6)10

Oh, so they lost in super-tiebreak against Smeets and Feeney ... Still creditable performance to reach final ... Now I m crosssing my fingers and hoping that they keep playing doubles together.
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At $50K Lexington Mens Challenger, KY, USA

[Q1] Somdev Devvarman (IND,563) bt (3) Takao Suzuki (JPN,339) 62 26 76(7)
[Q2] Somdev Devvarman (IND,563) bt Marcus Fugate (USA,657) 60 60
[Q3] Somdev Devvarman (IND,563) bt (7) Jose (rubin) Statham (NZL,436) 62 62

After closely fought first round qualifying against seasoned Takao Suzuki, Somi removed his frustration on his next 2 opponents to qualify for maindraw of this challenger ... These days Somdev seems to specilaize in giving opponents bagels.

Somdev played all 3 matches in 25 hrs ... That shows his fitness level.

Here is first qualifying round match report -
Speedy Somdev Devvarman of India showed the never-give-up spirit that carried him to the past two NCAA singles titles with a spine-tingling 6-2, 2-6, 7-6 victory over Lexington’s 2000 champ Takao Suzuki of Japan. The former Virginia Cavalier recovered from an early service break in the third set to tie, then held four match points in the tiebreaker before losing five straight and facing match point himself. He fired an ace, then captured the next two points.
“This was my first hard-court match since the NCAAs,” said Devvarman, who has won two Futures level events on clay since. “But, I just try to give the same intensity every match.” He breezed through a second-rounder later and must beat Jose Statham of New Zealand at 10 a.m. today to reach the main event.
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At €85K San Marino Cepu Open, San Marino, RSM (Red Clay)

[Q1] GHOUSE Mustafa (IND,1373) l SIMONI Marco (ITA,969) 36 75 67(4)

[R1] (WC) GHOUSE Mustafa (IND)/ HUTA GALUNG Jesse (NED) vs (1) ALLEGRO Yves (SUI)/ TECAU Horia (ROU)

Doubles cut at San Marino was high and Mustafa/ Stephen didn't have chance of making that cut ... But Mustafa opted for wildcard with Dutch Jesse Huta Galung and they r facing tough match against top-seed.
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At €30K Medjugorje Challenger, Bosnia-Herzegovina (Red Clay)

(2) AMRITRAJ Stephen (IND)/ MIDDELKOOP Matwe (NED) vs GEHRKE Geoff (USA)/ NASO Gianluca (ITA)

Mustafa playing in $100K Challenger at San Marino, so here Stephen playing with Dutch partner Middelkoop and they r 2nd seed.
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At $50K Lexington Womens Challenger, KY, USA

[Q1] UBEROI Shikha (IND,760) l FRILLING Kristy (USA,724) 46 46
[Q1] (3) UBEROI Neha (USA,437) bt (WC) STRIPLIN Christy (USA,UNR) 64 64

[Q2] (3) UBEROI Neha (USA,437) vs JONES Mccall (USA,982)

And Shikha lost in first round qualifying.