Tennis News -
At $508 Legg Mason Tennis Classic, Washington DC, USA
[R1] (Q) Somdev Devvarman (IND,320) bt (WC) Taylor Dent (USA,UNR) 76(3) 26 61

In first set they traded breaks but Somi gave dominating performance in tie-break ... In second set Dent was at his best but Somi pulled back with solid performance in third set.

In second round Buji will now face either third-seeded Spaniard Feliciano Lopez or American qualifier Robert Kendrick.
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At $100K Istanbul challenger, Turkey

[Q1] Mustafa Ghouse (IND) bt (WC) Kiril Dimitrov (BUL) 63 63
[Q2] Mustafa Ghouse (IND) bt (7) Simeon Ivanov (BUL) 61 64
[Q3] Mustafa Ghouse (IND) l (2) Michel Koning (NED) 16 67(7)

Doubles -
[R1] (WC) Stephen Amritraj (IND)/ Mustafa Ghouse (IND) bt (WC) Jonathan Eysseric (FRA)/ Adem Ozmeral (TUR) 64 64

Good start in this high profile challenger for Stephen and Moose in doubles.
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At $50K New Delhi Challenger IV, India

[R1] (WC) SIPAEYA Sunil Kumar (IND,485) l (7) EBDEN Matthew (AUS,311) 67(5) 36
[R1] (WC) VARDHAN Vishnu (IND,915) l (3) GOODALL Joshua (GBR,226) 76(4) 46 1-3 Retd
[R1] (WC) GAJJAR Rohan (IND,767) l WARD James (GBR,408) 26 16

Doubles -
[R1] (1) MANKAD Harsh (IND)/ SINGH Ashutosh (IND) bt SHARAN Divij (IND)/ VARDHAN Vishnu (IND) 62 57 10(6)
[R1] (WC) PERANANALLUR CHANDRASEKHAR Vignesh (IND)/ SELVARAJ Ajai (IND) l EATON Chris (GBR)/ SLABINSKY Alexander (GBR) 67(5) 36
[R1] (WC) SINGH Karunuday (IND)/ YANG Tsung-Hua (TPE) l GHEDIN Riccardo (ITA)/ YSERN Pierrick (FRA) 16 16

Nothing to write about our singles performance after GREATEST day at Olympics ... But only want to mentioned that its really courageous by Harsh's part to back on court in a week time after his fathers', Late Ashok Mankad, death ... Who was one of great thinking cricketer India ever produce.
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At $10K Chiang Mai Futures, Thailand

[R1] GOSWAMI Parul (IND,693) l (WC) MAHAJAROENKUL Satjaporn (THA,UNR) 61 46 36
[R1] (4) CHAKRAVARTHI Rushmi (IND,506) bt LU Jia Xiang (CHN,935) 46 62 60
[R1] SAHOO Shalini (IND,886) bt BARR Cassandra (AUS,908) 64 61