Tennis News
At $125K Tashkent Challenger, Uzbekistan

[Q3] (1) Rohan Bopanna (IND,347) bt Michael Kohlmann (GER,UNR) 63 67(3) 63

[R1] (Q) Rohan Bopanna (IND,347) bt Ilia Marchenko (UKR,209) 76(6) 64

[R2] (Q) Rohan Bopanna (IND,347) vs (1) Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE,69)

Doubles -
[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt Alexey Kedriouk (KAZ)/ Yuri Schukin (KAZ) 61 26 10(8)

[QF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs (1) KUBOT, Lukasz Kubot (POL)/ Oliver Marach (AUT)

Good fighting win by Rohan against former top-100 tricky German player ... Now he need to go deep in this Challenger to move back inside top-300.

In maindraw also Bops scored excellent upset win ... This win will helped him to move inside top-325 but he need big upset win in second round to move back inside top-300 ... Go Bops.

In doubles also Rohan and Purav had winning start ... Nice to see our pair winning such closely fought match.

In singles and doubles Rohan is playing against top-seeds in next round, so tough matches for him.

In interesting development, 7 time Grand Slam winner Max Mirnyi of Belarus agreed to pair up with Rohan in next week's St. Petersburg Open ... It is showing good sign that top doubles players r noticing him.

Rohan Bopanna - “I called up Max after he broke up with Jim Murray and he immediately agreed to play with me. I’m looking forward to playing with Max, it will be a great experience for me to play with someone like him.”
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At $50K Calabasas Challenger, USA

[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND,227) bt Robert Smeets (AUS,172) 64 63

[R2] Prakash Amritraj (IND,227) vs Ivan Miranda (PER,222)

[Q1] Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Nathan Healeay (AUS) bt (1) Erik Chvojka (CAN)/ Rylan Rizza (USA) 64 63
[Q2] Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Nathan Healeay (AUS) bt (2) Luigi D'Agord (ITA)/ Nima Roshan (USA) 46 64 10(7)

[R1] (Q) Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Nathan Healeay (AUS) vs (3) Izak Van Der Merwe (RSA)/ Todd Widom (USA)

Excellent start for Kash beating Australian ... Hopefully he will handle this tricky Peruvian in next round, who has won 2 Challengers this year and reached the final of Humacao Challenger.

Good wins by Somi and Healey to qualify for doubles maindraw.
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At $50K Toronto Challenger, Canada

[R1] (6) Sunitha Rao (IND,212) l Aniko Kapros (HUN,318) 16 26

Doubles -
[R1] (4) Alina Jidkova (RUS)/ Sunitha Rao (IND) l Nikola Frankova (CZE)/ Carmen Klaschka (GER) 26 36

Another disappointing results for Sunitha ... Very early end in singles and doubles ... Though Aniko Kapros was former top-50 player and recently playing good tennis, still Sunitha need to start winning matches as her ranking is already dropping ... She is now outside top-200 in singles and near top-175 in doubles.
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At $25K Nigerian Womens Tournament, Lagos

[R1] Rushmi CHAKRAVARTHI (IND,531) vs (Q) Nevena SELAKOVIC (SRB,996)
[R1] Ankita BHAMBRI (IND,509) vs (Q) Alexandra RILEY (USA,928)
[R1] (3) Isha LAKHANI (IND,328) bt Chen ASTROGO (ISR,587) 63 76(5)
[R1] Sanaa BHAMBRI (IND,498) l (5) Lisa SABINO (ITA,339) 26 76(5) 57
[R1] Prerana-Mythri APPINENI (IND,687) l Keren SHLOMO (ISR,567) 46 16

Doubles -
[R1] Lisa MARSHALL (RSA)/ Prerana-Mythri APPINENI (IND) vs Chen ASTROGO (ISR)/ Keren SHLOMO (ISR)
[R1] (3) Sanaa BHAMBRI (IND)/ Ankita BHAMBRI (IND) vs (WC) Elena CHALOVA (RUS)/ Parija MALOO (IND)
[R1] (4) Rushmi CHAKRAVARTHI (IND)/ Isha LAKHANI (IND) bt Eden D'OLIVEIRA (RSA)/ Nevena SELAKOVIC (SRB) 62 61

[QF] (4) Rushmi CHAKRAVARTHI (IND)/ Isha LAKHANI (IND) vs Valeria SAVINYKH (RUS)/ Vivienne VIERIN (ITA)

Good start for Isha in singles and doubles with Rushmi ... But very impressive fighting performance by Sanaa against top-350 Italian player.
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At $15K+H Nigerian F3, Lagos

[R1] Vignesh PERANAMALLUR-CHANDRASEKHAR (IND,1065) bt Henry ATSEYE (NGR,UNR) 62 62
[R1] Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,895) vs (7) Valentin SANON (CIV,553)
[R1] Rohan GAJJAR (IND,809) vs (5) Ilya BELYAEV (RUS,477)
[R1] Divij SHARAN (IND,806) vs Mario TUPY (AUT,904)

Doubles -
[R1] Rahil MAKHARIA (IND)/ Vignesh PERANAMALLUR-CHANDRASEKHAR (IND) vs (4) Kamil CAPKOVIC (SVK)/ Alexander SOMOGYI (SVK)
[R1] Daouda NDIAYE (SEN)/ Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) bt Gilad BERMAN (ISR)/ Noam YITZHAKI (ISR) 76(2) 64
[R1] (3) Rohan GAJJAR (IND)/ Divij SHARAN (IND) bt Gilad BEN ZVI (ISR)/ Tomer HODOROV (ISR) 61 64

[QF] (3) Rohan GAJJAR (IND)/ Divij SHARAN (IND) vs Daouda NDIAYE (SEN)/ Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND)

Winning start for Indian players in singles and doubles.