Tennis News
At €2.270M BNP Paribas Masters, Paris, France

[R1] (3) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Mark Knowles (BAH) Bye
[R1] (4) Leander Paes (IND)/Lukas Dlouhy (CZE) Bye

Seeded pairs having first round bye ... In second round Lee and Lukas will face winner between Brazilian pair of Marcelo Melo/ Ander Sa and Australian Jordan Kerr with Finland's Jerkko Nieminen ... Mahesh and Mark will face winner between wild-card French pair of Nicolas Mahut/ Paul-Henri Mathieu and Argentine Juan Monaco with Rafa.
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At €42.5K+H Aachen Challenger, Germany

[R1] QURESHI Aisam-Ul-Haq (PAK,206) vs HUTA GALUNG Jesse (NED,185)

Doubles -
[R1] BOPANNA Rohan (IND)/ QURESHI Aisam-Ul-Haq (PAK) vs AUCKLAND James (GBR)/ NORMAN Dick (BEL)

So after long break Rohana and Aisam r back as a pair in this challenger.
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At $50K+H Louisville Challenger, KY, USA

[Q1] SINGH Ashutosh (IND,742) l SIMMONDS Phillip (USA,504) 67(4) 06

[Q1] (1) MANKAD Harsh (IND)/ SINGH Ashutosh (IND) l (WC) COLLINS Shane (USA)/ WITTEN Jesse (USA) 75 46 (6)10

[R1] AMRITRAJ Prakash (IND,214) vs WARBURG Sam (USA,157)
[R1] RAM Rajeev (USA,180) vs EBELTHITE Colin (AUS,234)

Doubles -
[R1] (1) ISNER John (USA)/ RAM Rajeev (USA) vs DANCEVIC Frank (CAN)/ VEMIC Dusan (SRB)
[R1] AMRITRAJ Stephen (IND)/ YOUNG Donald (USA) vs (WC) AGOSTINELLI Bruno (CAN)/ COX Bradley (USA)
[R1] AMRITRAJ Prakash (IND)/ LEVINE Jesse (USA) vs (WC) OUDSEMA Scott (USA)/ SMYCZEK Tim (USA)

Ashutosh lost in the first round of qualifying ... But more surprising result was loss of Harsh and Ashutosh in doubles as top-seed against American wild-card pair.

Kash having top-150 caliber Warburg in the first round ... In doubles Stephen is partnering Donald Young and Kash is partnering American Jesse Levine.
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At $10K Pakistan F3 Futures, Lahore

[Q1] CHAUHAN Vikas (IND,UNR) bt EJAZ Usman (PAK) 76(4) 26 63
[Q1] JANJUA Gumohit Singh (IND,UNR) bt RAZA Syed Abbas (PAK,UNR) 64 64
[Q1] (4) NELORD Yannick (IND,1838) Bye
[Q1] BAINS Deepinder (IND,UNR) bt AKBAR M. Abid Ali Khan (PAK) 64 60
[Q1] REDDY B Vikram (IND,UNR) Bye
[Q1] MOHAMMED Fariz (IND,UNR) bt TIWARI Palash (IND,UNR) 62 76(5)
[Q1] YADAV Mandeep (IND,UNR) bt MISHRA Pulkit (IND,UNR) 65 64

[Q2] CHAUHAN Vikas (IND,UNR) l (2) KHAN Jalil (PAK,1448) 64 46 26
[Q2] JANJUA Gumohit Singh (IND,UNR) l (3) SIRIBUTWONG Peerakit (THA,1529) 06 06
[Q2] (4) NELORD Yannick (IND,1838) bt WOO Chung Hyo (KOR,UNR) 64 16 26
[Q2] BAINS Deepinder (IND,UNR) bt AKBAR Babar (PAK,UNR) 36 64 60
[Q2] REDDY B Vikram (IND,UNR) bt MOHAMMED Fariz (IND,UNR) 36 16
[Q2] YADAV Mandeep (IND,UNR) bt AFRIDI Mubashir (PAK,UNR) 61 64

[R1] (1) SIPAEYA Sunil-Kumar (IND,506) vs (Q) KHAN Jalil (PAK,1448)
[R1] (Q) REDDY B Vikram (IND,UNR) vs KHAN Yasir (PAK,1448)
[R1] (Q) YADAV Mandeep (IND,UNR) vs (4) LEE Hsin-Han (TPE,655)
[R1] ROY Rupesh (IND,1126) vs (WC) ASHIQ Tanveer (PAK,1770)
[R1] (Q) NELORD Yannick (IND,1838) vs MOHAZEBNIA Mohammed (IRI,1027)
[R1] (Q) BAINS Deepinder (IND,UNR) vs (8) ABDUKHALIKOV Syrym (KAZ,955)
[R1] GIDE Rohan (IND,1246) vs (WC) KHAN Shahzad (PAK,1668)

Doubles -
[R1] LIM Hyun-Soo (KOR)/ ROY Rupesh (IND) bt (3) ALEKSEENKO Gleb (UKR)/ ALEKSEENKO Vadim (UKR) 64 46 10(7)
[R1] NELORD Yannick (IND,1838)/ TAUBERT Patrick (GER) l SIRIBUTWONG Kirati (THA)/ SIRIBUTWONG Peerakit (THA) 46 16
[R1] (4) SIPAEYA Sunil-Kumar (IND)/ KHAN Aqeel (PAK) bt ASHIQ Tanveer (PAK)/ KHAN Yasir (PAK) 60 75
[R1] FITZPATRICK Andrew (GBR)/ GIDE Rohan (IND) bt (WC) MALAK Muhammad Waqas (PAK)/ NAZIR Khurram (PAK) 62 61

[QF] LIM Hyun-Soo (KOR)/ ROY Rupesh (IND) vs CHEN I-Ta (TPE)/ LEE Hsin-Han (TPE)
[QF] (4) SIPAEYA Sunil-Kumar (IND)/ KHAN Aqeel (PAK) vs SIRIBUTWONG Kirati (THA)/ SIRIBUTWONG Peerakit (THA)
[QF] FITZPATRICK Andrew (GBR)/ GIDE Rohan (IND) vs BAINS Maniel (GBR)/ FILENKOV Alexei (RUS)

Last week of back to back 3 futures in Pakitan ... Hopefully our players show improve performance this week ... Importantly I m hoping title from top-seed Sunil this week.