Tennis News
At €42.5K+H Aachen Challenger, Germany

[R1] QURESHI Aisam-Ul-Haq (PAK,206) l HUTA GALUNG Jesse (NED,185) 36 16

Doubles -
[R1] BOPANNA Rohan (IND)/ QURESHI Aisam-Ul-Haq (PAK) bt AUCKLAND James (GBR)/ NORMAN Dick (BEL) 67(4) 63 13(11)

[QF] BOPANNA Rohan (IND)/ QURESHI Aisam-Ul-Haq (PAK) vs BECK Andreas (GER)/ PETZSCHNER Philipp (GER)

Tight win in super tie-break for Bops and Aisam ... Now they r facing local German pair in quarters.
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At $50K+H Louisville Challenger, KY, USA

[R1] AMRITRAJ Prakash (IND,214) l WARBURG Sam (USA,157) 76(2) 36 26
[R1] RAM Rajeev (USA,180) l EBELTHITE Colin (AUS,234) 76(5) 57 67(3)

Doubles -
[R1] AMRITRAJ Stephen (IND)/ YOUNG Donald (USA) bt (WC) AGOSTINELLI Bruno (CAN)/ COX Bradley (USA) 64 64

[QF] AMRITRAJ Stephen (IND)/ YOUNG Donald (USA) vs DANCEVIC Frank (CAN)/ VEMIC Dusan (SRB)

Kash and Rajeev lost in very close matches in singles ... Both needs to start winning these matches.
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At $10K Pakistan F3 Futures, Lahore

[R2] (1) SIPAEYA Sunil-Kumar (IND,506) l TAUBERT Patrick (GER,937) 26 57
[R2] (Q) REDDY B Vikram (IND,UNR) bt (7) KUKHALASHVILI Lazare (GEO,945) 76(4) 64
[R2] ROY Rupesh (IND,1126) bt (6) ALEKSEENKO Vadim (UKR,827) 57 62 63
[R2] (Q) NELORD Yannick (IND,1838) l (3) KHAN Aqeel (PAK,621) 57 26

[QF] (Q) REDDY B Vikram (IND,UNR) vs TAUBERT Patrick (GER,937)
[QF] ROY Rupesh (IND,1126) vs (3) KHAN Aqeel (PAK,621)

Doubles -
[QF] LIM Hyun-Soo (KOR)/ ROY Rupesh (IND) bt CHEN I-Ta (TPE)/ LEE Hsin-Han (TPE) 57 76(5) 10(4)
[QF] (4) SIPAEYA Sunil-Kumar (IND)/ KHAN Aqeel (PAK) bt SIRIBUTWONG Kirati (THA)/ SIRIBUTWONG Peerakit (THA) 46 61 11(9)
[QF] FITZPATRICK Andrew (GBR)/ GIDE Rohan (IND) l (2) BAINS Maniel (GBR)/ FILENKOV Alexei (RUS) 46 57

[SF] LIM Hyun-Soo (KOR)/ ROY Rupesh (IND) vs (1) ABDUKHALIKOV Syrym (KAZ)/ VASILIEV Mikhail (RUS)
[SF] (4) SIPAEYA Sunil-Kumar (IND)/ KHAN Aqeel (PAK) bt (2) BAINS Maniel (GBR)/ FILENKOV Alexei (RUS) 62 62

Good upset wins by Vikram and Rupesh to reach singles quarters ... But Sunil's inconsistency with his game is painful to see, another loss for him against player ranked outside top 900.

In doubles Sunil/ Aqeel r in the final and Rupesh with his Korean partner in the semis.