Tennis News
At $50K Calabasas Challenger, USA

[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND,242) l Alex Bogomolov Jr. (USA,218) 64 46 36
[R1] Rajeev Ram (USA,183) l (Q) Izak Van Der Merwe (RSA,263) 63 46 26

Doubles -
[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Alex Kuznetsov (USA) bt Colin Ebelthite (AUS)/ Peter Polansky (CAN) 62 46 11(9)

So another loss for Somi after winning first set ... After Romanian Davis Cup tour it looks Somi having dented confidence on his own game ... So in my opinion it would be great if he takes few weeks off to go back to drawing board, recharging batteries and chat with his college coaches about his game.

Kash started well in doubles with tight super tie-break victory.
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At $25K Nigerian Womens Tournament, Lagos

[R1] Rushmi CHAKRAVARTHI (IND,531) bt (Q) Nevena SELAKOVIC (SRB,996) 61 63
[R1] Ankita BHAMBRI (IND,509) bt (Q) Alexandra RILEY (USA,928) 60 61

[R2] (3) Isha LAKHANI (IND,328) vs VIERIN Vivienne (ITA,622)
[R2] Ankita BHAMBRI (IND,509) vs (6) GLUSHKO Julia (ISR,387)
[R2] Rushmi CHAKRAVARTHI (IND,531) vs (Q) Valeria SAVINYKH (RUS,778)

Doubles -
[R1] Lisa MARSHALL (RSA)/ Prerana-Mythri APPINENI (IND) l Chen ASTROGO (ISR)/ Keren SHLOMO (ISR) 46 26
[R1] (3) Sanaa BHAMBRI (IND)/ Ankita BHAMBRI (IND) bt (WC) Elena CHALOVA (RUS)/ Parija MALOO (IND) 63 61

[QF] (3) Sanaa BHAMBRI (IND)/ Ankita BHAMBRI (IND) vs Bojana JOVANOVSKI (SRB)/ Zuzana KUCOVA (SVK)

Good win by Ankita and Rushmi.
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At $15K+H Nigerian F3, Lagos

[R1] Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,895) bt (7) Valentin SANON (CIV,553) 64 63
[R1] Rohan GAJJAR (IND,809) l (5) Ilya BELYAEV (RUS,477) 26 26
[R1] Divij SHARAN (IND,806) bt Mario TUPY (AUT,904) 63 64

[R2] Vignesh PERANAMALLUR-CHANDRASEKHAR (IND,1065) vs (1) CHEKHOV Pavel (RUS,287)  
[R2] Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,895) vs (WC) IGBINOVIA Jonathan (NGR,UNR)
[R2] Divij SHARAN (IND,806) vs (2) WESTERHOF Boy (NED,303)

Doubles -
[R1] Rahil MAKHARIA (IND)/ Vignesh PERANAMALLUR-CHANDRASEKHAR (IND) l (4) Kamil CAPKOVIC (SVK)/ Alexander SOMOGYI (SVK) 06 62 (1)10

Good upset win by Ranjeet over Russian Belyaev.
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At $10K Pakistan F1, Islamabad

[Q1] (1) GIDE Rohan (IND,1340) Bye
[Q1] (5) NELORD Yannick (IND,1760) Bye
[Q1] MOHAMMED Fariz (IND,UNR) bt YADAV Mandeep (IND,UNR) 75 61
[Q1] REDDY B Vikram (IND,UNR) bt RAZA Syed Zohair (PAK,UNR) 60 60
[Q1] BAINS Deepinder (IND,UNR) bt JAMSHED Usamah (PAK,UNR) 60 60
[Q1] MISHRA Pulkit (IND,UNR) bt CRAMER Rutger (NED) 26 63 61
[Q1] CHAUHAN Vikas (IND,UNR) l KIM Sang-Gyun (KOR,UNR) 36 57

[Q2] (1) GIDE Rohan (IND,1340) l JELLALI Issam (TUN,UNR) 62 16 06
[Q2] MOHAMMED Fariz (IND,UNR) bt (2) KHAN Yasir (PAK,1437) 16 76(2) 76(5)
[Q2] REDDY B Vikram (IND,UNR) l (3) SIRIBUTWONG Peerakit (THA,1517) 16 36
[Q2] (5) NELORD Yannick (IND,1760) bt BAINS Deepinder (IND,UNR) 62 76(6)
[Q2] MISHRA Pulkit (IND,UNR) bt EJAZ Usman (PAK,UNR) 46 63 62

[R1] (LL) GIDE Rohan (IND,1340) bt (Q) KHAN Shahzad (PAK,1658) 63 64
[R1] (2) SIPAEYA Sunil-Kumar (IND,503) bt (WC) ASHIQ Tanveer (PAK,1760) 61 61
[R1] ROY Rupesh (IND,977) l TAUBERT Patrick (GER,955) 46 46
[R1] (Q) NELORD Yannick (IND,1760) l (Q) KIM Sang-Gyun (KOR,UNR) 75 57 46
[R1] (Q) MISHRA Pulkit (IND,UNR) l FITZPATRICK Andrew (GBR,1271) 26 26
[R1] (Q) MOHAMMED Fariz (IND,UNR) l BAINS Maniel (GBR,1206) 16 26

[R2] (2) SIPAEYA Sunil-Kumar (IND,503) vs SIKORA Adrian (SVK,1019)
[R2] (LL) GIDE Rohan (IND,1340) vs (5) LEE Hsin-Han (TPE,653)

Doubles -
[R1] MOHAZEBNIA Mohammed (IRI)/ NELORD Yannick (IND) vs KHAN Jalil (PAK)/ KHAN Shahzad (PAK)
[R1] GIDE Rohan (IND)/ ROY Rupesh (IND) bt KIM Sang-Gyun (KOR)/ LIM Hyun-Soo (KOR) 60 64
[R1] (WC) MOHAMMED Fariz (IND)/ REDDY B Vikram (IND) l SIKORA Adrian (SVK)/ TAUBERT Patrick (GER) 36 46
[R1] (4) KHAN Aqeel (PAK)/ SIPAEYA Sunil-Kumar (IND) l CHEN I-Ta (TPE)/ LEE Hsin-Han (TPE) 16 36

[QF] GIDE Rohan (IND)/ ROY Rupesh (IND) vs (3) ALEKSEENKO Gleb (UKR)/ ALEKSEENKO Vadim (UKR)

Lots of Indians r playing in 3 weeks of back to back $10K futures in Pakistan ... Sunil is back on court after break.