Tennis News
At $50K Calabasas Challenger, USA

[QF] (Q) Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Nathan Healeay (AUS) bt Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Alex Kuznetsov (USA) 64 46 10(7)
[QF] Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Ashutosh Singh (IND) l (WC) Lester Cook (USA)/ Shane La Porte (USA) 57 67(6)

[SF] (Q) Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Nathan Healeay (AUS) vs Brian Battistone (USA)/ Dann Battistone (USA)

Qualifier Somi and Healeay scored another upset win over Prakash and Alex ... But Harsh and Ashutosh lost in close match against qualifier ... Somi and Healeay will meet cranky unorthodox pair of Battistone brothers.
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At $25K Nigerian Womens Tournament, Lagos

[QF] Rushmi CHAKRAVARTHI (IND,531) l Palma KIRALY (HUN,501) 26 46
[QF] Ankita BHAMBRI (IND,509) bt Vivienne VIERIN (ITA,622) 62 76(6)

[SF] Ankita BHAMBRI (IND,509) vs (2) Zuzana KUCOVA (SVK,236)

Doubles -
[SF] (4) Rushmi CHAKRAVARTHI (IND)/ Isha LAKHANI (IND) l (2) Tamaryn HENDLER (BEL)/ Lisa SABINO (ITA) 26 57
[SF] (3) Sanaa BHAMBRI (IND)/ Ankita BHAMBRI (IND) l Surina DE BEER (RSA)/ Agnes SZATMARI (ROU) 26 36

Ankita in semis, she defeated Vivienne, who upset Isha in previous round ... Now she is having tough match against top-250 Slovakian.
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At $15K+H Nigerian F3, Lagos

[SF] (3) Rohan GAJJAR (IND)/ Divij SHARAN (IND) bt Komlavi LOGLO (TOG)/ Valentin SANON (CIV) 61 76(1)

[F] (3) Rohan GAJJAR (IND)/ Divij SHARAN (IND) vs (1) CHEKHOV Pavel (RUS)/ KATLIAROV Pavel (BLR)

Gajjar and Sharan's good run in doubles continue ... They r in the final.
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At $10K Pakistan F1, Islamabad 

[QF] GIDE Rohan (IND)/ ROY Rupesh (IND) bt (1) FILENKOV Alexei (RUS)/ LEONTE Bogdan-Victor (ROU) 76(4) 61

[SF] GIDE Rohan (IND)/ ROY Rupesh (IND) l SIKORA Adrian (SVK)/ TAUBERT Patrick (GER) 67(2) 46

Gide and Rupesh scored upset win against top-seeds but lost in semis ... Hopefully we will see better performance by our contingent in remaining 2 Pakistan futures.