Tennis News
At € 674K Vienna ATP Open, Austria

[R1] (2) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Mark Knowles (BAH) bt (ALT) Ashley Fisher (AUS)/ Travis Parrott (USA) 61 62

[QF] (2) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Mark Knowles (BAH) vs Martin Damm (CZE)/ Pavel Vizner (CZE)

Hesh and Mark started with very dominating win ... They r facing veteran Czech pair in quarters.
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At $50K Sacramento Challenger, Northern California, USA

[R1] (1) John Isner (USA)/ Rajeev Ram (USA) bt Alberto Francis (USA)/ Izak Van Der Merwe (RSA) 75 62
[R1] Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Ashutosh Singh (USA) bt Benedikt Dorsch (GER)/ Todd Widom (USA) 63 60

[QF] Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Frank Dancevic (CAN) bt Robert Kendrick (USA)/ Ryan Sweeting (USA) 67(4) 63 10(6)

[QF] (4) Stephen Amritraj (IND)/ Daniel King-Turner (NZL) vs Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Ashutosh Singh (USA)
[QF] (1) John Isner (USA)/ Rajeev Ram (USA) vs (Q) Matthew Ebden (AUS)/ Brydan Klein (AUS)

As per report, Somi is still recovering from flu-like illness ... Still his confidence looks dented after Romanian tour, may be I m wrong ... But now he need to build confidence with consistent wins/game at challenger level.

Good start for Harsh and Ashutosh ... They r favorite against 3rd seed Stephen and Daniel King-Turner ... Kash and Dancevic showing solid result in doubles ... They look formidable.
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At $50K the Pittsburgh Women's Challenger, PA, USA

[R1] Sunitha Rao (IND,193) l (Q) Asia Muhammed (USA,407) 36 36

Doubles -
[R1] Sunitha Rao (IND)/ Angela Haynes (USA) l Olga Puchkova (RUS) Ahsha Rolle (USA) 36 36

This was poor result ... Match against Asia Muhammed was winnable, I m truly disappointed with Sunitha's performance.
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At France F18 Futures, Saint Dizier

[QF] (3) KLIER David (GER)/ SINGH Navdeep (IND) l BOTTI Kevin (FRA)/ SICHEZ Romain (FRA) W/O (due to Navdeep injury)