Tennis News

Rohan Bopanna is decided to play with Jarkko Nieminen in 2009 ... They are likely to skip Chennai open & play at Brisbane ATP in the same week.
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At $50K Champaign Challenger, Illinois, USA

[SF] (Q) Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Izak Van der Merwe (RSA) l (1) Rajeev Ram (USA)/ Bobby Reynolds (USA) 62 16 10(3)

Somi and Izak's fin run ended in semis against top-seed pair of Rajeev and Bobby.
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At $50K Knoxville Challenger, TN, USA

[Q1] Ashutosh Singh (IND,748) bt Bryan Swartz (USA,UNR) 61 63

[Q2] Ashutosh Singh (IND,748) vs (3) Nick Van Der Meer (NED,551)

[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND,201) vs (1) Vincent Spadea (USA,77)
[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND,214) vs (WC) John-Patrick Smith (AUS,1148)

Somi having very tough first round match against top-seed and top-80 Vincent Spadea.