Tennis News
At $35K+H Mexico City Challanger, Mexico

[R2] (8) Prakash Amritraj (IND,192) bt Santiago Gonzalez (MEX,211) 62 63

[QF] (8) Prakash Amritraj (IND,192) vs (Q) Dick Norman (BEL,301)

Very pleasently surprising easy straight sets victory for Kash against local tricky player ... So with this victory Kash is in quarters where he face former top-100 giant player, Dick Norman.
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At 2009 Asia Oceania Junior Davis Cup & Junior Fed Cup, Shepparton, Australia (Grass)

Indian boys entered into knockout stage winning all group ties ... But girls failed to move to knockout stage on unfamilier grass courts.

Boys - Group D
Saurabh Singh, Mohit Mayur, Ronit Bisht
Coach - Vishal Uppal

Day 1 - (2) India bt Kazakhstan 3-0

Singh Saurabh bt Nesterov Alexey 63 61
Jayaprakash Mohit Mayur bt Yevseyev Denis 64 75
Singh Saurabh/ Bisht Ronit bt Nesterov Alexey/ Yessenkulov Dinmukhammed 63 63

Day 2 - (2) India bt Hong Kong 2-1

Singh Saurabh bt Kong Kwun Ho 46 62 retd.
Jayaprakash Mohit Mayur bt To Chak Ting-Justin 61 63
Singh Saurabh/ Bisht Ronit l To Chak Ting-Justin/ Yau Long Fung 63 67(7) 57

Day 3 - (2) India bt (7) Philippines 2-1

Singh Saurabh bt Lazaro Leander 76(7) 64
Jayaprakash Mohit Mayur l Patrombon Jeson 26 16
Singh Saurabh/ Jayaprakash Mohit Mayur bt Patrombon Jeson / Villamor Alberto 63 63

Girls - Group B
Ratnika Batra, Rishika Sunkara, Shweta Chandra Rana
Coach - Nitten Kirrtane

Day 1 - (5) India l Philippines 1-2

Batra Ratnika l Santiago Ma. Regina 16 26
Rana Shweta l Patrimonio Anna Clarice 36 36
Rana Shweta/ Sunkara Rishika bt Patrimonio Anna Clarice/ Santiago Ma. Regina 26 62 64

Day 2 - (5) India bt Sri Lanka 3-0

Sunkara Rishika bt Herath Kemalie 61 61
Rana Shweta bt Fernando Nilushi 60 60
Batra Ratnika/ Sunkara Rishika bt Herath Kemalie/ Wijesingha Sherine 62 61

Day 3 - (5) India l (3) Indonesia 1-2

Sunkara Rishika l Melita Cynthia 63 36 16
Rana Shweta l Ysidora Grace Sari 16 26
Rana Shweta /Batra Ratnika bt Woro Rekyan/ Melita Cynthia 64 46 63
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At $10K Shymkent Futures, Kazakhstan

[R1] (2) Poojashree VENKATESHA (IND,573) bt Khristina KAZIMOVA (UKR,993) 60 60
[R1] (6) Kumari-Sweta SOLANKI (IND,745) bt Yuliana UMANETS (UKR,1091) 26 61 76(3)

[R2] (2) Poojashree VENKATESHA (IND,573) bt Alexandra ARTAMONOVA (RUS,1025) 62 64
[R2] (6) Kumari-Sweta SOLANKI (IND,745) bt Dariya BEREZHNAYA (KAZ,NR) 64 63

[QF] (2) Poojashree VENKATESHA (IND,573) bt (Q) Katerina POPOVA (RUS,1124) 61 57 10(8)
[QF] (6) Kumari-Sweta SOLANKI (IND,745) l Renata BAKIEVA (RUS,805) 46 06

[SF] (2) Poojashree VENKATESHA (IND,573) vs (3) Eugeniya PASHKOVA (RUS,611) 26 64

Doubles
[R1] (4) Ester MASURI (ISR)/ Kumari-Sweta SOLANKI (IND) bt (WC) Kamila ABDUKADIROVA (UZB)/ Sabina KAIRANBAYEVA (KAZ) 60 61
[R1] (2) Albina KHABIBULINA (UZB)/ Poojashree VENKATESHA (IND) bt (WC) Aselya ARGINBAYEVA (KAZ)/ Kamila RAFKAT (KAZ) 64 62

[QF] (4) Ester MASURI (ISR)/ Kumari-Sweta SOLANKI (IND) l Bermet DUVANAEVA (KGZ)/ Inna VOLKOVICH (KGZ) 46 67(4)
[QF] (2) Albina KHABIBULINA (UZB)/ Poojashree VENKATESHA (IND) vs Katerina POPOVA (RUS)/ Elzyata SOVAEVA (RUS)

Good to see Poojashree's performance outtside India ... Poojashree won her quarter-final match but Kumari-Shweta lost ... In semis 1 set-all for Poojashree and her Russian opponent.

I m totally surprised to see that they r playing super tie-breaks in singles.