Tennis News
At $50K Nottingham Challenger, Great Britain (on grass)

[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND,135) l (Q) Samuel Groth (AUS,238) 67(4) 76(10) 46
[R1] (Q) Rohan Bopanna (IND,284) bt Alexandre Kudryavtsev (RUS,202) 26 63 75

[R2] (Q) Rohan Bopanna (IND,284) vs Sergei Bubka (UKR,)

Doubles
[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Rajeev Ram (USA) l Colin Fleming (GBR)/ Ken Skupski (GBR) 36 76(2) (7)10

Som's match was very close, I liked that he fought back after losing first set and won second set tie-break 12-10 ... This is good sign for his next matches on gras where he first time playing on the tour ... Lts of positives can be taken from this match against seasoned grass courter ... I feel he is showing determination to improve on this surface and can give some good results on grass before this season end.

Rohan is showing mastery on the grass and scored comeback victory after losing first set ... But Prakash and Rajeev lost their first round doubles match in super tie-break.
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At $50K Yuba City Challenger, California, USA

[R1] Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Kaes Van't Hof (USA) l Eric Nunez (USA)/ Michael Ryderstedt (SWE) 64 46 (5)10

Rare first round exit for Harsh in recent weeks.
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At $10K New Dehli II, India

Singles Second Round
(1) Ankita BHAMBRI (IND) bt Treta BHATTACHARYYA (IND) 62 63
(6) Parija MALOO (IND) bt Stephanie THEILER (SUI) 61 63
(Q) Soon-Mi SEO (KOR) bt Shivika BURMAN (IND) 26 61 63
(8) Ying-Ying DUAN (CHN) bt (Q) Sonya DAYAL (IND) 61 64
Chun-Yan HE (CHN) bt Seo-Kyung KANG (KOR) 5-0 Retd
(WC) Rashmi TELTUMBDE (IND) bt (4) Yoon-Young JEONG (KOR) 3-1 Retd
Ting LI (CHN) bt (Q) Natascha BREDL (AUT) 63 62
(2) Anastasia MALHOTRA (JPN) bt Yi ZHONG (CHN) 76(4) 64

Doubles Quarter Finals
(1) Sanaa BHAMBRI (IND)/ Ankita BHAMBRI (IND) bt Moe KAWATOKO (JPN)/ Kumari Sweta SOLANKI (IND) 16 61 10(4)
(3) Xi BAI (CHN)/ Ting LI (CHN) bt Renee BINNIE (AUS)/ Chun-Yan HE (CHN) 64 64
Soon-Mi SEO (KOR)/ Jung-Yoon SHIN (KOR) bt (4) Yoon-Young JEONG (KOR)/ Seo-Kyung KANG (KOR) W/O
Yue YUAN (CHN)/ Ying-Ying DUAN (CHN) bt Yue-Yue HU (CHN)/ Yi ZHONG (CHN) 62 60

Ankita and Parija guranteed atleast 1 semi-final place for Indian ... Rashmi got lucky break against seeded Korean player ... Bhambris r still in doubles draw.
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At $10K Egypt F8, Ain Elskhona-Suiz (clay)

[R1] Ronak MANUJA (IND)/ James LEMKE (AUS) bt Manolis GLEZOS (GRE)/ Ismael RODRIGUEZ-RAMOS (ESP) 1-0 Retd

[QF] Ronak MANUJA (IND)/ James LEMKE (AUS) vs (4) Mikal STATHAM (NZL)/ Adam EL MIHDAWY (USA)