Tennis News
At 4th The Kennedy Funding Invitational 2009, New York

[SF] Somdev Devvarman (IND,132) bt Wayne Odesnik (USA,106) 36 64 75

[F] Somdev Devvarman (IND,132) vs John Isner (USA,96)

Somdev produced excellent comeback win to reached 3rd final in a row at his favorite venue of the Kennedy Funding Invitational ... After Odesnik won first set Som showed his never die attitude and fought until end to scripted exciting victory ... This close win will helped Somi to increase his confidence as currently he is struggling on tour with low of confidence.

In the final he is facing his old foe on court but very good friend outside the court, John Isner ... Both r facing eachother first time after their epic NCAA final in 2007 ... This match can give us good picture of Somi's game after a year on tour.
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At $442.5K Hall Of Fame Tennis Championships, Newport, USA

[R2] (WC) Prakash Amritraj (IND,159) l (3) Sam Querrey (USA,39) 76(7) 36 26
[R2] (LL) Rajeev Ram (USA,181) bt (Q) Samuel Groth (AUS,266) 64 62

[QF] (LL) Rajeev Ram (USA,181) bt Jesse Levine (USA,) 57 62 76(3)
[SF] (LL) Rajeev Ram (USA,181) bt Olivier Rochus (BEL,) 63 64

[F] (LL) Rajeev Ram (USA,181) vs (3) Sam Querrey (USA,39)

Doubles
[R1] (3) Jordan Kerr (AUS)/ Rajeev Ram (USA) bt Arnaud Clement (FRA)/ Olivier Rochus (BEL) 26 64 11(9)
[QF] (3) Jordan Kerr (AUS)/ Rajeev Ram (USA) bt Nicolas Mahut (FRA)/ Fabrice Santoro (FRA) 62 62
[SF] (3) Jordan Kerr (AUS)/ Rajeev Ram (USA) bt Sebastian Prieto (ARG)/ Horacio Zeballos (ARG) 76(5) 76(6)

[F] (3) Jordan Kerr (AUS)/ Rajeev Ram (USA) vs Michael Kohlmann (GER)/ Rogier Wassen (NED)

Prakash couldn't repeat last year's performance where he reached final at Newport ... He started well against Sam Querrey winning tight first set in tie-break but once Prakash lost his serve in first game in second set, Sam didn't give him chance of fight back in the match.

But Rajeev Ram having excellent run at Newport ... Jesse Levine tested him in quarter-final but he scored comeback victory ... Rajeev is in his first singles final and he is also in doubles final with Australian Jordan Kerr.
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At $15K India F6 Futures, New Delhi

Semi Finals
(6) Rohan GAJJAR (IND) bt (1) Kento TAKEUCHI (JPN) 64 46 76(5)
(2) Vishnu VARDHAN (IND) bt (5) Divij SHARAN (IND) 46 63 61

Doubles Final
(2) Divij SHARAN (IND)/ Vishnu VARDHAN (IND) bt (3) Vivek SHOKEEN (IND)/ Ashutosh SINGH (IND) 63 64

Rohan scored another upset win, this time over Japanese top-seed in closely fought match for 2nd final in 2 weeks ... Vishnu also had tricky match against his doubles partner which he won after losing first set.

Vishnu and Divij won their second doubles title in 2 weeks ... Tomorrow in singloes final both Vishnu and Rohan will try for their first futures title.