Tennis News
At $50K ITF Lexington Women's Tournament, KY, USA

[F] (2) Sania Mirza (IND,83) bt (1) Julie Coin (FRA,63) 76(5) 64

Sania started with breaking Coin's serve to lead 2-0 but Coin broke back to make it 2-all ... Then Coin again broke Sania's serve to lead 3-5 but this time Sania fought back to make it 5-all ... In tie-break Sania was down 3-5 but won next 4 points to captured first set.

In second set Coin broke Sania's serve in 3rd game but in next game Sania broke back to make it 2-all ... Sania again broke Coin's serve in 8th game to lead 5-3 but while serving for the match she couldn't hold her serve and score was back on serve 5-4 ... But Sania wasn't in mood of losing advantage and she broke Coin's serve in 10th game to captured $50K ITF Lexington Women's tournament title.

After this title win Sania moved to #80 ... So now rest after a week Sania will be playing next week at the Vancouver Challenger ... As report getting Sania didn't get Standford tournament wildcard, as she was playing in Lexington tournament, she missed Standford qualifying.
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At $$630.5K LA Tennis Open, Los Angeles, USA

[Q2] (2) Somdev Devvarman (IND,127) bt Luka Gregorc (SLO,178) 61 76(1)
[Q2] Prakash Amritraj (IND,264) bt Frank Moser (GER,UNR) 60 76(3)

[Q3] (2) Somdev Devvarman (IND,152) vs (5) Alex Bogomolov Jr (USA,143)
[Q3] Prakash Amritraj (IND,263) vs (6) Ryan Sweeting (USA,155)

Good performance by Somi to finished match in straight sets after winning first set easily ... Kash also scored expected win against doubles specialist ... So now final qualifying round ... Hopefully both will continue their winning form to reach LA maindraw ... Kash having tough match against Ryan Sweeting, as per onlookers he looked most complete player on the court at LA qualifying.

In new updated ranking Somi dropped outside top-150 as his last year's Lexington Challenger title win points removed from his total.
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At $50K+H Granby Challenger, Canada

[R1] Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Treat Conrad Huey (PHI) vs Amir Hadad (ISR)/ Harel Levy (ISR)

This week at Granby Challenger, Harsh is playing with Treat Huey and they r facing Israeli pair.