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At $1.4M Legg Mason Classic ATP Tournament, Washington, USA

From Tennisserver.com

[R1] (Q)Somdev Devvarman (IND,153) bt (Q) Yuichi Sugita (JPN,255) 60 76(6)

[R2] (Q)Somdev Devvarman (IND,153) vs (6) Marin Cilic (CRO,15)

Doubles
[R1] (3) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Mark Knowles (BAH) vs Max Mirnyi (BLR)/ Andy Ram (ISR)

Somi started well winning the first set in 20 minutes and he take first 9 games of the match before his rival fightback winning next 4 games in a row before Somi controlled to won tie-breaker ... Somi was down 4-6 in tie-breaker but won next 4 points to won match in 85 minutes.

I m not expecting much from Somi against Marin Cilic, I feel Somi still not ready to face top-25 players ... But then many time I prove wrong with my prediction so hoping same this time.

Somdev Devvarman - "I should have done a better job finishing off the match," Devvarman said. "I definitely let my foot off the pedal. I let him into the match but give him some credit too, fighting back to give himself some good looks at a third set."

About next match against Marin Cilic ...
"I'm looking forward to facing him again. I'm a better player than last year."
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At $100K Vancouver Challenger, Canada

[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND,264) bt Ivan Dodig (CRO,184) 75 63
[R1] (1) Rajeev Ram (USA,110) l Scoville Jenkins (USA,269) 67(4) 46

[R2] Prakash Amritraj (IND,264) vs (3) Marcos Baghdatis (CYP,136)

Doubles
[R1] Harsh Mankad (IND)/ David Martin (USA) vs Amir Hadad (ISR)/ Harel Levy (ISR)
[R1] Stephen Amritraj (IND)/ Rajeev Ram (USA) vs Kevin Anderson (RSA)/ Rik De Voest (RSA)
[R1] (3) Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) vs Kyu Tae Im (KOR)/ Merinko Matosevic (AUS)

Good win by Kash against Croatian Ivan Dodig in straight sets ... Prakash can fancy his chances against Marcos Baghdatis, who looks shadow of the past.
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At $75K ITF Vancouver Women's Tournament, Canada

[R1] (1) Sania Mirza (IND,83) vs Qualifier
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At $50K+H Campos do Jordão Challenger, Brazil

[R1] Ashutosh Singh (IND)/ Raven Klaasen (RSA) l Marcelo Demoliner (BRA)/ Rodrigo Guidolin (BRA) 63 67(7) (10)12

Ashutosh participated with South African Raven Klaasen, but they lost in super tie-break against local pair.
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At $50K ITF Astana Women's Tournament, Kazakhstan

[R1] Poojashree VENKATESHA (IND,464) l Naomi CAVADAY (GBR,251) 16 06

Doubles
[R1] Daria KUCHMINA (RUS)/ Poojashree VENKATESHA (IND) bt (3) Ekaterina DZEHALEVICH (BLR) / Anastasia PIVOVAROVA (RUS) ) 75 16 10(7)

[QF] Daria KUCHMINA (RUS)/ Poojashree VENKATESHA (IND) vs Eugeniya PASHKOVA (RUS)/ Anastasiya VASYLYEVA (UKR)

Though disappointing result in singles but good upset win in doubles with her Russian partner.