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At $1.4M Legg Mason Classic ATP Tournament, Washington, USA
From Tennisserver.com

[R2] (Q) Somdev Devvarman (IND,153) bt (6) Marin Cilic (CRO,15) 75 64

Doubles
[R1] (3) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Mark Knowles (BAH) bt Max Mirnyi (BLR)/ Andy Ram (ISR) 76(6) 26 10(7)

[QF] (3) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Mark Knowles (BAH) vs Martin Damm (CZE)/ Robert Lindstedt (SWE)

Somdev created history upsetting WR #15 Marin Cilic at Legg Mason Classic ATP tournament ... This was Somi's first win over top-15 ATp player ... I think this would be the biggest victory by an Indian male tennis player since Lee defeated Pete Sampras almost 11 years ago in Pen Pilot ATP tournament ... Sania Mirza scored victory over Kuznetsova in Dubai tournament when Kuznetsova was the reigning US Open champion.

From start Somdev returning well on Cilic service and that put extra pressure on Cilic sere ... In first set Somi take first break in 9th game but Cilic broke back immediately ... Again Somi take crucial break in 11th game and then hold his serve to won first set ... In second set Somi was in control from the start ... After easy few service games for both players Somi broke Cilic's serve in 5th game after duece to take lead 3-2 and again broke Cilic's serve after duece in 7th game to lead 5-2 ... But while serving for the set Somi came under pressure and Cilic broke his serve on luv in 8th game and hold his serve after few duece ... Somi played very solid service game in 10th game, he hold his serve at 15 and converted first match point to scored huge upset win.

In second round Somi can meet another big server Croatian WR #33 Ivo Karlovic.

Mahesh and Mark also started with super tie-breaker win in US hardcourt season.

Somdev Devvarman - "When I'm playing well, I like hitting the ball deep. I felt like today I did that very well."

"“This wasn’t the final of a tour event, so I wasn’t as nervous coming out, and it was the first match for him this week and I already had three under my belt. That’s always a good feeling going into a match."

“Today, my gameplan was to just go out there and compete as hard as possible and just let the chips fall where they may. I just wanted to stay calm and focused and play as hard as I could.”
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At $100K Vancouver Challenger, Canada

[R1] Harsh Mankad (IND)/ David Martin (USA) l Amir Hadad (ISR)/ Harel Levy (ISR) 67(7) 26
[R1] Stephen Amritraj (IND)/ Rajeev Ram (USA) l Kevin Anderson (RSA)/ Rik De Voest (RSA) 36 26
[R1] (3) Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) l Kyu Tae Im (KOR)/ Merinko Matosevic (AUS) 26 26

Very disappointing stuff from Indian pairs in doubles.
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At $75K ITF Vancouver Women's Tournament, Canada

[R1] (1) Sania Mirza (IND,83) vs (Q) Mallory Cecil (USA,410)

Sania is facing American qualifier in first round.
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At $50K ITF Astana Women's Tournament, Kazakhstan

[QF] Daria KUCHMINA (RUS)/ Poojashree VENKATESHA (IND) l Eugeniya PASHKOVA (RUS)/ Anastasiya VASYLYEVA (UKR) 16 26
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At $15K Iran F5 futures, Tehran (Clay)

[R1] Vijayant MALIK (IND,1004) bt Kiarash SOURI (IRI,UNR) 63 61
[R1] (7) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,713) bt Marko DANIS (SVK,1216) 76(4) 62
[R1] Mohammed MOHAZEBNIA (IRI,991) bt Ronak MANUJA (IND,1211) 67(5) 63 62
[R1] (5) Murad INOYATOV (UZB,632) bt Abhijeet TIWARI (IND,1462) 62 63
[R1] Anoosha SHAHGHOLI (IRI,1590) bt Vikram REDDY B (IND,1247) 64 63
[R1] Srirambalaji NARAYANASWAMY (IND,1461) bt Marco SATTANINO (ITA,1299) 63 64

[R2] (7) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,713) bt Vijayant MALIK (IND,1004) 26 63 76(1)
[R2] Srirambalaji NARAYANASWAMY (IND,1461) bt (Q) Ashkan DABIRI (IRI,UNR) 26 63 75

[QF] (7) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,713) vs (Q) Paris GEMOUCHIDIS (GRE,UNR)
[QF] Srirambalaji NARAYANASWAMY (IND,1461) vs (2) Adam VEJMELKA (CZE,415)

Happy to see our players playing on clay at Iranian futures and our 2 players in quarter-finals.
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At $10K New Delhi 2009, India

Singles Second Round
(1) Emily WEBLEY-SMITH (GBR) bt (WC) Adnya NAIK (IND) 60 60
(Q) Rishika SUNKARA (IND) bt (8) Victoria LARRIERE (FRA) 62 63
(3) Isha LAKHANI (IND) bt (Q) Sheethal GOUTHAM (IND) 63 60
(6) Parija MALOO (IND) bt Treta BHATTACHARYYA (IND) 75 26 60
(5) Sanaa BHAMBRI (IND) bt Chutharat RUNGTEIN (THA) 63 64
Parul GOSWAMI (IND) bt (Q) Ankita RAINA (IND) 61 36 61
(7) Alexandra KOLESNICHENKO (UZB) bt Rashmi TELTUMBDE (IND) 62 62
Dalila JAKUPOVIC (SLO) bt (2) Anastasia MALHOTRA (JPN) 75 26 63

Doubles Quarter Final
Ashmitha EASWARAMURTHI (IND)/ Dalila JAKUPOVIC (SLO) bt Aishwarya AGRAWAL (IND)/ Subbadharmi SUNDARAM (USA) 64 64

Isha LAKHANI (IND)/ Anastasia MALHOTRA (JPN) bt (WC) Ashvarya SHRIVASTAVA (IND)/ Rashmi TELTUMBDE (IND) 64 16 10(6)
(2) Alexandra KOLESNICHENKO (UZB)/ Emily WEBLEY-SMITH (GBR) bt Sheethal GOUTHAM (IND)/ Sonal PHADKE (IND) 62 62

Good upset win by 16 yrs old Rishika Sunkara.