Tennis News
At $220K Japan HP Open International 2009, Osaka

[R1] Sania Mirza (IND,61) vs Shahar Peer (ISR,34)

Tough first round for Sania in her mostly last (?) tournament of the year
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At $125K+H Tashkent Challenger, Uzbekistan

[R1] (WC) Rohan Bopanna (IND,358) vs (1) Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE,76)
[R1] (7) Somdev Devvarman (IND,129) vs Guillermo Olaso (ESP,286)
[R1] (6) Rajeev Ram (USA,103) vs Tatsuma Ito (JPN,237)

Doubles
[R1] Stephen Amritraj (IND)/ Rajeev Ram (USA) vs (4) Michail Elgin (RUS)/ Evgeny Kirillov (RUS)
[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Inigo Cervantes-Huegun (ESP)/ Guillermo Olaso (ESP)
[R1] (2) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE) vs (WC) Vaja Uzakov (UZB)/ Deniss Pavlovs (LAT)

Rohan received wildcard but facing top-seed Lu ... But we can expect upset from him on these fast courts.

Som is 7th seed and facing Spanish opponent ... Purav will joined these 2 in doubles.
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At $50K Tiburon Challenger, CA, USA

[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND,229) vs Alex Kuznetsov (USA,202)