Tennis News
At $50K Charlottesville Challenger, Virginia, USA

[F] (3) Somdev Devvarman (IND,116) l (2) Kevin Kim (USA,105) 46 76(8) 46

First set won by Kim with single break ... In second set Kim started well breaking Somi's serve in 5th game but Somi broke back and take set in tie-break ... And won second set after long tie-break and in that he saved 3 match points ... In third set Somi struggling with his first serve but still managed to broke Kim's serve in third game ... In 5th game Kim committed couple of double faults but Somi failed to take advantage and I feel that was turning point ... Then in 7th game also Kim served double fault and saved 2 break point chances before holding his serve ... In 9th game at 15-all Kim sprained his ankle and take medical time out but that didn't affect his performance in remaining 2 games ... Kim won last 4 games from 2-4 breaking Somi's serve twice, he converted 6th match point.
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At $50K Aachen Challenger , Germany

[Q3] (6) Rohan BOPANNA (IND,414) bt (2) Louk SORENSEN (IRL,337) 46 76(2) 63

[R1] (Q) Rohan BOPANNA (IND,411) vs Simon STADLER (GER,285)
[R1] (1) (WC) Rajeev RAM (USA,97) vs (ALT) Alexander SADECKY (SUI,324)

Doubles
[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam Qureshi (PAK) vs (WC) Nikola Mektic (CRO)/ Ivan Zovko (CRO)

Another excellent comeback win against top-350 type player ... In all 3 qualifying matches he was set down and needed fight back in the match ... Yesterday in a day he played 6 tough sets so that showing his fitness looks back to where he left before his injury ... In doubles Rohan is partnering his favorite partner Aisam ... This week Rajeev decided to skip doubles.
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At $50K Knoxville Challenger, Tennessee, USA

[R1] (6) Somdev Devvarman (IND,124) vs Roko Karanusic (CRO,191)
[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND,204) vs Izak Van Der Merwe (RSA,263)

Doubles
[R1] (2) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Treat Huey (PHI) vs (WC) Ryan Harrison (USA)/ Rylan Rizza (USA)
[R1] Somdev DevVarman (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs (WC) Cory Parr (USA)/ Todd Paul (USA)
[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Kevin Kim (USA) vs (WC) David Sandgren (RSA)/ John Patrick Smith (AUS)