Tennis News
At €512750 Open 13 Tournament, Marseille, France

[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Jeff Coetzee (RSA) bt Christophe Rochus (BEL)/ Olivier Rochus (BEL) 62 61

[QF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Jeff Coetzee (RSA) vs (3) Marc Lopez (ESP)/ Tommy Robredo (ESP)

Surprising one-sided win for Rohan and Coetzee ... Next they r facing 3rd ranked Spanish pair in quarters.
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At $125K+H Belgrade Challenger, Serbia

[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND,141) l (WC) Filip Krajinovic (SRB,363) 63 67(6) 36

Doubles
[QF] (4) Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Jamie Cerretani (USA) bt Julian Reister (GER)/ Grega Zemlja (SLO) 63 64

[SF] (4) Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Jamie Cerretani (USA) vs Dustin Brown (JAM)/ Martin Slanar (AUT)

Somdev won first set with a single break but in second set he was early break down losing his serve in second game ... At 3-5 Somi broke Krajinovic's serve to bring back on serve ... In tie-break both traded multiple mini-breaks but Krajinovic won set after converting second set point ... In third set Somi had early chances of breaking Krajinovic serves but couldn't converted it ... Krajinovic broke Somi's serve in 7th and 9th games to scored upset win ... Too much defensive game from Somi ... Somi in the line of getting Dubai wild card.

Prakash continued his good run in doubles with Cerretani to moved in to semis with straight sets win.
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At $15K Australia F1 Futures, Mildura (Grass)

[R2] (8) Vishnu VARDHAN (IND,382) bt Matt Reid (AUS,495) 63 64

[QF] (8) Vishnu VARDHAN (IND,382) vs (2) Matthew EBDEN (AUS,224)

Doubles
[SF] (2) VARDHAN Vishnu (IND)/ DANIELL Marcus (NZL) l (3) EBDEN Matthew (AUS)/ GROTH Samuel (AUS) 36 76(2) 10-12

Another good expected win by Vishnu in singles and now facing real test in quarters against top-225 local player.

In doubles he lost in semis.
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At $10K Egypt F3 Futures 2010, Giza (clay)

[R1] (PR) Karan Rastogi (IND,1002) l (7) Gerard Granollers-Pujol (ESP,540) 26 76(3) 46
[R1] (5) Rohan Gajjar (IND,470) bt (Q) Jeremy Jahn (GER,869) 63 64
[R1] (Q) Ronak Manuja (IND,1200) l (1) Guillermo Alcaide (ESP,276) 06 06
[R1] (LL) Srirambalaji Narayanaswamy (IND,893) bt Motaz Abou El Khair (EGY,813) 63 67(2) 63

[R2] (5) Rohan Gajjar (IND,470) vs Duncan Mugabe (UGA,752)
[R2] (LL) Srirambalaji Narayanaswamy (IND,893) vs (1) Guillermo Alcaide (ESP,276)

Doubles
[R1] Ronak Manuja (IND)/ Srirambalaji Narayanaswamy (IND) bt Adam El Mihdawy (USA)/ Clement Reix (FRA) 62 46 10-7
[R1] (3) Rohan Gajjar (IND)/ Roman Vogeli (CZE) bt Stefano Valenti (ITA)/ Francesco Vilardo (ITA) 64 64

[QF] Ronak Manuja (IND)/ Srirambalaji Narayanaswamy (IND) vs (1) Guillermo Alcaide (ESP)/ Gerard Granollers-Pujol (ESP)
[QF] (3) Rohan Gajjar (IND)/ Roman Vogeli (CZE) vs Karim-Mohamed Maamoun (EGY)/ Hossam Meligy (EGY)

Was expecting loss of Ronak but double bagel .......................... :-(

So Granollers-Pujol take revenge of last week's loss but good match for Karan ... Good to see Srirambalaji managed to grab his first ranking point of 3 weeks, next he is facing top-seed Guillermo Alcaide.