Tennis News
At Davis Cup World Group Playoffs - Sept 2010

Draw is out we r having home tie against Brazil.

Here is complete draw of World Group Playoffs in September -
India vs Brazil
Colombia vs USA
Israel vs Austria
Germany vs South Africa
Sweden vs Italy
Australia vs Belgium
Kazakhstan vs Switzerland
Romania vs Ecuador
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At $100K+H Bordeaux Challenger, France (Red clay)

[R1] (4) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) bt (WC) Adrian Mannarino (FRA)/ Xavier Pujo (FRA) 76(4) 62

Rohan and Aisam started with win against wild-card pair.
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At $75K+H Busab Challenger, Korea

Doubles
[R1] SHARAN Divij (IND)/ VARDHAN Vishnu (IND) l (WC) JEONG Suk-Young (KOR)/ NAM Ji Sung (KOR) 46 46
[R1] (4) KADIR Sadik (AUS)/ RAJA Purav (IND) bt ITO Tatsuma (JPN)/ IWAMI Tasuku (JPN) 46 63 10-3

Surprising loss for Vishnu and Divij against unheard Koreans ... Purav and Sadik won their first round match in super tie-break against tricky Japanese pair.
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At $50K Zagreb Challenger, Croatia (Red clay)

[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND,266) l (6) Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo (ESP,120) 36 16

Doubles
[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Roko Karanusic (CRO) l Attila Balazs (HUN)/ David Savic (SRB) 46 63 8-10
[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Ryan Harrison (USA) bt (WC) Ilija Cuic (CRO)/ Kresimir Ritz (CRO) 76(3) 62

[QF] Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Ryan Harrison (USA) vs (3) Nicolas Massu (CHI)/ Lukas Rosol (CZE)

Good start in doubles for Somi but Prakash lost in super tie-break with his Croatian partner.

Early end of week for Kash with one-sided loss in singles against Spanish player.
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At u14 World Junior Tennis (Girl) - Asia/Oceania Final Qualifying, Anqing, China

Group 2 - 11th May
(4) India bt New Zeland 3-0

Rutuja BHOSALE bt Paige HOURIGAN 64 61
Sneha Devi REDDY bt Pang SUWANAPOSEE 60 62
Rutuja BHOSALE/ Iska TEERTHA bt Pang SUWANAPOSEE/ Claudia WILLIAMS 63 63

Group 2 - 10th May
(4) India bt Singapore 3-0

Rutuja BHOSALE bt Geraldine ANG 61 62
Sneha Devi REDDY bt Ming Ming Joy CHIA 60 63
Rutuja BHOSALE/ Iska TEERTHA bt Geraldine ANG/ Sabrina Hui Ling TAN 61 61

Good solid start for Indian girls ... Now tomorrow match against 6th seed Thai girls to decide group winner.