Tennis News
At € 2.835M Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open, Spain

[R1] (3) Lukas Dlouhy (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) bye

Lee and Lukas r in top draw ... They will face winner between Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP)/ Albert Montanes (ESP) and Johan Brunstrom (SWE)/ Jean-Julien Rojer (AHO) in second round.

Mahesh (or Max) looks injured as they r skipping this Madrid Master.
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At $100K+H Bordeaux Challenger, France (Red clay)

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

This week Rohan and Aisam r playing in big Bordeaux Challenger in preparation for French Open.
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At $75K+H Busab Challenger, Korea

[Q1] SHARAN Divij (IND,848) Walkover
[Q1] RAJA Purav (IND,961) bt LEE Chul-Hee (KOR,1089) 57 62 76(3)

[Q2] SHARAN Divij (IND,848) l NA Jung-Woong (KOR,UNR) 64 36 36
[Q2] RAJA Purav (IND,961) l (7) TAKEUCHI Kento (JPN,522) 46 64 26

[R1] VARDHAN Vishnu (IND,370) vs (WC) NAM Ji Sung (KOR,UNR)

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

So good first round draw for Vishnu in singles and doubles as he is facing wild card local players.
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At $50K Zagreb Challenger, Croatia (Red clay)

[R1](5) Somdev Devvarman (IND,109) vs Yuri Schukin (KAZ,197)
[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND,255) vs Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo (ESP,119)

Doubles
[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Roko Karanusic (CRO) vs Attila Balazs (HUN)/ David Savic (SRB)
[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Ryan Harrison (USA) vs (WC) Ilija Cuic (CRO)/ Kresimir Ritz (CRO)

Prakash having tough mtch and Somi having tricky match against Kazak player, who likes to play on the clay.
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At $15K India F5, New Delhi

Singles First Round
(1) Rik DE VOEST (RSA) Vs N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND)
Xin-Yuan YU (CHN) VS (WC) Vaidik MUNSHAW (IND)
Weerapat DOAKMAIKLEE (THA) Vs (WC) Ronit Singh BISHT (IND)
(6) Murad INOYATOV (UZB) VS Vignesh PERANAMALLUR-CHANDRASEKHAR (IND)
(3) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) Vs (WC) Sai Kartik NAKIREDDI (IND)
(Q) Peng GAO (CHN) Vs (Q) Ronak MANUJA (IND)
(LL) Akash WAGH (IND) Vs Perakiat SIRILUETHAIWATTANA (THA)
(5) Kittiphong WACHIRAMANOWONG (THA) VS Peerakit SIRIBUTWONG (THA)
(8) Hsin-Han LEE (TPE) Vs Yannick NELORD (IND)
Vivek SHOKEEN (IND) Vs (Q) Liang-Chi HUANG (TPE)
(Q) Bowen OUYANG (CHN) VS (Q) Abhijeet TIWARI (IND)
(4) Rohan GAJJAR (IND) VS Yu CHANG (CHN)
(7) Karan RASTOGI (IND) Vs (Q) Sudanwa SITARAM (IND)
Vaja UZAKOV (UZB) Vs Vijayant MALIK (IND)
(Q) Wan GAO (CHN) Vs (WC) Saurabh SINGH (IND)
(2) Yuki BHAMBRI (IND) VS (Q) Kaza Vinayak SHARMA (IND)

Doubles First Round
(1) GAJJAR (IND)/ INOYATOV (UZB) vs (WC) BISHT (IND)/ NAKIREDDI (IND)
CHANG (CHN)/ ZHOU (CHN) vs HUANG (TPE)/ OUYANG (CHN)
(3) DOAKMAIKLEE (THA)/ WACHIRAMANOWONG (THA) vs KANNAN (IND)/ PRASHANTH (IND)
MANUJA (IND)/ SITARAM (IND) vs (WC) ATHARE (IND)/ RAWAT (IND)
PERANAMALLUR-CHANDRASEKHAR (IND)/ SHARMA (IND) vs MALIK (IND)/ NELORD (IND)
(4) VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND)/ YU (CHN) vs SIRIBUTWONG (THA)/ SIRILUETHAIWATTANA (THA)
TIWARI (IND)/ WAGH (IND) vs (WC) ANAND (IND)/ SINGH (IND)
(2) SHOKEEN (IND)/ SINGH (IND) vs GAO (CHN)/ GAO (CHN)

Qualifying Final Round
(1) Peng GAO (CHN) bt Mansingh ATHARE (IND) 75 61
(2) Wan GAO (CHN) bt Kunal ANAND (IND) 63 62
(3) Liang-Chi HUANG (TPE) bt Sidharth RAWAT (IND) 63 60
(4) Ronak MANUJA (IND) bt Cheng-Peng HSIEH (TPE) 57 62 63
(5) Bowen OUYANG (CHN) bt Shahbaaz KHAN (IND) 67(3) 60 63
(6) Kaza Vinayak SHARMA (IND) bt Akash WAGH (IND) 63 62
(9) Sudanwa SITARAM (IND) bt (7) Zhuo-Qing ZHOU (CHN) 64 63
(8) Abhijeet TIWARI (IND) bt (11) Kamala KANNAN (IND) 57 63 60

Qualifying First Round
(1) Peng GAO (CHN) bt Prateek GHOSH (IND) 60 60
Mansingh ATHARE (IND) bt Maninder SINGH (IND) 60 63
(2) Wan GAO (CHN) bt Prashant SAWANT (IND) 60 60
Kunal ANAND (IND) bt Vedant KAPOOR (IND) 63 64
(3) Liang-Chi HUANG (TPE) bt Maxim KHOMUTOV (RUS) 60 61
Sidharth RAWAT (IND) bt Amrit NARASIMHAN (USA) 36 63 Retd
(4) Ronak MANUJA (IND) bt Dinesh Chandra SUYAL (IND) 60 60
Cheng-Peng HSIEH (TPE) bt I-Ta CHEN (TPE) 60 63
(5) Bowen OUYANG (CHN) bt Kelsey STEVENSON (CAN) 63 64
Shahbaaz KHAN (IND) bt Rakshay THAKKAR (IND) 76(5) 36 75
(6) Kaza Vinayak SHARMA (IND) bt Ajai SELVARAJ (IND) 62 76(3)
(10) Akash WAGH (IND) bt Aaditya TEWARI (IND) 60 62
(7) Zhuo-Qing ZHOU (CHN) bt Jitin BISHNOI (IND) 61 61
(9) Sudanwa SITARAM (IND) bt Bharat BHARDWAJ (IND) 62 61
(8) Abhijeet TIWARI (IND) bt Muddappa APPANERVANDA (IND) 61 61
(11) Kamala KANNAN (IND) bt Chetan PANDITI (IND) 75 62

Good decision by organisers to give wild cards to youngsters ... Also heartening to see our promising players qualified to maindraw ... I m thinking little ahead but mouth watering quarter-final between Yuki and Karan.