Tennis News
At $450K Unicef Open, s'Hertogenbosch, Netherlands

[Q1] Rohan Bopanna (IND,532) bt Peter Torebko (GER,628) 67(2) 62 64

[Q2] Rohan Bopanna (IND,532) l (2) Dustin Brown (JAM,106) 46 46

Lot tougher first qualifying match than Rohan expected but importntly he survived ... He was up 4-1 in the first set before German fought back but after losing first set Rohan take control of the match.

But in second qualifying Dustin Brown broke Rohan's serve in 7th game to won first set ... Then agin in second set Dustin take early break (in 3rd game ?) and hold his serve comfortably to scored easy victory.
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At $600K WTA AEGON International, Eatbourne, Great Britain

[Q1] (8) Sania MIRZA (IND,94) bt Mariana DUQUE MARINO (COL,114) 64 64

[Q2] (8) Sania MIRZA (IND,94) vs (WC) Jocelyn RAE (GBR,525)

Good positive start for Sania ... She was down 2-4 in the first before winning next 7 games ... In that she won first set and take decisive 3-0 lead in second set before holding her service game comfortably to win match.
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At $25K El Paso Womens ITF Tournament, Texas, USA

[SF] (1) Shikha UBEROI (IND)/ Mashona WASHINGTON (USA) l (4) Lindsay Lee-Waters (USA)/ Ashley Weinhold (USA) 16 26

But they lost against 4th seeds easily.
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At $10K Indonesia F2 Futures, Tarakan


[QF] N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,826) l (Q) Ilia Starkov (RUS,1222) 36 57

Doubles
[F] (4) MALIK (IND)/ SHOKEEN (IND) l (2) DOAKMAIKLEE (THA)/ WACHIRAMANOWONG (THA) 36 57

Prashant lost against Russian qualifier and pair of Vivek & Vijayant also lost in doubles final.