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

[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) bt Eric Butorac (USA)/ Rajeev Ram (USA) 63 64

Solid win by Rohan and Aisam against good grass court pair of Rajeev and Eric ... In this match they didn't face a single break point on their service games and broke opponents serve one time each in both sets.
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At $10K Indonesia F3 Futures, Tegal

[R1] (Q) Kaza Vinayak SHARMA (IND,1412) vs (1) Young-Jun KIM (KOR,289)
[R1] N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,815) vs (WC) Prima SIMPATIAJI (INA,UNR)
[R1] Vivek SHOKEEN (IND,966) vs (Q) Logan MACKENZIE (NZL,UNR)
[R1] Vijayant MALIK (IND,872) bt (7) Nathan THOMPSON (USA,539) 76(3) 61
[R1] (4) Rohan GAJJAR (IND,470) vs Peerakit SIRIBUTWONG (THA,787)
[R1] (6) Karan RASTOGI (IND,493) vs (WC) Sunu-Wahyu TRIJATI (INA,1737)
[R1] Yannick NELORD (IND,780) l Nikala SCHOLTZ (RSA,887) 16 26
[R1] (3) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,439) bt (WC) Ketut-Nesa ARTA (INA,UNR) 76(7) 61
[R1] Karunuday SINGH (IND,918) l (5) Kittiphong WACHIRAMANOWONG (THA,481) 36 67(7)
[R1] (Q) Vignesh PERANAMALLUR (IND,937) vs (JE) Liang-Chi HUANG (TPE,993)

[R2] (3) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,439) vs Nikala SCHOLTZ (RSA,887)

Doubles
[R1] MANUJA (IND)/ SHARMA (IND) l ARTA (INA)/ SUSANTO (INA) 06 26
[R1] KROTIOUK (RUS)/ MARQUIS (IND) bt (3) ROELOFSE (RSA)/ SCHOLTZ (RSA) 61 26 10-7
[R1] PERANAMALLUR (IND)/ PRASHANTH (IND) bt GAJJAR (IND)/ KONECNY (CZE) 64 64
[R1] (4) MALIK (IND)/ SHOKEEN (IND) bt NELORD (IND)/ TIWARI (IND) 63 63
[R1] VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND)/ WAGH (IND) l RUNGKAT (INA)/ THOMPSON (USA) 16 26
[R1] HUANG (TPE)/ SINGH (IND) bt (2) PROPOGGIA (AUS)/ SIRIBUTWONG (THA) 76(4) 36 10-7

[QF] PERANAMALLUR (IND)/ PRASHANTH (IND) vs KROTIOUK (RUS)/ MARQUIS (IND)
[QF] (4) MALIK (IND)/ SHOKEEN (IND) vs KARPOV (RUS)/ STARKOV (RUS)
[QF] HUANG (TPE)/ SINGH (IND) vs RUNGKAT (INA)/ THOMPSON (USA) Vs

Our 2 players qualified for maindraw, Kaza Vinayak and Vignesh ... Impressive win by Vijayant Malik against experienced American seeded player Nathan Thompson, he dominated 2nd set ... But disappointing loss for Nelord against South African.
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At $15K+H France F8 Futures 2010, Blois

[R1] Rupesh ROY (IND,465) l (2) Ilya BELYAEV (RUS,325) 26 46

Doubles
[R1] (2) Ashwin KUMAR (USA)/ Rupesh ROY (IND) bt Alexandru DANES (FRA)/ Theodore Sebastian MARIN (USA) 62 46 10-8

[QF] (2) Ashwin KUMAR (USA)/ Rupesh ROY (IND) vs Pierre-Hugues HERBERT (FRA)/ Xavier PUJO (FRA)


Tough draw facing 2nd seed in the first round ... But winning start in doubles though match went to super tie-break.