Tennis News
At $50K+H Reggio Emilia Challenger, Italy (Red clay)

[R1] (2) Purav Raja (IND)/ Sadik Kadir (AUS) vs Federico Gaio (ITA)/ Alessandro Giannessi (ITA)

Purav and Sadik r playing at Reggio Emilia Challenger and they r second seed ... In first round they r facing local Italian pair ... Purav lost in first round of singles qualifying but Sadik qualified for main-draw.
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At$35K Marburg Challenger, Germany

[R1] (WC) NARAYANASWAMY Srirambalaji (IND)/ RIESCHICK Sebastian (GER) vs CERVANTES-HUEGUN Inigo (ESP)/ CLAR-ROSSELLO Pedro (ESP)

This week after long time we r seeing Srirambalaji at Marburg Challenger in Germany ... He played qualifying but after winning first round he lost in second qualifying round easily ... In doubles he is having wild-card with local player Sebastian Rieschick and they r playing Spanish pair.
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At $15K Malaysia F1 Futures 2010, Kuala Lumpur

[Q1] Sudanwa SITARAM (IND) bt Seung-Joo LEE (KOR) 64 26 76(12)
[Q1] (4) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND) bt Kieran BERTSCH (CAN) 62 61
[Q1] Krishik DIVAKAR (IND) bt Bharatram BALAJEE (IND) 75 62
[Q1] (14) Abhijeet TIWARI (IND) l Andrew THOMAS (AUS) 36 63 26
[Q1] (13) Akash WAGH (IND) l Hyun-Seung KIM (KOR) 64 16 36
[Q1] (6) Karunuday SINGH (IND) bt Philip MEYER (SUI) 64 63
[Q1] (16) Ronak MANUJA (IND) bt Maung NGE HNAUNG (MYA) 64 64
[Q1] (7) Vivek SHOKEEN (IND) bt Austin KAROSI (USA) 62 64
[Q1] Kaza Vinayak SHARMA (IND) bt (WC) Ahmed Deedat ABDUL RAZAK (MAS) 61 64
[Q1] Aroon KHATTER (IND) l (12) Michael LEONG (SOL) 06 16

[Q2] Sudanwa SITARAM (IND) l (1) Richard RUCKELSHAUSEN (AUT) 67(1) 62 1-1 Retd
[Q2] (4) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND) bt Krishik DIVAKAR (IND) 60 62
[Q2] (6) Karunuday SINGH (IND) bt (WC) Wan Abdul Muiz WAN ABDUL AZIZ (MAS) 62 61
[Q2] (16) Ronak MANUJA (IND) l Kelsey STEVENSON (CAN) 26 16
[Q2] (7) Vivek SHOKEEN (IND) bt Jordan SZABO (AUS) 75 76(3)
[Q2] Kaza Vinayak SHARMA (IND) bt (8) Michal KONECNY (CZE) 63 36 63

[Q3] (4) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,789) l Andrew THOMAS (AUS,1622) 36 67(3)
[Q3] (6) Karunuday SINGH (IND,930) bt Kelsey STEVENSON (CAN,UNR) 63 64
[Q3] (7) Vivek SHOKEEN (IND,982) l (15) Devin BRITTON (USA,1119) 67(1) 75 46
[Q3] Kaza Vinayak SHARMA (IND,1415) bt Kenny BUN (CAM,UNR) 60 62

[R1] (8) Rohan GAJJAR (IND,472) vs Karan RASTOGI (IND,496)
[R1] (Q) Karunuday SINGH (IND,930) vs (3) Junn MITSUHASHI (JPN,412)
[R1] Vijayant MALIK (IND,885) l Murad INOYATOV (UZB,490) 36 36
[R1] (7) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,443) vs (WC) Yew-Ming SI (MAS,1434)
[R1] (Q) Kaza Vinayak SHARMA (IND,1415) vs (Q) Devin BRITTON (USA,1119)
[R1] Yannick NELORD (IND,791) bt (WC) Christian Oliver LEE (MAS,UNR) 60 61

Doubles
[R1] PRASHANTH (IND)/ VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) l (WC) JAYA (MAS)/ SI (MAS) 64 16 7-10
[R1] (4) GAJJAR (IND)/ SHOKEEN (IND) bt INOYATOV (UZB)/ NELORD (IND) 62 62
[R1] MALIK (IND)/ SINGH (IND) bt ROELOFSE (RSA)/ SCHOLTZ (RSA) 64 46 10-6

[QF] (4) GAJJAR (IND)/ SHOKEEN (IND) vs DOAKMAIKLEE (THA)/ WACHIRAMANOWONG (THA)
[QF] MALIK (IND)/ SINGH (IND) vs (2) HENSEL (AUS)/ PROPOGGIA (AUS)

Next 2 weeks our big Indian contingent is plying in Malaysian futures.

Our 7 players r in maindraw ... Sudanwa Sitaram scored good fighting win in first qualifying and was performing well against top-seed before retiring in second round ... Kaza Vinayak Sharma scored upset win over 8th seed Czech opponent in second qualifying round ... Prashanth and Shokeen failed to qualify for main-draw ... Karunuday and Kaza qualified for maindraw, but tough match for Karunuday.