Tennis News
At €750K Gerry Weber Open, Halle, Germany

[Q3] Rohan Bopanna (IND, 487) bt (8) Ruben Bemelmans (BEL,207) 76(5) 36 76(5)

[R1] (Q) Rohan Bopanna (IND,532) vs Thiemo De Bakker (NED,44)

Doubles
[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam Qureshi (PAK) vs Phillip Marx (GER)/ Igor Zelenay (SVK)

Rohan won first set in tie-break, he didn't face a single break point on his serve in this set.

In second set Bemelmans broke Rohan's serve in 4th game to take early lead and then didn't give chance to Rohan break back to win second set.

Third set both players hold their serve easily until 3-2, in 6th game Bemelmans's serve stretched to duece ... In 9th game Rohan saved 2 break points and in 11th game he was down 0-30 before holding it ... In tie-break Rohan take mini-break on 6th point to lead 4-2 but Bemelmans broke back in 8th point to make it 4-all ... Rohan again take mini-break on 10th point nd then served to win the set and match in 1 hour and 48 minutes.

So with that Rohan qualified for maindraw of Halle tournament and facing WR #44 Thiemo de Bakker ... Last year Thiemo de Bakker played 1 tournament on the grass at s-Hertogenbosch and won first round as qualifier ... Otherwise his best reslts r on the clay, in 2009 he won 4 challengers on the clay and also at Davis cup had win over that time WR #13 Gael Monfils ... This year reached semis at Barcelona open ... So I would say Rohan having outside chance against this clay-court specialist.
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At €714K Queen's Club Open, London, England

[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND,104) vs Mardy Fish (USA,90)

Somdev having tough first match on the grass at Queen's.
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At $220K Edgbaston WTA Open, Birmingham, England

[R1] Sania Mirza (IND,91) vs Yung-Jan Chan (TPE,83)

Sania is making comeback after long injury break at Edgbaston ... Hoping injury-free comeback for her.
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At $50K Ojai Challenger, CA, USA

[F] (1) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Izak Van der Merwe (RSA) l Artem SITAK (RUS)/ Leonardo Tavares (POR) 64 46 8-10

Another loss in super tie-break ... In super tie-break Harsh and Izak were up 8-5 before losing 5 straight points ... Tough loss as this title win definitely helped to bosst their confidence.