Tennis News
At $531K Atlanta Tennis Championship, USA

[Q2] Rohan Boppana (IND,474) l (3) Harel Levy (ISR,157) 46 67(3)

Decent performance in the loss by Rohan.
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At $100K+H Poznan Challenger, Poland

[R1] Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Brian Battistone (USA) bt (3) Franco Ferreiro (BRA)/ Sebastian Prieto (ARG) 57 63 12-10

In the first set Harsh and Brian were up with early break, 3-0 ... But Ferreiro and Prieto broke back to make it 4-all and then take crucial break in 11th game to won first set ... In second set also Harsh and Brian take early break to lead 3-0 ... Again they lost their advantage and got broken in 5th game ... This time they again broke opponents in 6th game to regain their lead, 4-2 ... But again lost their serve in 7th game to bring set back on the serve ... Breaks r raining in this set, our pair again broke their seeded opponents in 8th game to take lead, 5-3 ... And they hold their serve in 9th game to won second set.

In super tie-break both pairs traded multiple mini-breaks ... Harsh and Brian saved 2 match points before converting their 1st match point to scored upset win.
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At $35 Guzzini Challenger, Recanati, Italy

[R1] Purav Raja (IND)/ Ashwin Kumar (USA) vs Marius Copil (ROU)/ Ivo Klec (SVK)

This week Purav is participating in Guzzini Challenger with Ashwin Kumar.
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At $25K Wrexham ITF Tournament, Great Britain


[R1] (1) Sania Mirza (IND,131) vs (WC) Francesca Stephenson (GBR,UNR)

Doubles
[R1] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Emma Laine (FIN) bye

Hopefully this week she will perform as per her ranking
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At $15K Iran F2 Futures, (clay)

[R1] (3) Rohan GAJJAR (IND,429) bt Abhijeet TIWARI (IND,1261) 64 62
[R1] (6) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,754) bt Wan GAO (CHN,1044) 63 75
[R1] Vignesh PERANAMALLUR (IND,986) l Liang-Chi HUANG (TPE,932) 16 06
[R1] (4) Rupesh ROY (IND,477) bt (WC) Shahin KHALEDAN (IRI,1612) 64 75
[R1] (2) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,425) bt (WC) Mohsen HOSSEIN ZADE (IRI,UNR) 26 61 62

[R2] (3) Rohan GAJJAR (IND,429) vs (Q) Yan BAI (CHN,UNR)
[R2] (6) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,754) vs Marc ABDULNOUR (SYR,1035)
[R2] (4) Rupesh ROY (IND,477) vs Liang-Chi HUANG (TPE,932)
[R2] (2) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,425) vs Abdullah MAGDAS (KUW,1311)

Lot better start than last week for Indian players ... Rupesh having tricky match in second round.