Tennis News
At $531K Atlanta Tennis Championship, USA

[F] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Kristof Vliegen (BEL) l Scott Lipsky (USA)/ Rajeev Ram (USA) 36 76(4) 10-12

Rohan lost in the final in very closely fought match ... After losing first set they fought back in the match winning second set in tie-break ... In super tie-break they had match point before Lipsky and Ram winning the match.
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At $619.5K Farmers Classic, Los Angeles, USA

[Q2] (3) Somdev Devvarman (IND,103) bt Dmitry Tursunov (RUS,377) 76(3) 63

[Q3] (3) Somdev Devvarman (IND,103) vs Giovanni Lapentti (ECU,278)

Doubles
[R1] (4) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) vs Colin Fleming (GBR)/ Ken Skupski (GBR)

This was huge win for Somi against former top-20 player, though Dima is coming out of injury break ... After winning first set in tie-break, he managed to finish match in 2 sets, now need one more win to qualify for maindraw of Los Angeles ATP tournament.

This week Rohan is back with his regular partner Aisam ... They r 4th seed and in same top draw with top-seed Bryans.
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At $25K Wrexham ITF Tournament, Great Britain

[F] (1) Sania Mirza (IND,131) l (4) Heather Watson (GBR,252) 26 46

Disappointing loss for Sania, who was favourite and highly experienced player from the field ... Sania is struggling with her form and getting back inside top-100 will get lot tougher for her with this inconsistent performance.
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At $100K+H Cordenons Challenger, Italy

[R1] (2) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Brian Battistone (USA) vs Robin Haase (NED)/ogier Wassen (NED)

This week also Harsh and Brian r playing together in another big challenger ... They r 2nd seed and facing tricky Dutch pair in the first round.
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At $50K+H Granby Challenger, Canada


[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND,327) vs (Q) Toshihide Matsui (JPN,553)

Doubles
[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Brendan Evans (USA) vs Ahmed El Tabakh (CAN)/ Zachary White (CAN)

Due to his inconsistent performance and injury Prakash is out of top-325 ATP ranking .... He need to perform well in these next few challengers to bring back his ranking inside top-250.