Tennis News
At $619.5K Farmers Classic, Los Angeles, USA

[R1] (Q) Somdev Devvarman (IND,103) bt (Q) Steve Johnson (USA,1333) 64 64

[R2] (Q) Somdev Devvarman (IND,103) vs (6) Janko Tipsarevic (SRB,46)

Somi started badly and got broken in 2nd game but he recovered before breaking Steve's serve in 7th game ... Then with another break in 9th game to won first set ... In second set he broke Steve's serve in 5th game and that break was enough to won second set ... While serving for the match Somi wasted 7 match points before converting 8th ... But as per radio commentary after initial struggle with serve Somi was comfortably holding his serve and managed to keep pressure on Steve's serve through out the match.
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At $15K Great Britain F11, Chiswick

[R1] Yuki BHAMBRI (IND,488) bt (Q) Antoine ESCOFFIER (FRA,UNR) 64 62
[R1] (8) Vishnu VARDHAN (IND,449) bt Alexander SLABINSKY (GBR,572) 61 76(5)
[R1] Karan RASTOGI (IND,478) l Alexandre FOLIE (BEL,496) 46 16
[R1] (Q) Divij SHARAN (IND,1156) l (2) Laurent ROCHETTE (FRA,279) 36 36

[R2] Yuki BHAMBRI (IND,488) vs (4) Miloslav MECIR (SVK,404)
[R2] (8) Vishnu VARDHAN (IND,449) vs David THURNER (GER,867)

Doubles
[R1] (1) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt Baptiste BAYET (FRA)/ Kevin BOTTI (FRA) 62 62

[QF] (1) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs Daniel GLANCY (IRL)/ James LUDLOW (USA)

Inconsistent game by Karan ... But good to see Vishnu and Yuki had winning start ... Next Yuki is facing 4th seed Miloslav Mecir ... In doubles also Vishnu started with win.