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

[R2] (Q) Somdev Devvarman (IND,103) l (6) Janko Tipsarevic (SRB,46) 67(9) 26

Doubles
[R1] (4) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) bt Colin Fleming (GBR)/ Ken Skupski (GBR) 67(3) 60 10-7

[QF] (4) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) vs Jonathan Erlich (ISR)/ Arnaud Clement (FRA)

Somi started positively and break Tips serve in 4th game ... In next game Somi was down 0-40 on his serve but saved all to hold his serve to lead 4-1 ... Somi missed opportunity of breaking Tips serve in 6th game and then Tips broke him at luv in 7th game to bring set on serve, 4-3 ... Tips played loose 8th game making few unforced errors and then double faulted to gave break back to Somi, 5-3 ... But Somi couldn't hold to win first set and Tips broke back ... In 12th game Somi had couple of set points which he couldn't convert, 6-all ... In ti-break Somi was initially down 0-3 but had another couple of set points at 6-4 but Tips saved both ... Then had another couple of set points but failed to take ... Tips won tie-break at 11-9 ... Somi had 6 set points opportunities but failed to take any.

After losing this long first set Somi couldn't fight much in next set ... He got broken twice before losing the set ... It must be tiring as this was his 5th match in as many days in LA heat.

In doubles Rohan and Aisam comeback strongly in the match after losing first set in tie-break against British pair ... Next they r facing experienced players Frenchman Clement and Israeli Erlich.
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At $100K+H Cordenons Challenger, Italy

[R1] (2) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Brian Battistone (USA) l Robin Haase (NED)/Rogier Wassen (NED) 76 36 4-10

This week Harsh and Brian lost in the first round against tricky Dutch pair ... They started well with winning first set in tie-break but after that Dutch pair overpowered them and won super tie-break easily.
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At $50K+H Granby Challenger, Canada

[QF] Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Brendan Evans (USA) l (1) Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA)/ Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA) 46 16
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At $15K Great Britain F11, Chiswick

[R2] Yuki BHAMBRI (IND,488) l (4) Miloslav MECIR (SVK,404) 46 67(7)
[R2] (8) Vishnu VARDHAN (IND,449) bt David THURNER (GER,867) 64 62

[QF] (8) Vishnu VARDHAN (IND,449) vs Joshua MILTON (GBR,741)

Doubles
[QF] (1) Divij SHARAN (IND)/ Vishnu VARDHAN (IND) bt Daniel GLANCY (IRL)/ James LUDLOW (USA) 61 61

[SF] (1) Divij SHARAN (IND)/ Vishnu VARDHAN (IND) vs (3) Tim BRADSHAW (GBR)/ Colin EBELTHITE (AUS)

Expected win for Vishnu and I feel Yuki also gave good fight to player in form ... In doubles Vishnu and Divij kept overpowering their opponents