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At French Open 2019, Roland Garros, Paris, France

[R3] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Marius Copil (ROU) l Dusan Lajovic (SRB)/ Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) 61 57 67(8)

Rohan and Marius lost in a close match against the Serbian pair ... After winning the first set easily Rohan and Marius failed to complete win in two sets ... They lost the second set and missed match point in the third to lose close tie-break and match.

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At $25K M25 Nonthaburi 2019, Thailand

[R1] (3) Sidharth Rawat (IND,510,ITF-447) bt Jirat Navasirisomboon (THA,ITF-869) 62 75
[R2] (3) Sidharth Rawat (IND,510,ITF-447) bt Kasidit Samrej (THA,UNR) 46 61 63
[QF] (3) Sidharth Rawat (IND,510,ITF-447) bt Rishab Agarwal (IND,ITF-1778) 57 62 64
[SF] (3) Sidharth Rawat (IND,510,ITF-447) bt (8) Yu Hsiou Hsu (TPE,625, ITF-189) 64 62

Singles Final
(3) Sidharth Rawat (IND,510,ITF-447) bt (5) Rio Noguchi (JPN,566,ITF-101) 75 60

Sid lifted his first ITF title in Thailand ... After so many years of struggle, he managed to lift title, hats off to his perseverance and hoping few more titles to him ... Here in the final, he defeated a Japanese youngster, Rio Noguchi in straight sets.

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At French Open 2019, Roland Garros, Paris, France

[R2] Leander Paes (IND)/ Benoit Paire (FRA) l (3) Juan Sebastian Cabal (COL)/ Robert Farah (COL) 06 64 36

Mixed Doubles
[R1] (Alt) Jessica Moore (AUS)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) l (6) Hao-Ching Chan (TPE)/ Oliver Marach (AUT) 75 46 5-10

Lee and Benoit lost after giving a decent fight to the in-form Colombian pair ... They lost first set easily but fought back to win the second set ... Our pair failed to keep momentum in the third and Cabal-Farah took advantage for completing the win.

Jeevan got chance to play the MxD with Jessica Moore as an alternate pair ... They started well after winning the first set against the 6th seed, Chan and Marach ... Chan and Marach raised their game to win the second set and completed win after winning the match tie-break comfortably.

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At French Open 2019, Roland Garros, Paris, France

[R1] Leander Paes (IND)/ Benoit Paire (FRA) bt Dominic Inglot (GBR)/ Martin Klizan (SVK) 64 64

[R2] Marcelo Demoliner (BRA)/ Divij Sharan (IND) l (8) Henri Kontinen (FIN)/ John Peers (AUS) 36 46
[R2] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Marius Copil (ROU) bt (WC) Benjamin Bonzi (FRA)/ Antoine Hoang (FRA) 64 64
[R2] Leander Paes (IND)/ Benoit Paire (FRA) vs (3) Juan Sebastian Cabal (COL)/ Robert Farah (COL)

[R3] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Marius Copil (ROU) vs Dusan Lajovic (SRB)/ Janko Tipsarevic (SRB)

Today Lee and Benoit played their first round match ... They started with a win over Inglot and Klizan ... Next, they r having a tough match against the 3rd seed Colombians ... With this win, Lee became the oldest man to win a Roland Garros men's doubles match in the Open era.
An expected straight sets win for Rohan and Marius over a French wild-card pair ... Next, they r facing a Serbian pairing of Tipsarevic and Lajovic.
Divij and Marcelo lost in straight sets against the 8th seed pair.

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At French Open 2019, Roland Garros, Paris, France

[R1] Shuko Aoyama (JPN)/ Divij Sharan (IND) l Lyudmyla Kichenok (UKR)/ Santiago Gonzalez (MEX) 36 62 7-10

Divij with Shuko lost in the match tie-break against Gonzalez and Kichenok ... So with this loss, our challenge in the MxD get over.

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At French Open 2019, Roland Garros, Paris, France

[R1] Marcelo Demoliner (BRA)/ Divij Sharan (IND) bt Marton Fucsovics (HUN)/ Robert Lindstedt (SWE) 63 46 62
[R1] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Mischa Zverev (GER) l (4) Oliver Marach (AUT)/ Mate Pavic (CRO) 67(2) 46

[R2] Marcelo Demoliner (BRA)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs (8) Henri Kontinen (FIN)/ John Peers (AUS)
[R2] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Marius Copil (ROU) vs (WC) Benjamin Bonzi (FRA)/ Antoine Hoang (FRA)

Mixed Doubles
[R1] Lucie Hradecká (CZE)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) l (1) Nicole Melichar (USA)/ Bruno Soares (BRA) 57 16

Divij with Marcelo started with a win over Fucsovics and Lindstedt ... Next, they r facing the former WR #1 pairing of Peers and Kontinen ... Rohan and Marius r facing a local wild-card pair in the second round.
But Jeevan and Mischa lost in straight sets against the 4th seeds Marach and Pavic ... In MxD also, Rohan and his partner Lucie lost against the top-seeds.

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At French Open 2019, Roland Garros, Paris, France

[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Marius Copil (ROU) bt (6) Raven Klaasen (RSA)/ Michael Venus (NZL) 63 76(4)

Mixed Doubles
[R1] Lucie Hradecká (CZE)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) vs (1) Nicole Melichar (USA)/ Bruno Soares (BRA)
[R1] Shuko Aoyama (JPN)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs Lyudmyla Kichenok (UKR)/ Santiago Gonzalez (MEX)

Rohan with Marius Copil started with an upset win over the 6th seeds Klaasen and Venus in straight sets.

The MxD draw is out, Rohan and Divij playing with an experienced doubles players ... A tough match for Rohan and Lucie against the top-seeds.

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At French Open 2019, Roland Garros, Paris, France

[R1] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,86) l Hugo Dellien (BOL,92) 16 36 16

Doubles
[R1] Marcelo Demoliner (BRA)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs Marton Fucsovics (HUN)/ Robert Lindstedt (SWE)
[R1] Leander Paes (IND)/ Benoit Paire (FRA) vs Dominic Inglot (GBR)/ Martin Klizan (SVK)
[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Marius Copil (ROU) vs (6) Raven Klaasen (RSA)/ Michael Venus (NZL)
[R1] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Mischa Zverev (GER) vs (4) Oliver Marach (AUT)/ Mate Pavic (CRO)

A tough lesson of the clay court game for Prajnesh by Hugo Dellien ... Prajnesh failed to challenge him in this 75 mins match ... I hope he is fully recovered from his injury.

The doubles draw is out and our pairs having tough matches ... Rohan and Jeevan r facing the seeded pairs with their respective partners ... Lee and Benoit r facing Inglot and Klizan ... Divij and Demoliner r facing Lindstedt and Fucsovics.

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At French Open 2019, Roland Garros, Paris, France

[R1] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,86) vs Hugo Dellien (BOL,92)

The Fench Open draw is out, Prajnesh is facing a similar ranked Hugo Dellien ... Prajnesh is coming out of injury and Hugo had a good clay court season with consistent performance ... In the Madrid Master after qualifying, he defeated a Frenchman Gilles Simon in the first round before losing to Nishikori ... Also made the quarter-final in Geneva before losing to Sascha ... So not an easy match for Prajnesh.

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At $54K+H Jerusalem Challenger 2019, Israel

[QF] (4) Saketh Myneni (IND,246) bt (WC) Edan Leshem (ISR,478) 64 63
[QF] (14) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,295) l (9) Filip Peliwo (CAN,302) 76(2) 67(5) 26

[SF] (4) Saketh Myneni (IND,246) vs (9) Filip Peliwo (CAN,302)

Saki scored a comfortable win over a local favorite Leshem ... With this win, he also secures his place in Wimbledon qualifying ... Next, he is facing a Canadian Filip Peliwo, who defeated Mukund.
Mukund lost in a close match against a similar ranked Canadian Peliwo ... After winning the first set in the tie-break, he failed to complete win in the second ... Mukund lost the second set in the tie-break and got overpowered by Peliwo in the third.

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At French Open 2019, Roland Garros, Paris, France

[Q1] Ankita Raina (IND,171) l (WC) Cori Gauff (USA,320) 46 46

Ankita gave a decent fight to the defending junior French Open champion, Cori Gauff ... With her loss, our challenge has got over in the qualifying.

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At € 586K Open Parc Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes Lyon 2019, France

[R1] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt (Alt) Mao-Xin Gong (CHN)/ Lloyd Harris (RSA) 16 63 10-7

[QF] Leander Paes (IND)/ Benoit Paire (FRA) vs (1) Raven Klaasen (RSA)/ Michael Venus (NZL)
[QF] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs (4) Luke Bambridge (GBR)/ Jonny O'Mara (GBR)

Jeevan and Purav started slowly but after losing the first set they made a comeback and won the match in the match tie-break ... In the quarters, they r facing the 4th seeds British pair and Lee-Benoit r facing the top-seed pairing of Klaasen and Venus.

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At € 586K Geneva Open 2019, Switzerland

[R1] Philipp Oswald (AUT)/ Divij Sharan (IND) bt (WC) Marc-Andrea Huesler (SUI)/ Florin Mergea (ROU) 64 64

[QF] Philipp Oswald (AUT)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs Taro Daniel (JPN)/ Marton Fucsovics (HUN)

Divij and Philipp started with straight sets win over Huesler and Mergea ... Next, they r facing Fucsovics and Daniel.

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At $54K+H Jerusalem Challenger 2019, Israel

[R2] (4) Saketh Myneni (IND,246) vs Andrea Vavassori (ITA,402)
[R2] (14) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,299) vs Gonzalo Escobar (ECU,323)

Doubles
[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Goncalo Oliveira (POR) l Evan King (USA)/ Julian Ocleppo (ITA) 06 36

Hopefully, Saki will show some good results in the singles ... He is facing an Italian Vavassori ... Mukund is facing Escobar.
In the doubles, a surprisingly one-sided loss for Saki and his partner Oliveira.

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At $250K Nuernberger Versicherungscup 2019, Nuernberger, Germany

[R1] Alena Fomina (RUS)/ Prarthana Thombare (IND) l Mona Barthel (GER)/ Anna-Lena Friedsam (GER) 16 46

Prarthana and Fomina lost in straight sets against a German pair.

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At French Open 2019, Roland Garros, Paris, France

[Q1] (28) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,144) l Jason Kubler (AUS,171) 46 46

[Q1] Ankita Raina (IND,171) vs (WC) Cori Gauff (USA,320)

A bad loss for Ram against an Australian, Jason Kubler, in straight sets.
Ankita having a tough match against the defending junior French Open champion Cori Gauff, who lifted the title at age of 14.

The doubles pairing are announced ... Rohan Bopanna is playing with a Romanian Marius Copil ... Lee and Benoit r continuing with their partnership and same can be said for Divij and Demoliner ... Jeevan has found an interesting partner in Mischa Zverev ... Purav has signed as the alternate pair with Nicholas Monroe.

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At € 586K Open Parc Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes Lyon 2019, France

[R1] Leander Paes (IND)/ Benoit Paire (FRA) bt (WC) Ugo Humbert (FRA)/ Tristan Lamasine (FRA) 63 63
[R1] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs (Alt) Mao-Xin Gong (CHN)/ Lloyd Harris (RSA)

A comfortable winning start for Lee and Benoit against a local wild-card pair.
Jeevan and Purav r facing Gong and Harris in the first round.