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At $450K Aircel Chennai Open 2013, India

The organizers announced wild-cards for singles and doubles ... In the singles Somdev and Yuki r getting deserving wild-cards ... In the doubles Yuki receive wild-card with Vishnu but second wild-card given to local pair Jeevan and Balaji ... I feel injustice for promising pairing of Purav and Divij as both need some encouragement from local associations to push their rankings inside top-100.

In the doubles, Mahesh will be top-seed with Nestor ... Leander is playing with 43rd ranked Frenchman Edouard Roger-Vasselin and they most probably will be 2nd seed ... Rohan is starting his new year with his new partner Rajeev Ram so they will be 3rd seed in the draw.
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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament, Pune, India

Doubles
[SF] (4) Jia Xiang Lu (CHN)/ Jia Jing Lu (Chn) bt Nidhi Chilumula (IND)/ Sheng Nan Sun (CHN) 2-3 Retd.

With this end of the Indian challenge in this tournament.

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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament, Pune, India

[R2] (6) Noppawan Lertcheewakarn (THA,283) bt Kyra Shroff (IND,488) 62 61
[R2] (4) Sheng-Nan Sun (CHN,255) bt (Q) Rashmi Teltumbde (IND,UNR) 62 60
[R2] (8) Jia-Jing Lu (CHN,301) bt (WC) Prarthana G. Thombare (IND,825) 63 61

Doubles
[QF] Basak Eraydin (TUR)/ Melis Sezer (TUR) bt Sharmada Balu (IND)/ Nungnadda Wannasuk (THA) W/o
[QF] Nidhi Chilumula (IND)/ Sheng Nan Sun (CHN) bt Natasha Palha (IND)/ Ho Ching Wu (HKG) 46 62 10-5

[SF] (4) Jia Xiang Lu (CHN)/ Jia Jing Lu (Chn) vs Nidhi Chilumula (IND)/ Sheng Nan Sun (CHN)

Indians singles challenge ended without much fight against seeded players ... In the doubles Nidhi in the semis with her Chinese partner.

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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament, Pune, India

[R1] (1) Nina Bratchikova (RUS,80) bt (WC) Ankita Raina (IND,597) 62 63
[R1] (6) Noppawan Lertcheewakarn (THA,283) bt Rutuja Bhosale (IND,547) 62 60
[R1] (Q) Rashmi Teltumbde (IND,UNR) bt (WC) Dhruthi Tatachar Venugopal (IND,UNR) 63 76(2)
[R1] Oksana Kalashnikova (GEO,416) bt (Q) Natasha Palha (IND,843) 60 75

[R2] (6) Noppawan Lertcheewakarn (THA,283) vs Kyra Shroff (IND,488)
[R2] (4) Sheng-Nan Sun (CHN,255) vs (Q) Rashmi Teltumbde (IND,UNR)
[R2] (8) Jia-Jing Lu (CHN,301) vs (WC) Prarthana G. Thombare (IND,825)

Doubles
[R1] (1) Conny Perrin (SUI)/ Tadeja Majeric (SLO) bt Kyra Shroff (IND)/ Keren Shlomo (ISR) 64 75
[R1] Shiho Akita (JPN)/ Chihiro Takayama (JPN) bt (WC) Adnya Naik (IND)/ Amrita Mukherjee (IND) 64 60

As expected Rashmi won her match against her Indian opponent ... Otherwise disappointing outing for Indians.

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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament, Pune, India

[R1] (1) Nina Bratchikova (RUS,80) vs (WC) Ankita Raina (IND,597)
[R1] Kyra Shroff (IND,488) bt (Q) Eetee Maheta (IND,933) 36 62 61
[R1] (6) Noppawan Lertcheewakarn (THA,283) vs Rutuja Bhosale (IND,547)
[R1] (4) Sheng-Nan Sun (CHN,255) bt (WC) Rishika Sunkara (IND,567) 62 60
[R1] (8) Jia-Jing Lu (CHN,301) bt (LL) Sowjanya Bavisetti (IND,1064) 63 75
[R1] (Q) Rashmi Teltumbde (IND,UNR) vs (WC) Dhruthi Tatachar Venugopal (IND,UNR)
[R1] Oksana Kalashnikova (GEO,416) vs (Q) Natasha Palha (IND,843)
[R1] (WC) Prarthana G. Thombare (IND,825) bt (Q) Nidhi Chilumula (IND,719) 64 63
[R1] (Q) Ya-Hsuan Lee (TPE,1002) bt (Q) Bhuvana Kalva (IND,UNR) 61 61

Doubles
[R1] (1) Conny Perrin (SUI)/ Tadeja Majeric (SLO) vs Kyra Shroff (IND)/ Keren Shlomo (ISR)
[R1] Shiho Akita (JPN)/ Chihiro Takayama (JPN) vs (WC) Adnya Naik (IND)/ Amrita Mukherjee (IND)
[R1] Sharmada Balu (IND)/ Nungnadda Wannasuk (THA) bt (WC) Namita Bal (IND)/ Sowjanya Bavisetti (IND) 62 63
[R1] Ya-Hsuan Lee (TPE)/ Chihiro Nunome (JPN) bt Rutuja Bhosale (IND)/ Rishika Sunkara (IND) 62 64
[R1] (4) Jia Xiang Lu (CHN)/ Jia-Jing Lu (CHN) bt (WC) Vasanti Shinde (IND)/ Dhruti Tatachar Venugopal (IND) 75 75
[R1] Natasha Palha (IND)/ Ho Ching Wu (HKG) bt Ankita Raina (IND)/ Prarthana Thombare (IND) 76(5) 36 10-8
[R1] Nidhi Chilumula (IND)/ Sheng Nan Sun (CHN) bt (ALT) Varunya Chandrashekhar (IND)/ Rashmi Teltumbde (IND) 62 60

Our five girls qualified for main-draw ... In that Rashmi Teltumbde scored impressive win over higher ranked Hong Kong player Ho Ching Wu in the first round qualifying ... Only couple of players r having favorable draw in the first round ... Otherwise our players r facing seeded opponents in the first round.

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At 2013 Fed Cup - Asia-Oceania Group 1, Astana, Kazakhstan

India's Fed Cup Team
Sania Mirza, Kyra Shroff, Rutuja Bhosale, Rishika Sunkara

AITA announced team for Fed cup which will be played in February ... This time team selection was purely on rankings as our top ranked singles and doubles players r selected.
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At $10K India F17 Futures, Belgaum

Singles Final
(6) Michael Shabaz (USA) bt (Q) Torsten Wietoska (GER) 60 76(3)

Michael Shabaz won double crown at Belgaum after winning the singles title beating Wietoska ... After losing the first set easily Wietoska fought hard in the second but Shabaz managed to win it in tie-break for his first ITF singles futures title.

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At $10K India F17 Futures, Belgaum

[SF] (1) N. Sriram Balaji (IND) l (6) Michael Shabaz (USA) 26 57
[SF](Q) Torsten Wietoska (GER) bt Andre Gasper Murta (POR) 76(3) 76(5)

Doubles Final
(1) Vijay Sundar Prashant (IND)/ Arun-Prakash Rajagopalan (IND) l Michael Shabaz (USA)/ Amrit Narasimhan (USA) 67(3) 57

Balaji failed to utilize opportunity of winning this futures and joining Yuki, Vishnu and Sanam in top-300 in end of the year ranking ... He lost in straight sets against Michael Shabaz ... In other semis German qualifier Torsten Wietoska continued with his superb form after entering in the final.

Tomorrow Michael Shabaz having chance of winning double crown after winning the doubles title with Amrit Narasimhan ... They defeated top-seed Vijay Sundar and Arun-Prakash in tight two sets.

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At $10K India F17 Futures, Belgaum

[QF] (1) N. Sriram Balaji (IND) bt Colin van Beem (NED) 64 57 63
[QF] (6) Michael Shabaz (USA) bt (3) Theodoros Anjelinos (GRE) 64 64

[QF] (7) Ashwin Vijayaraghavan (IND) l (Q) Torsten Wietoska (GER) 46 63 57
[QF] Andre Gasper Murta (POR) bt (8) Jeroen Benard (NED) 75 63

Doubles
[SF] (1) Vijay Sundar Prashant (IND)/ Arun-Prakash Rajagopalan (IND) bt Rupesh Roy (IND)/ Vivek Shokeen (IND) 64 36 10-6
[SF] Michael Shabaz (USA)/ Amrit Narasimhan (USA) bt (2) Sergei Krotiok (RUS)/ Luca Margaroli (SUI) 63 76(4)

Balaji is the only Indian in the singles semis ... Ashwin gave fighting performance against consistent German Wietoska.

In doubles top-seed pair of Vijay Sundar and Arun-Prkash r in the final ... They will face tricky unseeded American pair.

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At $10K India F17 Futures, Belgaum

[R2] (1) N. Sriram Balaji (IND) bt Mohit Mayur Jayaprakash (IND) 67(2) 61 61
[R2] Colin van Beem (NED) bt (Q) Rohan Gide (IND) 63 60

[R2] (3) Theodoros Anjelinos (GRE) bt Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) 46 76(1) 64
[R2] (6) Michael Shabaz (USA) bt Luca Margaroli (SUI) 63 64

[R2] (7) Ashwin Vijayaraghavan (IND) bt (Q) Suraj R. Prabodh (IND) 64 62
[R2] (Q) Torsten Wietoska (GER) bt (LL) Jatin Dahiya (IND) 57 61 61

[R1] (8) Jeroen Benard (NED) bt Abhijeet Tiwari (IND) 64 64
[R1] Andre Gasper (POR) bt (2) Sanam Singh (IND) 76(6) 63

Doubles
[QF] (1) Vijay Sundar Prashant (IND)/ Arun-Prakash Rajagopalan (IND) bt Kunal Anand (IND)/ Ronak Manuja (IND) 64 36 10-7
[QF] Rupesh Roy (IND)/ Vivek Shokeen (IND) bt (3) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vignesh PC (IND) 76(3) 63
[QF] Michael Shabaz (USA)/ Amrit Narasimhan (USA) bt (4) Theodoros Angelinos (GRE)/ Sanam Singh (IND) 57 64 10-6
[QF] (2) Sergei Krotiok (RUS)/ Luca Margaroli (SUI) bt (WC) Jatin Dahiya (IND)/ Shahbaz Khan (IND) 62 64

Yuki was tired after winning back to back titles and his tiredness was visible in this third week's loss ... Ramkumar missed big opportunity of upsetting Anjelinos ... He was up with break in last two sets before losing it.

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At $10K India F17 Futures, Belgaum

[R1] (1) N. Sriram Balaji (IND) bt Ajai Slevaraj (IND) 62 63
[R1] Mohit Mayur Jayaprakash (IND) bt Vivek Shokeen (IND) 75 63
[R1] (Q) Rohan Gide (IND) bt Kunal Anand (IND) 76(8) 62
[R1] Colin van Beem (NED) bt (5) Sergei Krotiouk (RUS) 62 63

[R1] (3) Theodoros Anjelinos (GRE) bt Vignesh Peranamllur (IND) 63 61
[R1] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) bt (Q) Rutger Cramer (NED) 61 62
[R1] Luca Margaroli (SUI) bt (WC) Vinod Gowda (IND) 62 61
[R1] (6) Michael Shabaz (USA) bt (Q) William Kendall (USA) 61 61

[R1] (7) Ashwin Vijayaraghavan (IND) bt Lakshit Sood (IND) 67(6) 61 75
[R1] (Q) Suraj R. Prabodh (IND) bt (Q) Shahbaz Khan (IND) 16 76(4) 75
[R1] (LL) Jatin Dahiya (IND) bt Rupesh Roy (IND) 63 60
[R1] (Q) Torsten Wietoska (GER) bt (4) Vijay Sundar Prashant (IND) 63 76(3)

[R1] (8) Jeroen Benard (NED) bt (WC) Amrit Narasimhan (USA) 63 64
[R1] Abhijeet Tiwari (IND) bt (Q) Neeraj Elangovan (IND) 46 62 63
[R1] Andre Gasper (POR) bt (WC) Rajat Maheshwari (IND) 61 61
[R1] (2) Sanam Singh (IND) bt (Q) Ronak Manuja (IND) 64 61

Doubles
[R1] (1) Vijay Sundar Prashant (IND)/ Arun-Prakash Rajagopalan (IND) bt Sagar Manjanna (IND)/ Rakshay Thakkar (IND) 63 76(3)
[R1] Kunal Anand (IND)/ Ronak Manuja (IND) bt (WC) Chinmay Pradhan (IND)/ Nishit Vakil (IND) 60 62
[R1] (3) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vignesh PC (IND) bt Mohit Mayur Jayaprakash (IND)/ Ramkumar Ramanthan (IND) 26 75 10-3
[R1] Rupesh Roy (IND)/ Vivek Shokeen (IND) bt Ajai Selvaraj (IND)/ Ashwin Vijayraghavan (IND) 64 64
[R1] Michael Shabaz (USA)/ Amrit Narasimhan (USA) bt Lakshit Sood (IND)/ Abhijeet Tiwari (IND) 57 64 10-2
[R1] (4) Theodoros Angelinos (GRE)/ Sanam Singh (IND) bt (WC) Sagar Ahuja (IND)/ Saurabh Patil (IND) 3-1 Retd
[R1] (WC) Jatin Dahiya (IND)/ Shahbaz Khan (IND) bt Jorean Benard (NED)/ Colin van Beem (NED) 64 26 10-8
[R1] (2) Sergei Krotiok (RUS)/ Luca Margaroli (SUI) bt Neeraj Elangovan (IND)/ Fariz Mohammed (IND) 64 62

German Torsten Wietoska continued with his good form, this time defeated 4th seed Vijay Sundar ... Lakshit stretched Ashwin to three sets.

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At $10K India F16 Futures, Dharwad

Singles Final
(2) Sanam SINGH (IND,360) bt Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND,1083) 62 76(4)

Sanam wins another singles ITF futures title, his second in two weeks ... Young Ramkumar gave fighting performance against in-form Sanam in the final ... After losing the first set easily Ramkumar stretched Sanam to tie-break in the second but failed to stop for winning the title in two sets.

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At $10K India F16 Futures, Dharwad

[SF] Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND,1083) bt (Q) Torsten WIETOSKA (GER,1508) 76(3) 75
[SF] (2) Sanam SINGH (IND,360) bt (3) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,534) 61 60

Doubles Final
Amrit NARASIMHAN (USA)/ Michael SHABAZ (USA) bt Ajai SELVARAJ (IND)/ Ashwin VIJAYRAGAVAN (IND) 64 36 10-7

Another all Indian final in these Indian futures ... Sanam scored very dominating win against Ranjeet ... From 2-1 he won last 10 games in a row.

Much needed breakthrough for Ramkumar in this tournament after reaching his first ITF futures singles final ... He won the semis in very tight two sets against former college player Wietoska ... In last 2 futures Wietoska was in form as he reached in the semis as an qualifier ... So really confidence boosting win for Ramkumar.

Shabaz lifted doubles title with Amrit ... They defeated surprising Indian pair of Ajai and Ashwin in match tie-break.

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At $10K India F16 Futures, Dharwad

[QF] (Q) Torsten WIETOSKA (GER,1508) bt (1) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND,347) 46 75 57
[QF] Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND,1083) bt Arjun KADHE (IND,1224) 64 67(3) 61
[QF] (3) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,534) bt (5) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,573) 63 62
[QF] (2) Sanam SINGH (IND,360) bt Colin VAN BEEM (NED,1076) 64 64

Doubles
[SF] Amrit NARASIMHAN (USA)/ Michael SHABAZ (USA) bt Fariz MOHAMMED (IND)/ Vignesh PERANAMALLUR (IND) 63 62
[SF] Ajai SELVARAJ (IND)/ Ashwin VIJAYRAGAVAN (IND) bt (2) Sergei KROTIOUK (RUS)/ Luca MARGAROLI (SUI) 63 75

German qualifier Wietoska continued with giant-killing ... He scored biggest upset beating top-seed Balaji ... After losing the first set Balaji fought back to win tight second set ... In the decider Wietoska take crucial break 11th game for a win ... Ramkumar won the battle between youngster ... He showed Arjun that he is better player and having more stamina than him after winning the decider comfortably ... Other hand expected victories for Sanam and Ranjeet.

Good upset win by Ashwin and Ajai against 2nd seed Swiss-Russian pair in the doubles semis.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Djibouti

[QF] (8) Shweta RANA (IND,835) l (1) Anna FLORIS (ITA,245) 26 36

Doubles
[QF] Arantxa ANDRADY (IND)/ Shweta RANA (IND) l (1) Melanie KLAFFNER (AUT)/ Margarita LAZAREVA (RUS) 36 67(4)

Respectable final score for Shweta Rana against top-250 Italian player Floris.

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At $10K India F16 Futures, Dharwad

[R2] (1) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND,347) bt Sidharth RAWAT (IND,955) 64 2-0 Retd.
[R2] (Q) Torsten WIETOSKA (GER,1508) bt Jeroen BENARD (NED,926) 62 60
[R2] Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND,1083) bt (4) Vijayant MALIK (IND,539) 75 3-1 Retd.
[R2] Arjun KADHE (IND,1224) bt Luca MARGAROLI (SUI,1025) 62 75
[R2] (5) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,573) bt Vignesh PERANAMALLUR (IND,1270) 63 63
[R2] (3) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,534) bt (Q) Lakshit SOOD (IND,1923) 63 64
[R2] Colin VAN BEEM (NED,1076) bt (6) Sergei KROTIOUK (RUS,671) 63 67(6) 62
[R2] (2) Sanam SINGH (IND,360) bt Kaza Vinayak SHARMA (IND,904) 63 62

Doubles Final
[QF] Amrit NARASIMHAN (USA)/ Michael SHABAZ (USA) bt (1) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND)/ Arun-Prakash RAJAGOPALAN (IND) 76(5) 64
[QF] Fariz MOHAMMED (IND)/ Vignesh PERANAMALLUR (IND) bt Arjun KADHE (IND)/ Kaza Vinayak SHARMA (IND) 62 1-0 Retd.
[QF] Ajai SELVARAJ (IND)/ Ashwin VIJAYRAGAVAN (IND) bt Kunal ANAND (IND)/ Ronak MANUJA (IND) 63 64
[QF] (2) Sergei KROTIOUK (RUS)/ Luca MARGAROLI (SUI) bt William KENDALL (USA)/ Sagar MANJANNA (IND) 76(1) 63

Surprisngly couple of retirement in the second round matches ... Both matches were between Indians, Ramkumar was up with break in the second after winning the first and in the second match Balaji was also up with break in the second after winning the first set ... Sanam comfortably won his match ... German qualifier Wietoska and Dutch Beem also entered in the quarters with upset wins ... Arjun continued with his good run and scored win over his Swiss opponent ... Very interesting quarter-final between him and Ramkumar ... Expected win by Vijay Sundar and Ranjeet.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Bangkok, Thailand

[R2] Ankita RAINA (IND,574) l Ho Ching WU (HKG,743) 46 57

Ankita failed to build on her first round upset win ... Lost against lowly ranked Hong Kong player.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Djibouti

[R2] (8) Shweta RANA (IND,835) bt Brenda NJUKI (SWE,UNR) 62 Retd.
[R2] Manya NAGPAL (IND,UNR) l (4) Melanie KLAFFNER (AUT,434) 06 06
[R2] Anushka BHARGAVA (IND,1042) l (5) Yana SIZIKOVA (RUS,579) 36 16
[R1] Arantxa ANDRADY (IND,UNR) l (2) Margarita LAZAREVA (RUS,352) 64 57 36

[QF] (8) Shweta RANA (IND,835) vs (1) Anna FLORIS (ITA,245)

Doubles
[QF] Manya NAGPAL (IND)/ Rika YAMAMOTO (JPN) l (3) Alessia CAMPLONE (ITA)/ Anna FLORIS (ITA) 06 26
[QF] Nikita DESHMUKH (IND)/ Chinenye Ndidi IZUOGU (NGR) l (2) Diana BOGOLIY (UKR)/ Yana SIZIKOVA (RUS) 06 06

Only Shweta won her singles match but Arantxa gave encouraging performance against top-350 Russian opponent.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Potchefstroom, South Africa

[R2] Sharon Sanchana PAUL (IND,1066) l Ilze HATTINGH (RSA,UNR) 26 16

Sharon lost against local junior player without giving much fight.

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At $10K India F16 Futures, Dharwad

[R1] (1) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND,347) bt Ajai SELVARAJ (IND,1118) 60 64
[R1] Sidharth RAWAT (IND,955) bt (Q) Kunal ANAND (IND,1386) 62 75
[R1] Jeroen BENARD (NED,926) bt (Q) Neeraj ELANGOVAN (IND,1923) 62 63
[R1] (Q) Torsten WIETOSKA (GER,1508) bt (8) Ashwin VIJAYRAGAVAN (IND,820) 64 64
[R1] (4) Vijayant MALIK (IND,539) bt (LL) Fariz MOHAMMED (IND,1844) 62 61
[R1] Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND,1083) bt (Q) William KENDALL (USA,UNR) 62 63
[R1] Luca MARGAROLI (SUI,1025) bt (WC) Vikram Naidu SRINIVAS (IND,UNR) 67(5) 61 75
[R1] Arjun KADHE (IND,1224) bt (7) Michael SHABAZ (USA,717) 46 76(7) 61
[R1] (5) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,573) bt Vivek SHOKEEN (IND,1119) 57 64 61
[R1] Vignesh PERANAMALLUR (IND,1270) bt (WC) Shahbaaz KHAN (IND,UNR) 76(5) 62
[R1] (Q) Lakshit SOOD (IND,1923) bt (Q) Jatin DAHIYA (IND,1784) 76(3) 64
[R1] (3) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,534) bt Mohit Mayur JAYAPRAKASH (IND,1073) 75 64
[R1] (6) Sergei KROTIOUK (RUS,671) bt (Q) Lorenz ILG (GER,UNR) 64 62
[R1] Colin VAN BEEM (NED,1076) bt (WC) Rohan GIDE (IND,UNR) 63 61
[R1] Kaza Vinayak SHARMA (IND,904) bt (WC) Suraj R PRABODH (IND,UNR) 62 62
[R1] (2) Sanam SINGH (IND,360) bt (Q) Rajat MAHESHWARI (IND,1676) 62 61

Doubles
[R1] (1) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND)/ Arun-Prakash RAJAGOPALAN (IND) bt Mohit Mayur JAYAPRAKASH (IND)/ Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND) 64 67(10) 10-7
[R1] Amrit NARASIMHAN (USA)/ Michael SHABAZ (USA) bt Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND)/ Torsten WIETOSKA (GER) 63 63
[R1] Arjun KADHE (IND)/ Kaza Vinayak SHARMA (IND) bt (4) Vijayant MALIK (IND)/ Vivek SHOKEEN (IND) 76(4) 46 10-5
[R1] Fariz MOHAMMED (IND)/ Vignesh PERANAMALLUR (IND) bt Sidharth RAWAT (IND)/ Rakshay THAKKAR (IND) 63 46 11-9
[R1] Kunal ANAND (IND)/ Ronak MANUJA (IND) bt (WC) Rohan GIDE (IND)/ Shahbaaz KHAN (IND) 63 36 10-8
[R1] Ajai SELVARAJ (IND)/ Ashwin VIJAYRAGAVAN (IND) bt (3) Jeroen BENARD (NED)/ Colin VAN BEEM (NED) 36 63 10-5
[R1] William KENDALL (USA)/ Sagar MANJANNA (IND) bt Andre GASPAR MURTA (POR)/ Rajat MAHESHWARI (IND) 76(2) 64
[R1] (2) Sergei KROTIOUK (RUS)/ Luca MARGAROLI (SUI) bt Neeraj ELANGOVAN (IND)/ Lakshit SOOD (IND) 75 76(1)

Terrific comeback upset win by Arjun over experienced UVa top-700 type Michael Shabaz but Ashwin lost against in-form German player Wietoska ... Arjun and Kaza started with upset win in doubles over 4th seed Vijayant and Vivek.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Bangkok, Thailand

[R1] Ankita RAINA (IND,574) bt (7) Yuka HIGUCHI (JPN,515) 62 26 62

[R2] Ankita RAINA (IND,574) vs Ho Ching WU (HKG,743)

Doubles
[R1] Ankita RAINA (IND)/ Prarthana G. THOMBARE (IND) l (2) Oleksandra KORASHVILI (UKR)/ Tereza MALIKOVA (CZE) 36 67(1)

Good upset win by Ankita over higher ranked and seeded Japanese girl Higuchi ... Next she is facing Hong Kong player Ho Ching Wu.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Djibouti

[R1] (8) Shweta RANA (IND,835) bye
[R1] Manya NAGPAL (IND,UNR) bt Fiona CODINO (FRA,UNR) 63 67(1) 61
[R1] Anushka BHARGAVA (IND,1042) bt Nikita DESHMUKH (IND,UNR) 61 62
[R1] Arantxa ANDRADY (IND,UNR) bt Mariana DRAZIC (CRO,UNR) 63 64

[R2] (8) Shweta RANA (IND,835) vs Brenda NJUKI (SWE,UNR)
[R2] Manya NAGPAL (IND,UNR) vs (4) Melanie KLAFFNER (AUT,434)
[R2] Anushka BHARGAVA (IND,1042) vs (5) Yana SIZIKOVA (RUS,579)
[R1] Arantxa ANDRADY (IND,UNR) vs (2) Margarita LAZAREVA (RUS,352)

Doubles
[R1] Arantxa ANDRADY (IND)/ Shweta RANA (IND) bt Anushka BHARGAVA (IND)/ Mariana DRAZIC (CRO) 60 62
[R1] Manya NAGPAL (IND)/ Rika YAMAMOTO (JPN) bt Sofia ARAUJO (POR)/ Anita HUSARIC (BIH) W/O
[R1] Nikita DESHMUKH (IND)/ Chinenye Ndidi IZUOGU (NGR) bye

[QF] Arantxa ANDRADY (IND)/ Shweta RANA (IND) vs (1) Melanie KLAFFNER (AUT)/ Margarita LAZAREVA (RUS)
[QF] Manya NAGPAL (IND)/ Rika YAMAMOTO (JPN) vs (3) Alessia CAMPLONE (ITA)/ Anna FLORIS (ITA)
[QF] Nikita DESHMUKH (IND)/ Chinenye Ndidi IZUOGU (NGR) vs (2) Diana BOGOLIY (UKR)/ Yana SIZIKOVA (RUS)

Good to see our so many girls r taking advantage of this weak tournament to gain ranking point.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Potchefstroom, South Africa

[Q1] Sharon Sanchana PAUL (IND,1066) bye
[Q2] Sharon Sanchana PAUL (IND,1066) bt Bianca BIRKENSTOCK (RSA) 63 62

[R1] (Q) Sharon Sanchana PAUL (IND,1066) bt (WC) Nadine DE VILLIERS (RSA,UNR) 63 61

[R2] Sharon Sanchana PAUL (IND,1066) vs Ilze HATTINGH (RSA,UNR)

Doubles
[R1] (3) Laura DEIGMAN (GBR)/ Sharon Sanchana PAUL (IND) l Madrie LE ROUX (RSA)/ Chanel SIMMONDS (RSA) 26 46

Sharon utilized weak draw and move into the second round as an qualifier.

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At $10K India F15 Futures, Davanagere, Karnataka

Singles Final
(2) Sanam Singh (IND,358) bt (1) N. Sriram Balaji (IND,327) 62 76(4)

Sanam won another $10K futures title and simply show he is best Indian player with Somdev, Yuki and Vishnu ... Balaji gave fighting performance in the second but in end that wasn't enough.

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At $10K India F15 Futures, Davanagere

[SF] (1) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND,327) bt Colin VAN BEEM (NED,1069) 76(3) 63
[SF] (2) Sanam SINGH (IND,358) bt (Q) Torsten WIETOSKA (GER,1493) 60 76(1)

Doubles Final
(2) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND)/ Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND) bt (1) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND)/ Arun-Prakash RAJAGOPALAN (IND) 67(4) 64 10-

Sriram Balaji and Sanam entered into the final proving top 2 seeding ... Both faced tough resistant in their respective matches ... In the first semi-final Balaji broke Beem in 8th game to lead 5-3 in the first set but he failed to hold his serve while serving for the set in next game ... Balaji had a set point on Beem's serve in 12th game which he failed to convert ... In tie-break Balaji managed to win crucial mini-break for winning the first set ... In the second set Balaji broke Beem in 5th game to lead 3-2 then he take another break in 9th game to win this match in 2 hours.

In the second semi-final Sanam started strongly and won the first set without losing a single game ... But qualifier Wietoska fought back in the second ... He broke Sanam's serve in 7th game to lead 4-3 but Sanam broke back immediately to make it 4-all ... Sanam dominated tie-break and completed win in 1 hour and 44 minutes.

Excellent comeback by Jeevan and Balaji in the doubles final ... After losing the first set in tie-break they won the second set with a single break ... They dominated super tie-break losing only a single point against top-seed.

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At $10K India F15 Futures, Davanagere

[QF] (1) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND,327) bt Jeroen BENARD (NED,922) 63 64
[QF] Colin VAN BEEM (NED,1069) bt (3) Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND,380) 64 63
[QF] (Q) Torsten WIETOSKA (GER,1493) bt (4) Ranjit VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,510) 63 67 64
[QF] (2) Sanam SINGH (IND,358) bt Mohit Mayur JAYAPRAKASH (IND,1071) 62 46 64

Doubles
[SF] (1) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND)/ Arun-Prakash RAJAGOPALAN (IND) bt Mohit Mayur JAYAPRAKASH (IND)/ Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND) 75 62
[SF] (2) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND)/ Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND) bt Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND)/ Torsten WIETOSKA (GER) 76 (1) 16 10-7

Sriram Balaji scored straight sets victory over Dutch opponent to face another Dutch player, who upset 3rd seed Jeevan in the straight sets.

Mohit Mayur take a set against in-form Sanam but Sanam kept his focus and won the final set ... He will face German qualifier who scored another upset win over 4th seed Ranjeet in three sets.

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At $10K India F15 Futures, Davanagere

[R2] (1) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND,327) bt Vignesh PERANAMALLUR (IND,1116) 64 61
[R2] Jeroen BENARD (NED,922) bt (8) Michael SHABAZ (USA,712) 64 57 75
[R2] (3) Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND,380) bt Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND,1032) 63 61
[R2] Colin VAN BEEM (NED,1069) bt (Q) Neeraj ELANGOVAN (IND,1907) 75 63
[R2] (Q) Torsten WIETOSKA (GER,1493) bt Ashwin VIJAYRAGAVAN (IND,817) 64 63
[R2] (4) Ranjit VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,510) bt Vivek SHOKEEN (IND,1113) 63 46 62
[R2] Mohit Mayur JAYAPRAKASH (IND,1071) bt Kaza Vinayak SHARMA (IND,876) 62 76(3)
[R2] (2) Sanam SINGH (IND,358) bt Chandril SOOD (IND,1107) 63 61

Doubles
[QF] (1) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND)/ Arun-Prakash RAJAGOPALAN (IND) bt Neeraj ELANGOVAN (IND)/ Sergei KROTIOUK (RUS) 64 60
[QF] Mohit Mayur JAYAPRAKASH (IND)/ Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND) bt (3) Jeroen BENARD (NED)/ Colin VAN BEEM (NED) 62 64
[QF] Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND)/ Torsten WIETOSKA (GER) bt Sagar MANJANNA (IND)/ Rakshay THAKKAR (IND) 76(1) 16 10-7
[QF] (2) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND)/ Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND) bt Amrit NARASIMHAN (USA)/ Michael SHABAZ (USA) 75 63

Mohit Mayur continued with his good form... He scored another upset win over higher ranked Kaza but other hand Ashwin failed to overcome challenge of German qualifier who upset Vijay Sunder ... All remaining results were expected.

Good upset win by Mohit Mayur and Ramkumar against 3rd seed Dutch pair.

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At $10K India F15 Futures, Davanagere

[R1] (1) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND,327) bt (WC) Lakshit SOOD (IND,1920) 67(5) 62 60
[R1] Vignesh PERANAMALLUR (IND,1116) bt Ajai SELVARAJ (IND,1123) 61 36 76(6)
[R1] Jeroen BENARD (NED,922) bt (Q) Brahamjot SINGH (IND,UNR) 64 64
[R1] (8) Michael SHABAZ (USA,712) bt (WC) Sagar MANJANNA (IND,1757) 64 60
[R1] (3) Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND,380) bt Andre GASPAR MURTA (POR,1079) 61 64
[R1] Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND,1032) bt (Q) Ronak MANUJA (IND,1891) 62 62
[R1] (Q) Neeraj ELANGOVAN (IND,1907) bt (WC) Alok ARADHYA (IND,UNR) 61 63
[R1] Colin VAN BEEM (NED,1069) bt (7) Sergei KROTIOUK (RUS,613) 61 64
[R1] (Q) Torsten WIETOSKA (GER,1493) bt (6) N Vijay Sunder PRASHANTH (IND,553) 64 62
[R1] Ashwin VIJAYRAGAVAN (IND,817) bt (Q) Sasi Kumar MUKUND (IND,UNR) 63 62
[R1] Vivek SHOKEEN (IND,1113) bt (Q) Suraj BENIWAL (IND,UNR) 60 1-0 Retd.
[R1] (4) Ranjit VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,510) bt (WC) Rakshay THAKKAR (IND,1541) 64 60
[R1] Mohit Mayur JAYAPRAKASH (IND,1071) bt (5) Vijayant MALIK (IND,530) 46 76(5) 62
[R1] Kaza Vinayak SHARMA (IND,876) bt (Q) Vikram Naidu SRINIVAS (IND,UNR) 63 63
[R1] Chandril SOOD (IND,1107) bt (Q) Suraj R PRABODH (IND,UNR) 46 63 64
[R1] (2) Sanam SINGH (IND,358) bt Arjun KADHE (IND,1216) 64 60

Doubles
[R1] (1) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND)/ Arun-Prakash RAJAGOPALAN (IND) bt Fariz MOHAMMED (IND)/ Vignesh PERANAMALLUR (IND) 63 16 10-7
[R1] Neeraj ELANGOVAN (IND)/ Sergei KROTIOUK (RUS) bt Suraj BENIWAL (IND)/ Brahamjot SINGH (IND) Retd.
[R1] (3) Jeroen BENARD (NED)/ Colin VAN BEEM (NED) bt Ajai SELVARAJ (IND)/ Ashwin VIJAYRAGAVAN (IND) 67(4) 63 10-4
[R1] Mohit Mayur JAYAPRAKASH (IND)/ Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND) bt Jatin DAHIYA (IND)/ Rajat MAHESHWARI (IND) 63 61
[R1] Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND)/ Torsten WIETOSKA (GER) bt Kunal ANAND (IND)/ Ronak MANUJA (IND) 76(3) 63
[R1] Sagar MANJANNA (IND)/ Rakshay THAKKAR (IND) bt (4) Vijayant MALIK (IND)/ Vivek SHOKEEN (IND) 36 76(4) 10-3
[R1] Amrit NARASIMHAN (USA)/ Michael SHABAZ (USA) bt Arjun KADHE (IND)/ Kaza Vinayak SHARMA (IND) 63 75
[R1] (2) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND)/ Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND) bt Chandril SOOD (IND)/ Lakshit SOOD (IND) 62 75

Excellent upset win by Mohit Mayur against 5th seed Vijayant Malik after losing the first set ... Two other seeded players also lost ... German qualifier Wietoska scored upset win against Vijay Sunder and Dutch Van Beem scored upset win over 7th seed Krotiouk ... Otherwise expected results.

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At $10K ITF Women's tournament, Kolkata, India

[F] Katherine IP (HKG,UNR) bt (3) Rishika SUNKARA (IND,570) 26 63 63

Doubles Final
Arantxa Andrady (IND)/Kyra Shroff (IND) bt (2) Rutuja Bhosale (IND)/ Rishika Sunkara (IND) 64 64

In the singles final unranked Hong Kong player Katherine Ip continued with her giant-killing ... She scored upset win over 3rd seed Rishika after losing the first set to lift her first ITF tournament title.

In the doubles final there was all Indians affair ... Kyra win the title with Arantxa beating young 2nd seed pairing of Rutuja and Rishika.