Tennis News

At $1.5M Citi Open, Washington, U.S.A

[Q1] Saketh Myneni (IND,263) bt (9) Donald Young (USA,155) 67(2) 63 64
[Q1] Sanam Singh (IND,309) l (12) Samuel Groth (AUS,227) 06 57
[Q1] (5) Somdev Devvarman (IND,128) bt Jesse Witten (USA,572) 75 60

[Q2] Saketh Myneni (IND,263) vs (1) Matthew Ebden (AUS,117)
[Q2] (5) Somdev Devvarman (IND,128) vs Christian Harrison (USA,373)

Doubles
[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Andre Begemann (GER) vs Alexander Peya (AUT)/ Bruno Soares (BRA)

Saketh scored biggest win of his career when he defeated American Donald Young in comeback victory ... Last week at Atlanta Open qualifying Young defeated Saketh in straight sets, 67(3) 36 ... This match started on similar note when Young won the first set in tie-break but this time Saketh showed his learning curve and won next two sets ... In the first set Saketh broke Young in 8th game to lead 5-3, but he failed to hold his serve while serving for the set in next game, 5-4 ... Young dominated tie-break and won it comfortably ... In the second set Saketh broke Young in 5th game to lead 3-2 ... He again broke Young in 9th game when Young was serving for staying in the set for winning this set ... In the decider Saketh missed 6 break points before taking crucial break in 10th game for memorable victory ... With this win he enter into the final qualifying round and facing Aussie Matthew Ebden.

Witten stretched Buji in the first set ... Buji was down early 1-3 but after that he produced excellent comeback he won 12 out of the last 14 games ... In that from 5-all Buji won last 8 games in a row for comfortable win ... Next he is facing American Christian Harrison.

Sanam failed to produce any challenge against Samuel Groth in the first set but he fought back in the second ... Samuel Groth take important break for completing victory in two sets.

In the doubles Rohan is partnering little unknown German Andre Begemann but they r facing top-seed pair Alexander Peya-Bruno Soares in the first round.
-----------------------------------------------------------
At $10K Denmark F2 Futures , Aarhus (red clay)


Singles Final
(3) Prajnesh GUNNESWARAN (IND,627) bt Colin VAN BEEM (NED,663) 63 46 60

Prajnesh won the Denmark futures title beating in-form Dutch player Colin Van Beem, who was finalist in last week's futures ... After many years Indian player lifted a title on European clay, so huge achievement ... In the first set Prajnesh dominated and generated too many break points opportunities ... He broke Colin three times and lost his serve once for winning this set ... In the second set also Prajnesh created opportunities but failed to convert ... He had 5 break points on Colin's serve and converted one but lost his serve twice on two break points to lose the set ... Prajnesh played near perfect service games in the final set as he lost only 2 points on his serve ... And broke Colin three times for completing exciting win ... This is Prajnesh's 2nd futures title.
-----------------------------------------------------------
At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Sharm El Sheikh , Egypt

Doubles Final
(1) Sowjanya BAVISETTI (IND)/ Rishika SUNKARA (IND) l (3) Mayar SHERIF (EGY)/ Zuzana ZLOCHOVA (SVK) 57 36

Top seed Sowjanya-Rishika lost against third seed Mayar-Zuzana in the doubles final.

Tennis News

At $10K Denmark F2 Futures , Aarhus (clay)

[SF] (3) Prajnesh GUNNESWARAN (IND,627) bt Fred SIMONSSON (SWE,1532) 64 75

[F] (3) Prajnesh GUNNESWARAN (IND,627) vs Colin VAN BEEM (NED,663)

Prajnesh won the first set but he struggled to hold his serve in the second set ... At last managed to hold his serve in 8th game ... Prajnesh produced excellent comeback from 2-5 down to won five games in a row for completing the victory in straight sets ... In the final he is facing 4th seed Dutch player Colin Van Beem.
-----------------------------------------------------------
At $10K Egypt F17 Futures, Sharm El Sheikh (clay)

[QF] (7) Vignesh PERANAMALLUR (IND) l (1) Karim HOSSAM (EGY) 36 16

Doubles
[SF] (4) Fariz MOHAMMED (IND)/ Vignesh PERANAMALLUR (IND) l (1) Vladyslav MANAFOV (UKR)/ Ilia SHATSKIY (RUS) 67(5) 16

Vignesh lost in the single and doubles against top-seeds.
-----------------------------------------------------------
At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Sharm El Sheikh , Egypt

Doubles
[SF] (1) Sowjanya BAVISETTI (IND)/ Rishika SUNKARA (IND) bt (4) Kristi BOXX (USA)/ Abigail GUTHRIE (NZL) 67(5) 64 11-9

[F] (1) Sowjanya BAVISETTI (IND)/ Rishika SUNKARA (IND) vs (3) Mayar SHERIF (EGY)/ Zuzana ZLOCHOVA (SVK)

Hard fought comeback win after losing the first set tie-break for Sowjanya-Rishika against American-New Zelander ... Our pair won match tie-break in extra points ... In the final they r facing 3rd seed pair.

Tennis News

At $50K Lexington Challenger,

[QF] Ruan Roelofse (RSA)/ Sanam Singh (IND) l Frank Dancevic (CAN)/ Peter Polansky (CAN) 36 46

Canadian proved strong for Sanam-Ruan.
-----------------------------------------------------------
At $10K Denmark F2 Futures , Aarhus (clay)

[QF] (3) Prajnesh GUNNESWARAN (IND,627) bt (6) George VON MASSOW (GER,715) 62 61

[SF] (3) Prajnesh GUNNESWARAN (IND,627) vs Fred SIMONSSON (SWE,1532)

Prajnesh scored very dominating win over 6th seed German opponent ... In the semis he is facing Swedish Simonsson, who defeated top-seed in the quarters.
-----------------------------------------------------------
At $10K USA F20 Futures, Godfrey, IL

[R2] (2) Vijayant Malik (IND,462) l (WC) Evan King (USA,1274) 06 46

NCAA collegian top-15 Evan King proved too strong for Vijayant Malik in the second round.
-----------------------------------------------------------
At $10K Egypt F17 Futures, Sharm El Sheikh (clay)

[R2] Lakshit SOOD (IND) l (1) Karim HOSSAM (EGY) 06 26
[R2] (7) Vignesh PERANAMALLUR (IND) bt Sidharth RAWAT (IND) 63 61
[R2] Kumara P Saradhi ADAVELLY (IND) l Mark FYNN (ZIM) 67(2) 16

[QF] (7) Vignesh PERANAMALLUR (IND) vs (1) Karim HOSSAM (EGY)

As expected only Vignesh manage comfortable win ... Next he is facing local top-seed Hossam.
-----------------------------------------------------------
At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Sharm El Sheikh , Egypt

[R2] Shivika BURMAN (IND) l Linda PRENKOVIC (GER) 16 61 16

Doubles
[QF] (1) Sowjanya BAVISETTI (IND)/ Rishika SUNKARA (IND) bt Ekaterina LAVRIKOVA (RUS) / Alessia PIRAN (ITA) 63 62

[SF] (1) Sowjanya BAVISETTI (IND)/ Rishika SUNKARA (IND) vs (4) Kristi BOXX (USA)/ Abigail GUTHRIE (NZL)

Prenkovic defeated Shivika in three sets ... In the doubles top-seed Sowjanya-Rishika in the semis.

Tennis News

At $125K Astana Challenger, Kazakhstan

[R1] N.Sriram Balaji (IND,329) l (5) Marsel Ilhan (TUR,175) 67(7) 76(4) 06

Doubles
[QF] (2) Jose (Rubin) Statham (NZL)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) l Andrey Golubev (KAZ)/ Mikhail Kikushkin (KAZ) 67(4) 67(6)

Balaji got blown away in the third set but before that he produced excellent fight ... In the first set Balaji lost closely fought tie-break but he came back to win the second set tie-break ... Hoping no injury issue after looking at third set score.

Vishnu-Jose lost both tie-breaks against local experienced players and with that Indian challenge is over from this challenger.
-----------------------------------------------------------
At $50K Lexington Challenger,

[R1] (1) Purav Raja (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) l Daniel Evans (GBR)/ James Ward (GBR) 46 76(8) 5-10

[QF] Ruan Roelofse (RSA)/ Sanam Singh (IND) vs Frank Dancevic (CAN)/ Peter Polansky (CAN)

This first match in the challenger was tough after their first ATP title win for Divij-Purav ... As somehow players r distracted after such achievement and same happened in this match against British pair ... After losing the first set Divij-Purav fought hard and saved couple of match points before winning the second set ... But they failed to keep same momentum in the match tie-break.

Sanam-Ruan r facing Canadian pair in the quarters.
-----------------------------------------------------------
At $10K USA F20 Futures, Godfrey, IL

[R1] (2) Vijayant MALIK (IND,462) bt Alexander SARKISSIAN (USA,997) 75 60

[R2] (2) Vijayant MALIK (IND,462) vs (WC) Evan King (USA,1274)

Like the way Vijayant won the second set ... Solid win for Vijayant ... Next he is facing local wild-card pair.
-----------------------------------------------------------
At $10K Denmark F2 Futures , Aarhus (clay)

[R2] (3) Prajnesh GUNNESWARAN (IND,627) bt Mauricio ALVAREZ-GUZMAN (CHI,1414) 61 61

[QF] (3) Prajnesh GUNNESWARAN (IND,627) vs (6) George VON MASSOW (GER,715)

Very dominating win by Prajnesh against lower ranked Chilean on the clay ... Next he is facing 6th seed German opponent.
-----------------------------------------------------------
At $10K Turkey F29 Futures, Istanbul

[R2] Abhijeet Tiwari (IND,1303) l (3) Torsten Wietoska (GER,669) 36 64 16

Abhijeet managed to stretch Wietoska to three sets but Wietoska proved too strong in the final set.
-----------------------------------------------------------
At $10K Egypt F17 Futures, Sharm El Sheikh (clay)

[R2] Lakshit SOOD (IND) vs (1) Karim HOSSAM (EGY)
[R2] (7) Vignesh PERANAMALLUR (IND) vs Sidharth RAWAT (IND)
[R2] Kumara P Saradhi ADAVELLY (IND) vs Mark FYNN (ZIM)

Doubles
[QF] Chandril SOOD (IND)/ Lakshit SOOD (IND) l Dmytro KOVALYOV (UKR)/ Denys MYLOKOSTOV (UKR) 67(7) 26

Hopefully men will show better performance than ladies.
-----------------------------------------------------------
At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Sharm El Sheikh , Egypt

[R1] Mahitha DADI REDDY (IND) l (1) Zuzana ZLOCHOVA (SVK) 26 16
[R1] (4) Shweta RANA (IND) l Giulia BRUZZONE (ITA) 16 26
[R1] (WC) Tanisha ROHIRA (IND) l (WC) Sandra SAMIR (EGY) 16 06
[R1] (WC) Sowjanya BAVISETTI (IND) l Alina MIKHEEVA (RUS) 36 36
[R1] (2) Rishika SUNKARA (IND) l Danielle KONOTOPTSEVA (GBR) 36 16

[R2] Shivika BURMAN (IND) vs Linda PRENKOVIC (GER)

Turned horrible day for Indians as our all seeded players lost their matches.

Tennis News

At $125K Astana Challenger, Kazakhstan

[R1] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,372) l Nikoloz Basilashvili (GEO,314) 57 62 67(3)

Doubles
[R1] (2) Jose (Rubin) Statham (NZL)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt (WC) Alexey Nesterov (KAZ)/ Dmitry Popko (KAZ) 60 75

[QF] (2) Jose (Rubin) Statham (NZL)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs Andrey Golubev (KAZ)/ Mikhail Kikushkin (KAZ)

In the first set both players shared early breaks, while staying in the set at 4-5 Jeevan broke Nikoloz to made it 5-all ... But Nikoloz again broke Jeevan in next game to lead 6-5 and then hold for winning ht first set ... In the second set from 2-all Jeevan won next 4 games for winning the set breaking Nikoloz in 6th and 8th games ... In the third set Jeevan missed opportunity he had 7 break points but he failed to break once and saved 1 break point on his own serve ... Jeevan lost the plot in tie-break and faced another heartbreaking loss.

Vishnu-Jose scored straight sets win over local wild-card pair though local pair stretched them in the second ... Next they r facing experienced Kazakh pair for place in the semis.
-----------------------------------------------------------
At $50K Lexington Challenger,

[R1] Ruan Roelofse (RSA)/ Sanam Singh (IND) bt (2) Adam Feeney (AUS)/ Matt Reid (AUS) 75 16 10-7

Sanam-Ruan started with upset win over Australian 2nd seed in-form pair of Feeney-Reid in match tie-break ... After winning the first set Sanam-Ruan lost the second set easily but they played match tie-break sensibly for a win.
-----------------------------------------------------------
At $10K USA F20 Futures, Godfrey, IL

[R1] (2) Vijayant MALIK (IND,462) vs Alexander SARKISSIAN (USA,997)

Doubles
[R1] (4) Vijayant MALIK (IND)/ Michael SHABAZ (USA) l Nick CHAPPELL (USA)/ Dane WEBB (USA) 36 16

Interesting to see how Vijayant perform in these tough US futures.

In doubles he was 4th seed with Michael Shabaz but they lost easily against American pair.
-----------------------------------------------------------
At $10K Turkey F29 Futures, Istanbul

[R1] Abhijeet Tiwari (IND,1303) bt Altug Celikbilek (TUR,UNR) 61 61
[R1] (2) Karunuday Singh (IND,619) l Costin Paval (ROU,992) 46 16

[R2] Abhijeet Tiwari (IND,1303) vs (3) Torsten Wietoska (GER,669)

Karunuday's disappointing run continues ... Abhijeet defeated 16 yrs old local boy easily but next he is facing 3rd seed German.
-----------------------------------------------------------
At $10K Denmark F2 Futures , Aarhus (clay)

[R1] (3) Prajnesh GUNNESWARAN (IND,627) bt (Q) Oystein STEIRO (NOR,UNR) 64 57 64

[R2] (3) Prajnesh GUNNESWARAN (IND,627) vs Mauricio ALVAREZ-GUZMAN (CHI,1414)

Interesting choice of place for Prajnesh ... Hard fought win over qualifier in the first match.
-----------------------------------------------------------
At $10K Egypt F17 Futures, Sharm El Sheikh (clay)

[R1] Lakshit SOOD (IND) bt (Q) Igor SOBOLTA (UKR) 16 76(5) 63
[R1] Sidharth RAWAT (IND) bt Neeraj ELANGOVAN (IND) 64 61
[R1] (7) Vignesh PERANAMALLUR (IND) bt Youssef HOSSAM (EGY) 63 63
[R1] Kumara P Saradhi ADAVELLY (IND) bt (WC) Norbert NAGYI (AUT) 62 61
[R1] (8) Chandril SOOD (IND) l Mark FYNN (ZIM) 16 75 57

[R2] (7) Vignesh PERANAMALLUR (IND) vs Sidharth RAWAT (IND)
[R2] Kumara P Saradhi ADAVELLY (IND) vs Antoine RICHARD (CAN)

Doubles
[R1] (4) Fariz MOHAMMED (IND)/ Vignesh PERANAMALLUR (IND) bt Norbert NAGYI (AUT)/ Oscar TORRES (COL) 61 60
[R1] Neeraj ELANGOVAN (IND)/ Sidharth RAWAT (IND) bt Filippo GIORGETTI (ITA)/ Giacomo VIANELLO (ITA) 75 64
[R1] Arvind Vishnu BESTHA (IND)/ Sandeep TIRDALA (IND) l Mikhail KOROVIN (RUS)/ Igor SOBOLTA (UKR) 16 36
[R1] Chandril SOOD (IND)/ Lakshit SOOD (IND) bt Vladimir FILIP (ROU)/ Yvo PANAK (CZE) 75 26 10-2

[QF] (4) Fariz MOHAMMED (IND)/ Vignesh PERANAMALLUR (IND) bt Neeraj ELANGOVAN (IND)/ Sidharth RAWAT (IND) 63 75
[QF] Chandril SOOD (IND)/ Lakshit SOOD (IND) vs Dmytro KOVALYOV (UKR)/ Denys MYLOKOSTOV (UKR)

[SF] (4) Fariz MOHAMMED (IND)/ Vignesh PERANAMALLUR (IND) vs (1) Vladyslav MANAFOV (UKR)/ Ilia SHATSKIY (RUS)

Excited to see so many players r playing in Egypt.
-----------------------------------------------------------
At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Sharm El Sheikh , Egypt

[R1] Mahitha DADI REDDY (IND) vs (1) Zuzana ZLOCHOVA (SVK)
[R1] (4) Shweta RANA (IND) vs Giulia BRUZZONE (ITA)
[R1] (WC) Tanisha ROHIRA (IND) vs (WC) Sandra SAMIR (EGY)
[R1] Anushka BHARGAVA (IND) l (5) Susanne CELIK (SWE) 06 46
[R1] (WC) Sowjanya BAVISETTI (IND) vs Alina MIKHEEVA (RUS)
[R1] Shivika BURMAN (IND) bt Rika YAMAMOTO (JPN) 61 64
[R1] (2) Rishika SUNKARA (IND) vs Danielle KONOTOPTSEVA (GBR)

Doubles
[R1] (1) Sowjanya BAVISETTI (IND)/ Rishika SUNKARA (IND) bt Anushka BHARGAVA (IND) / Mahitha DADI REDDY (IND) 60 63
[R1] Shivika BURMAN (IND)/ Shweta RANA (IND) l (4) Kristi BOXX (USA)/ Abigail GUTHRIE (NZL) 16 26
[R1] Ashmitha EASWARAMURTHI (IND)/ Daria GLUSHICH (RUS) l Giulia BRUZZONE (ITA)/ Jasmin LADURNER (ITA) 36 64 2-10

[QF] (1) Sowjanya BAVISETTI (IND)/ Rishika SUNKARA (IND) vs Ekaterina LAVRIKOVA (RUS) / Alessia PIRAN (ITA)

Also our girls join boys in this Egypt expedition.

Tennis News

As Spanish players, Marc Lopez and Marcel Granollers, dropped their ranking points that help Rohan to rise his career best doubles ranking, WR #3 ... Mahesh is on 7th and Leander is on 9th position ... First time five Indian players r in top 100 ... After winning their first ATP title at Colombia, Divij Sharan climbs on #66 and Purav Raja climbs on #86.
-----------------------------------------------------------
At $624K Atlanta Open, USA

[Q3] Prakash Amritraj (IND,275) l (5) Mischa Zverev (GER,149) 46 26

After defeating Buji in the last match expectations were high for Kash ... At Binghamton Kash retired when he was set down against Zverev and this time also he failed to challenge Zverev in straight sets loss.
-----------------------------------------------------------
At $125K Astana Challenger, Kazakhstan

[Q3] (5) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,531) l (4) Egor Gerasimov (BLR,453) 64 67(3) 46

Doubles
[R1] N.Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) l Ti Chen (TPE)/ Yong-Kyu Lim (KOR) 36 26

Vishnu lost match after winning the first set ... Recently this is trend with Vishnu's performance ... Need to play futures for build confidence.

I was expecting win or more fighting performance by Balaji-Jeevan.
-----------------------------------------------------------
At $50K Lexington Challenger,

[R1] (1) Purav Raja (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs Daniel Evans (GBR)/ James Ward (GBR)
[R1] Ruan Roelofse (RSA)/ Sanam Singh (IND) vs (2) Adam Feeney (AUS)/ Matt Reid (AUS)

This week Purav and Divij r playing US challenger and they r top-seed.

Archery News

At World Cup 2013 - Stage 3, Medellin, Colombia


Recurve Women Team - Gold medal
(2) India bt (1) China 201-186
Gold - India - Deepika Kumari, Rimil Buriuly, Bombayla Devi Laishram
Silver - China - Ming Cheng, Yuanyuan Cui, Jing Xu
Bronze - USA - Michelle Gilbert, Miranda Leek, Khatuna Lorig


Recurve Mixed Team - Bronze medal
(4) Atanu Das (IND)/ Deepika Kumari (IND) bt (3) Aida Roman (MEX)/ Juan Rene Serrano (MEX) 150-132

Gold - Xiaoxiang Dai (CHN)/ Jing Xu (CHN)
Silver - Brady Ellison (USA)/ Khatuna Lorig (USA)
Bronze - Atanu Das (IND)/ Deepika Kumari (IND)

In windy condition Indian women defeated Olympic silver medalist Chinese team for lifting their first World Cup team gold since Shanghai 2011 ... In the final Deepika hit four 10s from her 8 arrows in difficult conditions and helped India in their Gold medal win.

Jing Xu and Ming Cheng were part of Chinese team who won Olympic team silver in London and their third teammate Yuanyuan Cui was individual winner in Antalya (last World cup), is shooting here for the individual bronze medal ... This final match started in the worst possible way for China as they missed first arrow and their archers struggled to handle windy condition followed by several disastrous scores ... After one end India take 13 points lead, 46-33 ... In the second end both teams scored 51 points so Indian women kept 13 points lead, 97-84 ... Third end was also tied as both teams managed 50 points, Indian women kept their lead 147-134 ... In last and fourth end Indian women scored 54 points and Chinese women managed 52 only and Indian women completed convicing win by 15 points against formidable Chinese team ... This is India's 5th win against Chinese team in 12 meetings.

In Recurve Mixed team event Indian team of Atanu Das and Deepika Kumari lifted Bronze medal beating Olympic silver medalist Aida Roman and Juan René Serrano ... Mexican pair hit couple of 6s in first end which gave lead to Indians, 37-32 ... Which Indian pair increased to 10 points after Second end, 75-65 ... Indian archers were hitting target consistently and then increased their lead to 112-97 after Third end ... Indians showed lot more composure in adjusting this difficult windy condition and completed dominating win over Mexican pair, 150-132.

Good outing in this final stage of World Cup for Indian archers who won one Gold medal and two Bronze medals.

Tennis News

At $624K Atlanta Open, USA

[Q2] Saketh Myneni (IND,265) l (7) Donald Young (USA,154) 67(3) 36
[Q2] Prakash Amritraj (IND,275) bt (3) Somdev Devvarman (IND,130) 63 64

[Q3] Prakash Amritraj (IND,275) vs (5) Mischa Zverev (GER,149)

Prakash take full advantage of Buji's struggle with his service games and broke him in 6th game to won the first set ... Kash kept pressure on Buji's serve in the second set also and take important break in 9th game for winning the set ... In the final qualifying Kash is facing German Mischa Zverev.

Saketh gave decent fight to Young ... Take the first set in tie-break and in the second set had 3 break points, 0-40, at 3-all but failed to convert and lost next 3 games.
-----------------------------------------------------------
At $125K Astana Challenger, Kazakhstan

[Q2] (5) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,531) bt (WC) Roman Khassanov (KAZ,UNR) 62 26 612

[Q3] (5) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,531) vs (4) Egor Gerasimov (BLR,453)

[R1] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,372) vs Nikoloz Basilashvili (GEO,314)
[R1] N.Sriram Balaji (IND,329) vs (5) Marsel Ilhan (TUR,175)

Doubles
[R1] N.Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) vs Ti Chen (TPE)/ Yong-Kyu Lim (KOR)
[R1] (2) Jose (Rubin) Statham (NZL)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs (WC) Alexey Nesterov (KAZ)/ Dmitry Popko (KAZ)

Surprised to see match went to three sets ... After winning the first set Vishnu lost his concentration losing the second ... But he came back strongly in third winning it losing a game ... In the final qualifying Vishnu is facing 4th seed Belarusian Egor Gerasimov.

Tough match for Balaji in the singles and tricky one for Jeevan.

Golf News

At The 142nd Open Championship, Muirfield, Scotland

T73 Shiv Kapur (IND) 68 77 83 71 +15

In the final round Shiv scored PAR round which included 4 birdies and 4 bogeys ... But his horrible third round guaranteed his finish below 70 in the final standing.

Archery News

At World Cup 2013 - Stage 3, Medellin, Colombia


Compound Men Team - Bronze medal
(6) India bt (5) Colombia 215-210

Gold - France - Pierre-Julien Deloche, Christophe Doussot, Dominique Genet
Silver - USA - Braden Gellenthien, Reo Wilde,Rodger Willett Jr.
Bronze - India - Rajat Chauhan, Sandeep Kumar, Ratan Singh Khuraijam

Our Indian men defeated local favorite Colombian team to lift Bronze medal in Compound team event ... Really creditable performance by our men's Compound team in difficult condition ... India take the lead in the first end, 52-50 ... Under a strong wind Colombia came back to lead 104-102 after second end ... India had four 10s in the third end and that gave them the lead 158-156 ... India was stronger in a last end at scored 57 points and Colombia managed 54 point only.

Golf News

At The 142nd Open Championship, Muirfield, Scotland

T83 Shiv Kapur (IND) 68 77 83 +15

Shiv started on T24th position but his third round was disaster ... Shiv had worst round of the day, he scored 12 over and end on tied last position ... Shiv scored 6 bogeys on 3rd, 5th, 10th, 14th, 15th and 16th holes but what hurt most was two triple bogeys on 4th and 6th holes ... I m hoping somehow he avoid wooden spoon in the last round.

Tennis News

At $638K Claro Open Colombia, Bogota, Colombia


Doubles Final
(4) Purav Raja (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) bt (2) Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA)/ Igor Sijsling (NED) 76(4) 76(3)

Dream debut for Divij-Purav as a pair, they lifted their first ATP tour title in their first ATP tournament at Colombia open defeating 2nd seed Roger-Vasselin-Sijsling in entertaining match ... Divij-Purav fought hard against big serving Dutch-French pair in this 1 hour and 30 minutes match ... In this match Divij-Purav saved eight break points from eleven they faced and broke opponent's serve three times from five chances ... In the first set until 7th game both pairs were holding their serves though Indian saved break points in 4th game ... Roger-Vasselin-Sijsling broke Purav in 8th game to lead 5-3 but immediately our pair broke them to make it 4-5 ... In tie-break both pairs traded early mini-breaks but from 3-3 our pair won next 3 points and in that they take double mini-break lead ... Roger-Vasselin-Sijsling saved one set point taking mini-break back on Divij's serve but our pair won next point on Divij's serve for winning this set ... In the second set Roger-Vasselin-Sijsling broke Purav's serve in 1st game but again our pair broke Sijsling's serve in 2nd game and made it 1-all ... Divij-Purav again broke Sijsling in 6th game to lead 4-2 ... Roger-Vasselin-Sijsling made excellent comeback from 2-5, they broke Purav when he was serving for the match in 9th game to make it 4-5 ... Again this set went into tie-break but this time our pair take control early and completed memorable victory.

This title win gained them 250 ranking points and $17500 each (Rs. 10.5 lacs) as prize money ... In tomorrow's ranking updated Purav will jump inside top 90 and Divij will enter into top 70 ... This is a big step for qualifying for US open.
-----------------------------------------------------------
At $624K Atlanta Open, USA

[Q1] Saketh Myneni (IND,265) bt Marcelo Demoliner (BRA,361) 76(4) 76(3)
[Q1] (3) Somdev Devvarman (IND,130) bt Patrick Davidson (USA,1578) 60 62
[Q1] Prakash Amritraj (IND,275) bt Jason Jung (USA,417) 62 60

[Q2] Saketh Myneni (IND,265) vs (7) Donald Young (USA,154)
[Q2] (3) Somdev Devvarman (IND,130) vs Prakash Amritraj (IND,275)

Buji started with comfortable win ... He lost only two games against Patrick, which was expected ... But his next opponent is tricky one, Prakash Amritraj ... Kash scored very dominating win over top-425 American player Jason Jung losing only two games ... Saketh needed to dig deep against Brazilian in the second set ... Next he is facing 7th seed Donald Young..
-----------------------------------------------------------
At $125K Astana Challenger, Kazakhstan

[Q1] (5) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,531) bt Syrym Abdukhalikov (KAZ,1740) 63 64

[Q2] (5) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,531) vs (WC) Roman Khassanov (KAZ,UNR)

Vishnu started with comfortable win against Abdukhalikov ... Next match is also winnable.
-----------------------------------------------------------
At $50K Lexington Challenger,

[Q1] (7) Sanam Singh (IND,336) l Mico Santiago (USA,816) 64 26 46

Sanam need to show consistency in his performance ... This week he lost against below 800 player after his last week's decent performance.
-----------------------------------------------------------
At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, New Delhi, India


Singles Final
(1) Ankita Raina (IND) bt (Q) Kanika Vaidya (IND) 64 64

Ankita continue with his upper hand over Indian player ... From last November she doesn't lose a match against any Indian player ... But impressive run by Kanika who reached in the final ... And gave creditable fight to winner Ankita ... This is Ankita's third ITF futures title of year.

Archery News

At World Cup 2013 - Stage 3, Medellin, Colombia

Recurve Women Team
[R1] (2) India bye
[QF] (2) India bt (7) Venezuela 224-201

[SF] (2) India bt (3) USA 216-211

[F] (2) India vs (1) China

Compound Men Team
[R1] (6) India bt (11) Guatemala 227-216
[QF] (6) India bt (3) El Salvador 236-229

[SF] (6) India l (2) France 231-234

[Bronze] (6) India vs (5) Colombia

Recurve Mixed Team
[R1] (4) Atanu Das (IND)/ Deepika Kumari (IND) bt (13) Andres Alfonseca (DOM)/ Lya Solano (DOM) 153-143
[QF] (4) Atanu Das (IND)/ Deepika Kumari (IND) bt (5) Mauro Nespoli (ITA)/ Jessica Tomasi (ITA) 148-147

[SF] (4) Atanu Das (IND)/ Deepika Kumari (IND) l Brady Ellison (USA)/ Khatuna Lorig (USA) 146-150

[Bronze] (4) Atanu Das (IND)/ Deepika Kumari (IND) vs (3) Aida Roman (MEX)/ Juan Rene Serrano (MEX)

Our archer had poor outing in individual events as only Deepika Kumari managed to reach in the quarters but our players performed well in team events.

Our Recurve Women team were 2nd seed for play-off after good positioning in individual qualifying ... Our women team received bye in the first round ... In the quarter-final our women defeated Venezuelan women comfortably ... In the semi-final they faced American women ... Indian women defeated American women in close match as after end of three ends both teams were tied 162-162 ... In the final end American women managed 49 only and our women scored 54 to won this match ... They will face Chinese women for Gold medal match.

Indian Recurve Men team lost in the quarter final against Canada, 220-223, after winning their first round match against France 220-219 ... Our Compound Women team also lost in the quarter final against American women, 223-229, after receiving bye in the first round.

Indian Compound Men team performed above the expectations ... They r in Bronze medal match against local team Colombia after losing the semi-final to France, 231-234 ... Before this our team convincingly defeated Guatemala in the first round, 227-216 ... In the quarter final they defeated higher seeded El Salvador, 236-229.

In Recurve mixed team, Atanu Das and Deepika Kumari r in Bronze medal match against Mexican pair ... In the first round they defeated Dominican Republic pair comfortably ... In the quarter-final they won close match by one point against Italian pair ... In the semi-final our pair lost against American pair.

Golf News

Golf News
At The 142nd Open Championship, Muirfield, Scotland

T24 Shiv Kapur (IND) 68 77 +3

After excellent first round Shiv struggled in the second round ... He scored 4 bogeys in first 6 holes ... He scored 2 birdies on 9th and 12th hole but in between scored bogey on 10th hole ... Then scored another 3 bogeys on 13th, 17th and 18th holes and finished on +6 for the day ... Overall +3 score helped him to make cut comfortably in top-25 positions.

Tennis News

At $638K Claro Open Colombia, Bogota, Colombia

[SF] (4) Purav Raja (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) bt (1) Juan Sebastian Cabal (COL)/ Robert Farah (COL) 62 63

[F] (4) Purav Raja (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs (2) Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA)/ Igor Sijsling (NED)

Purav-Divij scored dominating win over local favourite and top-seed Cabal-Farah ... In this match Purav-Divij faced only one break point in the second set which they saved ... They broke Colombians twice in the first set and once in the second set ... In the final they r facing 2nd seed French-Dutch pair ... With this win Divij will enter into top 80 doubles ranking and Purav will first-time enter into top 100 doubles ranking ... And they r almost secure entry into US open.
-----------------------------------------------------------
At $50K Binghamton Challenger, New York, USA

[QF] Sanam Singh (IND,336) l (5) Bradley Klahn (USA,162) 63 16 26

Fighting performance by Sanam in his loss against in-form Klahn ... Sanam started well after winning the first set but after that Klhan made strong comeback winning next two sets losing only three games.
-----------------------------------------------------------
At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, New Delhi, India

Singles Semi Finals
(1) Ankita Raina (IND) bt (7) Natasha Palha (IND) 62 63
(Q) Kanika Vaidya (IND) bt (2) Rishika Sunkara (IND) 60 63

Kanika produced dominating upset win against 2nd seed Rishika and she is facing top seed Ankita in the final.

Golf News

At The 142nd Open Championship, Muirfield, Scotland

1 Zach Johnson (USA) 66 -5

T4 Shiv Kapur (IND) 68 -3

T9 Tiger Woods (USA) 69 -2
T9 Phil Mickelson (USA) 69 -2

Shiv Kapur had excellent first round at prestigious British open, where he qualified through International qualifying ... At end of first round he was tied fourth with 3 under but at one time he was leading the Open tournament ... Shiv Kapur scored 6 birdies in first 7 holes and take sole lead but he made double bogey on 10th hole and a bogey on 15th hole ... Today hoping for similar or better round from him.

Tennis News

At $638K Claro Open Colombia, Bogota, Colombia

[QF] (4) Purav Raja (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) bt Nicholas Monroe (USA)/ Vasek Pospisil (CAN) 36 63 10-6

[SF] (4) Purav Raja (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs (1) Juan Sebastian Cabal (COL)/ Robert Farah (COL)

Another good win for Divij-Purav against similar ranked pair ... After losing the first set they made excellent comeback winning the second set ... Divij-Purav kept momentum to win match tie-break comfortably ... In the semis they r facing tough opponents in local top-seed pair.
-----------------------------------------------------------
At $50K Binghamton Challenger, New York, USA

[R2] Sanam Singh (IND,336) bt (3) Yuichi Sugita (JPN,148) 64 62

[QF] Sanam Singh (IND,336) vs (5) Bradley Klahn (USA,162)

Doubles
[QF] Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND) l (4) Jarmere Jenkins (USA)/ Austin Krajicek (USA) 36 62 7-10

Much needed win for Sanam and that also against top-150 Sugita ... So with this dominating win Sanam kept his upper hand over Sugita before this they faced each other at 2010 Asian Games ... That time also Sanam defeated Sugita ... Next in the quarters he is facing in-form Bradley Klahn.

Sanam-Yuki failed to keep winning momentum in the doubles ... After losing the first set they made strong comeback but failed to won match tie-break.
-----------------------------------------------------------
At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, New Delhi, India

Singles Quarter Finals
(1) Ankita Raina (IND) bt (6) Eetee Maheta (IND) 61 64
(7) Natasha Palha (IND) bt (4) Nidhi Chilumula (IND) 62 26 64
(Q) Kanika Vaidya (IND) bt (5) Shweta Rana (IND) 62 75
(2) Rishika Sunkara (IND) bt Sharmada Balu (IND) 62 36 64

Kanika keep going her excellent recent performances and enter into the semis with straight sets win over Shweta ... Natasha also scored upset win over Nidhi in thee sets ... Top two seeds joins them in the semis with contrasting win.

Tennis News

At $50K Eskisehir Challenger, Turkey

[R1] N.Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Alexander Jakupovic (GRE) l (WC) Efe Yurtkan (TUR)/ Cem Ilkel (TUR) 67(7) 64 6-10

Really turned out very disappointing week for Bala ... After losing in the singles he and his partner lost in the doubles first round match against local wild-card pair in match tie-break.
-----------------------------------------------------------
At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, New Delhi, India

Singles Second Round
(1) Ankita Raina (IND) bt Ching-Wen Hsu (TPE) 62 61
(6) Eetee Maheta (IND) bt (WC) Vaniya Dangwal (IND) 46 62 61
(4) Nidhi Chilumula (IND) bt (Q) Shruti Dhawan (IND) 75 63
(7) Natasha Palha (IND) bt Simran Kaur Sethi (IND) 63 60
(5) Shweta Rana (IND) bt Bhuvana Kalva (IND) 64 2-1 Retd.
(Q) Kanika Vaidya (IND) bt Nehel Sahni (IND) 63 61
Sharmada Balu (IND) bt (8) Naomi Totka (HUN) 06 62 60
(2) Rishika Sunkara (IND) bt (Q) Sneha Padamata (IND) 62 62

With Sharmada's upset win over seeded Japanese played completes all Indians quarter-final lineup.

Tennis News

At $638K Claro Open Colombia, Bogota, Colombia

[R1] (4) Purav Raja (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) bt (WC) Emilio Gomez (ECU)/ Michael Quintero (COL) 62 62

Purav-Divij scored their first win on the tour as pair in Colombia open ... As expected they scored comfortable straight sets win against wild-card pair.
-----------------------------------------------------------
At $50K Binghamton Challenger, New York, USA

[R1] Yuki Bhambri (IND,414) l (5) Bradley Klahn (USA,162) 36 36
[R1] Sanam Singh (IND,336) bt Dino Marcan (CRO,409) 64 64
[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND,265) l (7) Malek Jaziri (TUN,176) 57 16

[R2] Sanam Singh (IND,336) vs (3) Yuichi Sugita (JPN,148)

So no upset from Saketh or Yuki in the singles ... Now Saketh needs to wait till last moment for his qualification for US open qualifying ... Happy for Sanam for his straight sets win .. Much needed win for him after his injury break to build his confidence ... Next he is facing 3rd seed Japanese Yuichi Sugita.
-----------------------------------------------------------
At $50K Eskisehir Challenger, Turkey

[R1] N.Sriram Balaji (IND,329) l Jules Marie (FRA,272) 26 26

Disappointing loss for Balaji in the singles against little higher ranked Frenchman.
-----------------------------------------------------------
At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Valladolid, Spain (clay)

[R1] (4) Rutuja Bhosale (IND,664) l (Q) Aina Schaffner Riera (ESP,UNR) 61 26 67(6)

Heartbreaking loss for Rutuja as she was up 5-2 in the third set before losing this match against unranked Spanish girl.

Tennis News

At $50K Binghamton Challenger, New York, USA

[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND,275) l Mischa Zverev (GER,146) 26 2-3 Retd.

Doubles
[R1] Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND) bt Sekou Bangoura (USA)/ Dennis Novikov (USA) 64 76(6)

Prakash retired from his match due to illness after losing the first set ... Big setback for his chance of qualifying for US open qualifying.

Yuki-Sanam scored excellent win in the doubles over American Bangoura-Novikov in tight two sets.

Tennis News

At $638K Claro Open Colombia, Bogota, Colombia

Doubles
[R1] (4) Purav Raja (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs (WC) Emilio Gomez (ECU)/ Michael Quintero (COL)

Lucky break on their first ATP tournament together for Purav-Divij as they r seeded and facing wild-card pair.
-----------------------------------------------------------
At $50K Binghamton Challenger, New York, USA

[R1] Yuki Bhambri (IND,413) vs (5) Bradley Klahn (USA,162)
[R1] Sanam Singh (IND,338) vs Dino Marcan (CRO,409)
[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND,266) vs (7) Malek Jaziri (TUN,176)
[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND,308) vs Mischa Zverev (GER,146)

Doubles
[R1] Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND) vs Sekou Bangoura (USA)/ Dennis Novikov (USA)

Saketh and Prakash needs good outing in this challenger to qualify for US open qualifying but both players facing seeded players in the first round ... Yuki is also facing in-form 5th seed Bradley Klahn ... Sanam is facing lower ranked Croatian but Sanam is coming out of injury so he is still not fully match fit.
-----------------------------------------------------------
At $50K Eskisehir Challenger, Turkey

[R1] N.Sriram Balaji (IND,331) vs Jules Marie (FRA,272)

Doubles
[R1] N.Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Alexander Jakupovic (GRE) vs (WC) Efe Yurtkan (TUR)/ Cem Ilkel (TUR)

Balaji is facing Frenchman in the first round and in the doubles with Alexander Jakupovic, they r facing local wild-card pair.
-----------------------------------------------------------
At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, New Delhi, India

Singles First Round
(1) Ankita Raina (IND) bt Sanya Madan (IND) 61 60
Ching-Wen Hsu (TPE) bt Sowjanya Bavisetti (IND) 36 61 2-0 Retd.
(WC) Vaniya Dangwal (IND) bt (Q) Smriti Joon (IND) 64 62
(6) Eetee Maheta (IND) bt (WC) Arushi Bhasin (IND) 60 60
(4) Nidhi Chilumula (IND) bt Damini Sharma (IND) 61 61
(Q) Shruti Dhawan (IND) bt Amrita Mukherjee (IND) 60 3-1 Retd.
Simran Kaur Sethi (IND) bt (Q) Ambika Pande (IND) 60 Retd.
(7) Natasha Palha (IND) bt Sharon Sanchana Paul (IND) 64 61
(5) Shweta Rana (IND) bt (Q) Sai Samhitha Chamarthi (IND) 62 63
Bhuvana Kalva (IND) bt (WC) Nishtha Dudeja (IND) 61 60
(Q) Kanika Vaidya (IND) bt (WC) Namita Bal (IND) 60 60
Nehel Sahni (IND) bt (3) Prerna Bhambri (IND) 46 63 64
(8) Naomi Totka (HUN) bt (Q) Anjana Kompally (IND) 62 61
Sharmada Balu (IND) bt (Q) Aandrita Deb (IND) 64 62
(Q) Sneha Padamata (IND) bt Shivika Burman (IND) 76(7) 62
(2) Rishika Sunkara (IND) bt Manya Nagpal (IND) 63 61

Shocking loss of 3rd seed Prerna Bhambri in the first round though in this match she was struggling with right shoulder injury ... Other upsets were losses of Shivika Burman and Smriti Joon.
-----------------------------------------------------------
At $10K Turkey F28 Futures, Istanbul

[R1] Abhijeet Tiwari (IND,1303) l (1) Riccardo Ghedin (ITA,296) 26 16
[R1] (4) Karunuday Singh (IND,619) l Aleksandre Metreveli (GEO,1084) 36 26
[R1] (WC) Srikar Alla (IND,1613) l Romain Bauvy (FRA,1141) 63 67(5) 16

Disappointed outing for Karunuday in Turkey futures with other Indians.

Tennis News

At $456K Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, Newport, USA

[SF] Ivo Karlovic (CRO)/ Divij Sharan (IND) l Tim Smyczek (USA)/ Rhyne Williams (USA) 67(2) 76(5) 8-10

Divij-Ivo lost in closely fought match against American pair Smyczek-Williams in 1 hour and 48 minutes ... In this match both pairs failed to break opponent's serve though Ivo-Divij had 11 break point chances ... They failed to convert 3 break point chances in the first set before losing it in tie-break ... In the second set they had 8 break point chances but this time they won tie-break ... Ivo-Divij weren't third time lucky in match tie-break ... Still good debut for Divij on ATP tour.

Squash News

At $10K Victorian Men's Open 2013, Melbourne, Australia

[QF] Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,107) l (1) Campbell Grayson (NZL,41) 8/11 4/11 10/12

Fighting performance in the loss for Mahesh against top seed Campbell Grayson.

Tennis News

At $75K Beijing Challenger, China

[SF] (4) Vishnu Vardhan (IND)/ Hiroki Kondo (JPN) l Mao-Xin Gong (CHN)/ Ze Zhang (CHN) 63 26 11-13

Vishnu failed to repeat Divij's heroic from Hall of fame and lost with his Japanese partner Hiroki against Chinse pair in extra points of match tie-break.

Squash News

At $10K Victorian Men's Open 2013, Melbourne, Australia

[R1] Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,107) bt Thomas Calvert (AUS,250) 11/6 11/1 11/3
[R2] Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,107) bt (6) Mike Corren (AUS,68) 5/11 11/8 11/9 12/10 (72m)

[QF] Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,107) vs (1) Campbell Grayson (NZL,41)

In the second round Mahesh scored huge upset over experienced local player after losing the first game ... In the quarters he is facing top-50 and #1 seeded New Zealander Campbell Grayson.
----------------------------------------------
At $10K Victorian Women's Open 2013, Melbourne, Australia

[R1] Aparajitha Balamurukan (IND,116) l (15) Lisa Camilleri (AUS,73) 6/11 4/11 6/11

No up set from Aparajitha.

Tennis News

At $456K Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, Newport, USA

[QF] Ivo Karlovic (CRO)/ Divij Sharan (IND) bt Adil Shamasdin (CAN)/ John-Patrick Smith (AUS) 64 46 19-17
[QF] (WC) Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Sam Querrey (USA) l (2) Nicolas Mahut (FRA)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) w/o

[SF] Ivo Karlovic (CRO)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs Tim Smyczek (USA)/ Rhyne Williams (USA)

Another epic win for Divij and Ivo ... After winning the first set they lost the second set ... Then both pairs played monstrous match tie-break ... Both pair didn't giving any chance to other pair and after 9-all both pairs didn't face a single break point before Divij-Ivo's winning on 36th point ... They saved four match point and this was season's longest match tie-break ... Ivo is still in the singles so tricky doubles match for our pair against American pair ... Prakash-Sam gave walkover to French pair due to elbow injury to Querrey.
-----------------------------------------------------------
At $75K Beijing Challenger, China

[R1] Vishnu Vardhan (IND,563) bt Artem Sitak (NZL,436) 63 62

[R2] Vishnu Vardhan (IND,563) l Wu Di (CHN,197) 36 26

Doubles
[QF] (4) Vishnu Vardhan (IND)/ Hiroki Kondo (JPN) bt Yu Chang (CHN)/ Zhe Li (CHN) 61 62

[SF] (4) Vishnu Vardhan (IND)/ Hiroki Kondo (JPN) vs Mao-Xin Gong (CHN)/ Ze Zhang (CHN)

Vishnu started with a win but very disappointing loss against local player ... But in the doubles Vishnu and Hiroki scored dominating win over Chinese pair and in the semis they r facing another Chinese pair.
-----------------------------------------------------------
At $10K Germany F9 Futures , Hannover (clay)

[R2] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,639) l Jaan-Frederik Brunken (FIN,780) 26 64 26

Prajnesh failed to raise game against Jaan-Frederik.
-----------------------------------------------------------
At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Solo, Indonesia

[R2] (Q) Kanika Vaidya (IND,UNR) l (4) Katherine Ip (HKG,843) 16 57

Lost against talented Hong Kong girl Ip but gave fighting performance in the second set.

Shooting News

At ISSF World Cup Rifle/ Pistol/ Shotgun 2013, Granada, Spain

50m Rifle 3 Positions Men
8. Sanjeev Rajput (IND) 397.7 pts

Sanjeev Rajput failed to raise his accuracy in the final and became first eliminated shooter in the final of 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men ... He qualified for the final on 4th position with impressive score of 1173 pts.

Tennis News

At $456K Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, Newport, USA

[R2] (WC) Prakash Amritraj (IND,308) l (4) Lleyton Hewitt (AUS,64) 26 16

Doubles
[R1] Ivo Karlovic (CRO)/ Divij Sharan (IND) bt Illya Marchenko (UKR)/ Denys Molchanov (UKR) 46 76(1) 11-9
[R1] (WC) Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Sam Querrey (USA) bt Ruben Bemelmans (BEL)/ Michal Przysiezny (POL) 46 63 10-5

[QF] Ivo Karlovic (CRO)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs Adil Shamasdin (CAN)/ John-Patrick Smith (AUS)
[QF] (WC) Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Sam Querrey (USA) vs (2) Nicolas Mahut (FRA)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA)

Former Wimbledon champion Lleyton Hewitt gave lesson of playing on the grass to Prakash in his thumping win ... In the doubles Prakash started with a win partnering Sam Querrey ... After losing the first set they made excellent comeback to win the second and then comfortably won match tie-break ... Next tough match against 2nd seed French pair.

Divij scored memorable first win on the tour partnering Ivo Karlovic in hard fought match ... After losing the first set they needed tie-break for winning the second ... In match tie-break Divij-Ivo were 4-9 down and they won 7 next points saving 5 match points for excellent win against Ukrainians ... In the quarters they r facing Canadian-Aussie pair, who upset 3rd seed American pair in the first round.
-----------------------------------------------------------
At $75K Beijing Challenger, China

[R1] (4) Vishnu Vardhan (IND)/ Hiroki Kondo (JPN) bt Kaden Hensel (AUS)/ Luke Saville (AUS) 64 36 10-2

[QF] (4) Vishnu Vardhan (IND)/ Hiroki Kondo (JPN) vs Yu Chang (CHN)/ Zhe Li (CHN)

Good winning start for Vishnu in the doubles with Hiroki though they needed match tie-break ... Next they r facing local Chinese pair.
-----------------------------------------------------------
At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Getxo, Spain (clay)

[R2] (8) Rutuja Bhosale (IND,664) l Gaia Sanesi (ITA,656) 36 06

Doubles
[R1] Rutuja Bhosale (IND)/ Klartje Libbens (BEL) l Jacqueline Cabaz Avad (ESP)/ Cornelia Lister (ESP) 76(7) 46 4-10

Tame loss for Rutuja in the singles ... She also lost in the doubles after winning the first set.
-----------------------------------------------------------
At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Solo, Indonesia

[R1] (Q) Kanika Vaidya (IND,UNR) bt Nathania Ratih Putri Karsita (INA,UNR) 63 60

Expected winning start for Kanika.

Shooting News

At ISSF World Cup Rifle/ Pistol/ Shotgun 2013, Granada, Spain

50m Rifle 3 Positions Women
Gold - Petra Zublasing (ITA) 459.1 pts
Silver - Lajja Gauswami (IND) 454 pts
Bronze - Malin Westerheim (NOR) 443.9 pts

Indian lifted their first medal in ongoing Rifle/ Pistol/ Shotgun World cup ... Lajja Gauswami won the silver in Women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions ... This was her first medal in World cup and after longtime we also won medal in women rifle event ... Lajja qualified for the final on 5th position with 584 pts score ... She performed really well in final eliminations with keeping herself in top three ... But other two Indian shooters had disappointing outing ... Raj Chaudhary finished on 25th position with 578 pts ... Tejaswini Sawant finished on 39th position with 574 pts.

Tennis News

At $456K Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, Newport, USA (grass)

[R1] (WC) Prakash Amritraj (IND,308) bt Flavio Cipolla (ITA,152) 62 63

[R2] (WC) Prakash Amritraj (IND,308) vs (4) Lleyton Hewitt (AUS,64)

Prakash started with convincing win over Cipolla at Newport open on grass ... He lost only five games in the match but his next match is tough one against former Wimbledon champion Lleyton Hewitt.
-----------------------------------------------------------
At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Getxo, Spain (clay)

[R1] (8) Rutuja Bhosale (IND,664) bt Anna Smolina (RUS,806) 62 36 62

[R2] (8) Rutuja Bhosale (IND,664) vs Gaia Sanesi (ITA,656)

Great start after almost 6 months break for Rutuja ... She scored win against Russian and that also on Spanish clay ... Next she is facing similar ranked Italian ... More tough match.
-----------------------------------------------------------
At $10K Germany F9 Futures , Hannover (clay)

[R1] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,639) bt (Q) Julian Onken (GER,1722) 62 36 61

[R2] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,639) vs Jaan-Frederik Brunken (FIN,780)

Three sets for Prajnesh against local qualifier ... Next he is facing Finnish player.
-----------------------------------------------------------
At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Solo, Indonesia

[R1] (Q) Kanika Vaidya (IND,UNR) vs Nathania Ratih Putri Karsita (INA,UNR)
[R1] Anjana Kompally (IND,UNR) l Mia Kasih (INA,UNR) 26 36
Doubles
[R1] Misa Kinoshita (JPN)/ Kanika Vaidya (IND) bt Mia Kasih (INA)/ Monica Putri Kusuma Wardhani (INA) 60 60

This week also Kanika qualify for main-draw and having winnable first round match.

Tennis News

After reaching semi-final of Wimbledon helped Rohan to rise his career best doubles ranking ... First time he is ranked inside top-5, #5 ... With quarter final appearence Mahesh also rise to #6 and after reaching semi final Leander also rise to #9 in latest updated rankings.
-----------------------------------------------------------
At $75K Beijing Challenger, China

[R1] Vishnu Vardhan (IND,563) vs Artem Sitak (NZL,436)

Doubles
[R1] (4) Vishnu Vardhan (IND)/ Hiroki Kondo (JPN) vs Kaden Hensel (AUS)/ Luke Saville (AUS)

Hopefully Vishnu perform well on hard courts.
-----------------------------------------------------------
At $25K ITS Women's Tournament, Istanbul, Turkey

[R1] Ankita RAINA (IND,363) l Chiaki OKADAUE (JPN,401) 16 36

Doubles
[R1] Ankita RAINA (IND)/ Cemere ANIL (TUR) l Margarita LAZAREVA(RUS)/ Polina LEYKINA (RUS) 36 16

Ankita failed to cross first hurdle in the singles ... And also lost in the doubles first round so not so fruitful Turkey trip.
-----------------------------------------------------------
At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Getxo, Spain (clay)

[R1] (8) Rutuja Bhosale (IND,664) vs Anna Smolina ( RUS,806)

Doubles
[R1] Rutuja Bhosale (IND)/ Klartje Libbens (BEL) vs Jacqueline Cabaz Avad (ESP)/ Cornelia Lister (ESP)

Rutuja is playing after long time.
-----------------------------------------------------------
At $10K Germany F9 Futures , Hannover (clay)

[R1] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,639) vs (Q) Julian Onken (GER,1722)

Prajnesh is facing Qualifier.

Squash News

At $15K Buler Challenge Cup, Hong Kong

[SF] (4) Joshana Chinappa (IND,27) l (5) Amanda Sobhy (USA,28) 9/11 6/11 5/11 (24m)

Surprisingly one sided loss of Joshana against Sobhy.
----------------------------------------------
At $15K Buler Challenge Cup, Hong Kong

[SF] Harinderpal Sandhu (IND,71) l (1) Max Lee (HKG,33) 9/11 8/11 9/11 (43m)

Fighting performance by Harinderpal against top-seed Max Lee ... He stretched Max in all three games in 43 minutes.

Tennis News

At $456K Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, Newport, USA

[R1] (WC) Prakash Amritraj (IND,310) vs Flavio Cipolla (ITA,152)

Doubles
[R1] Ivo Karlovic (CRO)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs Illya Marchenko (UKR)/ Denys Molchanov (UKR)
[R1] (WC) Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Sam Querrey (USA) vs Ruben Bemelmans (BEL)/ Michal Przysiezny (POL)

Prakash received wild-crad at New port in the singles and doubles ... In the singles he is facing Italian Flavio Cipolla in the first round and pairing Sam Querrey in the doubles ... Divij is playing the doubles with former top-15 Ivo Karlovic and they r facing Ukrainian Davis cup pairing.
-----------------------------------------------------------
At $50K Winnetka Challenger, Illinois, USA


Doubles Final
Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Michael Venus (NZL) bt (3) Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Jack Sock (USA) 26 62 10-8

Turned to be terrific week for Yuki after coming out of injury break ... In the doubles he lifted his second doubles challenger title, this time with Michael Venus ... In the final after losing the first set they defeated 3rd seed pair Buji-Sock in match tie-break.
-----------------------------------------------------------
At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Solo, Indonesia

[SF] (Q) Kanika Vaidya (IND,UNR) l (1) Lavinia Tananta (INA,568) 57 16

Kanika's fine run ended in the semis against top-seed Tananta in straight sets ... Overall fruitful week for Kanika.

Squash News

At $15K Buler Challenge Cup, Hong Kong

[Q1] Aparajitha Balamurukan (IND,117) bt Chou Uen Shan (HKG,UNR) 13/11 11/7 9/11 11/6
[Q1] Anaka Alankamony (IND,85) l Hoe Tze Lok (HKG,UNR) 11/2 10/12 12/10 11/13 6/11

[Q2] Aparajitha Balamurukan (IND,117) l Li Dongjin (CHN,208) 8/11 9/11 11/7 11/13

[R1] (4) Joshana Chinappa (IND,27) bt (Q) Lee Ka Yi (HKG,126) 11/4 11/9 12/10
[QF] (4) Joshana Chinappa (IND,27) bt Tong Tsz Wing (HKG,54) 11/6 3/11 11/8 11/4 (38m)

[SF] (4) Joshana Chinappa (IND,27) vs (5) Amanda Sobhy (USA,)

Joshana enter into the semis and facing fifth seed American, who upset 2nd seed countrywoman in the quarters ... Earlier two matches Joshana stretched by two local girls.
----------------------------------------------
At $15K Buler Challenge Cup, Hong Kong

[Q1] Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,107) bt Alex Lau (HKG,UNR) 11/5 11/4 11/3
[Q1] Ravi Dixit (IND,133) bt Chi Him Wong (HKG,387) 11/7 11/4 11/9

[Q2] Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,107) bt Valentino Bong (MAS,364) 11/1 11/4 11/4
[Q2] Ravi Dixit (IND,133) l Yip Tsz Fung (HKG,387) 11/13 12/10 12/14 4/11

[R1] Harinderpal Sandhu (IND,71) bt Leo Au (HKG,46) 12/10 11/9 9/11 11/2 (56m)
[R1] (Q) Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,107) bt (3) Abdullah Al Muzayen (KUW,39) 13/11 11/7 9/2 Retd. (39m)

[QF] Harinderpal Sandhu (IND,71) bt (Q) Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,107) 11/3 11/6 5/11 2/11 11/6 (70m)

[SF] Harinderpal Sandhu (IND,71) vs (1) Max Lee (HKG,33)

Harinderpal in the semis beating qualifier Mahesh in fives games ... Creditable performance by young Mahesh, who scored upset win over top-40 Kuwaiti player in the first round.

Tennis News

At $50K Winnetka Challenger, Illinois, USA

[SF] (5) Somdev Devvarman (IND,136) l (3) Jack Stock (USA,102) 63 46 67(5)

Doubles
[SF] (3) Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Jack Sock (USA) bt (1) James Cerretani (USA)/ Chris Guccione (AUS) 75 76(1)
[SF] Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Michael Venus (NZL) bt (2) Austin Krajicek (USA)/ Tennys Sandgren (USA) 76(2) 76(3)

Buji lost in the singles semis against Stock in three sets ... Buji started well winning the first set but Stock fought back from the second set ... He won the second set with a single break and then completed victory in third set tie-break.

In the doubles Yuki and Venus scored big upset win over 2nd seed pair of Krajicek and Krajicek in two tie-breaks ... They r facing Buji and Stock in the final ... Buji and Stock scored upset win over top-seed Cerretani and Guccione in close match ... They won the first set with a single break but needed tie-break in the second set.
-----------------------------------------------------------
At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Solo, Indonesia

[QF] (Q) Kanika Vaidya (IND,UNR) bt (Q) Yukun Zhang (CHN,UNR) 63 57 64

[SF] (Q) Kanika Vaidya (IND,UNR) vs (1) Lavinia Tananta (INA,568)

Doubles
[SF] Misa Kinoshita (JPN)/ Kanika Vaidya (IND) l (2) Aldila Sutjiadi (INA)/ Ai Wen Zhn (CHN) 64 67(9) 7-10

Kanika produced hard fought win against fellow qualifier ... After losing the first set Chinese girl fought back but Kanika kept her composure and won the decider ... In the semis she is facing top-seed Indonesian.

But she with her partner Kinoshita lost in the doubles semi-final against 2nd seed pair ... After winning the first set Kanika and Kinoshita missed match points in the second before losing it.

Tennis News

At Wimbledon 2013, London, Great Britain

Doubles
[SF] (14) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) l (1) Bob Bryan (USA)/ Mike Bryan (USA) 76(4) 46 36 75 36
[SF] (4) Leander Paes (IND)/ Radek Stepanek (CZE) l (12) Ivan Dodig (CRO)/ Marcelo Melo (BRA) 63 46 16 63 36

Mixed Doubles
[QF] (7) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Jie Zheng (CHN) l Jean-Julien Rojer (NED)/ Vera Dushevina (RUS) 36 63 36
[QF] (2) Horia Tecau (ROU)/ Sania Mirza (IND) l (8) Daniel Nestor (CAN)/ Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) 67(5) 67(4)

In the first set both pairs failed to create break point chances but still Bryans were holding their service games more comfortably ... In tie-break important single mini-break came on Bryan's serve on 8th point which gave Rohan-Edouard 5-3 lead ... With that single mini-break they pocked the first set ... In the second set Bryans take early break on Edouard's serve and leading 4-2 ... Bryans kept that single break advantage for winning the second set ... In the third set also Bryans kept pushing pressure on Rohan-Edouard serves and managed to break Edouard in 7th and Rohan in 9th games for winning this set ... In the fourth set also Bryans started with upperhand ... Then Rohan-Edouard missed 6 break point chances in 7th game on Bryans serve and they were down 2 match points in 10th game on Rohan's serve... After that Rohan-Edouard showed tremendous courage as Rohan saved both match points with big serving and hold his serve ... After that they broke Bryans in 11th game and then Edouard hold his service game comfortably to make it two sets all. Bad start for Rohan-Edouard in the decider as Bryans broke Rohan in 2nd game to lead 3-0 ... Bryans kept this single break advantage ... In 10th game when Bryans were serving for the match Rohan-Edouard saved couple of more match points but Bryans converted 5th match point for a win.

Lee-Radek started positively and broke Melo-Dodig early to lead 4-1 ... They kept that one break advantage for winning this set ... In the second set Lee-Radek missed couple of break points in 5th game and then they needed to save couple of break points on their own serve in next game ... But Melo-Dodig broke them in long 10th game and won this set ... In the third set Melo-Dodig broke Lee's serve to lead 3-1 ... Then they broke Radek in 6th game and won this set comfortably ... In the fourth set our pair fought back and won it with a single break ... In the fifth set both pairs hold their respective service games till seventh game ... Melo-Dodig broke Lee in long 8th game after multiple deuce and then hold their service game for the victory ... So our both pairs lost after winning the first set ... So turned to be disappointing day in men's doubles at Wimbledon.

Sania-Horia had tough match against very experienced Nestor and his partner Mladenovic ... Both pairs fought hard but Nestor-Mladenovic won both tie-breaks ... In tie-break Sania's serves were weak link ... Still good performance by Sania with Horia.

Rohan lost in mixed doubles quarter final with his Chinese partner Jie Zheng against Jean-Julien Rojer-Vera Dushevina in three sets ... Rojer-Dushevina won the first set with a single break ... Te second set Rohan-Jie won it with a single break ... In the final set both pairs traded breaks but Rojer-Dushevina take crucial second break and won the match ... So with that Indian challenge got over in the Wimbledon.
-----------------------------------------------------------
At $50K Winnetka Challenger, Illinois, USA

[QF] (5) Somdev Devvarman (IND,136) bt Steve Johnson (USA,98) 75 64

[SF] (5) Somdev Devvarman (IND,136) vs (3) Jack Stock (USA,102)

Doubles
[QF] (3) Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Jack Sock (USA) bt Jason Jung (USA)/ Evan King (USA) 64 64

[SF] (3) Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Jack Sock (USA) vs (1) James Cerretani (USA)/ Chris Guccione (AUS)

Buji take revenge of his loss against Johnson at Nottingham ... He scored straight sets upset victory ... In the first set Buji saved 4 break points before breaking Steve in 11th game ... In the second set also Buji take a single break ... In the semis Buji is facing his doubles partner and 3rd seed Jack Stock.

Buji-Jack pair scored comfortable straight sets win over Jung-King pair ... In the semis they r facing top-seed pair.
-----------------------------------------------------------
At $10K USA F18 Futures, Pittsburgh

[R2] (1) Sanam Singh (IND,342) l (Q) Conor Smith (USA,UNR) 36 46

Sanam lost against unranked qualifier ... So it looks still he is not fully recover from his wrist injury ... Need more work on his fitness.
-----------------------------------------------------------
At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Solo, Indonesia

[R2] (Q) Kanika Vaidya (IND,UNR) bt Sanae Ohta (JPN,1061) 64 61

[QF] (Q) Kanika Vaidya (IND,UNR) vs (Q) Yukun Zhang (CHN,UNR)

Doubles
[QF] Misa Kinoshita (JPN)/ Kanika Vaidya (IND) bt Nozomi Fujioka (JPN)/ Michika Ozeki (JPN) 62 75

[SF] Misa Kinoshita (JPN)/ Kanika Vaidya (IND) vs (2) Aldila Sutjiadi (INA)/ Ai Wen Zhn (CHN)

Kanika continue with her good form and scored another easy victory against Japanese girl ... With this win she is in the quarters and she is facing another young qualifier Chinese girl Yukun Zhang.

Kanika r in the doubles semi-final also with her Japanese partner Misa Kinoshita with straight sets win over Japanese pair ... In the semis they r facing 2nd seed Indonesian-Chinese pair.

Tennis News

At Wimbledon 2013, London, Great Britain

Mixed Doubles
[R3] (7) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Jie Zheng (CHN) bt Johan Brunstrom (SWE)/ Katalin Marosi (HUN) 76(4) 36 61
[R3] (2) Horia Tecau (ROU)/ Sania Mirza (IND) bt Eric Butorac (USA)/ Alize Cornet (FRA) 61 75

[QF] (7) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Jie Zheng (CHN) vs Jean-Julien Rojer (NED)/ Vera Dushevina (RUS)
[QF] (2) Horia Tecau (ROU)/ Sania Mirza (IND) vs (8) Daniel Nestor (CAN)/ Kristina Mladenovic (FRA)

Rohan-Jie enter into the quarter-final of mixed doubles with three sets win over European pair ... In the first set both pairs failed to break service of opponent but Rohan-Jie played better tie-break and won the set ... In the second set Brunstrom-Marosi broke Jie's serve and kept that break advantage for winning this set ... In the final set Rohan-Jie broke opponent's serve twice to lead 5-1 ... While serving for the match they saved 3 break point before converting 5th match point.

Sania with Horia joins Rohan and his partner Jie in the quarters ... Sania-Horia defeated conqueror of Lee-Zheng in straight sets ... The first set dominated by Sania-Horia, with double break they won it in 17 minutes ... In the second set both pairs traded early break but Sania-Horia take crucial break in 11th game and then comfortably hold for completing the victory.
-----------------------------------------------------------
At $50K Winnetka Challenger, Illinois, USA

[R2] (5) Somdev Devvarman (IND,136) bt Saketh Myneni (IND,281) 61 62

[QF] (5) Somdev Devvarman (IND,136) vs Steve Johnson (USA,98)

Doubles
[QF] Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Adam Feeney (AUS) l (1) James Cerretani (USA)/ Chris Guccione (AUS) 46 46
[QF] Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Michael Venus (NZL) bt Kevin King (USA)/ Juan-Carlos Spir (COL) 63 63

[SF] Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Michael Venus (NZL) vs (2) Austin Krajicek (USA)/ Tennys Sandgren (USA)

Buji gave tennis lesson to Saketh in his very comfortable win ... Buji lost only three games in this match but still decent Challenger level start for Saketh as he scored a win in his first match ... Buji having quarter final against Steve Johnson, with whom Buji is having poor record.

Saketh and his partner Feeney lost in the doubles against top-seed pair ... But Yuki-Venus scored win over unseeded King-Spir combination in straight sets ... Much needed match practice for Yuki after his injury break ... Next they r facing 2nd seed Krajicek-Sandgren.
-----------------------------------------------------------
At $125K+H Sparkassen Open 2013, Braunschweig, Germany

[QF] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) l Andreas Siljestrom (SWE)/ Igor Zelenay (SVK) 26 46

Purav and Divij failed to keep their winning momentum and lost rather easily against Siljestrom and Zelenay.
-----------------------------------------------------------
At $15K Germany F8 Futures , Kassel (clay)

[R1] (3) N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND)/ Yannik Reuter (BEL) l Kevin Krawietz (GER)/ Kristijan Mesaros (CRO) 46 06

One sided loss for Vijay Sundar and his partner in the doubles.
-----------------------------------------------------------
At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Solo, Indonesia

[R1] (Q) Kanika Vaidya (IND,UNR) bt (4) Angelique Svinos (AUS,799) 62 61

[R2] (Q) Kanika Vaidya (IND,UNR) vs Sanae Ohta (JPN,1061)

Doubles
[R1] Misa Kinoshita (JPN)/ Kanika Vaidya (IND) bt (3) Haine Ogata (JPN)/ Sanae Ohta (JPN) 16 75 10-2

[QF] Misa Kinoshita (JPN)/ Kanika Vaidya (IND) vs Nozomi Fujioka (JPN)/ Michika Ozeki (JPN)

Qualifier Kanika earn her first WTA point with dominating upset win over 17 yrs old talented 4th seed Australian Svinos ... Next she is facing Japanese girl Sanae Ohta ... In the doubles also Kanika r in the quarters with her Japanese partner ... They scored upset win over 3rd seed Japanese pair.

Tennis News

At Wimbledon 2013, London, Great Britain

Doubles
[QF] (8) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Julien Knowle (AUT) vs (1) Bob Bryan (USA)/ Mike Bryan (USA) 67(5) 67(3) 67(4)
[QF] (14) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) bt (6) Robert Lindstedt (SWE)/ Daniel Nestor (CAN) 75 76(3) 67(4) 67(3) 62
[QF] 4) Leander Paes (IND)/ Radek Stepanek (CZE) bt (11) Julien Benneteau (FRA)/ Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) 46 64 63 64

[SF] (14) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) vs (1) Bob Bryan (USA)/ Mike Bryan (USA)

Mixed Doubles
[R2] (15) Leander Paes (IND)/ Saisai Zheng (CHN) l Eric Butorac (USA)/ Alize Cornet (FRA) 36 36
[R2] (2) Horia Tecau (ROU)/ Sania Mirza (IND) bt Martin Emmrich (GER)/ Julia Goerges (GER) 63 64

[R3] (2) Horia Tecau (ROU)/ Sania Mirza (IND) vs Eric Butorac (USA)/ Alize Cornet (FRA)

Early in the match Rohan-Edouard struggled to hold their service games against experienced pairing of Lindstedt-Nestor ... But they kept holding despite pressure ... Rohan-Edouard take crucial and only break in 12th game and won the first set ... In the second set Lindstedt-Nestor broke them in 1st game and take 2-0 lead but our pair fought back after breaking them in 6th game ... And then Rohan-Edouard dominated the tie-break with their huge serving ... In the third set Rohan-Edouard broke Lindstedt-Nestor in 1st game and take 2-0 lead but this time Lindstedt-Nestor broke back in 6th game to make it 3-all ... This set also went to tie-break, Lindstedt-Nestor take mini-break on 2nd point to lead 2-0 ... Lindstedt-Nestor broke them again on 11th point and won this set ... In the fourth set both pairs hold their respective service games and didn't face a break point ... In tie-break again Lindstedt-Nestor dominated and won it and made 2 sets to all ... But in the decider Rohan-Edouard had different plan ... They attacked opponents serve and in no time had double break lead ... When they were 5-2 up match was stopped due to rain but after restarting they completed victory after holding their service game ... So really big win for them in this long match we ended after three hours and fourty five minutes.

Leander-Radek lost the first set with a single break ... Zimo-Julien converted single break point chance and our pair failed to convert two in the first set ... From the second set Lee-Radek raised their game ... Through out thr match Radek was looking in sublime form near the net ... In the second set our pair broke Zimo=Julien twice and lost their serve once ... In the third set Lee-Radek didn't face a single break point and converted one break point from two chances ... After third set match was stopped due to rain ... After returning Lee-Radek broke Julien's serve in 1st game ... After that Zim--Julien tried to put pressure on Lee's serve and they managed to broke him in 8th game to make it 4-all ... But Lee-Radek played excellent returning on serve on Julien's next service game ... They broke Julien in 9th game and then Radek hold comfortably for completing victory in two hours and thirty nine minutes.

Mahesh-Julien lost in close match against Bryans ... All set went to tie-breaks which Bryans dominated ... Only one each service break came in the third set ... Unlucky loss for Mahesh in his last Wimbledon match ... In the semis Bryans r facing Rohan-Edouard.

In mixed doubles Sania-Horia broke Julia in 4th game and take early lead ... This one break lead was enough for them for winning the first set ... Same story repeated in the second set as Sania-Horia again take a break and kept that for winning the match ... Next they r facing Butorac-Cornet, who scored upset win over Lee-Zheng.

Other hand Leander failed to keep his same winning momentum in mixed doubles ... Lee lost in straight sets against Butorac-Cornet pair with his new Chinese partner Saisai Zheng ... May be blessing in disguise as now he can concentrate on his men's doubles semi-final with Radek.
-----------------------------------------------------------
At $50K Winnetka Challenger, Illinois, USA

[R1] (5) Somdev Devvarman (IND,136) bt (Q) Sekou Bangoura (USA,612) 67(7) 63 61

[R2] (5) Somdev Devvarman (IND,136) vs Saketh Myneni (IND,281)

Doubles
[R1] Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Michael Venus (NZL) bt (4) Alex Bogomolov Jr. (USA)/ Erik Chvojka (CAN) w/o
[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Adam Feeney (AUS) bt Bradley Klahn (USA)/ Donald Young (USA) 76(5) 64

[QF] Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Adam Feeney (AUS) vs (1) James Cerretani (USA)/ Chris Guccione (AUS)
[QF] (3) Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Jack Sock (USA) vs Jason Jung (USA)/ Evan King (USA)
[QF] Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Michael Venus (NZL) vs Kevin King (USA)/ Juan-Carlos Spir (COL)

Surprisingly tough match for Buji ... He lost the first set in tie-break against such lowly ranked opponent but then recovered well and won last two sets comfortably ... Next he is facing Saketh ... Interesting to see how Saketh perform against Buji.

In the doubles also our pairs had winning start ... Saketh-Adam scored well fought win over American pair Klahn-Young but Yuki-Venus received walkover due to back injury of Bogomolov Jr.
-----------------------------------------------------------
At $15K+H Germany F8 Futures , Kassel (clay)

[R1] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,630) l (7) Kevin Krawietz (GER,414) 46 26
[R1] N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,531) l (2) Miloslav Mecir (SVK,286) 64 36 16

Doubles
[R1] (3) N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND)/ Yannik Reuter (BEL) vs Kevin Krawietz (GER)/ Kristijan Mesaros (CRO)

This was tough draw for our players ... Still Vijay Sundar gave creditable fight against 2nd seed Mecir but he failed to keep momentum after winning the first set.
-----------------------------------------------------------
At $10K USA F18 Futures, Pittsburgh

[R1] (1) Sanam Singh (IND,342) bt Kirill Kasyanov (USA,1162) 62 60

Good win in his second match after coming out of injury.

Tennis News

At Wimbledon 2013, London, Great Britain

Doubles
[R3] (8) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Julien Knowle (AUT) bt Jesse Levine (CAN)/ Vasek Pospisil (CAN) 62 64 36 64
[R3] (14) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) bt (3) Alexander Peya (AUT)/ Bruno Soares (BRA) 64 46 76(5) 62
[R3] (4) Leander Paes (IND)/ Radek Stepanek (CZE) bt (15) Lukasz Kubot (POL)/ Marcin Matkowski (POL) 64 62 64
[R3] (6) Liezel Huber (USA)/ Sania Mirza (IND) l Shuko Aoyama (JPN)/ Chanelle Scheepers (RSA) 26 63 26

[QF] (8) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Julien Knowle (AUT) vs (1) Bob Bryan (USA)/ Mike Bryan (USA)
[QF] (14) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) vs (6) Robert Lindstedt (SWE)/ Daniel Nestor (CAN)
[QF] (4) Leander Paes (IND)/ Radek Stepanek (CZE) vs (11) Julien Benneteau (FRA)/ Nenad Zimonjic (SRB)

Mixed Doubles
[R2] (7) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Jie Zheng (CHN) bt Robert Farah (COL)/ Darija Jurak (CRO) 76(6) 75

[R3] (7) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Jie Zheng (CHN) vs Johan Brunstrom (SWE)/ Katalin Marosi (HUN)

Rohan gave winning start for Indians with his French partner Edouard Roger-Vasselin ... They won the first set breaking Peya-Soares in 10th game ... In the second set they lost their service game in 5th game and that was enough for Peya-Soares to won this set ... In the third set both pairs played solid tennis holding their respective service games ... In tie-break Rohan-Edouard take mini-break in 3rd point and kept that mini-break advantage for winning this set ... After winning this set they dominated the fourth set against third seeds and won it with double break ... Big upset win for Rohan-Edouard against in-form 3rd seed Peya-Soares in 2 hours and 20 minutes ... In the quarter final Rohan-Edouard r facing 6th seed Robert Lindstedt-Daniel Nestor.

Solid start for Mahesh-Julien against Canadian pair ... They broke Canadians in 3rd and 7th games for winning the first set ... In the second set also Mahesh-Julien take early break in third game and kept that advantage for winning this set ... Canadian pair fought back to win the third set with an early break but Mahesh-Julien kept their cool ... They won the fourth set with a single break and completed victory in two hours and five minutes ... Now Really tough match against top-seed Bryans.

Sania-Liezel faced disappointing loss against unseeded pair of Japanese Aoyama and South African Scheepers ... In this match Sania-Liezel failed to take advantage of multiple break point chances ... They had 14 chances and converted only 3 ... Other hand Aoyama-Scheepers had 7 chances and they converted 6 ... Aoyama-Scheepers won the first set with double break from 2 break point chances but Sania-Liezel failed to convert single break point from 6 chances ... In the second set Sania-Liezel converted 2 break point from 7 chances for winning this set and Aoyama-Scheepers converted 1 from 1 ... Aoyama-Scheepers dominated the final set when they converted three from four break point chance and Sania-Liezel converted one from one.

Leander-Radek started on wrong foot as they lost their service game in 1st game but they fought back well in the set ... They broke Kubot-Matkowski twice before winning the first set ... Lee-Radek dominated the second set and won it with double break after breaking Polish pair in 3rd and 5th games ... In the third set Lee-Radek saved a break point in 6th game on their serve and immediately broke Polish pair in 7th game to take 4-3 lead ... After that Lee-Radek kept this one break advantage and won this match in one hour and fifty one minutes ... Dominating performance from Lee-Radek against this Polish pair ... So with that our three teams are in the quarter-finals ... In the quarters they r facing Zimo-Benneteau.

In mixed doubles Rohan-Jie had very close match against Farah-Jurek ... In the first set Rohan-Jie take break in 11th game but they failed to hold their serve when serving for the set ... They needed to put all their experience to won tight tie-break ... In the second set also both pairs hold their respective service games till 10 th game ... Again Rohan-Jie broke Farah-Jurek in 11th game but this time Rohan-Jie hold their service game and completed victory ... In round three they r facing unseeded European pair Brunstrom and Marosi.
-----------------------------------------------------------
At $50K Winnetka Challenger, Illinois, USA

[R1] Yuki Bhambri (IND,417) l (4) Tim Smyczek (USA,120) 46 61 16
[R1] (5) Somdev Devvarman (IND,136) vs (Q) Sekou Bangoura (USA,612)
[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND,281) bt (WC) Dennis Nevolo (USA,590) 46 61 62

Doubles
[R1] (3) Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Jack Sock (USA) bt Sekou Bangoura (USA)/ Eric Quigley (USA) 67(1) 76(4) 10-8
[R1] Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Michael Venus (NZL) vs (4) Alex Bogomolov Jr. (USA)/ Erik Chvojka (CAN)
[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Adam Feeney (AUS) vs Bradley Klahn (USA)/ Donald Young (USA)

Saketh started his challenger journey with a win in his first match ... He had local wild-card player, who had crowd support and familiar with the court ... Saketh lost the first set but after that he lost only three games for winning the match ... Next Saketh can face Buji if Buji wins his first round against qualifier.

This was tough match for Yuki after his almost 10 weeks injury break but Yuki performed lot better than expectation ... He lost the first set with a single break but fought back and won the second set comfortably with double break ... In the final set Smyczek take control from the start and he won it comfortably with double break.

Buji-Jack stretched to fullest by Bangoura-Quigley in their doubles match ... First two sets went to tie-breaks as both pairs won a set ... Buji-Jack needed to use their all experience for winning the match tie-break..
-----------------------------------------------------------
At $125K+H Sparkassen Open 2013, Braunschweig, Germany (red clay)

[R1] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt Philipp Marx (GER)/ Philipp Oswald (AUT) 76(4) 63

Divij and Purav continues with their good form ... They scored straight sets win over tricky experienced pair on the clay ... Good start in this big challenger for them.