Tennis News
At $75K Aptos Challenger, CA, USA

[R2] (2) Somdev Devvarman (IND,105) bt Alex Bogomolov Jr. (USA,226) 62 57 63

[QF] (2) Somdev Devvarman (IND,105) vs (7) Alex Bogdanovic (GBR,175)

Somdev started positively with 2 breaks he won first set comfortably ... But in second set Alex take early break ... Somi broke back in 10th game when Alex was serving for the set at 4-5 ... Again Alex broke Somi's serve in 11th game and hold his serve to won second set ... In decider again Alex got early break, he broke Somi i the first game and take 0-2 lead ... But from 1-3 down Somi won next 5 games, in that breaking Alex's serve twice, to won set and match ... This was good win as last week Somi lost against same opponent ... Next in quarter he is facing another Alex, this time Britisher Alex Bogdanovic.
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At $25K womens ITF tournament , Woking, Great Britain

[QF] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Laura Robson (GBR) l Nigina Abduraimova (UZB)/ Tammi Patterson (AUS) 46 62 7-10

Sania lost in doubles quarter-final in super tie-break with Laura Robson.
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At $10K Great Britain F10, Frinton

[R2] Divij Sharan (IND,902) l (3) Josh Goodall (GBR,379) 76(2) 26 36
[R2] (2) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,389) bt (Q) Andrew Fitzpatrick (GBR,1769) 75 75

[QF] (2) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,389) bt (5) Blake STRODE (USA,488) 64 63

[SF] (2) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,389) vs (3) Josh Goodall (GBR,379)

Doubles
[QF] (2) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt Alex Golding (GBR)/ Thomas Knights (GBR) 63 64

[SF] (2) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs Tim Bradshaw (GBR)/ James Ludlow (USA)

Good to see Vishnu winning these matches to moved into semis ... Divij produced good fight against Joshua, now interesting to see how Vishnu perform against Joshua in semis.
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Badminton News

Saina become WR #2 in newly updated ranking as Xin Wang and other Chinese players still avoiding to play any major tournaments ... Congratulation Saina for achieving another feat ... Also Gurusaidutt first time entered into top 40 world ranking, #39.

Tennis News
At $50K+H Rimini Challenger, Italy

[QF] (2) Purav Raja (IND)/ Brian Battistone (USA) bt Olivier Charroin (FRA)/ Alexandre Renard (FRA) 26 62 12-10

Good to see fight back by Purav and Brian after losing first set to scored close win in super tie-break.
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At $25K womens ITF tournament , Woking, Great Britain

[R2] (2) Sania Mirza (IND,132) l Timea Babos (HUN,379) 46 46

Doubles
[R1] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Laura Robson (GBR) bt Maria Abramovic (CRO)/ Malou Ejdesgaard (DEN) 76(2) 75

[QF] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Laura Robson (GBR) vs Nigina Abduraimova (UZB)/ Tammi Patterson (AUS)

Timea Babos producing good results in these lower level tournaments but still no reason to support this loss of Sania against below top-375 player ... I hope nothing relation with recent controversy surrounding her that Shoaib Malik missed final XI test selection due to her.
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At $15K Iran F1 Futures, (clay)

[QF] (6) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,754) bt Stanislav VOVK (RUS,1146) 76(3) 61

[SF] (6) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,754) vs (1) Attila BALAZS (HUN,229)

Vijay Sundar reached another semi-final in abroad futures, so another player who is showing consistency in his performance.
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At $10K Great Britain F10, Frinton

[R1] Divij Sharan (IND,902) bt Burnham Arlidge (GBR,909) 76(2) 76(3)
[R1] (2) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,389) bt (Q) Francesco Vilardo (ITA,UNR) 62 63

[R2] Divij Sharan (IND,902) vs (3) Josh Goodall (GBR,379)
[R2] (2) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,389) vs (Q) Andrew Fitzpatrick (GBR,1769)

Doubles
[R1] (2) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt Kyle Brassington (GBR)/ Benjamin Smith (GBR) 63 64

[QF] (2) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs Alex Golding (GBR)/ Thomas Knights (GBR)

Good win by Divij winning both sets in tie-break but next round is tough one against experienced Joshua Goodall ... Vishnu is lucky to face qualifiers in first 2 rounds.

Tennis News
At € 450K SkiStar Swedish Open, Bastad, Swedeny

[R1] Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Michal Przysiezny (POL) l (1) Marcel Granollers (ESP)/ Tommy Robredo (ESP) 46 16

Expecting upset from this last minute scratch pair was too much but they produced decent performance in first set before losing second set easily ... At least Harsh got opportunity of taste of ATP tour in doubles, hopefully he will get lot more opportunities in the future with regular doubles partner.
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At $15K Iran F1 Futures, (clay)

[R2] (6) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,754) bt Wan GAO (CHN,1044) 64 63
[R2] Abhijeet TIWARI (IND,1261) l (1) Attila BALAZS (HUN,229) 36 46

[QF] (6) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,754) vs Stanislav VOVK (RUS,1146)

Doubles
[QF] TIWARI (IND)/ VIJAYRAGAVAN (IND) l (1) BALAZS (HUN)/ BALAZS (HUN) 06 36

Vijay Sundar continued to perform as per his ranking.

Tennis News
At $75K Aptos Challenger, CA, USA

R1] (2) Somdev Devvarman (IND,105) bt Yuichi Sugita (JPN,225) 57 62 60

[R2] (2) Somdev Devvarman (IND,105) vs Alex Bogomolov Jr. (USA,226)

Again surprising to see Somdev lost first set but also happy then he dominated last 2 to won first round ... In next round lapse in concentration doesn't allow, reason is his opponent Alex Bogomolov Jr. scored victory over Somi in last week's Kennedy Invitational tournament.
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At $25K womens ITF tournament , Woking, Great Britain

[R1] (2) Sania Mirza (IND,132) bt (Q) Claire Bartlett (USA,UNR) 60 62

Expected easy winning start against this unranked American player.

Tennis News
At $50K+H Rimini Challenger, Italy

[R1] (2) Purav Raja (IND)/ Brian Battistone (USA) bt Roberto Bautista-Agut (ESP)/ Dusan Lojda (CZE) 63 61

[QF] (2) Purav Raja (IND)/ Brian Battistone (USA) vs Olivier Charroin (FRA)/ Alexandre Renard (FRA)

Purav had comfortable winning start with Battistone ... Facing French pair in quartes.
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At $25K womens ITF tournament , Woking, Great Britain

[R1] (2) Sania Mirza (IND,132) vs (Q) Claire Bartlett (USA,UNR)

Doubles
[R1] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Laura Robson (GBR) vs Maria Abramovic (CRO)/ Malou Ejdesgaard (DEN)

Sania is playing at British ITF tournament ... She is facing American qualifier in the first round and with Robson she is top-seed in doubles.
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At $10K Great Britain F10, Frinton

[R1] (4) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,389) vs qualifier
[R1] Divij Sharan (IND,902) vs Burnham Arlidge (GBR,909)

Doubles
[R1] (2) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs Kyle Brassington (GBR)/ Benjamin Smith (GBR)
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At $15K Iran F1 Futures, (clay)

[Q1] (3) Ashwin VIJAYRAGAVAN (IND) bt Ehsan NOURZADE (IRI) 61 62
[Q2] (3) Ashwin VIJAYRAGAVAN (IND) bt Anvar RAKHMATOV (TJK) 46 64 62
[Q3] (3) Ashwin VIJAYRAGAVAN (IND) bt Akbar RAHMAN (TJK) 60 60

[R1] Abhijeet TIWARI (IND,1263) bt Amir-Soheil MOHSENI (IRI,1614) 64 46 64
[R1] (3) Rupesh ROY (IND,463) l Stanislav VOVK (RUS,1146) 75 46 46
[R1] (6) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,765) bt (WC) Ashkan SHOKOOFI (IRI,UNR) 75 76(5)
[R1] Vignesh PERANAMALLUR (IND,942) l (WC) Omid SOURI (IRI,UNR) 63 67(1) 26
[R1] (4) Rohan GAJJAR (IND,465) l Manolis GLEZOS (GRE,1081) 57 57
[R1] (Q) Ashwin VIJAYRAGAVAN (IND,UNR) l (5) Gyorgy BALAZS (HUN,507) 46 26
[R1] (2) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,437) l (Q) Abdullah MAGDAS (KUW,1311) 67(3) 16

[R2] (6) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,754) vs Wan GAO (CHN,1044)
[R2] Abhijeet TIWARI (IND,1261) vs (1) Attila BALAZS (HUN,229)

Doubles
[R1] (4) PERANAMALLUR (IND)/ ROY (IND) l GAO (CHN)/ GAO (CHN) 67(3) 67(7)
[R1] (3) GAJJAR (IND)/ PRASHANTH (IND) l BAI (CHN)/ XU (CHN) 36 76(2) 4-10
[R1] TIWARI (IND)/ VIJAYRAGAVAN (IND) bt AKHAVAN ROUFIGAR (IRI)/ HOSSEIN ZADE (IRI) 63 60

Good performance by Ashwin Vijayragavan to qualify for maindraw but Vignesh lost against local wild-card player ... Terrible day for our seeded players in singles ... In doubles also our 2 seeded pairs lost in the first round.

Table Tennis News

Indian WR #76 Achanta Sharath Kamal won back to back International Table Tennis Championship titles.


Yesterday in the final at Egypt Open Table Tennis Championships in Cairo sixth-seed Sharath defeated top-seed Li Ching of Hong Kong, 11-7 11-9 11-8 11-4.


And last week in the final at US Open Table Tennis Championships in Michigan Sharath defeated Keineth Thomas of Slovakia, 11-9 5-11 8-11 9-11 11-8 11-5 11-9, in thrilling match.

Tennis News
At $50K+H Scheveningen Challenger, The Netherlands

Doubles Final
(2) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Franco Ferreiro (BRA) bt (1) Rameez Junaid (AUS)/ Philipp Marx (GER) 64 36 10-7

Good start for Harsh and Ferreiro, they were early break down in the first set but they immediately broke back ... Then they take crucial break on Marx's serve in 9th game and then Ferreiro hold his serve to won first set.

In second set Ferreiro lose his service game early but Harsh and Ferreiro broke Marx's serve in 7th game to bring it on serve 3-4 ... But again Harsh and Ferreiro lose their service game and then missed 2 break point chances in 9th game to lose second set.

In super tie-break Harsh and Ferreiro take early mini-break but 2 times Ferreiro double faulted to gave it back ... But at 7-all Junaid double faults to gave crucial advantage and then Harsh served to win the title.

This is Harsh's first challenger title of 2010 so this is short European tour turning very benefitial for Harsh.
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At € 450K SkiStar Swedish Open, Bastad, Swedeny

[R1] Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Michal Przysiezny (POL) vs (1) Marcel Granollers (ESP)/ Tommy Robredo (ESP)
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At $75K Aptos Challenger, CA, USA

[R1] (2) Somdev Devvarman (IND,107) vs Yuichi Sugita (JPN,205)
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At $50K+H Rimini Challenger, Italy

[R1] (2) Purav Raja (IND)/ Brian Battistone (USA) vs Roberto Bautista-Agut (ESP)/ Dusan Lojda (CZE)

This week Sadik is taking break (?) so Purav is playing with American Brian Battistone at Rimini Challenger ... They r 2nd seed.

Tennis News
At $50K+H Scheveningen Challenger, The Netherlands

[SF] (2) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Franco Ferreiro (BRA) bt Stephan Fransen (NED)/ Pablo Cuevas (URU) 62 57 10-5

[F] (2) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Franco Ferreiro (BRA) vs (1) Rameez Junaid (AUS)/ Philipp Marx (GER)

Harsh and Ferreiro stopped fight back of Fransen and Cuevas in super tie-break to moved into the final ... After winning first set easily they lost colsely fought second set against Fransen and Cuevas ... Now in the final they will face top-seed pair of Australian Junaid and German Philipp Marx.

Harsh removed his name from Stuttgard open as his partner Ukrainian Aleksandr Dolgopolov get injured but Harsh recieve lucky break as at last minute Polish Michal Przysiezny agree to partner him and he is playing at Swedish Open ... But they r having tough task as they r facing top-seed Spanish pair of Granollers and Robredo.
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At $10K Great Britain F9, Ilkley

[F] (2) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) l Andrew Fitzpatrick (GBR)/ Josh Goodall (GBR) 63 57 3-10

After winning first set Vishnu and Divij failed to complete win ... In super tie-break British pair were too strong for them so with that they failed to win back to back titles in these British futures.

Badminton News
At $120K Malaysia Grand Prix Gold 2010, Kuala Lumpur

[SF] (14) Ajay Jayram (IND,65) l (1) Chong Wei Lee (MAS,1) 16-21 13-21

It was expected result but Ajay produced decent fight against WR #1 Lee.

Badminton News
At $120K Malaysia Grand Prix Gold 2010, Kuala Lumpur

[R1] (14) Ajay Jayram (IND,65) bt Jiann Shiarng Chiang (MAS,279) 21-19 21-6
[R1] (10) Anand Pawar (IND,44) l Krishnan Yogendran (MAS,129) 21-18 20-22 16-21

[R2] (14) Ajay Jayram (IND,65) bt (Q) Giap Chin Goh (MAS,548) 21-12 21-15
[R3] (14) Ajay Jayram (IND,65) bt (Q) Rasmus Fladberg (DEN,UNR) 21-19 21-18
[QF] (14) Ajay Jayram (IND,65) bt (7) Yan Kit Chan (HKG,24) 21-19 21-13

[SF] (14) Ajay Jayram (IND,65) vs (1) Chong Wei Lee (MAS,1)

Terrific run by Ajay Jayram in this ongoing Malaysia Grand Prix GP ... In that he scored impressive win over top-25 Hong Kong player in straight games in quarter-finals ... In semis he is facing very tough challenge of WR #1 local player Chong Wei Lee.

Tennis News
At $10K Great Britain F9, Ilkley

[SF] (2) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt (4) Maniel Bains (GBR)/ Marcus Willis (GBR) 63 76(1)

[F] (2) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs Andrew Fitzpatrick (GBR)/ Josh Goodall (GBR)

Vishnu and Divij reached second doubles final in 2 weeks on the grass.

Tennis News
At $50K+H Scheveningen Challenger, The Netherlands

[QF] (2) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Franco Ferreiro (BRA) bt Remi Groenendaal (NED)/ Bart Van Monsjou (NED) 62 63

Nice easy straight sets win for Harsh and Ferreiro to move into semis.

Next week at the Mercedes Cup ATP tournament in Stuttgart, Harsh is playing doubles with WR #40 Ukrainian Aleksandr Dolgopolov, who is having good results in singles on clay and on grass this year ... He is also regularly playing doubles so looks good choice.
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At $10K Great Britain F9, Ilkley

[QF] (2) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt Blake Strode (USA)/ Christian Welte (USA) 63 63

[SF] (2) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs (4) Maniel Bains (GBR)/ Marcus Willis (GBR)

So another easy victory in doubles but they need to show same consistency in singles, at least they need to perform as per their ranking.

Tennis News
At $442.5K Campbell's Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, Newport, USA

[R2] Somdev Devvarman (IND,107) l (5) Mardy Fish (USA,79) 26 06

Mardy Fish gave grass court lesson to Somi defeating ruthlessly ... Nothing positives from this match for Somi.
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At $50K+H Scheveningen Challenger, The Netherlands

[R1] (2) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Franco Ferreiro (BRA) bt Filip Krajinovic (SRB)/ Ivan Zovko (CRO) 46 64 10-4

[QF] (2) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Franco Ferreiro (BRA) vs Remi Groenendaal (NED)/ Bart Van Monsjou (NED)

Good start with new Brazilian partner for Harsh though match went till STB .. Hopefully their good run continue against local Dutch pair.
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At $100K+H Pozoblanco Challenger, Spain

[QF] (3) Purav Raja (IND)/ Sadik Kadir (AUS) l Marius Copil (ROU)/ Nikolaus Moser (AUT) 64 67(1) 8-10

Narrow loss ... Failed to finish match in straight sets but also after long time they didn't perform as per their seedings.
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At $10K Great Britain F9, Ilkley (Grass)

[R2] (4) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,365) l Colin Ebelthite (AUS,571) 46 64 26

In Singles Vishnu lost in second round against former top-200 type Australian Colin Ebelthite.

Tennis News
At $442.5K Campbell's Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, Newport, USA

[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND,107) bt Kevin Kim (USA,147) 64 63

[R2] Somdev Devvarman (IND,107) vs (5) Mardy Fish (USA,79)

Good winning start despite Somi struggled with his service games but against he need to bring top A game to give shot against him ... In this match Somi had only 43% 1st serve percentage and he served 7 aces with 7 double faults.
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At $100K+H Pozoblanco Challenger, Spain

[R1] (3) Purav Raja (IND)/ Sadik Kadir (AUS) bt (WC) Juan Jose Leal-Gomez (ESP)/ Javier Valenzuela-Gonzalez (ESP) 36 61 10-4

Again good winning start after losing first set in this big $100K+H challenger.
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At $10K Great Britain F8, Manchester

[R1] (4) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,365) bt (Q) James Ludclow (USA,1778) 63 64
[R1] Divij Sharan (IND,878) l (Q) Richard Gabb (GBR,UNR) 26 26

[R2] (4) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,365) vs Colin Ebelthite (AUS,571)

Doubles
[R1] (2) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt Matthew Asciak (MLT)/ Sebastian Lavie (NZL) 63 61

[QF] (2) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs Blake Strode (USA)/ Christian Welte (USA)

Vishnu again start with straight sets win but surprising loss of Divij ... In doubles they started with easy victory.
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At $10K Thailand Womens Futures, Pattaya

[R1] Sanaa BHAMBRI (IND,578) bt (Q) Yumi MIYAZAKI (JPN,783) 61 64
[R1] Rushmi CHAKRAVARTHI (IND,580) l (Q) Maya KATO (JPN,735) 46 46
[R1] (2) Poojashree VENKATESHA (IND,390) bt (WC) Tanaporn THONGSING (THA,UNR) 63 61

[R2] Sanaa BHAMBRI (IND,578) l (7) Sakiko SHIMIZU (JPN,467) 36 16
[R2] (2) Poojashree VENKATESHA (IND,390) l Peangthan PLIPHUECH (THA,972) 26 26

Good start by Sanaa beating foreigner but same old story for Indian women in second round.

Tennis News
At 2010 Wimbledon Championship, London, England

Mixed Doubles Final
(2) Leander Paes (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) bt (11) Wesley Moodie (RSA)/ Lisa Raymond (USA) 64 76(5)

Leander won his 6th Mixed Doubles grandslam and overall 12th graandslam in 23 grandslam finals after winning 2010 Wimbledon mixed doubles final ... Leander created another piece of Wimbledon history by becoming only the second man to win Wimbledon titles in three different decades, before this legendary Rod Lever won it in 3 different decades; 1950s, 1960s and 1970s ... Leander won mens doubles title with Mahesh Bhupathi and mixed doubles title with Lisa Raymond in 1999, then won mixed doubles title with Martina Navratilova in 2003 and now in 2010 won another mixed doubles title with Cara Black.

In first set both pairs were making lots of errors and double faults but some energetic game by Cara helped them to capture first set ... In second set Lee and Cara were in trouble in 8th game on Cara's serve but they hold that game after some dog-fight .. Then in tie-break Cara and Lee were down 3-5 but then they won 4 straight points, where Lee served an ace on match point to finish straight sets victory in 1 hour 38 mins.

After reaching his first quarter-final at grandslam Rohan climbed to his career best doubles ranking, #38 ... His partner Aisam also climb to his career best doubles ranking, #37.

Tennis News
At $442.5K Campbell's Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, Newport, USA

[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND,103) vs Kevin Kim (USA,142)

Only Somi is playing at Newport ... I think Rohan and Aisam decide to skip this tournament after their quarter-final run at Wimbledon, so nobody r in doubles draw ... Also surprisingly Kash is also missing, hoping not another injury scare.

Somi is facing experienced American Kevin Kim in the first round ... Last year at Chennai Open Somi defeated Kim in straight sets, 63 63, but later at Charlottesville Challenger final Somi lost against him in 3 sets, 46 76(8) 46 ... Hopefully Somi will continue to keep his upper-hand on Kim on ATP tour.
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At$50K Winnetka Challenger,

[F] (4) Rik De Voest (RSA)/ Somdev Devvarman (IND) l (3) Ryler DeHeart (USA)/ Pierre-Ludovic Duclos (CAN) 67(4) 64 8-10

Lost in close match in the final ... After losing first set in tie-break Somi and Rick won second set to take match in super tie-break but DeHeart and Duclos were prove strong in STB.

Tennis News
At$50K Winnetka Challenger,

[SF] (4) Rik De Voest (RSA)/ Somdev Devvarman (IND) bt (1) Brian Dabul (ARG)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) 46 63 10-8

[F] (4) Rik De Voest (RSA)/ Somdev Devvarman (IND) vs (3) Ryler DeHeart (USA)/ Pierre-Ludovic Duclos (CAN)

Somi and Rik scored good comeback victory over top-seeds to move into the final ... They r geling well on the court.
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At $15K Malaysia F2 Futures 2010, Kuala Lumpur

Singles Final
(5) Rohan GAJJAR (IND,472) bt (3) Kaden HENSEL (AUS,432) 76(2) 61

Terrific win by Rohan over higher seeded Australian in the final ... Congrats Rohan for lifting his first futures title and that is also in abroad ... This win definetely boost his confidence to perform lot better in coming Iranian futures.
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At $10K Great Britain F8, Manchester

Doubles Final
(1) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt (2) Barry King (IRL)/ Ashwin Kumar (USA) 62 75

Congrats to Vishnu and Divij for winning doubles title in British futures on the grass ... This also give them more match practice on the grass which will hopefully help them in singles for next 2 weeks.

Tennis News
At 2010 Wimbledon Championship, London, England

Mixed Doubles
[SF] (2) Leander Paes (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) bt (9) Lukas Dlouhy (CZE)/ Iveta Benesova (CZE) 63 63

[F] (2) Leander Paes (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) vs (11) Wesley Moodie (RSA)/ Lisa Raymond (USA)

Dominating win over doubles partner and with that Lee showed 'who is the boss on the court' ... But joke apart very good win to moved into final.

Tennis News

Rohan's South African physical trainer Shayamal Vallabhjee posted nice photo of news clip from UK newspaper, newspaper called them 'Peacemakers' and slogan on their tracksuit top says -
"Stop War. Start tennis."

Bravo guys, proud of u!


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At $15K Malaysia F2 Futures 2010, Kuala Lumpur

[SF] (5) Rohan GAJJAR (IND,472) bt (4) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,443) 64 62

[F] (5) Rohan GAJJAR (IND,472) vs (3) Kaden HENSEL (AUS,432)

In end comfortable win for Rohan ... In the final he is facing Australian Hensel.

Tennis News
At 2010 Wimbledon Championship, London, England

Mixed Doubles
[QF] (2) Leander Paes (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) bt (12) Paul Hanley (AUS)/ Yung-Jan Chan (TPE) 64 67(4) 63

[SF] (2) Leander Paes (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) vs (9) Lukas Dlouhy (CZE)/ Iveta Benesova (CZE)

Lee and Cara gelled well on the court and played good tennis ... They were in control of finishing match in straight sets but played couple of loose points to lost second set in tie-break ... But in last set they take important break in 2nd game breaking Paul Hanley's serve that was enough to won set and match.

Interesting semi-final match against doubles partner for Lee.
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At$50K Winnetka Challenger,

[QF] (4) Rik De Voest (RSA)/ Somdev Devvarman (IND) bt Alex Kuznetsov (USA)/ Bobby Reynolds (USA) 63 62

[SF] (4) Rik De Voest (RSA)/ Somdev Devvarman (IND) vs (1) Brian Dabul (ARG)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA)

Somi and Rik moved into semis with very comfortable win, where they will face top-seed pair.
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At $10K Great Britain F8, Manchester

[QF] (4) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,365) l (7) David Rice (GBR,489) 63 67(6) 67(7)
[QF] Divij Sharan (IND,878) l (2) James Ward (GBR,304) 36 16

Doubles
[SF] (1) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt (4) James Cluskey (IRL)/ Colin Ebelthite (AUS) 75 67(5) 10-6

[F] (1) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs (2) Barry King (IRL)/ Ashwin Kumar (USA)

Very close heart breaking loss for Vishnu ... Just couple of points here and there, Vishnu must be fired up for performing better in next 2 weeks ... But our pair in the final after very topsy-turvy match, they won in super tie-break ... In the final they r acing Ashwin Kumar and his Irish partner