Tennis News

At €485,760 Open de Nice Côte d’Azur, France (Red clay)

[R1] (1) Rohan Bopanna(IND)/ Aisam-ul-haq Qureshi (PAK) vs Mathew Ebden(AUS)/ Dimitry Tursunov (RUS)
[R1] (WC) Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Carlos Berlocq (ARG)/ Leonardo Mayer (ARG)

Rohan-Aisam r top-seed but they r facing tricky pair of Tursunov-Ebden ... Buji is received wild-card with Purav and they r facing tough challenge of Argentine pair.
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At $50K Karshi Challenger, Uzbekistan

[R1] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,345) vs Dzmitry Zhyrmont (BLR,339)
[R1] N. Sriram Balaji (IND,322) vs Boy Westerhof (NED,331)
[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND,297) vs Artem Smirnov (UKR,287)

Doubles
[R1] (3) Saketh Myneni (IND)/ James Clusky (IRL) vs (WC) mad Boboqulov (UZB)/ Mikhail Esipov (UZB)
[R1] Chase Buchanan (USA)/ Jeevan Nenduncheziyan(IND) vs (PR) James Cerretani (USA)/ Olivier Charroin (FRA)
[R1] (4) Liang-Chi Huang (TPE)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs Alexander Lokov (RUS)/ Valery Rudnev (RUS)
[R1] (2) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Ti Chen (TPE) vs Denys Molchanov (UKR)/ Artem Smirnov (UKR)

This week Jeevan, Bala and Saketh r in the singles ... In the doubles Divij is playing with Huang ... Jeevan is playing with Buchanan ... And Bala is playing with Ti Chen ... Saketh is sticking with Clusky.

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At Open de Nice Cote d'Azur, France (Red clay)

[Q1] Somdev Devvarman (IND,95) l Lucas Pouille (FRA,187) 26 76(5) 36

In this match Buji struggle with his service game and Pouille took full advantage of it ... After losing the first set Buji fightback to win the second in tie-break but again his serve cost him the third ... So with erratic form Buji is getting ready for French open.
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At $10K Turkey F16 Futures, Antalya - Belconti

[SF] (2) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,353) l (5) Jaime Pulgar-Garcia (ESP,575) 36 36

In last four weeks RamK played so many matches in the singles and doubles ... That cost him this semi-final due to tiredness against his Spanish opponent.

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At €2.1M Internazionali BNL d'Italia, Rome (Red clay) (WTA Premier Mandatory)

[QF] (5) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) l (2) Sara Errani (ITA)/ Roberta Vinci (ITA) 26 36

Sara-Roberta prove too strong for Cara-Sania, who managed to win only 5 games in this match.
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At $10K Turkey F16 Futures, Antalya - Belconti

[QF] (2) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,353) bt Kirill Dmitriev (RUS,887) 61 62

[SF] (2) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,353) vs (5) Jaime Pulgar-Garcia (ESP,575)

Doubles
[SF] Hugo GRENIER (FRA)/ Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND) bt (1) Vladzimir KRUK (BLR)/ Denis YEVSEYEV (KAZ) 63 76(2)

[F] Hugo GRENIER (FRA)/ Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND) l Dimitar KUZMANOV (BUL)/ Ricardo RODRIGUEZ (VEN) w/o

RamK wins his match against Russian very comfortably and in the semis he is facing 5th seed Spanish opponent.

In the doubles he and Hugo defeated top-seed pair in straight sets before giving walkover to their unseeded opponents ... Hopefully no injury issue with RamK.

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At $100K Women's Allam British Open 2014, Hull, England (World Series Platinum)

[R2] Joshana Chinappa (IND,21) l (4) Joelle King (NZL,4) 1-3 (6-11, 7-11, 11-8, 1-11) (43m)

Joshana gives creditable fighting performance in first 3 games against King and in that she won 3rd game before getting overpowered in the fourth.

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At World Cup 2014, Netherlands

Indian Team
Goalkeepers - PR Sreejesh and Harjot Singh
Defenders - Gurbaj Singh, Rupinder Pal Singh, VR Raghunath, Birendra Lakra, Kothajit Singh Khadangbam and Manpreet Singh
Midfielders - SK Uthappa, Dharamvir Singh, Jasjit Singh and Chinglensana Singh
Forwards - SV Sunil, Ramandeep Singh, Akashdeep Singh, Nikkin Thimmaiah,Mandeep Singh

Indian team announce for World cup ... Surprisingly Walmiki brothers r missing from the list.

Tennis News

At €3.45M Internazionali BNL d'Italia, Rome (Red clay)

[R2] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) l (1) Mike Bryan (USA)/ Bob Bryan (USA) 57 16

Bryans dominate Rohan-Aisam in their straight sets victory.
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At $50K ITF Women's Tournament, Kurume, Japan (Grass)

[QF] Ankita Raina (IND)/ Samantha Murray (GBR) l (1) Jamila Gajdosova (AUS)/ Arina Rodionova (AUS) 46 36

Ankita-Samantha lose against top-seed pair in straight sets.
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At $15K Mexico F4 futures , Morelia

[R2] (4) Sanam Singh (IND,377) l (PR) Miguel-Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX,570) 76(15) 46 36

Sanam need to win these matches against experienced player ... After winning the tight first set in long tie-break Sanam lost next two sets against Reyes-Varela.
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At $10K Turkey F16 Futures, Antalya - Belconti

[R2] (2) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,353) bt (Q) Hugo Grenier (FRA,1615) 75 57 62

[QF] (2) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,353) vs Kirill Dmitriev (RUS,887)

Doubles
[QF] Hugo GRENIER (FRA)/ Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND) bt (3) Hiroyasu EHARA (JPN)/ Sho KATAYAMA (JPN) 63 46 10-8
[QF} Neeraj ELANGOVAN (IND)/ Jaime PULGAR-GARCIA (ESP) l Alex BLUMENBERG (BRA)/ Tiago FERNANDES (BRA) 67(12) 46

[SF] Hugo GRENIER (FRA)/ Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND) vs (1) Vladzimir KRUK (BLR)/ Denis YEVSEYEV (KAZ)

Surprisingly tough match for RamK against his doubles French partner ... Next he is facing Russian opponent ... In the doubles they defeats 3rd seed Japanese pair ... In the semis they r facing top-seed.

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At $100K Women's Allam British Open 2014, Hull, England (World Series Platinum)

[R1] (12) Dipika Pallikal (IND,10) l (Q) Tesni Evans (WAL,32) 2-3 (11-6, 10-12, 7-11, 11-4, 11-13) (65m)
[R1] Joshana Chinappa (IND,21) bt (15) Rachael Grinham (AUS,15) 3-2 (7-11, 11-7, 5-11, 11-2, 11-6) (44m)

[R2] Joshana Chinappa (IND,21) vs (4) Joelle King (NZL,4)

Joshna shows her last win over Rachael Grinham wasn't fluke ... In this big Platinum tournament Joshana defeated Rachel from 1-2 down ... In last two games Rachel struggled to keep pace with Joshana ... Next she is facing in-form WR #4 New Zealand's Joelle King.

Other hand Dipika face shocking defeat in hands of Wales qualifier Tesni Evans ... After winning the first game Dipika failed to keep momentum ... She lost the second game in extra points and then again lost third game ... In the fourth game Dipika again found her touch which she won it comfortably ... In the fifth Dipika had her chances ... She missed match balls before losing it in extra points ... Bad loss for Dipika.
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At $150K Men's Allam British Open 2014, Hull, England (World Series Platinum)

[R1] Saurav Ghosal (IND,15) l Daryl Selby (ENG,10) 1-3 (11-7, 8-11, 5-11, 6-11) (65m)

Saurav lose his match against Selby in four games ... After winning the first game Saurav failed to capitalize ... I was expecting better performance from him after his recent good matches.

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At €2.1M Internazionali BNL d'Italia, Rome (Red clay) (WTA Premier Mandatory)

[R2] (5) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) bt Daniela Hantuchova (SVK)/ Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (CRO) 63 64

Comfortable straight sets victory for Sania-Cara in the second round.
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At €35K+H Heilbronn Challenger, Germany

[R1] Dustin Brown (GER)/ Purav Raja (IND) l Benjamin Balleret (MON)/ Alessandro Motti (ITA) 64 46 7-10

Changing partner doesn't help Purav ... He and Brown lost in match tie-break after winning the first set.
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At $15K Mexico F4 futures , Morelia

[R1] Sanam Singh (IND)/ Michael Shabaz (USA) l (1) Cesar Ramirez (MEX)/ Miguel-Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX) 46 67(4)

Sanam-Shabaz lose their first round doubles match against local favorite pair.
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At $10K Turkey F16 Futures, Antalya - Belconti

[R1] (Q) Neeraj Elangovan (IND,2207) l (1) Ricardo Rodriguez (VEN,318) 16 06

Doubles
[R1] Hugo GRENIER (FRA)/ Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND) bt (WC) Bruno AGOSTINELLI (CAN)/ David VOLFSON (CAN) 62 75
[R1} Neeraj ELANGOVAN (IND)/ Jaime PULGAR-GARCIA (ESP) bt (4) Kirill DMITRIEV (RUS)/ Mats MORAING (GER) 63 36 10-6

[QF] Hugo GRENIER (FRA)/ Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND) vs (3) Hiroyasu EHARA (JPN)/ Sho KATAYAMA (JPN)
[QF} Neeraj ELANGOVAN (IND)/ Jaime PULGAR-GARCIA (ESP) vs Alex BLUMENBERG (BRA)/ Tiago FERNANDES (BRA)

As expected Ricardo Rodriguez prove too strong for Neeraj.

In the doubles winning start for our both players against their respective partners.

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At €3.45M Internazionali BNL d'Italia, Rome (Red clay)

[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) bt Jean-Julien Rojer (NED)/ Horia Tecau (ROU) 36 63 11-9

[R2] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) vs (1) Mike Bryan (USA)/ Bob Bryan (USA)

Rohan-Aisam need to dig deep for this comeback victory ... After losing the first set they won the second set comfortably but faced challenge in match tie-break before winning it in extra points ... Next they r facing Bryans.
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At €2.1M Internazionali BNL d'Italia, Rome (Red clay) (WTA Premier Mandatory)

[R1] (5) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) bt Martina Hingis (SUI)/ Sabine Lisicki (GER) 64 26 10-8

[R2] (5) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) vs Daniela Hantuchova (SVK)/ Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (CRO)

This is really good win for Sania-Cara as they previously lost against same pair and Sania always had trouble in her meeting with Hingis ... After losing the second set easily Sania-Cara recovered to win the match tie-break ... Next they r facing Hantuchova-Mirjana Lucic-Baroni.
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At $50K Samarkand Challenger, Uzbekistan (clay)

[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND,297) l (Q) Alexander Lobkov (RUS,323) 63 26 06
[R1] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,345) l Borna Coric (CRO,246) 46 63 67(2)

Doubles
[R1] (1) Saketh Myneni (IND)/ James Clusky (IRL) vs Hans Podlipnik-Castillo (CHI)/ Adrian Sikora (SVK) 57 46

After winning the first set Saki fail to capitalize and bundle in next two sets against Russian qualifier ... In the doubles also Saki and James lose their match in straight sets against unseeded pair.

Jeeevan miss big chance of huge upset over talented Borna Coric ... After losing the first set he made strong comeback for winning the second ... In the final set he was break up at 6-5 and had 2 match points on his serve which he failed to convert ... Borna proved too strong in tie-break.
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At $50K ITF Women's Tournament, Kurume, Japan (Grass)

[R1] Ankita Raina (IND,290) l Qiang Wang (CHN,282) 26 64 57

Doubles
[R1] Ankita Raina (IND)/ Samantha Murray (GBR) bt (WC) Shizuka Hisamitsu (JPN)/ Yukiho Yasuda (JPN) 63 75

[QF] Ankita Raina (IND)/ Samantha Murray (GBR) vs (1) Jamila Gajdosova (AUS)/ Arina Rodionova (AUS)

In the singles Ankita gives creditable fighting performance against similar ranked Chinese opponent but now she need to win these matches to show progress in her career.

In the doubles expected winning start for Ankita and Samantha ... Next they r having real tough match against former top-50 and former top-100 doubles Aussie players.
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At $15K Mexico F4 futures , Morelia

[R1] (4) Sanam Singh (IND,377) bt (WC) Alan Nunez Aguilera (MEX,1679) 63 75

[R2] (4) Sanam Singh (IND,377) vs (PR) Miguel-Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX,570)

Sanam's lack of match practice showing in his struggle against local wild-card player ... Next he is facing experienced local player Miguel-Angel Reyes-Varela.
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At $10K Turkey F16 Futures, Antalya - Belconti

[R1] (2) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,353) bt Sho Katayama (JPN,804) 62 60

[R2] (2) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,353) vs (Q) Hugo Grenier (FRA,1615)

Really dominating win by RamK against Katayama ... Next he is facing French qualifier.

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At $100K Women's Allam British Open 2014, Hull, England (World Series Platinum)

[R1] (12) Dipika Pallikal (IND,10) vs Qualifier
[R1] Joshana Chinappa (IND,21) vs (15) Rachael Grinham (AUS,15)

Interesting match for Joshana against Grinham ... Dipika is facing qualifier.
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At $150K Men's Allam British Open 2014, Hull, England (World Series Platinum)

[R1] Saurav Ghosal (IND,15) vs Daryl Selby (ENG,10)

Saurav is facing top-10 Selby in the first round.

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At €3.45M Internazionali BNL d'Italia, Rome (Red clay)

[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) vs Jean-Julien Rojer (NED)/ Horia Tecau (ROU)

Rohan-Aisam r unseeded and they can face Bryans in the second round if they win the first round.
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At €2.1M Internazionali BNL d'Italia, Rome (Red clay) (WTA Premier Mandatory)

[R1] (5) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) vs Martina Hingis (SUI)/ Sabine Lisicki (GER)

Really tough match for Sania-Cara against Hingis-Lisicki.
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At $50K Samarkand Challenger, Uzbekistan (clay)

[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND,297) vs (Q) Alexander Lobkov (RUS,323)
[R1] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,345) vs Borna Coric (CRO,246)
[R1] N. Sriram Balaji (IND,322) l Aslan Karatsev (RUS,287) 26 26

Doubles
[R1] (1) Saketh Myneni (IND)/ James Clusky (IRL) vs Hans Podlipnik-Castillo (CHI)/ Adrian Sikora (SVK)
[R1] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Jeevan Nenduncheziyan(IND) l (WC) Shonigmatjon Shofayziyev (UZB)/ Vaja Uzakov (UZB) 62 67(6) 9-11

Aslan Karatsev prove too strong for Bala on clay ... Jeevan having very tough match against former junior WR #1 and junior US open champion 17 yrs old Croatian Borna Coric ... Saki will be most probably having winnable match against qualifier though his Russian opponent having experience of playing three matches on this court.

In the doubles Saki is top-sed with Irish James Clusky ... Bala-Jeevan lose their match against local wild-card pair ... After winning the first set they were up 4-1 in the second set before losing the plot ... So disappoint by their result.
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At $50K ITF Women's Tournament, Kurume, Japan (Grass)

[R1] Ankita Raina (IND,299) vs Qiang Wang (CHN,294)

Doubles
[R1] Ankita Raina (IND)/ Samantha Murray (GBR) vs (WC) Shizuka Hisamitsu (JPN)/ Yukiho Yasuda (JPN)

Good to see that Ankita is trying tough tournament, which will definitely going to help her progress.
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At $15K Mexico F4 futures , Morelia

[R1] (4) Sanam Singh (IND,377) vs (WC) Alan Nunez Aguilera (MEX,1679)

Doubles
[R1] Sanam Singh (IND)/ Michael Shabaz (USA) vs (1) Cesar Ramirez (MEX)/ Miguel-Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX)

This week Sanam is playing in Mexico ... I m really hoping good performance from him in the singles ... In the doubles he is partnering his ex-UVa mate Shabaz but they r facing local favorite top-seed pair in the first round.
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At $10K Turkey F16 Futures, Antalya - Belconti

[Q1] (1) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,3353) bye
[Q1] (8) Neeraj Elangovan (IND,2207) bye

[Q2] (1) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,353) bt Batuhan Cakmak (TUR,UNR) 62 62
[Q2] (8) Neeraj Elangovan (IND,2207) bt Gabriel Carneiro Torres Goncalves (BRA,UNR) 62 61

[Q3] (1) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,353) bt Ivan Liutarevich (BLR,UNR) 62 60
[Q3] (8) Neeraj Elangovan (IND,2207) bt (9) Tinotenda Chanakira (ZIM,2222) 62 36 63

[R1] (Q) Neeraj Elangovan (IND,2207) vs (1) Ricardo Rodriguez (VEN,318)
[R1] (2) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,353) vs Sho Katayama (JPN,804)

Doubles
[R1] Hugo GRENER (FRA)/ Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND) vs (WC) Bruno AGOSTINELLI (CAN)/ David VOLFSON (CAN)
[R!} Neeraj ELANGOVAN (IND)/ Jaime PULGAR-GARCIA (ESP) vs (4) Kirill DMITRIEV (RUS)/ Mats MORAING (GER)

This week RamK is playing qualifying ... He comfortably qualify for the main-draw with Neeraj ... RamK is 2nd seed but Neeraj having crap draw as he is facing top-seed Venezuelean Ricardo Rodriguez.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Hyderabad, India

Singles Final
(1) Prarthana G. THOMBARE (IND) bt (4) Rishika SUNKARA (IND) 67 64 63

[SF] (1) Prarthana G. THOMBARE (IND) bt (3) Natasha PALHA (IND) 76(5) 75
[SF] (4) Rishika SUNKARA (IND) bt (6) Nidhi CHILUMULA (IND) 61 60

As expected Prarthana take advantage of weak draw and lifted her third ITF title in six months.

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At €3.7M Mutua Madrid Open, Spain (Red clay)

[QF] (8) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) l (4) David Marrero (ESP)/ Fernando Verdasco (ESP) 67(5) 67(6)

Rohan-aisam lose their match against Spanish pair in two tie-breaks ... Our pair is playing well but still not able to deliver it through upset.
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At $10K Turkey F15 Futures, Antalya - Belconti

[QF] (2) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,388) l (Q) Mats Moraing (GER,994) 57 57

RamK loses his math against lower ranked German opponent ... He is already played three weeks, need to took break but instead he is playing qualies in next week's Turkey futures.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Hyderabad, India

Singles Quarter Finals
(1) Prarthana G. THOMBARE (IND) bt Amrita MUKHERJEE (IND) 60 62
(3) Natasha PALHA (IND) bt (7) Eetee MAHETA (IND) 26 63 75
(4) Rishika SUNKARA (IND) bt (8) Bhuvana KALVA (IND) 63 61
(6) Nidhi CHILUMULA (IND) bt (2) Shweta RANA (IND) 75 60

Only upset is from Nidhi against higher ranked Shweta.

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At €3.7M Mutua Madrid Open, Spain (Red clay)

[R2] (8) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) bt Milos Raonic (CAN)/ Andreas Seppi (ITA) w/o

[QF] (8) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) vs (4) David Marrero (ESP)/ Fernando Verdasco (ESP)

Rohan-Aisam r in the quarters without hitting a single ball as their opponents gave walkover ... Hoping for proper match for them in the quarters against 4th seed.
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At €3.7M Mutua Madrid Open, Spain (Red clay) (WTA Premier Mandatory)

[QF] (5) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) l (1) Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE)/ Shuai Peng (CHN) 75 16 8-10

This time also Sania-Cara fail to overcome challenge of Hsieh-Peng and lose another close match ... After wining the first set they had poor second set ... In the match tie-break they tried but Hsieh-Peng proved better of them.
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At $10K Tukey F15 Futures, Antalya - Belconti

[R2] (2) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,388) bt (Q) Ricardo Chile-Fonte (CUB,1721) 60 61

Very dominating win by RamK against Chilean Ricardo Chile-Fonte.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Hyderabad, India

Singles Second Round
(1) Prarthana G. THOMBARE (IND) bt Damini SHARMA (IND) 67(4) 63 60
Amrita MUKHERJEE (IND) bt (5) Sharrmadaa BALUU (IND) 06 64 62
(3) Natasha PALHA (IND) bt Sharon Sanchana PAUL (IND) 61 64
(7) Eetee MAHETA (IND) bt Rishika RAVINDRAN (IND) 60 62
(8) Bhuvana KALVA (IND) bt Manya NAGPAL 64 75
(4) Rishika SUNKARA (IND) bt Reshma GANAPATHY (IND) 60 61
(6) Nidhi CHILUMULA (IND) bt Dhruthi TATACHAR VENUGOPAL (IND) 60 60
(2) Shweta RANA (IND) bt Arthi MUNIYAN (IND) 62 63

Only upset of the day is from Amrita Mukharjee.

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At €3.7M Mutua Madrid Open, Spain (Red clay) (WTA Premier Mandatory)

[R2] (5) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) bt Hao-Ching Chan (TPE)/ Chanelle Scheepers (RSA) 64 61

Sania-Cara score comfortable win over Chan-Scheepers for entering in the quarters of Madrid Open.
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At €42K+H Rome Challenger, Italy

[R1] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) l Malek Jaziri (TUN)/ Lamine Ouahab (MAR) 62 46 6-10

This year so many matches lose by Divij-Purav after winning the opening set ... Inconsistent.
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At $10K Tukey F15 Futures, Antalya - Belconti

[R1] (2) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,388) bt (Q) Lukas Weinhandl (AUT,1331) 61 76()

[R2] (2) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,388) vs (Q) Ricardo Chile-Fonte (CUB,1721)

Winning start for RamK against Austrian qualifier ... Next he is facing another qualifier.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Hyderabad, India

Singles First Round
(1) Prarthana G. THOMBARE (IND) bt Srishti SLARIA (IND) 61 61
Damini SHARMA (IND) bt Preethi UJJINI (IND) 36 76(6) 60
Amrita MUKHERJEE (IND) bt Preethi SRINIVASAN (IND) 62 60
(5) Sharrmadaa BALUU (IND) bt Jeni PATEL (IND) 63 46 61
(3) Natasha PALHA (IND) bt Sahan SHETTY (IND) 61 60
Sharon Sanchana PAUL (IND) bt Vanshika SAWHNEY (IND) 36 61 64
Rishika RAVINDRAN (IND) bt Tanvee BOSE (IND) 62 61
(7) Eetee MAHETA (IND) bt Sneha PADAMATA (IND) 57 61 62
(8) Bhuvana KALVA (IND) bt Arushi BHASIN (IND) 75 64
Manya NAGPAL (IND) bt Neharika RAMA (IND) 61 46 64
Reshma GANAPATHY (IND) bt Sindhu JANAGAM (IND) 61 64
(4) Rishika SUNKARA (IND) bt Sai Samhitha CHAMARTHI (IND) 62 67(4) 62
(6) Nidhi CHILUMULA (IND) bt Sansriti RANJAN (IND) 60 60
Dhruthi TATACHAR VENUGOPAL (IND) bt Arantxa ANDRADY (IND) 26 75 61
Arthi MUNIYAN (IND) bt Nithya Raj BABU RAJ (IND) 64 61
(2) Shweta RANA (IND) bt Vaidehi CHAUDHARI (IND) 67(3) 62 63

It is all Indian affair.

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At €3.7M Mutua Madrid Open, Spain (Red clay) (WTA Premier Mandatory)

[R1] (5) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) bt Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN)/ Alicija Rosolska (POL) 61 57 10-7

[R2] (5) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) vs Hao-Ching Chan (TPE)/ Chanelle Scheepers (RSA)

Sania-Cara start win tight match ... Though they stretched to the match tie-break, importantly they r winning these matches ... Next they r facing Chan-Scheepers.

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At €3.7M Mutua Madrid Open, Spain (Red clay)

[R1] (8) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) bye

Only Rohan-Aisam r playing in this Madrid Masters.
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At €3.7M Mutua Madrid Open, Spain (Red clay) (WTA Premier Mandatory)

[R1] (5) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) vs Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN)/ Alicija Rosolska (POL)

Sania-Cara r hoping for continuing their good form.
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At 2014 u-16 Girls JFC Asia/Oceania Final Qualifying, Kutching, Malaysia

(3) India bt New Zeland 3-0
KARMAN KAUR THANDI bt ASHLEIGH BRYN HARVEY 46 63 63
PRANJALA YADLAPALLI bt ROSIE CHENG 61 67(4) 75
PRANJALA YADLAPALLI/ KARMAN KAUR THANDI bt ROSIE CHENG/ NINA PARIPOVIC 60 60

Surprisingly tougher match for 3rd seed Indian girls against New Zealand girls.

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At Asia/Oceania Final Qualifying WJT u-14 Girls 2014, New Delhi, India

Third place playoff
(7) India l (1) Australia 0-2

SHIVANI INGLE l BAIJING LIN 06 36
SATHWIKA SAMA l DESTANEE AIAVA 06 26

[SF] (7) India l (2) Chinese Taipei 0-3

SHIVANI INGLE l PEI-HSUAN CHEN 06 06
SATHWIKA SAMA l I-HSUAN CHO 26 16

[QF] (7) India bt (8) Kazakhstan 3-0

SHIVANI INGLE bt DARYA DETKOVSKAYA 60 60
SATHWIKA SAMA bt AINUR SULEIMENOVA 46 63 61
AARJA CHAKRABORTY/ SATHWIKA SAMA bt DARYA DETKOVSKAYA/ AINUR SULEIMENOVA 26 62 63

(7) India bt (4) Japan 2-1

SHIVANI INGLE bt YUKI ANDO 64 36 75
SATHWIKA SAMA bt ELIZA ASKAROVA 64 64

(7) India bt Kyrgyzstan 3-0

SHIVANI INGLE bt ERMEKA NURGAZIEVA 61 62
SATHWIKA SAMA bt ELIZA ASKAROVA 46 63 76(4)
AARJA CHAKRABORTY/ SATHWIKA SAMA bt FITRIANI SABATINI/ FAIZA SALSALIBA NURHIDAYATI 61 62

(7) India bt Indonesia 2-1

SHIVANI INGLE bt FITRIANI SABATINI 64 64
SATHWIKA SAMA bt SHEVITA AULANA 76(2) 61
AARJA CHAKRABORTY/ SHIVANI INGLE l FITRIANI SABATINI/ FAIZA SALSALIBA NURHIDAYATI 26 26

Indians u-14 girls qualify for World group with upset win over 4th seed Japanese girls in the group stage ... In last two matches top 2 seeds teams proved too strong for them but still very creditable performance from them.
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At Asia/Oceania Final Qualifying JDC u-16 Boys 2014, Kutching, Malaysia

[QF] (5) India l (2) Chinese Taipei 1-2

PARAMVEER SINGH BAJWA l CING YANG MENG 16 63 36
ALEX SOLANKI l TUNG LIN WU 16 06
ALEX SOLANKI/ NIKSHEP B R bt CHIEN HSUN LO/ TUNG LIN WU 61 62

(5) India l (3) Australia 0-3

PARAMVEER SINGH BAJWA l MAX PURCELL 06 06
ALEX SOLANKI l OLIVER ANDERSON 46 26
PARAMVEER SINGH BAJWA/ NIKSHEP B R l OLIVER ANDERSON/ ALEX DEMINAUR 16 26

(5) India bt Thailand 2-0

PARAMVEER SINGH BAJWA bt SIRAWIT DAOSAENGSAWANG 61 62
ALEX SOLANKI bt NAWAKARN KHUNJAN 57 62 76(3)

(5) India bt Singapore 3-0

PARAMVEER SINGH BAJWA bt SHAHEED ALAM 61 75
ALEX SOLANKI bt SHERWIN FOO 62 60
ALEX SOLANKI/ NIKSHEP B R bt SHERWIN FOO/ D GIRITHARAN DEVENDIRAN 63 64

But our u-14 boys fail to cross quarter final stage.

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At $250K Portugal Open, Oeiras (Red clay)


Double Final
(1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) bt Eva Hrdinova (CZE)/ Valeria Solovyeva (RUS) 64 63

Sania-Cara lifts their first title of 2014 ... In the final they beat unseeded pair of Hrdinova-Solovyeva in comfortable style ... Good confidence boosting title win bfore French open.
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At $10K Tukey F14 Futures, Antalya - Belconti

Singles Final
(1) Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND,388) bt (2) Anton ZAITSEV (RUS,404) 67(6) 60 62

RamK lifts deserving another futures title beating 2nd seed Russian Zaitsev ... In the final after losing the first set RamK dominated the match and won next two sets losing only 2 games.

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At $250K Portugal Open, Oeiras (Red clay)

[SF] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) bt (3) Liezel Huber (USA)/ Lisa Raymond (USA) 64 63

[F] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) vs Eva Hrdinova (CZE)/ Valeria Solovyeva (RUS)

Sania-Cara score comfortable win over experienced pair of Huber-Raymond ... In the final they r facing unseeded Czech-Russian pair.
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At $15K Uzbekistan F2 Futures, Andijan

[SF] (5) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,574) l Richard Muzaev (RUS,787) 67(1) 64 57

Vishnu lose his semi-final after giving fighting performance ... Though he lose his match against lower ranked Russian opponent but overall he must be happy with hsi performance.
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At $10K Tukey F14 Futures, Antalya - Belconti

[QF] (1) Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND,388) bt (Q) Simeon ROSSIER (SUI,1471) 61 64

[SF] (1) Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND,388) bt (4) Peter HELLER (GER,656) 64 64

[F] (1) Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND,388) vs (2) Anton ZAITSEV (RUS,404)

Doubles
[SF] (1) Andrei CIUMAC (MDA)/ Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND) bt (3) Patrick GRIGORIU (ROU)/ Matteo MARFIA (ITA) 46 64 10-8

[F] (1) Andrei CIUMAC (MDA)/ Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND) l (2) Sho KATAYAMA (JPN)/ Bumpei SATO (JPN) 36 16

Good to see RamK playing as per his ranking ... He is in the final with comfortable wins ... In the final he is facing similar ranked Russian Zaitsev.

In the doubles he and his partner Ciumac ended as runner-up behind Japanese pair.
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At $10K Iran F7 futures , Kish

Doubles Final
Ronak MANUJA (IND)/ Akash WAGH (IND) l (2) Marko TEPAVAC (SRB)/ Mark VERVOORT (NED) 67(5) 64 1-10

Surprising meltdown in the match tie-break by Ronak-Akash though overall creditable performance ... They win a title and runner-up in two weeks.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Bangkok, Thailand

[SF] (3) Natasha PALHA (IND,553) l (7) Michika OZEKI (JPN,630) 26 46

Natasha fails to cross Ozeki hurdle and lose the semi-final.

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At €485,760 Portugal Open, Oeiras (Red clay)

[R2] Somdev Devvarman (IND,102) l Tomáš Berdych (CZE,6) 36 26

Doubles
[QF] (1) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) l (1) Pablo Cuevas (URU)/ David Marrero (ESP) 26 26

Frankly speaking no expectations from Buji in his match against Berdych ... Berdych won the first set with a single break in 4th game ... Buji also had chances as he missed three break point chances in 3rd, 7th and 9th game ... After winning the first set Berdych put extra pressure on Buji's serve ... He broke Buji two times and didn't face a single break point on his serve ... Berdych completed victory in 76 minutes.

Divij-Purav also fail to lift their game against top-seed pair ... Cuevas-Marrero scored dominating win losing only 4 games.
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At $250K Portugal Open, Oeiras (Red clay)

[QF] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) bt Silvia Soler-Espinosa (ESP)/ Shuai Zhang (CHN) 63 64

[SF] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) vs (3) Liezel Huber (USA)/ Lisa Raymond (USA)

Comfortable straight sets win for Sania-Cara in the quarters ... In the semis they r having interesting match between very experienced pair of Lisa Raymond and Liezel Huber.
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At $50K+H An-Ning Challenger, China (clay)

[QF] Jeevan Nenduncheziyan(IND)/ Richard Becker (GER) l Laurynas Grigelis (LTU)/ Nikola Mektic (CRO) 76(3) 46 8-10

Jeevan-Becker lose in match tie-break ... After winning the first set in tie-break they failed to keep momentum.
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At $50K Tallahassee Challenger, USA

[R1] Sanam Singh (IND)/ Takanyi Garanganga (ZIM) vs (4) Sekou Bangoura (USA)/ Evan King (USA)


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At $15K Uzbekistan F2 Futures, Andijan

[QF] (5) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,574) bt (Q) Evgeny Elistratov (RUS,1108) 75 61

[SF] (5) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,574) vs Richard Muzaev (RUS,787)

Doubles
[SF] (1) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND) l (4) Daniiar Duldaev (KGZ)/ Vladimir Uzhylovsky (UKR) 63 26 7-10

Vishnu score straight sets win over Russian qualifier Evgeny ... In the semis he is facing another unseeded Russian Muzaev.

Bala-Ranjeet fails to took advantage of winning the first set and lose their match in match tie-break against 4th seed.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Bangkok, Thailand

[QF] (3) Natasha PALHA (IND,553) bt Mandy WAGEMAKER (NED,753) 57 64 64

[SF] (3) Natasha PALHA (IND,553) vs (7) Michika OZEKI (JPN,630)

Nice comeback win by Natasha against Dutch girl Wagemaker ... Natasha lost the first set but after that she fought back to win next two sets ... In the semis she is facing 7th seed Japanese girl Ozeki.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Namangan, Uzbekistan

[QF] (3) Prarthana G. Thombare (IND,385) l Polina Monova (RUS,876) 16 16

Monova prove too strong for Prarthana.
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At $10K Tukey F14 Futures, Antalya - Belconti

[R2] (1) Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND,388) bt Sergei BUBKA (UKR,UNR) 67(5) 64 64

[QF] (1) Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND,388) vs (Q) Simeon ROSSIER (SUI,1471)

Doubles
[QF] (1) Andrei CIUMAC (MDA)/ Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND) bt Alexander JHUN (GBR)/ Yusuke WATANUKI (JPN) 64 63

[SF] (1) Andrei CIUMAC (MDA)/ Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND) vs (3) Patrick GRIGORIU (ROU)/ Matteo MARFIA (ITA)

Ramk Score really good comeback win against former top-200 player Sergei Bubka, who is coming out of life threatening injury ... Next he is facing Swiss qualifier.

RamK-Andrei r in the semis with straight sets win over Jhun-Watanuki ... In the semis they r facing 3rd seed pair.
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At $10K Iran F7 futures , Kish

[SF] Ronak MANUJA (IND)/ Akash WAGH (IND) bt Maximilian MANN (AUT)/ Maxi PONGRATZ (AUT) 62 62

[F] Ronak MANUJA (IND)/ Akash WAGH (IND) vs Marko TEPAVAC (SRB)/ Mark VERVOORT (NED)

Akash-Ronak continue with their good run ... They r in their second final in two weeks after scoring very convincing win over Austrian pair ... In the final they r facing 2nd seed Serbian-Dutch pair.