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At 2010 Wimbledon Championship, London, England

Mens Doubles
[QF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam Qureshi (PAK) l Jurgen Melzer (AUT)/ Philipp Petzschner (GER) 46 67(3) 26

Mixed Doubles
[R3] (2) Leander Paes (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) bt Igor Zelenay (SVK)/ Alicja Rosolska (POL) 61 63

[QF] (2) Leander Paes (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) vs (12) Paul Hanley (AUS)/ Yung-Jan Chan (TPE)

Rohan and Aisam's good run at Wimbledon ended in quarter-final ... They found tough match-up in Melzer and Petzschner, who cn served big and hit deep powerful shots ... They broke Rohan and Aisam's serve in the first game of the match and that set tone of the match ... After winning second set in tie-break they didn't give much chance to Indo-Pak express in decider.

In mexed doubles 2nd seed Cara and Lee scored dominating victory to moved into quarters.
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At $15K Malaysia F2 Futures 2010, Kuala Lumpur

[QF] (5) Rohan GAJJAR (IND,472) bt (Q) Andrew THOMAS (AUS,1622) 36 76(3) 63
[QF] (4) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,443) bt (8) Murad INOYATOV (UZB,490) 26 76(2) 3-3 Retd

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

Doubles
[SF] PRASHANTH (IND)/ VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) l (1) HENSEL (AUS)/ PROPOGGIA (AUS) 67(6) 46
[SF] (3) GAJJAR (IND)/ SHOKEEN (IND) l RUNGKAT (INA)/ THOMPSON (USA) 36 36

Rohan and Ranjeet produced almost identical comeback win after losing first set ... Experienced Inoyatov retired in third set before losing second in tie-break ... Rohan also won second set in tie-break after losing first set ... Now both r facing each other in the semis, so this week our one player will be in singles final at Malaysian futures.
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At $10K Great Britain F8, Manchester (Grass)

[R2] Divij Sharan (IND,878) bt (8) Josh Milton (GBR,536) 63 62
[R2] (4) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,365) bt Ashwin Kumar (USA,728) 57 76(5) 64

[QF] (4) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,365) vs (7) David Rice (GBR,489)
[QF] Divij Sharan (IND,878) vs (2) James Ward (GBR,304)

Doubles
[QF] (1) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt Kyle Brassington (GBR)/ Nicolas Rosenzweig (FRA) 76(5) 62

[SF] (1) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs (4) James Cluskey (IRL)/ Colin Ebelthite (AUS)

Both moved into quarters with contrasting win ... Divij scored dominating upset win over British seeded player, other hand Ashwin Kumar stretched Vishnu to fullest before Vishnu produced comeback win.

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At$50K Winnetka Challenger,

[R1] (4) Rik De Voest (RSA)/ Somdev Devvarman (IND) bt Adam Hubble (AUS)/ Marcio Torres (BRA) 63 63
[R1] Harsh Mankad (IND)/ John Paul Fruttero (USA) l (2) Lester Cook (USA)/ David Martin (USA) 67(4) 36

Expected results for both pairs.
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At $15K Malaysia F2 Futures 2010, Kuala Lumpur

[R2] (5) Rohan GAJJAR (IND,472) bt Soong-Jae CHO (KOR,507) 76(4) 61
[R2] (4) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,443) bt (Q) Elbert SIE (INA,1137) 64 3-2 Retd
[R2] N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,789) l (3) Kaden HENSEL (AUS,432) 67(3) 36

[QF] (5) Rohan GAJJAR (IND,472) vs (Q) Andrew THOMAS (AUS,1622)
[Qf] (4) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,443) vs (8) Murad INOYATOV (UZB,490)

Doubles
[QF] PRASHANTH (IND)/ VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) bt (4) AN (KOR)/ WACHIRAMANOWONG (THA) W/O
[QF] (3) GAJJAR (IND)/ SHOKEEN (IND) bt INOYATOV (UZB)/ STARKOV (RUS) 63 64

[SF] PRASHANTH (IND)/ VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) vs (1) HENSEL (AUS)/ PROPOGGIA (AUS)
[SF] (3) GAJJAR (IND)/ SHOKEEN (IND) vs RUNGKAT (INA)/ THOMPSON (USA)

Rohan and Ranjeev moved into quarters but Prashanth lost after taking first set to tie-break against seeded Australian.
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At $10K Great Britain F8, Manchester

[R1] Divij Sharan (IND,878) bt Patrick Brydolf (SWE,874) 63 46 62
[R1] (4) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,365) bt (WC) Maniel Bains (GBR,1114) 67(6) 62 61

[R2] Divij Sharan (IND,878) vs (8) Josh Milton (GBR,536)
[R2] (4) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,365) vs Ashwin Kumar (USA,728)

Doubles
[R1] (1) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt Blake Strode (USA)/ Christian Welte (USA) 62 63

[QF] (1) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs Kyle Brassington (GBR)/ Nicolas Rosenzweig (FRA)

Divij and Vishnu had winning start on the grass though matches went to 3 sets.

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At$50K Winnetka Challenger,

[R1] (4) Rik De Voest (RSA)/ Somdev Devvarman (IND) vs Adam Hubble (AUS)/ Marcio Torres (BRA)
[R1] Harsh Mankad (IND)/ John Paul Fruttero (USA) vs (2) Lester Cook (USA)/ David Martin (USA)

Somi find good partner in South African Davis cupper Rik De Voest but Harsh need to settle with available one and having tough first round match against second seed.
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At $15K Malaysia F2 Futures 2010, Kuala Lumpur

[R1] (5) Rohan GAJJAR (IND,472) bt Peerakit SIRIBUTWONG (THA,796) 36 64 62
[R1] (4) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,443) bt (WC) Yew-Ming SI (MAS,1434) 61 61
[R1] Karan RASTOGI (IND,496) l (7) Ervin ELESKOVIC (SWE,485) 57 16
[R1] N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,789) bt Dane PROPOGGIA (AUS,613) 75 76(3)
[R1] Yannick NELORD (IND,791) l (Q) Ruan ROELOFSE (RSA,974) 16 36
[R1] (Q) Karunuday SINGH (IND,930) l Nikala SCHOLTZ (RSA,897) 76(6) 36 67(3)

[R2] (5) Rohan GAJJAR (IND,472) vs Soong-Jae CHO (KOR,507)
[R2] (4) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,443) vs (Q) Elbert SIE (INA,1137)
[R2] N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,789) vs (3) Kaden HENSEL (AUS,432)

Disappointing loss for Karan ... Vijay Sundar scored victory in 2 tight sets against higer ranked Australian, Karunuday produced valiant effort in his first round match before losing it.

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At 2010 Wimbledon Championship, London England

Doubles
[R3] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam Qureshi (PAK) bt Lukas Lacko (SVK)/ Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) 75 76(4) 62
[R3] (4) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Max Mirnyi (BLR) l (16) Robert Lindstedt (SWE)/ Horia Tecau (ROU) 63 64 36 67(8) 6-8

Mixed Doubles
[R2] (2) Leander Paes (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) bt Martin Damm (CZE)/ Vladimira Uhlirova (CZE) 63 36 62

Good win, they dominated 3rd set breaking opponents twice after winning tight first 2 sets ... This is Rohan's first quarter-fial appearence in grand slam ... Also this quarter-final appearence will definetly push Rohan and Aisam's ranking inside top-40, Bops mostly move around top-35 ... Great work guys.

But Mahesh and Max wasn't that lucky ... They started well winning first 2 sets but gave chance to 's-Hertogenbosch doubles champion ... They won third set with break but Mahesh and Max lost chance of finishing match in 4th set and lost set in tie-break ... In decider they gave crucial break in 14th game, last game of the match ... And this Wimbledon turning into disappointed one ... Only notable performance by Rohan and Aisam.

In mixed doubles Lee and Cara having winning start ... Though they lost second set but dominated decider breaking opponents twice in decider.
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At$50K Winnetka Challenger,

[R1] (3) Somdev Devvarman (IND,103) l Lester Cook (USA,211) 64 36 46

This match was tricky match for Somi, who had 1-2 career record against Cook before this match ... Today Somi lost opportunity of scoring sounding win over Cook in straight sets ... After winning first set he was break up before losing focus ... Cook mounted superb comeback and managed to won next 2 sets to complete victory ... Other hand Somi struggled due to lack of consistency in his game.
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At $15K Malaysia F2 Futures 2010, Kuala Lumpur

[R1] (5) Rohan GAJJAR (IND,472) vs Peerakit SIRIBUTWONG (THA,796)
[R1] (4) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,443) vs (WC) Yew-Ming SI (MAS,1434)
[R1] Karan RASTOGI (IND,496) vs (7) Ervin ELESKOVIC (SWE,485)
[R1] N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,789) vs Dane PROPOGGIA (AUS,613)
[R1] Yannick NELORD (IND,791) vs (Q) Ruan ROELOFSE (RSA,974)
[R1] (Q) Karunuday SINGH (IND,930) vs Nikala SCHOLTZ (RSA,897)

Doubles
[R1] MALIK (IND)/ SINGH (IND) l BRITTON (USA)/ RUCKELSHAUSEN (AUT) 26 62 7-10
[R1] PRASHANTH (IND)/ VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) bt LEONG (SOL)/ SIRILUETHAIWATTANA (THA) 62 46 12-10
[R1] (3) GAJJAR (IND)/ SHOKEEN (IND) bt HUANG (TPE)/ NELORD (IND) 62 63

[QF] PRASHANTH (IND)/ VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) vs (4) AN (KOR)/ WACHIRAMANOWONG (THA)
[QF] (3) GAJJAR (IND)/ SHOKEEN (IND) vs INOYATOV (UZB)/ STARKOV (RUS)

Our five player reached into final qualifying but only Karunuday managed to qualify and Vijayant gave fight in his match.

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At $250K Indonesia Open Super Series 2010, Jakarta

Womens Final
(1) Saina Nehwal (IND,3) bt Sayaka Sato (JPN,25) 21-19 13-21 21-11

[SF] (1) Saina Nehwal (IND,3) bt (4) Eriko Hirose (JPN,13) 21-9 21-10

Saina successfully defended her Indonesia Super Series title, though not in convincing manner like last week at Singapore Super Series where she lost only a single game in the tournament ... With this win Saina completed hat-trick of titles in 3 weeks, India Open GP Gold, Singapore Super Series and Indonesia Super Series ... This was Saina's 3rd Super Series title and 2nd in year 2010.

In the semis she defeated Hirose in convincing manner losing only 19 points ... But after her inside 30 mins victory in semis Saina stretched by Japanese unseeded Sato for an hour long battle in the final ... After winning close first game Saina lost second game easily, may be lapse in concentration ... But in decider Saina came back strongly to won game dominatingly giving very few chances to Sato.

Saina Nehwal - “This is such a great feeling – defending my title and winning my third tournament. I think the Indonesia Open is the hardest tournament out of the three, perhaps because I’m already physically and mentally tired. Moreover, being the defending champion also puts some pressure on me. But overall, this is a great tournament.”

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At 2010 Wimbledon Championship, London England

Doubles
[R2] (4) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Max Mirnyi (BLR) bt Jamie Delgado (GBR)/ Joshua Goodall (GBR) 63 64 64
[R2] (3) Lukas Dlouhy (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) l Lukas Lacko (SVK)/ Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) 36 36 75 64 57
[R2] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam Qureshi (PAK) bt Philipp Marx (GER)/ Igor Zelenay (SVK) 67(6) 64 64 46 13-11
[R2] Sania Mirza (IND)/ Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) l (11) Cara Black (ZIM)/ Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) 67(0) 36

[R3] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam Qureshi (PAK) vs Lukas Lacko (SVK)/ Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR)
[R3] (4) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Max Mirnyi (BLR) vs (16) Robert Lindstedt (SWE)/ Horia Tecau (ROU)

Mixed Doubles
[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Anastasia Rodionova (AUS) l Eric Butorac (USA)/ Olga Govortsova (BLR) 67(4) 46
[R1] Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK)/ Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) l Bob Bryan (USA)/ Lindsay Davenport (USA) 67(3) 36

[R2] (3) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Liezel Huber (USA) l Dmitry Tursunov (RUS)/ Vera Dushevina(RUS) 26 63 36
[R2] (2) Leander Paes (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) vs Martin Damm (CZE)/ Vladimira Uhlirova (CZE)

Somewhat disappointing performance by our players ... Shocking defeat was of Lee and Lukas, who tried their comeback after losing first 2 sets but In decider gave crucial break to their opponents to bowed out in second round ... Mahesh and Max scored easy straight sets victory over British wild-card pair ... But most impressive win scored by Rohan and Aisam against experienced pair where they won decider 13-11.

But in mixed doubles Rohan and Aisam lost in the first round ... Then Mahesh also lost in second round with American Liezel Huber.
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At $50K+H Reggio Emilia Challenger, Italy

[F] (2) Purav Raja (IND)/ Sadik Kadir (AUS) l (1) Phillipp Oswald (AUT)/ Martin Slanar (AUT) 26 75 6-10

[SF] (2) Purav Raja (IND)/ Sadik Kadir (AUS) bt (4) Alex Bogomolov Jr (USA)/ Ricardo Hocevar (BRA) 62 64

Terific run in doubles continued for Purav and Sadik ... Again they performed as per their ranking ... After winning semi-final convincingly they lost in the final in super tie-break ... In the final after losing first set they fought hard and win second set ... But in super tie-break their Austrian opponents were strong.
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At$35K Marburg Challenger, Germany

[SF] (WC) NARAYANASWAMY Srirambalaji (IND)/ RIESCHICK Sebastian (GER) l BACHINGER Matthias (GER)/ GREMELMAYR Denis (GER) 46 67(1)

So good run of wild-card pair ended in the semis.
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At $15K+H France F9 Futures 2010, Toulon

[F] (3) Ashwin KUMAR (USA)/ Rupesh ROY (IND) l (4) Philip BESTER (CAN)/ Jonathan EYSSERIC (FRA) 36 46

Rupesh and Ashwin failed to win title in France.

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At $250K Indonesia Open Super Series 2010, Jakarta

[QF] (1) Saina Nehwal (IND,3) bt (8) Ella Diehl (RUS,15) 17-21 21-11 21-16

[SF] (1) Saina Nehwal (IND,3) vs (4) Eriko Hirose (JPN,13)

Surprisingly tough match but good to see she came back after losing first game ... Tricky match against Japanese player against whom Saina struggled in the past.

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At 2010 Wimbledon Championship, London England

Doubles
[R1] (4) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Max Mirnyi (BLR) bt Maximo Gonzalez (ARG)/ Sebastian Prieto (ARG) 75 61 75

[R2] (4) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Max Mirnyi (BLR) vs Jamie Delgado (GBR)/ Joshua Goodall (GBR)
[R2] (3) Lukas Dlouhy (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs Lukas Lacko (SVK)/ Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR)
[R2] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam Qureshi (PAK) vs Philipp Marx (GER)/ Igor Zelenay (SVK)

After winning c;lose first set Mahesh and Max won second set easily breaking Argentine pair's serve twice ... In third set they take crucial break to complete their victory in straight sets.
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At $50K+H Reggio Emilia Challenger, Italy

[QF] (2) Purav Raja (IND)/ Sadik Kadir (AUS) bt Uladzimir Ignatik (BLR)/ Peter Polansky (CAN) 64 63

[SF] (2) Purav Raja (IND)/ Sadik Kadir (AUS) vs (4) Alex Bogomolov Jr (USA)/ Ricardo Hocevar (BRA)

Really very impressive consistency in these challengers from Purav and Sadik.
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At$35K Marburg Challenger, Germany

[QF] (WC) NARAYANASWAMY Srirambalaji (IND)/ RIESCHICK Sebastian (GER) bt (3) CRUGNOLA Marco (ITA)/ VAGNOZZI Simone (ITA) 76(6) 2-0 (Retd due to injury to right ankle of Crugnola)

[SF] (WC) NARAYANASWAMY Srirambalaji (IND)/ RIESCHICK Sebastian (GER) vs BACHINGER Matthias (GER)/ GREMELMAYR Denis (GER)

Srirambalaji is in semis with his German partner ... His first doubles semi-final appearance on challenger level ... Srirambalaji and Sebastian won first set in tie-break ... In second set when they were break up their seeded opponent pair conceded match due to injury.
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At $15K+H France F9 Futures 2010, Toulon

[SF] (3) Ashwin KUMAR (USA)/ Rupesh ROY (IND) bt Aleksandr AGAFONOV (UKR)/ Tak Khunn WANG (FRA) 63 64

[F] (3) Ashwin KUMAR (USA)/ Rupesh ROY (IND) vs (4) Philip BESTER (CAN)/ Jonathan EYSSERIC (FRA)

So with straight sets victory Rupesh and Ashwin r in doubles final.

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At $250K Indonesia Open Super Series 2010, Jakarta

[R2] (Q) Gurusaidatt Rajah Manuri Venkata (IND,52) l (8) Kenichi Tago (JPN,14) 21-11 18-21 11-21
[R2] (1) Saina Nehwal (IND,6) bt Petya Nedelcheva (BUL,17) 21-12 21-17

Saina scored comfortable win over Bulgarian Petya Nedelcheva to move into quarter-final ... Guru lost after winning first game ... In second game also he take early lead and was leading 12-8 before Japanese player produced comeback.

Saina climbed to her career best singles ranking, WR #3 ... Interestingly she is only non-Chinese player in top 7 players ... Gurusaidatt also first-time entered into top-50 player with his recent consistent performance.

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At 2010 Wimbledon Championship, London, England

Mixed Doubles
[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Anastasia Rodionova (AUS) vs Eric Butorac (USA)/ Olga Govortsova (BLR)
[R1] (3) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Liezel Huber (USA) bye
[R1] (2) Leander Paes (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) bye
[R1] Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK)/ Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) vs Bob Bryan (USA)/ Lindsay Davenport (USA)

Mixed doubles draw is out ... Lee and Mahesh are in bottom draw ... If Rohan wins his first round in mixed doubles then he face 11th seed pair, Wesley Moodie and Lisa Raymond.
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At $15K Malaysia F1 Futures 2010, Kuala Lumpur

[QF] Karan RASTOGI (IND,496) l (1) Young-Jun KIM (KOR,291) 46 06

Doubles
[SF] (4) GAJJAR (IND)/ SHOKEEN (IND) l (1) YANG (TPE)/ YI (TPE) 16 46

Karan didn't manage to put much fight in second set against top-see Korean ... Also our pair lost in doubles semi against top-seeds.

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At 2010 Wimbledon Championship, London England

Doubles
[R1] (3) Lukas Dlouhy (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt Rik De Voest (RSA)/ Mischa Zverev (GER) 76(4) 64 63
[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam Qureshi (PAK) bt (Q) Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Treat Conrad Huey (PHI) 36 75 63 76(6)
[R1] Sania Mirza (IND)/ Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) bt Anne Keothavong (GBR)/ Melanie South (GBR) 64 61

Good fighting performance by Treat and Somi but after losing first set Rohan and Aisam won next tight 3 sets to scored first round victory ... Lee and Lukas started with straight sets victory after winning first set in tie-break ... New pair of Sania and Caroline having easy winning start against local pair.

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At $250K Indonesia Open Super Series 2010, Jakarta

[R1] (Q) Gurusaidatt Rajah Manuri Venkata (IND,52) bt Yan Kit Chan (HKG,20) 21-18 21-13
[R1] (Q) Ajay Jayaram (IND,64) l Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk (THA,28) 23-25 20-22
[R1] Chetan Anand (IND,17) l (Q) Wing Ki Wong (HKG,49) 15-21 9-21
[R1] Kashyap Parupalli (IND,32) l (2) Taufik Hidayat (INA,5) 21-12 19-21 16-21
[R1] (1) Saina Nehwal (IND,6) bt Ji Hyun Sung (KOR,26) 22-20 17-21 21-14
[R1] Aditi Mutatkar (IND,33) l (7) Pui Yin Yip (HKG,15) 17-21 14-21

[R2] (Q) Gurusaidatt Rajah Manuri Venkata (IND,52) vs (8) Kenichi Tago (JPN,14)
[R2] (1) Saina Nehwal (IND,6) vs Petya Nedelcheva (BUL,17)

Guru continued his giant killing to reach in second round but Saina stretched to fullest before scoring win against Korean opponent.

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At$35K Marburg Challenger, Germany

[R1] (WC) NARAYANASWAMY Srirambalaji (IND)/ RIESCHICK Sebastian (GER) bt CERVANTES-HUEGUN Inigo (ESP)/ CLAR-ROSSELLO Pedro (ESP) 64 64

[QF] (WC) NARAYANASWAMY Srirambalaji (IND)/ RIESCHICK Sebastian (GER) vs (3) CRUGNOLA Marco (ITA)/ VAGNOZZI Simone (ITA)

Good winning start for wild-card pair.
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At $50K womens ITF tournament , Boston, USA

[Q3] (7) Shikha UBEROI (IND,649) l (3) Tamaryn HENDLER (BEL,450) 26 26

Doubles
[R1] Shikha UBEROI (IND)/ Macall HARKINS (USA) l Madison BRENGLE (USA)/ Asia MUHAMMED (USA) 16 16

Disappointing results for Shikha.
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At $15K Malaysia F1 Futures 2010, Kuala Lumpur

[R2] Karan RASTOGI (IND,496)
bt (Q) Andrew THOMAS (AUS,1622) 62 62
[R2] (Q) Karunuday SINGH (IND,930) l Murad INOYATOV (UZB,490) 46 62 26
[R2] (7) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,443) l Nathan THOMPSON (USA,537) 46 06
[R2] (Q) Kaza Vinayak SHARMA (IND,1415) l (6) Kaden HENSEL (AUS,432) 36 36
[R2] Yannick NELORD (IND,791) l (2) Tsung-Hua YANG (TPE,313) 36 67(4)

[QF] Karan RASTOGI (IND,496) vs (1) Young-Jun KIM (KOR,291)

Doubles
[QF] (4) GAJJAR (IND)/ SHOKEEN (IND) bt DOAKMAIKLEE (THA)/ WACHIRAMANOWONG (THA) 46 61 10-4
[QF] MALIK (IND)/ SINGH (IND) l (2) HENSEL (AUS)/ PROPOGGIA (AUS) 16 61 5-10

[SF] (4) GAJJAR (IND)/ SHOKEEN (IND) vs (1) YANG (TPE)/ YI (TPE)

Expected win for Karan but otherwise disappointed results though fighting performance.
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At $15K+H France F9 Futures 2010, Toulon

[R1] (6) Rupesh ROY (IND,468) l (WC) Jerome SCIARRINO (FRA,UNR) 67(3) 06

Doubles
[QF] (3) Ashwin KUMAR (USA)/ Rupesh ROY (IND) bt Didier LANNE (FRA)/ Sebastian SERRANO (COL) 60 60

[SF] (3) Ashwin KUMAR (USA)/ Rupesh ROY (IND) vs Aleksandr AGAFONOV (UKR)/ Tak Khunn WANG (FRA)

Disappointing loss in singles for Rupesh.

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At 2010 Wimbledon Championship, London England

[R1] (Q) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Ilija Bozoljac (SRB) l Juan Ignacio Chela (ARG)/ Eduardo Schwank (ARG) 36 46 26

Was hoping win aginst clay courters but in end they proved too strong for qualifiers ... So though result wasn't in favor of Harsh and Bozol but I m still proud that he got chance of playing at Wimbledon maindraw ... I m really hoping he and Bozol plan to play few more tournaments.
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At $50K womens ITF tournament , Boston, USA

[Q1] (7) Shikha UBEROI (IND,649) bt Samantha POWERS (USA,999) 62 61
[Q2] (7) Shikha UBEROI (IND,649) bt Carmen SANDOR (CAN,UNR) 61 60

[Q3] (7) Shikha UBEROI (IND,649) vs (3) Tamaryn HENDLER (BEL,450)

Doubles
[R1] Shikha UBEROI (IND)/ Macall HARKINS (USA) vs Madison BRENGLE (USA)/ Asia MUHAMMED (USA)

These days Shikha is winning these matches easily ... She is again showing performance like top-400 player, hoping win for her in the final qualifying round ... In doubles she is partnering Macall Harkins.

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At $250K Indonesia Open Super Series 2010, Jakarta

[Q1] Gurusaidatt Rajah Manuri Venkata (IND,52) bt Wee Chung Pei (MAS,105) 21-18 21-18
[Q1] Anand Pawar (IND,41) l Shuhei Hayasaki (JPN,123) 19-21 21-16 13-21
[Q1] Ajay Jayaram (IND,64) bt (3) Cordon Kevin (GUA,49) 22-20 18-21 21-18

[Q2] Gurusaidatt Rajah Manuri Venkata (IND,52) bt Beryno Jiann Tze Wong (MAS,63) 21-13 21-12
[Q2] Ajay Jayaram (IND,64) bt Shuhei Hayasaki (JPN,123) 21-11 13-21 21-18

[R1] (Q) Gurusaidatt Rajah Manuri Venkata (IND,52) vs Yan Kit Chan (HKG,20)
[R1] (Q) Ajay Jayaram (IND,64) vs Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk (THA,28)
[R1] Chetan Anand (IND,17) vs (Q) Wing Ki Wong (HKG,49)
[R1] Kashyap Parupalli (IND,32) vs (2) Taufik Hidayat (INA,5)
[R1] (1) Saina Nehwal (IND,6) vs Ji Hyun Sung (KOR,26)
[R1] Aditi Mutatkar (IND,33) vs (7) Pui Yin Yip (HKG,15)

Ajay and Guru scored contrasting win in the final qualifying to moved into maindraw ... Good to see Guru qualified for back to back Super series tournaments.

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At 2010 Wimbledon Championship, London England

[R1] Sania Mirza (IND,111) l Angelique Kerber (GER,54) 46 16

Though disappointing but expected loss of Sania ... Was hoping more fighting performance from her but after giving some fight in the first set she didn't give any trouble to Kerber in second set.

Sania broke Kerber in the first game of the match and take 2-0 lead but Kerber broke back immediately to make it 2-all ... In 9th game Sania had break point chance which she missed and Kerber broke her in 10th game to won firt set ... In second set Kerber was too strong for Sania and lost only 1 game to win match.
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At $50K+H Reggio Emilia Challenger, Italy (Red clay)

[R1] (2) Purav Raja (IND)/ Sadik Kadir (AUS) bt Federico Gaio (ITA)/ Alessandro Giannessi (ITA) 67(4) 62 10-8

[QF] (2) Purav Raja (IND)/ Sadik Kadir (AUS) vs Uladzimir Ignatik (BLR)/ Peter Polansky (CAN)

Good comeback win by Purav and Sadik after losing first set against local pair.
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At $15K Malaysia F1 Futures 2010, Kuala Lumpur

[R1] Karan RASTOGI (IND,496) bt (8) Rohan GAJJAR (IND,472) 62 26 63
[R1] (Q) Karunuday SINGH (IND,930) bt (3) Junn MITSUHASHI (JPN,408) 64 26 63
[R1] (7) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,443) bt (WC) Yew-Ming SI (MAS,1434) 60 64
[R1] (Q) Kaza Vinayak SHARMA (IND,1415) bt (Q) Devin BRITTON (USA,1119) 76(6) 63

[R2] Karan RASTOGI (IND,496) vs (Q) Andrew THOMAS (AUS,1622)
[R2] (Q) Karunuday SINGH (IND,930) vs Murad INOYATOV (UZB,490)
[R2] (7) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,443) vs Nathan THOMPSON (USA,537)
[R2] (Q) Kaza Vinayak SHARMA (IND,1415) vs (6) Kaden HENSEL (AUS,432)
[R2] Yannick NELORD (IND,791) vs (2) Tsung-Hua YANG (TPE,313)

Superb win by Karunuday against top-400 type Japanese player, who was top-300 last year ... Karan again scored win over Gajjar in 3 sets ... Our players facing some tricky opponents in second round.
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At $15K+H France F9 Futures 2010, Toulon (Red clay)

[R1] (6) Rupesh ROY (IND,468) vs (WC) Jerome SCIARRINO (FRA,UNR)

Doubles
[R1] (3) Ashwin KUMAR (USA)/ Rupesh ROY (IND) bt Sebastian CURTIS (AUS)/ Tomas WILLIS (AUS) 64 62
[QF] (3) Ashwin KUMAR (USA)/ Rupesh ROY (IND) vs Didier LANNE (FRA)/ Sebastian SERRANO (COL)

This week Rupesh is 6th seed in singles, hopefully he will performance as per his ranking on the clay.

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At $50K+H Reggio Emilia Challenger, Italy (Red clay)

[R1] (2) Purav Raja (IND)/ Sadik Kadir (AUS) vs Federico Gaio (ITA)/ Alessandro Giannessi (ITA)

Purav and Sadik r playing at Reggio Emilia Challenger and they r second seed ... In first round they r facing local Italian pair ... Purav lost in first round of singles qualifying but Sadik qualified for main-draw.
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At$35K Marburg Challenger, Germany

[R1] (WC) NARAYANASWAMY Srirambalaji (IND)/ RIESCHICK Sebastian (GER) vs CERVANTES-HUEGUN Inigo (ESP)/ CLAR-ROSSELLO Pedro (ESP)

This week after long time we r seeing Srirambalaji at Marburg Challenger in Germany ... He played qualifying but after winning first round he lost in second qualifying round easily ... In doubles he is having wild-card with local player Sebastian Rieschick and they r playing Spanish pair.
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At $15K Malaysia F1 Futures 2010, Kuala Lumpur

[Q1] Sudanwa SITARAM (IND) bt Seung-Joo LEE (KOR) 64 26 76(12)
[Q1] (4) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND) bt Kieran BERTSCH (CAN) 62 61
[Q1] Krishik DIVAKAR (IND) bt Bharatram BALAJEE (IND) 75 62
[Q1] (14) Abhijeet TIWARI (IND) l Andrew THOMAS (AUS) 36 63 26
[Q1] (13) Akash WAGH (IND) l Hyun-Seung KIM (KOR) 64 16 36
[Q1] (6) Karunuday SINGH (IND) bt Philip MEYER (SUI) 64 63
[Q1] (16) Ronak MANUJA (IND) bt Maung NGE HNAUNG (MYA) 64 64
[Q1] (7) Vivek SHOKEEN (IND) bt Austin KAROSI (USA) 62 64
[Q1] Kaza Vinayak SHARMA (IND) bt (WC) Ahmed Deedat ABDUL RAZAK (MAS) 61 64
[Q1] Aroon KHATTER (IND) l (12) Michael LEONG (SOL) 06 16

[Q2] Sudanwa SITARAM (IND) l (1) Richard RUCKELSHAUSEN (AUT) 67(1) 62 1-1 Retd
[Q2] (4) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND) bt Krishik DIVAKAR (IND) 60 62
[Q2] (6) Karunuday SINGH (IND) bt (WC) Wan Abdul Muiz WAN ABDUL AZIZ (MAS) 62 61
[Q2] (16) Ronak MANUJA (IND) l Kelsey STEVENSON (CAN) 26 16
[Q2] (7) Vivek SHOKEEN (IND) bt Jordan SZABO (AUS) 75 76(3)
[Q2] Kaza Vinayak SHARMA (IND) bt (8) Michal KONECNY (CZE) 63 36 63

[Q3] (4) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,789) l Andrew THOMAS (AUS,1622) 36 67(3)
[Q3] (6) Karunuday SINGH (IND,930) bt Kelsey STEVENSON (CAN,UNR) 63 64
[Q3] (7) Vivek SHOKEEN (IND,982) l (15) Devin BRITTON (USA,1119) 67(1) 75 46
[Q3] Kaza Vinayak SHARMA (IND,1415) bt Kenny BUN (CAM,UNR) 60 62

[R1] (8) Rohan GAJJAR (IND,472) vs Karan RASTOGI (IND,496)
[R1] (Q) Karunuday SINGH (IND,930) vs (3) Junn MITSUHASHI (JPN,412)
[R1] Vijayant MALIK (IND,885) l Murad INOYATOV (UZB,490) 36 36
[R1] (7) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,443) vs (WC) Yew-Ming SI (MAS,1434)
[R1] (Q) Kaza Vinayak SHARMA (IND,1415) vs (Q) Devin BRITTON (USA,1119)
[R1] Yannick NELORD (IND,791) bt (WC) Christian Oliver LEE (MAS,UNR) 60 61

Doubles
[R1] PRASHANTH (IND)/ VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) l (WC) JAYA (MAS)/ SI (MAS) 64 16 7-10
[R1] (4) GAJJAR (IND)/ SHOKEEN (IND) bt INOYATOV (UZB)/ NELORD (IND) 62 62
[R1] MALIK (IND)/ SINGH (IND) bt ROELOFSE (RSA)/ SCHOLTZ (RSA) 64 46 10-6

[QF] (4) GAJJAR (IND)/ SHOKEEN (IND) vs DOAKMAIKLEE (THA)/ WACHIRAMANOWONG (THA)
[QF] MALIK (IND)/ SINGH (IND) vs (2) HENSEL (AUS)/ PROPOGGIA (AUS)

Next 2 weeks our big Indian contingent is plying in Malaysian futures.

Our 7 players r in maindraw ... Sudanwa Sitaram scored good fighting win in first qualifying and was performing well against top-seed before retiring in second round ... Kaza Vinayak Sharma scored upset win over 8th seed Czech opponent in second qualifying round ... Prashanth and Shokeen failed to qualify for main-draw ... Karunuday and Kaza qualified for maindraw, but tough match for Karunuday.

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At $200K Li-Ning Singapore Open Super Series 2010,

Womens Singles Final

(1) Saina NEHWAL (IND,6) bt (Q) Tzu Ying TAI (TPE,118) 21-18 21-15

Congratulation to Saina for lifting her 2nd Super Series title in Singapore, before this she won Indonasian Super Series title in 2009 ... In the final Taipei qualifier stretched her but Saina finished match in 2 games and 33 minutes ... In this Super series tournament Saina lost only one game against current World champion Lan Lu in semis ... This title win give Saina $15K prize money ... So now after winning Indian GP and Singapore Super Series titles back to back, next week Saina will try to complete hat-trick of titles with defending her title at Indonesia Open Super Series.

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At $450K Unicef Open, s'Hertogenbosch, Netherlands

[F] (1) Lukas Dlouhy (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) l (4) Robert Lindstedt (SWE)/ Horia Tecau (ROU) 61 57 7-10

Lee and Lukas started positively winning first set comfortably ... But Lindstedt and Tecau made excellent comeback in the match winning second set and then completing win with winning super tie-break ... Though in this match Lee and Lukas won more points than their opponents still they found at losing side as they failed to win crucial points.

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At $200K Li-Ning Singapore Open Super Series 2010,

[SF] (1) Saina NEHWAL (IND,6) bt (4) Lan LU (CHN,10) 8-21 21-17 21-8
[SF] Kashyap PARUPALLI (IND,40) l (7) Sony KUNCORO (INA,11) 19-21 20-22

[F] (1) Saina NEHWAL (IND,6) vs (Q) Tzu Ying TAI (TPE,118)

Saina scored superb comeback victory after losing first game easily ... After first game Chinese was looking strong to complete win in 2 games ... But Saina having different idea, after winning second game she dominated third to win it easily ... In the final she is facing Taipei qualifier.

Kashyap produced fighting performnce against Kuncoro but failed to win crucial points ... Still creditable performance to reached his first Super Series tournament.