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Yuki/Saki lost the first set 5-7 against the second seeds Mclachan (#85)/ Goransson (#88). Another comeback on the cards? Won the second set 6-4. :-) Lost 3-10 in the MTB. Still a great result against a regular ATP-level team. Yuki’s serve is a concern if he’s to graduate to the ATP tour. Both of th...

Unbelievable! Saketh double faulted on their first match point opportunity and I wasn’t sure they would come back after that. Sadly, this eliminates any chance of Yuki playing singles at Cincy Masters since he’s currently 6 spots out of the qualifying list with 4QWCs to be given out.

They are on another comeback trail today in the quarterfinals. Lost the first set 4-6 but came back with a solid tie-breaker win (12-10) to level things up. MTB starting soon.

Yuki/Saki won their first round match in Chicago after saving 7 MPs in the super tie-breaker. They were down 4-9 and won it eventually with a score of 14-12. Massive comeback! At the $53,120 Chicago challenger, [R1] (PR) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Saketh Myneni (IND) d. Luke Saville (AUS)/ Jordan Thompson ...

It should be noted that this match was played indoors while the previous rounds were outdoors. Peyton clearly had an advantage having played a ton of matches indoors considering most of the college tennis ties happen in that setup. Karman has made the cut-off for the qualifying draw at next week’s W...

Purav and Divij came back from a set and a rain-interrupted match to seal a win in the QF match against the #4 seeds at the Lexington CH today. If Yuki/Saki wins their QF, we will have an assured Indian pair in the finals this week. [QF] Purav Raja (IND) / Divij Sharan (IND) 3-6 7-6 10-6 (4) Ruben G...

Jennifer Luikham has reached the SF at the $15K Monastir ITF this week. R1 Jennifer Luikham (836) 6-1 6-4 Ela Nala Milic (SLO,UNR) R2 Jennifer Luikham (836) 6-3 7-6 Shrivalli Rashmikaa Bhamidipaty (784) QF Jennifer Luikham (836) 6-4 6-1 Maria Vittoria Viviani (ITA,1047) SF Jennifer Luikham (836) ver...

Disappointing results It seems he is taking a couple of weeks break before returning to Asia to play the Nonthaburi Challenger from 8/22.

Niki has been playing in Tunisia for the last one month or so and has reached singles QF twice and a result of SF or better in the doubles draw with partner Rithvik Bollipalli for the 4th consecutive week. Results this week: R1 Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha(933) 6-3 7-5 Sheng Tan (CHN,1838) R2 Niki Kaliya...

Yuki and Sumit have used their PRs to enter the USO qualifying list. Ramkumar is #11 in the alternates list.

Doubles list is yet to be released, but it’s safe to assume that Ramkumar will join Rohan and Sania to represent us in the last grand slam of the year.

Karman, the top seed was supposed to play her first round match in the qualifying draw today but was replaced by an alternate, which indicates someone from the main draw would have withdrawn today. Hope she takes advantage of this direct main draw opportunity this week at Lexington, as the entry lis...

Niki Poonacha has reached QF (singles) and SF (doubles) once again at the Monastir (Tunisia) M15 Futures. R1 Niki Poonacha (989) 6-7 6-2 6-2 [6] Cyril Vandermeersch (FRA, 780) R2 Niki Poonacha (989) 6-4 1-6 6-3 [Q] Jakub Kroslak (SVK, UNR) QF Niki Poonacha (989) versus [1] Skander Mansouri (TUN,316)...

Karman is in the US and will be participating in the W60 ITF event next week in Lexington (KY). She’s currently #12 in the qualifying list and will most likely need to win 2 matches for a main draw berth.

Divij and Purav are the top seeds at the M25 Edwardsville ITF this week. There are no challengers in the US this week and they may have decided against traveling to Winnipeg for just one week. They will be back at the CH level next week at the Lexington CH. They are facing the Basavareddy brothers i...

Ankita beats the in-form Chinese player to reach QF.

[R2] (4) Ankita Raina (IND,340) 3-6 6-1 6-3 Xinyu Gao (CHN,441)

She will play 19yo Amarni Banks (WTA #1526) next.

Doubles: Ankita (w/Osborne) lost in the first round. Rutuja (w/ Hanatani) won the first round and play their QF today.