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Qualifier Shivika Burman made it to the main round before losing in Lima this week, Kamala Kannan tried his best in Texas while Parul Goswami still survives in Pretoria $15,000 USA F27 FUTURES, Mansfield, Texas (October 20 - 26, 2008) HARD COURT Men's Singles Qualifying Round 3 Kamala Kannan lost to...

ATP RANKINGS (20 October 2008) (in brackets - positions lost/gained since last week) SINGLES 214 (+13) Amritraj, Prakash 242 (0) Devvarman, Somdev 322 (+25) Bopanna, Rohan 507 (-4) Sipaeya, Sunil Kumar 565 (0) Mankad, Harsh 667 (-5) Singh, Ashutosh 742 (0) Rastogi, Karan 806 (-1) Sharan, Divij 811 ...

Shikha pairs with Mashona Washington in doubles this week - with Paes and Bopanna also in the running in the men's doubles, we might as well have a tournament thread. $869,000 AIG JAPAN OPEN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS, Tokyo (September 27 - October 5, 2008) HARD COURT Women's Doubles Round 1 Shikha Uberoi...

And his odds of making it to the main draw at Metz have improved with second seed and world no. 72 Fabio Fognini falling to a little known Frenchman in the first round.

Up next for Prakash Amritraj is 460th ranked Romain Jouan.

Anybody heard of this Indian?

OPEN TARRAGONA COSTA DAURADA CHALLENGER, Spain
(September 29 - October 5, 2008)
RED CLAY COURT
Men's Singles Qualifying Round 1
Nazeeb Shaikh lost to David Catala-Velasco(SPN) 0-6,1-6

$10,000 UGANDA F1 FUTURES, Kampala
(September 22 - 28, 2008)
CLAY COURT
Men's Singles Round 1
Krishik Divakar vs Candy Idoko(NGR)

ATP RANKINGS (22 September 2008) (in brackets - positions lost/gained since last week) SINGLES 224 (-2) Amritraj, Prakash 244 (-2) Devvarman, Somdev 355 (-6) Bopanna, Rohan 496 (+19) Sipaeya, Sunil Kumar 559 (-4) Mankad, Harsh 656 (-12) Singh, Ashutosh 735 (-13) Rastogi, Karan 789 (-6) Sharan, Divi...

Tough opponents in doubles opener

$1,340,000 TORAY PAN PACIFIC OPEN, Tokyo, Japan
(September 15 - 20, 2008)
HARD COURT
Women's Doubles Round 1
Shikha Uberoi/Aravane Rezai(FRA) lost to (2)Lisa Raymond(USA)/Samantha Stosur(AUS) 3-6,4-6

Another early exit for Navdeep $15,000 GREAT BRITAIN F15 FUTURES, Nottingham (September 15 - 21, 2008) HARD COURT Men's Singles Round 1 Navdeep Singh lost to Joshua Milton(GB) 3-6,1-6 Men's Doubles Quarterfinal (3) Navdeep Singh /Adil Shamasdin(CAN) lost to David Rice(GB)/Sean Thornley(GB) 7-5,1-6,5...

$15,000 GREAT BRITAIN F15 FUTURES, Nottingham (September 15 - 21, 2008) HARD COURT Men's Singles Round 1 Navdeep Singh vs Joshua Milton(GB) Qualifying Round 1 Rahil Dhruva lost to Ben Mactaggart(GB) 1-6,2-6 Men's Doubles Quarterfinal (3) Navdeep Singh /Adil Shamasdin(CAN) vs David Rice(GB)/Sean Tho...

$15,000 TORNEO INTERNACIONAL, Madrid-Alcorcon, Spain (September 15 - 21, 2008) HARD COURT Men's Singles Qualifying Round 1 Kaushik Raju lost to Jonathan Solanas-Lafuente(SPN) 3-6,4-6 $10,000 RWANDA F1 FUTURES, Kigali (September 15 - 21, 2008) CLAY COURT Men's Singles Qualifying Round 1 Krishik Diva...

$10,000 BURUNDI F1 FUTURES, Bujumbura (September 8 - 14, 2008) CLAY COURT Men's Singles Round 1 (Q) Krishik Divakar lost to (3)Motaz Abou El Khair(EGY) 3-6,1-6 Qualifying Singles Round 1 -bye- Men's Doubles Round 1 Krishik Divakar /Andrew Mawire(ZIM) lost to Andre Begemann(GER)/Alexei Filenkov(RUS)...

no, it's among the first matches being played on Monday - starts 10:30 local time

$225,000 COMMONWEALTH BANK TENNIS CLASSIC, Bali, Indonesia (September 8 - 14, 2008) HARD, PLEXIPAVE COURT Women's Singles Qualifying Round 2 (5) Shikha Uberoi lost to (2)Sandy Gumulya(INA) 1-6,3-6 Round 1 -bye- Women's Doubles Round 1 Shikha Uberoi /Aleksandra Wozniak(CAN) vs Nadia Petrova(RUS)/Mar...

$25,000 ROCKHAMPTON, Australia (September 8 - 14, 2008) HARD COURT Women's Singles Qualifying Round 1 (12) Ashmitha Easwaramurthi lost to Jenny Thuy Le(AUS) 3-6,2-6 $15,000 OPEN CIUDAD DE MOSTOLES, Mostoles-Madrid, Spain (September 8 - 14, 2008) HARD COURT Men's Singles Qualifying Round 1 Kaushik R...