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Good run by Vishnu and Bala in a big challenger on clay.

Up against top seeds next.

At €127K+H Sparkassen Open, Braunschweig, Germany (Clay)

[F] Sriram Balaji (IND) / Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs. (1) Santiago Gonzalez (MEX) / Wesley Koolhof (NED)

Whatever happens next, we will 6 players in top 100 in doubles next Monday. ( Rohan,Divij,Leander,Purav,Vishnu,Balaji and Jeevan).

Excellent week here for our South Indian express. They face top seeds Santiago Gonzalez/Wesley Koolhof (Artem's regular partner). Hope they get their 3rd CH title this year.

Really an impressive run on the clay after the grass court season.

Balaji finally breaks through into the top-100, at 99 in the live rankings, while Vishnu rises to 90.

Bala and Vishnu lost in the final.

At €127K+H Sparkassen Open, Braunschweig, Germany (Clay)

[F] Sriram Balaji (IND) / Vishnu Vardhan (IND) l. (1) Santiago Gonzalez (MEX) / Wesley Koolhof (NED) 36 36

Still a very good run by Bala and Vishnu in a big challenger.

At SkiStar Swedish Open ATP 250, Bastad, Sweden (Clay)

Balaji and Vishnu have won the first set and are up by a break in the second set.
Melzer and Petzschner come back strongly in the second to break our pair twice and bag the second set at 6-4.
On to the Match tie break now. Balaji and Vishnu lost it 8-10. They were neck to neck up until 7-7, when SB/VV lost couple of points to give the lead to their opponents. Even though they pulled one point back, in the end they fall short.
I believe that this is a match which SB/VV should have pocketed easily being a set and a break up. An opportunity lost.

[R1] Sriram Balaji (IND) / Vishnu Vardhan (IND) l. (PR) Jurgen Melzer (AUT) / Philipp Petzschner (GER) : 7-5, 4-6, 8-10

At €85,000 +H Open Castilla Leon Villa de El Espinar Challenger, Segovia, Spain

Vishnu and Balaji are the top seeds.

[R1] (1) Sriram Balaji (IND) / Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs. Ivan Nedelko (RUS) / Aldin Setkic (BIH)

And they start with an excellent quick win in 43 minutes .

At €85,000 +H Open Castilla Leon Villa de El Espinar Challenger, Segovia, Spain

[R1] (1) Sriram Balaji (IND) / Vishnu Vardhan (IND) 6-0 6-3 Ivan Nedelko (RUS) / Aldin Setkic (BIH)
[QF] (1) Sriram Balaji (IND) / Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs Carlos Boluda-Purkiss (ESP) / Miguel Semmler (ESP)

The top-seeds Vishnu and Bala lost in two tie-breaks against Spanish pair ... I am surprised to see that they r sticking to play on clay instead travelling for big Asian challengers or playing in North America hard court season.

At $100K+H Open Castilla Leon Villa de El Espinar Challenger 2018, Segovia, Spain

[QF] (1) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) l Carlos Boluda-Purkiss (ESP)/ Miguel Semmler (ESP) 67(5) 67(5)

I think this Challenger was being played on hard courts

Oh, thanks Vatsal for correcting me.

Bala and Vishnu r playing in a German challenger ... A tough field as they r unseeded and playing against Belgian pair.

At $150K+H Pullach Challenger 2018, Germany

[R1] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs Sander Gille (BEL)/ Joran Vliegen (BEL)

Another early loss for Bala and Vishnu against Belgian pair ... I think, they will sooner move to the hard courts in US or Asia after completing their training with playing in European challengers.

At $150K+H Pullach Challenger 2018, Germany

[R1] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) l Sander Gille (BEL)/ Joran Vliegen (BEL) 57 46