Somdev Devvarman, who is demanding better playing conditions in Davis Cup from AITA, started his Australian Open campaign in style as he cruised past Germany's Bjorn Phau in the opening round of the men's singles event in Melbourne on Monday.
Images from the US Open matches played at Flushing Meadows on Thursday.
Harsh Mankad entered the main draw of a Grand Slam for the first time in his career when he qualified for the doubles event of the Wimbledon along with Ilija Bozoljac.
Women's top seed Russian Maria Sharapova will play France's Camille Pin in her first round match at the Australian Open.
World number one Roger Federer said he had to get tough and forget about the beautiful side of his game to beat Germany's Bjorn Phau 6-3, 6-4 at the Estoril Open and post his first win of the clay season on Wednesday.
The Indian ace and Samantha Stosur later crashed out of the mixed doubles, losing in the first round.
Roger Federer enjoyed a smooth 6-3, 6-2 win over Robin Vik in the quarterfinal of the Dubai Open.
Andre Agassi slumped to a 7-5, 7-5 defeat against Bjorn Phau at the Dubai Open
Harsh Mankad beat Toshihide Matsui 6-4, 7-6 (4) in the first round of the US $ 50,000 Natrel de Granby Challenger.
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