The Indian Davis Cupper has been selected for the coveted lifetime achievement award of the International Tennis Federation.
Chin-Wei Chan of Chinese Taipei and Montinee Tangphong of Thailand will clash in the US $ 10,000 tournament final.
Second seed Sahil Deshmukh crashed out of the boys' under-18 singles in the CCI-ITF junior boys and girls' tennis championship, losing his opening round match to Indian compatriot Vidit Vaghela in straight sets, in Mumbai, on Monday. Deshmukh, ranked 290 in the world among juniors, was no match for Vaghela as he lost 2-6, 5-7 at the Cricket Club of India's courts.
Madura Ranganathan went down to Amina Rakhim of Kazakhstan in the girls' singles final at the Grade-2 ITF junior tennis championships.
US Open semi-finalist Yanina Wickmayer must wait to see whether she can return to action even though a Belgian court has suspended a one-year ban imposed on her for violating anti-doping regulations.
The Indian ace beat Kamil Capkovic of Slovakia 6-2, 6-1 in the final of the ITF Futures men's singles event in Chennai.
The third seed easily beat Isha Lakhani in the final.
Indian second seed Isha Lakhani was given a scare by Australian rival Renee Binnie before winning their second round clash to enter the quarter-finals of the USD 10,000 ITF Women's Futures Tennis Tournament in Mumbai on Wednesday.
She beat Ankita Bhambri 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 scoreline in a keenly-contested match at the DLTA courts in New Delhi.
This was the first Futures title on Indian soil for the third seeded Pakistani.
The second-seeded Uzbek outplayed Megha Vakharia in the final of the NECC-ITF Women's Tennis Tournament.
The Wimbledon girls' doubles champion beat compatriot Rushmi Chakravarti in the final of the professional event in Jakarta.
The 18-year-old Mumbai girl will meet Korea's Da-Jung Hong in the title match.
The 19-year-old fourth seed will meet top seed Suchanan Viratprasert of Thailand.
Reigning national champion Isha Lakhani continued her winning streak by progressing to the semi-finals while her compatriot Ankita Bhambri crashed out of the $ 25,000 ITF event in Lagos, Nigeria.
The second seed proved too good for Vijay Kannan in the final of the Satellite tournament.
They scored easy wins over Shruti Dhawan and Archana Venkataraman respectively in the semi-finals.
Sunitha Rao kept alive the Indian challenge in the $ 50,000 ITF women's tennis event by advancing to the singles quarterfinals while compatriots Ankita Bhambri and Isha Lakhani crashed out after losing their second round matches in New Delhi on Wednesday.
The Indian Davis Cupper will meet Zbynek Mylnarik of Austria.
Third seed Vishnu Vardhan upset top seed Yuki Bhambri to set up a title-clash with qualifier Jeevan Nendunchezhiyan, in the US $15,000 Solaris ITF men's Futures Tennis Championships in Pune on Friday. Vardhan avenged his defeat at the hardcourt Nationals by scraping past title-favourite Bhambri 2-6, 7-6(5), 7-5, while Jeevan made it to the final after his opponent, sixth seed Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan, retired with a shoulder injury at 3-6, 6-4.
Indian top seed Sunil Kumar Sipaeya was shocked in the second round of the USD 10,000 ITF tournament in Lahore even as Vikram B Reddy and Rupesh Roy advanced to the quarter-finals of the hardcourt event. Unseeded Patrick Taubert of Germany defeated Sipaeya 6-2, 7-5 to advance to the quarter-finals.
Ankita Bhambri faltered at the final step, losing to Tamaryn Hendler of Belgium in the final of US $25,000 ITF event in Lagos on Sunday. After losing the first set, Bhambri staged a strong comeback to level scores but could not continue the momentum in the deciding set to lose 3-6, 6-2, 3-6.
Roger Federer became only the second player after Pete Sampras to receive the accolade for the fourth successive year.
Rainer Ettzinger of Austria was leading 6-3 in the first set against fourth seed Ivan Cerovic of Crotia, when the chair umpire called off the match.
Rohan Gajjar kept the Indian challenge alive at $ 15, 000 ITF Futures tournament after knocking his third seed Spaniard opponent out to book a semifinal berth in the men's singles event in New Delhi on Thursday.
A week after becoming the national champion, Delhi lad Yuki Bhambri, on Sunday, won his first ITF Futures singles title abroad, and sixth overall, after defeating Ruan Roelofse in the summit clash of the Nigeria event.
Sunitha Rao and her French partner Aurelie Vedy went down fighting against top-seeded Chinese combination of Chun-Mei Ji and Sheng-Nan Sun in the doubles final of the $ 50,000 ITF women's event in New Delhi on Friday.
ITF will investigate Tommy Haas' claim that he was poisoned during Germany's Davis Cup semi-final in Russia.
Top seed Karan Rastogi and No. 6 Yuki Bhambri, both of India, registered comfortable second round wins to ease into the quarter-finals of the CCI-ITF US$15,000 Men's Futures tennis tournament, at the Cricket Club of India, in Mumbai, on Wednesday.
Rupesh Roy and qualifier Divij Sharan of India kicked off their campaigns with impressive wins, as the main draw got under way in the CCI-ITF US$15,000 Men's Futures Tennis Tournament, at the Cricket Club of India in Mumbai, on Monday. Southpaw Sharan overcame compatriot and wild card Lakshit Sood 6-3, 7-6, while Roy beat Tristan-Samuel Weissborn of Austria 7-6, 6-1 in close first round contests.
Madison Brengle filed a lawsuit against the Women's Tennis Association and the International Tennis Federation on Monday seeking damages for injuries she says were caused by the repeated drawing of blood for anti-doping tests.
The 23-year-old Federer dominated the men's game this year, winning 11 titles including three Grand Slams and the Masters Cup.
In a one-sided final, national champion Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan defeated unseeded Croatian rival Mate Pavic in straight sets to lift the CCI-ITF men's Futures tennis title in Mumbai.
Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan continued his good run since being crowned men's champion at the Senior Nationals, entering the semi-finals of the US $15,000 CCI-ITF Futures tennis tournament, in Mumbai, on Thursday. The left-hander, seeded 6 and ranked 400 in the world, got past No 1-ranked Indonesian Davis Cupper Christopher Rungkat.
Karan Rastogi outplayed compatriot and National champion Ashutosh Singh to storm into the quarter-finals of the US $15,000 ITF men's tennis event in Taizhou, China, on Thursday. Rastogi tamed Singh 6-1, 6-2 in a second round match at the hard court event.
Divij Sharan Sharan beat Aqeel Khan 7-5, 6-4 to win the fourth leg of the Satellite tournament in New Delhi.
Targetting her second consecutive singles title, top seed Sania Mirza faced stiff resistance from American Mallory Cecil before snatching a hard earned win in the first round of the ITF women's tournament in Vancouver.
Halep says she sent evidence about the contamination to the ITF in December and hoped her case would be heard by an independent tribunal in February but that it was postponed and then a new date in March had also been put back.
The tepid Indian challenge in the singles event of the US $10,000 CCI-ITF women's tennis tournament ended on Wednesday with the elimination of Nidhi Chilmula and Rishika Sunkara in the second round.
Sania Mirza upset top seed Irina Boulykina of Russia to win the 10,000 dollar ITF women's title at Wrexham, England.
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