Seventh seed Vivek Shokeen defeated Taipei's Huai-En Chang 6-3, 6-4 while third seed Sunil Kumar Sipaeya easily beat Nai-Zheng Yu of China 6-4, 6-1 in the pre-quarter-finals of the ITF tournament in Lahore.
Joining Prakash Amritraj in the semi-finals of the ITF Futures tournament were Vijay Kannan, Karan Rastogi and Vishan Punna.
Marinne Giraud upset top seed Rushmi Chakravarthi 7-6(1), 6-2 in the Mumbai ITF final.
The Delhi lad was beaten by third seed Rainer Eitzinger of Austria.
Ashutosh Singh shocked top seed Pavol Cervenak of Slovakia 6-3, 6-4 in the first round of the ITF Futures in Bellary.
TCS moved into new markets like France, Japan thanks to acquisitions.
Top seed Aqeel Khan and Aditya Madkekar scored easy semi-final victories at the US $10,000 ITF men's tournament in Jassowal, Ludhiana.
In the semi-finals of the ITF tournament, unseeded Ashutosh beat Chinese Davis Cupper Yu Jr Wang, while Sun accounted for top seed Aqeel Khan of Pakistan.
Delhi-lad Yuki Bhambri set up a second-round clash with top seed Aqeel Khan of Pakistan after an easy first-round victory at the ITF tournament in Delhi.
The Indian youngster shocked the Pakistani second seed in the US $25,000 ATP Challenger.
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The top seed was taken the distance by Navdeep Singh before making the semi-finals in the Delhi ITF Futures tournament.
The top seed was extended by Aditya Madkekar in the pre-quarter-finals of the ITF Futures Men's Tennis Tournament in Delhi.
The US-based Indian ace began his quest for a third successive ITF Futures with an easy win over qualifier Shivang Mishra.
Fourth seed Nathan Thompson of the United States beat Harsh Mankad to set up a final with countryman Young Ryan in the India F3 Men's ITF tournament. Qualifier Young Ryan overcame Hyun-Woo Nam of Korea in the other semi-final.
Harsh Mankad beat Sri Lanka's Harshana Goddamane 6-1, 6-4 in the quarterfinals of the ITF Futures in Mumbai.
Harsh Mankad staged a strong recovery after losing the first set to beat up-and-coming Navdeep Singh and enter the quarter-finals in the US $10,000 ITF Futures tournament in Mumbai on Wednesday. Mankad used his experience and Navdeep's restricted movement to clinch the second round match 6-7, 7-5, 6-2 in three hours and 16 minutes.
In a major upset in the ITF Futures tournament in Dehradun, sixth seed Navdeep Singh was ousted from the US $10,000 tournament by Uzbek Sarvar Ikramov.
India's Karan Rastogi beat Todor Enev of Bulgaria 6-3, 6-2 in the semi-final of the ITF Futures in New Delhi.
Navdeep Singh stunned top seed Kyu-Tae IM to advance to the second round of the USD 15000 ITF Futures tournament.
Shiho Hisamatsu of Japan led the charge of the seeds as three Indians crashed out in the University of Mumbai ITF women's tennis tournament.
Ankita and Sanaa, made premature exits from the main draw in the University of Mumbai ITF Women's US $25,000 Tennis Tournament at the Kalina Campus, in Mumbai, on Monday
Sonal Phadke beat Punam Reddy in the final qualifying round to make it to the main draw in the ITF women's tournament in Mumbai.
India's Sonal Phadke and Parija Maloo scored easy victories to advance to the final qualifying round, in the ITF women's US $25,000 Tennis Tournament at the Kalina University Campus, in Mumbai, on Saturday.
Third seed Karan Rastogi dropped a set before overcoming lower-ranked Huai-En Chang of Chienese Taipei in the first round of the Oil India ITF Futures tournament.
India's Karan Rastogi tamed Hyun-Woo Nam of Korea 6-4, 6-2 to win the ITF Futures in New Delhi.
The Bulgarian teenager has been banned for two years for doping, the International Tennis Federation said.
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The second seed fell to compatriot Geeta Manohar 1-6, 1-6 in the first round of the Mumbai ITF
The Indan teenage ace beat eighth seed Hannah Collins of Great Britain in the ITF women's tennis event in Hampstead.
A few days after it appeared as though a Roger Federer impersonator had gatecrashed the 02 Arena, the Swiss great resumed normal service to outplay Kevin Anderson and reach the last four of the ATP Finals on Thursday.
The Indian lass proved too good for Australia's Dubravka Cuback in the ITF tournament in England.
Sania slipped four places to 46th, while a hat-trick of ITF Futures titles saw Prakash Amritraj jump 66 places to 498th.
He beat him for the third consecutive time and completed a hat-trick of ITF Futures titles on Saturday.
IMAGES from Day 6 of the French Open, at Roland Garros, on Friday.
Pune is likely to grab the hosting rights of India's only ATP 250 event, Chennai Open, from next year with the backing of the Maharashtra state government.
Mariano Hood tested positive for a masking agent, finasteride, after a men's doubles match at the French Open on May 31, 2005.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Monday.
Ramkumar Ramanathan proved his ascendancy in Indian tennis yet again as he knocked out Yuki Bhambri from the ATP Indore Open even as India's top player Somdev Devvarman also made an early exit, in Indore, on Thursday.
Karan Rastogi beat Nick Monroe 2-6, 6-2, 6-1 to win the Delhi ITF Futures
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