Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Tennis News -
At The Championships Wimbledon 2008,

[R1] (32) Sania Mirza (IND,33) bt (Q) Catalina Castano (COL,148) 76(3) 36 64
[R2] (32) Sania Mirza (IND,33) vs (Q) Maria Jose Martinez sanchez (ESP,101)

Both players had 29 UFEs, Sania had 10 DFs and Castano had 7 DFs ... In the match, Castano won 110 pts to Sania's 108 ... Lucky escape for Sania after playing poor tennis.

Next she is playing against Spanish doubles specialist qualifier Maria Jose Martinez sanchez ... Who scored one-sided victory over German Martina Muller, 61 61.

Maria Jose Martinez sanchez's best performance at Wimbledon was 2001 R1 loss, so this time reaching R2 is her best performance.

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At $10K Ireland F2 Futures, Limerick

[R1] Harsh Mankad (IND,669) bt (WC) Tristan Farron-Hahon (IRL,1474) 64 64
[R1] Navdeep Singh (IND,775) l (6) Ludovic Walter (FRA,478) 67(1) 36
[R1] Ashutosh Singh (IND,539) l Jonathan Kinsella (GBR,1338) 36 36
[R1] Purav Raja (IND,996) vs (Q) Ryan Horgan (GBR,UNR)

Doubles -
[R1] (3) MANKAD Harsh (IND)/ SINGH Ashutosh (IND) bt SEATOR Edward (GBR)/ WRAFTER Simon (IRL) 60 62
[R1] RAJA Purav (IND)/ SINGH Navdeep (IND) vs ROU COJANU Ioan-Alexandru (ROU)/ LA PORTE Shane (USA)

Good expected start for Harsh but surprising defeat to Ashutosh against lowly ranked Britisher.
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At $ 15 K Iran F2 futures , Tehran (clay)

[R1] Rohan GAJJAR (IND,830) bt (WC) Kiarash SOURI (IRI,UNR) 60 62
[R2] Rohan GAJJAR (IND,830) vs (3) Jan STANCIK (SVK,451)
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At €30K+H Mamaia Challenger, Constanta, Romania (clay)

[Q1] GHOUSE Mustafa (IND,1362) l ALBOT Radu (MDA,UNR) 46 06

Doubles -
[R1] GHOUSE Mustafa (IND)/ THOMPSON Nathan (USA) vs (3) LOPEZ JAEN Miguel Angel (ESP)/ NAVARRO Ivan (ESP)

This week Mustafa is playing on Romanian clay with Nathan and they r having tough match against 3rd seed Spanish pair.

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