Thursday, August 28, 2008

Tennis News -
At 2008 US Open,

[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Al-Qureshi (PAK) l Marc Gicquel (FRA)/ Sebastien Grosjean (FRA) 57 36
[R1] (4) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Mark Knowles (BAH) bt Johan Brunstrom (SWE)/ Thomas Johansson (SWE) 63 64

[R2] (4) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Mark Knowles (BAH) vsYves Allegro (SUI)/ Horia Tecau (ROU)

MXD -
[R1] Samantha Stosur (AUS)/ Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) bt Alexa Glatch (USA)/ Scott Lipsky (USA) 63 63

Somewhat surprising loss against French pair, though they were experianced ... But other hand very easy victory for Mark and Hesh in first round.

Good start for Hesh and Stosur in mixed doubles.

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At $10K Nonthaburi Futures, Thailand

[QF] (6) BHAMBRI Sanaa (IND,527) bt (Q) WILTSHIRE Stephanie (AUS,UNR) 61 46 64
[SF] (6) BHAMBRI Sanaa (IND,527) vs (Q) YANG Yi (CHN,UNR)

Doubles -
[QF] (4) BHAMBRI Sanaa (IND)/ BHAMBRI Ankita (IND) bt SHLOMO Keren (ISR)/ VOGEL Michaela (GER) 62 61
[SF] (4) BHAMBRI Sanaa (IND)/ BHAMBRI Ankita (IND) l (Q) GUO Zhi-Xian (CHN)/ YANG Yi (CHN) 36 26

Sanaa and Ankita lost in doubles semis against Chinese qualifiers but Sanaa having chnace of avenge her doubles defeat against same opponent in singles semis ... Sanaa is only seeded player in the draw.
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At $10K Nonthaburi Futures, Thailand

[SF] (6) BHAMBRI Sanaa (IND,527) l (Q) YANG Yi (CHN,UNR) 61 36 36

Sanaa lost against Chinese qualifier but at least she performed better than her seedings in this future.

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