Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Tennis News
At the Wimbledon 2009,

[R1] (Q) Rajeev Ram (USA,160) l Philipp Petzschner (GER,55) 62 16 67(3) 16

Doubles
[R1] (Q) Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) vs (16) Stephen Huss (AUS)/ Ross Hutchins (GBR) 64 67(12) 64 36

Prakash and Aisam playing their match of life at Wimbledon ... They were in position to win this match in straight sets but lost crucial points to lose second set in tie-break ... Then after winning third set they lost fourth one ... So now match is in the fifth set which will be played today after suspended due to bad light in yesterday evening.
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At $15K Ireland F2 Futures, Dublin

[R1] (Q) Purav Raja (IND,914) l (WC) James Cluskey (IRL,1743) 16 06

Doubles
[R1] (1) Purav Raja (IND)/ Raven Klaasen (RSA) bt Timothy Bradshaw (GBR)/ Henri Landes (USA) 63 63

[QF] (1) Purav Raja (IND)/ Raven Klaasen (RSA) vs Charles-Antoine Brezac (FRA)/ Vincent Stouff (FRA)

Very hurting loss for Purav in singles ... After winning doubles first round, Purav facing French pair, last week he lost against them in semis playing with Australian partner.
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At $10K Malaysia F2 Futures, Kuala Lumpur

[R1] Vishnu Vardhan (IND,598) bt (Q) Di Wu (CHN,879) 76(5) 63
[R1] Divij Sharan (IND,699) l (7) Jae-Sung An (KOR,510) 57 26
[R1] Rohan Gajjar (IND,725) l (3) Daniel King-Turner (NZL,433) 26 64 06
[R1] (PR) Vivek Shokeen (IND,1114) l (PR) Phillip King (USA,UNR) 46 36
[R1] (Q) Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND,772) bt (5) Yong-Kyu Lim (KOR,468) 64 46 63
[R1] (Q) Srirambalaji Narayanswamy (IND,1514) l (6) Cecil Mamiit (PHI,470) 76(5) 16 26
[R1] (LL) Abhijeet Tiwari (IND,1526) l Young-Jun Kim (KOR,553) 16 16

[R2] Vishnu Vardhan (IND,598) vs (7) Jae-Sung An (KOR,510)
[R2] (Q) Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND,772) vs (PR) Phillip King (USA,UNR)

Ranjeet scored upset win over top-500 player but only Vishnu moved to second round with him.
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At $10K Thailand Futures, Bangkok

[R1] (1) Ankita BHAMBRI (IND,393) l (Q) Mi YOO (KOR,908) 06 26
[R1] (8) Parija MALOO (IND,626) bt Chun-Yan HE (CHN,644) 75 26 60
[R1] (5) Sanaa BHAMBRI (IND,586) bt Kumari-Sweta SOLANKI (IND,766) 20 retd.
[R1] Parul GOSWAMI (IND,788) l (Q) Katherine WESTBURY (NZL,1070) 16 36
[R1] (2) Rushmi CHAKRAVARTHI (IND,573) bt Daniela SCIVETTI (AUS,769) 75 46 64
[R1] (LL) Treta BHATTACHARYYA (IND,1054) l Sung-Hee HAN (KOR,690) 26 57

[R2] (8) Parija MALOO (IND,626) vs Sarah-Rebecca SEKULIC (GER,718)
[R2] (5) Sanaa BHAMBRI (IND,586) vs Yumi MIYAZAKI (JPN,762)
[R2] (2) Rushmi CHAKRAVARTHI (IND,573) vs Tomoko DOKEI (JPN,713)

Another shocking defeat for Ankita ... Our women side performance is getting more and more disappointing.

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