Tennis News
At $ 1.619M Dubai Tennis Championships, UAE

[Q2] (8) Somdev Devvarman (IND,141) bt Dick Norman (BEL,308) 36 76(1) 61

[R1] (Q) Somdev Devvarman (IND,141) vs Marco Chiudinelli (SUI,53)

Doubles
[R1] (WC) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) vs Robert Lindstedt (SWE)/ Arnaud Clement (FRA)
[R1] (3) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Max Mirnyi (BLR) vs (WC) Abdullah Magdas (KUW)/ Mahmoud-Nader Al Baloushi (UAE)
[R1] (2) Leander Paes (IND)/ Lukas Dlouhy (CZE) vs Marcin Matkowski (POL)/ Mariusz Fyrstenberg (POL)

In first set Somi failed to take advantage of 7 break point chances ... In second set also he failed to take advantage break points but won tie-break easily ... In third set Somi started with a break and consolidated his early break with another break in 3d game to lead 3-0 ... He again broke Norman in 7th game to win match.

Good to see Somi kept patience and came back strongly from tie-break to won final qualifying match ... Last season Swiss Marco Chiudinelli made improvement of 723 position ... He jumped to #56 at 2009 year-end ranking from #779 at 2008 year-end ranking.
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At Delray Beach International Tennis Championships, USA

[Q2] Yuki Bhambri(IND,324) l Izak Van Der Merwe (RSA,293) 64 46 57

Yuki was early break down in first set but from 3-4 down he broke Merwe 2 times to won first set ... In second set only important break taken by Merwe in 9th game to won this set ... In decider match was close ... Yuki had 3 match points at 5-4 but failed to take it and then Merwe broke him 11th game to won match.
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At $220K Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur

[Q1] Rushmi Chakravarthi (IND,631) bt (WC) Neesha Thirumalaichelvam (MAS,UNR) 60 61

[Q2] Rushmi Chakravarthi (IND,631) l Elena Bovina (RUS,175) 36 26

Reaching second qualifying round gave her 6 ranking points ... Surprised to see her playing here.